A few seconds. That's all it takes. A few seconds can save a life, or they can change the course of history. So what happens when those precious, indispensable seconds are missed?

Because of how much fun I was having with the shipping reviews by making up AUs. But I also don't want to make more fleshed out stories, instead here are some drabbles of different universes, some light, some dark, and others character-focused on different characters. Rated M for language.

The Fall of Beacon. One the biggest flashpoints in the modern history of Remnant, you would be hard-pressed to find anyone alive unaware of this event, even if the exact details of what occurred are debated. But what if those details were different from what even we know? What if the downfall went a different way? A 'for-want-of-a-nail' fic where more than one nail is out of place.

In the aftermath of the final battle with Salem, Ruby and Weiss reunite with Blake and Yang.

Most people who end up in a fantasy setting at least know a bit about it. I don't know where I am or who Jaune Arc is, but I'm stuck in his body. All I can do now is make the best of it and hope no one finds out that I've apparently possessed a four-year-old. Semi-SI/OC

While training in Mistral, Oscar taps into one of Ozpin's magical abilities. Surrounded by women he's attracted to and already straining under the burden of inheriting the wizard's reins over the world, Oscar grows increasingly tempted to use his newfound power to escape his troubles. Will he follow in Ozpin's footsteps and condemn the world for his own whims or find a better way?

Fate is twisted. Stuck in a distant time with no knowledge of current events, what is a 'simple' knight to do. What would the queen do?

Jaune Arc is a promising scientist in a world of heroes with amazing Semblances, he sets out in the world to try and develop a cure for insomnia, but the sinister Dr Merlot has plans to make it a subconscious mind altering drug to give him an army of people willing to follow him…

"The right man in the wrong places can make all the difference in the worlds". Unfortunately for Jaune Arc, he finds himself in the wrong place when he pushes Pyrrha into that rocket locker and takes her place at the top of Beacon's tower during the Fall. Even worse, that isn't the only wrong place that awaits him! RWBY/Skyrim/Fallout X-Over (for now)

In this world there is a hierarchy where the strong are valued and the weak are left to rot. Jaune and Ruby come from different sides of this coin. Ruby being a strong girl and Jaune being the literal worst. See these radically different people come together to become the closest of friends. Based on Uruchan's UnOrdinary(RWBY is owned by Rooster Teeth)

Weiss Schnee, abandoned by her birth family with only her hereditary magic as a memento. When old friends and new acquaintances become the family she had lacked, however, a new world is opened to her; a conflict hidden by those she thought she could trust. Stuck between opposing forces, can Weiss and her friends stop the conflict before it boils over? Where do they even start?

It may seem that Ruby and her team are destined to loose against Salem and her forces. But, as their paths continue to diverge and hope continues to fade, truths long buried will be uncovered by the most unlikely of players- the truth behind Salem and the Maidens and the lost child that could be Remnant's last hope.

Remnant sounds like a fun place, right? Well, it isn't! This lowly Author woke up in quite the ugly predicament, one that I am experienced about... theoretically. No survival training, but an undying determination to not die here, I am ready to venture in this world of scary monsters, secret wars and incredibly confusing twists! True-ish Self-Insert!

A young boy who was once loved by his adopted family soon felt nothing but pain and a bottomless hatred for them, how a single event turned all against him. Now, he's offered a chance to be free, to become stronger than before. His partner is very peculiar, but with the power between them, he'd be what his accursed family never were. Compassionate.

Having been thrown into a new world all together. Ethan now has to survive the one thing he's hated with a passion again. High school. May his patience win over

This story is inspired by Autumn Arc by Thatoneguy360, it doesn't seem like it will ever get an update so I'm making my own take on the story.

The fate of the world rests on the shoulders of the mysterious Reuben. On the surface, he looks like a run of the mill hunter. But, he posses a Semblance that could tip the scale in the war against Salem. Volumes 4-8 covered in this section. (Updates Fridays)

Specialist Ironwood found something buried deep in the snowy mountains of Mantle; a discovery that led to the most inhumane human experimentation project in Remnant's history. With the threat of Salem and the Grimm, did the general have any other choice? Follow the last three super soldiers of Project Guardian and their journey to save Remnant and rediscover their humanity. (OCs)

¿Argumento? ¿que argumento?

An average guy from Earth, dropped into the boots of Jaune Arc with text from The Gamer in front of his eyes. Becoming a hero is the name of the game. Rated M for language.

Who used Jinn's first question?

Ruby Rose, long retired from her career as a Huntress, now spends her time helping aspiring Huntsmen/Huntresses in a basic tenet of the job: making kick-ass weapons that are also guns. feat. Pollination and exploring Arc Furnace (Jaune x Cinder), Zirconia (Cinder x Emerald)

He has a mission. One he will complete. Even with the semblance he has. Especially with the semblance he has. He will see it completed eventually, or at least until his semblance takes him. He is the son of Qrow Branwen, surely that means he has the skills to do so...right? *Currently at end of Vol. 3*

In a Remnant where Humanity and Faunus live alongside Demi-Humans, creatures once thought to only exist in myth and fairy tales. Follow as one such demi-human, an elf, as he tries to get through life in Beacon. Hopefully things don't go too badly for him while he's there.

War never changes, merely the adversaries. Jaune Arc's dream was to be a hero, not a soldier. But now, as the Grimm rise up under a new master, he finds that he has little choice in the matter. Darkness will flood over Remnant as the Second Great War begins, and not everyone will live to see the light at the end of the tunnel... (Dark RWBY fic. Minor and major character deaths)