Merry Christmas! This is gonna be the last chapter of the year. I have nothing else so...
Henishin!
The Bullhead landed on the dock's and everyone left the vehicle. Jaune and Jaxon rushed outside straight to the trashcan as Jaune felt sick again. He thrown up his inside's into the bin.
They saw Ruby and Yang walk off, "I'll catch you girls up!" he called to them, then they waved at him and he waved back.
Jaxon sighed as he rubbed Arc's back, "Just let it all out. Well done." he said as he was looking down in thought.
'What the hell was that thing in the windows?'
Jaune recovered from his puking and looked at Jaxon and noticed his puzzled look. "Um, are you okay Jax?" He asked his new friend in concern. He was brought out of his thoughts and looked at him. "Huh? Oh yeah I'm fine." The younger teen shrugged it off.
Then Dan and Nate came out of the Bullhead with their bike's as well as Jax's. He smiled at this, "Well done lads." he smiled at his two companions. The blonde looked at the bikes with awe. "Wait, those are yours?"
They all nodded a yes to him. "We all used to ride around Vale at night time just for shit's and giggles." Nate said with a slight chuckle.
"We all have the same dream," Dan started. Jaune raised a brow at this. "to travel around the world, find new adventures, save lives," Then Nathan finished his sentence, "And kick Grimm ass!" The three bikers high a five'd each other.
They really were the best of friends.
But they were brought out of their musings by a big explosion in the middle of the courtyard.
"What was that" The blonde asked in confusion. "Don't know." Jax said, "But I think we should find out." so they all ran towards the scene. They saw a girl dressed in white with icey blue eyes, white hair with a ponytail, a scar and a rapier with Ruby. She was being yelled at and Jaxon did not like this.
"Hey!" the two looked at the four teens. Ruby had a slight look of relief while 'Snow White' glared at them."Leave her alone!" Jaxon shouted. "Why should I!" she shouted back. "Look at what she did to me!" She gestured to herself as she was covered in black.
She was obviously angry.
"I'm really, really sorry!" The young rose apologised. She just scoffed "You complete dolt! What are you even doing here?! Aren't you a little young to attend Beacon?" Then she looked at the rude bikers, "And what about you three?"
Nathan pointed both his middle fingers at her, "Fuck you! We're only a year younger than you!" Jaxon agreed with him, "Yeah! Plus she said she was sorry 'princess'!"
"It's heiress actually." Said a female voice which caught everyone's attention. Especially Nate as he saw who she was.
She is a young girl of light complexion, similar to Ruby Rose and that girl. She has long, wavy black hair, and her eyes are amber, complemented by light-purple eye shadow flaring backwards. Her eyes are slightly tilted upwards at the ends, giving her a somewhat catlike appearance.
She wears black low-heeled boots and stockings that start off black at her hips, but gradually fade to purple as they near her shoes. On the outside of her stockings, there are white emblems that are most likely belladonna flowers. She wears black ribbons on both of her arms, with a black detached sleeve and a silver band on her left arm.
She also wears a black buttoned vest with coattails, and a white sleeveless undershirt that exposes part of her midriff with white shorts that may be connected to her shirt, although it is partly obscured by the vest. Her shorts have a zipper on the front of each leg, but it is unknown if these zippers serve a purpose or are simply decorative. Her zippers are emblazoned with the YKK logo similar to the real life Japanese zipper manufacturer. She also wears a detached scarf-like collar around her neck. She also has a gray magnetic plate strapped to her back like a backpack, for holstering Gambol Shroud.
"Weiss Schnee, heiress to the Schnee Dust Company. One of the largest producers of energy propellent in the world." She explained. Dan eyes widened. "Finally, some recognition." The now named Weiss said in a snobbish manner.
But then she continued. "The same company infamous for it's controversial labour forces and questionable business partners." Weiss was gobsmacked at this, "What?! How dare-! The nerve of-!" Ruby was snickering while Jax and Nate had victorious smirks. "Wow, not so cocky now, are we snow white?"
Dan stood in front of him with an angry look, " Jaxon! That is a horrible thing to say! Apologize right now!" he then turned to Weiss with an apologetic look on his face, "I am so sorry about my friends." he said as he bowed in apology. "What is your name?" She asked him.
"Daniel Middleton, pleased to meet you!" He replied polity and gave her his hand to shake. She gained a slight smile as she accepted and they shook hands. "At least one of you is well mannered."
Then it hit Daniels friend's. How could they have been so stupid.
Dan had a crush on the heiress.
She then walked away from everyone before snatching some dust the girl in black had in her hand. "I promise I'll make this up to you!" Ruby shouted to her. Nathan put a hand on her shoulder, "You don't have to make anything up to anyone Ruby." he reassured her.
Jaxon sighed again, "Thanks for helping us out. If you want you can hang out with us if you like." He then looked back, "I'm Jaxon Johnson, what's your na-" he was about to finish before he saw her walking away.
"Okay good talk." He said sarcastically.
The 15 year old slumped to the ground, "Welcome to Beacon." Jaune then offered his hand to her, "Hey, I'm Jaune." he smiled. "Ruby." She accepted his hand and he pulled her up. Then she started snickering.
"Aren't you the guy that threw up on the ship?"
Ruby, Jaune, Jax, Dan and Nate were walking around Beacon having a chat about 'Joan's problems.
"All I am saying is that motion sickness is a much more common problem than people would have led on!" Jaune told all of them. "Look I'm sorry. Vomit boy was the first thing that came to mind." Ruby replied.
Oh yeah?! Well what if I called you crater face?!" This made Jax, Dan and Nate laugh a bit. Ruby pouted.
"Hey that explosion was an accident!" Ruby defended herself. "Well the names Jaune Arc. Sh-" He was cut off by Daniel who had put a hand on his mouth."No! We already talked about this on the ship! Remember?!"
Jaune nodded at him so Dan took his hand away. Moment's of silence filled the air until Little Red spoke up.
"So, I got this thing." She said as she pulled out her scythe and slammed on the ground.
This caused the boy's to back up a bit. "Woah! Is that a scythe?!" Jaune asked. "It's also a customizable high-impact velocity sniper rifle." She added, "Ah wha-" he did not understand. "It's also a gun." They all answered. "That's cool!"
"So what have you got?" Ruby asked."Oh yeah that reminds me, what is your weapon Joan of Arc?" Jaxon was also wondering. Jaune leaned in to whisper a question to the other two,
"What is it with this guy and the nickname's?" They just shrugged.
Even they don't know.
"Uh, I got this sword." He pulled his out of his sheath. Then he turned his sheath into a shield. "And shield too."
"So what do they do?" She asked as Jaune was trying to catch his shield/sheath in the air. (A/N: *giggles* dumbass)
"Well...the shield gets smaller...so when I get tired of carrying it...I can just...put it away." he explained while turning it back into sheath mode. "I'll admit, that is pretty impressive." Jaxon complimented, "Wait wouldn't it weigh the same?" Jaune sighed, "Yeah it does."
"What about you three?" He asked, they all pulled out their big ass weapons, "Buster sword, lance, cannon BOOM." Jax quickly said.
They were really nothing special.
"Well, I'm kind of a dork when it comes to weapons, sooo... I guess I did go a little overboard when designing it." Ruby said. That surprised everyone, "Wait you made that?!" Jaune asked. "Of course! All students at Signal forge their own weapons! Didn't you make yours?" She replied/asked, "It's a hand-me-down. My great-great-grandfather used it to fight in the war."
"Sound's more like a family heirloom to me." Jax went to Ruby to whisper, "Not helping."
"Well I like it, not many people have an appreciation for the classics these days." She added. "Yeah, the classics." Jaune put his sword away. "We made ours as well." Nate said, "We all wanted something that shouted " simple, but badass"." The three put their weapons on their back's.
"So why'd you help me out back there? In the courtyard?" The younger girl asked her friends. Eh, why not? My mom always says, 'Strangers are just friends you haven't met yet.'" Jaune replied. "Your mother sounds wise." Dan complimented.
"Hey, where are we going?" Rose asked, "I don't know. I was just following you."
The teenagers finally arrived at the giant auditorium, filled to the brim with people. "Guys! Over here!" They all noticed a familiar voice and they found Yang waving at them. "I saved you a spot!"
"Oh! Hey, I-I gotta go! I'll see you after the ceremony!" Ruby said quickly before she left to join her older sister. "Hey wait!" Jaune protested but they already left, "See ya Joan of Arc!" Jax called to him.
"Ah, great. Where am I supposed to find another nice, quirky girl to talk to?! " he complained as he walked away and behind him was a girl with red hair in a waist-length ponytail, curled slightly into a loose ringlet, and had vivid green eyes. She also wore light-green eyeshadow around the far upper corners of her eyes. She was tall and quite muscular compared to most of the other girls at Beacon. Her top consisted of two layers. The top layer was a light-brown, strapless top split divided vertically with some bronze patterns. This may be a piece of leather or metal armor as it appears to be quite stiff, maintaining its shape without support; this layer also seems to have some kind of riveting or small, round embroidery on the sides, which may also be heavy stitching. The bottom layer is a low bronze V-neck. She wore an elastic, black, A-line miniskirt and brown opera-length gloves on both arms. She wore a red ankle-length drapery that appeared to be wrapped around her skirt. There was a small circular bronze plate by her right hip opposite two pouches with both connected to a belt. The plate bears her "shield and spear" emblem. She wore a bronze circlet headpiece that could be seen above her ear and under her bangs. A pair of small, green, teardrop-shaped emeralds hang from her circlet on thin chains. She also sported a large bronze gorget around her neck, and a bronze bracelet on the upper half of her left arm. She had elaborate bronze greaves that start below her mid-thigh, continuing downwards into her boots and a pair of cuisses that begin mid-thigh and end slightly above her knees. She also donned a bronze bracer on top of the sleeve on her left arm, which appears to be able to connect and disconnect from her shield easily. Her high-heeled boots are brown with bronze trim, matching her skirt and sleeves, and reach up to mid-calf.
Back with the sisters and bikers.
"How's your first day going, little sister" Yang asked. "You mean since you ditched me and I exploded?" Ruby was angry.
No.
She was pissed.
"Yikes! Meltdown already?" Daniel then spoke up, "No, she literally exploded a hole in front of the school. And there was some fire, and I think some ice...?" Yang was just smiling. "Are you being sarcastic?"
Ruby then scoffed, "I wish! I tripped over some crabby girl's luggage, and then she yelled at me, and then I sneezed, and then I exploded, and then she yelled at me again, and I felt really, really bad, and I just wanted her to stop yelling at me!" all the while Weiss was behind her. "Um, Ruby?" Nate tried to warn her.
"YOU!"
Ruby jumped into Yang's arm's, "Oh, God, it's happening again!" "You're lucky we weren't blown off the side of the cliff!" she scolded. Yang's eye's widened at this. "Oh, my God, you really exploded..." She said surprised "Told you." Dan whispered.
"It was an accident. It was an accident!" Rubes said quickly while getting out of Yang's arm's. Her face was then met with a pamphlet titled "DUST for dummies and other Inadequate Individuals". " What's this?" She asked.
"The Schnee Dust Company is not responsible for any injuries or damages sustained while operating a Schnee Dust Company product." Then she got even faster and her voice was squeaker, "Although not mandatory, the Schnee Family highly encourages their customers to read and familiarize themselves with this easy to follow guide to Dust applications and practices in the field."
Everyone was just confused.
"You really wanna start making things up to me?" She asked. "Absolutely!" Ruby replied. Weiss gave her the pamphlet, "Read this, and don't ever speak to me again." she said dryly.
Jax was about to give her a piece of his mind before Yang jumped in.
"Look, uh, it sounds like you two just got off on the wrong foot. Why don't you start over and try to be friends, okay?"
"Yeah! Great idea, sis!" Ruby cleared her throat, "Hello, Weiss! I'm Ruby! Wanna hang out? We can go shopping for school supplies!"
Weiss went sarcastic.
A.K.A. Frosty the Snow Bitch!
"Yeah! And we can paint our nails and try on clothes and talk about cute boys, like Daniel right here!" She said as she pointed to Dan at the end, who gained a massive smile on his face, "She was being sarcastic." Nate whispered which made Dan look down at the ground with a frown.
"Wow, really?!" Ruby had hope.
But Snow White glare said everything. "No."
Jaxon really had enough of her attitude.
"You know what Snow White? Why don't you do everyone a favour." She scoffed, "And how do you suggest I do that?" she asked keeping her glare. "Well how about you, fuck off and stop making everyone feel bad!" He exclaimed.
Their attention was drawn to the stage, where Professor Ozpin was readying the microphone, with Glynda beside him. "I'll... keep this brief. " Ozpin said. Nathan snorted, "That's funny."
"You have traveled here today in search of knowledge, to hone your craft and acquire new skills, and when you have finished, you plan to dedicate your life to the protection of the people. But I look amongst you, and all I see is wasted energy, in need of purpose, direction. You assume knowledge will free you of this, but your time at this school will prove that knowledge can only carry you so far. It is up to you to take the first step." And with that he left the stage.
"You will gather in the ballroom tonight; tomorrow, your initiation begins. Be ready. You are dismissed." Glynda told everyone.
Jaxon thought he saw Oz pulling out a black box from his pocket.
Today was weird.
First he thought he saw a monster in the windows.
Then his future Head Master had a strange box.
"He seemed kind of... off." Yang commented.
"It's almost like he wasn't even there." Ruby added.
"Maybe. Or maybe he was in a rush." Jaxon said. "What do you mean by that?" Weiss asked, "Like he needed something really important to do."
Then Jaune appeared out of nowhere. "I'm a natural blond, you know!"
Everyone just shook their head's.
The first night at Beacon, students are splayed out in sleeping bags. Ruby, in her pajamas and with a sleeping mask around her head, was writing in a journal when Yang crashed next to her, similarly dressed.
"It's like a big slumber party!" Yang said as she crashed next Ruby.
"I don't think Dad would approve of all the boys, though." Said Ruby not looking up from her letter.
"I know I do!~" She purred as she all the shirtless guys showing off.
Then she saw something she really liked.
The three bikers were walking in the middle of the hall.
Jaxon was wearing nothing but his crimson tank top and gray boxers.
The blonde licked her lips seductively, "Me likey~"
Dan and Nate were wearing the same thing but Nate's top was dark green and he had white boxers and Dan's top was navy and he had black boxers.
"Hey Jax, I think you're girlfriend is eyeing you." Jaxon looked across the room and saw Yang starring at him. He looked away with a blush. "What are you talking about?! I'm sure she's looking at the other boy's!" Nathan and Daniel had grin's on their face's. "Don't try to hide it Johnson. You're totally in love with her." Dan said.
"You can talk! How's your princess doing?" Jax asked with a smirk. Dan blushed heavily, "S-shut up!"
They got to their sleeping bag's and Johnson put his headphones in his ears and listened to his favorite band ever.
Twenty One Pilots!
"You know what's weird?" Johnson randomly asked which caught the boy's attention, "What?" Dan asked, "I thought I saw a monster in the windows on the ship, then I thought Ozpin had a strange box."
"Maybe it's just nerves." Nathan suggested. "Yeah. I guess your right." Jax said.
After awhile they heard that brat again.
"What in the world is going on over here?!"
Jax sighed, "Come on then." Nate nodded. Dan protested, "No! I am not going to argue with Weiss Schnee! Count me out!" The two looked at each other, "Alright." the both of them said.
"Don't you realize some of us are trying to sleep?" She shouted.
"If that's true why are you shouting?" Weiss, Ruby, Yang and that girl in black from before looked in the direction of the bikers and Weiss frowned.
"Hi Snow White." Jaxon greeted, "Oh not you again!" she shouted. Ruby put a finger on her lips, "Shh! Guys, she's right! People are trying to sleep!"
"Oh, now you're on my side!" the girl in white shouted at the young girl.
"I was always on your side!" She shouted back. " Yeah, what's your problem with my sister? She's only trying to be nice!" Yang defended Rose. "She's a hazard to my health!"
"She only sneezed because you waved your dust in her face!" Jaxon helped out. "That dolt could've broke my briefcases!"
"Oh poor you!" Nate said sarcastically. Weiss got angrier and angrier by the second. "Daniel right here is kind too me," she smiled slightly at Dan who slightly smiled back.
"But you two are rude, foulmouthed and complete jerks!" She exclaimed angrily. Nate scoffed, "Whatever," then he said something no one had the ball's to say before.
"Ironing board."
Everyone present gasped, "EXCUSE ME?!" She demanded an answer. "That was us melting the ice!" Jaxon giggled to himself as he thought of a little joke, "Or should I say melting the Weiss!"
Yang grinned at the pun. While Weiss was absolutely pissed. "WHY Y-" the black girl thought it'd be a good time to blow out the candles, engulfing the room in darkness.
He was scared of them.
Although he escaped that prison.
He still felt like he can't escape them.
Those thoughts can't escape his mind.
Who knows what twisted things they would do to him when they find him.
What if they're coming?
What if they're here right now?!
What if-
Jaxon jolted up wide awake after a horrible nightmare. He noticed his friends (Dan, Nate, Ruby, the girl in black, Yang and Jaune) and Weiss starring at him. They all had concerned look's on their faces.
Even Weiss.
"Um, what's going on?" He asked. "Your were tossing and turning in you're sleep." Jaune answered, "We were worried about you mate." Dan added.
Weiss was there because she couldn't sleep and she was slightly annoyed, "You have to tell us what's going on."
"No he doesn't!" Yang defended. "It's okay Yang." Jax said to her, "I'll tell them."
He sighed before he began to tell them his secret.
After all,
Friends don't keep secrets.
But it isn't easy.
"I'm going to explain it through a story," He started, "A story about how I met these two dickheads." gesturing to his two biker friends.
(5 years ago)
Younger Daniel Middleton and Nathan Sharp was standing in the streets of Mistral. They were starring at a boy around their age flickering with a lighter.
Younger Jaxon Johnson.
"Why does he have a lighter?" Nate asked, Dan just shrugged, "Don't know. I guess for stress. I wouldn't be surprised considering what he's going through."
"Huh?"
"Didn't you hear? His aunt and uncle, Mr and Mrs Johnson, died a few weeks ago." Dan explained.
They were teachers at Sanctum Academy. And damn good ones. They were kind and funny. No one could bare the thought of them being dead.
Nathan's eye's widened in surprise and shock, "Seriously?!" Daniel nodded, "And what's worst? I heard he wasn't allowed at the funeral."
"Poor guy."
He felt lonely.
The only family that ever loved him is dead.
Jaxon put the lid on his lighter back on while he felt his heart slowly breaking.
It was being teared apart bit by bit.
It was breaking more and more and more.
Until...
It shattered.
He dropped his lighter on the pavement tears flowing down his cheeks.
He walked towards the other boy's and they raised a brow. He then stopped in the middle of the road, and a big truck came towards him.
But he just stood there.
He wanted to end his miserable life.
Nate and Dan's eye's widened at what he was about to do.
Jaxon slightly smiled as his suffering was about to end. The truck was so close.
But then Dan came, grabbed him then tackled him to the ground to save his life.
Daniel got up and Nathan came towards him and they looked at the boy with sadness in their eyes. Jax sat up and buried his face in his knee's so he can cry his eyes out. "Hey." He heard one of the voices so he looked up and saw Nathan holding his hand out, "Take my hand." he looked at him for a few moments before hesitantly accepting his hand.
"So if it wasn't for those two, I wouldn't be here today."
Everyone had horrified looks on their face's. Having abusive parents was sad, knowing your aunt and uncle are dead was terrible, but not going to their funeral?
That's fucked up.
Nearly everyone was on the verge of tears.
Ruby and Jaune felt really really sad for him. Weiss felt bad for him, after everything that happened between them, she was sorry for him. Blake was sorry she didn't spend too much attention to him. As for Yang,
Well...
She was crying. She had these thoughts locked deep inside her mind. They were sick, twisted thoughts on how she would make them suffer for not taking care of their child.
Dan and Nate were hugging their friend, "Right, now that I told you my deepest darkest secret, I'd like to go to sleep now please." Jaxon told them all. They nodded understanding his needs, so they all went back to their sleeping bag's. All except Yang who jumped in his sleeping bag.
"U-umm what are you doing?" He asked as he acquired a blush. "I'm gonna sleep with you tonight." She replied with a wink.
"It helps my sister." Yang added. "Wait you sleep with your little sister?" Dan asked. She just nodded, "I don't want to know." Then they walked off to their own sleeping bag's.
The female blonde then drove off to slumber, then Jaxon soon followed.
It was weird.
But also comforting.
And done!
Man that was a pain in the ass to write.
And so Jaxon revealed his secret and back story.
And that bit about him nearly committing suicide, holy crap!
Now to the happy stuff,
Merry Christmas! And a Happy new year!
Now, Adiós!
