Good day all, I am surviving college so far, My creative writing course as started, and I suspect after time it may eat into my writing time for this. Aside from that, here is Chapter 35: The Oncoming Storm!


Chapter 35: The Oncoming Storm


In the past few months Jaune had commandeered transportation with teams CVFY, SSSN, and CRDL in their cargo ship the Rusty Rabbit. Sadly they couldn't take Jaune to Tython immediately, as they had some tasks that still required their attention, So instead, they offered him a place on the ship till they could for nothing. Jaune graciously accepted though he did push to get back as soon as possible, though, there was a part of Jaune that didn't want to head back after what had happened on the Pride of Alderaan, and that part of his mind beat out his urgency to return over time the time of their cargo run. So he ended up dragging his feet, not wanting to face the council, instead, he decided to help out his friends who were still quite surprised he wasn't dead. The feeling was magnified when the public of the Republic was seemingly turning against the Jedi.

Talking to the crew he had joined, Jaune better understood the situation found out they had no weapons coming through the vortex that sent the entirety of Amity through. Though if one thing he heard from the crew concerned him, it was how Coco and the crew seemingly respected Ruby and the 'Black Knights of Prydwen,' They wondered where they ended up in the galaxy. Jaune knew where they were and the young Jedi felt it wasn't appropriate to tell his friends from Remnant the horror he just experienced on the Pride of Alderaan along with PRWN's location. He wanted to believe that was all just a horrible dream, but he knew it wasn't.

Also, he found how scattered across the galaxy the Remnants were. Velvet and Coco came out on Nar Shaddaa. Were they found work on a freighter, it was well-paid smuggling, so they had amassed enough to buy their own ship which the couple named the Rusty Rabbit in honor of Velvet. SSSN was found working with Czerka on Telos for the restoration effort. it was then Jaune was informed of how they found, each other, the local scroll locator feature all huntsmen and huntresses are required to have installed. They had set them to locate and notify when a new scroll entered its range. Sadly for Jaune, his scroll was destroyed coming through the vortex. After that, CRDL was the next to be found, they were grateful to get out of the hell hole they got themselves in on Nal Hutta, also the diversity of the galaxy helped cure a bit of CRDL's anti-Faunus views, though they did have a newly formed case of xenophobia. Sage and Yutanashi where found on a trade run to the edge of Sith space on a blockade run to Balmorra. Their feelings of the empire was that of neutrality, as they did business with them before and they didn't go out of their way to offend them.


Considering Jaune's state, he was quite a welcome addition to the crew. He told them how he was a Jedi and agreed to travel with them till he felt like he could go back. So for a time, he worked with the crew of the Rusty Rabbit. After about eight months, he and the crew of the Rabbit found themselves delivering supplies to Tython, and Jaune decided it was time to stop hiding from what he encountered aboard the Pride of Alderaan. Jaune's return to Tython was a warm one. His first step after returning, was to return was former master, she had to know. Walking down the elegant halls of the Jedi Temple, he found her quarters, knocking on the door gently. The young knight open door to a warm embrace,

"By the force, I am glad you made it back safely," Artorika smiled, as she released the grip on her friend whom she thought was dead. "Where were you?" Artorika inquired as Jaune had returned on a smuggler's ship.

"I had to cope with something," Jaune admitted, his voice quivering as he spoke, he didn't want to tell her, but he had no option,"you know those four friends I told you about?" Jaune asks solemnly walking to her quarters, taking a seat in one of the few chairs in the room.

"you found them?" Artorika asked taking a seat across from Jaune, she could feel something was tearing at the young Jedi. She could tell that this is what he was coping with, she couldn't hold it against him, as something about his friends disturbed him greatly.

"Yes, I found them," Jaune sighed, "They are Sith, they destroyed The Pride of Alderaan, they came for Nora, they killed most, if not all of the crew, sparing me, for what reason I don't know, they seem to have no problem killing and my god, Ruby, and Weiss, I had no Idea they could be so cruel, Weiss especially, they even tempted me with going to the Darkside."

"You didn't, so I'm proud of that," Artorika smiled pleasantly, she knew how rough it must have been for him to encounter his friends in such a manner. She knew how he felt, originally when Malserik left she wanted to follow him, to help him, to be his partner.

"that's not the worst of it," Jaune said hanging his head in shame, "the one who trained Weiss, was Malserik." this made Artorika's jaw drop, she was shocked, legitimately shocked at what she just heard. "and he most likely trained Ruby as well."

"No she was trained by someone else I have a feeling, I had gotten a report that one of Malserik apprentices was transferred to Darth Imperious,"Artorika explained calmly she hoped it wasn't true, Imperious is looking like she is becoming a massive threat to the Jedi. "If that is the case Ruby may be her apprentice, and she is most likely very powerful."

"She read my mind using some technique," Jaune explained his mind tearing apart as he remembered the pain. "I never felt anything so painful"

"She was friendly at first, wasn't she?" Artorika asked calmly, she hoped that was the case. She wanted to make sure there was still good in her heart. Even those with only darkness in their hearts could be redeemed.

"Yes, Why?" the young knight asked, quite curious of what his master was thinking.

"She may never be a Jedi, but she could still redeem herself in the end." Artorika said calmly resting her hand on Jaune's shoulder, "you know I personally believe anyone can redeem themselves, no matter the sin." Artorika explained to the young Jedi.

"I hope she does," Jaune mumbled as another very disturbing event was about to transpire in the hanger bay, were the twelve other remnants that bought Jaune home were gathered. They were unloading their cargo for the Jedi order that they had to haul from across the galaxy. In the meantime, Jaune had to go prepare to give a report to the council.


In the hangers of the Jedi Temple, as the Rusty Rabbit had finished unloading all of their supplies, they were being stalked by a white cloaked Jedi. She sensed these Remnants when they landed and she knew these former huntsmen and huntresses in training were exactly what the Jedi needed. She was running a test on a new variation of her mind rewriting ability. She had used her force abilities to mentally subdued all of the Remnants in the room. Looking around she saw the closest remnant to her was a young man with blue hair.

Walking up, she put her hand on the blue hair person's head and rewrote his mind. she felt a burn in her eyes as she did this task. She knew they were shifting color to yellow most likely, this ability was one that did that due to its roots in the Darkside. Even though she was doing it for the greater good of the galaxy, the Darkside didn't see it that way, though the shift was always temporary.

Despite this, she continued down the line of those she had subdued. With each person, a smile grew on her face. By the time when she reached the last she found herself wanting to test this ability to the limits. She wanted to test it on those who knew and used the force actively. Within twenty-five minutes she had all twelve of their minds rewritten to think they are Jedi. Little did she know that she know what Jaune knew, they didn't want to be part of the Jedi. As he had felt their strength in the force. He asked if they would be interested in joining the order, they all politely declined, wishing to remain neutral in the conflict and find their way back home. Now, they wanted nothing more but to become Jedi, Jedi that were extremely loyal to Surik, Just like her current padawan, Karlile.


In the depths of the Unknown Regions, Ozpin had returned to Star Forge. he was exhausted from the long journey. This station was truly in the middle of nowhere in space. Landing in a hanger he walked off of his ship and back onto the Starforge, he loathed the information he had discovered about Summer, he hated how it was, in fact, true. Summer had manipulated them into thinking Ruby was Taiyang's child. She had betrayed all of their trust. He was glad to be off of that ship.

He had traveled to many worlds in the past months, trying to locate his students or any of the lost Remnants for that matter. He was burned out and tired after not finding a single soul from Remnant. Though he knew Revan would be more than happy to have him back, more or less. Walking along, a weird astromech droid crossed his path, beeping at him. He paid it no mind and continued into the next hanger.

Entering the hanger, the headmaster spotted a horde of droids being sliced through by a whirlwind crimson and purple energy, accented by the hum and electronic noises of lightsabers. suddenly the droids halted and turned to face the trench coat clad Ozpin. Removing the saber hilt from the head of his cane, he stood ready for battle, though the droids stopped before anything drastic happened. as the droids parted to reveal the black-clad woman he recognized by her golden hair.

"Miss, Xiao Long," Ozpin said happily as he lowered his dark glasses, happy to see Taiyang's daughter once again, he knew she was alive be the existence of Jaune Blake and Lie Ren, all students he thought lost and dead. Though he noted her appearance was darker, as she wore black robes that looked out of character for her personality.

"My God, Ozpin?!" Yang asked happily as she bolted up and hugged the man. She was happy to see another person she knew on Remnant and he was happy to see her, "What are you doing here?" Yang asked as she didn't know about Ozpin's prior dealings with Revan.

"I was looking for some of the lost Remnants, so far I have only located four, and that would be you and the two that have become Jedi, Mister Ren, Miss Belladonna, and Ruby's Mother," Ozpin admitted as Yang groaned at the mere mention of Summer or Surik, as she was known.

"I take it you know her secret then?" Yang asked, to which Ozpin nodded, She had betrayed all that they thought they knew about her, she was no longer the super mom they remembered, but a cruel manipulative woman that did anything to get her way. With the Droids shut down, Yang led Ozpin back to her quarters to catch up.

Ozpin learned, that Yang felt horrible about not being able to find her sister, but Revan had told her he had a 'good friend watching over her.' who this friend was unknown to Yang or Ozpin. She then told Ozpin about the vision's in her dreams, She explained the gilded eyed Sith, and how the vision's seemed to be morphing, as once she was combating the Sith. Now in her vision's she was fighting alongside her and other various Sith, the only thing she could use to tell them apart were their blades, a bent hilt with a blue blade with an icy core, a magma orange blade that sparked a crackled with instability, a pink blade with a magenta core that warbled with a compress blade, and the weapon of the gilded eyed Sith herself, a blood red crossguarded blade with a rose core.

Then Yang told Ozpin of Revan's training, and how she was mastering the force's light and dark sides. Ozpin could tell she was dedicated to learning from Revan, as she had a purpose, a goal in mind, finding Ruby.

Then Ozpin explained what had occurred on Remnant after her supposed demise, Yang had known all about Ruby's changes, but now she had context. Ruby had abandoned the scythe in favor of the sword after her aura merge. This was something that shocked the blonde force user, as she learned the tragedy of what happened to team PRWN. The media, Weiss leaving her family, the suspension of PRWN from the Vytal festival, and the lost fours funeral. She gained another perspective on the issue of what had occurred on Remnant.

Then she learned about what happened after the Vytal attack. Remnant was falling apart when Ozpin left to find his students, he could only predict how far the world had fallen since his departure. All he could say to describe it was,

"War and Chaos."


Returning to Tython, Jaune found himself in front of the council, his heart was pounding, though that was when he saw something quite interesting, sitting in the chair of Gulliman was Lie Ren, who after the death of his master and capture of his killer, had ascended to the Council as the primary ambassador from the Jedi to the Republic, and he had most o his time taken up trying to prevent the senate from jumping down the Jedi's throat. He was present, in holographic form, he looked happy to see his friend again, but he could also tell by the way Jaune was standing, he was quite troubled. The only master that wasn't present was Surik, who 'had something to tend to.'

"So, Knight Arc?" asked one of the more antagonistic hardline masters, "would you care to explain why you decided to wait almost a year to report back to Tython, not even trying to contact us?" The master inquired as Jaune wanted to collapse under the gaze of all of the masters in front of him.

"What occurred on the Pride of Alderaan, was especially traumatic for Jaune," Artorika spoke calmly, she looked more like a concerned parent than a Jedi Master, "he is still young as a Jedi, and he felt and saw a lot of death on that ship." Artorika explained, though before Master Ruus's replacement could speak, "nothing in our training could prepare him for what occurred on that ship."

"I will concur with Master Artorika, no single Jedi is prepared for three Sith to board their ship disguised as smugglers." Satele explained in agreement, though she followed it up with a question, "though, normally, the Sith do not spare Jedi from death, so why did they spare you?"

"They were Remnants, and they couldn't bring themselves to kill me," Jaune admitted, much to the council's dismay. He didn't plan on telling the council their names, though they seemingly didn't care about their names as the same verbose master asked,

"Did they say who trained them?" He inquired rather loudly, drowning out anyone else who wished to speak. He had a hunch and felt it necessary to act upon it. Jaune was confused and startled by the question, though he answered it with the information he learned.

"One was trained by Viridian Malserik, the other Darth Imperious," Jaune replied as the council's eyes went wide. It was at that point one of the Master's asked,

"Do we still have that stockpile of Sith equipment," one master identified as Jedi healer Anderon Alik-zander his voice was low and serious, all in the room who were alive at the time knew why he was asking this, he wanted to strike. He wanted vengeance, he wanted vengeance against the man who took his master from him, and a gave him his scar.

"We do," Satele replied, she could already know what he was thinking. At which point Jaune and Artorika dismissed themselves. Artorika wanted nothing to do with the Malserik contingency. She knew what it entailed. The Jedi would disguise themselves take a contingent of Republic troopers and kill Malserik and raid his fortress in Hiskal. "Along with that, we have also received transmission from our contacts in Hiskal," Satele explained, she knew how Artorika felt about this course of action, but the Jedi had to retaliate on this matter, and extract their agents


A few months later, many in the order had not seen Surik for a time, though the council seemingly didn't care as they prepared for the Malserik contingency. The council had deemed it was time for them to strike. Though there was a secondary objective, to recover some spies that had infiltrated Waldstahl as one sent out a message to the Jedi, that they couldn't risk sending all the data they had acquired via transmission, they had to be extracted. Along with that, apparently, they said something that made the council silence themselves, enough to make Satele herself partake in this operation. Blake found herself on the clandestine mission to Sith space. She was to recover spies from the seat of the Sith Empire. Riding in a cramped, captured Sith Fury, she relaxed preparing for a hellish battle ahead. She had been training to get herself to the peak of her abilities for the past months, so she felt ready for this.

She was not to show her face at all during the operation, she had a half face mask she had fashioned to look like a White Fang mask. Satele Shan herself was leading this operation along with Master Anderon Alik-zander and a few other un-noteworthy Jedi, Blake had never met. they had the captured Sith Fury, along with a few Imperial Assault Shuttles, all packed the brim with troops and Jedi, all disguised to look like Sith. Their spies were in the city of Hiskal, in a Sith Fortress that dominated the city.

In her heart, she was torn, abandoned by a Yang who ran, Distanced by Jaune, who went missing and Lie Ren, who had many more important things to deal with the Republic. Her friends were gone, the few she could trust were distant. The only people she could trust fully now being Surik and Satele. They seemed to be the most logical in the order, readying the Jedi for the inevitable war. Though, the cat faunus felt sadness as she wanted her friends from RWBY back and from what Jaune told her she may be able to get them back. He didn't tell her much of what had happened on the Pride of Alderaan, as he was too anxious to speak on the matter, as the Jedi came to learn quite quickly.

Though, Satele who was on the same ship as Blake was nervous about the news she got from her agents. they told her in their message, "A Visorium Lives." This term was one Satele dreaded. as if a member of the Visorium clans lived, so did the order. The implications of an order of Visoriums was horrifying to the Grand Master of the Jedi.

They were an order of Darkside users that watch from the shadows and alter the galaxy in subtle ways. Gifted with abilities that Jedi and Sith could only dream of, they were few yet powerful. This fact alone made a chill run up Satele's back. She remembered in the archive, she saw records of when the Jedi and Sith united in the Great Hyperspace War to fight the Visorium order.If they have returned they are a threat that could supersede the Empire, Satele cringed at the thought, as she looked out the cockpit of the Fury. That was the reason for such a massive deception on the part of the part of the Republic's part, If they had returned they had to eliminate them quickly, before they could sink their fangs into the Empire and Republic, as the last time they came up, they had manipulated the galaxy to go to war.

By the force, just on Visorium can't stand against all of us. Satele thought, though that did not help her nerves as she watched hyperspace, the Republic was not too crazy about this operation, but the chancellor allowed it. giving them enough troops kitted out in Sith equipment to fill the role of Sacking Waldstahl and liberating all of the Artifacts Malserik had collected. Though Satele had also made a promise to Artorika who had talked to her before she left. She was to spare Malserik if he redeemed himself or surrendered. it was official, Waldstahl will burn.


AN: Ah, well that is a thing, this chapter was a pain to write as I couldn't think of what to add, but I decided to explain the situation a bit more to set up what happens in the next chapters. With Jaune's return to the order, and his report, the council has decided to retaliate against Malserik, along with that, I wanted to get some backstory about the Visoriums in as well. Along with explaining what had occurred in the gap for the Jedi, Yang, and Ozpin. By far, Jaune had the most interesting time in that regard. Also 10 more chapters before new stuff! Speaking of next chapter I think this chapter says enough of where we are going!

Review Responses

JimmyHall24: It was stated that she emerged out of the Vortex into a slaver ship, and that is a good plot point for later, thank you for the Idea, though I don't think it will be Ruby or Weiss to enact this.

hornofdesolation: Well I hope you enjoy it, I don't really intend to focus on everyone, as things will come into play later.

Guest: I see what you mean with Roman, but that is how I see Roman, I think he would talk a lot like that, answering multiple questions at once.

Honorboundfate: This is what the last sentence was about, it made more sense in the original Chapter 6, but I think it works as crappy direct foreshadowing.

Now with all of that out of the way, feel free to ask any questions if you have them, or give suggestions or corrections once again if you have any please give them or leave a review. Alright everyone, be safe, have fun, and may the force be with you!

Blitzing Raptor