Chapter 4

(Arc Manor, the week before 'Hearthwarming')

It was not a good time for the Arc Clan, why in the Hell did they listen to Ozpin and his hair-brained idea. Now because of him, they lost Two of their children. Jason Arc, the patriarch of the clan was pissed. He was talking to Rachel, his wife, and the empress of Arcadia. "I tell you, hun," he said. "If we see Ozpin it'll be too soon!" Rachel was tapping her foot on the floor as she was on her throne.

As if Jason summoned him, Ozpin appeared. He walked into the throne room as if he was the ruler of the land. "What The Hell Do You Want?" She growled.

"Blanc to join…" He quickly ducked the throne.

"I gave you Jaune, and YOU THREW HIM OUT! Not only that, I was tricked to disown him!" She stormed over to him, "then I gave you Joan! She SIDED WITH JAUNE!" She grabbed him by the throat and slammed him to a wall, "now You Want Me To Give You Another Child? For What? So You Can Kill MY Great Great Grandmother?" She balled up her fist and was about to knock him out. "Enjoy the blissfulness of rest, Grandfather!"

"WAIT!" He said.

"Why, because you think you're going to stop me?"

"I… I know I failed you and everyone else. But please…" She punched the wall beside his head.

"NO!" She growled, "You will not get another child. Until you drop ALL CHARGES!"

"I can't." Just then Jason went over to them he had a scroll in his hand.

"Jason? Give the order to destroy Beacon." She said.

"Already doing it." Ozpin was paling.

"NO!"

"Remember, this was your fault." Said Rachel.

Just then Ozpin's scroll rang, "I think that would be Glynda." Said Jason, Rachel dropped him.

He answered it, [OZPIN! THE SCHOOL IS BEING ATTACKED. STUDENTS ARE BEING HURT AND KILLED!]

"Please, stop this!" He begged.

"Drop The Charges, Get Out Arcadia, and Never Come Back!" He couldn't answer her, "Okay. Jason, Kill Ruby." Ozpin's eyes widen, he needed her!

"ALRIGHT! ALRIGHT!" He said, he picked up his scroll and called the council of Vale. "This is Ozpin, drop all the charges on Jaune Arc. Yes, ALL charges. Do You Want To Start A War With Arcadia? DROP. THE. CHARGES!" Then he hung up, "it'll be done."

"Thank You Ozpin, Jason be a dear. Kill Winchester."

"Anything to make you happy sweetheart. Shall I call off the strike on Beacon?"

"Yeah go ahead and call it off." So it was, "now. The next time you storm in here like you own the place, I'm wiping Beacon off the face of the map. Hell, I'll destroy Vale. You understand me?" Ozpin nodded, "good. Now, GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY FACE!" Ozpin ran like his ass was on fire. She sighed in relief, she grabbed her phone and made a call.


(Hearthwarming concert)

K/DA was killing it and was enjoying themselves. Jaune looked over to Seraphine, she was having a great time and keeping in time with the group's dance. Jaune was giving her subtle clues of where to stand and what to do.


(After the concert)

Everyone went to their rooms to rest for the next night. Joan had walked over to Jaune and kissed him on the cheek. "That was for…?"

"Thanks for your help."

"Hey, you picked up on the hints."

"Can we talk about that note Kai'sa hit?"

"Oh yeah, that was awesome." Just then Kai'sa came up behind them and grabbed them both.

"Thanks." She said, they walked into their room and Jaune laid down on the bed. Evelynn, snuggled against him. In only her black underwear, she leaned on to him.

"Echoes from the amplifiers, ringing in your head." He sighed.

"You smoke the day's last cigarette, remembering what she said." Said Joan.

(I'm a Segar fan, sue me!)

"Darlings?" Said Evelynn.

"Yeah?" Said Jaune.

"Great work tonight."

"Was there any doubt?" Said Joan, "when you deal with an Arc, expect the very best." Jaune chuckled.

"She's right," he said. "You should have known this by now." Evelynn kissed him.

"I call, 'dibs' on you tomorrow."

"Well, I'm glad this dye is washable." He chuckled, with that, they got some sleep.


(Beacon)

The academy was in ruins, people were hurt and getting patched up. Almost every member of 'Ace-Ops' was killed, every member of CRDL was dead and everyone else was picking up the pieces. Team RWBY was horrified that this had happened. "Arcadia had run through us like shit through a goose." Said Coco. They had seen Ozpin coming back and he saw what happened. A representative from Arcadia just looked at him.

"This is the cost of betrayal." He said, "have a nice day. Headmaster Ozpin." Then left, Ozpin headed for the school.

"Where's team CRDL?" He asked, he was lead to CRDL's corpses. Sky had a huge hole where his heart was, Dove lost both legs and bleeds out, Russel kept his legs, but lost his arms. Cardin lost all his limbs and his heart. His decapitated head was on his chest. Ozpin lowered his head, he knew this was his fault. Just then Glynda had gone over to him.

"Autumn's missing," she said.

"No." He said and they rushed down to where she was.


(The basement)

They got there and sure enough, she was gone. They had gone to see who got her out and they saw a couple of Arcadian Knights had taken her out and loaded her up into a bullhead. Then took off as Atlas Knights tried to stop them. They were on match for their Arcadian counterparts. "Damn it!" He said, he also knew that if they'd try to get her back, Vale is destroyed. Just then there was a message on his scroll.

[Ball's in your court Grandfather.

-Your 'loving' Granddaughter,

Rachel Arc]

"What now?" Asked Glynda.

"I don't know," said Ozpin. "I don't know."

End of Chapter 4