So uhhhh... I'll be honest I had no intentions of this story getting ANY attention and now it sits at 80 follows and 42 favorites and to me that's pretty nuts so thanks for that you beautiful internet strangers. I'm really trying to get this out on Wednesday but if it's Thursday then you'll know I suffer from every students worst enemy: Procrastination. Moving on let's get the ball rolling.

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September 8th, 80 AGW

Well it's been a few days since I was last able to write. As much as I hate to admit maybe Beacon wasn't my smartest decision, seriously I've once again had my ass handed to me by Cardin and I think I'm one loss away from Professor Goodwitch putting me under a magnifying glass for my transcripts. Pyrrha is offering me the chance train with her but I don't know maybe I should but the bullet and come c-

"Jaune, have you seen my water bottle?"Speaking of his ever supportive partner.

"Ren said that he was doing some cleaning, He should be back in a few minutes." Despite what many may think of his combative abilities, Jaune was still the leader of JNPR and he fulfilled that role to the best of his capabilities. That includes knowing what his teammates do that benefit on and off the battlefield, and having a fair distribution of team chores.

"Oh, well then I guess I can wait here until Ren returns." Pyrrha grabbed the book she had been reading and found her page leaving the room in a comfortable silence.

"Hey Pyr, I'm gonna head to the roof for some fresh air don't worry I'll be back in time for dinner with the team." He grabs his journal and makes his way out to the hallway before making the small trip to the stairs which led to the dorm rooftop.

"Man I really gotta take more time to write, feels kind of weird not jotting something down every other day or so."

After a short walk to the staircase and the ascending it He finds a comfortable space against a brick wall and lays down his jacket so he can get in a decent position that won't hurt his back when he gets into the flow of writing.

-lean.

I know it's a dumb thought but from Beacon it feels like I can see all of Vale from here, like I can point in a random direction and I'll be pointing at home in Ansel. I know I don't belong here but Ifeel almost as if I do. There's no way someone like Ozpin or Glynda passed my papers that I payed for with a summers worth of allowance. For what reason I was allowed to stay, I'll never know. Putting worries aside I really do miss my home. RWBY and the rest of JNPR are like a second family to me but they can't really take the space of my sisters, mom and dad. Sometimes I think I'd rather let Renee braid my hair than Nora set off a Dust explosion at 10am.

Hearing the hinges of the roof access door squeak Jaune looks up from his writing to see his partner poking her head past the door.

"Jaune?" She catches a glimpse of him tucking a pen into a book before he wraps it up in his jacket and walks towards her.

"Sorry, I got lost in my head. Is it time for team dinner already?" Unfortunately time accelerates tenfold when seated and minding your own business.

"Yup it sure is, I heard tonight is breakfast for dinner so it's best to hurry before Nora deprives the school of its supply of batter." It was almost a joke.

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"There I was in Forever Fall-"

"Anima"

"Surrounded by King Taijitu-

"Creeps"

Dinner was going as usual for JNPR with Nora and Ren playing Is Ren Telling the Truth or was Nora Dreaming, while RWBY sat across from them all doing something independently. For Weiss it was studying for a quiz in Doctor Oobleck's class, Blake was reading a book in one hand and had a tuna sandwich in the other, yang was trying and failing at getting ruby to stop looking at the weapons of transfer students starting to trickle in.

"Rubes for the last time they aren't going to give you the blueprints for that self coating bayonet." One thing ruby was thankful for was all the new modification ideas for her precious.

"Bu-"

"Nope"

In comes our noodly mastermind" Ya know Yang even though its for technically the wrong reasons, it's not a bad idea to start looking at what our potential opponents are working with."

Triumphantly Ruby stands. "See Yang somebody understands me!"

"He also said you were still wrong you dolt." Thus the young rose falls defeated, felled by the blade of her own partner.

"Details-schmetails Weiss, all that matters is that I'm half right"A facepalm from Weiss is the only response.

Taking what Jaune just said Blake decides to jump in the conversation"So Jaune, since you're talking about opponents in the Vytal Festival I think it's safe to say JNPR has their hats in the ring?"

"You bet your butts we are, between My hammer, Ren's ninja skills, Pyrrah being Pyrrah all topped off with our super smart leader we got this in the bag!" Nora certainly had a way of pumping up team JNPR, a loud but entertaining way in Jaune's mind.

"We'll see about that! Don't think that we'll take it easy on you either especially with Pyrrha on your team" Yang and Nora then grab eachothers hands in a grip looked like it came straight out of a macho man action movie.

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One last bit of writing before calling it for the night. The talk at lunch was a bit of an eye opener, there's no dodging the tournament for me and if I want team JNPR to get even close to victory I absolutely cannot be a dead weight even if I'm only in the first round. I'm a leader and I need to do my best for my team.

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Okay holy cheese whiz I was out for way longer than expected but man you guys did not let me forget that this thing was on my profile. Seriously even a month after the first chapters release there was still new traffic, and I cannot say enough thanks for your patience at time uploading this the numbers on this story are a fair bit higher than what's at the top AN which should tell you how long I've been sitting on this chapter. Dialogue and actions are super blocky and stiff when the only papers you ever write are on the American Industrial Revolution. I swear I'll actually try to get a 3rd chapter on here just give me some time to figure where exactly this will go and just how I'll pace this thing.