Here's another chapter of Puppy Arc. Enjoy.

Beacon had proven to be a challenge, but Jaune was pulling through. While he wasn't the best at combat, he was doing… ok in everything else. He had a fantastic team and awesome friends. And most importantly, he had somehow managed to keep his secret for several weeks now.

He was still surprised by that, especially when the last incident 2 weeks ago was way too close for comfort. But, he wasn't going to look the gift horse in the mouth and just be glad that luck was on his side. Weiss and Ruby actually searched for his puppy self and seemed sad that the couldn't find him. Jaune felt bad for that, but he couldn't and didn't want to tell them the truth. He'll make it up to them somehow.

"Stop moving and get blasted!"

"How about you learn to aim!"

Jaune looked back down at the arena where Nora and Russel were sparring. Glynda was at a meeting so Port was supervising, and making commentary on the fight. It was probably the first time no one fell asleep when he spoke.

Anyway, Russel was actually holding his own in the arena, and Nora was getting agitated. After another failed attack, she fired several grenades at him. Russel dodged each shot but deflected the last one. It went flying out of the area… right towards Jaune. He screamed and raised his hands as he braced for impact.

The room went silent after the grenade exploded. When the smoke cleared, Jaune was gone. His clothes were there, but he himself just vanished. Everyone either started worrying and panicking or were too stunned to move and could only stare.

Everyone became deafly still and quiet when the shirt moved. Something was squiring within. Moments later, a dogs head poked out of the head hole. The dog, with fur and eyes the same color as Jaune's, crawled out, and then looked around the room before looking at himself and seemed to have a panicked look on his face.

The room was then filled with Nora's horrified screech.

Ozpin and Glynda were walking down the hallway side by side, discussing several things coming up for Beacon. Suddenly, they stopped when they heard a blood-curdling scream fill the hallway accompanied by fast approaching footsteps. Nora Valkyrie rounded the corner. She looked worse for wear but seemed to smile when she saw them.

"Headmaster!" She shouted quickly as she ran up to him. "You're a headmaster so you're like a super powerful wizard huntsman right?!" Before either of them could respond, the distressed student shoved as small fluff ball in his face. "Fix Jaune! You have to fix him!"

The two professors immediately knew what was up. Ozpin cleared his throat. "Miss Valkyrie, I-"

"I didn't mean to! My grenade got deflected and hit Jaune! I didn't mean to do this to him! I don't even know how it happened! You have to change him back! Please!"

"Nora I-"

"You can't! Oh my god you can't! Oh gosh Jaune's gonna be a dog forever! And it's all my fault!" She was on the verge of tears now.

Jaune whined in her grasp and tried to wiggle his way out, which prompted Nora to cry as she held him tightly against her chest.

"I'm sorry Jaune! I'm so sorry! We'll find a way to change you back! I promise! We'll get you back in no time! Please forgive me!"

The rest of Nora's teammates, followed by team RWBY, quickly rounded the corner, and soon at least 3 different loud conversations filled the hallway, with Ozpin trying his best, and failing, to calm everyone down.

Through it all, Glynda's eyes fell to Jaune. She saw his posture and face. His eyes were slightly narrowed and he hung limp, letting his limbs sway to and fro with each movement from Nora. Glynda recognized that look, the look of someone who tried to talk or make others see reason but couldn't get it through to them.

It was the face of someone who was just done dealing with the bullcrap around them and just gave up caring, accepting their fate.

It was a feeling Glynda knew all too well.

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'Ah, Glynda, glad I found you. Ok, I need you to complete that 300 pages worth of paperwork. I know I said I would help with it, but I'm the headmaster and thus am quite busy. I know you understand.'

'AhGlynda,Ihopeyoudon'tmindbutIhadetoborrowsomeofyoursupliesandlearningtoolsformyclassthankyouforunderstandingIhopeyoudidn'tneedthemandI'llreturnthemsoon!'

'Miss Goodwitch, I'm afraid the Ursa I captured for my class has gotten loose and I need aid in finding it. Oh wait, there it is, heading into your office… oh my, that is a lot of racket it's making in there.'

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"Ahem," Glynda cleared her throat and everyone was silenced as they turned to her. "I understand that you're all confused, but this arguing and bickering will get you nowhere. Now, Ozpin will explain to you what is going on while I take Jaune someone else."

No one opposed her.

Glynda brought Jaune back to her office to let the heat die down.

"You enjoying the chamomile tea?" Glynda asked. The student turned puppy wagged his tail as he drank the tea from the cup on her desk. "I figured you could use some to help you relax. Now, you are aware that the whole school will know about your… semblance."

Jaune looked back up to her, ears flopped down and sad eyes staring into hers.

Let it be known that Glynda had a heart because at that moment hers melted.

"I know it's not what you wanted, but it was bound to happen eventually. At least now you can stop worrying about hiding it, and avoid getting accidentally thrown out windows and shot at. If you're still a little afraid Nora would crush you to death in hugs, you can stay here for a little while."

Jaune seemed to like that reasoning. His sad expression went as he gave a happy bark before going back to his tea while Glynda worked on grading assignments.

Thank you for reading. Have a great day :)