The time has come to finally go to Beacon, for it'll help achieve his dream, but before he goes he speaks to his mother one last time before his departure to Beacon.
Jaune knows that it'll be a long while until they meet again, so he said to her, "Mom, today's the day I go to Beacon… And I know what I am signing myself up for, so don't worry too much, ok?"
She looked into her Son's eyes, seeing the passion and determination in them, understanding that his son will try to achieve his dream, even if she tried suggesting safer options to him.
So she says, "I understand Jaune, but promise me one thing ok? Promise me that you'll visit us when you can, ok? I know you have the potential within you to become a hero, but promise me that one thing, ok?"
Jaune smiled, he was glad her mother accepted that he needs to try and achieve his dream. So he replied, "Of course mom, I promise to visit when I can. Wait until I return home ok?"
She nods and tears up a bit, then proceeds to hug him tightly, and says in a tearful voice, "Do your best son, do your absolute best."
After that interaction and soon, it came time to depart, Jaune gets all of the equipment needed for his new chapter in life. He proceeds to go to the area where they accept new students for Beacon, where the Mage class uses a simple levitation spell but they use the enchanted version which can be more versatile. Jaune boards the levitating ship that the mage's power with their Mana.
The mages proceed to board everyone else onto the ship that was decently sized which it being a large hot air balloon but instead of a burner for coal and such things, it was a burner for mana infused objects, but it only burns off the mana since there's an enchantment that protects the object themselves.
Jaune notes this about the burner, and smiles how the creation of the (hot air) balloon ship made things much easier to travel. Now that everyone has boarded the ship, it took off to go to Beacon academy.
On the way to Beacon, Jaune fell asleep during the ride but then suddenly, the (hot air) balloon ship landed and he started waking suddenly and yawned a bit as he gets off the ship.
He finally arrives at Beacon, with his equipment on hand and prepared to take the entrance exam but before that, he gets to meet others that will help in his Journey.
He sees everyone talking and chatting amongst themselves in a group and then eventually he spots someone alone and decides to approach her.
As he walks to her, she seems to be confused and shy and perhaps trying to talk to someone but then she spots Jaune and starts shaking nervously.
Jaune tries easing her and says, "Hello! Um…. Are you doing ok? You seem… like a nervous wreck! Haha…"
The shy girl responds, "O-oh um, hello! May I ask your name?" After she said this, she tilted her head a bit, cutely.
Jaune scratches the back of his head a bit embarrassed then notices her ears. "Well, my name's Jaune Arc! And…. I wish to achieve a dream here at Beacon, what about you…. Um… Miss?"
The shy girl introduces herself with a small smile in a timid voice, "Ah. I see, my name is Velvet Scarlatina and thanks for… um talking to me…?"
After she said that, her bunny ears started moving up and down a bit, which clearly shows her nervousness, clearly confused on why Jaune took the time to talk to her even though she's Faunus…..
Jaune simply nodded sheepishly but smiled back and said, "Well…. You're welcome, Velvet! Sorry if I seemed imitating, especially since I'm really taller than you….. Maybe we can become friends?"
Velvet's eyes widened a bit, clearly surprised that he was very considerate of her. She then realizes that Jaune is someone who doesn't see her as a "animal," just a fellow person.
Velvet responded with a bit of excited tone, "Um…. Yeah! Sure! I... don't mind at all! But I think we should start taking the entrance exam…. So let's meet up here later?"
Jaune gave a thumbs up saying happily, "Sure! Why not? Good luck Velvet."
Jaune starts walking towards the arena where the Beacon entrance will take place and he identifies himself and he gets into the arena with others to fight enchanted wooden dummies with various weapons to fight against.
Of course there are sections of the arena for individual students and there are lines for some sections but Jaune's section is not much considering most people here are true "warriors" that use magical swords, and more. For a rare class like him, he had to fight a basic enchanted dummy due to the mystery of his class.
The equipment he brought with him was a chest plate, fingerless gloves and his newly forged sword, "Excalibur". He has yet to enchanted it yet… but he could only do basic enchantments with his basic level. Of course, he needs to figure out his new skill tree but for now he only has his basic equipment. The rest of the equipment is in his bag and said bag is in his inventory.
In this world you have only one inventory slot that carries your bag, and what type of bag you're using determines your carrying capacity but it doesn't affect the user. Of course, using certain bags is determined by your level.
So, with everything he needs with him, he gets into a stance to fight against the enchanted wooden dummy after he unsheathes Excalibur.
The wooden dummy prepares a basic stance and then proceeds to slash at Jaune, aiming at his face which Jaune responds by ducking and then proceeds to do a counterattack by thrusting his sword's tip into the Dummy's chest, which stabs into it. The instructor notices this and nods in approval and asks Jaune to do a second round to assess Jaune's fighting style. Jaune nods and prepares himself again after he pulls his sword out and away from the dummy, which the instructor tells it to back away from Jaune and get into a more advanced stance.
Jaune gets back into his original stance and so the Instructor tells the training dummy to start attacking. The dummy quickly slashes at Jaune, going for two strikes. Which makes Jaune take a jump back for the first strike and then the dummy steps forward in to do another slash in response to that and Jaune does another jump back and quickly reacts by slashing at the head, making a clear cut to cut the head of the dummy.
The instructor was clearly impressed when he saw this and saw Jaune's potential, so he told Jaune after he sheathed Excalibur, "My friend, I think you just passed your exam."
Jaune looked at the instructor bewildered but smiled and replied, "Thank you, sir. I hope you have good luck in finding other candidates."
The instructor nodded and took Jaune's application and stamps in the approval seal then headed off into processing it with the magic data system.
Jaune proceeds to go back to Beacon's courtyard to meet up with Velvet to see how she did in her entrance exam. As he walks up to Beacon's courtyard he sees Velvet with a small smile and proceeds to walk to her.
As Jaune approaches her, he says, "Well? Did you pass Velvet?"
Velvet started to smile brightly and replied excitedly, "Yeah I passed! I was nervous but with my class and abilities, I was able to pass with ease!"
Jaune nodded and said, "That's great Velvet! Maybe we can form a team here…. Either way, it's gonna be great working with you."
He reached out his hand to her for a handshake and Velvet looked at his hand for a second hesitating to accept it, not really expecting it, he really doesn't see her as a "filthy animal."
This makes her smile widen more and accepts the hand shake hand with Jaune, she feels that she'll feel safe with Jaune around her and their journey together in Beacon academy will be an enjoyable one.
After the handshake, they decided to walk together to go to the dorm registration which Velvet knew where it was because she was handed the map of Beacon. They registered together to get dorm rooms together and now, everyone is settled and ready for the classes to come, which they will get the schedule in the mail on their door mailboxes.
After that long day, Velvet and Jaune went to their rooms and rested. Tomorrow is for the newly fledged Beacon students to rest and get used to the Beacon layout, the next day is when the classes truly begin.
Author Note: Hello everyone! Sorry for the long wait, school's been making me busy but at least I got a longer chapter! Anyways, I hope you enjoyed it because the next chapter may take longer, it depends…. Anyways, review the writing so far and if you like the story's direction! ^ And now I say, "El Psy Congroo to the future!"
