Okay guys, so I'm disappointed in this chapter. Mostly because I had to rewrite it due to my computer crashing, and I had to rewrite a ton of it. And I just was so burned out, that I just half assed it. So its not as good as my other chapters. NOT EVEN CLOSE.

But I had to put something out. So here we go.

Inspiration for this one: BBC Merlin

"Well, hopefully we'll see something that won't be disgusting." Glynda couldn't believe what they just had to watch.

"Can we see something romantic?" Pyrrha mumbled as she really wanted to see a reality where she got with Jaune.

So far the only really romantic reality they had seen so far included Jaune with Blake, while only one reality had her getting with him and that one was a bit weird. And the rest of them didn't really have a pairing, except for the one they just saw where Jaune was gay with Ren. And the one where he was with Velvet. She wanted to see some shipping! Even If it wasn't with her!

"Miss Nikos, you do understand that you will not be with Jaune in all of these realities?" Glynda asked as she nodded.

"Of course, I figured that out when I saw him with Ren." She still couldn't believe that happened.

"So who do you think he could be paired with next?" Blake was curious.

"I don't know?" Nobody really knew.

"Look its starting!" Ruby said as she saw the tv switch to another reality.

Jaune was dressed in black pants, a brown jacket, and a blut shirt with a red neckerchief as he carried some food in a cloth down to his new friend. His torch was burning bright and he had a smile on his face hoping she would appreciate his gift.

"Huh, Jaune looks pretty happy." Yang said as this couldn't be all bad.

"Yeah, I wonder whats going on?" Ruby asked as she was glad that this wasn't so bad so far.

"I don't know, but it mentioned a new friend, who could the friend be?" Pyrrha asked as she was wondering if this was going to be a romance story?

"Maybe it's Ren, since he's talking about a friend, and chances are he's talking about a guy."

He found the area she was sleeping in and shook her awake. She quickly panicked and scurried to the back wall until he calmed her down.

"Sienna! It's me! It's Jaune!" He said as she looked him over to make sure it was the boy who saved her.

"….Sienna khan?!" Blake couldn't believe it.

"Sienna Khan? As in the leader of the white fang?!" Yang knew her name because Blake had talked about her.

"And she's friends with Jaune?" Pyrrha didn't know what to think of this.

"Wait guys, maybe she's not a bad guy in this!" Ruby tried to be the voice of reason.

"As much as I hate to admit it, Ruby has a point, there is no way someone who was in charge of a terrorist group would be friends with a human."

"Here, I brought you something." He said as he unfolded the cloth to show some bread, cheese, and meats he had taken from work.

Sienna quickly came forward and started to eat. After those few days on the road, she had completely forgotten about how hungry she had been. And now that there was food right in front of her. She couldn't help but stuff her face.

She let out a small giggle and a smile.

"It's good, as always." She said as Jaune smiled.

"Trust me, its fit for a prince." He would always say that when he came down here.

She didn't realize that the reason why was because he had been taking it from Prince Cardin.

"CARDIN IS A PRINCE?!" Nora yelled as she couldn't believe it.

"I don't even want to imagine what he would be like…" Blake didn't like the idea of that.

"Do you think he's a tyrant?" Yang asked wondering if the bully was the same.

"Come on guys, lets try to have hope here." Ren said as he was looking on the more positive side.

"I agree, I would rather hold out some hope that Mr. Winchester would have a change of heart, after all, his behavior at Beacon has improved immensely." Goodwitch stated as ever since that incident at Forever fall, he had a change of heart.

The scene changed back to a day earlier.

Jaune was holding a pitcher of water while Cardin was enjoying his lunch.

"More water sir?" Jaune asked as Cardin nodded.

"Yes please." He said as Jaune went to pour.

Jaune's eyes glowed gold for a brief moment as a spoon fell on the floor.

Cardin thinking he must have knocked it over when he moved to grab his water went to get it.

"Did anyone else see that?" Yang asked.

"Yeah Jaune used telekinesis!" Nora caught it immediately.

"Yeah, his eyes glowed for some reason." Weiss didn't know why.

As soon as Cardin couldn't see, Jaune used his magic to throw one of the drumsticks into the pitcher before Cardin got back up.

Smiling in victory at getting his spoon back, Cardin turned his attention back to his plate. However, his smile turned to confusion as he noticed something was off.

"…I had two drumsticks…..Jaune I had TWO drumsticks." He looked at Jaune with an odd look.

"Maybe it fell on the floor." He said as Cardin looked back on the floor.

"Huh, So Cardin doesn't know what Jaune has…wait, did he just say Magic?" Nora asked as she got excited.

"Another one where Jaune is a wizard!" She got excited as the last one was weird.

"I think correct term here would be Sorcerer." Weiss added.

"Yeah, Sorcerer sounds cooler. Plus the one where he was a wizard last time wasn't….cool." It was funny, but not cool.

Blake honestly found the exchange to be funny.

Jaune's eyes glowed again as his sausages started to move.

One sausage flew.

Jaune caught it.

Second one.

Caught.

Third one.

Caught.

Jaune immediately resumed his position as Cardin got back up.

This time he looked even more confused.

"I HAD SAUSAGES!" He yelled as he was so confused.

"You sure? They must have fallen under the table." Jaune looked under the table cloth.

"Jauney boy!" Cardin said as Jaune came back up.

"What? You can search me! I haven't taken them!" He defended himself.

"Then where have they gone?" Cardin asked in an inquisitive tone.

"Curious…." Jaune said.

"Very…." Cardin was glaring.

"But Jaune! You did steal them!" Nora accussed but was still giggling.

"Nora, are you actually on Cardin's side?" Pyrrha was surprised.

"Hey! I would be mad if my pancakes disappeared."

Okay that made a lot of sense.

"So why doesn't Cardin know Jaune has magic?" Yang was asking as it was obvious Cardin didn't know Jaune could do those things.

"You sure you didn't eat them?" He asked.

"I HAVEN'T HAD THE CHANCE!" Cardin pointed to his spoon that had dropped on the floor.

"You're silly Cardin." He booped his nose and walked away.

Suddenly he saw Cardin snatch the pitcher out of Jaune's hand.

"Jaaaauuunnnneee….look what I found…."

"Oh boy, Cardin is onto him." Yang giggled.

"I kind of like this version of Cardin, he's kind of a saracastic dick." Nora was chuckling.

"It certainly is an improvement from when he was a bully." Goodwitch said as she had to like their chemistry here.

"Ah." Jaune knew he was caught.

"Are these my sausages and drumstick?" He said as he pulled them out.

"Yes."

"You took them?"

"To keep you in shape!"

"…..Are you saying I'm fat?" Cardin was a bit offended.

"No! Well…..not yet…."

"I AM NOT….FAT!" Cardin yelled in indignation.

"You see? It's working!" Jaune said as he took the pitcher back.

Cardin looked down at his gut. Looked at it for a moment, and then Shooed him away.

"Awwww, Jaune made Cardin self conscious about his weight!" Nora was laughing her ass off at this point.

"I kind of like these two, Cardin seems a bit pratty though." Weiss said as he seemed a bit spoiled.

"Still kind of mean that he stole food." Ruby didn't like that.

"Yeah, but it was for this girl right?" Sienna still couldn't believe Jaune was helping Sienna.

The scene changed to Jaune giving Sienna a dress. He seemed awfully happy to be down there.

"Sienna, I can get you out of the city."

"But Jaune, what about your life here?"

"Cardin doesn't need me! I promised you I would help you didn't I?" He said as he held her hand.

She smiled.

"Away from here?"

"Yes."

"To a lake with a forest and the mountains on the horizon?" He could only smile in response.

"Of course Sienna, anything for you."

"Wait….Jaune and Sienna, are they dating?" Blake couldn't believe it.

"No freaking way…" Yang was not having this.

"UH UH!" Pyrrha again didn't like the idea of her future boyfriend dating a TERRORIST!

Even if she wasn't a terrorist in this world.

"Wait, how come Sienna is hiding in that tunnel in the first place?" Ruby was asking the important questions.

"She might actually be a criminal…." Goodwitch said as it wouldn't surprise her.

Jaune had first met Sienna after he had freed her from a cage on a wagon. She had been the prisoner of a bounty hunter who came in to turn her in for gold. As was the law. Cardin's father, Ozpin Winchester had outlawed any and all things relating to magic, for which the punishment was death.

"Wait, so Sienna is a wizard too?" Blake asked.

"I think the proper term would be Witch." Weiss said as a matter of fact.

"Okay we get it, you know facts!" Qrow said as he was getting irritated with her.

"Geez Qrow, no need to bite anyones head off." Pyrrha said with indignation.

"…..I outlawed Magic?" Ozpin couldn't believe it.

Whoever this man was, it couldn't possibly be him! He would never do that! Being a wizard himself, he couldn't see what would possibly make him go to that length!

"I can't do this Jaune…" Sienna suddenly pushed the dress back.

"What? Why not?"

"You don't understand…I'm cursed…." She trailed off as she looked at her hands.

"Curse? What curse?" Ozpin had a slight interest in this.

"Well, in a land where magic is oulawed, I assume she would see her magic as a curse."

"But that can be controlled, why would she be so reluctant to go with another sorcerer?" Ruby asked as something wasn't adding up.

"I don't know, something isn't right."

The scene changed to Jaune talking with Old Man Ironwood.

"Jaune, come here, I think I know what has been behind the attacks at night." Ironwood said as Jaune walked over.

"What do you think?" He asked as Ironwood pulled out a book.

"It is a magical creature just as Ozpin suspected." Ironwood was turning the pages.

"I believe we are dealing with a Bastet." He said as the picture landed on a giant tiger with wings.

"A what?"

"Wow! A tiger with wings!" Nora said as that was awesome.

"I know! It's like a flying kitty!" Ruby said as Weiss looked at her.

"A flying DANGEROUS kitty…" Weiss said even though she had to admit, the thought had crossed her mind a few times.

"A bastet, it is said that when someone has wronged a sorcerer, one of the methods of revenge is to be cursed to walk the nights as an unholy monster." At this Jaune froze a bit.

He remembered how reluctant Sienna was to be found. And what she meant when she said she had been cursed. And how everytime he tried to visit her at night. He could never seem to find her.

"So Jaune, I'll ask you again…was it you who freed the Faunus girl?" Ironwood asked even though he knew the answer.

"So wait, Sienna is some evil creature, and that's why she seemed to not want to go with him?" Ruby asked as everyone took it in.

"It would appear no matter what reality she's in, Sienna causes trouble, even if she doesn't mean to…" Blake said referring to this reality.

"So Jaune freed her, and now he could be responsible for the attacks?" Yang asked as that must have been weighing on his mind.

"You don't understand! I couldn't let Ozpin get his way and murder an innocent girl!"

That did not sit well with Ozpin at all. This reality was way too different from theirs. He admitted he had made sacrifices but the king that was being described in this reality seemed to be an arrogant tyrant. Even worse was that Ironwood seemed to switch roles with him as the caring wise mentor.

Everything was backwards, and he wasn't liking the possibilities that came with it.

"Jaune! Why are you so determined to protect this girl!" Ironwood asked as Jaune froze and looked away.

"I already told you…you don't understand Ironwood…." He looked back at his friend and mentor.

"Then I'm sorry." James left.

"Where are you going?"

"To tell the king."

"You can't!"

"I have to…" And with that he left.

So Ironwood seems relucant to do it. Unlike Ozpin in this reality who would gladly execute any and all magical creatures. But why did Jaune seem so reluctant to tell anyone about her.

Did he really care about her that much?

Did he love her?

Pyrrha had to admit, she was still slightly jealous.

Hours later, after Jaune had warned Sienna that the king was looking for her, she had gone to hide. Possibly to escape out of the Kingdom, wherever she was, he was hoping she got away.

"Jaune, where is the girl?" Ironwood asked as he heard they didn't find her yet.

"She's gone…" He said in a dull tone.

"Okay, so he managed to get her away…" Everyonebreathed out a sigh of relief.

"But what if she hurts someone?" Goodwitch asked.

"It's not her fault! You heard her admit it! She's cursed!" Nora said as Weiss spoke of.

"Even so, that doesn't matter, even if she did it unwillingly, she's still dangerous…" Weiss didn't want to admit it, but it was true.

"Jaune, understand, I take no pleasure from this." Ironwood said as Jaune looked back.

"I know, it's just that…" Jaune trailed off.

"Do you know how it feels…to be a monster? To be afraid of who you are?" Jaune asked as Ironwood looked down.

"Sienna is different from you…" He said.

"Whoever she is, whatever she's done! She doesn't deserve to die!" Jaune cried out.

Everyone had mixed feelings about this. Everyone was shocked at the way Jaune was speaking. They knew he was a magician of some sorts. But what shocked them was the fact that he had been seeing himself as a monster simply because Ozpin had outlawed magic, and treated any practioner as if they were a monster.

They stated to think about it. What if they were in that situation What if aura was somehow banned? Would the huntsman and huntresses be hunted down just like Jaune's kind? What would happen? Would they be considered wild beasts meant to be hunted down at night? Just like Jaune? Just like Sienna?

Blake had experienced it, but to see and witness a human go through it. It was unnerving. What was even weirder was seeing Jaune fall in love with Sienna. To think a human and faunus coming together, it happened, but not very often.

The scene cut to Sienna trying to run away in the dress that Jaune gave her. But the bells were ringing and the guards were alerted to her presence. She needed to get out of here before they caught her, and before she hurt anyone else. But she saw the shadows of Prince Cardin, Port the jailer, and the guards of Beacon were surrounding her.

"No one gets away from me." Port said with his chains.

"Please! I don't want to hurt anyone!" Sienna begged as they laughed except for Cardin.

"Miss, just come with us quietly." Cardin was hoping to resolve this without violence.

"Please I don-" Sienna felt herself trembling.

Then she fell to her knees as she realized what was going to happen. She started to scream in agony as her body began to shift, fur began to grow, and her fangs grew even more prominent, as tiger stripe fur began to grow, and most of all, the wings that burst out of her back.

Suddenly, everyone saw WHY she was trying to get away.

Because standing in front of them was a very hungry, very angry tiger with wings.

"Holy shit…" Qrow thought his bird transformation was something.

But now he looked like a little bitch in comparison.

"Big kitty!" Nora and Valkyie liked it.

"…." Blake couldn't believe it.

Often the faunus would be treated like rabid animals, but to see one actually turn into a rabid animal was something frightening.

The Bastet immediately killed Port and flew off. Determined to get away from the city. However an archer brought her down into the courtyard of Beacon Castle, and soon she had Prince Cardin and his knights to deal with.

Jaune had heard the commotion and had run outside to try and stop it. But by the time he got out there it was too late.

Sienna had already been badly wounded by Cardin and his men.

And she was being backed into a corner.

"Is Jaune going to save the day?" Nora was hoping for a happy ending.

"Unlikely, if this world is truly as dangerous as they say it is, it would be wise if he didn't expose himself here.

"I do believe Miss Khan is doomed." Ozpin added his two cents.

Jaune looked up and saw a gargoyle statue. Thinking this may be his only chance to save her. He reached his hand out slightly and his eyes glowed gold again.

Suddenly the statue came crumbling down in front of the prince and his men. It wasn't close to them to hurt them, but it was enough to have them back away from the bastet.

It was at that moment, the beast looked at Jaune. Not in anger or hunger. But a look of familiarity, she still recognized him. But as soon as it looked at him. She took off flying, and Jaune was determined to find her.

"See?! He did hsave her!" Nora said as everyone else breathed out a sigh of relief.

"I wouldn't count on it…" Ozpin had a bad feeling about this.

"Why would you say that?" Goodwitch asked.

"You saw the wounds that were inflicted on her in that form…"

"That doesn't mean it will transfer over Professor…." Goodwitch was holding out for hope.

Jaune trailed her back to the tunnels. He heard her screaming in pain as she shifted back into her faunus form. And he came across her collapsed form.

"Sienna!" He said as he went over and cradled her.

"Jaune…I'm so sorry…" She cried out in grief and pain.

"It wasn't your fault…" He said as he held her close feeling her wounds.

"I…I never wanted to hurt anyone…when I was a girl, I was cornered by a man…..I didn't want to hurt him, but I was scared he was going to kill me! So I killed him first…"

Everyone else went silent as they listened to her story. What did that have to do with her being cursed?

"His mother was a powerful sorceress, and when she found out I had killed her son. She cursed me to kill forever more…" Jaune listened to her as he looked her over.

"It's alright…I'm going to get you out of here…" He said as she gave a sad chuckle.

"No Jaune….it's over….the wound…..it's too deep." Jaune pulled his hand back to find blood.

"No…not like this….not here!" He picked her up and began to carry her out of the tunnel.

"Where are they going?" Nora didn't like the look of this.

Ozpin knew his feeling was right. Sienna's wounds transferred over to her human form. And they were much too lethal for her to survive. She was going to die. And there was nothing Mr. Arc could do about it.

Ruby was still holding out for hope that Jaune would save her somehow. Yang was very much the same way. Thinking there had to be some kind of magic that could save her.

Blake was DEFINITELY rooting for this couple. Not only did a human and faunus fall in love. But Jaune was willing to risk his life to save her. She didn't want to see this love story end in tragedy. And she could only hope and pray that there was a happy ending.

Pyrrha despite not seeing other women, or the occassional man with Jaune was hoping Sienna would survive. Not just for her sake, but also for Jaunes. She remembered his speech about how he saw himself as a monster. And it really hurt her to hear him say that.

To think that he had been persecuted because of such an amazing power was scary. Could any of them be accused of sorcery in this world? Where were the rest of them? Did they die due to Ozpin's laws? Did they even exist?

Ironwood was still shocked to see that for once he was playing a more sympathetic character versus Ozpin being the more tyrannical of the two.

Jaune rode throughout the night. With Sienna clutched tight to his body as he was hoping that he would make it to the place in time. He made a promise to her and he was going to keep it. The sun was rising and he could see the rays start to illuminate the place he had promised her.

He took her off the horse and laid her on the soft grass.

"Sienna! Sienna! Wake up!" She opened her eyes slightly and looked around.

She saw a lake, with trees all around, and mountains in the distance. As her eyes adjusted to the sight. She looked up and gave Jaune a true genuine smile.

"You remembered….." She said with happiness in her voice.

"Of course…." He smiled back.

"Oh god, no please let her live!" Ruby did not want it to end like this.

"Come on! We've seen enough misery! I want to see Jaune end up with a happy ending!" Surprisingly that came from Weiss.

It was true, throughout a lot of these universes, Jaune went through great tragedies. One time he was a viscious cannibal. Another time he was a vampire who sacrificed himself to save his daughter. And in another universe he was a serial killer who put people into viscious games.

This universe, he was much more kindhearted, and he deserved happiness. But it seemed he wasn't going to get that.

"I am so sorry for what that sorcerer did to you!" Jaune apologized with his voice cracking a bit.

"Jaune…you have nothing to be sorry for…" She said with a smile.

"There must be something I can do…something I can do to save you!" He was trying to think of anything.

"Jaune, you already saved me…." She cupped his face and smiled at him.

"You made me feel loved….."

Everyone was starting to let small tears out. In reality, what she just said was kindof cliché. But it didn't matter. This was still Jaune they were talking about. And right now he was about to lose someone he actually cared about. All because of a stupid law by a tyrant of a king. Sienna didn't deserve what happened to her.

She thought the man was going to kill her! It was self defense! She didn't deserved to be cursed to become a monster each night! Why was fate so cruel to her! No one could believe they were feeling sympathy for someone who was a terrorist in their world. But they were. It just showed how much things could change with the circumstances changed just a bit.

Nobody wanted to see Jaune lose someone he cared about.

They had seen so much horribel stuff already.

They didn't need to see anymore.

"….I don't want you to go!" Jaune begged her to stay.

Sienna looked at him one last time.

"One day….Jaune….I will repay you…." She said as she closed her eyes and laid her head back slowly.

She took a final breath in, and her heart stopped.

"Sienna….." He said as he checked her pulse.

"No…" He said as he held her close and started to cry into her shoulder.

At this point, there wasn't a dry eye in the audience. Even Qrow was having trouble with it. The scene itself reminding him of a certain hooded teammate he lost a long time ago. Ozpin could only think of how many friends he had lsot over the years. Even Glynda had memories of former lovers.

Ironwood thought of all the times he had to write condolence letters to the families of soldiers under his command.

Blake thought of friends in the white fang who had died for nothing.

Yang thought of her step mother.

Ruby thought of how her mother left one day and never came back.

Weiss thought about how her own family life was falling apart. Especially with how distant her mother was from her now.

Pyrrha could only imagine what it would feel like if she lost Jaune.

Nora and Ren had experienced lose before, being survivors of Kuroyuri. And they knew how much it hurt to lose those you cared about.

Jaune prepared a boat filled with wood and leaves for her to lay on.

He pushed the boat out onto the lake as he raised his hand.

"Wh…." He stopped for a second.

He knew as soon as he lit those flames…it was official….she was gone….and she was never coming back. And part of him was hoping that maybe she was still alive. But it was too late, she was gone…

Swallowing the pain, he raised his hand as he muttered another magical phrase.

Her funeral pyre lit…and Jaune rode off, he didn't want to stay here any longer….

He had lost enough today….

Team RWBY and NPR were huddled together, they hated the fact that once again, something terrible happened. Why did so many bad things happen? Couldn't for once, they get something fun and something that would give them hope? And not something that would make them hurt inside?