Beacon Academy
3:30 PM

-️-️-️-️Pyrrha POV️-️-️-️-

*ringringringringringringringringringring*

Classes are over! It's finally time…

RWBY is back together now. I look over at them for one last jolt of confidence. They all smile at me.

"For the good of the world!" Ruby adds. Glad to see she dealt with her feelings.

With Miló and Akoúo strapped on my back, I turn to go.

I see Jaune with a real, full-on smile on his face for the first time in quite a while.

Just for a second, my heart twitches and I almost turn back, but I crush it.

That smile was never directed at me anyway.

I quicken my pace as I exit the lecture hall and move towards Ozpin's office.

I turn a corner and- is that the end of a rapier I see? I stop for a second but it is gone in a flash.

Probably Weiss going shopping again…

I finally finish the climb up there and enter his office.

It is really plain, all things considered. The papers on his desk easily stands over one foot tall, and the grayness makes the atmosphere dark and dreary, just like the rest of this academy.

Why is it so dark here? It was never this way back in Mistral…

I sit down in the one available chair. It takes an absurd amount of time for Ozpin to notice me, as I watched that stack of papers whittle down to a few measly sheets.

"Sorry about that. What are you here for?"

"I have to tell you something."

"What is it?"

It takes a bit for me to get the words out. Where is this hesitation coming from?

"Jaune forged his transcripts."

A look of shock is on his face. His eyebrows then slope downwards as it seems to turn into anger.

"I will get this resolved. Thank you Pyrrha."

"You're welcome. Sorry for bothering you."

"It's fine, it's fine. It was for a good reason so I pay no mind."

A smile is on my face now. I made the right decision.

I leave the office to go back to the JNPR dorm. Soon it will probably just be NPR. A small price to pay…

As I go inside and close the door, I don't notice the four sets of feet rushing by behind me…

-️-️-️-️Ozpin POV️-️-️-️-

The instant that door closes, I break into a smile.

I knew about his transcripts.

It was so obvious. Who the hell would be fooled by someone listing "Flare Academy" as their combat school?

And seeing him try swordplay? Even someone with mild training would do better than that.

I give a nice hearty chuckle to myself.

But I accepted him for a reason. With his large aura reserves and incredible tactical ability, he is one of the best candidates to come through this academy in a very long time.

And I can see it in his eyes too, that determination.

There's nothing that will stop him.

So what to do with him then? No way will I expel him out of the academy.

But I also can't keep the status quo.

If I keep him on his team, the team chemistry will explode. No way Pyrrha will help him now.

And then there's RWBY…

I turn on one of the monitors nearby and flip it over to Camera 2, the camera that is in a hallway outside the office.

This camera shows all four members, talking amongst themselves and giggling like happy little babies.

I can even hear their conversations…

"It'll be so good to not have him in our hair anymore."

"Hell yeah! Now I can find someone with an even cooler weapon!"
"Now I can finally tease a real hunk of meat!"
"No more fucking serenades, thank the Oum above!"
"No more awkward conversations!"
"Now I can finally connect to Pyrrha with him out of the way!"


Sure is unique there, isn't it! No, it's not. Also the whole Oum thing. It just leeched in from other fanfics that do this. I did eventually get more unique as I went on, but this stuff is right out of a can.


And on and on it goes, naming every possible way their lives are better without him.

This could be a little problem. They are the most dangerous first-year team. By a lot.

Keeping him here, as a team leader, with a team that shows no confidence and a team that is indifferent at best to him right next door…


Even though there is no reason or even a hint of anyone other than Pyrrha not being confident in him. Whoops.


No. Gotta have a new plan.

But nothing good comes to mind. Everywhere has the chance of tipping over the scales and screwing him over even worse. But he is too good to let go.

"...*groan* I don't have a choice. I have to pick something."

After much deliberation, he decides to split him off from his team and have him train up on his own.

This is the best he can really do. Give Jaune just a pinch of motivation and…

With his mind set, Ozpin starts his plan. He leans into the mic and yells as loud as he can;

"JAUNE ARC TO THE HEADMASTER'S OFFICE!"

-️-️-️-️Jaune POV️-️-️-️-

This entire day has been one hell of a roller coaster ride.

I was having fun today, joking with Yang, looking at Ruby's endless variety of weapon doodles and hanging out like always, but then after breakfast Pyrrha just seemed kinda… distant. Like I had done something to her...

And then lunch and I can barely even glimpse at her face! This is madness!

I would never want to make her sad. And then she just left somewhere without me and the rest of the team?

Pyrrha would never avoid me like this!

I gotta talk to her.

As if on cue, Pyrrha enters through the door looking happier than a kid in a candy store.

Yesss! This will be easy!

"What's up Pyr?!"

"N-Nothing! Just had a good sparring match!"
"Nice! Wanna train?"

"...I'm too tired."

"Alright then… how about we go to the weapons store?"
"No. I need some time to myself."

I deflate like a bounce house with a puncture in it. Even Ren and Nora notice and look in our direction.

Ren speaks up. "Maybe you should just go to the training arenas Jaune. Pyrrha wouldn't want you to just mope around all day."

"You're right! Thanks Ren!" I dash out the door with renewed energy and head toward the training arena.

"Maybe I can take out a Level 3 bot today!"


Would have been better to have Pyrrha do this diversion.


Ren, master of emotions, realizes something is up. He sends Nora out on a special task to get her out for a while.

"Hey Nora, did you know the world's largest pancake is in Vale?"

"REALLY! REN PLEASEPLEASEPLEASE-"

"You gotta go find it! Here's some money."

Ren hands her about 3000 lien.

"Good luck!"
She's gone faster than you can shout Maple Syrup!


Lien in lowercase… also, that fucking descriptor for Ren is amazing… -ly bad.


"Alright Pyrrha. Tell me what's up."

She is deadly silent.

"You can tell me. I won't get mad."

Still silent.

"Please Pyr, you have to-"

"I just expelled Jaune from Beacon."

"YOU WHAT!?"

-️-️-️-️Jaune POV️-️-️-️-

*clink* *clink*

I'm fighting three level 2's at once, the final test before I get promoted to Level 3.

The robot tries to attack from the side, but I dive out of the way.

I put my sword up to block a frontal attack, and try to use my shield to cut off its arm.

It… Works! One is down!

I never usually get that to work!

But while I'm distracted, I get knocked back by a stab.

With my aura in the yellow, I have to take risks!


The sentence above is the perfect example of what I tried to avoid in the remaster. The normal POV helps a lot, but I also tried my best to restructure sentences/subtle plot details to not be so 'in your face'. This whole fic is in a 'in your face' styling.


I see them both dive for my legs. I have to jump pretty high up to avoid them, so much that I use Crocea Mors to plant myself down.

They run into the wall! They're regrouping, now's my chance!

I turn my shield sideways and ram it into them both with all my strength!

They get squashed like a bug! I finally did it!

"Level 2 Passed. Begin Level 3?"

But I have to pace myself. My aura is low, and frankly, I'm tired as hell.

So I quit out of the simulation. The walls evaporate and I walk out of the arena.

What to do next?

Maybe go to the cafeteria? I hear that there is a brand new cake today…

I know! The weapons shopping from earlier!

I'll ask Ruby to go with me! It'll be so much fun looking at all the ammo and thinking of new weapons and…

I dial her number in my scroll and call.

*ringring* *ring-BEEEEEP*

It hangs up fast. Unnaturally fast. Is she off sparring?

I check the training arenas for her distinctive red color and find nothing.

*sigh* Life just gets better and better, doesn't it..

*ping*

Grimm Wars 2 is out! NICE! I gotta go get it now!


I… uhh. Uhhhhhh… uhhh… Jaune is… I'm just gonna not say anything. This happens a lot.


I rush out the library, heading on my way to Jupiter Torchwick's Game Emporium. They have to have it there!

On my way by, I pass by both the dorms. Is that… club music coming from RWBY's side? Damn, Yang must really miss the partying after she got banned from Junior's a while back…

I continue my quest, passing through the library at a surprising speed.

There's Blake again, stuck in her books.

But then I see a lock of pink- wait REN?! What is he doing there?

He's meditating really, really hard… what did Nora do this time?

Is it another syrup incident?

Whatever. Time to go!

I groove on by, faster and faster, the door is in my sights and-

"JAUNE ARC TO THE HEADMASTER'S OFFICE!"

AHHHHH! MY EARS!

And my thoughts are gone too! What was I thinking about?


500/10 writing up there.


Oh well, gotta go see what the headmaster wants.. probably to talk to me about my poor History grades...

(A/N: The Ozpin/Jaune scene was going to be here, but I want to keep chapter sizes somewhere between 1500-2000 words so I cut it off. In the next chapter it will be in along with some "fun" content.)