Hold the fucking phone! Hold on a god damn minute! Did THE JC of the Corn just leave a review on my story!?
I was about to have a heart attack when I saw their name in the reviews!
I know it's not that much of a big deal because all he said was he didn't mind Robyn being in this story, but still knowing that one of the many authors who I look up to on here and whos story "The Endless possibilities for Jaune Arc" is one of the many stories I've reread so many times just because I love it, means a lot
and yes... I'm fanboying but I DON'T CARE!
JC if you read this just know your one of my favorite authors on here and it means so much that you would even consider leaving a comment on this story!
Also if you haven't read "The endless possibilities for Jaune Arc" Go read it now and then go read the Reboot. Seriously, those stories are amazing!
For Fiona, today was going to be an eventful day, as she and the rest of them would go with Robyn up to Atlas and to the Schnee manor to meet the cold dickhead known as Jaques Schnee. However, she still didn't sleep that night due to what had happened the night before and her worry added to that as well. Because she didn't sleep as night and spent most of the night patroling, she asked Joanna if she could do her daily rounds since she hadn't slept due to her patroling during the night, Joanna nodded but told her that she needs to rest, Fiona agreed and went up to her room and didn't bother taking off her boots she just fell flat on it and fell asleep.
Later, she was woken up by May as it was time to go, and with her already being in uniform, they all left their base and headed to the Bullhead docks. Finally, they arrived in Atlas, and thankfully, there was a car with waiting for them to take them to the Manor, they all got in and headed to the Manor. Once at the Manor and they had also seen that another car pull up, exiting out of it was The Ironwood with the Ace Ops, and in another car was the hooded girl and her team, Ruby if Fiona remembered and Finally, the final car doors opened and out came the person she was looking for along with his team. Fiona saw Jaune and smiled at him and Jaune looked at her and gave him a small wave with a smile. Fiona went over to Jaune and stood next to him before they could talk or say a word, they already arrived at the door and once the large group arrived at the door, it opened to reveal a short pale boy with white hair and blue eyes, He wore a light blue vest over a white shirt and wore dark blue pants if Fiona had to guess this must've been one of the Schnee kids
"Hello everyone," Said the kid
"W-where's Klien?" Weiss asked
"What a wonderful way of saying, "Hello dear brother how have you been?". You won't find him here, He was let go, can't imagine why" Said the kid
This confirmed to everyone that this was Winter and Weiss younger brother, Whitley, and whoever this Klien person was seemed to have an Impact on Weiss, at least that's the expression that everyone got.
"General how big to you think our dining room table is?" asked Whitely
"I happen to know it's quite enormous, but most of my guests will be on standby and they will be happily celebrating your father's victory," Ironwood said with a bit of a small smile, though most knew he didn't mean it.
they were lead in and everyone was met with a large hall and the floor was adorned with the Schnee crest.
"For those of you joining us in the dining room, follow me," Said Whitley
Ironwood, Winter, Clover, Penny, and Robyn followed him, while everyone else stayed in the hall. Everyone went off to do their own thing, Qrow, Marrow, and Harriet went to patrol the grounds, while elm and Vine went on to enjoy the party or in Elms words "eat them out of the house". Weiss went off do look around only to be stopped by her brother, everyone saw how the two siblings acted around each other.
"Oh boy, this could be a problem" Oscar stated
"Why won't this kid buzz off?" Yang asked
"We need to do something," Blake said
Jaune began to think, "what was that earlier about breaking things?" Jaune asked with a smile
He looked to Nora who was smiling and jumping in anticipation, Jaune gave her the go-ahead and she began grabbing food, while Jaune walked around with Fiona and Ren held a plate of cake and walked around, Nora had an absurd amount of food on her plate as she walked across from Ren, they walked in the opposite direction with Ren bumping into her on purpose and Nora began to make a scene and she fell while dropping her food. Ren smiled and Jaune gave a thumbs up but the food landed on a very round woman on her dress which caused her to freak out and spill her wine on Whitley. Weiss looked shocked.
"If you'll excuse me," Whitley said as he walked off
This allowed Weiss to go up the stairs and walk around the manor, while Everyone else stayed around but split up to enjoy the festivities.
"That was your master plan?" Fiona asked Jaune
"It worked didn't it?" Jaune asked with a smile
Fiona rolled her eyes with a smile, "Aye, I suppose it did" Fiona replied
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Weiss walked the halls and looked around if she could get any information on her father it would be in his office. Weiss just needed to get there without being caught on what she was doing. She ran into one of the waitresses here but told them that she was alright and then kept heading to her father's office. Once inside she shut the door and let out a heavy sigh
"Hello Darling"
Weiss turned around only to be met with the last person she actually expected, Her mother Willow Schnee. Her mother had a bottle of Vodka in one hand and set a glass down on the desk.
"What are you doing in your father's office?" Willow asked
Weiss looked a bit surprised but then looked down, "just looking for something I left" Weiss said "I need to use fathers computer"
"why?" Willow asked
"Because... I think he may have done something wrong" Weiss said
"I thought we all simply assumed that at this point" Willow replied as she leaned against the side of the desk
"Yes, well, some of us are trying to do something about it" Weiss replied
Weiss instantly knew that it was a low blow on her part and felt regret, Willow nodded at her daughter before going for the bottle and drinking straight from it, causing Weiss to be a bit uneasy. Willow finished and looked to her daughter, she then set the bottle down.
"He started locking his own computer," Willow told Weiss, She then picked up her scroll and opened it, "but... he still has blind spots"
She showed Weiss her scroll and on it was a live recording of them, Weiss then turned to her mother
"you put a camera in here?" Weiss asked
"I put them in every room of this house, for our safety, in case I ever need it!" Willow said, her voice sounding a bit frantic, she then looked back at Weiss "You haven't come back to stay, have you?"
"No," Weiss said with a shake of her head
Willow smiled, "good, that's good" Willow replied as a tear fell from her eyes and she wiped it away before walking off "No matter what happens Weiss... please don't forget about your brother," Willow told her
Weiss expression saddened "Whitley wants nothing to do with me" Weiss replied
"Of course he doesn't... you left him alone... with us" Willow replied "He was alone, no interaction with his older sisters, no one to protect him... he was alone, with two of the worst people in this house"
Weiss then looked at the Scroll her mother handed her and played the Video.
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within a back room, far from the eyes of everyone else, Whitley was trying to clean himself off, however, because it was red wine, it was going to cause a huge stain.
"Oi! Told ya we find the wee lad here" Came a voice
Whitley turned around only to be met with a white-haired girl with sheep ears and wearing the Happy Huntress uniform with a staff/crossbow on her back and a blonde boy dressed in armor with a sword attached to his side and spiked up hair.
"May I help you?" Whitley asked them
"no, we just came to check on you makein' sure you alright" Replied the girl
"Uh-huh, and you are...?" Whitley asked
"The names Fiona Thyme and this 'ere is Jaune Arc, my boyfriend" Fiona replied
Jaune smiled, "we're friends of your sister" Jaune replied
"Which one?" Whitley asked
"Weiss" Jaune replied
Whitley huffed, "I see, come to gloat on my sister's behalf?" Whitley asked
"quite the opposite actually" Jaune replied "I've heard a little bit about you"
"Really? I assumed my sister wanted nothing to do with me or this place" Whitley said
"now why wouldya think that?" Fiona asked
Whitley looked like he wanted to answer but steeling his expression, "it's none of your business" Whitley replied
"you got us there lad" Fiona replied
"Yeah, it might not be our business but, I can see how You both used to be the same" Jaune replied
"What do you mean?" Whitley asked
"When Weiss came to Beacon, she was up-tight, snotty, and acted like a brat who didn't get a toy when she didn't get the position of team leader"
"Sounds like she had a stick up her arse," Fiona said with a chuckle
"I-Indeed it does," Whitley said as a smile slowly showed on his face
"But then we got to know why she was like that, she was afraid to show who she really was, afraid to let anyone get close to her, however, spending time around her team, the people who didn't judge her for her last name, she opened up, why do you think she might have been a bit different when she came back?" Jaune asked
Whitley nodded, "Why are you telling me this?" Whitley asked
"I know I'm a stranger and all but... you remind me of her when she was starting in Beacon, and we've all guessed what your lives were like... I'm sorry that you had to go through whatever it was, but know that Weiss, she still cares for the family" Jaune said
Whitley looked at him, "how would you know that?" Whitley asked
"Why else would she be here? she swallowed her pride just step foot in this place, and while it might not be to see you, she did it for your family, At least that's what she told me" Jaune replied with a chuckle
Whitley looked back to the floor and took in Jaune's words, his expression softened before it returned formal, he got up not a little dry and went to go change clothes, but before leaving he turned back to the Jaune "Thank you for telling me this Mr. Arc" Whitley replied before he left
Jaune and Fiona watched as he left.
"After all... there something, not even he knows about himself, and once it's revealed, will you still look at him the same?"
Fiona looked at Jaune as the words of Tyrian came to her. What did Jaune not know about himself? What could it be that it could cause everyone to turn on him? She looked to him as he smiled and watched Whitley walk away and look for someone.
"Jaune?" Fiona called
"Yeah Fi?" Jaune asked
"There's something I need to tell you" Fiona began "Tyrian came to me last night and told me something"
Jaune looked at her with worry, "what did he tell you?" Jaune asked
"He just told me that there was something about ya that you didn't even know about and that it might change how people look at ya" Fiona replied, "Any idea what it could be?" She asked
Jaune looked at her and he began to think, but then shook his head "No, I don't have a clue" Jaune replied
Fiona nodded but could tell that the words affected him as he was in deep thought. she grabbed his hands and looked at him and he was taken out of his thoughts and looked back to her. She smiled at him before she brought his head down and kissed him, Jaune felt her lips on his and then eased into the kiss as well. they parted and looked at each other.
"Whatever it is, no matter what it is, I promise that I'll always be there for you Jaune," Fiona told him
Jaune's eyes widened and then they returned as he gave her a soft smile and nodded, "thanks Fiona" Jaune replied
"You told me that an Arc never goes back on their word, so I want ya to promise me somethin'," Fiona asked
"Anything" Jaune replied
"when everythin' is finished, and we get that bastard Tyrian, you come back safe and alive, Promise?" Fiona asked
Jaune smiled at her and nodded, "Promise, on my honor as an Arc"
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Earlier that day:
Jaune entered the Cell of Watts and looked at him as Watts turned back and looked back to him,
"Ah! Mr. Arc! to what do I owe the unexpected pleasure?" Watts asked
"I Need to know what the hell you were talking about" Jaune asked
"what do you mean?" Watts asked "If this is another one of Jame's attempts to get information out of me it won't work," Watts told him
"No, What did you mean when you said that it wasn't a miracle that I survived the Wormwood Virus?" Jaune asked
Watts smiled, "Ah, so you do remember that's good" Watts replied "I'll get straight to the point this time, you see Mr. Arc, the Wormwood Virus wasn't an actual Virus"
"What do you mean by that?" Jaune asked
"Well simple, you see a long time ago, Salem had a theory about how different the 2nd generations of humans were, so she wanted me to perform a test" Watts replied
"What kind of test?" Jaune asked
"To see if they could unlock magic," Watts said, "You see since magic was taken, we humans today aren't naturally born with it, however, that's not entirely true, after all, we actually have an advance form of Magic that not even Salem or Ozpin use to poses, can you take a guess at what that is?"
"Aura" Jaune asked
"Exactly" Watts replied "Aura is a reflection of a person soul, while Salem told me that magic just came naturally to people born with it, however, it didn't work like aura and semblances," Watts told her
"So she wanted to test if there was some way to activate this type of magic within herself?" Jaune asked
"No, she wanted to see if magic could be activated in us to see if the 2nd humans could tap into Magic" Watts began "so she came up with the Idea, use her own blood"
"Her blood? why?" Jaune asked
"Simple, her Blood had both the 1st humans potential at using magic withing herself, she also had Grimm essence in her, which as you know it poisonous to Humans, she also did this to see that if it was possible for the 2nd humans to do magic then she could build an army with them, so I conducted the experiments, however, she wanted me to do it in Vale due to the fact that Ozpin was there, so I did, I went there and decided that your village would be the perfect testing ground"
"So then what did you do?" Jaune asked
"Well I could just inject people with Salem's blood so I created a small mechanical army of robotic wasps, which would fly around and look for anyone to sting"
Jaune wanted to protest this but then he remembered that when he was playing outside with his older sisters he had been stung by something. He looked in realization.
"You see, the blood would infect the body and since it had Grimm essence in it, the essence would slowly destroy the person body, but if they were lucky then Salem's blood would replace their own blood and wash away the Grimm essence and activate their hidden potential for Magic, however, as you know, most didn't survive," Watts told him
The Realization hit Jaune in waves, just by what Watts was telling him, Jaune was able to figure out
"I see you're already figuring it out" Watts replied
"Are you saying that... I survived thanks to Salems Blood?" Jaune asked
"Yes, as it turned out, most of the people infected with Salem's blood were adults and teens, with only 1% being a kid," Watts said "I don't know how you were the only one survived, maybe it was indeed a Miricle, maybe it was sheer dumb-luck, there are many reasons... but yes, Salem's blood did save you but it also did something else as you might've guessed"
"So In a way... I'm a Clone of Salem?" Jaune asked, his head just processing the realization"
"Yes, her blood replace yours and fought off the Grimm essence because her blood had not only resisted it, but her body was use to having it in her again this explanation should also explain why the others infected could've survived but I had a guess as to why they were too old to have the potential opened," Watts said "Salem did tell me once that magic could only be opened when they were a child, so maybe that's why"
Jaune still couldn't believe it, he was in some way a clone of Salem. His whole life seemed to not make sense anymore and the realization that he should've died hit him hard and the only reason he didn't was due to the women they were trying to stop, the women who was responsible for all the deaths he's seen so far. In some twisted way, he owed his life to Salem. Jaune got up and headed back to the door of the Cell.
"I hope you consider this well Mr. Arc, I'm sure you'll make the best choice for yourself," Watts said as Jaune left.
As Jaune left, his face held bewilderment and shock but he saw that the rest of his team was approching and Jaune quickly shook off his current expression and looked to his friends.
"Come on Jaune, the cars about to leave and we better get there quick," Nora said
Jaune nodded, "R-Right" Jaune replied "let's get going," he said as he left with his team
The words of Watts ringed in his head, Watts told him to make the best choice, not the right choice, but the best choice...
But Jaune had already gone too far with his plan. All that mattered now was continuing on with the plan he had in mind, he just had to tweak it a little, which meant he might have to do things he didn't like doing...