CHAPTER 2

"You're the new Black Knight" Julius Arc said just above a whisper.

"I'm so sorry grandpa" the poor knight said feeling the sadness over him. Julius looked at his grandson, he was devastated, and Julius knew he needed to say something to help

"Why are you sorry my boy, you didn't wanted this do you? It's just a bad play of the destiny… or not." He said with a little smile in his face

"OF COURSE IS BAD" Jaune snapped "I just wanted to be a hero, all my life i wanted that, i begged you to help me convince my parents to start training me, and now just like a snap of fingers all my dreams vanished" he started crying again "Why me, i didn't want this, i didn't want this feelings i wanted to be the hero of the people and now with this… curse people will fear me and hate me"

"Jaune, look at me son" Julius said kneeling in front of Jaune "What makes you think that you can't be a hero anymore?"

"Grandpa I'm the Black knight!" he practically spat the name "For the las 500 years the Black Knight was known for be a bringer of dead and sorrow!"

"So? Just because the other users of this power were like that doesn't mean you will be like them!"

"You don't understand!" Jaune shouted taking a step back "I'm using all my strength to keep the feelings of hate and rage at bay in my head grandpa" he looked to his hero in the eyes "I need you to put me in a cage grandpa if i ever let these feelings completely free i'm not sure what is going to happen and to be honest i don't want to find out"

"I'm not going to put you in a cage Jaune!"

"BUT I DON'T WANT TO HURT ANYONE!" Jaune yelled crying even more "i almost loose it today in combat class, when i was fighting against Zack i felt all this emotions in my head saying me to kill him for hurting me, for looking down on me, I was able to control them until Zack attacked me from behind" his grandpa made to say something but Jaune stopped him raising a hand "please grandpa let me finish" his grandpa nodded and said nothing "When he attacked me i lost it grandpa all this emotions took the best of me i wanted to kill him and what scares me the most is that i don't know at what point these were my emotions or this curse, because when i grabbed him by his neck I was enjoying it" he released a shaky sigh "If not for teacher Taiyang i don't know what would happened, grandpa I'm dangerous, what if hurt any of my sisters what if i hurt mom and dad, i will never forgive myself"

"Oh my boy" his grandpa chuckled actually chuckled, he just told him he almost kill a poor boy and he was laughing! "Jaune the fact that you could control the power and the emotions tell me that you will be different from the other Black knights that couldn't even or didn't wanted to control themselves" he lifted himself and Jaune from the floor and put a hand in his shoulder

"Jaune son you have an enormous weight in your shoulders, one that no one will ever understand" that makes him feel better oh yeah "But you started with the right foot even if you have a little of control of it, that means a lot of effort and will, Jaune you can be a hero and one of the greatest, if not the best, it'll be difficult and probably painful but if someone can control all the bad of this new powers, that someone is you son" he put his other hand on the head of Jaune "It will be difficult to bring the people to trust you, but! You're young you have all your life to do it son, and i know for sure you will"

Jaune felt his chest swell after hearing those words from his hero, for all the faith his grandpa have in him "you really think i can grandpa? It's hard even in moments of happiness like this one to get those emotions at bay" Julius gave another chuckle, Jaune really couldn't understand how he could still be laughing in this moments

"Jaune as i told you, you have a lot of time to do it" the face of Julius turned serious after that "But for all this things to happen Jaune i think that it's for the best if you stop going to Signal even if you have this control over it, i don't think is a good idea test it with your classmates"

"Yeah, i know" he let out a sad sigh "I'm going to miss be with my friends everyday on school but maybe they could come here every now and then, i don't think they could do something to trigger this curse"

"Jaune it's for the best that you don't do that, eventually you will control it and you can meet your friends again but for the moment i wish you understand that this is the best way" Julius walked to his desk and took two items "Here take this" he handed him a map and a compass "You'll need this Jaune you can't practice your control here with your father and sisters"

The world of Jaune crumbled apart he knew that he will need to be away from his friends, their safety being all that matters, but been away from his family that's something he didn't wanted, even if he knew it was for the best, he loves them way too much, the simple idea of being away from them hurt him, and scares him.

And just like that the emotions started to get free making the grief and the fear almost uncontrollable the black aura started to cover his body again, and at that moment he understood why his grandpa needed him away from his father and sisters, none of them were fighters and if something makes him loose control he could hurt them, he knew his mother and grandfather will make something to stop him, but he couldn't take the risk. Breathing deeply he started to calm himself and take control of the emotions. After a few minutes he looked at his grandpa

"I understand i will leave the soon as possible grandpa" he make to the door when Julius spoke again

"'We will leave soon Jaune" he smiled warmly at Jaune "I'll never let you do this alone son so i'll get ready and you should do the same" Jaune smile widened "Ah! But you have to tell your parents and sisters of this!" with that Julius walked through the door to his room leaving a petrified Jaune behind.

"Oh god no" Was the only thing that Jaune whispered

"NO! It's not happening i don't care about this curse or anything i will not allow that my son go into the wilds he is only 15!" Luna Arc proud mother of 8 kids and one of the most powerful huntresses in Vale yelled at his father and only son. Luna Arc was 1.85m. with light blonde hair that reach her waist and dazzling green eyes, even after 8 kids no one could say she looked bad no she looked radiant as always, she was normally kind and loving but right now she was completely livid hearing about the plan her father had in mind.

"Mom you have to understand if for the safety of all of you i don't want to hurt you if i lose control!" Jaune practically begged to his mother to let him go

"Honey you'll not hurt us i'll be there if something happens" Luna said with the sweetest voice she could muster in his anger

"Mom you have duties as a huntress, you can't be here always or have an eye on me 24/7 if i lose control even for a minute the consequences can be something horrible." Jaune pushed again "Mom please try to understand if i ever hurt one of my sisters or dad i will never forgive me you know they aren't fighters mom so please, please let me do this i know i can and grandpa will be there with me"

"This is your fault Dad you put that idea in his head now he want to leave me, leave his family!"

"Luna" her husband Nicholas Arc put a hand in her shoulder and gave a sigh "I think you should listen to Jaune" Luna looked at him with widened eyes and was about to yell at him but he squeezed her shoulder to stop her and listen him "I don't like the idea either Luna, but i trust Jaune and his judgement, if he thinks this is for the best i believe in him. He'll need to train with this new… power… and i know you could stop him if he lose control but we don't know at what cost, but i know that if you hurt him, you'll never forgive yourself"

"Thanks for understanding dad" Jaune said "Mom i promise i'll be in touch ok every week i'll call you guys to give you updates and know what are you up to ok?"

"I don't like this Jaune… but i… i understand" Luna said defeated "You have to keep your promise Jaune i'll be waiting all your calls." Saying that Luna stood up and went to hug his son "please be careful Jaune, please"

"I will mom and i will make you proud" Jaune said with teary eyes

"I've always been proud of you Jaune" she hugs him tighter "When you'll leave? You have everything you need?"

"We'll leave tomorrow early in the morning, and yes mom i have everything i need, tell my big sisters everything please i'll tell Jane and Sasha" with that Jaune opened the door and two mops of blonde hair fell to the ground. His twin sister Jane and his lovely little sister Sasha

"Jaune Please tell me you're lying!" cried Jane looking at him with her beautiful and practically identically sapphire eyes "Please tell me you're not leaving me Jaune!" she was crying clinging into his shirt. The sight of his twin sister and best friend crying almost tore his heart apart

"Jane… i… i have to, but i'll be in touch i promise" feeling a tug in his pants he refused looking down he know she'll be there giving him the most powerful weapon ever used by a 7 year old little girl, a beautiful pout with big and teary emerald eyes "I must resist, don't look down, don't look down Jaune….. DAMN IT!" when he looked down, there it was, his biggest weakness a green eyed, teary adorable little sister.

"Please Jaune don't go!" she said it in a quiet and angelical voice full of emotions that almost make all his resolve vanish into nothing "Stay with me"

"Sasha i have to" for the first time in all the conversation Jaune looked about to cry "you want me to be a hero don't you?"

"Yes." She said quietly looking at the floor

"Then i have to go, if i want to be the greatest hero of all Remnant i need to train with Grandpa for a while, but!, we'll be in touch you know i'll be sending you messages and letters, what do you say?"

"Promise me that you won't forget about me!" She shouted and hugged him burying her head in his chest

"I'll never, ever forget about my favorite sister, don't tell Jane" he said whispering in her ear. She giggled and hugged him tighter "I HEAR THAT!" Jane shouted in the back

"Go prepare your stuff Jaune we'll be leaving early in the morning, don't go to sleep late!" Julius said

"Sure Grandpa, hey Sasha help me pick my stuff" The little girl answer was to jump in to his back giggling. He ran to his room with his twin at his side and his young sister in his back.

"Are you sure he can handle it dad? He's just a kid" Luna said worried about Jaune "The power of the Dark Knight it's something no one could control in the past, i can't believe that my little boy have to carry that weight in his shoulders" Luna said while hugging her husband tighter

"Luna sweetie, there's no doubt neither in my mind or in my heart that Jaune will conquer this power and turn it in something good, he has showed an amazing control, something the past Black Knights didn't, so yeah he may be a kid, but his heart and mind are the ones of a warrior" Julius said with a lot of pride in his voice

"Please, take good care of him Julius" was all that Nicholas said while hugging his wife back

"Freed not son i will protect him until my last heartbeat, and when we end his training he'll come back being one of the most powerful warriors in all Remnant" Julius said hitting his chest in signal of pride

Jaune was sleeping soundly in his bed, his sister Sasha was with him sleeping across his chest, he was peacefully sleeping when he felt a hand shaking him, he didn't opened his eyes but the hand in his shoulder started shaking him with more strength.

"Grandpa five more minutes please" Jaune said opening slowly his eyes expecting to see the old man, but his eyes widened when instead of the kind green eyes of his grandfather he saw two flaming green eyes full of hatred inside a black helmet, he was about to scream when the black warrior grabbed him by his neck, Jaune couldn't breathe, he couldn't scream, all he could do is look into those cursed eyes while he was dying slowly, he started to close his eyes.

Jaune opened his eyes in a flash, sweeting and panting "It was a dream oh lord it was only a dream" he felt a pressure in his neck and started to panic but soon realized that the pressure was the small leg of his little sister who decided she will be sleeping with him that night "of course i should realize it was a dream, Sasha sleeping so peacefully and normally in my chest what a joke" he though chuckling a little, Sasha never slept like that, she always trash and turn all night.

Looking at the clock in his drawer he saw it was a little past 4 in the morning, he had about 50 minutes until his grandpa showed up, he thought about going back to sleep but discarded that option almost immediately, with a resigned sigh he started to get up and get ready for the journey, he simple pushed away the leg of Sasha knowing that no matter what he do she'll definitely won't get up.

Reaching the first floor of the house, he expected to be empty but to his surprise, there where his parents and his grandfather, and after thinking about it a little he felt a little guilty about thinking they would not say goodbye to him.

"Hey guys" he said sheepishly

"Hi son, are you ready?" his grandpa asked. Jaune looked at him with his big backpack and trusty lance on his back.

"Yeah grandpa, i'm still a little scared but i'm ready" his mother then lunged at him and put him in a tight hug.

"Please Jaune, be careful and do everything dad says, even if he looks old and decrepit he knows what he is doing" she said teasingly "OI!" his grandpa shouted on the back, his father approached him with a complicated expression.

"Son, I… I'm sorry that I never supported your decision of becoming a huntsman, I simply couldn't understand why my son would want a life that harsh and dangerous, I fear every time your mom goes out to her missions and honestly I didn't want to feel the same with my children." Jaune nodded he could see why his father was so against it "But your grandpa managed to convince your mom and then she talked me in to letting you try, and honesty seeing you improving and getting better and better is something that make my fears disappear a little."

"And now you have this burden on your shoulders, the least I want is to let you go, but I know you'll be amazing son, I know without shadow of doubt that you'll become into the best huntsman out there, so I just wanted to tell you that I love you, and i'm incredibly proud of you." His father never was good with words he was someone that liked to act and talk later, so hearing him say those words, Jaune couldn't help but cry and hug his dad.

"Thank you dad I love you, I love you all." And suddenly it sink on Jaune that he was about to left his parents, the warm of their embrace and protection, and he felt fear, and with fear came the curse, he felt a joint going on his spine, he needed to leave to control this, if fear and sadness made the curse act up, he really needed to get away.

"I have to go now, because if I don't I won't be able to" he said cleaning his face from the tears flowing. "I love you both, I already told my Jane and Sasha my goodbyes but please say it again when they wake up" he looked at his grandpa and nodded.

"Well then my boy, it's time for your journey to start, we'll be in touch guys so don't worry" with tat said Julius Arc got out of the house with Jaune In tow.

They walked out of the Arc household and opened the gates to the street, Jaune looked one last time back to his parents saying goodbye, he waved back and took a deep breath before turning again to the street his journey was about to start.

A/N

Woo chapter 2 again I don't know why I made this notes….i think quarantine is starting to make me go insane