And now for something a little sober and sad.

This prompt is basically a one shot of Professor Arc: Student of Vacuo by Katkiller-V, which is a fanfic of Coeur Al'Aran's Professor Arc

Prompt given: It's the anniversary of the fall of Vacuo, and everyone is wondering how Professor Arc is taking it.

Glynda muttered a curse under her breath as she sped walked to Professor Arc's office. Jaune has been… off for most of the day, he seemingly disappeared after the final afternoon class. No one was able to figure out why until just recently. Today was the three year anniversary of the fall of Vacuo's School For The Gifted Youth.

As soon as they figured it out, Glynda volunteered to find Jaune and see if he was ok. "Professor Arc?" She knocked on his office door. "Jaune, are you in there?" She got no answer. "Jaune?" She tested the doorknob and saw that it was locked.

She held her scroll up to the electric lock and it beeped and unlocked the door. Despite it not being her office, being the Headmistress of Beacon got her special access privileges.

Once inside, she was met with the sight of Jaune laying on his desk. There was an empty wine bottle sideways on the floor and a near-empty glass just out of Jaune's grasp. Concerned, Glynda walked closer to him to see if he was alright. His body slowly stirred as she got closer and he seemed to struggle with raising his head.

He muttered incoherently and turned his head towards Glynda. "Huuuuuh? Oh…. hey Glyn-...da."

"Jaune, are you ok?" Glynda asked softly as she placed a hand on his shoulder, taking notice of his damp cheeks and red eyes.

"Yeaaah," he slurred. "Head hurts a… little, but I'm fine." He stood still for a few moments. "Actually, could yooou help me to the b-bed, pleaaaase?"

"Sure, Jaune." Glynda got her arm under his should, lifted him up, and carried him to his bed.

"Thank… you," Jaune said as he was set down.

"No problem Jau-" something on the floor caught her eye. "You dropped something." She reached down and picked up a rectangular piece of paper. Out of habit she unfolded it and looked at it. It was of four people. She didn't recognize two of them, but one of the people was a younger looking Jaune and the other was the partner he mentioned a lot, Neopolitan.

"What doooo you have the-... gimmie that!" Jaune gasped snatched the photo out of her hands, and, as gently as a drunken man could, showed gentle care with the photo was he wiped something off of it before slowly dragging his fingers over the image.

Glynda felt the need to say something, not being able to stand the silence. "These were your teammates, weren't they?"

"... yeah… myself, Neo, Prim, and Rau," Jaune pointed to each one. "Together, we made team Juniper," his speech was less slurred but he talked slower. "You know…. they were like a second family to meeee."

Jaune then got lost telling some stories to Glynda about them. His drunken state made it a little hard for her to follow, but she was able to get the gist of the stories and encouraged him to carry on.

"- and then she lands on my head," Jaune recalled his time from initiation. "I'm chin deep in water after getting kicked out of a ship, and Neo just slowly descends down and lands on my head without a care in the world." Glynda couldn't help but giggle with him. "She still claims she did nothing wrong and I was at fault for playing in a swamp."

"Well to be fair you were playing in a swamp," Glynda's smile grew as Jaune laughed at that.

"That's exactly what Prim said," Jaune's laughter died down, and so did his smile when he looked at the photo again. "They were the best. We always looked after each other… they always prioritized my safety over there's. I always voiced against it but they listened."

"They cared about you."

"They cared too much… and they died for it." Glynda noticed the water forming in his eyes and gripped his hand. Jaune sniffed before continuing. "I got hurt and pinned and Prim and Tau just threw themselves at the Grimm to keep them off of me while Neo dragged me away. T-that's the last time I ever saw them." Jaune paused to wipe away a tear. "Neo and I got surrounded soon after. My aura was gone and hers was one blow away from breaking. But she had enough for one more use of her semblance."

"Her's was teleportation, correct?" Glynda asked.

"Yeah… not just herself, she could teleport other people short distances."

"I recall you once said how she teleported you to the girls' locker room one time?"

"Yeah," Jaune snorted in a short-lived chuckle, and Glynda winced at her failed attempt to distract him. "We got surrounded and… she grabbed me… the next thing I knew I was in an empty field by myself. Neo couldn't speak, but I swore I heard her screaming."

Jaune couldn't hold it back anymore and let his sobs and tears loose. Glynda pulled him close and tried to comfort him in a hug. "I miss them," Jaune wrapped his arms around her, "I miss them so much."