A/N: Heyo! It's another chapter a day earlier than planned! Thanks everyone who followed and favorited and reviewed... y'all are the best! 'Nyways, a reviewer made a good point in saying that Dragons don't have a concept of mortality, so the 'deathly' part of that last part of the last chapter might be a little weird.

You catch my drift?

Well, I was meaning to show the Dragon's propensity to inflict death 'n stuff, but ya I don't think it'll take away too much from the story... probably.

:)

This chapter's gonna be more exposition and setting up the story... a little boring to some maybe. On the other hand, next chapter you'll be seeing some Dovahkiin style shouting ;)

Anyways, onwards to the story!

Fire was everywhere.

Jaune turned around and saw everything. People, Grimm… more…

He spread his wings over them all and felt them kneel at his feet. They were his.

He opened his mouth and leaned over, ready to take a bite out of the offering laid at his feet. He could feel his spine tingle with pleasure at the horror in the eyes of the girl being offered to him.

"Jaune…" She pleaded. He closed his mouth over her body.

"JAUNE!" She shrieked.

Jaune shook awake, screaming. NPR and RWBY, who were all perched beside him, recoiled in shock. Jaune put his hands on his face, breathing heavily and trying to wipe away the memory of him eating that girl. He flinched when someone laid a hand on his shoulder.

"Are you alright Jaune?" Pyrrha asked in concern.

Jaune looked around to see pretty much the exact same question in everyone else's eyes. Jaune gave another few shaky deep breaths before he gave a small smile to all of them.

"Sorry. Bad dream." He said.

They all looked at each other before focusing back on Jaune.

"What?" He asked, confused at all the looks that were being exchanged. Ruby was the first to answer his question.

"Well…" She started, twiddling her fingers nervously. "You kind of, you know, started to mumble in your sleep and I know that's normal when you're having a nightmare and all, but you were doing this thing too, and man was it weird," Ruby gave a nervous giggle and waved her arms around the place, "and we were worried 'cause it's never happened before and we didn't know what to do and then you woke up and-"

"What Ruby is trying to say," Weiss cut in, glaring at Ruby to shut up. "Is that for some reason, while you were sleeping, you started to… glow."

Jaune blinked in confusion.

"Glow?"

The crowd around him nodded.

Jaune looked at his hands and frowned.

"It doesn't look like I'm glowing…"

"That's because it stopped when you woke up you dunce." Weiss huffed, crossing her arms. Jaune just pouted, a little hurt.

"Hey. No calling the bed ridden names." Weiss just rolled her eyes, trying her best not to smile.

"Well," Jaune said, patting his knees to make sure that everything was working fine. "I'm not glowing anymore, and I'm awake. Can I leave now?" The nurse that had been looming in the background made a step forward, clearing her throat.

"Well it all depends on you Mr. Arc. How do you feel?" She asked.

"I feel fine. Great, actually." Which was true. Jaune had never felt this… light before. He felt strong and energized, like Nora. To prove this, he hopped off of the bed and raised his arms as if to showcase himself. The nurse glanced at him critically before nodding. Aura can do great things it seemed.

"How long was I out?" Jaune asked the group. Yang shrugged nonchalantly.

"Oh about six weeks."

Jaune's eyes widened in surprise, and his heart nearly stopped in shock.

"WHAT?"

Blake elbowed Yang, causing her to burst out laughing.

"Yang was only joking. You were out for only about an hour or so." Ren replied. Jaune sighed in relief.

"Oh good. I was about to climb back onto the bed again because of cardiac arrest." Jaune punctuated the end of his sentence with a glare at Yang, who just waved it off.

"Oh come on, that was funny and you know it."

Now it was Jaune's turn to roll his eyes.

The group finally decided that the ice had been suitably shattered, and started to talk back and forth, something that allowed Jaune to relax a little more, taking his mind off of his dream.

As they were talking, the door to the infirmary creaked open.

"I hope I'm not interrupting anything." Ozpin gave a small smile as he walked in with Professor Goodwitch.

"Headmaster Ozpin!" Jaune straightened up on the bed.

"If you all don't mind, we'd like a word with Jaune." Goodwitch said quietly. The group nodded and filed out slowly while Ozpin settled down in one of the chairs, taking a sip out of his mug. Jaune was starting to feel a little nervous, wondering why the headmaster as well as his right hand was here. Ozpin leaned forward, setting down the mug on the bed stand and weaved his fingers together. Goodwitch just stood there, arms crossed as she looked at Jaune critically.

The silence felt stifling to Jaune, and he had half a mind just to make a terrible joke to break the tension.

"Mr. Arc," Ozpin started out slowly, as if he was still trying to figure something out. "Leader of Team JNPR, a Hunter-in-training, owner of Crocea Mors… and apparently, a dragon hunter as well." Jaune didn't say anything, not completely sure where Ozpin was going with this. Instead of Ozpin continuing however, Professor Goodwitch was the one who spoke up.

"Is there any reason why you could kill that dragon while nothing anyone else did could even dent it?" She asked.

"Well technically Nora was the one who killed it…" Jaune laughed weakly.

"Perhaps so." Ozpin cut in again. "But that doesn't explain how you blade," He nodded towards the weapon by Jaune's bedside, "Crocea Mors was able to cut through when anything from Dust rounds to grenades didn't affect it at all."

Jaune just gave a helpless shrug. "It's an old blade?"

"Yes, I'm sure if we just found some rusty old shovels we could do in one of the most dangerous Grimm in Remnant." Jaune winced at the statement, even though Ozpin said it with humor. Jaune spread his arms out.

"I don't know. My dad never really talked about Crocea Mors a lot. He usually talked about my ancestors and what they did with it… but… I don't know." Jaune finished lamely, rubbing his forearm.

"Well, maybe it wouldn't hurt to talk to your father about this would it?" Ozpin asked.

Jaune winced. "I'm… I don't… Do I have to?"

Ozpin's smile grew a little colder. "I insist."

While both parties were still being polite, Jaune could tell that the headmaster wouldn't take no for an answer. Jaune sunk a little deeper into his bed and sighed in resignation.

"Alright… I'll talk to him when I get the chance."

Ozpin leaned back, content with Jaune's answer. "Thank you Mr. Arc."

Standing up and gathering his mug, he made his way out of the infirmary with Goodwitch following behind him.

Well that was… something.

After a few more hours of tests to make sure that Jaune wasn't going to grow a third limb for some reason, the nurse signed off on his discharge, and Jaune was free and released back into the world again. Opening the door to Team JNPR's room, he was met with the usual antics of the team.

Nora was hanging off the ceiling, growling viciously at Ren, who was trying to coax her down.

"Come on Nora, I promise I won't take away your pancakes!" Nora just laughed maniacally. "That's what all villains say! Have at thee!" With those words Nora, who had a pancake between her teeth, flung herself at Ren and tackled him to the ground.

Pyrrha just turned to the next page of her textbook, letting Nora have her fun. Nora squealed excitedly as Ren groaned in pain. "Jauney!" She said, flinging herself at him. Jaune's eyes widened and he quickly stepped to the left, causing Nora to sail right by and slam into Team RWBY's door.

"Hey!" Weiss's muffled voice rang out. Jaune just yelled out a sorry before Nora zipped back into the room, settling next to the still prone Ren. Pyrrha made a few more notes in the margins of her book before closing it and turning to face the group.

"So Jaune, what happened back there?" She asked curiously. Pyrrha had a feeling that even Jaune had no idea, but she wanted to ask to make sure he wasn't holding anything back from her. Confirming her suspicions Jaune just shrugged.

"I don't know. I've never done that when fighting Grimm before. I'm not sure what caused all of that," Jaune pantomimed the lightshow that happened after he touched the dragon. "stuff to happen."

"Oh. Well. I'm sure we'll figure it out soon then." Pyrrha just gave a comforting smile that Jaune returned a little guiltily.

While Jaune wasn't a hundred percent sure why or how that happened, he did have some semblance of a who.

Or maybe it was a what.

An image of fierce eyes popped into his mind and he couldn't help but shudder a little.

"Are you sure you're alright Jaune?" Ren asked, noticing the discomfort Jaune just displayed. Jaune gave two thumbs up.

"Yeah, just a little tired. I think I'm going to go to bed a little earlier if you guys don't mind?"

Nora just saluted while Ren and Pyrrha murmured their yeses.

Hopefully this'll all blow over soon, Jaune thought desperately.

Jaune woke to nothing.

He opened his eyes to a black background, filled with nothing but tiny pinpricks of light.

Oh. I'm lying down.

Jaune pushed himself up and gasped. What he saw was nothing like anything he had ever witnessed before.

He was sitting on a large cliff attached to a mountainside, overlooking miles and miles of trees, streams, and lakes. The sky was twinkling above and—wait, were there two moons above him?

Jaune just stared in wonder, not sure what exactly he was seeing.

"Is this even Remnant anymore?" Jaune whispered.

"Ha. That would be the question, now wouldn't it, little one?"

Jaune yelped in surprise before scrambling onto his feet, turning to see a majestic creature standing before him.

A woman, covered in nothing but a thin cloth that weaved around her to form a dress, stood before him. She was pale, almost the same color as the moonlight, and her eyes were closed, although it felt as if she knew exactly where Jaune was. She had a soft smile adorned on her face and—dare he say it?—a blue glow surrounding her body.

"Who are you?" Jaune asked uncertainly. The woman continued to smile serenely.

"I am called many things by many people child. But you may call me Azura." She replied.

"It's nice to meet you… I think." Jaune said slowly. Azura's smile grew wider.

"And I, you, little one. It is nice to see younglings have a bit of respect."

Jaune laughed bashfully. "Well, my dad always drilled it into me to be a gentleman to women."

"He is a wise one." The woman said, nodding in agreement. Jaune took a deep breath now that he knew he wasn't going to be eaten alive or something along those lines.

"Um, Ms. Azura? I'd really like to know why I'm here."

Azura tilted her head a little to the left. "Yes. All you humans wonder that from time to time don't you?" Azura finally moved, walking closer and closer to Jaune. "But if you were wondering what you were doing here, in the lands of Nirn instead of your Remnant, then it would be because I summoned you here."

"You… summoned me?" Jaune asked uncertainly.

"Well, my sister did me a favor I suppose, but yes, in a way I was the one who brought you here." She replied lightly.

"Why?"

Azura nodded thoughtfully, and said nothing. She continued to say nothing long enough to make Jaune wonder if she had fallen asleep, and the nodding motion was just like, something she did when she was sleeping.

"I summoned you here because you are needed, Jaune Arc of Remnant." She finally started to speak, which was still a little trippy as her voice sounded a little echoey to Jaune. "It seems that there are dark forces at play on your planet, and monsters long forgotten are stirring. You," Azura nodded at Jaune, "are the one destined to stop them from destroying your world."

Jaune blinked.

What?

"I'm sorry ma'am, but it sounded to me as if you wanted me to stop… evil?... from destroying the world?" Jaune laughed in the haha-that-was-a-funny-joke-please-let-it-be-a-joke kind of way.

"That is correct."

But unsurprisingly, that was not the case. Jaune just sighed. There wasn't much use fighting this.

"So what am I supposed to do?"

Azura's smile took on more of a happy edge, glad that her chosen champion was onboard with something like this so quickly.

"It is simple. You will find the source of this darkness and destroy it."

Silence rang out.

"That's… your plan?" Jaune asked.

Please don't be your plan, please don't be your plan.

"You catch on quick, my champion." Azura said warmly.

"You bet your dust-filled butt I do." Jaune muttered.

"Not to worry Jaune Arc of Remnant. You have all the tools we have given to you at your disposal."

We?

Tools?

Jaune's eyebrows drew together as he slowly put together the pieces.

"Crocea… Mors?" Azura nodded.

"On my world the sword is famous for banishing the darkness and ridding the world of evil. The people of Nirn call it Dawnbreaker." She waved her hand and an image a long straight blade appeared, with a glowing spherical hilt. Alongside it was a kite shield that seemed to have mirrors protruding out of it. Azura gestured to the shield.

"As a companion to Dawnbreaker is one of the most powerful shields known in existence, able to block pure energy itself. The people of Nirn call it Spellbreaker."

Jaune nodded in awe. The weapons looked amazing, and he grew hope that Crocea Mors was more than meets the eye. Another thought popped into Jaune's mind.

"Would… would me touching the Grimm be something too?" Jaune ventured to ask.

Azura's smile diminished somewhat. She gave a small sigh.

"Yes… That is to help you on your journey. It was not my idea, but you will have to make do with it. I believe on Remnant something like this would be called a 'Semblance'."

Jaune wanted to jump for joy. After so long, he finally unlocked his semblance. Now he could finally have something to work with during sparring, and he'd look totally awesome and cool and all the ladies would—.

Wait.

Again Jaune's face scrunched up in confusion.

"What- what is my semblance?"

Azura's smile grew again.

"That, my child, is for you to find out." Jaune groaned. Why can't anything every be easy?

Azura turned her head towards the horizon behind Jaune.

"It seems we are running out of time to converse little one."

Jaune turned to see the sky lightening up, the stars slowly disappearing by the horizon, replaced with thin strips of light.

"Just another warning though Jaune." The use of his name, and just his name get Jaune to turn around.

Azura was frowning.

"Remember that while your semblance can be great in the hands of the right user, the temptation that it offers you is destructive. Embrace the power, but only reluctantly, lest you and everything you care about be destroyed."

And with that, dawn broke and Azura opened her eyes, light streaming out and blinding Jaune.

Well that was one way to end a conversation.