What's up everyone? I'm back with another chapter for you all! I haven't had much time to update recently so I'd like to apologize about the stupidly long wait, hopefully the longer-than-usual chapter makes up for it. In other news, the Yang and Tifa death battle by Screw Attack happened so watch that if you want and RWBY Volume 3 soon! The hype is real!

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StygianSloth: Yeah bro, Ren is the only bro a bro needs bro.

Cherokee2391: Yep, it's going to be great.

RyoTheSaiyan: I like to believe Jaune is both lucky and unlucky. Good to know you like finding the references as much as I like making them! Though I'm surprised you didn't notice the not-so-subtle Mario reference.

Whitemage1998: Thanks, obvious Mario reference is obvious. High five!

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Anonymous Prick 3: Jaune obviously just doesn't want to get killed by Weiss. Nice catch on the Mario reference! And I always try to reply to any review, no matter what, as my thanks to those who take time from their lives to read and review my story!

garoorar: Blake wasn't her best after having to deal with a dust-changed Weiss. It's like a parent who stayed up the entire night because of a mischievous baby, they're exhausted and don't care about anything but sleep.
I both hate and love when people are genre savvy, it's great watching them try to predict what's going to happen. Though you'll have to see if your predictions are correct.

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CrazyTrollR49: Yep it was a reference to Mario.

DarkElucidator: Good catch, high-five! Though what's JSE?

gammabeta99: Who knows, maybe Weiss might not remember? Thanks for the praise!

Akuma-Heika: D's Journal is from Bravely Default. Jaune's team is just nice to a fault, which is why they apologised for their leader getting into trouble despite it being something out of their control. Thanks for that, I fixed the mistake.

Demigod of Win (Guest): Happy to see you got the reference!

woahwatdecripe (Guest): Yes that was a reference to Mario. Also, Jaune is already suffering from balancing the affections of multiple girls so I think that has long since passed.

wman243: …I think you might want to redo your review because either Fan Fiction messed up, or you actually put "Type your review for this chapter here..."

LoveGlutton: Oh ok. You'll see if you're correct or not about the catfight.

Guest (Guest): Thanks, glad you found it funny!

Aegorm: Sorry about that arc but it was done deliberately, I know I could've structured it better but what's done is done. Believe it or not I'm actually a novice writer still so I obviously make mistakes every now and again and it's up to you readers to tell me how I could do better. Thanks for telling me your thoughts.

Vergil Creiger: An interesting idea, but you'll see what I have in store for Weiss' new character.

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And that is that, so without further ado, onto the chapter!

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Chapter 14- I love my master! Pt 2

Jaune blushed heavily as he walked through the streets of Vale for the second time that week. This is becoming a recurring thing isn't it?… He thought sarcastically to himself. Weiss gripped his arm tighter as they rounded a corner, further enforcing his blush. Weiss will murder me, Weiss will murder me, Weiss will murder me, echoed around his head like a mantra. The knight sighed in reluctant defeat and decided to just let the girl do as she pleased. Besides, whose to say that she'll retain her memories of the experience after the whole ordeal was done?... He rolled his eyes. Wishful thinking. "I can't believe Amethyst managed to convince me to do this." He sighed exasperatedly, putting his hands in his jacket pockets.

Weiss nodded, letting go of his hand and twirled excitedly before him. "I know! It's great right?" Jaune's eye briefly gazed over her as the urge to use his semblance rose slowly. Then he beat it down... brutally. The young writer stared at the girl's alice blue hair, light blue strapless summer dress and silver eyes. "Are you okay Master?" Asked the girl concernedly. Blue eyes met silver briefly, causing a small blush to float around their cheeks.

"I-I'm fine." Answered Jaune quickly, suddenly several times more conscious about the small space between the two. He just couldn't get used to her new appearance, it suited her new persona so well. Enough so that he and Amethyst had decided on a new name to refer to the new 'personality' by. "Where did you want to go first… Alice?" They had decided on the name after they changed her hair and eye colour with dust, believing that it fit her. Who knew that some dusts could do things like that? He'd certainly have to pay more attention in Dust Alchemy class.

Alice smiled, "Anywhere you are Master." She replied truthfully. The blond boy sighed, although that is incredibly adorable and flattering, it doesn't help me much… Where do people even go on dates? Dust, where was he even going to Weiss if she had ever said yes? Jaune frowned as his mind drew blank. Did he really not have a plan? He scoffed, of course he did! Eventually one day Weiss would say yes…

Right? "Hey!" Growled out a voice from the earpiece he was wearing. Blond hair jumped as the boy winced, surprised by the sudden yell. "Pay attention, it isn't proper for a man to ignore his date." Huffed Amethyst from the small transmitter. The young knight's eye twitched, how did she manage to convince him to do this?

Jaune shook his head, he could contemplate ways to get back at her later. Right now he was on a date and had to think of a place to go to. The two paused in their stroll upon hearing a loud noise similar to that of thunder.

Jaune laughed as he recognised the noise immediately. "How about we head somewhere for some lunch?" Suggested the writer, all too familiar with the sound of a hungry stomach after having to deal with six sisters who couldn't cook. The young woman nodded in agreement,

"I'm starving!" She exclaimed happily without any sense of shame. Jaune snickered as he heard the rumbling once more.

"I could tell." He teased. The knight gestured for her to follow, "Come, I know about a good place for food."


Four girls frowned as they stared at the scene from behind the corner of a building. "Who is she?" Questioned a blond woman curiously, "Since when did Vomit Boy get a girl?" A red haired champion to her right nodded. How dare someone take her leader without her prior notice or permission! Not that she'd give it to them in the first place.

The ninja-girl above them shook her head exhaustedly. This morning she had been woken earlier than normal by her team's early morning misadventures. "Why am I even doing this?" Sighed the girl as she folded her arms.

The blond girl rolled her eyes, "Because I promised you some tuna after we were done." The black haired girl cursed her exploitable addiction to the delicious fish. The, arguably, bustiest of the four frowned as she stared at the pavement in thought. Why did it feel as if she was forgetting something about the boy across the street?

"They're leaving." Commented the fourth member of the group nonchalantly. The girl mentally snickered at the other three girls, watching in amusement as they frantically ran across to catch them. This was turning out to be more entertaining than she initially thought it would be.

The buxom blond smirked, aiming a knowing look at the black haired girl to her left. The red haired girl frowned from behind the conveniently placed bush a few meters away from the familiar café window. "Does Jaune take every girl he goes on a date with to that café Blake?" The introvert stiffened upon noticing the vine-covered stone, rusting metal sign and familiar inside setting. It was indeed the café they had agreed to meet up at a few days ago.

"F-For your information Yang, we somehow managed to see each other by complete coincidence. He didn't take me there." She stuttered. They just weren't going to let her live it down were they? Though it was all worth it for that book… and the view…

Yang's smirk widened sending a nervous chill down Blake's spine. "Oh Blakey~ You didn't deny that you two went on a date." The young beauty blushed lightly and growled at her partner.

"He and I did not go out! And there isn't anything between us now!" She cried embarrassedly.

Jaune's eye twitched, pretending to ignore the interaction a meter from the window. They were creating a scene that everyone within the café other than himself was watching, even the waitress had stopped serving with several heavy dishes balancing along her arms. I wonder when they'll realise they stood up a few minutes ago…

He had no idea what they were arguing about, but if they were going to follow him they could have at least tried to be subtle about it. Blake was a ninja for dust's sake yet she was the one making the most noise. He deadpanned at the red waving hair behind the same bush the two were arguing over. Pyrrha was leaking enough killing intent to fill a public swimming pool, and maybe a few buckets on the side.

The young knight continued to ignore the three in favour of paying more attention to Wei- er, Alice. What was he going to do now? He had taken Alice to Vale under the premise of a date so that the other students wouldn't find out about Weiss' change of personality, but that would only be for one day. There were still five more days he had to watch over her for. Jaune sighed, this was going to be a long week.

He blinked as a pale white hand passed by his face. "Is something troubling you Master?" Asked the pale blue haired girl before him. Jaune chuckled. Shaking his head he returned to drinking his white hot chocolate peacefully ignoring the yelling outside that had drawn in quite a crowd. There wasn't much point in fretting over it now. He could probably knock off a day or two by spending them cooped up in Amethyst's room, and they could work on that short story competition in the meantime.

Putting down his finished white hot chocolate the writer spoke. "Alright, let's head off to the docks." Alice cheered, accepting any decision he master made.

"Why the docks?" Queried Amethyst from the earpiece.

Jaune blinked, he had forgotten she was there. "Didn't I tell you? There's a fair on near the docks currently for the upcoming Vytal Festival." Alice smiled, they were going to go to a fair?

"Sounds fun!"

Pyrra's glare intensified as she stared at the white-blue haired girl who dared to spend time with her leader. The blond student had been missing for the better part of the previous day and now she finds him with some other woman! Who even was she? "Alice." Stated Blake suddenly. Noting the confused looks from the other girls the bookworm elaborated, "Earlier I heard Jaune call her Alice." The four 'ahh'd' in understanding. How did Blake hear their conversation from here?

"Alrighty then, let's follow Vomit Boy and this Alice chick! Maybe we'll solve the mystery of who she is." Cheered Yang enthusiastically. Blake deadpanned at the busty blond.

"Yang, we aren't detectives." Said the bookworm pointedly.

The young boxer scoffed and puffed out her chest adamantly, "Says you. I could totally pull off Sherlock Holmes or Edogawa Conan." Grinned the girl cheekily. "Besides, it'll be fun!" The fourth girl chuckled at their antics, it was a good thing she came along. These people were more amusing than she could've hoped for!


Jaune 'stealthily' averted his eyes from the awed gaze of the former heiress before him. The word beautiful came to mind for a brief moment before he remember she wasn't Weiss. "I still can't believe you haven't ever seen a Ferris Wheel before." Commented the boy nonchalantly. He chuckled upon receiving no response, the girl being too engrossed by the giant rotating wheel.

He froze in place as she turned to him, eyes shimmering brightly with excitement. "Can we ride it Master?" The young knight gulped. Calm down Jaune, sure her eyes are shining brighter than a thousand suns, but that doesn't mean you can melt down. "Master?" The blond writer yelped girlishly and leaped backwards, how did she 'suddenly' appear before him so quickly?

"S-sorry Wei- er, Alice. I was deep in thought." Clearing his throat inconspicuously the boy motioned towards the first attraction stand. "How about we go on the Ferris Wheel last? It's much better at night." Alice nodded happily.

"Of course Master! Ooh! What are those?" She cried out in excitement upon seeing the first stand's games. Jaune snickered at how awed the girl was about her new surroundings. It was almost as if she had found her own wonderland. The light blue haired girl gasped in awe as she watched someone receive a large stuffed animal from a booth. Looking at the prizes it seemed like it ranged from small toys to cheap plastic accessories and a multitude of plush animals.

The two's eyes were attracted to an open-top booth with a red banner arcing over it proudly. It appeared to be fairly popular due to the attention it was attracting from the banner. Jaune blinked at one of the prizes within the stand, "Why a shark?" Who in Remnant would want a shark for a to-

His question was answered almost immediately as Alice rushed to the stand, her eyes fixated upon the stuffed fish. "Alrighty then missy, if ya' want a prize all ya' have to do is knock it down with this here toy pistol. Easy right? An' you get four shots to boot!" Explained the man keeping the booth enthusiastically. "An' don't worry, they may look and act like real dust rounds but they're actually just pellets infused with a little wind dust to add a small knockback effect. It'd only leave a scratch on another person."

The young boy smirked at the young woman's determined expression as she took aim. "So what are you aiming for Alice?" He asked curiously despite already knowing the answer. The girl appeared to be unaware of his voice, choosing to instead stare in front of her. Jaune watched as she pointed the pistol directly at her target, knowing Weiss she would be able to take the shot unerringly.

"…"

As she fired the four shots Jaune couldn't help but smile, he had been correct… kind of. The blond writer had to resist doubling over in laughter as Alice had somehow managed to miss the toy she was aiming at, but knock over all of the four objects surrounding it. "Here're your winnin's miss." Laughed the man attending the booth. The knight accepted the four things for her, knowing she would be feeling more than a little annoyed.

"How!" Cried the girl in disbelief. Now that he thought about it, there was no way Weiss would have experience shooting a pistol. Especially not when she already had her dust rapier Myrtenaster. "It's harder than it looks!" She growled angrily, no doubt noticing his amused expression.

He grinned at the former Tsundere. "Alright, my turn! Four shots please!" Exclaimed Jaune as he placed his lien before the man, eyes fired up. Loading the first shot, the boy took aim.

Alice pouted, here Master was laughing at her not being able to use a pistol properly, yet he was pointing it in completely the wrong direction. The young writer adorned a mischievous expression as he took his first shot. The people around them watched curiously as the dust bullet flew out of sight upwards. Loading again the boy shot in the same general direction.

The girl glared at her master, he was a worse shot than her! Shooting his third pellet upwards to the left, the hunter in training loaded his final shot. "I see why you use a melee, dustless weapon now." Grumbled the girl. She had to admit though, despite being a toy gun it had a fairly long range considering it was able to launch the dust pellets out of viewing distance.

Jaune grinned and winked at the audience he had attracted with his other three shots. "Bang" He spoke casually as he shot a wooden post a few meters to the right. The crowd watched as the dust pellet bounced upwards and hit something above the stand. Alice took a few steps closer to see what it hit. I swear, if he accidentally shot a bird…

"Whoa!" Cried a young boy within the crowd as the banner above the stand began to fall. The audience watched as the banner dropped onto the shelf of prizes and pulled everything from the top and any prizes sticking out off. Jaune grinned triumphantly as he noticed the object the former Tsundere wanted fall over along with the other prizes.

"Sorry about the mess sir." Apologised the knight politely. He scratched the back of his head nervously, not expecting so many things to have fallen.

The older man shook his head and laughed, "Don't worry about it boy. I haven't seen a shot like that since some young brat won a gift for each of his seven sisters despite only being able to afford four pellets." The blond writer flinched for a split second. He had felt really bad about cheating the man out of his money but his sisters really wanted those prizes. I'd better not tell him that 'young brat' was me. Though who knew the gun lessons he got from Roman as a kid would lead to this?

"That was amazing mister!" Exclaimed the children who had gathered around to watch the spectacle. "How did you do that?"

The young man laughed, "It was easy really. I noticed that there was a banner held up with five thin strings above the stand. Then using the wind dust infused in the pellets I cut three of the strings holding it up then quickly cute the last two strings with one pellet so it wouldn't fall off course." The children looked in awe at the knight, eyes wide with wonder.

"You're really awesome mister!" Cried a little girl.

Alice smiled warmly at Jaune as he grinned sheepishly at the kids whilst distributing out the winnings he earned to them. "He really is."

The blond blinked and turned his head to the white-blue haired girl. "Did you say something?" The former Tsundere shook her head, hiding her smile as she did so. "Well, here's that shark plush you wanted." The crowd laughed at the girl, amused by her childlike beam.

"So… you two kissing yet?" Asked Amethyst from the earpiece. Jaune groaned, he had forgotten she was there.

"Wow miss, you're really lucky to have such a cool boyfriend. When I grow up, I want one like him!" Exclaimed one of the younger girls as she smiled at the light-blue haired girl.

Alice blushed, "H-he's not my boyfriend, he's my master!" She cried indignantly, arms thrown downwards to emphasis her point.

"…"

Jaune resisted the urge to shoot himself with the dust pistol. Hesitantly taking a tentative glance at the reactions he was unsurprised to see the shocked looks on the people old enough to understand. "I'm sorry for you loss." Commented Amethyst. Not helping!

"Well uh, I'd love to stay around and chat but unfortunately we have to go somewhere… that isn't here." Using the skills he honed over years of practice, skills of running away that is, Jaune escaped from the potentially fatal misunderstanding. The two rushed past several stalls selling different items and booths with multiple types of fair games and attractions as the sun began to set.

The blond knight panted heavily as they reached the other side of the fair. He groaned exhaustedly and collapsed against the metal beam behind him. "I swear to dust Alice, please stop calling me 'Master' in public. It gives people the wrong idea."

The changed heiress stared at him with a blank expression, clearly not understanding what he meant. "But you are my master, so wouldn't it be the right idea?" The novice swordsman groaned a second time, why did this girl have no social awareness at all?

"Never mind, just… I-" He sighed in defeat, "Do you want to go on the Ferris Wheel now?" Receiving a nod and a large grin of conformation from the pale blue haired girl Jaune smiled softly. "Alright let's go!"

"And as the two made it halfway up the Ferris Wheel the boy blushed heavily, the ride coming to a shuddering stop. They were now alone up there where no one could see them. He stared at the girl, the light from the city below illuminating her features in all the right ways. The girl smirked knowingly upon catching his gaze. He gasped and looked down embarrassedly, ashamed of being caught staring. "It's okay if it's you." Whispered the girl before him sensually as she lowered her dress slightly to show some of her cleavage. She simpered, pleased with herself once she noticed the lust fill his ey- wait, that wouldn't work. Weiss is flatter than a tire on spikes." Jaune's eyes twitched at the earpiece, glaring at it angrily. He had long since thrown it into the trash bin while waiting for Alice to return from the toilets, but he could still hear it due to the close proximity. "Jaune I know you're still there~" Chimed the librarian. "You know you can't hide it, this is the date you've always been waiting for. Finally a chance to be with your 'Snow Angel'."

"…"

"Just saying, there were air quotes around 'Snow Angel'." Jaune facepalmed. "Hah! I heard that, so you are still there!" The hunter in training groaned,

"Dear dust you are really trying my patience right now." He growled angrily at the earpiece in the bin.

"You know you love me~ Oh wait, no you love Weiss!" Teased the purple haired girl as she laughed. "… Jaune? H-hello? Jaune? Don't you dare leave that earpiece behind, it cost me a week's pay!" Needless to say, the people around the toilet chose not to enter, not wanting to deal with a ticked off rubbish bin.


"What do you mean they got into a Ferris Wheel alone?" Cried Pyrrha to Blake from her walkie talkie. The ninja girl rolled her eyes,

"Exactly as it sounds, the two gave the man their tickets and entered the Ferris Wheel." Explained the black haired woman for the fourth time.

The champion sighed and rubbed her temples, "And why didn't you stop them?"

"Well for one, why would I want to ruin someone's date? And for another, the carriages are open-top so we'd be able to see if they do something indecent. Frankly, I don't know why you care so much about this. It's just a date." The Spartan girl stayed silent, opting to keep an eye on her leader. What is this feeling? She wondered as she clutched her chest.

Yang rolled on the ground behind the introvert, bored out of her mind despite being in the middle of a fair. "Ugh, why doesn't Vomit Boy just kiss her already? I'm bored!" Complained the busty blond. "Surely Jaune has the guts to be able to at least hug her or something? This is too uneventful and I need my blackmail material."

The fourth girl chuckled as she fixed her sunglasses. "I beg to differ, this is some of the most amusement I've ever had in a fair." Blake frowned as she watched the two interact in the carriage, was she the only one not interested in the knight's love life? Dust, she didn't even know who the brown haired woman next to her was let alone the girl currently on a date with him.

"Curse my easily exploitable love for tuna…"


Jaune fiddled with his fingers nervously, finding immense amusement from messing with his gloves. Why was he so tense? He was only alone with a beautiful girl who was currently attached to his arm and looking at him with an expectant look. No big deal right? "Are you okay Mas-" The blond boy squealed like a young child after seeing a ghost.

The two stared at each other for a couple of moments, trying to wrap their heads around his unmanly scream. "Let's just pretend that didn't happen…" He mumbled sadly. Well, if I hadn't already lost all my masculinity by being surrounded by women who could kick my ass by sneezing, literally in Nora's case, then I sure as dust lost what little I had left after that girly squeal… Deciding to tread carefully around 'not ticking off Weiss while Alice was still in control' Jaune sat opposite of the girl, making use of the three person's worth of space on the seat.

The boy smiled as he took the time to observe the wheel and ignore his growing sense of motion sickness. The entire structure had been painted a white colour to contrast it to the darkness of the night, which is when it's visuals would be most prominent if the bright lights fixed upon it were of any clue. The carriage he was currently sitting in had no glass on the windows, but was large enough to fit six people of average size sitting down, leaving plenty of room for him and the former heiress sitting next to him.

Wait, next to- Jaune blinked, when did she-? The light blue haired girl pouted, "Are you trying to avoid me Master?"

"… No." Lied Jaune as he moved to the other side. His eye twitched in annoyance once the girl followed him. The boy quickly sat on the left only to be just as quickly followed by Alice. The two continued to move almost mechanically until- "Careful!" He cried as the girl suddenly lost her footing.

"Huh?" She spoke hesitantly, surprised to suddenly be on the floor of the carriage.

"I'd appreciate it if you would get off me now." Mumbled the knight from under her, wincing slightly in pain. The young woman muttered several apologies to her master but was interrupted as the blond writer shook his head. "It's fine, though that was really close. You could've fallen out Snow Angel."

Alice flinched and smiled sadly, staring blankly at the floor. Slowly making his way to the seat he finally gave in and decided to let her sit next to him. The silence between the two disturbed him greatly. He stared at her curiously, where was her earlier energy? The sound of the wheel creaking to a halt broke the silence for a moment.

"Master." Jaune's head perked up at suddenly being addressed, though her serious voice peaked his interest. "Why do you like Weiss?" The knight froze at the question. Wasn't that a bit too sudden? Either way it was easy, he liked her because- "And I'd appreciate the truth." He closed his mouth.

"It's not about why I like her." He started again after a few minutes of silence. Alice looked at him curiously, eager to find out the truth. "If anything, the question should be about how could I not like her? Everything about her makes me think she's perfect." That surprised her, she had access to a few memories of 'Weiss' and according to them Jaune was just an annoyingly cute boy who wanted to date her so he could be part of the Schnee Dust company. "-and the scar on her eye just lets her beautiful eyes stand out in a way that makes my knees weak. I could go on for days about how perfect I think she is… In fact, she's too perfect." The girl stared blankly at him, too perfect?

"When I think about it I realise she is too good for me. She tries her absolute hardest to one day become something I believe she already is while I just stand here and pretend to be some half-baked hero." Alice motioned to deny his negativity but he ignored her and continued,
"Then I saw it. I saw her with that look I often seen in the mirror. A look of doubt, fear and self-contempt and I think to myself, 'Even if she's too good for me. Even if it will just end up with me face down in the mud while she reaches her dreams, I will stop at nothing to make sure she never shows that face around me until the day comes where another person that she can believe in tells her that she is perfect. That's why I always shower her with praise, because while she looks cold and sharp on the outside, she's actually very fragile and kind-hearted on the inside. To me, she'll always be a Snow Angel." Jaune laughed, his voice hoarse after speaking for so long. "Though, it feels weird telling you this."

Alice quickly hid her tears upon realising that he was finished with his spiel. "Master, you really are a dolt." Jaune winced, here he was, emotionally exhausted after confessing his thoughts… and the girl calls him a dolt. What is a dolt anyway? "You may be a dolt… but you're my dolt." He blushed as Alice hugged him tightly. Maybe being a dolt wasn't too bad of a thing… but seriously, he'd have to consult the dictionary on what a dolt was.

"Excuse me. Um, sorry to interrupt what appears to be a beautiful moment, but these people have been waiting for their turn for ten minutes. Could you please get out of the carriage?" The two blushed and quickly separated.

"S-sorry." Apologised the blond writer as he pulled the former Tsundere away, making their out of the fair. Thankfully conveying his thoughts somehow managed to keep down his motion sickness. Now he was just emotionally exhausted. "So… now what?" He asked curiously once the two reached the outside of the fair.

The girl tapped her finger on her chin in thought, "Hmm… Well I'm feeling really tired after such a great date with my master. Could you accompany me back to Beacon?" Jaune chuckled at the cheesy sentence. It was enough to rival his pickup lines.

"Sure… Alice."


"Where in Remnant did those two go!" Cried Yang in frustration. They had taken their eyes off of them for a second because Blake had run into a kid with a laser pointer and the couple disappeared. Now what was she supposed to do for fun? There was nothing to do in this fair! She gazed around slowly before her eyes landed on a silver shining object on the ground.

The busty blond stared at the pointer the boy had dropped after running in fear from Blake. "Hmm…"

"Yang? Where did you go?" Called Pyrrha worriedly. That fourth girl had disappeared as well. She blinked in confusion as she noticed a red dot on her clothing. "Huh? What is thi- Gah Blake! What are you doing?" The males in the area stopped in their tracks as the spectacle before them caught their attention. "Blake- What ARE YOU- eek! No don- Kya! N-not there I'm ticklish!" Needless to say, for many men the trip to the fair was definitely worth it.


The walk back to the airship from the fair was spent in silence for the majority of the trip, neither of the two knowing what to say to the other. Jaune was still emotionally exhausted after his spiel and the fact that the dust changing her hair and eye colour wore off wasn't helping. They had to resort to taking the longer, less populated route to avoid unwanted attention due to her being the Schnee heiress.

The young knight sulked at the silence, curse my social awkwardness! He exclaimed mentally. If he were honest, he would've really appreciated it if something would somehow interrupt the silence. The two jumped in their skins as a twig snapped under his foot.
"… Not what I was expecting." He muttered under his breath. "And what is a stick doing this far away from a park or forest?" To his surprise the two were suddenly blocked by a group of people ranging between teens to people in their mid-twenties. Jaune groaned, jumping backwards with Alice to assume fighting stances. For once could things stop being so cliché?

The white haired girl quickly wrapped a cloth around her face, hoping the darkness would conceal her appearance. "How many are there?" She whispered to him, eyes dashing around and taking in their environment.

The writer's eyes flashed for a fraction of a second as he analysed the enemies and their actions. "At least five within view. The two on the right appear to be more relaxed so assume that there are reinforcements down that alley." The heiress nodded slowly, her frown hidden neatly behind the cloth.

The man in the middle grinned, "Well what do we have here?" He cackled, "it appears you two are lost. Why else would you be wandering in our territory?" Jaune blinked, territory? He channelled little bit more aura into his semblance, making sure not to use too much on the chance they were adept in sensing aura. The knight clicked his tongue; this made things a little harder. "Don't you worry, we'll help you find where you're going. For a little price of course."

Having no other choice but to play along the blond student spoke slowly. "Price?"

The man laughed, "It's not much, just all of the lien you have on hand. Or maybe…" Jaune gulped, "We could do this the hard way?" He twitched slightly as the lackeys around them brought out knives. The man in the middle grinned wildly, taking out a basic dust revolver and a knife that appeared to be for hunting if the jagged blade was of any clue.

"We'd better do as they say." He said calmly, "It would be a lot easier." Silence was all he received in response from the girl as she stared them down. "Besides," he continued, "if you fight them as you are now they'd be able to tell you're actually Weiss, they are Faunus so they can see in the dark."

Alice smiled from behind the mask. "I have an idea." She stated confidently. "Besides, it is our duty to take down anyone disturbing the peace, be they human, Grimm or Faunus. We can't call ourselves hunters-in-training otherwise." The young man sighed, as much as he'd love to run away, she had a point. He nodded subtly at the woman, deciding to go with whatever she had planned.

"Oi, did you hear me? I said hand over your lien. Or do you actually think you can take on all of us?" Growled the male dog Faunus in the middle.

"Halt you evildoer! I will never let you get away with a crime such as this!" …What? Jaune hesitantly turned around to see Alice brandishing Myrtenaster, holding it in the same fencing style as Weiss. Normally he would be worried that they would realise it was actually Weiss Schnee of the Schnee Dust Company, but the worm costume really stopped that train of thought dead. "Prepare to face justice!" Before anyone could react to her strange statement and appearance Alice used a glyph to augment her speed as she swiftly struck two Faunus on the back of the neck, knocking them out. Jaune stared in utter confusion at the girl, shocked silent by her theatrics of leaping backwards onto a dumpster and making a pose. "Young man I have never seen before! I'll deal with these henchmen, you take on the ringleader."

The blond knight laughed, that was a good joke. Wasn't it supposed to be the other way around? There was no way he could take him on, dust he could barely manage to beat a single Grimm. The girl in the worm costume ignored his blank look and proceeded to knock out the henchmen behind him, taking note of the six other Faunus hidden around the corner. "Y-you're kidding right?" He laughed nervously as the knife passed by his head, taking out a few strands of hear. The hunter in training yelped and rolled away from the second wild swing.

The Faunus man growled motioned to kick him but Jaune managed to roll away again at the last second, his semblance working overtime to predict the larger man's attacks. He didn't have Crocea Mors on him and he didn't really want to know how or where Alice got a worm costume and Myrtenaster. All he had was his aura, semblance and Pyrrha's small amount of training. Wait, he had Pyrrha's training! "Alrighty Jaune, just calm down and think. Remember, Pyrrha said that your strongest skill is your ability to think on your feet, so we just need to exploit that." He muttered to himself.

His opponent scowled, having heard him talking to himself due to his enhanced hearing. "Are you makin' fun of me punk?" The blond knight ignored the man entirely and began to breath slowly. "Let's see if you're still looking down on me after this!" The dog Faunus grinned madly as he made a wild dash at the young man, his hunter's knife aimed towards the heart. Jaune quickly put all of his weight on his back, descending quickly. The man blinked in confusion as he hit air, the space Jaune had been occupying was empty. His eyes widened upon looking down, the brat had bent backwards until his hands hit the pavement. The blond grinned at his opponent's dumbfounded look.

Step one check, initiating step two. The smaller of the two quickly took advantage of the opening and performed a backflip, kicking the man in the face in the process. Not relenting, he moved in and elbowed the Faunus in the ribcage before punching him rapidly in the same area. "You brat!" Coughed the ringleader as he went to swipe at the boy once more, only for him to sidestep out of the way. The knight stared emotionlessly at his assailant as he thought mechanically to himself. Step six complete. Analysing situation, preparing step seven. Block then proceed to phase two.

Jaune effortlessly blocked the horizontal swing with his right hand, providing him with the necessary opening. Emotionless, the knight quickly pulled his opponent in and kneed him hard in the gut, forcing him to drop the knife as he did so. The writer smirked as he leapt backwards and pulled the man towards him once again, hand still tightly gripped on the wrist, but this time he used the momentum to spin him around and kick him in the back. The Faunus growled as he stumbled forwards, annoyed he was getting tossed around by such a scrawny brat.

"Give up." Stated the blond student calmly. However, on the inside he was ecstatic. Pyrrha's training is working! After watching him fight and taking the time to observe his natural style the champion had noticed his best skills were his fast thinking and analytical abilities. Keeping this in mind she asked Ren to teach him the basics of hand-to-hand combat and she herself taught him sword basics.

The brown haired Faunus smiled wickedly at him as he glared daggers. His ragged hood had fallen off long ago, exposing his dog-ears to the boy. "I've had enough of your games. I should've used this from the start." Jaune flinched backwards as the man held up the dust revolver. Six shots, he thought to himself. The writer's eyes widened and scanned wildly in hopes of finding something to get him out of the situation. "It's over." He realised the answer too late.

"Watch out!" Upon instinct he winced only to realise he wasn't feeling any pain. He stood silently as he heard a faint thump sound to his left. Against his better judgement he looked to the left to see a white haired girl in a worm costume crumpled up on the floor.

Suddenly, no more instructions flew through his head as he stared blankly at the body. For absolutely no reason at all, he began to laugh. The Faunus man stared at the boy warily, his friend was on the floor and all he could do was laugh? Did he break him?
"You know, I always thought that revenge and anger were just simple concepts made up to justify war. I believed that one should never get angry enough to seek revenge." The Faunus man had no idea what the brat was ranting about, but he didn't really care. All he had to do was reach the knife quickly before he realised that she- "Until now I haven't gotten that angry at anyone." Continued the boy, his eyes shadowed by his hair. "In fact, even now I'm not angry." Before the ringleader could reach the knife the blond knight jammed it under his foot. His hand froze in fear as Jaune suddenly glared at him, his gaze piercing his soul. "No. I'm absolutely livid."

The brown haired Faunus had no idea what hit him. One moment he was an inch away from the knife, the next he found himself on the ground several feet away. Before he could get up though he was launched backwards once more by a swift kick to the gut. The man groaned in pain, his breath shaky. Slowly and painfully moving into a seated position, he smiled as he stared the boy directly in the eyes, not caring about the fist making it's way to his head.

Jaune stared in silence at the knocked out Faunus. "You wont be needing these." He commented casually as he grabbed the dust revolver, knife and the holster and sheath to hold them. "You can get up now Alice."

A loud snort came from the direction of the crumpled worm costume, "What are you talking about? I just got shot! Jaune you meanie- uh, I mean gah my wound hurts! Looks like you'll have to carry me back to Beacon. Tehe~" The young writer smiled and let loose a shaky breath he had been holding, glad that she was unharmed.

He scoffed and wiped his eyes clear of the tears he had been hiding. "Yeah right. I noticed there wasn't anything in the barrel." He lied. The knight hadn't noticed it was empty until he swiped the gun. Alice smiled softly at the blond and gently wiped away the tears he had missed.

"Of course, of course." She giggled. "I'm happy that you care so much for me."

"Though I'm mad at you for pretending to be hurt just to get me to carry you. You're one of my precious friends now Alice, and I'd hate to see you leave." The white haired girl still in a worm costume flinched briefly and rolled her eyes,

"Yeah, yeah Mister 'I'm not angry, I'm livid." She pouted mentally to herself as she clenched her chest tightly, it's not fair that you can say something cool like that to me right now… "Let's just get going. I'd hate to miss the last ship and that fight now made me sleepier so… carry me?"

"… No."


Alice laughed melodically as Jaune reverse-ate his food right into the trashcan. "So close…" He groaned out hoarsely. He had almost made it, he almost made an entire minute without vomiting right after departure!

"Are you okay Master?" The knight laughed and reassured the girl that he was fine. Though he would've preferred it if she would stop calling him 'Master'. The young woman had taken off the worm costume sometime during the flight back.

Taking a deep breath, he took a dive. "Alice." The girl's head perked up, "I was wondering… um, would it be okay if, we uh… we went out like this again sometime? But, without the whole fight for our lives?" He had come to realise that even if he hadn't known her for that long he enjoyed hanging out and just having fun with her, it was strange.

"… I don't know, I had fun with the fight." Replied the girl cheekily. Jaune groaned at the teasing. "… I'd absolutely love another date master. Maybe some day."

Jaune grinned at the young woman before him, excited for their next outing. "Bye Alice, I'll see you soon okay?" The girl's white hair shone under the moonlight, a streak of water almost unidentifiable in the darkness sparkled as she walked off.

"Goodbye Master."

The blond knight smiled happily to himself as he traversed the halls of Beacon, maybe, just maybe, this week wouldn't be as bad as he initially thought.


Jaune yawned and stretched, earning a few satisfying pops from his back. There wasn't much to do what with no classes, Pyrrha out cold for who knows what reason and Ren and Nora strangely missing. All the two childhood friends had left was a note saying,
'We will be back in an hour. Nora ate all the syrup so we're borrowing some from the kitchen.
PS. If we (Namely Nora) aren't back in an hour please apologise to Professor Ozpin for eating all of the food in the storage.'

The blond student chuckled at his teammate's antics. As much as he'd love to stay and wait for the two to return, he already had a plan. The young man grinned as he made his way to the library, eager to begin the short story for the competition with his new friend. To his surprise however Alice was already outside in the hall, her back to him. He smile cheerfully at the girl. "Hey!" He greeted as he reached his arm out to notify her of his presence.

"What do you need Jaune?" Asked Weiss curiously, turning around to face him.

Jaune froze at the non-Alice-like gaze. "What?" He mumbled to no one in particular. She isn't… already? He thought to himself, hand still hovering above the newly returned heiress' shoulder. It almost felt too soon, to the point where it was ironic. This was what he wanted… right? This was going to happen eventually, he just… didn't expect it to be now.
The knight winced as he remembered what she had said the knight prior, or rather lack thereof.

"Goodbye Master."

He hadn't realised it before, having just chalked it off as the girl's was of saying 'see you later!' But, she had actually meant goodbye.
There was no way right? She couldn't have known she would've turned back already. How? Why didn't she tell him? Roman wasn't finished with the antidote, why was she back to normal?

Jaune stared blankly and rested his hand on his head as his vision began to blur. No, I feel fine so… why? He stared in shock at his damp hand. Tears? I'm happy right? I got my Snow Angel back, so I'm happy. He shook his head, then… why am I?

Weiss watched in silence as a myriad of emotions blazed through Jaune's expressions. He had been muttering random things whilst staring at her with empty eyes, which was alerting considering it was Jaune of all people. "Are you okay?" She asked concernedly. The knight winced, 'Are you okay Master?' The blond smiled,

"I'm fine Alice. If you need me, I'll just be… somewhere." The heiress flinched at his expression, did she really hurt him that much? She stared at the boy as he slowly walked away, his legs appeared as if they'd collapse at a moments notice.

"Alice…" She mumbled to herself, a troubled look appearing on her face briefly. "J-Jaune!" She stuttered out. "Jaune!" The writer turned around, nearly toppling over from the effort. "I-I don't know why, but when I woke up this morning there was this note on my bed." Jaune frowned, what did this have to do with him? "It's from someone called 'Alice'." The blond boy nearly fell over in surprise but managed to muster the strength to motion for her to continue.
"What she basically wanted to say was…" Jaune's eyes widened as Weiss did a shaft head turn, a few tears threatening to fall from her eyes, "I'll see you soon Master, I'm still waiting for that date you promised me."

With her message finished the heiress quickly rushed away. The boy sighed with a shaky breath, "Thank you." He smiled, "I needed that."


Jaune frowned as he entered the library, sure he knew Alice wouldn't want him feeling down but it was hard to stay happy when you knew one of your friends were gone. He smiled sadly, it was hard but that wouldn't stop him from trying.

The boy stared in surprise at the book filled room, there wasn't another person in sight other than a certain sleeping purple haired librarian. The woman was currently snoring on one of the library reading couches, unaware of his presence. Although it was rare that no one would be in the library on a day off, they all probably thought it was closed on account of the snoozing librarian.

Jaune spoke softly as he approached the girl, "Amethyst wake up." Upon receiving no response he took a step closer in order to shake her awake. What he didn't realise was she was awake the entire time.

That was, of course, until she began to wring his neck. "You owe me so much lien!" She cried angrily as she stopped chocking him in favour of shaking him. The blond boy could do nothing but meekly slap her arms in a feeble attempt to get her off. "That earpiece is special to me! It was given to me by-"

The knight felt dizzy in the girl's hands, unable to speak for a few moments before he finally managed to hold up the item in question. Amethyst gasped and quickly grabbed the earpiece, letting go of the poor blond's shoulders. Jaune coughed and spluttered as he inhaled as much air as he could. After a few minutes of catching his breath the boy scoffed weakly, "As if I'd leave such an expensive looking thing in the trash. I picked it up again after you stopped yelling."

The young woman looked at him apologetically, "Sorry about that…" Jaune, being Jaune, just waved it off. The purple haired librarian shook her head, "No I mean, I didn't realise I still had some powdered dust left on my hands." The writer tilted his head to the side in confusion. "The marks on your neck and clothes." Upon close inspection of the areas mentioned he realised there were indeed some rather distressing marks on his neck.

"Well that explained why I felt dizzy and could barely speak." He muttered under his breath, "It's fine, but what were you doing with dust on your hands anyway?" This time it was the librarian's turn to tilt her head,

"Didn't I tell you? I specialise in dust-based combat." Jaune deadpanned and shook his head negative, this was the first time she mentioned anything remotely close to that. "Anyway, shouldn't you be working on that short story competition you told me about?"

"… Oh yeah." He exclaimed as he snapped his fingers.

The librarian sighed, "Well the library's closed today but you can stay here if you wish. If you need anything I'll be over there reading." Jaune nodded in appreciation, it was a good thing he was friends with the librarian. He got to have the entire library for himself.

After a few minutes of silence between the two the purple haired woman mumbled to herself. "Well this is strange." The blond writer stared curiously at the girl within the section of the library labelled 'Faunus Fiction'. "Apparently Jane Caur hasn't ever featured a Faunus as the protagonist of any of her novels." Jaune blinked. That couldn't be true right? Amethyst stared at Jaune in awe as he began to list every novel made by Jane from beginning to end and their protagonists.

He stared at the short story before him, had he really not made any novels based on a Faunus? He grinned, that meant a whole other type of genre for him to research for and explore… But how was he supposed to research how a Faunus thinks and acts?

"J-Jaune?" Mumbled Amethyst curiously. For the past ten minutes he'd been wearing a fairly serious thinking face. She jumped back in surprise as he snapped his fingers suddenly, he could always get some first hand data from someone who probably knew a lot about Faunus! Who better than the person who seemed to be really passionate about them during class?

Completely ignoring Amethyst's attempts for his attention, Jaune quickly rushed out to find the person who will help him with his research. Nothing would hinder his excitement at the prospect of new forms of research. Suddenly, he stopped in his tracks. There was a rule that he always upheld whenever he did first hand research.

Unless it was impossible to do so, he must always tell the person that he is doing research on them or learning from their place of establishment. So far the only impossible situations were the recent ones on Beacon, but he trusted this source so it didn't fit into what he classified as an 'impossible situation'. Even despite this, he still did not want to tell them.

"Hey Jaune what's up?" Asked Ruby. The knight yelped in surprise at the sudden appearance of his fellow leader. "Are you headed to the cafeteria too? Everyone else is there." The blond boy shook his head negative and faced Ruby, eyes filled with determination, he had to do this.

"Do you know where Blake is?" The young rose raised a brow, "I have something important to ask her." Ruby blushed, a determined look? Something important to ask her? Dear dust, was Jaune going to confess?

"Sh-she's in our dorm room. She said she'd stay back because she already ate." Stuttered the red-cheeked girl. Before any more could be said the young leader rushed off. He was going to confess to her teammate, what should she do? Should she support them? Cheer him on? Her blush deepened, she needed an adult…
"YAAAAAAANNNNNNGGGG!"


Blake sighed happily as she read her book. It was nice to read in silence for once, 'twas a shame that the library was closed but her bed designed specifically for reading was more than enough.

Unfortunately her silent reading time was over too soon as a certain knight tumbled in exhaustedly. The two stayed staring at each other for what felt like an hour. In fact, looking at the time it probably was an hour.

Jaune sighed it was now or never. He had to tell her or he would be going against the rules he made for himself. "H-hey Blake?" He managed to stutter out.

"Hm?" Finally he said something, it was beginning to get awkward.

"Can you teach me about Faunus', er, Fauni, The Faunus, Fau- you know what I mean." The girl flinched slightly and lightly placed her book on the bed, making sure to mark the page.

She gave him a wary look, "What brought this on?" She queried curiously, "And why ask me?"

Jaune fiddled with his fingers nervously, this was it. He had to tell her now. He exhaled and inhaled deeply, "Well, there's this girl I'm interested in and she's a Faunus so I thought it would be good to know." He lied. He swore colourfully in his head as he berated himself. "And I thought to ask you because, y'know, you're a cat Faunus." Blake's eyes widened to an abnormal size as she gasped,

"P-pardon?" She couldn't believe it, her disguise had been seen through? By Jaune? The writer stared at her reaction perplexedly. I feel like I said something I shouldn't have, but I don't know why. "How… how did you know?"

At that moment the door caved in to reveal the remainder of Team RWBY and JNPR leaning on it. The revealed Faunus' eyes widened even further. Jaune sighed, well this certainly escalated quickly…


And just like that a well-hidden secret is revealed to everyone she wanted to keep it from. Or will it be? Can our lovable yet accident-prone writer find a way to fix the situation and diffuse the ticking time bomb that is Blake Belladonna? Has Jaune really gotten over Alice's leave, and is she really gone? Many questions may be answered next chapter as we dive into the Stray Cat Arc! Hope you enjoyed.

So… This chapter was, if you'll pardon my French, a bitch to make. It was excessively long, but I really needed to cram in a lot of important scenes for future plot regarding Jaune and a few others like Weiss. Then there were the character development scenes, and lastly the cliffhanger!

Now, for those hardcore RWBY fans who know about the RWBY naming rule… Don't worry. A happy accident on my part allowed me to stumble upon this name halfway through developing this 'new Weiss' called 'Alice'. Like how everyone in Team RWBY was based upon both a colour and a fairy tale, 'Alice' was done so in the exact same way 100% accidentally. I thought up the name when I saw the colour 'Alice Blue' and believed it was a slightly blue tinted version of her original hair colour. Luckily enough, it happened to coincide with the tale of 'Alice in Wonderland'. Not only that, I somehow managed to stumble upon a character that fit the new personality's curious nature, and thus the name 'Alice' was given to her as it fit all the criteria needed. If you have any other queries about 'Alice' feel free to PM me or leave it in a review!

As usual, those who can get a specific reference get a plush shark. (Which is actually very ironic)