Hey guys! Welcome to Chapter 2 of Awake in Remnant. In this chapter, I will introduce a few characters, including JNPR, Ozpin, and Glynda Goodwitch, among others. Enjoy the read!

As we enter Professor Killington's class, I sit down in an empty seat that was to the side of RWBY. I look at Killington recite the curriculum of survival. I lean my head down and begin to dream.

"Ruby, I need to go. Don't worry, I'll be off somewhere better. I might even go home."

"No, Tyler! Stay here, I don't know if I can do this!"

"You can. You just need to believe in yourself. That's what you told me. Now I pass that knowledge to you."

"What are you going to say to the others, so I can say it for you?"

"To Weiss, you made me realize the importance of friends. Now your friends are here for you.

"To Blake, you taught me to trust in myself. Now you need to trust others.

"Yang, you helped me to be strong. Now you need to be strong.

"Jaune, hang in there, buddy. You'll make a fantastic Huntsman yet.

"Pyrrha, may you continue to shine.

"Nora, keep on smiling even when there is no happiness.

"Ren, keep trying. You'll get her.

"And to you, Ruby, you taught me to believe. Now, you… need to… believe in your…self." My vision fades and I wake up.

The rest of the day repeats this pattern: I fall asleep in classes and I kept having these bizarre dreams, or maybe they're premonitions. I decide to go to Ozpin. Even though I'm not a student, I still need help.

I walk along the winding corridors to his office and knock on the door.

It swings open with a "Yes? How may I help you?" I think first Holy SHIT! This is Professor Ozpin! The most powerful Huntsman on Remnant!

But I regain composure and ask, "I need help. I know it's late in the year, but I'm having strange premonitions."

Ozpin's eyes narrow. "Who are you? I know every one of my students, two-thousand in total, some more intimately than others, but you are not one of them.

"I'd heard rumors circulating among the young men and women learning here that a strange boy fitting your description was wandering around with Team RWBY, but I didn't think they were true until now."

"Well… That's actually far more complicated than you'd think."

"Really? Do tell."

I hesitate, wondering what will happen if I'm honest, then sigh, realizing that it's all just a (unsettlingly realistic and vivid) dream, and tell him everything.

"Well. Young man, I have seen and heard many strange and unbelievable tales in my lifetime, but few top what you've just told me. Frankly, had several details of what you've said not matched up perfectly from their original speaker, I'd have called the police and seen to it that you were given proper mental assessment."

He took a long sip from his coffee mug. "Now, since you seem to be telling the truth, and I'll tentatively admit that you probably are, would you care to tell me about these visions you claimed to have?"

"I see Beacon trampled under hundreds of thousands of Grimm. I myself die, and so will everyone else, staff and students. I don't know how to stop it, but I think I'm here to prevent it from happening."

Honestly, if this was a dream, it really wouldn't matter what I did, but this was MY dream, and dammit this would be the coolest dream I'd ever had!

"Hmm… Well. That is grim news, pun unintended. Why did you come to me in particular, if I may ask?"

"Because I couldn't think of anyone else to go to. I mean, on the show, you're supposed to be the most powerful Huntsman in the world, with years of experience and wisdom. If anybody could help me, I figured it would be you."

Ozpin looked like he was flattered with my assessment of him. "Very well." He pushed a button on his desk and spoke into what appeared to be a microphone. "Glynda, please come to my office. There is somebody who needs you right away."

A few minutes later, Glynda Goodwitch, with her blonde hair, purple cape, and her riding crop at her waist, entered the room and walked over to me, looking somewhat confused.

"Professor, who is this child?"

"Tyler, care to explain?"

A few minutes and one rather befuddled teacher later, Glynda spoke. "Well. That… is quite a lot to take in. But, if the Headmaster believes you, than I suppose I should too."

"Okay, so now what do I do?"

"Well, we need to release your Aura if it already hasn't been. We need to gauge your abilities on the battlefield and concerning Aura manipulation. Lastly, we need to figure out your Semblance, all in one day if you are to survive on Remnant," came the curt analysis.

I considered telling her about the lack of Aura, Dust, Semblances, and other supernatural stuff on the show where I come from, but then came to the conclusion that if this was a dream, then I could do all that stuff, and probably more.

"Awesome. When do we start?"

"When you stop jabbering."

I say, "Alright," and shut my mouth. Glynda trails out of the door, and signals me to follow. We walk down the halls I had so familiarized myself with. I follow her exact movements, like a shadow. We eventually arrive in the sparring field. The professor turned and told me to wait. She promptly left. I decide to do an equipment check. I take my came-from-nowhere guns from last night and inspect them.

I have a sniper rifle, a shotgun, a pistol, and combat knife. I have several round of normal, Dust, ceramic, and ceramic Dust rounds. I take my sniper, sight down the scope, and load it. I experimentally clicked the trigger. It clicks empty. I pull back the lever and release. I get up, walk over to a target that set up itself, and aim. I line the triangle with the middle of the target, and pull the trigger.

Gunfire is much louder than I anticipated, but the recoil was lower than I expected, though I still fell down, ears ringing. I shake my head, trying to clear the noise. I look at the target, and see I hit the bullseye. I gave myself a mental pat on the back and told my head to clear the noise. Suddenly, my ears stop ringing. Glynda entered the room presently, with Team JNPR in tow.

"These four will handle the bulk of your training to get you up to speed on what we are doing. We will leave you four to yourselves." After that short explanation, she left the room. We kind of stare awkwardly at each other, except for Nora, who was cheerfully (if a little unsettlingly) smiling.

I ask, just to break the silence, "Okay, so I need to know the laws of the land. I have no idea what I can and can't do, and also I need to know how to fight. I have fewer clues than Jaune here."

Jaune asked rather surprised, "How do you know my name?"

I reply, "I might have heard it from Ruby or someone." No need to tell too many people of the situation if I can help it, and Glynda probably already told them some cover story to keep me from telling them the truth.

I turn and address the other three, "And who are you guys?"

Nora Valkyrie, cheery as usual, said, "I'm Nora."

Ren, in his usual more serious attitude, "Lie Ren. Everyone just calls me Ren, though."

Pyrrha said, "Hello, I'm Pyrrha, the girl you saw earlier."

I say, "Alright. First, I need the rules of this place. What can and can I not do?"

Jaune says, "I can take care of that. Weiss keeps giving me those kind of lectures."

"Next, I need to learn to fight."

Nora raised her hand "Ooh! Pick me!"

"Then I need to work on my Aura."

Ren raised his head, "I could easily help with that."

"Finally, I need to figure out my Semblance."

Pyrrha said, "And I'll help with that."

"Wow. That was easy."

First, I listened to a two hour lecture on the laws of the Kingdom of Vale. I took more notes in that time than I had in the previous ten years of my Earthling education. As it would turn out, Vale had a government almost ridiculously similar to Britain, with a constitutional monarch, and the council, whose members were elected every half-decade.

Second, I sparred with Nora. It took me a few rounds, but I managed to beat her a few times (To be fair, she was going incredibly easy on me and was probably throwing at least one of those rounds...)

Next, Ren activated my Aura, commented on my having more of it than even Jaune, and taught me how to use it for basic defense and offense. It was odd, of course, but dreams weren't supposed to be normal.

Pyrrha had the most trouble, trying to figure out my Semblance. I could detect it had something to do with my mind, but what exactly, I didn't know. We talked and talked, with me growing more frustrated with each minute, until eventually I slam the floor and shattered it.

Small bits and flakes of tile float up all around me. I stare in shock at what I had done. Pyrrha smiles almost proudly.

"It seems you are a telekinetic. You've activated your Semblance. Now we need to know what exactly that entails.

I stand up, hoping to test my newfound ability. I try to see if I'm telepathic as well. I look inside my mind, then push out a message to Pyrrha:

'Can you hear me?'

Pyrrha looks in confusion, 'How is he in my head?' She tried to think to herself.

'Pretty sure that I'm telepathic as well.'

'Well, get out. I don't like the feeling.'

I pull my influence back in my head. I focus my energy to lifting a strand of Nora's hair. It stands at attention, unbeknownst to the cheery redhead. I let it fall. I try to lift Jaune's hand. It comes up, and I articulate it, all somehow without the attention of the errant knight. I let that go. I decide to be a cheeky little pervert, and attempt to lift Pyrrha's skirt…

…But then I think about the redheaded Amazon cleaning the floor with my head, and I wisely decided against it. I try my hand with my combat knife instead. I float it around and twirl it. I command it to do a few swipes and stabs. Eventually, a target appeared, and I shoot the knife at it as fast as a bullet. It hits the bullseye with a thud.

I telepathically removed it, moved it back at my side, and sheathed it. I never thought that I could learn so much in so little time. And usually I needed to take a break after two hours. But now, I fought one of the toughest Huntresses in the school, and beat her. I am a telepath and telekinetic. My brother would die if he saw me now.

This dream is fuckin' AWESOME.

I gather my things, say my farewells, and walk out of the door. As I start to round a corner, I hear a strange voice talking, "You want this, whether you know it or not. And you're going to get it."

I step out of the corner and see Team CRDL bullying Velvet Scarletina. Really, why did they target her, specifically? And why doesn't she fight back? I saw what she did to all those Grimm in Breach, she could whip their asses to Hell and back!

Whatever, that didn't matter now. She was in danger, and whatever those little shits started, I was going to stop. "Do what, Cardin?"

The four goons whip their heads in surprise. Cardin looked at me, livid to be interrupted and snarled, "You should go. This ain't none of your business."

"It concerns somebody who's about to be hurt. I make that my business."

"And what are you gonna to do about it, bitch?"

I telepathically pull all four of my weapons and point one at each of the four boys. "Well then. Before I was annoyed. Now I'm fucking pissed. You little fuckers ready to get smashed like the worms you are?"

The four boys, realizing that I was VERY serious in my intents, ran down the hall and split up. I sheath my weapons and approached the poor rabbit Faunus. She was shivering, and holding her shirt where it was torn. I asked, calmly, "Are you all right?"

She looked up, frightened, and stammered "Y-yes."

"What happened?"

"I was walking to class when those four came up to me. At first they were nice, until one of them pinned me to a wall and ripped my shirt. If you hadn't had come, who knows what would've happened…"

My eyes widened as I realized that I may or may not have just stopped CRDL from gang raping Velvet.

"Well, I'll tell Ozpin, and you hurry back and change your shirt. And believe me, they will NOT get away with whatever they were going to do."

Velvet's eyes teared up, almost shocked that a human she didn't even know would be so kind and nice to her.

"Okay, friend. Thank you so much. I don't know how I could possibly repay you."

"Don't worry. I can't very well help a damsel in distress and charge her for it, now can I?"

She actually smiled. "No, I suppose not."

"Well, hurry up, before I get framed."

She nodded and hurried off to change. I headed to the library where I called Ozpin on one of the computers, and let him know of the damage CRDL had caused. He sighed, looking angry, but wholly unsurprised, and assured me that they would be punished as harshly as his position allowed him.

Afterwards, I go to Team RWBY's dorm. None of the four girls were there. Zwei was there, though, chipper as usual. I think to myself, 'Hmm, I think I should try my Semblance on something living.'

I focus my energy, then lift Zwei about a foot in the air. He gives a yelp in surprise, then adjusts well to his new position. He chases his tail in the air for a minute, then I set him down. As I finish, Team RWBY bursts into the dorm.

"I cannot believe he ditched us like that! How dare he?" Weiss exclaimed.

"That's only, what, the twentieth time you said that, Weiss?" Yang shot back.

"Maybe you should figure out the reason I left you guys and not jump to conclusions." I said with an even tone. The girls turn and see me.

"Now, before I hear any angry comments, I left because I wanted to get help. I needed to learn to fight, use my Aura, and figure out what I'm allowed to do here in Vale."

The girls look skeptical. "You can ask Team JNPR when you get the chance." The girls' looks soften. I levitate Zwei as proof. He yips in alarm, and I set him down.

"So you're telekinetic?" Blake asked.

'Not only that, but I'm telepathic.' I sent the message to all of the girls. Their eyes widen in surprise. I say aloud, "I'll try not to do that too often. And, man, I'm beat. Let's get some sleep." They agree wholeheartedly. All of us get ready for bed, the girls doing their homework, me reviewing my notes, until I was the only one left awake.

I started to feel my eyes droop, and I shook myself awake, suddenly not wanting the dream to end this soon. Of course, my body could have cared less about my wants, and I fell asleep anyway.

And that's a wrap for Chapter 2! Next chapter introduces Team SSSN, including Scarlet and Sage from what I had gathered from various sources. I'll try to update as often as I can, two weeks is probably a safe bet, but no promises. Don't forget to be awesome, and stay creative!