Hey oh! I'm back and this story has officially reached 100 followers. I know it doesn't sound like a lot but holy crap that's a lot for me! In 5/6 chapters none the less! I want to thank everyone who has followed/Favorited and reviewed my story! Like I said before it means a lot to me to see how much people actually like this story! Okay getting into mushy stuff, so I'ma stop before I bore you all.

On another note, I was throwing around ideas in my head for how I want the story to go and while I was doing that and thinking of different things that will happen, I imagined a certain arc of the story going differently in where Jaune turns...Evil. And by evil I mean he goes completely insane and ya know, evil stuff.

I think I will do it as a spin off story (If you guys want it). If you peoples do want it, then I'll start to write it in tandem with this one. Please send me your thoughts cuz it would really help me out and it helps me know what you all want! Even if you don't want it tell me so I know to focus on this one still. Anyways, I hope you enjoy this chapter, much longer this time.

Chapter 6: Camping

My eyes slowly fluttered open as I sat up. At first I thought we were still flying, but with a look out the window told me other wise. We were in fact on the ground, but not in the way I was hoping. I unbuckled the straps on my seat and stood up stretching out my muscles. I reached down and grabbed Ember from its place next to me and headed towards the door of the bullhead. As I made my way towards the door, I noticed that no one else was in the ship with me. No gear or anything.

I slowly pushed open the door causing it to fall of its hinges and crash down to the ground. I stepped out and realized that we had crashed in a open field. After taking a few more steps away from the bullhead I noticed green cloth laying on the ground next to a pool of blood. As I approached a new noise filled my ears that sounded like...growling?

I rounded the wing of the bullhead to see Pyrrha's green teammate lying on the ground as a Beowolf tore his flesh from his body. I immediately pulled Ember from its sheathe and stabbed the beowolves head. After I yanked my blade free, the wound in its skull slowly healed as it stood to full height and growled. I Extended the rest of my blade and rushed forward. After slicing off the wolf's arms and legs I turned to see more come from the trees. One was holding the red head in its mouth as it approached.

I pulled my pistol from its holster and fired a volley of rounds at the beast. Each shot hit its mark, but in the end the wounds just healed. I groaned and dodged under a swipe from a Ursa then sliced its head off. Again my efforts were fruitless as a new head grew in place of the older one. A pained scream came from behind me as the sound of a tree falling over sounded through the clearing. I spun on my heel to see Reagan crushed under the tree, helpless as Grimm slowly closed around him.

I aimed my pistol forward and tried to fire at a beowolf, my effort was quickly stopped as black vines rose from the ground and pulled my arm down towards my body. I looked down to see more of the black vines slowly crawling up my legs and start to pull my to my knees. I struggled to keep my head up as the vines slowly wrapped around my neck and chin pulling down my head. A low growl sounded in front of me followed my the sound of large paws connecting with the ground.

The beasts breathe rustled my hair as it slowly lowered its large head near mine. Dark red eyes stared into mine as I struggled to get air into my lungs since the vines were practically strangling me. The Beowolf slowly moved its right arm into view. In its clutches was Pyrrha, struggling to get free from its grip. Again I tried to move my arms but the only thing I got was pain shooting through my body. The wolf slowly turned its head to Pyrrha and smiled. "Another one dead because you are weak, Arc."

Its voice boomed through the clearing followed by a maniacal laugh. I tried to speak to the beast, ask what it meant but when I opened my mouth the vines slowly wrapped around my mouth forming a black mask. The wolf turned to me again and grunted. "Soon you will learn of how strong you can be, you just need to embrace it." It slowly started to squeeze Pyrrha causing her to groan in pain. Her bright emerald eyes looked down to me, tears pooling in the corners of them. "Jaune, what does it mean? How can you get stronger?" The wolf laughed again and brought her close to its muzzle.

"He just needs to accept who he is and use his hate for power, it is his greatest emotion after all." I yelled out as it started to squeeze the life out of Pyrrha but the only thing that came out of a muffled sound. I closed my eyes and activated Instinct. When I did I felt a rush of power flow through my body. My eyes shot open as a white light erupted from my body. The last thing I heard was the laugh of the wolf as the light faded into darkness.

My eyes shot open as I sat forward painting in a cold sweat. I quickly looked out the window to see we were still in the air. I sat back and rubbed my eyes with my hands releasing a sigh. Soon after Pyrrha came over and sat in front of me. She had a concerned look on her face as she tapped my arm. "Jaune, are you okay? I heard you mumbling in your sleep, plus you are drenched in sweat." I hesitantly nodded and wiped my forehead with my sleeve. "Yeah I'm good, just a bad dream is all." From the look on her face I could tell she didn't believe me but before she could say anything else the loud speaker on the bullhead crackled to life. "ETA five minutes till drop zone, get your supplies ready."

Pyrrha stood and gave me one final look before heading back to her seat. I watched for a moment before grabbing my backpack and sliding it onto my back. I grabbed Ember and slid it into place on my waist and slid my shield onto my arm as I walked to the door of the plane. I placed my hand on the railing and leaned towards the window to look out. After a little while Pyrrha's green teammate walked over next to me and looked out. I slowly looked over to him and rose a eyebrow. He noticed my gaze and turned to me. "I'm Ren by the way. My partner over their is Nora." He motioned over to the red head in question who was currently talking Reagan's ear off. I turned back to Ren and nodded.

"Nice to meet you Ren, I take it she is a handful?" Ren sighed and nodded. "Yes, but you get used to it." I laughed slightly and looked back out the window. After a few moments of awkward silence I decided to break the god awful thing. "Look I know this is random but does Reagan have a problem with me or something?" Ren crossed his arms and sighed. "He is very protective, and when he sees a threat he goes into a defensive state which usually means attacking said threat until it isn't a threat anymore."

I gave him a annoyed expression and sighed. "So he thinks I'm going to hurt his partner?" Ren shrugged and looked over to his team. "More like steal her from him." Again I gave him a annoyed expression and laughed then shook my head. "Wow, that sounds extremely childish." Ren nodded and walked back to his team. 'Great, he is jealous that she talks to other guys.' I thought as the bullhead lowered to the ground.

I stepped out onto the grassy field and took a few steps away from the bullhead before bulling out my scroll. I opened up the map data and scrolled over the location. Luckily, Ozpin decided to give up a exact route of how to get to the ravine. That would definitely make things way easier. Pyrrha walked over to me as the bullhead slowly lifted off the ground and took off. She peered over my shoulder and hummed. "So is that the ravine?" She pointed to the screen as I nodded. "Yep, we have to go north for a while." She chewed on her lip then turned to me. "Are you okay with leading to the ravine?" I pocketed my scroll and nodded.

She turned back to her team and placed her arms at her sides. "Alright guys, Jaune is going to lead us to the ravine since he knows this area, so just stick close to him and we will get their a lot faster alright?" Nora smiled and nodded followed by Ren. Reagan crossed his arms and closed his eyes. "Hey Jaune, try to not get us lost okay? I want to be back before next month." I only heard the beginning as I started to walk away. Pyrrha, Nora, and Ren followed me as Reagan sat out in the open. After he opened his eyes finally he rushed forward and caught up with us. "Hey what the heck why did you leave me back there?"

I turned my head frowned. "We can't afford to lose daylight, Grimm get dangerous out here at night so we need all the time we need." I turned back to the path and let out a sigh. 'Oum this guy is annoying.'

As we walked Nora started to play I spy with everyone. Like the outcast I am I decided to keep ahead of them to risk not being brought in to their game. If they were going to goof off, then someone needed to keep watch, I was used to being left alone anyways. Anytime they tried to call on me I just blew them off which earned a groan from Nora each time. Then she would complain about how I don't talk a lot like Ren. Meh, fine by me.

After a while they stopped and the group fell into silence for the first time. It was nice, being able to hear nature and not be attacked by Grimm. Unfortunately the peaceful silence was broken by Reagan. "So Jaune, when do you plan on setting up camp? Its getting pretty dark..." I looked up to the sky and then back down to the path. "There is a river up ahead that we will stop at and make camp. It's only a little further."

Pyrrha spoke up next and caught up with me. "So you said you lived out here?" I nodded and pointed ahead. "Yeah, a town used to be up ahead that I lived by with my mentor." She tilted her head slightly. "You didn't live in the town?" I shook my head and frowned slightly. "No, my mentor didn't like big settlements." I wanted to tell her the real reason, but I had no idea how she would react. Soon after the sound of rushing water filled my ears as a bridge started to come into view.

I made my way to the bank of the river and looked around. After finding a small dry patch close to the river I walked back up to the rest of the group. "Alright, we already have most of the stuff we need, but something we do need is firewood. I can get the wood while you guys set up camp, if that's alright." I waited for anyone to speak up before walking off into the trees.

When I returned they had already set up the tents and a fire pit, I set down the few logs I had collected and let out a sigh of relief knowing I wasn't working with idiots. One of the tents opened to reveal Pyrrha still in her gear. She slowly stepped out and zipped the tent closed again. "Will this wood last us the night?" I bent down and started to make a pit with various rocks. "Yeah it should, if not one of us could grab more." She started to help me build the pit as Ren stepped out of his tent and looked to the pit.

"We should probably set up a night watch." I nodded and dusted my hands off after standing up. "I don't need that much sleep so I can go later." Pyrrha nodded and placed a few logs into the pit. "I can go last if that's okay with you." Ren went back into his tent and informed Nora of our plan. Pyrrha lit the fire with some fire dust and looked to me. "We only have enough sleeping supplies for a single team, I can give you my sleeping bag if you want." I shook my head and grinned. "Its fine, I'm sure I can find comfort in one of these trees."

She nodded and went into her tent, before closing it she gave me one final glance before zipping it closed. Soon after Ren came out and handed me my pack. "If you need anything, we'll be right here." I nodded and grabbed my pack then headed towards the trees. After finding a nice tall tree I climbed about a quarter of the way up then set up on a branch. I placed my pack against the tree as I leaned against it. Luckily I could see the camp from where I was sitting, that meant I could see if anything was wrong.

For some reason I felt obligated to watch over them. Maybe it was Ozpin rubbing off on me or it was my subconscious keeping me away from the nightmare I had. I started to eat my fill as the nightmare replayed in my head. The voice from before was there, but this time it was in the voice of the Beowolf. Instead of being small and distant it was now threatening. I was definitely tied to my Instinct and how I must control my emotions. The longer I thought about tit the faster I dosed off until I fell asleep.

I awoke to the smell of smoke and my nose stinging. My eyes slowly opened to see the forest around me on fire. Trees were burnt black as the fire raged around me. I heard a low crack as the branch I was standing on snapped and bend under my weight. Soon after the branch broke completely sending me barreling to the forest floor. I spun mid drop and landed with a roll. Ember clattered next to me as it impacted with the ground. Unfortunately, my shield was no where to be found. As I grabbed Ember I activated Instinct to try and find anyone through the flames.

After a few glances around I found a slight glimmer through the fire, I rushed towards it jumping over bushes and logs that were blackened from the flames. The closer I got to the aura the faster it faded until it was completely gone without a trace. A low growl filled my ears as a Beowolf emerged through a burning bush and rushed me. As it jumped forward to bite I spun and slashed its neck causing blood to splatter across the landscape. I watched as the beast slowly stopped struggling and died, soon after two more wolves jumped from the flames and starred at me then at their dead companion.

The first one snarled then turned to me and slowly started to circle me. Its jaws moved as if it was talking but the only thing I heard was a series of low growls. Eventually it charged me from behind with a loud snarl and lunged with its paw extended at my head. I spun and ducked under the paw and slid Ember into its rib cage. Blood dripped from its jaws as it slumped against my shoulder.

The other Beowolf slumped to the ground and hung its head as tears dripped from its eyes. I blinked a few times until the wolf started to turn into a familiar figure. My eyes went wide as I realized it was Nora crying next to a bleeding out Ren. I slowly looked over to the body on my shoulder to see Reagan slouched against me. The life in his eyes were gone as he slide off of my sword. I took a step toward Nora and reached my hand out. "Nora, I didn't mean to!" Her head slowly turned to me, fear and anger flooded her eyes. "You monster... Get away!" I recoiled away from her when she yelled at me.

Soon after Pyrrha appeared through some bushes and immediately brought her hand up to her mouth when she spotted her dead team. Her gaze slowly moved to me as her brows furrowed. She brought her hand away from her mouth and pulled out her sword and shield. "How could you!? We trusted you!" She rushed at me and swung vertically at my head. I blocked with Ember but failed to stopped to stop her shield from impacting my stomach. The hit made me double over and fall to my knees. Another swift strike hit my side making me roll away from her covering me in ash.

I slowly brought my head up to see the same giant Beowolf standing behind Nora. A huge grin plastered across its muzzle. "You see what will happen if they find out about you Jaune, no longer will they trust you and instead, think of you as a monster. Something that is meant to be avoided or even... Killed..." The beast started to laugh maniacally then bring up its claw like fingers. It snapped two fingers together causing black flames to appear at its finger tips. "With my power you flames will be inextinguishable. You will be untouchable! But first you must control your flames, that is stage two..."

My eyes shot open as I nearly fell off the branch I was sleeping on. I let out a sigh and rub my forehead clean of the droplets of sweat. I looked down towards the forest floor after a small rock impacted my side. When I looked I saw a tired looking Nora standing below. She smiled and pointed to the camp then walked back. I grabbed my things and slid down the trunk to the floor. As I walked back the images of my nightmare flashed in my mind. It felt so real in the dream, and then it was over just like that.

I sat down on a nearby log and starred out into the dark forest. Could the nightmares be like the meditation I was in earlier? More and more thoughts plagued my mind as I sat. It seemed like the Beowolf that kept appearing was the small voice that appeared when Instinct activated by its self. But now it wasn't just a tiny voice, it was actually showing its purpose in being with me. It took a dark appearance, so maybe it was a combination of my dark emotions and thoughts. That seemed like the only reasonable explanation.

It kept talking about letting it out and use its power, combined with the black flames it must be connected to what Samuel was talking about. But that's the next thing, it said I had to control my flames first. That was the second stage, so the first stage must be the eyes...Right? I shook my head slowly and let out a sigh. It seemed things were lining up but it was still so new to me, what was stage three? Or even stage four? I let out another sigh and hung my head. The faces of Pyrrha's team flashed in my mind again. The look on their faces sent a chill down my spine.

A twig snapped to my right causing me to pulled Ember from its sheathe and brought the point of the blade to the intruders throat. I quickly realized that it was Pyrrha standing in front of my sword. She had a look of surprise on her face as I lowered my blade and sat back down. She let out a breathe and chuckled. "Is that how you say hello?" I turned to see she had a grin on her face instead of a scowl like I was expecting. "Sorry, I've been on edge lately." She sat down next to me and looked up into the trees. After a few minutes of silence she nudged me. "You were supposed to wake me up and hour ago you know." I shrugged in response and looked down at Ember. "I wouldn't have been able to sleep very well, so I thought you should get more sleep... And I kinda forgot."

She giggled lightly and looked down my sword. "Did you make it?" I held it up in the light of the barely lit fire and shook my head. "No, it was a gift from my old mentor. It is my greatest memory of him. Well that and he taught me everything I know." Pyrrha folder her hands together and tilted her head. "Did you live out here with him?" I nodded and ran my finger along the edge of the sword. "Yes, he took me in after I was abandoned by my family." The words slipped out of my mouth before I realized it. I inwardly sighed when she gasped and brought a hand to her mouth.

"Your family abandoned you? Why would they do that?" I slid Ember into its sheathe and looked down at the ground. "Its a long story, maybe for when we are not in a forest full of Grimm." She hesitantly nodded and started to draw circles in the dirt with a stick. "Have you heard of John Arc?" I slowly looked to her and squinted slightly, my first thought was that she had just guessed that I was his son. "Yeah, why do you ask?" She continued to draw circles as she talked. "The mission details says that he is investigating the white fang and that he is spearheading any operation against their bases."

I let loose a sigh after hearing that. Luckily she didn't guess that, with the right facts it wouldn't be too hard to guess, hell if we were standing next to each other you could probably tell. "He has been successful in every raid, some say he was never touched. He is quite the skilled fighter." I rolled my eyes and bit my lip. Its always about him. "Is he going to be taking out this base we are supposed to investigate?" She nodded and tossed the stick away. "Yep, after we leave a full raid will be set to take out Hayden." I bit my lip harder thinking about him killing Hayden and not me. I deserve that revenge more than anyone else, and I'm not going to let some old man get in my way.

I noticed the sun was starting to appear over the tops of the trees, Pyrrha noticed too and stood up. "Well I think its time to get everyone up, you work on the fire I can get everyone else." I nodded and walked to the fire then started to pour dirt onto the embers. After about ten minutes everyone was up and packing their things.

After everyone was finished packing we headed across the bridge and along the path. As we walked I noticed old stone along the path leading off into hills. I stopped and pulled out my scroll's map. I looked over the map a few times before placing it back into my pack. I turned to the group and pointed to the stone path. "We are going to take a slight detour, this path will get us to the town quicker, that and its less likely we will encounter Grimm. The town is said to have large amounts of Grimm patrolling around the main roads. This path will let us cut through a thicket and right to the town. Stay close and don't get lost." I turned and started down the path as they followed me.

After walking through bushes and trees we finally came upon a large hill. As I climbed it I couldn't help but feel a bit of nostalgia. When I got to the top I let out a breath and looked over the destroyed town. I noticed that the town square was still destroyed and left alone from two years ago. A frown slowly made its way across my features as I stared at the broken town. "Right back at the beginning..." I whispered to no one. Pyrrha walked up next to me and tapped my arm. "You okay?" I nodded and bit my lip. "Yeah, just old memories..." I trailed off as a few Beowolves came into view down on the streets. I turned to the rest of the group and let out a sigh. "Stay close to me and call out if you get lost, we aren't going to be here long."

Chapter end

Okay so about halfway through this chapter I couldn't figure out how to write some parts, so please forgive me if it seemed... rushed? Anyway somehow I got this out with the idea I had in mind so yeah! Please tell me about what you think in the AN above, as well as tell me if you are liking the story or if there is anything wrong, hey even tell me your ideas/thoughts. I read every review so please keep em coming!

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