In this chapter, the first-years are going to get ready for the Forever Fall test. You're probably familiar with it. Meanwhile, Ruby is going to read Juane's transcript...and she's going to realize that he's a faker. Of course, Pyrrha was the one who figured that out...but not in this fanfic.
Are you excited?
Chapter 12: Juane's Transcript
Ruby decided to check the syllabus. She wondered what the next test would be. For some strange reason she got the feeling that it was going to be in another forest. Life was repetitive, wasn't it? Of course, she could have said that about her old school...though her new school was proving to be more interesting. Perhaps it was a good thing that she was sent to Beacon Academy early, even if she was two years younger than all the other first-years.
Yesterday all they had to do was do some paperwork. It had been like that for a while. Maybe if she was lucky there would be a change.
As it turned out, they were going on a field trip. In other words, they weren't going to be stuck in a classroom listening to the teachers lecturing them for a change.
"Finally!" bellowed Ruby. She hadn't really gone outside ever since she had visited the Emerald Forest. She wanted to get some fresh air...and use her semblance which exhilarated her.
Much like the Emerald Forest test, the upcoming test was going to be rather simple. She sighed in relief. She was worried that it was going to be rather complicated.
However, she noted that once again, they were going to enter a forest that had Grimm as she had wondered...Grimm that were slightly stronger than the ones in Emerald Forest. It looked like they were going to be progressing a bit through their first year.
Also, Ms. Goodwitch was going to supervising it, so it would be best for them to stay on their good behavior. Something told her that she and Cardin did not get along.
She decided that she should tell her teammates. They would want to know about this...and get ready for the exam.
As it turned out, they were relaxing in their room. Juane was swinging his sword around, Yang was stretching out her arms, and Cardin was looking at the wall in disinterest.
"Did you find out what the next test was going to be?" asked Juane. Hopefully it wasn't anything too difficult. If so, he was going to be rather frightened. Those Grimm wanted to eat him!
"We're going to Forever Fall!" exclaimed Ruby. Hopefully that didn't mean that they were going to be falling forever...that would get boring after a while.
"I heard that it's known for its red sap..." stated the member of the Arc family. Maybe the red sap in question was rather delicious.
"I can't wait to pour it on somebody." remarked Cardin. That sounded like it would be fun to watch...especially since it was at another person's expense. He was such a sadist.
Now, if only he didn't come across a masochist. That wouldn't be fun. They would probably stalk him.
"Won't that...be messy?" questioned Yang. If he was going to pour it on her, none of it had better get on her hair.
"Of course, we did venture into a forest not too long ago..." answered the scythe-wielding huntress. That fateful day decided who they got partnered up with. She was just glad that she was on the same team as her sister.
"It looks like we're doing it again..." remarked Ruby's older sister.
"It looks that way..." nodded the brunette.
"I wonder if it's going to be as eventful as what happened as Emerald Forest..." answered Jaune.
"That's kind of a tough act to follow..." acknowledged Ruby.
"It kind of is..." nodded Yang. They sure attracted a lot of Grimm.
"How big is Forever Fall, anyway?" inquired Cardin.
"I heard that it's not as big as Emerald Forest...but the Grimm are a bit tougher..." noted Jaune.
"Then we'd best be on our guard." suggested Ruby.
"Whatever." answered Cardin.
"I wonder how the other teams will react when they figure out where they're going..." stated the Arc family member.
"They're probably itching for excitement..." said Yang. She knew she was.
"You know what my idea of excitement is? Bashing things with my mace!" exclaimed Cardin.
"You sure you should be doing that?" questioned Ruby.
"I know! I'll start with you!" bellowed the bully.
Immediately, Cardin pulled out his mace.
"Uh-oh." said the young huntress, her eyes widening.
He then used it to send Ruby crashing through the wall and right outside Beacon Academy.
"Well, that was slightly painful." remarked the scythe-wielding girl as she got back up and dusted herself off. Cardin clearly had been practicing using his mace, it seemed. Of course, he probably had it before he came to Beacon Academy in the first place.
This made Yang very angry. And to think that Cardin did it when she was in the same room as her too.
"Nobody hurts my sister!" bellowed Yang.
"What are you going to do about it?" asked Cardin.
Yang punched Cardin in the face.
"Whoa!" bellowed Juane.
"You picking a fight with me? It's on." stated the bully.
Juane decided to leave the room through the Ruby-shaped hole that Cardin made. Things were about to get messy. Perhaps having Yang and Cardin in the same room wasn't such a good idea...especially a room that was rather enclosed.
Quickly, Ruby went to get her and Jaune's personal belongings.
She then dashed back to where she was earlier shortly afterwards.
Sure enough, Yang and Cardin were starting to fight each other. Cardin was trying to hit Yang with his mace and Yang was trying to beat up Cardin with her bare hands...and of course her gauntlets.
"Nobody sends my sister flying through a wall and gets away with it!" bellowed Yang.
"Oddly enough my friends haven't been able to get away with anything at all lately..." answered Cardin. How were their schemes going so wrong? They seemed so competent back when they were at Signal Academy together.
"Well, neither are you!" exclaimed the blonde. As she said, nobody hurts her sister...and makes a big gaping hole in her room.
Immediately, she began to punch and kick Cardin, hoping to make him a living punching bag.
However, Cardin wasn't going to stand there and take it. He did not want his friends to find out that he had lost to a girl. That would most likely destroy his masculinity and make him a laughingstock.
Slamming his mace in the ground, he knocked Yang down.
Yang got back up shortly afterward, though she did seem rather tired.
She decided to take a few seconds to catch her breath. Sometimes it ran away from her.
"Is that all you got?" asked Cardin.
"As a matter of fact, I'm just getting warmed up!" bellowed Yang, activating her semblance.
In the process, she ended up setting her bed on fire.
"Darn it! Where am I going to sleep at night?" questioned the blonde.
"Outside in the cold?" inquired Cardin, thinking about Yang shivering.
"Very funny..." answered Yang, cracking her knuckles.
Immediately, she picked up Cardin, raising him above her head.
"Put me down!" exclaimed Cardin. Good lord! How was Yang so strong? She made a Beowulf seem as weak as a kitten!
Yang then followed by tossing him and sending him crashing straight through the wall.
"Great, now there are two gaping holes in our room..." stated Ruby.
"I know...I sure hope that Beacon Academy has decent construction workers..." remarked Jaune.
"Poetic justice!" bellowed the blonde.
"You think that's going to take me down? Your sister survived that without a scratch!" exclaimed Cardin. If she could do that, then so could he. He was made of iron.
"Yeah...she's been drinking her milk." answered Yang. She wanted to grow up.
"Maybe a cow will fart on her." taunted the bully.
"Maybe I'll introduce you to my fist!" bellowed the blonde.
Sure enough, she did just that, giving Cardin a black eye. She really packed a mean punch.
This made Cardin rather angry. He was done playing with Yang now.
"Alright, now you've made me mad. And you won't like me when I'm angry." stated Cardin. His friends had learned that the hard way.
"You won't like me when I'm mad either!" bellowed Yang.
Meanwhile, Team NRDS were wondering what was going on. They were hearing noises coming from Team RAYC's room. It sounded like two people were fighting inside. Maybe it was a bad case of...domestic violence?
"What's going on in there?" questioned Nora.
"Maybe we could check that hole in the wall..." stated Russel.
As such, they decided to do just that...and they were forced to duck when Yang hurled a dresser.
"I'm dressed for success...and you're dressed for failure!" bellowed Yang.
"I like my outfit." complained Cardin.
In the process, Russel got one of Yang's yellow bras.
"Score!" exclaimed Russel. He was going to keep it in his closet...even if people would wonder if he was secretly a girl in disguise.
Also, Nora got some of Cardin's briefs. However, she wasn't so happy about it.
"These smell awful..." complained the female warrior as she covered her nose. Why couldn't they smell like pancakes? She knew that her panties smelled like them.
"Yeah...Cardin isn't too hygienic." remarked Dove. When was the last time that he took a shower? Did he decided that the guys were unworthy of his abs when he wore nothing but a towel or something?
Happy that Yang was proving to be such a challenge (though he was surprised about that considering that Yang was a girl), Cardin decided to activate his semblance.
Immediately, his muscles began to expand. He was about ten times as strong as he was before now. He was also taller too. He was definitely towering above his teammates...even more than before.
"You're mine now!" bellowed Cardin.
"Didn't your mother ever tell you that winners don't use drugs?" questioned Yang.
"I think that she might have smoked crack while she was pregnant with me..." answered the bully.
"That explains a lot." remarked the blonde.
Yang and Cardin charged at each other, hoping to end the battle once and for all. If only they could settle this matter peacefully. Unfortunately, Cardin thought that peace was overrated.
In the process, they created a ball of cartoonish violence.
"What's going in there?" questioned Ruby.
"It looks like they've somehow managed to create a giant dust cloud..." remarked Jaune. Maybe they needed to mop the floor a bit more.
Speaking of which, Ruby was hoping that Yang was going to mop the floor with Cardin. She would be really proud of her sister if she did manage to beat him. Still, Cardin was one of the stronger students in the academy. Could she do it?
At that very moment, the dust began to clear.
"Maybe we'll get to see who the winner is!" exclaimed Ruby.
"Maybe we can..." nodded Jaune.
When the dust cleared, Yang and Cardin were both panting heavily. It looked like they were almost out of aura. One would be surprised how quickly it could be used up, especially when fighting hordes of Grimm.
"I guess this is a draw..." remarked Yang.
"Yeah...next time, I'm going to win!" exclaimed Cardin.
"Whatever..." answered the blonde.
Since the fight was over, Ruby and Juane decided to come back in.
"That was quite a battle!" exclaimed Ruby.
"I wish I could fight that well..." remarked Jaune.
Curious, Ruby noticed that Yang's bed had scorch marks on it from when she activated her semblance.
"Things got rather messy between you and Cardin, didn't it?" questioned Ruby.
"It sure did. But not to worry...Cardin and I managed to work things out. He's more bark than bite..." answered Yang.
"I'm ALL bite!" contradicted Cardin.
"I've never seen you bite anybody." pointed out the strong girl.
"Someday I will!" bellowed the bully.
Immediately, Cardin decided to leave. He was looking forward to having a rematch with Yang.
Yang decided to leave as well. After that battle she was itching to head back to the gym.
Now, all that were left were Ruby and Jaune.
A few minutes after Yang and Cardin's fight, they received a visit from the mailman.
Ruby had in fact seen the mailman visiting other teams before. Apparently, their family were giving them presents from home.
Speaking of which, Ruby wondered if SHE was getting presents from home.
Likewise, Jaune was wondering the same.
As it turned out, there was a package for both of them.
Since Ruby was the fastest member of her team, she managed to open her first.
Her eyes widened when she realized what was inside.
"Yes! Chocolate chip cookies!" cheered Ruby, her mouth drooling with anticipation.
Before Jaune could ask if he could have one, Ruby wolfed them down in less than a minute. And to think that there were a dozen of them too.
Miraculously, she did not end up choking.
According to the label on the package, it was sent directly by her father.
"It's nice that your father gave you cookies..." stated Jaune.
"Yeah...it's too bad that my mother isn't with me anymore...her cookies were the best!" exclaimed Ruby. Well, there was no use crying over spilled milk...even if she had done so in the past. She loved milk!
Jaune decided to open his package next. It was from his mother.
As it turned out, it was a picture of him and his family...back when he was 10. By the looks of it, it was from a birthday party.
"That was a good memory..." remarked Jaune.
"I bet it was..." nodded Ruby.
Shortly afterwards, he received a package from the school itself.
Jaune wondered what was inside.
As it turned out, it was a copy of his transcript.
"Oh..." stated Jaune.
Apparently, Headmaster Ozpin wanted him to know how proud of him he was.
"Can I have a look?" asked Ruby.
"Why not?" nodded the blonde.
Ruby decided to have a look.
"Wow! I'm really impressed!" exclaimed Ruby.
"I bet you are..." nodded Jaune.
"It says here that you left home and managed to take down a Grimm Dragon at the age of ten with your bare hands! I wish I could do that..." stated the huntress.
"Maybe you will one someday..." answered the hunter.
Ruby squealed. Jaune was even more awesome than Miss Goodwitch was!
"It also says that you managed to take down an army of Grimm that were attacking Vale!" exclaimed Ruby, feeling more excited.
"Yeah...there were a lot of them. There were even Goliaths!" bellowed Juane. It was too bad they couldn't take their ivory since the Goliaths always burst into darkness when they were killed, as difficult as it was to kill them in the first place.
"It also says that you blew up several White Fang Headquarters with high-power explosives!" cheered the huntress.
"Yep..." nodded Jaune. The explosions were heard across the block.
"I'm still impressed as it was how you managed to take down that Grimm Dragon on your tenth birth-"
Suddenly, her eyes widened.
"Wait a minute...if you left home on your tenth birthday to hunt down that Grimm Dragon...then what are you doing with your sisters and your mother and father in your house in this picture?" questioned Ruby, pulling out the picture of Juane's tenth birthday.
"Um..." stated Jaune.
"Is he your twin brother or something?" asked the brunette. Juane had only mentioned his seven sisters to her before...and not any brothers. Something told her that he was a very outnumbered sibling.
Of course, the only siblings she had was her sister...why did her father's wives keep ending up dead? Did he WANT to be a widower?
Juane sighed. There was no use lying to Ruby, it seems.
"About that...I faked my transcript." answered the Arc family member.
"What? You did?" inquired Ruby.
"Yes, I did...I wanted to get into Beacon Academy rather badly...so I made up a bunch of impressive things so that I could get in..." explained Jaune.
"I guess that explains why your transcript is so incredible...and why you aren't so good at combat..." stated the huntress.
"Yeah..." nodded the blonde. He didn't even pass from Signal!
"You think anyone will find out that you faked your transcript?" asked Ruby.
"Well, you were the very first..." answered Jaune.
"Yeah...it's a good thing I'm good at keeping a secret..." stated the huntress.
Jaune sighed in relief.
"You know, maybe if I train you to be a hunter...maybe nobody will need to know about this." said the huntress.
"Really? You would do that?" asked the swordsman.
"Of course I would! You are my partner, after all..." nodded Ruby.
"Alright..." answered Jaune. It was a good thing that he could count on his teammate like that.
"It's a good thing that Yang and Cardin weren't in the room..." noted the huntress. That way they wouldn't know about Juane's secret too.
"Yeah...it's a relief." stated the swordsman. He was worried that if Cardin found out, he would blackmail him about it. Make him do all sorts of embarrassing things...and make him do his homework, the slacker.
"I think I'll watch TV now..." answered Ruby.
Quickly, she pulled out her remote and began to watch TV.
As it turned out, she was watching Red vs. Blue.
"I think the Blue Team are feeling rather blue. They keep losing lately..." remarked Ruby.
"That's too bad..." nodded Jaune. How were they going to recover from their losses?
"We interrupt this program for an important announcement." said a voice.
"Darn it!" bellowed the huntress. Why did this always happen while she was watching her favorite shows?
"I wonder what's so important about it?" questioned the hunter.
"It looks like you might want to be celebrating. The notorious crime lord Junior is dead...he was found stabbed to death. For some strange reason, it appeared to have been done by an umbrella..." explained the news lady.
"An umbrella?" inquired Ruby. Who would want to use that as a weapon? Of course, it probably would be good for a rainy day.
"He's finally gone, huh?" asked Jaune. He was starting to wonder if the police would EVER catch him.
"In other news, notorious criminal Roman Torchwick has been recently spotted with a girl with a hairstyle which reminds you of ice cream..." stated the news lady.
"A girl who reminds you of ice cream? Sound delicious...but evil!" remarked Ruby.
"I wonder who that girl is..." answered Jaune.
"You may now start watching TV again..." said the news anchor.
"Finally! I was getting impatient!" exclaimed the huntress. She wanted to see how the episode would end.
Yang and Cardin entered the room a few minutes later.
"Welcome back, sis!" exclaimed Ruby.
As it turned out, they wanted to see what they had gotten from the mail lately.
As Yang discovered, she had also gotten mail...which was a gift from her father.
"Alright! A pair of dumbbells!" cheered Yang. Now she could work out some more.
Cardin decided to see what he had gotten from the mail.
As it turned out, he had gotten a lot of mail, most of which was from the other students at Beacon Academy. Some of them were hate mail from those who he had bullied in the past. He hadn't made himself popular around school...in contrast with Pyrrha.
Others were letters from his victims that were begging for mercy. He thought that those were good for a laugh. Mercy was for babies.
Suddenly, Ruby had an idea.
"Hey, Jaune! Maybe you could show your transcript to Weiss! Maybe she would be impressed with you..." answered Ruby. She had been trying to impress Weiss ever since she came to the academy...but so far she hadn't gotten any luck. Maybe her standards were too high.
"That's a great idea!" exclaimed Jaune. Maybe if he was lucky Weiss would give him a kiss.
Immediately, he went to the library to search for Team PWBR. He knew that Blake was a bookworm and Ren enjoyed peace and quiet, so it seemed like a good place to look.
Sure enough, there they were. Pyrrha was currently signing someone's notebook, Weiss was eating an ice cream cone, Blake was reading a book about katanas, and Ren was currently making ninja poses.
"Hey there, Weiss! Want to read my transcript?" asked Jaune.
"You again?" questioned Weiss. Well, she supposed she might as well humor him.
"This better not be a picture of you naked..." warned the ice queen.
"Of course not!" exclaimed the blonde. Of course, he did want Weiss to think that he was sexy.
Suddenly, the wind blew the transcript away.
"What the-!" bellowed Jaune.
"Sorry, I left the window open." apologized Ren. He needed to be more careful. What if he ended up like his former voice actor and creator?
Unfortunately for Jaune, the transcript ended up going straight through the window at the mercy of the winds, leaving the academy entirely.
"Nooooo!" bellowed Jaune.
"You might want to use your indoors voice. This is a library." pointed out Blake.
"Nooooo..." whispered the blonde.
"So...anything else you wanted to show me?" asked Weiss.
"Not really..." answered Juane.
Without saying a word, he made his way back to his room.
"How'd it go?" asked Ruby, standing outside her current living space.
"Not very good...I lost my transcript..." answered Jaune.
"At least you don't have to worry about it incriminating you anymore..." stated the huntress.
"I suppose that's something, at least." nodded the hunter.
He and Ruby opened the door and entered their room once again.
"So...anything you want to do to get ready for the exams?" inquired Jaune. He could try hunting Grimm again, but he was worried that it might be dangerous for him. Those vicious creatures NEVER showed mercy. Why couldn't they have a conscience?
"Maybe we could go spar with some of our friends..." stated Ruby. She was sure that they would enjoy the combat experience.
"Like...who?" answered Cardin. Personally he would like to spar with his three friends sometime to show them who was the top dog. He knew he was.
"Maybe we could spar against Team PWBR..." questioned Yang. They seemed rather strong. Their team was pronounced "PWBR" after all.
Immediately, they decided to pay them a visit.
Sure enough, they were outside, trying to hone their skills. Pyrrha was using her spear, Ren was practicing his ninja moves, Weiss was using her sword, and Blake was reading a book, oddly enough.
"Hey, Weiss!" bellowed Jaune.
"Are you trying to impress me again?" asked Weiss.
"We just wanted to challenge you to a fight..." clarified Ruby.
"Alright, but if you challenge me, I'm going to beat you..." stated the ice huntress. She was just a kid.
"We'll just see about that." spoke the wind huntress.
"I'm going to own you all!" bellowed Cardin.
And so the fight began.
In case it's not obvious, things are going to deviate from canon like I made changes in the Emerald Forest. This is RWBY With A Twist after all. Of course, some events are going to play out like they did in the original, but I don't want to change the plot too much.
I hope you're up for the next chapter! Happy Valentine's Day!