Personally I don't like how the final product of the episode ended, but I'm just starting, any inconsistencies or complaints you have, send me a private message and I'll try to explain what I tried to write
Look at the extra notes for more information about the episode among other things, plus an "explanation" of when they woke up Jaune's aura (note the quotes)
I do not own any of the rights to these characters
House of Arcs, currently 8:30 AM, with Jaune lying on his bed
3 hours…
I slept 3 hours and 37 minutes…
How do I know?, BECAUSE THE ALARM SAID "THE ALARM WILL SOUND IN 3 HOURS AND 17 MINUTES", and I'm still traumatized by that...
What should I do?, it's barely 8:30 AM, and I don't know how long it can take from ansel to beacon, I didn't even eat anything!, but I can't fall asleep, or I would have to go tomorrow, but I can't show up with ozpin from this way, WHY COULD I NOT FALL ASLEEP EARLIER?
Jaune got up from the bed to then stretch, and he grabbed the scroll from him that he left charging on the nightstand next to his bed, once he turned it on,he entered his password and ended up exactly where he left off last night in ReSearch, the page that showed the bullhead run, and the next run was at 9, the next one was after noon
…
Jaune ran to his closet, grabbing the best clothes he could find (all of his outfits are the same, except for the events set, plus weddings and funerals, and yes, they are the same).
Grabbing the outfit and his freshly laundered limited edition hoodie, he ran out of his room, then headed for the bathroom, ignoring his sister who was heading in the same direction, which ends up confused when jaune passed by her
Once jaune entered the bathroom, he undressed and got into the shower, in which he brushed his teeth while he- (enough information for all of you)
First floor of the house arc
Two people were on the first floor. One of them, a woman named Juniper Arc, was near the kitchen preparing breakfast for her family. At first glance, it would be easy to miss the fact that this woman is the mother of eight children. Her appearance did not reflect her advancing age, as her face did not show the marks of time in any obvious way, this was a woman with long blonde hair, and she wore clothes that reflected her comfort in be at home
However, beneath her ordinary clothes, she was hiding a body that had undergone countless rigorous training to become a Hunter. Years of hard work and dedication manifested in her physical form, endowing her with a strength and agility that only come through constant discipline. Every muscle in her body was sculpted and toned, the product of endless hours of exercise and combat, though her abilities aside, right now, she was just the mother of arcs, making breakfast, with a big smile apparently
And sitting at the counter near the kitchen was John Arc, the father of the Arcs,his appearance reflected the ravages of an arduous battle against a relentless monster capable of draining the energy of those who faced him. Although in reality, the day before he was fine, although now he seemed to have suffered psychological damage due to an experience.
Although John Arc had faced unimaginable dangers, his presence in the home was comforting. His voice always found the right words to support and comfort his wife and children (mostly, we know which may be an exception). He was a pillar of strength and courage, willing to protect and care for his family no matter what challenges he faced.
At that moment, as he watched his wife prepare breakfast, his expression reflected defeat against the last monster he had faced in this world, and the most difficult one he could find, a mother who was a veteran hunter and had great amounts of aura. But despite the visible and invisible wounds that he carried with him, John Arc found the strength to carry on and be an example of perseverance for his family (almost all of them).
(sorry about that, I don't know what gave me to write this part xd)
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The two parents looked in the direction of the stairs to the second floor when they saw Jeanne coming down, Juniper stopped for a second from cooking breakfast and looked at her daughter with a warm smile.
"Hello dear, were you able to sleep well? Sorry for the scandal last night, we knew there would be people interested but I didn't think there would be that many"
Jeanne greeted her mother and sat next to her father as she gave him a strange look, but she brushed him aside a bit when she spoke to her mother.
"It wasn't that bad, mostly... anyway these events are usually boring, at least there was something interesting this time, by the way, what's wrong with dad?, it looks like a goliath stepped on him when his aura was gone "
Jeanne was about to approach her father to get a closer look, but when she touched him, he moved himself and his chair away from him a few meters around the table, when Jeanne looked at him with more concern, It seemed that her father was on high alert mode with every muscle in his body tensing, but without any of them noticing, Juniper came up behind John and squeezed his shoulder, to which he turned completely pale before withdrawing a bit.
"Don't worry about that dear, it's just that last night your father forgot to take his medication for motion sickness and he didn't like the trip back, he's getting better now, right dear?"
Now the father of the arcs looked MUCH paler, but he could only whisper something before the pressure on his shoulder increased.
"help"
"But if dad was fine on the trip last night, even I was the one who gave him his medication…"
Jeanne now seemed terrified, and not because of her father's behavior, but because of the "calm" smile that her mother had, while she squeezed her father's shoulder harder,which showed what would happen if they continued on this topic for much longer
…
Juniper took John by the shoulders and whispered something in his ear, to which he got up and walked like a zombie towards the kitchen and continued the work that he was doing his "beloved" wife, meanwhile, Juniper took the chair in which her husband was sitting and moved it closer to her daughter and sat in front of her, and now calmer, she continued the conversation.
"By the way, did you talk to your sisters? I have to know if they're coming in case I have to prepare more breakfast for everyone, and could you wake up your brother and call him for breakfast? I doubt he'll be awake on a day like this"
"Yeah, I only talked to a few of them, but they said they would try to come for breakfast, and if they didn't show up, they would be here for lunch, and speaking of jaune, do you have any idea what's wrong with him?, when I was about to go down the stairs, he passed by me running to the bathroom, it seemed that he was going to take a shower"
Juniper thought for a second, trying to remember if he had mentioned about having to do something today, or if something had happened that caused him to be in a hurry.
"I don't know, he didn't mention anything, at least not to me, now that I think about it, I didn't see him much last night, SINCE WE GOT BREAKED UP FOR SOME REASON" Juniper yelled this last part without looking back, to which John almost dropped the pan with boiling oil but managed to compose himself in time, Jeanne still doesn't know what happened between her parents, but she doesn't think it's worth getting into that
"I think you should ask him when he comes down, by the way-"
Juniper was cut off from her chat with jeanne when jaune ran down the stairs quickly, nearly falling on the last two steps but he was able to compose himself before he hit the ground and not fall directly, after recovering from his almost falling, Jaune continued his run to the front door, and before leaving he shouted something to his family
"I'm going to a friend's house, I'll be back later, I think!"
…
Everyone was left confused by the behavior of jaune, who had just walked out the door before slamming the door quite forcefully and shouting "sorry" from outside,the family took a few seconds to process everything, until each one thought something different
"He didn't even greet us," said the father of the arcs, still quite alert.
"I guess he won't want his breakfast, I'll text him later to ask him if something happened."juniper seemed concerned about her children's behavior, but in the end, Jeanne asked the most important question.
"Wait, does Jaune have any friends?"
…
Jaune continued running through the streets of Ansel until he reached the center of Ansel, and continued on his way to the station where the next bullhead will leave, while he ran he checked the time on his scroll
5 minutes to 9:00...
10 minutes to the station…
Jaune increased his speed, putting all the strength he could into his legs to run faster, until Jaune felt as if his leg muscles were starting to burn,but he did not care and continued in the same way
…
After 4 minutes and 3 stumbles with rolls included to compose himself, Jaune had arrived at the station, just less than 1 minute before the bullhead took off.
With a clear emotion, he paid for his ticket, and got on the bullhead, being the first time he traveled alone, Jaune was very anxious, and together with the rush to come to the station, let's say he forgot something very important
The medication for motion sickness was left at home…
being in a compromising situation, jaune didn't know what to do, he could buy medication near the station, but he would have to wait until the next bullhead, and probably go back to his house so he wouldn't be hanging around in ansel for hours,besides being tired, and that meant talking to his family about all this...
Jaune, resigned to his fate, decided to stay seated, and prepare for the worst, until the bullhead's horns blared.
"ATTENTION TO ALL PASSENGERS!, THE FLIGHT WILL BE DELAYED 10 FOR-"
Just hearing the first thing, Jaune took off his seat belt and got up from his seat calmly, walked to the outskirts of the bullhead, and spoke to the guard who checked the tickets a little nervous.
"Hello, sorry, but could I go out for a few minutes? I have dizziness problems and I didn't bring my medication with me, I'll just look for a pharmacy to buy it and I'll be back quickly"
"Oh, it's okay kid, I also have a problem with motion sickness, here, this will be enough to last you the whole trip, but I would recommend that you buy more when you get to Vale"
The guard took out a tablet of pills and took out some, which he gave to Jaune, Jaune just thanked him and went back inside the bullhead, where he sat in the same place where he was before, he put on his seatbelt, and thanked the gods for this golden opportunity
It is a pity that the god of light did not give him a miracle, he gave him a shield and told him to resist, since the bullhead would have turbulence from some grimm attacks,which would end up causing them to go astray and the trip would take MUCH longer, nothing serious, of course, if you are not a person with motion sickness
Vale, Bullheads Station
That…
Jaune was coming down from the bullhead, he had just suffered an experience that could be classified as traumatic, but for some reason his face didn't say that...
THAT WAS INCREDIBLE
Jaune had a tense face, but he had a marked smile from ear to ear, his whole body was tense, he had his hands clenched into fists, and it was difficult for him to walk, but his smile did not waver.
I should have felt terrified, but with the guards on the plane and some people protecting us... I could only feel my heart beating rapidly, I didn't feel fear or anxiety, I just felt emotion and adrenaline, and an uncontrollable desire to help
Jaune's smile fell, his body stopped being so tense and calmed down, he looked down at his hands as he opened them to see his entire palm.
While an announcement of several flights that were being delayed due to continuous attacks by Grimm sounded in the background, Jaune looked at this with concern, and thought that he should tell his mother that he is fine.
But I couldn't do anything, it doesn't matter what I would have done, it would only have gotten in the way, but at least I came here to change that...
beacon academy
A bullhead which seemed highly damaged had just landed, two people came out of it, a woman with short black hair who seemed tired and annoyed more than anything, and another much younger woman, who had brown hair anda darker skin, this last one was limping a little, in addition to being covered in some wounds
As the two got out of the bullhead and started walking towards Beacon, the black-haired woman grabbed the younger one by the shoulder and made her stop.
"Amber, I know how you feel, but this time you'll have to stay in Beacon, today we almost stepped VERY CLOSE to the end of the remnant, if I hadn't saved you then, do you know what would have happened?"
Amber, very tired and not knowing what to think about this situation, looked at the black-haired woman and answered
"I know qrow, I would have died, and not just me, they would have taken the power of the maiden and-"
Before Amber could continue, Qrow covered her mouth and looked into her eyes even angrier, and being about to yell something at her, she simply took her hand from her mouth and sighed tiredly, and spoke in a calmer tone.
"I know you want the freedom that you lost because of "that", that you didn't ask that power to choose you, but it still happened, and no one has control over that, but this time they were VERY close to killing you, and worse, they now know what you look like, so we will have to see how we will manage this, be thankful that I arrived in time to save you"
After qrow said that to amber, the two remained silent for a few moments, more than anything qrow was giving amber time to think, before either of them could say anything, another person came to interrupt the conversation
"I see that you were able to arrive, maybe not as well as I would have liked, but at least you managed to arrive alive"
Ozpin had approached the two without them noticing, Qrow just looked at him bored and Amber didn't know what to say, until Ozpin spoke again
"I know you are tired, and this is not the place to talk, so qrow, please take Amber to the infirmary and meet me in the tower as soon as possible, so we can talk well about all this"
After those words, qrow put her hand on amber's back in a comforting way and accompanied her to the beacon infirmary, while ozpin stared at the bullhead's damage, at the same time, wondering some other things
There are reports of an increase in grimm attacks on bullheads...
I'm pretty sure this was a move by salem, maybe she did it with the intention of destroying the bullhead in which they came?, or maybe it was damaged by those who tried to kill amber?, I'll have to talk about that with qrow and amber
Ozpin remained static in front of the bullhead, and remembered an important detail that he could not keep in mind due to the different problems that occurred today.
Jaune is still coming, luckily, there was no report of any destroyed bullheads, but they had to cancel many flights because of the attacks, and it is likely that we will have to stop flights for a while, even so, I should send a message to jaune to see how he is…
beacon academy, beacon tower
Ozpin was standing near the windows of his office as he occasionally glanced at his scroll, watching the bullheads' landing zone,before being interrupted by the sound of his elevator ringing, to which Qrow and Amber exit the elevator.
These two seemed exhausted since now they had time to rest in a safe place for once, qrow took from his flask for LONGER time than usual (qrow standards), and then gave it to amber who took a few seconds before spitting, cough, and repeat again, as he walked over and climbed on ozpin's desk to lie down there and sighed tiredly, to which amber put the flask on the desk and sat in a chair near the desk
The two rested for a second while looking at ozpin, until he spoke with a cold and emotionless voice.
"report"
Before Amber could speak, Qrow beat her to it.
"Amber was attacked by 3 people, they were covered in robes, so I couldn't identify them, the important features were that the 3 had female figures, and that one was dark-skinned and the other two were white-skinned, that of dark complexion seemed to have a semblance of provoking illusions" qrow got up from his lying position and got down from the desk, looking at amber for a few seconds, until she nodded and qrow continued the report
"Since Amber was ambushed when she was passing through with her horse and saw a girl lying on the floor and decided to help her, but it turned out to be a provoked illusion and that's where the ambush began, the semblance of the others could not be identified. two, The weapons of the dark-skinned woman were two pistols, one of white complexion seemed to shoot from her feet, and the other seemed to have some kind of bow, they managed to knock her down and hold her captive "qrow looked at amber again as she gave the report of her,to which she nodded her head again
"That's when I managed to locate Amber, one of the women seemed to put on some kind of glove when they captured her, I suppose they were about to do something with Amber and not kidnap her, but they couldn't since I stopped her with a Harbinger shot, after give the shot directly to the one who was trying to do something, they separated, to which I took amber and ran with her in my arms to the town where a bullhead was waiting for me, the 3 people followed me, but from there to the beacon it was just a race in which I mostly dodged those 3 people, until I reached the city and took the bullhead that had us waiting, I thought that was it, but apparently it wasn't , maybe it was my luck, but I doubt that it matters, the thing is that some grimm started to attack us, but not attack, as a normal attack, I mean excessively, to the point where if I had not gone with several hunters to help us probably the bullhead would have fallen"
…
After qrow gave the report, ozpin fell silent with an unreadable face, before pulling himself back together and looking at amber.
"This is all correct, Amber?"
"Yes, although there are some things that I can specify, all of that was the most important part of this" Amber said this as she looked down with her legs closed.
"Okay, qrow, I'm going to need you to make a report of everything you did before you found Amber, and Amber, I'm going to need a detailed report of the entire event from your perspective, in addition to all the things you did since the last time we met, from every town, to every moment you used your maiden powers, and if you ever mentioned it to someone, but now is not the time for that, we'll have to talk about what will happen next"
Amber's mood worsened because of what ozpin said (and qrow headbutted one of the walls for having to report everything) since she knew what would come now, she will probably have to live in seclusion for her entire life…
"Amber, I know you never wanted this, and that it is not your fault that the maiden chose you, so I will give you two options, the first, is that you have to live in seclusion so that these people do not find you again"
When Amber heard this, she clenched her fists, but she just decided not to say anything.
"Or the second, and that is that you become a huntress, you always wanted to help people besides being able to be free, even if you already have a little training, you are still a beginner when it comes to this kind of life, so I offer you an opportunity, and that is that you become a hunter studying in this academy, you will be trained apart from everyone else, for security reasons in addition to your age"
…
Amber stopped looking down to look at ozpin who was in front of her, she seemed confused, she had the belief that since she became a maiden her free life was over, qrow just smiled as she looked at them from the side,although she was still banging her head against the wall, but amber still did not fully trust this situation
"Why this now? Years ago all of you had planned to keep me imprisoned for "the good of Remnant", that's why I escaped, but why now do you decide to give me this opportunity? Also, how do you plan to hide me? Those people already know that I am a maiden, besides knowing that I probably came to beacon, isn't it too risky for "your" standards? "
To this, ozpin just smiled and glanced sideways at qrow before refocusing on amber.
"qrow, if you keep hitting your head against the wall, I'll deduct from your salary the fixing of the wall, and amber, the reason I'm giving you this "risky" option, is because I know how you are, and I know that no matter what they tell you, you will always try to be free, but don't feel bad, don't think that you are contributing to the "end" of the remnant, you just want something that we all should have"
Ozpin only sat on the other side of the desk from Amber to continue their conversation, while Qrow stopped hitting his head against the wall, but when he was about to approach the group, he slipped backwards and broke a piece of the wall with his head.
"I'll still discount that qrow, it was your idea to be seen as any other huntress and that your appearance could not be justification of damages"
"shit"
"And for what you said about Beacon, we will look for a way, that they know that you are in Beacon is something that does not have an effect, since they will think the same and perhaps they believe that we moved you to another kingdom or place, so that does not affect much, and how will you manage to live a life? I don't know, but we'll manage along the way, maybe you can wear different outfits, wigs, temporary tattoos, temporary marks, we have time to figure all that out, but it's time for you to learn how to use all of your abilities, from aura to maiden magic, so that the next time you're attacked, you'll get a totally different result."
After finishing speaking, ozpin just smiled at amber, and she cried a little but dried her tears quickly
"and the "others"?"
Ozpin's smile died, and he made an annoyed face before grabbing his scroll again as he got up and walked over to the window again.
"Don't worry, I'll manage to convince them, but it will be very annoying, you just take care of resting"
Qrow, once up, approached the group, ruffling Amber's hair while he looked at ozpin, suspicious of something.
"Hey oz, are you waiting for someone? Since we arrived you seem to be aware of something, looking at your scroll from time to time and looking out the window all the time"
Ozpin only looked sideways at qrow before returning his gaze to the runway, where a bullhead had just landed, and ozpin smiled when he saw a certain blonde come out of this
"Yes, I was waiting for someone, a boy from the arc family, let's say I have a certain deal with him, and he came to beacon for me to awaken his aura, also, it seems that he just arrived"
Qrow and amber approached the window curious about what ozpin said, until they were in front of the window
"ozpin?"
"yes qrow?"
"How the hell are you able to see him from this distance?"
…
"Wait, are you even capable of awakening people's auras? I thought you weren't capable of that."
Qrow stared at ozpin, to which ozpin just smiled and shrugged his shoulders making a "no idea" gesture while smiling, to which a little confused, amber asked why he couldn't do it, to which qrow just looked at ozpin , and he told her that she already knew "those" things
"Because of the whole magical thing, ozpin has his soul succumbed to magic, which makes it different from any other human soul, or so I think he once mentioned"
"Yeah, even though my soul isn't 'succumb to magic' anyway, that was once thousands of years ago, before I split most of my magic into the maidens, but still, with the constant of reincarnation, my soul could be said to be a composite of soul and magic, to the point where even if I don't have complete magic, my soul can't transmit part of my aura to normal people"
After saying this, Amber remains silent for a few seconds thinking
"But aren't soul and magic different? I mean, I can use maiden magic without spending aura"
"Soul and magic are directly connected, but it is not necessary to use aura to control magic, you could compare it to a container, imagine that all living things have a container inside them, which is filled with their own soul, the container is loaded with 100% of your soul, when magic is added to the container, then that container now has your soul and your magic coexisting in a common way, in your case it would be like a container that has 100% of your soul and 100% of magic, something that would be impossible, if it weren't because the power of the maiden is doing support to contain that two diferrents 100%, if it weren't for this, you couldn't add the magic to the container, you simply wouldn't take it, It has to be a much more complex method so that a human can have magic in his soul, like maidens or the curse that qrow has "
While ozpin spoke, he was still looking out the window trying to find jaune again
"And when we awaken the aura of a person, we must transmit an amount equal to the aura of the other person, which is usually only transmit aura until the other person is full, in my case, the container only has 100%, which is the combination between soul and magic, so if I try to awaken another person's aura, that person's soul would only deny access because it wouldn't be compatible"
The explanation left all the people in the room thinking, but more so Qrow, who seemed confused by something.
"Wait, but I was the one who awakened Ruby's aura, even though it was years ago, what state is my soul supposed to be in?"
Ozpin, a bit confused, thought for a few seconds.
"Curses turn certain parts of a person's soul into magic, over time your soul may be compounded with the magic of the curse to a certain extent, but it is likely that by the time you awakened their aura, your soul and the magic was two different elements, and your soul was able to supply it with enough aura to awaken its own, besides that the more time passes, the more refined the compound, so most likely the combination of soul and magic in your container is now not as refined as mine, but it is to a certain extent"
The whole room was silent, until Amber spoke.
"Then I couldn't awaken a person's aura?"
"No, you could do it, since your container has two 100% totally different ones, it is more like an aggregate that is there but does not end up combining with your soul, since the maiden is connected to it and does not allow it, although You could say they are connected like a bridge between one another, being connected but being individual things, although depending on the amount of time, they can combine a bit but it is always minimal and without any effect"
…
"Is there a way to make a soul have magic naturally?"
Even though they had answered that, Amber still asked, to which Qrow looked at her with a face that seemed a bit doubtful.
"No, Ozpin said it, Ozpin has an ancient soul that is related to magic, so it could be said that he was "born" with that, my soul is related to magic because of a curse that Ozpin imposed on me, and you are externally related to magic by being in contact with a maiden"
…
"Why do I feel weird for saying that?…"
While qrow looked at his hands without understanding why he felt as if he had said the wrong thing, ozpin froze, his mind could only begin to think of hundreds of ways it could be done, discarding the ones that didn't work and thinking of any Another way, why? It is rare to be able to discover new things related to something that only you have knowledge of, being something that has never been tried in remnant, a purely new discovery about something that an immortal soul has never tried
trying to remember thousands of theories he had made in the past, several different attempts to make a person compatible with magic, failed attempts, or attempts that could never be proven due to lack of resources, and for the first time in thousands of years, I devised something that could work, although it was only a possibility, it was something extraordinary
…
After a few minutes, ozpin had thought of something, and when he spoke, he did it with a smile that made everyone in the room uncomfortable.
"A human soul and a maiden's magic could never fully combine, but over the years there can be a certain union, as if you planted any plant and then uprooted it, the roots grew to a certain extent, and if you don't care it will die, but you can replant those same roots in another piece of land, and in time it will grow."
Ozpin's smile now seemed MUCH bigger, to which Amber started to get scared, but Qrow just looked at him tired, having memories of the things that Ozpin made them try when he cursed them so he could change to crows,and he just came up from behind, and slapped her on the head
"Ozpin, back to reality, remember that you are talking to humans, and that could be considered experimenting on humans, things that you shouldn't be thinking about."
Ozpin looked at qrow before pulling himself together, coughing into his hand and going back to what he was saying.
"I'm sorry about that, it's been a while since I had the opportunity to discover something unique related to magic, but what I mean is that if Amber tries to awaken someone's aura, and she does it very slowly, could cause some of the maiden magic to enter that person, but something insignificant, like a drop of water in an ocean, then another person, who has a soul composed in a raw state of part of his own soul and magic, could explode it by making this droplet expand, and then a person with a container that has the combination of magic and refined soul could step in, and make the person whose aura is being awakened get a unique combination"
Qrow looked at ozpin who again had a slightly strange smile, and she moved away from her a few meters until she was behind amber, who looked at her exclaiming that of the two, qrow was the huntress,but qrow just looked at her and whispered "magic" to her, and then spoke to ozpin again
"Ozpin, first, you are putting the three of us in some kind of experiment and we said that you would never do something like this again years ago, second, to do all that we would have to inject our aura into a person who does not have it unlocked, and a normal person doesn't have that much aura in the raw state, so we would just awaken that person's aura before we managed to do all that"
Amber just looked at the two of them, now with qrow being a little curious about all of this, she couldn't understand much since she was a bit new to the whole magic thing of this style, but she remembered the beginning of the conversation when they mentioned that boy, and also remembered that he had heard about that last name in a bar a while ago, and that they were known for their aura
"Didn't you say that you had to awaken a person's aura? Isn't that person supposed to belong to a family of hunters who are known for his aura?"
…
Qrow was about to say something to ozpin, but she stopped him with one hand and spoke
"I know I can't bring him into this, if it works somehow, the boy will have natural magic inside him, I know he won't do anything bad, he's kind, but I don't want someone innocent to enter this kind of world, at least not now, maybe in the future when he can understand things better"
Everyone was silent at this, maybe they were thinking that everything they said was nonsense, or that maybe it could have been a missed opportunity, but Amber spoke.
"I never asked for this power, but perhaps another person did, and if we asked him if he would like something like that?, it may be that he would like something like that, but I don't know if it would be good for someone to have that kind of power"
…
"The boy is a good person, maybe he still hasn't seen the world as it really is, and maybe if he did and still wants to help people, he will most likely accept anything that helps him to help others, In addition to the fact that Salem could not know of its existence, so it is unlikely that she would try to hunt it down, but even so, I don't know what effects it will have due to the different types of magic it could have"
Qrow and amber stared at ozpin, and the two spoke together
"Are there different kinds of magic?"
Ozpin just stared at them with his eyes blank, but he remembered that things weren't the same as before, so he had to explain again as he did sometime in the past.
"Yes, there are different types, amber has a type of elemental magic, qrow has curse magic, and I have what could be considered "pure", or at least my soul is composed of that type of magic, although I can't use it anymore, since I used the last thing I could collect in years with the curse of qrow and raven, and since then I've only been able to recharge a small part"
"Wait, who is Raven? And your curse is to turn into a crow right?, What's wrong with that?"
Qrow just approached Amber, grabbed her by the shoulders, and whispered into her ear while staring at her with completely dead eyes.
"I'm a fucking bird"
To then slowly walk away from her and talk to her as if nothing had happened.
"About raven I'll explain later, oh, also I lost 25% of my soul to the curse, so my aura is permanently reduced"
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"WHAT" amber screamed at the moment she managed to understand what qrow said
"Yep, don't think too much about it, it's called a curse for a reason, remember when Ozpin mentioned turning certain parts of my soul into magic?
- well, it's not that the magic overcame my soul, it was literally a forced exchange"
Amber just looked in horror at ozpin, who turned her head and began to look out the window while she whistled a little.
"Don't pick on him, my sister and I agree to receive that curse, I might regret it a bit, but meh, matters of the past, anyway,
but how can we ask the arc guy about this without mentioning anything about salem and all that?"
"who is salem?, and did you want to ask me something?"
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"AHHHHHH"
Qrow and Amber screamed, the floor began to freeze for "some" reason, which caused Qrow to slip and fall, rolling backwards until hitting the office window, destroying it and falling out of the tower,amber and jaune ran to help qrow, amber with shame and jaune with concern, but due to the ice the two collided, falling one on top of the other and slipped towards the elevator which automatically went down due to an electrical failure, ozpin's reaction on all this was sliding across the slippery floor to his desk and grabbing his coffee cup
"It already seemed strange to me that the appearance of qrow had no effect until now" Ozpin took a sip of his coffee, and then spit it out because it was frozen
ozpin office, beacon tower
Qrow, amber and ozpin were sitting on one side of the desk, and jaune was sitting on the other, the strange thing is that jaune was sitting on the side closest to the window, which was destroyed, and with the floor still slippery, jaune felt fearfully
"Can I ask what happened?"
Qrow gave a look to amber and ozpin, who nodded, qrow got up from his chair and rested his hands on the desk while he stared at jaune with a serious face
"No."
Qrow turned around and looked at her team, amber just slammed her palm on his face and ozpin gave her a thumbs up, jaune just looked at them confused
"ok..., you seem to be busy, headmaster, do you want me to wait?, or I can come another day for that if it's a bother now"
Before Jaune could get up, Ozpin got up from his seat and spoke seriously to Jaune.
"Jaune, if I told you that there is a way that you can gain power and help more people, would you take it, even if it was risky, to the point where it could put your life at risk?"
Jaune got up from the chair and stared at ozpin
"Yes, if you allow me to help others, I will try that way"
The magical trio (there's no better way to describe it) looked at each other, one unsure if they were doing the right thing, potentially ruining the freedom of an innocent, another worried about dragging another life into this war,and the last one looked at it as an improbability that could give them a unique opportunity to end this war, or it could be the doom of another soul that trusted her, like the thousands others that are engraved in her mind, but still with all their doubts, the three of them prepared to do something they might regret, or it might be a new hope.
"Jaune, I need you to stand in the middle of the room."
Jaune just nodded to ozpin's orders, and walked to the center of the room, where he stood still while the trio talked about something, until they approached, and surrounded him, with amber in front of him, qrow behind one of his shoulders, and ozpin on his other shoulder
"jaune, I will need you to be completely calm, you may feel something strange, but just stay calm"
Jaune just nodded and waited, until Amber placed both her arms on his chest, a glow began to take shape in Amber's arms, and this glow ran through her arms until it reached Jaune's chest, this continued for a few seconds, until qrow started to pump aura from his shoulder slowly, and finally, ozpin tried the same, but his aura was only denied by jaune
The trio thought that the thing would have reached that far, and when they were about to finish filling the aura for his awakening, they thought that it was over, until ozpin's aura began to go through jaune, but there was a problem, TOO MUCH aura began to go through por jaune, to the point where it seemed like it was sucking up all that aura
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A totally black world, maybe it's darkness, or maybe it's nothingness, that doesn't matter, does it kid?
What?, where I am?
Don't get all worked up over nonsense, you look worried enough now, let me ask you a question boy, what do you want, and I would recommend that you answer bluntly.
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I want to help people...
Oh, that's interesting, said the voic- I HAVE SAID, now don't interrupt me anymore, this is a talk in which I don't want interventions, thank you
What?, who did you say that to?, who are you? said jaune in a confused way- (I.SAID.WITHOUT.INTERVENTION. BELIEVE ME, I MAY HAVE GOTTEN SOFTER, BUT HE IS, NOT ME)
You could say that I am an old wizard, or a part of it, someone from another age so to speak, an age forgotten by time and being itself, an age that was too golden, to the point that the gods feared, but that is not important, what is important is this
Your desire to help, how pure is it?
I don't know what you mean...
If I could sigh, I would have, but what I mean is, do you want to help like the desire of a child who doesn't understand the logic of the world itself, or do you want to help, with the determination of someone who understands the world to its darkest darkness and stands against it?
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I want to help, no matter what way
Interesting answer... but why do you want to help? Is it perhaps because of the stories your parents told you? Or is it for another reason?
How do you know-
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I want to help people because I don't want them to suffer, it's not just because of my parents' stories, it's every time someone in my family got hurt, I couldn't do anything, every time I saw people in situations of danger, and I couldn't do anything, but what I want the most, but what I fear the most, is that when someone I love is in front of me, I will be unable to help them, and lose that person because I couldn't help them
That's already a good start, but how can I know that it's not just words that you're saying, could you show me?
I do not know how…
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That... is a question with a simple answer, I will give you the opportunity to take something that will endow you with incredible power, something that will make your path 1000 times easier, you just have to take it from this, and it is completely yours,once you take it, you will prove that you are worth what you say
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An energy body?, I just have to take it and I will get the power to help...
Yes, that's right, take it and your path will become easier, pretty simple don't you think?
The energy body seems dull, almost dead, but I don't know why I feel that this shouldn't be the case, I already have my hands on it... but why do I feel sad? No...
I don't feel sad, I can feel the sadness...
Thousands of years, changing from person to person, being used to commit hundreds of atrocities, waiting for a rest that never came, the loss of hope in desolation, all to end up withering, not dying, but waiting for death, just that never came...
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If only I could make him feel more alive, if only I could help you...
Aura.
aura helps people, I can help you, I just have to give you aura, right?...
Jaune had- (I'll let you do this, but not in the same way)
Jaune's body began to glow with a white-toned aura, once her body began to glow, Jaune tried to focus that glow on the dull brown energy body, until the body took it, not only that, it began to suck his aura, until this body of energy began to reform into an orb that began to levitate from jaune's hands, until it exploded leaving a more vivid brown glow
And from this beautiful explosion lived, a beautiful maiden who shone in a brown tone came out, which was a young woman with short acrid hair, which matched her eyes, in addition to wearing a white shirt with a brown scarf and a long brown skirt.
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The young woman just woke up, looked at her hands, and then looked at the brave young man who rescued her,realizing what happened, the young woman hugged the young man, and she began to cry uncontrollably on the brave young man's shoulder
"Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, I really appreciate it, you don't know how much I wanted to feel like this again, I really appreciate it"
Said the young woman, while she did not stop crying, and she did not leave the young man either, who at first confused, hugged her
what are you talking about-
Hug her
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The young man, who was confused at first, just returned the hug to the young woman, and comforted her until she fell asleep again and rested again, but this time, smiling because she was sure that this rest would not be eternal just like the last one.
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What was that, the visions, all this, what was all that?
It was just you helping someone who needed it, and I will be eternally grateful for this, but anyway, a thank you will not be enough to show the favor you did me, so I will do something else, I will make you compatible,but do not be naive and think that you already have your life "fixed", it is a matter of your perseverance to be able to improve what can make you capable, or it can turn all this into a waste of energy and resources
Compatible to what?
That is up to you to guess, it is time for you to continue, I would ask you to rescue the others but I am confident that you will reach them in due time, and that you will be everything they need, I thank you for this, and remember boy,healing can take time
And with that, he jaune began to fade from this plane, leaving only the old magician, who had tears coming out of his-
Why are you even here? The boy has already left, you have no reason to be in this place, nor do you two have a reason to be in this place
Two orbs, one representing light and the other representing darkness appeared, or rather, they had been watching for a long time.
I would not recommend that you worry, the boy is a good person, the fact that there is a possibility that he could possess magic does not make him a risk, not so much that you have to destroy his entire race even if it is,although I doubt they can do anything anyway, after all, they already tried once and failed
The old wizard looked with a smile towards the two orbs, until he raised his hand, and it seemed that he was about to snap his fing-
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Jaune was now back in an area that looked completely black, until the world took shape, a world full of black clouds, which a red sky can be seen through them, the ground is littered with withered white roses and withering red roses, as well as littered with what appear to be the bodies of 4-leaf clovers, only that they are missing their own clovers, in addition to suffering from a plague of crows
What is this place?
Jaune was confused by all this, first this strange encounter and now this place ?, but it seemed as if he had no control, or if he didn't care how he felt,he felt like being in a dream, unable to understand your limbs but your movements
*caw caw*
Jaune got scared when he heard the sound of the crows, turning around, he only saw more of the same, until in the distance, he could see a group of crows, only they were huddled in an area
Jaune approached them, the crows were scared and flew away from Jaune, and Jaune could only see how this part of the place had the ground completely dead, as if life had disappeared from this place, Jaune just kept walking towards the center of this
Once he arrived, he could see spots of something black on the floor, until he found what looked like another orb, only this one was black and red, and it seemed to be dripping with a thick black liquid.
Jaune just grabbed the orb, but this time without the same thing happening from the memories from before, Jaune held it for a few moments, until he tried to imbue it with his white aura as he did before, this only caused the orb to overflow with thick black liquid,but this time he also overflowed with a black and red liquid that had the same consistency as water, as if every time he tried to replenish the aura orb, the black liquid prevented that from happening and caused the other liquid to leak out
Holding the orb for a few more seconds, once Jaune ran out of aura to give, for some reason, he didn't stop giving energy to the orb, although this time it wasn't aura,It was something different, a golden energy that passed through the entire being of Jaune, until Jaune himself ran out of this energy, and he fainted.
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After jaune was lying on the dead ground for a few minutes, the orb that jaune had fell from his hands and touched the dead earth, until the same energy that jaune had given him began to sprout, slowly reviving that ground, and making the clouds disappear, but for all this reality, there were still a lot of dead zones in this place.
But they began to heal slowly, and the orb, once broken, was now healing, and the viscous black liquid it had, began to turn a light gold as it healed, although a part of this black liquid that had stained jaune while holding the orb, had started to bond with it
Beacon academy, beacon tower, ozpin office
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Jaune got up from the floor and looked in all directions, still not understanding anything, since he was still confused by that kind of dream he had, which at this moment,he seemed blurry, all he knew was that he felt MUCH weaker than before, a sensation contrary to what he was told the aura felt like.
Amber got up confused, she felt something change, not with her, but with the maiden, who now felt different, but she doesn't know what.
Ozpin got up with teary eyes not understanding why, something had to have gone wrong when they tried to awaken the aura, but he doesn't know what, but he feels much calmer,as if a weight of one of his many past mistakes had been lifted from him, and one of his biggest mistakes
Qrow stood up fully, looked at herself, and then hurriedly reached into her pocket and took out her custom scroll to see her aura level, and that different feeling that she had when she woke up, it turned out to be something, her aura was now at 77%, something that hadn't happened since Ozpin cursed her, her response to all this?, she started laughing, too much
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Once everyone got up, they don't know when sunset came, but it did, Jaune was still confused and tired without really understanding why, and he was about to ask what happened, until someone hugged him and lifted him off the ground.
Qrow didn't let Jaune out of that hug for a while while he couldn't stop laughing, Jaune just stayed confused by this, but too weak and tired to say anything, he just kept quiet until he fell asleep in Qrow's arms.
Ozpin grabbed Qrow's shoulder nervously as he saw Jaune faint.
"Qrow, leave it, I don't know why you're like this, but Jaune seems very weak, besides he seems asleep"
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The magical trio was sitting near the desk, with Jaune sleeping in the hidden bed in the office, Ozpin was the first to speak.
"All my aura was consumed when I tried to pass my aura to jaune, and not only that, but the magic that I had been able to recover over the years was also used up, but I don't know why"
"I don't know what happened, but the curse is no longer having the same effect, I felt like my own soul was healing, and when I checked my scroll, my aura percentage was at 77%, for now it didn't go up anymore, but I feel that I continue to heal"
Qrow was the next to speak, who had a smile as she stretched her limbs, thinking about the embarrassing moments she had to go through because of the atlas specialist who could go 1v1 against her, even though she was much younger, since the curse was imposed on her, she had managed to improve her aura to a state similar to or better than the one she had before this curse, but what would it be like now that she could reach her maximum potential? She didn't know, but a stroke of luck after a long time made things more entertaining
"I... I don't know what happened, since I had the power of the maiden I've only been able to feel magic, like another part of me, but only magic, now it feels different, as if not only felt the power, but something else completely different"
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Ozpin felt something, but he doesn't really know what, the little magic he had obtained over time was used, and probably by Jaune, which isn't necessarily bad, but Jaune had lost all his aura with this, and not only that,he became weaker, something inside him began to bubble, a thought that he did not want, and it was that another life would be ruined because of him
"Jaune has no aura, his vital signs are correct, but there doesn't seem to be anything else wrong, the problem is that I don't know if something could have gone wrong with his soul, we don't know if maybe he lost part of his soul for trying this, We will have to wait and have confidence that his aura will return to 100%, and hopefully, some other good change will emerge"
Amber was worried about jaune, since she was involved in all this and could potentially ruin someone's soul, qrow was happy to be able to recover from the curse, but she doesn't want to recover by taking someone else's soul, so now she just it remains to wait
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Beacon academy, nursing room
Where I am?…
Jaune had just woken up after passing out hours ago, for the first few seconds he woke up, he didn't feel anything different, until he was able to recover his senses properly, and he realized something
I feel... strong, much stronger than before!, no, it's not just strength, is this how it feels to have your aura awakened?, this is great!
Jaune quickly sat up from the bed in the infirmary, got off the bed and walked through the infirmary, feeling his whole body lighter than before,and not only that, he felt as if all his body's senses were heightened
While jaune was trying different things, a young maiden was watching him hidden from general view, happy to see him recovered, and knowing that they were coming, she decided to blow some air in his face,which caused his hair to almost get into his eyes, which caused him to close them in confusion, the maiden just had a little laugh at this and decided that it was better to let him have a quiet conversation
The magical trio (I love this name) entered the infirmary to see how Jaune was, who after feeling what it was like to have an aura, decided to sit on his bed again, ozpin was the first to speak
"Jaune, I see you woke up, how are you feeling?"
Jaune looked at ozpin with a smile and answered him
"This is incredible! I've never felt so light in my life, it feels exactly the same as my sisters explained, although I didn't know you fainted when your aura was awakened"
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"That wasn't normal, and it's not supposed to have happened, we still don't know why that happened, here, this is a hunter class scroll, it will detect your aura automatically if you imbue it with aura and it will tell you the percentage of it, I need you to use it to see that everything is okay"
Ozpin passed a scroll to Jaune, who opened it and realized that he seemed to be completely new, Ozpin was about to explain to Jaune how to transfer his aura to certain objects, but Jaune did it directly without asking anyone,which made ozpin and qrow a little suspicious, while amber was very nervous about the results of jaune on her aura
"ready"
Jaune returned the scroll to ozpin, and the 3 began to see what was the result of all this, if they ruined the life of an innocent, or perhaps the remnant got a new hope to survive
"100%, you have your aura recharged to 100%"
Amber said, now with the trio relieved that it seemed to have no negative effects, ozpin just smiled happily, amber calmed down a bit but she was still worried that it had some effect that they couldn't observe,and qrow ruffled jaune's hair and gave him a thumbs up while jaune looked at them all a little puzzled by something
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"headmaster, I don't want to sound rude, but who are they supposed to be? They never told me their name, and I was too nervous to ask who they were when I arrived..."
I did this thing in 2 days, all the magic stuff wasn't supposed to exist, but it gave me the idea and I decided to write it, and I think that's where the spiral into the void of madness started,but that doesn't matter, the almost 10 thousand words was a plot of 1500, which I don't know if it's good or bad, does my explanation of magic make sense?, no, it doesn't, and it's not supposed to either, it's pure assumptions that it could have worked or not, and for the sake of the plot it worked, I'm mentally exhausted by this thing xd
Fᴜɴ Fᴀᴄᴛs ᴡɪᴛʜ As! (Sᴛᴏʀʏ ғᴀᴄᴛs ᴏʀ ғᴜᴛᴜʀᴇ sᴛᴏʀʏ ɪᴅᴇᴀs ʏᴏᴜ ᴍɪɢʜᴛ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴋɴᴏᴡ, ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴍᴀʏ ᴏʀ ᴍᴀʏ ɴᴏᴛ ʙᴇ ᴍᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ғᴜᴛᴜʀᴇ, I ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ʏᴇᴛ)
*I don't know what gave me the idea of writing the part about the parents, maybe it was a bit unnecessary, but I wanted to write something about them, I think I'll start writing presentations of each character heh…
*What happened between juniper and john?, on the night of the event (chapter before this), the arcs separated because john had a reunion with some friends that he had not seen for decades, more than anything else from his youth, and since he was excited to introduce his wife to his friends, let's say he forgot the fundamental rule of arcs in events, DON'T BE SEPARATED FROM YOUR FAMILY,so john took juniper without taking into account that rule, and that's where the lack of control began, why was john so scared/alert?, that's your job to think about it
*I don't remember where I read it, but I remember seeing someone say that qrow would be the perfect tomboy, I don't know why, but I will never forget that stranger's words
*I want you to understand the magnitude of a grimm attacking a bullhead, on top of that jaune has no aura, so a bad turn, a trip, or anything, and a normal person without an aura can die in 1000 different ways
*Sooo, the curse of qrow, being able to switch between a bird and a human voluntarily doesn't seem like the worst thing in the world (if we don't count the trial and error that went into that, plus 1000 things that could have gone wrong at the beginning), so why not make it have something really bad, like lose a quarter of your soul, therefore have 25% less aura, at least up to this point lol
*DON'T ASK ME WHAT HAPPENED IN THE AURA DE JAUNE AWAKENING SCENE, I thought it would be interesting to put something about the aura awakening by ozpin and all that, then I thought about how all the magic would be,then it spiraled into insanity as i was looking for ways to make sense of something designed to be meaningless, sorry about that, but it was a better alternative than keeping it simple, and this literally could only have worked with jaune
*I'll put this here for people who don't understand, when they woke up Jaune's aura
Amber gave part of her aura to jaune, which is not completely linked to the maiden's magic, but at the moment it is used and leaves her body, there is a certain brush of her soul with the magic of a maiden, causing tiny bits of magic to come out in an array, something minimal and non-existent, to the point where another soul could take it
Then qrow passed part of her aura to jaune, aura of a soul that was contaminated with magic, at first he could not take it, until he detected those small fragments of residual magic, and joined with these directly, expanding it, making Jaune's soul now have larger FRAGMENTS of magic
Then ozpin, would try to use those fragments to inject part of his combination between aura and magic, which at first did not work, until that magic that he had saved for the years, reacted to the magic fragments inside jaune, since these magics they are linked to ozpin's type of magic, because ozpin gave some of his magic to the maidens and qrow's curse was made by ozpin, so these magic fragments reacted
And the part of jaune being inside the souls?, is related to his appearance, which I don't want to give spoilers lol
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