Chapter 14 - Haven Academy

The airship was a few miles away from arriving to Mistral and the teams were getting their luggage ready. Upon arriving, Weiss managed to get a glimpse of someone familiar waiting for them near the landing zone.

"Winter!?" Weiss exclaimed as she looked through the window.

"I'm pretty sure it's Spring Weiss." Jaune said as he looked out the window.

"No you dunce! I'm talking about my sister."

"You have a sister!?" Jaune asked, somewhat excited knowing that the girl he thinks is beautiful has a sister.

"Where is she? I want to see how she looks like." Jaune asked as he pushed Weiss out of the window to get a glimpse himself, but missed his chance of seeing her since the airship landed. The team walked out of the airship and was greeted by the elegant woman who was guarded by two of her atlesian knight droids.

"It's a pleasure to meet you all. I'm…" Winter was cut off by Ruby who yelled in happiness.

"Winter!" Ruby yelled. She quickly ran towards Winter to give her a tight hug after not seeing her since the Vytal festival.

"Ruby. It's nice seeing you again." Winter said as she tried to push her away and trying to get air back into her lungs.

"Nice to meet you too, I'm Blake. I'm also part of team RWBY." Blake said as she shook Winter's hand."

"And who might this charming gentleman be?" Winter asked as she walked towards Jaune.

"A pleasure to meet you Winter. I'm Jaune Arc, member and the team leader of team JNR."

"You must be my sister's beloved correct?" Winter said as this question caused the whole group to be in a state of shock.

"What!? Me? With him!? Never!?" Weiss exclaimed.

"This leader is a member of the Arc family. A family that is well renowned for their courage and battle prowess. Why haven't you taken him as your partner yet?"

"He is mine!" Ruby exclaimed. She marched towards Jaune to grab him by the arm and pull him away from Winter who was already holding him by the shoulders.

"You wish he was yours Ruby." Amber said.

"I'm sorry Ruby, but an underwhelming child like you wouldn't be considered fit to be his Girlfriend."

"Why you!" Ruby upset by the insult, tried to grab Winter by the hair but was stopped by her team who managed to step in before things escalated any further.

"Nice to meet you Winter. I'm Amber." Amber stretched her arm out to shake Winter's hand.

"Why don't we just head to where we are supposed to go and sget our rooms?" Jaune asked as he was already tired from the trip and couldn't care what they did to each other at the moment. The teams walked towards the school and had begun to discuss about what the first steps should be. Winter was telling them that they would be staying at the Academy for as long as they want until the mission is over. The headmaster of the school was kind enough to lend some vacant rooms for the teams to stay in.

"This feels a little too suspicious for me." Blake said.

"Why would a headmaster of the school allow a team from Beacon and a woman from Atlas be allowed to stay in their Academy. If I were a headmaster I wouldn't allow a woman guarded by Atlesian knights which by the way attacked our students and a school to stay in the Academy."

"I agree. This is all too good to be true. The fact that all students from different academies never got along to begin with would make the situation even more difficult than it already is. I suggest we avoid any confrontation that comes our way. If we do end up doing anything that can hurt their trust with our Kingdoms, things would escalate even more." Amber said to the group as they reached the entrance of the schools. Jaune and the team walked inside and saw many Haven students strolling around. They immediately caught the attention of the student that was passing by since the teams had their signature Beacon uniforms. Many of them have begun to gossip about them and their school.

"Why are Beacon students here? Haven't they already cost enough trouble the last time we went to their school? I hope they didn't bring any Grimm along with them."

"It seems they brought the Schnee sisters along with them as well. They even brought Atlesian Knights. You better keep your guard up or else it might end up killing you."

"Well… we better find our way to the headmaster's room to tell him we have arrived." Jaune said , walking towards a map of the school, but was stop by a familiar face.

"Sup losers." Sun said as he walked in front of them followed by Neptune.

"Sun. Neptune. How's it been?" Jaune asked as he bro hugged the two.

"It's been lame here. There's nothing to do here except for school work which is by the way… lame."

"It's not all bad." Neptune said.

"Shut up nerd." Sun said.

"Intellectual." Neptune stated.

"Well we are supposed to go meet up with the headmaster of the school who is going to partner us with another team from the school." Weiss stated.

"Well look no further snow angel you're looking at the 2nd team right now." Neptune said as he and Sun posed in front of them.

"Wait… you were assigned to work with us in our mission?" Blake asked.

"Yup. Sun and I will be attending this lovely mission with you all. Thank us after we complete the mission successfully."

"Well do you know where the headmaster's office is located? We are going to advise him of our arrival and ask him about the rooms we will be staying." Weiss asked as she looked around at the sight of many Mistral students glaring at them.

"Follow me, I'll take you to him." Sun said, as he walked towards the headmaster's office direction. They walked passed many students who glared at Winter and her Atlesian knights.

"Just stick close to me and you'll be fine. Ever since the attack at Beacon, the students were… a bit upset when they watched videos of Atlesian knights attacking Mistral students.

"They should understand that Atlas military wouldn't do anything that would hurt innocent lives and cause a huge uproar." Winter stated as she walked next to them.

"My sister is right. Atlas didn't have control over the androids and shouldn't be suspected of planning the attack with the White Fang."

"Well, no matter how many times you explain it to them I doubt they'll ever believe what you say. Most students here tend to be a bit… mean. I wouldn't recommend making new friends on your stay here." Neptune said.

"Oh come on… they can't be that mean." Ruby said. Immediately a student decapitated the Atlesian knights that were behind the group of friends and caught their attention.

"Now that's much better. You guys didn't want these androids end up shooting you right?" A female student with long colorful hair and purple eyes stood behind them with a smirk on her face as she asked the group.

"You do realize that you just destroyed Atlas military property?" Winter asked as she glared at the girl.

"Yes I do and I take full responsibility Ms. Schnee." The student bowed to her and smirked at her.

"Why you…"

"Winter… we can't do anything that could jeopardize the thin line of trust we still have with our kingdoms. If something were to happen here, it would just be putting fuel into the fire." Amber whispered.

"Iris we don't want any problems. They're here on a mission and you know how the headmaster hates fights outside of the sparring arena." Neptune said as he signaled the others to continue walking. The girl smirked and simply walked away without saying a word.

"The sooner we get to the office, the better." Blake said as the group sped up to avoid any other confrontation. After walking several minutes, they finally arrived to the headmaster's office. Unlike Ozpin's office, this office was located in an observatory that was built within the school. The room had plenty of space to fit four classrooms and had an open roof that would allow anyone to gaze into the sky at their leisure. They gazed around the room and were in awe of how amazing it was. And couldn't stop staring at the sky as it was about to turn night.

"My office looks way better than Ozpin's correct?" The headmaster was sitting on a comfy couch which faced towards the moon. His figure looked that of General Ironwood, but looked much younger. The headmaster seemed as though he was no older than 25 which surprised the Beacon students.

"Heck yeah it does." Jaune said as he continued to look around the room.

"I've been expecting you all. Allow me to introduce myself. I'm Professor Gwyn, the headmaster of this Academy."

"My name is Amber and this is my team that will be completing a mission here in Mistral." Amber said.

"We're team RWBY… well sort of." Ruby said as she waved to the professor.

"Indeed you are. You must be Jaune Arc correct?"

"Yeah I am. How do you know that?"

"I met your father when I was a kid. He saved me from a Nevermore had its eyes set on me and he managed to kill it with little to no effort. When I became the Headmaster of this school, I had heard a rumor that your father passed away. Is it true?"

"Unfortunately… yes it is."

"I'm sorry for your loss."

"It's fine. It happened when I was still a child. Anyways Ozpin told you about our mission here?"

"Yes indeed he did, though he didn't go into full detail of what the mission is about but I trust Ozpin's students that they won't get into trouble? The incident in Beacon has all the kingdoms watching their backs."

"Surely you understand that Atlas did not intend to harm civilians and the Atlesian Knights were hacked into that made them attack the innocent." Winter stated.

"I can trust Ironwood that he did not intend to do that, but the government doesn't want to believe him one bit. We can only hope that something doesn't happen that would lose the trust that all kingdoms share but enough with that. I owed your father a favor for saving me and the only way to repay him is to provide his son and his friends a place to stay for as long as they want. I hope you enjoy your stay here at Haven Academy."

"To be honest, I hardly believe that our stay here will be anything but enjoyable."

"Let me guess… the students here are already trying to pick a fight with all of you?"

"Yeah…" Ruby said slightly smiling.

"I will be sure to send out a message to all students about doing anything to provoke you, but I can't guarantee that it will work. The students here tend to be a bit aggressive when it comes to students from other academies."

"We understand. I don't expect them to trust us anytime soon so I guess we will need to work around this." Weiss said. The Headmaster explained the team where their dorm room was located and they were off to catch some sleep since the trip took its toll on them. The teams made it to their rooms safely. Jaune, Amber and Winter had their own rooms, whereas Ruby's team had to bunk with each other in a different room. Both teams fell asleep immediately after laying down in their new comfy beds in their new rooms. As the night passed, Jaune woke up a few hours earlier than the others to get prepared for the search. After taking a shower, Jaune had begun to analyze the city's map. He looked in areas where the crime rates and poverty levels were high since that is where Jaune believed most of the criminal activity would be. Qrow had taught him to always go to the most dangerous areas in order to find and get information on people with criminal history. Jaune opened his scroll and looked at the name of his target.

"Roy Carver. Five foot eleven, short Red/Orange hair, average built, Male, and has a distinct mark on his right cheek that has the letter R. Last seen in Angel Pine in Mistral." Jaune said. He looked carefully over the information he was given and downloaded a map of Mistral onto his scroll. He is going to need Sun and Neptune to help guide him. After nearly an hour of thinking, he had decided what he was going to do. For now, he wanted to look around the academy to see what other things the school had that Beacon didn't. He walked through the cafeteria and noticed that it was a little more decorative than Beacon's. Before he could see the other parts of the school, Jaune had noticed that he was being followed. He didn't want to believe it at first, but after walking in different directions the student's aura was still present and followed him. Jaune decided it would be best to head outside to avoid getting lost in the school. Once he made it outside, he headed turned around and spoke to the mysterious person who Jaune knew was invisible.

"Alright… I know you've been following me for a while now. Care to show yourself now?" Jaune asked as he spread his arms apart and looking at the direction of the Aura he felt.

"So you can sense me huh? That's a pretty useful trick you got there." The mysterious person said as he deactivated his semblance. The person was a student who looked like the type of person who was considered to be very popular among the female students among the school.

"I heard you already met my girlfriend Iris. I wanted to apologize for what she did yesterday." The student said as he smiled at Jaune. To Jaune's surprise, the student's hair would change colors in specific areas of his hair. Every time the student moved his head around, it would change colors.

"…" Jaune didn't say anything as he was amazed by what was going on with the student's hair. The student looked at Jaune confused and he notice that Jaune was staring at his hair.

"Oh… yeah I have this weird thing where my hair tends to change its color based on what the Sun is hitting. My hair is basically like a see through prism when light hits through it. Ironically, my name is Light." Light said, reaching his arm out to shake Jaune's hand.

"My name is Jaune… Jaune Arc."

"Wait a minute… Jaune Arc? Aren't you like the strongest student in Beacon?"

"I've been told that, but I know there are other students stronger than me. Anyways, what were you doing following me around while invisible? That's not really a great way to go about apologizing for your girlfriend."

"I just wanted to see what you were up to. The fact that your team is hanging around with that Atlas traitor makes your team look suspicious."

"I understand, but we have a mission here at Mistral and the last thing we need is to start a fight. Just make sure you keep your girlfriend away from my team."

"I can't promise that. Ever since her best friend was killed in the attack, she always wants to pick a fight with students that aren't from her school."

"Who was her friend? I lost someone close too so I can understand what she is going through."

"Her name was… Pyrrha Nikos." Jaune's eyes widened and time had slowed down for him for a brief moment to allow him to analyze what Light had just said.

"Iris is Pyrrha's close friend? Wait a minute… Pyrrha went to Sanctum before she arrived to Beacon. Could she have been friends with that student then? What am I going to do? If she finds out that I am part of team JNPR and was her team leader there is no doubt that she is going to want to kill me for letting her die. No wait… maybe Pyrrha stopped talking to her after she left Sanctum and never communicated ever again, but what if they stayed in touch, what if she had told them everything about me and our team. No that can't be. Iris would have noticed me by now, but then again I was pretty far from her so maybe she wasn't able to tell that who I was. My hair does look paler than how it was when I arrived in Beacon so maybe that's what kept my identity from being revealed. In any case, I need to avoid her at all cost, if she ever does find out who I am… I'm screwed." Jaune thought.

"I've got a brilliant idea. Why don't you have a quick match with me? I would really like to see the top student of Beacon in action. Students here in Haven would consider me to be one of the best so this would really give the biggest opportunity to test myself. What do you say?"

"I understand how much you want to spar with me, but I'm not here to have fun. I have a mission to do and I can't waste time. It was nice meeting you though." Jaune said, as he returned to the school.

Intensity

After hours of preparation, Jaune had gathered his team into his room to explain how it's going to work.

"Weiss, Blake, Sun and I are going to the east side of Mistral to gather more information on Roy's whereabouts. Qrow has always told me that the best place to find these types of people are in the worst spots. The place is called… Angel Pine. Criminal activity there is high and that would give us a better opportunity to gather info on our target."

"Hey wait a minute! Why can't we go with you?" Ruby asked.

"You and the others will be going towards the same area however, you will be going to the local Police Department and download Roy's criminal records. I'm sure there will be useful information that we can use. Relatives, criminal records, living quarters, everything."

"Fine… But at least let me and Weiss exchange roles. I want to go with you."

"No Ruby you can't, you look a lot younger than the four of us and that could give us away in a heartbeat. Amber… you should be the leader of that group."

"Sounds like a great plan. You seem to be the better choice as the leader of this whole operation than I am" Amber stated.

"Thanks for the compliment. Blake and Qrow helped me perfect my leadership and planning."

"Okay then. We should go get something to eat at the cafeteria. I'm really starving." Sun said as the group agreed to go and grab something to eat. The teams headed to the cafeteria filled with students. The teams weren't wearing their signature Beacon attire so they weren't easily picked out from the crowd. However, Winter still had her Atlas attire on and there were quite a bit of students who recognized her and the group. The teams got their food and sat an empty table to enjoy their warm meal.

"The food here is alright I guess." Ruby said.

"Back in Atlas we have better more delicious food than what these Academies tend to serve. I will simply go purchase a meal somewhere in the city that is actually decent." Winter said as she slid her food to the side."

"Well if you aren't going to eat that… I will happily eat it for you. I would never let a food go to waste, especially decent food." Sun said as he scarfed down her meal.

"Hey man, slow it down. The food isn't going to run away." Neptune said.

"You don't know that." As the teams were enjoying their meal, someone in the distance threw an apple at the team to which Jaune was able to catch, nearly hitting Ruby. He got up from his feet and called out to the person who through the apple. A woman across the room stood up and raised her hand with a smirk on her face.

"I did. What are you going to do about it?" She asked.

"Dammit Iris, what did I say about picking fights outside of the sparring arena!? Neptune said standing up with an angry look.

"Oh sorry, I didn't catch that. Mind jogging up my memory?"

"Guys, let's just go get food from outside the school. The last thing we need to make a bigger scene." The group agreed and had begun to walk towards the exit before being stopped by the same woman again.

"Hey listen. Unless you want a black eye with those purple eyes of yours, I suggest you step aside." Blake said, getting annoyed by the student.

"How about you make me?" Blake already annoyed, kicked her right on her face, sending her sliding away. The whole group's mouths dropped in shock as well as the rest of the students who just witnessed the attack. The cafeteria was quiet with no sound being emitted from anyone. The student who was kicked had blood dripping from her mouth and stared the group with a small smile. Her hair and eyes turned red which made the group surprised even more.

"Oh great… this ought to be good." Sun said as he saw Iris stand up.

"Did her eyes and hair just turn to a different color?" Ruby asked.

"Yup." Sun and Neptune said.

"Do you want another kick to the face or are you smart enough to move to the side now."

"Blake!" Sun said.

"That's a nice kick you got there." Iris said wiping the blood off her lips. Blake walked towards her with an angry look.

"Are you going to move or do you want me to force you to move?" Without warning, Iris swiftly kicked Blake in the face, but Blake activated her semblance and allowed her shadow to take the hit for her. Blake quickly stepped back and carefully watched her to make sure she doesn't get another hit.

"That's for kicking me."

"Okay that is enough." Light appeared and stepped in front of the two.

"Light! Get out of my way. I think she deserves what's coming to her in a bit for kicking me right in the face." Iris said.

"That's what happens when you keep annoying me and my friends." Blake said.

"Listen to me. You're aren't dealing with any ordinary students. These Beacon students are the best that Beacon has to offer and that person right there is Jaune Arc. The student who is considered to be the most gifted of them all." Iris's eyes widened from what she heard while staring at Jaune. Her hair turned white and her heart began to beat in a fast rhythm.

"J-Jaune Arc?" Iris asked still in shock.

"No, no, NO, NO, NO! This isn't good." Jaune thought as the crowd had begun chanting.

"FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!" The crowd kept repeating this over and over again causing more tension.

"Get him Iris!"

"Yeah! Show him how Haven is better than Beacon!" The crowd were yelling and hoping to see a fight.

"Y-you're part of team JNPR… the same team where my friend Pyrrha was in. Y-you're the guy she had always mentioned when I was talking to her." Iris said as her expression turned to anger.

"YOU'RE THE REASON WHY SHE'S DEAD!" Iris screamed as she pushed aside Light and ran towards Jaune with the intent to harm Jaune.

Here is Chapter 14 everyone hope you enjoy it. I'm sorry that I took so long making one. I will see you guys later.