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Beacon Tower. A tower surmounted by numerous emerald green spheres of lights. At night these lights can be seen from vast distances away becoming beacons for the appropriately named academy. Inside the tower sat the headmaster in his office and with him a gathering of with the noted and his most trusted staff members. Many of them were former Huntsmen and Huntresses, people who Ozpin have fought beside and could trust with his life and they in turn trusted him, as an ally and a leader.

Professors Peter Port, Bartholomew Oobleck, and his must trusted member, Glynda Goodwitch are gathered in Ozpin's clockwork tower to discuss a coming incident. It was not because of the incident at the docks with Roman Torchwick and his benefactor or the recent activities of the White Fang that was the concern of this meeting, rather it was a letter. The contents of which were as thus:

Dear Ozpin,

Sorry that I haven't kept in touch for so long, but there's an urgent matter that I have to bring to your attention.

Stars have been blinking out one by one across the cosmos, and I've already gone ahead to investigate.

We both know that there's someone with a 'key', the key to our salvation. I'm asking if you could find the person with the key and help him or her out.

Your friend, Mickey

"This certainly seems to be quite the dilemma." Oobleck said in his natural hyper style while taking a sip of coffee from his thermos.

It was somewhat magically strange and almost impractical that the thermos that he uses repeatedly for his caffeinated drinks also served as his weapon of choice. However; his colleagues have long stopped questioning the sanities of their coworker years ago.

"Yes, I have noticed that there are fewer stars in the sky as of late, but what does this friend of yours mean by a key Ozpin?" Port was curious as the ones that seemed to have any greater knowledge of the matter were Glynda and Ozpin.

"Simply put that we must be prepared for an extreme worst-case scenario, something that if James were to hear of it he would insist on taking militant action. Such actions might be useless in the end and will do more harm than good." Ozpin answered looking over the note once more. He already had suspicions and the last thing anyone of them needed was Ironwood throwing Vale into military lockdown. Glynda was the only one of the group to have a faint understanding of what might be happening. Ozpin rarely uses the Door and Key analogy to refer to anyone unless they held a certain potential. Strength of heart that is needed for something great in the future.

"Should we not inform the students? If whatever this urgent matter is could affect Beacon Academy, we must prepare a proper evacuation plan. It is always best to be prepared from the worst case scenario." Oobleck spoke in a serious tone. It is true that Ironwood would have taken to military action, though the man always had the best intentions in mind. He simply went about them the extreme way.

"What is there to inform them? Even if we did, we don't have much evidence besides the stars blinking out. The words of the King are always trustworthy, but it would upset the world order if we reveal the source of our suspicions." Port reminded them of the other issue. A letter and stars wouldn't be enough to satisfy the students, much less the Council of the Four Kingdoms. The existence of the King is something known only to the few and enlightened people of Remnant.

"For now, we just go about our days. This threat could be around any corner, but then again so is war. This is no different than what we have seen, only new horizons and new foes. These odds are nothing we Huntsmen and Huntresses are unfamiliar with." Ozpin then turned out to his view of the courtyard. Watching below as the many students went about their day at Beacon. "An evacuation or call to arms will only bring about panic. Beacon exists as a place of light and safety. To quote a wise man, 'the light is always darkest at dawn before it gives rise to daybreak.'"

"Ansem the Wise, I know his work quite well. Do you think his research could prepare us for what may happen?" Oobleck asked.

"It could. It could not; what research still remains is minimal and fractured. All O will say to be on your guard. At the first sign of darkness, we prepare for the worst." Ozpin dismissed them, keeping his gaze at the courtyard as he does so.

Port and Oobleck, both experienced enough to know Ozpin decided to leave and prepare for their classes until they were called again. Glynda stayed a second longer before she also left the Headmaster alone. Said Headmaster continued his gaze while his hands fiddled with the letter from his good friend.

"It may be time to get Plan 'G' up and running."

(Scene Break)

"So you didn't tell anyone about our spot, did you?"

"Of course I didn't. A promise is a promise."

Jaune and Ruby could be seen walking through the open courtyard of Beacon. It was the weekend; so many students were out either goofing around or heading to spend the day back in Vale. Right now then two were talking about the cave from last night and the mysterious man from the other night who had mysteriously vanished.

"He called it the Door to this world, maybe that cave was part of some old ruins or something." Jaune offered his thoughts. It wasn't unusual to see remnants of the past, especially in places like the forest; they did fight a pair of Grimm in some ruins way back on their second day. It could've been an underground passage to a kingdom some odd years ago before the Grimm came and attacked. It could possibly be part of a cult; it was possible considering what the man was wearing.

"I don't know there was always something weird about that door that I couldn't put my finger on. Every time I get near it I get this weird, fuzzy, woogly feeling." Ruby tried to explain.

"Fuzzy, woogly?"

"Shut up!" Ruby shouted as she tried to get back on topic, embarrassingly cute blush aside.

"It's just that door has always felt weird to me, like it is part of something bigger. The first few days I found it I tried different ways to open it but nothing worked. I'm not the only one who's tried too." The hooded girl recalled.

That immediately got Jaune's attention away from her awkward vocabulary. "You mean Pyrrha has also tried to open that weird door?"

"Who wouldn't, a weird door in the middle of a cave? It could be a door to riches or ancient, super awesome weapons that everywhere you point it makes things explode! BIP BIP, GLAOW GLAOW!" Ruby has never showed her age and weapon-love more than how she was just now, shouting more sound effects from her pretend rifle.

"If I wasn't afraid of Yang babying me and telling me not to sneak out at night I would've asked her help to open it." Ruby admitted.

"Well that's a plan, why not ask someone to help with that door. I'm sure one punch from Yang or a hammer from Nora will be enough. Or Weiss, Blake, or Ren could find some clue in the cave on how to open it." Jaune continued to list off ways their friends could help the young red head.

"I know but...I always wanted a spot where I can just be myself. Away from homework, and lessons, and just be Ruby Rose, not just the Fearless Leader of Team RWBY. Just a place where I can just be myself you know." Ruby admitted to her first friend.

"Wow, that's deep. I wish I could've thought of finding my own spot on campus. That definitely must be the reason why you're always so focus and on top of being a leader. You're way smarter than me, that's for sure." Jaune complimented her.

"Well...since now you know where it is, you're free to use it whenever you want." Ruby offered with a smile.

Jaune smiled back, the girl's happiness definitely was contagious. The girl could brighten the gloomiest room, it also helped that her smile made her look even cuter…whoa, where did all of that come from? The knight kept on smiling until a hand snaked its way around his neck and pulled him into a hug.

"What's up Lady Killer, what were you two talking about?" Yang asked out of curiosity. The opportunity to tease both of them was a bonus.

"Nothing!" Ruby squeaked up, trying to make sure that the secret spot stayed a secret. The only ones that knew about it that she knew of are Ruby, Pyrrha, and now Jaune. It is a sanctuary of sorts for Ruby to just be herself. It also provided a secret place to make a workshop for weapons, but that was neither here nor there.

"We were…just going over some battle tactics for when the weekend is over, and classes start coming back in." Jaune wasn't the kind of person that liked telling lies. It was completely not chivalrous, but so was not keeping a promise. He promised Ruby not to tell long before running into Yang.

"Boring, I thought you were talking about some secret escapade into the night that would probably have dad coming down your necks." Yang joked causing the two to sweatdrop at the implication of what she meant. Suddenly she added, "You know, you two came back pretty late last night."

"L-Last night, what do you mean by that Yang?" Ruby asked, trying not to visually show her nervousness.

"Well, I woke up last night to do some stargazing when I happen to notice a certain someone in a red cape walking out and then back into Beacon. You don't need to be a Faunus to spot a bright red hood at night." Yang smirked.

"Hey, don't make fun of the hood!" Ruby shot back, cradling her cape as she would Crescent Rose.

"Uh, you really go stargazing Yang?" Jaune tried to move the topic away from them.

"Is it that unusual? It's just a small hobby of mine." Yang admitted. "Anyway, I was doing some stargazing and I think there's few stars in the sky then there were before."

"Speaking of stars, I just remembered a really weird legend." Nora suddenly came up out of nowhere. Ren, Blake, and Weiss were well behind her.

The hyperactive Valkyrie smiled wide before she continued on, "It's a legend of a star-shaped fruit called the Paopu Fruit! The legend goes that if two people share it, then their destinies become intertwined and they stay together forever, and ever, and ever." Thankfully, Ren managed to get her with a well-placed hand over her mouth. The gang waited a moment to see if Ren had anything to say about the story, like if Nora got it wrong or the details got mixed up as usual.

"It's a very well-known legend where we live, Nora has the details right…except when she trails on." He then moved his hand from the now smiling Nora.

"I never read about a legend like that, and I know most of them from my older books." Blake said, reading a book that wasn't Ninjas of Love, but Jaune wound up thinking about the dream and still wondered if the Belladonna really did like reading that series.

"It is weird, but I know the legend that she is talking about. Not only do they say that, but also it is really rare to find once since the tree they grow on can only be found in one place." Ren explained as well.

"Destiny Island!" Nora chimed in.

"So why is this the first time any of us have heard about these fruits before?" Weiss asked. Vale was one thing, but she's never heard mention of this legend back home all the way in Atlas. It was unlikely such a thing was be so unheard of. Some love-struck couples would have surely tried to prove if it was true or not. "So where is this island?"

"No one knows." Nora answered ominously.

"The island in the legend apparently doesn't match any island found in Remnant; so most people assume that it doesn't exist. So the legend faded into obscurity." Ren clarified.

"You said most people." Blake caught, now fully interested in the story. This was her first time hearing about such a story and she herself has read countless of older books when she had the chance. "So maybe the legend is based on fact."

"Hello, are we forgetting that these two came back late in the night and they're not telling us anything?" Yang pointed the topic back to the two sweating students. "Come on guys, can't you see they're obviously hiding something?"

"We're not really hiding anything." Jaune said, and it wasn't really something anyone since he was sometimes a terrible liar when face to face.

"We were just walking to clear our heads and just happened to bump into each other." Ruby added. Of course Yang was still suspicious, and decided to strangely enough sniff the two.

"Are you trying to be a dog?" Weiss asked, unsure of what was going on.

"Ooh, maybe she's trying to smell naughty stuff." Nora suggested and that caused most of the group to blush, especially the two getting the Xiao Long Bloodhound treatment.

"Nora and Yang aside" Blake made an attempt to avoid making the situation more awkward by changing the subject. "Since no one's brought it up yet I will, Jaune where did you learn how to fight like that?" The cat Faunus asked.

"Fight like what?" Jaune asked.

"Ooh Ooh, you mean when Jaune swung at Pyrrha with his shield?" Nora guessed. She too, as well as the others were also impressed by the new and daring tactics the blonde used in his spar with the Invincible Girl. Beacon, as well as the rest of the four kingdoms, was filled with many unique weapons and fighting styles. Yet, it wasn't often that someone tried to use a shield for offense in combat besides blocking claws or bullets.

Weiss nodded her head in agreement. "I would like to know that too. I mean, it's not like I was impressed with your performance or anything but it's the first time I've seen anyone dual wield a sword and shield combination like that. Did you find it in a book, or maybe someone taught you the style?"

"Um, actually it just came to me in a dream. The one with the not Grimm monsters..." Jaune answered honestly and that was just got stares from Weiss, who couldn't believe it.

"You mean to say, that you thought of using your shield as an offensive weapon, from a dream that you said was something Nora would dream up when on a sugary pancake high?" The heiress asked as Jaune nodded. She just couldn't believe that someone would get inspiration for an unusual maneuver from a dream of all places. It was just...she couldn't think of anything to describe how ridiculous it sounded, no matter how effective it proved. The fact that Jaune was able to use that strategy so well in his fight proves that…right?

"Never know when inspiration can strike right?" Jaune joked, but then he remembered something. That something was what he and Ruby were planning on doing before getting caught by Yang. With the group's interest now on the shield, he was able to sneak to his accomplice.

"Weren't we looking for Pyrrha so you can tell us that story?" He whispered to the red rose leader of team RWBY, and she gasped almost forgetting that from Yang showing up.

"Oh yeah..." Ruby nodded back to Jaune before steering the conversation away from where it was now. For some reason Nora was on about making a giant pancake and using it as a shield; it's amazing what they miss when they leave their friends alone.

"Hey, has anyone seen Pyrrha? I haven't seen her at all today." Ruby asked.

"I didn't even see Pyrrha after we got back to the door...now's not the time for jokes Yang." Jaune stopped his fellow blond before she brought up the late night return. "And now she didn't even show up to eat breakfast with us." Jaune brought up. He didn't know what kind of meeting Pyrrha went to, but it shouldn't have taken more than an afternoon shouldn't it?

"Pyrrha left sometime this morning, she didn't want to wake you. She told me that she was going to train and will eat breakfast later." Ren answered. Next to Pyrrha, Ren woke up the earliest of his time. He could blame that on lack of sleep, but he was naturally tired. If not for his morning tai chi, it was to make breakfast for team JNPR. He didn't mind Pancake Saturdays and it was always a joy seeing others enjoy his cooking.

"Whatever that meeting was, it must have stressed Pyrrha out if she had to train early in the morning." Jaune spoke aloud as he tried to think.

"Well before I bumped into Ruby, I was talking to Pyrrha..."

"First my baby sister and now Pyrrha, I don't know if I should be offended or impressed that you work so fast." Yang quipped in. Sometimes she couldn't help herself.

"Goddammit Yang" Blake face palmed.

"Pyrrha said she had a meeting last night. I wonder what it's about." Jaune clarified.

"If you want, we can split up and look for her." Yang offered.

"Really, you don't mind?" Jaune asked in surprise.

"Sure, besides Weiss and I were going to go for a ride. Looking for Pyrrha would give up a good excuse to go on a tour through campus." Yang smiled.

"We are?!" The Schnee heiress asked.

"You're the only one on Team RWBY who hasn't experienced the joys of the Bumblebee. Now come on, it's not every day that I offer anyone a ride on my baby." The yellow dragon grabbed the snowflake before walking off in a different direction from the group.

The heiress had no choice as she dragged along and Blake just shook her head had her teammate and partner's antics, but she might as well try to keep Yang out of trouble...hopefully.

"Oh, maybe we can check there?" Ruby whispered to the knight and Jaune wasn't sure what there was, but he could guess the secret spot that the red leader and the gladiator frequented when they weren't busy. That's when the red leader just dragged him off, with him hoping that his arm stays attached as they vanished with rose petals falling behind.

(Scene Break)

In one of the rooms, Ozpin sat in his office with Glynda near his side, and they were waiting on something, or rather someone. Professor Oobleck just entered in his usual manner, but he was still worried about the precautions, if the projected worst case would happen.

"I just completed some routine work on the ships, and they are ready to go at a moment's notice." He said with his fast-paced talk, but Ozpin nodded, knowing that using the ships may be the only hope left.

(Scene Break)

Ruby and Jaune made it to the secret spot, and saw Pyrrha just looking at the door.

"Hey Pyrrha!" Ruby said as Jaune tried to catch his breath, and it was harder to keep up while being dragged along.

"Ruby...Jaune?!" Pyrrha greeted the two but was genuinely surprised when she saw another person in the Red Heads' Secret Place. The Invincible Girl allowed her partner to regain his composure before asking him how he knew about the cave and why he was there.

"Oh, I found Ruby and this place the other night after...you know." Jaune quickly explained before remembering the reason why they were here. "Oh yeah, Pyrrha where have you been? You've been gone for a while so we all split up and looked for you."

"We?"

"Team RWBY and Team JNPR." Ruby answered before she pulled out her Scroll. Scrolls are collapsible tablets offered to the students of Beacon. It had many functions, but one of them was communication between teammates and other students. "I'm telling everyone we found Pyrrha, so we don't have to worry about anyone finding us."

"Sure they're ok with that, they're not going to search for us are they?" Jaune asked.

"No...Although Weiss might be mad for having to ride with Yang the Speed Demon." Ruby spoke as a bead of sweat dropped when she read the angry reply she got from Weiss.

"Ok, so since I know all about this Secret Spot...Ruby, what did you mean last night when you were talking about different worlds?" Jaune asked.

"Different worlds, so you've told him?" Pyrrha asked, surprising Jaune even further. "Ruby and I chat often when we meet up here. You can think of it as girl time for the red team."

"Red team...?"

"Anyway, we would talk about some of the gossip and stories that we know and heard of. Imagine my surprise when I found out I'm not the only one who has heard the legends of the many worlds." Pyrrha continued. The stories were always Pyrrha's favorite growing up back in Sanctum.

"I'm still lost on the many worlds bit. Can I hear the story now?" Jaune said as Ruby rubbed the back of her head sheepishly.

"Oh, right. Well the story goes that once there was a single world that bathed in light, but people started to awaken to darkness and many different groups wanted to control the light for themselves. One day, the darkness became so great that it seemed to consume the light and turned the one world into many different worlds. Each one possessing a light in the darkness, and the light shines in the darkness. Those lights are seen as stars, and those stars remind us that no matter how deep the darkness, there's always a light that never goes out. At least, that's how...my mother said it, grandpa too." Ruby spoke the story and it was something for Jaune to think about. It was a simple story, but one that seemed to have a deep meaning.

"Wow, so each star is a world?" Jaune asked as Ruby nodded.

"Yep. It would be cool to see those other worlds out there, and maybe some of the stories about those worlds made it here, like that Paopu fruit legend."

"Oh, I know about that legend." Pyrrha added to Ruby's statement about the other worlds, and the Paopu Fruit legend.

"Nora was just talking about that legend earlier too. So some of those stories ended up in Vale too?" Jaune asked.

"The worlds were once one world before separating. So it shouldn't be a surprise that stories like that ended up here. It was said that Remnant was a world of darkness before dust was used to light the way and create the four kingdoms." Pyrrha walked a place a hand against the door. "So many stories about many different places and things, I know little compared to the things Ruby has heard."

"Grandpa liked to talk about the other worlds when he visits. It's one of the reasons why I barely see, he always told me that he was off to another world. I always did like his stories, it was one of the reasons I became a huntress." Ruby said, her eyes sparkling when she thought of the memories of her grandfather. "By the way Pyrrha, did you know that door is...?"

"The door to this world? It was written in code on the walls when I first found this cave." Pyrrha answered her. "How did you two find out?"

"A weird creepy guy in a robe told us." Jaune said.

(Scene Break)

"A man in a robe?" Glynda asked as she stood with Ozpin along a walkway. Said Headmaster was looking down from the railing to see the work that was being done.

"Yes, he's been sited around the forests around Beacon. That is not a good sign; it means he is close to discovering the door of this world." Ozpin explained. "If Remnant is truly connected, then we will have to have this project ready to go within moments." The headmaster pointed out the array of ships being maintained by other Beacon staff members.

"I understand that this man is a threat, but is he really a threat on a world level. This project is only for the event..."

"The event of the end of the world; and both Qrow and Ironwood agree with me that the time may be closer than we originally thought. Especially with that man running around if the message from the King tells us anything." Ozpin and Glynda then moved down the pathway.

(Scene Break)

"So a man in a robe told you about this door?" Pyrrha asked.

"Yeah, he was really creepy too. Talked about how 'this world has been connected, tied to darkness and...to be completely eclipsed.'" Ruby said with a bit of worry.

"That..." Pyrrha said but didn't want to think about what it could mean. Jaune finished the thought for her.

"Could he possibly mean that, Remnant could be destroyed." Jaune began to pale a bit at the possibility of the entire world could be destroyed. That thought was worrying enough, but how would be the big question.

"If he's planning on destroying the world, shouldn't we tell someone?" Jaune asked, but Pyrrha shook her head.

"I'm...not sure. Would anyone believe the three of us that there is someone who is planning on destroying the world through some unknown means?" That was incredibly good argument.

"Right, but at least if things go bad, we meet up back here. Maybe we can figure out what he's doing if we can get the door open." Ruby suggested, but the clues were still vague at least. Jaune checked his scroll and noticed the time.

"Yeah. Let's agree to meet back up here, but we still have class." The girls agreed, and all three decided to leave the secret spot. Pyrrha, before moving on, took one last look at the door, but decided to move on with the rest. Never seeing that for a few moments, there was a large keyhole on the door.

(Scene Break)

"So did you remember to ask why Pyrrha was gone for most of the morning? She usually isn't one to make her teammates worry." Blake said as she sat across from Jaune in the library. Classes had gone on as they usually did and the feline Faunus found herself alone with the blonde Arc studying.

Pyrrha may be the cause of Jaune's physical boon, but the knight definitely owes some of his passing grades due to studying with reclusive member of Team RWBY. Pyrrha was already training with him so he didn't want to burden her more and Ren and Nora had different classes this period. That left him with Weiss, Velvet, or Blake to ask for help in history. As much as he wanted a study session with the snow angel but he knew she would decline and the rabbit Faunus was gone with her team, which led him to asking (begging) Blake to be his tutor.

Jaune nodded his head. "She said that she receives a call from someone she knew from Mistral and she said that the time must have got away from her. Anyway, no harm done, she didn't mean to worry anyone." The blonde explained as followed Blake's example and wrote down notes from their textbook.

"I see. Well, hopefully this doesn't affect your training." Blake said, shocking Jaune.

"How did you know?" Right after Jaune asked; Blake gave him an 'Are you serious' look before twitching her ears from underneath her bow.

"I think you know by now that I have very good hearing."

"Ehehe...sorry."

Blake waved off the apology. "Don't be. Anything else is better than the usual noises in our room." She said with a smile on her face. "Anyway, the spar shows that you have definitely improved since fighting Cardin. To be honest, I would like to see how well you are in a fight against me."

Jaune just scratched his head sheepishly for a bit.

"Well, I don't think I'm quite ready to take you on in a fight, and I don't think sparring without permission is a good idea." Jaune mentioned, and Blake simply accepted the reason, for now. She wanted to see how much he improved for herself, even if he was using a ranged weapon only.

"Maybe so, but that doesn't mean that it won't be unauthorized forever. The Vytal Festival Tournament is coming up, and many Huntsman and Huntresses in training would be competing, you could possibly be one of those competitors." Blake said, getting the blonde knight to sigh, wishing he was confident enough to actually compete. Even though his confidence did rise, he still doubted a lot of his abilities. Jaune did try to exude an air of confidence, even if it was faked from him trying too hard.

"I know. But right now I could go for some Sea Salt ice cream." Jaune joked a bit, but that seemed to get the feline Faunus' attention, if the slight twitching of her ears were anything to go on.

"Sea Salt ice cream?" She asked curiously, but not in the way that indicated that she didn't know the flavor, even if Jaune didn't quite catch the tone.

"I know it's a weird flavor, but it's good in that different sort of way. It's salty..."

"..But sweet." Blake finished, surprising Jaune about it. Not many knew of the flavor itself, some preferring more traditional flavors, Ruby loving Strawberry flavor naturally, Weiss preferring Vanilla, and the only ones Jaune wasn't sure of were Blake, Yang, and Pyrrha.

"You know the flavor?"

"Not many do, but it's a nice flavor from time to time." Blake answered, before they got back to studying, as the sun started to set.

"It is. I used to have it all the time back home. That is, until I came to Beacon anyway. It's really hard to find anywhere else." Jaune said. "I'm surprised you like ice cream Blake, considering you're um..."

"I'll admit I don't have much of a sweet tooth, but sea salt ice cream is an exception. It was a found childhood treat of mine." Blake said cryptically. "Back to you fighting in the tournament, if you brush up your skills and use surprises like you did yesterday you'll be fine. How have you been doing with finding your semblance?"

Jaune then slump down with a sigh. "Still nothing...thanks for giving me those books though, they've really been helping me out." He admitted. As disadvantages as Jaune already was, he knew that he was behind everyone since he didn't know his semblance. His only clue was what happened with Cardin and he wasn't found of repeating that experience. "I'm still at square one."

"I'm sorry that I couldn't do much to help or give you much advice." Blake said sadly. The cat Faunus wasn't around during the Cardin incident so Jaune told her all that happened. From what she could figure out, his semblance was different from hers. Jaune had better chances asking his father to see if his semblance was hereditary.

"The only thing that I can think of with what you told me, is that your semblance may be centered around protection and healing, like a shield." Blake suggested, and that was something to think about, did he choose the shield in his dream because it might have been connected to his semblance, or was the shield simply a natural part of his semblance and would have been chosen either way? Before Jaune could think too deeply about he noticed the time.

"Wow, it's that late already?" He asked as he checked his scroll for the time. Blake also checked and noticed that something was wrong.

"It is noon, but it's not supposed to be this dark. Not yet." Blake said as they suddenly heard screaming and went to investigate. As soon as the two stepped out, they noticed that the sky was dark, and quickly turning into night. Not only that, but there was also a great sphere of multi-colored blackness that was high in the sky, sucking in everything it could.

"It might be noon but that definitely isn't the sun!" Jaune said, feeling dread every second he stared at the giant sphere in the sky. The two students were then shocked out of their staring by a sudden announcement.

"All students grab your weapons and gear and report to the airship hangers at once! I repeat..."

"The hangers, why? Are they trying to evacuate everyone?!" Jaune asked. Blake and him grabbing their respective weapons and running at the library's doors.

"Maybe it's an invasion? But who would have the guts and the manpower to attack a school of huntsmen?" Blake asked as the two made their way outside. As she asked the question her thoughts drifted to the White Fang but even they wouldn't try something as risky as attacking a school that had Faunus within their walls as well. Even with people like Torchwick working with them, they still wouldn't take the chance without expecting severe retaliation. Blake stopped thinking as she saw Jaune hold out his arm, stopping their run.

"Jaune, what are you doing? Ozpin said..."

"It's them."

Just as Jaune described to her earlier before, small shadow creatures were scampering all around Beacon. From the cafeteria, to the roofs, even Ozpin's office these creatures could be seen crawling or slinking across the ground, attack several of the students as they made attempts to escape. Several of the students, proceeded to attack back, hoping to thin out the overwhelming numbers.

"It's those shadow things from my dream!" Jaune said as he and Blake both unsheathed their weapons.

"I'll never doubt your dreams again." Blake quickly grabbed the pistol of her Gambol Shroud and fired several dust bullets at the shadows. As he shouts stunned them, Jaune went in for the kill with his sword, swiping clean through them.

"I was able to beat them with a shield in my dreams. Now with Crocea Mors it makes things much easier." Jaune said as he used his shield to knock away several of the jumping shadows.

"It looks like dust can kill them too, but we're not going to last long without extra supplies. Jaune we have to do what the announcement said and get to the airships!" Blake said as fired some more to clear the way for her and Jaune.

'But where did they come fro...the door!' Jaune thought as he once again stopped his run. He ran off in the direction of the forest, confusing Blake.

"Jaune...!"

"Head to the airships Blake, I have to check on something! It's important and it might stop these things!" Jaune then continued his run towards the secret cave.

(Scene Break)

Jaune was running towards the secret spot and the door. That is where he planned to meet up with Pyrrha and Ruby, dodging as many of the shadowy creatures as he could as they swarmed through the school. He had to find them, and he suddenly noticed that his dodging led him to the courtyard, the one with the statue of a Huntsman killing a Grimm, and that was where he saw Pyrrha just standing there looking at the sky. Worry, and yet, excitement was on her face.

"Pyrrha, we have to get Ruby and go!" Jaune said, but she continued looking at the dark sphere.

"The door is open." She said calmly, and Jaune was confused.

"What do you mean?"

"The door is open. We can go to the outside world. Let's go together, just the two of us!"

Jaune took a step back in shock. "But what about everyone else?!"

"They'll be with us, I promise!" Pyrrha shouted back, a look of determination set on her face. "The door to the other worlds has opened; all we need to do is take the first step!"

"Pyrrha!"

"I'm not afraid of the darkness!" She said as she looked towards Jaune, answering the question in a strange way and held out her hand.

Jaune was about to take it, and he thought she was in somewhat of a trance when she spoke, but pulled back when he saw the pool of darkness began to gather around her feet. "Don't be afraid Jaune." She added gently and Jaune didn't know what to say, but he did know that he had to get her out of that darkness. The more he reached for her then more it dragged him down, trying to cocoon them both in shadows. Everything faded to black...until a flash of light came and dispelled the darkness. Jaune fell over, but noticed that Crocea Mors was missing in his hand.

"Where...what's this?" He asked as he noticed he was now holding a Key-shaped sword. The blade looked like it was silver with a crown-like tooth at the end, with two of the edges of the crown being rounded, a golden square hilt-guard, and what looked like a keychain attached to the bottom of the hilt like a tassel.

Keyblade...Kingdom Key

"That was the voice from my dream!" Jaune realized as it spoke again.

Keyblade...Kingdom Key.

The voice stopped, just as more of those shadowy monsters came. One of them leaped at Jaune, and he guarded the attack with the keyblade. This time, the key made contact and struck the enemy.

The monster exploded into black dust, just like in his dream, after it hit the steel of the key. Somehow, magically used to his new weapon, Jaune began his attack and tore through the waves of heartless. As he slowly cleared the way, he quickly ran from the statue and into the forest before anymore could spawn and stand in his way. He didn't know what happened to Pyrrha or even Ruby for that matter, but he knew for some reason that the answers would lie with the door.

(Scene Break)

"What do you mean, you expect me to just wait here?! My team, my friends are out there fighting these things and you just want me to wait in one of these things?!" Blake glared harshly at the headmaster. As she did, her sensitive ears could easily pick up the sounds of dust, bullets, and cutting sounds from various students and weapons. Somehow the hangar was safe from the creatures getting in, but teachers and students alike took out arms just outside so that more could make in inside.

"Because given the situation it is better to wait for your teammates to arrive than to go on a fool's errand looking for them." Ozpin said.

"Yang and Weiss are on the other side of Beacon! And Jaune went off somewhere?! I can't even contact Ruby and Nora and Ren can't with Pyrrha either!" My friends need me..." Blake would've used her semblance to pass by had Ozpin not block her path with his weapon.

"Blake, your dedication to your friends is admirable and in any other situation I would allow you to go after them. However; this is no normal attack as you surely saw that giant sphere in the sky." Ozpin then gestured to the symbol of destruction that seemed to be getting closer, now sucking in parts of Remnant around them.

"At most we have about ten minutes to safely evacuate all the people in Beacon. I am tasked with saving as many people as I can. You can see I'm not in the mood to risk one student to save four."

"But Professor...!"

"Professor Goodwitch has Ms. Schnee and Ms. Xiao Long's locations on her scroll and is going to retrieve them." Ozpin said, relieving her a bit. "As for Mr. Arc, Ms. Rose, and Ms. Nikos...only time will tell. However I can guarantee you they will be fine."

Blake continued to listen but her will was still adamant to help her friends. "You say that but it looks like the end of the world out there! How are you so sure that they will be all right?!"

"I believe Mr. Arc now has the key."

Those words shocked Blake as the cryptic Headmaster looked to her with a serious expression. "Ms. Belladonna, what I am about to tell you has been a closely kept secret, not from this world but from many others as well. Let me explain to you what is happening and then send you on your way."

(Scene Break)

"These things just keep coming!" Yang said as she drove through another stack of creatures. She slowed down her bike to fire a few dust rounds from her gauntlets, clearing a road for her and Weiss. Said heiress was using dust and her semblance to help the yellow dragon with crowd control. "Have you managed to reach Ruby?!"

"I've been trying and she's not picking up! Even she isn't this irresponsible!" Weiss yelled over the roar of Bumblebee. The drive had taken them away from Beacon when all of this was happening, however a quick message on their scroll informed them of the situation and where they needed to go. Now they were trying to find the missing half of Team RWBY.

"Blake is already at the hangar, but there is no way I'm leaving my baby sister behind in all of this!" Yang yelled back.

"I'm not disagreeing with you, but we need to find her before that thing in the sky hits Beacon in ten minutes! Where is Ruby?! She better not be trying to play hero somewhere during all of this!" As insulting as that sounded, Weiss didn't want anything to happen to her first partner and friend since coming to Beacon.

"If she is...shit!" Yang quickly hit the breaks to stop the motorcycle as cracks appeared on the ground. She was lucky to have stopped as a large chunk of the ground was lifting up in front of them towards the swirling vortex in the sky. "We have to go around now!"

"Is that thing a black hole, it's just pulling in everything around it!" Weiss said in disbelief. How they were still on the ground yet the vortex was powerful enough now to pull pieces of Remnant up into the sky.

"Now is not the time for questions." Before Yang could steer her bike the two of them were covered in a pink aura and were lifted off the ground. The two looked up and saw Glynda Goodwitch looking down at them from an airship, a ship that they have never seen before. "The message called for an immediate evacuation. Once I found out you two were so far away I was sent to retrieve you and any other wayward students."

"You can get Ice Queen (Hey!) To the hangers, but I'm not leaving without my baby sister!" Yang almost shouted, and Weiss ignored the seeming insult from the yellow dragon. Goodwitch, however, did not have the same sentiments.

"I am not giving you a choice in the matter. I do believe that if you have faith, you will see your younger sister again." Glynda waved the riding crop, and Weiss didn't recognize what happened as the two members of team RWBY were engulfed in a light and were teleported away.

With Team RWBY safe, Glynda then turned to look up at the cataclysm in the sky.

(Scene Break)

Jaune managed to make it back to the cave and reach the end. He knew Ruby would be waiting for him. He didn't know what happened to Pyrrha, because she had just vanished. However he wasn't going to lose his first friend in Beacon, the little red leader that can break Mach speed. He reached the inner sanctum of the cave and found the girl.

"Ruby!" He called out, but something felt off. She wasn't acting normal, as if something was missing as she turned around and reached to him.

"Jaune..." As all she said before the door behind her burst open. A wave of darkness flowed from the door and thrust Ruby towards him, and Jaune tried to catch her, to keep her safe. When she came right to him, she vanished. As if she wasn't there, and the force of the darkness threw him harshly out of the cave.

"Aaaaah!"

As quickly as it had happen, his flight came to an end as he landed hard on the ground. Using his new keyblade as a crutch Jaune slowly made his way back to his feet. Looking around he saw his shield lingering on the edge next to a cliff. Running to retrieve what was left of his original weapon he quickly grabbed it without falling over the cliff. Looking down Jaune quickly discovered that his stretch of land was actually floating in the air.

"This can't possibly get any worse." Jaune complained as he turned around and looked up at the vortex in the sky.

As if to remind him of Murphy's Law, rising from the ground was a familiar figure. Scared, Jaune took a step back only to feel nothing but empty air behind him. It was almost like the platforms from his dream. Also from his dreams was the gigantic shadow monster he had fought before, the heart shaped hole in its chest was a very familiar site.

HEARTLESS: Darkside

"First those little bug things and now you. Guess that wasn't a dream." Jaune whispered as his grip tightened on his two weapons. "You know what? I don't have time to be afraid of you!" He spoke with renewed vigor.

"I'm going to knock you out of the way and find Pyrrha, Ruby, and everyone else!" Jaune declared as he took his stance. Instead of hiding behind his shield it was behind him as he pointed his keyblade at the giant.

The creature let out a low groan as if accepting the blonde's challenge. It slammed it's fist down only for Jaune to sidestep and slash causing wisps of black smoke to fly out it's wounded hand. Reeling its fist back, it's ominous, glowing yellow eyes stared down at the knight.

(Jaune vs. Darkside ost – Persona Q: Laser Beam)

Gathering up a sinister feeling aura, the colossal shadow lied down on his knees and began to concentrate energy around its chest. It's empty heart-shaped void began to glow as the creature continued to build up power.

'Just relax Jaune; you've fought this thing before.' Jaune readied himself, not willing to move from his spot.

As the blonde predicted, the creature began to fire waves of energy from it's chest. Jaune, ready and prepared, with two swings he sent the first two balls into the ground around him but on the third attack he swung the keyblade in a way that redirected it back at the creature's head. Before the knight could celebrate it suddenly fired five balls of energy at once.

"Crap!" Quickly he brought up his shield, Jaune allowed the metal wall to absorb the brunt of the attack. The feeling of safety vanished as colossal fist slammed into the shield, knocking June a good distance away and separating him from his shield.

Clearing the cobwebs from his head Jaune quickly got back to his feet. "Right, this is different from fighting Ursa." Now with both hands gripping the keyblade, Jaune rolled under the fist that then planted itself into the ground.

"Ha! You miss…whoa!"

Quickly dodging a smaller shadow creature, Jaune looked and saw a large shadow pooling around the giant fist and a horde of the shadows crawling from out of it. Two more jumped into the air trying to claw at the blonde only to meet the flat end of the keyblade. Turning them into dust, he quickly saw the hand beginning to rise from the pool of darkness.

"Oh no you don't!" Using a smaller shadow as a stepping stone, the blonde knight ran up the length of its arm to make it to the head.

'You can kill Grim quicker by aiming for their vitals like their head. It's what we learned in Professor's Port's class. Maybe it will work on these things too.'

Taking his lessons to heart, he aimed for the bandage covered head. A few swipes of the keyblade caused more black mist to rise from its head, making the creature lurch back it what looked like pain. The creature suddenly shook, knocking Jaune off its shoulder and back down to earth. At least he landed on his legs. Jaune leaped back as he saw it raise another hand.

'That's right, keep that up.' Jaune planned out in his head. The more it tried to overwhelm him with the smaller monsters, the easier it is to get to its head. It was his only shot at major damage since he didn't want to waste time slashing at its wrists.

The monster did exactly what Jaune thought it would do, however; instead of just its fist the whole arm sunk into the pool of darkness it created. Slowly it stood back into it's feet, surprising Jaune as it came out with a swirling sphere of destruction in it's hand. It looked almost like the vortex that loomed above the battlefield. Ready to move at any time, the knight watched as the giant launched the sphere up into the air. Colliding with the vortex, it began to rain smaller spheres of darkness down around them.

"Oh you have got to be kidding me?!" Jaune moved, not wanting to get hit by the destructive rain.

Satisfied with the distance the blonde gave him the creature got ready to fire another volley at the distracted knight. Quickly it took aim at the runaway blonde.

"Shit! Shit! Shit! SHIT!"

Added to the falling rain of destruction, Jaune now had to deal with the balls of darkness now aimed at his person. Quickly dodging another blast, the blonde ducked behind a nearby boulder so that it may serve as his makeshift shield. Jaune just pulled out his Scroll and began using the camera to view the giant still firing its energy at him. Putting the Scroll away, Jaune tried to plan out his next move. The boulder wouldn't last forever and his shield was missing somewhere in the chaos. It was only by pure luck that the spheres falling from the sky have not homed in on him and finished him off. The sounds of explosions and the subtle cracking of the rock ended allowing Jaune to quickly peak and see what was happening.

A distance away the colossal creature had balled up its fist and sunk it into the ground to prepare another storm to unleash onto the hiding blonde.

"Oh no you don't!" Abandoning safety, Jaune took a page from another blond he knew and ran to attack the head as it laid vulnerable on the ground.

Reeling back from the sudden attack, the creature began to stand bringing with him another ball of energy. Quickly, Jaune made a bold move and grabbed onto one of the bandages around the creature's face so that he could remain close to its weak spot. Keeping his tight grip, Jaune then turned to stare at the large eye staring back again, giving him a clear target as he thrusts the keyblade into the massive eye. Suddenly, a bright light shot out from the stab wound causing Jaune to lose his grip and fall.

"Oof!" Jaune landed on his face as he looked at the frozen giant. Light still glowing causing sparks to flay around its face. As he got up he almost fell again as the floating island began to shake and crumble around him. Looking up Jaune saw that during the fight they have been inching closer and closer, and was now nearing the massive vortex as it descended onto Beacon.

The giant limped back and floated into the air, vanishing into the black abyss in the sky. Jaune in the meanwhile was gripping a nearby rock as hard as he could, struggling to resist the massive gravitational pull towards destruction.

Slowly his grip failed. Three fingers. Two fingers. One…

"Aaaaaaaaah!" Jaune cried out as he floated away.

And much like his dream, everything went black.

To be continued…