Pyrrha was sitting on a white bed, her legs dangling off the side as Jaune's hand gripped her shoulders.
"Pyrrha, it's me, Jaune. Your partner. You remember right?" Jaune's voice quivered as his grip on Pyrrha's shoulder tighten.
"We're a team remember. Team Juniper. You, Nora, Ren, and me. We're a team."
"No I don't. I apologise if I should, but I don't remember any of those names you mentioned." Pyrrha answered as she pushed his hands off her shoulder.
"What do you mean you don't? We've been spending the past 6 months together in Beacon." His voice getting quiter as he went on.
"You're my best friend. You're Pyrrha Nykos." He whispered. His hands limp by his side as he stared at his partner.
" I don't know what to say. I'm sorry Jaune, but you're wrong. My name's Amber."
"No you're not. Your Pyrrha Nykos. Please, please remember." His voice now barely louder than a whisper. His eyes looked into hers, desperately looking for a glint of recognition in her dark green eyes.
"Wha- What happened to your eyes Pyrrha? They're darker. It used to be vivid green. Pyrrha, what happened last night?
What did the headmaster want with yo-"
The sound of the room's door opening caused two of them to see Ozpin entering the room.
"I think it might be better if I explained it myself. You might want to have a seat Jaune." Ozpin spoke. He gestured to a chair at the side of the bide.
Jaune did so while keeping his eyes locked on Ozpin.
"I'm afreaid that your part-"
THUMP.
His body bounced in the carriage at it hit a nasty bump. Massaging his temple, he couldn t help but curse. To be woken up at that timing.Right when Ozpin was gonna talk too
"That was a nasty one. Sorry about that."
Archie called out as he turned to see Jaune massaging his head.
Jaune looked out the back of the carriage seeing where they were. It was nightime and they were somewhere he didn't recognise. Nothing seemed to stand out aside from trees and the dirt road they were on."Nah, it's fine. How far away are we from Vale?"
"We should be there in ten minutes tops. You can see the walls up ahead in the distance." Archie pointed out.
Ten minutes later, the two of them were standing beside the carriage at one of Vale' entrypoints. They were having their ID checked by a guard.
"Well this is it Jaune. I have business in Vale so this is we part." Archie said as he got his ID back.
"I guess it is. Thanks for the ride Archie. One last thing though, do you happen to know where The Club is?"
(Later that night.)
Jaune was greeted to another ID check by the bouncer at the Club. The Club looked like how you would imagine a club would look like. Just a lot bigger and not quite as loud.
Jaune knew better. He knew from the visions that the Club was the center of many shady business, and a great place to get someone who could forge a background.
He just needed to talk to Junior while avoiding all the triggers he could remember. A lot of his visions here ended up with him being robbed, beaten up, drugged, kidnapped, or murdered.
I just need to avoid being in the Club if Yang shows up, avoid the twin bodyguards, and maybe if I'm lucky I get to talk to her.
As he was making his was across the dance floor making sure to avoid bumping into anyone, he noticed Junior at one end of the bar talking to someone. Someone he 's mother.
Only one of of his visions had her in it, and even then she didn't really do much. She just showed up to talk to Yang for a long time of 2 minutes.
He took a seat at the other end of the bar making sure to avoid eye contact with her. with her. Just because she isn't a trigger doesn't mean she isn't a threat.
"What will you be having?"
Jaune turned to see a man behind the counter. No doubt a bartender by the black and red look.
"I'm fine for now. I have business with Junior. Mind telling him that when he's free?"
The bartender gave him a pointed look before finally leaving him to his own but not before mumblig something about the blond ones.
Not really wanting to draw attention to himself, he decided to just watch the live performance going on in the club. Nothing too crazy, just a dj and three dancers. The dj was just waving his hand in the air while the dancers did all the hard work. Pulling off all sort of impressive dance moves.
A couple of songs later he was nudged on the shoulder. He turned to see the bartender from before wiping the insides of a mug.
"Junior says he'll meet you upstairs."
Jaune look around and saw that there were less people then he remembered.
He saw Junior upstairs giving him a look before going inside a booth.
"Alright then. Thanks." He said before making his way up. Upstairs was a lot less loud and had a really fancy tone to it.
Guess this is the VIP section. It's a lot more quiet here. Better for talks i guess.
A lot more privacy too.
He pushed aside the curtain as he entered the booth. Sitting on one side of the booth was Junior, with a shotgun in his hand.
"So what's this business you have with me?" Junior asked as he pumped his shotgun.
(End note)
I do not have an idea how Vale is actually like from the outside. Beacon as well. I honestly thought Beacon was on an island of it's own. Guess not cause it's actually to the east of Beacon. Wonder why Jaune went on the bullhead in the first place.
Thanks for all the kind words. Hoping you could expand on the inner dialogue thing though. I'm always open to ways to better my writing.
Majin Othinus:
Hope 1k words is ok with you. I could make it longer but it'll take too long for my taste.
Random stranger:
There is no a limit to how far he'll see in the future. Of course there are good ones. This entire story is him basing his action around certain visions.