Dreaming of a better future

AN/ Hello again.

Chapter 11

Jaune flew through the air, screaming as he flew over the school's buildings after getting slugged by a giant Nightmare. As the knight flew through the air he could only think of one thing as he watched everything below him. 'This is why Ozpin threw everyone off the cliffs at the beginning of the year; we really do need a landing strategy in life.' The knight thought as he watched as the ground began to come closer and closer as he realized he was going to be hurting in the morning. With that thought the knight crashed into the ground, creating an explosion of dust and dirt.

As the dust began to slowly settle down as the knight groaned in pain as he slowly lifted himself out of the crater that he had made with his crash landing.

"Ok, while that hurt, Yang still hits harder."

The knight said standing up for only a second till he fell back onto the ground in pain with a groan. The knight tried to lift himself up again as he thought about what he was going to do now that he was sent flying. 'Right so distracting the big ugly monster didn't go as planned.' He thought lifting himself up just as he noticed a shadow begin to form around him.

"Oh, shit."

The knight said as he pushed himself forward jumping forward some just in time to dodge as the giant Nightmare that attacked him landed where he had crashed. The force of the creatures landing lifted the knight up, throwing him back into a tree from the force. The knight felt pain shoot through his chest as the wind was knocked out of him till his aura kicked in relieving the pain. The knight hit the ground with a heavy thump as he slowly lifted himself back to his feet using the tree he hit as a support as he turned to look at the beast before him as it stood up towering over him.

"Hahaha…"

The beast's laughter rumbled through the ground, shaking the knight as it stood, the beast turned around smiling at him its eyes burning bright red in some twisted form of joy.

"I am must say, you are a sturdy one aren't you."

The beast spoke, its voice heavy and ragged like it had a dry throat. When the beast stood at its full height it was taller than the Ursa Major Jaune had fought back during the first semester. While not as fat, with all the muscle that the knight could see around the beast's body as it stood before him. The knight though wasn't very sure what he should do about this beast seeing as he wasn't very equipped to fight it.

Add in the fact he doubted he was strong enough to kill the monster he just gulped as he began to worry he might have made a very big mistake trying to distract the beast alone. 'Shit, I hope the others get here soon or I am dead.' The knight thought as he watched the beast lift its bone weapon up over head as it smiled at him. The knight got a better look at the weapon now that he could see it ready to crush him but he was shocked to see the weapon was made out of a spine.

"I hope you can entertain me for a little while, I do hope you don't die too quickly."

The beast said as it swung down its giant bone club into the ground where Jaune had been before he jumped back, dodging the attack. The knight covered his face as he was pelted with splinters from the tree he had been leaning against as it shattered into millions of little piece's. 'Shit, I had to go and draw the short straw, why do I do this to myself!?' The knight thought bitterly as he rolled back along the ground extending his shield and drawing his sword.

"Velvet and Coco, better find Aeron quick or I am dead!"

The knight shouted as he ran forward ducking under a swing from the Nightmare, slashing at its chest in hopes of at least hurting it some only for his sword to bounce off its thick hide like he had struck stone. The knight gave a shocked smile as he looked at the beast as it smiled at his pathetic attack. 'Yeah, I am going to die.' He thought as he jumped back dodging the beast fist from crushing him.

Earlier back in Beacon

Glynda walked along side Grace as the two headed off towards the mess hall to check if they could find Yang and see why she had decided it was a good idea to scar Cardin Winchester. They weren't that far from the mess hall as the two walked in silence, though they were getting odd looks from the students as they talked about Grace wondering who she was. The professor simply ignored the students, not really caring to say anything to stop the students but what was bothering her was the fact that Grace just seemed happy as could be about the attention.

"Oh, mother I wonder what would happen if the students over heard me call you mother."

The young blonde girl whispered as she teased, getting a frustrated sigh out of the professor as she looked to the young girl. 'Why must she be like this?' The professor thought tiredly as she looked ahead to see the mess hall before her.

"Please stop calling me mother, and please just come and help me find Ms. Xiao Long."

The professor said as she grabbed the young blondes arm and pulled her along with her as she sped up heading straight for the doors of the mess hall. As the two came up to the doors several voices caught the professor's attention.

"Let's get you some food, Helen I bet you are starving."

A cheery voice came from the professor's right as she turned to see Pyrrha Nikos walking with a young red haired girl beside her smiling.

"Hey Sara where do you think we should look for Jaune now?"

On Glynda's left came up Yang with a young blonde girl beside her walking with her chin cupped in thought. The six all stopped their talking though as they all walked up to the doors beside each other. The professor looked at the young girls beside her two students and then to Grace who was just staring at the small children as well.

"Hey Professor Goodwitch, how are you doing?"

Yang asked as she slowly took a step back till she noticed that the professor wasn't looking at her but at Sara. The brawler looked down to her daughter who was staring at the girl next to the professor. All the women looked from one another from mothers to daughters. Pyrrha stood staring frozen in shock at the girl next to Glynda as she realized who she was.

"Professor…"

The Spartan spoke up, getting the professors attention.

"Yes Ms. Nikos."

The Spartan slowly raised her hand, pointing at Grace.

"… Is she your daughter?" The Spartan asked slowly as the professor just stared as she tried to think about something to say. As the professor was about to speak up though everything around her and everyone froze, as a cold dark feeling passed over everyone? Though slowly Grace spoke up.

"A Nightmare has just arrived."

The young blonde said as the Spartan and brawler along with their respected children turned to her as she looked up towards one of the buildings off in the distance. Professor Goodwitch though only stared confused on what Grace was talking about till the Spartan spoke up.

"Wait you mean another of those humanoid Grimm is here!?"

The Spartan asked shocked as the professor looked to the young blonde beside her as she stared off at the building, her hand tight around her long swords handle.

"What are you girls talking about, what humanoid Grimm!?"

The professor asked wanting answers only to stop as a crash sounded out and the professor looked up to see someone flying through the air heading in the direction of the emerald forest. Just behind the person came flying the huge black form of some monster chasing after the person that went flying.

"What the hell is that?"

The professor said shocked as she stared at the two flying objects at a loss unable to even understand what she just saw. She was about to turn to the girls around her for answers when shouting voices came running down one of the paths from the direction the flying monster and person had come from.

"PROFESSOR GOODWITCH!"

Down the path came running Velvet, Coco and a young rabbit girl who was following them. Glynda, Grace, Yang, Sara, Pyrrha and Helen all stared at the girls that came running up to them

"Professor you have to help, just now we were attacked by some giant Grimm that just appeared from a black cloud of some weird light and attacked Jaune!"

Coco shouted, shocking all the girls as gasps sounded out. The professor was about to ask for more information only to stop as Yang, Pyrrha and their respected daughters ran off in the direction Jaune and the monster had flown.

"Wait! You can't go; we don't know what you are going to fight!"

The professor shouted ready to stop the girls on for a shadow to pass over her causing her to look up as a black haired cat Faunus man had jumped from the roof of the mess hall landing in the courtyard rolling back to his feet sprinting off in the direction the girls had ran. Before Glynda could say anything Grace ran off as well alongside Coco and Velvet and the young girl with them. The professor was on the verge of exploding but stowed it as she did the only thing she could and chased after all the girls and young man.

Back in the emerald forest

Explosions rang out as clouds of dust flew into the air through the trees as a large hulking figure tore its way through the forest. The figure gave a huge swing sending a second smaller figure flying back, crashing through several trees to crashing back into the ground with an explosion of dust and leaves. A muffle groaned was heard as Jaune slowly lifted himself off the ground shaking his head as he looked up to see the large Nightmare charging towards him.

The knight shot to his feet and turned to his right and sprinted off through the forest.

"Don't run! I have no desire to play cat and mouse with you! Just stand and fight me you pathetic Human!"

The beast howled out as it continued its charge after Jaune. A loud roar rang out from the beast as it sped up. The knight just continued his run as he jumped over downed trees, bushes and roots springing back towards Beacon as fast as he could. 'Great this is just how I wanted to spend my day!' The knight thought angrily as he ran straight at a tree, jumping at it and kicking off it, pushing him to the side as he landed clumsily rolling back to his feet and continuing his sprint towards Beacon.

He wasn't the most agile person and seeing as he was now forced to spring through a forest packed full of trees with 3 to 20 feet distance from one another, he was being forced to be as agile as he could just to keep from getting turned into putty on the floor by the Nightmare chasing him. The knight passed a glance over his shoulder, he saw as the Nightmare ripped trees from the ground as it charged after him. The knight was going to need to do something to slow the beast down or it was going to catch up to him.

As the knight was trying to think of a way to slow the beast down, movement to his left caught his attention as he turned just in time to meet the sight of a Beowulf lunging at him. The knight fell into a knee slide as the hound flew overhead. The knight quickly drew his sword, slashing at the hound cutting its head off with ease. The knight turned to see three more Beowulf's rushing toward him ready to maul him to death.

Only for the giant bone club of the Nightmare that was chasing him to come crashing into the hound's splattering them across the ground. The knight stared shocked for but a moment till he turned around quickly looking at the beast as it walked into the clearing retrieving its club.

"These runts should know better than to take another's prey."

The beast said as it turned to the knight, smiling its cracked and broken teeth exposed to him as it rested its club on its shoulders as it looked down to the knight in glee. The knight just gulped as he extended his shield and prepared to fight. 'Damn, running isn't going to do me any good now is it!' The knight thought bitterly as he could see the beast's glee grow.

"So, you are finally done running."

The beast said as it spun its club in its hand as it took a type of stance as it smile grew. The knight just tightened his grip on his sword and shield as he looked to the beast and waited for it to charge. He knew he couldn't be the one to attack first; it would mean his death. The knight didn't have to wait long as the beast shot forward, swinging its club wide, aiming to rip his head off. The knight lifted his shield as he ducked, angling the shield, deflecting the attack as it passed over him and he slashed out at the beasts arm only for his attack to bounce off like it had when he tried to cut it before.

"Shit!"

The knight cursed as he jumped forward diving under the beast's legs rolling back to his feet as he turned around ducking under the beast's backward swing. The knight slashed out again aiming to see if he could find any chinks in the beast's armor that he could exploit only for his sword to bounce off harmlessly. The knight grits his teeth as he rolled to the side, dodging the beast's fist as it came flying at him crashing into the ground in an explosion of dust and leaves.

The knight was ready to turn and run again only to bite back his fears as he jumped back using the dust cloud as a smoke screen as he tried to figure out how he was going to kill the beast. While he knew he was far from strong enough to actually do anything to the beast he needed to try, if he didn't find a way to even hurt it, when Aeron arrived he doubted either of them would be strong enough to kill it even together or with the help of his team.

The knight watched as the beast leered at him as it moved forward ready to attack again. The beast was smart and strong two things that always meant trouble for the poor knight as he tried to figure out what to do to kill the beast. The beast was slow and even if it knew how to fight its larger body made it well aimed strikes meaningless against smaller opponents like the knight who could roll, duck and jump away from all its attacks.

So the beast's huge body was its disadvantage but seeing as it was smart it was able to make up for that with timing so the knight needed to figure out a way to get through the beasts guard and strike in any weak spot he could find. The most obvious would be the beasts eyes, so that left the knight with the problem of actually strike them seeing as they were a good 8 feet above him. The knight really needed to find a spot to strike to make the beast lower itself so he could strike the eyes.

The knight jumped back just as the beast charged, slamming its club into the ground creating another huge dust cloud. The knight used it to his advantage as he ran forward diving between the beast's legs rolling to his feet behind it collapsing his shield and taking his sword in a two handed grip slashing upwards at the beast groin. The strike actually bite in this time cutting through the beast's skin causing it to howl in pain.

The fact the knight was able to hurt the beast was triumph enough for him but he knew if he didn't act now he would be putting himself in danger seeing as when or if the beast regained itself. Only the knight didn't have time to do anything as the beast spun around swinging its club. The knight had no time to dodge so all he could do was block with his sword as the club crashed into him picking him up sending him flying.

The knight was sent flying so fast he crashed through several trees till he hit the ground bouncing flipping and rolling till he crashed into a boulder shattering it. The knight groaned as he lifted himself back up to his feet wobbling all the way up using his sword to support him. The knight looked up to see how far he had flown and he just sighed as he saw that he was sent flying so far he couldn't tell. 'Well that wasn't how I expected this to go.'

The knight though just as he felt a warm liquid flow down his arm as he looked to see he had a giant splinter of stone lodged in his right bicep. The knight just sighed as he grabbed the splinter which was maybe 7 inches long and pulled it out of his arm with a hiss of pain. The knight threw the splinter to the side as he looked back in the direction he came from to see if he could spot the Nightmare only to meet the site of its club come flying straight at him. He dived to the side, rolling across the ground as the club crashing into the ground creating a huge explosion sending a huge cloud of dust into the air while also lifting the knight off the ground and throwing him back about 10 feet.

The knight lifted himself back to his feet slowly just in time to see as the Nightmare appeared before him in a flash. The knights eyes widened as he stared at the beast shocked by its speed only for a second till pain lanced through his entire body as the beast slammed its fist into his chest sending him flying back again only this time he didn't hit any trees as he came flying out into a clearing as he then crashed into a Cliffside.

The knight felt as every bone is his body rattled and more than a few broke from the force as blood spilled out of his mouth and he felt his head explode in pain and everything began to blur around him as he fell from the wall of stone he had crashed into. He fell to the ground unable to move as pain burned its way through his body, his breathing labored and his vision shot as he could only see out his left eye as everything on the right was blacked out.

'Shit, the pain.' The knight thought as he desperately tried to force himself to stand as he moved his arms against his body's protests as he lifted himself up against the cliff face as he looked forward watching as the beast came into view before him its club hefted overhead.

"I will admit you are one of the very few to actually hurt me in battle."

The beast spoke, only to Jaune it sounded like he was talking through water as it was muffled.

"I will commend you for that, but now, you are going to die."

The knight watched as the beast lifted its club overhead ready to bring it down on him. 'Damn it, I don't want to die here!' The knight thought bitterly as he tried desperately to think of something to save him only for nothing to come to him as he slowly began to resign himself to the fact he was going to die. As he did though a memory came to him. Just a small one, a memory he had almost completely forgotten. It was just a flash and words but he knew them all too well.

"I can't tell what purpose you have. The only thing I can tell you is don't give up. All I can do is stand back and watch and let you fight for yourself. I won't hold your hand; I want you to do things yourself. As long as you can fight, as long as you can refuse to lose, even when you know you can't win; you just might find what you're looking for. Now stand and fight."

That memory was only a flash, only words that had meant more than anything to the knight as he watched as the Nightmare prepared to kill him he did the only thing he could do. He forced his body to stand as he dug into himself, searching for anything that would help him so he could fight as he dug and dug till he felt just a sliver of power and used it as his body shot forward, standing as he swung his sword in both hands as the beast brought its arm down ready to crush him with its club.

The knight swung his sword, aiming at the beast's arm just as he came under it, slashing as he felt the blade push back against its hide and he used every bit of strength he had to hold the blade and cut the beast. The knight let out a roar as he screamed, refusing to die as his sword cut into the beast's arm as he cleaved it off. The beast stared in horror at what was happening as its arm was cleaved off as the knight turned towards it.

The beast stared as it saw the knight's eyes glowing bright blue as his hair turned white and dark blue marks formed under his left eye and he slashed out cutting a huge line across the beast's face taking out its right eye as it reeled back howling in pain. The beast reeled back staring at the knight as he fell forward to the ground, his hair returning too normal as he crashed onto the ground, unconscious as the beast just stared frozen in fear for several seconds.

The beast slowly regained control of itself as it growled and went to crush the knight's head and kill him, its rage boiling at the fact that this weak human had made it feel fear. The beast was about to stomp on the knight only to stop as a hug black great sword crashed into the ground before it standing straight up as it stood between the beast and the unconscious knight. The beast looked up at the top of the cliff to meet the sight of a man standing at the top.

The man was dressed in black armor with dark green Grimm markings that covered his entire body. The man had on a grey waist length coat, with a white under shirt, the armor was like a mixture of knight armor with a strange Grimm alike look to it. The knight had gauntlet hands that were clawed at the tips while the knuckles were pointed. He had black jeans on underneath his leg armor as his shin knee guards were similar to the shin and knee guards Jaune had on.

The man had on a black metal Grimm mask with the same dark green Grimm markings on it. It was a full face mask hiding everything but the man's eyes as the dark green eyes stared down at the beast hollow. His red hair flowed in the wind as he stood atop the cliff. The beast could only stare at the man as his eyes bore down on it as it slowly took a step back in fear.

Several minutes later

Glynda and all the girls ran through the forest searching for Jaune as they followed a path of destruction through the trees. Glynda looked forward at the girls ahead of her then to her right at the man who had also come with them. She had no idea who he was and that bothered her though seeing as he was helping them search for Jaune he must be one of his friends. The professor looked forward again seeing Grace as she ran through the forest desperately searching for Jaune alongside the other young girls that had come along.

The girls all were calling out either papa or father as they searched with the girls. The professor was at a loss for this as she had no idea what was happening as she worried about what it all meant seeing as Grace had claimed to be her and Jaune's daughter and now all these other young girl who were calling out to him as papa was so confusing the professor had no idea what to think or believe.

"I found him!"

Everyone turned to see Velvet pointing off towards one of the cliffs and all the girls ran in that direction. As everyone closed in they came to the sight of Jaune resting against a tree unconscious bandages wrapped around his body and head. His armor, shirt and coat resting next to him as he laid breathing slowly against the tree just a few feet from the cliff side. All the girls let out a sigh of relief while all the supposed daughters came running up to the knight, grabbing hold of his hands and arms trying to wake him.

The professor was fine with that, she wanted to know what happened only as she looked at all the concern on the girls she decided against saying anything till she saw the man who was with them walk towards the cliff. The professor could tell he saw something and decided to follow him as they walked into a clearing. What the professor saw almost made her throw up as she was met with the sight of black blood splattered across the clearing and broken bones scattered around with chunks of black flesh.

Against the cliff was what had to be the remains of some sort of Grimm as its bones were lodged in the cliff face organs spilled out as it slowly faded away. The professor turned to the man as he just stared at the scene unfazed. The man turned back to the professor with a sigh.

"Don't let the others know about this."

The man said as he walked past her toward the unconscious knight not saying anything else. The professor wanted to ask why, she wanted answers but from what she had seen she knew she wouldn't like what she heard. The professor turned back and went to help all the girls as they began to slowly carry Jaune back to Beacon. At the top of the cliffs behind a tree the black armor man stood staring down as he slowly removed his mask as he looked at two red heads walking with the unconscious knight.

The man was fairly handsome even with the sad look he had as he stared won at the group.

"So it was Helen who was sent back after all."

The man said sadly as he stared down at the group sadly. With a sigh the man put his mask back on and disappeared into the forest.

End

AN/ hurray I finished the chapter wooohoooo. Ok so I know many wanted to see Glynda react to all the daughters and stuff but this chapter was not meant to have much comedy seeing as I was trying to get my story to progress some more so I apologies to those who wanted Glynda to understand things and have very funny interactions with all the characters. Also I did another cliff hanger oh no! But yes I do those a lot. I wonder who the man is, I wonder what he wants and I can't wait for you people to review the chapter so hurray.

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