For the first time, my story has hit over 1000 followers! Yaaa! *Celebrates with pie, as the cake is a lie* So here's a new chapter! A bit shorter than usual, but hey, I did this chapter pretty fast. Read up the A/N at the end!

Team RWBY was setting for the dance that was to come this weekend. After Blake had been able to sleep, she was then taken by Yang for a private talk. In the end, she agreed to come to dance and was helping out setting the place up. Weiss was trying to see which table cloth to use and asked Ruby which one looked better. Ruby looked down to see two seemingly identical colors of white.

"Aren't they both the same?" asked Ruby in confusion.

Weiss huffed in frustration, "I don't even know why I asked!"

Blake looked down at it before shrugging, saying it also looked the same to her. Yang came in carrying speakers before putting it on the floor, causing the table to jump a little.

"So, have you all picked out your dresses yet?" asked Yang.

"Yep! I'm a little excited, and yet at the same time scared," chirped Ruby. Blake shook her head, saying she would need to check out some dresses, as she hadn't planned on going.

Yang grinned before turning around to see Weiss setting up doilies. They got into a small argument about it, until Weiss threatened if there were none, then there would be no fog machines.

At that point, Sun and Neptune entered the room. Weiss did an 180 about fog machines when Neptune asked about it.

Sun asked if they were all ready for the dance, in which Yang responded that she would be making heads turn. They laughed a little before Sun offered to have his team help out a little since they had time. Blake took this chance to search for a dress, as they had more people helping out now. Sun was trying to go in his usual outfit, but Neptune shut him down on that, saying that he needed to dress shirt and a tie.

Meanwhile, team JNPR was sparring against each other. They were trying to get some more training in while testing out new techniques.

"Hidden Storm!" shouted Jaune.

This was a move that involved Pyrrha, Ren, and Nora all together. And their target? Jaune.

After enduring through it, they called it off.

"Nice. That's a good move to use in the tournament or against massive amounts of Grimm if needed," said Jaune, dusting off the dust and rocks that had been on him after the attack.

The team nodded before deciding to leave, and try to help out RWBY with the dance preparation. As they were leaving, though, they ran into Boyd and his team, team BYDD.

"You!" shouted Boyd, pointing his finger at Ren, "You humiliated me in front of Dew! I won't forget this!"

"You humiliated yourself," replied Ren with an apathetic voice, causing Boyd's face to turn red. He was ready to attack when a voice called out.

"Stop,"

From behind team BYDD, team ARLN stepped out from the shadows. At this, Jaune clenched his hand so hard that his knuckles turned white. Pyrrha, noticing this and the blood lust Jaune was starting to give off, quickly clasped her hand over his. Jaune seemed to barely notice this at all as he stared at the leader of team ARLN, Aurelian Arc.

"Older brother! You're back from your mission," said Boyd happily.

"Yes. But from what I heard, you lost to some no-named orphan," glared Aurelian.

"He cheated," responded Boyd.

"Oh? Then I suppose as your older brother, I'll have to …. teach your opponent some respect," said Aurelian as he started to step closer.

Ren got into a fighting position, and Nora grabbed her hammer, ready to swing. However, he stopped to look at Jaune with disgust, noticing his bloodlust.

"What are you looking at?" demanded Aurelian.

Jaune didn't seem to hear it as he continued to glare at him.

"Jaune, let's just leave," whispered Pyrrha. Jaune didn't seem to hear her still.

"Ah, the 'Goddess of Victory' Pyrrha Nikos. An honor to meet your acquaintance," said Aurelian with a bow.

"Hello," replied Pyrrha with a practiced fake smile.

"Tell me, are you busy now? We could get to know each other. And perhaps this could become something a little more. You're a powerful woman, and I'm a powerful man. Both of us are tournament winners," said Aurelian with a practiced silky voice. Pyrrha immediately disliked him even more.

"In any case, allow me to accompany you to the Beacon Dance this weekend as your date, and perhaps we could discuss if this could become... more?" said Aurelian.

"She's taken," replied Jaune, finally snapping out of his trance.

Aurelian's face turned from practiced sincerity to undisguised disgust, "Oh? And pray tell, who is worthy to be her date besides me?"

"That would be me," replied Jaune.

"You? That's a laugh. Just because you're her leader and partner, you think you're worthy? Walk away, brat, and let the grown ups talk about having proper relationships," sneered Aurelian.

"The only brat I see is you," snarled Jaune, "and if you don't stop harassing my date and my partner, I will be forced to take action."

"Like you can do anything against the 39th Vytal Festival Champion!" shouted Boyd.

"Bring it!" shouted Nora, raising her hammer.

It seemed tense between the 12 people. It was team JNPR vs team ARLN and BYDD. However, before anyone could do anything, another voice rang out.

"That's enough."

They looked to see Ozpin and Ironwood walking forward.

"The Vytal Festival Tournament will come soon enough. You can fight your battles there," said Ozpin.

"And don't try anything stupid," warned Ironwood, "We wouldn't want you all to get in trouble, would we?"

Aurelian scoffed, as he viewed Ozpin and Ironwood below him, but just above team JNPR.

"Fine. I didn't feel like destroying weaklings anyway," said Aurelian before turning to walk away. The others followed though Aurelian paused for a second.

"Come find me when you get tired of your deadbeat partner. I'll show you what a real man's like," said Aurelian with his head turned back to Pyrrha, taking a good look at her body. He laughed and turned his head forward to see a pebble smack him in the forehead. He snarled but saw nobody was there. Confused, he walked away with his team with a red mark on his forehead.

"Arcs. They were never this bad until Vlad came to be the Patriarch of the Arc family," sighed Ironwood, "I remember his father was a decent person when I was young."

"It seems like the bad seed inherited a position of power and allowed it to spread," commented Ozpin, taking a sip of his coffee.

Both headmasters turned to JNPR, who were standing there.

"Soo, this is the famous Jaune Ryu-Long," greeted Ironwood, putting his hand out. Jaune shook it as he was confused.

"My best soldier, Winter Schnee, told me about you," explained Ironwood, "A pity you didn't apply to Atlas. You had her recommendation, and she made the condition that if you ever even put your name on the application to Atlas, you would be automatically accepted. After all, not many can say they landed a hit on Raven Branwen."

"I got lucky," blushed Jaune.

"Not from what she told me," smiled Ironwood, "Still, if you ever feel like transferring to Atlas, just say the word. I'll also be willing to take your team."

"Now, now, James. I can't let you take my students so easily," scolded Ozpin.

"Can't blame me for trying, Oz. You have the cream of the crop this year. A prodigy that was moved ahead two years. The daughters of one of the strongest teams to graduate Beacon. The Goddess of Victory. And Jaune Ryu-Long, who managed to get technically three recommendations from the hardest people to impress. Qrow, Leonidas, and Winter," laughed Ironwood.

"Mmm, I do admit, I got lucky. If you can excuse us, James, though, I'd like to talk to team JNPR in private," said Ozpin. James raised an eyebrow, which Ozpin added, "It's not about that situation. This one is a little more personal."

James nodded and walked away.

"Now, then.. Mr Ryu-Long, can you use your Semblance and manipulate the ground into a dome so we can have a private chat like you did back at initiation?" asked Ozpin.

'Why does he think my Semblance is manipulation of the ground?' thought Jaune.

"He said he did see you manipulate the earth back in initiation. They must've placed cameras in the Emerald Forest. It would make sense, as to help judge the students while grading them," stated Lung Wang.

"Let him believe this for now. There's no need to reveal your real powers to him just yet," advised Ryo-Wo.

Jaune nodded as he stomped the ground and spun a bit, causing the ground to shift until all of them were in a dome.

"Interesting. To be able to manipulate the earth so easily, just as Miss Nikos can manipulate polarity. And your parents told me," said Ozpin as Pyrrha looked at him in surprise.

"Do they know?" asked Ozpin to Jaune, to which he nodded.

"Good. It is always better to share than to keep secrets from your friends, especially your partners. Though, I am a little concerned. Are you sure you're alright? Meeting your half-brothers face to face must not have been pleasant," said Ozpin.

"You know?" gaped Nora.

Jaune sighed as he explained to them how Ozpin was easily able to deduce his ex-last name through deduction and information from other people.

"No worries, professor. I'll be able to handle myself," said Jaune, "I have my team."

"Just like you made the pebble fly into Mr. Arc's forehead?" asked Ozpin.

Jaune could only ruefully grin back.

"Do be careful, and enjoy the rest of this week. Missions do start on Monday," said Ozpin as he tapped the wall. Jaune nodded and brought his hands up before lowering it down, causing the earth to also lower back down.

As JNPR walked back to the dorms, Ren asked, "Does Ozpin not know what your real Semblance is?"

Jaune shook his head, "Like I said. I don't want this to be spread out everywhere. Even though I know he can keep it quiet, I'd prefer it remain within a small group of people."

"Got it," said Pyrrha.

"No problems, fearless leader," saluted Nora.

'Guess I can use Fafnir's powers a bit more to the public. They'll just think my Semblance is to manipulate the Earth, although I can do much more than that,' grinned Jaune.

"Not fair. I want you to use my powers a bit more," complained Lung Wang, causing the other dragons to laugh a bit.

"Don't worry. I'm sure there will be more chances for Jaune to use our powers," placated Aryz

They changed out of their clothes and showered before heading out to help team RWBY with the dance.

Night fell upon them, and Jaune was meditating with Ren at the roof. Jaune took a look at Ren and decided it was time.

"Ren?" asked Jaune.

"Yea?" replied Ren.

"Give me your hand," commanded Jaune seriously as he put his hand forward. A little confused, Ren obeyed, and Jaune clasped it.

"So you have decided?" said Lung Wang, "Which Dragon's Mark will you use?"

'I'm using Othim and Andusk,' replied Jaune.

"A good choice. Using us two for Lie Ren," said Andusk.

"Not only well the shadow power increase his Semblance's effects, but the light can also increase his already incredible Aura control," nodded Othim in reply.

"Then, repeat these words while clasping his hands. Link up with Othim and Andusk, and let the Aura gather in your hands," advised Ryo-Wo.

Jaune linked up with Fafnir first, stomping his leg to create 4 walls surrounding them to avoid anyone peeking.

"In my hands, I trust you to with my blessing. To defend those who cannot do so, and to aid my clan. To be able to protect those worthy with your new power. Will you do so, Lie Ren of the Ren clan."

Ren paused for a second before figuring out that Jaune was blessing him with a Dragon's Mark. "I will," said Ren with a smile.

"Then by my power and contracts, I bless you with Othim and Andusk's Dragon Mark. Prove to me you are worthy of their marks."

With a bright flash, Ren felt something being burned onto the back of both his hands. As Jaune let go, he looked down to see a black dragon's claw on his right hand, and a white dragon's claw mark on the left hand. He could feel his Aura had increased quite a bit, and yet he still had perfect control of it.

"I'll definitely prove to you I am worthy," said Ren as he put his left hand over his right fist and bowed.

The next few days passed by fast, and the dance was soon upon them. Dew had been asked by Boyd many times, and rejected him each time flatly. The same was with Pyrrha and Aurelian, except he was more assertive and commanding. He grabbed Pyrrha and tried to kiss her, only to find a knee to the crotch from Pyrrha before Nora swung her hammer at his legs, hoping to break his legs. He didn't have time to activate his Semblance, so his Aura took the brute force. Upon impact, Nora made it explode, sending him flying away. They were let off with a warning, as Aurelian did try to force himself on Pyrrha. Aurelian's punishment for forcing himself on a girl was to be banned from the dance, much to Pyrrha's delight. To Nora's disappointment, she didn't break his legs.

As the night came upon them all, everyone who could attend the dance was excited. Ruby was hoping to switch back to her shoes and hoodie, though, as she was not used to wearing stilts at all. She was wearing a red dress with black outlines and was hoping not to trip anytime soon. Weiss and Yang both wore white dresses, though Yang wore hers with a hint of sexiness while Weiss portrayed more elegance. Blake wore a dark purple dress and decided to switch her black bow for a turquoise bow. Team NDGO all wore strapless dresses of different colors. Nora was in her pink dress, and finally, Pyrrha was wearing a halter style red dress. Ren and Jaune were wearing their tuxedos.

Soon, they were dancing with their dates. Pyrrha was happily placing her head on Jaune's chest as they danced. The next dance was with Yang, followed by Dew, Ruby, and finally Blake. Yang danced quite sensually with Jaune during their time. Dew was happily dancing when Boyd, of course, made a scene. He was quickly shut down by team CRDL and SSSN, who didn't like him at all. It had been cute dancing with Ruby as she kept stumbling a bit. In the end, she had her feet on Jaune's shoes as they danced so she wouldn't trip. Blake danced with Jaune for awhile before Sun requested to at least have a turn with her, promising he wasn't trying to steal her away.

Ren alternated between Nora and Octavia. When they decided to take a break, Jaune noticed Weiss hadn't been on the dance floor at all. Yang was busy at the front, greeting any other people who had come to the party later. She had just greeted Emerald and Mercury. He looked to see Weiss trying to coax a dying flower before looking at Neptune, who was joking with Sun and Blake and then at Jaune. When she saw him looking at her, she looked away in embarrassment.

"What's wrong with Weiss?" asked Jaune to Ruby.

"Well..."

Flashback begins

"I'm going to ask Neptune to the dance today!" declared Weiss. It was a day before the dance, and it was night.

"Good luck," cheered Ruby.

"Still can't believe you're choosing Neptune over Jaune," said Yang.

"She does have a reputation to think of," remarked Blake.

Weiss walked away from their dorm, hoping to catch Neptune. She found him easily walking back to his own dorms.

"Neptune! Wait up!" shouted Weiss.

Neptune turned around to greet her, "Oh, uh, hey, what's up?"

Weiss clasped her hands behind her back, trying to look innocent and cute, "I know this is a little unorthodox, but... I wanted to ask you something. Would you... like to accompany me to the dance tomorrow?"

Neptune rubbed the back of his head in slight embarrassment, "Oh. Well. Umm.."

"Yes?" asked Weiss eagerly.

"I'm... flattered, but... I'm going have to say no. I'm sorry," said Neptune uncomfortably, "I... kinda had plans made with the guys for the dance."

"Oh," replied Weiss without any emotion, "Well.. Ummm. Okay. I guess I'll see you later then."

Weiss quickly ran back to her dorms, tears threatening to come out. She ran into her bed at the JNPR room. Team JNPR was out, making a supply run. Only team RWBY was there.

"Did he say yes?" asked Ruby excitedly.

Weiss raised her head to show them all her tear stained face.

"Oh Weiss," said Yang sadly, sitting next to her and hugging her.

"I think I'll have some words with Sun," announced Blake, thinking what to tell him about his best friend.

"No," said Weiss, "It's my fault for falling for him when Jaune was the perfect person. He even has a justified reason for having multiple wives. I was just too prideful that I wanted my future husband to only have me. I'll have to live with my mistakes. I made my choices, and I'll suffer the consequences."

"Cheer up. I'm sure Jaune will accept you," said Ruby.

Weiss shook her head, "How could he? He knew I was going to chase after Neptune and let me go. He even wished my good luck and fortune! It would make me seem pathetic and desperate to try to come back to him now."

In the end, they went to bed early. Team JNPR missed out on the conversation.

Flashback ends.

"Neptune rejected her?" asked Jaune. Ruby nodded in reply.

Jaune sighed as he looked at Weiss who seemed depressed, sitting on a chair and gazing at the dance floor. Making his choice, he rose up.

"I'll be back," said Jaune. He walked forward to Weiss, standing in front of her, and bowed.

"May I have this dance?" asked Jaune. Weiss looked up in surprise before smiling sadly, "You don't have to do this."

"Ah, but I want to," replied Jaune, "And I won't take no for an answer."

Weiss looked a bit happier before accepting the waltz. As they danced with the music, Weiss started to talk, "I'm sorry."

"For what?" replied Jaune.

"For breaking up and falling for a stupid jerk," replied Weiss, "I made a stupid choice, and have to live with it. I know that I'm no longer a candidate for one of your girls, but I want us to still be friends. Maybe in the future, you can find it in your heart to forgive me. To accept me back if it's not too late."

Jaune merely smiled, "I have always cared for you, Weiss. When you wanted to see if you could get in a relationship with Neptune, I was willing to let you go. For now, let's just see how our friendship goes, see if it evolves into something else. If you want to become one of my girls, though, promise me you won't do it again. I don't think my heart can suffer another break."

Weiss cried, this time with tears of joy, as she leaned into his chest, "Thank you. I can't believe you're so forgiving. I hope in time, our friendship will be even stronger, and perhaps grow back to what it was."

As the song ended, Jaune gave Weiss a peck to her cheek before leading her back to a table with the rest of their friends. He noticed Ruby was gone, and when he asked, they told him that she decided to step out for some air, and maybe replacing her heels with more comfortable shoes. They continued to dance through the night. Jaune danced with the rest of team NDGO to let them have a good time, too.

Ruby was outside, getting some air when she noticed someone running on the rooftops. Deciding to investigate, she went after the figure.

Cinder was running towards the Beacon Tower, where the CCT was, while everybody else was busy with the dance, wearing tight black clothes that were revealing and a mask. She had received the go-ahead sign from Emerald and Mercury. Using stealth, she took out the guards with a series of close combat skills as well as manipulating fire Dust into dual blades. As she walked up to the elevator, it opened, revealing two guards who were just about to get off duty. They were so surprised at the intruder that they didn't do anything as she entered the elevator with them, pressing the top floor.

A minute later, the elevator opened up at the top floor with both guards knocked out. She quickly dragged the guards to the side while stealing a Scroll from one of the guards for herself before logging into the mainframe. She quickly put the stolen Scroll to use, being able to access the main system before uploading a secret program and virus into the mainframe that she had gotten from her secret friend in Atlas.

Ruby had arrived at the Beacon Tower to see the knocked out guards. She quickly summoned her weapon, Crescent Rose, with her scroll. She considered calling her friends but thought better of it. By the time they got here, it might be too late. She entered the building, taking the elevator to the top floor.

Cinder had been typing in a few commands when she got a message from Emerald, telling her Ironwood was leaving the party. She acknowledged, saying she had just finished the upload. All the computer screens lit up, showing a black queen chess piece. As she stood up, pocketing the Scroll, she heard the elevator ding. She quickly hid.

Ruby stepped out of the elevator with her weapon ready. She stumbled a bit, not used to heels, before shouting out if anyone was there.

Surprisingly, Cinder stepped into view. When Ruby demanded her to take off her mask, Cinder opened a container of ice dust, flinging it in the air. Using her skills in Dust manipulation, she formed ice shards and shot them at Ruby. Surprised, Ruby spun her scythe, blocking them all before firing her gun. Cinder blocked each bullet with her hand while channeling Aura. Ruby noticed that her opponent's legs and arms seemed to glow, as well as her eyes.

Cinder spun around after blocking the bullets, forming her dual blades from fire Dust. Ruby jumped forward and tried to slash her with an overhead slash, but missed. Cinder did a couple backflips before summoning three arrows composed of fire Dust, shooting them at Ruby. She jumped back quickly and fired at Cinder, who dodged it this time. Suddenly, the elevator opened up to reveal Ironwood. Ruby smiled as she saw she had backup, but when she looked back to where her opponent was, she was gone.

Jaune turned his head towards the direction of the Beacon Tower. He could feel that some sort of fight just went off, but couldn't pinpoint it. Closing his eyes and linking with Andusk, he spread his sense towards it. There, he felt Ruby's and Ironwood's Aura, but nobody else. Shrugging, he went back to dancing with his current partner, Dew.

Cinder quickly took off her mask and used her remaining Dust to change the clothes of her Dust-imbued clothes, going from her stealth mode into an open back halter black dress, with a slit at the bottom to show her legs, and matching black dress gloves. She walked into the dance, asking a random boy to dance with her. The guards that had been trying to chase her burst into the room, only to be unable to even locate the suspect.

"Dammit. Suspect got away," muttered the guard into his communications device.

Cinder finished dancing with the random boy before walking to Mercury and Emerald and requested a dance with Mercury. Emerald obliged, walking to take a seat. Cinder then whispered to Mercury, saying her part of the job went off with a success. When asked what to do next, Cinder chuckled before replying that they should enjoy the rest of the night, as it was a party.

Jaune was dancing with Pyrrha and Blake, as others went to mingle. Everybody was unaware of what Cinder had done.

Alright, some random stuff. Got another person helping me betaread this, so I have 2 helpers now! So give it up for TheMischieviousPuppyDog and Jauneforever!

Thank you readers for following me thus far! Appreciate it, really!

Now for some random review responses! Mostly ones I can't pm back. Just a reminder, remember the tags I put. Thats the pairing.

Dragonslayer: Did think about it, decided not to. Might get too close to LordHellPhoenix if I did.

Guest: You misread that chapter. I said Pyrrha unlocked it, so she could house 2 marks. Plus, I wanted something that would enhance her Semblance ability. Each dragon is marked for each girl for special reasons, whether natural ability or Semblance, or secret power.

That's It! Hope to see you all in the next chapter! It's mission time, and I've prepared on how it's going to go!