As if waking up from a nightmare Jaune sits up sweating heavily while
Also heaving in shallow breaths with feeling a hand on his shoulder he flinched and turned to see a man with gold blonde hair that's turning Grey with age and almost crystal blue sapphire eyes with wrinkles but still looking good with that beard

(imagine something close Vol 9 Jaune)

"Grandpa!"he yelled his voice high pitched with streams of tears and ran towards the man and gave him the biggest bear hug

the man stumbled a little bit but quickly corrected himself and let out a hearty laugh

"oh hohoho hey lad are you alright it seems like you were having a nightmare back there want to go watch the stars with me to calm yourself" as his grandfather hugged and gentally asked Jaune nodded and both went outside

both sat by the fire as two more tents were next to his but for some reason felt a sense of deja vu weirdly but is given a cup of hot chocolate and thanked his grandfather and took a sip "so mind telling me what that was About "

He hesitated and looked at his grandfather but the man sat patiently waiting for the boy tospeak the only noise heard were chirping from both crickets and birds in the background then decided to speak

"It was about that all my friends left me and that dad said that *sniff* didn't want me to *sniff*be a Huntsman and said I can never be a hero" said Jaune as tears start to fall from his eyes and sniffs with small sobs with his grand father looking at him with sadness but puts a hand on his shoulder and looks at him

"Jaune I ..." deeply thinking on what to say to the boy

"what do you think is a hero?" He asked which made little Jaune look at him confused but his father reapeted the question for him "what do you think is a hero?" then Jaune was thinking then quickly answered

"their the ones who save the day kick bad guy butt and save people and inspire others that's what a hero is!" he said with excitement with his mood from before being forgotten his granfather smiling at him

"true but theirs more to than just that it takes grit, integrity and a strong will of iron maybe even stronger" he said to his still confused confused grandson

He smiled softly and rustled his hair
"You might not understand right now Jaune but maybe one day you will, but can you promise me something" he asked his grandson with the boy nodding excitedly

"You have my word and an Arc never goes back on their word" little Jaune said with a proud tone

The old man looked at the boy with pride welling in his heart and smile adorning his lips

(play Audiomachine - Through the darkness (Epic Extension))

"Promise me that if for one day that if when-"

As Jaune is slowly sinking in the dark the voice of his grandfather still being heard in the background

"their will be difficulties, times when your just tired of fighting and want to stay down where there will be people that push you to your knees, further down into darkness..."

as hands start pulling Jaune down to even further into the darkness

"their will try severe everything that you truly hold dear people that will turn their backs on you"

as things are barely seen in pitch blackness where no light, no hope was reaching it was all as if...nothing mattered his eyes losing the shine and warmth he once held

"but"

as the shield was illumnating a small reflection of light and it hit Jaune's cold lifeless eyes as the darkness was wrapping around him

"when you feel like giving up, like everything, everything going dark"

He was ready to be taken ready to be engulfed by True despair as feeling that no one has ever felt as if a poison no worse just by the small feeling its as if the insides were so cold that it felt as he was being burnt from the inside out and he shuddered in fear at the sensation

"stand up for life will not show pity it will keep pushing you down even further and the way to retaliate to that is to keep getting back up, for you are not beaten when you fall, you are beaten when you choose to give up to stay down"

As if something deep within him his soul a whisper was heard once more even as it was barely heard with the other screams in darkness as the doubts are heard yelling at him to give up to stop trying the pointless struggle, yet the whisper held something powerful it held strength within it's words

"When you feel like you can't see through your darkest times look to the stars for they will be your light in the dark that will illuminate your path, we don't fight out of hate for whats infront of us we do it out of love, compassion for the things that we hold dear that are behind us"

As Jaune looks up a trickle of light is showing a path infront of him he then grabbed the shield as it let out a small light as the voice came back but now the screams of doubt aren't as loud for that small quiet voice is heard more clearer

"because When you hit your lowest point you're open to the greatest change"

"Not yet" he said as light starts to return to his eyes

" For even when those stars don't shine as bright keep moving foward tighten and your fist Jaune because we have 2 lives and the second one only begins when we realize we only have one because many good warriors see a good battle but not many are able to see the sunset"

As Jaune clenches his fist tightly "not yet" his chest getting warmer as the darkness keeps trying to get a hold on him but the shadows are slowly burning away 'not yet' he takes one step as he struggled by darkness trying to restrain him 'NOT YET'

"Because you hold the spark that can shine brighter than the sun so light your heart ablaze for life will continue on without you, so ask yourself this do you want survive or do you want to live?"

"I...I...I WANT TO LIVE!"he yelled

"FOR IF YOU WANT TO LIVE SCREAM FROM THE DEPTHS OF YOUR SOUL LET THAT FLAME FROM WITHIN IGNITE YOUR HEART TO NOT FORGET DOES YOU CHERISH AND FIGHT AGAINST YOUR FEAR, TO IGNITE WITHIN YOUR EYES TO SEE THE PATH THAT YOU FOLLOW TO IGNITE YOUR WILL FOR YOU WiILL NOT FALTER!"

As light was starting to eminate from Jaune as darkness was surrounding him and was wrapping around him and trying to get a hold of him but when they grab him the light starts to shine brightly breaking through

"SREAM FROM THE HATRED AND PAIN, SCREAM FOR LOVE, SCREAM TO LIVE, SCREAM FOR DEFIANCE!"

Jaune as he was growling and the darkness swirling around him franticly trying to take a hold on him

"LET ME HEAR YOU ROAR!"

"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!"from the deepest depths of Jaune's soul he let out a roar that could scare even the likes of Salem and an explosin of beautiful bright golden light erupts and the shadows desipate

As Jaune set with an un wavering flame i his eyes and his heart being set ablaze he ran foward as the path was starting to crumble underneath his feet, saw and quickly so he descided to climb up and kept getting difficult each step of the way he kept climbing he stumbles nearly falls even, but he always gets back up and straightens himselfback up only adding more fuel to the fire as shadowy silouettes appear out of no where and knocks him down but he sweaps it leg to make them fall and it easily disapear,and beats them by slashing every dark shadow attacking him as they don't stop attacking him

"Whatever you do, you need courage for whatever course you decide upon, there will always be someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier and Huntsman needs"

As Jaune is attacking them and running down a path dodging, weaving, attacking not letting them stop him as he keeps moving foward as he runs past them while not looking back while some figures as he keeps running he looks to see further ahead

"there will also be times when you see that you are at a dead end that their isn't anyway to get out or keep moving foward"

a dead end the edge of the cliff nothing can be seen past the thick fog he stops himself from the edge as pebbeles fall from the edge and into the endless abyss of darkness as he swallows a bial of saliva down his throat as he looks around for a way to be able to cross but no where at site starting to feel anxious

"you will start to fear what is on the other side to not know what is or isn't there the fear of unknown risk no matter how powerful you are their will always be fear in the risk of the unknown"

as Jaune was starting to look more hopeless on away out and turned around and walking away

"Have you seen it in their eyes? It was Fear, deep rotting fear! They were infected by it. Fear is not an emotion it is a sickness if you let it infest your soul it will bring you to your knees, but FEAR has two diferent meanings forget Everything And Run"

as Jaune continues to walk away he suddely stops and turns around with his eyes reflecting the edge eyeing it then the look of fierce determination returned

"or Face Everything And Rise. The choice is yours so question yourself, will you fear failure to gain success, will you fear dissapointment for failing others and the rejection for those that see the failure you go through to grow and only see your failure"

as his resolve has strengthnde and goes into a runnig stance

"because a brave man is not someone who is not afraid of something, no a brave man is someone who overcomes fear, for bravery is having the strength to fight against the odds that have been stacked against you for having something that you hold more important than anything else"

as he then takes a deep breath and sprints full speed towards the edge of the cliff

"and do you know what the first important step for that is Jaune?"

as Jaune is getting closer the the edge of the cliff he keeps pushing himself to the limits

"it's to take a leap of faith"

as Jaune does a leap from the edge of the cliff he looks to see the other end side getting closer and closer

"and at times we will fall short from said leap"

as Jaune tried to reach for the ledge he wasn't able to grab it as it was a few cenimeters short as he looks in shock and despair as all he can do is look up as he missed his shot

"but there will always be someone there to catch us for when were a few inches short"

but then two arms reatched out caught his arms "got ya"the voice yelled, as he looked up and he was shocked for the people that were able to catch him

"and the surpising thing it's mostly from the people you least expect that hand from"

"where do you think your going to Jauney boy"

"yeah come on where's the fearless leader I know cause he wouldn't give up so easily"

the two people that caught him were Cardin Winchester and Nora Valkery

"yeah Jaune I know your not the one to give up so easily" said a familiar voice as he looks up to see that Ruby Rose his first friend at Beacon was also reaching out to help him get up

"so what are you doing in looking and get up already" she said which Jaune and climbs as he was on safe land he turn to see the cliff that he jumped from

and was shocked from how far the distance he actually lept from

(the distance is like the grand canyon)


and thats where I'll end this chapter at hope you all enjoyed i did my best to capture the emotion in this chapter if I didn't i'll try to do better and please comment and let me know what you think