Watching Things (Unknown Version)

by The Unknown Plague

What is life except for a puzzle, a riddle, a test, a mystery, a game — whatever challenge you wish to compare it to. But with everything in life, there are things that affect your life with choices or events that are out of your control. What can the cast of RWBY see when they throw the dice and see what kind of life that their blond knight can, will, or has lived?

13. Ascension

Goddamn, kill me. I was finally able to finish this up after it was such a pain typing it up on the phone then getting the whole thing right. It's a long one and there might be some bumpy parts as I tried getting it right with removing the game elements and make it realistic as possible.

Starting off with the beginning if the entire franchise which is the start to even before the first game. Yeah, when I make the rest probably gonna be shorter and stick more with the other three in the cutscenes and bosses. So enjoy and also got a question.

Should I make a version of this with rule 63 characters? That is probably gonna be similar to this one with a twist of my own since no one has done a version like that. I'm probably still gonna do it eventually. Enjoy, later, whatever.

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"Come on Blake, you gotta admit. That was pretty sweet, maybe you should give," Yang got a hand over her mouth from Weiss who was getting annoyed by the constant chatter.

"Please, enough." Weiss took her hand away from the blonde's mouth and grabbed her cup of tea taking a sip.

"Yeah, give the girl a break, you could be next." Coco heard Yang blow a raspberry at that idea.

"I hear something," Velvet moved looking around as her ears stood up hearing the faint sound of screaming and yelling, Blake could also hear it as it was getting louder until they all began to hear it coming up from the ceiling again; screams also coming from the walls.

"Look out!" Yang shoved Ruby and Blake as she jumped back as the wall had slid open and out came three people, two tall as the other was a bit smaller.

"Winter, Whitley, father!?" Weiss looked at her older and younger sibling lying on the ground delirious as their father was trying to get up looking to be confused.

They were in a pile while the other wall across opened up and two came out rolling and yelling, the sounds of hits being traded heard by the fists moving.

"Pathetic drunk!"

"Psychotic bitch!"

Two large robotic hands reached down and grabbed the two from their little pile and began to pull them apart until holding both of them apart in each hand, they both then gripped hard making cracking sounds be hard as they grunted before lessening their grip letting them breathe. Once they were done the hands let go and dropped them to the ground where they lay groaning in pain.

"Mom!?" Yang was in disbelief seeing her mother for the first time in years.

"Uncle Qrow!" Ruby yelled excited to see her uncle but unsure of the other woman that she knew as Raven, she also knew of Yang's issues with her. She rushed over and helped him up as he groaned feeling his back cracking as he stood up.

"Aw, that hurts…" He mumbled as he was helped over to his seat by Ruby as many of the others were helped off the floor.

(After some explanation)

"Alright, I'm sure that I passed out in the bar." Qrow sat in the seat nursing a glass of water as he felt a headache. His body also hurting from the robot manhandling.

"I hate to agree with the fool, but he's right. That is nothing but insanity," Winter sat near Weiss as she had a cup of tea helping her relax from the sudden rush she experienced being thrown in here.

"I will have the head of whoever trapped us in here!" Jaque announced as he held his head from the pain, his son next to him agreeing as he held a pack of ice to his head.

"Can you shut your dad up?" Ruby asked as Weiss only ignored her father as she was with Winter, the Schnee family split apart into different seats not wanting to speak with each other or be near each other.

"Boring," Nora announced as she wanted to move on from this awkward situation with something, anything. She hopped up from her seat and kicked the table making the dice jump up and fly in the air before she caught them on her hand and rolled them down the length of her arm and back down the other arm onto the table where they stopped and suddenly flashed brightly in a dark color as she jumped back into her seat.

"How...uncouth," Whitley mumbled to himself seeing Nora's actions.

The screen started and luscious land miles from anything else could be seen as flora and fauna could be seen all around, untouched by anything that could harm it or ruin. A warm summer breeze moved the long grass and wheat which grew ready for harvest, in the center of this all was a small building that looked like a shack. It was made of stone and mortar as a tree grew a few feet away along the trail leading up to the wooden door which was open.

"Whoa, that place looks so pretty!" Nora was in wonder of how amazing the land looked she had seen, many when she was younger with Ren, but this was like the perfect image that could only ever be imagined. Ren nodded in agreement as he looked at the landscape, even before the village was destroyed he had never seen such beauty in nature.

"Astonishing, you never see many places looking like this due to Grimm, and when you do it never lasts long." Port had seen this before villages were built and torn down by the beasts. Ozpin silently agreed as it reminded him of when he would live in his cabin alone, all until those four showed up and changed things for him.

"It's peaceful," Pyrrha notes as the silent but warm feeling of the area would be lovely for a family.

"Hmm, could be valuable resources in such a place, if not an excellent business opportunity of a resort for the upper class." Jacque pondered as he saw a future business opportunity or the SDC profit.

Inside could be seen as pots and pans made from cast iron and copper were hung along the walls or on hoods. On the counters were other things found in old homes which were slight decorations as a table sat in the center of the room, at the table sitting in a chair was a man.

His flesh looked to be the color white as there was a red tattoo running across half of his body going up his left side and down his back while also reaching his leg. A red cloth with a design of red and gold covering his waist as sandals had straps which ran up to his calf. Around his forearms were leather gauntlets, underneath them was cloth wrapped tight as chains were also wrapped around above them. The chains were attached to two blades which lay on the ground.

He held his head looking in distress as he seemed to be scanning the empty room and holding his head as the hair on his head was short greatly looking to have just been cut. On his chin was a small amount of hair which grew into a goatee.

"Is that the fellow we are here to watch dear sister?" Whitley asked Weiss from his seat as she gave him no more of an answer than a nod.

"Well, he certainly looks barbaric." He stated looking at him as he sat there,

"Why does he look so...disturbed?" Emerald questioned as Cinder was looking at his body movements.

"Almost as if he's confused." Cinder noted from the look in his blue eyes which searched for something frantically, looking over every inch of the room he currently sat in.

"Jaune - Jaune looks different, lots of muscle," Nora noted as she had seen his body sometimes when he was changing, but this one looked like it was sculpted from years of work and training.

"Look at those blades," Ruby pointed at the two blades which looked like normal flat steel, the handles had what looked like the teeth reaching over the back and the head was the hilt as they laid on the floor.

"Creepy…" Velvet said as he watched him still sitting there.

He took a breath and looked down at the table, a ring with a gem glowing bright, next to it was what looked like a cloth necklace, a similar glowing gem attached.

He slowly raised his hand and reached for them placing his hand over them on the table, he pulled his hand away and looked to see that nothing was there as he clenched his fist in anger and confusion as he sat there.

As he sat there a man appeared from nowhere, his skin black, his eyes glowing orange similar to the stones in his flesh around his arms and chest. He watched the warrior before speaking to him.

"Your mind is troubled." The warrior instantly grabbed the chains, he stood up and pulled his right arm bringing the blade from the ground and it the man's neck. But he disappeared leaving a thin curtain of smoke which was quickly gone. He pulled back and the handles of the weapons were in his hands.

"But you're skills are still without equal." The man spoke again, now behind him near the door to outside. He turned still holding the blades ready to kill as he watched him

"What business do you have with me?" The warrior spoke in a rough voice, the man nodding his head keeping his hands where they could be seen.

"He was quick to attack," Pyrrha saw the speed and reflex which were used to attack without hesitation.

"He didn't even hesitate when he swung," Ironwood noted as he watched his movements.

"That's a good thing," Raven stated fast as she herself had cut down intruders without a second thought.

"I do, but this is not the manner to discuss it."

"I see no other way." The warrior quickly stated stepping closer to him.

"You have no reason to trust me. Spartan I only ask that you try." The man asked him as he began to soften his glare, he saw a woman walking behind the man. His eyes locked onto her's never leaving them as she walked slowly, the other man not aware of what was happening.

She had skin which looked to have been kissed by the sun leaving her beautifully tanned all around. Her hair, which made him think of dark amber pulled deep from the earth, it was tied up behind her as she wore a blue dress. She smiled at him lovingly before walking out toward the door never breaking eye contact with him. Her eyes a dark brown as the beauty mark beneath her eye accentuated her looks even more. She began to leave the small home heading towards the outside fields. The warrior placed his blades on his back and began to walk towards the door following her.

When he made it to the door he saw that she was now gone.

Many of the group who had seen the woman was shocked.

'The maiden? Interesting.' Cinder thought while many others were wondering what was happening.

'The maiden, what is she doing there?' Qrow remembered the last place he saw her was inside the giant metal machine that they were going to use to move her soul out and put in some new girl. Now she was walking perfectly fine.

'So different than seeing the poor girl laying in that machine…' Glynda remembered when she was brought to them and placed in that machine.

"Who's she?" Coco questioned looking at the woman as her outfit was not the best, granted it must have been that back then. Today it would be an embarrassment.

"Why did Jaune react like that, and where'd she go?" Ruby asked as she saw the look in his eyes. Confusion surprise and fear like he did not know what was happening or what he was seen.

"I don't think she was real, like the jewelry that he tried to grab the table, she just disappeared." Winter had been watching and noted he must be hallucinating.

"Your thoughts are not your own but I can help you." The man spoke up as he held his hand up to him offering something.

"I believe these belong to you?" The warrior held out his hand when he did the other place the object into his hand while his own was passing through, but the object stayed within his. He looked to see the pieces of jewelry that were on the table before they disappeared.

"Use these items to still your mind, Jaune. Do not let the illusions deceive you." He spoke as Jaune was looking at them in confusion as if he was trying to see what he spoke of. As he did the room began to disappear as all that was remaining with sand and dirt with destroyed furniture, decayed walls slowly falling apart from time. He looks around confused until he saw that the only thing that remained the same was the man who had given him the jewelry.

"That was all fake?" Port was shocked by what had happened.

"Hey, similar to your semblance," Mercury said to Emerald who agreed with him. She could create many illusions to trick, but they were never real. Cinder found such a trick interesting.

"How did those things help him?" Coco wondered.

"Maybe they have deep meaning to him." Velvet wondered herself seeing his reaction to the jewelry.

"Maybe something to do with that woman he saw," Wheatley stated as his father was watching in silence.

"Have the visions ceased?" He asked him remaining where he stood as Jaune turned to face him, his hand still clinging to the items in it.

"I see only you."

"Great job captain obvious," Mercury muttered.

"Good, you will need the skill for the path ahead." He quickly moved closer to the door checking for something.

"And what path is that?" Jaune questioned as he stood there.

"The path of freedom, Jaune."

"Jaune's trapped?" Ruby was confused by what the man stated.

"Within his mind, Miss Rose." Glynda answered for her, she made an 'oh' sound before nodding and looking back.

"Freedom?" Jaune questioned confused by his statement. He had no chains keeping him in place or guards watching him.

"Freedom from the furies who relentlessly hunt you in the name of Ares. And ultimately freedom from your bond to the God of War himself." He informed him as he stood there with a look of disbelief.

"So he serves the god and now wishes to break it?" Penny asked as this was new information to her as she tried processing it.

"Not an easy feat to accomplish." Ozpin silently spoke into his mug.

"Break an oath with a god? Ha," He listened the man's words and nonsense, nothing but insanity behind each word.

"Gods? Like actual gods?" Yang asked as there were lots of religions, but to actually see one that is real was different.

"This is another world it is a possibility. They could truly exist in physical form." Oobleck informed her.

"Of all the mindes in question, mine is not one to worry about." Jaune then heard the noise that sounded like screeching, he turned to face the window where you can see the woman walking away down a tunnel. The man disappeared as he broke out into a sprint going out the door and looking around frantically as the woman was now gone again. The man once again returns looking at him frantically searching.

"Hey, its that woman again!" Nora yelled pointing to where she once was.

"It was a fake, Nora." Ren reminded her.

"You go from sound mine to chasing an illusion in the beat of a heart. Is that any life for a great warrior?" He yelled as the sounds were getting louder.

"The furies are near. They cannot know I speak with you." He began walking past Jaune heading for the tunnel.

"I will lead them away. The truth waits for you in Delphi, Jaune. Seek the oracle in the mountains, free the serpents and they shall reveal the path!" The man informed him before dashing away leaving him alone, he looks back at the jewelry before placing it in a pocket of his belt. Once he did he began making his way down the tunnel into an abandoned village that was destroyed centuries ago.

"These Furies seem to be hunting Arc like an animal. The sounds they make are much worse." Oobleck watched and waited to study all the things that were within this world.

"They must be relentlessly from what that guy told Jaune." Coco reached grabbing her cappuccino which she ordered from the arms.

"What do you think the oath he made was?" Nora questioned.

"I'm not sure, I wonder why he made it." Ren himself was curious as to why he would do such a thing.

"Well, whatever it was, must not have been good." Weiss knew all deals had a bad end to them.

"If it was to the 'God of War' then it must not have ended badly. Possibly bloodshed," Oobleck quickly answered from his knowledge of God's and beliefs in war.

He walked down the tunnel until finally making it to the village where homes had collapsed and filled with sand, he slowly walked around as he went deeper inside. As he walked he came across a metal club which had been jammed into the ground by the path he was taking. As he looked at them a screech was heard and he walked over grabbing the handle, he then pulled and easily ripped it free from the ground before holding it over his shoulder looking around. He kept walking deeper in until he stopped feeling the ground shaking from something. They grew stronger as the sound of something stomping towards him could be heard.

Soon an elephant blowing its trunk was heard as a home crumbled with something smashing through. When the dust cleared a large monster looking like a man and an elephant in one stood holding a giant metal club.

"Fascinating, such an interesting creature." Oobleck began to quickly sketch a picture of the beast finishing in seconds.

"Indeed, I wonder if it would be worth the hunt! A worthy opponent!" Port announced seeing the power of its strength.

"These people are weird," Emerald noted for the professors.

"That thing is huge!" Ruby was stunned it curiosity seeing the monster mashing through a building

"Come on, break its legs!" Nora yelled wanting to see her leader kick some butt.

Many watched as they were interested in how this version of Jaune fought. It was going to be an experience indeed.

The beast blew it's trunk before it began charging at him aiming the sharp tusk right for his abdomen. Jaune quickly rolled out of the way and left the monster to smash into another building that was behind him making rocks fall onto it.

He quickly stood up and began watching its movements. The elephant's club swung around smashing more buildings and throwing dirt all over the place making it difficult to see and make Jaune cover his face protecting his eyes.

When it cleared he put his hand down and saw the club coming down to crush him, he rolled back leaving the spot empty which was turned to chunks of rocks as the elephant beast had gotten it stuck. It began to pull at its weapon attempting to dislodge it.

"He is an agile fighter, he is trained." Ironwood watched his movements which were similar to a soldier fighting in combat.

"He's also learning what it can do, not just fighting blindly. He is highly skilled not to underestimate his opponent." Winter informed those watching.

"His anger seems to be the main factor in his skills." Ozpin watched remembering those who used anger in their skills and style. It was dangerous making one very destructive.

Jaune took the opportunity to strike as it was vulnerable. He lifted his own club as he ran towards it jumping over its hand as it swung at him. When he landed past the hand he ran up the club to see the monster eyes looking back at him right as he jumped and swung the weapon down with all his might smashing it into the side of its head drawing blood and making it let go of the club stumbling back holding its face. Jaune did not stop his attack as he landed back on the ground.

He got up and ran forward as the club was low scraping the ground. As he got closer he yelled swinging up as the spikes tore the flesh off its belly making it blow it's trunk again in pain, he continued swinging smashing into its legs and knees in an attempt to disable it. Blood sprayed before it fell as he broke the club turning it into scrap and wood chips from beating the beast's limbs.

"Such strength and power." Cinder watched as she beat the monster with an old club he tore from the ground.

"He fights so brutally," Emerald stated as Mercury held his knee, he could feel the phantom pain in his fake legs.

Suddenly there was clapping coming from Neo who had the biggest smile on her face watching. This one certainly was her favorite so far.

"Come on!" Ruby and Nora yelled as Winter glared.

"This is the people you associate with?" She questioned Weiss who looked down staying silent.

"Ugh, nothing but a barbaric animal." The youngest Schnee child spoke out from what he was seeing

"Raaah!" Jaune yelled as he shoulder charged the head and knocked it back breaking off a tusk. He gripped onto the head as he was in the air and pulled forcing it to the ground. He reached back and drew a blade which glowed white with fire as he began to stab the top of its skull over and over again.

He ducked as it tried grabbing him to make his stop when it failed he continued stabbing until finally breaking into the skull and forcing it in deep until he began to pull with all his strength fighting against its own until opening its skull like a ball cutting it in half. Blood sprayed all over as the beast's brain fell out and it quickly turned to black smoke disappearing.

"Haha! That's how you take down your opponent!" Port clapped cheering from the display of power and raw primal fighting. The true skill of a man fighting for survival.

"Ugh, I'm going to be sick." Whitley was disgusted by the act of violence he witnessed. His hand clutching his gut as the other over his mouth.

"He is certainly an intimidating man if I had someone like that negotiations would be much simpler." Jacque was interested in seeing how violent and terrifying he was. The perfect guard dog if trained properly.

Jaune looked over to see another elephant climbing out of the ground from a portal releasing black smoke. He glared as more monsters kept coming resembling humanoid shapes which he watched holding blades. The goat monsters roaring as they held large heavy blades over their shoulders.

He growled and started running towards them all as the chains we're glowing brighter after killing the last elephant. He dropped the blades and quickly grabbed the chains as he spun around pulling them along making a cyclone of fire that sliced a few in half. He stopped and rolled from the club which killed more monsters.

The chains returned to his hands as he threw one and embedded it into one of the smaller enemies, he pulled them over yanking on the chain as he grabbed them before he punched his fist inside his gut, he then let go of the blade taking it back and forcing his other hand in the creatures gut where he began to pull them apart until finally ripping the beast into two.

"Awesome!" Nora yelled as she watched to do that to a Grimm with her own bare hand.

When he killed the creature he tossed the two halves at others fast as he pulled his blades from his back and held them on front crossing catching a blade that was coming down at his head, he pushed back making them stumbled back. It turned again to strike as Jaune took the chance and crossed his arms and pulled the handles of the blades cutting the head clean off of the things neck. The body fell back turning to smoke as he continued to slaughter more of the beasts dodging each swing from the elephant until as one climbed onto his back grabbing his head he began to pull at its wrists in an attempt to pull it off. As he ripped its hands off he felt the cold steel smash into his side launching him into a pile of crates and leaving him with a large chunk of wood in his side.

"Ugh!" Jaune growled as he grabbed the wood feeling it in his side. He grabbed it and pulled forcing more blood out as they were slowly moving towards him drawing their blades ad dragging them across the ground drawing lines behind them. He kept pulling until finally he ripped out the chunk and rolled to the side as a blade came slamming down for his head, he grabbed the arm of the beast and slammed the wooden spike into its skull killing it as he ripped the blade from its hands and stood up slowly using the blade as a balance so that he didn't fall over.

"How is he still standing?" Penny questioned as she saw the wound he sustained from the attack, his small intestine and liver would be destroyed as he would be left in agonizing pain unable to stand.

"Come on, don't give up!"Ruby and Nora cheered as they remembered when he was a ruler and lost due to being hurt and weak.

"Fight!" Pyrrha yelled surprising some as she covered her mouth blushing. "Sorry."

As he stood up he glared at the large elephant as more came in droves, he pushed himself off the blade as he started running for the monster. He threw the blade like a spear and got its arm stunning it as he pulled out both blades, burning hot, and jumped over the swing that it tried in order to stop him as he stabbed them into its chest. It didn't kill the monster but he began to pull himself over to its back where he ripped the blades out and stabbed one into the shoulder of it making it blow its truck loudly.

"Move beast!" He yelled stabbing the other blade into the bare shoulder and making the elephant beast swing its club crushing more of the smaller enemies, he forced the elephant to do his commands by stabbing it in its shoulder or both at the same time.

"He's using the monster against them? Fascinating," Oobleck noted that down as he kept watching.

"That's awesome," Ruby had stars in her eyes as she thought about using crescent rose on a big Grimm.

"Don't even think about it, the nevermore from initiations was enough of riding Grimm." Weiss started quickly.

He continued using it until finally all of them were dead, once they were he jumped up with his blades and stabbed the elephant deep in its head before jumping off and ripping the hole in its skull killing it. He stood watching the beast fall back as all the bodies vanish, the blood dripping from his body, hard to tell if it was his or the monsters.

"Ugh, I'm going to be sick," Weiss and Winter rolled their eyes after hearing their brother's words repeated. But they too felt queasy from such amount of bloodshed.

"He was able to withstand such injuries during battle to only finish them all off… spectacular." Penny said happily as that recording and data was stored.

"Does this world posses aura? Or does his abilities stem from something else?" Ozpin held his chin as he inspected this version of Jaune.

He put the blades on his back as the chains vanished and he continued moving through the village. As he walked his wounds began to slowly close up over time that he walked through the village. The large gash he got from the wooden stake had almost completely disappeared while he moved around a large cage to climb up to a wall he could not reach. He hung from the rope reaching the second floor, he kicked his feet back and let go as he went landing on the ground just as the hole closed up leaving no scar.

"Interesting," Ironwood noted watching his healing abilities. The questioned begged, how much could he take before he was killed?

"He fights so brutally, very berserk like Yang when she's mad," Ruby noted.

"No, he's worse than me." Yang thought about his fighting. He didn't stop until every last one was down. But he made sure they stayed down by ripping them apart.

"He's better." Raven impressed of how he showed no restraint or mercy to his enemy.

"Father, over here." The voice of a child called out making him stop and look up, as he did he saw at the entrance of a room there was a little girl with big blue eyes filled with innocence. Her dress was white as she resembled the woman that they had seen before, but as she looked at him there was only happiness. Not a single sign of fear.

"Wait, father?" Weiss questioned as she looked at the little girl who seemed so out of place. She was so full of life and happiness while everything around her was filled with death and emptiness.

"Ha, she must be blind or sorry." Qrow burped watching this still skeptical.

"He would certainly be better than you." Winter glared insulting him, his voice angering her as the smell of alcohol came from him.

"This version had a kid? What kind of woman would be crazy enough to sleep with him?" Mercury questioned as he was violent and bloodthirsty.

"He probably wasn't always like this," Emerald stated knowing people changed, herself included to something worse than you once were.

"But he became something better." Cinder smiled witnessing the power this version held, it made her wonder if he could become stronger. But also the thought of the maiden spawning a child with him, what could she be capable off?

"So that's what her child could look like. Could she have powers of her own?" Ozpin wondered.

"You think the woman before was her mother?" Velvet asked Coco who had taken off her sunglasses.

"Then that means she was Jaune's wife," Coco added her two cents as many agreed with that thought.

She waved at him smiling before she turned around and ran off in a direction deeper into a village through the room.

"Wait, stop!" Jaune yelled as he broke into a sprint chasing after her, he kept chasing after the girl as he ran laughing which was becoming fainter. He kept running until he came across the large room she had entered. Inside it contained a giant metal door that housed the portrait of a man.

"James?" Glynda questioned with a shocked expression seeing the metal portrait. He was different but the faces were similar that it was as if he wore a wig and grew a beard.

"Why am I not surprised?" Qrow yelled kicking his feet up.

"I believe that you are a god in this world, James." Ozpin watched the generals wide eyes scanning the door taking in its details.

Jaune looked at the door and glared seeing the god before him, a voice spoke out as he walked closer.

"For those who seek the truth, the heat of Ares fire has no burn," It spoke out as he looked at a cauldron that had fire spewing out from it, Jaune reached back and touched the pocket which held the ring and necklace, they made the illusions stopped and the girl was heard no more.

Once they did he walked towards the fire and grabbed his blades, he looked into the fires which would burn anyone to ashes who were not worthy.

"A test which could end him where he stands." Port leaned back watching to see what could happen to him. Oobleck sketching everything he saw making notes which he could add to as this went on.

"This could kill him if he does not seek the truth," Glynda remembered the illusions, if he chased them would the fires burn him?

"You saw, he wants to know the truth," Pyrrha said watching as Nora had popcorn shoveling it into her mouth.

"Ngh," He raised his blades and slammed them down into the fire where he began holding it as the flames washed over his skin, his face right in the flames as his blades were drawing in the power and changing. A crack began forming down the center of the blade as the edges become slightly more jagged.

Raaaaagh!" He yelled as the cauldron exploded and red fire covered each of the blades, their power now stronger than the last. He held them up before growling and slamming them into the ground creating a fire explosion destroying the ground beneath him leaving cracks and fiery embers. He ripped them out of the ground feeling the new power within them.

As he held them more beast begin to crawl from the ground carrying swords and blades ready to strike him down. He reacted quickly as he attacked with the blades burning them and leaving fire all over their bodies which began to consume them and turn them to ash. He fought them stronger now as they kept climbing up or dropping down from the ceiling where they crawled out of portals.

"The power is the weapon grew, he now controls the flames of a god striking down his enemies. Such an event." Oobleck scribbled down in his book

"What was that power before? It's like he released them into the ground creating those explosions." Ren was intrigued as it was similar to dust but much more destructive as the flames clung to its target burning till nothing's left.

They had managed a few lucky hits making his body with cuts that bleed profusely. Suddenly he was tripped from below at his feet falling down followed by blades being slammed down into his back and making him cough blood. He growled clutching the blades as they ripped them out flipping away agile, he slowly stood up on his feet making the blades glow hotter as he pulled them up.

"Raaaagh!" He slammed the blades down into the floor where cracks began forming and fire spewed out heating it up more and then blowing up forcing him to stand up. Kratos quickly fixed himself in a second and yelled slamming them back down making a larger explosion blowing them all back and covering them with flames. They yelled out burning to death until nothing was left.

The fight ended and the door open showing him the next path he would take. Jaune stood in place as he put the blades back and closed his eyes.

"What's he doing?" Nora questioned waiting.

He grunted as his wounds began to close, much faster than before, and his blood evaporated until he stood normally as if nothing happened. He released his breath and looked around making sure nothing would surprise him, once he was sure he walked through the door continuing to make his way through the village. As he ventured deeper he began climbing up cliff sides and ledges reaching higher into the village ripping more of them apart. He pulled himself up onto the cliff and stood before what looked like a large temple, Jaune looked around seeing corpses of people who had died of dehydration as the spring which once ran through had dried up from some cause. He walked past a mother and daughter who lay against a door dead making him look for an extended period of time.

"Such a shame." Ozpin place down his myg as some of the students held hands over their mouths in shock.

"Damn shame," Qrow muttered seeing stuff like this in destroyed villages, corpses of families strewn all around.

"Aaaah!" A young girl screamed making him stop and grab his head as he had a flash of fire and blood, the scream echoed louder in his mind. He tried blocking it out but it was too strong and the illusions took over making him run after it. He kept running making it into a room which had a large roller moving in a set path through the room. He looked at the center seeing three metal boys sticking up out of the ground, he waited for the roller to pass once more which he filed and then jumped over to the center. He inspected them looking around the room to see what could happen when he used them.

Jaune reached back grabbing his blades throwing one at one hooking onto it, once he did he began to walk back pulling on the chain. As he pulled it one of the walls began to move out protruding into the path of some roller which stopped it, he looked at it seeing it was at mid-level of the whole room. He saw that there were two more similar to it but different sizes staying at small, medium, and large. The largest reached an opening of the room which could take him out. He released the switch but then it began moving back and letting the wheel keep moving, he said for a second until he saw the puzzle which was placed in this room. He waited for it to pass again until finally, he began setting each wall until finally he jumped off the platform and back on the path quickly climbing up the smaller one and jumping up the other two finally reaching the hole.

"Such interesting mechanisms, they have such things without electricity. I wonder your the machine can keep working and never stop." Oobleck wrote down more notes for questioning.

"Sheesh, never stops does he?" Qrow asked as his headache was worse from Oobleck's constant writing.

As he entered the room there was a sudden flash of green light which suddenly made him stop as his flesh became some and he was frozen in place as his feet had grown into the floor. He was a statue as a smaller was heard slithering around closer to him from the shadows, it came out of the shadows to show what looked like a snake with yellow skin as its top half resembled a woman except for the head which was like a cobra. The creature's flesh was completely covered in scales as it looked at him inspecting the now statue before it.

"Wow, after all that. He becomes a statue. Well done." Roman clapped his hands sarcastically witnessing his death.

"Pathetic," Raven said from a warrior losing in such a way.

"Will you two shut up?" Nora yelled as she watched him suddenly move.

"What is that thing? It looks like a snake which was a quarter of the way becoming human." Winter questioned fascinated by its ability to tire a living being into stone.

"Come on!" Ruby yelled from her seat.

"He's stone, there is no way for him to come back." Weiss started.

The snake kept inspecting as he shook suddenly making it reel back. It saw that he wasn't moving again and looked again checking him. As it did it didn't notice his hands closing sorry as the stone cracked. His arms began doing the same thing before suddenly shattering as he reached grabbing it by the throat.

"Out of my way." He growled as its hands tried removing his but he only pulled it closer headbutting it. As it fell he reached back drawing his blades as it got up hissing at him quickly retreating to the shadows. He looked around the room to see many statues of men and beasts all turned to stone. The sounds of it's hissing coming from different directions making him look around listening for it. He let go of the blade and began to spin the blade around as the fires consumed it, he heard the hiss again coming from behind him and he turned around throwing it into the darkness in hopes of tiring it. When the blade got the wall he pulled it back and began spinning it again, the slithering beast watching him from the darkness waiting to strike as it curled up a pillar and looked down at him. Its red eyes becoming slits as it lunged down to bite him.

But he turned to pull the blade mid-swing and sliced across its face and chest making it scream out as it hit the floor spilling blood all over the floor. It curled around thrashing from the pain like any snake, Jaune wasted no time as he ran and started to stomp on its head stunning it until finally grabbing its hood and pulling it up, he then grabbed its throat crushing it. He pulled back his blade and slammed it down into the skull before pulling down and slicing it in half leaving it limp as it began to fade as he let go and looked at the metal bars which slid down opening up for him.

"Those blades cause more damage than they look. Such simple short swords able to rip apart beasts with ease." Cinder noted as she had been fascinated when the flames danced over the blade and chain.

"He is a true warrior." Raven mildly impressed with what she was witnessing of this Arc boy. If trained correctly he could be strong.

Jaune kept walking through the temple finding it destroyed as parts crumbled from decay. He eventually made it out of the temple and outside a large mountain where he began climbing up jumping and swinging using his blades. Eventually, he found a set of stairs which led to another cauldron that had blue fire and the god of the sea made of metal.

"It seems his body performs beyond that of normal human and faunus capabilities." Port noticed as he was not winded or tired from climbing the sheer face of cliffs and mountains making his way up.

"Indeed, most would begin to tire and slow in their climb but he has no such needs," Oobleck notes down fast.

"Uh...Professor isn't that you?" Coco spoke out as they saw the man made of metal resembling the green haired man.

"That's doctor! And yes that would be me." He said with little interest or it had yet to hit him as his mind raced a thousand miles an hour.

"Take the ice of Poseidon and you shall find your path." The voice spoke out as he grabbed his weapons and slammed them into the fire absorbing the power into his blades changing them as the cracks grew deeper and a red light began to fill the cracks as it became more jagged.

He ripped them out as it exploded and ice began to form all around the blades and on his arms up to his elbows before he broke the ice. The light within the cracks changed to blue now as they were deeper and much brighter as the metal had changed the design.

The head at the top of the blade was also different, the metal which looked like the teeth had grown longer covering more of the flat edge. The eyes of the statue began glowing brighter as more goat monsters climbed their way up.

Jaune ran and took a quick slash against a row slicing off the top half of the first one, but as the blade kept cutting them ice formed from the wound until they were solid ice.

One they were he threw the blade and pulled one over yanking the chain poke before, but once it was close he grabbed it by the collar of its armor and spun around using the weight and momentum as he threw it at the frozen beasts.

When it made contact with them the frozen beasts shattered into chunks of ice before quickly turning to smoke as they kept coming one after another.

"This element is different than the fire, turning his foes into solid ice which he uses as projectiles." The pen writes down more.

"He is resourceful which is what a strong warrior must be," Raven stated from her seat.

"Yeah...crazy bat," Qrow muttered under his breath.

Jaune released his blades into the air and began to spin them around as the ice began forming and creating a cold storm around him as they spun over his head, the goat creatures began to slowly lock up until becoming solid ice trapped. He then pulled down yanking on the chains smashing each one shattering them into thousands of pieces which began melting into smoke. He pulled them back into his hands and let them rest on his back again as he looked down at them before the ice melted and flames heated up the metal again.

Jaune grunted placing them on his back as he kept ascending the mountain leading up to a gigantic pillar and across past the mountains was a gigantic temple as giant metal snakes were pointed to the sky. They were locked in place by metal bars clamped around the heads.

He walked closer to grab a lever but suddenly a claw came up grabbing the laver breaking it and tossing the lever. After that more of the creature came up showing a beast with a snake as a tail and the head of a goat with three sharp horns going back. Its eyes glowed red as it roared at him as he grabbed his blades, fire covering them as it roared spraying the ground with ice that he stopped by heating up the blades protecting himself. As he did that the snake moved up and opened its maw as a green liquid hitting the ground and his face.

"Aah!" Jaune grabbed his face dropping his weapons to the floor clanking as he began trying to get it out of his eyes. The green liquid began to sizzle at the ground as he scooped them off his face and flinging it away. But as he was stuck in that state the beast roared and charged smashing him in the chest sending him across the platform and almost rolling off the edge until he hooked his blades into the ground where it waa grates.

He hung over the side as his eyes still burned with the venom until he reached up climbing and felt the snow, he quickly grabbed some and began using it to clear his eyes which helped greatly as his vision returned slightly blurry. Once he could see he began climbing up again where the beast was making its way over to see if it finished him off.

"Everything in this world is trying to kill him," Glynda said in shock of such a creature existing.

"At least he can handle himself," Ozpin reassured.

Jaune suddenly kicked off and swung down before pulling his chains and launching himself up into the air, he threw a chain down stabbing its head and pulling himself down smashing his shoulder into the skull breaking a horn off. As the chimera was delirious he pulled the blade out and jumped slashing down removing the tail as it squirmed all over the ground hissing until finally dying. When he did that it stood up on its hind legs revealing a lion head which had glowing eyes also, it roared sending a wave of ice that he rolled out of as it began walking towards him. As it did he began to slash at it with his blades spinning and swinging them slicing it up until it finally kneeled down from pain, he jumped tackling it up into standing as hr grabbed the mane as he started to stab it in the side over and over repeatedly until jumping again and stabbing it in both of its eyes tearing them out leaving only the goat.

He charged it this time to leave it no time to correct itself as his shoulder rammed into the side of it, he took his blades and stabbed them into its side and he pulled them up over his head yelling as it was pulled up and then slammed down getting a sickening crack vibrate through the air as it laid trying to get up once more. Once it was down he walked over cleaning his eyes once more with his hands before stomping on the head and grabbing the other horn, he began to pull as its hands swatted trying to stop him but it failed as he snapped it off and then spun it around slamming down right into the goat's eye piercing its brain. With that, it finally stopped moving and began to evaporate into nothing.

With the creature dead he walked over and began to pull the switch using his blade slowly pulling it back, and when he did the entire structure began moving closer past the mountains until stopping as there were metal barriers bling its path. The gigantic chins in the mountains stopped moving, he growled looking at the snake and then the mural in the ground.

"So there is a science in this world, I wonder what generates the electricity required to power such a large contraption." Oobleck was loving the information that he was getting from this world, no aura, dust, or Grimm yet the whole state is worse than their own.

"These creatures are worse than Grimm, they aren't attracted to emotion. They only want to cause destruction and death." Glynda had seen all the creatures which littered the village having been killed or died from starvation caused by the beasts.

"I feel bad for that village, it was larger than any existing in remnant," Blake stated as many of them never lasted very long outside the walls of the kingdoms.

"Yes, it is a sad thing but its expected when dealing with such places." Port grabbed a mug from the tray which was brought to him sipping it tasting what he wanted.

"What do you mean?" Nora turned back from her seat looking at the professor as he was downing the mug and grabbing another one.

"Well, from what I saw, there was a large wheel he used to ascend higher into the cavern. Those are usually made to turn mills or act as a pulley system with water pouring down and weighing each tub keeping it in a constant flow." Port explained as he had seen smaller versions in villages when he was younger.

"And it wasn't turning," Ren stated remembering that it had been destroyed.

"Yes, meaning something happened to the water leaving them all to die of dehydration and starvation due to probably not being able to grow food," Ironwood added in as he had seen it also.

"They all suffered slow painful deaths if they were not killed by the monsters populating the village," Penny explained as she didn't have much remorse in her voice.

"...Hey, looks like our albino blonde just finished that thing." Qrow pointed up at the screen as Jaune was riding up the last metal snake.

"Wow, he works fast, when did he get electricity in his blades?" Yang asked as his blades were glowing yellow and sparking.

The mechanical serpent moved through the mountains as Jaune road on top of it, he held on as the machine moved through the mountain he jumped off and slid down an ice wall using his blades to steer him around large chunks before finally jumping off and latching onto the pillar just as the snake bit the third handle sending a chain of electricity up the pillar. He began climbing his way up to the top until finally walking towards the lever again, but he saw a man with a wood woven basket carried on his back. He stumbled on the ground walking towards the switch.

"These should be enough, it has to be enough." He mumbled before tripping over and spilling the contents of the basket. Apples fell out and he began scrambling picking them up. "No, no, no. She must have all of the offerings," He said as Jaune walked past him looking with pity as he headed towards the switch.

"He sounds so desperate," Pyrrha said as she heard the tone of his voice.

"Do you think he came from the village below?" Ruby wondered as there was no way he would have been able to make it up there.

"Has to be, but what could he want from this person?" They traveled who knows how long just to get a question answered?" Ren spoke out as he wondered the man's reasoning.

Jaune kept walking towards the switch and threw his blade hooking on, but suddenly the man began screaming out as he looked back to see some kind of dragon beast with a pincher scorpion tail eating him alive before breathing flames as he screamed out burning alive. Jaune pulled his blade back and threw it stabbing right into its eye and making it scream. It began to flap its wing pulling up into the air as he grabbed the chain holding on tight as it took him up into the air, he slowly began climbing the chain as it swooped and flipped in the air trying to get him off before feeling his blade stab right into its gut helping Jaune keep his grip on the beast.

It roared out spewing flames into the air as he was getting closer and closer weighing it down until he yanked the one out of its face and stabbing right into the joint of its wing making it jerk in pain and toss him off. He kept his grip on the chains falling as the weight of himself was bringing it down. He landed on the ground as he watched it staying up after fixing itself, its wings flapping as it roared trying to pull away but he would not let it get free. He then began swinging his blade slashing its body spilling more blood until finally yanking it down and jumping on top of it letting the blades go and grabbing its face punching it over and over smashing his fists against its muzzle and breaking teeth, he ducked as its tail came down trying to stab him but he kicked its face before he grabbed his blade and cut off the base from the stinger picking it up and slamming the pinchers down into its mouth killing it as he jumped off covered in its blood.

"Awesome!" Nora yelled as it reminded her of when they used the stinger on the deathstalker during initiation. That was such a fun day, even when getting to fly through the air on her hammer so much.

"Man, killing Grimm is cleaner than one of those. They just spew blood, can you imagine getting that out of my hair?" Yang questioned as she ran her fingers through her hair thinking about how it would make it clump and tangle up.

"Forget your hair, imagine getting such a thing on your clothes," Weiss stated as she motioned to her outfit consisting of mostly white that could easily stain.

"I have to agree, imagine ruining any good outfit with that much blood!" Coco would have a heart attack if any of her outfits got in such a state.

"You kicked a Beowulf in the sack for destroying a clothing store," Velvet deadpanned remembering the things her leader has done over fashion. Then blowing up half an area during a Grimm extermination mission when her favorite sweater had been nicked at the bottom. She almost lost her hearing after that.

"I'd do it again," She started crossing her arms.

Jaune entered the temple and began making his way through the traps and puzzles that were in place to stop any intruder's who dared to enter, eventually, he made it to the giant hourglass which he destroyed after being covered in a green gas which changed the environment into a decayed started falling apart. He used his blades to pull the platform he was on towards the hourglass and broke it spilling the sand as the room changed back to normal.

He jumped off and stood on the platform which to him down towards the oracles chamber. As he arrived he saw the man before who had killed a worker in some act of disobedience, a woman wearing a told mask like the two men serving him say in his lap.

"Place your offering before us and we will decide if they are worthy of speaking with the oracle." He said in an uncaring manner, Jaune kept walking towards him and for the bridge.

"I bring no such thing," He started as he passed the man who grabbed his arm.

"You bring no offering but wish to speak with the Oracle. Brave, but stupid." He said letting him go. He then pushed him back with green energy making him glare at the old fool.

"Come back when you have brought a sacrifice."

"I aim to speak with the oracle, that is what I will do." He growled as he kept walking past him. He then sapped and the slaves grabbed spears to stop him but dropped them in rest of dying by his hands. Jaune let them run as he kept going.

"He's much merciful than I expected," Roman commented.

"He sees no threat in them," Ozpin stated.

"We need to get a better slave trader." He pushed the woman off as he grabbed the green amulet on his chest glow. He began to become younger before pulling off the cloth exposing a conjoined twin at his side.

"Ugh, that's sick!" Mercy yelled feeling sick wanting to vomit looking at the deformed freak

"Same…" Emerald agreed she put her drink down not wanting it anymore.

He stood up grabbing his staff and jumping disappearing into the air, he reappeared over the ride as Jaune walked. He jumped forward as he blasted the bridge with energy causing it to fall apart so he began to run chasing after him hooking onto the pillars and jumping off falling debris until finally landing on the large platform. He could see the Oracle laying in her chair weak and pale needing help.

"You fool, I told you to stop him!" The slammer twin spoke out as the larger one twisted apart his staff into two blades. The began to fight as they kept using their powers to break apart the platform in order to drop Jaune to his death but he was able to keep himself from falling into the pit below.

"They will torture me if I fail!"

Eventually, he grabbed the large twin and began beating him repeatedly until finally knocking him out, sadly when he did the deformed twin began to levitate their body along with the blades keeping the fight going.

As Jaune was winning he suddenly turned blasting the oracle's seat making it fall apart.

"You will never see the oracles visions!" He yelled before Jaune grabbed him with his chains and pulled himself up and slamming his head into the floor and into a free fall. Jaune continued beating the deformed twin as he begged for his life until he stood on the body and began to pull on him. He kept going until ripping him off and falling the rest of the way down, Jaune used his chains to slow his fall as they ripped apart the walls until finally, he slammed into the ground cracking it. As he stood up he looked to see the deformed one trying to crawl away, he scowled and slowly walked towards him as he begged and panicked trying to get to his brother's body who was so close under a pile of rubble dead. Jaune lifted his foot and slammed it down crushing his skull before pushing more and caving half of it in.

"Blegh!" A few people threw up from witnessing the kill as his brains spilled over the floor and his sandals.

"That was a tough fight for mister Arc, he was a strong opponent able to manipulate the environment," Oobleck said as he had been writing down notes from his moves and abilities he had questions about, he was also mostly fascinated with the green amulet which was around his neck that seemed to be giving him these abilities.

"That poor woman…" Ruby remembered as she screamed falling before they did, that horrible man deserved it for killing those workers. Then the woman. They did nothing.

"That guy was a fucking creep, he deserved it," Coco simply stated as many agreed with her, they didn't feel bad watching Jaune kill him. Some thought he deserved worse.

Jaune walked towards the other corpse and removed the amulet from his chest, he looked at the large amulet before holding it up and he began to make all the destroyed bridges and walls slowly move back into place fixing them back to before they were destroyed. He took the path leading up and found the oracle in a pile of rubble that he removed from her and tried using the amulet.

"The relic you carry has no effect on me…" She pushed it away as her blood was pooling all over the stones below her. He placed it on his belt while he kneeled before her.

"Then I fear you are beyond aid."

"Do not worry...the situation before me is clear. I have waited for this day," She spoke as he looked down as saw the woman he had been chasing from the start. She laid on the ground as her belly was covered in blood, fear was permanently stuck on her face.

Jaune suddenly stood up walking a few steps back in shock.

"Your thoughts are clouded and your mind conflicted, warrior. I can feel it." She spoke as Jaune held the jewelry in his hands clutching them as he tried to make the vision disappear, he clung to them as it faded away and she no longer laid there.

"You seek the truth?" She questioned as he stood there calming down and looking back at her.

"...yes." He said as she nodded her head.

"So be it, but remember." She held out her hand as he kneeled again and gently grabbed her hand.

"The truth always comes at a price,"

"That's not dark and ominous," Blake felt a chill hearing the dying woman's words. It signaled a feeling of dread in most of them.

As he held her hand his head began to fill with the sounds of people screaming in fear, men, women, and children all screaming out as fires raged and blood was spilled staining the lands forever.

"Enemies...innocent...kin… Your bond is complete, what's done is done, and can not ever be undone…" A different voice spoke out as the visions stopped and she let go of his hand.

"The furies infect your mind because you run from your oath to Ares, they will stop at nothing should you resist." She spoke out as she had opened her eyes showing that she had none, they had been ripped out leaving her blind.

Weiss held her hand lightly touching the scar over her eye, she was lucky to have only received this scar. If that machine had gotten any bit closer then she would no longer have all her vision.

"SO, the shade speaks the truth,"

"The intentions of Orkos are pure," She informed him as he knew that name and where it was from.

"Orkos? But he is a fury."

"And he will play his part, in time." She began coughing up more blood making Jaune grab her hand again holding it in a way to comfort her as she slowly died.

"My time grows short. To be free of the madness that infects you, you must defeat those who hold your bonds with the god of war." She informed him before coughing up more blood.

"How can I defeat the furies, when all I see is illusion?"

"Across the sea, the Lantern of Delos keep the eyes of truth. Find the eyes and they will show you the path to freedom." She put her head down as she let out her final breath and Jaune stood up to go and find the eyes she spoke of.

"So they are torturing him so that they can capture him," Winter deducted with the information that she heard.

"What were those screams he heard when they touched hands?" Ruby was scared from the sounds of all the people in fear, the fire and blood didn't help her thoughts of what could happen.

"It could be something different, we won't know unless he finds out," Port noted as they could see his mind for a second clouded and scattered like she had told him.

"I wonder what happen to her eyes, you don't think they are the eyes of truth she told him about?" Velvet asked out worried as her ears slightly drooped.

Jaune had found the harbor and boarded a boat, as he did he saw Orkos standing as the shadow. He walked over trying to grab him.

"Come out, Orkos! Only a coward hides from a fight!" Jaune yelled as he appeared again but this time he was no longer a shade. He had flesh as amber to his chest and arms which looked like black sludge.

"If you had known who I was you would have killed me." He defended as Jaune stood closer.

"You were right," He growled glaring as he stopped him.

"I know...you do not trust me because of what I am. But I am here to help you."

"Why would you help me? Betraying your own kind." Jaune stated as he was curious about how a being made to uphold honor and blood oaths was turning on his own kind.

"You made me change," Orkos said without any hint of lying.

"He turned...because of him?" Roman questioned hearing something so ridiculous.

"It must have been something bad if he turned."

"Maybe it was the deal he made," Glynda noted remembering the bits and pieces they had heard.

"Like the woman…" Velvet remembered how she laid there dead, even if fake it was haunting.

"Me?"

"Yes, you. I saw the injustice if your oath, how you were deceived."

Orkos began explaining everything to Jaune as they began to leave the cave. Ares wanted him so that he could take down the gods and Ares could take the throne as king ruling over all. Jaune listened to it all as he kept going on his journey for the eyes.

He had traveled the sea before finally coming across the statue which had been destroyed. He kept going traversing the gigantic statue which he had to slowly put back together using the amulet at key areas on the body starting at the arm chest and then finally the arm, he then activated the light which traveled through the body then finally its eyes where he activated a large machine which focused it at the lantern. He climbed out the head and used the same beast he had killed at the snake's to crash inside the lanterns killing it before he had to start solving the strange puzzle that was in place keeping the eyes in a cage he could not break.

"Such ingenuity just to keep a small object locked away." Oobleck was amazed at all the machines that were in place to retrieve such an artifact.

"It's scary to think those were ripped from that woman's head. She must have been left suffering." Pyrrha said remembering how she looked close to death all because she tried helping warn the gods about an evil plan.

"They should have destroyed the eyes leaving no way for them to be stopped." Cinder stated as this would be the whole undoing of their plan.

"I don't think they are going to let him just take the eyes," Ozpin spoke out watching still.

"What do you mean?"

"They were waiting so they could ambush him, even with the stone that the Orkos fellow gave him they needed a plan. This would be it." He finished.

Jaune walked to the door and pulled them apart letting in the light shine down to the cage as the crystals began turning before stopping and the cage opened up and the statue came down and the eyes came out when it opened.

As it did the furies waited with Orkos who was tied up.

"Spartan, I tried to warn you that they were close but," Orkos was kicked down to shut up as one stood on his head.

"We have special plans for you our son," She spike as the queen walked with the eyes.

"All this effort and yet you still fail." She taunted as Jaune ran towards her only to but hit with a black sludge trapping him. He used the stone freeing himself but as he ran closer the bird came and swallowed the stone leaving him defenseless as he struggled in the tar.

She grabbed his chin smiling as they caught him.

"Come, sisters, we will break him within the walls of Hecatonchires." She stated before the screen went black.

"Whoa, wait what happened!?" Nora yelled as it wasn't even a fight. They jumped him out of nowhere.

"They had been toying with him the entire time," Port called out.

"What are they going to do to him?" Ren asked worried and scared of what they would do to him.

The screen finally turned back on showing Jaune chained down on his knees as he was covered in wounds that had healed barely. His flesh littered with fresh wounds as he woke up and moved a bit.

"Look at him, he looks like hell," Qrow said looking at all the scars and dried blood on his body.

"What did they do to him?" Emerald questioned as he looked almost broken as he stayed there motionless.

"Damn," Mercury had seen some messed up stuff, but never what happened when they still lived.

He looked at chains which were covered in dust as he moved them making it fall moved, he then heard bugs which started climbing up on the pedestal he was chained to looking at him hissing.

Suddenly one of the three furies landed in front of him wearing a mask.

"What's wrong? You seemed confused Jaune, having a hard time remembering our special time together?" She opened her hands and revealed claws that she began beating him with as his blood splattered all over the floor. "But then again, we were rudely interrupted by my sister. Emerald never was one for manners." She then slashed up breaking his collar and chains almost knocking him off before he fixed himself and stood again.

She removed her mask revealing the face underneath.

"Yang!?" Blake, Ruby, and Yang were shocked to see who it was and what she had been doing.

"This won't bode well," Oobleck noted down sketching more.

"I would never…" Yang tried to say something but was shocked seeing herself beat Jaune so brutally.

"Hey, like you all said it's another world. That ain't you and you could never do something like," Qrow calmed his niece as that version reminded him of a more aggressive and cruel that Raven. He wouldn't want that to happen to her so he would make sure that never happens. One of the reasons he helped Tai get rid of all Raven's tracks when Yang was growing up, so she'd never find her.

"He's right Yang, you know you would never do that." Ren had felt the same way when he saw the monstrous version of himself attempting to kill Jaune by drowning him. Then slaughtering all of the soldiers, he had to be put down and was glad that Jaune was able to put that version of him down.

Yang looked at her hands before she clenched them tight and smirked a bit. "Yeah...yeah, I would never do that." She glared at herself on screen.

"Kick her ass Jaune," Yang looked at the screen still in some worry but had a look that wanted him to stop her. Even if it meant killing this version of her.

"I'm in this?" Emerald questioned hearing her name.

Jaune stood up glaring at her as his face stayed neutral, he wrapped his hands around the chains as he stood up more.

"Don't worry, I'm quite skilled in teaching," She crouched a bit and four spider-like legs opened up and all pointed the sharps ends at him, she quickly attempted to impale him with the limbs but Jaune moved to the side using the chains and leverage to keep himself steady. "For what you took from me, I owe you that much,"

Yang growled as she repeated the same attack trying to injure him. "Remain still!" She yelled as she slammed the top two down for his skull but he moved and pulled the right chain under them which he wrapped around the legs tightening it. She growled as her eyes flashed red pulling them away and breaking the restraint on his blade freeing his arm.

"Atta boy Jaune!" Yang yelled cheering him on as he was freeing himself.

Jaune began swinging his blade hitting her armored body slowly breaking through, he leaned away having much more leverage now that one arm was free before bringing his hand back and then swinging his blade overhead slamming down on her helmet cracking it and knocking her down to her knees. "Is that the best you can offer!?" She yelled lunging at him as he caught her holding her back as they spider legs tried to impale him, he began to smash the handle of his blade against her skull cracking her helmet more until he pushed her back and then kicked her in the gut knocking her off the pedestal.

Her hand caught the edge as she slowly pulled herself back up struggling a bit with one arm. Jaune put his blade back and grabbed his last restraint pulling on it as Yang pulled herself back up. "Your rage means nothing!" She screeched as he kept pulling on the chains making the metal creak and groan until shattering and his blade came flying towards him and slicing open her abdomen just below her breasts. She fell kneeling holding the deep wound as jaune held his blade to stab her, he rushed and tackled her off the pedestal falling down towards the ground smashing into some pillars until he landed on his feet and she was using her legs to climb building running away.

"I will not lose to a mortal!" She yelled as jaune kept chasing her using his blades to keep up with her holding onto large metal cages and swinging around gates. He crushed bugs that glowed red in their abdomens, he would rip some in half and throw them like grenades making a clear area spreading the insects as he kept chase with Yang. he kept fighting the mutated prisoners and dogs she created with the bogs crawling out if her body, their chase went on to where she mutated an arm of the giant made a prison which he killed by slitting its throat with its own claw.

He then traversing through the prison as Yang kept hunting him down mutating more and bringing the limbs back to life grabbing sections of the prison trying to kill him, he always made it away as he kept searching for her and make it an even playing field.

"By the gods, they made a living being into a petrified statue which they house the others who break oaths. It is such a fascinating world they live in with being able to do such a thing." Oobleck had seen so many interesting things in this world, they were in the area of stonework and no form of technology such as electricity or airships. Yet they are able to construct massive structures that act to their own accord and power many other things. What he would do to learn more.

"It's barbaric if I do say so myself," Whitley commented as he was disgusted that a corpse was turned into a prison.

"It's a warning to show what happens when an oath is broken, they made an example of him." Raven felt the glare from her twin, she could care less.

"How he has not lost his mind is a miracle, he can't even remember all he has done and they stripped him of all his powers before that were in his blades!" Weiss stated remembering when they took all of his tools and powers from his blades leaving him weak.

"I think that's why he's hunting down that version of yang, he needs to get them back if he's going to fight," Ren informed them.

Jaune came to a bridge where he walked towards a smaller building, he stopped and slowly pushed open the door to see the dimly light room. There was incense burning as candles and lanterns were hung up around the room, as he entered his eyes adjusted to see that it was filled with nothing but women sans almost any type of clothing except see-through material exposing their bodies.

"YANG!" Ruby yelled as her sister clamped her hands over both her eyes.

"Avert your eyes," Jaque stated to his son who followed his orders and covered his eyes with his hands.

"The schnees are weird," Coco whispered to Velvet who nodded.

"Is that Arc?" One of the many women spoke out as he walked in slowly looking at them all, his mind feels cloudy and buzzing with a noise that made it hard to focus.

"The gods have blessed us," Another spoke as one walked up to him placing her hand on his shoulder stopping him.

"Glory to Eros, he has given us a champion~" She began walking around him slowly feeling him with her hands. "Come, show me your strength~" She purred as another walked up to him. "No, me!" She began doing the same as the first while he looked at them all, his mind becoming more clouded and fuzzy as he was starting to forget what he was doing. He just kept looking as their hands touched his arms and chest rubbing his skin until one wearing a different type of attire strode towards him

"They are nothing, come with me and experience the greatest of pleasures," She grabbed his hand and began to walk him deeper into the building, jaune followed without complaint.

"What is happening?" Emerald was confused how something like this could be where he was trapped in a prison.

"Least he gets to have some fun," Mercury said as he spoke under his breath. "Lucky bastard,"

Jaune's mind was getting even worse as he looked at her until he stopped and saw a ring on her finger, similar to the one he had before but had a metal symbol around the gem. His eyes widen and the fog over his mind lifted. He yanked his hands away spinning her around before tackling her. When he did the illusion broke and he slammed her into the ground before grabbing her face to smash into the floor but as he did she disappeared and reappeared flying in the air.

"He's mine!" Yang yelled from the shadows latching onto his back and began to attack him. She used her legs to push them out through the wall and crashing right onto the platform which leads to the dead titan's mouth.

"Stop running and face me!" jaune yelled as he drew his blades and started ripping apart more of Yang's minions as she was slowly making her way up the head before standing on the eyeball.

"You have caused me pain for the last time, Spartan!" She yelled still holding her wound as more of the bugs crawled out of her chest and began burrowing into the eye

"Oh, that's nasty!" Mercury yelled as many of the women had weird feelings in their chests, something crawling out sent a disgusting shiver down their spins.

The eyes began to move as it was reanimated and soon its face began to break apart until it exposed sharp teeth and many bug like appendages which grabbed onto the platform he was on starting to chew on it. Jaune kept himself balanced as he saw a weak spot in some and ran over holding his blades up and then lamming them into the exposed muscle, an explosion soon followed making it scream out in pain and almost dropping the platform but sent him flying off latching into a bridge slowly climbing up and watching as its dead eyes focused on him.

He stayed back as it could not reach him where he was, but soon another mutated arm came up with the large beast digging its claws into the stone and climbing up. It focused on Jaune as he looked at its blade arms, then the mutated head, he acted quickly running towards it running up its blade after jumping, he drew his blades and shoulder charged its head making it smash into a building allowing him to climb up onto its head. He quickly stabbed his blades into its eyes blinding it as the screech of pain echoes through the air and it began to move blindly, Jaune took control as he forced it towards the head.

"Yeah Jaune break its…." Nora stopped midway through her cheer.

"Mandibles," Ren informed her since it had insect limbs.

"Yeah, what Ren said!" Nora added on as she sat in her chair folding her legs.

Jaune held on tight before he stabbed right into its neck and making it slash removing some of the legs as blood flew, he kept repeating this action until finally, he made it slam right against its cheek where he started pulling it to raise himself towards yang as the mouth bit down killing his rode. He threw a blade stabbing her but she held her ground as he pulled himself closer and began to hack away at her spilling her blood and beating her

He pulled his arm back and then stabbed her in the heart making her scream out as she fell and he chased after her in their free fall until crashing first followed by Jaune who buried both his blades deep into her chest finally killing her. All of her mutated creatures began to die going limp while he ripped his blades out and grabbed the amulet from her off her belt.

"HA! That's it vomit boy!" yang cheered as she was happy to see that version put down, the realization that he just killed a version of her had yet to sink in.

"Damn, what does it take to put him down?" Coco wondered as he had basically torn his way through everything just to kill her. Similar to Grimm but it was completely monstrous.

As the life left her body a small charm that was on her belt began to crack until it fell apart and then his blades suddenly began to glow brightly as he held his head remembering everything that had happened to him. The spell on him weakening as the powers within his blades were unlocked and he grabbed them spinning them around his body as they flowed with the energy created by the gods.

He put the blades back and grabbed the amulet walking up to the ledge and held it up as the green energy began to make the entire place turn back resetting back, the arm that broke off from the wrist moving back until setting into place against the mountain. Once it was done it allowed him to run making his way to another building that he entered, as he entered the building he saw that there were soldiers all wearing armor and holding spears. The entire room was leading to a balcony where a man wearing a helmet and sword stood as Jaune saw the woman again, this time she held a bundle in her arms as he walked towards the man.

The one thing he didn't notice was that his flesh was no longer scared or white, it was a natural tan color while the red tattoo stayed.

"Is this another illusion?" Winter wondered as it was so fast and everything had changed even his appearance.

"No, I think its a memory. He isn't reacting like when it was that whore house, he is reliving a moment." Roman called out as he saw the look in his eyes, it was of confusion but a desire within it.

"You are correct on that," Ozpin stated while many were looking at the men al standing at attention not moving as jaune walked past them towards the larger man.

"That guy seems familiar," Mercury could have sworn he had seen that guy somewhere before.

Jaune stood before his king and looked at him as he smiled. "Jaune, you have always been the greatest warrior I have had the honor of witnessing grow up. Even with the loss of your brother, you did not let it hinder you. You drew strength from that day," He reached taking a sword from a pillow held by some servant that he presented to Jaune holding them both in his hands. "You proved yourself to be the greatest spartan risking your life for your child and granting me extended life. For that, I am honored to grant you the ranking General of the Spartan army." Jaune looked at the sword until he saw the ring on his finger, he blinked his eyes before glaring and grabbing his wrist twisting it.

The blade fell before jaune kicked him in the chest sending him back and ending the illusion which was made by Emerald who laughed flying up again with a strange bird behind her. "You will pay for taking my sister's life!" She yelled turning away but jaune didn't give up that easy

He ran and jumped throwing his blade at her back hitting only the bird which took the blow pulling him along as they were heading for the hand where the throne for the queen was. Jaune kept his grip as it tried to fling him off until turning around and slamming into him trying to eat his skull. Jaune held it back as he remembered what was in its belly, he began pushing his hands inside the bird making it screech out until he ripped the glowing stone from its belly.

It disappeared as Jaune looked up at emerald seeing the horror expressed before it quickly became rage. "I will trap you within the deepest desire you crave!" She yelled throwing a ball of energy at him that he tried blocking by holding up his blades. He kept his ground but felt nothing hit him, his eyes opened and he saw that he didn't have his blades or the chains, his flesh was no longer white again. He looked around confused as he saw that he was home again, he saw his own home where his family was waiting for him.

"Again!? How is he falling for such tricks!?" Weiss yelled as he should know this is all fake.

"He is lost to madness, he can't tell what is real or fake when it takes over," Glynda informed Weiss as she sipped her tea waiting to see what was going to happen. What does he truly desire out of pleasure and pride?

He walked inside and saw everything how it once was, the cool night breeze flowing through his home as the candles gave him enough light to see. He stopped at a mirror and looked at himself, the jewelry in his hand. He turned to look at a door that had light coming through, he walked to the door opening it to see his daughter sleeping peacefully in her bed as the moonlight shown down on her. He walked over quietly and watched her sleeping.

He kneeled down smiling as he placed his hand on her head, gently brushing the hair out of her face making her smile a bit. He leaned down and kissed her head before placing her necklace on the nightstand next to her, he put out the candle squeezing the flame with his fingers before standing up.

"It's strange," Pyrrha spoke out watching this.

"What ya mean Pyrrha?" Nora wondered as she didn't see anything wrong, except for the part where it was all fake.

"It's strange to see how he acted like a rage-filled beast slaughtering monsters left and right showing no fear, but he is a man who loves his family," Pyrrha commented watching how he had an actual smile on his face. The only one they had seen this entire time.

"Fate is not a kind mistress. It can give and take away more than it ever gives." Ozpin Said softly as he felt the sadness for him. He has seen many through the years who wish for nothing but to protect their family and other. Things always turn out worse than they do better.

"Almost makes you forget he's a bloodthirsty killer,"

"Do you have to ruin everything?" Emerald asked Mercury.

As he stood there a pair of arms wrapped around her neck as he felt someone hugging him.

"I have been away far too long…" He spoke somberly as he kept looking at his little girl, he had not seen her face or smile in so long. He had almost forgotten what it looked like.

"You can see her in the morning. Come..." His wife spoke softly as she reached down and gently wrapped her fingers around his, he held her hands as she began pulling him out of the room. Jaune followed as his eyes were heavy, he was tired from the fighting and the bloodshed. But he could not leave his family in harm. He had to lead his Spartans to victory and spread the glory of Sparta so that his family was safe. He would not fail this; not like he did with his brother.

He would fight to his last breath if it meant they would be safe, there was no limit to what he would do for his family.

"Interesting, his mind has retreated to before any of the things happened, he really believes that this is his home." Oobleck wondered if it was the magic or madness; maybe it was what he truly wanted and he wished for it.

"Jaune...what have you sacrificed all your life?" Pyrrha was saddened by this version.

"Such an interesting version." Cinder wondered if Emerald's illusions could do such a thing. She would have to look into that tidbit.

"What happened to his brother? Who was his brother?" Weiss wondered as she had seen nothing of this version.

Jaune followed his wife into their bedroom, he then tasted pumpkin. He quickly melted into the kiss as his hands wrapped around her small waist holding her tight fearing that if he didn't then when he opened his eyes she would be gone again.

They both walked towards the bed where she pulled him down as he propped himself up with his hands, he then began to kiss down her neck before moving to her arm working his way to her hand. He could feel her delicate touch as her fingers brushed his cheek melting away his stress and worries.

His love who did not fear him for who he was or what he did, the only one that he knew did not treat him like some higher being or monster. To her; he was her husband that she did not fear. She would not bite her tongue when speaking her mind to him and never backing down. That was one of the many things that he fell for.

A similar trait that their daughter inherited from her never showing any fear towards him, when marching home with his Spartans he would watch as she ran through every Spartan soldier only to see him greeting with her smile that warmed his heart every time he saw it.

"It only makes it worse that he believes this is real…" Velvet spoke softly as she saw the way he was acting, he had been so lost and alone. He missed them greatly.

"You know, keep wondering why his skin keeps turning back to white and then tan everytime he gets sucked into these illusions," Qrow held his chin trying to figure out what was up with that.

"It's almost heartbreaking," Glynda herself spoke out watching how he was at a small sense of peace.

Jaune opened his eyes looking at her until he noticed something. He turned her hands and saw the ring which had been worn by the others, it was not hers. She grabbed his chin pulling his head to look back at her.

He pushed up from the bed taking a few steps back as she sat up and smiled looking at him before the illusion around her broke and he saw the queen of the furies before him. On her hip was the eyes of truth which caught his attention, the eyes turned in the mask looking at him before flashing a second.

"I am not surprised, fits you as a fucked up woman." Qrow spat at his sister who looked at the screen with interest. She completely ignored him as they kept watching.

"What did the eyes do?" Winter questioned.

Jaune held his head as the pain shot through it fighting the magic and illusions all around him.

"In time you will forget. All you have lost can once again be your." Raven stood up as she changed back into his love smiling as she wrapped her arms around his neck.

"If this is what keeps you in service to lord Ares, then this is what you shall have." She tempted Jaune who was trying to calm down. He was fighting the cloud over his mind as he grabbed her wrists.

"It...it is not real." He pushed her hands away as he closed his eyes while she kept walking back to him.

"I can be your reality." She said before changing back and walking away from him.

"The hard part is over Spartan. You have committed the ultimate sacrifice, offer yourself to us completely and you shall live in blissful illusion." Jaune looked down at the ground as she circled the bed coming to face him again as Amber.

"H-he's not thinking of taking the offer, is he?" Nora was worried that they would turn him into a horrible monster of he took their deal.

"Ren?" Nora asked as he was holding his chin.

"Miss Valkyrie," Ozpin spoke up getting her attention as his mug sat on a platter held up by an arm waiting.

"If you had the chance to have what you once lost without ever knowing that it was fake would you be able to resist" He questioned her.

"Of course!" She yelled without hesitation.

"But what if you could be with your family again?" He questioned as she froze up hearing that which brought up horrible memories. The screaming, blood and horror as she began to tear up.

"Could you pass up such a thing? To be able to see the faces of those loved once you lost? To be able to finally hear their voices that have once gone dark within your memories? Have the touch that they once gave you?" Ozpin spoke as Nora had gone silent and sat down in her seat looking at her hands. Her mind bringing up old memories she wanted to never remember.

Nora sat with tears in her eyes as she held her hands over her ears trying to stop the memory.

"Ozpin, that is quite enough!" Glynda growled as he only responded by grabbing his mug and sipping it. Not an ounce of forgiveness in his voice. But after what he had said may who had lost someone close began to think the same thing.

"Never!"

"Wha?" Nora looked up with tears running down her cheek to see Jaune holding the stone he used to make fakes hiding behind him.

Raven was angered by this response as everything ended and they stood in the chambers where every blood oath was held.

"Then let death be your reality!" She yelled throwing a black ball of sludge at him trapping him as he struggled for a second waiting as she came closer.

"We will break you until you serve him once again. No matter how long it takes."

He used the stone and left a copy behind reaching for her but she flew back at the last second ending up on the other side of the bridge. As she stopped she felt that the eyes were gone, she looked back to see Jaune holding them in his hand as they glow bright opening up.

"Don't worry, a simple trinket will not defeat us!" Emerald yelled as she flew up from below creating a barrier that was made from her magic which formed her bird. Jaune held up the eyes and slammed them against the barrier creating a flash and completely destroying it as he ran for both of them.

"You should have taken our offer. Now you will pay for your mistake." Raven yelled as she began to ooze the black tar laughing as she started changing into some beast falling off of the platform as Emerald grabbed him by his head lifting him into the air She used all of her magic to completely change the room. She made it a large sea as a whirlpool was sucking everything inside, ships littering the sea as they slowly were pulled into the whirlpool.

"Let us see if your brothers are forgiving!" She yelled dropping him onto a ship were spartan soldiers she created stood to kill him.

"Fascinating!" Oobleck scribbled down more notes as there looked to be smoke coming from the paper.

"How is this even possible!" Yang couldn't believe that an entire illusion created an ocean as ships were everywhere, everything in the illusion was real until they disappeared.

"Your abilities in this world are vastly stronger," Conder informed Emerald.

Jaune kept fighting as he used everything at his disposal burning, freezing, electrocuting them and even using souls to put them down. As that happened he soon began fighting tentacles which came up from the sea pulling apart ships and trying to crush him but he swings around them while also sliding down them using his blades to also slice them open damaging them.

Eventually, he fell into the water where he saw something gigantic swinging around, he used his blades to knock away the tentacles trying to impale him until he finally saw Raven. Mainly what she turned into.

"Whoa!" Nora was stunned seeing the monster she had turned into, she was bigger than any Grimm they had ever seen and was much more fierce.

"I like the new look, makes you look like your true self," Qrow muttered as he slammed down his drink.

The fight rages on as he fought Raven and Emerald slowly weakening them both until finally, he had taken Raven down forcing her to change back into her normal form, he began walking towards Raven as Emerald came down to attack using her bird. Her bird came back but he used the eyes flashing it once, he blinded both of them but did not stop as he reached out and grabbed its leg.

Jaune pulled it to the ground and then destroyed it permanently by forcing the eyes to shine through its chest.

Once that was down he stood glaring at her covered in blood seeping from his wounds, he walked towards her as she stood up weak bleeding from her mouth. She changed into the king again as yelling.

"You are not fit to be called a Spartan!" Jaune punched her in the face making her spin around losing her form before changing back. She then changed into his past self.

"I lost everything because of you!" Jaune raised his leg and kicked her in the chest and turning her back into her real form, as she kneeled barely able to keep up her magic he reached down and grabbed her throat crushing it with both hands as the rage burned in his eyes. As he choked her she suddenly turned once again, this time into his wife. Amber.

"Oh no," Blake said as she saw him stop.

"Horrible," Weiss stated.

Jaune stopped as his glare vanished, he looked into her eyes as he held up by the neck. He looked down as he felt her hand touch his face gently, but it was not his love. This was not Amber.

He glared again as he began to squeeze her neck tighter and she gagged trying to breathe, as he slowly killed her she smiled and changed one more time and became an old woman who smiled.

"They were not there by chance, Jaune." With Emerald's final words Jaune crushed her neck snapping it and her body went limp as the illusions fell. He dropped her corpse to the floor glaring at Raven as he walked towards her.

"Shame." Cinder spoke while Emerald held her neck after hearing the loud snap, she had a phantom feeling of his hands wrapped around her neck. She felt worried about if that could be a thing.

"You think you want truth, but truth will only bring you pain!" Ravne yelled as she began trying to stand, she was weak and could no longer fight as he drew both his blades. He pulled them back and swung them over his head slamming them down into her chest spraying her black blood all over the floor. He held the blades driving them deeper into her chest as she screamed out in pain.

"My death...will not...free you from this madness…" She coughed out as he only growled at her and ripped the blades down slicing open her chest. When that happened her black tar began to form in the air as a light flashed, all around the room the oaths began to break blowing up one at a time while the place was being destroyed. The screen enveloped into white until it came back showing Jaune back at his home which had been abandoned for years.

Jaune held the jewelry of his family while looking at the home.

"I-is he free? Did he do it?" Nora had stopped the tears as she watched him fight for his freedom. To be able to live in what was real and not lies.

"It has to be, their all dead." Winter was intrigued by the strength to fight and be free rather than succumbing to someone who had power over him. Reminded her of what she did to free herself from her father just as Weiss did going to Beacon.

"I would not have been strong enough to choose your path, Spartan," Orkos spoke as he stood behind Jaune making him turn to face him. He took his hands shaking it as he placed a hand on his shoulder showing his respect and gratitude towards him for all of his help.

"Orkos." He spoke.

"I would have taken what my mother's offer," Orkos admitted feeling ashamed.

"I would rather live in truth," Jaune stated as the smile left Orkos's face and he looked away holding his robe.

"I fear that you may come to regret those words, Lord Ares still hold your bond." He admitted as Jaune could not believe what he had just heard.

"This cannot be,"

"How is it possible? He got rid of all three." Blake said as many were looking at how his hands were holding his robe.

"Before you killed them, my mothers made me the keeper of your oath once more,"Orkos pulled his robe to show the chunk of amber which held his oath to the god.

"For you to be free, I must die by your hand."

"I do not understand."Jaune turned away as he clenched his fists, his nails dug into the skin of his palm making them bleed.

"If you don't release me, my father will retain power over you. But worse, I will remain in eternal torture." Jaune turned away as he could not face him.

"I have spilled enough innocent blood," Jaune admitted as he remembered some of his actions.

"What?" Pyrrha held her hand over her mouth hearing the words, he had killed innocent people?

"There is no other way, destroy the oath. Kill Ares. Have your revenge." Orkos grabbed his shoulder as Jaune did the same. He reached down drawing the short sword from his hip.

"I was never the warrior my father wanted me to be…but please. Give me an honorable death," Orkos asked him as he handed him his sword, Jaune looked at him with sorrow as he was in conflict. But he was right, there was no other way.

Jaune closed his eyes and pulled Orkos towards him as he drove the blade deep into his chest and through his heart in order to make it a quick death. He held Orkos up as he released his final breath and began to go limp. Jaune caught him and slowly laid him down on the floor as the stone shattered freeing him of his oath. When it did everything rushed back to Jaune as his memories came back to him.

"Hey what's happening?" Ruby asked as they saw the camera fly into Jaune's eye as if going into his mind

(Memories)

Jaune rode on a horse as he was wearing an armor piece protecting his chest as an army in the hundred of spartan warriors carrying spears, shields, and swords road behind him as they charged for an opposing army that was in the thousands. As they road, an arrow flew striking one of his men right in the head knocking him off as his skull broke like a watermelon.

"Archers!" Jaune's voice boomed through the battle as the front riders drew their bows and arrows pulling them back. Jaune had his sword held up as they road closer to the barbarians and he dropped it down pointing it at them.

"Fire!" When the order left his mouth the arrows flew hitting them only killing a few as they began close in on each other. Eventually, they closed and many were knocked off of their horses, that was when the true battle began.

Jaune had managed to stay on his horse as he slashed down taking the heads of his enemy. He pulled the reins and turned stomping on the skull of one crushing it under the weight of the horse. He was then pulled off by one that he stabbed through the chest before kicking him away, he reached down and picked up the shield of one of his fallen soldiers. He began to fight taking own every single one that came his way in an attempt to take him down. He held his grown steady and never giving them an inch until when he held up his shield to defend against another attack he was suddenly sent flying and landing on a pile of corpses which were some his men, he looked up before being crushed by the heavy weight of a hammer right on his chest making him cough up blood.

He looked up and saw who he was sent to fight, the barbarian king who had challenged his home in an attempt to take it. As he laid there in his dying breath he raised his hands to the sky as he could see the light starting to form on the battlefield.

He knew who it was as he had seen the same light appear many times in the many battles he fought and won.

"ARES! Defeat my enemies, and my life is yours!" Jaune promised as the god of war himself broke through the clouds coming down accepting his deal. He wore armor as chains were wrapped around his shin guards, his hair was made of fire.

Jaune was brought before Ares who looked down at him.

"My life is yours, Ares. From this day...I shall carry out your will." Jaune promised as he pledges his oath to the god who did as he promised and used his powers to slaughter the barbarian army. They were slaughtered as fires consumed them and many ripped apart by an invisible force.

Many said nothing as they witnessed the slaughter of an entire army by the hand of one god.

"T-this is what he did, this was his oath," Glynda spoke out as the pen and papers fell from Oobleck's hands as he looked at the bloodshed happening to men. It was worse than anything he had ever seen.

As he killed them all chains flew from his fires and towards Jaune as he held his arms out, chins flew from the flames and wrapped around his arms swearing to his flesh burning as they would be a reminder to his oath.

"AAAAAAH!" Jaune yelled out as they connected to him for the rest of eternity. When it was done he swung the blades and decapitated the leader and winning the battle. At the cost of his own life. Jaune stood at the center of the carnage as his humanity was stripped from him and only the will to murder was left within his eyes.

As the memories kept playing they saw as he and his army slaughtered all who opposed him and his lord. Army's falling to their ruthless tactics as their brutality had become known by all.

Cities falling to their power as any resistance was dealt with leaving every man, woman, and child dead in their path. All in the name of his master and god.

"T-this can't be…" Nora held her hands over her mouth as the Jaune she knew was a kind leader who wouldn't hurt anyone who didn't deserve it. He had even saved Cardin from an Ursa even after all the bullying. But this...this wasn't Jaune. He was gone replaced by a monster.

As they kept going the last one began playing as he held a torch before his army while a village stood behind him.

"They've built this temple to offer prayer to Athena! This entire village stands as an affront to lord Ares! Burn this village! Burn to the ground, leave none alive!" Jaune turned around and threw the torch at a building which began to burn as his army began to ravage it. The innocent villagers impaled by spears as he walked through cutting down any in his path as he walked towards the temple. The blood of the innocent staining his blades and body.

No one said anything as they witnessed the slaughter of any who stood against him. A man turned into a monster who held no remorse or empathy as he cut down any who opposed his master.

"No, no, no…" Ruby repeated as she watched him murder. This wasn't Jaune, he was kind sweet and loving. That thing on the screen was not her friend, he was replaced by a monster.

"Gods…" Oobleck dropped his mug shattering it against the floor as he remembered a very old stone tablet. He finally remembered the tomb he had discovered very far from any kingdom or village. On the stone tablet was an image of a man with a red mark and blades as the blood of all he slaughtered stained the land. He prayed that this was not true.

Blake could only picture one man that Jaune had turned into, his blade red but had the blood of humans dripping off it. The one who she left on that train before coming to beacon and leaving the White Fang.

As he was about to enter the temple an old dark-skinned woman stood in his path holding onto a stick keeping her up.

"Be warned Spartan, dark things lie within that temple. Things that will cost you." She warned him as he pushed her out of the way and kicked open the door. As he entered the temple he saw men in his way and his vision became red with anger as he began to slaughter every single person inside the temple staining the walls and floor with their blood. The camera moved showing only the shadows on the wall as he ripped them apart and used his blades to put every single one down.

He then stopped as he killed the final two in the temple, their blood splattering all over the statue of the god they worshiped. The statue looking down at what was before its stand as Jaune held his blades as the cloud of anger began to clear and he saw what he had done. His eyes widen as his grip weakened and he dropped his blades to the ground, he soon followed as his legs lost all strength and letting him fall. He sat on his knees as he reached out with shaking hands touching the bodies of his wife and daughter.

"Amber...Aria… how? They were in Sparta…"

Many of the women had their hands over their mouths as they witnessed jaune taking the lives of his own wife and child. Many of them were too stunned to say anything as they saw him trying to understand what was happening. He was trying to understand what he had done had yet to sink in.

"This was the ultimate sacrifice." Penny suddenly spoke as she remembered before when had a memory earlier about his oath being tied to the blood of his enemy, innocent, and finally family.

Jaune looked at his hands covered in their blood as he was shaking, he grabbed his daughter pulling her close as he was shaking. The fire around him taking shape as Ares appeared.

"You are becoming all I hoped you would be. Now with your wife and child dead, nothing will hold you back. You will become even stronger, you will become death itself." He spoke as Jaune held his daughter's corpse, he stayed silent holding her until he finally spoke.

"I will hunt you...to the deepest pits of Hades, to the highest peak of Olympus. Traverse every inch of Poseidon's sea and every single inch of land to find you. I will stop at nothing until I drive my blades into you and take your life." His hands gripped his daughter's bloodstained dress as tears slowly built in his eyes. He closed his eyes tight making a drop land on her face before speaking again. "I vow on this day that your life will be mine, Ares. Nothing will get in my way while I hunt you down. Send your minions, warriors, the gods, and any being who dares get in my way. Because they will not save you from me! I will have my revenge!" Jaune roared a staccato of rage and anguish as he laid his daughter back down with her mother. He stood and met the glare of the god of war defiantly.

"Jaune…" Pyrrha had tears in her eyes looking as he held his daughter.

"I have never seen anyone stand up to a god…" Ozpin whispered as he was stunned by such an action. He himself could never have done such a thing.

"We will see, Jaune," Ares spoke as the fire dissipated and Jaune was left alone with the dead all around him. Eventually, he began to walk out as the fire spread consuming the corpses of his family. He felt numb standing before the burning temple as he fell to his knees looking up at the sky.

"ARES!"

The Oracle once again appeared, this time she spoke something as her hand was in the air.

"From this night forward, the mark of your terrible deed will be visible to all. The ashes of your wife and child will remain fasten to your skin. Never to be removed." She spoke as the fire grew hotter.

"What!?" Many yelled hearing what she spoke.

Soon the ash began to rise high into the sky before being carried to Jaune by the winds as the ash began to touch his skin. The ash fused with his flesh turning the tanned flesh into a pale white. This cursed would tell all of the monster he had become.

The ghost of Sparta had been born.

"There is no worse thing that could have been done," Ironwood spoke as he despised all this version of himself had done. He served the military to protect and serve to keep the kingdoms safe. That thing was a monster, he would kill himself before ever becoming such a man.

The memories ended and he dropped the jewelry of his family. He let it all sink in before he built a pyre within his old home. Orkos laid on it as he placed a light torch on the dry grass starting the flames as he walked off leaving his old life behind and heading off beginning his journey for revenge.

The screen shut off.

A new cabinet appeared this time holding the amulet and eyes of truth sitting neatly on display.

Many of them sat in silence as they could not believe what they had witnessed. A man made a warrior for the gods. Sacrificing his own soul for victory and power, it was something few currently in the room could choose.

Suddenly there was a slow clapping which made many turn around in their seats to look at the very back of the room to see someone sitting in a seat wearing robes and a cloak which hid them from being identified.

"Hey, who are you?!" Ruby yelled as not a single one of them had even noticed the person

"No one special, just admiring what I saw. Such a great warrior who could make a great champion. One only needs to know how to truly keep their pawns loyal to them." She spoke as white hair was seen when she pulled her hood down revealing a woman that none could tell who she was.

"You little," Nora growled as she suddenly stopped and sat back down seeing the man with the mask again.

"No fighting," He simply said standing next to the woman. He leaned down speaking into her ear.

"Keep quiet and Ozpin won't tell who you are."

"Fine, such a repulsive form," Salem spoke softly as she looked at her peach colored skin.