Glynda is leading teams RWBY, JNPR, MCHI, and CRDL through a forest bustling with red leaves and gray trunks.
Glynda: Yes, students, the forest of Forever Fall is indeed beautiful. But we are not here to sight-see. Professor Peach has asked all of you to collect samples from the trees deep inside this forest, and I'm here to make sure none of you die while doing so.
The group stops, and Jaune, grunting and carrying a large case with six empty glass jars on top, tries to catch up with them and ends up bumping into Cardin. The bully scowls at Jaune, who attempts to feign innocence by whistling tunelessly. Glynda is still instructing her group while holding up a full jar of their objective.
Glynda: Each of you is to gather one jar's worth of red sap. However, this forest is full of the creatures of Grimm, so be sure to stay by your teammates. We will rendezvous back here at 4 o'clock. Have fun!
While Yang Xiao Long and Ruby smile at one another, Jaune attempts to (noisily) sneak away from Cardin to his team, but the blackmailer sees this and grabs Jaune by the back.
Cardin: Come on, buddy - let's go!
Jaune miserably looks up at his team, where Nora and Ren are already walking into the forest's depths and Pyrrha is staring sadly at the scene. Dropping his gaze, Jaune turns and follows CRDL, to the disappointment of a sighing Pyrrha before she continues on. Team CRDL is making themselves as comfortable as possible by leaning on stones, trees, and the ground while Jaune returns to the group with six full jars, setting them down just as he collapses face-down. The surrounding team gets up in response.
Cardin: Hey, great work, Jauney boy! Now that wasn't too hard, was it?
Jaune is still on the ground, cross-eyed and sounding dizzy.
Jaune: I think I'm allergic to this stuff...
Cardin: Greeeeat, great, great. So, Jaune, I bet you're asking yourself, 'Why did my buddy Cardin ask me to collect seven jars of tree sap when there's only five of us?'
Jaune is nodding his head while still being exhausted.
Jaune: That is one of the many questions I have asked myself today, yes.
Jaune sits up.
Cardin: Well, come with me, and you'll find out.
Jaune moans and gulps in worry. Now perched on a hilltop overlooking the other students, team CRDL - plus Jaune, squeezed between Cardin and Russel - peak their heads over the crest and watch as everyone is retrieving their samples of sap. Ren, kneeling to collect it from a tree, passes a full jar to Nora, who "Mmmm!"s at the gift as Ren trades it for the other jar in her care. He turns back to the tree and starts filling it up while several licking sounds are heard off-screen until the camera pans back to Nora, now with an embarrassed smile covered in red and an empty jar in her hands.
Jaune turns to his left.
Jaune: Cardin, wh-what's going on?
Cardin is still staring at the unsuspecting group sharply.
Cardin: Payback.
Jaune widens his eyes in understanding.
Jaune: Pyrrha and Habib...?
Jaune watches Pyrrha and Habib gather more sap from a tree.
Jaune: Wh-what are you-?
Cardin pounds his fist on the ground.
Cardin: That's the girl. Red-haired know-it-all, thinks she's so smart and that bunny Faunus freak thinks he's stronger then a human. Alright, boys...
Cardin pulls out a buzzing cardboard box with a large "W" written on its sides.
Cardin: Last night, old Jaune here managed to round up an entire box of Rapier Wasps, and now, we're gonna put him to work.
Russel grabs Jaune by the shoulder, who barely laughs in nervousness.
Cardin: Now, according to one of the essays you wrote for me last week, these nasty things loooove sweets.
Pyrrha and Habib are seen finishing their sap collection.
Cardin: I'm thinking it's time we teach them a thing or two.
The members of CRDL get up. Cardin offers his hand to Jaune, only to painfully yank him up on his feet and shove the jar into his grasp.
Cardin: And you're gonna do it.
Jaune: Do what?
Cardin: Hit them with the sap!
Cardin leans in close to Jaune's face.
Cardin: Either that, or I'll have a chat with Goodwitch, and you'll be on the first airship out of Beacon.
Jaune looks down at the jars of sap in his hands and then up at the four grinning teammates waiting to see what happens. Jaune turns towards the group and aims his throw at an oblivious and smiling Pyrrha and Habib, trying to steel his nerves and shaking hand to do the deed, but ultimately steels himself for what he's about to do.
Jaune: No.
Cardin: What did you say?
Jaune is gripping the jars tightly.
Jaune: I said... NO!
Jaune turns and throws the jars at Cardin, instantly recoiling his hands to himself as he looks at Cardin's breastplate covered in sap. The other team leader, however, just looks at himself and laughs darkly.
Cardin: Oh, you've done it now...
Jaune humorously laughs to himself once more with his hands still raised in an attempt for defense as Dove and Sky grab Jaune's shoulders. Jaune is getting pushed to the ground of Forever Fall while a sap-covered Cardin is looming over him. Cardin picks Jaune up by his front and grins while punching him back to the ground.
Cardin: You know that wasn't very smart, Jauney boy.
Cardin picks up a bruised Jaune again while the rest of Team CRDL watches.
Cardin: I'm gonna make sure they send you back to mommy in teeny tiny pieces.
Jaune's head is hanging back.
Jaune: I don't care what you do to me...
Jaune looks at Cardin with fury.
Jaune: ... but you are not messing with my team or my friends.
Cardin is looking momentarily shocked at what Jaune said.
Cardin: What? You think talk like that makes you tough? You think you're a big strong man now?
Jaune smiles in defiance. An enraged Cardin roars and raises his fist again, but just as the hit connects, a bright light shines from Jaune, and when the white fades, Cardin is crying out in pain as he holds his hand. Jaune, now back on the ground but completely healed, looks confusedly at his hands as they faintly glow white. While he stares, though, Sky kicks Jaune in the back and gets him on his stomach, but he looks up and glares at the approaching Cardin.
Cardin: Let's see how much of a man you really are...
Just as Cardin said this, a low growl is heard, and a surprised Team CRDL turns around and sees a large paw crash onto the scene, belonging to a huge Ursa Major with dozens of jagged spikes sticking out from its wide back. It leaps forward and stands over the terrified students, lifting its head in the air to smell the sap on Cardin's breastplate. It lands back on its forelegs and roars at Cardin while his teammates heroically flee