This will be a night to remember!

AN: Hello everyone.

I am sorry i forgot to tell everyone in the last chapter, but i have decided to post my story every other Tuesday.
Due to school and work this semester, i don't have as much time to write out each chapter as i wanted, sorry.

Also, there is an OC character named "Grun Grauel" who is "Nightengale4698" character.
Nightengale has his own story called "Broken Fang: a Second Chance" that introduces his character to my story's universe.

Hope you guys like this chapter.

Because this will one heck of a party!

The broken moon hung high over a dark and scorched land, covered in black sand and razor sharp rocks. In the distance, a woman could be seen.

The skin on her face matched her hair, pail white, like Grimm bone. Her face had black roots coming up from her neck to her eyes. Her eyes… they were blood red and glowing like Grimm eyes.

She appeared to be standing over a black tar pit. She waved her hand over the pit. Once her hand was removed from it, a creature of Grimm emerged. The Grimm was 10 feet tall, and took the form of a Beringel.

As it emerged, it's didn't appear to have many armor plates. Once it crawled out, it looked down to the smaller Grimm around it, and began to consume them. For every small Grimm it consumed, its body grew and its armor formed.

Once the Grimm finishes forming new armor and strength it walks away and joins a massive Grimm hoard down in a valley. On the right side of the valley, a massive tower could be seen.

Looking back to the woman, she is looking with eyes full of intensity as she spoke, "I can't wait to watch the world you were charged to protect burn down."

Jaune jolted awake, his eyes looking around the dark bedroom in all directions. Sweat trickled down his face, his skin felt cold and clammy, and his hands were shaking like an earthquake. He sat up from the bed he was laying on and tried to stand up.

Behind him, a startled Pyrrha sat up from the bed and quickly moved to his side. She grabbed him by the shoulders, keeping him on the bed, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Jaune was breathing; he quickly turned to Pyrrha as she moved to be in his sight. Jaune started to relax and breathe more calmly. "It's nothing…" Jaune turned forward and put one hand on Pyrrha's as it rested on his shoulder, "Just a bad dream. Go back to sleep." Pyrrha looked over at their nightstand and saw that their clock read 0645.

"No, it's fine," she said as she got to her feet, "I needed to wake up anyway. From what I can recall, we should be landing in Vale in just over an hour. Go ahead and take a shower. You need it more than I do right now." Jaune looked down and saw that his skin still felt wet and sticky. Taking his girlfriend's advice, Jaune got up from the bed and walked over to the shower room. After his coronation as a Star Knight, Jaune had been given a private custom-made airship, complete with his own quarters. As Jaune closed the door to the shower, Pyrrha looked out the window and sighed. She knew that Jaune was still feeling some form of pain, but it wasn't from her supposed death several years ago. That pain was gone, but something was still there. A few minutes later, Jaune stepped out of the shower room with a towel wrapped around his waist, causing Pyrrha to flush crimson when she looked over at him. Jaune recognized the look on his girlfriend's face and knew what she was staring at, but decided to play along.

"What are you looking at?" he asked with a sly grin.

"Nothing, just enjoying the show," Pyrrha replied as she stood up. Jaune placed a hand on her shoulder before she could go anywhere.

"Then why don't you go take a shower so I can enjoy my own show?" Jaune teased. He tried to lean in to kiss her, but Pyrrha brought up her finger and placed it on his lips.

"Sorry, but we're almost at the city," she said before giving a seductive wink, "But maybe when we get to the hotel." Jaune raised an eyebrow.

"Not sure if I can wait that long," he playfully retorted. Pyrrha chuckled softly as she shook her head.

"Alright, enough messing around," Pyrrha said as she took Jaune's hand off her shoulder, "Hurry and get dressed. I doubt a Star Knight can make a public appearance in just a towel." Jaune snorted a laugh as he took out his clothes and walked back into the bathroom to get dressed, Pyrrha standing by the bed and doing the same. Before long, the ship touched down in Vale and Jaune and Pyrrha disembarked.

(AN: Everything that happened between 'Rise of a Star Knight' to now.)

Life in Vale quickly returned to normal after the worldly known "Battle of the Five Armies" ended. The united armies of Vale and Atlas succeeded in driving almost all the Grimm out of Vale and defeated the entire section of the White Fang that was in Vale.

With the information provided by Emerald Sustrai, Mercury Black and Neapolitan, Vale authorities were able to find a sizable amount of informants and insiders in the Vale military and political parties. There was even evidence that two of Vale's council were under Cinder Fall's payroll and were partially responsible for why Vale couldn't reclaim their capitol and Beacon Academy.

With their help in providing valuable intelligence on moles and rats in Vale's government, Emerald, Mercury and Neo were all given full pardons. Jaune Arc himself signed their pardons personally, saying that they have more than earned back their freedom, and have earned a chance to start over.

After several months of recovery and incarceration, Adam Taurus confessed and exposed any and all White Fang activities in Vale that could possibly lead to retaliation. Prior to his confession, Taurus refused to answer any questions unless he spoke to Blake Belladonna.

With all this activity made public about the White Fang's movements and their involvement in both the Fall of Beacon and the Battle of the Five Armies, human-Faunus relations have plummeted. Most of the citizens of Atlas feel uneasy about their Faunus population; some of their people demand that there be sections of the city that they should be blocked from.

After seeing how much the White Fang could do with their limited power, the leaders of all four kingdoms have moved for a security force to be placed in Menagerie in order to prevent such events to happen again. So far, there have been multiple arrests; some were proved to be plausible, while others ended with a misunderstanding. (People arrested under bogus charges.)

After the events at Vale, Jaune Arc has motioned that all four Star Knights increase their security around their borders. And while Mistral's and Vacuo's listened, the Star Knight of Atlas refused to follow his advice. Not much can be said why Boromir Numenor would do so, only that he feels a Knight who starts a war for juvenile reasons should not be trusted.

General Ironwood and the rest of the Atlisan military returned home and followed Jaune Arc's advice. Despite what Supreme Commander Numenor believed, Ironwood would not risk the kingdom on someone's pride.

Overall, the world of Remnant had gone into a watchful and vigilant 'peace'… for now anyway.

(AN: Now, back to the present.)

After getting through security, the two collected their bags and began to look around the airport. An old friend of theirs was supposed to meet them there to pick them up, but she hadn't shown up yet.

"I thought she'd be here by now," Jaune said as he looked at the time on his scroll, "What's taking her so long?" Pyrrha shrugged in response.

"Maybe she got held up in traffic?" the warrior princess suggested. Suddenly a voice rang out.

"Or maybe she got here two hours early," the voice said. Quickly turning around, Jaune and Pyrrha saw the bright smiling face of their longtime friend, Yang Xiao Long. Before either of them knew it, they found themselves enveloped in one of Yang's signature bear hugs, Jaune feeling an extra-tight squeeze from Yang's metal arm. Pyrrha feebly reached up and patted Yang on the shoulder to signal for her to let them go so they could breathe.

"Sorry, but it's been so long," she said after her friends finished catching their breath, "You guys hardly ever write, and it's not like scrolls are hard to find these days."

"I know, Yang, and I'm sorry," Jaune said as he rubbed his back, "But being a Star Knight takes up a lot of my time nowadays." Yang lightly punched him on the shoulder in response.

"Ah, don't worry about it," she said, "So, did Vomit Boy puke on the way?" Jaune blushed and widened his eyes at her question.

"What?! No!" Yang laughed and punched him again.

"Come on, buddy, I'm just messing with you," she said with a laugh as the three walked out of the airport and to the parking lot. As they walked, Pyrrha looked over to Yang with a raised eyebrow.

"So where did you park your motorcycle?" she asked. Yang found herself laughing at her question.

"Whoever said anything about my motorcycle?" With that, she took a car key out of her pocket and clicked the unlock button. Jaune and Pyrrha could scarcely believe their eyes when they saw the headlights of a gleaming yellow sports car activate.

"How did you afford that?" Jaune asked, poorly trying to contain his surprise at their ride.

"Don't get too excited, Vomit Boy," Yang replied as she opened the trunk for her friends to place their bags, "This is just a rental. I gotta return it this evening. If you guys don't have anything else, let's get going." After Jaune and Pyrrha climbed in the back seat, Yang put the key in the ignition and drove out of the parking lot. As they sped down the road, Yang looked to her passengers through the rear view mirror.

"So, what have you guys been up to that you can actually talk about?" the blonde brawler asked.

"Well, I got to introduce Jaune to my family after we left Beacon," Pyrrha answered, "They were extremely happy to see him bring me home." Jaune smiled and nodded.

"Yeah, and her uncle is a really generous guy," Jaune added, "Even gave me a new holster for my pistol. It magnetizes the gun to my hip and lets me bring it out without having to draw it. Pretty top of the line stuff, really. Afterwards, I brought Pyrrha home to introduce her to meet my family and stayed with them for a while."

"His sisters were actually quite happy to meet me," Pyrrha said, "Though some of them wouldn't stop teasing him about using his fame to, and I quote, 'get a girl on his arm.'" Yang got a sly grin on her face as she rounded a corner.

"So did you guys see any action outside the bedroom if you get my drift?" she asked with a wink. Jaune knew that she was only teasing, but couldn't stop himself from blushing just the same.

"Not much to say, really," he said, "After I sent a platoon to investigate the ruins of Dol Guldur, they reported back saying that there wasn't anything there. After Atlas left the wall, Ironwood let us have it as a 'gift.' We tore it down and used it to help repair villages surrounding Vale."

"And it wasn't surprising, considering the role he played in the battle," Pyrrha added, remembering being forced to sit there helpless and watch as Cinder Fall sent countless hordes of Grimm to assault the fallen kingdom of Vale, and her manipulation of using Vale and Atlas to attack one another.

"What about you?" Jaune asked.

"Hmm?" Yang asked in confusion.

"Last I heard you and Grun went to Menagerie. Care to shed some light?" Jaune smirked.

Yang started blushing as she was suddenly extremely focused on the road. "W-well, we went and met the Belladonnas. They were really sweet, but Kali kept asking when she was going to get her 'honorary grandbabies', which Grun did nothing to discourage her asking about."

Jaune laughed quietly as he said, "Yup, That sounds like Grun alright." Yang smiled at him and continued.

"I wound up telling her that we weren't ready for kids yet. After we got done we just kind of walked around the city for a while, we went back to our hotel where he made this delicious dinner for us, he proposed, and then we had this really nice cheesecake he made…"

"WHOA, WHOA, WHOA," Jaune started shouting, "Back up a minute!" Yang blushed even harder for getting caught, " I know you did not just try to gloss over that last part to tell us about a damn cheesecake!"

Yang pulled up to a red light and looked at her friends, Jaune almost glaring at her while Pyrrha's eyes are wide and glistening her hands covering her mouth. "Um, surprise?"

Jaune slowly started smiling and says, "Can we see it?" Yang thought for a moment and slowly started peeling the glove off of her left hand, the light reflecting off of gem and metal of a ring. Once her glove was completely off, she held her hand over for them to inspect.

The diamond was a mesmerizing, swirling design. Bright canary yellow twisted and blended with a dark emerald green, both colors finally combining into a bright, grass green sunburst in the center of the diamond. The band was a dark black and silver twist design, coming together to two small animal heads holding the stone, the silver metal forming a small wolf head, while the black metal formed a tiny dragon head.

"Wow," Pyrrha whispered. "It's beautiful. How did he find such a beautiful diamond?"

Yang smiled demurely and starts gently running her metal finger over the stone, "I asked the same thing. Grun said he had a friend in Mistral who had a semblance that could turn Dust into diamond strength weapons. Grun brought the idea to him if he could use that semblance to make jewelry. His friend wasn't sure at first, but after a lot of trial and error, the two figured out how to do it."

Yang lifted her hand, watching as the sunlight feeds through the diamond, yellow and green beams shined on her face. "He got back in touch with his friend about a month ago, to check on him, and to ask him a favor. He said his friend moved to Menagerie and that it would take time to make the design he wanted. Apparently he called last week, saying it was done. Luckily we had planned on coming to Menagerie anyway to visit, so Grun left for a little bit while Kali was pestering me about babies."

Jaune smiled again after hearing the story, nodding to the light that had turned green. As they start driving again, he spoke. "Leave it to Grun to make a proposal that is nearly impossible to follow. That man doesn't know how to do things in half measures."

Yang laughed as she stopped again, taking the opportunity to slip her glove back over her hand. "Yes, he definitely gives his absolute all in everything he does." She looks down where the ring is pushing up at her glove, bringing it up to kiss it.

She suddenly looks over to Jaune and Pyrrha, deadly serious. "I haven't told Ruby about our engagement yet. I don't want her feeling like it is more important than her celebrating her birthday. I'm planning on telling her after all the craziness from the party dies down." She stares dead into Jaune's eyes as she said; "You have to promise me you wont bring it up until I tell her, alright?"

Pyrrha immediately nodded, understanding how important it is to Yang. Yang silently thanked Pyrrha before turning to Jaune, "Swear it to me Jaune." Jaune stared at her incredulously, "You accept a nod from Pyrrha but I have to swear it? The crap, Yang?"

Yang didn't budge. "You remember the last secret we told you to keep? About Pyrrha's last birthday?" Jaune had the decency to blush and look away at that. "Ok, fair point." Pyrrha just giggled and rubbed Jaune's shoulder. "It was still a lovely party, even if it wasn't a surprise."

"Great," Jaune groaned, "Even my girlfriend is ganging up on me." Yang and Pyrrha quickly started giggling at Jaune's plight. "Swear it on your name, Jaune. I want to hear you say it."

Jaune sighs but he finally looks Yang in the eye, "Fine. On my honor as an Arc, I will keep this secret for you." Yang nodded in thanks before looking up and seeing the hotel.

"Here we are, lovebirds," she teased before pulling into the parking lot.

After parking and helping her friends get their baggage, Yang escorted them to their room. "Ruby is in her room last I heard, she got some presents from Coco and Sun that ended up being pranks. So expect her to be in a bit of a bad mood when you say 'hi'. But I bet seeing you two would put her in a good mood."

"Thanks for the heads up." Jaune replied.

"So what did they give her?" Pyrrha asked with a slight worry about what happened to Ruby.

"Well, the first one was from Sun. When she opened the box, it was a banana peel with a note saying, 'Sorry, Ruby. Got hungry on the way here.'" Yang said with a laugh.

Pyrrha couldn't help but laugh too, "Oh dear, and what about Coco's?" Pyrrha almost regretted asking.

"Well, when the first one failed, Ruby went for Coco's because it was a big box. So Ruby goes over to the box and opens it slowly," Yang tried her best to give a straight face, but when she revealed what happened she couldn't stop herself form laughing. "And then - BOOM! - She got blasted with glitter and confetti!"

Jaune couldn't help but snicker at the thought of Ruby getting a face full of glitter as Yang described. "The note inside said 'Hope your birthday goes out with a 'BANG'!' If you hurry, maybe you'll catch her with some glitter still in her hair." Yang suggested with a wink.

After Jaune and Pyrrha dropped off their bags and equipment, they walked over to Ruby's room. They were on the same floor, but on opposite sides of the building.

When they reached the door, they found a sign saying "Birthday girl in the HOUSE!" Jaune couldn't help but laugh at the fact that the words were written in Yang's handwriting.

Jaune knocked on the door three times; the response they got was unexpected. "NO THANK YOU! I've had enough CRAZY gifts for one day!"

Jaune chuckled a little as he replied, "How about a visit from some old friends?"

They could hear someone coming up to the door in a hurry, and saw a small light shine in the peephole in the door. The door then opened, "Jaune? Pyrrha?"

The door opened all the way to reveal the black and red haired reaper, smiling and dripping tears of joy. There was still a lot of confetti in her hair from Coco's prank, which only made their reunion a lot more joyful. "Ruby Rose." Jaune said with a smile.

"Guys! You made it!" Ruby smiled as she ran up to them both and gave them a hug. Jaune and Pyrrha relieved that Ruby didn't hug them as hard as Yang did.

"20 years old, that's no small number." Jaune said as Ruby let them go, "It's good to see you."

"It's good to see you guys too! Come on, come in!" Ruby said as she let them go and gestured them to follow her into the room.

"You guys want something to eat? I made cookies." Ruby said as she led them into the room.

Ruby's hotel room was the same as Jaune and Pyrrha's. When Vale's finest hotel learned that two of the huntresses who saved the kingdom wanted to rent the place for a birthday party, they gave them the penthouse free of charge. And for Jaune and Pyrrha's room, well, having a personal shuttle isn't the only perk to being a Star Knight.

The penthouse had two bedrooms, a living room that connected with its kitchen and a balcony outside, big enough for five.

"I can brew you guys some coffee too?" Ruby asked as she pointed to the kitchen.

"Sure." Pyrrha said with a smile. Just when she was about to sit down, she noticed that there was a pile of confetti on the seat.

Jaune walked up to the kitchen counter and rested a bag of coffee beans, "I brought the good stuff too."

Ruby turned to see that Jaune brought "Mistralian Coffee." She got so excited, she sprinted over to the counter, causing draft that carried some of the confetti and rose petals over to them. "You brought MISTRALIAN Coffee!?" She then took the bag took a deep breath over it and then hugged Jaune tight, "You are the best!"

When Ruby was hugging on him, in his mind he was thinking, "Her confetti-filled hair is going up my nose and I can't get her off."

"Ruby, I think you're suffocating him!" Pyrrha said with a bit of fear in her voice.

Ruby let go and allowed air to return to Jaune's lungs. "I'll go ahead and make us some coffee." Ruby said with a smile as she took the bag of beans. "You guys can sit over-" Ruby cut herself off when she saw that there was confetti all over the dining table, where she originally opened Coco's prank.

"We'll drink it outside." Jaune said with a nervous smile. After saying it he wipes some glitter off his mouth and out of his nose.

Jaune and Pyrrha sat on one side of the table while Ruby had the other. All three had coffee mugs in their hands and a plate of chocolate chip cookies in the center of the table.

All three of them drank the first sip at the same time. "Mm… Nothing beats Mistral made coffee."

"We brought a few more packs if you want some." Pyrrha asked with a wink.

"Please!" Ruby said as she reached for a cookie and ate it in one bite. She then looked to the two in front of her and asked, "So, when are you guys finally getting married?"

Ruby caught both Jaune and Pyrrha in the middle of their second sip, as they both immediately spat their drinks in opposite directions. "RUBY!" Jaune exclaimed.

"We aren't getting married." Pyrrha said, and then she thought to herself, "Not yet anyway." Pyrrha started to rub the back of her neck.

Ruby looked at Pyrrha and felt that there was something odd about Pyrrha rubbing the back of her neck when she spoke. "Weird, did she get a tattoo or something?"

"We agreed to take things slow." Jaune said as he rested his mug on the table.

Ruby then spat her drink, this time it splattered on one of Jaune's boots, "Ah! Ruby!"

"'Taking it slow?' You guys have been together for two years now! How much time do you need?" Ruby was more disappointed than shocked that they haven't even gotten that far yet.

"Ruby, a real relationship isn't 'become boyfriend and girlfriend and then you're married.' It takes time to grow." Pyrrha said with a more calm voice.

"And two years isn't enough?" Ruby asked.

"When you have a relationship of your own, then we can talk about stuff like this." Jaune said with a bit of irritation. Jaune felt going any further into this subject would only be more awkward for all of them. "So, the last note you sent, three months ago… Are you going to accept it?"

Ruby slumped back in her chair and set her mug on the table, she then gave a little guilty pout as she said, "No… I don't think so."

"What?" Pyrrha asked with pure shock, "But it's an opening to be a teacher at Beacon! Why would you say no?"

"Because I don't want to be sitting in a classroom all the time. I want to be out in the field like Yang and Qrow!" Ruby pouted like a child.

Jaune scoffed at her claim, "Oh come on, Ruby. Glynda goes out on patrols too. Heck, you went on that mission to Mt. Glenn with Oobleck, remember?" Jaune took a cookie and ate some of it as he continued, "Plus you'll have an opportunity to teach the next generation of hunters on how to fight."

Ruby started to see some of the wisdom they were sharing, but a part of her didn't want to listen. "I'm still thinking about, ok." Ruby's attention was then drawn to Vale Central Park. "Looks like they're still setting everything up."

Jaune and Pyrrha both turned to see that she was right. Right then they saw a large banner that said "Happy Birthday Ruby and Yang!" with its colors being both red and yellow.

Ruby and Yang may have been born in different years, but they coincidently shared the same day of the year. This meant that all the party decorations and cake had to have both their colors on it. Although this would be the second birthday they celebrated back in Beacon, it was significant because this one was Ruby's 20th.

From the balcony they could see a stage for both dancers and the band that would be performing. There was a small ice-skating ring that was made, because so many people loved it back in the Christmas party last year. They could also see a small section of the square that was being converted into a karaoke bar.

"I hear Weiss is bringing fireworks." Jaune said with a smile.

"Oh, yeah! She brings the best kinds." Ruby says with great joy. The fireworks Weiss brought last year were some of the best and made Ruby twice as excited.

"I'm amazed Mayor Xiong is willing to put all this into the party." Jaune said with raised eyebrows.

"My sister was pretty persuasive. Plus he said he owed us one." Ruby says with an innocent smile.

"It's a miracle that she hasn't rendered the poor man sterile at this point." Pyrrha said with a small nervous chuckle. Jaune then twitched at the thought of how 'persuasive' Yang was back when they were at Lake Town. "So who else is coming?" Pyrrha asked.

"Everyone! The company, and everyone else we know." Ruby said with a joyful smile. She then took the mug and turned her seat towards the sunset in the distance. Jaune and Ruby saw the same view and adjusted their seats, too. They all admired the sight the sun's golden glow as it sank below the horizon.

Ruby took one big gulp from her coffee and smiled as she said, "Guys… this'll be a night to remember."

(AN: It's PARTY TIME!)

A green rocket flew straight up into the sky with tan colored sparks flying behind it. The spark trail it left behind made a large cylinder. After a few seconds of going up, the rocket exploded and created a large green cloud of green sparkles. From below it looks like it's a massive tree made of sparkles. As the tree shined all the sparkles fell to the ground, almost like rain, and then disappeared before they landed on anything.

The party was going on for almost an hour, and everyone was having the time of their lives.

Near the food court, a 5 ft. tall birthday cake was being carried to the dessert table in the food court of the park. The cake itself was a red velvet cake with lemon buttercream icing. The colors were to best represent the two birthday women. On top of the cake showed a miniature scythe with a big 20 and two small boxing gloves with a big 22.

On the dance floor, they were playing a very festive song that made everyone want to dance freely and happily. (AN: it's the same song that played in the Fellowship of the Ring: "Flaming Red Hair") Jaune and Pyrrha were dancing it away along with Velvet, Coco, Fox, Yatsuhashi, Sun, Blake, and many other familiar faces.

In the center of the park, Weiss was in charge of the firework show, launching some of her best work into the sky for the party. She had Penny and Winter helping her with setting up and choosing which ones to fire. Some were even made by Penny, as part of her learning experience with Dust.

While everyone was dancing, Jaune could see Neptune sitting at the food court, alone. Jaune could see that Neptune was looking in Weiss' direction while she was working on the next rocket she was going to set off. When Jaune walked in Neptune's direction, Sun spotted him and followed.

They both reached Neptune's table while he was drinking a beer. Jaune then tapped Neptune's left shoulder, "What are you waiting for? Go ask Weiss for a dance!" Jaune spoke with a bit of laughter in his voice.

Neptune looked to Jaune and Sun, he stood up and waved his empty bottle and said, "I think I'll just have another beer."

Just then both Jaune and Sun grabbed Neptune's arms and dragged him towards Weiss. "I don't think so, buddy." Sun said with a smile.

The blonde duo dropped Neptune off just a few feet away from the firework stand and backed away. Luckily none of the girls working there saw them do it. They were too busy setting up the rocket to launch.

Neptune took a deep breath and then walked up to the stand, "Hey, Weiss."

Weiss turned quickly to see who called her out, "Neptune!" She then ran over to the counter of the stand, "Good to see you!"

"Good to see you, too." Neptune said with a bit of redness on his face, "Look, I was in the mood to go dancing, but I didn't want to do it alone, would you be-"

"I'd love to!" She interrupted. Her face turned red, and then she made a nervous smile, "Sure, I'll just have to check in with my sister." She turned to Winter who simply waved her off.

Weiss then walked out of the booth walked up to Neptune; Neptune held up his hand and she took it. They both walked over to the dance floor and began dancing to the same rhythm as everyone else. Jaune and Sun stood in the distance with smiles on their faces, they laughed together at their success.

While Weiss was dancing with her boyfriend, Winter was now in charge of the fireworks. "All set, ready to launch!" Penny said with a big smile on her face. Winter then pulled a match and lit the fuse to the rocket. The rocket flew high into the air and split apart into individual streams of silvery light, each one arcing through the air and diving for the ground. Before they hit anyone, however, the streamers turned upwards and flew back towards the sky.

"So there we were at the mercy of three monstrous trolls…" Nora said in a very ominous tone. She had been telling stories of their adventures to the children at the party, this time she was telling of their journey to Beacon. "They were all arguing on how they were going to cook us; whether it would be turning us on a spit or sit on us one-by-one and squish us into jelly."

Ren could only smile at the sight of Nora telling the children the story, he was genuinely surprised that they didn't seem too scared about some of it, considering how scary it was to be in the middle of all of it.

"Blake and Velvet added more to the argument," Nora said with a bit of excitement in her voice. "They were trying to stall them long enough for Qrow Branwen to get on top of the high rocks and break them in half; allowing the sun to shine through and BOOM!" The children jumped when she shouted, "They all turned to stone!"

Some of the children turned to Ren to see what he had to say about the story, Ren simply replied, "Don't look at me, she's telling the truth, this time." After that the children started to cheer when Nora finished the story of their journey to Vale and Beacon.

Over by the bar, Yang and Grun were having a few drinks, while Grun's team was enjoying a few drinks of their own. Qrow sat at the other side of the bar, downing a shot of whiskey. They even had some company. Carol and her Blue squad, Sarge and the Reds, and even Wash was with them. They all enjoyed their rounds of drinks, and some walked over to the karaoke stage and sang their hearts (and their lungs) out.

Yang turned to Wash, "So, sheriff, how is life treating you?"

Wash laughed as he replied, "Police Commissioner, actually." Everyone started to cheer him on when he shared his recent promotion. "After all that's been happening in Vale, I've been keeping the looting and robbery down to lost library books." Everyone there then raised their glasses and cheered to Wash's new status.

Jaune returned to the dance floor and walked up to Pyrrha, he held out his hand to her. Pyrrha took it and followed him into the dancing crowd. Once they were in their positions, they began to dance along with everyone else. They looked around and found Sun and Blake; Neptune and Weiss; Coco and Fox; and Yatsuhashi and Velvet.

After some fast paced couple's dancing, everyone moved on to the food court to have their fill, preferably before Nora ate all the sweets. While Neptune was sitting with Weiss, Sun appeared over his shoulder and asked him to go with him, "Sorry to intrude, but you need to see this."

At first Neptune looked to Weiss, and she smiled while waving them off, "Go have fun, I'll be here." Neptune nervously smiled and kissed her forehead before running off with Sun.

Over by the firework stand, it appeared to be closed down while Winter and Penny were enjoying their break. Sun hopped over the table and walked further in, "Come on, I found something while we were here."

Sun walked into the supply closet and found what he was looking for. It appeared to be a black paper dragon with red paint on it. "This one." Just by looking at it made Neptune excited. Something this big would give off a big enough boom for all of Vale to hear.

They both then take the rocket to a nearby tent where they intend to set it off.

Just as Neptune set the rocket down in the tent, Sun grabbed a lighter and lit the fuse. "Done." Sun said with a smile.

Neptune looked to Sun and pushed the rocket towards Sun; "You were supposed to stick it into the ground!"

Sun caught it and pushed it back while saying, "It is in the ground."

Neptune pushed back, "Outside!"

Sun pushed again, "You wanted to do it HERE!"

And before Sun could push it back the rocket was set off and shot straight up. The rocket propelled with so much force that it pulled the tent Sun and Neptune were standing in upward, pulling it off it's anchors and fly straight up into the air with great speed.

In the shock of the initial blast, Sun and Neptune were both knocked off their feet and on their backs. They looked as the rocket flew up with sparks flying behind it.

Everyone else in the party looked up with amazement at the flames and sparkles. Then the rocket exploded, causing the people to cheer at the beautiful colors.

Then the sparkles from the explosion started to come back together to form a figure. That figure then opened what appeared to be wings and turned back around and began to fly towards the crowd. It appeared to be the form of a dragon, looking similar to how Smaug looked, 2 years ago.

Everyone in the party stopped what they were doing; some panicked and fell over each other; some even ran over tables as the dragon flew towards them.

Ruby looked up and saw the beast coming; she then turned to Jaune and Pyrrha who appeared to be oblivious to the whole scene. "Jaune, look out for the dragon!"

Jaune then looked to Ruby with a confused look, "Dragon? Ruby there hasn't been a dragon here for y-EARS!" Jaune and Pyrrha quickly ducked down when they saw what was coming for them.

The sparkling dragon flew overhead and snapped at the crowd before it flew back up high, moving in a more erratic motion, almost like Smaug did in his last moments. It then flew up and then went limp, just after falling a few feet the whole body exploded into dozens of bright and beautiful colors.

Everyone in the crowd cheered with great joy to the bright lights in the sky. Meanwhile, Sun and Neptune were looking at the same view with great and proud smiles on their faces.

"That was awesome!" Sun said.

"Lets get another one." Neptune agreed.

Before they could go and get another rocket, they both squeal as their ears began to get pulled from someone that appeared between them. "2,000 lien worth of Dust, two weeks worth of preparation, and to top it all off, it was going to be my finale." Sun and Neptune both look down to see a very angry Weiss between them.

"AHH!" Before Sun could explain himself, he felt a great pain as someone grabbed his tale and pulled on it, hard.

"You PROMISED me you wouldn't get into any mischief in this party!" Sun quickly turned around to find his girlfriend looking at him with a disappointing look.

Blake then pulled Sun along so that she could lecture him alone, while Weiss looked to Neptune, "You're in as much trouble as he is!"

After all the yelling and hitting, Sun and Neptune were both 'elected' to help clean up after the party.

Once all was calm, Jaune and Pyrrha were each pulled aside to opposite sides of the party.

Jaune was with Grun, Sun, Ren, Blake and Neptune at the karaoke bar; while Pyrrha was brought to the food court with Ruby, Weiss, Yang, Nora and Coco.

(First group conversation we will listen in on is Jaune's group)

Jaune was 'sat down' by both Grun and Sun at the end of a long table while everyone sat on the sides, all looking at him intensely. "Well… Have you asked her?" Grun spoke first among the group.

"Ask who what?" Jaune asked with an oblivious look on his face.

Everyone instantly slammed their heads on the table with how stupid Jaune's question was. "You can't honestly be that dense," Blake said with a groan.

Jaune then gave them a look of disgust, "I was kidding guys, geez. And the answer is 'no'. I haven't asked Pyrrha the question yet."

"WHY?!" Sun and Neptune shouted with anger.

Jaune then rolled his eyes and relaxed on his chair, "If you guys MUST know, I still haven't found the right ring yet! I want it to be special. And at the same time… I'm a little scared."

"Dude, you've been with her for the past two years. Why would she say 'no'?" Neptune asked with confusion.

"I don't want her to feel forced or have us rush into this." Jaune said as he started to huddle his head between his shoulders.

"Jaune, I can tell you with a hundred percent certainty that she will say yes… she's just waiting for you to ask." Ren said with a confident smile.

"Oh come on, it's not that easy, I'm scared. I mean," Juane looks to Grun, "How did you feel when you asked, Gurn? Were you scared?"

Grun simply replied, "I was terrified."

"SEE!" Jaune then gestured to Grun, "I'm not the only one here!"

Grun then raised an eyebrow, "The difference being I nutted up and asked her."

Jaune then groaned, "There are something's you can't rush."

"I repeat what Neptune said before," Blake said with an annoyed look, "It's been two years!"

Jaune sat up and looked at her as he spoke, "I'll have you know my father didn't propose until after the third year with my mother."

Grun then spoke, "Because they were neck deep in fighting Grimm most of that time. Not much chance for a romantic proposal in that time."

Jaune then slumped back in his chair, "Yeah, well, being a Star Knight isn't exactly helping."

As the group continued to pester Jaune on his excuses; on the opposite side of the party, Pyrrha was being "interrogated" by her group. After sitting Pyrrha down, albeit rather forcefully, Ruby noticed that her fiery-haired friend had a small red blemish on the nape of her neck. At first, Ruby thought it was a simple bruise from a previous mission, until she noticed what appeared to be suction marks around it. That's when it clicked for her, and she started to snicker. Pyrrha looked behind her with a nervous expression on her face.

"What?" She asked. Ruby then burst out laughing.

"You've got a cute little hickey on your neck!" the cloaked girl chortled in between breaths. Pyrrha's eyes turned to saucers as she quickly slapped her hand over her neck.

Dammit, I thought that thing faded by now! She thought. By now everyone began to laugh, except Weiss, who looked away with a blush and a light chuckle. Once they had their fill of laughter at their friend's expense, the girls calmed down and straightened themselves up.

"Has he asked you yet?" Yang asked after clearing her throat.

"No… he hasn't." Pyrrha says with a bit of sorrow in her voice.

All the other women slump back in their chairs. "What the hell is wrong with him?" Weiss asked, "Well, not saying there wasn't anything before, but this is just crazy."

"Weiss!" Ruby hissed.

"What? It's been two years since you two started living together and he still hasn't asked her." Weiss said with a bit of irritation in her voice.

"To be honest, I don't entirely blame him." Coco says, "Not all men can attain that much courage so fast."

"So fast? Two years is plenty!" Yang said with a bit of experience in her voice.

"Guys its fine! He'll ask me when he's ready." Pyrrha held up her hands trying to calm down her friends.

"So are you going to say yes?" Ruby asked with a twinkle in her eye.

"I… I don't know…" Pyrrha says with a very nervous voice.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON'T KNOW?!" Nora shouts almost at the top of her lungs, luckily for them the food court was mostly vacant and wasn't victim to Nora's outburst.

Weiss then spoke, "The man fought through Hell and back just to avenge you! And then when he learned that you were alive he finally told you he loved you! How could you not be sure?!"

"Believe me, there's nothing I would want more… but I'm willing to respect his decision to wait." Pyrrha said with a confident look on her face.

"And that's why you're perfect for him." Coco pointed out with a proud smile, "Anyone else would have pestered him or nagged him to ask… but you are willing to wait."

"Let's hope he doesn't wait too long." Ruby says with a smirk.

"I have a feeling he will ask when he's ready." Pyrrha said with a smile.

Weiss just made a starteling realization, "OH, I almost forgot to ask, do you two have any plans this week?"

"Well, we were planning on spending the next few weeks just staying in vale for Jaune's time off tour, why?" Pyrrha asked.

"Well, I'm going to be having a concert in a week for a fundraiser to help Vale. Even though it was my father's suggestion, I wanted to ask if you and Jaune could come? Having the hero of the Battle of the Five Armies could help raise funds for the rebuilding."

"I'm sure he would be open to. Plus I'm sure he'd love to see one of your concerts. As would I." Pyrrha says with a smile.

"Great! I'll be sure to send you both invitations." Weiss says with a smile.

The party ended around midnight. All the guests went home and a majority of the tents and equipment were taken down. RWBY and JNPR all gathered in the food court of the hotel they were all staying at for one last thing before they all went to bed:

Opening birthday presents.

Jaune spoke to the group, "Alright everyone, since she is the youngest, Ruby gets to open hers first. Ruby, come on." Jaune motioned for Ruby to open the first present.

Ruby opened a box that revealed a knife that was 40 cm. The sheath and the leather handle were made of black leather, with a red rose symbol on both. She opened it to see that it was made of a dark metal.

"That is reformed Rhodium steel that used to be your mother's spear. Your father gave us the spearhead to use and I had Vale's best blacksmith reforge it while everyone else helped to pay for it. I figured a long knife was the best choice for your travels." Jaune said with a smile.

Ruby was so happy, now a part of her mother would always be with her in a fight. "Thank you, guys." She then looked to the blade and thought about a good name for it, "I think I'll call it the same name my mother's spear had, "Black Thorn." Everyone smiled in agreement to her choice in the name.

Yang opened her first gift next. She opened the box that had an Atlas Logo on it. She opened to find what appeared to be a brand new arm. What was strange about it was, it looked like it had real skin on it. "No way! A new model?"

"Try it on!" Weiss said with a smile.

Yang removed her gold and black arm and attached the new one. The new one then synced up to her nervous system like the old one did, but then something different happened. Yang closed her hand and felt it. "WHOA! I… I can feel it!"

"Like Penny's skin, it feels like real skin." Blake said as she touched Yang's new arm. "She said that the same connection it has to your nervous system allows the skin to even feel real."

"And in combat, the feeling in the skin can turn off, so that you don't feel all the pain in that arm." Weiss adds with a smile.

Yang smiles with stars in her eyes, "Thank you all SO MUCH!"

After Yang calmed down, Ruby opened her last gift. It was a red wood box, inside were necklaces and other jewelry that used to be her mother's. "Wow! I've always wanted to wear these. Thanks you guys!"

As Ruby looked inside the jewelry box, Yang opened her final gift. It was a fairly large metal box. She opened it to reveal shotgun boots that resemble her Ember Celica. "Oh. My. Oum… YOU GUYS ROCK!" She immediately took them out of the metal case and struggled to put them on her legs.

Once she got them on she showed them off to everyone. "These are great!" She then performed some of her own moves and included her boot shotguns in them; they would click when she intended to fire, since they were empty. "I've always wanted to have boots of my weapon, but could never afford to make them."

"Then it's a good thing you have friends in high places." Jaune smiles as she winks at Weiss.

Ruby and Yang then gave their friends a massive and tight group hugs as a "thank you" to their great gifts.

With all the gifts shared and the night at its end, everyone went to their own rooms before sleep could claim them.

The party was a night that would be remembered, and what came next would certainly never be forgotten…

A/N: If you were wondering if that last sentence was written like that to be ominous, you would be correct.

See you guys next week!