Radiance

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A/N: Firstly, Jaune will be smarter and stronger. Secondly, he will be different from his original counter part. Thirdly, I’m writing Jaune the way I think he should have been written throughout the story. Fourthly, RWBY will also be written differently because it needs a overhaul. Finally, reviews will be much appreciated. Let’s get into this!

Jaune had trouble containing himself. He was in a airplane that was heading all the way to Beacon Academy! He got to see everything from the window. The signal academy below him. It was nice finally being able to fulfil his Family Legacy. Jaune didn’t wear any formal wear. Instead, he had on a long sleeve shirt that was navy blue and baggy. He wore a pair of black cargo shorts with brown hiking boots. Jaune had on a backpack with his family sword attach to his hip.

“Hey, you!” Someone yelled.

Jaune look over to see the person that was calling for him. He saw a teenager with lilac color eyes looking right at him. She had long, thick, and wavy hair that traveled below her back. The female her a cowlick on the top of her head. She wore a tan jacket that bares her midriff, with golden brown piping and short, puffy sleeves with black cuffs that feature two gold buttons. Under the jacket would be a low cut yellow colored crop top with a black flame designed on the left side of her crop top. The flame was partially visible because of her jacket getting in the way. A brown belt would be around wait and it held in place a brown piece of fabric that stretched from one side of her hip to the other. Underneath that was a white color fabric that was asymmetrical and it reached all the way down to her right knee. Finally, she had on a pair of tight black spandex compression shorts that reach her upper thighs. She wears a pair of brown, knee-high boots and orange over-the-knee socks, with the right sock pushed down just below the knee. A gray bandanna is tied around the left knee.

“Yang!” The other girl cried.

Apparently, that was her name.

“My sister Ruby looks about the same age as you.” Yang spoke.

Jaune walk over to the pair.

“I’m Jaune Arc, nice to meet you.” Jaune introduced himself.

“I’m Yang, this is my little sister Ruby.” Yang introduced herself and Ruby.

Ruby’s outfit consisted of a black color long sleeve blouse. The blouse has red color trimmings at the end of the sleeves. She wore a black color dress, with the skirt being the same color. She had on a red color petticoat, she had on black color tights before finishing with black color combat boots. The Teenager had short black color hair with red color being introduced at the endings of said hair. The length of the hair only went down to her neck. She had silver color eyes.

“It’s nice to meet you, Jaune.” Ruby shyly spoke.

“Your sister said we were about the same age I take it your sixteen?” Jaune asked.

“A year younger than that.”

“Close enough, recently my sister was accepted into Beacon Academy and she needs a new friend. Since you’re in her age group. I figured you fit the bill a little bit.”

“Yang!” Ruby shouted with embarrassment.

“Sshhh, let your big sis get you a friend.” Yang said.

“Beacon Academy? I’m new to the school as well. I recently got recommended by someone.” Jaune said.

“See, see Ruby, things are looking up. Introduce your weapon.”

Yang gave her sister a soft nudge. Ruby hearing about her own weapon seemed to perk up. As she brought out her weapon and it was in a shape of a compact rifle. Ruby would shift the compact rifle like shape into a full on sycthe.

“Woah, you knew what you’re doing when you were making it.”

Yang grew a smug expression.

“See, my little sister is the best.” Yang stated proudly.

“Thanks, her name is Crescent Rose. It took forever to make her when I was at Signel Academy.” Ruby answered.

“You did a great job and judging from the scratches on it, you did end up having to fight with it.” Jaune said.

“Yeah but it wasn’t anything too crazy. Just a few Grimm and a robbery.” Ruby explained.

“Wait you wouldn’t have happened to be the person that was the vigilante that tried stopping a dust robbery?” Jaune asked.

“Ahahaha, word gets around that a girl stops a robbery?” Ruby asked.

“Not one that single handly captured all of the underlings. You weren’t half bad from how the report went.” Jaune spoke.

“The main culprit still got away, I couldn’t stop him from getting away.” Ruby said.

“There was this guy I meet on the way here. He told me something pretty important. Don’t worry about the failures or the losses but remember all of the successes. If we focused on all the negatives we don’t ever see the positives. Imagine that huntress getting there without you interfering, she wouldn’t have gotten anyone and the criminals would have taken more dust. However, because you stopped their robbery mid way through their act. You prevented further damage and loses. I’d say you did good that night.” Jaune spoke.

Ruby grew a small smile at the praise. He was right, they would have made off with more dust and they would not have gotten those underlings without her.

“Thanks for that.”

“No problem.”

Yang seeing both parties on a good vibe would take this as her que to head out.

“I think you both can use some more time to talk alone. I see you found a new friend Ruby. It’s not so bad. Have fun!”

Yang dismissed herself. Ruby saw her leave her side to go to the other side of the airship.

“Ack, Yang!” Ruby cried.

Yang gave her a wave of dismissal. Ruby face Jaune as she now had some familiarity with him. She saw his sword.

“So, what about you? What is the name of your weapon?” Ruby asked.

Jaune grew a blush out of embarrassment.

“It’s just a ordinary longsword, just a hand me down when you think about it.”

Ruby’s eyes sparkled with awe.

“Can I touch it? Please, please~” Ruby pleaded.

“Sure.” Jaune agreed.

The two would walk off of the airship that had just landed within the front courtyard of Beacon Academy. The front courtyard housed a landing pad for the airship beyond the landing pad was the rest of the massive courtyard. The long strip from the landing pad that lead towards the Beacon had grass and a few trees. Finally the courtyard was surrounded by architecture and beyond that architecture would be two monumental sized doors. They saw other students roaming the courtyard along with other people, presumably new students that were already heading into the courtyard.

“Hey, Jaune since you are like me, do you feel special for getting admitted early into Beacon?” Ruby asked.

“No way, they just saw how I possessed potential. Why do you ask?” Jaune asked.

“Well...I was moved ahead two years and I just want to be normal and treated like I’m not some special person.” Ruby stated.

Jaune crossed his arms.

“I wouldn’t say they would treat you like a special person. I think you’d just have a lot more to prove, even me, we both have to prove ourselves to everyone else. The expectations will be higher because we our much younger. We just gotta meet them.” Jaune answered her.

“You think so?” Ruby asked him.

Jaune uncrossed his arms.

“Yeah, I do.” Jaune answered.

Ruby gave a nod and she seem to take a moment to pysch herself up.

“Here goes nothing.” Ruby said.

“That’s the spirit, I’ll catch up with ya later!”

Yang gave Ruby a wink and seem to dart away as she was taken away by a group of people that were her friends. Dorian and Ruby watch as Yang left the pair alone.

“That was...”

“Wait, you still haven’t told me if we have dorms here!” Ruby shouted at her disappearing sister.

“They have dorms here. If anything Beacon will be our home away from home for the next few years.” Jaune spoke.

“Thank goddness.” Ruby said.

“Do they just let anyone in? Aren’t the both of you a little too young to be here? This isn’t a regular sparring match you know, we’ll be fighting actual monsters.” A voice came from behind them.

The duo turn around to face the person that was talking to them. She is a pale skinned teenager with pale blue eyes. Her long white hair would be fashioned into a ponytail that wasn’t on the center of her head but on the side of her head. She has a scar over her left eye. The female wore a thigh-length strapless dress with a faint color gradation from white to pale blue at the hem. The hem her dress was scalloped and stitched to resemble snowflakes. She wore a white jacket with red lining on the inside of said jacket. The sleeves of the white jacket would go from white to a pale blue. The sleeves had snowflakes stitched into them. She wore two rectangular silver color earrings. The pendant she wore had a small apple on said pendant. She wore white color boots. A rapier that had the hilt as a revolver would be attached to her waist.

“Weiss Schnee, heiress to The Schnee Dust Company is here becoming a huntress. Interesting.” Jaune said.

“Finally, some recognition.” Weiss said smugly.

“You haven’t done a lick of work that deserves recognition besides your father is shredding your reputation because of his questionable business partners and controversial labor practicies.” Jaune beat her down.

Weiss was taken aback.

“Why...you...!” Weiss began to fume.

Ruby began giggling at Weiss’s face starting to fume.

“You don’t get to...how dare you! The nerve!”

Jaune gave her a simple shrug as he didnt care. Ruby began openly laughing while Weiss walked away fuming. The female would get her revenge meanwhile, Ruby had to get a hold of herself.

“I take it you don’t like it when people use the name of their family in that manner?” Ruby asked.

“You can say that, because if you use your family name as a way to get recognition and fame. It’s just insulting, use your own two hands to forge ahead.” Jaune spoke.

“Ooo that’s why you got so upset when she smugly said that she got recognition.” Ruby said.

“Yeah, it’s why I got really upset at her.” Jaune answered.

“You like to work hard don’t you?” Ruby asked.

Jaune looked up to the sky.

“My father told me that I must be excellent at everything and in order to be excellent at anything. I must work hard. Since I see value in his words. I won’t allow anything less than hard work.” Jaune said.

“I’ll be willing to work hard with you besides us young folk gotta stick together. We are friends after all.” Ruby spoke confidently.

Jaune looked back down as he turn his head to face Ruby.

“Yeah, let’s work hard together.”

Ruby concluded things wouldn’t be so bad even if Yang ditched her. The pair stood in comfortable silence for a few moments. Ruby took in a deep breath.

“Welcome to Beacon Academy.” Ruby breathed out nervously.

“Hey, where was that confident girl a second girl?” Jaune poked fun at her.

“She’s still here but I can’t help but get nervous!” Ruby defended herself.

“All we have do is head to the auditorm that is housing all of the new students for the upcoming cermony and we will find her.” Jaune offered.

Ruby crossed her arms but agreed to go to said auditorm. The two traveled through the courtyard until they entered the auditorm. Inside the auditorm they would find various other students within the school.

“Ruby over here! I saved you a spot next to me!” Yang spoke.

Ruby nearly took off at finally being able to be with someone she knew, before remembering she was traveling with Dorian. She turn to face him.

“I gotta go, sorry but I’ll see you after the ceremony.”

Jaune gave her a smile of assurance and Ruby waved at him with him returning her wave. Ruby ran over to her sister before turning to face the older sibling. Jaune was now left alone.

‘I wonder who else I’ll find.’ Jaune thought.

“So, how’s your first day going little sis?” Yang asked.

“You mean since you ditched me.” Ruby said.

“I did not, you were in perfectly capable hands. Where is Jaune by the way?” Yang asked.

“I had to meet you and I’m gonna meet up with him after the ceremony.” Ruby answered.

There was someone clearing their throat in a microphone that got all of the new students attention. Everyone look to someone that was standing on the stage within the Auditorm.

“As you all are well aware, I’m Professor Ozpin Headmaster of Beacon Academy.”

Professor Ozpin is a middle-aged man with tousled silver hair and brown color eyes. He wears shaded glass spectacles and a small, purple, cross-shaped pin on the cowl around his neck. In addition he wore a unzipped black suit over a dark green, buttoned vest and green shirt. He also wears black trouser shoes and long, dark-green pants. The man had a cane at his side.

“This is one of teachers, Professor Glynda Goodwitch.” Ozpin introduced.

Glynda Goodwitch is a woman with very light-blonde hair tied back in a bun. A curl hanging down the right side of her face. Her eyes are bright green and she wears a pair of thin ovular glasses. She has dangling teal earrings that match the hanging pendant on her collar. She wears a white long-sleeved, pleated blouse. A black cape with the inside of the cape being purple. She wore a black color high waisted skirt with brown color tights and black boots with bronze color heels. The female holding a rider crop at her hip.

“I’ll... keep this brief. You have traveled here today in search of knowledge, to hone your craft and acquire new skills, and when you have finished, you plan to dedicate your life to the protection of the people. However, I look amongst you, and all I see is wasted energy, in need of purpose and direction. You assume knowledge will free you of this, but your time at this school will prove that knowledge can only carry you so far. It is up to you to take the first step.” Ozpin said.

He suddenly backed off while Glynda came up to the microphone. She spoke into it.

“You will gather in the ballroom tonight; tomorrow, your initiation begins. Be ready. You are dismissed.” The woman spoke in crisp voice.

“He seemed kind of off.” Yang said.

“It’s like he wasn’t even there.” Ruby commented.

True to her word all of the new students would be put within the ballroom. Which meant they all would be sleeping in said room tonight. Many students changed into their pajamas to settle in for the night.

“This is like one big slumber party!”

Yang would lay down next to her little sister Ruby. The younger teen was laying on her belly as she wrote on a piece of paper.

“I would imagine that dad wouldn’t approve of all of the boys though.” Ruby commented.

“But I do~” Yang purred.

Yang would watch as shirtless guys walked around the area. Yang was definitely enjoying what she saw while Ruby gave out a scoff before rolling her eyes. Yang look to her sister busy with her writing.

“What’s that?” Yang asked.

“A letter to the gang at signal. I promised them that I would tell them all about beacon.” Ruby answered.

Yang saw this as a perfect opportunity to tease her sister.

“Aw, that’s so cuuuttteee~”

Ruby threw a pillow in Yang’s face. It hit Yang but Yang wasn’t phased by the pillow.

“Shut up! I didn’t get to take my friends with me to school! It’s weird not knowing anyone here!” Ruby shouted.

“What about Jaune?” Yang asked.

Not only did Yang ask Ruby, she pointed to Jaune. Ruby followed the direction of Yang’s finger to see Jaune talking with someone. Ruby got up from her spot on the floor as she maneuvered around the bodies. Yang got to her feet as she followed Ruby.

“Jaune!” Ruby spoke.

Jaune turn to face Ruby and Yang walking up to him.

“Hey guys.”

“Who’s your new friend?” Yang asked.

“Oh, Ruby and Yang meet Blake Belladonna. Blake meet Ruby and Yang.” Jaune introduced.