A/N: The title says it all.

In an unknown area, many Beowolves were emerging from multiple black puddles. Further and further away in the dark and desolate land made up of red ground, purple crystals, and a red and black clouded sky, there was a high building. Emerald and Mercury were watching from inside said building. Inside was a large windowed room, at the center of which was a long purple, crystal table. Four people sat at the table with seven chairs. One of them being Cinder. Emerald and Mercury moved away from the window and to the table. On the table was Arthur Watts, Tyrian Callows, Hazel Rainart and the treacherous Frost. Cinder sat quietly, while Mercury and Emerald moved to her side. Emerald nudged Mercury out of her way so that she could be directly next to Cinder.

Watts: Yes, yes, keep your posse in check.

Mercury grunted and made a move toward Watts, but Emerald held him back.

Watts: You hear that? Silence.

Hazel gave Watts an unimpressed sideways glance.

Watts: I've half a mind to thank the little girl that bested you.

Frost: Oh yes, and I could Imagine you could do any better.

Watts let out a slight growl before sighing. Frost just smirked as he did.

Tyrian: If I were you, I'd hunt her down. Find her and, well, she took your eye, didn't she?

Cinder only stared at Tyrian while he cackled at her. Cinder tried to speak but only managed to make quiet exhaling noises. Emerald leaned in to hear her.

Watts: Pathetic. Why did you even.....

There was a sound of a heavy metal door being unlatched. The doors opened and everyone stood just before Salem entered. She moved alongside the table with soft footsteps before reaching the head of it, jewels jangling from her hair. Salem stopped, faced away from them and toward a candle and crystal display.

Salem: Watts.

Watts straightened, looking toward her.

Salem: Do you find such malignance necessary?

She gestured for all to sit down.

Watts: I apologize, ma'am. I'm not particularly fond of failure.

Watts and Salem sat simultaneously.

Salem: Then I see no reason for your cruelty towards young Cinder. She's become our Fall Maiden, destroyed Beacon Tower, and most importantly, killed dear Ozpin. So I'm curious, to what failures are you referring?

Watts: Well, the girl with the Silver Eyes.

Hazel: Yes. We've dealt with their kind before. How is it a novice was able to best one of us?

Watts: My thoughts exactly. Even without her new power, it should have been effortless.

Frost: You all seem to forget who was with her.

He said with anger in his voice as some much as mentioned You.

Salem: Indeed, and It is because of the Maiden's power. Make no mistake, Cinder, you hold the key to our victory. But your newfound strength brings with it a crippling weakness. Which is why you will remain by my side as we continue your treatment.

Cinder was unhappy about it and lowered her head as Emerald looked at her in sympathy.

Salem: Dr. Watts, you are to take Cinder's place and meet with our informant in Mistral.

Watts: Very good.

Salem: Tyrian, I want you to continue your hunt for the Spring Maiden.

Tyrian: Gladly.

Salem: And Hazel, I'm sending you to the leader of the White Fang. Adam Taurus has arranged the meeting. The boy continues to prove loyal. Ensure that Sienna Khan feels the same. Frost, you will go with him to ensure that nothing goes on that adam may regret doing.

Frost: but of course.

Hazel: As you wish.

Cinder raised a finger and Emerald failed to notice the gesture for a moment.

Emerald: Oh!

Emerald leaned in to hear her.

Cinder rasped into her ear. Emerald soon straightened.

Salem: Speak, child.

Emerald: She wants to know... What about the girl?

Watts: What about her? Seems to me that this is Cinder's problem, not ours.

Cinder slammed her fist onto the table and glared at Watts, who grinned at her.

Frost: Or are you just saying that because you're too frightened to face her yourself?

Watts gave an irritated growl.

Salem: That's enough. Tyrian?

Tyrian: Yes, my lady?

Salem: Spring can wait. Find the girl that did this to Cinder.

Tyrian giggled elatedly and clapped.

Salem: And bring her to me.

Tyrian froze, groaned disappointedly, pouted for a second, then looked back up at Salem with an acquiescent shrug.

Salem: Because of your efforts, Beacon has fallen. And Haven will be next.

Everyone rose.

Tyrian snickered at Cinder and pointed to his left eye.

Tyrian: Eye for an eye.

Tyrian went into an uncontrollable fit of manic laughter, while Cinder gritted her teeth.

Frost: That is so not fun. 😐

(On to the intro).

In a much different area, a boy with freckles and hazel eyes named Oscar Pine, woke up in a panic and sighed in relief after looking around. He emerged from the loft of a barn and climbed down a ladder. The boy was wearing patched khaki pants, a white shirt, and orange suspenders and gloves. Tucked into his pocket was an orange-based multi-colored cloth. He opened the barn door to a peaceful country scene with a rising sun and birds tweeting.

(This is one of those moments in a series where the scene shifts to multiple other ones at a time. So I'm not doing the multi timeskip thing).

He smiled and pumped water into a blue bucket. As his gaze wandered the landscape, he became distracted from the pump and uttered a quiet sound of surprise upon realizing he had overfilled the bucket. His shoulders fell with a sigh. The boy shut and turned a green compost tumbler that was marked with a yellow crown bearing the initials CK.While hoeing rows in a garden, he suddenly straightened up and looked out in the distance.

(Meanwhile).

In a Green forest, There were a few shots inside the forest before the voice of a certain someone was heard speaking.

Nora: I'm just sayin'...

Nora and Ren emerged from behind a tree, walking together.

Nora:...there's more members of JNPR in this team than RWBY. It just makes sense to go with that one.

Ren: But "junior" isn't a color.

Nora: How can I be more clear?

Nora put out her hands and the letters JNRR pop into existence. She pointed to the first three.

Nora: One, two, three. That's more than one.

She pointed to the R.

Ren: But we're helping Ruby with her objective.

Ren held out his hand and the letters RNJR pop into existence. Behind him, Jaune was crouched and watching something.

Ren: Wouldn't that make her the leader?

Jaune: Guys!

Ren and Nora turned their heads toward him.

Jaune: We need to focus.

Jaune: Also, JNRR is way cooler.

Nora: Exactly!

Ren just groaned before a rumble noise was heard.

Jaune: It's here.

Ruby was flying backward from trees, firing Crescent Rose in the direction she came from. A collection of floating boulders with a Grimm mask moved the trees aside, clearly chasing her.

Ruby fell and crashed against tree limbs along the way.

Ruby: Bad... landing... strategy!

Ruby landed on her feet on a big tree branch strong enough to hold her weight. She used her Semblance to fly past the Grimm. Jaune, Ren, and Nora looked up as this happened.

Jaune: Let's get that thing off her.

Jaune ran toward them as Ren jumped up into the trees.

Nora: Don't forget me!

Nora pulled out Magnhild and shot it at the ground, propelling herself into the air with excited whooping. She landed right beside Ren in his branch.

Ren: We need to draw its attention away from Ruby!

As a stream of rose petals, Ruby flies past them.

Ruby: Could use some help!

Nora shot the Grimm in the back. Ren hopped around on branches. The Grimm tried to hit Ren. Ren ran up it's rock arm, flew into the air and came down upon the Grimm, striking at it with StormFlower. It was ineffective.

Jaune: Gotta get in closer!

Ren landed beside Jaune.

Ren: My blades don't hurt him!

The Grimm turned and stood upright.

Nora: Crap!

Ruby: How about this?!

She loaded a magazine with an image of a lightning bolt on it's side into Crescent Rose and fired. Electric bolts encased one of the Grimm's arms. The red lines on the arm glow brighter, and the Grimm slammed it into the ground. All were sent flying backward, but Ren, Nora, and Ruby managed to land on their feet. Jaune tumbled along the ground painfully until he hit a boulder between his legs and fell forward.

Jaune: "You'll be fine without a weapon. You're the strategist."

Nora: That's it!

She ran forward, tossing Magnhild into the air and transforming it into hammer mode. She jumped into the air and hit it, breaking it's arm apart. A large piece flew straight toward Nora, but Ruby got between them and knocked it away. The Grimm used it's other arm to strike at the two girls. Jaune straightened and stretched and soon had to dodge a barrage of rocks.

Jaune: Hey! Be careful!

A rock the size of his head hit him in the face and sent him into a tree. Jaune landed in a crouch and shook his head to clear the pain.

The Grimm continually tried and failed to hit an evasive Nora. Jaune stood up and looked up at the Grimm.

Jaune: Ah...

The Grimm's armless shoulder gained a glowing red circle with a symbol of an eye in the middle. The circle spun, and then a black, elongated arm with clawed fingers emerged from it before the grimm reared back.

Jaune: Uh oh.

The Grimm shoved it's new arm into the tree Jaune was leaning against and lifted it from the ground. Jaune started to run.

Jaune: His arm is a tree! His arm is a tree!

Ruby: Big mistake!

Ruby spun Crescent Rose and loaded another magazine into it - this one with imagery of fire on it's side. She fired, and the flaming projectile swung around to the tree arm. Jaune fist pumped. The tree arm swung around to him, on fire. Jaune lost his smile.

Jaune: Big mistake!

He yelled before running again.

The Grimm chased Jaune, swinging the flaming arm at him. It missed twice, but then Jaune fell. One of StormFlower spon through the air and made a cut across the Grimm's mask. The Grimm fell because of this as Ren landed beside Jaune and caught his gun. Ruby and Nora came up behind their teammates.

Jaune: Okay, how do we do this?

Ren: His body is too thick to break through.

Jaune: It doesn't care about its body.

Nora: Plus it can keep grabbing new limbs!

Jaune: But it keeps protecting its face.

Ruby: We can't break it!

Jaune: Ugh, if we knocked all of its limbs off at once and went for the...

Jaune's eyes light up with an idea and he turned to face his team. Behind him the Grimm got up.

Jaune: Guys, I got it! We hit it harder!

Ren: Is that it?

Jaune: No, seriously. It's trying to keep us from its face. If we kill the limbs, we'll have a shot to kill the whole thing!

Ruby: Alright! Come on, team, let's do this.

Nora: Yeah!

Ren: Right!

Jaune: Ren, left. Ruby, right.

Ren and Ruby depart as told.

Jaune: Nora, ready to try out the new upgrade?

Nora nodded and ran.

Jaune: Right. And I will....

Jaune got hit in the back by the Grimm as Ruby attacked the right side and Ren attacked the left. Nora activated a mechanism that generated a current of electricity across the hammerhead of Magnhild. Jaune ran around to make himself a target, waving at the Grimm.

Jaune: I'll take over here!

The Grimm went after Jaune but switched targets as Ruby and Ren attacked it. Nora charged Magnhild even more and braced her feet.

Nora: Ready!

Ruby landed next to Jaune after another attack.

Jaune: Use everything you've got!

Ruby used her Semblance to fly at the Grimm, taking Nora with her, and the red and pink swirls went right for the tree arm. Ruby sliced the tree in half, opening the way for Nora to hit the mask with Magnhild. The rock body shattered and the ephemeral Grimm rose out of it and flew off. However, Ruby aimed a shot at it, and it turned its face right into the flaming projectile.

Jaune: Another victory for Team JNRR!

There was a long silence.

Jaune: Yeah, okay. Ren, I think you're onto something. I...it's just not sounding great anymore.

He said before walking away. Time passed after their battle with the grimm and they had headed to a town that had been terrorized by it for some time. Ruby was currently shaking hands with the town Mayor and thanking her for taking down the grimm.

Mayor: We truly can't thank you enough.

Ruby: Just doing our job, sir.

Mayor: That Geist had been plaguing our village for weeks. We were beginning to wonder if we'd have to relocate.

Ruby: Well, we are on our way to Mistral. You could always come along with us if you don't feel safe

Mayor: Ha. I take it you're not from these parts. Anima is a large continent. I'm afraid our people would never survive the long trek to Mistral. It may be safer in the Kingdoms, but we prefer our way of life. I just wish we could pay you more.

Ren: Our previous arrangement is more than sufficient.

Team RNJR bowed respectfully. Sometime after, they headed off to a Blachsmith shop to improve their weapons a bit as well as jaune's armor.

Blacksmith: There you go, son. It's going to be heavier than what you're used to, but you'll thank me the next time you go up against a set of claws.

Jaune: Wow. That..... eh. I don't know what to say.

Blacksmith: Don't gotta say anything! Just put it on! I'll go get the rest.

The Faunus blacksmith turned and went out back.

Nora: So, what are you waiting for?

Jaune: Oh, uh, right!

Jaune took off his old chestplate.

Jaune: Guess I was going to grow out of it eventually.

Ren: A sign of progress.

Jaune: Progress.

Jaune turned around, and Ruby gasped before covering her mouth and trying not to giggle.

Jaune: What is it?

Ruby: What is that?

She said as she pointed to the bunny symbol on Jaune's chest.

Jaune: What, my hoodie? I've always had this.

Ruby: It's got a cute little bunny rabbit!

Ruby laughed.

Jaune: It's Pumpkin Pete! You know, from the cereal?

Ruby: What did you do?! Send in a box top for a prize?

Jaune turned away.

Jaune: Yeah! Fifty!

Ruby continued to laugh hysterically before she fell onto the floor.

Ren: Well, I suppose we don't have to grow out of everything.

Ruby chortled from the floor, feet in the air. The blacksmith soon returned from out back.

Blacksmith: Can't have a Huntsman without his weapon.

A wide sword sheath was stuck into the countertop.

Blacksmith: Made all the modifications you asked for.

The blade expanded into a shield.

Blacksmith: That was some fine metal you brought me. Accents the white nicely. Where'd you get it from?

Jaune: From a friend.

Jaune said as he looked down at the gold accents on the shield, the design on the bottom reminiscent of Pyrrha Nikos' circlet. After everything was done, Ruby, Ren, and Nora waited outside the shop with Jaune soon coming out wearing the armor. He pulled out the sword and expanded the shield.

Blacksmith: He cleans up alright, don't you think?

Ren: He certainly does.

Nora: I still think a grenade launcher would've really brought the look together.

Ruby: Nothing's gonna stop Team RNJR now!

Nora: Team JNRR!

Ren: Still not a color.

Jaune: It doesn't matter what we're called. As long as we're together.

Blacksmith: You kids sure you won't stick around? You've been real good to this town.

Ruby: Sorry, but we've got another mission.

Nora: Make it to Haven Academy, no matter what.

Ren: We've heard the next village over has a working Airship.

Blacksmith: Mmm, no way to know for sure. Scroll signals were weak enough out here back when Beacon Tower was still up. Haven't heard from Shion Village in a while.

Ruby: Well, there's only one way to find out.

With a wave, Team RNJR turned and left and The blacksmith waved back and grunted. As the team walked, they were listing off all the things they had.

Jaune: Food?

Nora: Check!

Jaune: Water?

Nora: Check!

Jaune: How about ammo?

Nora: Locked and loaded! Thank you, Schnee Dust Company!

Jaune: Got the map?

Ruby was just looking down sadly as they were speaking to each other.

Nora: Ren's got it.

Ren: No, I don't. You have it.

Nora: Wait, what?

Jaune: Guys, please tell me you're joking.

Nora: Uh.. heh-heh-heh.

Jaune: Guys! Guys? Guys...

Nora: Nope.

Within her home, Weiss was watching airships fly by from her window. She was sitting in a cushioned chair with her hands folded in her lap. There was an eventual knock on the door.

Weiss: Yes?

She said before the door opened and Klein Sieben, a butler, entered.

Klein: Pardon the interruption, Miss Schnee, but your father wishes to speak to you.

Weiss: "sighs" Thank you, Klein.

Weiss looked out the window once more before getting up and walking out.

A/N: and then we get to me the infamous fatherly peice of shit and his suck up bitch son.