AN: Well, another new fic. I wanted to try my hand at writing a college fic since I have always enjoyed reading them. I will try to update my other stories soon as well once I get more free time. Enjoy.

Chapter 1: First Day of Hell?

Jaune was leaning back on the bus seat as he looked out the window. The sky was clear and the sun was setting in the horizon.

Large skyscrapers stood as giants in downtown Vale. Dozens of airships flew through the sky carrying passengers across all parts of the city. Having disliked airships from his motion sickness he was perfectly fine taking the bus anyway.

He cringed knowing his ride was almost over and he would reach his destination soon. It made him sick.

The thought of being stuck with those people for another year…It was haunting.

Four years of high school was bad enough but now college too? He thought he was going to be free the second he graduated and summer came around.

He had managed to even find a decent job for the summer and if was given the choice he would have just stayed working there.

His father, however had instead insisted he go to university.

It wasn't that he didn't want to go to college. He knew how valuable it was and getting that scholarship paying for his first year was no short feat.

Having little else to do in high school, he was able to keep his grades fairly high.

However, he was hoping to wait four years until his high school tormentors had graduated from the university.

Since there was only one university in the capital of Vale it was obvious they were going there. Also, the fact of them bragging about being accepted on social media was a good indicator.

However, he could not wait and just work full time at his current job. His father had told him to apply and he did. That scholarship had sealed his fate.

Now he didn't mean to sound like so ungrateful, but between worrying about his mom's health and the people who made his life miserable in in high school you will have to forgive him for not being the most excited.

He cringed as the bus made a loud screeching sound as it came to a stop.

He had been the only one on the bus and as such was the only one to slowly make his way off.

Everyone else had probably taken an airship or drove he was sure.

Considering he still didn't have enough for a car, driving was out of the question.

The warm sidewalk greeted his shoes as he exited and the bus wasted no time in departing.

He gazed at the large Academy as students walked into the large courtyard and in and out of the school. Some were probably heading to the dorms in the east or the gym in the western section. Others were probably heading back into the downtown area of Vale and waited for an airship to make its secluded run at one of the docking areas.

'Oh, boy college…Welcome to the first day of the rest of my hell.'

He felt his scroll vibrate in his pocket and pulled it out.

His family hadn't contacted him so it could only be one person who had sent the text message.

"Hey Jaune are you on campus yet? I was hoping we could catch up before you head to your dorm."- Pyrrha.

Jaune quickly deleted the message as he gave a bitter laugh.

'Catch up on what? Using me? Ditching me the second you made other friends?'

The fact that she still even had his number was astonishing to him in itself and this wasn't the first message he had gotten from her.

The first message he had gotten from her in the last few years was last week.

He opened it and decided to delete it too. He gave it one last read.

'Hey Jaune…I know its bee awhile. I know we haven't been the best friends since we entered high school but I was thinking we could get past everything that had happened. Start fresh?' – Pyrrha.

He hit the delete button and put his scroll back in his pocket. He had no interest in even replying to her and the fact that she knew he was going to Beacon University made him feel a little unsettled. She probably just assumed since everyone else was going there.

The thought of actually forgiving her and starting over made him want to vomit.

He was done forgiving and just wanted to move on to forgetting.

Pyrrha wasn't even the worst of them.

But not the best ether. A certain night during junior year came to mind, but he tried to ignore it.

The fact he was stuck here with them…It was tempting to consider suicide again but he wouldn't let himself think that way. Not anymore.

'Alice wouldn't want that.'

Alice was his twin and one of several sisters.

Well, she had been until a terrorist thug had saw fit to blow her brains out during an armed robbery.

Jaune had always known that her act for always helping people no matter the case would get her killed and it did.

The bastard was caught shortly after. His affiliation was easy to find out given the white and red armor he wore with a red wolf with claw marks on the back.

Jaune swore if he ever got his hands on any other member of the White Fang he would kill them. Slowly. Painfully. So sadistically, that it would make death row in an Atlesian prison look like a trip to candy mountain.

He would probably end up there himself, but at least justice would have been served.

However, he was able to question the guy himself due to his family connections to a cop who he knew well. He had found out something rather interesting about an old enemy of his.

It wasn't hard for him to connect all the dots and put everything in place. All he had to do now was whisper the right words into the right ears and her life would take a turn for the worst.

Being a member of the White Fang was a serious crime and that included those who left the organization.

Then there was the fact about his mother being seriously ill. She had contracted a rare disease with her lungs. Fortunately, a new hospital in Atlas had the advanced technology needed to keep her alive. Even if only temporarily.

There was a cure, but is being incredibly expensive. This was part of the reason he had wanted to stay working so he could help contribute to the costs.

His father had a good steady job that the costs would be covered within the year, but Jaune wanted to help get it sooner.

He supposed in the meantime, since he was here he would just keep his head down and try to make his parents proud. To give his mom some more good news when she was out the hospital.

He decided not to waste any more time and find the room, he would be spending the next year in. Thankfully, he wasn't stuck with a roommate and had the whole room to himself.

Ignoring various groups of students talking among themselves he made his way to the large dormitory.

Pyrrha sat alone in the campus library. She stared out the large window that offered a great view of the rest of the campus.

The library itself was huge and stretched up three floors. Dozens of book shelves were scattered on each floor. They were neatly organized by genre and in alphabetical order.

She was currently sitting on the third floor in hopes of finding an area to herself.

Despite the fact that classes didn't start until tomorrow the library was incredibly busy with students exploring, comparing class schedules with friends or just enjoying a good read.

Her attention turned to her scroll beside her as it vibrated. Excitement soon turned to disappointment when she saw it was Weiss, who had texted her and not the person she was hoping for.

She opened the message with disinterest.

"You're going to Yang's party, tonight right?" – Weiss.

She typed a short response indicating that she was.

"Pyrrha?"

She looked up from the table to see a couple of old friends she hadn't seen since high school graduation.

She got up and greeted them.

"Ren, Nora, it's been awhile!"

The three exchanged hugs before they found seats around her table and sat down.

"Studying already?" Ren asked in an impressed voice.

Pyrrha gave a small chuckle before denying the claim.

"No I was just killing time here. That's all."

Her two friends nodded in understanding.

"So, did you get invited to Yang's party too?" Nora inquired. Her orange hair seemed to move on bit on its own as excitement seemed to fill her. She was always so excited about these types of things.

"Yes, Nora I am going."

She tried to hide the disdain in her voice.

Pyrrha didn't mind party's but they were never her favorite thing ether. Especially after what had happened junior year in high school.

Sure, it was a bet from Yang and she had may have had a little too much to drink that night, but what she did to Jaune still filled her with regret.

"So, what classes do you have?"

She was thankful for Ren getting the subject off party's.

Ren was always great at reading and defusing a situation.

She opened a tab in her scroll and slid the device over to the duo. She hoped they would share some classes.

While she did so she noticed, there were no new messages in her inbox ether. Her hope of getting back in touch with Jaune was sinking. She didn't really blame him though.

Outside the sun was setting along with her hopes of rekindling an old friendship.

Jaune had finally found his room.

He was just glad he had remembered the right room number.

'Room 666'

Jaune wasn't one for superstition, but the number still made him feel a little uneasy. He supposed in a school that had almost a thousand on campus dorm rooms someone had to be the unlucky bastard.

He was just tired of it always being him.

The dorm hall itself was surprisingly empty and quiet. As he looked down the long but wide hall that almost seemed to stretch on forever, it made his sense of uneasiness grow.

He had maybe watched one too many scary movies in his lifetime.

As he started to fumble for the key to get into the room a voice caught him off guard.

"Jaune?"

He recognized that soft voice.

He slowly turned to face Ruby.

Ruby was one his worst enemy's cousin. Being related to Yang caused to Jaune to want to distance himself from her. While Ruby she didn't normally join in the bullying she did little to stop it.

He just found it best to steer clear of this girl. Yet fate wouldn't let it be so easy. He was forced to do a few class projects with her in high school. Much to his surprise Ruby didn't make him do all the work, but he was still just as glad when he wasn't forced to work with her.

"Oh…Hey Ruby." He regarded her weakly.

The girl seemed to shift uncomfortably under his gaze.

'Why is she the one who's nervous?'

"So, it looks like we're neighbors. My room is right across from yours." She said with a small smile.

'Just fucking great.'

He had thought with the place being so big that his chances were pretty good of not seeing anyone he knew, but it looked like that didn't seem to matter anymore.

As he gave Ruby a casual glance he noticed she really hadn't changed much since the last time he saw her.

She was still a few inched shorter then him and had the same hair style with red highlights in her black hair. She was almost paler than even he was.

Her silver eyes stared into his blue ones.

If he was to describe the rest of her attire in one word it would be goth. She wore a surprisingly good mix of black and red and made it look good. He could see why some guys might be into her, but she still wasn't his cup of tea.

In fact, the more time he spent around her the more likely things would end up unpleasant for him. He needed to get away quickly.

"That's great." He replied, not caring if she picked up on the sarcasm or not.

Ruby had always been sort of a naïve girl from what he could tell.

She nodded to him not seemingly bothered.

"Yep. Also, Yang told me to invite you to her party she's throwing tonight. To celebrate getting into college and all that."

Jaune just shook his head. The only reason Yang would invite him to anything was because she was planning something that wouldn't end well for him. She must think him pretty stupid then.

He had learned that the hard way. Memories of junior year started to flood his brain.

"Sorry Ruby not interested. I have other things to do anyway, so you all have fun."

He turned his back on her and hurried to open the door before she could get another word in. He had wasted enough time already.

"Look Jaune I know you had some bad experiences, but Yang says she's sorr-"

He didn't bother to let her finish as he slammed the door on her.

The fact that she summed it up as just "some bad experiences" served to infuriate him even more.

He was tired of it all. He wanted to be at his job working. He wanted to get the money he needed to get mom the treatment she needed so she could be out of that hospital. Instead, he was stuck in a place filled with people he would no doubt grow to hate even more.

The fact the one of those people was now roomed right across from him served to add salt to the wound. He figured with the way things were going he would have classes with them too. Maybe even paired up with one of them for a project or something.

He threw his backpack down on the floor in anger. He didn't care if anything broke at the time. The fact that things were just going to be the same as a high school all over again was consuming him now.

He knew this was already going to be a long year.

Ruby just stood outside his door in shock.

She hadn't expected him to slam the door on her like that.

She thought about knocking on his door, but decided against it. Her suspicions of him wanting nothing to do with her were conformed it seemed.

She remembered how she had always tried to reach out and get him to open up a bit in high school only for him to just push her away.

She came from a very different social standing, then he did that much she knew.

She was used to having lots of friends and being around people. She knew it was largely because of her cousin, but after almost five years she was sure she could consider these people her friends.

Jaune on the other hand, she knew, was alone for the most part. He always sat alone and never really payed attention to anyone or even tried to be social.

That kind of life just seemed lonely. She didn't want anyone to have to live that way. Now they were in college!

No parents and very little rules! This was the time to have friends now more than ever.

Jaune seemed like a nice guy even if he was a recluse. He never bothered or hurt anyone and was always polite.

Even if this attempt was an utter failure she wasn't going to give up on drawing Jaune out of his shell.

Ruby opened the door to her room and pulled out her scroll. She knew someone who was good with people and always seemed to get what she wanted from them. Perhaps she could convince Jaune to get out his dorm and come party with them.

Blake leaned back in her bed and relaxed for a moment.

The bed was really nice and yet took up very little space in her dorm. She had just finished unpacking and everything was just right.

She had also just gotten done talking to Ruby over the scroll. It was a short but rather interesting conversation.

Apparently, her old pal Jaune had made it to university himself. She supposed she shouldn't be too surprised considering all the homework she made him do during high school. She thought he did well out of motivation, but perhaps he really was smart.

Either way that wasn't even the most interesting part.

It seemed her naïve friend Ruby was trying to befriend him.

Ruby didn't know about all the shit she and the other pulled on Jaune over the years but that just made it all even funnier.

She had promised Ruby she would talk to Jaune and "convince" him to change his mind and come to the party tonight. It wouldn't be too hard to keep blackmailing him after all.

She couldn't wait to watch him stew alone at the party.

It almost scared her how sadistic she could be at times, but almost didn't really mean anything to her.

Her old role model had rubbed off on her more than she thought it seemed.

Jaune sat on his bed reading one of the comic books he brought. It was most of what he brought along with clothes, school supplies and a toothbrush and comb.

The fact that he would be worried about anything actually breaking after he threw his bag was laughable.

His left hand stroked his chin and he felt a short fuzz there. He supposed before long he would need to get something to shave with since he likes to keep it nice and short.

His attention moved away from his comic and his mood soured further when he heard a knock on the door.

'Is Ruby back already?'

It didn't take long for him to get up and make his way to the door. He didn't think before opening it and saw the person standing there was far worse than Ruby.

Blake….

"Well Jaune I didn't expect to actually see you here. It's been far too long."

Jaune looked away not even bothering to look her in the eye.

"What do you want?" He asked irritated.

She flashed a cocky grin.

"What I want is for you to come to the party tonight. Ruby told me she told you about it and wants you to come. I told her I would talk to you."

'Ruby…Of course she is behind this.'

"And if I refuse to go?" He asked as if it was a challenge.

Blake's grin grew in size.

"I suppose certain secrets of yours might somehow find their way online."

Of course, it was blackmail. He knew she hadn't changed.

The dirt she had on him really wasn't anything major. Embarrassing, sure but now he had no hope of making friends anyway, so he wasn't going to waste more time worrying about. It also paled in comparison to the dirt he had Blake.

Blake didn't know that, of course, and that just added to the fun.

He originally wasn't going to reduce himself to her pathetic level but if she wanted a war then he had no problem crushing her.

Embarrassment versus criminal activity? It wasn't even a contest.

He wasn't going to play her game anymore. He had far more important things to worry about like his mother and his job.

He was done fucking around.

"Sorry Blake, but I have moved on from this childish game. Go ahead and spill the beans. You don't have power over me anymore and I am not going to that stupid party."

He was about to close the door when she stopped him.

"What do you mean!? You don't care if I tell the world everything?"

He shook his head.

"Nope. Not anymore, so go ahead. However, if you really want to play with fire I hope you know it's you who will be burned in the end."

"What do you mean by that?"

He smiled at her. "You will find out if you do expose my secrets. Now have a good day and stay out of my life."

He closed the door and locked before returning to his comic book. He was glad she didn't seem to try and argue with him any longer.

For now, at least.

However, that stupid bitch was going to get what was coming to her if she really wanted to play this game.

Weiss sat along in her dorm. She was writing in her journal about the day's events.

She found it calming and in a strange way it helped her take her mind of things.

Things like finding out her boyfriend Neptune had cheated on her and breaking up with him a few weeks ago.

She had fallen for him hard after her brief but pleasant time with Jaune.

She had left him for Neptune shortly after they started high school.

It wasn't that she didn't like Jaune, but Neptune was so much more charming and was definitely a lot hotter.

Now after the break up perhaps Jaune had what really mattered. Something Neptune didn't have.

Loyalty.

She supposed after all the things she and her friends did to Jaune afterwards trying to get together with him would be a futile effort.

Perhaps in the end she really was just a shallow girl.

Her beauty didn't excuse that and in the end, she would wind up as lonely as someone who wasn't very attractive.

It just seemed weird to her that she of all people would feel lonely.

However, in the end looks are not everything as she found out the hard way.

At least she still had her friends and she was really looking forward to tonight. Seeing Yang and the other at the party was going to be fun.

Her mind briefly returned to Jaune and she wondered if he was going to university too?

Perhaps she would talk to the others and see if they knew anything.

Jaune was smart she would give him that. It wouldn't surprise her all that much if he was here.

It would be interesting if she had a class or two with him.

Interesting if not awkward anyway.

Although calm on the outside Blake was panicking on the inside.

What could Jaune possibly have over her?

Was it all a bluff or did he really know something? Something that seemed to make him almost laugh at her attempt to force him into going to the party.

Was it an embarrassing picture? Maybe he had gotten into her diary?

No that was impossible.

An even worse fear started to eat at her. One that could make her lose everything.

Her scholarship, her right to attend the academy and even jail time.

Could he possibly know about her past White Fang affiliation?

That couldn't be possible. How could he?

Regardless, it was eating at her and she didn't like it at all. She needed to figure out a plan. A plan to find out what he really knows and if he did really have power over her.

Power was everything and she wasn't going to yield it to him.

She had never seen him so smug.

Still, it just had to be a bluff. There is no way he could have found anything out about her.

If she did expose his secrets she would see him humiliated, but then she would lose that power over him.

After having that power over him for so long she wasn't ready to lose it without a fight.

She needed to think of something else. Something that would make him submit to her.

She would figure it out even if it took her the rest of the day.

AN: Well, this was my first attempt at a college fic. Feel free to let me know what I did wrong so I can improve my writing or what I did right so I know what to keep doing. Either way, thanks for reading and I wish you a good day/night.