Well, with a movie coming out soon, this idea came out of nowhere... Disclaimer: I don't own RWBY or Jurassic Park/World
Raptor
Imprint
(Insert Jurassic World Sountrack: Bury the Hatchling)
"MOM?! DAD?! WHERE ARE YOU?!" Jaune Arc shouted within the Atlas Science Center. The Arc family had been visiting the center on vacation as Marigold; the youngest of his seven older sisters, wanted to become a scientist. Thus, when it came her time to choose the "vacation spot", she chose this location.
Jaune, the youngest child at the age of 11 and only male heir of the Arc family, however, had gotten separated from his family. He had been staring at the fossils of ancient creatures, and when he had turned around they were gone; something else had gotten their attention. However, he refused to cry when no one answered his cries as they were drowned out among the loud chatter of other guests. He was an Arc, and he felt like he had to live up to the stories of the heroic ancestors his parents told them. What he knew was that he had to first find his family.
Despite being socially awkward due to his family babying him (being the only male child and-as his dad said-only one to continue the family name), he was not completely stupid. He was a bright child, and he knew that wandering around would be more likely to prolong his separation...He had to find a staff member. Spotting a door nearby with the words "EMPLOYEES ONLY" that was slightly ajar, he pushed it open hoping to find a staff member to assist in his search, or take him to the lost and found and call for his family over the speakers.
He was not expecting to find a white room completely empty with a platform covered with nesting materials and four large eggs held by robotic arms. Nearby, there was a bucket of diced up meat. "Are they making a new exhibit?" Jaune asked himself, gazing down at the engraved plaque that read "Velociraptor". Gazing at a display, he saw that it was about 15 minutes past noon. "Of course they'd all be at lunch." Jaune groaned. He took a step away from the "new exhibit" and turned back to the door.
Crack.
Jaune froze, fearing that he broke something as he gazed down at his feet to make sure he didn't step on anything.
Crack.
The sound came from behind him as he turned with wide eyes to see one of the eggs shaking in the grip of the robotic arm. He glanced between the cracks on the egg and the nameplate reading "Velociraptor" as he stepped closer. This shouldn't be happening...Velociraptors died out a long time ago...before the first stories of humans and Grimm. He was now looking up as a chunk fell off the egg and he was staring into a yellow eye with a snake-like slitted pupil with a blue marking around it. There was a small sound within the egg as their gazes met, a small squeaking hiss-like sound. He kept his eyes locked on the gaze that was locked onto him and reached up, pulling a piece of shell away as the grayish head of a small Velociraptor was revealed as it shifted around and kicked with it's small legs and broke more of the egg off. Once it was free of the egg, it cautiously stepped forward and fell off the platform, making a squeaky cry come from it's mouth.
Seeing it potentially hurt removed Jaune's sense of fear as he moved to it and gently stroked it's head. "Are you okay?" He asked. It let out a little hiss-like sound as it sniffed the air and let out a similar sound to what he heard when it was in the egg as it's gaze was locked onto the bucket. "Are you hungry?" He asked, grabbing the bucket and chuckling as he held out a piece of diced meat that the tiny raptor jumped up and snapped at. "Be nice." Jaune said sternly, making the tiny gray and blue raptor gaze at him curiously. He gently set down some meat and let it eat at it's own pace before it's attention was drawn to the other eggs as more loud Cracks were heard and the other eggs started breaking. Within moments, three other baby raptors joined the first one on the floor. One was a light green with dark green markings. One was a light, pale green with blue markings around it's eyes, and the last was tan with blue and green markings.
When scientists returned 15 minutes later, they saw the young Arc boy sitting with four baby raptors leaning into his lap with remnants of diced meat on the floor. "I can explain!" Jaune said.
General Ironwood wanted to throw a huge tantrum. One of the Atlas Councilors had a "Brilliant" idea of bringing an apex predator back to life based on some fantasy book he read about humans taming them. It was bad enough that they could barely scrape by with the nearly dissolved DNA from bones, they also searched for fossilized mosquitoes trapped in amber to extract blood from...and that didn't provide enough DNA to fully restore or clone one...that councilor threw money at the Atlas military and told them to add other DNA to it...making said Velociraptors much bigger than their "pure" ancestors.
Only to receive a long rant about the first four raptors (who happened to be female) created to imprint on a lost child looking for help finding his family. It was only after much deliberation on both the parents' end (despite mostly remaining to themselves, the Arcs were WELL known and respected...doing something antagonistic to said family would ruin Atlas's ranking and standings with others) and the councilors. This was only a minor setback. They had proven that the raptors COULD be cloned. So what if this batch was lost, the batch designated "Blue", "Charlie", "Delta", and "Echo"...
General Ironwood was actually afraid for the young boy they imprinted on. He saw the looks in the raptors's eyes, how they tensed up and snarled at everyone while sticking to his sides. His headache got even worse as he recalled Jaune Arc's father only then activating his Aura to give some protection from their teeth and claws. Though he had to admit, for a kid, Jaune Arc did have a lot of Aura.
Meanwhile:
"Okay...so they said you four were to be named Blue, Charlie, Delta, and Echo." Jaune said looking over the four baby raptors within the room he stayed in while his parents and Atlas Council were discussing things he didn't understand. Each of them chirped at him as they kept their yellow eyes locked onto him. He then picked up the first hatched Velociraptor. "Your name is Blue." The raptor tilted her head at the strange sound. Jaune repeated the word Blue, until the newly named Blue chirped as she seemed to grasp the fact that her identity, her name was Blue. Jaune set her down and called out "Blue!" As the raptor turned, he tossed her a piece of meat.
The other three raptors chirped at Blue, and she made some other sounds. Jaune watched them with interest, before he realized that Blue was teaching the other three what he was trying to understand. Jaune then picked up the light green raptor with dark green markings. "Charlie" he said, and the raptor he was holding gazed at him; making chirping sounds in response. As he set her down, the newly named Charlie looked away.
"Charlie." Jaune said, and Charlie's gaze snapped to him as he tossed her a piece of meat. Charlie ran around him, rubbing against him affectionately before Blue apparently got jealous and curled up in his lap. Charlie made some warbling sounds, as Blue responded before Charlie lowered her head slightly and moved a bit away, but still stayed within arm's reach; only for Charlie's gaze to be captured by a bluebird outside and it leaped up as it made a cough-like bark sound.
Jaune laughed seeing Charlie so energetic, and Blue chirped curiously as the sound made him glance down to see Blue looking up at him. He then remembered how quickly Charlie learned her name...and how Blue talked to the other three after learning her name. "You're a clever girl, aren't you?" He asked, scratching under her chin as she made little content squeaks. His gaze went to the other two raptors as they gazed at him with interest. He picked up the pale green raptor with blue markings around her eyes, and gently said "Delta".
Delta gave a content squeak. Jaune set her down as she gazed at Charlie. "Delta." Jaune said, and Delta's gaze snapped to him. He tossed her a piece of meat that was quickly devoured before she moved and leaped onto a little stool. Finally, he picked up the tan raptor with green and blue markings. "Echo." He said and Echo gave a little snort as she took in his scent. Setting down Echo, he watched as she moved away. "Echo." He said, making her turn and look at him, as he tossed her a piece of meat and she gaze a little chirp in appreciation.
It was amazing to Jaune, how quickly personalities were surfacing in the baby raptors. He had to break off some fights between them, and from them had asserted his place as "Alpha" to them. By feeding them and ensuring they remained healthy and safe, they had quickly imprinted on him...
It also helped that he actually treated them like living beings with their own feelings and not as tools; not that he would know of their original purpose (that may have cost multiple lives if it succeeded). Blue...she was the most loyal, and the most hardheaded. It was hard to change her opinion of things around her. From her first experience, she hated airships (making him sigh in relief to have an excuse to find other methods of transportation besides his motion sickness), and distrusted General Ironwood for some reason. Still, with her stern personality, it was easy to see how she quickly asserted herself as the Beta.
Charlie, she was the most curious. She was also the most affectionate; accidentally making his sister Clair bleed from a "love nibble" like he had seen some dogs and cats do to show affection but underestimated how sharp her teeth were. Thankfully it wasn't very deep or hard. Had Charlie actually bitten as hard as she did with her scaly-skinned sisters...
Clair might have lost her pinky.
Delta was the most subdued, able to figure things out quickly but not wanting to upset the balance of the pack. This made Delta in better standings with the pack than the wonder struck Charlie or the last sister...Echo. Echo was, the slightly rebellious one. Echo trusted no one out of the immediate pack, not even Jaune's family at this moment. She and Blue had butted heads the most over the Beta status; thus Echo was the lowest status member of the pack. Still, once someone got Echo's trust, she would defend that person against everything. Echo had snarled and attacked a coffee maker that had made a weird sound near Jaune.
Books ranging from children's dinosaur books to advanced scientific reports on raptors (that had terms that made his head spin) were scattered around the room as Jaune had been going from one to another to learn about his new pack. After seeing the intelligent gleam in their eyes; he didn't dare call them pets. The last book and item he held in his pocket was a "gift" from General Ironwood. The Atlas Military Commander had given him a clicker and a book on Morse Code.
While Jaune didn't know it at the time, General Ironwood had given him a tool to overcome the language barrier between him and his pack...
Six Years Later...
"So, Ozpin, why did you want that Arc kid in Beacon. I've checked the record. He has no prior combat school record; to accept someone untrained is a joke!" Professor Goodwitch said as she sat in a meeting with Beacon Professors and the Headmaster.
"That's what you may think, but he was not in the previous schools for a reason." Ozpin said as he took a sip from his mug of hot chocolate, "I'm sure you've all heard of the Atlas military's De-extinction program."
"The one that has lead to the loss of at least ten lives? What does that have to do with Mr. Arc?" Doctor Oobleck said, catching the attention of the other professors.
"Jaune Arc stumbled upon the first batch of the specimens chosen. They wouldn't tell me what species they chose, but that the four specimens imprinted on him, and that they are carnivorous. Jaune spent the past six years not only training with his family, but learning and training with his partners for the lack of a better word." Ozpin said, and Glynda sucked in air through her teeth.
"My! He hadn't even experienced my greatness and he's already taking after me!" Professor Port said with a proud stance, "He's shaping up to be a promising student."
"Those...Carnivores...Did you see them?" Doctor Oobleck asked as he shifted his glasses.
"Indeed I did. They are highly protective of him." Ozpin said, "They have a lizard-like appearance in their skin...but stand on two legs. They can stare a grown man in his eyes and have sharp claws and teeth. They have a gigantic sickle claw on the innermost large toe on their feet...but their yellow eyes...they have intelligence..."
"Which is why those people Doctor Oobleck talked about earlier died." Glynda said in realization, "If they were treated like a dog or military asset...they would quickly lose trust in that person and attack."
"That's not all." Ozpin added, "They have Aura."
Kingdom of Vale
A white and tan motorcycle with blue markings parked next to a yellow one as it's owner got off and put the helmet into a container attached to the back, revealing a 17 year old Jaune Arc with messy blonde hair. He wore a blue short-sleeve shirt with white armor shoulder-plates and torso armor with gold details. White arm guards extended below his elbows to his brown leather gloves. He had two belts crossed around his waist in an "X" shape with multiple pouches; a sheathed knife/pistol of some kind on his right and his family's sword on the left. Dark brown cargo pants covered his legs and were tucked into dark brown leather boots. He had a string necklace of some fossilized teeth and a sickle-like claw. He reached into a pocket of his cargo pants and pulled out a clicker and clicked out something in Morse Code.
A hissing snarl was heard as the bushes nearby rattled and four creatures disappeared into the shadows near the club.
"And what if I don't know anything?" Jaune heard Junior say to a pretty blonde-haired 17 year old woman with lilac eyes as her fist clenched.
"It was said you know everything, I need to find her." The blonde girl said. Jaune moved up to the bar and followed Junior's gaze below the girl's eyes and growled as he saw multiple goons draw weapons behind him.
"Junior. What did I say about hassling girls after you tried a similar stunt with my sister Iris...didn't my girls teach you the first time?" Jaune said, holding a clicker in his hand in a way to show it off with a thumb ready to press it as the bartender paled. Jaune slammed some Lien onto the table, "Just tell her what she wants to know...and tell to goons to lower their weapons...or else you'll be missing your bouncer as the girls tear him to bloody shreds."
"Lower your weapons." Junior said as the goons hesitantly did so, "I don't want to anger THAT pack..."
"Thanks." The blonde said with a grateful wink as Jaune sat down and leaned back against the bar.
"Jaune Arc. Short, sweet, to the point." Jaune said, "Besides, someone has to keep him in line, not that I doubt your ability in a fight."
"Yang Xiao-Long." The blonde introduced herself, "What makes you say you know I can fight?"
"First. Your muscle tone. Your arms are more muscular than that of a civilian woman's." Jaune said as he caught a Strawberry Sunrise before sliding a second one to Yang, "Second off, your Gauntlets. Even deactivated, I can see shotgun shells around them. Thus you are a close range fighter with a powerful weapon. Finally, the fact you came to this place. No civilian would come to a place rumored to be filled with gangs and criminals looking for information to find someone." With that explanation out of the way, he took a sip of the non-alcoholic drink.
Yang raised an eyebrow. "I'm impressed." She said bluntly, "You weren't just ogling me, but were sizing my skills. Not many boys do that...you aren't gay, are you?"
"No, I'm not gay. I'm hoping to start a family one day and that requires marrying a woman." Jaune replied as they both chuckled, "No, my partners are very dangerous creatures that require a sharp eye and mind to keep in line. It helps that they imprinted on me. Still, one can't afford to be careless around raptors."
"You train birds?" Yang said, "I've never heard that, you must have really flown the coop once you got out of the house. Ayyyy!"
Junior had curled up in the fetal position when Jaune mentioned the word raptor, not that Yang had noticed. She took a deep gulp of her drink before Junior stood up and she glared at him as her eyes turned red and her hair started to glow.
"I was being honest when I said I don't know this Raven Branwen. She never comes here. I've only heard about her in stories about her roaming far from civilization." Junior said, quickly snatching the Lien that Jaune placed on the bar table.
"I'm no closer to finding her." Yang said, finishing her drink as Jaune did and standing up. She moved to the exit, freezing at the door to see that Jaune had placed his arm on her shoulder.
"I'm sorry it didn't work." He said, with sincere sympathy in his eyes, "If it helps, should our paths cross again, my raptors and I will help you track her down when we get the chance."
"I still don't see how birds would help me." Yang said slightly bitterly, casting an angry glare at Jaune as he started laughing.
"I'm sorry! My raptors aren't birds; though I can understand why you think that. Listen, when you get back to wherever you're staying...do a little research." Jaune said, writing something on a piece of paper. "The top number is my scroll number. The rest is what you look up."
Yang read it, quickly entering Jaune's number into her contact list, her head tilting in curiosity as she saw the "list" of words.
Kingdom: Animalia.
Phylum: Chordata.
Clade: Dinosauria.
Order:Saurischia.
Suborder: Theropoda.
Family: Dromaeosaurdiae.
Subfamily: Velociraptorinae.
Genus: Velociraptor.
She quickly wrote her own number down and handed it to Jaune, who added it to his contacts. "Velociraptor. Really?" Yang said, "Aren't they extinct?" Jaune gave a proud smirk and whistled. Yang's eyes widened in shock as she saw four shapes approach Jaune with little growls and hisses...
Yang's eyes snapped open and she sat up on the Bullhead as she saw Jaune sleeping in a chair as her sister Ruby stared out the window. Ever since that meeting, she couldn't help but shiver seeing those four...Velociraptors...approach him as he remained completely calm and in control. Those sharp claws and teeth that could rip and tear a human to pieces would be nightmare fuel to many, but she felt...awe.
One thing was for certain; Beacon was going to be VERY interesting!
