This is a very old concept. Further fueled by SLVR "Viridian" Trailer and Penny.

This is a difficult concept to piece together since the notes were all over the place. You will have to forgive the jumpiness of the plot in this chapter.

CONCEPT [Multiple]

Lying on an operating table was a humanoid android that appeared to be a heavily modified version of the Altesian Knight-130. Its visor was tinted dark green, along with the rest of its body color scheme; black and green.

Jaune tinkered on the android's insides and reached into his lab coat pocket. He pulled out his PDA that monitored the android's status and placed it on a tray beside him.

"Almost there." Jaune said. He pushed away a strain of his blond hair and wiped sweat from his brow. "Then, I'll awaken you."

He hoisted up the welder and started to fuse the "veins" of his android. The emerald colored wires stuck into the glowing green core as Jaune skillfully guided them around the torso. After he completed welding the "veins" of his android, Jaune started to reassemble the main components of the torso before closing it.

"Here we go."

Taking a deep breath, Jaune placed both hands onto the android's torso and channeled his aura into it. The green visor on the android flickered into life as Jaune channeled his imparted part of his soul into its core, awakening it.

The android slowly sat up and glanced around before settling onto Jaune.

"Can you understand me?" Jaune asked the android. "Nod your head if you can understand me." Jaune said and nodded his head as a demonstration.

The android stared at Jaune with its green visor. It then glanced at its hand, clenching and unclenching it before returning its gaze towards its creator.

After a moment, it nodded. He smiled and took a step back while picking up his PDA. "I'm going to activate your voice module. Try saying something, anything when I activate it."

He pressed a series of button while smiling as the android slowly got up from its table and stand on its legs without issue. The android surveyed the room it was situated before walking slowly towards Jaune.

It stopped a few feet away from him and waited intently as Jaune worked on the PDA.

"Done." Jaune said as he activated the android's voice module, allowing it to talk.

"Done?" The android responded, tilting its head.

Jaune grinned excitedly. "Yup. Welcome to the world of Remnant, Verdant! Oh, and Happy Birthday as well!"

…

Ozpin and Glynda clutched their heads as they watched a dark green, heavily modified, Atlesian Knight-130 demolished an entire acre of forests and grimms.

The situation was absurd from the start.

An Atlesian Knight-130 was practically a low rank and file combat android that's used as security against low leveled grimms and people who have yet to unlock their aura. It was practically cannon fodder!

And now a modified version of it appeared out of nowhere and started tearing up the entire forest. The strength and speed possessed by this model was unbelievable, and rivals that of even the best fourth-year students of Beacon Academy.

"What is that." Glynda choked as she watched the android use its halberd to cleave through hordes of grimms and trees with ease. "It's mowing down the entire forest, Ozpin! And it's heading straight towards the academy!"

"It appears to be a heavily modified version of an Atlesian Knight-130." Ozpin said bluntly. "And I am very well aware of its current course."

"I know that, Ozpin!" She shouted and slammed her hand down on the table. "Are we just going to let it come to us? What if it poses a threat to the students?"

Ozpin set his mug aside and got up from his seat. "I understand your concern, which is why we are moving to intercept it. Quickly now."

As they reached an elevator, Professor Port called in with a concerned expression. "Headmaster, it seems that Team CFVY has left the campus, and is planning on investigating and intercepting the intruder."

"What?!" Glynda shrieked.

…

Verdant. That is his name. Verdant is not an it.

"It" is subjective as Verdant chose to be identified with a masculine pronoun due to its designated name sounding masculine.

The subject is not relevant currently.

What is relevant is Verdant's current objective: Clear out the forest of grimms.

Recently, a large number of grimms have been converging on his creator's laboratory. That is unacceptable. The hordes of grimm was compromising the safety of his creator, who is essentially his father. Verdant proudly volunteered to eliminate the grimms while his father works on upgrading Ciana, his younger android sibling.

With the blessing of his father; Verdant set out to do his task.

Unfortunately, it appears that Verdant may have taken his objective to literally or misunderstood it. He has cleared out the forest of grimm… And the forest itself.

Not to mention he wasn't told when to stop. He'll have to designate a time to stop, but for now it appears that the grimms have a major migration path that stems from this direction.

Was that building always there? On top of a mountain and cliff? Verdant slowed down his advancement and destruction; wondering how far he had gone. He turned his attention towards a Ursa Major that tried maul him, only to be decapitated with a single stroke from his halberd.

Verdant ceased his attack when there were no more grimms nearby. The android stared up at the cliff and took in the architecture of the gigantic structure. His attention snapped back towards his surroundings as he heard the sound of twigs snapping. Verdant shifted his halberd into rifle form and fired two shots at the sound.

He would had fired more if it weren't for the fact that his target managed to block the bullets with a large sword.

Human.

It would appear that there were people near this grimm infested area. Judging by his weapon, he is most likely a huntsman and not a bandit. Before Verdant could say anything, he felt something moving towards him from behind. The android turned around and swung his weapon to meet his attacker.

A dark-skinned boy with copper hair wielding bladed gauntlet locked blades with the shaft of his halberd. Verdant tightly held on to his weapon as the boy try to disarm him. When his attempted failed, the boy retreated and stood his ground observing Verdant.

The sound of whirling gears caught his attention and the android turned around to face a dark brown-haired girl wearing a beret and sunglasses. She was also holding a giant minigun.

Another girl was standing next to her, a rabbit faunus wielding a camera. How odd.

"Don't move, tin can." The girl with the beret said with a smirk.

Hostile.

Understandably, he had shown sign of aggression by attacking first. But it appears that these four have no intention of resolving this peacefully. With his lack of experience in interacting with another sentient lifeform, aside from his creator, Verdant did the only thing he could think of in an attempt to protect himself.

"Anti-Personnel Protocol, initiating."

…

Coco staggered back as the green android swung his halberd once more into her minigun. The impact sent her flying into several trees, uprooting them in the process.

The moment they heard the blasted android talked; everything went downhill as the android outmatched them in every single display. It overpowered Yatsuhashi, out foxed Fox, and launched poor Velvet into a tree.

Coco tried to pick herself up. Her arms were numbed from the impact and her heart was beating at an unbelievable pace. But her arms gave out and Coco collapsed again.

She braced for the finishing move, but the android stood its ground.

Silence.

She lifted her head and saw that the android was surveying its surroundings, not even bothering to glance at her or any of her teammates. However, it didn't appear that the android wasn't belittling them, but rather a more serious threat has emerged.

Glynda had the fiercest expression that made Coco's heart stop for a few second.

The blond woman was shrouded in a purple aura that shone unbelievably bright, and was levitating large chunks of earth, stone, and tree trunks. Ozpin stood by her side and studied the green android.

It stared back at the two powerful figures before speaking.

"Cease hostilities. Peaceful resolution desired." It said with a dull voice, while slightly lowering his weapon.

Ozpin nodded and placed a hand on Glynda's shoulder. "Yes, let's not escalate this… Misunderstanding."

Glynda narrowed her eyes but complied as she stopped glowing and dropped all objects around her. The android followed suit in deescalating the tension, collapsing its halberd and placing it behind its back.

"Now then… May I ask, who are you?" Ozpin asked as he tapped his cane, intrigued.

"I am designated as Verdant, by my father and creator." It said with a surprisingly proud tone. "Please identified yourself." Verdant asked back.

"I am Ozpin, Headmaster of Beacon Academy." He then motioned at Glynda. "And this is Glynda Goodwitch, Professor of Combat Studies and Representative of Beacon Academy."

"Your names have been acknowledged and archived."

Ozpin nodded and turned his attention towards Team CFVY with a concerned expression. "Team CFVY, are you alright?"

All of Team CFVY confirmed that they were okay before slowly getting up. Glynda made sure they were okay before ushering them up the hill and into a bullhead while she and Ozpin deal with the strange android named Verdant.

"Now then. Might I ask why you were… Destroying the forest? While we do not mind the fact that your actions helped clear out the grimms in the process. We were concerned that you may pose a risk towards the students and staff of Beacon Academy."

Verdant seemed surprised judging how the android jolted its head. "My apologies. My objective was to clear the forests of grimms. It appears…" Verdant halted.

…

It took Ozpin's statement about destroying the forests; that Verdant came to the realization of what his father might had actually meant about clearing the forest of grimms.

After re-evaluating his objective, Verdant instinctively facepalmed; surprising Ozpin and Glynda. He dragged his metallic hand across his visor causing them to wince at the screeching metal sound.

Further evaluation shows that he has, spectacularly, compromise his father's location by bringing down the trees in the forest. A large path of downed trees leads straight towards his father's secret laboratory.

Not to mention his clearing of the surrounding trees around the laboratory as well! He has to get back to his father's side! Ciana is currently with father, but Verdant doesn't trust in her abilities considering how she was awakened just a month ago.

"I must return to father's side!"

"Wait!" Ozpin called out, but Verdant turned into a green blur and was already over the horizon.

Ozpin and Glynda stood there looking a bit baffled before Ozpin snapped out of his daze. "Glynda, change of plans. I'll be following this… Verdant."

Glynda gave Ozpin a blank look. "Ozpin, I think that if we were to follow him. We should be supported by Port and Oobleck. We also need to get Team CFVY back to the academy."

"Do not worry, Glynda. I can take care of myself. Return to Beacon with Team CFVY, I want to talk with Verdant's creator. I have a feeling that our meeting will be quite… Enlightening."

…

Jaune wiped his brows and place a hand on his hip while grinning. The blond boy was pleased with the recent upgrade he implemented for Ciana; his recent creation.

It's been thirty-five days since the awakening of Ciana; Verdant is roughly over a year old and the two were already bickering like children.

Anyway, he upgraded the physical performance for Ciana with the salvaged parts from several Atlesian Knight-130 and an almost obliterated Atlesian Spider Droid. He found them near a train track when he was taking a drive on his hovercraft.

He could not believe his luck!

Jaune even found some Atlesian Knights that were minimally destroyed, often missing a head or limbs. He took the liberty to repaired and reprogrammed them, while adjusting their proficiencies in combat.

It's been nothing but good fortune all week.

"How are you feeling, Ciana?" Jaune asked the blue colored android.

Ciana is a few inches smaller than Verdant, but much denser and sleeker. Despite her appearance, she's capable of holding her ground against Verdant in combat.

The blue android inspected her arms that were now sleeker and less rugged. After clenching and unclenching her hands, she pushed off from the operating table and stood up.

"I feel wonderful, father. You have my sincerest appreciation and gratitude. My statistical readings indicate that my performance has improved by 73% from their original parameters."

"Glad you like it." Jaune said with a big smile. "Now then, I'll clean up the mess. Go out and tell your brother that I'm finished."

"Yes, father." Ciana complied but halted when she saw Jaune's scroll alarm went off.

The perimeter alert system picked up a human or faunus coming from half a mile away. Whoever it was, it was coming closer towards her father's laboratory, fast.

"Oh? We have visitors?" Jaune said with a curious expression.

He pulled up his scroll and pulled up the camera monitors. Jaune had installed hidden cameras into the mountains, and they currently displayed a whole acre of forests, deforested.

"… Hey Ciana."

"Yes, father?"

"What happened to the trees?"

"Why, I think we should ask Verdant about that." She said, sarcasm oozing from her feminine, robotic voice.

…

Verdant hastily slipped into the mountain cave and allowed the sensors to scan his visor. The metal doors slowly opened revealing Ciana who blocked his path.

"Move aside, Ciana."

"Too incompetent, your statement was."

The two androids "glared" at each other through their visors. They would have continued the stare down, but their upmost priority is to protect their father. Saving their squabble for later, they tapped into the security network and activated all of their combat droids.

Altered and repainted versions of sixty Atlesian Knight-130 and ten miniature Spider droids mobilized to intercept the incoming intruder. Other unique models were to stay inside the facility for now. It would be unwise to display all trump cards currently.

"Does your processing system allow you to compute; that you had just essentially lead an intruder towards our home, brother?"

"I am well aware, sister. But the destruction I had left in my wake has, unfortunately, exposed the location of our home."

"Indeed, it has. Your statement about my incompetence earlier serves-"

Jaune interrupted their argument by waving a hand between his two robotic children. They ceased their bickering and turned towards their father who is currently smiling.

"Now, now. Let's receive our guest with precaution before we make any decisions." He said and walked forward into the open.

He stretched his arms and brushed his lab coat; feeling the dazzling sunlight overhead. A crackling green orb slowly landed several meters from him and dissipated. A man with silver hair and dark specs stepped forward.

His combat droids spread out and took cover behind fallen trees, while the miniature Spider droids displayed their full height.

Verdant stepped in front of Jaune, while Ciana took to his left behind him. Jaune sighed at his children's overprotectiveness. They were always like this. He's not sure why, but he'll have to remind them someday that he can handle things by himself.

The silver-haired man studied Jaune for a bit before finally speaking. "I take it, you are Verdant's creator?"

Jaune smiled. "Creator, father… You can take your pick, but yes I was the one who brought them to life. Your name? Mister…?"

"Ozpin. I am Professor Ozpin, Headmaster of Beacon Academy. I am already acquainted with Verdant here, but I'm not familiar with you or the one standing behind you."

Jaune mused for a moment. "My name is Jaune. And this is my 'daughter' Ciana."

…

Ozpin breathed a sigh of relief when Jaune didn't show any hostile intention. After a quick conversation, the blond boy in the white lab coat ordered his androids to stand down and welcomed him into his laboratory.

That excluded his two "children", Verdant and Ciana.

Verdant stood roughly a few inches taller than General Ironwood himself. The android was coated in black paint but possessed a dark green visor with the same colored markings across his body.

Ciana is tall, but not to the same height as Verdant. Maybe slightly shorter than Ironwood. The android is modelled with a narrowed blue visor and possessed the same body markings over her body in its respectable colors. Unlike Verdant, this android had a sleek look to it, but was obviously powerful in close quarter combat.

Ozpin marveled at the robots that Jaune was working on. There was a humanoid android with its lower body modelled after a horse. The words "PROJECT Centaur" was plastered on the scattered blueprints nearby.

He felt a hand behind his back and was gently shoved forward by Verdant. He nearly gasped by the contact, not because of the suddenness, but because Verdant has aura.

Aura is the manifestation of one's soul. A life force that runs through every living creature of Remnant.

"You… Have aura?" Ozpin asked the green android.

"Yes. It was bestowed upon me by my father. Now move."

"Verdant! Be nice to Professor Ozpin." Jaune snapped causing Verdant to back away from him. Ciana glanced back at Verdant and Ozpin swear she was smirking.

"Yes father. My apologies, Professor Ozpin." Verdant said dully.

"Sorry Professor Ozpin. Verdant and Ciana are very protective of me. They are quite zealous when it comes to defending our home."

Ozpin smiled. "Not to worry. I'm just surprised that they are capable of projecting aura. I didn't think that was possible. No offense to any of you three… Or two."

"None taken." Jaune said with a wave. "Have a seat, professor." Jaune motioned at a cushioned couch.

He took a seat and rested his cane at his side. Jaune took a seat to the right-hand side of Ozpin; Verdant and Ciana stood by their creator's side.

"So…" Jaune started. "I take it that Verdant did something to warrant your attention."

'That is an understatement' Ozpin thought before explaining about the whole ordeal. He explained about how Verdant's unintended path of destruction carried all the way to Beacon Academy and his battle against Team CFVY.

"I see." Jaune said, while Verdant hung his head low while Ciana stood straighter.

Ozpin found it hilarious that this meeting was like a parent-teacher conference. In all his previous incarnations, he would never imagine a scenario like this.

"Rest assure, no real harm has been done. The deforested path only makes things easier for students to spot out grimms. As for Team CFVY, they only suffer from aura depletion."

"That's a relief." The blond boy said and turned towards the green android. "Verdant. I understand that I did not clarify on your task and you are still learning, so I will not truly blame you for this occurrence."

"Thank you, father."

"However, what do you have to say to Professor Ozpin?"

"Professor Ozpin," Verdant started without any hesitation. "I apologize for my recent behavior."

'This really does feel like a teacher-parent conference…' Ozpin thought in amusement before speaking. "You are forgiven, Verdant. This was a misunderstanding and both parties had good intentions."

"I must apologize as well, Professor Ozpin." Jaune said with a thoughtful expression. "Once this ordeal is over, I'll transport you back to your academy on my personal airship. It'll save you the hassle."

"Thank you, Jaune. Though I must wonder. What's bright young man like you hiding in a place like this? Although… Judging from the results you produced, it does seem obvious why you would want to hide."

Jaune merely shrugged. "I no longer remembered my reasons for isolating myself. I happened upon this abandoned facility hidden and left behind during the Great war. I simply used my technical expertise to repurpose the place."

"I see, and how did you manage this place by yourself? How do you feed yourself? It seems that you didn't have these children of yours to assist you back then." Ozpin asked, intrigued.

The blonde grinned. "I have my own ways of making money. My expertise in Dust, aura, and robotics isn't a trivial thing. I grow my own food, mainly vegetables and fruits. Anything else I would buy from the city of Vale."

"Hm-hmm. Two more questions before I go. Who taught you on your expertise? A prodigy must had learnt it from somewhere…"

"I'm flattered. My mentor was Dr. Polendina, but to be honest; his lessons were more like crash courses to me. I did the rest on my own."

"Interesting." Ozpin will have to get into contact with General Ironwood after this. The general is working with Dr. Polendina in groundbreaking technology right now. Jaune would make a fine edition, probably… "Last question, how would you like to enroll in Beacon Academy?"

…

General Ironwood sat at his desk drinking coffee from his mug. A notification for his inbox caught his attention and he set the mug down.

Opening his inbox, Ironwood saw who the sender was and quickly opened the attachment.

The attachment was from Ozpin, listing out a recent ordeal regarding a young man named Jaune Arc. Ironwood picked a bad time to pick up his mug as he spilled it over his white coat and trousers.

"Impossible." Ironwood said with a shocked expression. He snatched his scroll and ran out of his office, ignoring the stares of his peers as he made his way towards Dr. Polendina lab.

…

"I am combat ready." Penny said cheerfully.

Her swords hovered around her. Their movement controlled by the wires she attached to her swords. Just as she was about to complete her combat diagnosis, General Ironwood came bursting into the lab, panting.

There also appears to be coffee stain on his white coat and trousers. How odd.

Penny frowned as the general lumbered over to her father, Dr. Polendina and showed him something with his scroll. Her father's eyes widen, and he gripped the scroll from Ironwood's hand.

Penny tilted her head and wondered out loud. "I wonder what got father and uncle's attention today?"

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