Endless Pages Lead to Endless Worlds

It was shaping up to be a normal day at Beacon Academy. No Dust robberies to stop. No White Fang rallies to investigate. And, above all else, no Grimm invasion of the Kingdom to fight against. It seemed like the craziness around the Kingdom was coming to a close or at the very least, taking a break. And hopefully it would last until the unique hecticness of the Vytal Festival was in full swing.

Which allowed Teams RWBY and JNPR to enjoy their breakfast in peace. Later they would train and prepare for the Vytal Tournament that would begin in a few weeks. But for now, they just sat there and laughed at a joke Nora had made. All just taking the chance to feel the contentment of being together.

No one noticed the small green flame come to life in the corner of the cafeteria. The flame erupted across the whole room but still, no one reacted. The flames died down and there was silence as all sound in the cafeteria became silent. Every student in the room was completely frozen unmoving since the flame had overtaken them. Some in mid bite, others talking or laughing and other's stopped in mid-step.

One sound started to resound throughout the room. Shoes slowly walking across the floor of the cafeteria. From the focal point of where the green fire originated, walked a man wearing black sneakers, jeans and a hoodie with the hood up to hide his face. His hands were in his pockets as he slowly walked from the side of the room to where RWBY and JNPR were sitting. His head was slowly moving around, just taking in his surroundings.

"So, this is Beacon." He spoke calmly but with a hint of excitement to his voice. "Seen this place more times than I care to count. Nice to finally be here." He then sighed, "Time to get to business though, sadly." He looked to the table with the two teams he knew very well. Immediately, orange flames erupted around seven of them and completely covering them from view. When they dissipated, they were nowhere to be seen and only leaving Jaune still frozen by himself. "Would bring you along but I don't want to risk anything. Won't be long for you though."

He turned from the table and looked around, "Those seven…" He looked around the cafeteria before he turned his head towards Beacon tower before his own form was wrapped in orange fire and disappearing similar to the seven students previously.

The flames dissipated and the man now stood in the middle of Ozpin's office. He looked to the familiar desk to see the Headmaster sat behind it with Glynda Goodwitch to his left and Qrow Branwen behind and to his right, leant against the window. On the other side of the desk was General Ironwood and his Specialist, Winter Schnee. The man tilted his head slightly, "One extra. Oh well, it'll do." Orange flames consumed the five before they disappeared. "That's everyone on the list, except for one. I'll have to make a quick stop before I leave. Then, it's time for the fun part." A smirk stretched across his lips as he disappeared yet again in flames.

In the middle of a good sized dining hall, orange flames erupted and Team RWBY and NPR were standing in the center of it. They all stopped their laughing and looked around, thoroughly confused. Ruby was the one to speak up, "Guys, where are we?"

Yang shrugged, "I have no idea, sis."

Weiss looked around with a critical look, "A better question is how did we get here?"

Nora looked around before she turned to Ren, "Is this because I snuck that coffee when you guys weren't looking? Because I'm so, so sorry!"

Ren shook his head, "No, Nora. I swapped it out for decaf when you weren't looking."

Blake was looking around while on edge, "Well, if it wasn't Nora and her… usual antics, then who else could it be?"

"Um, guys." Pyrrha spoke up as she looked between them all in a panic, "Where's Jaune?"

They all quickly looked around and confirmed that the blonde leader of JNPR was nowhere to be found. "Ahhh!" Nora screamed, "Where's our Fearless Leader?! What's gonna happen to him?!"

Before she could continue to panic, orange flames erupted ten feet away from them. That put the seven of them on guard until the flames dissipated revealing Ozpin, Goodwitch, Qrow, Ironwood and Winter. "We need to prepare for the Festival, Oz. You know what…" the General stopped as he looked around, "What on Remnant?"

Qrow was looking around, just as confused, "Oz, any idea on just what is going on?"

Ozpin looked around, seeming calm but tensed for the worst. His hand tightening on his cane, "I have no idea. But let's be cautious. There's no telling on what is here."

"Uncle Qrow!" shouted a voice as a small red bundle slammed into the man's arm. He raised it and looked down in slight shock to see it was his niece, "Did you miss me!?"

Qrow took a second to blink lethargically before he smirked, "Nope." He then ruffled her hair as he set her down on the ground. He looked up to see Yang walking over as well, "You're here too, Firecracker?"

As they were having that family reunion, Weiss was speed walking over to her sister with a hardly restrained smile on her lips, "Winter, it's so good to see you."

Winter raised her eyebrow in confusion, "Weiss? What are you doing here?"

Weiss just shook her head, "I don't know. My friends and I appeared here shortly before you all."

Goodwitch looked over her students, making sure they were okay before she turned her gaze to the room as a whole. She was trying to get a better grasp on where they were as the older family members were being introduced to their younger's friends and teams. She was the first to be ready to fight when another smaller flame appeared in the room but to their shock, the person who stepped out was no other than Taiyang Xiao Long. He looked around confused, "Okay, what's going on?"

"Dad!?" shouted Yang and Ruby.

"Tai?" asked Qrow.

"Ruby, Yang, Qrow?" he asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Well, that's everyone." Said an unknown voice that seemed to envelop the entire room. Another burst of flames came from the far wall as the same figure from before walked out casually and towards them.

"Not another step!" commanded the General as he reached for his weapon but was shocked he found nothing. Several other's also realized they were missing their weapons.

That caused the figure to chuckle, "Just some advice: It really isn't smart to demand anything when you have no idea what the person can do." He looked them all over from under his hood. The older members stepping in front of their family members or teammates. While Ozpin just stared at him analytically. "As for your weapons, they are exactly where you left them. I though it'd be better if you didn't have them while we talked. Except for Ozpin, of course, but he's more levelheaded.

"Who are you?" Yang hissed out while standing in front of her sister.

"Now that's the question." He pulled his right hand from his pocket, revealing that the back of it was tattooed: a black fire with two wings coming off from either side and continued up his middle finger where the knuckles were covered by black rings. He pulled the hood down and revealed his face to everyone there. Brown hair came down to just above his warm brown eyes that were behind a pair of black framed glasses. He had a small grin on his face as he spoke, "My name is LordHellPhoenix. Please call me Phoenix."

They all just stared at him for a bit before Nora spoke, "What kinda name is that?"

That caused Phoenix to laugh, "It does sound strange from an outside perspective. It's not my true name but the one I gave myself. Beings like myself just can't be giving such sensitive information as our real names out."

That confused a few of them. Ozpin was the one to speak up, "What do you mean by 'Being'?"

Phoenix pointed to the Headmaster, "That's a great question. But first, why don't we all sit down before we have this conversation." He turned his back to all of them and started to walk towards the table. They all looked at each other in confusion before Yang shot forward, pulling her fist backward to drive into his back.

No one could stop her as Phoenix turned around and raised his right hand. She gave a shout as she sent her fist forward before it was stopped. All were shocked, no one more so than Yang. Not because her attack was stopped but because it was stopped with a single finger. She looked up at his face but he still had that grin on his face as he tilted his head slightly, "Done?"

Yang just nodded slowly, partially scared as she pulled her fist away. Phoenix just dropped his hand and sat down at the head of the dining table. He then motioned with his hand to the table and the other people in the room all settled into its seats. When they were all seated he raised his right hand, "Refreshments?"

Before he got an answer, his hand was surrounded in violet fire. Most were stunned by the unusual color of the flames before he placed his hand on the table. Two trails of fire raced up either side of the table, leaving a ring of the same color flames in front of every person seated. The flames grew brighter until they vanished, leaving mugs of piping hot beverages in front of them all. They all looked stunned and looked back to the mysterious man as he raised his own mug to his lips to take a sip. "How did you do that!?" Ruby asked with stars in her eyes.

Phoenix sighed as he placed his mug down, "That will have to remain my secret, Ruby. Sorry."

The reaper pouted and Yang looked at him in confusion, "How do you know her name?"

"Because it's my job to. To know all of you." That had them all on edge, "Now onto business. You want to know what I am but before I can explain that, have any of you heard of the multiverse theory?" Several hands raised: Ruby's, Yang's, Pyrrha's and Ozpin's. Phoenix nodded, "Makes sense. Three of you read comics and it would make sense to someone as…wise as Ozpin. To give a short summary, the Multiverse theory is the belief that there is more than a single universe. And each one is different in either little ways like possibly someone having a different gender or huge ones like the 'good guys' are in fact the 'bad guys.' That make sense?" He waited for them to respond and most started to nod their heads. "Now what would you say if I told you, it's very real?"

That gained a lot of stunned reaction until it was Goodwitch spoke up, "How exactly would you know that?"

Phoenix gave her a grin, "Because I am one of the many that can see into it and traverse it."

That absolutely shell-shocked everyone sitting there. If what this man was saying was true then they were sitting down with an entity they could barely wrap their heads around, "You're a God?" Ozpin asked, a bit of trepidation in his voice.

Phoenix looked at the older man and sighed as his hand massaged his forehead, "I hate being called that. No, I am not a God. The best way to describe my position in the Multiverse is that I am one step above the Gods you know of but I'm not 'all-powerful'." He took another sip of his coffee before he continued, "Other's like me believe themselves to be Gods but we are not. We do not create the worlds of the Multiverse. We just observe them. We watch, we record and we share them. We do have powers that could be call God-like but its only because we know how to manipulate the energies of the Multiverse, either on a conscious or subconscious level."

"Why observe worlds?" Pyrrha asked, just trying to wrap her head around anything.

"People like me or Writers, have different reasons for why they do what they do. Mine is simple: there are many worlds that only I can see. So I record them so others can also see them. That way, those worlds aren't lost to the tides of eternity. And maybe the worlds I record will inspire others to find their own. The loss of a world isn't the saddest thing that can happen. As sad as it is, all things come to an end. The true tragedy is them being forgotten." He raised his mug again but smirked, "Plus, I enjoy what I do very much." He took another sip with that.

"You still failed to answer where we are and why we are here." Winter asked in her professional tone.

The Writer placed his mug down and rested his chin on his fist, very casually, "Where you are is my own world or pocket dimension. Pretty much where I reside when I'm not exploring the Multiverse. I call it the Phoenix Roost. And you're here because I'm going to offer you a chance not many get. To take a look into the Multiverse for yourselves."

"And what does that mean exactly?" the ever cautious Blake asked.

"Easy. If you choose to take me up on the offer, I'll show several worlds I've found. Maybe they'll inspire you to do something different in your own lives. Maybe they'll make you want to change yourself for the better. Maybe even have a different impact on the world around you. Or maybe just let you answer the question, 'How would I be if things were different.' Or maybe you'll just see it as entertainment, like watching your other selves and the people you know as characters in a movie. Honestly, whatever you take away from this experience is up to you."

They were all silent and many of them were having their interests raised by that. Ren however brought up a good point, "This offer sounds amazing but we have lives to live. We can't just stay here."

Phoenix waved the concern away, "Don't worry. When I brought you here, I slowed down your world's time to a crawl. You could spend years here and virtually no time will pass there. Don't worry though, you won't be here that long. A few hours, a day at worst. But if any of you aren't interested, I'll send you back." He leant back with his arms crossed, "But fair warning: every world I show you will have one person in common and they will have a huge impact on that world." His grin grew before he said the next part, "And you seven know him very well."

The seven mentioned students were confused for a bit until something just clicked for Pyrrha. She gasped, "Are you talking about Jaune?"

That stunned the other six and Phoenix nodded, "The very same."

"How is that possible?" Weiss asked. It wasn't in a cruel tone just confusion. Her opinion on the young Arc had changed since the Dance but it still was confusing to her. "How can Jaune of all people be that important to so many worlds?"

Phoenix chuckled, "Usually I'd pretty mad for someone insulting my favorite person from your's and many worlds…" That made a few of them go on edge, "But seeing as you're thawing from Ice Queen into Snow Angel, I know you're just curious." He chuckled when Weiss went from seething to slight embarrassment from the nicknames.

"Anyways, Jaune is just a unique case in your corner of the Multiverse. Jaune Arc is a being in flux. I've seen him be the hero to save the world. The villain that wants to rule it. A monster who's sole purpose is to destroy it. The soldier that sacrifices his life for his loved ones to escape. The tortured soul that falls into darkness. But in all those worlds, he sends shockwaves through that Remnant and changes its future. For better. Or for worse." He shook his head and looked at them all with that small smile, "That is why me and other Writers seek out worlds with him. Because he is an extraordinary young man in many worlds. And its always interesting to see just what those versions of him can do."

That made Pyrrha, Ren, Nora, Ruby and Ozpin all smile in pride. Knowing that the young man could be so much. In contrast, Weiss, Blake, Yang and Goodwitch were stunned considering their reasons. Qrow, Tai and Winter didn't have much of a change. More intrigued by this person that had a connection to their respective families. And finally Ironwood was also intrigued but for another reason: If this Jaune Arc was so influential, could he be the key to stopping this dammed war.

"So, why isn't our Fearless Leader here then?" Nora asked.

"Your version of Jaune hasn't reached his potential yet. If he were to see other versions of himself, it could affect how that potential is obtained and form it'll take. Aka, it could turn your 'Fearless Leader' into someone he wasn't meant to be. Plus, it's less of a headache for everyone involved, trust me."

"So, that just leaves me with one thing to ask of you all." He leant forward on his arms and smiled more, "Any of you interested?"

A/N- Yeah, I did it. I finally made my own Reaction story. I've always found them amusing and decided to try it out for myself. Now before I start this I have two things to say: Please do not leave 'gifts' and suggestions for chapters in the reviews. Those just bog down the reviews and I'd rather have them with suggestions for the character interactions or suggestions for future characters. I also have all the chapters I will do planned out and I doubt I'll be looking for anymore. With that said, hope you enjoyed it so far and will be eager for the next one. See you all in the next update!