With the dance only a few days away, Jaune was unhappy.

First, he didn't want to go anyways. Ruby had insisted he go, but he at least was able to turn her down. Even if it was only by the skin of his teeth, but immediately found himself forced into going by his father.

Second, he would have to wear the old antique armor that had been passed down from Arc family to Arc family for generations. Jaune didn't even know how it was still usable. Jaunes father ran the idea by Jaunes mother, who smiled brightly and said Jaune would be like 'the knight in shining armor that gets the princess,' to which Jaune responded with "I doubt that." He still didn't understand why they were letting him, no MAKING him, wear antique armor to a costume party, that just seemed like a disaster waiting to happen.

Third and hopefully the final issue, Jaune had reluctantly told Ruby that he was going to the dance. Ruby yelled in delight and now she wouldn't stop talking about the dance. No matter how many times Jaune tried to change the subject, she forced the conversation to go right back towards the dance.

"So what are you going as?" Jaune asked with a sigh, he might as well roll with it.

"I'm going to be the Grim Reaper!" she exclaimed while striking a pose which she thought was menacing, but to anyone else it seemed cute. "What about you?" Ruby asked.

"My parents are making me wear this old armor, so I guess I'm going as a knight. Yay," Jaune said while twirling his index finger with feigned excitement.

"Oh my gosh, that'll be so cool! My sister is going as a Boxer, we could go together as a trio of badassery!" she said in her same excited tone. Jaune just sighed.

"Sure, it's better than going with nobody I suppose." Jaune replied. He was kinda hoping to sit in a corner like he usually would in any social event, but he could just sneak away at some point. Ruby and her sister had friends there anyways, he didn't want to bother them.

Night before the dance

Jaune didn't know exactly what to expect when he saw the armor after it was polished and lubricated for use. He certainly didn't expect it to be so… flashy.

"Am I really going to have to wear that dad? It seems like it would attract too much attention," Jaune stated. His father laughed.

"Of course! Why else would I make you wear it? I'm going to make sure people notice you, no matter where you go!" His father laughed again. Jaune scowled.

'This has to be alonf the lines of cruel or unusual punishment, or both.' Jaune thought.

Finally all of the individual pieces were ready to be fitted onto Jaune. Jaune knew he should wear thin clothes underneath. He wasn't stupid, there would be no ventilation in the armor and the gym would get warmer as the night progressed. So he was in a thin sleeveless white shirt and black shorts. Jaunes father quickly instructed Jaune to sick out his individual appendages so he could slip the armor on. After fifteen minutes, Jaune was completely covered in armor, except his head.

It took Jaune a few minutes to get used to the movement of the joints of the armor, but it wasn't exactly hard. He found that the armor actually fit him quite nicely. Jaune finally got to the full body mirror in the bathroom and stared at himself. He had to admit, it made him feel a bit cooler.

Starting from top to bottom, Jaunes hair was neatly combed to curve to the left of his head His neck was exposed, his left shoulder had a dome-like armor plate attached to him while his right shoulder was larger and the bottom of the shoulder plating reached down a quarter length of his entire arm. His chest plate was smooth and had a dragons head on the upper center of it with two small arc shapes underneath its jaw along with two small holes near the neck. His arms were identical, smooth with golden lines running down, connecting to each of the fingers in the gauntlets. The gauntlets were easy to move around with. The leg guards had a dragon on the sides facing to Jaunes left and right. His boots were a bit awkward to move around in, but Jaune could manage.

Jaune father let out an impressed whistle, "You clean up nice, knight boy. Wouldn't you agree honey?" He said, gaining the attention of Jaunes mother, who had been waiting patiently to see her son.

"Why yes, he looks great! But I feel like it's missing something…" she said with a finger on her chin before brightening up quickly, "I know!" she said before running out of the bathroom before returning about a minute later.

"This!" She said, holding two objects proudly. In her hands was a simple dark yellow cape that reached down to Jaunes knees. A large crescent moon was on the back in a pale white color, and a helmet that had a faceguard that slid down. It had a narrow eye slit all the way across the front and an intimidating frame. Jaune looked surprised while his father had a look of happiness.

Jaune was about to speak, but his mother was faster with her actions. She immediately tied the cape around the holes in the chest plate. The cape was tied tightly to the chest plate so it wouldn't choke Jaune. Then she slid the helmet onto his head and covered his face with the face mask.

"Uh… Alright, I guess I'll just go with this cape as well as the helmet," he said, his voice had a slight hallow sounding effect due to the helmet. He wouldn't admit it out loud, but he liked the cape and helmet. And wearing the armor made his parents happy, so he supposed it was a win-win.

His parents smiled at him before taking pictures of him in every angle, excited to send the pictures to relatives. Jaune couldn't help but laugh, it was just funny seeing himself in armor. But then he realized that today was the day BEFORE the dance.

"Um… guys? I'm going to need some help getting out of this thing," he said. His parents froze before laughing nervously.

"Of course, my bad!" Jaunes father said before undoing some of the straps.

'Tomorrows going to be a long day,' Jaune said.

Day of the dance

Well he wasn't wrong, the day seemed like it was going to take a while. Ruby was reaching her breaking point of excitement and kept saying how much fun the dance would be.

'Well it had better be fun, it's not going to be easy to go to a dance in armor,' Jaune said mentally with a shrug. Each class seemed to take years. Jaune just wanted to get his day over with.

Finally the last class had ended and Jaune couldn't wait to get home. Ruby's sister was giving her a ride home, so he walked home alone yet again. He was used to it. He started to pick up the pace of his movements, from walking to jogging, and then to sprinting. He made it to his driveway rather quickly, but he paused before entering.

'Does my stalker go to the same school as me? Will they be at the dance?' Jaune thought to himself. Recently he had started talking out loud to the person following him, hoping to get an answer, but nothing happened, but strangely that didn't stop him from saying what was on his mind.

"So random question, do you go to my school? Or better yet, are you going to the dance, which I'm assuming you already know about." Jaune asked. He waited for a few moments, but only heard silence once more.

"Alright then, talk to you later." Jaune said with a wave in a random direction. To anyone else he looked insane, so he was thankful that his driveway made it hard to see anything from the outside or inside.

Later that night, Jaune was back in his armor, ready to leave. His father was going to drive him there. He was having trouble seeing right away due to the helmets faceguard, so he decided to keep it upwards until he needed to leave the car. The car ride itself was uncomfortable. Who knew sitting in a car as it was bumping onto the road in full armor would be uncomfortable?

Thankfully the drive to the school was relatively short, a mere five minutes. Jaunes father turned around and said 'have fun!' before Jaune slid down the faceguard, concealing his identity, that is, until a certain 'Grim Reaper' started to tap on his helmet with her novelty scythe, which was twice her size. He was hoping not to be noticed, but to be fair, he did tell her about the armor.

He turned around while greeting Ruby and her sister, Yang. They both looked at his armor in awe before tapping his armor in several places.

"That looks like the real deal all right, I think he's got us beat sis," Yang said with a smile. She didn't really know Jaune, but her sister talked about him quite a bit, so she thought she should be friendly with him.

"Awww, I tried so hard on this costume," Ruby said with a whine. Jaune went to ruffle her hair as he normally could, but he was afraid that her hair would get caught in the gauntlets, so he stopped himself.

"Hey don't be sad, it's not like I wanted to come here anyways," Jaune said, but he was at the dance now, so he might as well roll with it.

"Oh also, please don't tell anyone I'm the one in this thing, I don't want people asking questions at school or something." Jaune said. It may look suspicious, but hey, it was Halloween.

The trio entered the gym and were greeted with loud music, which seemed to echo through Jaune's armor.

'That's going to get annoying REALLY fast,' he thought. He followed the two girls around, who were talking to each other. Jaune had nearly zero visibility due to the dimly lit room and the slit of his helmet, so he kept close to the girls. Even with the loud music he could hear his loud footsteps as his boots connected with the ground.

Even with the low visibility, he noticed the stares he was getting. He also noticed that due to the knight armor being so shiny, strobe lights were reflecting off of him, attracting more eyes to him.

"Hey Ruby, I'm going to go get a drink, I'll find you later." He said without hearing her goodbye. He quickly found a corner in the darkness of the room and leaned against the wall. He sighed and slid the facemask off of him so he could breathe a bit easier, but he made sure to face the wall so his face wouldn't be seen.

"Hello sir knight, what brings you here?" a feminine voice said behind him. With a yelp, he slid the face mask back on and turned to face the person who approached him. His eyes went wide as he stared at the sight before him, which was a girl with black hair that ran straight down her back and a cat mask that covered half of her face, revealing her smile. She wore an unusual costume. She was literally in a sort of ninja get-up, but it did have a seductive look to it since it fit her shape almost perfectly. Jaune was left to stutter out random words before finally making a sort of response.

"Greetings um… fellow warrior of old… heh heh. What brings you to this dark and creepy corner?" Jaune said while rubbing the back of his helmet. 'What. The. Hell. Was THAT!' Jaune yelled mentally. He had no idea why he just spoke like that, but it made the girl laugh. It wasn't a loud laugh, but it was definitely noticeable. She decided to play along.

"I was just hoping to find myself a proper escort for the night, and who better than a noble night." The girl said with amusement in her voice. Jaune couldn't help but smile. He certainly didn't expect this to happen.

"I- well um- you see… Wouldn't you rather go with someone more um… suiting for your interests Uh… mistress of the night?" he said with nervousness. He was having fun with the funny back and forth with this girl, but he was getting uncomfortable with what he assumed was flirting towards him.

"You'd be surprised, compared to anyone else in this room I find you the most charming," she said with a chuckle. She moved a bit closer to him and grabbed his hand.

"Well if you're going to be persistent, w-would you grant me the knowledge of knowing who would think of me s-so… kindly?" Jaune said, his stutter slowly dying down. The girl led him to the outer ring of students before stopping, placing both hands around Jaune's neck as a new song with a slower beat began to play. He stood completely still, unsure of what to do. He had never slow danced before and this girl was getting too comfortable with him too fast in his opinion.

"Blake Belladona, may I ask for your name as well sir knight?" She said, although she already knew his name. She has had her eye on him for too long.

"Um… J-Jaune Arc ma'am," he said, hands still at his sides. After a few moments, Blake removed her hands from Jaune and grabbed his hands, guiding them to her lower back. Jaune couldn't stop himself or Blake as his hands found their way to Blake, who returned her hands to the back of Jaune's neck, pulling him closer to him. Jaune's mind began to slowly crumble as he clumsily stepped around to the sound, following Blake's lead. He tried his best to not step on his dance partners toes. Suddenly a thought ran through his scrambled mind, bringing him back into focus.

"I can't say I've heard of you before around this… castle before. Are you from this institution?" Jaune asked. He was still trying to talk like a knight, but he knew he sounded like a dork.

"I'm afraid I don't go to this school. I'm homeschooled." Blake said, she seemed to finally drop the funny act and return to a normal way of speaking. She pulled Jaune closer so her chest was touching Jaune's chest plate. Somehow he didn't seem to notice as more questions were forming.

"Call me crazy, but how did you get in here? Only students from this school and a person who was invited by another student are allowed to go to this dance. And if you came here with someone, then you would probably have more fun hanging out with them than me." Jaune said with a frown hidden behind his helmet.

Blake shook her head, "You're much more pleasant to be around than you think. As for how I got here, I was not invited by another student, nor am I another student. In fact I snuck in here through the vents in this gym." She knew Jaune wouldn't be comfortable knowing that she snuck in here through strange means, but she can't bring herself to lie to him.

Jaune laughed, clearly not believing her, "Wow, you're quite the ninja, huh?" He said. Blake frowned and pointed upwards. Jaune looked up and he was left in shock. The frame of the opening of the vent in the gym was swinging slowly back and forth. Jaune looked back down to Blake, who had a friendly smile.

"W-wow you really are a ninja, apparently. That's… That's interesting," Jaune laughed nervously. 'This chick is nuts! She snuck in through the vents just to go to some school party? Who goes through all of that trouble just to go to a party?' Jaune asked himself mentally, then decided to direct those questions towards her.

"Why would you go through such great means just to go to some school dance party?" Jaune asked. He may be nervous around her currently, but she had peaked his curiosity. To his surprise, Blake stopped dancing and used both of her hands to remove Jaune's helmet, revealing his slightly sweaty face. She leaned in close to him so their noses were touching.

"So I can finally meet my knight face to face," she said before giving a small peck to the tip of his nose, causing him to blush a deep shade of red.

'This night is going to be weird,' Jaune thought.

'This night is going to be one I'll make him remember,' Blake thought.

Okay, so i'm going to say right now, I don't have some sort of schedule for posting these stories. School is kicking my ass this year so that takes priority. But this seems to be the story that gets the most responses and I had some free time. So here you go. Have a good night, or morning, doesn't matter.