Disclaimer: RWBY belongs to the amazing mind of Monty Oum and Roosterteeth

Jaune Arc was nervous.

Scratch that, he was very nervous.

He was having lunch with his own team, and RWBY when Headmaster Ozpin had summoned him. Now Jaune was walking with Ozpin towards his office with his mind racing with questions.

'Did he find out about my transcripts? Is he going to expel me? What would happen to my team? How would they take it? What would they think of me? What would team RWBY do?'

While the Arc heir was busy with his internal turmoil, he didn't notice the silver haired man beside him smirk before going back to drinking his coffee.

'Is this how my journey at Beacon ends? And just as Weiss and I were becoming friends too.'

Jaune finished his musings as they entered Ozpin's office. After they had finished seating, Ozpin had finally broken the silence.

"Relax, Mr. Arc, you aren't in trouble." At this the Arc heir had calmed down immensely. That was short lived however, with Ozpin's next words. "However we know about your transcripts, Mr. Arc. Don't look surprised, if we wanted you gone you wouldn't have even gotten to see Beacon. You're here because of a mission."

At this, the Arc spoke up. "A mission? Might I ask the details of it?"

Ozpin finished sipping from his coffee before replying.

"Of course, Jaune. A third year team named DSLT (Desolate) was assigned to a two part mission. First was to escort a high value individual, and once done with that, they were to clear Grimm nests around three villages. However, the team leader and tactician Darwin had been injured and is currently in the infirmary. Normally we'd just take another third year and place them on their team but we've seen your progress, Jaune, and we've gotta say, we are impressed. Not only that, but you've aced a test that you were meant to fail, even fourth years have trouble with the test.

In short Jaune, you are the only viable replacement for this mission. This mission would take approximately a month to complete. Now Jaune, what do you say?"

Jaune took some time to process what he'd just heard. A month long mission without his team? With third years? HVI escort and Grimm clearing? Was he really up for this? People's lives are depending on his decisions, could he really trust himself?

With determination in his eyes, Jaune looked up at Ozpin. "I accept." He said, with no hesitation or second guessing.

Ozpin merely smiled at the lad after taking a sip from his coffee. "Wonderful. The bullhead you and the remainder of DSLT will be leaving tomorrow afternoon. You may take the rest of today and tomorrow off, to prepare. If that is all Jaune, you may leave."

The boy merely nodded before leaving. Instead of heading back to the cafeteria he merely took his armour, weapons, and a few water bottles and headed to the training arena. He headed to the control panel and set the difficulty to maximum. After the simulation had finished counting down, the training bots filled the arena.

Closing his eyes, he took a deep breath to calm his steady nerves. When he opened his eyes, he raised Crocea Mors and it was all a flash of white and yellow. He cut a robot in half before kicking its remains into the crowd of robots. He kept slashing and hacking with a renewed sense of vigour, occasionally doing some acrobatics, such as back flipping onto a robots shoulder, driving Crocea Mors hilt deep into the robot, before dislodging and focusing aura on all parts of his body, let out a massive aura blast, destroying all the bots in the training room.

After the simulation had ended he felt the fatigue sink in, with a heavy sigh he fell onto one knee, and wiped the sweat off his brow. As he was getting up, he heard clapping to the side and looked to see his team and team RWBY cheering him on, and making their way to him.

"How did you do that? That was amazing!" Ruby had been the first to say something. All of their faces filled with happiness for his improvements.

"It looks like all that training with Pyrrha has paid off." Weiss had commented.

"Thanks guys, but there's something I have to tell you." As Jaune was about to speak, he was once again bombarded with questions.

"What'd Ozpin want with you?" Ruby had asked.

"Did he congratulate you on your progress, Lady Killer?" Yang had teased.

"He asked me if I was interested in a mission, and I accepted. Before you ask, I have to sub in for a third year team and the mission's to escort a high value individual and afterwards clear Grimm nests around three villages."

Pyrrha was the first one to speak. "So when're you leaving?"

"Tomorrow afternoon. I know its short notice but it seems like it's an important mission." After finishing his answer, he was nervous for their reactions. Would they support him, would they believe in him? Would they even care?

"That sounds dangerous, please be careful." It was Weiss who had said that, surprising everyone in the room, no one more than Jaune himself.

"Of course, anything for you, my Snow Angel."

To no one's surprise, she merely glared at the blonde knight, however her glare was missing its usual venom.

"Hnph!" Weiss just turned away at Jaune, preparing to walk away. "Don't get hurt, people are counting on you after all."

"I guess that's our cue to leave." Ruby had said. "Will you be going with us?" Yang had followed up.

"No, Ozpin gave me today and tomorrow off, to prepare. Hence why you found me here." Jaune had stated.

Pyrrha had looked a little crestfallen, but just as Jaune was about to say something she had told the rest of JNPR that they should get to class, to which they agreed.

Jaune, who was as oblivious as always, merely shrugged it off. After picking up his equipment and drinking some much needed water, he made his way to the boys shower to freshen up, since he smelled bad from his training.

After doing so, he made his way to Vale, to pick up supplies he might need for the trip. During his little stroll he went into a weapons store to check it out.

He walked into the store and immediately went to the close quarters section.

Jaune had found an intricate looking blade, about 7-8 inches long. The blade was curved and gray. The handle was black intertwined with gold, and a large sapphire had adorned where the handle met the blade. He grabbed it and took a few practice swings, he noted that the blade was incredibly light, but also very sharp. When he was satisfied, he looked at the price. 500 lien, he was surprised, a blade this beautiful and deadly would easily be in the thousands. He smiled to himself, grabbed the dagger and moved on towards to the sword collection.

He finally saw a sword that made him do a double-take.

The sword itself was grand. It was a greatsword, requiring two hands to wield. The blade itself was a pale white, with what looked like small, grey runes running all throughout the blade. The hilt was chrome, with golden ball bearings at both ends. The handle was wrapped with lavender coverings, and the pommel was a white star. "Hn, maybe I should get the pommel changed from a star to the twin arcs of my family." Jaune said to no one in particular. When he picked it up, he'd been surprised. The greatsword was very light, but incredibly sharp, just like the dagger he'd gotten. It was almost as tall as him, and was as wide as his hands. When he looked at the price, he found himself smiling for a second time. 5000 lien. He expected more for a sword like this, and immediately went to the cashier, paying for the dagger and the sword, and leaving. He walked to the air docks, waiting for a bullhead to take him back to Beacon. During his wait, he realized that all good weapons need names. So when he boarded the bullhead, his airsickness was forgotten, as he was too busy thinking of a name for the new dagger and sword.

He had to take this seriously, as he knew the importance of the naming of weapons.

The dagger was an easy one, it looked menacing but but intricate, and so he named it Lifedrinker.

The light from the window had seeped into the bullhead and hit the blade at an angle which made it look paler than usual, it made it look, almost like-

Dawn. That's the blade's new name, Dawn.

That's it for the first chapter. I was a little iffy on some parts so I added and elaborated on somethings, as well as fix some grammatical mistakes.