Rise of a Star Knight

AN: I have had a hard time dealing with the loss of Pyrrha. Mostly for Jaune's sake. This story is mostly about Jaune not only fulfilling his destiny but also dealing with his loss.

In this story, you will learn that there was more to that legend than just the Maidens, and Jaune is apart of it.

This story will be somewhat of a Hobbit AU/Crossover (I'm using the movies, which I loved), with a few twists of my own. I hope you enjoy it.

(Revision): After rereading this and wanting to fix it, my other beta-reader is helping me to fix any leftover mistakes made.

My Beta-readers are Nightengale4698 and Breakawayfan, BOTH have been a great help in my stories and beyond!

Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY or The Hobbit; they belong to their respected owners.

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A Star is Born

(Just outside the CCT tower)

The exact moment she grabbed him and pulled him in for the kiss, everything became clear for Jaune. He loved Pyrrha. He could feel his heart beating fast, faster than he has ever felt before. He was just as shocked as he was happy for this kiss.

He raised his arms and held her close. Feeling her warmth through his armor was the best feeling he has ever felt, almost like standing next to a fire after being in the cold for too long. When she broke the kiss, she took a few steps away from him.

"I'm sorry." Pyrrha said with a sad voice. The she used her polarity to push Jaune into a container of sorts. He looked around and recognized the container as one of the pod lockers.

"PYRRHA! What the hell are you doing?!" Jaune shouted. He was starting to get scared and angry at the same time. "Pyrrha, please… don't do this!"

He could see her pressing the buttons on the pod to send it away. She looked at him with sad eyes, just as he was about to tell her how he felt, the pod lifted off and flew away.

He could only watch as the tower was getting smaller and smaller. When he finally stopped, he had landed on the outskirts of Beacon. He kicked open the locker so hard the door went flying ten feet away.

Jaune pulled out his scroll and called the only person who could move fast enough to help Pyrrha.

"Jaune! Where are you?" Weiss asked.

"Weiss! Listen! Please, you have to stop her!" Jaune had a voice that was a mix of anger and worry.

"What?!"

"PYRRHA! She's going after the woman in red at the top of the tower. She can't win against her alone!"

Weiss sounded scared, "Jaune, where are you!?"

"DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME! Just get to her, and help her however you can! I'll be there soon!" Jaune said as he closed his scroll and started running for the nearest Evacuation Center.

(Streets of Vale)

As Jaune was running through the now war-torn streets of Vale, he ran into two Deathstalkers.

"AH! Not now!" He pulled out his sword and opened his shield. As the first scorpion swung its left claw, Jaune blocked it with his shield. But then the stinger of the other scorpion came down next to him. If he hadn't have heard it come down, he wouldn't have been able to dodge it. He backed up fast before the first one could get him with its claws again. He then charged forward to the first one, dodging both claws and the stinger before he stabbed his sword into the beast's eye.

The scorpion wailed in pain and backed off, giving the other one a chance to strike. Jaune barely had enough time to block it with is shield. Its stinger struck his shield so hard that it sent him flying into the wall ten feet behind him, making a man-sized hole.

He quickly pushed the rubble off his body and rolled to his left before another stinger came through the hole he made and stabbed where he was. He started running out the door leading to the other side of the building hoping to lose them. As he got outside, the other scorpion was waiting for him there. As it swung its claw at him, he realized that this time he didn't have time to block.

The claw collided with his chest plate, causing it to crack, and he was sent flying twenty feet. He landed in the middle of a four way intersection of the city. He put his feet under him, and spat blood. He looked up to see the scorpion slowly walk toward him, he then looked to his left to see the second one coming down the street.

He could tell right away why the first one was walking slowly; it was playing with him before it would try to kill him. The one on the left, which was now sporting a cut eye, although didn't have a face that could show expression, he could tell it was pissed.

"I guess this is why Pyrrha sent me away. I wasn't strong enough. I could never stand a chance against that woman in red. I can't even take on a Deathstalker on my own, and after all our training at the academy, she could do it in her sleep. I guess I'm not hero material." Jaune thought to himself.

"And if so, I will go out fighting." Jaune then took his normal battle stance, facing between both of them, looking back and forth at both.

The first one to charge was the one he stabbed. It came at him at full speed, plowing though and vaulting over abandoned cars and trucks in its way. Jaune closed his eyes, preparing for the end. Then he heard a bell, almost like the one he heard at the clock tower of Beacon, followed by the howl of the oncoming scorpion. He opened his eyes, deciding to face his enemy rather than hide behind his eyelids. He raised his shield as the scorpions stinger came down fast towards him, while he was staring into the hollow eyes of the scorpion.

At this point he expected to be either plunged into the ground or sent flying again, but instead, he was still standing there. He then heard a painful growl and saw the scorpion back off. Jaune looked up to his shield and saw that it was glowing, surrounded by an ethereal white. Once he noticed the scorpion had retracted its tail, he saw that its whole stinger was gone.

Jaune looked down to see broken green fragments on the ground. "What the hell?"

The other scorpion to his right started to charge now. Instead of using its stinger, it swung its claw at him. Jaune didn't even think, he just swung his sword at the claw, expecting it to be deflected. The scorpion backed off and howled, like the other, in pain. Jaune looked to its claw and saw that the bottom half was still attached but the top half was missing. He turned around and saw that the missing half was behind him. Jaune quickly looked to his sword and saw that it was now glowing as well. "What's happening?"

The now stinger-less scorpion tried to surprise attack Jaune as he was distracted. Again without thinking, Jaune jumped up high and landed on the beast's back. With both hands he then stabbed the breast in the back of its head, between the plates. It howled for a few seconds before it fell down and became quiet.

The other one shot its stinger at him as he was stood on the first. He jumped in time before the stinger hit him and pierced the first one's corpse. He started running up the scorpion's tail and cut it with his sword as he ran. The tail was cut into pieces before he had landed on the beast's back. Unlike before, it knew what he was doing; it started moving around, trying to make Jaune fall. Jaune jumped off and swung his sword at its legs. One by one, he cut all the legs on the left side and then stabbed it the same way he did the first. The creature howled and went limp before fading away.

He backed up a few steps and looked at his weapons. "How on Remnant did I do that!?" When he got a closer look at his weapons, he could vaguely see a thin light barrier wrapped around the sword and shield. He looked down to see that it wrapped around his legs as well, which would explain why he was able to jump as high as he did. "This is my semblance! I'm using this 'light' to enhance my weapons and body!"

His excitement was cut short when he heard screams not too far away. He ran to where they were coming from and saw the remaining students of Beacon fighting for their lives against waves of Grimm.

(Evacuation Zone)

Most of the remaining students were fighting off the Grimm while the others were tending to the wounded. Team CFVY, SSSN, and all the other students were engaging Grimm attacking the Evacuation Zone. The only Beacon staff that were there were Dr. Oobleck and Professor Port.

Coco noticed in the distance a giant Grimm charging at them; it looked to be a giant spiked elephant. "GOLIATH!" She shouted as she started unloading her whole Gatling gun on it. All the other students were doing the same, but the beast didn't seem to slow down.

Jaune was not too far away from the shooting, and saw the Goliath charging at the students. Jaune drew his sword, looked down to his legs to see that they were now glowing, as well as his sword. He put his shield on his belt and started running, fast.

Coco was starting to show a very nervous look on her face, given the sight of the giant Grimm not slowing down. Then a light shone to the left of her, she quickly looked and saw a figure sprinting towards the Goliath. It held a sword and was going faster than anything she has ever seen before. "Who's that?"

Jaune sprinted as fast as he could and swung his sword horizontally with all his strength. Next thing he knew he was standing on the opposite side of the beast's path and his sword at the end of the cutting motion.

The beast's body tumbled down hard and stopped, its head rolled a few feet further and stopped just a few inches from Coco's feet.

Coco, and everyone else there, had a look of complete and utter shock on their faces. They saw the glowing figure walk towards them. Coco couldn't see his face; there was a light all around him. It faded away, revealing Jaune Arc to everyone.

"Jaune?! How in the hell did you do that?" Neptune asked with his jaw to the floor.

Jaune noticed that everyone had their jaws to the floor as well, he put his hand behind his head and smiled, "I... found my semblance." He quickly looked around and saw Yang and Blake on the ground. Ren and Nora were sitting on the ground exhausted. He then looked for Weiss and Ruby but didn't see them. "Where are Weiss and Ruby?"

"They went to the tower. They went after you and Pyrrha." Sun said.

Jaune looked to the tower, "Pyrrha..." He looked to the group of fighters, "I need to get back there!"

"What? Are you crazy?!" Cardin shouted.

"That's right! We're going with you!" Nora said, while trying to use her hammer as a stand, and failing. Ren was having a hard time standing as well, but he tried to help Nora stand anyway. "We're with you."

"You guys can barely stand; you won't be able to make it there." Jaune said as he helped them sit back down.

"New powers or not, there is an entire army of Grimm between here and that tower. You won't be able to make it on your own." Cardin said with a doubtful look.

Jaune started to look annoyed that Cardin called Jaune crazy. Just before he could respond to that, Coco spoke. "He won't be." Coco started walking towards Jaune and stopped right next to him.

"Not without me." Fox was the second to step forward. He stood next to Coco, "Like you would last ten seconds without your partner."

Coco smiled at that remark then turned to the rest of her team, "Velvet, stay here and help protect the Evacuation point. Yatsuhashi, keep her safe."

Both Velvet and Yatsu nodded their heads in agreement. Coco looked to Jaune, "Right behind you."

Jaune nodded and smiled, "Let's go."

Neptune watched as they were running to the tower, he gave a quick look to Sun. A look that Sun was familiar with, Sun nodded in agreement. "Get going. I'll look after them" Sun said as he gestured to Yang and Blake. With that, Neptune started running after Jaune and the others.

(Just outside the CCT Tower)

After fighting their way through an army of Grimm, Jaune and his makeshift team made it to the tower and saw Weiss standing there alone, surrounded by Grimm.

"Let's give Weiss some breathing room!" Jaune said to the group.

Coco started shooting at the Beowolves that were coming from to the left while Neptune fired at the right, while following Jaune and Fox as they carved their way to Weiss. Once they reached her, they formed a circle around them and started killing any Grimm that got too close.

"Jaune? Where have you been?" Weiss asked as she fell down to one knee from the exhaustion of fighting alone.

"I'll explain later. Where's Ruby?" Jaune asked in between slashes at Grimm.

"She's making her way up the tower, using my glyphs." Weiss answered.

Jaune quickly looked up and barley saw Ruby. She was half way up. "PLEASE! Get there in time Ruby!"

Jaune's thought was cut short due to the ground shaking below them. "What the…?"

The ground on the other side of the courtyard started to break apart and burst, sending dust and rubble everywhere. When the dust cleared, there was a giant Grimm Centipede coming out of the ground.

"Well this just keeps getting better and better." Neptune said with a sarcastic smile.

"Weiss, stay here and keep those glyphs up. Everyone else, with me!" Jaune said as he charged at the Grimm.

Weiss was about to tell him not to order her around but he was already gone.

Coco started shooting her Gatling gun at the beast's face but the armor didn't even get scratched. "Armor's too thick!"

"Then we'll aim for in between. Keep firing to distract it." Jaune charged forward and started slashing at the joints in the armor; he was able to cut into its tissue just before it swatted him away with one of its legs.

He landed on his feet just a few feet away, "If this thing is like any other Grimm, then it is weak towards the same things." Jaune looked around for a few second and saw a fire-hydrant, he smiled. "Fox, go for its legs, aim between the joints, and don't let it catch you standing still."

Fox nodded and ran underneath the body and started cutting at the legs. Coco was still shooting at the beast, but it started to move towards her, fast. Fox saw this and stabbed straight upward. Just as it was about to try and bite her, it arched in pain.

Jaune looked to Neptune, "Come with me."

While Jaune and Neptune ran towards the hydrant, Fox continued what he was doing before and slashed the inside of the creature's legs. He constantly avoided being stepped on and/or stabbed by the centipede's legs, but was making progress. The creature was getting slower with its legs weakening.

"Oh, come on man, I can't do this!" Neptune protested.

Luckily for them, one of the three ports to the hydrant was pointed towards the beast. "It's just a simple job!" Jaune said as he cut the port open with his glowing sword. The water shot straight out, but it didn't reach the centipede. Coco kept backing off in the opposite direction and the beast followed.

"Coco, lead it this way!" Jaune shouted.

"Oh, sure! Why not?!" Coco shouted back. She changed her Gatling gun back into her handbag and started running at the beast. As it opened its mandibles in an attempt to eat her, Fox stabbed straight up, causing it to arch again. Coco ran under the beast, both her and Fox ran all the way through the underbelly of centipede and made their way to Jaune and Neptune.

"Get away from the water." Jaune said.

As the beast slowly turned around to face all of them, they could tell by the hissing that it was really pissed off. It started making its way to them, stepping on the giant water puddle they made with the hydrant.

"Neptune, now!" Jaune ordered.

Neptune converted his rifle into the electro-trident and stabbed it into the water. The beast was then electrocuted; it wailed in pain and thrashed around. The wailing stopped and it fell limp and flat on the water. Neptune pulled his trident out of the water.

"I think we got him!" Neptune shouted with joy.

Neptune's celebration was cut short when the giant dragon had arrived at the tower. It started circling the top. The group looked back to the Centipede as it raised its upper half and started hissing at them. The team scattered just as it came down to try to eat them. "What now?" Fox asked on the opposite side of the courtyard from Jaune.

"Maybe it's like the Deathstalker."

"Keep its attention on you, guys. I have another idea." Jaune started running for the creature's tail.

It looked to see Jaune running and moved its head towards him. Coco brought out her Gatling gun again and started shooting at it to keep its attention on her. It moved towards her, but then Neptune shot it. The centipede then moved at Neptune, faster this time. Jaune had already started running up the beast's tail and up its body.

Jaune saw that it was moving for Neptune and he knew he wouldn't move in time before it ate him. He sprinted the same way he did when he killed the Goliath, his legs starting to glow and his sword shining bright.

Jaune ran up to what would be considered the 'neck' of the Centipede and stabbed straight down. The beast fell lip again and crashed down to the ground. Its head plowed through the ground, stopping just a few inches from Neptune.

Neptune's legs were shaking, his rifle was trembling, and he looked to Jaune who still had his sword in the creatures head. "I wasn't worried." Neptune said reassuringly.

Jaune smiled and was about to say something, but was stopped when a white light shone from the top of the tower. Jaune looked up and was worried what happened up there. Then the centipede raised its head again and swung Jaune off it. He went through one of the surrounding walls of the courtyard. The beast swung its head at the others, making them it another wall together.

It started getting closer, hissing loudly, green liquids flowing out of its mouth. Just as it was about to make a meal out of the group, ice spikes came up between the beast and the team. It looked to where the ice had originated, it was an exhausted Weiss down on one knee, panting.

Jaune pushed a few pieces of rubble off him and tried to stand up. He looked through the hole that he made and saw the centipede looking at Weiss. Jaune knew right away that she wasn't strong enough to fight, and he was beyond irritated that this creature would not stay down. He picked up his sword and sprinted at the beast.

His legs were glowing again; it looked as though the glowing make them run faster and harder than before. His sword and right arm began to glow as well, brighter than the glow around his legs. Just as he passed Weiss he stood fast and pointed his sword at the beast's mouth. All the glow that was on his legs and arm moved to his sword and made it shine bright as it stabbed through the beast's head. The beast wailed louder this time and backed off, it started flailing around until it fell limp and crashed into the wall on the other side of the courtyard. It began to dissolve into nothing immediately after.

Jaune turned around to Weiss and gave her a hand to help her up. Coco and the others came out from behind the ice wall Weiss made and ran to Jaune and Weiss. "I think its dead now." Jaune said with a slight laugh.

"Jaune... How in the world did you…? YOUR ARM!" Weiss had a look of horror.

Jaune looked to his right arm to see that there was a small hole in it. He didn't even notice it until she pointed it out. He then started to feel drowsy and weak on his feet. "I don't feel so good."

Jaune collapsed almost immediately after he said that. Neptune caught him before he hit the ground. They lowered him down, Weiss used her legs to help keep his head up, Jaune could barely hear them as they were talking. He looked straight into the sky, and looked to the stars.

"What's happening to him?" Weiss asked the others.

"That thing's teeth must have been like stingers." Fox said.

"We need to get him to the paramedics now!" Neptune suggested.

"Qrow!" Weiss shouted.

Jaune couldn't move his head; he could barely move his eyelids to blink.

"How is he?" Qrow asked.

"He was stung by a Giant Centipede tooth!" Coco informed.

"Alright, I know what to do..." Qrow said.

Jaune started to lose his hearing. The voices started to fade out, Qrow moved his head over Jaune's. From what Jaune could guess, he was trying to talk to him.

Jaune was no lip reader, but he was able to make out the words 'Hold on, Jaune.' from Qrow's lips.

I hope you guys like this.

I have been thinking about this story for a while. Mostly as a way of coping for Pyrrha. I know everyone keeps saying she's dead, but I just don't want to loose hope that's all. Mostly for Jaune's sake.

Before you guys start saying, "This isn't Hobbit related", well, I just haven't gotten to that part yet, I promise I'll let you know when it official begins.

Until then, please review and let your friends who like Arkos know about my story.