*...with tensions rising between the steadily growing workforce of Faunus in Mistral, and local human denizens, conflict might soon start to arise.* A news reporter said on the t.v. while standing in front of a mob of humans and faunus.

In the room with the t.v stood two men waving their hands about and seemingly in conflicting conversation not even paying attention to the report.

"Do you really think that this deal will have any effect over what's going on right now?" a male with short cropped blonde hair and bright blue eyes said.

Another man with a long mane of dark black hair and golden eyes responded, "If this doesn't work then my people will have no chance at all anywhere on Remnant."

"I just don't feel totally comfortable with signing away another person's life just like that. I mean, what if it just falls apart later on in life?!" The blond exclaimed with a slightly nervous voice.

The black haired man pondered on this for a moment. "It might not work out further down the line, but for right now this is what we need to happen. I believe they would understand when they are older."

The blonde man sighed as he stepped a few feet away from the other man running a hand over his head. Just then a little boy came running into the room where the two men were.

"PAPA, PAPA, PAPA! There's a stranger in my room!" The little boy yelled. He had growing blond hair, bright blue eyes, and a round innocent face.

The blonde man chuckled a bit at the boy. "Calm down Jaune, that's not a stranger. Remember what your mom says?"

Jaune tilted his head a bit as he thought. "S-strangers are just...friends you haven't met yet?" He said very unsure of himself while wringing his hands together.

Mr. Arc grinned at the boy and nodded. "Those are some wise words if i've ever heard any." said the man with black hair.

It seemed that in Jaune's rush to get his fathers help he hadn't even noticed the other man in the room, as he let out a small shriek at the new voice.

"W-who are you?" Jaune said as he back up into his father's legs.

Mr. Arc just shook his head at his sons antics. 'He already forgot what he just said.'

"Well, Jaune, my name is Ghira." The man with black hair said while he knelt down so he was eye level with Jaune.

"It's a pleasure to meet you!" Ghira said while extending his hand to the boy.

Jaune started to reach out his hand and was about to shake when he noticed that Ghira had claws on the ends of his fingers and stopped moving his hand immediately.

Ghira noticed Jaune stop and was about to pull away when Jaune just seemed to burst.

"WOW! You have claws! That's so cool! Can you climb up walls? Can you cut stuff with them? Can you give haircuts? How about-" Jaune was about to continue when Mr. Arc patted his head and quieted him.

"Give Mr. Belladonna a chance to speak Jaune." He said.

Jaune instantly turned a slight shade of red in embarrassment at his own outburst. He couldn't help it though, having claws must be so cool and he wanted to know all about it.

"Well Jaune, thank you for the compliments. Maybe someday I'll answer your questions about them." At that Jaune slightly frowned, wanting to know all about his claws now.

"In the meantime, that stranger in your room is actually my daughter." Ghira said with pride.

"Blake! Come here please!" He said loudly so that his daughter can hear him in the other room.

Soon after a small girl came into the room where the other three males were and stood next to her father. She had long black hair just like him, shining yellow eyes, and...a pair of small cat ears atop her head.

"Jaune, meet Blake. Blake, meet Jaune." Ghira said as he slightly nudged his daughter forward, while Mr. Arc did the same to Jaune.

Now remembering his mothers famous quote he tried to redeem himself. "Hi...My name's Jaune, Jaune Arc!" he said while extending his hand out to Blake.

Blake looked down at Jaune's hand then back up to her father. When he nodded she turned back to Jaune and took his hand briefly. "My name's Blake." She said quickly then let go of Jaune's hand.

"There now you two aren't strangers anymore. How about you show her back to your room Jaune while me and Mr. Belladonna continue to talk." Mr. Arc suggested to his son.

Jaune just nodded and started to run to his room. "Come on Blake, I have a lot of cool stuff to show you!"

Blake significantly lagged behind the boy and just slowly walked in the direction of the room.

"Well looks like they'll get along well." Ghira said while watching his daughters retreating form.

Mr. Arc just nodded in agreement with him. Then he let out a sigh having to return back to their previous conversation.

(Jaune's Room)

"...and right here I have my X-Ray and Vav comic book collection, and over here is my video game console!" Jaune said as he rushed around his room trying to show off all the cool stuff he had to Blake.

In turn Blake just stood in the middle of the room with a blank expression, not seeming to care about all of Jaune's stuff.

As Jaune continued to run around the room Blake took a look around for herself. It was a big enough room for the boy to live in comfortably. A twin size bed, closet to hang his clothes, drawers to hold other belongings.

"Do you have any books?" She asked.

Jaune quickly stopped what he was doing. Turing to look at the girl whose first words to him were about literature.

"Ummm….ya I do have one book." Jaune said as he made his way to his bedside drawer.

He opened the top shelf and reached in, pulling out a thick leather bound book that looked to be at least a thousand pages.

Jaune visibly struggled to hold the book up for a second before he flopped it down on his bed. Blake visibly cringed at the handling of the book, but nonetheless was intrigued about what the book was. When she walked towards the bed she could now read the title of the book. 'Remnant: A Book of Legends'.

Just from the title Blake could assume that the book was about fantasy and lore about different things on Remnant. She was about to ask Jaune for a real book when she caught the look in his eye and stayed quite.

Jaune was staring at the book with an empty gaze, and ever so slowly the ends of his lips started to curl up into a smile.

"You want to know my favorite story from the book?" Jaune asked, not looking away from said object.

Blake didn't audibly respond to the boy, and instead moved just a bit closer to him so she could clearly hear what he had to say.

"It's the story of the shining knight." Jaune says as he opens the book and starts to flip to some place near the middle.

Once he lands on the page he wants, he pushes the book more towards Blake.

On the left hand side there was a beautiful picture of a woman in shining white armor, two yellow crests adorning her chestplate. She held a spear outwards as if leading a charge into battle, and with a determined look in her eyes.

Before Blake could ask any questions about the story, Jaune gained a determined glint in his eyes and spoke.

"It's about a legendary warrior who arrived once the Great War ended and humanity almost perished. No one knows who she was or where she came from, only that with her massive strength she protected the people during their last stand and pushed back the endless tide of Grimm." He said with excitement in his voice.

He flipped a few pages over to another picture. This one was of the same woman in mid combat. She no longer held her spear and instead held a sword and shield. The shield was in the face of a Beowolf and her sword slashing across the chest of a Ursa.

"She gave hope back to humanity that we could survive. That we could come back from the brink and strive forward. She was a shining beacon that cut through the dark." Jaune said, finishing slowly.

The two kids sat there in silence with both staring at the picture of the knight.

"When I get older... I want to be just like her." Jaune said quietly.

Blake looked at him with slightly narrowed eyes and said, "You want to a famous and strong warrior?", expecting him to immediately say yes.

Jaune didn't though as he looked Blake in the eyes.

"I want to be a beacon of light that will push back the dark. I want to be a shield for humanity. I want to...protect the people i care about." He said with a smile at the end.

Blake stared at the boy in front of her. He was weird and very eccentric, he had an odd goal for his life, but maybe….maybe he's alright.

Blake finally changed her expressionless demeanor and gave a slight smile to Jaune.

'Maybe he's someone that I could call a friend' Blake thought, as Jaune smiled back at her with a goofy grin plastered on his face.

(Back in the Living Room)

"Well then, I think we have everything sorted out Ghira. We just need to tell them and make the announcement to the public." Mr. Arc said.

Ghira nodded as he called out. "Kids! Could you please come back into this room."

There was a loud muffled slam and a sound of a drawer being opened and closed before Jaune and Blake came back into the room.

Ghira smirked a bit at the way the two of them entered the room. Jaune had Blake's hand in his own and was quickly dragging her along with him.

Normally his daughter would have none of that and tear herself away from anyone who would do that. However, instead of that, he noticed she willingly went along with the boy and even had a slight smile on her face.

The two kids finished walking into the room and stood in front of their respective parent, both waiting for something to happen.

Mr. Arc got on his knee so that he could look the two of them easily in the eyes.

"Me and Mr. Belladonna have come to make an arrangement that we believe will improve all of humanity." He said.

Jaune's eyes brightened as he heard those words excited about what his father was about to tell the two of them.

'Maybe he's going to train us both in combat! Or maybe he is going to send us to train with Ghira! Oh, Or maybe he's going to-' Jaune was thinking.

"The two of you are to be betrothed." The two men said in unison.

Both the kids just looked up at the adults, then at each other, then back up at the adults.

In unison they said, "What does betrothed mean?"

AN: HELLO LOYAL SUBJECTS! I am back and with a new story. I've been planning this one for a long while now, and I couldn't have done it without the help of Bpheadhunter(the loyalist of subjects). With our combined brain power and a plan for the future we have created something together that I think I'll be very proud to be putting on this website. Bp not only helped me write and plan the story but was also was a great beta. So thank you Bp, and I hope all you readers enjoy what we have created.