Whelp, here is a shorter chapter. I felt like I needed to write this one before going back to doing Theater. This was fun to think of honestly. HERE IS SOME PLOT WOO!

Greer123: I had my fish tacos. And there's going to be some vague explanations for now!

The-lost-memories6: I keep saying it's a redhead harem.

Black wolf: it's going to be vastly different after watching Vol. 7.

Dac379: We drink things known as Red Bull, Monster, and other crazy other stuff, would Maou Soda stand out actually?

WearyCurmudgeon: I had made Carmine Glynda's age...or rather Glynda as younger. Both of them are around 27-28. And I had actually made ideas for the various other characters turning to Harrowed actually haha.

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The Storm Master 567: Man the story has changed after watching Vol 7 haha.

Argus456: All nice thoughts and I'm honestly still fixing somethings haha. But yeah a lot of stuff right?

Everyone else thank you!

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Hours before the awakening of Jaune's new sword, another event was happening far and away from Mantle.

Ruby had just finished her cry, letting Carmine soothe her as she did. Once it was over though, the two exited the elevator. "So what happens now?" Ruby asked.

"As I said, I'm going to kick your ass," Carmine said with a smile. "But seeing as you regret your decision, I won't kick it as harshly as I originally was."

"That doesn't put me at ease at all," the Reaper pouted. Ugh, she may have deserved this for saying those things to Jaune but she was afraid of what his sister may do! Looking at her now, it was actually a little hard to see the similarities outside of hair and eye color. That and the odd ability to make her feel at ease.

For one thing, Carmine held herself tall. Not that Jaune wasn't, he was taller than this sister. But the way she walked was full of confidence and pride. That Carmine could take on the world and win. Then there was that feeling of power that came from the older Arc. It was like night and day between the two siblings.

It also showed just how much at a disadvantage Jaune was growing up. It seemed they care more for the sisters than they did him.

"But before that," Carmine spoke, getting her attention once more. "I'd like to meet this friend who stood by his side to the end. Nora was it?" Once more that made Ruby flinch. Dang it, now she felt bad again.

"Of course! I was going to meet up with her to speak about Jaune anyway." The blonde woman looked at her and nodded her head.

"Lead the way." As the two made their way through the school, a lot of the boys turned to the woman and gawked. Her beauty catching them by surprise. But much like how she knew Yang would do, Carmine ignored them all as they traveled to the cafeteria.

As soon as she walked through the double doors, blue eyes land on the only ginger girl in the room. Carmine walked toward her and scooped up the relatively tinier girl in her arms and hugged her. "Uh…" Nora said looking at a confused Ruby. "Hi?"

"Hello there," Carmine said, putting her down. The rather tall woman looked down at Nora and cupped her cheeks a little. "So you were my little brother's longest supporter?"

"Uh...maybe?" Nora asked looking at Ruby for advice.

"That is Jaune's sister, Carmine," the younger girl told Nora. "She is here to look for answers about Jaune."

"Oh...OH!" Nora immediately hugged Carmine this time. "So your family does care!"

"Huh? What do you mean?" the blonde asked as they sat down at the table Ruby and Nora usually use. "Why wouldn't our family care about him?"

"Well, when he called your other sister Saphron she said you all hated him…" Nora pouted and glared at the older person. "And then you guys wouldn't answer his calls."

"Wait? When did this happen?" The confusion in Carmine's voice was very pronounced. The same as the worry etched on her face. Ruby and Nora looked at one another and they can tell that Carmine wasn't faking. There was a miscommunication between the family? "I mean sure we were a little cold to him when he was younger because his blood didn't awaken like ours but we were never outright mean to him."

"Wait what do you mean your blood?" Ruby asked.

"Uh...that's a secret for only family members," Carmine blushed. "Being a klutz is part of the Arc side of the family as is being a great hunter, so we tend to slip up slightly."

"So that's where our fearless leader gets it," Nora nods. Ruby giggles at the thought of Jaune becoming a cool hunter, only to trip up mid-pose.

"That doesn't explain what you mean by blood," Ruby said.

"It's like your silver eyes, Ruby. While I'm not sure of the implications of said eyes just yet cuz honestly my family doesn't dabble in that sort of thing," Carmine rolls her eyes. "Our family does have secrets that go way back. And again a family secret."

Ruby and Nora huffed again. That was not the answer she was looking for at all!

"But I can say that the blood from my mom's side of the family never awoke in him. We were cold because...we thought it would toughen him up living with us…" Carmine sighed softly. "Our family tends to be too strong for our own good, both emotionally and physically. My mom thought it would be best to be cold to him at least in the beginning and slowly toughen him up."

"But what happened though?" Nora asked.

"Well...dad's abilities awakened in him. At least his, Imperial Privilege activated. Oddly enough only for housework and similar things. So we accidentally began training him as the best house husband. And honestly, that was sort of a mistake on our part."

"Let me tell you, you're saying a lot of words that are making no sense to me and boy howdy it's going right over my head," Nora mumbled. "All I understand is that you were mean to my best friend as a kid, although for his sake."

"That still makes no sense," Ruby said, her eyes rolling around in confusion. A lot of what the elder Arc just said flew over her head as well. Blood? Imperial Privilege? Slightly being cold to Jaune? What the heck did that even mean!?

"Sorry!" Carmine apologized. "I tend to ramble when I speak too much. Let's just say it was accidentally our fault he's more of a house husband and not a Hunter. Wait...what were we talking about again...Oh right! When did he call Saphron?"

Finally getting back to the topic Nora and Ruby finally remembered what they were originally talking about. "Right! Uh… a few months ago, before he vanished," Nora explained. "He tried calling you guys but none of you were picking up except Saphron."

"A few months ago?" Carmine mumbled. Her mind raced until she frowned. "During that time we were away for a family reason...Saphron had to stay at home because she was sick. Wait…" Her eyes widen. "Oh no. That's not good. That's not good at all!"

"What why?" Ruby asked suddenly worried.

"Yeah, why?" Nora nodded her head.

"During that time someone had put something in Saphron! It made her not herself. She was less caring and really angry," Carmine explained. She rubbed her forehead. "In fact, it was a terrible thing they put in her that we had to get a specialist for help."

Before the girls can ask, Carmine froze and looked up. She seemed to be sniffing the air and seemed to tense. Her fingers gripped the table and the older woman seemed to shake in her spot.

"Uh, Carmine, are you okay?" Ruby asked cautiously. She hoped she wasn't angry at her! She didn't want to get her ass kicked from an angrier blonde now!

"That smell has just entered the room." Nora and Ruby wondered what she spoke about. "The smell that was on Saphron when we went to go heal her." She stood and saw who entered. Her eyes landed on the people who entered the room and Carmine began to growl.

Nora and Ruby looked to where she was looking and saw...Pyrrha and Cardin. They had just entered the cafeteria acting all lovey-dovey again. However, Carmine already stood and was walking toward the duo. "Wait...does this mean…" Nora gasped.

"Something happened to Pyrrha to cause her to go with Cardin?" Ruby completed the thought. Their eyes widen and turned toward the stomping woman. She flexed her fingers and it seemed like she was actually about to attack them. "Oh no!"

The two ran towards Carmine as she finally got to the table that sat Pyrrha and Cardin's team. Cardin looked up and saw the rather beautiful woman standing there. "Yes? How may I help you, good looking?" Cardin asked while smiling.

Next to him, Pyrrha pouted when he wasn't paying attention to her. Her green eyes turn to the woman and for some reason felt her heart ache. Just like when she learned Jaune had died. Maybe it was because this woman looked just like him?

Carmine meanwhile glared hard at Pyrrha and sniffed again before her teeth were showing. "You, how long have you been with this guy?" Carmine demanded. Now that caused the redhead to blink as did team CRDL. Nora and Ruby just arrived on the scene as they heard the question.

"Why would it matter?" Pyrrha asked in confusion. "I love this man."

"Yeah, why, you jealous?" Cardin grinned. When her blue eyes landed on Cardin, the bully actually flinched and felt like moving backward.

"Uh, Pyrrha has been with Cardin just a little before Jaune went missing," Nora replied, hoping that whatever the elder Arc sibling was doing would help her friend.

"I see…" Carmine mumbled. Before anyone else could react the cards came out and literally glowed various colors and then detonated in the cafeteria. Everyone shouted and Pyrrha had dodged out of the way. However, Cardin wasn't as lucky since he was the target. He got blasted through the wall and was flung outside.

As he was shot out, the bully was scuffed from the attack and actually lost a large chunk of Aura. Several cards flew forward and began to whirl around him. Cutting into his Aura, it was like he was in a blender. The cards were flying quickly around the boy, and the chipping at his Aura was far exceeding the amount he truly had.

As this was happening, a few trays shot out at Carmine. The older Arc didn't even bother as five cards flew out of the holsters, showing a full house. As it showed off the symbols, a wall of light appeared blocking them off. All the cards shot back into her hands and she ended up shuffling them with whatever her ability was before drawing five more. This time it showed a straight, creating a long sword covered in Aura.

Pyrrha jumped out of the cafeteria just as her rocket locker landed and she used her Semblance to bring Milo and Akouo to fight off Carmine. The older Arc managed to block the attack easily before, turning and drawing another five cards. This time it was four of a kind with a king as the fifth card. The four cards glowed and shot a blast of four different types of Dust that mixed together and slammed into Pyrrha. The champion frowned as she had to defend against the attack as ice, fire, electricity, and wind forced her back into the room. Before she could move forward another hand of cards appeared making another full house, actually making an energy wall that covered the hole that Carmine had made.

"What the?" Pyrrha said as she tried to attack the wall of light, only for the Milo to bounce off as if there was an actual wall there. She morphed it into her rifle and shot at the wall, only for the Burn Dust bullet to bounce back and actually slam into the wall behind them. But that didn't deter the champion instead her eyes found the next open window and got ready to jump on tables to get through them.

Ruby and Nora, however, grabbed her. "Wait don't go out there!" Nora shouted as she grabbed her friend.

"Why!? She's hurting the boy I love!" Pyrrha shouted back. She tried to pull away harder but Ruby joined in grabbing her.

"Carmine said he did something to you! Let her handle this!" Ruby begged.

"Did something? He just showed me how much I love him!" Pyrrha replied. "Just let me go to him!"

"This isn't like you Pyrrha! Please we just want to help!" Nora said as she pulled down her friend back to the floor, only for Pyrrha to aim her weapon at Nora's exposed face. Teal eyes widen as do silver while green narrow. Neither Nora and Ruby were expecting Pyrrha to turn her weapons onto them. "Pyrrha…" Nora whimpered.

"Pyrrha, it's us. Why are you trying to hurt us?" Ruby asked. The reaper had reached behind her already and grabbed Nora's Scroll. She hit the Emergency call button on it, signaling to the teachers that something bad was happening.

The champion from Mistral looked at the two and felt something shift? Why was she fighting against her friends? Why was Pyrrha holding Milo toward Nora and Ruby? As she was lowering her weapon, she heard a scream. Turning, the redhead saw Carmine having slashed at Cardin, to the point that his Aura wasn't holding up anymore. He was bleeding now as the blonde attacked him.

Thankfully she seemed to stop as Cardin had been knocked out. This triggered something in Pyrrha snapped and pushed away from both her friends and out the window. "I'll kill you!" Pyrrha shouted. "How dare you hurt my love!?" She threw the javelin and Carmine wasn't even paying attention to her just yet.

Her eyes were glaring at Cardin's unconscious form as the weapon approached. However, a few more cards popped out, this time revealing a flush made out of hearts. These glowed and her wounds healed. Whatever scratches she had, superficial as they were. Carmine raised her right hand and caught Milo.

"You think he's your love?" Carmine taunted turning to Pyrrha. The shield came down and other people came from the cafeteria to look at what was happening. Ruby, Nora, team CRDL, Glynda, and Ozpin. "Girl, whoever you are, you reek of that same damn smell my sister had when she was poisoned."

Carmine tossed the weapon to the side before shuffling the cards again, this time drawing a flush made of clovers. The five cards flew around her right wrist as she approached the girl who had been drugged. "Poisoned?" Pyrrha gritted her teeth as Carmine approached. Her head hurt from hearing that. Seeing the taller girl, she recalled her weapon and shakily held it in front of her. "How am I poisoned?"

"You don't think that you are?" Carmine growled. "From what I experienced with my sister...you are affected by the damned drug that pumped my sister with Grimm Essence." That made everyone else freeze on the spot. "I'm pretty sure who did it, but the question is how he got that damn Apathy drug."

"Apathy...Drug?" Ozpin mumbled in surprise. In a flash of motion, Carmine placed her right hand in front of Pyrrha. A purple mist shot out from the cards and sprayed into Pyrrha's face. She took a deep breath and...fell unconscious.

"W-What did you do to her?" Nora asked as she approached the two. Ruby was close by as well. Not far behind were the two professors.

"I knocked her out with one of my abilities," Carmine replied. The Arc gagged once more as she smelled Pyrrha. "She smells so badly of Grimm that it's nauseating."

"What do you mean smells badly of Grimm?" Ozpin asked in surprise.

"I mean she has Grimm inside of her. Specifically, one based on Apathy." Carmine grabbed Pyrrha and slung the girl over her shoulder. "From what I saw it was the same mix as what was in my sister. Apathy essence and some sort of aphrodisiac. It makes a person not care for what's around them and then makes them more susceptible to suggestions. We were lucky that Saphron had our blood or else she may have ended up like Pyrrha here."

"How is that even possible?" Glynda asked. The other blonde shrugged.

"I don't know. All I know for sure is that there is more out there like this and…" she glared at Cardin again. "That boy all but raped this girl with that drug, even if she was "consenting."" The way she spat out the word made the men flinch and the women gasp. "You're going to want to question him on how he got his hands on that drug."

"And what will you be doing?" Ozpin asked. He was a little confused as to how this happened, and far more worried than he ever was before. What was this? How had he not seen or heard of something like this?

"Honestly, my mother and father are looking into it right now, but to fix this girl...I need to take her to my Aunt in Mantle." Carmine sighed in reluctance. "God I hate seeing her. I will also need to contact her parents, to inform them what has happened."

"I can't let you just do that," Ozpin replied.

"No, I'll go with her! You have to let this happen!" Nora glared. "If something is needed to fix Pyrrha I'm going. I'm not losing another teammate damn it! Jaune, Ren, and Pyrrha were all hurt. I need to help them!"

"L-Let me go too!" Ruby begged. Ozpin frowned again but shook his head. "I shall only let Miss Valkyrie go, as well as Mr. Ren. However, this seems to be a team JNPR incident, and you are not part of that team, Ms. Rose."

That caused Ruby to pout. Nora patted her shoulder. "Look, as much as I want to believe that Ren wants to come, I'm sure due to his problems he's not going to come with me. I want you to look after him for me okay? I'm asking you as my best friend."

Hearing what Nora said, Ruby nodded. "Of course Nora."

The orange-haired girl turned to Carmine who smirked. "Well, I wasn't expecting another person to come, but I understand where you are coming from. Go get three weeks' worth of clothes ready. I'm going to go get a Bullhead ready to head out to Argus then switch over to Mantle there."

"Got it," Nora replied, running off to her room. She burst in and saw Ren sitting there just staring off into space. "Renny...I'm going to go help for Pyrrha and...Jaune may be alive. Did...Did you want to come?"

"Don't do that Nora," Ren said, his voice forlorn. He turned to her and his usually pink eyes dulled. "Don't give me hope." Nora wanted to refute that, to refute his claim. But after a few months of forcing his own Semblance to work overtime...she was unsure if she could do anything without any sort of proof.

Her shoulders sagged and her head hung for a moment. "One month, Renny. Pyrrha and I will be back, and then as a team we can go looking for Jaune. I swear it." Nora quickly packed some of her clothes, as well as some of Pyrrha's before going to meet Carmine at the Bullhead pads. It would take a week to get to each place and then another two to get back, due to constant refueling and the like.

Miles away, a pair of blue eyes opened and a giggle escaped from the person's lips. "Ara, ara. It seems like I'm going to get guests soon," the person said to herself. "Not more than just a few." Standing up from the chair she was sitting on, the woman passed by a mirror, showing that the person speaking was a young woman.

She had an hourglass body with white hair that was tipped in purple. Her black shirt was tight and form-fitting. Her bottoms consisted of a black pencil skirt and stockings, finally ending in purple heels. She grabs a white piece of cloth that looked like a cape.

"Now then. I wonder who will get here first? Carmine, or my cute little teddy bear?" the woman giggled. "Oh, Jaune. Aunty Merlyn can't wait to see you again."

Team JNPR is on a collision course with each other, after the revelations of what truly happened to Pyrrha. What will happen next time!