3rd Person POV:
Two weeks had passed since Jaune told Pyrrha and inadvertently Cardin that the reason he was accepted into Beacon was because he lied and used fake transcripts. With his secret now left in Cardin's hands the bully didn't hesitate to use the information to block my Team JNPR's leader as currently Pyrrha, Nora, and Ren are all in their dorm without their leader.
Nora: (jumping on her bed) How come Jaune gets home so late?
Ren: (loading up his weapon "Stormflower") He's become rather scarce since he started fraternizing with Cardin.
Nora: That's weird... Doesn't he know we have a field trip tomorrow? We need our rest! (proclaims this while twirling in midair so her back hits the covers)
Pyrrha: (angrily) I'm sure our leader knows exactly what he's doing.
Nora and Ren exchange glances, not knowing that Jaune himself is looking in through the crack of the door.
Nora: Mmmm... I guess so.
Jaune hangs his head and closes the door, just as a voice interrupts his thoughts.
Ruby: Hey, Jaune! (startled, Jaune turns around to see her in her pajamas, and she giggles at his reaction) Long time, no see! Did you leave your scroll inside your dorm and lock yourself out again?
Jaune: Oh, uh, nope! (raises his Scroll, attempting to laugh) Got it!
Ruby: So! Where have you been lately?
Jaune: I, uh... (tries to come up with something, but just sighs and lowers his head) I messed up. I did something I shouldn't have, and now Cardin has me on a leash, and Pyrrha won't even talk to me, and...(breathes heavily through his nose) I'm starting to think coming to this school was a bad idea.
Jaune: (presses his back to his team's door and slides down to the floor in depression) I'm a failure.
Ruby: Nope!
Jaune: (looking at her in surprise) Nope?
Ruby: Nope! You're a leader now, Jaune. You're not allowed to be a failure.
Jaune: But... what if I'm a failure at being a leader and as a fighter? I mean the only reason I even got through Initiation is because Y/N gave me her relic piece, if I weren't here I bet she would've been the leader and the others would be so much more happier than they are with me.
Ruby: (thinks about it for a moment, then gives her answer) Nope!
Jaune: (laughs as she joins him on the floor) You know, you're not the easiest person to talk to about this kind of stuff.
Ruby: Nope! (as Jaune leans into the door some more) Jaune, maybe you were a failure when you were a kid...(Jaune groans and sinks lower to the ground in defeat)... and you might've even been a failure the first day we met! (he groans and goes lower still) But, you can't be one now. You know why?
Jaune: Uhhh, because...?
Ruby: Because it's not just about you anymore. You've got a team now, Jaune. We both do! And if we fail, then we'll just be bringing them down with us. (stands up and places her hands on her hips as she speaks) We have to put our teammates first, and ourselves second. Your team deserves a great leader, Jaune. And I think that can be you.
