Lurking Darkness (Main Timeline)

An Old Fairytale

Birds are chirping, the waves of nearby water crash upon the beach. The heat from dual suns is oddly normal, the air is humid and smells like salt.

"Uugh..." Your eyes open and head is pounding. You feel the ground on your back and in your hands.

"Vacuo...?" You stand and see candy everywhere.

"Definitely not Vacuo, where am... I?" You turn and see a massive tree in the distance.

"Damn, high ground... need high ground." You walk into the candy forest and are met a village.

"What the...?

"Hello there sir!" You scream out, you turn around and see a walking, talking jawbreaker.

"What are you?"

"My apologies, allow me to introduce myself and my people." The candy walks over to the cliff side, showing the rest of the village.

"We are the Candid Candies. Our purpose is complete and total honesty, about ourselves and others."

"Your... purpose?"

"Yes, our reason for existence, for example if I may, that shiny arm of yours, it looks damaged." You look down and see scratches and holes.

"Yeah, I just had a fight, in Atlas."

"What is an Atlas? Is to Atlas a purpose?"

"No, uhm. Atlas is a city, a floating city."

"Oooh so to Atlas is to float."

"No no, you know what? Can I ask a question?"

"Of course. I will answer candidly."

"Have you seen anyone else that looks like me? Maybe, red cloak? Cat ears? Yellow hair?"

"Oh yes! Yellow hair, we have seen yellow hair."

"Great! Do you know where?" The jawbreaker points an arm, also made of jawbreaker toward a hill.

"If you go over that hill, you will see the Paper Pleasers, they will take you to the yellow haired you."

"Me?"

"Yes, what are you?"

"Uhm, I'm a human."

"Is that a purpose?"

"No. But thank you for your help!"

"Of course traveler. Good luck in your endeavors." The jawbreaker rolls down the hill back down to its village. You climb the hill and see yet another village, however this one is split off into its own island.

"Wait, they're ALL different islands..." In the middle of every island, stands the tree, towering above everything in sight.

"Wow. Okay, cross that bridge, find Yang, find RWBY." You go down to the bridge, and enter the town of the Paper Pleasers.

"Hello there traveler! How may I serve you today?" You turn and see a star, made of paper, like an elementary student would make.

"Hello there! I'm looking for someone like me with yellow hair?" The black star points at a hut in the distance.

"You will find our hero in there! He is doing a fantastic job."

"He?"
"There's another person besides us down here."

"At least you're still here Pyrrha." You walk toward the hut and walk in.

"Hello!?" You hear footsteps and from around the corner.

"Y...Y/n...?"

"Jaune...?" Tears fall down his face. A beard has engulfed his face, his hair longer and armor consumed by rust.