That Time I Was Reincarnated as Jaune Arc

Chapter 1

As I step off the airship, proud to have avoided a certain nickname and thus proving I can change fate, I look up in wonder at Beacon Academy. Such an impressive school all for teaching the dos and don'ts of monster slaying. The tower seemed grand in the show, but compared to real life, it's something else. As I stand admiring the architecture I hear a loud boom in the courtyard. As I hurry over, I see a small girl dressed in black and red standing in the middle of a small crater, two girls are walking away from her. One dressed in white, the other dressed in black, both walking opposite directions away from the center girl. I extend a hand to her.

"Are you ok"?

"Oh, yeah, just kinda exploded is all." The girl sheepishly looks away then takes my hand.

"It happens to the best of us. You've gotta be careful with Dust. It'll get ya." I chuckle a bit and help the girl out of her crater. "My names Jaune Arc, short, sweet, rolls off the tongue, ladies love it."

"Do they"? She asks. I can't tell if she thinks I'm serious or if she just didn't get the joke.

"They will" I say with another chuckle to hopefully send home that it was in fact a joke.

"I'm sure they will" she giggles "anyway, I'm Ruby but you can call me crater fa- actually, just Ruby is fine." I had forgotten how awkward Ruby was at the beginning. She really comes a long way. I begin walking towards the main hall and Ruby follows.

"So... I've got this" she says as she whips out her weapon so fast, I can barely see. I feel the ground shake as it pierces the stone path.

"Woah! That's quite the scythe." I'm taken aback a bit by how such a small girl can handle such a big weapon so expertly.

"Thanks, it's also a high caliber sniper rifle... er, it's also a gun. Sorry I'm a bit of a nerd when it comes to weapons." She looks a bit embarrassed by her love of weapons, but I can't help but find it adorable.

"Well, I've got this" I pull the scabbard off my belt, activating its shield mode and draw my sword from its top. "It's a family heirloom I modified to accept dust. It may not be a gun, but I can shoot of a fire slash like *snap* that." Crocea Mors was originally a simple sword and shield combo with the added bonus of the shield folding down into a basic scabbard so you can hold them on your belt. With the modifications I've made, now the pommel allows for dust to be added to the blade which has veins for the Dust to spread through. My preferred Dust is fire. Weather I ignite my blade or shoot off a fire ball, the Dust adds a lot to my fighting capabilities.

"Oooh, a classic with a twist. Nice" I swear I saw stars in her eyes when she saw it. We continued talking till we reach the amphitheater where Professor Ozpin will be giving his welcoming speech.

"Oh, there's my sister, it was nice talking to you Jaune" She waves as she turns towards a strikingly yellow girl.

As Ozpin gives his speech, I can't help but think of tomorrow. While the others can only guess at what Ozpin has planed for our initiation, I know we'll be thrown from a cliff into a Grimm infested forest to fend for ourselves and search for a partner as well as a relic. I brought a vial of gravity Dust just for this. Hopefully, I'll still be able to find Pyrrha. Can I rely on fate to bring us together when I'm trying to change it so much? Only time will tell. I'll give it my all, for her sake.