RWBY: Legend of The Yin and Yang (RWBY x OC)

Forever Fall

Third Person, team JNPR Dorm

The scene opens to a view of the Beacon Academy student dorms, where Pyrrha Nikos looks out the window sadly as Lie Ren loads StormFlower and Nora Valkyrie is jumping on her bed in the room for Team JNPR.

Nora: "How come Jaune gets home so late?"

Ren: "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!" (she 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 and Ip in their pajamas, and she giggles at his reaction) "Long time, no see! Did you 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..." (he 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." (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."

Ip: "Yeah, Jaune! You can't keep thinking that."

Jaune: "But... what if I'm a failure at being a leader?"

Ruby: (thinks about it for a moment, then gives her answer) "Nope!"

Jaune: (laughs as she and Ip join 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) "...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...?"

Ip: "Because it's not just about you anymore. You've got a team now, Jaune. And if you and Ruby fail, then you both will just be bringing them down with you two. You have to put your teammates first, and yourselves second. Your team deserves a great leader, Jaune. And I think that can be you."

Ruby: (she walks over to her door and opens it as Jaune, now slightly inspired by her words, watches her wave) "Have a good night, Jaune!" (she goes inside)

Ip: (walks up to Jaune and helps him up) "Hey, Jaune?"

Jaune: (looks up) "Yeah?"

Suddenly, Ip punches Jaune in the gut, causing him to groan in pain.

Ip: "That was for making Pyrrha cry. If you be able to walk, promise me that you won't make her cry ever again."

Jaune: (giving a thumbs up) "Ok, I won't."