Yang and Wiess sat around and drank together as they watched the sun set "this is what every Queen wanted huh? Or Hero wanted" Weiss asked Yang
"I don't want to be a hero. Heroes do stupid things and they die. my mother, my father, and now Jaune, they all try to outdo each other of who can do the stupidest, bravest thing" Yang said sadly
Wiess looked at Yang with a cocked eyebrow "I find it interesting that you name all these "heroes", your Father, your Mother, and even Jaune, they all followed you, all loved you as a leader but Jaune, he loves you for you" Wiess told her
"Your an idiot or just blind, Jaune's not in love with me" Yang said
"Oh, my mistake" Weiss told her and took a drink of her beer, "I suppose he stares at you longingly for different reasons?" Weiss chuckled
"if I wasn't half drunk I would punch you" Yang told her
A raiding party consisting of Jaune, Mercury, Sienna, Sun, Roman, Lyanna, Glynda and several White-Fang are ranging into Vert. The men trek through the now frozen valley filled with jagged rocks. The White-Fang are pulling a sled loaded with gear and provisions. The men are climbing a steep mountain covered in snow.
Sun was walking but he was shivering and his teeth were chattering
"Are you all right?"
Sun turned to his right to see Jaune
"Never seen snow before, Lived all my life in Vacuo" Sun replied
"Beautiful, eh?" Jaune asked
"wouldn't say that" Sun said
"How do you live down here? How do you keep your balls from freezing off?" Sun asked
before Jaune could say anything Mercury came up to Suns left
"You have to keep moving. That's the secret. Walking is good, fighting is better, fucking is best"
"Though I wouldn't try to get with Arslan or Sienna, Trust me, They'll kill you before you drop your pants" Jaune chuckled
Sun Walked ahead and Jaune and Mercury were beside each other. Mercury looks to Jaune as they continue to walk.
"Ya know, Smart people don't come down here looking for the dead" Mercury told him
"well, guess that makes me crazy huh?" Jaune replied
"So, you meet with Yang huh? And?" Mercury replied
"She'll fight beside us" Jaune replied "but I'm gonna have to call her Queen after the war is won"
"You spent too much time with Us and now you don't like kneeling" Mercury replied "Adam was a great man, a proud man. The king beyond the wall never kneeled. How many of his people died for his pride?" Mercury asked
Jaune nodded his head in sadness.
The raiding party are marching single file across the frozen tundra. Roman stops to button up his coat more. then Mercury approached him.
"Been awhile Roman" Mercury replied
"Fuck off" Roman scoffed
"I heard you were dead? Jaune also seemed pretty surprised to see you alive as well" Mercury said
"Oh I died alright, then the Blonde brought me back" Roman said pointing to Goodwitch
Mercury nodded, "Well, seems you and Jaune have a lot in common"
Roman looked to Mercury, then to Jaune and then back to Mercury.
"the kid died to huh?" Roman asked
Mercury nodded
Lyanna walked and found herself next to Jaune
"so your Jaune Arc, Roman and Glynda have told me a lot of things about you" Lyanna told him
Jaune looked to her and gave her a small smile, "all good things I hope" Jaune replied
"Tell me? how did a Bastard become the King of the south in Vale?" Lyanna asked
"as soon as you tell me how a Headmaster of a Huntsmen school is Really the Queen of a whole country" Jaunr replied
Lyanna chuckled "Ok, Ok, you got me there, but Im sure our Journeys not over yet. even yours"
"I've died once already, when I think about it Death just seem a bit better then what I've seen" Jaune told her
"That maybe true but it takes a strong person to keep on going despite the hardships" Lyanna told him "Like you, Your strong, but you have sad eyes"
"theres a Reason for that..." Jaune told her
"Ya know I'm surprused you made it this far Sun" Arslan said
"well, It's been a long road and I've been lucky" Sun replied
"so, You and Yangs sister, when did that happen?" Arslan asked with a smirk
"I have know idea what your talking about!" Sun cried
Arslan chuckled "I can see it in your eyes, the way you look at each other, they way she wanted to go when she heard you were coming with us" Arslan told him "I've seen that look many times"
"yeah... well don't tell Yang just yet, Ruby wants to surprise her" Sun sighed
"well lets just hope you can face the Queen" Arslan chuckled
"well, Yang may be crazy stong, but so is Ruby, maybe Ruby won't let her boyfriend get hurt to badly" Sun replied
Arslan laughed "How did a crazy fucker like you live this long?" she asked with a giggle
Sun smiled "I'm good at killing people"
In the middle of the line, Jaune and Glynda are walking together.
"You look like him" Glynda said
"Who's that?"
"Your father. I suppose you favor him more than your mother"
"You knew him?" Jaune asked
"Of course I did. He was one of the most Skilled Huntsmen in our year" Glynda said "Your friend, Mercury, told me Maria brought you back, that true?" she asked him
He nooded
"Then we both serve the same god" Glynda said
"I serve my friends" Jaune replied
"They didn't raise you from the dead. the Light Brother did" Glynda replied
Jaune sighed "The light brother never spoke to me. I don't know anything about him. I don't know what he wants from me" Jaune told her
"He wants you alive"
"Why?"
"I don't know"
"That's all anyone can tell me" Jaune scoffed "I don't know. So what's the point in serving a god that we don't know what he wants"
"I think about that all the time. I don't think it's our purpose to understand one thing. We're soldiers. We have to know what we're fighting for" Glynda replied "I'm not fighting so some man or woman I barely know can sit on a throne and rule"
"So what are you fighting for?" Jaune asked
"Life. Death is the enemy. The first enemy and the last" she replied
"But, we all die"
Glynda smiled and chuckled "The enemy always wins. And we still need to fight him. That's all I know"
Jaune nodded and sighed, Glynda could see that he was thinking about this a lot.
"You and I won't find much joy while we're here. But we can keep others alive. We can defend those who can't defend themselves" Glynda said
"I am the Sword in the darkness" Jaune said "that what Ozpin told me, maybe he's right, Maybe he's wrong. but I know I can't die again yet" Jaune replied
"Maybe we don't need to understand any more than that. Maybe that's enough" Glynda told him
Jaune nodded "Maybe that's enough"
Glynda stops and looks into the distance. There is a steep mountain ascending into the clouds in the distance.
"That's what I saw in my dream" Glynda said pointing towards the mountain. "A mountain like an arrowhead"
"you sure?" Lyanna asked
Glynda nods her head, "yes, I'm sure"
"We're getting close" Jaune said "I can feel it"
The men start walking towards the base of the mountain and stop to set up camp for the night. they would hike the rest of the way tomarrow.