Hello to all.

I am very glad and thrilled to be writing and sharing this fanfiction with you all. It has been a big hopeful project for me and I have been preparing for it since last year.

It all began back in 2019 when I first read the amazing RWBY series, "MRRN" by WinterWolf29. In this series, a new OC quartet of Huntsmen-in-training work alongside Teams RWBY and JNPR and their allies against the forces of evil in Remnant, all while dealing with love, school, dark pasts, and fighting villains that seek to destroy their world. The series also seeks to fix some of the things that many see as plot holes in the canon series or things gone wrong in many's minds (though the author stated it was more of an AU fic than a fix fic.) It was so great I decided to write my own RWBY OC fanfiction with my own characters and events. I decided to write it as a sort of personal project due to the fact that I was a bit worried about how the fic might be met by some of the (unfortunately) more obsessive and crueler of the FNDM, especially since there are quite a couple of noticable changes. Also, some of Winter's ideas were so great I asked for permission to use them. He allowed it, but only on the stipulation that I don't publish it. I was totally fine and decided to share it only with certain friends, authors and such who I knew wouldn't be objective as much or willing to bash it and me mercilessly.

Then came some sorrowful news. Due to highly personal reasons, Winter was forced to cancel the series altogether. This made me extremely disappointed, but thankfully it did leave an opening for me. After getting permission from him to use the ideas from MRRN and to post the story, I finally began work on it and am now posting it as a reboot/spiritual sequel. I have since been getting aid from different people in thinking up ideas and how to properly write a story like this, such as The Omni-Remnant, That Guy Smoking a Pipe, Lorenzo the Maelstrom, Darth Stigma, and most of all, Engineer1869, the latter three of whom helped Winter with MRRN and the last of whom has been exceptionally helpful with ideas and such. WinterWolf himself has even given a few ideas from time to time and he definitely helped before I decided to post this. Plus, I have also gotten permission from some other authors to use some ideas from their fics for this so long as they get credit, of course. I'm not a plagiarizer.

So a few things about this fic:

First if all, while this fic will be attempting to fix SOME things in the show, this will NOT be a "Fix Fic'' per say. As with MRRN, it will be more of an "Alternate Universe" fic. It essentially takes place in a whole other universe separate from the main RWBY-verse. In many ways, it's similar; in many others, not. Which is the wonderful beauty of AUs in my mind: you can write characters, events, ships, etc. ANY way you want without it actually being connected to the actual thing it's based on, be it a show, book or anything like that. In a way, ALL fanfictions are like that even if not really labeled as such.

That brings me to another INCREDIBLY and HIGHLY important thing. This fic will obviously have shippings and romance in it. As this is MY fic, I made the decisions of which kinds to put in and which I thought were best for this universe. Do not take this the wrong way however. Just because I picked one ship over another (even if I may enjoy that ship a little more) by no means means I hate the unchosen one. I am NOT LGBTQ-phobic, racist, sexist or anything like that at all (I have/have had friends and family on the LGBTQ spectrum.) On the contrary. I am supportive of ALL RWBY ships unless they are incestuous, disgustingly pedophilic or anything like that. Almost all of them I feel have at least a good thing or two about them. However, I know that many of you have ships you far more prefer over others, as well as characters, events and such as well as ones you may greatly DISLIKE. What I am asking is if you should find something in this fic you don't exactly like because it doesn't fit your preference or what YOU feel the story or even the show should be like, PLEASE do not flame or give threatening or terrible reviews or PMs! I have read about some people on Fanfiction who have received HORRIBLE, VIOLENT and DISGUSTING reviews and PMs due to them writing a character in a way others don't like (for mostly jerky reasons on those people's parts), doing a different ship or pairing ("straight-washing" is a somewhat common accusation and even "gay-washing" in some cases) or if they simply didn't do what the readers wanted them privately or explicitly to do. The RT people have already received many of those and I believe it's part of the reason why the show's gone down a bit as it has as they're attempting to appease all those people in all the wrong ways. Despite disagreeing in certain ways with how the show is being written currently, I believe it's COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS AND STUPID that something like a simple web show that they don't actually WORK ON or that even affects their life could influence a normally sane person to think writing something like THAT is a good thing and to cruelly attempt to enforce their will over another via shaming, threats and the like! Therefore, again PLEASE leave only good or constructive criticisms (a few SOMEWHAT negatives are fine though. It sometimes helps.) Any and all abusive, flaming or cruel reviews or PMs via author will result in a blocking and guests will have theirs deleted, as well as both types being reported to the admins! You have been forewarned!

Plus, as I mentioned, this is an ALTERNATE UNIVERSE! A story taking place somewhere COMPLETELY SEPARATE from the main world made by Monty (God rest his soul) and RT. It is NOT connected in any way to the canon story specifically despite some events or people being similar to their canon counterparts, so there's really NO real reason at all to get defensive about a different characterization, ship or event taking place.

Finally, I will warn you that updates may take a bit. I am working hard on other fics (some of which I hope to post soon), so I cannot guarantee that I will be updating in a manner that you want. Also, I have two jobs at the moment (though I am attempting to find a newer better job) as well as finding a possible apartment in late March- early to middle April if cases in Covid continue to go down and vaccine distribution begins to increase as many predict. Finally and most importantly, we have also been having a few very tough medical difficulties in our family, so that comes first regardless (prayers are also appreciated if you're able.) So as I said, bare with me with my difficulties in updating.

Again, I am very pleased to be posting this as I wanted to share this and now I can. So now, enjoy the very first trailer of JSPR- Light Green!

"With every day, and from both sides of my intelligence, the moral and the intellectual, I thus drew steadily nearer to the truth, by whose partial discovery I have been doomed to such a dreadful shipwreck: that man is not truly one, but truly two."

- Robert Lewis Stevenson The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

"We all have a Monster within; the difference is in degree, not in kind."

- Douglas Preston The Monster of Florence

Trailer 1: Light Green

The broken moon of Remnant was shining overhead and illuminating the forest down below. Stars twinkled and added a little extra light, as miniscule as it was. In the middle of a little clearing, a small fire burned. Around the fire was various camping equipment such as a sleeping bag, a backpack and an assortment of cans that were opened, crushed and lying on the ground.

Sitting in front of the fire was a young man who was eating from one of the canned goods. He was tall, roughly about 6 feet, 6 inches with tanned skin that showed he'd often been out in the sun enough. He had dark brown hair that was a bit shaggy and piercing light green eyes that were set in a hardened look and glowed a bit in the firelight. He had one or two scars on his face such as on his left cheek and below his neck, but they did little to deter his rather rugged good looks. He wore a long green coat that was a bit on the lighter side (about the same as his eyes) with black buttons keeping it closed up in the front which did little to deter that he was obviously fairly muscular underneath. On his hands were black fingerless gloves. He also wore black pants and muddy brown combat boots with no laces, indicating they fit well either way and we're made for a quick taking off. On the back of the coat were two brown sheaths with what looked like a pair of broadswords tucked in. To top it off, the coat had an emblem on the back between the sheaths. They were the only really slightly off color in the coat of greens, browns, and blacks. They were white and that seemed to look like two mask faces put interlocking. The one on the left side had a smile, but it was more of an evil looking one; almost like it was cruelly laughing. The one on the right had a large frown but also looked furious, like it was mad at the laughing face. All in all, this seemed like someone who wanted to be left alone and to eat his food in peace.

Of course he wasn't really going to get his wish because as he began to take another bite, a voice was soon heard. It was a gruff throaty tone that had a bit of an accent to it. The more surprising thing however was that this voice wasn't from anywhere around him. No, it was actually coming from inside the young man's HEAD!

"Well, isn' this a lovely night in the woods, eh? Clean air, sky full o' stars…"

Now ordinarily, when someone were to hear a voice speaking from their head, they would either be very worried or scared and possibly believe they were cracking up big time. However, that wasn't the case for this guy. In fact if anything, he seemed more ANNOYED with the voice which continued to speak as the young man gave a growling groan.

"An' not ter mention a nice roarin' fire! Yessir, it's a lovely night for a camp-out, it is!"

"Oh, shut up," muttered the young man as he tried to go back to eating, but his hand with the can was shaking a little. Unfortunately, the voice either didn't hear him or chose to ignore him (the latter most likely.)

"Though ta be honest, mate, I could do without those bloomin' crickets. I mean, lissen to 'em! "Chirp, chirp, chirp!'"

"I said shut up already!" the young man stated, his teeth gritted slightly.

"All night, the same thing! Ya'd think they could come up with a new blinkin' tune, but nope! It's always-"

"I SAID SHUT UP!" A "CRUNCH" sound echoed through the clearing and the young man looked down at his can. The piece of tin had been crushed in his hand with food oozing out like puss from a burst boil. He growled and tossed the can in the fire, causing it to spark a little before calming. He then wiped his hands on the ground.

"Now c'mon! There's no need to get yer knickers in a bunch! Jus' tryin' ta make friendly conversation," the voice said in a not too friendly tone.

"Like HELL you are!" the young man said as he leapt up from his seat on the ground. Usually whenever this voice spoke to him, he had to be careful not to let anyone hear him, lest they think him mad. However, here in the woods, he was able to speak more freely. "And don't pretend we're not stuck out here because of YOU!"

"Me?!" the voice asked incredulously. "What'd I do!?"

"You know very well, Ed! You decided to wreak the bar at that inn we were ORIGINALLY going to stay at! All those cups smashed! The selection wall was destroyed! And that man…" He shuddered as he continued. "I've NEVER seen a guy's arm BEND that way before!"

The voice- now identified as "Ed"- let out a scoff. "Oh please. They can always buy more, they seemed to be doing good business. An' ya can't tell me that those douches didn't deserve it. They had it coming, Jasp!"

"They didn't deserve THAT!" "Jasp" cried.

"Yeah, they DID!" Ed said, sounding angry now too. "Especially with how they treated that Faunus waitress. You saw what they were doing, tugging on her tiger tail and making those lewd and crappy remarks! I mean, how could we NOT help her?"

Jasp gaped wide mouthed at nothing for a second before bursting out, "Your idea of helping her was to WREAK HER WORKPLACE!? Admit it! You felt satisfaction in destroying the place while doing it. And you LIKED hurting those men!"

Like Jasp, Ed remained silent for a few seconds before Jasp clutched his hair and groaned. "There! You see!?" he cried. "You don't even WANT to lie about it! I swear, Ed, I'm already in enough trouble with every other place you've damaged!"

"Oh yeah?" countered the voice. "Name one place where I did that, Jasper!"

At that, Jasper smirked nastily. "Alright. I actually have a list, but I'll keep it to the highlights." He went over and reached into the backpack before pulling out a paper about four feet long.

"Wait. You SERIOUSLY keep a bloody LIST!?" Ed asked incredulously.

Jasp simply ignored him. "The bar in Vacuo where you got into an arm wrestling match and accused your opponent of cheating."

"Which 'e was! 'Ow was I s'pposed to know 'e was a gorilla Faunus under all those wrappings of his, eh!? 'E covered 'em up dilib'ritly!

Jasper again ignored him. "The tavern in Mantle where you essentially sent it to the ground! We should be lucky everyone got out alright and we only stayed in the city for three days!"

"Shoddy workmanship, like the resta that 'ellhole."

"The one in Mistral, in Matsunoki! Oh HO! THAT incident was a PIP!" He then glared into the open air. "Need I go on?"

"So I like ter get me 'ands dirty doin' stuff. What's yer point, mate?"

"The point is, Ed, you did most of that stuff without even thinking of the consequences!"

"Some o' those times were to 'ELP folks, ya know! That "incident" in Matsunoki was 'cause those muggers were attackin' that ol' man! What'd ya want me ter do, let 'em mug 'im and maybe KILL 'im?"

"We could have gotten the POLICE! Or a freaking HUNTSMAN! Did you think of THAT before you leapt in gung ho!?"

"An' 'ow do ya know THEY wouldn'ta made things WORSE? You know 'ow some of them c'n be!"

Jasper then put the list back in the backpack and sighed, placing a hand on his forehead. "I swear you care less about helping people than looking for an excuse to break something!"

Ed was silent again for a few seconds before speaking again, his voice a deathly calm with a twinge of deep-rooted anger. "Well at least I'M not a coward."

"Take. That. Back," Jasper snarled.

"A coward 'o'd rather pretend ta be a goody goody two-shoes while doin' NOTHING!"

"SHUT THE FUCK UP!" Jasper swore furiously.

"There! See!? Yer not even denyin' it!" Ed snapped. "You'd rather go through life aimlessly doin' nothin'! Is tha' it?"

"Your idea of doing 'nothing' is anything that doesn't involve rushing into a fight," Jasp argued back. "There are plenty of other ways to help people out, ways that also avoid gathering attention!"

"Oh, so yer camera shy now, eh? Well, PARDON me!"

"It's not like that at all, you idiot!" Jasper let out another sigh. "You know we need to keep something of a low profile. Ever since…" He then trailed off as he jerked his head up.

"Go on! You were sayin'?" Ed asked, obviously trying to goad Jasper.

"Shh. Shut up," Jasper whispered as he turned to the woods.

"Ya know, I'm gettin' sick n' tireda you sayin' that ter me an' I have 'alf a mind ta-!"

"No, I'm serious. I heard something," Jasper said. He cautiously reached behind him and pulled his swords free with a metallic "shink" sound. He held them in his hands as he continued to look at the trees.

And then he heard it again. A low growling sound that sounded like a large animal. Plus, in the brush, he saw two glowing pricks of red and yellow. Then, out into the open, it came; a large, black wolf-like creature. Its long claws gleamed in the firelight. A skull-like head with red lines turned in his direction. White spikes on its back and arms. And a maw of razor sharp teeth shining as well, wet with saliva and bared in a snarl.

"Oh great," Jasper muttered as he held his swords in front of him in a ready stance and circling the fire as the creature did the same, all but following him, daring him to make the first move.

"Great is right," snarked Ed. "Ya know WHY that Beowolf's 'ere, right? If ya hadn't gotten all snipity when I was tryin' ter be nice an' 'ave a chat, it wouldn'ta-"

"Not now!" Jasp whispered sharply. At that, the Beowolf snarled again, undoubtedly feeling the negativity and frustration Jasp and Ed were oozing.

'Alright, no need to worry,' Jasper thought, even though he knew Ed probably could hear him in his head. 'It's just one. All I need to do is get rid of this one and…'

Again, he trailed off as more growls sounded. Suddenly, Jasper took a better look at this Beowolf in the firelight. It seemed larger, more plates. Yep, this was an Alpha, no doubt. And where there's an Alpha, there's always...

He looked up and blanched slightly. Right where the Alpha Beowolf stopped, there were at most a dozen more behind it. All of them preparing to strike alongside their leader.

"You were sayin'?" Ed deadpanned. "Ya know, Jasp, ya could let me-"

At that, Jasp frowned and snarled, "No! I'M doing this! YOU'RE staying put!"

Song: "Monster" by Skillet

As he finished, the Alpha roared and one of the pack members behind leapt into the air. Jasper swung his right sword and managed to behead the beast as he dodged it. The monster landed on the ground, headless and disintegrating into smoke as all Creatures of Grimm did upon death.

Jasp then faced the rest of the pack as a number of them raced toward him.

One attempted to leap at him from behind, but Jasp sent a sword behind him as he sent the other in front into another's chest. The two Beowolves were brought down and quickly vanished as their packmate from before did.

Jasp spun and decapitated another as one jumped forward. Jasper crossed his swords to form a makeshift shield as the wolf attempted to claw at him, backing him up slightly into the jaws of a fellow Grimm.

Jasp then sliced the two swords like scissors, chopping the Beowolf's paw off at the wrist, the monster howling in pain. He then spun around and stabbed the Beowolf behind him through its open maw. The one in front got it through the eye.

Another howled as it jumped at him, fury in its eyes. Jasper blocked it as it slashed at him. However, he was a little slow with one strike and the wolf's claws struck. In a bright green flicker, his Aura appeared, shielding him from what could have been a blow to lay out his guts in the ground.

He stumbled back and the Beowolf leapt again, but Jasper kicked up his leg and SLAMMED them into the Grimm's chest. The lupine went flying back into the fire and the flames soon caught onto it. The Grimm then seemed to begin to head back before it succumbed to the fires covering its body and collapsed with a roar of pain. Unfortunately, while that was one Grimm gone, the sleeping bag had been underneath and caught fire, engulfing both it and the body.

'Dammit!' Jasper thought as he watched his sleeping arrangements go up in smoke, quickly burning out. Now that was another problem; with the fire had gone, only the moon had light for Jasp to see by.

Jasper carefully watchedthe remaining Grimm circle him, no doubt searching for an opening. A Beowolf leapt forward and slashed. Jasp ducked and dodged before he also leapt up and slashed at the Grimm, decapitating it. Then four rushed him from all around, no doubt trying to box him in.

Jasper however used his legs to jump up, allowing the wolves to collide together. As they struggled to get out of the mess, Jasp took advantage of their confusions to hack and slash at the quartet of monsters. Soon only a small number, including the Alpha who had yet to join in, were left. Jasp breathed a little heavy but he seemed no worse for wear.

Unfortunately, at that moment, the Alpha howled and a whole new number (about twenty or so) raced in from where they were probably waiting for their leader to give the signal. This Alpha must have been a bit of an old one to actually figure out a plan like this.

'Crap,' Jasp sighed. He then pressed two buttons on the sides of his sword handles. At once, compartments hidden within activated. Immediately, chemicals on the blades reacted to the Dust within the chambers. The right sword's blade was then covered in bright flames. The left sword meanwhile suddenly was enwreathed in bolts of electricity.

Jasper swiped his flaming sword at two Beowolfs that leapt at him, only to be burnt to a crisp by the flames. Another tried to bite him, but bit on the electric sword instead. The voltage went through it. The wolf howled in shock and pain as it was fried alive. All three went down as Jasp prepared for another assault.

A swarm of about four raced forward. Jasp slashed his sword and beheaded on with the lightning sword. He then used the flaming one to stab another and kill it. He began to breath heavily, but pushed through. He didn't want to go through the alternative to fight these things.

Jasper then pressed two other buttons and two of the rain guards on the swords folded in as did half of the blades, revealing the inner mechanics. With a "click" the swords joined together and with another push of a button, the now combined swords flared in both flame AND electricity!

Jasp went back with as much strength as he could muster, killing the other two at once with one swipe. He continued to battle, even using one hand to swing the sword as he held one back. However, as he continued to fight, another whole swarm of the Creatures of Grimm continued to come forward at him. It seemed perhaps that the Alpha's plan was to overwhelm him, then go in for the kill itself. Something of a common tactic.

Jasper cried out as he felt another powerful slash to his back and his Aura flickered. More blows came and his green Aura flared as he took the blows. One particular hit he hadn't seen smacked him and sent him flying, his sword clattering a little bit away and worse, his Aura shattered. He was now defenseless! Or so it seemed.

"Ya know whatcha gotta do, Jasp! Let me out! I can take these wankers easy!"

"NO! Even for this, I-!"

"Do ya wanna DIE and kill us BOTH, ya bloody idjit?! LET! ME! OUT!"

Jasp stared at the huge pack of almost thirty as they snarled and stalked forward, bloodlust in their eyes. He knew now he had no choice. He hated his life and what he was forced to put up with, but he was by no true means suicidal.

His gaze hardened as he yanked off the trench and tossed it to the side next to the sword, revealing a simple white t-shirt underneath. Showing on his exposed arms were a mess of scars that riddled over them to the wrists. His boots came next, landing on the ground.

Then, in a icy voice, he spoke:

"Do it."

Suddenly, Jasper seized up and collapsed to the ground, holding himself up by the hands, but shakily, his eyes shut tight in pain. He let out screams and cries as right before his inhuman foe's eyes, a dramatic change began to occur.

Jasper's muscles slowly began to expand and stretch, becoming much larger than most. However, his white shirt and his pants never ripped. Rather, they expanded and stretched to contain the now developed muscles. His hands became larger and his fingers bigger.

His hair then began growing longer, reaching his shoulders. His nose grew about a few centimeters and was bent as though broken slightly a long time ago. His face contorted and stretched until it was shown to become less boyish and almost more manlike. However, this one had little of Jasper's good looks and instead was a tad ugly, with sharper and harsher features compared to Jasp's, sags around the eyes (as if he never really got much sleep) and a hint of stubble growing. Not only that, his voice changed to a more raspy tone and the cries soon ceased to lead to throaty laughter that grew louder.

At last, as the transformation was complete, the figure that was once Jasper roared to the heavens, raising his hands before slamming the now enlarged fists into the air and slamming them to the ground, actually DENTING and CRACKING it!

The being then lay there breathing heavily, the hair covering his face slightly. The Beowolfs all looked at each other, unsure of what to make of this turn of events. However, the Alpha snarled and chuffed its head in a "go on'' motion. They all looked a little unsure. Finally, one ran forward with a roar and leapt up, its jaws open wide and claws ready.

Suddenly, as it got nearer, a mammoth hand shot up and snatched the wolf in midair! The Beowolf let out a small "yelp!" as it then struggled to get free, uselessly snapping its jaws and clawing and raking at the arms. They dug into the skin, flaring up Aura. However, unbeknownst to the Grimm, THIS Aura was not the light green it had been before, but a muddy brown. The being then stood up to its full height. It had to be AT LEAST 7 feet, 6 inches, 7'8'' at most! Truly a GIANT!

The being then gave a sadistic smirk and lifted its head to travel up up to the wolf's face. Suddenly, the wolf paused in its attack and looked at its captor. The man opened his eyes and revealed a color of brown; the same color as the Aura. But these eyes had a fury burning in them; almost a pure NEED to rip something apart. And it seemed the canine monstrosity in his hand would be just what he needed. His smirk then grew into a wide grin, showing off slightly yellowed teeth. He then increased his grip on the wolf causing the Grimm to start struggling again, seeming desperate to get out. He brought it forward and said in a tone laced with venomed honey:

"'Ello, puppy."

A hand squeezed. A "snap!" was heard. And the Beowolf stopped struggling, its head hanging to the side and arms dropping Then with a toss of the decomposing monster corpse, the man leapt forward with a bellow at the top of his lungs right into the horde of Grimm.

The man then began swinging his fists left and right, grabbing whatever he could get his hands on. He grabbed onto one Beowolf and clutching its head, RIPPED it clean off its shoulders! Another tried to bite him but he simply grabbed its jaws and split the Grimm down the middle!

Punching, kicking, any sort of violent action, he did it. Even while Grimm set upon him and damaged his Aura, the man continued to battle. And all with an almost maddening look in his eyes and a cackle one would almost hear out of a nightmare! It was as if he was ENJOYING the battle and slaughtering his opponents!

However, the Creatures of Grimm seemed to feel the opposite. Despite many of these Grimm being younger ones, some seemed at least a little older, meaning they had a MODICUM more of smarts in their bestial minds (or what counted as minds for these monsters) than their younger fellows. As a result, upon seeing so many of them being ripped apart by this formerly skilled yet weak human, the remaining Grimm apparently decided their best option was to flee to kill again and to avoid joining the rest of the pack in oblivion.

The Alpha, upon seeing its pack leave, roared loudly as if uselessly ordering them to come back and fight. However, as stated, these Grimm were only slightly smarter than the younger members of the pack and knew it was futile and ignored their leader's orders, running into the woods.

The Alpha then turned to the man who was finishing up terrorizing the pack, punching through the final one's chest. The wolf howled and fell down dying. The man then turned, breathing heavy, but still having that smile on his face. He let out a yell as the Alpha itself leapt at him with a furious roar of its own.

The two combatants soon locked hands and struggled around to push one onto their back and give an opening for the kill. The Alpha soon seemed to gain an upper hand as it pushed and snapped its jaws. However, the man then grinned and the wolf realized too late that it had been played. The man then squeezed his fists and CRUSHED the Grimm's paws with sounds of breaking claws.

The wolf roared before being grabbed and wrenched to the ground on its stomach.

"SIT!" The man shouted as the Alpha struggled. It had obviously decided it was time to follow its pack's actions and get the hell out of there, but the man refused to relinquish it as he grabbed one of the Alpha's legs and RIPPED it off!

"STAY!"

The Alpha roared in agony. It then quickly attempted to run away, but being short one leg it wasn't easy. It mainly limped away before a large foot slammed down on its back, ignoring the armored spikes that seemed to be poking into his bear foot.

The man reached over and placed his other foot on the Grimm's head. Pressing hard, the skull-like covering began cracking. The Grimm once again attempted to escape, but found it impossible with how much damage it had taken.

"PLAY DEAD!"

Soon, the battle ended with a slight sickening "CRUNCH!" as the head broke apart and the body fell still.

The man smirked again as he got off the now decomposing Alpha Beowolf.

"Good dog," he mocked as the final remains of the Creature of Grimm vanished to the wind. Then, as with Jasper, another inner voice spoke up.

"I take it you got your 'jollies' out?" the voice of Jasper asked sarcastically.

"As a matter a fact, I did, thanks fer askin', Jasp,'' the man said in a mocking tone. He then looked around. The campsite was rather a mess now with the fire pit having gone out, ashes of the sleeping bag cooling and marks decorating the ground where the battle had taken place. "Well, looks like we made quite the mess, eh?"

"Of course we did! YOU took the reigns after all! What did you expect?"

"Now is tha' any way to talk about the bloke what jus' saved our skins?" snarked the man, crossing his arms.

"Yeah, yeah. You did a bang up job, you'll get your frickin check in the mail!" snapped Jasper's voice. "Now look, how about you change back, we can clean up a little and get going a little further since we're now wider awake? Plus, we need a new place to stay since our sleeping bag went up in flames."

The man then tapped his chin and made a noise as if he were thinking, all with a smug expression. "Actually, I think I'll stay like this a li'l longer, if it ya don' mind. I 'avn't been fully out in a while, ya know."

"Ed, you KNOW you can't do that! You know what happens if you stay out longer than five or ten minutes!"

"That fight barely took TWO!"

"Do you STILL wanna risk it?!"

The man thought for a moment and then grimaced. "No," he muttered bitterly.

"Then you know what you have to do."

The man, now revealed as Ed, sighed and slouched a little. In a resigned way as Jasper did it the first time, he closed his brown eyes and spoke:

"Do it."

Immediately, Ed began to shrink. His muscles grew smaller, hair less longer and wild and he became a little less ugly and back to the ruggedly handsome look of Jasper. Once the transformation was complete, Jasp let out a sigh and opened his eyes to reveal the light green color from before. He then went to collect the articles of clothes scattered around, slipping into the boots and shrugging back on the trench. He then walked over to the sword lying on the ground. With a push of a button, the combined blades detached and went back to normal. Jasper expertly slid one back into its sheath, but stopped before putting the other in. The other (the one the Beowolf had bit into) had marks on it from the fangs, denting and warping it a little.

"Crap," Jasper muttered again as he put the sword back in with a little more difficulty. "Well that sucks."

"Guess 'e was more BITE then BARK, eh?" Ed snickered.

"Hilarious," Jasper said drily as he pushed it in with a little difficulty. He then walked over to the backpack. Thankfully, it hadn't been too damaged. He reached in and pulled out a map.

"Alright, we're here," he said, pointing to an area with woods. He then looked up at the sky and saw a group of stars. "And that's The Ursa Major constellation right there. Which means that we're facing north. And according to this, the closest area that I could get that sword fixed would be…"

He trailed off as he saw a marking on the map. What looked like a castle and underneath was the word "VALE."

"Ha! Well, guess we're getting to go to another big place soon," Ed chuckled.

Jasper grimaced. As he'd told Ed, he wanted to avoid large crowded places and Vale was probably as crowded as they got in this area. He was temporarily thinking about going down south and going to a smaller village down the way, but Ed spoke up.

"Ya know that's probably gonna take at LEAST five days to reach, right? Ya wanna get stuck out here in the woods fer THAT long? 'Specially with that banged up sword? An' ya JUS' said we need a place ta stay. We c'n find a hotel or somethin'."

Jasper thought for a moment and begrudgingly decided that Ed was right.

"Course I am."

"Shut up and don't act so smug." Jasper then folded the map, put it in his pocket and picked up the backpack. He then began walking toward the east.

"Welp, 'ere we go! Off on another fun-filled adventure, eh? Oh, I can't WAIT ter see Vale! Ya know, we've been around the area, but never actually-"

"For the last and final time, SHUT THE FUCK UP ALREADY!" Jasper then took a deep breath, lest anymore Grimm come down on them. "Look, we're just going to go to Vale, get my sword fixed, maybe grab some supplies, and LEAVE. Got it?"

"Yessir, Mister Jekyll, sir," snarked Ed before he seemingly disappeared from his head, though Jasp knew he was still there. It was wishful thinking to think him gone for good.

Jasper sighed. Well at least he'd have something of a quiet trip now. Maybe Ed would STAY quiet for the whole time. Again though, that was probably wishful thinking. He then turned to face the front as the broken moon shined down.

"Alright. Get to Vale, find a room for a day or two, fix the sword, get supplies, and leave before Ed makes a mess and brings hell on us. Nothing else will happen. Nothing."

A/N: And there we have it! The first chapter of my OC Alternate Universe fanfiction, JSPR! And we've been introduced to the main character of the fic, Jasper Jekyll. As you may have guessed, he's based on Dr. Henry Jekyll from the above mentioned book from the first quote. Just so you know, each member of the team will be following Monty's rules of following a theme (in this case, Victorian Literature; kudos if you can guess who the others are based on before getting to the end) and having a colorful name. Also, big thanks to Engineer (the guy mentioned before) for helping with the dialogue. He gave me the start and I went from there. We may not agree in everything, but he's a GENIUS in certain ways and I hope our partnership can last through this series and maybe a little beyond ;-).

Now as you may have seen, I will be sometimes incorporating songs into the fic. I figured it fit here for a trailer, much like the canon ones. I would recommend listening to the song right when it is labeled and then imagining it playing like the show in your mind. That always works for me. Would be neat if I actually had Jeff and Casey to work on this and maybe make ORIGINAL songs to match the characters, but c'est la vie. I picked this song as the trailer song and a leitmotif because (as you can clearly see) Jasper and Ed do NOT get along at all and barely tolerate each other. And much like his inspiration, Jasp obviously feels like a monster when he allows Ed to take over. I'm sure that by the description of Jasp and Ed, you have come to some conclusions. I will not confirm nor deny them at this time, nor will I say you are entirely right in your guesses. You'll have to read and see for yourself.

Plus, I'm also trying to figure out who I could have as a fan voice cast for my OCs. I have a few in mind. With Jasp, I am torn between Michael Sinterniklaas (the voice of Leonardo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003)) or Greg Abby (voice of Yusei Fudo in Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds and Raphael in TMNT (2003).) For Ed, I already imagine him being voiced by Marc Thompson (voice of Drako in the TMNT (2003) saga and video game, "Battle Nexus" (look up "TMNT Voice Clips- Drako" on YouTube if you don't know what I'm talking about.) Think of him with a Cockney accent or one similar to Hagrid of Harry Potter. I admit I tried to write it that way, but it wasn't too great. Forgive me anyone who's actually British.

Anyway, which for Jasp would you think fits more? I'm leaning towards Abby, but IDK.

Hope you liked this first chapter and first trailer to be introduced to Jasper and Ed. Again, if you want, favorite, follow or leave a review. However, as said, no violent, ugly, threatening or overly flaming reviews PLEASE!

Hopefully more will come soon, but my update schedule is a little crazy as I said, so bear with me.

And just cuz I have to, I do not own RWBY or any property of it. They belong to Monty Oum (may I see you in Heaven one day and give you a hug) and Rooster Teeth. The only things I do own are the OCs and this Alternate Universe idea. Any unoriginal ideas I may use will be attributed to the authors or artists responsible for proper recognition.

Until next time.