He has a chance to become a Huntsman but he never expected to be in a place like this, with responsibilities that shouldn't be his.
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Jaune Arc tried to ignore the screams of the women and girls as he kept watch over the wall. Soon, his shift would end, and everyone would expect him to join in the feast of the flesh.
He had failed to become a Huntsman, by the academy, but the headmaster had offered him a chance to become one if he joined the Black Guard. The group of men that protected the kingdom from the monsters beyond it.
He had always known that there were things that were even scarier than the Grimm that the huntsmen fought, but he never imagined that he would ever see them.
The wall is a place where the lines of reality blur and the worlds meet his.
The Black Guard wasn't even from his world, the men and women on the wall all came from other worlds, but the guards called themselves Players.
Jaune didn't know what the deal that they made was except that they were expected to stay on the wall and were allowed to do whatever they wanted as long as nothing crossed the border.
He closed his eyes and remembered the deal that he made. He just needed to survive long enough for the men of the Black Guard to grant him their seal. Then, he would be a Huntsman by effort and recognized by everyone who had any authority.
So without thinking, he agreed but now he wishes that he hadn't.
The men of the Black Guard weren't good people, they were monsters who didn't care about who they hurt as long as they got what they wanted.
Jaune felt the cold wind blow on his face while he kept his eyes on the distance, not too far from where he was standing were two other men each looking in a different direction.
There was nothing but ice and snow for miles, sometimes a forest would appear and either he or someone else would ring the bell. After that, everyone would try to cut down as many trees as possible before the forest vanished and there was nothing but snow and ice again.
He exhaled and watched the white mist leave his mouth and remembered the books he had read in school.
No one knew where the Grimm had come from so it was possible that they were something that managed to get threw the border before the guard showed up.
His chest felt heavy, the Black Guard was supposed to be made of the best that the world had to offer. They were supposed to be soldiers who couldn't go back to living with normal people, so they spent their lives on the wall, keeping everyone safe.
He glanced to his left when he heard the man cough, but when he saw that the man didn't do anything he went back to looking at the emptyness.
The reason why the guard keeps watch over their side of the wall is that Grimm will sometimes attack and if that were to happen before or during a crossover. Then there would be nothing stopping the grimm from leaving or whatever was on the other side from crossing into his world.
"Hey go have some fun." he hears one of the men say to him before he feels the man put his arm on his shoulder. He turns and sees a man with a thick white beard looking at him, Jaune doesn't know how old the man is, because of how time moves on the wall.
The wall is a blend of ice, rock, technology, and magic Jaune once thought that magic wasn't real but now he knows that it is, so he can't deny that it had been used to build the wall.
He didn't like being behind the wall because of what was there. The Guard had taken women from other worlds. The King once told him that the women came from worlds that either attacked the wall or were from worlds that the guard had invaded.
The men did things to them and he was expected to do those things too, because if he didn't he would be seen as a traitor.
When he found out about it, he tried to leave, but there was no way for him to do that. The wall was so far from any of the kingdoms that it would be a miracle if he made it back at all.
If he didn't freeze to death, then a hungry animal would kill and eat him, and if it wasn't an animal it would be a grimm.
Jaune nodded and made his way down, he passed by half-naked women and a couple of fully naked ones.
He was tempted to take off his armor, but his pride didn't let him. Unlike the outside, the inside of the wall is hot. The wall uses both dust and wood fires to melt the ice and snow, and the steam from that flows inside the wall keeping the inside hot.
The sound of thunder told him that it had started to rain, he felt bad for the men outside because they couldn't leave their posts. Unfortunately for them dying wasn't even an option, as long as the men's bodies were in one piece, then the healers could bring the men back to life.
He stopped walking and opened the large heavy wood doors and was greeted by the hot air of the dining room. Music from places he had never been was being played by some men, while others drank and ate.
The king sat on the throne and on his lap was a woman who still had the look of defiance she had when she was captured, but Jaune could see that the woman's will was breaking.
The woman was a princess of something that she called the Fire Nation, Jaune had fought her army when they attacked. Unfortunately for her and the people with her, whenever a crossover happens nothing works properly, not even people's powers.
The men had told him that the worlds needed to synchronize, because if they didn't then the worlds would separate.
Jaune once heard the king say that the wall wasn't from his world either, that it showed up one day, and that the guard had taken it. The man wished that someone had been living in it so that the guard could have fought and killed the wall's defenders but there was no one.
He kept on looking at the king who forced the woman to kiss him, before letting go of her and forcing her to drink the wine that he held in the gold cup that was in his other hand.
"Go sit down. So did you come here to eat, take a woman, or are you here to lecture us about being good people?" the king asks him but Jaune has already given up trying to get them to listen.
"I just want to listen to some music while I eat." he answers the king.
The king throws the woman off his lap before he stands up and walks towards Jaune. Jaune watches as the woman's hands wrap themselves with fire.
"Go ahead kill me, what are the chances that you and everyone else who joins you escape this place before my boys get to you." the King says to the woman without turning to look at her, but Jaune can see the savage grin on the man's face.
"If you think we will let you die, you should know that we have ways of bringing you back. So what do you think will happen to you and your friends when we find you?"
Jaune looks into the woman's eyes, he can see her will break before the fire she summoned dies and she is left on the floor waiting for the king to return.
"Get him a meat plate fill it with a little of everything." the king says to a servant, before spanking her when she turns to walk away.
He follows the king who sits in the empty seat that he was going to sit on. "Move" the king orders one of the men who was still eating.
"Sit down." the king orders him before the man in front of the king has left.
"Looks like you finally became one of us." the king says to him but Jaune doesn't feel anything.
"Jaune I get it, I really do. You think that we are a bunch of troublemakers that hurt people because we can get away with it." the king turns and looks at the woman who is sitting on the floor.
"We're not"
"The wall has more than one castle. I'm giving you the chance to prove that this job can be done without hurting those who want to hurt us." Jaune can feel the king's eyes as the man stares into his.
"What do you mean?" he asks the king.
"I am making you lord of a castle. Your family is respected by most kingdoms, so no one will argue if I give you control and you still believe in being a good person."
The servant puts the plate on the table but the king stops her from leaving.
"Let him finish his food then give him the best night of his life. I'll know if you didn't have fun." the king says to the girl before going back to his throne.
He had failed to become a Huntsman, by the academy, but the headmaster had offered him a chance to become one if he joined the Black Guard. The group of men that protected the kingdom from the monsters beyond it.
He had always known that there were things that were even scarier than the Grimm that the huntsmen fought, but he never imagined that he would ever see them.
The wall is a place where the lines of reality blur and the worlds meet his.
The Black Guard wasn't even from his world, the men and women on the wall all came from other worlds, but the guards called themselves Players.
Jaune didn't know what the deal that they made was except that they were expected to stay on the wall and were allowed to do whatever they wanted as long as nothing crossed the border.
He closed his eyes and remembered the deal that he made. He just needed to survive long enough for the men of the Black Guard to grant him their seal. Then, he would be a Huntsman by effort and recognized by everyone who had any authority.
So without thinking, he agreed but now he wishes that he hadn't.
The men of the Black Guard weren't good people, they were monsters who didn't care about who they hurt as long as they got what they wanted.
Jaune felt the cold wind blow on his face while he kept his eyes on the distance, not too far from where he was standing were two other men each looking in a different direction.
There was nothing but ice and snow for miles, sometimes a forest would appear and either he or someone else would ring the bell. After that, everyone would try to cut down as many trees as possible before the forest vanished and there was nothing but snow and ice again.
He exhaled and watched the white mist leave his mouth and remembered the books he had read in school.
No one knew where the Grimm had come from so it was possible that they were something that managed to get threw the border before the guard showed up.
His chest felt heavy, the Black Guard was supposed to be made of the best that the world had to offer. They were supposed to be soldiers who couldn't go back to living with normal people, so they spent their lives on the wall, keeping everyone safe.
He glanced to his left when he heard the man cough, but when he saw that the man didn't do anything he went back to looking at the emptyness.
The reason why the guard keeps watch over their side of the wall is that Grimm will sometimes attack and if that were to happen before or during a crossover. Then there would be nothing stopping the grimm from leaving or whatever was on the other side from crossing into his world.
"Hey go have some fun." he hears one of the men say to him before he feels the man put his arm on his shoulder. He turns and sees a man with a thick white beard looking at him, Jaune doesn't know how old the man is, because of how time moves on the wall.
The wall is a blend of ice, rock, technology, and magic Jaune once thought that magic wasn't real but now he knows that it is, so he can't deny that it had been used to build the wall.
He didn't like being behind the wall because of what was there. The Guard had taken women from other worlds. The King once told him that the women came from worlds that either attacked the wall or were from worlds that the guard had invaded.
The men did things to them and he was expected to do those things too, because if he didn't he would be seen as a traitor.
When he found out about it, he tried to leave, but there was no way for him to do that. The wall was so far from any of the kingdoms that it would be a miracle if he made it back at all.
If he didn't freeze to death, then a hungry animal would kill and eat him, and if it wasn't an animal it would be a grimm.
Jaune nodded and made his way down, he passed by half-naked women and a couple of fully naked ones.
He was tempted to take off his armor, but his pride didn't let him. Unlike the outside, the inside of the wall is hot. The wall uses both dust and wood fires to melt the ice and snow, and the steam from that flows inside the wall keeping the inside hot.
The sound of thunder told him that it had started to rain, he felt bad for the men outside because they couldn't leave their posts. Unfortunately for them dying wasn't even an option, as long as the men's bodies were in one piece, then the healers could bring the men back to life.
He stopped walking and opened the large heavy wood doors and was greeted by the hot air of the dining room. Music from places he had never been was being played by some men, while others drank and ate.
The king sat on the throne and on his lap was a woman who still had the look of defiance she had when she was captured, but Jaune could see that the woman's will was breaking.
The woman was a princess of something that she called the Fire Nation, Jaune had fought her army when they attacked. Unfortunately for her and the people with her, whenever a crossover happens nothing works properly, not even people's powers.
The men had told him that the worlds needed to synchronize, because if they didn't then the worlds would separate.
Jaune once heard the king say that the wall wasn't from his world either, that it showed up one day, and that the guard had taken it. The man wished that someone had been living in it so that the guard could have fought and killed the wall's defenders but there was no one.
He kept on looking at the king who forced the woman to kiss him, before letting go of her and forcing her to drink the wine that he held in the gold cup that was in his other hand.
"Go sit down. So did you come here to eat, take a woman, or are you here to lecture us about being good people?" the king asks him but Jaune has already given up trying to get them to listen.
"I just want to listen to some music while I eat." he answers the king.
The king throws the woman off his lap before he stands up and walks towards Jaune. Jaune watches as the woman's hands wrap themselves with fire.
"Go ahead kill me, what are the chances that you and everyone else who joins you escape this place before my boys get to you." the King says to the woman without turning to look at her, but Jaune can see the savage grin on the man's face.
"If you think we will let you die, you should know that we have ways of bringing you back. So what do you think will happen to you and your friends when we find you?"
Jaune looks into the woman's eyes, he can see her will break before the fire she summoned dies and she is left on the floor waiting for the king to return.
"Get him a meat plate fill it with a little of everything." the king says to a servant, before spanking her when she turns to walk away.
He follows the king who sits in the empty seat that he was going to sit on. "Move" the king orders one of the men who was still eating.
"Sit down." the king orders him before the man in front of the king has left.
"Looks like you finally became one of us." the king says to him but Jaune doesn't feel anything.
"Jaune I get it, I really do. You think that we are a bunch of troublemakers that hurt people because we can get away with it." the king turns and looks at the woman who is sitting on the floor.
"We're not"
"The wall has more than one castle. I'm giving you the chance to prove that this job can be done without hurting those who want to hurt us." Jaune can feel the king's eyes as the man stares into his.
"What do you mean?" he asks the king.
"I am making you lord of a castle. Your family is respected by most kingdoms, so no one will argue if I give you control and you still believe in being a good person."
The servant puts the plate on the table but the king stops her from leaving.
"Let him finish his food then give him the best night of his life. I'll know if you didn't have fun." the king says to the girl before going back to his throne.