Jaune walked into a cell, there in chains next to him was Adam Tarrus.
"So here we are. The Bull and the Bastard of Beacon" Adam said
"Here we are..." Jaune replied "When we first met I was your prisoner. And now, for our last meeting--"
"that wasn't the first time we met," Adam told Jaune.
Jaune was taken back. Adam Remembered him.
"We first met when we attacked Beacon. and when I stabbed the girl in front of you..." Adam told Jaune "I regret a lot of things. I regret doing that to your girl in front of you... I wish you were the one to kill me" Adam said
"This doesn't have to be our last meeting," Jaune said trying to Ignore what Adam was saying about Vernal
"No, but it will be," Adam said
"You know what Cinder wants?" Jaune asked
"She wants me to kneel. and she wants the White Fang to fight for her. I'll give her this much: She's bold" Adam said with a chuckle
Jaune sat down in front of Adam "Shouldn't a ruler be bold?" Jaune asked
"I respect her. If she gets what she wants, I expect she'll be a better ruler than the fool who sat on the Mistral throne last time. But I'll never serve her" Adam told him
"You told me you weren't here to conquer. You told me your people have bled enough. Adam was that all a lie?" Jaune asked
"No, none of that was a lie. But I don't want them bleeding for Cinder Fall either" Adam told Jaune.
"You spent your life convincing 90 clans to come together for the first time in history. You didn't do it for power. You didn't do it for glory! you did it to save people!"
"They followed me because they respected me. Because they believed in me. The moment I kneel... that's all gone" Adam said "How will they do it? Shot? Hanging?" Adam asked
Jaune looked down "she'll burn you alive"
Adam chuckled and looked at Jaune "Bad way to go" he told Jaune "I'll be honest with you, I don't want to die. But it's better than betraying everything I believe" Adam said with a smile
Jaune moved closer to him and looked him in the eyes "You'd rather burn than kneel? Isn't their survival, more important than your pride?" Jaune asked
"You're a good kid Jaune... truly, you are..." Adam said with a sigh
Jaune walks to the door, but he then turns around to look at Adam one more time.
"I think you're making a terrible mistake Adam. You need to do what's right" Jaune told him
Adam looked at Jaune and smiled "I use to believe that what I was doing was right. Until I saw every living thing's Corpse in his eyes..."
Jaune looked at the man who had killed his wife, who killed the first person he ever loved. But now he respected the man. Even if he was stubborn. Jaune nods and leaves the cell room.
Members of the Blue Fang escort Adam out of his cell and into the courtyard to Cinder. As he entered the courtyard Cinder was waiting for him. She walked to him and he was stopped right in front of her.
"Adam Tarrus, you've been called the King Beyond the Wall. Bend the knee, I promise you mercy.
Adam looked at his captured friends and then to Mercury. Adam then looked at Jaune, who was mouthing to him to kneel.
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The Bastard of RWBY
FanfictionJaune Arc was never an actual Arc, he was the bastard of Jonathan Arc and a nameless woman, his sisters loved him, his adopted mother loved him but his father saw him as a mistake, so Jaune ran from home to be a huntsman at the age of twelve, Jaune...
