Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20130927034714/@comment-5482419-20130927231803

Okay, here's my projection for Part 2 (I say 'projection' instead of 'prediction' because I'm pretty sure it won't happen this way):

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Jaune is walking alone when he gets cornered by Cardin. No biggie, right? And then the rest of Team CRDL shows up. They take his sword, play a few rounds of catch (Jaune running around between them), and when it gets to Cardin, he lays it on the nearest hard surface, swings his mace...and shatters the sword.

CRDL walks off just as Teams JNPR and RWBY show up, Jaune on the ground picking up the pieces of his broken blade, barely holding himself together. Pyrrha repeatedly offers to help him, but in his precarious emotional state he swings around and screams that he doesn't want any help. Evidently hurt and not sure what else to do, Pyrrha walks away silently, and everyone follows suit.

Everyone, that is, except Ruby. As Jaune is clutching the remains of his weapon, she picks him up and says, "Come with me." When he inquires why, she sternly replies, "You're going to put your sword back together."

Cut scene to the academy forge, where Jaune has laid out the broken sword on a table. The shop instructor/blacksmith says the sword can be repaired, but needs some reinforcing material; he asks Jaune what his budget is, to which he ashamedly replies, "Nothing." The smith agrees to help anyway, saying he can pay if off by working in the forge after classes. Jaune spends the rest of the night remaking his blade (in a moment-to-moment montage, of course), anxious at first, but slowly building confidence, and ending at dawn with a satisfied smile on his face.

Later that morning, Jaune rendezvous with his team, still covered in soot. Pyrrha apologizes for the day before, saying she doesn't think Jaune is helpless; he waves it off and replies she has nothing to apologize for - indeed, he's sorry for yelling at her. Ruby shows up and asks to see the finished sword, to which we are all treated to a big reveal: not only is the sword fixed, it has more character to it. Ruby tells him he did a great job, and all that's missing now is a name, to which he raises the sword in front of him and names it. (I'm thinking something like "Arc Legacy.")

Final scene: Jaune in his latest one on one duel, as Glynda tells him and his opponent to ready themselves. Jaune brandishes his sword and grins at his off-screen opponent as the starting bell sounds, and the scene cuts to black...with the sound of Jaune getting knocked down a second later, showing he still has some work to do.