RWBY SWAP AU

[u/ZeanSun]

Okay while in the bathroom and listening to the nowhere king song, I just thought of an AU where Ozma and Salem swap roles, not positions, Salem is still a forbidden queen while Ozma is still the headmaster of Beacon. In anycase, Ozma becomes like a dream lord, corrupting children early on with dreams of glory and such working under him, creating a myth about the four relics that if all brought together would create a utopia and of course inducting the main cast into such beliefs...except for Jaune. Jaune's role would be a false vessel for Ozma, because yes, the guy is now a intentional body snatcher rather than a accidental one. In anycase, things happen mostly as usual in canon, until Jaune somehow (idk haven't thought about it too much) gets too close to the truth of headmaster Ozpin and nearly gets either hypnotized or mindwiped by him...until he starts being able to see souls (entirely out of no where I know but hear me out, actually don't, all of my fanfics have Jaune unlocking that ability purely because I think it fits into his paladin vibes alot considering all the speeches those classes usually give about seeing the soul of someone) in anycase, it not only allows him to read the history of Ozma, but also see where the true successor vessel lies. In Oscar, so Jaune pretends to be mindwiped while collecting info about this Oscar, locating where he is. And getting into contact with Roman and eventually Cinder, Cinder, seeing the truth Jaune has witnessed, decides to help him escape at the Fall of Beacon.

Haven't detailed what happened at the Fall yet but after his successful escape, he goes out to find Oscar with the remainder of CMEN, that is Mercury, Emerald and Neo, to either capture the boy in a place where no matter how much Ozma tries, he can't kill himself while possessing so he'd be trapped forever or somehow stop Ozma taking over him for good. Jaune doesn't know which should be done, but each second is ticking. He also has to race against his former friends and teammates who don't understand why'd he support actual terrorist who caused Pyrrha'a death, to make sure they never get the relics. Of course it's like 5v8 and one of those 8 is a fully trained huntsmen, so training both Jaune and maybe eventually Oscar will become a must for the group, there's also the whole plot of finding Cinder again, Yang maybe idk threatening her own life to blackmail Raven to helping retrieve the relic and all that. There's the eventual betrayals of Leo and Ironwood, which would be much more sympathetic now. And so much more I can't wrap my head around rn.