Extra: A New Friend

Within Vale, there was a certain orange hair girl wandering around humming tunelessly to herself. Penny Polletina had been given permission to have free time and therefore she decided to visit downtown Vale again. Her main objective was to aimlessly drift around, trying to find something to do or, even better, find her best and only friend Ruby. However after two hours, there seemed to be nothing to do. She continued walking down the street looking around to see if there was anything to do. 'Maybe I should report back to Father and General Ironwood. It is a shame that there's nothing to do…' Penny then perked up as an idea came up 'Perhaps I should continue looking, after all there is still some time left before curfew.' Just as she was about to move, there was a tiny tug from her leg and she looked down to see what it was.

The culprit was a tiny doll, who was about two feet tall, wearing a green and white dress with black highlights and a red bow on its head. It seemed to have glossy blue eyes, long wavy yellow hair, and no mouth. When it realized that it had her attention, it just stared back at Penny who was also staring at it.

Penny blinked.

The doll blinked.

Penny tilted her head.

The doll also tilted her head.

'This doll doesn't seem to be a threat,' Penny brightened up when she thought of something 'maybe we can be friends!'

"Salutations little sentient wooden toy!" She stood straight as she raised her hands as a greeting "Would you like to be my friend?"

The doll stared at Penny's hands before taking a glance at its own hands and then mimicked Penny, raising its own hands similar to Penny.

Penny took this as a sign of confirmation and squealed with joy. Her second visit to Vale and she already made another friend! Before she could do anything else, the doll turned away from her and started to wave its hands frantically.

As if it were a signal, a doll similar to the one before Penny popped out of a trash bin and then rushed towards the two.

The door of a nearby store opened and five identical dolls poured out of the door and dashed to where Penny was.

As a bus stopped by the next station, six dolls jumped off the steps near the bus door and started to run towards Penny.

Penny watched in awe as more and more dolls came out and joined the gradually growing group until there were 25 dolls standing in front of her. They all raised their hands similar to Penny's greeting.

Penny shook with anticipation as she asked "Do all of you want to be my friends too?" She received 25 nods and she whooped with joy. "Come new friends! We shall go partake in casual pastime activities friends do! First, to the park!" She rushed towards the nearest park, the swarm of dolls following her. If Penny had paid more attention, she would notice other civilians staring at her as she shouted seemingly at nothing.


The park was peaceful and calm as the swings were occupied by a certain robot and her new small friends. As she was being pushed by the dolls, who were standing on each other to reach and push Penny, she wondered how these dolls could move. 'Is it magic, advanced technology, or maybe a new breed of organisms?' Thinking about this, she contemplate whether she should inform Ironwood about these new creatures. She looked at the dolls before concluding 'Ruby decided to accept me and keep my secret, I will do the same with these functional dolls.'

"By the way, do you all have a name?" The dolls paused for a bit before shaking their heads. At this, Penny let go of one hand on the swing and placed it on her hand in a thinking pose. She snapped her fingers "Success! Your names will be Shanghai! Short for Shanghai Alice of Meiji!" Penny remembered hearing that name from an old legend and for some reason the name seemed to fit. The dolls all seemed to be satisfied before pushing Penny again. This continued before she felt something hard press on her head.

"Put your hands on your head, and kneel to the ground. Any sudden movements and I will shoot you." Looking back revealed a man with a Grimm mask, a White Fang member, with antlers visible pointing a gun at her. For some reason, he was ignoring the tall column of dolls standing on top of another.

"Did you get another hostage, Joe?" Another White Fang member asked her fellow comrade while she and three more members tied and gagged ten other civilians.

"Yeah, I think we should head back now. We got enough for a demand, anymore and some people might start to realize somethings wrong."

Penny was, quote, "combat ready", anytime for any situation. However since the slightest wrong movement could set the White Fang members off, she decided to play along for now. So she raised her hands and soon she was tied like the rest. The group started to walk deeper into the woods until they reached a clearing. There was a small camp built, no doubt to wait until nightfall to perform these actions. Seeing the hostages, the rest of the White Fang members started to approach the group.

Seeing as the last chance to do something, Penny decided to go into action. However instead, one of the members soon found being slammed around by an unseen entity by his foot. The rest of the White Fang saw this and pointed their guns in the direction, trying to figure out what was wrong. However Penny could see three of the dolls grabbing the White Fang's leg and swinging him around with no problem. The rest of the dolls rushed forward, running towards the White Fang members and the camp.

Before Penny was a scene of chaos, the dolls had scattered to cause general mayhem. Some were attacking and chasing the White Fang members, others were tearing down the tents and supply crates. While the rest tried to carry off the hostages, lifting the confused and terrified civilians and carrying them off to a safe distance. Seeing the operation failed and with no other option left, the members began to run towards the bullhead.

Seeing the slowly rising Bullhead, one of the dolls spread its arms and the others began to swarm around the lone doll. Soon the pile began to grow and take shape until a giant doll was visible. The doll looked just like the smaller ones except it had a mouth and two broadswords by its side. As it stood up from its kneeling position, it towered over the unaware citizens and an awestruck Penny. It glanced down at the group and smiled before unsheathing one of its broadsword with just one hand. Raising the weapon over its head, the giant then swung down at the rising aircraft. The blade managed to dig into the top of the ship and send it crashing to the ground.

Satisfied with its work, it suddenly fell apart into 25 dolls again. Shaking their heads and dusting themselves off, they soon began to run away into the woods. They paused before turning to Penny and waving. Penny waved back, a feeling of great sorrow accompanying her system.

"Goodbye new friends!" she watched sadly as the dolls disappeared into the bushes. Penny did not notice the Vale Police department arrive to the scene as well as the civilians giving her an odd look.


Penny sighed as the black car started to move away from the Valian (?) park. From the side, Ironwood noticed this and decided to ask "What's wrong Penny?"

She sighed again before replying "It is nothing General, I just met some new friends and I will miss them just like with Ruby."

Ironwood smiled softly as he patted Penny's head. "I'm sure you will see them again, besides later I need to make a visit towards Beacon for the dance. I will make sure you can see your friend Ruby again." At this Penny perked up and she started slightly bouncing, excited at the prospect of seeing her best friend again.

But then a tap on her side prompted her to look and she saw a surprising and pleasant sight. Shanghai had its head out of Penny's side somehow being able to hide inside her body. Penny was further pleased when numerous other heads of its brethren popped out. After a while they darted back into her body but it was enough for her to realize that her new friends could somehow hide inside her. If Penny had human functions, her heart would be soaring with joy. Not only would Penny soon see her best friend but also her new friends would stay by her side forever.


Stand Name: Shanghai Alice of Meiji

Description: Shanghai can appear as 25 small dolls or can group together to form a giant tall doll about the size of a two story building.

Power: C-A

Speed: A-D

Range: B

Durability: C-A

Precision: A-D

Development Potential: D

Abilities: (Doll Army) There are 25 dolls that are at least 2ft tall and are incredibly fast. One doll is strong enough to carry at least 50 pounds and is fast enough to outrun dogs running at full speed. However they can be easily defeated by forces as strong as a flying bullet. If one is destroyed, as long as there is one doll left each will take two minutes to respawn. If all are destroyed all dolls will respawn in 15 minutes. Each doll can also self-destruct and the blast is powerful.

(Goliath Doll) The dolls can form together into a giant doll with two large broadswords. The stand gains more strength and is more durable. However it loses most of its speed and in addition due to its size, it can be incredibly inaccurate. When damaged enough it will collapse into 25 separate small dolls again.


A/N: Whelp Penny unknowingly awakened her stand and now she has 25 dolls to keep her company. Anyway this is just filler before the main cast in the school gets their own stands (also I need to work on chapter 4 of Fall and Bite the Dust). In addition, I have decided to make this a Vol. 2-3 AUish story. Anyway hope you enjoyed this filler and as always if you have any comments or criticism, then just say it.