Hello, readers! WaterDragonMaverick here with the newest chapter of my RWBY Original Character fic, "Sideline: Another Story". In the last chapter, we had more interactions with Piere Laiton and our heroes managed to convince him to join them for the Snow Spirit Festival. However, Celadon still didn't like the idea of being with him and Azalea made sure to put her in her place. After that, the mysterious cult prepares to get ready for their plans. How will Fragment Hunter be able to handle everything? Find out soon on "Sideline: Another Story".

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After the fight between Celadon and Azalea, Fragment Hunter continued to help the village set up for the Snow Spirit Festival. After another day of preparations, the festivities were ready to begin. "The last two days were rough," Silver remarked as he stretched his arms out. "I'm glad that everything's finished."

"Yeah. Now we can have some fun," Pinkie exclaimed in excitement as she bounced in place.

"Hold on, Pinkie. We can't have you bolting off just yet," Slate said to his little sister.

Soon, Pinkie felt something go over her head and she was soon wearing a bright pink sweater with a shooting star on the front. "There. It fits well enough," Azalea said before putting on one of her green sweaters for herself. "It's pretty cold out and I thought you'd want to wear one of my older sweaters while we walk around the festival. Besides, I kind of outgrew that one."

Pinkie looked at the sweater and beamed happily before giving Azalea a hug. "Thanks! It's so warm and fuzzy," she said before leaving the airship.

"I'll go make sure she doesn't cause any trouble," Rua said before teleporting after the energetic girl.

While everyone else got ready for the day, Oliver and Kun stayed behind to keep working on the repairs to the airship. "Who knew that one attack could do so much damage," Oliver rhetorically asked as he inspected the vehicle.

"Look who you're talking to," Kun said in response while reaching for a toolbox.

"I'll try to find some supplies if you need them, but I'm not exactly sure that most stores will be open today," Smoke said as he put on his coat.

"When has that ever stopped you," Oliver commented as he adjusted his glasses and handed a wrench to Kun. Smoke Shadow only shrugged his shoulders before leaving with Veronica Moonstone and the rest of Fragment Hunter.

As the large group walked into town, they saw that the Snow Spirit Festival was underway and the local townspeople were enjoying themselves. As they made their way toward the church to meet with Pierre, they saw all the various booths and stalls set up for the day. There were several food vendors selling hot drinks and baked goods, a number of games set up for people to enjoy, different street performers entertaining passing groups, and even an area nearby the church that let the attendees make offerings to the people they wished to honor. "Wow, this is amazing," Bianca said as she looked around the area.

"Cereza, is it like this every year," Layla asked as she made sure the coat she was wearing was zipped up.

"Normally," Cereza answered. "But there's not as many people as the last time."

"Considering everything that happened in Vale, I can understand that," Silver remarked.

"Come on. We should meet up with Pierre," Azalea said as she made her way over to the church. When everyone made it inside, they soon saw a young man with a cloak speaking to Lucifer Fujita. "Pierre? Is that you," Azalea asked as Fragment Hunter approached the two.

"Y-yeah," Pierre answered as he turned around, showing his face slightly to the group. When he realized how many people were with his new friend, he instinctively activated his Semblance. "Y-you didn't tell me there were so many of you," Pierre said.

"Sorry about that," Azalea apologized.

"On the bright side, there's more of us for you to spend time with," Percival Ivory remarked.

"Let me introduce everyone," Cereza said to her childhood friend as he turned back to normal. "We have Team SLVR with Silver Wuruhi, Lapis Ondine, Vixen Kosaku, and Rua Amaranth. Team SAFR with Sunset Blaze, Vinyl Aurum, Celadon Flynn, and Rebecca Haze. And I lead Team FCSA consisting of Layla Carbuncle, Slate Quartz, and Azalea Calla Holstein." The teenagers all greeted Pierre as Cereza introduced them, but Celadon stayed quiet.

"It's nice to meet you all," Pierre said to them before looking at the others.

"That's my mom, dad, and Uncle Ventus," Azalea voiced as she introduced her family to Pierre.

"Hello there," Ivy politely greeted Pierre while Terracotta silently nodded and Ventus waved.

Pierre waved at them, but averted his eyes when he saw the appearance of Azalea's mother. Soon, he saw Pinkie staring at him and he turned to stone once again. "That's so cool! Hi, I'm Pinkamena Momo Quartz, but everyone calls me Pinkie. I'm Slate's sister and you've got a really amazing Semblance," the pink-haired girl said before she was pulled away from Pierre.

"You're scaring him," Azalea told the girl while Slate made sure his sister was by his side. As she saw Pierre stop using his Semblance, she finished the introductions. "I'm sure you remember Smoke, Bianca, and Percival," she remarked. "And the last two here with us are Gin Aurum and Veronica Moonstone."

"We have two others, but they're working on our airship," Veronica said to the Bat Faunus. "I'm sure that with Tremor's appetite, he'll show up in town for food later."

"Come on," exclaimed Gin as he and Vinyl started heading off. "Let's go have fun."

As Fragment Hunter walked out of the church and toward the festival, Pierre looked at the group and smiled at how nice they were to him. As he stepped out of the church, he was amazed at how different the streets and buildings looked from ground level. When Cereza saw him looking around, she smiled and had him follow her while they started their day at the Snow Spirit Festival.

The large group split up into three smaller ones and went to explore the festival. Team SLVR was with Bianca, Ventus, and Percival as they watched several street performers do their acts. As the seven watched jugglers and dancers in amusement, they soon saw a number of people gathering around one performer in particular. "Let's see what they're all looking at," Percival remarked as he joined the growing crowd.

"Figuratively speaking," Lapis wryly commented as she lamented her damaged vision.

"I still don't know why you insisted on joining us when you could have gotten some rest at the airship," Vixen questioned as she looked at her teammate.

"I don't want to mope around until I get my eyes fixed," Lapis stated. "Remember what you said about Fox before we left Vale? He doesn't let his disability affect him, so I should let mine bother me anymore when it comes to being a Huntress. Especially when we can actually deal with my problem."

"That's the spirit," Rua said as she put her arm around Lapis' shoulders as they headed off to see what the crowd was watching. "Huntsman and Huntresses should be fighters in any situation. They won't let anything slow them down. They won't give up easily. They aren't scared of anyth-" Before Rua could finish her sentence, she went pale and her eyes widened at the sight of the performer's makeup-covered face. "CLOWN," Rua shouted in fear before teleporting into a nearby stall for safety, surprising the man in charge and the pair of Rabbit Faunus twins ordering something from it.

Seeing Rua's reaction, Silver and Bianca went to get her out of the stall. "Rua, it's not a clown. It's a mime," Silver stated while Bianca noticed the twins holding some paper and gave her autograph to them. "Although, I can still understand why you'd be freaked out by it," he added as he watched the mime act like he was caught in a windstorm.

"Clowns are evil and mimes are no better," Rua said as she was pulled out of the stall.

"Why is she afraid of them anyway," Bianca asked.

"I think it had to do with that one movie I saw as a kid while in the orphanage," Rua stated.

"The one where the clown could turn into its victim's worst fears and eats them after terrorizing them for a while," the stall worker voiced as he made a guess. Rua nodded as she shuddered at the sight of the mime.

"Come on. Let's get you out of here," Bianca said as she took Rua to another location while Silver went to talk with the others about what happened.

The mime bowed to the audience before heading off. While leaving, he pulled out a Scroll and messaged somebody. After a few moments, he got a reply. 'Good to know, Brother deVoix.'

Team SAFR was spending their time at the festival with Gin Aurum, Smoke Shadow, and Veronica Moonstone as they played a few games. At a shooting gallery, Sunset managed to get a high score and win a prize for herself while Smoke and Rebecca competed in a ring toss game together. Vinyl and Veronica both started to play a dancing rhythm game that was set up and Vinyl was easily proving her skills by having a score that was three times higher than Veronica's. A group eventually gathered around the girls and started to challenge Vinyl, who was willing to take on anybody who was willing. A girl with a red and black polka-dot outfit was the first to challenge her with her Cat Faunus boyfriend cheering her on. While everyone started to cheer for either side, Sunset could sense Celadon moping and soon went to talk with her. "Are you still upset about what Azalea said," Sunset asked her blonde teammate.

"It's just... Ah, I think... Oh, I don't know," Celadon sighed. "Do you really think I would be a monster if I keep judging people like Azalea said?" Sunset had an unsure expression as Celadon was reflecting on her character and was worried about it. "Am I really no better than those bullies from Team JADE?"

"You are nothing like them, but Azalea's right about you judging people too quickly," Sunset told the girl while Vinyl was showing off in the background by breakdancing. "After all, Vixen knows you shouldn't always trust your eyes. Comes with her illusions."

"What are you trying to say, Sunset," Celadon asked in curiosity.

"You need to see what Pierre's character is really like. You haven't been giving him a chance because you judged him by his looks," Sunset stated while Vinyl was beginning to do a synchronized routine with her brother. "He'll show what he's really like in the right situation. Just read his book rather than judging its cover."

Celadon looked down at her feet and thought about everything before Vinyl and Gin stopped playing the game to give the rest of the crowd a chance to play for themselves. "That was fun," Vinyl said as she stretched her arms. "What were you talking about?"

"Nothing," Celadon said as she didn't want to bother the others with her problems. "Let's just find something to eat," she suggested before leaving for another area of the festival.

Team FCSA was enjoying a variety of food with Azalea's dogs, Pinkie, Terracotta, Ivy, and Pierre joining them. As the group enjoyed their treats, Azalea and Pinkie were eating the most. "Mmm! These doughnuts are delicious," Pinkie exclaimed as she savored the taste.

"I know! They're so good. Right, Pierre," Azalea said before asking the Bat Faunus hunchback about his thoughts.

"They really are," Pierre agreed as he enjoyed a glazed doughnut for himself. Seeing Drei looking up at him without caring about his face, Pierre smiled and scratched the corgi's ears.

"I'm amazed you've been eating so much and not getting sick," Layla commented as she looked at the empty box between Azalea and Pinkie.

"You'd be amazed how much food in Vacuo tastes like sand," Slate said as he had a cookie. "While we have stuff like candied breadfruit, the desert sand tends to stick onto meat and other things. If you don't like the local spice, you probably can't handle Vacuo."

"It's true," Terracotta said. "I've been to Vacuo before visit Ventus while he was a student at Shade Academy. Give me Ivy's cooking any day." Smiling at her husband, Ivy gave Terracotta a kiss before she enjoyed a chocolate bar for herself.

Watching the affection that Azalea's parents had for each other, Pierre sadly smiled at them. "You have such a loving family, Azalea," the hunchback said. "I wish I knew why I was left at the church as a baby, but I'm happy with the nuns and clergy that looked out for me growing up. They're are my family, just like Cereza and I wouldn't have it any other way."

Cereza smiled as she looked at her friend and Pinkie's eyes began to water as she heard Pierre's words. "That's just so sweet," the pink-haired girl said before her brother placed his hat on her head.

"Come on, let's go see some of the other stuff the festival has to offer," Slate said as he finished his coffee and threw the empty cup away.

The others soon followed and enjoyed more of the Snow Spirit Festival. While they walked around the rest of the festival grounds, Team FCSA and the others played some games and watched performers before they made small offerings at the church to honor those who were believed to be lost during the Fall of Beacon. As Azalea made her offering, she reached for one of Penny's swords and looked at the blade sadly before remembering to keep Penny in her heart. Putting the weapon away, she saw the others ready to comfort her before she assured them everything was okay.

Soon, the people attending the festival started to gather toward the town square. Wondering what was going on for themselves, Team FCSA and the rest of Fragment Hunter soon regrouped and saw a man in a jester outfit speaking to everyone. "Greetings, everyone! I hope you're all enjoying the Snow Spirit Festival," the jester said before he felt a breeze. "Brr... It's chilly out here," he said before bundling up in his tattered purple cloak some more. "Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Mihai Fandango and I'd like to put on a show for you all."

The crowd was murmuring about what Fandango would say, but some members of Fragment Hunter were a little suspicious of him. "Something about that guy doesn't seem right," Sunset remarked as she looked at Fandango.

"I'll need a volunteer," Fandango asked as he searched the crowd for somebody to choose. Picking a man from the audience, he had the volunteer stand still with his eyes closed. "When I count to three, tell the audience how you see the world," Fandango said as he adjusted the man's posture with a staff he carried. "One. Two. Three~"

After Fandango sang the last number, the man opened up his eyes and screamed in a brief panic. As he began to move around strangely. "What's going on? Why am I in the clouds? Where's the town," the man asked before falling to the ground and was confused by the snow he felt. "Huh? What the..."

"What's going on," Pierre questioned as he saw the man acting unusually and was hesitant to go help him out.

When the others saw Pierre's concerns, Celadon was the first to go and speak to the man. "Are you alright," the blonde Mistralian asked. As soon as she shook him, the man stopped panicking and gave a sigh of relief. "What happened to you?"

"I don't really know," the man replied.

"He was just seeing the world from a new perspective," Fandango said. "I can show everybody," he sang. As his voice rang out, everyone in the crowd began to see their surroundings warp and they were soon standing in the clouds while the village of Notremodo was suspended above their heads. "Welcome to the inverted world, everyone," Fandango said to the crowd as they were startled by what they were seeing. "Where down is up, forward is reverse, and everything is topsy-turvy. Including your movements and sense of balance."

Fandango's words were true as when Rua tried to rush at him, she lost her balance and fell to the ground. Many members of Fragment Hunter began to stumble around with the crowd as they tried to move, but fell into the snow. Attempting to grab onto something to pull herself up, Celadon grabbed at somebody's clothes tried to stand. However, she heard a ripping sound as the other person moved and turned to see who it was. Celadon's eyes widened in regret and horror as she ended up ripping Pierre's cloak and revealing his face to the town. "No," she whispered as she realized she made the situation worse for herself and the town as everyone but the members of Fragment Hunter gasped at the sight of Pierre's deformed face and body while their senses and the village returned to normal.

"The monster..."

"It's real!"

"Why is it here today?"

"I knew it was true!"

"We need to get rid of it!"

The townsfolk all began to speak about Pierre, causing him to activate his Semblance in a poor attempt to hide. Celadon only covered her mouth and stared at the ruined cloak in her hand as she felt responsible for causing the current problem. Before anybody else could say anything, Azalea stepped in front of Pierre. "ALL OF YOU, SHUT UP," she shouted with her eyes turning red in anger. "Why are you all against this poor man? Is it just because of how he looks? His face? His back? His wings? Because you don't know anything about him!"

"Pierre has been living in this town his whole life," Cereza stated as she stood beside Azalea and Pierre. "You all believed him to be the monster in the church this whole time, but he's just a young man that you all treat horribly without even seeing him. You're all the real monsters if you just listen to rumors and false information instead of figuring things out with your own eyes," she said as she adjusted her glasses. "I'm sure that the church would be ashamed of you all for how you were about to treat Pierre. They took care of him for 20 years while you all went to mass in his very home. He's the one that rings the bells for every event in town. And if all of you continue to treat people this way, you won't be welcome where you try and go."

Cereza's speech to the crowd filled them with shame and regret. But before anybody could say something, Fandango just laughed. "This is just great! I wasn't expecting this outcome, but it will be of great use to us," the jester declared. "Brothers and Sisters, the time is now," he shouted. Soon, several cloaked people appeared before they pulled out weapons and began to attack the festival. The crowd screamed in panic and began to run for safety before the cult members cornered them. Before one of the cultists could hurt a man and his children, Rua teleported in and punched the cultist in the face, knocking them out cold.

"Eat this," Percival shouted as he fired a bone spike at a cultist with his Semblance, causing it to trap them onto a nearby booth before slashing at two more with his claws.

"Everyone, head to the church! We'll handle these guys," Sunset told the crowd as she drew her sword.

Ivy and Bianca helped the crowd get to safety with Diana while the rest of Fragment Hunter prepared their weapons. Before they could attack, everyone heard roars and growls approaching town along with other familiar cries.

"Just what we needed," Lapis remarked sarcastically as she didn't need to have perfect vision to recognize the black and white creatures approaching. "Grimm."

"Kind of expected with what just happened," Slate said as he prepared his revolvers. Shooting at some of the Beowolves that approached him, he made sure to keep his eyes on the battlefield for any opponents that would show up.

Throwing her yo-yo at a cultist's head, Pinkie was able to distract them before delivering a quick series of kicks before knocking them out with a final punch. Seeing a trio of small Nevermores approaching, she added Ice Dust to her yo-yo before performing a 'Walk the Dog' trick that went under the bird-like Grimm. With her yo-yo under the Grimm, large icicles sprang up from beneath the monsters and impaled them. Seeing her move work well, Pinkie giggled happily to herself before a cultist saw she was apparently defenseless. Feeling her wrists shaking, Pinkie immediately turned around to punch the cultist in the face a few times before kicking them aside.

As Fragment Hunter and their allies fought against the cultists and Creatures of Grimm, Mihai laughed as he watched the battle when Dracule and deVoix arrived by his sides. "This is just amazing! With this battle, our life's work will be accomplished. Fantastic," he said and sang the last word while Dracule and deVoix covered their ears. When he did, the members of Fragment Hunter began to see their surroundings become inverted again. "Brother Dracule. Brother deVoix. Shall we handle these visitors?"

"With pleasure," Dracule said as he smiled evilly, showing his sharpened canine teeth while deVoix silently chuckled.

While Fragment Hunter was affected by Fandango's Semblance, they saw that the cultists and Grimm were also affected. Lapis soon fell to the ground, but saw several Grimm-shaped blurs approaching her and recognized their growling as Ursai. With her vision bad and her other senses messed up as well, the blue-haired girl tried to think of something and came up with an idea. Taking a deep breath, she looked at the Ursai slowly approaching her and screamed loudly with her Semblance. The cry affected everyone and killed the Grimm that Lapis aimed at. With her scream echoing around the area, everyone covered their ears in pain. Being used to Lapis' Semblance enough, Fragment Hunter recovered first and soon saw everything was back to normal.

Sunset thought about what happened each time the world became distorted and realized how it happened. "Fandango's Semblance is messing with our senses! We have to deal with him now," Sunset instructed, using her Semblance's telepathy to relay the information to her allies before Lapis stopped screaming.

Percival was the first to attack by throwing spikes at Fandango, Dracule, and deVoix. Dracule dodged the attack, Fandango twirled his staff around to deflect the spike coming at him, and deVoix held up his hands like he was trapped in an invisible box. When the spikes came flying at him, the stopped in midair as if they hit something else. "What the heck," Percival questioned as he watched the spike fall to the ground.

Smirking to himself, deVoix began to act as if he was cocking a gun and pulled the trigger. When he did, Percival felt the pain of a gunshot in his shoulder before his Aura took care of the damage. Getting in close enough, Percival tried to slash at the mime with his claws and prevent him from pulling off the same trick. However, deVoix changed his stance to act as if he was drawing a katana and was able to slash at Percival easily before kicking him back to where he started. Smiling at his dominance in the battle, the silent fighter sheathed his invisible sword before pulling out the bottle of wine he took from Fandango and began to enjoy some of the alcohol.

"Is this guy for real," Silver questioned about deVoix before return his attention to a pair of Beowolves and decapitated them with his chainsaw.

"Looks like his Semblance can create invisible objects," Gin noted. "I'll handle this guy. Come on, Vinyl." The Aurum siblings soon ran toward deVoix with their katanas in their hands, but the mime saw what they were doing and acted like he was holding a shield. When the blades came close to him, deVoix blocked the weapons before pushing them back. "Let's see just what you can make," Gin taunted as he used his Connection Semblance to grab a second sword. Seeing Gin summon his weaponry, deVoix put the bottle of wine away and prepared to fight back.

While deVoix started battling against Gin and Vinyl, Fandango watched as Sunset and Vixen run at him. He only chuckled to himself before twisting a part of his staff and revealing a collapsible scythe blade. With the new bladed weapon, Fandango began to keep Sunset and Vixen at a distance before he activated his Semblance once again to affect Vixen. With her movements scrambled, Vixen was unable to block Fandango's scythe slash and was sent flying into a stall. "You'll need to try better than that," Fandango said before he got punched in the face by Sunset. "What!? How are you still moving," he questioned as he saw Sunset ready for battle. "You should still be seeing things."

"Oh, I am," Sunset remarked as she saw Fandango hanging upside down in her vision. "It's just that I've seen tricks like this before," she said as she remembered Emerald Sustrai's own Semblance that created hallucinations. "I think I'm getting used to people playing mind games with me. They're getting weaker, though."

Fandango frowned as he saw Sunset was able to resist his Semblance, but only twirled his scythe in response. "Well, let's just see how well you can handle me even with things seeming topsy-turvy to you," the jester said as he prepared himself.

"We're all in for a tough battle here with these guys," Sunset said to herself as she was worried about her friends.

With the group leaders fighting against each other, Fragment Hunter continued their own battle with the Grimm and cultists as Azalea set Gladion to use Electricity Dust and looked down at Drei. The corgi barked before jumping in the air toward his owner. Striking the dog with her baton, Azalea sent an electrified projectile toward several targets which began to bounce off of them all like a pinball. As Drei bounced off of several cultists, he soon bit down on the neck of an Ursa and the electricity surged into the Grimm. With the monster hurt, Azalea used one of Penny's swords to kill it before she Rua appeared next to her. "Battling cultist freaks and Grimm during a festival meant to bring happiness to people. I can't be the only one that thinks this is just a repeat of the Vytal Festival," Rua snarked.

"It doesn't matter if we're reliving one of the worst moments of our lives," Azalea stated. "We can at least stop these people before they hurt anybody else!"

"I wouldn't be so sure about that," said Dracule as he appeared in front of the girls. "I'm going to enjoy hurting you," Dracule told them as he showed off his teeth. Charging at the girls, Dracule drew a pair of large daggers and attempted to slash at them. As they avoided the attack, Rua went in to try and punch Dracule. Jumping back, the man grabbed a handful of snow and threw it at Rua. Not expecting the attack, Rua was nailed in the face and spit out the snow before she was grabbed and slammed into the ground. With a dagger in his free hand, Dracule tried to stab Rua in one swift motion, but only managed to graze her cheek before she teleported away. "You're finished," Dracule said with a laugh as he licked the blood off of his knife.

"That's just creepy," Azalea shuddered as she watched Dracule's actions. Soon, a small Nevermore flew down toward Dracule and attacked him. As the Grimm clawed and pecked at him, Azalea saw he wasn't entirely bothered by it and soon heard Rua crying out in pain. "Rua! What's wrong?!"

The brawler of Team SLVR cried out more as she flailed around as if to swat away at something. "It feels like that Nevermore is attacking me," Rua exclaimed.

Before Azalea could question it, Dracule rushed toward Azalea and she had to defend herself by pulling out her batons and smacked him aside while they sparked with electricity. Even though he was being pushed back, Azalea heard Rua crying out in pain as if she was the one being zapped with each strike. Realizing what was happening, Azalea stopped and backed away from Dracule. "He's reflecting whatever damage he takes back at you," she shouted to Rua. "It must have been when he licked his knife after cutting your cheek."

"Nice work figuring it out, but you'll soon suffer like your friend," Dracule said as he rushed at Azalea. Afraid to hurt Rua more, Azalea tried to avoid Dracule until she could figure out something else. Unfortunately for her, Dracule was faster than her and managed to grab a hold of her by the throat. Slamming her into the ground and stomping down on her stomach, Dracule had Azalea coughing as she was left without her normal options for escape. "I'm going to have fun doing this," Dracule said as he pressed his foot down on Azalea, making her scream. Drei attempted to save Azalea, but Dracule mercilessly kicked the corgi aside and into Slate.

Seeing the dog whimper as it stood up again, Slate's attention was now on Dracule standing on top of Azalea. With protective anger in his eyes, he prepared to shoot at the cultist before somebody else ran past him first and surprised him. Dracule turned his head to see who it was, but was punched in the face hard enough to be sent flying backward a few yards. Rua screamed in pain, but soon saw who it was that saved Azalea. Seeing Terracotta Gaia help his daughter up, everyone noticed a fierce look in the Bull Faunus' red eyes and Dracule glared at him while rubbing his sore cheek. "Nobody hurts my daughter on my watch," Terracotta said as he stared down Dracule.

"Well now, this should be fun," Dracule remarked as he removed his cloak, showing off all his scars and even a tattoo on his back that looked like a pair of devil horns forming a type of halo. "Let's see how much of a fight you can put up. This will be a bloodbath," he said with an evil grin as he held onto his daggers.

"Yeah. With your blood," Terracotta said as he gripped at Sarangay and drew the claymore off of her back.

In the mountains outside of Notremodo, more and more Grimm began to approach the village during all the panic and chaos. Beowolves, Ursai, Nevermores, and even gorilla-like Beringels started to rush toward the village. As they did, another type of Grimm slumbered under a pile of rocks. Sensing the negative emotions of the villagers and fighters, it began to awaken and make screeching sounds. As it did, a loud crunching was heard, as if the rocks it was under were being crushed with ease. With the pile moving, a single burning eye peered out and looked in the direction of Notremodo while red horns emerged from the rubble.

And done! This took a while because of life and the newest RWBY Volume. I'm loving the new canon Centipede Grimm. And the return of a beloved character! I can't wait to see what happens in Volume 7!

Onto the chapter, we now have some initial battles set up for the next chapter. Gin and Vinyl VS Pinot deVoix, Sunset VS Mihai Fandango, and Terracotta Gaia VS Dracule. Combine that with the other cultists and Grimm showing up, and we'll be getting into some action for the next chapter or two. How will our heroes stop these enemies with powerful Semblances? What kind of threat waits in the mountains? Can Notremodo be protected? Find out next time on "Sideline: Another Story"!

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