Ehe sorry for posting this a day late. I finally got a schedule for this! 1 chapter every week that'll be posted either monday or in the weekend


When the gang got to Afton they didn't expect him to be stuck in a wall. What Ren and Nora didn't expect to find was that the ruins were entirely devoid of Grimm. Not even the legendary Grimm that destroyed their home before they managed to get away. It was strangely peaceful. Since the Nuckelavee was gone maybe they could finally shut this chapter of their life down peaceful

"I CAN'T MOVE MY RIGHT LEG FOR THE LOVE OF GOD PLEASE JUST HELP ME SIT UP SO I CAN FIX MY LEG" Afton yelled, breaking the slightly peaceful moment they had from just seeing the ruins of their home not be overrun. Jaune and Vanny came to help Afton. Vanny did it because she wanted to help Springy and Jaune helped because no one other than Vanny made a move to

Afton's leg made audible click and scraping noises as metal scraped against metal. It made everyone wince as from what they heard they expected it to be a horrible injury or that Afton needed a new leg from how bad it would be. They also didn't expect Afton to begin to prod around and unlatch the suit around the metal and flesh intertwined leg and begin to prod around the joints

"If all of you are surprised I am smart. I designed these suits. If anyone knows how to repair them on the fly it would be Me" Afton said casually and kept messing with his leg. The scraping noises replaced with squelching noises and a horrible stench as the rotting flesh around his joint was finally being moved other than him just walking. It made everyone including Vanny and a random bird that was close recoil in disgust. However Vanny went straight back to looking over Afton's shoulder after a second of being disgusted

"Oh oum you reek bunny man!" Nora said and chuckled slightly and that got a chuckle out of the other teens while it got a full on laugh out of Freddy. Vanny attempted to scowl but with her mask it looked more like stare. Afton however was very absorbed in working on his leg to the point it looked like he was just tuning the rest out

The tuning out part crumbled when he suddenly whipped his head in the direction of the mountains close by and heard two things coming. They kinda sounded like plane engines and they were coming in quick

"BULLHEADS!" Jaune yelled happily as he seemingly had picked up on the noise too. Finally they could leave the wilderness and get to Minstral

"W-w-wh-w-why does a bullhead sound l-l-like a plane?" Freddy asked getting confused stares from RNJR and a look that screamed 'are you serious' from William

"Well I'd say it's a sort of plane or helicopter. However better question. What does this mean for us?" Afton asked. Slowly reaching for a shard of metal laying around him to begin to begin to scrape the wood out of his leg joints

"It means we can get out of here and into the city!" Nora yelled and jumped up, quickly getting closer to Ren to hug him tightly. The slender boy didn't seem to mind. A small smirk was on his face

Ruby was about to say something but stopped once she noticed Freddy and Afton looking at each other. Their mouths open in shock as they heard that "Something wrong?"

"Well if we are meant to come with you. Me and Freddy need a cloak… wait what's your name again" Afton just realized. He had no idea what the names of team members of team RNJR were

The four teens just stared at Afton for a moment. Their happiness suddenly pierced by the revelation they knew their new companions name but they didn't know theirs

"Well that's a problem for later" Jaune quickly added as the Bullheads got ever closer and closer "We have some blankets for you and Freddy but what about Vanny? You 2 are kinda…. big

"H-H-H-He-H-Hey! I'm not f-f-fat. I'm j-ju-j-just big boned!" Freddy added and crossed his

Afton facepalmed as he threw the piece of metal away and slowly got up. His joint still felt off. His leg lagged behind his movement but it was the best he would get without a proper workshop "You know she could just take the bunny mask off? Right?"

That got Vanny to look up and she reacted kinda strangely "I'd rather not. I like having it on!"

"Vanny take it off. Getting into the city is the best plan right now and taking you in with the that mask is gonna end badly" Afton tried to speak softly and try to get work into Vanny's fangirl behaviour

Vanny in a very out of character move shook her head. She wasn't gonna take her mask off. Finally Afton just sighed and waved Vanny over to him. Vanny decided to get closer to him to see what he wanted

And then Afton did something she never expected. He grabbed her right shoulder and moved his left hand to her chin. It looked so romantic to Vanny! Was she finally getting her kiss? No… instead he tightened his grip and ripped the mask off. The thing being thrown in a direction where it was quickly caught by Nora

Everyone except Afton gasped Vanny's long blonde hair exploded out as it was finally set free from the confines of the mask. Her dull purple eyes seemed to immediately start to shine and became beautiful harlequin. Her mouth opened like she was gonna say something but that quickly stopped as she went limp. The only thing that kept her from falling was Afton holding her

"O-o-oh wow! The fangirl is be-b-beautiful!" Freddy said with a laugh. However his laugh wasn't reciprocated by anyone. Everyone was just so stunned! Jaune was the first however to get out of of his trance

"S-She looks so much like my second eldest sister" Jaune said. His voice quivering as he took a good look at Vanny. Slowly he took a step forward and looked closer. Ren noted that except eye colour and gender yeah. Vanny and Jaune did look so much alike

"I'd love to see you all talk more and find out if you are family or something but can me and Freddy get those blankets. That bullhead thing is getting close and we should go and get on immediately once they are here" Afton said and tried to snap his fingers only to get a mix between metal scrapping noise and a squelching noise. It was enough to get them to get to action

Afton slowly put Vanny down on the ground and just lost himself in thought. Even when his body was covered in blankets, even when he got onto the strange flying machine while Jaune carried the unconscious Vanny

He just couldn't shake the feeling of the hold he had on the woman seemingly get locked away when the mask was removed. He would look into this later. If redemption needed it gone, he wouldn't mind. He just hoped it would bite him in the ass later


Sorry for this chapter not being as humor focused. Also I probably should say this before it gets called out as BS. I won't use Vanny/Vanessa's "cannon" backstory since most of us have no idea if it is cannon or a possessed Vanessa/glitchtrap just messing with the therapists to not seem suspicious so I'll make my own!

Also yes Harlequin is a shade of green