Watching Jaune Again!

by NigmaShady

People of Remnant are pulled into another theater watching different scenarios of one Jaune Arc except there's a twist. What do you mean they go back to their reality? What do you mean he might go into watching himself along with the cast of characters? A different take on the react trend in RWBY fics. (Changed to Rated M in chapter 5) (Discontinued)

14. Firefly Fun House

AN: Wow it's been a long time since I've updated. To give a very short reason as to why… I'll make it into a sequence of events. Got a job, got into a car crash, got sick, went on a vacation, got sick again while still working on the job.

It's a good time for me to see how the community would react to something of this chapter, pro-wrestling is a bit of a niche. This might be the only one because it's so unique that people from the outside can actually like it for other reasons. If the chapter receives praise maybe I'll do one on MMA. I'm in a surprised state to see theThe Chronicle Theater by 12interestingname34 surpass me in terms of favorites, follows and reviews so quickly. It makes me feel like I'm a bad writer if I can't elicit such a response from this community. Sorry if I sound so pessimistic but this who I am.

1)Why does this author focus on Jaune's fraud so much?

Shady-kun: Well the reason why I focus on this so much is because it's like a catalyst in most stories of Jaune Arc to make him a bad guy or create a storyline where he becomes a hero. It's also the one that has consequences in the real story since it's the main reason why he gets blackmailed by Cardin. What the hell happened to Yang or Blake's crimes throughout season 1… were they just forgotten. Probably because they were female.

Exiled: Well, if I made any fanfiction of my own, then I'd use Jaune's false transcripts as a way to motivate Jaune. I both liked and disliked the way he viewed his situation in the show. He was aware enough to realize that he is the comedic relief, but wanted to change that (only with the wrong methods). Personally, if Miles, Kerry, and Monty made it so Jaune barely passed by a single point into Beacon, it would make things much easier for all of us and no one would really hate him as much as they do for no apparent reason.

2)What do you think of Jaune's new look in the new season and just the new season in general?

Shady-kun: Awful… just plain awful on Jaune's hairdo, it's like they've decided to make an OC. The new season is alright but I'm waiting for a specific fuckup to happen.

Exiled: I like it. The haircut is just fine. I don't understand why people make such a big deal out of it. It looks better than Blake's haircut. Her haircut looks like a 3 year old with safety scissors had their way with it. His hair actually looks good—maybe has some gel and is styled. I also like his weapons' upgrades. The new season is hype but so far it kind of feels like an set up more than the action I was expecting.

3)If there was a fanfic in RWBY that could replace the real series, what would it be?

Shady-kun: For me personally, it would be PaulXion's Tomorrow and Never Again because it's the best time travel fanfic for me, it actually includes a lot of characters seamlessly through the plot especially the ones introduced in Season 3. It also looks into the idea of what it really means to be a 'hero' and the sacrifices it takes with nothing about parentage helping out so much.

Exiled: I have no comment on this one. I feel that canon should be canon because that's where we get all of our fanfiction from.

4)Would you rather have Jaune in a different universe or the RWBY cast for a reaction chapter?

Shady-kun: This was one posted as a review where he or she would like to have just Jaune in a different universe than the RWBY cast but I find the RWBY cast harder to do and better. If you have just Jaune, even by my fic's point, the ones with the most comments would be from Team RWBY and JNPR because they know him, most what the others would say are generic reactions. Having the cast allows a different dynamic also different reactions. That's how I would put it, maybe I'd do it but I don't want to do it all the time like a certain reaction fanfic.

Exiled: personally, I don't know. Kind of a cop out answer but I'm a fan of almost everything so I'll give almost anything a shot at least once.

5. What piece of media do you truly hate and nobody can convince you to change or reconsider?

Shady-kun: For me there are only two, one is Legend of Korra because it is a travesty towards the original. What hurts is that it is made by the creators of Last Airbender. I hated from the departure of spirituality, to a Mary Sue whose problems are easily solved by others, the grand agenda to have same sex relationships, no more training, the waste of non-benders vs benders, and the world that revolutionized to a Prohibition style Chicago look.

The next one is Steven Universe but that's because of the intolerant fandom that nearly pushed a woman to suicide and spouse racist and bigoted words to people who criticize or not like the show. Another part I hate is that the image of teaching consent to kids when if one were to look at the dialogue and the actions, there's a weird rape element, maybe it's just me especially when it was with Pearl and Garnet. I fear for the fandom of this community because of that meme that became trending with using the death of Monty Oum… jesus just stop it.

Exiled: I can't really think of anything at the moment. Ask me later XD.

Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY or WWE that is in the hands of Rooster Teeth and Vince McMahon respectively.

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"What was that?" Ruby asked as a lot of the people were confused as to how Jaune looked and how he acted.

The Creator smirked. "Oh, I have a special one for you all today. It's a horror and thriller but disguised as something… childish I suppose. Just remember this is just one scenario out of an entire multiverse."

Jaune felt some bad butterflies in his stomach. "It's just… I don't see myself saying 'Let me in,' like that you know."

"I second it, Jaune even with a ridiculous power up with his huge aura is as harmless as Zwei." Yang commented earning a glare from her kitty kat of a partner as she mumbled along the lines as the corgi was the devil.

Nice and soothing yet kid-friendly music started as a red cloud was zoomed in to reveal a kid show intro called 'Firefly Fun House.' From left to right of the happy sign was a buzzard, a girl in a witch costume and an adorable bunny. The intro song played out. "We're really glad that you're our friend and this is a friendship that will never, never end."

"A kid's show? This is supposed to be horror?" Coco's eyebrow raised as it didn't look like no serial killer or ghost popping out.

Neptune chuckled. "If this is horror then I'll definitely get through this."

Ruby yelled in agreement. "I agree!"

Blake chuckled. "Sometimes it's the things that look normal that are the scariest."

A quaint little home with an old television set along with a vase of red roses, a large brown carpet, a crude drawing of a little girl hanging on the wall. There was a small window that opened to show some sunflowers hanging on the perch and a fake blue wall that was supposed to be the sky. There was a brown table where on top of it was a shoe box that had the words, 'Mercy the Buzzard', written on it.

"Looks quite childish, kind of like Red's Clues." Weiss commented.

Velvet smiled. "I love that show, it was so sad that the host, Steve, died after he left for college."

Ren blinked in surprise. "Isn't he just not acting anymore? That hoax was destroyed a year ago."

The door opened slowly to reveal Jaune Arc with a huge smile on his face while wearing a collared red t-shirt, brown pants and black shoes, he extended his arms in elation as children's cheers were heard from his entrance.

Pyrrha smiled. "He looks quite dapper."

"You mean boring! Jesus, what kind of wardrobe is that. Looks like something a square would wear." Coco commented as her fashionista senses rang Defcon 2.

Through the claps and hollers of the kids, he winked as he opened his mouth. "Did you miss me, oh, how I have missed you!"

"Why is our fearless leader doing this, shouldn't he be with us kicking names and taking asses!" Nora declared while others giggled at her exclamation while Ren simply face palmed at what she had just said.

The Creator simply smiled. "You'll see, maybe people would be glad for Ozpin and Glynda's decision for Jaune's stay in Beacon." The two teaching staff for Beacon were confused at what the Creator meant.

Several 'awhs' were heard from the audience as Jaune pointed forward. "But I knew that we would be back together someday. I saw it. In my dreams. This is my firefly fun house! And my name is Jaune Arc."

Adam scowled. "Why would we even watch such kiddish trash? There's no purpose."

The Creator chuckled. "Who knows? I would definitely keep all comments about how childish this show is… it is designed for kids like those learning shows."

He laughed. "Yowie wowie! We're gonna have so much fun here! This… this is my special place. And all my fireflies can feel safe here. But I cannot wait to show you all on what I have learned."

Nora's eyes were sparkling. "Oooh, Fearless Leader has become like Professor Port-Port and Oooooobleck. Will he be boring or will he be interesting? If he's boring like them then I'd break his legs off."

Pyrrha laughed softly. "I'm sure he'd learn lessons from them to keep people awake."

Ruby smiled. "Yeah, I mean what fun would it be if everything's all about boring stuff that we're not going to use."

Weiss sighed in order to stop the headache from coming back. "You should respect them more, you know."

He ducked down to hide himself from view, when he stood back up. The screen started to fade to black and back to normal several times as hushed voices rang out. Jaune's eyes were covered by his now gloved hands which had 'HURT' and 'HEAL' written on them.

Velvet squeaked out in surprise. "What… what was that?!"

Blake was intrigued by that sudden shift in tone along with those new gloves. 'Were they the cause… no it just seems to simple if it was like that.'

A congratulatory horn sound played out as he removed his gloved hands from his eyes. "Oh… I want to introduce you to some very special friends that I met along the way."

A toy buzzard came out of the shoebox as it looked around to find who was finding him cute judging by the sounds of the audience. "I'm Mercy… the buzzard"

From the window, out of nowhere, a doll wrapped in clothes that would be right for a funeral appeared. "Hi! I'm Abby… the witch."

"Kind of weird and not child-friendly to have a predatory bird and an evil figure as characters for kids." Sun commented as others agreed.

Ozpin instead chuckled. "Instead of a live audience it seems that most of the children's sounds are pre-recorded. Also these characters will not matter as long as they fulfill their purpose."

It shifted back to Jaune who could barely contain his excitement. "You are going to love them! Now… I used to be a very bad man." Children started to boo him as the blonde hung his head down in shame.

Raven chuckled. "That's a bit… overboard. But who am I to really judge that."

Summer smiled. "It's a bit weird that this kind of subject would be shown here... but maybe things have changed since the last time I've seen something like this with my girls."

Tai smiled. "Definitely, we now have gems that act like real people. "

Qrow scoffed. "That's kinda dumb."

The boos continued on and on as if they were on repeat" Ok… I deserve that… but trust me I've been barbarically punished for all my wrongdoings." The kids who booed him were now clapping. "And that part of me is dead now! But I do keep a reminder so that in my weakest moments, I will never come back to that pathetic slob loser ever again!"

Ruby and the rest of the gang were confused at what other Jaune was talking about especially the subject in question. Pyrrha frowned. "This is not the Jaune that I know… what happened?"

Ren cupped his chin with his fingers and thought… "Maybe he had a bad day and decided to do a kid's show… I got nothing."

A cardboard cutout of Jaune in a Beacon uniform appeared as the boos erupted while Jaune was now cupping his ear with the gloved hand that had 'HURT' on it. As if someone was telling him to do something. He chuckled as he revved up the chainsaw in his hands.

He then turned around with the now alive chainsaw and cut his own cutout in half through the thunderous applause of the audience of kids. His answer was to laugh hysterically at the state of the now bisected version of his past self.

"Now that's just twisted of a thing to do to yourself." Yang muttered as others were confused by his actions. This was not one would associate for something for kids to sit down and watch to learn about the world or have fun in an escapist way.

Raven smiled. "That's one way of removing your weaker self."

Nora frowned to both what Raven said and her own team leader's actions. "Now why would our Fearless Leader cut himself in half… maybe it's fun?"

Jaune shook his head. "I think it's too early to tell but..." There was something wrong with his counterpart… he could feel it like there was a dark bottomless pit about to swallow him whole. "Something is really wrong with my other self."

He looked at the camera. "Our fun's just getting started here! Remember fireflies, I'll always light the way! All you have to do… is let me in!" He turned on the chainsaw again as the intro music played in the background. "I'll see you again."

The childish intro played out with the same characters in the beginning. "We're really glad that your our friend, and this is an adventure that will never, ever end."

Sienna scowled. "So all we are going to watch is this childish human nonsense."

Adam nodded in agreement. "If it is then why are we watching this?"

The Creator chuckled darkly. "You'll all see, I'm afraid."

The kid show called 'Firefly Fun House,' started anew with the same introduction. From left to right of the happy sign was a buzzard, a girl in a witch costume and an adorable bunny. The intro song played out. "We're really glad that you're our friend and this is a friendship that will never, never end."

Jaune was now in the room wearing a brown collared t-shirt, pants and shoes. The only color difference was the red beret that was placed on his head. A canvas and an easel faced him as he was painting on it. He then noticed that the cameras were rolling and smiled. "Oh, bonjour. As you can see, I love to paint."

Winter's eyebrow raised in question. "What is the purpose of this episode? He's just painting."

Weiss was utterly confused. "... Now he is painting, what's next… sewing! There is no rhyme or reason to this at all."

"Painting is a way for me to, uh, express my suppressed feelings. And when your expressing yourself, hmm, no one can ever truly hurt you." From his left, a toy rabbit came out and bounced around the wooden table.

Coco smirked. "Huh… would you at that, V. Looks like he really loves bunnies."

"Coco, stop it!" Her partner's ears wiggled like Zwei's tail as her face erupted in red due to embarrassment.

"What's up Jaune. Are you painting over there, dude?" Jaune's face turned to sheer joy upon finding the rabbit. "Hey! It's Rambling Rabbit. I sure am Rambling Rabbit, would you like to see?"

Neptune asked. "What's with the supporting cast? A rabbit, a bird and a witch… how can someone come up with this?"

Sun shrugged his shoulders. "Makes it unique I guess from what I've seen."

The rabbit nodded his head up and down furiously causing Jaune to chuckle as he slowly removed the canvas from the easel and hung it next to his painting of a girl with black hair. He then showcased it to the camera where it was a burning Beacon with faces on the windows crying. Terrified screams rang out in the background as he then hung it on the wall.

Ozpin blanched a bit which amused Juniper since having that prized place of her former… lover be burnt to the ground. However the headmaster of Beacon was taken aback by such an image. "My word…"

Glynda scowled. "This is totally inappropriate to show on television especially to such a young audience."

Abby the Witch suddenly appeared, awake, she glared at Jaune. "Hey! This is no time for games!"

"Yowie wowie!" He clutched his beret nervously to his chest as he looked down at the now terrified rabbit. "You better run now, Rambling Rabbit. Abby the Witch is awake."

"Wow! I better get out of here." Rambling Rabbit then disappeared as Jaune turned his attention now to Abby the Witch. He threw his beret away and walked slowly to her.

Nora chuckled. "That Abby the Witch reminds me of Weiss in a normal morning."

"I am not that grumpy!"

Ruby took this as the signal to glomp her partner to soothe her rising anger. "Aww, don't be like that Weiss. We can't help it when you start-"

Weiss fumed in more frustration. "Because you clearly don't think to look at-"

Yang chuckled at her teammate's antics. "I'm gonna say that we need to move on or else things will get icy."

The collective groan of everyone in the room had stopped Weiss from her anger-filled speech and instead the white haired heiress decided to glare at the blonde bomber. To which Yang just answered with a smirk.

This just made Abby angry as her voice was raised. "What did I tell you about fooling around in the funhouse?! You didn't learn your lesson from last time, did you? You were a very bad boy."

Jaune stepped back a bit, he got hit by so many bombs from Abby the Witch that it almost sent him reeling. "Woah… Take it easy, Abby. That's all in the past. Besides… I'm really sorry for what I did."

Sun was confused. "I don't really get it… what did he do that is so bad?"

He then looked at the camera. "All of you forgive me, right?"

Nora yelled out. "Of course!"

His face showed signs of nervousness but it left as the kids started cheering for him as if they were proud of what he has done. He shrugged his shoulders at Abby who sighed. "Fine. Just keep it down when I'm trying to get my beauty rest."

"Of course." He whispered to Abby as he walked slowly back from the witch who closed her eyes but remained where she was by the window. "Shhhhhhh... that's Abby the Witch, she's a bit of a sociopath."

Winter frowned at that specific choice of word. "Kind of a weird word to showcase in a kid's show."

Qrow chuckled. "I don't know, I'm kind of enjoying it so far."

Ozpin stared at him. "So when he made that painting about-"

Qrow interrupted him. "If you wanted to jail or punish anyone for saying something or expressing something that isn't right. The prisons would be filled to the brim, today."

Rambling Rabbit appeared again as he looked at Jaune. "Hey! Isn't sociopath, like the word of the day or something?"

A lightbulb appeared on top of Jaune as it lit when he realized that Rambling Rabbit was right. "You know what Rambling Rabbit, I think you're right. Sociopath is the word of the day."

"Sociopath." A very colorful version of the word appeared to his and Rabbit's left as a firefly flew to each letter once uttered. "S-O-C, I-O-P, A-T-H. Sociopath."

"Hey Renny! What's a sociopath?"

Ren answered Nora's question. "It's a person that has an extreme lack of conscience or morality with clear consciousness while manifesting antisocial attitudes and behaviors."

Nora looked at Pyrrha to explain what Ren had just said. "It's a person that has no feelings, knows what they're doing while being a jerk to everyone." It may have been a bit tad simple of a description but it did the job as Nora suddenly realized what a sociopath is.

He laughed as the crowd cheered for the word of the day, his expression became forlorn out of nowhere. "I think that's all the time we have for today."

He stood back up with hands behind his back. "But remember fireflies, as always, I'll light the way. All you have to do is let me in. See ya!" He then waved goodbye as the familiar intro played on screen signifying the end of this episode.

Yang asked. "What's the deal with the fireflies?"

Blake answered. "Maybe he likes fireflies."

They looked to the blonde knight who nodded. "Yeah… I do like fireflies especially back home at night."

"We're really glad that you're our friend and this is a friendship that will never, never end."

The kid show called 'Firefly Fun House,' started anew with the same introduction. From left to right of the happy sign was a buzzard, a girl in a witch costume and an adorable bunny. The intro song played out. "We're really glad that you're our friend and this is a friendship that will never, never end."

"What's this one going to be? Is he now going to show the birds and the bees?" Tai jokingly asked as some chuckled.

Summer shook her head. "I think he's going to be a bit more dark."

Jaune entered his fun house with renewed vigor as Mercy's head popped up of the shoebox. He then went back within his home to do… something. Jaune didn't notice as he closed the door amidst the cheers of the children which were now smaller. "Welcome! To the firefly fun house!"

Pyrrha wondered. "Is the bird… eating stuffing?"

Ren's shoulders shrugged. "I think you're right Pyrrha. But what is he actually eating?"

Yang commented. "I'm betting it's that Abby the Witch."

"Now today… is going to be a really, really fun day. Hey!" He then looked to his right at Mercy who had some white stuffing in his mouth.

Mercy's response was to burp which caused some stuffing to fall down back in the box. He then started eating more of it as Jaune walked up to him. "Mercy the Buzzard what do you got there in your mouth."

The buzzard turned around. "Oh, it's nothing." It then went back to eating as Jaune chuckled. "Aw, come on hermano. Don't be like that. We're all friends here in the Firefly Fun House. Show us what's in the box."

Ruby chuckled. "That buzzard looks like Zwei when you catch him eating aura-infused dog food."

Yang laughed. "I think you're not telling the whole story, Rubes. I remember it was you who did it after the little ball of cuteness just gave a puppy dog stare."

Ruby blushed in embarrassment and then tried to grab her sister but the elder sister decided to just stretch her arm out to keep her Ruby at arm's length. Ruby cursed the reach advantage.

Mercy turned around again. "Back off man! I said, it was nothing."

The kids shouted their disappointment which caused Abby the Witch to wake up. "What are you trying to hide in there, Mercy?"

"None of your damn business, Abby! Now go back to sleep, you old hag!" Mercy retorted as Jaune was trying to keep the peace in the fun house.

"That Mercy has a bad mouth." Velvet murmured.

Neptune chuckled. "I think it shows a different side to what a kid's show can do."

"Alright, alright, alright. Let's all just settle down and calm ourselves. Now, I'm gonna take a look what's in the box so that we can all move on. Let me see right there-"

Mercy turned around as it glared at Jaune like a predator. "Woah, take it easy, Mercy."

He then grabbed the ruined body of Rambling Rabbit as his face turned into one of horror. But he suddenly smiled at the carnage. "Yowie wowie! Is this Rambling Rabbit?"

Velvet, Ruby, and surprisingly Blake looked horrified at the state of the rabbit after being mauled by Mercy the Buzzard. Yang exclaimed, she nearly jumped out of her seat. "Wha… What is this?! What's the deal with Lover Boy's reaction?! It's like that excited him or something!"

Pyrrha scowled. "It might be like the despair one."

A lot of people shuddered from the memories of reliving that particular scenario, those atrocities they committed all because they were brainwashed… had truly scarred them deeply. Jaune frowned. "I think this is just the beginning of things to come."

"Wha- What have you done?"

Mercy grunted. "I despise Rambling Rabbit. He was trying to force me to adhere to his bohemian world view and all the stupid ideologies."

Yang stormed in. "You don't teach kids to kill others for sharing other ideas that you don't like."

Weiss nodded. "Indeed."

The response was boos from the kids as Jaune held out the carcass of Rambling Rabbit which was torn to shreds. He then shook his head in disappointment. "Oh, Mercy. It's perfectly ok to express yourself in whatever way you want to. Whether it's by painting a painting, flying a kite or ripping Rambling Rabbit to shreds."

Ren shook his head. "I would disagree."

Juniper nodded her head. "I definitely agree, freedom to express oneself means anything goes."

Ozpin stared at her. "Would you really just rip someone to shreds to make a point?"

Juniper chuckled at the hidden choice of words and the true meaning. She responded with a small smile. "Isn't the last time it happened?"

The words of 'HURT' and 'HEAL' appeared along with a maniacal smiling Jaune before coming back to a more afraid Mercy who was nodding to what Jaune was talking about. "The point is you can be forgiven, no matter what. Just like I was. In fact, I think you should be rewarded."

Ruby shivered in terror at those images. "There's something definitely wrong with this other Jaune."

Blake grimaced. "That message just… sounds so wrong."

Adam smiled. "I think that's the first time I'd agree from the mouth of a human."

"Are you saying what I think your saying, Jaune?"

"I think I am. It's party time." Jaune chuckled as he put on some groovy sunglasses as various kids of different ages were stuck to the floor in an indian sitting position. They struggled to get out since there were chains that held them there. However their faces showed how bored they were or… how absent they really were.

Velvet cringed at looking at what Jaune was doing with the chained kids along with the situation that they were captured. "What is going on?"

"I'll tell you what's going on, he's kidnapping kids." Neptune exclaimed.

Yang stormed in with her opinion. "This show's gotten even weirder and darker."

Jaune kneeled down to them. "Hey everybody." He then chuckled as he grabbed a stuffed toy lamb. "And remember fireflies. I'll always light the way, all you have to do is let me in."

Ruby shivered in a bit of terror as others became a bit fearful of how he said that particular phrase. Jaune frowned. "It looks like we are close to who this other me really is."

Qrow started to drink from his flask. "I'm thinking he's crazy."

"Bye!" He waved goodbye. "See you next week."

The familiar intro played on screen signifying the end of this episode. "We're really glad that you're our friend and this is a friendship that will never, never end."

The kid show called 'Firefly Fun House,' started anew with the same introduction. From left to right of the happy sign was a buzzard, a girl in a witch costume and an adorable bunny. The intro song played out. "We're really glad that you're our friend and this is a friendship that will never, never end."

But when it showed the house no one was there- "Hey! I'm over here." The camera panned from left to right and up and down but there was no sign of Jaune Arc anywhere.

"Not there silly." The camera then came back to where Mercy and Abby were previously and mysteriously everyone was there. Rambling Rabbit was on the chair shivering in fear as he wore a band-aid across his eye. Jaune was between Mercy and Abby. "Yowie wowie! You found me! And I'm glad you did because I want to show you… a secret."

Winter was confused. "Probably is going to talk about those kids he imprisoned and possibly brainwashed to be on his show."

Qrow chuckled. "Or how he even got a kid's show?"

Summer placed her two cents in. "Or he got kicked out of Beacon and why did he call himself a bad person?"

Raven piped in. "Would you just stop and let him talk!"

He then lifted his finger to his mouth to shush the kids who made noises of intrigue and surprise. "Shhhhh-"

"You woke me up for this, it better be good." Abby's eyes opened as she glared at the other three.

Mercy nodded. "Yeah, let's hurry this up. I got stuff to do."

"Oh, come on." He sighed heavily but maintained his jubilant smile. "It's almost time for me to show the world on what I've really been working on. But… I can't do it alone. I'm gonna need the help of all my fireflies, so~ who's with me?!"

Coco cringed. "Ugh, that's just creepy for a guy to sound so excited."

Amber nodded. "I agree. What's the deal with the fireflies?"

Everyone looked at the Creator as he chuckled. "Well because fireflies are nice and they light up the way for a person."

He laughed as the children cheered. "Oh, that just warms my soul. But don't worry." He pointed to his noggin. "There's a lot of darkness in this old noggin but this time it's different. This time I learned how to harness it."

Juniper was definitely interested about the darkness in a particularly innocent-looking blonde knight. "Maybe I should take some notes."

Ozpin looked at Glynda and scowled at what his former… lover said. "I'm starting to think we need a therapist for the students… especially Mr. Arc."

The two teachers looked at the now uncomfortable Jaune who looked back and around as his teammates and friends were looking at him with concern or weariness. "I swear guys, I'm fine."

Images flashed of 'HURT' and 'HEAL' sporadically while he was talking to the camera, his hands were behind his back. "How to control it."

His smile dropped immediately. "So what do you say… you wanna see my secret?"

Weiss hmphed, since this 'secret' should have been already revealed. "Just show it."

He turned his back to the door as Mercy opened his mouth in shock and started to shiver in terror. Rambling Rabbit cowered near the chair as he was begging for it to stop. Abby's eyes and mouth opened in surprise as-

Everything faded to black before the fun house turned into something sinister as Jaune was repeating the words 'Let me in' while the background played a distorted and slow version of 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.'

Ruby was confused. "What's with all the spooky stuff?"

Pyrrha shrugged her shoulders. "Because it's supposed to be a horror moment in a kid's show… I guess."

Jaune turned around to reveal this new… thing. He was decked out in more sinister clothing complete with a gnarled facemask and long braids of dark brown hair. He then looked at the camera. "Yowie wowie. Let me in."

"What the hell was that?!" Nora exclaimed as others were either shocked or confused with this new form or the secret that other Jaune showed.

Jaune felt terror reach his heart, this form felt wrong. "That's… one Oum of a secret. Am I supposed to be a dark version of myself."

It suddenly cut to an immediate news broadcast of Lisa Lavender as the headline read. 'Young hunter-in-training found dead in front of Valean airdock.' The face of Cardin Winchester looked like he was in deep terror before he passed away.

Ozpin and Glynda looked distraught, the headmaster was astounded of what had just occurred. "H-How could this have happened under our watch?"

The others were also in surprise, Velvet piped up. "Even if he was mean to me… I wouldn't want anyone to end up like… that..."

Her partner decided to hug her, she couldn't blame Velvet for her soft heart who could not really hold a grudge for so long. Pyrrha winced at seeing that face. "What happened to him?"

"Breaking news as one Cardin Winchester was found dead this morning in the air docks here in Vale. Police note that the cause of death was strangulation despite the numerous bruises and lacerations all over the hunter-in-training's body."

"Brothers… they didn't kill him, they tortured him." Blake spoke aloud.

She sighed sadly. "We have yet to receive word from Beacon however we may have caught the culprit. This video shows Mr. Winchester being dragged forcefully by some man wearing a facemask before the suspect drove his hand into the victim's mouth and throat to slowly choke him, thus killing him. We have to warn you, it is graphic in nature."

"... wait a mask like Jauney?" Nora wondered aloud as Jaune's bad feeling in his gut became worse.

Ren frowned. "We shall see."

Cardin was being dragged by a facemask wearing Jaune, the hunter-in-training was clinging to the ground. However he was still being pulled regardless of the resistance as evidenced by the loud scratch marks. He was then turned to face the masked assailant "No, no! I'm sorry! I didn't mean-"

He was silenced by Jaune shoving his hand through his mouth and started choking him. Cardin tried to fight but Jaune screamed and hollered as he continued his actions. Slowly, Cardin was losing as his struggles were getting weaker and weaker.

Jaune shouted in utter euphoria. "He never forgets! He never forgets! One bad day and he never forgets! HA HA HA!"

Even the terrorists of the White Fang winced from the short video that was displayed, Juniper, on the other hand took some mental notes. This version was probably the best she's seen.

To the others, this was one of the worst they've seen of Jaune. Ruby didn't want to think that her cru- best friend could do something like that. "It was horrible. Why?"

Yang frowned. "He's just like what some of us we're like in that despair-addicted state."

Weiss paled in disgust or was it fear. "A horrendous display especially those last words he said. What did those mean?"

The video stopped as Lisa Lavender looked displeased from watching what every viewer saw. "Suspect in question is Jaune Arc, former hunter-in-training until he was kicked out of Beacon for committing fraud. Has no living relatives as they had all been killed in a Grimm attack that hunters were late to respond. Mr. Arc was reported missing by the authorities. He has recently reappeared to become the host of a famous kid-show called 'Firefly Fun House.' A number of reported missing kids have been shown in his show. The police are doing their best to find out the connections. The search for Mr. Arc is undergoing but his location is still a mystery. If you have any information on his whereabouts or seen him-"

The kid show called 'Firefly Fun House,' started anew with the same introduction. From left to right of the happy sign was a buzzard, a girl in a witch costume and an adorable bunny. The intro song played out. "We're really glad that you're our friend and this is a friendship that will never, never end."

An awkward silence permeated through the place as mostly everyone was trying to digest all that information. Jaune sat shook into despair, he couldn't imagine a scenario like that. He noticed that his ever reliable partner had snaked an arm to his shoulder, he understood the message. "I'm alright… I just need a bit to recover."

Summer frowned. "To just simply transition like that feels like that other Jaune treats it like a joke."

Jaune was now holding up a plate that covered his face with his other persona's face mask drawn in a childish-like manner. Images flashed of that vicious version as he slowly pulled it down to show a more angry looking Jaune before popping back to his normal happy-go-lucky expression and chuckled. "Hi."

Amber was creeped out from the display of utter joy displaced on killer Jaune's face. "Brothers, he's become really, really creepy. How could he just make fun of that?!"

Qrow shrugged his shoulders. "I think the blondie's lost it."

"Did you enjoy my little secret?" He laughed along with the children's cheers. "I knew you would."

Pyrrha frowned. "Who would?"

Nora yelled out. "That was one of the worst secrets I've ever seen."

Juniper smiled. "Maybe someone should look at it from a different perspective."

His head pointed to the plate of the childish drawing of his dark alter-ego. "I like to call him the Fiend. But don't you worry, he's here to protect us. The truth is, people say and do horrible things."

"How is that protecting? He just killed Cardin, I don't like him that much but he never deserved that." Ruby opposed the idea of that Fiend protecting Jaune by killing a person.

Yang growled. "I think this version of Lover Boy has just lost it."

He looked dejected from saying that. "Sometimes I don't have the confidence, sometimes I find it hard to be brave." He stared longingly at the Fiend drawing. "Especially when I'm all alone."

Coco shook her head. "A sad backstory to excuse his actions. What a joke."

Amber was starting to get angry. "And how is he not caught yet by the police? He's just broadcasting this whenever he pleases."

"It can't be because of incompetence… perhaps there's more to these skits than what meets the eye." Glynda suggested.

"But when I do this-" He slowly placed the plate drawing of the Fiend back to his face as the Fiend's growls started to be heard in the background. But Jaune quickly put it back down.

His face contorted to one of anger. "I can be anything I want to be." Images of the Fiend staring at the camera flashed before Jaune quickly chuckled.

Velvet frowned, this Jaune was starting to be really, really leaning on the sociopath spectrum. "He doesn't really show remorse for what he did. He hides it behind another persona to become what he really wants to do."

Jaune sighed in sadness, he didn't really want to see these negative aspects of himself. Especially one so close to his own real world. "I'll be proper terrified of children shows after this."

"What are you talking about?" Abby asked since she just woke up from the ruckus that Jaune caused. "You just don't want to admit how much of a sicko you are."

He laughed hysterically as he stared at Abby. "I'm not a sicko, Abby. You know that."

"Who are you a doctor now?" Abby retorted but her response caused a lightbulb moment to happen. He then ducked down and when he came back, he was now wearing a white coat over his clothes, a stethoscope on his neck and a clipboard that he was writing on.

After some exaggerated gestures of writing, he looked to Abby. "Ah-ha. The diagnosis is in. Just as I expected, Abby the witch, you're a bully."

"Why won't you let me rest?"

He started keeling over laughing as his palms hit his knees. "Oh, Abby, your so silly. I'll never let you rest."

Ruby trembled in fear from how evil Jaune just said that to one of his friends. "He's showing his other side again."

She looked very sad as her head bowed down. "I can't stand this anymore, I don't want to live in this limbo."

Jaune looked back at the camera with shock in his face. His clipboard dropped from his hands including the stethoscope around his neck. "Yowie wowie! Did someone just say limbo!"

It suddenly jumped to two kids holding a stick with Jaune behind it, he was now going to play the game of limbo. "Now remember my fireflies. I will always light the way. And all you have to do is-"

He turned around and started spider walking to get across the limbo line all with a large smile on his face. "Let me in."

Qrow drank more from his trusty container. "Wonder how much more I have to drink to forget this one."

Adam scowled. "What childish mind games to play to everyone."

Sun scoffed. "It's probably just stuff that he thinks off on the fly."

The familiar intro played on screen signifying the end of this episode. "We're really glad that you're our friend and this is a friendship that will never, never end."

Lisa Lavender just appeared suddenly. "Breaking news, the White Fang is in disarray as several bombs were detonated in several key locations. Menagerie is in a state of terror as several places were also attacked. Key members of the White Fang have been reported missing including Adam-"

Adam was astounded, he was captured by that delusional human. "Impossible, such an event cannot possibly happen."

Others were astonished too due to the level of difficulty of such a task, Cardin was one thing but a living legend who Atlas couldn't get back alive was entirely different. The Creator simply smirked. "Anything can happen at any time and any day."

The kid show called 'Firefly Fun House,' started anew with the same introduction. From left to right of the happy sign was a buzzard, a girl in a witch costume and an adorable bunny. The intro song played out. "We're really glad that you're our friend and this is a friendship that will never, never end."

Jaune was hammering a sign on the door of the fun house that read, 'Abandon all hope ye who EXIT here', he then looked back and noticed the camera which stopped him working. "Konichiwa. Oh, don't mind me. I'm just doing a lot of handiwork around here in the funhouse."

Loud thuds were heard as Rambling Rabbit had a flyswatter in his hands as he was keeping away a hungry Mercy the Buzzard. "Woah, woah, woah. Holy guacamole, what's going on here?!"

Rabbit looked up at Bray. "Wassup Jaune, Mercy was trying to eat me again." His head shook left and right. "That ain't right, man. I'm not food, dude."

Mercy explained his actions. "It's the law of the jungle, you dumb bunny."

Coco snarled. "This version of the blonde noodle just pisses me off. He does all this shit and hides it under a children's show."

Ozpin sighed. "Sometimes you can't understand what happens when people snap."

Jaune sighed as he was disappointed at what his friends were doing in the fun house. "Oh, Mercy." He hit the table which surprised the two animals. "You want me to get the Fiend."

Images of the Fiend popped up as the two stopped fighting and instead started shaking in fear from what Jaune just said. He smiled. "I didn't think so. Soooo..."

His hands were now gloved with 'HURT' and 'HEAL'. "Let's fate decide." He put both hands on his ears as a myriad of hushed voices rang out causing Jaune to ponder on what was the best course of action.

Weiss felt disgusted. "This act bothers me on another level. For him to play his other self like that while maintaining a cute persona is just hard to watch."

Jaune grimaced. "Hey I don't like it as much as the next person."

He laughed as he looked at Rabbit. "It's your lucky day, Rambling Rabbit. The floor is yours."

The scene cut to Rambling Rabbit on top of a table as a spotlight was on him in a darkened room of the funhouse. It was like he was a witness testifying on the stand. "I've got a lot to say dude. It's not cool to eat your friends, no matter how hungry you are."

Jaune suddenly was behind the rabbit as it continued to talk. "Come to think of it, I don't feel safe here. Maybe it's time for me to expose what's really been going on in the funhouse, dude."

He was silenced by Jaune's hand that read 'HURT', the animal was picked up by a now clown nose wearing Jaune who had a bit of clown makeup on his eyes. "Now, why would you go and do something like that."

Sun quivered in fear due to evil Jaune's new get-up. "Uh-oh, things are gonna go down."

Blake whispered to her partner who still had a scowl on her face which illustrated how angry she was on this Jaune's actions. "What does this have to do with the White Fang?"

Yang shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know, i have a bad feeling about this one."

He laughed as he threw Rambling Rabbit to the floor and grabbed a large mallet with the face of the fiend drawn to its side. Rabbit begged for mercy. "No, no, no, dude. Don't do it, Jaune."

Jaune just kept chuckling as he drove the large weapon to Rabbit until he was bleeding a certain red liquid and his insides were showing. Jaune dropped the mallet and knelt down to get his friend. "Rambling Rabbit, are you ok?"

He picked him up and looked distraught but then placed a finger inside Rabbit's guts and licked it. "Hmm… it's missing a bit of flavor." A lightbulb appeared on top of Jaune's head. "I know just how to make it even more amazing."

Neptune turned green when Jaune licked the insides of his friend. "That's Oumdamn disgusting!"

Darkness surrounded the room, after a few seconds, it turned back on to see Adam Taurus, his limbs were nailed to the ground, while Jaune had his hands on the trusty mallet. The bull faunus raised his head and spat on Jaune but the blonde paid no mind.

The faunus then growled. "You will never get away with this. This will only help the cause!"

Jaune chuckled. "Silly bull, I'm not doing this for such things as race. It's personal, all about your cat."

Adam seethed at seeing his vulnerable self and at the admission of the reason of his capture not being about the organization but at the one thing he treasured above all. It nearly made him charge at the screen to strangle this version of Jaune.

Blake was aghast as the pit in her stomach grew, over the course she might have fallen out of love for the hero of the White Fang. Didn't mean she didn't care for him. "... Oh no."

Adam's eyes changed to ones of deep concern and terror. "No… don't you dare harm my-"

He was interrupted when Jaune swung his mallet over and over again while laughing at the top of his lungs. The camera just focused on Jaune's face as blood spattered across it while he just kept on hollering in joy. After a minute, it cut to Adam, now headless, in a pool of his own blood. His body was twitching while Jaune knelt down and placed a finger in his blood and then licked it.

Silence was present in the theater as some of the lightweights in the crowd puked but was saved due to the Creator manifesting barf bags for them. Others were simply repulsed at this Jaune's behavior and psychopathic actions.

Adam growled at his gruesome exit and then noticed that Blake was shaking in fear whilst being comforted by her partner.

He jumped for joy. "Yowie wowie! It's delicious!" The kids started cheering as he pointed the bloody finger at the camera. "Which reminds me, I have something to show you."

It then cut to Jaune standing with the door behind him as the room looked clean, he was holding a jar in his hand that had some red liquid in it. "Today's episode is brought to you by 'Adam Taurus Bullheaded Breakfast Spread.' I couldn't have done this without the city of Atlas."

Winter seethed. "Absolutely deplorable, even General Ironwood would never stoop to this level."

He chuckled. "You will love this new jam. It was kind of hard to grind everything. All my fireflies will enjoy this. Start every morning with a smash."

Juniper chuckled which earned a glare from Ozpin. "Oh, hush Ozpin. It's a joke that I found funny."

He then erupted into full laughter. "It's funny how some people who go to Beacon get away with their crimes while others don't. Maybe this is more of these consequences."

He smiled at the camera. "And remember my fireflies, I'll always light the way. All you have to do is-"

The Fiend growled as all that was heard were him shouting. "Schnee, SCHNEE!" Jaune shook his head and then looked back at the camera and then waved goodbye. "Bye, see you later, Snow Angel."

Weiss paled in fright as her voice strained due to the thought of what evil Jaune could try to her if he could get his hands on her. "What is that monster thinking of?!"

Ruby hugged her partner. "Don't worry Weiss, bad Jaune will never get you."

The familiar intro played on screen signifying the end of this episode. "We're really glad that you're our friend and this is a friendship that will never, never end."

Jacques Schnee was now standing at a podium as the media was keying on what he was going to say. "I have received word that the heiress of the Schnee Dust Corporation, my daughter… has been kid-"

Yang felt feeble knowing that her other version couldn't protect that version of Weiss from the monstrous version of Jaune. "How can this happen?"

Glynda felt weak, another student and one with a promising future was caught by this version of Jaune Arc and it looked like it was easy. "Beacon cannot be this incompetent."

Ozpin sighed. "I guess the buff in security does have its benefits."

The kid show called 'Firefly Fun House,' started anew with the same introduction. From left to right of the happy sign was a buzzard, a girl in a witch costume and an adorable bunny. The intro song played out. "We're really glad that you're our friend and this is a friendship that will never, never end."

Jaune was watering without any water with a toy watering can. The target is the fake garden of flowers outside the window of the fun house. Sounds of water could be heard in the background, Jaune then looked at the camera and smiled. "Oh, hey there."

He put away the watering can. "As you can see, I'm now into gardening. You know our minds, they're just like gardens… And all yours need is a bit of water-"

He then started watering the garden again, he then pointed to the sky. "A little bit of sunshine." He then stopped watering the flowers. "It will then make your ideas grow."

"But some ideas are filled with worms." Images popped up of worms infesting the ground that made the kids scream in terror and disgust. "And that is no good."

"People throughout your life will always lie to you." He clapped his hands twice as he started thinking. "For instance, I bet your parents have told you that the world was round but have they travelled around the whole world."

Winter snapped since she noticed he was talking nonsense. "Where is my sister, you freak?!"

Weiss managed to bring her down back to her seat. "Winter, please calm yourself. I am sure that my fate will be revealed soon. I would just like-"

Winter noticed that her sister was afraid due to the shaking of her hands, and then sighed to release these frustrations.

He shook his head and laughed. "I don't think so. And I bet your teachers told you that we came from the Brothers."

He started laughing even more. "But what do they now, right? Me, I know what it feels like-"

He frowned as his arms went back and forth. "... to not belong. I know what it feels like to be different." Images of the Fiend hugging himself quickly flashed on the screen.

Sienna shook her head. "Ok, this is just a nutjob speaking."

"And that's why I built this place for us!" More images of the Fiend staring and moving appeared before cutting back to regular Jaune. "So that we can all be together!"

Summer glowered in anger due to how happy and motivated Jaune's voice was when explaining his whole play. "What really caused him to break? For him to create so much chaos along with a children's show of his twisted paradise."

Raven smiled. "Its probably has to do something with these kids and Beacon that caused it."

All of the various characters with Abby, Mercy and Rabbit now standing up as they stared at the camera. Jaune then removed his gloves, the smile was long gone from his face. "And I want you all to join us here. Where the fun… never has to end."

Abby then said. "Join us!"

It caused the people of Beacon along with Winter to blanch in utter terror over what the witch doll had just said. It wasn't the message, it was the voice. Weiss quivered in horror over her fate in this version. "T… That's my voice..."

"No… it's not possible." Ruby's eyes shone with sadness as tears escaped from her eyes.

The other two followed suit, as Jaune with his hands outstretched started laughing. He suddenly stopped as he looked at the camera. "People worship what they fear. Fear… is… power. Follow the leader, follow me… my fireflies. Join us..."

Juniper smiled. 'I like this version of Jaune, maybe if the current became like this then he'd be a valuable piece.'

The screen faded to black as the last image was that of the Fiend laughing while glaring at the camera.

Lisa Lavender once again appeared. "We have a response from Beacon's own headmistress, Glynda Goodwitch, has asked to meet Jaune Arc or what he calls himself as the Fiend. To fight for a chance to get back to Beacon and release Ms. Schnee-"

Ozpin felt fear and turned to his long-time companion and ally as her face reflected the coldness one had to do in order to not think about what had happened. Glynda looked at Ozpin with a sad smile. "I won't be taken down this easily, Oz."

Qrow grumbled. "Yeah… that would be a death wish to go up against the Wicked Witch of Beacon."

The kid show called 'Firefly Fun House,' started anew with the same introduction. From left to right of the happy sign was a buzzard, a girl in a witch costume and an adorable bunny. The intro song played out. "We're really glad that you're our friend and this is a friendship that will never, never end."

Jaune Arc was excited as the tables were conjoined and the door to the fun house had suddenly disappeared. "Yowie wowie!" Mercy came out of his shoe box while Rabbit appeared beside Jaune.

He waved to the camera with a big old smile on his face. "Hi Glynda! You, my teacher, are so, so brave. Seriously it's inspiring. It's also the reason why Mercy, Rabbit, and I are such huge fans of your work."

Coco glared. "I don't know if its sarcasm or is he genuinely happy about the prof's challenge."

Velvet spoke. "I would think it's the latter Coco."

He started rubbing his fingers nervously and looked down. "But as for the Fiend… he's not such a big fan. No matter how many times we tell him how super duper awesome you are."

Glynda growled at his words. "I don't want to hear that from him."

Jaune was frightened at the thought of losing another person in Beacon because of his psychotic version. "I don't like this at all."

He chuckled and then gave the camera two thumbs up. "Hey are you ready for some cool news."

The children cheered which made him smile. "I bet you are. Guess what… the Fiend is officially accepting your challenge."

He continued to laugh and then only started to talk after his episode was done. "But I should warn you though… while you may be an extraordinary huntress, Miss Goodwitch. The Fiend is no man… The Fiend is an abomination."

"That's for sure." Ruby commented, while several in the crowd nodded their heads in agreement.

Yang gave a strained smile. "There's no way that Psycho Jaune can beat Goodwitch."

His smile left his face as he stared seriously at the camera. "The Fiend is power… The Fiend remembers… he never forgets… what you did to him..."

Glynda was confused, she was hard on the blonde due to his forged documents to get into Beacon. Maybe overtime her concern became a bit twisted since he stayed and only minutely improved even with the help of his partner. 'For me to create this… if I continued my actions, would it have gone too far.'

Ozpin gave her a small smile. "It can't be just your fault, Glynda. It's probably a multitude of reasons."

He scowled. "Let me in." The screen turns to dark as it shows the Fiend laughing while staring straight at the camera. It then fades to black.

"This is Lisa Lavender reporting to you that it appears that Ms. Glynda Goodwitch, Headmistress of Beacon, has been found missing. Reports show that the Fiend-"

Others were in disbelief as Tai's jaw dropped down, "I-Impossible… How?! What's this freak's secret semblance that is causing this?"

Raven scoffed. "Maybe he just plays dirty and does whatever it takes to win like what a Hunter should do."

The kid show called 'Firefly Fun House,' started anew with the same introduction. From left to right of the happy sign was a buzzard, a girl in a witch costume and an adorable bunny. The intro song played out. "We're really glad that you're our friend and this is a friendship that will never, never end."

A long blue table was covered in different kinds of chocolates and candies as one cute pink pig with a red, white and blue headband along with an undersized black shirt was sitting on it. He had some sort of chocolate bar stuck to his mouth. He was groaning in pain as the bar refused to go down.

The pig was then shocked as Jaune appeared beside him. "Hi, I forgot to introduce one of my friends, this is Huskus the Pig. He loves to eat in order to cover up his insecurities."

Blake was confused since it was weird that the show would just show a character out of nowhere to be important like a certain series made by social justice warriors. "Why's he even doing this?"

Winter responded with a snarl. "Because he's having fun making a mockery out of everything."

He then stood up and chuckled. "Ms. Goodwitch and the people of Beacon weren't supposed to be scared of anything. And IIIIIIII love that."

He laughed at his own admittance. "But just like my friend, Huskus the Pig, over there. Who loves to stuff his face with whatever sweets he wants to eat." He grabbed the uneaten bar from Huskus's mouth which caused the pig to create a loud belch.

Jaune cringed at the sound and the smell of such an action. He then looked at the camera and adopted a more serious tone. "I'm afraid their actions are just… ignorance in disguise."

Ruby sneered at Jaune's statement. "You just don't get it, Psycho Jaune!"

Jaune even tried to belittle his other version's words. "Yeah! Take that back, you crazy freak!"

He shrugged his shoulders and sighed. "After all, Ms. Goodwitch invited the Fiend to her doorstep willingly and look at what happened to her!"

"Yowie wowie!" He started to laugh hysterically until his face suddenly changed to one of resentment. "I-uh… I mean-"

He started to press his fingers to his temples. "We've just been hurt for so long now… And I think it's… Ms. Goodwitch's time to get hurt. The Fiend was coming for her..."

Images of the Fiend laughing at the camera along with a bloodied and beaten Glynda Goodwitch flashed sporadically. "... It got her."

Glynda frowned at the state of her condition and noticed that Jaune's other version did not get any damage. 'Perhaps his power nullifies damage… but his clothes would have shown signs of it. Maybe he attacked me from behind, it was never clear where I would meet him.'

Jaune looked at the camera and smiled. "Let me in." It then switched to the Fiend with a hand pointed at the camera as if pointing to the audience. "Let me in!"

Neptune shivered in fear. "That shit is just too scary for me, man!"

It soon faded to black.

The kid show called 'Firefly Fun House,' started anew with the same introduction. From left to right of the happy sign was a buzzard, a girl in a witch costume and an adorable bunny. The intro song played out. "We're really glad that you're our friend and this is a friendship that will never, never end."

Jaune was waving to the camera while chuckling. "Oh, hey fireflies! I didn't notice you there."

He leaned forward and quickly went back to cover his mouth as squeals of excitement were let out. "Oh my lucky stars! It's my first best friend, the leader of team RWBY, RRRRRRUUUUBBBYYY RRRROSE!"

The Rose family went to Defcon Five due to his statement. Summer held Ruby in her arms immediately while Tai did the same thing. Qrow sobered up while Yang's hair lit up with rage. Ruby's two other teammates became incredibly defensive on the fate of their leader since they've seen two stronger people lose to Psycho Jaune.

"Oh, I'm glad you're here, Ruby. I'm so happy that you're ok. I mean-" He had a puppy dog look as he pouted. "You know that I didn't mean it… also I just wanted to… he wanted to see you Rubes. I hope you liked him."

Ruby quivered in terror. "Why does that thing need to see me?! What did I do to Jaune?"

He then started laughing but then Rambling Rabbit arrived next to Jaune. "Hey, dude! Listen, dude! Ruby Rose! I'm your biggest fan, I want to be just like you when I grow up. You better listen… you have to run, run, run!"

"NO!" Jaune slammed his fist down on the table which spooked Rabbit so much that he ran away. He then looked at the camera and became embarrassed. "Oh, umm… sorry about that. Yowie wowie!"

He shrugged his shoulders and sighed. "Mistakes happen, Rubes. I mean… you should know."

"You've made mistakes, and people have forgiven you. I mean you went after Roman twice and all you got was a slap on the wrist. But me… Friends may forgive, Ruby… but..."

Jaune was confused with what his other version was talking about and why he was so angry. "Did I go after criminals and it caused me to be expelled and that's why he hates Beacon and is just doing this to get revenge."

That caused everyone to pause as everyone slowly looked at the Creator who was snickering. It took awhile for the omnipotent being to stop and notice that the spotlight was on him. "Jaune is right on one part but there's another reason why he became like this."

He growled. "He never forgets. Maybe that's why he visited you last night. To remind you of what you've done..."

He hugged himself. "Who knows… maybe he'll even have more to say to you tonight."

Ruby squirmed in her parent's grip since it was frightening to hear that she was next and maybe that it was over for her. Yang looked at the state of her sister and growled. "Don't worry Rubes, your big sister is gonna kick his ass to kingdom come."

He growled. "You see… why was it me that got punished… Guess I wasn't the son or daughter of a crony to be given that privilege. You had a dangerous weapon in your hands while carrying out wannabee vigilantism and interfered with police. Yet I was thrown out for committing one crime while being bullied, harassed, and blackmailed. But it didn't matter..."

His serious and angry expression had marred his face. "You always wanted to be like your mother… but you couldn't save me… Your first best friend. I'll let you see her Ruby..."

He then started laughing and waving goodbye. "Hahahaha! See you in hell! Todaloo Ruby, see ya!"

Raven nearly 'eeped' when she saw the look on Summer's face light up with righteous fire and fury once she heard what Psycho Jaune promised he would do. "All because he was kicked out for Beacon that he blamed my daughter. He will pay."

Tai growled. "That fucker's gonna be spitting steel from his ass after I'm done with him."

It then switched to the Fiend with a hand pointed at the camera as if pointing to the audience. "Let me in!"

"Ruby Rose reported missing after-"

Qrow's flask fell on the floor as his shocked face was also shared with the Rose family while the Creator looked at them with pity. "I'm sorry but your worst fears have occured."

The kid show called 'Firefly Fun House,' started anew with the same introduction. From left to right of the happy sign was a buzzard, a girl in a witch costume and an adorable bunny. The intro song played out. "We're really glad that you're our friend and this is a friendship that will never, never end."

"We are sad to announce the deaths of Ms. Valkyrie and Mr. Ren-"

Nora and Ren sat still in silence, from the news it was obvious who had caused it. It did not solve the agony that the blonde knight was feeling at this moment. Now his teammates weren't safe from him. 'Why?'

He looked at the Creator who adopted a stoic face as he stared at the screen. 'Why would he be showing this?'

It suddenly switched to the picture frames of Cardin, Glynda and Weiss were hung over the wall as Jaune lifted a new one, this one with Ruby's picture on it. To its left and right were the pictures of Nora and Ren who had the same doodles on them. All had marks on them or childish squiggles on their faces. He then hung one that was just a frame.

He turned around with a smile. "There's always room for one more." He then winked at the camera and laughed while waving. "Hello, my fireflies!"

"Hey." He then looked down to see Huskus and Rabbit fighting over something. "Hey, what are you two doing? Hey, Hey Hey!"

The two broke it off as Huskus was holding in his mouth an action figure of Pyrrha Nikos. "What's all this poppycock about?" He then reached in and grabbed the action figure and grimaced.

Pyrrha frowned. 'This must mean I am next on that Jaune's hit list.'

"Really... you two are arguing about Pyrrha. But…" He looked at the two animals with disappointment. "You're both supposed to be best friends, partners even."

Rabbit smiled. "Sorry, Jaune. We've just become such big fans of Pyrrha Nikos, man. We didn't want to share her, dude!"

Huskus squeaked. "Huskus love Pyrrha Nikos. She's like a good tickle in my big pinkie belly, oink."

Ruby's mood soured when she heard the pig character talk with her voice. "I'm… there?"

"That sick fuck!" Yang exclaimed with anger as she wished to strangle the psychopath that was messing with them so viciously.

"Alright guys." He dropped down to their level while still holding the action figure in his hand. He looked at them with a small smile.

"Sharing, it's not easy… But it's never good to be attached to something. I mean… if you love something too much, it makes you weak. And then you become vulnerable to all sorts of negative feelings like disappointment… neglect, and loneliness."

Juniper smiled as she appreciated the message while others may have not shared the same sentiments. 'Fascinating… maybe I should cause one of Ozpin's new hunters-in-training to snap.'

He then smiled at the camera but his eyes told a different story. "I know what it's like... to be abandoned by those you care about most."

Nora yelled out. "Stop making excuses, you meanie!"

Rabbit then interrupted his meaningful speech. "Um… that's all really good, Jaune but..." The blond growled at being interrupted but the Rabbit continued unaware of what he was really doing. "We just don't want the Fiend to hurt Pyrrha Nikos..."

Rabbit stopped as Jaune stared closer and closer with a cold and unfeeling glare at the poor animal. Jaune then gave a wide-eyed grin. "Well… maybe he wants to protect Pyrrha."

Pyrrha shook her head. "I might have to decline that version of protection."

He then stared at the camera. "He never forgets. He doesn't like to share..." Jaune stood up and then laughed. "But… you two can."

He then put two hands on the action figure and snapped it in two under the applause of the kids. "Yowie wowie! Sharing is caring."

Sun's eyebrows were raised in surprise. "That's one way to use mind games."

Weiss growled. "What a bad sick joke to gain shock value?"

Blake refuted this perspective. "I can't even say if it's shock value if he can prove it outside of the television space."

He then threw both pieces away and continued to chuckle until a piercing static sound reverberated around the room. His expression went into a cold but angry glare at the camera. "We've been hurt for so long"

Flashes of the Fiend's face interchanging with Jaune's face appeared. "He always sees what you did… where were you… I thought partners had each other's backs..."

He then laughed and waved goodbye. "See you in hell. Bye bye! He'll see you Pyrrha! Hahahahaha!"

Jaune looked at Pyrrha who reacted by holding his hand and giving him a smile. "I will always have your back, Jaune. He will never be you."

The familiar intro played on screen signifying the end of this episode. "We're really glad that you're our friend and this is a friendship that will never, never end."

The kid show called 'Firefly Fun House,' started anew with the same introduction. From left to right of the happy sign was a buzzard, a girl in a witch costume and an adorable bunny. The intro song played out. "We're really glad that you're our friend and this is a friendship that will never, never end."

Abby the Witch looked terrified as she was crying while looking around, Huskus the Pig was oinking and shivering while holding his mouth. Even though there was a delicious and sweet cake, he did not even take a bite off of it. Mercy the Buzzard was horrified as he started rambling. Speaking of rambling, Rabbit's body shook in fear.

"This is… different. For the first time so far, the puppets are all scared." Juniper raised this point out for everyone to observe further.

Ozpin cupped his chin in deep thought. "Something has happened with Mr. Arc's other version that may have only increased his psychosis."

"Dude… I can't take this anymore. I'm scared to death… UGGGHHHH-" Rabbit fell onto the table unmoving which caused Jaune to get scared. "Rambling Rabbit, what's wrong?"

He then grabbed the rabbit in his hands as he looked to the ceiling. "OH NO!" He put two fingers on the rabbit's chest. "Are you ok?"

He tried to hear for a heartbeat or breathing but he sighed and looked distraught. "He's gone..."

"... Oh well-" He then threw Rabbit's dead body away as a crash was heard in the opposite side of the room. He then noticed the terrified looks of his friends. "Yowie wowie! What's going on with you guys today?"

"One of his puppet friends died and he treats it like it's nothing. Man I don't want to ever snap and become crazy like that." Neptune promised himself.

Juniper giggled at this. "It just takes one bad day."

Abby the Witch answered his question. "We're all terrified about what's going to happen to Yang when the Fiend gets his hands on her."

Yang's fists turned white as she clenched it so hard from learning that she was next on the Fiend's list. "Now that fucker is going after me..."

Qrow's frown tightened in deep rage. "I'd kill him."

Mercy also spoke. "My feathers are quivering already. I can't bear to look, it's going to be so much… horror on display."

Kids screaming were heard which shocked Huskus. "Horror..." The pig had a burped loudly. "I can't stand horror, especially when watching Hostel on repeat."

Jaune chuckled. "Ok, everybody. Just calm down. It's ok to be scared of what you fear." He pointed to himself. "To be honest, I'm scared too. Because there's nothing like going through hell… especially through the Fiend."

Blake sighed. "I'd be scared too to face that… thing."

Huskus asked. "What… is it like?"

Jaune smiled. "Well Huskus, I'm glad you asked. It's like… imagine a world without cookies."

Huskus let out an agonizing scream at the prospect of no chocolate. Jaune then laughed. "Only worse."

He then swayed his arms. "It's a horrible, terrible, awful place. It was made to inflict pain and suffering. It's a place that you can enter but you can never truly leave. Not without emotional and physical scars of course."

"Our good friend, Yang will just have to experience what happened to Glynda… Weiss… Rubes… and Pyrrha. And you will be trapped in there… with him."

Weiss was knocked out of her scared mindset as a part of Jaune's words were rather perplexing to understand. "Wait… trap? Doesn't he kill and mimic voices into his puppets?"

Ren thought of this new way of looking at the Fiend's phenomenon. "It does bewilder me why he'd use that language on those names but kill on the others like mine."

Mercy asked. "What's gonna happen to her?"

"Well, I'm glad you asked. I think he will always protect this place and… us. He will die on that hill. No matter how strong Yang is… he will always come back. But..."

He shrugged his shoulders. "I don't think Yang will be so fortunate. In fact, I have a very, very bad feeling that he cannot wait to hurt Yang..."

Tai growled threateningly. "That Oumfucker better leave my sunflower alone!"

Raven also grew hesitant to show any motherly feelings of protection as she realized this was all just a wishful scenario. 'But I'd torture that Fiend… for a very long time.'

Images of the Fiend's face and Jaune's flashed but suddenly the blonde had a lightbulb appear on top of his head. "I have an idea, you guys. I'll go to him and tell him to be nice to Yang. Be right back."

Adam scowled. "A tasteless farce that only shows that he'll go after the blonde no matter what."

He then ran away from the camera and after a while came back all winded but smiling. He then started laughing hysterically until he didn't and glared at the camera. "You will pay for everything you did. You can't protect your teammate and certainly not your sister… You're like Ruby, forgiven because of your parents. You extorted, battered, started to drink underage, and destroyed a club but I was thrown out..."

Yang yelled out in outrage. "Hey! It wasn't because of my parents I wasn't convicted. Besides it was a bad guy's haven, I'd guess the police just simply thanked me and forgave me for what I did."

Glynda's eyes widened in realization. 'All of these kidnappings were because of actions that they made… is this some sort of twisted revenge or sense of justice to hold hunters accountable.'

"Let me in." He then started laughing while waving goodbye to the camera. "Bye! See you in hell, Yang!"

"See you in hell, fucker!" Yang protested against the fate that her counterpart may experience against the Fiend.

The familiar intro played on screen signifying the end of this episode. "We're really glad that you're our friend and this is a friendship that will never, never end."

"Police report finding several bodies of faunus families in a warehouse in Vale. All suggesting that the Fiend and his ever growing followers known as the Fireflies are-"

Blake's eyes grew in size rapidly with the news of the faunus families. She stared at the ground in sorrow. "No… why the innocent..."

Ozpin's look grew sullen from that new piece of information. "He's growing a following, then the situation has become worse for Vale in that scenario."

Qrow glared at the familiar title card show of the Firefly Fun House. "Who'd follow a nutjob like him"

Juniper answered. "It's so simple… humans always wish for an end regardless of who brings it."

The kid show called 'Firefly Fun House,' started anew with the same introduction. From left to right of the happy sign was a buzzard, a girl in a witch costume and an adorable bunny. The intro song played out. "We're really glad that you're our friend and this is a friendship that will never, never end."

Jaune glared at the camera and then suddenly smiled. "Hi Yang! Welcome to the Firefly Fun House. I think we should-"

"Yang, Yang, it's me dude! It's me Rabbit, I wanna be like you when I grow up as a hunter! Time to nut up or shut up." The Rabbit was even dressed up in Yang's outfit as she interrupted the blonde however Jaune simply laughed.

Yang scowled at the antics of the rabbit and decided to use her catchphrase. "I don't like these mind games."

Ruby asked. "Wait… why wasn't Yang captured yet?"

Summer answered her daughter's question. "It's a game for him. He just wants to play with Yang more than others..." Her eyes shone with a dangerous glint. "If he was real then he wouldn't survive a day for what he did to my family."

"Oh, Rabbit. I didn't know you were such a good fan of my friend, Yang. Since you are, it has given me such a fantastico idea! Instead of telling Yang what will happen when he meets her, why don't we just show it."

It then cut to Jaune having a mic in his hands to announce his idea. "In this corner, playing the role of Yang Xiao-Long, we have the squealer! Give it up for Rambling Rabbit!"

Rabbit was trapped in a red cage fit for animals as he was trying to remove the lock on the door but he couldn't escape. "No, no, no! Let me out, dude! I don't wanna do this! I don't deserve this, come on get me out!"

Pyrrha frowned. "What a joke! To make Yang, a capable fighter into a coward… it's just simply absurd."

"And in the other corner, representing the role of... Him! The brutalizer, the destroyer, the powerful 'No' Mercy the Buzzard." Mercy came out of the opposite side of the cage as he licked his lips while Rabbit cowered in fear and tried to get out to no avail.

Jaune grimaced. "Uh, Yang, you might want to close your eyes. This could get ugly."

Yang seethed as her hair lit up again invoking the use of her semblance. "Your gonna get your face rearranged if you say anything more, Fiend!"

Jaune looked away as Mercy bit into Rabbit as his wails continued on and on. Stuffing came out and even hit the blonde Arc in the face amidst the growls of Mercy the Buzzard. "Oh! Oh! Oh no! The humanity, oh no!"

By the time it was over, Mercy had some stuffing in his mouth as Rabbit lay unmoving, stuffing was all over the cage as well. Jaune then opened the cage door and tried to get the body but Mercy growled at him. The Arc pointed at him and spoke at a threatening tone. "Hey!... Don't do that."

He got Rabbit's dead body and checked for a heartbeat but the bisected body showed no signs of life. "Are you ok..."

He then started to hysterically laugh at his own joke. "Are you ok… what kind of question is that?!"

Winter frowned. "This joke is getting old really quick and I'm truly sick of hearing it."

He then stared at the camera. "You know, Yang. History has a horrible way of repeating itself. We've all been hurt for so long… Now… it's your turn."

He smiled. "Not only will you join us… I think your partner, the forgiven terrorist will also join us… when he arrives to get her too. You can't save them… you can't save yourself. That strong persona of yours will die… in the end you're just a poor, weak, and pathetic rambling rabbit..."

Yang's semblance stopped as her lips quivered and her eyes widened. 'How'd he… no! It- it- it's not true!'

He growled as he stared at the camera. "Speaking of Blake, you think you can be forgiven for running away. I might have even gotten inspiration from you. You ran from your parents, you ran from your lover, you even ran from your team. You think your actions breed good consequences… but oh no, no, no..."

"You see you just caused a lot to happen that doesn't work in favor of your side. Running away from mommy and daddy made them look weak especially when you joined the White Fang when they became more violent. Let's not forget your crimes during your service… all good intentions lead to hell, Blakey."

"Running away from your lover, who by the way makes a good breakfast spread on my sandwich… It caused him to be even more dangerous, more unforgiving, more extremist. You broke him just like everyone did to me… but you were forgiven because of your parents… Let me in."

Blake's ears flattened as more negative thoughts invaded her brain and fed into her guilt. However her team leader hugged her and whispered. "Don't worry Blake, that Fiend can not get you from here. And at least you stayed with us when you could have ran away back then."

The black cat looked at the red reaper and gave a slightly relieved smile. "Thanks."

Jaune asked. "What's with this whole parents angle?"

The Creator laughed. "That's part of the whole puzzle, figure that out and everything falls into place behind his motivations."

Summer then figured it out. "Wait… he lost his parents after he was kicked out… so he targets people who he thinks committed crimes in Beacon but were protected by their families or by the school."

The Creator applauded the elder Rose for her deduction. "Amazing, you got it. That is the sole reason for why the Fiend launched this hell."

He then waved goodbye. "See you both in hell."

It then faded in black as the Fiend was now surrounded with Weiss, Ruby and Pyrrha. Their eyes showed no life to them however they were moving around sporadically and suddenly hugged the monster persona of Jaune.

"They let me in… but what about you..."

Neptune blanched in fright from the utterly bizarre actions of the three girls to the Fiend. "What in Oum's name are they doing?!"

Coco shook her head in disbelief. "What kind of spell does he have them under?"

Next to him, Yang and Blake were in a similar state but they were bowing to him. The Fiend started laughing. "Fear is power, follow the leader… my fireflies. Together we shall make a world where the fun… never has to end. Together… in the Firefly Fun House..."

A flash of intense white light followed with the girls having disappeared and Jaune kneeling while staring at the audience. "Let me in… let me in!"

"That is the end for that particular scenario." The apparent relief in the room was also mixed in with their fear or disbelief, the Creator then smiled.

"Thank you for sitting through, I'm afraid our time is up and I will have to cut this short. You all need to be in your real world, take care, my guests… You will all be back to see more anyway."

With that, the Creator disappeared instantly as one by one they started also vanishing from the room. The Rose family then looked at a forlorn Summer as Ruby and Yang gave her a tight hug.

Summer leaned into the hug as she placed her head in front of theirs. "I will say this again. I am so proud of what you girls did, I just wish that I won't see you in a long time."

The two girls wanted to say more but everything was already said with a look which caused Summer to tear up. "This isn't over yet… who knows maybe I'll see you here again. In the meantime..."

She looked at Yang. "Take care of your sister, Yang."

She then looked at Ruby. "And take care of her, Ruby."

They were supposed to say or do something but they also disappeared from the room leaving her all alone again. She looked behind her and noticed that the Creator had come back. "... Why?"

The Creator turned his head to the side in confusion. "Whatever do you-"

"Why'd you have to show that scenario?! I thought that-"

He gave her an eerie grin that silenced her instantly as he chuckled slowly with an unnatural tone of voice. It stopped after a while as his body contorted and twisted to a freakish degree. His head was now stretched to his chest while the base of his neck morphed to resemble a simple hand puppet. His arms elongated and folded in unusual ways along with his legs.

"You thought that I'd show them all the rainbows and fairy dust, didn't you?"

Summer wanted to answer but kept quiet which caused the Creator to laugh again. "Oh, it would've been boring if I did so. I truly loved it when I showed the despair scenario. Besides, you can't blame me! If you have any problems, ask my father who is sleeping. It's in my nature to trick people into my schemes, especially you."

"I-"

"I am glad you decided to come visit, now I am truly excited for what your children shall do knowing that dear dead mommy is back."

"Y-You used me as amusement for Ruby and Yang!"

The Creator frowned. "You didn't enjoy it because I certainly did so... " He then returned to his familiar human form and sighed.

"I will return you to your own version of the afterlife, once they come back, so will you… Hopefully to give me more excitement especially with your other precious ones."

Summer glared at the deity. "You won't get away with this Nyar-"

The older reaper of the Grimm vanished as well leaving the Creator all alone to himself as he sat in the silence. "I wonder what I should do next. Maybe more comedies… or ooohhh more tragedies are always fun. But boy messing with their memories since they're dreaming is a pain to do but I love doing it… maybe all these years finally turned some screws loose."

He thought of what Summer was going to say and gave a smug smile. "A joker also tried to kill me... but… I am eternal."

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AN: Well who honestly thought of his real identity, I've been laying the breadcrumbs since chapter 4 and it was noticable in some parts of other chapters particularly the one about despair.

What follows this is back to the real world, maybe a fight between one specific team after they've learned from their experiences... who knows. Anyways what comes after that is simply a bit of fate that can go from zero to spring song. (Guess this reference then) It will take me two to three months or hopefully shorter to release the next chapter. I am trying to survive the Corona Virus after all in the Philippines and trying to do well in my job.

Have a great day and be safe everyone!