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Guest: I'll keep that in mind.
StrongGuy159: Thank you and those were already on my mind.
DJ Rodriguez: That's fine. I pray that you feel better soon.
I really enjoyed writing that first half. And fun fact in Star Wars, most of the Empire thought Darth was Vader's first name. LOL.
I have some ideas for the timeline, especially for what's happening to RWBY now.
If you still have questions, I'll answer them the best I can.
kratsbroth: Thank you.
Now on with the story.
The Audience watch the first episode of Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia, the start of Jaune Arc's journey as the first human Trollhunter and has to deal with going to school, teenage stuff as a loving and loyal son, a best friend, and a good student while being the protector and defender of both worlds of Humans, Faunus and Trolls.
Cast
Jim Lake Jr.: Jaune Arc
Claire Nunez: Pyrrha Nikos
Toby Domzalski: Nora Valkyrie
Steve Palchuck: Cardin Winchester
"If memory serves correctly," Salem spoke up, reminding most that she and her older followers were in the theater. "you said that we are watching another DreamWorks viewing. One that is hinted to take place in the same one as How To Train Your Dragon?"
The Host nodded. "And you'll see a variant of Jaune Arc as the main character." he replied. "You shall see where his journey begins. This is Trollhunters."
The sun rose above Arcadia Oaks, brightening the city as a voice echoed from the radio, waking people with their friendly voice. "Good morning, Arcadia Oaks. It's 4:30 a.m. If you're still in bed, you are missing the most beautiful sunrise, clear skies, and a beautiful morning ahead. And big news. . ."
Through the fog, under the bridge, a cup rolled, pushed from the wind slowly. As the cup got close to the camera, a large foot crushes the paper-like cup, ending its journey. With a roar, a large beast is revealed. His sword raised as he battled another creature but his enemy was dressed in white armor, his chest glowing blue.
"Arcadia Oaks?" Ozpin repeated. "I'm a bit unfamiliar with the name."
"That would be because of civilization expanding in worlds without Grimm," the Host explained.
"Wow, what are those things?" Penny asked.
"Those are known as Trolls." Darth Anarchus explained. "You will find out more later on. But they are creatures made of organic stone."
"Well, now we've seen everything," Robyn said to Qrow who nodded. First candy that can make you fly, dragons, giant monsters, superheroes, aliens, demigods, dream demons and revenants and now living stone creatures.
Bular (Banesaw) growled, "Yield, Kanjigar."
"A Trollhunter never yields. I'd rather die." Kanjigar (Li Ren) spat.
Ren looked at the screen in surprise.
"Terms accepted." Bular jumps high into the air with a yell, aiming his large fists at Kanjigar but misses his target who rolled from the path of his large fists. The two stumble, flip, and punch, each missing until Kanjigar finally hits Bular throwing him across the canal. Catching up to Bular, Kanjigar aims his sword at Bular.
"Your turn, Bular. Yield."
As he holds Bular in place, the sun starts to peak above the bridge, burning through the Trollhunter's armor. Distracted, Kanjigar is kicked by Bular, throwing him just to the edge of the shade as his sword slid from the darkness. As Bular advances, Kanjigar reaches for his sword, letting his hand burn but he still managed to grab his sword but the amulet lost its glow.
"I don't understand what's going on, but that Bular guy looks like a bad guy." Yang said, getting nods from most of the students.
"Based on that little reaction to some sunlight," Dr. Oobleck stated. "I believe that these Trolls are sensitive to sunlight."
"You would be correct," Darth Anarchus nodded.
"There is nowhere left for you to run, Trollhunter. Give me the amulet." Bular growled in a demanding tone.
"The amulet?" Oscar and a few others repeated in confusion. The Host held a hand up to them silently.
Kanjigar took off with a run, staying in the shade as Bular followed behind. The Trollhunter jumped onto the bridge, his breaths deepening as he waited for Bular who appeared from behind. With another kick, Bular throws Kanjigar across the bridge, the two engage in battle as they hopped around under the bridge. Another kick was delivered, sending Kanjigar back to the edge of the shade as Bular chuckled.
"It all ends here." Bular threatened.
Knocking the sword from Kanjigar's grip and into the concrete, the weapon faded, leaving Kanjigar to fend with his fists. Bular pushed the Troll Hunter into the sun, Kanjigar burning with a scream. As he slowly turns to stone, Kanjigar pushes Bular's arm above him into the sun, causing Bular to scream with agony. As Kanjigar weakly stood, Bular pulled his weapons from his back, slowly closing the distance between the two.
"Come on, you can do this, Father." Ren whispered.
"It's me or the sun. Either way, you're doomed." Bular grinned. Kanjigar knew his time had ended and to make sure Bular couldn't reach the amulet, his idea sparked into his mind and he spoke his final words.
"No. The amulet will find a champion. We will stop you and your master." he said defiantly and turned around to face Bular. "I may end, but the fight will not." Stepping back into the sun, Bular gasps, screaming, "NO!" as Kanjigar falls, blue magic developing his body, turning him to stone as he crossed his arms before shattering as his body had hit the concrete.
Ren gasped as he saw the counterpart of his father turning to stone before shattering. He bowed his head sadly.
"No!" With the amulet lost in the pile of rocks and the sun keeping him from it. Bular roars and punches the bridge before disappearing.
"Well, at least he didn't get that amulet." Weiss said as a few nodded in agreement.
An alarm beeps, after turning to 6:00, waking a young man who groans, pulling a magazine from his face, only to see the time and screamed. Walking down the stairs with a hum, Jaune gets ready for school, also fixing and cleaning while making breakfast. Smoothly flipping his knife and cooking like an expert, he made some lunches and delivered his homemade breakfast on a tray to his sleeping mother's room.
"And here's the hero of the story!" Nora said proudly with a grin at seeing her leader. Ren and Pyrrha smiled in response.
Ignoring the note, he opened the door and set the food on the nightstand beside her bed and gently taking off her glasses and cleaning them. Finishing his little deed, he covered his mother back up and pressed his lips against her forehead. "Love you, Mom." he whispered.
Jaune and Saphron smiled at the sight of their mother on screen.
Grabbing his helmet and bag, Jim headed to the garage, finding his little bike. As the garage door opened to reveal the outside. He looked on the driveway to find his trash can knocked over.
"Raccoons!" Picking up the trash can as Nora Valkyrie stood, fixing her helmet as her bike laid beside her. "We're late for school, Jaune-Jaune." she said in a urgent tone.
"Sweet, I'm here too!" Nora grinned before faltering. "Wait, why am I overweight?!"
"It's just how you are in this universe," the Host explained. Nora sulked in depression at that. Her friends though thought that was accurate given how she loves to eat pancakes and other sweets as much as Ruby.
"Sorry, Nora. Busy with the lunches." Jaune replied as he counted on his hand. "One for me, one for Mom, and. . ." Handing a paper bag to his friend, Nora grabbed it nicely and sniffed the bag.
"Ah," she inhaled deeply, "Balsamic mushrooms, meatloaf, chunky, sun-dried tomatoes." she listed.
"And Cardamom," Jaune mentioned, passing Nora by.
"Ooh! Taking a chance there, Chef Arc." Nora replied.
In real life, Nora drooled at thinking of what that meal would taste like. Both Pyrrha and Weiss subconsciously wanted to have some of Jaune's cooking. Him and Ren were known to be one of the few students that had great cooking.
"What's life without a little adventure?" Jaune shrugged. With another inhale, Toby spoke, handing back the bag. "I can't eat this. I'm on a diet." she said, trying to decline.
"You've been on a diet for the past 14 years, Nora." Jaune pointed out to the overweight girl.
"I know." Nora sighed.
"You're 15," Jaune stated.
Nora chuckled at that in embarrassment while others snickered and chuckled in amusement.
"Long-term goals. My body's still changing." Nora said in a defensive/matter of fact tone. Jaune rode off as Nora struggled to hop on his bike. The two were then shown racing down the street. Well, Jaune was. Nora? Well. . .
"I'm right-I'm right-I'm right behind!" Nora chanted, trying to catch up with her nimble friend.
Nora grumbled at her counterpart's misfortune.
"It's 8:00!" Jaune declared after checking his watch.
"We're going to get suspended, on account of meatloaf!" Nora shouted, causing some Audience members to chuckle.
"Take the canal, Nora." Jaune said, going off road and onto a path through the woods. "It'll save us five minutes."
Nora stammered, "Not the canal!"
"Oh, live a little." Jaune flies off a bump on the ground, doing a little trick with his bike.
"It's living that I'm worried about." Nora said drily.
"Come on, Nora." Jaune said with a grin. "Don't you ever want a little more excitement?"
Nora chuckles, "No." With another large jump, the sun catches Jaune as he's in the air as his hands fly from the handlebars, living in the moment. With a smooth land, he twists his bike, skidding to a stop as he waits for Nora.
"Again! Again!" Adrian giggled at seeing his uncle jumping high in the air on his bike. His mothers chuckled and giggled in amusement at his excitement.
"Come on, Nora!" Jaune called out to his friend. As he waits, a deep voice calls his name from the side, catching his attention. "Jaune. . . Arc." Raising an eyebrow, Jim sets his bike slowly down as Nora takes a deep breath but her bike racing down the canal without her consent.
"Whoa!" With a scream, Nora rides past Jaune before riding back down with a quick stop, tipping her bike and falling on her face as Jaune looks at him before glancing back.
"D'oh!" Nora grunted, facepalming at her counterpart's more misfortune while some did feel sympathy for her, especially the students who rode bikes and had the experience of wrecking more than once.
"Ha! How awesome are we? Awesome!" she mumbled as her face had been pressed against the concrete. Jaune takes off his helmet and heads to the source of the voice.
"Hey! Hey, Nora. - Did you hear that voice?" Jaune asked shyly, stepping over to the pile of rocks that laid beneath the bridge.
"What voice?" Nora wondered. Before Jaune could explain, the voice called again, speaking Jaune's name in a haunting tone causing the two to fall back with a startle and Jaune quickly crawls back to the pile, curiosity taking over him. "That! That pile of rocks knows my name." he stated.
"It's a pile of K-spar. Minerals don't talk." Nora said matter of factually, looking at pile of stones skeptically. "There's got to be a walkie-talkie in here or something." Jaune's eyes catch a glowing blue from under a rock before picking it up and inspecting what was hiding beneath it. The camera focuses on his eyes which had widened with wonder, the electric blue radiating against his skin and creating a reflection in his eyes.
"And I know my rocks," Nora said in surprise. Many were also surprised by that as well. They didn't think Nora would essentially a rock expert.
"Huh. It looks like an amulet." he muttered in wonder and confusion. How did this end up here?
Blake and a few others written notes, the young Cat Faunus recalling that the amulet was fought over with Bular and Kanjigar at the beginning of the episode.
Not noticing what his friend had picked up, Nora called out to the wind, "Who's doing this? Come out now!"
"Hello. I'm listening." Jaune mumbles, holding it to his ear and listening closely. The only thing he hears is the final bell of his school nearby. With a scream of panic, the two run to their bikes, the amulet being shoved carelessly into Jim's bag.
"Final bell!" Jaune cried out.
"We're so late, our kids are gonna have detention." Nora shouted in worry and exasperated horror.
The teachers rolled their eyes at her exasperation. Their detentions are not that extreme.
"Come on. Come on, Tobes. We can still make it." Jaune said in a optimistic tone.
"I'm right behind you." Nora said as they race out of the canal. The two bikes take off and the view changes back to the canal, showing the sewer pipe being occupied by six eyes.
"It chose a human?" the being asked in surprise as it grabbed at the gate bars on the pipe, six eyes blinking.
Some students threw out some supportive words to Nora's counterpart before they all jolted at seeing a being with six eyes standing in the shadows.
Ozpin, Glynda and Port furrowed their brows. Why did that voice sound familiar?
In class, a pen is being pressed against the map as kids type their notes quickly as a man instructs a lesson, weaving between desks. "The Peloponnesian War was actually three wars fought between Athens and Sparta. The first war is known as the Archimedean War. Type that into your search engines. A-R-C-H-I-M-E-D-E-A-N." Arthur Watts spoke before the class.
"Well look at that," Cinder drawled sarcastically. She glances to Watts nearby. "Looks like you're passing down your knowledge to the next generation."
Watts scoffed. While he may want to be recognized for his 'genius', he never wanted to be a teacher. Emerald, Mercury and Tyrian snickered or laughed mockingly.
Nora glanced at her friend who was lost in a trance as he watched Pyrrha Nikos who was sitting a few seats away with a dreamy expression. With a few waves of his hand, Nora sighed as he rolled his eyes, glancing at Jaune. "Really? Close your mouth."
Pyrrha glanced back at them with a raised eyebrow, Jaune not even budging. "You're drooling." Nora tried to get a reaction out of him.
"No. No, I'm not." Jaune said with a smile as Pyrrha looked away.
Nora grinned. Other than RoseGarden (And her and Ren.) she was going to enjoy watching Arkos.
"It seems that the roles are reversed," Sun suddenly stated. "Jaune is the one with the crush first. Not Pyrrha."
Both mentioned teens blush brightly. Though Jaune felt a bit ashamed that he didn't see that his partner had a crush on him while everyone else, including the villains who infiltrated Beacon did. Then again, Saphron and their sisters always said that he was dense as their father is.
Saphron and Tera smiled while Weiss frowned in jealousy.
"What are you doing?" he asked as he watched as his friend typed fiercely into the laptop.
"Research." Nora replied.
"Hey, look up talking amulet." Jaune said in a whisper.
"I already did that. All I got was toys. One of them was a plushie." Nora replied, showing a picture to prove her point. Jaune was too focused on other things that he hadn't realized Watts stepping up beside him. "Jaune, would you agree?" he asked.
Startled, Jim faced his teacher. "Sir?"
"With Herodotus' opinion on his tactics of war, as I've described." Watts replied.
A few chuckled at the results on the computer while most of the adults felt that something relevant should have been resulted.
Jaune slumped when the teacher began to speak to his counterpart, being reminded of when Dr. Oobleck suddenly asked him to answer a question when he fell asleep in class.
"Oh, uh." He glances at Nora who simply whistled, not helping. "Absolutely."
"Excellent." Watts smiled before asking, "Which tactics, specifically?"
Jaune thought of an answer. "The, uh winning ones?" he asked more than answered nervously.
Most of the students and some adults chuckled or snickered in amusement while most of the teachers frowned or rolled their eyes.
The class laughs as the bell rings, releasing the kids from their classes. As people gather their belongings, Watts finishes his sentence.
"All right, all right." He dismissed the class. "Don't forget, Michaelson, chapters four and five." he turns to the young blonde teen. "Jaune, may I have a word?"
"Oh." Distracted, Jaune knocks over his backpack, Watts kneels down and begins helping him pick up his belongings.
"Jaune, you're distracted." He said bluntly. "You fell asleep between the invasion of Attica and the Peace of Nicias, and your attention wandered for the rest of the class."
"Sorry. I didn't get a lot of sleep last night." Jaune replied in a bit of shame.
"I know it's just you and your mother and you want to help her." Watts said sympathetically.
"She's just really tired, Mr. Watts." Jaune said, mildly defensively. "She's been working double shifts at the clinic."
Writing his number on a post-it, Watts handed the little sheet to his student. "I believe I'm overdue for a conversation with her. Have her call me, feel free to drop by my office if you ever need to talk." he stated.
"Yeah, I'll do that." Jaune said, nodding his head.
"Oh, and, Jaune," Watts added. "if you fancy Miss Nikos, I submit that talking to will be much more effective than staring at." With a gentle tap on Jaune's head with a book, Watts hands him the book and lets the boy leave as the bell rang.
"Ha! Even the teacher knows you're crushing bad on P-Money!" Coco laughed.
"I honestly can't believe Watts is acting like that kind of teacher." Ironwood stated and Dr. Polendina nodded in agreement.
At gym class, two pudgy hands wrapped around a small rope as grunts of struggling rang in the room.
"Hang on. Almost there. So close. So close!" Nora said, struggling.
"Come on, Nora." Jaune said supportively. "You've got this." Even barely up to the rope, Nora is already breathless as she reaches once again. Jaune supporting her on.
Nora grunted, "So close!" With a yell, she falls, catching the coach's attention.
"What is that on my rope?" he asks angrily as he walks over to Nora's prone form. "Every student here should be able to climb this rope and ring that bell." He points up to the bell on the rafters of the gym. "I want all of you to be made of iron. Iron!" he said adamantly. He looks back at Nora and her pudgy build. "You have got to be kidding me. I don't know what I feel more sorry for. You or the rope."
The words of his coach disappeared as Jaune remembered his teacher's advice, with a deep breath, he walks to Pyrrha and her friend, waving with hesitation as the two girls share a laugh.
For the first part, Nora felt embarrassment while most the students felt sympathy when the PE coach came onto the scene. Jaune blushed a little while Pyrrha felt giddy for her counterpart.
"Buenos Noches. . . " Jaune started and froze when Pyrrha and her friend look up at him.
". . . You speak Spanish?" Pyrrha wondered.
"Huh?" a few said in confusion.
"Oh, that's another benefit for a world with no Grimm," Darth Anarchus said. "With no need to focus on survival, humans and Faunus focus on developing on their own cultures, traditions and languages." He gained a thoughtful expression before grabbing Penny with a "Yoink" and carried her out of the room.
Ruby, Winter, Pietro and General Ironwood grew worried before they came back.
"Penny, are you alright?" Pietro asked his daughter.
"I know the languages of the multiverse!" Penny declared excitedly.
"I don't want to work as a multiversal translator." The Host said simply.
"And Friend-Jaune, your counterpart essentially said 'Good night." Penny smiled to Jaune.
The second hand embarrassment Jaune feels for his counterpart and the students laughing cannot be put into words.
"Um, um, uh. . . ." Jaune mumbled nervously.
"Come on, Claire," Darci stated. As they stand, Claire looks at Jim with a soft look as he continues.
"Uh. . ." Jaune drawled.
"Do you like Shakespeare?" Pyrrha asked after a moment of waiting patiently.
"What?" Jaune wondered, surprised.
"Do you like Shakespeare?" She repeated kindly.
"Shakespeare?" Jaune repeated in confusion.
"The school play." Pyrrha elaborated, pulling out a flyer. "We're having trouble getting boys to audition."
"Uh, oh! Hasta huevo" Jaune chuckled nervously, taking the flyer from her. With a tuck of hair behind her ear, Pyrrha walks away, leaving Jim with the small poster, a picture painted of Romeo and Juliet on it. With a turn, Jim faced the coach still picking on Nora.
"Well, that went well," Mercury said and Emerald rolled her eyes. "Surprisingly."
"He said 'See you, Egg." Penny said when a few turned to her for translation. This caused more to laugh and Jaune to sulk in embarrassment.
"It's like a flabby piñata," he said mockingly as Nora tried to climb up the rope. "and I'm pretty sure you're filled with candy!" He pokes her sides.
"Why are you being mean to me?" Nora cried dramatically with anime tears.
In the locker rooms, Jaune and Nora each sat on a bench, speaking to each other on the Scroll, putting themselves in their daily clothes. While Jaune easily tied his shoe, Nora, on the other hand, had a hard time putting on her sock.
"So close!" she groaned in frustration before looking at her Scroll, "You talked to her?" she asked.
"Yep." Jaune replied bluntly from the Scroll. Still attempting to put on her socks, Toby grunted before falling back into the locker and continued his conversation.
"Like, actually spoke to her? Not just, you know, in your head?" she asked, skeptical that her friend had gone and done it.
Most chuckled, both at the conversation of Nora doubting Jaune's counterpart spoke to Pyrrha and that the ginger haired girl was struggling to put on a sock.
"I unleashed my Espanol on her." Jaune replied with a shrug and then he pulled the amulet from his bag, inspecting it once more.
"You told her good night as a greeting," Cardin deadpanned.
"And you called her Egg," Roman said.
And I thought you were a dum-dum, Neo signed to Roman.
"You should totally do it." Nora said. Jaune looks to his Scroll.
"What? The play?" He asked before scoffing. "I'm not an actor."
With another attempt at putting on his socks failing, she didn't even look at her Scroll. Jim closed his locker, heading to wait for Nora as she continues to speak on the Scroll call.
"Come on. You're always saying how you want your life to be more exciting." she said, throwing his words back at him. "Right?"
"I don't think Romeo and Juliet is exactly the answer, Nora." Jaune replied. "I don't mean just, you know, exciting. I mean more. I just need to know that there's something more to life than high school." With another glance at his amulet, Jim sighed as his face dropped. Through the silence, a locker clattered, catching Jaune's attention but not Nora's given that she's not in the room.
"Something more?" Nora questioned but Jaune simply ignored him, heading to the shower room as the water rushes, steam fogging up the room.
"Typical teenage stuff," most of the adults muttered when Jaune's counterpart said he wants to know more to life than high school.
"Hello? Anybody in there? Hello?" Jaune mumbled shyly and suspiciously. A figure ran blindly across the shower room, confusing Jaune and meanwhile in the girl's locker room, his friend had finally the success of slipping on one sock.
"Got one!" The sudden shout from the Scroll had startled Jaune before he looked the Scroll in hand. "Whoo-Hoo! Finally! Success, success." Jaune rolls his eyes and heads back out to meet Nora as a figure stood behind him, the smoke showing the figure of a troll.
Many narrowed their eyes upon seeing the figure stalking Jaune in the locker room. The tension was lifted at Nora's antics before being brought back down upon seeing the figure of a troll.
Out in the schoolyard, the two push their bikes to the exit. "So, good news, dude. My orthodontist says I'm almost done with my braces. Only four more years." Nora said proudly.
"How long has she had them?" Nora asked the Host. Darth Anarchus shrugged his shoulders.
Jaune turns his head to find Cardin Winchester and his little group of friends crowded around a locker with a young boy shoved inside as Cardin closes it with a chuckle.
"Okay. Nothing to see here." Nora said nervously, Jaune stopping while Nora continued forward.
Cardin lowered his head to floor. "Please tell me this me is going to get his ass kicked." he muttered.
"You may have to wait," The Host explained. "He does get humbled and a redemption arc later on in this world. But for the time being, we'll be seeing your counterpart act like a jerk for the most part."
"Great," Cardin sighed and a few looked to him with pity.
"We can't just let him do that." Jaune said with a frown.
"Oh, yes, we can." Nora nods her head frantically. "If Psycho Cardin's terrorizing her, he's not terrorizing us." She notices that Jaune is not moving ahead and not ignoring the bully. "Jaune? Jaune! Oh, no." She sees her friend heading in the direction of their ultimate doom.
Jaune smiled a little, proud of his counterpart for stepping up to the bully.
"Tell me again, dweeb-face." Cardin said mockingly, leaning against the locker. "Tell me about the creatures and maybe I'll let you out!"
"Or you can let him out right now." Jaune as he approached the bully. "I mean, you know, it would be nice." he added.
"Nice would be you minding your own business." Cardin said with a scowl.
"Oh, hi, Jaune," the girl's voice said from inside the locker.
The Happy Huntresses all furrowed their eyebrows as did the Ace-Ops, why did that voice sound familiar?
"So, where were we? Um Oh, yeah, okay." Cardin turns back to the locker, thinking Jaune was leaving. "You were telling me about the monsters you saw this morning, with fangs and - What was it, again?" he asked.
"Stone for skin! In the canal!" the girl said, surprising the Audience that the she may had seen Kanjigar and Bular.
"Stone for skin? Man, Fiona, you've got some imagination." Cardin mocked.
"Wait. . ." Robyn muttered.
Jaune approaches Cardin with a frown. "Look, Cardin, seriously, just let her out." he said sternly. With a grab of Jaune's backpack, Cardin pulls him closer, aiming his fist.
"Or you'll do what?" he growled threateningly.
"Well that certainly escalated quickly." Yatsuhashi said.
"Okay, do it. Punch me." Jaune quickly said, causing Nora to gasp and push through the crowd as Jaune eyed his fist.
"You- you're asking for a beating?" Cardin asked, taken aback.
"Yeah. Just go crazy." Jaune said, gaining confidence to speak. "In 20 years, you're gonna be fat and bald and you'll be working in a muffler shop, and Fiona will have a career in software and he'll be a billionaire."
"I do like computers," Fiona Thyme said from inside the locker.
"Wait, Fiona?!" The Happy Huntresses exclaimed in shock. Sure they would be glad to see one of their own onscreen but preferably not in a locker and a bully victim!
Nora glanced around before a spark of courage ignited within him. "Let her out. Let her out! Let her out! Let her out!" she begins to chant and soon everybody nearby chants with Nora, standing against Cardin as he glares at Jaune.
Before he is about to throw a punch, the coach interrupts, forcing Cardin to drop Jaune. "Winchester, what's going on here?"
"Uh, nothing, sir," Cardin said to the coach in a fake voice.
"Saved by the teacher! Classic."
"Why aren't you at practice?" the coach asked the ginger haired teenager firmly.
"I was helping Fiona, here." Steve opens the locker to reveal Fiona Thyme jammed into the small space.
"Hey, guys!" The sheep Faunus said albeit cheerfully.
All the Happy Huntresses and their leader Robyn end up glaring angrily at Cardin in the theater with protective Aura's while the Sheep Faunus herself was surprised that her counterpart seem so used to being stuffed in a locker that she'd say "hey" when it opens.
Cardin shrunk a bit in fear at so many Huntresses glaring at him angrily. Qrow pulled Robyn back and whispered to her. She took a deep breath and waved a hand to her Happy Huntresses who still glared before looking away.
"She was stuck." Cardin said sheepishly.
The coach points to the side. "On the double! Now!" he said firmly.
Slamming the locker door, trapping Fiona inside again, Cardin moved to Jaune's ear, mumbling a threat. "Friday, at noon. You and me. Tick-tock. Tick." With a simple gesture of his finger, Cardin leaves Jim and the rest of the students.
A knock on the locker quickly shakes Jaune back into reality. He pulls the handle, releasing Fiona from its hold. The young sheep Faunus fell out with a scream before standing to her feet. "Thanks, Jaune." she said with a smile.
Out on the street, Jaune and Nora peddled home, and the latter is reliving the moment of what happened at school. "That was awesome, man. Did you see how I did that chant? "Let her out. Let her out." She pumps her fist before saying sheepishly to Jaune. "I mean, you probably won't live past Friday, but it was awesome. Good thing your mom's a doctor." Jaune chuckles and rolls his eyes fondly.
"Would have been better if you went up and knocked the guy off his feet," Cardin muttered.
"Yeah, good thing she is a doctor," Saphron and Jaune said in agreement.
A car honks, alerting Jaune and Nora to pull to the side as Barbara pulls up beside them, fixing her glasses as she greets them. "Hey, boys."
"Hey, Mom," Jaune said, stopping his bike while Nora rode by.
"Looking sharp, Dr. Arc." Nora backed herself back up, sitting next to Jaune.
"Thank you, Nora. So are you." Barbara replied with a motherly smile.
"Oh! Does it show?" she asks and flexes her arms.
Jaune chuckled before turning back to his mom. "You're going to be out all night?" he asked.
"Dr. Gilberg is out with bursitis, and Dr. Lenz has a wedding out of town this weekend." Barbara replied with a shrug and sigh.
Jaune looks down a little before speaking again with a smile. "Okay, well, don't forget to bring your-" his mother holds up a paper bag in her hand. "Dinner. Thank you." she said.
Chuckling, Jaune went on. "Right. And try to find an oven to reheat it in instead of nuking. It takes all of the flavor and nutrients away." he said.
Dr. Arc frowns at him sadly. "Jaune, there must be a million things you'd rather be doing than looking after me." As she turned away from him, Jaune pulled out the sticky note, his eyes quickly going over Strickler's name and phone number.
Before his mother had noticed, he quickly shoved it back in his pocket.
"Can't think of one," Jaune answered quickly.
She smiles at him warmly. "Love you, honey."
Jaune waves his hand. "Bye, Mom." She drives off, leaving the two teens alone.
"You mother your mother a lot." Nora stated.
"What's wrong with that?" Jaune asked with a chuckle. His sister chuckled as well with her wife.
"Du bemutterst dein Mutter wie 'ne Mutter," Penny suddenly declared. "It's a German saying that rough means 'You mother your Mother like a mother."
"Never thought I hear the word 'mother' so many times in a sentence," Qrow said to Robyn.
"I don't know how to feel about Penny knowing all that," Ironwood said to Pietro who shrugged.
"Ha! See you tomorrow, Nora." Jaune laughs in response. The two slowly petaled in opposite directions, living across from one another, it didn't take them long to reach their home.
"Hey, and by the way, don't use mayo on the sandwich. It's the wrong note." Nora called after him.
Jaune entered his home, throwing his backpack on the floor as he settled down on the couch, clicking a button and lighting the T.V as he pulled the amulet from his pocket. Before he could go any further, his Scroll rang, taking his attention off of the amulet.
"Hey, Nora." he answered.
" Did it talk again? Did it do anything interesting?" Nora asked from her house.
"Nope." Jaune said bluntly as he looked back at the amulet.
"Nora Pie! Dinner!" Jaune winced, pulling the phone from his ear.
Jaune burst out laughing while Pyrrha covered her mouth to stifle her giggles while Ren chuckled in amusement. Nora didn't feel embarrassed this time. She smiled at the voice of her grandmother.
"In a minute, Nana! I've got to go. Text me if it does anything cool." Nora called too her nana before speaking to Jaune.
Jaune hung up the phone before changing the channel to a girl fight a robot but his attention changes back onto the amulet as it blinks a light blue. He picked it up and plopped on the couch. "How you doing? I'm Jaune Arc. But then, you knew that because you spoke my name, which is weird. Hello? Anybody in there?" He threw his arms down, "And now, I'm talking to an inanimate object. Come on! Talk again, or you are going up on eBay." he threatened half heartedly.
A loud clatter from his basement made Jim turn his head as he sat the amulet down and opening the basement door. As more clattering occurs, he groans and reaches for a broom. "Raccoons!" he scowls.
"It's odd that the amulet hasn't done anything since the morning." Wiess said.
"I'm more concern about Jaune talking to it." Blake remarked with a chuckle.
"Why those little rascals!" Port exclaimed at the mention of raccoons with a scowl.
The boy slowly steps down the stairs, finding rocks near the heather as footsteps retreat. Making his way down more steps and onto the cold basement floor. Above on the table, the amulet glows, an arm switching positions.
"That doesn't look good," Nora stated.
Flicking on a light, Jim slowly moves around the basement, searching for the raccoons with the broom raised. Catching his reflection in a jumpy state, he screams before calming after realizing it was just him moving in a mirror. The light burst off, scaring Jaune as he tightens his grip on the broom with a yell. Realizing no one was there, he sighed and took a closer look at the rocks by the furnace as 6 eyes opened behind him. The troll appearing behind him.
"Master Jaune!" Blinky (Bartholomew Oobleck) screamed in excitement.
Jaune screams with a jump back crawling on all fours, bumping his head on a wheel connected to a pole.
"Look out, Jaune!" Saphron and Terra called out in instinct for the blonde Arc.
People visibly winced when Jaune bumped his head on the wheel. Meanwhile, the teachers recognized that the troll with six eyes was the History Teacher of Beacon!
"Excellent! I am here in this universe as a Troll!" Dr. Oobleck declared in excitement.
"Master Jaune!" He said again. He screams once more, bumping his head again as the troll comes closer. "We have found you!" With another scream, he backs away in a different direction but stops as an arm blocks his path.
"I am known as Blinky." the Troll introduces himself.
Jaune lifts his head to find another troll, yet larger in size and lets out a scream of panic.
"Hi. It's Aaarrrgghh. Three R's." The (Sage Ayana) large troll speaks in a deep, raspy voice.
"Three R's," Neon chuckled.
"Wha?" Sage trailed off when he recognized his voice.
"I wonder why I am known as Blinky," Oobleck hummed to himself. "Does it have to do with my six eyes?"
Feeling cornered, Jaune backs up into the furnace, burning the surface of his skin causing him to move in between the two trolls. As they get closer, Jaune drops to the floor with a scream.
"Hmm. He says.." Aaarrrgghh, let out a petty scream, "a lot."
"It's more of a yelp, I believe. A greeting, perhaps." Blinky muses. They scream to greet him but it causes another scream to erupt from Jaune's raw throat. As he gets up to run, Aaarrrgghh grabs his legs and dangles him upside down as Blinky steps closer. Jaune covers his eyes as his body trembles.
A few couldn't help but be amused by seeing the situation, though others sympathized with Jaune's counterpart being a bit intimidated.
"Master Jaune, you have been chosen." Blinky says dramatically.
"Hmm. Blinky, he looks scared." Aaarrrgghh notes.
"Uh, Aaarrrgghh, my good fellow, would you mind?" Blinky holds up one of his four hands. "This is a moment of some solemnity."
"Hmm? Solembily?" Aaarrrgghh tries to repeat in confusion.
"It means serious and dignified." Blinky stated.
"Hmm. Dig-oo-nified." Aaarrrgghh looks like a confused puppy, tilting his head at the words spoken.
Most of the mothers cooed at Aaarrrgghh. "Aww, what a cutie," Summer gushed.
"P-P-Put me down, please?" Jaune said, his voice shaking. Blinky silently gestures to put Jim down, which Aaarrrgghh follows before patting the human's head as he lets out another yelp.
"Thank you. Now, where was I?" Blinky rubbed two of his hands together as he tried to remember what he was trying to say.
"Uh, Master Jaune. . . found you," Aaarrrgghh reminded him.
"Yes." Blinky started again while Jaune tries to run but Aaarrrgghh stops him, "Thank you. Master Jaune you have been chosen. The Amulet of Daylight challenges you to ascend to the most sacred of offices." he said to Jaune, much to his confusion.
Blake written down "Amulet of Daylight' with a curious hum.
"Orifices? What orifices?" Aaarrrgghh asked.
"Oh my," Kali and Blake covered their mouths upon that question.
"Offices. It means responsibility." Blinky answered before turning back to Jaune. "Unbeknownst to your kind, there is a secret world, a vast civilization of trolls lurking beneath your very feet, hidden from view." he said.
"Fascinating, simply fascinating," Oobleck muttered.
"Tro-Tr-Trolls?" Jaune questioned.
"Trolls." Aaarrrgghh repeated with a grunt.
"Yes, trolls. And it is now your charge to protect them." Blinky said. "For you, Master Jaune, are the Trollhunter."
"Trollhunter," Aaarrrgghh repeated.
"This honor is yours to accept. So, what say you?" Blinky asked but Jaune never gave an answer, instead his eyes roll to the back of his head as he falls to the floor, his body lying still as the two trolls that invaded his house, surrounded him.
"Is that a yes?" Aaarrrgghh asked.
"I think so," Sun said with a smile.
"More like a no," Qrow deadpanned.
"I'm sure the excitement was just overwhelming," Summer said.
A few hours later, Jim awoke with a startle. The basement was vacant of the two trolls that had once stood there. Quickly pulling out his scroll, Jim dialed a certain number and stood up while he scanned the area. " Pick up, pick up." Answering his prayers, Nora's voice appeared at the other end of the line.
" Hey, Jim." she said.
"Nora, it's me!" Jaune said frantically to the Scroll. "You're never going to believe what happened last night."
" Yeah, I'm kind of in the middle of something, Jauney." Nora cut him off and it was shown that she is at the dentist.
Ruby squeaked in fear upon seeing the dentist and jumped behind her seat. Oscar and the others looked over the seat at her curled up form.
The dentist grabbed a bunch of tools, as he stuck his un-gloved hands into Nora's mouth.
"I am freaking out here! Seriously freaking. I need to talk to somebody." Jaune said in a panicking tone.
" Chillax. What's going on?" Nora asked nonchalantly.
"Okay, last night, I heard something in my basement. I thought it was raccoons, but then-" Jaune tries to explain quickly.
"Yeah, hang on a second-" A scream erupts from the phone, "Sorry, Jaune. I'll have to call you back. No, not that one!"
Ruby had peaked over her seat only to duck back down when she heard Nora's counterpart scream.
The camera switches to a bunch of masks lined up as a door pushes open, revealing Jaune as he enters Watts' office. "Ah, hello, Jaune. What can I do for you?" Arthur greets.
"Um, do you have a minute?" Jaune wondered.
"Are you alright?" the teacher asked in concern. "You look peaked. Here, sit."
"Why does he have that much masks?" Whitley asked Oscar who shrugged his shoulders and looked at the back of the seat. "Ruby, you can come out now. The dentist is gone."
Ruby slowly climbed back over her seat. "Sorry, not a big fan of the dentist."
Oscar stared and stared. This girl, who stared down the giant cannon of a giant robot in his timeline, was scared of the dentist? ". . . Does your sweet tooth have something to do with that?" he asked after a moment.
The blush and embarrassed look away was his answer.
Jaune exhaled, "Okay. I don't really know how to say this, but last night, something incredible happened." Jaune explains, getting a bit frantic. "Actually, unbelievable. Completely unbelievable. As in, you won't believe me, but I'm telling you it's true. I promise you it's true."
"All right. Just calm down. I'll believe you." Watts said firmly and reassuringly.
"Uh, okay. Last night, two, um, things showed up at my house." Jaune begins.
"Things?" Watts rose an eyebrow.
"I am offended!" Both Dr. Oobleck and Sage declared.
"You know, things. Guys. But really weird. One had these eyes, and the other one was huge and hairy. And they said that they were tro-" Jaune tries to explain before he paused.
"Tro-?" Arthur tilted his head.
Something tells Jaune to change his mind and tell a lie instead. "Tr-trainers! Trainers, who want to train me in ch-uh chess." He said, after glancing to the teacher's desk. Jaune gets up and grabs a chess piece as Watts watches him with a chuckle. "And why would that have you so perturbed?"
"Nice save," Melanie drawled when Jaune decided to not mention the 'things' were not trolls. "Totally believable," Militia added.
"They really weirded me out." Jaune shrugged sheepishly.
Both Sage and Oobleck made offended noises but then Scarlet said to the former, "To be fair, anyone would find trolls and what they were saying as weird."
"He's got a point," Glynda said to Oobleck.
He moved the chess piece down from his view to reveal Cardin kicking a soccer ball far off the field. The ginger turns and ticks his finger, causing Jaune to look almost sadly at the chess piece.
Cardin sighed to himself.
"Now, I think I know what has you so distraught, Jaune." Watts stated with a nod. The boy looks up to him in confusion. "You do?" Watts stands with pride as he makes his way to the boy.
"It's like I told you yesterday, you have a lot on your shoulders." the teacher said. "Too much, in my opinion, for someone your age. And I think this opportunity-"
"Chess?" Jaune interrupts him. He takes the chess piece from his hand gently, overlooks it, and sets it back on the board before knocking another piece down.
"I think it's causing you anxiety." Watts went on. "I know you want to be there for your mother, but it's a great poet once wrote, "Do what's good for you, or you're not good for anybody"."
As much as they didn't like him, Ozpin's Inner Circle (Ironwood mainly) and Cinder thought he was giving sound advice. Watts felt himself agreeing with his counterpart.
The school bell rings, causing Jaune to walk back to his bag and rest it on his shoulder.
"Hey, thanks for the advice. I like talking to you." Jaune smiled to the teacher.
"Always." Watts smiled and turned to head to his desk while Jaune left the room, the amulet lit up in blue from the open pocket of his bag, certainly catching the teacher's eyes, causing them to grow in realization but also panic and shock.
Jaune stared at the screen before declaring, "I have a bad feeling about this."
Back at home, Jaune slices his knife through the skin of the tomato, making perfect-sized slices. After smoothly sliding the pieces onto three sandwiches, he fingers the knife before nicely throwing it in its respectful holding place in the knife holder. After adding lettuce and cheese, he places the last slice of bread upon each one and finishes his cooking.
His eyes moved to his bag which glowed as the amulet peeked from its hiding spot. Leaving his house with his bag, Jaune stepped into the backyard, pulling the magical device out and studying it.
Suddenly, the arms of the machine start to spiral as the rim turned blue, changing the symbol to letters to words. "For the glory of Ozma, Daylight is mine to command." As he finished reading the words, the food of a cat's dish began to float as the computer screen with an image of Toothless in a room of his house flicked off. The fences shaking in the wind as leaves blew. His eyes grew as he brings it closer, a blue spark appearing from the amulet, surrounding him before hiding near his heart as more sparks follow into his chest, his body floating in the air while the blue wave of magic had covered him. Armor appearing and connecting to his body and shrinking to his size.
"Ozma?" Oscar, the Ozpins and Salem repeated.
But then Qrow saw the image on the computer. "Is that Toothless?" he asked. But no one saw because the computer turned off before he could point it out.
"Wow," most of the students said in awe when the armor magically appeared.
"This is so freaking cool!" Jaune says after a moment in excitement.
"Right?!" Jaune exclaimed in excitement.
The sparks from his amulet appeared once again, this time falling to his hand, creating a sword. The vast sword shrinks to his size as blue smoke pours from the fun of posing and swinging it around, his confidence grows until it wedges into a rock. With force of trying to pull it out (and rolling off) he finally gets it free, only to get it stuck in another rock behind him.
"Oh, hehehe," Jaune said, blushing in embarrassment.
"Given the size of that sword, it's only realistic that it would happen." Weiss stated.
"But why is there a rock that big in the yard?" Maria asked. "Did one of the trolls take a shit?"
Darth Anarchus paused and thought it over. "N-No." he replied with uncertainty. "I don't think so."
By the deathbed of Kanjigar, a car pulls up near the edge as a figure exits the vehicle and appearing beside the pile of rocks. His hand reaches to where the amulet used to lay to reveal Watts. "It's been taken. You failed. You let it go." Watts said in disappointment. "Your father will be displeased."
A larger figure appears behind him. Bular. " Whoever holds the Amulet of Merlin, I shall destroy him, just as I have done with every single one of them." the large troll declared.
"Worry not, you brute. I know where to find it. I believe the amulet has found its champion." Watts's eyes glowed yellow as Jaune appeared trying to pull the sword from the stone. Once he does, he holds it up with a smile.
Neo held up a sign in her hand. LE GASP!
"Yeah, that's not good." Summer said.
"No shit, Sherlock." Raven replied drily.
"The who's Sherlock?" Vernal asked her.
"I don't know, it just popped in my head." Raven shrugged.
(Wipes a tear.)
Sorry.
Writing this just brings back memories of when I first watched this series before and during COVID. Good memories. So much fun.
Man, I feel thirty years older than I am.
Next is Ozpin in Kingsman: Secret Service Trailer, followed by a few clips.
And then I shall to dive in the Multiverse of the King of Monsters.