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Chapter 37: Trollhunters Season 1 Episode 2: "Becoming Part 2"
The wheels on Jaune's bike quickly turned as he peddled down the street. His wheels falling where the curb meets the street, water spraying near the sign with "Arcadia" written in bold. He pulls up near the dentist, a large mouth sign in view as he parks his bike near the entrance and walked inside.
A lady stood behind the desk as he entered, trying to stop Jaune from interrupting the appointment.
"Don't go in there, he's with a patient." Obviously her warning meant nothing as Jaune opened the door, finding his friend laid back, thick fingers operating in his mouth.
"Wow he did not care." Sun commented with a chuckle.
"Nora." he said.
"Hey, Jaune," Nora greeted.
"Nora! Nora, Nora, Nora, Nora! I have got to talk to you." Jaune stepped closer to his friend who was pulled upwards by his dentist as the man in the white coat had continued to work.
"Uh, I'm a little busy right now." Nora grumbled as her mouth was worked on.
"What?" Jaune questioned, the dentist quickly translating.
"He says he's a little busy right now." The man shoved cotton wads in Nora's mouth as Jim cringed physically, looking disgusted at the view.
"Oh, God. It hurts." Nora said in pain.
Jaune hadn't cared, "Okay, remember that thing we found the other day? In the canals." Jaune asked Nora, "The thing with the gem and stuff? It works. It works like crazy!"
Students laughed, "She's a little busy but there's Jaune with no care in the world." Neptune chuckled.
"This can't wait, man?" Nora asked in annoyance.
"What?"
"He says, This can't wait, man?" the dentist translated.
Jaune watched as the drill was placed on Nora's teeth, yet, no care was shown. "I've already waited until morning. Who goes to the dentist two days in a row?"
"Wow, Nora, your counterpart has serious problems with your mouth."
"Ow! I want to get these braces off before I'm 30." Nora said, the dentist having no problem translating it.
"I want to get these braces off before I'm 30." The dentist shoved a blue piece inside Toby's mouth before working again.
"What?" Jaune asked.
"It's like my mouth is a city engineering project." Nora said, mumbling.
"It's like my mouth is a city engineering project." The dentist quoted again.
"He's good." Neon admitted, impressed.
"Probably done that for years," Vernal said.
"How much longer is this going to take?" Jaune asked, defeated. The dentist pops out another tool as he fixes the mirror.
No longer seeing a drill fall towards Nora's mouth, her pained mouth shifted as she felt the painful changes that occurred. Her finger touching the cold metal printed on her teeth. Jaune paced before her.
"Eight hours! I can't believe it takes eight hours!" Jaune said in disbelief.
"Jeez! Eight hours!?" Everyone said in shock. Ruby whined a little, she couldn't see herself being with the dentist for eight hours.
"Two molars, plus insertions, and some cleanup." Nora described, counting with her fingers.
"Okay, Nora. You are never going to believe this." Jaune headed away from his friend and to where he had hidden his amulet. Nora rubbed her cheeks before reaching into the fridge, pulling out a frozen box of microwavable pizza. "My mouth still feels a little sore."
"Check this out." Jaune holds up the amulet, watching it carefully while Nora presses the cold box on her cheeks.
"Do you have any aspirin?" Nora asked, more with a mumble than anything.
"Nora, pay attention." Nora sniffed the box with delight as Jaune chanted, the amulet glowing between his fingers.
"Welp, Jaune, this you is very impatient." Saphron said in amusement.
"I waited the whole day!" Jaune said defensively.
"For the glory of Merlin, Daylight is mine to-" A ding from the microwave interrupts the new Troll Hunter, his eyes growing. Nora pulled a slice out from it's cooking space and putting the pizza near her mouth.
"Go on." Nora said.
"It worked last night." Jaune whispered, rubbing his neck and glancing at the amulet.
"Are you punking me right now?" Nora struggled to close the microwave.
Jaune looked to Nora with a raised eyebrow. "Are you talking about me or the microwave?"
"Oh, ha, ha! You have to understand that you sound absolutely crazy." Nora laughed.
"Yeah I could not believe it myself." Jaune looked away from Nora.
"Okay. Wait, wait, wait, wait." Jaune muttered as he closes his eyes and takes a deep breath, concentrating on the cold amulet that floated from his grip and into the air, blue coloring the house, his body and the slice of pizza float in the air as well. The armor easily connecting to Jaune's slim body.
Adrian giggled and clapped his hands.
Nora's jaw dropped, "Holy champignon!" With a twirl Jaune lands and chuckles.
"Oh-ho-ho-ho! How cool is that?" he said with wonder, realizing he could also don the armor with his mind.
Nora looked flabbergasted, "What? Oh, my gosh! Oh, my gosh! Oh, my gosh! Oh, my gosh! So cool, so cool, so cool!" she said like a mantra. "Dude, you know what this means, right? You have a sacred responsibility here."
"That's what they said!" Jaune said in excitement.
"Right?!" The excitable of the students exclaimed.
"Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh! Oh, my gosh! Oh, my gosh! Oh, my gosh! Oh, my gosh!" Nora spins in an excited circle, biting a piece of pizza off as she continues. "Oh, my You have to use these new powers for the benefit of all mankind." she pauses dramatically with a mad grin. "You have to use this to kick Cardin's butt."
The excitement died down. "You're kidding me right now."
After giving his friend a look of "Seriously", his eyebrows dropped as he responded. "Really? I show you a glowing sword and a suit of armor that can only be magic, and that's how you respond?" He turns around slightly to point at the sword on his back and gestures to Nora in disbelief.
"Seriously! It's butt-kicking time." Nora made her point with a few fighting stands, "These pants are so elastic." she noted before pausing and realizing what else Jaune had said. "Wait. Also, who's "they"?" she asked.
Jaune's excitement died down. "Well, that's the part that I've been freaking out over!" As he finished, a knock on the door pulls them from the midst of their conversation, a rectangular head popping into the window with a wave.
"What, what, what the heck is that? Don't open the door!" Nora yelped in panic, the door is pushed open as Blinky enters happily.
"Wow, your command worked so well." Coco said sarcastically.
"Master Jaune!" With a scream, Nora hides behind Jaune, shoving him gently towards the creature.
"I'm calling 911." she declared in fear. As Aaarrrgghh enters, Nora panics and pulls his friend back before diving behind the counter and eating a whole slice of pizza.
"Did you just eat a piece of pizza in the midst of panic?" Ren asked, turning to look at Nora.
". . .Nooooooooo." Nora drawled, looking away with a blush of embarrassment.
"No, Animal Control. Oh, gosh. Oh, gosh. Oh, gosh. They talk." Nora rambled as she moved away.
"I knew it was but a matter of time before the amulet called to us." Blinky said, ignoring Nora and her panicking.
"Called to you?" Jaune repeated.
"Actually, no. We've been spying on you." the Troll confessed shamelessly.
"Very comforting." Qrow remarked.
"Spy on you." Aaarrrgghh mentioned, his fingers pointing to his eyes then to Jaune
"Well, keeping a close watch." Blinky mentioned, hoping it sounded better than spying. A large bang shook the house, startling Jaune and Blinky. Aaarrrgghh had fallen into the house, surprisingly, not taking a wall down with him.
Aaarrrgghh whined, "Door small."
" Animal Control." A woman's voice said on the Scroll. Nora gripped her phone, yelling as she tried her best to stay out of the view of the trolls that had invited themselves in. "Monsters, at my best friend's house! I need you to send a squad!"
" Is this a joke, kid?" Nora lifts her head to spot Aaarrrgghh watching her.
"Make that the National Guard!" A long buzzing noise echoed from the speaker of Nora's phone, Aaarrrgghh still behind her as he gets closer. "Animal Control hung up on me." she looked up in shock.
"You told your stout little friend about us?" Blinky asked Jaune.
"Um, is that a problem?" Jaune shrugged in confusion.
"Master Jaune, we trolls have gone to great lengths to keep our existence secret from your kind, lest there be panic." As Blinky described of why to be kept a secret, Aaarrrgghh pulled Nora from the other side of the counter, and setting her on the flat tall surface of the island. Scared, she grabs the closest thing near her, which was a metal pot spoon and aimed it at the trolls.
Nora continued to freak, "Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh."
"Like that." Blinky stated. Jim heads to his friends side, hoping her to calm. "It's all right, Nora."
"They're like nine feet tall." Nora said in shock and fear.
"This is my best friend, Nora V." Jaune stated, smiling.
"He has like 800 eyes. We're going to die." Nora said, looking at Blinky
"Hardly. Your friend is the Trollhunter." Blinky explained. "His noble obligation is protective." Jaune heads back to Blinky's side, watching his panicked friend. Taking a deep breath, Nora sits on the countertop, finally back to her normal self.
"Like protecting? You mean like a superhero?" she asked before perking up. "Oh, can I be his sidekick? With a cool superhero name like Deathblade or Sniper Snake?"
Raven raised an eyebrow, "You changed your reaction real quick." she stated.
"Yeah, I want to be a superhero!" Nora exclaimed.
"Wait until we view the Marvel Universe." Darth Anarchus replied.
"Just wait. Who would I be protecting?" Jaune asked.
"Us." Aaarrrgghh stated.
"And mankind and the Faunus. From bad trolls. As well as goblins, gruesomes, and the occasional rogue gnome." Nora tapped Blinky with the spoon repeatedly, annoying the troll. "Do you mind?" Nora drops the spoon but stays where she was put.
"The mantle of Trollhunter is a sacred responsibility, one which has never been passed to a human before. This is a momentous occasion." As Blinky pulls back, Jaune sits eyes wide until a pair of headlights pass the house and to the Arc residence driveway.
"Oh, it's my mother! Upstairs, quick!" he exclaimed.
Aaarrrgghh grew confused, "Mother?" The group quickly runs upstairs, Aaarrrgghh breaking the post of the railing and quickly fixes it right before Barbara opens the door. A large crashing sound causes Barbara to glance upstairs in question.
"Jaune? It's me."
""Real smooth."" Melanie and Militia drawled.
"You try hiding a tank." Jaune huffed.
"I just love how gently Aaarrrgghh fixed the railing." Velvet said with a smile.
The gang takes refuge in the bathroom, Jaune blocking the door. "She's not supposed to be home until midnight." he explained. With a sudden sniff from Aaarrrgghh, Nora was nearly picked up from the strong wind.
"Mmm You smell like cat." the large troll grumbled.
"My nana has a Siamese." Nora explained sheepishly.
"Tasty." He licks his chaps as Jaune jumps at another sound of his mother's voice.
"Should I be sad or excited that they might find cats tasty instead of humans," Blake said worriedly.
"They don't eat Faunus," the Host explained. "Well, except for ones like Bular. The others just find cats more appealing.
"Oh," Blake said, she, her mother, Sienna and Neon shrinking.
"I forgot my phone. Are you okay in there?" Jaune looks worried as he glanced at his friends with question after hearing his mom's presence right on the other side of the door.
"Um, fine." He said as Nora grabs a toilet cleaner, shoving it into the toilet, making fart noises. Jaune signals him to stop. "I mean, my stomach's a little, uh, uh, you know, I might have a food poisoning situation."
People chuckled at Nora's antics and Team JNPR shook their heads in amusement.
"Respect to Nora for thinking on his feet." Emerald admitted.
"Honey, I'll get you some medicine, okay?" She leaves the upstairs as Jaune sighs, his amulet glowing and making a sharp noise.
"Okay, what's this going on here?" he asked the Troll with six eyes.
"The amulet reacts to your emotional state," Blinky started. Nora turns off the light and smiles at the glowing amulet. "You appear to be in some distress."
"You think?" Aaarrrgghh's large arm slowly reaches to the switch and turns on the light.
"I have another question." Nora asked while he glared at Aaarrrgghh who kept flickering the lights
"Speak, Dora." Blinky permitted.
"It's Nora, actually. If Jaune's the first human Trollhunter, like you said, then who or what was the Trollhunter before him?" Aaarrrgghh flickers the light once more as Nora whacks him in the arm, forcing him to stop as Jaune glances at Blinky with a curious look. The room is now dark.
"The glorious mantle has been passed from troll to troll for hundreds of years." Blinky explained
"So, the previous Trollhunter, what, retired?" Jaune asked.
"Yeah, that's one way to think about it." Mercury snorted.
"I mean, now that I think about it, yeah, I would rather hear that then death." Cardin admitted.
"Was felled." Aaarrrgghh said in a depressed manner.
Nora raised an eyebrow, "Felled?"
"Means killed." Blinky answered. Jaune gets a worried look upon his face. "Turned to stone and smashed. Kanjigar the Courageous was his name. Brutally slain by a ruthless troll named Bular."
"Well… really by what we saw, he sacrificed himself." Velvet said sadly.
Nora's hand appears on Jaune's metal shoulder, shaking Jaune from his scared little trance. Nora quickly turned the light back on, lighting the dark room. "Don't worry, dude. This Bular guy probably just got lucky."
"The evidence does not suggest that. Bular is a formidable opponent." Blinky corrected, unaware that he is making Jaune more scared.
"Then the other guy, he was just off his game or something, right?" Jaune wondered, in hopes to find some light in this situation.
"Doubtful. Kanjigar was perhaps the most alert and able of all the Trollhunters." Blinky answered.
"But not the best, I'm betting." Jaune said.
"Oh, the very best. Many songs and sagas have been written about him." Blinky was not helping the situation and caused the fear to grow.
"Way to help Bart." Glynda said with a shake of her head.
"Uh, I think what my friend here is a little worried about is, if this -" Nora starts.
"Bular." Aaarrrgghh picks his nose with the toilet cleaner then licks it curiously.
"Okay, that was uncalled for." Yang said.
"And unsanitary," Weiss gagged.
Nora continues, "Yeah, I got it. If Bular could defeat Kanjigar-"
Aaarrrgghh interrupts again, "Smash to pieces." Jaune collapses by the door, holding his head. All this information was a lot to take in.
"Then what's going to happen to Jaune?" Nora asked.
"A most appropriate, if troubling, query, Nera." Nora glares causing Blinky to quickly correct his mistake. "Nora. Of course, we would never expect Master Jaune to engage in battle without the proper training. Not at all."
Nora stands Jaune up and slaps him on his back, "See? Nothing to worry about. How long does the training normally take?"
Blinky counts, using all his fingers. "Oh Decades." he replied.
"And how long do I have?" Jaune asked.
"A day or two." To make emphasis that it was somewhere between, Aaarrrgghh shakes his hand. Barbara appears outside the bathroom once again, scaring Jaune as she knocks.
"Jaune, I have medicine and ginger ale. Come on out." Barbara calls out.
"I'm fine. Really." Jaune called out.
"I'm a doctor. I'm going to treat my own son." Dr. Arc said sternly.
"I just need a little privacy." Jaune said.
"You're worrying me." She spills some medicine causing her to glance down, missing the blue glowing from the cracks of the door. "I'm coming in." Before she can open the door, Jaune opens it and waves his hand as the toilet flushes behind him.
"Ooh! See? All good." Jim walks away as his mother looks in the bathroom, the little room found vacant.
"Huh. Okay." Hiding in the tub was Aaarrrgghh, Blinky, and Toby. Aaarrrgghh taking the time to sniff Nora's hair once again.
"You guys are already hiding it so well." Maria snarked.
"How did all of them fit in that tub?" Winter asked.
"With great difficulty, I'm sure." Ozpin replied.
"This is amusing," Qrow chuckled.
"Stop sniffing me, giant troll dude." Nora snapped.
"Smell like cat." As the headlights disappeared from the house, the heads of Jaune and Nora popped up from behind the couch, watching Dr. Arc's car fade from view. Behind them was Blinky and Aaarrrgghh who was too large to fit in the small living room, bumping into the table, and the chandelier above causing the two humans to watch with sudden question as Aaarrrgghh accidentally knocked the bookcase to the floor. "Ow! Your cave, too small."
Jaune picks up the books as Nora heads to the bookcase, Blinky walking up to his new Troll Hunter. "So, Master Jaune, are you ready? We should begin your training immediately."
Jaune looks at the books than away nervously. "Uh, it's a school night."
"I assure you, the relevance escapes me." Nora picked up another VHS tape as Aaarrrgghh came over to inspect the object. With another lick of his stone lips, Nora looked in wonder before tossing it in his mouth.
"That was a perfect way to respond to that." The students laughed. Though the Atlassian students tried not to laugh too much.
"Nora, you can't just feed a troll the VHS tapes of someone else," Pyrrha scolded the ginger haired hammer wielder.
"Sorry." Nora chuckled.
"I'm 15. I have to stay home and, uh, study and stuff. Do homework? - I can't be out, you know, trollhunting." Jaune tries to answer.
"Because?" Blinky asked for more. The blonde stands while in the background, Nora continued to throw some more VHS tapes inside Aaarrrgghh's mouth
"Well, the whole "getting killed by a vicious troll named Bular" might be a deal breaker."
"Dude! He eats VHS's!" Nora said excitedly.
"Deal breaker?" Jaune sets down the books and quickly turns to Blinky.
"I don't want to die!" Jaune cried out.
The six eyed Troll stares at him before, "Goodness gracious! Who does?" Blinky laughed as Jaune pulls the amulet out from his pocket and stretches his arm out, hoping Blinky will take the amulet.
"Maybe you should take this back." Blinky pushed it back but Jaune fought, the two pushing it back and forth.
"I am finding this really amusing. A new version of Hot Potato." Yang chuckled.
"The amulet called to you, Master Jaune. It chose you. It is your-" Blinky tries but Jaune cuts him off.
"Please, don't say destiny." Jaune said.
"sacred obligation." Blinky finished.
"Or that." He facepalmed and ran his hand down his face, annoyed.
"You cannot refuse it. You cannot give it back. It is yours until you die." Blinky said.
"And I would like to get a little further past puberty before that happens." The Troll Hunter shoves the amulet into one of Blinky's hands. Quickly yet with ease, Blinky pushed Jaune's arms back, making sure Jim still had the amulet.
"Seriously, Jaune?" Oscar asked the blonde knight in the Audience with a raised eyebrow. "Because I'm sure most people would like to die after they start a family."
Jaune chuckled bashfully while the Host thought to one timeline where Rusty Knight Jaune traveled to the past and had a conversation with his past self.
"Master Jaune, you are now responsible for the protection of two worlds, human with the Faunus and troll alike." Blinky explained. "If you do not keep the balance, evil trolls like Bular will come into yours and wreak havoc."
"You're saying this Bular could hurt people?" Jaune asked.
"Like you." Aaarrrgghh pointed to Jaune who looked at him sadly. Blinky turned, Jaune still eyeing them with sad eyes.
"Not helping!" Blinky said with a hint of anger.
"You were not helping in the bathroom either, dude." Ruby added with crossed arms.
"What's he talking about?" Jaune asked.
"With the amulet now in your possession, Bular will seek you out," Blinky explained in a grave tone. "And you will face him, one way or another." Jaune's eyebrows raise as Nora makes her way to her best friend, placing a comforting hand on his back.
"Maybe what Jaune needs is a little time to process all of this." she said. "You know, you laid a lot of heavy stuff on him tonight."
"Fine, fine. We shall return tomorrow then, to begin your training." Blinky relented.
"Awesome sauce." Nora grinned.
The back door opens as Nora peeks her head out making sure the coast was clear before letting the trolls exit. She turns to Aaarrrgghh and hands him another VHS tape. "For the road, big guy." she whispered.
"VHS." Aaarrrgghh says excitedly.
"Moral Weapons Five and Six." She then fed the last two to Aaarrrgghh before stepping out of the way and trying to help the large troll fit through the small framed door. Blinky tuned to find Jaune fingering the amulet with a look filled with remorse.
Blinky steps up with a calm attitude, yet Jaune didn't make eye contact until Blinky spoke.
"Master Jim, if I may," the six eye troll began. ". . . Destiny is a gift. Some go their entire lives living existences of quiet desperation, never learning the truth that what feels as though a burden pushing down upon our shoulders is actually a sense of purpose that lifts us to greater heights. Never forget that fear is but the precursor to valor, that to strive and triumph in the face of fear is what it means to be a hero. Don't think, Master Jaune. Become."
"Well, that was certainly inspiring," Kali stated.
"Sounds like something Oz would say." Raven remarked.
"Not wrong," both Ozpins and Oscar said with a shrug.
Jaune forced a smile but let it drop as he looked away. "Would you at least consider?" Jaune balled up his fist and fist bumped each one of Blinky's hands with a small, lopsided smile. Blinky blinked with a grateful smile.
A vast stone hand wrapped over the fence, Aaarrrgghh pulling himself over as Blinky waved before Aaarrrgghh grabbed him. The two teens waiting by the back door.
"They're pretty stealthy." Nora mentioned, whacking Jaune in the shoulder, "How's that? I bought you a night."
"A night?" Jaune repeated.
"Dude you're the one who's always talking about wanting adventure and something more." Nora replied. "Well, wish granted. Hmm. So, trolls are a thing. Who knew?" The two head inside as Jaune locked the door, watching the spot where the trolls were last seen.
"Okay, I mean, is she wrong?" Sun shrugged.
The next day at school, Nora and Jaune headed through the courtyard of lockers, a conversation brewing about last night.
"So, what did you decide?" Nora wondered.
"That if anyone finds out what happened in my kitchen last night, we'll both be committed." Jaune replied.
"PFFFFFF-HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Yang, Coco, Mercury, Nora, Cardin, Team SSSN, Qrow, Tai, Raven howled with laughter.
Penny and Whitley titled their heads in confusion while the rest of the Audience either blushed or shook their heads.
"I meant about kicking Cardin's butt." Nora clarified.
"Give up the dream, Nora." Hearing the amulet ding, Nora pulled on his backpack, stopping their movements as he studied the magic amulet. The bell rings, releasing some kids who glanced with confused and judgmental looks.
"Does this thing run on batteries? What's it doing?" Nora asked as Jaune looked at the kids who had been staring before quickly covering the pocket with his hand.
"How should I know? It didn't come with a manual." the blonde replied.
"Does it feel like you're going to, you know, change?" Nora asked next in a more concerned tone.
"Oh, no!" Jaune's eyes widened.
"We've got to get you someplace that's not out here!" Nora drug her friend towards the men's locker room while Watts watched them carefully, as he clicked his pen and put it in his coat pocket, he gave a devilish grin as the Audience see Nora shoving Jaune into the lockers.
In the locker room a glow of blue erupted from the side of the lockers, the weight pulling Jaune back, falling into a pile of random items. Nora waited outside the door as Jaune appeared around the lockers, rubbing his metal hand on his skill.
"So cool!" Nora said in amazement.
"Okay. Why did it do that?" Jaune asked. Nora shrugged before she looked back and saw Watts approaching. She gasped before looking back to the locker. "It's Watts! He's coming!" Nora then jogged away.
"Jaune? Jaune, are you in here?" Jaune slid carefully against the lockers. Hearing Watts's voice calling his name, the blonde boy quickly checks the entrance before Jaune took off running down one of the lanes. Watts looking down each row of lockers for him.
"Keep him out of here." Jim ordered in a whisper on his Scroll.
"How?" Nora said back in her Scroll.
"Just go!" Toby appeared from outside the locker room and ran to distract the teacher.
"Fine! Oh! Hey, Mr. Watts!"
"Ah, Nora." Watts greeted. "Have you seen Jaune? I believe he came in here."
"Yeah, he, um he's having some issues, you know?" Nora tried to say but Watts keeps walking. "Taco Tuesday. Vicious." Watts turned a corner to find Jaune fixing his armor. "I think he could probably use some time alone." Jaune quickly fixed his posture as Nora followed Watts with worry.
"You guys did not succeed at that plan at all." Sun shook his head in amusement.
"Jaune, I don't believe that's appropriate school attire." the teacher stated. "Do you?"
"Oh, yeah. This. Huh." Jaune said nervously. "Funny story about this. It's, uh…" he searches for an excuse before laying eyes on a certain poster, "for Romeo and Juliet." he declared.
"Yeah! It's for the tryouts." Nora put in.
"Yes! The tryouts for Romeo and Juliet." Jaune added with unneeded clarity.
Coco shrugged. "Sounds like a legit cover."
"Jaune's going to totally smoke those auditions." Nora declared with an forced excited grin. "I mean, look at his costume. It's so realistic." She felt and knocked the armor with a smile as Watts stared Jaune down.
"What happened to the chess club?" he asked after a moment.
"Oh, uh I'm doing that, too, apparently." Jaune replied.
"Hmm, well, you'd better hurry, then." Watts said with a small smirk.
"What?" Both Jaune and Nora look to him in confusion.
"I believe auditions end in five minutes." Watts said, playing with his pen.
On the stage stood Pyrrha as she said her lines with confidence, while Jaune and Nora watched from the sidelines.
"Give me my Romeo. And when he shall die, take him and cut him out in little stars, and he will make the face of heaven so fine that all of the world will be in love with night." Pyrrha said, winning the crowd's hearts with her audition.
"Wow," Most of the students said in amazement.
"What is this play about?" Glynda asked out of curiosity.
"I shall explain later." Darth Anarchus said.
"It would have been easier to tell him that I'm a Trollhunter." Jaune said to Nora, "I don't even know the play."
"Yes, tell him you're a Trollhunter." Whitley rolled his eyes. "Also, from the ending of the last episode, he already knows."
"How on earth would that be easier?" Cardin asked.
"Thank you, Ms. Nikos." Miss. Janeth said, clicking her pen and scribbling on the board. Pyrrha bows before heading to where Jaune stood, her arms folded.
"John?" She asked.
"Um, Jaune. J-A-U-N-E." Jaune corrected.
"And here I thought you didn't like Shakespeare." she said drily.
"Oh, no, he's my favorite. I totally love him." Nora frowned, knowing her friend's antics.
Pyrrha's eyes catch the armor. "That costume is incredible. Did you make it?" she asked.
"No. He found a magical amulet that makes it." Nora said sarcastically, and Jaune looks to her, frowning.
"You're funny." Pyrrha chuckled. Jaune glared but hid it from Pyrrha as he leaned close to his friend.
"Yeah, you're a real comedian, aren't you?" he asked drily.
"Next!" Mrs. Janeth's voice rang out.
"I think that's your cue." Pyrrha said happily and Jaune slowly headed to the crowd. "Break a leg." She gestured to the center stage.
"I'd prefer that." A wave of shocked faces played in the two rows of chairs.
"Aw! Nice!" Weiss said sarcastically.
"You are speaking my language!" Nora declared with a grin.
"Jaune, come on!" Saphron laughed. "The humor is top notch, but no, you do not want to break a leg."
"Who are you?" Miss. Janeth asked, fixing her glasses.
"Jaune Arc." the blonde introduces himself.
"And what are you trying out for?" Ms. Janeth asked next.
"Uh, Romeo." Jaune replied.
"Well, we are all ears."
Nervous and hesitant, Jaune looked at Nora as she gave him a thumbs up. Then Jaune's electric blue eyes hit Pyrrha as she gave him a smile. Returning one, Jaune turned back to the people below him and spoke the words that Blinky had said to him
"Uh… Destiny, Destiny is a gift." The amulet ticks, making Jim smile as he glanced at his armored fingers. "Some go their entire lives living an existence of quiet desperation, never learning the truth that what feels as though a burden pushing down upon our shoulders is actually the sense of purpose that lifts us to greater heights. Never forget that fear is but the precursor to valor."
Pyrrha takes a seat in the audience, the teacher leans to her side and whispers about how good Jaune was acting, this time making Claire smile and watch with eagerness.
As he speaks, the level of shock grows as murmurs start up once more, no longer about what he had worn but about how good he sounded. "That to strive and triumph in the face of fear is what it means to be a hero. Don't think. Become." With a few swings of his sword, people watch with wonder as the acting teacher came out from hiding behind the clipboard as people clapped while Watts was glaring in the dark shadows.
The Audience also started clapping as those onscreen.
"Um, thank you." An angry Fiona throws down her cardboard sword while Pyrrha heads to the stage, Jaune kneeling so she can speak to him.
"Jaune, that was remarkable." she said in awe.
"Really? I didn't even think. I just sort of said it." Jaune admitted.
"That's acting!" She said with a heartwarming smile. She placed a hand on his shoulder as Jaune smiled back.
The sun started to fall slowly, covering the town in pinkish colors as people drove home. Jaune peddled smoothly as Nora followed behind with excitement as they passed through a construction zone.
"Dude! That was amazing!" the ginger hair girl exclaimed." You were amazing! I'm amazed at how amazing you were!"
"I can't believe that that just happened." Jaune admitted.
"And did you see how the Chiquita was looking at you?" Nora asked, waving her eyebrows. "Your armor totally did you a favor!"
"I'm still getting the hang of it." Jaune admitted, looking at the amulet.
"The multi-eye guy said it reacts to your emotional state. The armor turns on when you're in distress." Nora stated. She then runs over supplies of construction, Jaune is chuckling as Nora caught back up.
"But I wasn't in distress back at school." Jaune said.
A fierce roar had caused the two to stop their bikes, Bular standing in front of them. "But I am now." Jaune said with wide eyes.
"Oh shit." Coco swore.
"Trollhunter." Bular said with a growl, "Ozma's Creation, Gunmar's (Jacques) Bane."
"There's Bular again." Someone mentioned dryly.
"How many titles does a Trollhunter have?" Maria asked. The Host shrugged. He never really thought of that and just assumed that Bular had said them.
"I think he's talking to you." Nora whispered. Bular roars once more and lands on all fours, however, his knuckles was uncovered by the shade, the dying sun burning his stone flesh.
"Look! He's afraid of the sun." Jaune mentioned.
"Not for long!" Nora pointed out. Jaune and the Audience see what she means. The sun was setting as Jaune glanced at it, he would have no time.
"The amulet! Surrender it and I will give you a speedy death." Bular growled.
"Doesn't know how to negotiate, this guy." Nora answered. They quickly move their bikes from Bular's path, however the sun's rays no longer rested on the pavement, letting Bular follow with ease. Instead of finding who he was looking for, Bular was met with a line of trucks and signs. Behind one truck was Jaune and Nora.
"Armor up, armor up, armor up! Please, now! Faster!" Nora rushed. Jaune looked at the amulet as Bular punched away each truck.
"Okay. "For the glory of Merlin, Daylight is mine to command."" He said to the amulet in hand. "It's not working! "For the glory of Merlin, Daylight is mine to command." Seriously, it's mine to command. I'm commanding here!"
Everyone tensed up. "Why isn't the amulet work?" Saphron asked in worry.
"His emotions are hard to understand, the human body hold more complicating features then a troll," Darth Anarchus answered. "Since the amulet was designed for Trolls, learning the ways of a human is bound to be complicated. Jaune also has to master such an art, which every Trollhunter had to do, some it came easier to."
The truck was suddenly lifted, Bular's bulky figure holding it with his strength, "Centuries of Trollhunters, and I will have killed two in almost as many days." Bular growled down at them with a glare and sadistic smile.
"He's good at math!" Nora stated to Jaune in panic.
"Go, go, go!" Jaune said urgently. The two race off as Bular throws the truck, the vehicle barely touching Jaune and Nora. "Flying truck!"
"Stupid flying truck!" Nora shouted.
"One question." Oscar rose a hand. "How does no one notice this commotion or drive down the road on accident and end up spotting all this?" he asked.
"Good question, take it up to the creators," Darth Anarchus said drily.
"Incoming!" They turn the corner, behind them, the truck smashes into bits and pieces as Bular chases after them, running next to Jaune's side
"I'll flay the flesh from your bones!" he snarled at the blonde human.
"I like my bones the way they are. Thanks!" Bular lands in the center of the street, aiming his fists at the incoming humans. Jaune's bike bounced as Bular nicked it while Nora managed to dodge any fracture.
Every member of the good side was getting tensed for Jaune and Nora's counterparts. Especially Ren, Pyrrha, their friends and Jaune's sister and sister in-law. Adrian too.
"Head down Delancey!" Jaune shouted as they pedaled as fast as they can. As more things flew in their direction and Bular kept his pace, Jaune then yelled out, "Behind Stuart Electronics!"
"You know I can't fit there!" Nora protested.
"You can fit!"
"Confidence, me." Nora whispered to her counterpart.
"I can't!" Nora shook her head in fear.
"You've been on a diet, remember?" Jaune asked drily before he easily turned into the small alleyway, sliding through the tight squeeze while Nora had a little harder time. Bular's hand trying to squeeze through as well but not enough to grab Nora.
"I can't fit. I can't fit." she said to herself before she saw that the opposite was happening. " I can fit. I can fit! I can fit! I'm fitting! Yay, diet!" Once free of the tight space, the two continue on, crossing the bridge. After finding an empty street, Jaune presses hard on his breaks and taking in deep breaths of air, Nora doing the same. "Catch my breath." Nora said between heavy pants. "Look at me, look at me. We're not dead, right?"
"No, but Big Girl looks like she is dying." Mercury remarked.
"Wow, thank you so much." Nora drawled.
A laugh forces Jaune and Nora to turn their heads towards the shadows where Blinky and Aaarrrgghh stood.
"Master Jaune! Ha-ha!" Aaarrrgghh dropped the bush as Blinky laughed happily.
"Bular's trying to kill us! He chased us all over town!" Jaune screamed as they walked their bikes over to his trainers.
"And you're still alive. I knew you had potential, Master Jaune." Blinky said with a smile.
"Why thank you for your reassuring words." Jaune said with a deadpan expression.
"You have a sweet voice, but you bring DEATH with you!" Nora yelled with a glare at the end of her statement.
"You guys can fight him, right?" Jaune asked in a desperate tone. Aaarrrgghh and Blinky shared a laugh as the question.
"I could not hope to possess the skill to defeat Bular." Blinky said with no shame.
"What about him? He's big." The two human teens look to Aaarrrgghh.
"Pacifist." Aaarrrgghh simply said.
"Seriously?" Jaune said incredulously.
"Man, such a waste of a hulking brute." Nora said as she felt the muscle that carved Aaarrrgghh's arms, his body mass suddenly becoming disappointing since it isn't used to fight with.
"Thank you." the large troll said with a smile.
"This is why there is a Trollhunter, Master Jaune. Aaarrrgghh renounced the violent path ages ago."
"This is such a casual conversation after nearly dying." Emerald remarked.
"I'm impressed at how fast they managed to pedal away," Oscar stated. "I guess adrenaline really does do something for you."
The conversation was cut short as dust and parts of the cement had flown behind Bular as he slid to a stop, his eyes slowly murdering the group. Jaune and Nora board their bikes as Blinky and Aaarrrgghh lead the way.
"Follow me! We'll be safe in Heartstone Trollmarket!" Blinky declared.
As the chase continues, they pass a window to Fiona's bedroom who slept with his butt in the air. Suddenly awake, Fiona sits up straight and watches the monsters run off.
"Well that is embarrassing." muttered the Sheep Faunus blushed as people laughed. Mainly her fellow Happy Huntresses.
"Yes! I knew it!" Fiona said excitedly. Bular growled and gripped onto the street lights, taking each one down to board their path.
"Oh, no!" As Nora's tire hit the post, she screamed, falling from her seat. However, before she face planted on the ground below, a large hand gripped his shirt and gently placed him on the hard, hairy back of Aaarrrgghh. Bular's foot caught the bike, slowly the treacherous monster down. He shook it off with a growl and continued on his war path.
"Master Jaune!" Blinky said to the mentioned human. "Don your armor!"
"I've been trying! The amulet won't listen to me!" Jaune shouted back.
"Did you speak the incantation?" the six eyed Troll asked.
"I've been incanting the crap out of it, and it's not working!" Jaune snapped.
"Just focus and incant, dude!" Nora yelled as she was juggled on the back of Aaarrrgghh, trying his hardest to hang on. Once they reached the canal, Blinky, Aaarrrgghh, and Nora headed for the bottom as Jaune stopped his bike at the edge, his eyes catching the rapidly moving form of Bular while he pulled out the amulet.
"Why are you stopping?! Get out of there!" Saphron and Terra screamed as Jaune sucked in a breath. Pyrrha was now tightening her grip on his arm to show her worry.
Trees fell as Bular passed them and changed his direction to charge at Jaune. With each chant, Bular had cut closer, adding more tension to the situation.
"Uh, For the glory of Ozma, Daylight is mine to command. For the glory of Ozma, Daylight is mine to command. For the glory of Ozma, Daylight is mine to command."
Bular's fist had finally collided with Jaune yet the armor had covered the targeted spot, his boy being flung into the air as each piece of silver armor connected to his body that spiraled as a trail of blue smoke had followed. Blinky, Nora, and Aaarrrgghh watching with awe yet fear for Jim's life.
"That. Was. Fricken. AWESOME!" Sun declared. The students were all in agreement. They were all enjoying the show, watching with awe.
Jaune landed in a signature pose, the ground cracking beneath him as the sword appeared back in the palm of his hand, still a little heavy for Jaune to lift. Once the sword was lifted and Bular appeared at the edge, Jaune dropped the sword with fear. "Uh nope."
Everyone laughed.
"Yeah, that's me," Jaune looked down.
"Don't worry, Jaune," Oscar said to him. "You get a glow up in the future."
He runs towards Aaarrrgghh and all them as the sword drags behind him, Bular following once again at the side. Bular quickly jumped in front of Jaune, stopping the run. "Whoa!"
"Use your sword, Master Jaune!" Blinky shouted from the distance.
"I'll drink your blood out of a goblet made of your skull!" Bular growled at him.
"Cut him like a meatloaf, Jaune!" Nora shouted supportively.
Jaune took a look at his sword. Thinking of all the times he had played with knives would help him in this issue he was facing. Now feeling a little more confident, Jaune aimed his sword and began to fight back. A blue charge running through his armor and to his sword which made it easier to lift.
"Get him, Jaune" Students and the blonde knight's family cheered the most.
While Jaune was busy with Bular, the three spectators began working with the portal.
"We must work quickly. Open the portal! The Horngazel!" Blinky throws the key at Aaarrrgghh who catches it and begins to draw a half circle on the canal wall. His large hand pressing in the drawing, the wall breaking as it revealed a whole new world within Arcadia.
"HOW COOL!" Ruby and Nora shouted with starry eyes.
"Well, that explains why they are so good at hiding." Weiss remarked.
"How do they know what canal spot to go in?" Penny asked. "What if it floods and they don't realize it flooded? What if—"
"Please, I beg of you, stop!" Cardin and Roman said to the android in disguise.
Penny looked down, looking like a kicked puppy. Whitley patted her on the shoulder with a sympathetic expression.
"Whoa." Nora gasped.
"Master Jaune!" Blinky called out to the human. "Master Jaune, come on!"
"I'm a little busy here." Jaune said drily as he and Bular circled each other, the evil troll spitting threats through the barrier of his teeth.
"You are not fit to wield the amulet. I'll tear the armor off you! Along with your skin!" Bular snarled.
Saphron and Terra glared as did the members of Team JNPR and RWBY. They would not take threats to their friend/brother/brother in law laying down.
"These threats are scary but too good. I think he needs to be graded on these." Mercury said.
"What is Watts' role if this Troll is doing everything?" Cinder asked. "Not like I want to feel bad for Bular, but what is Watts doing, hiding?"
Jaune dodged an oncoming sword before throwing his at Bular, the stone arm sopping the sharp object from impaling him. With his arm already half stone from the sun, the sword had no effect. With just a lift of his arm, Bular pulled a defenseless Jaune closer, ready to impale him. Yet, the sword had been thrown, giving Jaune some time to run to the portal.
"Come on, come on! Let's go, Jaune! Oh, no!" Nora said.
The portal had started closing as the two friends reach for each other but Jim had been too late, the wall closed, Jaune's hands stopping on nothing but solid cement. His armor disappearing.
"What? Why? What happened?!"
As the amulet dropped from his chest, Jaune reached to quickly grab it, luckily missing the sword that was aiming for his head.
"Oh, no!" Nora shouted.
Everyone flinched, their grips tightening.
On the other side, Bular's last sword cornered Jim, the young boy pressed against the wall. Suddenly, a hand from the other side broke through the hard surface and wrapped around Jaune, pulling him away from danger's path. Like what happened to Jaune, the portal shut, this time stopping Bular from getting inside
People let out a breath of relief. "I think I just had a heart attack. Let me catch my breath," Saphron said, hand over her chest.
"Too slow!" Adrian blew a raspberry at the screen. And this caused almost everyone to laugh.
In the safe zone, Jaune covered his head with large exhales as Nora let out gasps of worry he had been holding in.
"He nearly…. We nearly…. He almost…" Jaune said breathlessly.
"Almost what? Speak, Master Jaune." Blinky asked.
Jaune shook before shouting, "He almost killed us!"
Blinky held up a hand and finger. "Almost! A very important word. A life of "almost" is a life of never."
Most of the adults frowned. Qrow shrugged. "I mean, he's got a point."
"Why'd the armor suddenly shut off?" Jaune asked.
"Master Jaune, you are the first human to possess an amulet crafted for trolls. It's to be expected its behavior will be unexpected." As Blinky moved forward, a stairway of crystals appeared, shining the dark cave. "This way, Masters. This way."
"Whoa! Are you sure we're safe in here?" Nora wondered.
"Indeed." The six eyed Troll answers. "The incantation forbids entry to Heartstone Trollmarket by Gumm-Gumms such as Bular, for they are the most fearsome of trolls."
Jaune peaks his head down as they walk down the long path of stairs.
"Gumm-Gumms?" he repeated in confusion.
"Gumm-Gumms. . ." Roman repeated incredulously. "Really, are you serious right now?"
"Who decided to give them that name?" Emerald asked. "It's like, WhAt TeAm ShOuLd We FeAr? THE GUMM-GUMMS!"
"Scary ones." Aaarrrgghh answered.
"Okay, wait, wait. So, Bular can't get in here, right? Into Heartstone Trollmarket?" Jaune asked.
"No, Master Jaune." Blinky turns Jaune around and guides him to a perfect view of Troll Market.
"Whoa." said the blonde teenage boy.
"Wow." his ginger haired girl friend said in awe.
"This is the world you are bound to protect. This is Heartstone Trollmarket!" A land of colors and many shops filled the humans' eyes, their breath taken as the large Heartstone gave the place a lovely, breathless look.
"It's so beautiful," Summer said in awe.
"It's enough to make a grown cry," Port was shedding a tear before frowning. "But not this man. Get back in there, Tear." And somehow, he willed the tear to go back into his tear duct with a glare.
Darth Anarchus stared at the Grimm Studies Teacher. How the Hell did he do that? More importantly where had he seen that before?
Next is the trailer for Kingsman: Secret Service followed by the Bar Fight and Free Bird Church scene.
After that, we are diving into the Multiverse of Godzilla.