WARNING: Some of this diary has some references on real-life events. It's not gonna be in this entry, but if you see future entries that have specific content that upsets you or feel biased by it, then I suggest you skip that part. Thank you.

12/31/19: This entry has been revised. Expect editing and a few changes.


Hey, it's me...

How is everyone doing these days?

...Actually, don't answer that.

I don't really know you guys that much; other than the fact that you all go to this website to read my stories, or others, or you just write your own. I mean, I do know a few of you people; because of the 'texts' we share each other through Private Messages.

So, I guess that's good...

*sigh*

This is getting us nowhere...

Lets start over.

Have you ever thought about yourself going to a place that only exists on your TV screen, or tablet, or phone, or a comic book?

...I'm pretty sure you have; at least, for once in your life. How did you feel when you first thought of that?

I'll start.

When I thought about myself going to a place where I knew was not real, I felt excited. I thought I could do anything over there. I thought I was unstoppable; invincible even. But, as I look back at it today, I can tell that it was a weird moment... and also a bit cringy.

Tch, who can blame me though?

I don't.

I was just a kid, back then.

What about you?

How did you feel?

You're probably thinking up the same answer, or maybe something similar, or maybe something entirely different. But, either one, it's fine.

You must know what I'm talking about, by now.

The idea of someone from Earth mysteriously being transported to a world where they thought was a Cartoon, or a TV Show, or a Movie, or an Anime, or anything like that...

It's not always the first idea that comes to mind to a fan fiction writer; nor it would be the last.

But, it is the most... simplistic idea I heard of.

I mean there are official stories that are made in the west. That's why they're called isekai. Those stories always begin with an original character, whether it's actually you or someone you just made up, leaving their home through a portal.

...A portal.

Pffftt, that's basically the first thing we think up for a story like that. Whether it is seen offscreen or onscreen, or maybe the type of fashion for world traveling sounds different, it is still a portal. It's silly, but also understandable.

And when that person enters the world they always dreamt about, you basically know what to do from there.

Hey, it's your story. You got full control on what comes next.

That's how I did it when I made my first story on this website... I was horrible, back then.

...Now, let me ask you something different.

Instead of you going to that place, did you ever thought about the people that live over there miraculously coming over here?

...As much as you thought about the last question, I'm pretty sure you have.

It is pretty much the opposite of what I asked before.

I even felt the same thing, as I did with the prior question.

I would've claimed that was a weird, cringy moment for me too.

...Would've.

You see,... something.. happened.

Back in late 2017.

It was very strange, and crazy, in the beginning.

Overtime though, I got used to it.

Still, that doesn't mean I was not gonna document all these events.

I knew, back then, that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so I had to do something.

The only place I could think of writing these events were in my diary.

It was also, basically, the most secretive place where I could write this stuff down; no one has looked into it, but me. That is what defines a diary, right?

...Well, since I am now sharing this to you guys, you can say this is technically not a diary anymore.

Until today, no one, but my family, knew what really happen in upstate New York.

This may be a bit confusing to you all, because these first several entries were already released to the public. So, you may be wondering, what's the point in me saying all this?

Well, the thing is, what's been shown in those entries...

...is only part of the truth.

This is what really, really happen.

This is how I became a part of something big.


September 5th, 2017

First-Person POV

10:35am

It was a normal day here in Accord, New York. A normal, relaxing, peaceful, quiet day. But, it was also one of those days where I thought this was my last day on Earth.

Well, not really my last day on Earth. More like my last day of doing nothing important.

And, it was true. There really was nothing important to do today.

No homework.

No quizzes.

No tests.

No big projects.

Nothing.

It almost felt refreshing... I guess this is why no kids have school during this time of the year.

Hehe, go us. :)

Hello, my name is Jared Lyman, and this is my last day of summer break. Tomorrow, I am going back to school for my senior year.

And yes, that senior year.

This was my last year in high school. To be honest, I don't feel nervous at all. I actually feel pretty sad, though. I mean, this is actually my last year where I can act like a kid; where I can have free time as long as I want.

Then, the year after that is when I have to go to college and act more independent.

Then after that, I'm gonna have to get a job.

Then a house.

Then a wife.

Then kids.

Then -

I'm getting ahead of myself, aren't I? :/

Though, that does happen, and I'm pretty sure I'm not ready for that stuff yet; minus college... I think.

Still, it sucks growing up. But eh, what are you gonna do?

Anyway, right now I'm just lying on my bed watching videos of YouTube on my iPad; that's basically an occasional routine of mine. Today was usually one of those days where I can get to relax; doing nothing but sitting on my bed watching TV or Youtube, or going to the living room and play some video games. While I would do that, my Mom would be working upstairs in her small office, my Dad would be going to work in Rhinebeck, and my sister, Emily, would be in her room drawing some original fan art.

...And yes, we're twins.

However, there was one big difference in what I just said.

My sister was not in her room today. Just recently, she started going to college at SUNY Ulster; and no, she did not skip a grade. Apparently, Emily is actually under a program where she is able to take her senior year in college. Call her crazy; but I think that was an impressive thing to do.

Sadly, I'm not under that program. Deep down, I knew I wasn't ready for college yet. So, I decided to take things slow and remain in high school for my last year. I am gonna miss my sister; but I don't blame her. It was her choice, after all...

For now though, I'm just trying to make this day last; and what better way to do that than watch videos of one of my favorite gaming channels on YouTube.

"Oh, I spawned right next to the train! *huff* *ffuh* *huff* *ffuh* *huff* *ffuh* *huff* *ffuh*"

"Run, Micheal!"

"I don't think I'm gonna catch up!"

"No! That's too err..."

"No, Gavin."

"Gavin."

"Ugh, bikers!"

I laughed at the stupid stunt the people pulled in the video. Even the people in the video were laughing!

"God, I love Achievement Hunter," I squealed; and this wasn't the only video that was funny! I bet the other million people who watch these videos just laughed their asses off.

Achievement Hunter, as I said before, is a gaming channel on Youtube. It is run by the same guys who do Rooster Teeth, which is actually an animation company famous for creating web-shows like "Red vs. Blue," "RWBY," "Camp Camp," etc.

For me, I watch RWBY more than any of the others, mainly because of its originality, great story, and action-sequences. Now, don't get me wrong, I do like watching the other shows, with Red vs. Blue being, I would say, a close second. But honestly, I just find RWBY to be something special... not in a weird, fanatic way, but I just find myself enjoying it more than the other shows.

...I'm now kinda glad no one is reading this, especially an RvB fan; otherwise they would be raging right now..., or just a bit mad. I don't think they would go that far.

Right?

"Alright, Jared! We're leaving in five minutes!", my mom called me from across the hall.

...Welp, looks like my mom and I are gonna drop the garbage off today; and I do remember that we're also gonna get some art supplies for my sister. I know that she's taking art classes for her major, so I guess getting these supplies must mean that the classes in college are a lot more serious than in high school.

...Maybe I did made the right choice.

Still, we probably should get these supplies before my sister gets back home.

.

.

.

...It has been a while since I last wrote in this diary, huh?

I mean, there really wasn't much to write about back then. I may have put down some of my very old entries in my first story on Fanfiction, but I think I wasn't really focused back then.

Maybe not writing any of my secrets down is a good thing...

...or maybe not.

I don't know. :(

...I guess I should bring this notebook with me on the road; just in case if anything interesting happens.


It was a good thing I did, too; otherwise my friends would've found out about my deepest, darkest secrets. That would be embarrassing. :(

You may be wondering why this entry is sounding more like one of my stories; and also why I am including quotes? You see, I wasn't one of those guys who would write something formal about their daily lifestyle.

I mean, I did sound more formal back in my early days, but ever since I was fully brought into writing my stories, I became more... creative in my entries. They do seem a bit quirky and odd, but that's just how I wrote my diary.

Anyway, while I was gone, something... happened in my house. I was later on told by my friends about the events that occurred, and what had followed. What they said was so interesting, that I had to write the events down in my diary.

What I wrote probably did not depict what exactly happen; but it was the best illustration that I could think of at the time.

...You now maybe wondering who am I talking about?

Well..., you'll see in a moment.


Third-Person POV

11:20am

As the dark blue Subaru drove away from Jared's house, what they left behind was a female 5-year old golden retriever dog, who was upstairs in Jared's parent's bedroom sleeping, and a female 8-year old calico cat, who was sleeping in the loft.

Usually, the dog would just hang around with the Lyman family, while the cat would just disappear; only re-appearing here and there at some points of the day, most often when she is hungry or when she rarely wants attention.

Every day, these pets would just wait for their owners to return from their jobs or chores, and when they return, the dog would run up to the front door and the cat would stand several feet behind her friend.

But today,... today things were gonna be a lot different.

Suddenly, a blinding light instantly appears inside the house. The golden retriever, who was the closest to the light below, was awaken by the low vibration the light was making downstairs. She notice the light shimmering from the doorway to the parents bedroom.

A few seconds later, the light dims down and vanishes.

Then a set of groans were heard downstairs; which were then quickly followed by a set of audible voices.

"Is everyone okay?"

"We're fine, Rubes."

The first voices startled the dog a bit, as she got up from her bed and started walking out of the bedroom.

"Uh, where are we?"

"That is what I would like to know."

The dog was now walking across the hallway, as more voices were heard down below.

"Well, at least we still have our weapons."

"I wonder if anybody else-"

The voices suddenly stop as the dog took her first step down the stairs. The dog took a peek through the wooden bars of the stairs and saw eight people, six girls and two boys, standing in the kitchen.

"Ah, crap," the girl with black hair, and a black bow on, grumbles.

"DOGGIE!" the girls with black-red tinted hair, white hair, blonde hair, and orange hair scream with joy, as the golden retriever began running down the steps, happily huffing in response.

"RUFF! RUFF! RUFF!" the female golden retriever barks, as she began walking toward the group of people.

"Well, this is interesting," the girl with red hair smiles, as she watches some of her friends pet or hug the dog.

"As much as I want to pet him or her, I don't think we should be here," the boy with blonde hair said.

"Your right, we need to find a way back home," the girl with black hair and bow replies. The girls, who were near the dog, got up from their petting session, and took note of what their friend said.

"And how are we gonna do that? We don't know where 'home' is," the girl with white hair said.

"I don't think we're gonna get home anytime soon," all of them turn towards where the final member was; a boy with black hair and a pink streak, who was standing outside on a deck.

The group, along with the dog, walk through the glassed side door outside and saw what their friend was looking at. Outside, there were trees... everywhere. They also notice that they were standing near the edge of a hill, and miles away was another mountain where at its peak was a pointy structure; most likely a lighthouse.

"Where the hell are we!?" the girl with blonde hair yells.

"We are not at Beacon anymore," Ruby Rose mutters.


Now normally, whenever Sunny, which is the dog that my family happily owns, encounters a complete stranger or someone that I only know, she would instantly bark violently at that individual. That doesn't mean she's a violent dog. She does warm up to others eventually.

But, for some odd reason, when Sunny first encountered Team RWBY and Team JNPR, she immediately bonded with them.

I mean... I guess it kinda makes sense. Ruby and Yang are quite fond with dogs, considering that they own one themselves, along with everyone else; except Blake of course.

Anyway, I would like to get this out of the way, since I know what just happened would result in a lot of speculation.

Even to this day, no one has ever found out exactly how this occurred; particularly how they got here. I mean, there will be some hints of explanation later on in this entry, but we never came to the conclusion as to 'how' this happen.

You get what I mean?

Let's get back to the story...


First-Person POV

12pm

"Thanks for helping me with the garbage today, Jared," my mom said as she drove us back home.

"Your welcome," I said, as the car drove up the hill, "So why didn't Emi take her car to SUNY, when she could just park there and get in your car and well you know?"

Truth be told, my sister gain her drivers license a few months ago. I was suppose to take my driving test at the same time as she was, but I had a tight schedule during that time. Regents was a pain in the butt for me, and if I were to take my Regents and my driving test at the same time, then I would've most likely failed either of them.

Since then, my parents were trying to reschedule that test. From what I know, I'll most likely take the test in November, right before winter arrives.

"She thought there was a thunderstorm today, and she didn't want to drive her car in the rain. So later today, I'm gonna go pick her up when her final class ends," my mom answers.

A few moments later, we reach our house, still beautiful as ever.

...Speaking of home, I need to get back into watching that video. I haven't finish it yet.

Just as I got out of the car though, I suddenly heard footsteps from inside. At first, I thought it was Sunny, our dog, running toward the front door. But then I knew that her footsteps wouldn't be this loud. My mom couldn't hear this as she was carrying my sister's art supplies back to her car for tomorrow.

It could be Dad coming home from work earlier today.

I decide to go back inside and see if that was true. When I turned the knob though, I quickly realize the front door was unlocked.

In all honesty, I hoped that there was a mugger in our house. No one had ever robbed our house before, since we were so isolated. So, there was a very slim chance for that to happen. But you can never know for sure.

My dog, Sunny, walk up to me, panting happily. "Hey, Sunny," I greet her, by patting her head. "Is Dad home?" As a reply, Sunny turns around and walks away from me. "I guess she's signaling me to follow her," I eventually muttered.

As I did that, I notice some things were out of order. The door on the other side of the dining room table was open. "That's weird. I don't remember opening it."

The tray of cookies on the kitchen table; some of them were missing. "I don't remember eating those cookies."

The bathroom light, that was near the kitchen, was on. "And I don't remember turning on that light."

Yeah, someone is definitely inside my house.

But there is something strange about all this. Excluding the cookies, nothing was missing, and if something was missing, there would've been a lot of empty spaces. I'm glad Sunny was alright. I hope Nutmeg, my cat, was alright as well.

I haven't realize until now, that Sunny stopped in front of me.

We were now in the living room. I could see Sunny looking up towards the loft. I follow her and saw nothing. Looks like someone must be deeper in the loft.

At this point, I wasn't really sure of this guy was a mugger or not. If this person was homeless, then that would be okay. If this was entirely random, then I don't know what to do.

Besides, I got school tomorrow. I'm not sure what me and my family would do if we have some stranger(s) in our house.

"Hello? Is anybody up there? I don't know who you are, but you can come out," I called out towards whoever was up there. I know it was risky for me to do this, but I didn't really had a choice. I could've called my mom out, but I'm not sure if that would make things better.

Unfortunately, there was no reply. "Look, I'm not here to harm you, but my family lives here. My mom's gonna be inside any second now. We can talk about this together, okay?"

There was still no reply.

I now figured that whoever was up there was either scared or ignorant, but I'm moving toward the former. However, I'm not gonna let them stay there. I don't want to cause a awkward situation with these strangers and my family.

So, as a final attempt, I sighed and spoken loudly, "I know who ate the cookies."

"It wasn't me!"

My eyes suddenly shot wide open as I heard that voice. It sounded so... familiar.


When I first heard the voice of that young, innocent, fifteen year-old girl, I instantly realized that that voice belonged to none other than Ruby Rose.

But at first, I needed to be certain that was her, and as it turned out it was not only just her I found but also the rest of her team and Team JNPR.

Overall, deep down, I felt frantic, ecstatic, and literally overjoyed. I almost felt like a kid again.

Thankfully though, I did not show these emotions physically toward my future friends; otherwise it would've been a disturbing first impression.

Besides that, in those first moments, there wasn't really much said between each other. There was still my mother to deal with...

I wasn't really sure how she would react, but I couldn't just keep RWBY and JNPR away from her.


12:06pm

My mom quickly notice the weird look on my face. "Are you okay, Jared?"

I sighed heavily, and look at her plainly for a few seconds, "Mom, this may sound.. a bit strange, but have you ever thought of your own favorite characters coming to life and started roaming around inside our home?"

Mom lowered her eyebrows and said, "Not really, no. Why does that sound strange to you?"

"Well, its like this," I began, fiddling my fingers, "Your having a dream where you and some characters from a series are having a good time. You go exploring, have adventures, talk to one another; it's great. But then, all of a sudden, you wake up and realize that that wasn't real. You get me so far?"

"Yes," my mom nodded.

I then pulled my iPhone from my pants pocket, tap the iTunes app, and quickly found some RWBY music. I then showed my mom the album cover. "You heard this before, right?" I asked.

"Yah, we played some of these songs on the road while we were in Florida. You said that this music came from a web series?" my mom replied.

"It does," I replied. I then gave my iPhone to my mom. "Can you hold this for a minute? I need to show you something." I walk back up the stairs, but not before I looked back at her mid-way. "Don't freak out, ok?"

I could still feel the confused look on my mom's face, as I continued up the stairs. As I try my best to keep all my excitement within me, I distract myself on how would my father and my sister would react. I mean, my father may have the same reaction as my mother. But my sister,... well she doesn't know RWBY that much as I did. Even so, no matter how much she knows, she's gonna have a reaction like I had several seconds ago.

Might have to worry about that later.


My mom's reaction was better than expected. Turns out, just as I predicted, she didn't freak out like I did. She was still surprised and shocked about seeing these characters in real life. She was also speechless after that... but I'm glad she didn't pass out.

Either way, I knew this was an experience for her.

I love my family with all my heart, but during that day I realized that it wouldn't be easy for them to get used to seeing these characters in person. Even I honestly didn't expect this to happen at all.

But it did happened.

...and now I had to live with that.


3:05pm

It was awkward for me to not pronounce some of my favorite characters by name. I can already tell that they were confused when they first saw me react to them being in my house!

I can now already see what the scenario of what it'll be like for the rest of the day. I hope some of it doesn't turn out to be true.

It's been a few hours since I introduced Team RWBY and Team JNPR to my mother.

Speaking of which, she just left a few minutes ago to pick up my sister from school; most likely trying to think of something else after what happen earlier. With her gone, I think this may be the only time for me to explain to them about... well everything!

Right now, I was laying my head down on the kitchen table, with my hands resting in my hair. I could feel their eyes looking straight at me. They were all standing or sitting on the other chairs; RWBY on the right side and JNPR on the left.

This is just crazy! It's like one of those fanfics where some fictional character is teleported to this world, and they have to live their days with someone they barely know about, until he or she or they can find a way back home!

Don't get me wrong, I completely enjoy them being here! But now, I know why when people say the truth hurts: They. Are. Fictional. Characters. They WILL find out about their existence, eventually! There's no use in lying to them. It'll make things look bad!

I finally shifted my head up and saw them still looking at me; a few even looking concerned. Sunny was there, resting right next to my chair.

This is real. There's no use in denying it.

Goddamnit.

"I'm just going to be honest here," I began, mustering up all the courage within me, "And with my honesty, this may result in my death sentence." I can see everyone raising an eyebrow. Even if they were from an anime, the way they were created was perfect in my opinion, I do feel a bit odd in seeing their facial changes. "I know all about you people, specifically. And it's not about what happen on the news. I know everything. I know your names," I started counting down with my fingers, "I know your past. I know your secrets. And I may possibly know the future."

"Your kidding," I looked directly at Weiss, who obviously was annoyed. "How can you know something that only we know to ourselves? That's just physically, no mentally, impossible... Unless your stalking us," she glared at me.

I already knew this would come out of the nicknamed 'Ice Queen', so I wasn't affected by it. "You don't believe me? Fine, I'll prove it to you. First off, I'll start off with something light."

I then turn my head towards Jaune. Goddamnit, this is going to suck, I thought, as I began to tell them their dirtiest secrets yet.

"Jaune, I know you fake your transcripts to get into Beacon, and I know that your undergoing training with Pyrrha. It's okay, your secret's safe with me," I noticed Jaune looking down a bit. Even though he could be shocked by what I just said, hearing this again can make him feel embarrassed. It's okay, buddy. I know how you feel.

I watched Pyrrha rest a hand on his shoulder, most likely comforting him. I came this far. I'm not gonna stop, now. "Pyrrha, I know you have a crush on Jaune." I now watch the nicknamed 'Invincible Girl' jump a bit; frowning and blushing madly. Everyone else, was just looking at her, which was actually kinda weird, to be honest. You never really get to see someone blush like that in real life.

"It's okay, young love is natural. We all have it," I then point my finger at Blake, whose, as I can see, faunus ears twitch at the swift movement of my right hand... seriously, I am barely holding myself together from touching those, "I mean, you Blake have a crush on Sun," a pink dust appeared on her cheeks, as she blinked. I then point my finger at Weiss, "You Weiss have a crush on Neptune," A dark red blush appeared on her cheeks. I then point at Nora and Ren, "And I know you two have a crush on each other. You could say that you're not 'together-together', Nora. But, I can see it." Nora was blushing a bit, frowning, while Ren had a light pink dust on his cheeks, as well.

Okay, this is just embarrassing.

"I'm gonna move on, because I don't want to get into your love life that much," I said, as I continued on. I then turn towards Ruby, "Ruby, I know you love cookies," then at Nora again, "and I know you love pancakes, Nora. Basically, I can see that's your favorite foods."

I looked back at Blake, who was still blushing a little. "Blake, I know what you've been hiding, and I'm not talking about your former membership in the White Fang, but that book you always read when no one's looking. 'Nuff said; no offense," I put my hand up, to show that I was not insulting her; even though she was blushing a lot more than just a few moments ago.

"And finally, Yang," I said, as she looked back at me, "If I were to cut at least one tiny strand of your hair... you would kill me. No, seriously, you would obliterate me. I have no aura."

I then stopped and look at everyone's faces. They all look shocked; depending on how wide their eyes were. I was pretty sure this would happen. I heavily sighed. "Now do you believe me?... I can stop. I don't want to torture you guys," I said, lowering my eyebrows a bit.

"No, no,.. we believe you," Pyrrha hesitantly answered, who was still blushing a bit.

"How... do you know all of this?" Blake slowly asked.

I lowered my eyebrows a bit more, "This will shock you the most." I stood up from my seat and started walking upstairs. "I'll be right back."

It took a few moments to bring my iPad back down with me. I set Youtube up with the Volume 1 opening of RWBY; full screen. I really did not want to do this. But, I have no choice. Either show them this, or lie to them. I didn't know which way was worst or best.

I sat back down in my seat. I then place the iPad on the table and slid it towards the middle, to allow everyone to see. "This will explain everything."

I tap the play button.


You know the strangest thing that can occur when you have a fictional character in your own house...

...it's the moment when you show them the 'memories' of their lives through a solid screen.

It's completely obvious that this is the answer, because not only is it strange but it's also excruciating to go through.

Their reaction is unpredictable.

They could either freak out and call their show bluff, or they could ultimately agree of their existence.

For me, I think at first it was downright in the middle.


3:30pm

I'm glad Emi doesn't have to see this.

It's been like 10 minutes after the video ended. There was an eerie silence in the house. Teams RWBY and JNPR were still looking at the screen.

Oh god, what am I suppose to say now?

I mean... think about this for a minute. If you had to be in a situation similar to this, what would you do?

That's the hardest part.

"You said.. that you knew the future," I looked at Ruby, who had a somewhat sad and confused look on her face, "Did you saw that on here?"

"...Yes," I hesitantly answered.

Ruby stared at me for a few moments, her face now having a straight look. "Was it a good future?" she asked again.

"...Before I answer that, I want to ask you guys one thing," everyone looked at me again, as I paused for a moment, "What was the last thing you remember before arriving at my house?"

It took several moments for RWBY and JNPR to collect their thoughts. I was waiting patiently, as I looked at my iPad for a second. It shouldn't be too long before Mom and my sister get back home. 'Wonder how am I gonna explain this to Emily?

"We were at the concession stands during the Vytal Festival. We just won our first match," Yang started the flashback.

Ah, shit.

Volume 3; Episode 1.

Round One.

From the information I have collected, most of Volume 3 was set a few days, 4 or 5 tops, before the Fall of Beacon. Which meant that they were very lucky.

"We just finished talking to Emerald-," Ruby began.

My hands underneath the table quickly clenched into fists.

Fuck you, Emerald.

In retrospect, her and me go a long way. In the beginning, I wasn't really focused on her for the most part, since I'd focused on the main antagonists at the time; Torchwick and Cinder. Adam doesn't count, because he didn't really play a major role up until the last episodes of Volume 3.

Anyway, when the Volume 3 trailer came out, I just had this deep gut feeling that something bad was going to happen.

I totally didn't expect the events of the last episodes; same to all the other viewers that saw it for the first time.

The way they portrayed Episode 9 was heart wrenching!

When that episode was nearing its end, I virtually gave Emerald the finger.

Yep, that's right!

I gave a fictional character the FRICKIN' FINGER!

I then slowly unclenched my hands.

After a few months passed, I gained some mentality and thought... well.. it wasn't really Emerald's fault in the first place. I mean, I would say that she was on the run, trying to survive, before Cinder brought her in. Most likely, this is all that she has now, and she has got to do what Cinder says,... or else.

So, in layman's terms, the one that I should've truly blamed was Cinder.

"-before we went to a noodle stand near us," Ruby finished.

"I would've paid the food, but 'mysteriously' my credit card would not work," Weiss said; her voice sounded a bit sarcastic.

I do believe that Karma's a bitch, but I couldn't blame Weiss. Her whole family, excluding her sister Winter and her butler Klein, are a bunch of pricks.

Power corrupts. Everyone. Everywhere.

"Good thing we came along. Otherwise, things would've turn out bad for your four," Ren said, mentioning JNPR's arrival.

"Yah, by the way, thanks again for that," Blake smiled.

"No problem. It's what friends are for," Pyrrha smiled back.

"Anyway, we were just talking about how we were gonna win the tournament and... actually weren't you guys suppose to fight next?" Ruby looked at Jaune.

"Yah, we were gonna fight a team from Haven," Jaune answered.

That's right. JNPR was gonna fight ABRN. And after that SSSN was gonna fight... Indigo? I think? I couldn't remember all the team's names from the tournament.

"We were gonna fight them! But then suddenly this flashing light appeared out of nowhere and quickly sucked us in! It was everywhere! I thought I went blind after that!" Nora said.

"And then, we ended up here," Ren finished.

"...That's it?" I asked. To be honest, their story was actually simple. I mean, this 'flashing light', was... kinda lame. But, it still felt... intriguing.

"Yep, that's it," Yang answered.

"And this 'flashing light'.. you said it was everywhere. How far did it go?" I asked again.

"We don't know, really. Maybe it was like 10 yards, or a mile, or... maybe more?" Ruby guessed.

They don't know?

Well, shit.

This may not be good.

I mean, if Team SSSN, CFVY, CRDL, the professors of Beacon, Ozpin, Zwei, Taiyang, Qrow, Winter, Ironwood, Penny, Blake's parents... Oscar, maybe? And basically everyone else that is good is here, then that's a given bonus.

But, what about the bad guys? Cinder, Emerald, Mercury, Roman, Neo, Adam and his fraction of the White Fang, Raven and her tribe, Tyrian, Hazel, that other guy I forgot his name, and... Salem. Shit, if she and the Grimm are on Earth,... then... oh man, I don't want to go there!

And what about... shit, again! Amber! If she's here or not, then she needs medical attention quick and FAST!

"Hey, are you ok?" I lost my train of thought and heard Jaune speaking to me. Everyone else was looking a bit concerned about me.

I sighed. "Yes, I'm fine. It's just that... whoever was in that light,.. they could be anywhere. And I mean, anywhere," I answered. I just remembered that I still have to answer Ruby's question. "And to answer your question, Ruby," said girl looked directly at me, along with her friends, "about if your future was gonna be good, then...," I looked down a bit, hesitating. But, before I could finish, I also saw Ruby looking down.

She must've knew what the answer was.

"...What would happen?" Ruby slowly said.

Damnit. I knew she was gonna ask that next!

"I shouldn't say," I answered, now looking at my feet. "But,... if you really want to know, then...," I then looked at Pyrrha, then at Yang's right arm, "lets just say that your gonna face a lot of obstacles... and they may affect you permanently."

I didn't want to just straight up and say 'your friends die and your team gets disbanded'. It would create a lot of social conflicts with each other. Its probably better to tell them the events one-by-one... later.

"You may probably still be wondering where you are now,.. right?" I asked, trying to change the subject.

They all blinked at me.

They all face palmed, or just nudged their noses in Blake and Ren's cases.

They forgot.

"Well, you're not on Remnant anymore, which explains the technology and what I showed you earlier. Right now, you are on a planet called Earth; right in Accord; New York State; of the United States of America. Your probably wondering 'what is a state?' or 'why is this New York State within something much bigger?'. Well, I'll give you a brief description. A state is like a territory of our country, which is the United States of America. To add to that, a country on Earth is basically a kingdom on Remnant. The state of New York is one of fifty states in the USA. And just like your kingdoms, we have our cities and villages in between; with Accord being one of those villages," I explained.

"Are there defenses for your cities?" Pyrrha asked me.

"Nope," I quickly respond.

"But, should your people do that to fend off the Grimm?" Blake asked.

"Well, you see, that's the difference between Earth and Remnant. There is no Grimm on this planet. In fact, there's no Faunas either! Just humans and animals," I answered, as I pat Sunny, who was still right next to me. I can see that Blake was surprised to hear that. You would know if you were in her place, right now. "I know it sounds weird to hear about this. But,... you may not be alone. I mean, if that 'flashing light' covered the entire city of Vale, then all the other Faunas that attended the Vytal Festival could be here, as well. People like Velvet and Sun," I reassured her. There's also Neon, but I can't mention her because Yang and Weiss haven't met her and Flynt yet. And there's also Adam... shit!

"This world seems to be very peaceful, from the way you said it," Ren said.

I scratched my head a bit when Ren said that. "Well, you could say that. There has been violent conflicts throughout my world's history. But, some of those events didn't solve everything. Those conflicts resulted into even more conflicts. Some of them are still going on today," I said.

Weiss sighed at what I said. "You can't escape violence, can you?" she said.

I shook my head. "Nope, you can't." I can't believe I agreed with a fictional character, and with Weiss of all people!

...It makes sense.

"But, that's a topic for another time. There is still one more thing I would like to discuss with you all," I crossed my arms, as I continued, "What did you do in my house, while me and my mother were gone?"

Most of the group shifted a little when I said that. Only Blake, Ren, and Pyrrha remained calm, but I can tell they were feeling embarrassed, as well.

It actually took like a few minutes before someone finally spoke up.

"Well...," Ruby began.


As I said beforehand, I had wrote down the events that have transpired in my house while me and my mother were gone.

Well, these are those events.

And, as also said before, they're not in exact detail, but they are good enough to see these events as...

...interesting.


Third-Person POV

11:22am

"Okay, everyone. Lets just calm down and think about this for a moment," Ruby said, as the rest of her friends continued looking out at the horizon.

"How are we suppose to calm down, sis? We don't know where we are!" Yang shouted.

"Well, lets just think about the positive stuff, first. We could've landed in the middle of nowhere, and that did not happen!" Ruby reassured her.

"She is right, you know," both half-sisters turn to Blake, "We could have landed in a forest, or maybe somewhere at sea."

"Doesn't this house feel a little strange to you guys?" Weiss asked them.

"What do you mean?" Jaune said, confused.

"Look around you! This house would've been long gone to the Grimm. So why is it still standing?," Weiss explained. She was right. There was nothing but trees, rocks, and dirt. The house felt so... isolated.

"Probably, the people that live here could be smart, have very strong auras, or maybe they have a lot of experience in fighting," Pyrrha guessed.

"Then why do they have a dog with them? Not that I'm complaining," Weiss smiled, as she pet Sunny, who was sitting next to her.

"Maybe they found the dog lost and decided to take him or her in," Ren guessed, as well.

"No, it's a girl," Ruby said, crouching down at Sunny's level.

"Really?" all her friends said at the same time.

"Yah, because she has a pink collar," Ruby smiled.

Nora gasped, "She knows my favorite color!"

"Or it could be just a coincidence," Ren reassured her.

"Either way, Weiss is right. It does seem a bit strange for this house to be here. Maybe, we should look around and see what we can find?" Ruby suggested.

"Um, isn't that breaking and entering?" Blake said, a bit opposed to the idea.

"Hey, if we don't break anything, then the owners won't notice a thing," Yang reassured her partner, as she started walking back inside.

Eventually, without second or third thoughts, Teams RWBY and JNPR went back inside the Lyman household.


First-Person POV

3:37pm

"So, the reason you all went through my house is because you thought my family had some defense mechanism or this powerful weapon to keep the Grimm at bay?" I said.

"If that's how you want to put it, then yes. That's exactly what we did," Yang answered back.

"Well,.. that seems to be the proper way to solve it," I said, which actually surprised everyone.

"Wait, your not mad?" Jaune said.

"Why would I be mad? You did what any Huntsman or Huntress would ever do: you scouted out, looked for clues, come up with a solution, and then neutralize the threat if necessary or inform the nearest official," I explained, which makes a lot of sense. I may not be a Huntsman, or in the military, but I do know some tactics.

That's what you get for playing too many first-person shooters.

"Huh, that sounds very clever of you," Pyrrha complimented.

"Thanks," I replied, "So, what did you guys find interesting in my house?" The gang looks at each other. I sigh. "It's okay for you guys to tell me. Besides, you probably must've found or interact with something that you have never seen before in your lives."

Look at the iPad and iPhone, for example. Those don't exist on Remnant.

"I'll start," Blake said, after some hesitation.

"Yah,... me too," Yang joined in.


Third-Person POV

11:28am

For what she has seen so far, Blake can slightly compare this house to her parents house in Menagerie. She and the rest of her friends had started looking around; to see if there was something that help protect it from the Grimm, or any reason on why it was so far out from the higher populated areas.

Everyone had split up, each one taking a room or more in the building. For her and Yang, they decided to search the living room. The living room consisted of a couch, with a flat-screen TV in front, and a couple of the small tables, with one of them having a lamp. Next to the TV, was a fireplace, and in the corner was a spiral staircase which led to a basement. There was also a couple of doors; with the first, right next to them, leading outside, and another showing a bathroom. And last but not least, there was turned-off fan right above them.

"To be honest, this room kinda reminds me back at home," Yang said, who also felt some similarity with the stranger's house. The way part of the living room was set up it looked like how her living room was.

"Was your house a log cabin?" Blake asked, as she can already tell what this building looked like in the outside, since almost all the walls in every room she'd seen so far were entirely made out of wood.

"Yep, but not as wide as this one," Yang answered, "So, uh, where should we start?" she said, as she clap her hands together.

Blake turns around and looks up at a room above them. As they were entering the living room, she noticed that the ceiling to the hallway behind them was much lower. Now that she got a closer look, Blake notice the room above her and Yang was much dimmer than the living room. What's more to that, was her faunas ears kept twitching as she got closer to it.

"You can start looking around here, while I look up over there," Blake turn towards her partner, as she said that.

Yang looks back and then up at where Blake was mentioning. She nods in approval, and starts heading over to the TV. "If you find anything, shout it out, okay?" Yang said.

"Sure," Blake replies, as she starts heading towards the staircase that leads up to the room above.

It was only a matter of time when she reached the top. There was a small window that shed some light into the room. But, with some light or not, Blake could see things perfectly. To the left and the edge of the room, was a couch. On the upper right corner, was another TV. On the upper left corner, was a small table that had a dozen or more cases. Blake was interested in those cases, but was more interesting was what was right below the window; a big wide container that was stick by some fabric on either side.

Blake walks towards the container. It had a few buttons; with one having the word 'On' and another having the word 'Temp.'. "Temperature?" she guessed. That made her relieved a bit. The machine was kinda like the fan in the living room. Still, Blake was cautious. She wasn't sure what to expect inside this stranger's house. Even if there was nothing suspicious, she couldn't count anything else out, yet.

Suddenly, her ears twitched again, a lot more violently than last time. Blake quickly turn around and looked at what was behind her, her hand gripping on Gambol Shroud; on her back.

But, sadly, what she thought was a threat, wasn't a threat at all.

Laying lazily on the couch was a cat, with white, black, and orange fur; now fully awake from Blake's sudden movements. Blake was a bit embarrassed by this, as she let go of her of her grip on her weapon. How can she not notice this cat that was a few feet from her? In fact, how can a cat mess up with her ears?

"Well, I am a cat faunas. So, it makes sense," she muttered. Blake had rarely saw a cat before in her life. So, seeing one right now, actually made her feel... comfortable. Like she and the cat had some mutual connection.

It was weird.

As she thought of that, the cat jumped off of the couch and began walking towards her. Blake notices and crouches down, as the cat walks closer. The cat stops and looks up at her.

There was a moment of silence as Blake and the cat stares at each other.

The cat suddenly jumps onto Blake's lap, making her fall down on her butt. She looks down at the cat, as it lays down on her torso and closes its eyes.

The cat began purring.

Blake did not know how to feel about this. On one hand, she felt surprised by the cat's sudden actions. She just wanted to get the cat off of her, but then she realized that might not be the best option. On the other hand, she felt, surprisingly, relaxed and good. Like another part of her was just found.

Blake slowly smiles softly at the cat, who was now sleeping again. "Maybe, I can get used to this," she mutters, as she began petting the cat.

(A/N: I AM NOT SHIPPING BLAKE WITH MY CAT, IF THAT'S WHAT YOUR THINKING!)

Meanwhile, downstairs, Yang was still looking around. So far, there was not much. There were a couple of pictures on the wall. One had a group of men in the wilderness. Another was a self-portrait of an old couple, smiling.

There was also a wide window that showed a gap between one part of the house and another.

The TV was nice. It didn't look outdated. Simple.

However, there was one thing that had Yang curious. Under the cable box, which was under the TV, was a set of cases; half of them were white, while the other half was blue. She also noticed that beside the cable box was two separate machines, which were stacked on top of each other. On top of the first machine, were a few strange objects that she wasn't familiar with.

"First cases, then... whatever that is," Yang muttered, as she reaches for a white case. She grabs it out of the collection and looks at the cover.

She blushes.

The cover showed a muscular man, his head down, shirtless, carrying two big gauntlets, much bigger than hers, both shaped into a lion's head. The most noticeable feature of the man was his red tattoos; one having curved his left eye up to the forehead, one having curved from the left side of the waist up to his left shoulder, and one almost shaped like a horse shoe on his left arm.

Above the man were the words 'God of War Saga'.

Yang low-whistles, "Better not let Ruby see this." She decided that it was best to put the case back, for now.

She then reaches for a blue case and grabs it out of the collection. She looks at the cover, which showed something a lot different than the last one. The cover showed a great beast. The strangest thing was that the beast was made out of weird objects that stick together; thus creating its body. Right below the beast was, what looks like, a miniaturized version of it, alongside a young teenaged boy and an aged man with glasses, who was holding a lantern.

Right in the middle of the cover was the word 'Knack'.

"This seems more appropriate," Yang mutters.

She then looks at one of the objects on top of the first machine. She grabs it with her other hand and looks at it. The object consists of many buttons. On the right was four buttons, each one having a different shape; the top a triangle, the left a square, the right a circle, and the bottom an X. On the left was siimilar to the buttons on the right, but the buttons on the left were arrows; with the tip points heading towards the center. On the center of the object were two circular.. things. And on top of the left and right sides were four buttons, each side having two each.

"Wait a minute," Yang suddenly found a connection. She puts the object on the table and looks back at the blue case. She finds a small opening on the right side. She splits it, opening the case, and finds a disc inside, alongside a small packet.

She then looks back at the object, then at the two machines, and then at the collection. "Are these... video games?" Yang was a bit shocked at this. She and Ruby, and sometimes Uncle Qrow, would play video games at home or at Beacon, when the team had free time. So why does this stranger have video games in his/her house? And why was this person's way of video games look so... different? The way she plays them was on her scroll.

It didn't make any sense.

"Hey Blake, did you find anything yet?" Yang stood up and called out to her partner from the room above.

Blake was suddenly brought back from a trance when Yang's voice was heard. Before that, she was solely focusing on the cat that was still sleeping on her lap. It almost brought her to sleep, too. She blushed from embarrassment. The cat made her feel so relaxed, she completely forgot about what she and everyone else was doing.

"Blake?" Yang called out again.

"N-No, nothing yet. There is something that I have already checked but it's nothing to worry about," Blake finally answered.

Yang raised an eyebrow by her friend's stuttering. She didn't know what was up there, but hearing her friend answering like that, made her feel a bit worried. Maybe she was focusing on the thing that she mentioned? Possibly. She'll have to talk to her about that later.

"Okay, then. If you anything else, let me know," Yang said, before returning her focus on the game and the controller.


First-Person POV

3:40pm

I blinked.

Blake had her head down on the table, her hands resting on her head, most likely blushing again from embarrassment. Yang was laughing a bit from the story they just finished. Everyone else was looking at the two, either from across the table or just turning their heads.

Good ole' Nutmeg.

I couldn't blame Blake. She had it coming, when she and her friends first set foot in my house. Nutmeg would usually hide from new visitors. Once she gets to know them, Nutmeg would come out from her hiding place and join the crew. But for her to get use to someone like Blake that quickly? It makes sense, I guess. Besides Neon, Blake is basically the closest thing to a cat; in Nutmeg's eyes.


Nutmeg is a good cat, and when I say 'good cat,' I mean 'great cat.'

She doesn't bother anyone, really. She just lounges around, takes comfort around us, and, in my opinion, is giddy whenever she's hungry.

I adore her and Sunny, and at that moment I felt that Team RWBY and JNPR would adore them respectively as well.


"There, there Blake. It's okay for you to like a cat. I mean, I like cats, as well, even though I don't have one," Ruby patted her friend's back.

"Yah, liking cats isn't that bad," Yang added, who just calm down from her laughing.

Meow

Suddenly, Nutmeg decided to join in by jumping onto the dining table. This startled everyone a bit, expect for me and Blake, whose faunas ears were twitching again.

I watch Nutmeg walking towards Blake. As she got closer, Nutmeg nudged her head on Blake's head, her ears connecting to Blake's ears. Just as she did that, Nutmeg lazily sits down beside Blake and closes her eyes. She then begins to purr.

"And speaking of cats, here's one now!" Yang called out. Everyone else, including me, chuckles.

I smile softly, as I watch the scene in front of me. I'm now glad that they came here before Beacon fell.

Otherwise,... these events would've happen differently.

"By the way, um... Jared, is it?" I looked at Yang, who was now looking at me.

Oh, yeah. I forgot to say that I introduce myself to them before my mother left to go pick up my sister.

I nodded in confirmation, as Yang continued, "Those video games that you have, I noticed a logo on the bottom left corner. It had a different letter from the games I seen. Care to explain what that is?"

"Those letters are based off on what the game includes. It also states the 'rating' for a certain age group. There's an E, E+10, T, and M rating. The E rating stands for 'Everyone'. E rated games include cartoon or mild violence and mild language. Basically, it's kid-friendly. The E+10 rating is like the E rating, but a bit different. The E+10 rating is for people that are ten years or older. This rating contains a little higher level of violence and language, but it's still kid-friendly. The T rating is much different. The T rating stands for 'Teen'. It contains content for people who are 13 years or older, such as blood, mild use of strong language, and basically what the game's theme is about. So your safe to play games with those ratings, but maybe not a game with an M rating. The M rating stands for 'Mature'. These games contain strong content for, you can say, adults. It contains strong language, blood and gore, nudity, and strong sexual themes. So yeah, that's the gist of it," I explained.

"I remember seeing the 'God of War' game having an M rating," Yang said. "Why do you have an M rating game? Does your parents play it?"

"No, I play it," I answered, "I-I-I know that sounds a bit off to some of you guys, but my parents allow me to play these games because they thought I was ready. I mean, I am 17 years old so... yeah."

I didn't want anyone to get the wrong idea about me playing an M rated game. Sure, there was nudity. But that doesn't mean I'm crazed for it.

Seriously, I'm not.

"...works for me," Ren surprisingly agreed. All of his friends looked at him shocked, except Nora, who actually had a feeling of understanding. "We all got to learn some important aspects in life, right?"

I knew what he meant by that. He had tragically lost his parents at a young age when his home village was attacked. Nora was there that same night, so I knew what she felt, too.

Eventually, everyone else nodded in agreement.

"Okay," I started, "Now that's settled it, is there anyone else who would like to discuss on what they found?"

"I'll go," Ruby began.

"As will I," Weiss added.


Third-Person POV

11:27am

"So Weiss, which room do you want to choose?" Ruby asked said heiress.

Weiss looks at her partner, dumbfounded. "Does it really matter?" she said.

While Blake and Yang decided to take the living room, Ruby and Weiss chose to see what's upstairs.

When they walked up the stairs, they both quickly noticed something. Near the stairs, was a desk fillled with pens, pencils, paper, and other stuff, including a small computer and another thing that they couldn't recognize, but it had a logo that said 'HP'.

To the left side was a bunch of pictures sticking to the wall. All the pictures showed different people, or someone new with the same group of people.


First-Person POV

3:41pm

"Wait, I need to clarify this, before we continue," Weiss stop the flashback and looks at me, "What is that spot in your house? Is it some kind of office?"

I nodded, "Yes, my mom works there. It's part of her job. She usually takes calls from other people that work in the business she's with. Sometimes, once or twice a month, she goes to her business in the city. And those pictures by her desk, those are just memories."

"I remember seeing a sticker close to a picture with two cute babies. It said 'Two cold ones, and make it snappy!'," Ruby commented.

I frowned a bit when she said that. The picture she referred to was me and my sister in Florida. Two empty milk bottles were by our side, as we were sleeping in the shade.

I don't remember that day, since I was so young.


Third-Person POV

11:28am

As the two walks past the desk, they both notice a bathroom to the left. The bathroom they saw was very well designed.

It reminded Weiss of the bathrooms in her household.

Anyway, now Ruby and Weiss were staring at two more rooms; both rooms side by side. There was a third room off to the side, but they decided to search that room together later.

"Well, I don't want the room that has all the boring stuff," Ruby stated.

Weiss just rolled her eyes. "You know what, lets just not argue right now. Look, I'll take the one on the right, while you take the one on the left," she then turns to her partner and smirks, "And if you find something that's interesting, then you can show that with me. Sounds alright with you?"

Ruby smiles back and said, "If that's okay with you, then it's okay with me."

With the agreement on the line, they both went to their according rooms.

Ruby's room was... interesting.

In front of her was a bed; the blanket wasn't laid out appropriately and there was a pillow, along with a normal pillow right next to it, stretched out on the left side. Next to the bed was a night table containing all sorts of stuff, besides the lamp. Next to the table was a bedroom drawer.

There was a closet that was almost hidden from the doorway. Inside were clothes hanging on a dresser and, underneath the dresser, was a shelf full of more random stuff Ruby couldn't recognize. There was also two bookshelves, one by the door and the other by the bed.

Above the bookshelf near the bed, was a small TV.

On the right side of the room was a glass desk. On it was a computer, much bigger than the one on the wooden desk by the stairs. A rotating chair, with a cushion on top, was placed near the glass desk.

"Huh, what a coincidence," Ruby muttered. The room she was in reminded her of her bedroom back in Patch. "And the walls are painted blue. Guess that sums up who lives here."

A man lives here.

Suddenly, Ruby noticed something on the bed that wasn't there before... or maybe something she hasn't seen when she walked in here.

On the bed was a square-shaped tablet. It looked similar to a Scroll, but it had a black case. The case also had an small curve, showing a button that was barely visible to her.

Next to the tablet was a pair of headphones. "You know, that reminds me. I haven't used my headphones in a while," Ruby muttered. The last time she can remember using hers was back when Roman Torchwick attempted to rob the Dust shop she was in.

Still, besides the headphones, that black tablet gave off an eerie feeling, making the red-hooded girl curious. Not backing out from this, Ruby walks over to the tablet. She sits down on the bed and grabs the tablet.

She then presses the button. Suddenly, the screen lights up. The background was a huge ocean wave, frozed in the middle of turning over. On top, showed today's date:

11:31

Tuesday, September 5th

"Well, at least this thing has the date correct... I think," Ruby said. She didn't really focus on the date that much, only if something important was going to happen to herself, her team, and/or the rest of her friends.

She then notice what was on the bottom of the screen. It had the words:

Press home to unlock

"Home?" Ruby mutters, confused. "Does it mean the house?" She then taps the screen.

Nothing happen.

"Why isn't it wor-," Ruby then realized what it meant. She looks at the button and presses it again.

Then, with no second to spare, the screen shifts into something entirely different. It shows a man holding a rocket launcher, next to another man who was not looking too good. There was also two more people, driving away on a motorcycle. The weird thing is that none of the characters look real at all.

"I think this is a video game," Ruby guessed, as she saw a set of words at the bottom of the screen; 'Get the Balls'. "That must be the objective. Why balls, though?"

She would have to find out, if she wanted to play the video.

And that is what she is going to do.

Ruby grab the headphones and put them over her head. "I guess this guy wouldn't mind if I played at least one video, right?" she mutters.

After a second or two pass, Ruby pressed play.

"Oh, it's right next to us!"

"Yeah, Rimbo Slice has it."

Ruby chuckled, as one of the guys in the video nickname the homeless man.

"We gotta, we gotta get it."

"Yah, we literally didn't see it. We just drove away."

Just as one of the guys was saying that, one of the players, named Ryan on the upper left corner of the screen, aimed his rocket launcher at the man with the balls. "Why is he doing that?" Ruby was a bit surprised by Ryan's actions. She also felt like laughing, for some reason.

The CPU freaked out by Ryan's actions and crouch down right next to the bikes.

"This is how it works."

"We just started at it."

"I know, we just drove away."

The men on the bike, most likely Ryan's friends, just arrived back at the starting point.

"Alright, you need to get it. Kill him."

"Where is it?"

Ruby chuckled again; she didn't know why but the scene she was watching felt... funny.

"Kill him! It's the guy! Your looking at him!"

"I don't wanna-"

"FUCKING KILL HIM, RYAN!"

"I can't, because the rocket will blow up-"

Before Ryan could finish, one of his friends grabbed a rocket launcher out of nowhere and aims it at the man... along with the bikes and another player of theirs.

"Alright, fu- fuck it."

He fires.

'BOOM!'

"AAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Ruby started laughing like crazy.


First-Person POV

3:45pm

"You actually laughed at something that indecent!?" Weiss looks at her partner, a bit angry at what she just heard.

"Yah, what gives, sis!?" Yang shouted, also angry.

I tried my hardest to keep my laughter in. I totally knew what Ruby watched.

I'm not gonna say what it is, but I'll have you know that video is one of my favorite videos on that channel!

"I don't know what happen! My laugh box just open and, ever since, I just couldn't stop!" Ruby tried to explain.

I sigh happily, making Ruby, Weiss, and Yang look at me. "Laughing is the best medicine there is. Don't worry, Ruby. It's just a video game."

"Wait, you watch that video before?" Ruby asks.

"Yep," I simply answered. "It's so funny."

"What makes you think that blowing things up is funny?" Yang asks, annoyed at the fact her little sister watch something that violent.

"Well, here's the thing. It's not about the stuff those people do that makes it funny. It's how they say it. The way they say things is just completely hilarious. It may have strong language, but it's worth watching," I explain.

"That actually makes sense," Ruby put a hand up to her chin, "I mean, when I watch that video, what they said was pretty stupid. And to add to what you said Jared, it sounded like those guys were having fun."

"I agree with you," I said. That's what Achievement Hunter does. They have fun. Either if it's interesting or just plain ridiculous, those guys find a way to make their videos enjoyable.

"You know, now that I look back at it, there were two people that sounded a lot like our friends," Ruby thought back.

"Really?" all of her friends said, a bit surprised.

I frown as Ruby continued, "Yah. That Ryan sounded a lot like Professor Port, and that Micheal guy sounded a lot like Sun."

That's because they are them... sort of.

I hope none of them get to meet their actors, or actresses, anytime soon. It might still be okay for them to watch those videos, especially Ruby. She won't be able to recognize Lindsay as herself, since Lindsay doesn't speak in a high tone when she normally talks.

"Hmm,.. that is weird," Blake cross her arms.

thunk

My eyes widen. I recognize that sound from anywhere:

It was the sound of a heavy backpack hitting the floor.

I slowly turned my head around and looked at the front door.

"Uh... hey Emi," I greeted my sister.

Standing near the front door was my twin sister; Emily Lyman. Her backpack was on the floor, in front of her. She look surprised as my mom was a few hours ago. Speaking of my mother, I didn't see her with Emi; that's a nickname I give her. She must be outside; probably still trying to comprehend what's going on.

I didn't even hear the front door opening. That's how focused I was with the cast of RWBY.

"Wait, that's your sister?" Jaune said.

Earlier, I told them some details about my family. I told them about my sister and my Dad, what my relationship was like between the two, and their current hobbies. They already knew who my Mom was, so I left her out for the most part.

"Yah...," I reply.

My sister was still standing there, her face in a state of shock.

I then stood up from my seat. "I'm gonna take a shower," I said.


8:30pm

I heavily sigh, as I lay flat on my bed. "What a long day," I groaned.

And a long day it was.

All my life, I thought this would never happen.

But I always dreamt for it.

Characters from a web series have arrived on Earth. And the only thing that disturbs me was that they were in my house.

"But, why my house?" I begin to wonder. It could've been any other house in this world. So, why mine?

I sigh again, "Oh, man. I don't want to even go there, right now."

Ever since my sister and my mom came home, I tried my best to explain to them who the characters were specifically and where they came from. It took Mom to get use to it less than my sister, since she already saw them before. I did the same thing with my Dad when he got home from work; which was an hour after Emily came home.

When that was settled, we all had a private family discussion in the same area where I had discussed with the cast of RWBY. While we were having this, teams RWBY and JNPR stayed on the other side of the house.

I don't want to get into detail on what happen between me and my family, since I had enough crazy stuff happening to me today. So, I'll just give you the gist of it:

Basically, we were discussing on what to do with RWBY and JNPR. There were now 12 people in this house. With that many, my parents can't afford everything. I mean, we did have 12 people stayed in our house before, but the difference was that they only stayed for like a few days and they brought their own things.

Anyway, after a long argument we, or they if you want to put it that way, decided to have the teams stay here. I thought that this was the best decision.

But, there was one problem:

We didn't know what would happen if some fan from outside notice them. So, we did the best thing that we could think of: disguise them. We would have the girls borrow my mother's and my sister's clothes, and the boys borrow my father's and my clothes. I have a feeling Mom and Emi would have to buy more clothes for themselves this weekend. They would also have to change their hairstyles a bit, most likely the females. I'm not sure Yang would like this, but I think we can work this around without cutting her hair.

And also, their weapons. Yes, I notice that they have their weapons on them when I first saw them. I was glad that they didn't use them on any of our things; otherwise this house would've been a mess. It was tricky for us to solve that. But, in the end, we decided to put them in the attic. I ask them to do it for us, and to also try to separate the Dust from their weapons, because I do not want anything bad to happen to me and/or my family.

And finally, bedding. Lucky for us, we had enough beds for all of them, but a couple of them have to sleep together. Pyrrha and Jaune will sleep in the separate bedroom on the other side of the house, Ren and Nora will sleep on the couch-bed in the loft, Ruby and Yang will sleep in separate couchs in the living room, and Blake and Weiss will have to sleep in separate cots.

So yeah, everything was settled.

I was a bit disappointed on not getting to hear all of their stories, but I think I have a pretty good reason on what they interact with.

I lowered my eyebrows in thought. There was one more thing that still troubled me:

School.

Tomorrow was my first day of school. I'm not sure if I should let them come with me... not yet, I suppose. Things might get weird if that happens.

I turn my head to my right and saw my iPad and headphones. I brought it up with me after I took that shower. I thought about watching at least something after the whole RWBY fiasco today. But, well... I'm just not in the mood right now.

"You know what, I'm gonna go to bed. Maybe school tomorrow might help me get through this," I mutter. I grab my iPad and headphones and laid them by my computer. Separately, I plug a wire in both of them to charge their batteries for tomorrow.

I then change into my pajamas, lay back on my bed, and tug my blanket over me.

"Well, to a new school year," I mutter, as I close my eyes.

"And probably the last."


This was the start of something else.

And it all started here.

It does feel corny for me to reuse these two lines above. If you have read my other fanfics, then you know where those came from.

But nevertheless, this for me is true.

The arrival of RWBY, the show in general, into my world was the start of something else, and honestly I didn't expect what was going to happen in the coming weeks ahead.

It may have been a lot easier to deal with if I didn't have school and all. But, I'm not rich or extremely smart or anything in that matter.

Despite all of the tension and confusion that was filling inside me, I knew then and there that this would be a long, bumpy road.

...I just didn't know how bumpy it would get.


I have never thought a chapter like this would be this long... or to be my longest one, yet.

Expect chapters to be shorter, or possibly longer, than this one.

In case you want to know, some of this was inspired by "Out of Place" by JC of the Corn. Except for a author who describes himself as a man who drinks beer and goes to college, no offense JC your a nice guy but forgive me if I did said something wrong about you, this is a story about an author that describes himself as a normal fanboy who enjoys high school.

So yeah, there's that.

I hope you enjoy this chapter, or entry if you to call this a diary. Leave a review, if you did.

And to see you guys again on my the next entry of my diary!

See ya later, everyone!

P.S: Here's the title of the videos Ruby and I were watching:

1.) "Let's Play: GTA V - Train Hopping"

2.) "Let's Play: GTA V - Chopper vs. Chopper X"