Hey guys this is going to be a side story for Arclighter while I work on that one I know I left the last one off on a cliffhanger just having a bit of a writers block atm so I feel like doing something like this will help I'll be rotating this by week so after one Arclighter comes one VSA for your viewing pleasure or maybe displeasure but for now we should get into it and try to take a hit into what these two combined will be like.

Disclaimer: I don't own RWBY nor Hollow Knight please go watch RWBY or go buy hollow knight I support either decision because these two things are fantastic but if I owned them I'd make more Blake and Zwei fluff because their so cute and if I owned Hollow Knight I'd make the stupid flower quest not take you across the entire map.

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The world of Remnants surface is so beautiful the trees, the flowers, the views, the cities, the people it's all so fantastic. While the world above is in its own blind peace with all its beauties something sinister and horrific is happening down below. Today someone from the surface will earn all about the sinister areas of Hollownest and that someone is One. Jaune. Arc

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Jaune opens his eyes seeing a very dim cave surrounding him. "Where am I?" Jaune says questioningly. Jaune does a quick check of his body and realises something has happened to his body oh… my… god... "I'm so SHORT!" Jaune screams in his mind but that's not all he notices he has stubby little feet and stubby little arms and he's wearing a… mask?

Jaune starts to hyperventilate a little panic mode is starting to engage max power but he quickly stops himself. "I need to stay focused and I need to find a way out of here." Jaune thinks to himself and he starts to walk onwards towards the great unknown.

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Jaune has been walking and has found nothing so far but the buzzing has been increasing. Through the exploration Jaune has noticed his new sword and the name just comes to him like a memory "Nail." After finding about his nail he found many weird rocks and little crawly guys that we're rather peaceful he hacked and slashed at the rocks and out came… "Geo." His mind keeps saying these words first it was the new sword and now it's this weird looking coin. Jaune decides to keep it but when he picks it up it disappears.

Jaune notices a piece of paper he's carrying start to glow a bit and checks it out.

Inventory

Jaune Arc

0/100 Soul

Masks: 5/5

Mask Pieces: 0/4

Soul Pieces: 0/3

Map (Left)

Charms (Right)

Jaune eyes widen at this piece of paper and he becomes quickly confused. Now in the top left of his vision he can see a little bubble with white hair and five masks. Jaune just shrugs it off after a little bit. As much as he would love to look at all of this he needs to find a way home.

Jaune reaches a room that has a really high ceiling. Weirdly enough some platforms are floating in the air. While going to start jumping up the tiles he hears a screech from above and takes a hit

Masks: 4/5

Jaune now sees a weird flying bug that's rather small but around the same size as his new form. After taking the hit Jaune goes flying for the bug and slashes it once and lands back on a platform one lower from the last.

More of these flies start to swarm Jaune resulting in the first fly plus four more. Jaune is now swarmed by them time to put up a last stand in this situation!

The flies screech and dive and Jaune slashes through them one by one but the last fly knocks him off taking off another mask

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH" screams Jaune as he now falls to his death. Flashes of Nora and Pyrrha plus Ren fly through his mind then comes RWBY. Lastly comes his family then...

Masks: 3/5

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Ozpin was a smart man. Ozpin was also not a normal man. Ozpin looks down at his school and sees people moving to different places dancing and overall a good time but one thing has made him worried. Hollownest has him worried because he now senses aura in Hollownest. "There shouldn't be ANY aura in Hollownest after Radiance took over. I can't check it out though I don't want to risk it coming through I can only hope it's nobody meaningful. Now I should go get some cof-." A door slams open revealing a worried NPR and RWBY less so on a few accounts (Weiss). Nora runs up to Ozpin and says "Headmaster we need your help Jaune-Jaune has gone missing."Ozpin's eyes widen slightly and he thinks back to his recent thoughts and tries to dismiss it. "Please not Jaune of all people I can't lose an Arc to Radiance that would be catastrophic." NPR and RWBY look at Ozpin in hope and he turns to look at the students. "I might know of where he is but this is a very unlikely chance but hope to Oum I'm wrong." NPR and RWBY look at Ozpin worriedly or confused.

"Students follow me we must go. For what you will see you shall tell no one about if you do you shall be expelled." Ozpin says coldly and the students go a bit paler except for Pyrrha and Nora since they're too worried and Ren since he would keep his lips sealed anyway.

Ozpin brings the students out towards the back of the school to an old looking broken door.

Yang opens her mouth to say "Headmaster why did you bring us to an old broken door this isn't a good joke cause I can tell what a good joke is!" Yang's eyes start to turn redder and redder.

Ozpin looks back at the students and says "This is no broken door in front of us is an old portal." The students look at him confused and skeptical and Weiss says "I'm sorry Headmaster but you're okay right this is just an old broken door." Ozpin gives off a sad smile and replies "This in fact is a portal it's just one I wish I would never have to use again." NPR and RWBY now look a bit worried at the thought of Jaune being in someplace that dangerous if he really is there. Ozpin starts to pump his aura into the portal to try and open it. He reaches 64% aura before it finally opens.

"Welcome students… To the land of Hollownest.

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Jaune is shivering and is still screaming loudly before he realises he isn't dead rather he feels only a little sore with his stubby little feetsies. "I thought I was dead from that fall how am I alive? Maybe this little body doesn't die from high falls?" With that in mind Jaune smile turns really big behind his mask and he starts to treks upwards again. Once he reaches the top of the area he realises the Circle with white hair is full.

He soon approaches a tablet with a strange language that starts to slowly form into recognizable words to him.

Higher beings, these words are for you alone. Focus your soul and you shall achieve feats only others can only dream.

Focus your soul to replenish Health/Masks

Jaune sees this and smiles. A way to himself… That's amazing! I've spent long enough here I need to keep moving on for now hopefully find something peaceful to talk to I can learn exactly what's going on here. He heals himself quickly while walking

Masks: 5/5

Soul: 25/100

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After jumping through spikes and slashing up those little crawlies and flies I find myself next to a blue bubble? It seems to be moving around a lot so out of fear I cut it down. After cutting it down two little blue bugs fall from it and I finish them off quickly something quite weird happens. My visions turns blue for three seconds then I notice my masks bar has two little blue masks there.

Masks: 7/5

That pretty cool but I should be getting going hopefully I can get the blue masks back when I lose them.

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After walking for a while again I reach a gigantic door and I mean GIGANTIC even though it does look a bit busted up and you can see light coming through the cracks. While I look at the door I realise there is another message on the wall next to me and I go to look at it.

"Higher beings, these words are for you alone. Beyond this point you enter the land of King

and Creator. Step across this threshold and obey our laws. Bear witness to the last and only civilisation, the eternal Kingdom."

"Hallownest."

Jaune looks at the words with a bit of awe and confusion. "It's cool to realise there is a civilization down here but it's scary to think its people think they're the last civilization on Remnant do they not know of the four kingdoms?" I think to myself silently.

I look at the door and quickly realise I might be able to bash it down as crazy as that sounds. I just start flashing like crazy at the door no real finesse.

The door shatters into pieces that land around me and miss me because of my short body.

I walk through the door once it has been destroyed and I look down at the drop then I quickly turn my head to the nearby lit up town and jump down.

"These falls only make me feel sort of sore now I guess since my aura and soul are working together?" I think to myself as he walks to the town.

I notice the firefly street lamps they look quite pretty and make this dim place look a lot more attractive. While walking into town I notice how most houses are vacant or bolted shut with boards but one man stands out in the open with his back turned to me. I shout to the man "Hello may I get the knowledge of this town name good sir?"

The man jumps slightly and turns around he seems to be a bit stubby like me but I can see a body covered in chitin and an old mask that looks like it has a permanent frown. The man says to me "Hello there young one it's nice to see a mask again. I'm sorry if you expected more out of old Dirtmouth but this old town has started to turn rather vacant." I smile towards the man and say "This is fine old guy it's a lot better than getting attacked by those flies and crawly guys up over there." I point towards the area I come from and he looks interested I don't know how I can tell but it's one of those instinct things again.I wish I could figure this new form out. The old man says "Well those creatures we're probably Vengflies and Crawlids I hope they didn't cause you much trouble also my name is Elder Bug nice to meet you…" My smile falters for a quick second realising I haven't given my name yet and I reply saying "My name is Jaune Arc sir and they didn't cause me much trouble but do you mind If I ask you some questions I'm quite new here."

Elder bug smiles and says "I'd love to young one any interactment would be just delightful." Jaune smiles and opens up saying "I know this place is called hollownest but I don't know exactly where we we're. I was just sleeping against a tree by Beacon and now I'm here in Hollownest." The Elder Bug seems to jump a little at said statement as says "You came from the surface!?" I just look at him weirdly and say "Yeah I came from the surface? Wait how far are we underground?" The Elder bug looks at him and says sadly "I have no clue young one that answer has been lost for a long time ever since the the Pale King died." upon hearing I become quite depressed and start thinking I won't see my team or RWBY and my Family especially Nora I'll miss how she brightens my day quite a lot.

"Elder bug I have one last question and then you could ask me any question you want so is that okay?" Elder bug just nods and I say "I was originally a human before coming down what happened?" Now that made Elder bugs eyes widen and he says "Well I don't really know maybe you fell on someone and in doing so you mixed together with them It's happened to one person before and that was the Pale King." I look at him surprised he actually got an answer much less one with a form of proof.

Elder bug says to Jaune "Now that you've asked your question it's time to answer some of mine. What would you do if you could go back to your world?" Jaune looks at him with a thoughtful expression and replies "If I could go back I'd firstly hug all my friends out of relief especially Nora then I would come back to explore this beautiful place one more." That answer shocked the Elder and he quickly asks why he would come back "As much as I love it in my place I have a calling to explore this place. I would even call it a mission of sorts. Something is wrong in this amazing place and I have to find a way to destroy whatever is destabilizing the balance. The Elder bug was about to ask something but an old forgotten broken door to one of the houses has flown open revealing an Old man and many young looking humans.

The old man looks to the young ones and says "Welcome students… To the land of Hollownest.

Author's Notes: Well I hope you enjoy my side story I put a bit of work into it and I do plan to write this along side Arclighter because I slowly started falling in love more and more with this idea the more I wrote it. Well here is some news too I will be writing 90%-100% crossover material I feel like crossovering things is just real fun but I'll be focusing mainly on RWBY. Well anyway it's three in the morning I should probably sleep so good morning or good night to everyone out there I love y'all you the best out there 3