Glynda readied her crop as the bullhead she and Team SASA was on landed. "Girls, ready your weapons. A horde of Grimm has entered the town." It had taken a few hours for the bullhead to reach Elm, and in that time period the Grimm had grown restless and began to attack the townspeople.

Sunset turned a tuner on Sinner's Ballad and the blades of her axe popped out. She dashed out of the bullhead and jumped at an Ursa, which she promptly decapitated. The ground beneath her started to rumble and she jumped out of the way as the ground she had been standing on exploded upwards, revealing a Grimm reminiscent of a beetle. It was slightly bigger than the average Ursa and its' entire body was covered in the bone plate armor of a Grimm and it had a large, sharp, horn protruding from it's skull.*

Sunset stood there for a second as the beetle stared her down. "Well... You're new." The beetle roared at her and charged, Sunset leapt into the air and onto the beetle's back. She quickly began to strike it's back with her axe, trying to break through the think armor. It took a few hits but she managed to make a small hole in its' shell. Turning another tuner on her weapon caused the base to split apart, revealing a barrel that she shoved into the hole before plucking at the strings of her. The Grimm screeched in pain and fire began to spread under its' shell.

Meanwhile Adagio turned the head of her microphone, causing the barbed whip within to eject, she also stomped her foot, a small dagger launching from her boot. She pressed a button on the hilt and the dagger grew in length, transforming into a sword.** She wrapped her whip around the leg of a low flying Nevermore. She retracted her whip, causing her to be pulled upward and, upon reaching the Nevermore, she cut off it's wing before jumping on its' back, directing it at a trio of Beowolves that had surrounded a house.

Sonata ran out of the bullhead and threw Napakymppi into the air as it extended into staff mode. She did a somersault, grabbing her weapon out of midair and bringing it down on a Beowolf's head. Then with quick and precise movements, she changed her weapon into bow form, pulled a fire dust arrow out of her quiver, and fired at a Taijitu as it lunged at her. The arrow entered it's mouth and, upon impacting the back of it's throat, exploded. This led to the headless end of the Taijitu sliding past her, she leapt to the side as the white head bit at her, firing another arrow as she did so.

Aria ran out of the bullhead and began to partake in her favorite pastime, slaughtering Grimm. She impaled a Beowolf with her bladed gauntlets, quickly pulling them back out and grabbing another Beowolf out of the air as it lunged at her. "Not gonna happen!" She tossed the Beowolf at a charging Ursa, the Beowolf dying as it landed on and was impaled by the spikes on its' fellow Grimm's back. Aria ran at the Ursa and gave it an upper cut, causing it to fly into the air before falling back to the ground, being cut into chunks as Aria wildly slashed at it with Strappare and Lacrima. "Who's next?" Several Beowolves charged her at once. They didn't last long.

Meanwhile at Nightmare's camp.

"You are a special girl April. No average person can make plants grow on a whim, nor are they able to heal others."*** April, who was eating some fish at the moment, looked up at the woman who had given her food. She had noticed the burns on the woman's hand and wanted to help her, so she grabbed her hand and wished the burns would go away, and they did. The woman was currently looking at the little girl, a smile on her face. "Thank you for healing my burns."

The little girl swallowed the bite of fish in her mouth and smiled at the woman. "It's ok, you were nice to me, that's all I want." A couple of explosions came from the direction of the town, grabbing the girl's attention. "What was that?"

Nightmare narrowed her eyes in the direction of the town, activating her Semblance, she saw that all of the Grimm she had sent to the village had been disposed of.**** "Oh, I'm sure it's nothing to important. A Beowolf probably strayed from it's pack and got too close to the town." Seeing the girl had finished with her fish, Nightmare offered her another. "Would you like another?" The girl nodded and held out the plate Nightmare had given her. Nightmare set the fish on her plate. "Say, April, do you have anything keeping you here?"

"No, but I'm a little girl, I can't um... Go on an adventure, especially alone..."

"Well, would you like to come home with me?" The girl looked up at the woman, who gave her a kind, sincere smile. "You wouldn't have to be hungry anymore, and I won't let anyone hurt you. What do you say?"

April stared at the woman for a second, taking a bite of fish as she did so. After a minute, and a few more bites, the girl nodded. "Yes. I'd like to go with you." The woman held out her hand and the girl took it. Nightmare raised her hand and snapped her fingers, the shadows beneath them began to pool and the two began to sink. April squeaked and grabbed onto Nightmare, who merely chuckled.

"Hold your breath. It might feel strange, but it will be over before you know it." As they began to vanish Nightmare stepped back. Leaving the girl on her own in the pool, as another figure began to rise from it. "Don't worry April, I'll be right behind you." April gulped, took a deep breath and fully vanished into the pool. "Greggory, few Hunters are in the nearby town. Be a dear and kill them for me." Nightmare pointed in the direction of Elm. The corpse given new life nodded, groaning as it did so and stalked off toward the town. Nightmare smirked and stepped into her portal, disappearing into the blackness.

Back in the Town.

"Miss Goodwitch, we can not thank you and your students enough, the Grimm usually keep to the forest, only attacking when someone gets too close." The mayor had invited them to his home for dinner, which they had graciously accepted. "Though I must admit, it surprised me to see one of the most popular bands on Remnant with you." The mayor looked at Team SASA, who were signing autographs. "Bless those girls, last year their visit brought in enough revenue to keep the town going for an entire year."

"While at first I believed they didn't belong at Beacon, I am glad that I was proven wrong. I thought they were merely fame seekers, who didn't care about anyone but themselves." Glynda sighed and looked at the mayor. "I'm afraid there is another reason we're here. Have you heard of Greggory Haldbar? He's a Huntsman who was working in the area when we lost contact with him."

"The rhino Faunus who carried a club?***** I'm sorry to have to tell you this, but he's dead. He was killed by a man with a scorpion tail." Glynda looked at him in shock. "I'm afraid that you won't be able to send his body back to his family, if he has one. The Faunus took it with him when he left." Screams were heard from outside and before they could react, Adagio crashed through a nearby window.

"Miss Dazzle! Are you alright?" Adagio groaned and sat up.

"I'm fine. But that bastard won't be when we're done with him!" She dived back out the window and ran toward the town square, Glynda following behind her. When they arrived Glynda was stunned to see her students facing none other than Greggory Haldbar, the missing Huntsman. But something was off about him. His movements were jerky and unnatural.

The undead Faunus blocked Aria's fist as she threw a punch, getting pushed a few feet back as a result. He lowered his shoulder and charged at the girl. As he charged Aria braced her self. "Sonata now!" Sunset's voice rang from the roof of a nearby building. Sonata, who was next to her, shot an arrow infused with ice dust at the ground in front of the charging Faunus.

The rhino tailed man charged onto the ice and began to slide, as he reached the end Aria grabbed him, lifted him into the air and began to spin around in a circle. "Heads up Sunset!" Sunset readied her axe and Aria released the Faunus, who flew directly at Sunset. Sunset pulled her axe back and swung with all her might.

The Faunus went flying over Aria and landed on the ground in front of Adagio, who pointed her sword at his throat. Before anyone could say anything, the man jerked forward, impaling himself on the Siren's blade. Adagio stood there in shock as the man's body slid off the blade. She was no stranger to death, she had killed some members of the White Fang in self defense, but this was the first time someone had killed themselves in front of her. She looked at Glynda, who was staring at the body. "I-I-I didn't-"

"I know, Miss Dazzle, I saw. Please, get your teammates and return to the ship, I will be along shortly." Adagio nodded and ran off toward where their bullhead had dropped them off, the rest of her team following along.

Glynda stood there for a second, staring at the man who had once helped them to protect the Maidens, as well as the rest of Remnant. With a flick of her crop the body was engulfed in flames. A second later she headed toward the bullhead.

Vale, the next day.

Sunset and the Sirens had woke up in their dorm room this morning, hearing sirens blaring. They were now on a bullhead, along side Professor Port and Team CFVY. "Professor, if you don't mind, we're going to attack now." The man nodded as the girls pulled out their weapons.

"Let's do this!" Aria jumped out of the bullhead, landing on a Ursa that was about to hit Yang, crushing it's head upon impact. The girl stood up and glanced at the blonde, who was surprised by her sudden appearance. "You gonna stare or are ya gonna help me kill these Grimm?" Aria grabbed a Beowolf and ripped its' head off. "I'm fine either way."

Sonata fired an arrow infused with wind dust at the ground, blowing the some of the Grimm upwards. She then began to use the Grimm as stepping stones, soon she reached the ground and fires some arrows into the air at the Grimm she used as a path. As the dead beasts began to fall to the ground, she looked at Blake, who she had landed next too, and waved. "Hi!"

Adagio wrapped her whip around a Beowolf's neck and kicked it. "Giddy up lil' doggie!"***** The Beowolf began to run around, trying to get the girl off of it, passing several other Grimm on the way, many of which lost their heads thanks to Adagio's new sword. She eventually stopped and killed the Beowolf, walking up next to Weiss, who was looking at her skeptically. "What? I can be funny too."

Sunset waited to jump until she was over a Taijitu that was targeting Ruby, smiling to herself and laughing slightly as Nora came out of seemingly nowhere and crushed the black head. Sunset dove out of the bullhead and swung her axe at the white head of the Taijitu as it snuck up on Ruby. "Look out!" Ruby looked behind her and rolled to the side as Sunset embedded her axe in the Taijitu's head. Sunset pulled Sinner's Ballad out of the Taijitu's head and looked at the girl. "Hey Ruby. Did you leave any for us?"

Ruby just stared at the girl, Crescent Rose almost slipping out of her hands. "So cool!" Ruby began looking over Sinner's Ballad. "I never realized that your weapon was built into your guitar! Well I did, but I didn't, you know what I mean?" Sunset smirked and put her hand on the girl's shoulder.

"A fellow weapon lover huh? Tell you what, when we get back to Beacon, I'll show you her blueprints, for now though... Let's just get this mess cleaned up." Sunset changed her weapon into flame thrower mode, turned and began playing. A second later Ruby was staring at the charred corpse of an Ursa. "Well, what are you waiting for?" Ruby shook her head and charged after the fire haired girl.

Cinder Fall watched from a distance as Sunset Shimmer and Ruby Rose fought back to back. While Cinder had learned all she needed to about Ruby, she still considered her a threat. Sunset however was a complete mystery. One second she was shy and quiet, the next she was loud and outgoing, not to mention the fact that neither her or her teammates could figure out the girl's Semblance. "Who are you?" Cinder's eyes remained fixed on the pair for a while before she turned and walked away... While she walked, she could feel a chill race down her spine. "No matter, she will not be a problem..."

Author's Note

It is in this part that I will start to create new Grimm that are simply species and not unique.
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Scarab: These Grimm dig tunnels that they use to surprise their prey. The main way they fight is by charging and trying to impale their victims with their sharp horn. Similar to a Boarbatusk, they have no armor on their stomach, but they are much harder to get on their back.
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A new addition to her arsenal she made when she realized that she couldn't always rely on her Semblance. It is named Rompre. (Sever in French.)
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The powers of the Spring Maiden include the ability to hasten the growth of plants, heal injuries, and others that April has yet to master. In the story, Spring brings the old man fruit and flowers, she also revitalizes his garden. Spring is a time of birth, a time of life, hence the Spring Maiden is most commonly seen as a healer.
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Semblance: Creature of Darkness. Nightmare can sense and command nearby Grimm. If she focuses on one Grimm in particular, she can possess it.
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Adagio made a bet with Sonata that she could make a good pun by the end of the week. She won.