Hi everyone. This is a story written to see how the characters interact with each other more than anything else. I'm hoping I can capture each of their personalities well. This story takes place before the fall of Beacon, and is just one of the many training exercises that Ozpin put's his students through. I do not own RWBY.

Ruby smiled as she woke up. Her mother had visited her in her dreams, and this time, she didn't dream of her disappearing. She had just come to talk.

The dream was already fading, but the smell of white rose petals lingered on her mind. She knew that today's mission was going to go well.

Ruby sat up from her bunk, she wasn't the first one up. Weiss and Blake were in the kitchen, one starting a pot of coffee and the other preparing some morning tea.

Ruby jumped out of bed and walked over to them.

"Ruby," Weiss said, "I'm glad you're up, I was just about to come wake you."

"I'm glad you didn't, I was having a good dream." Ruby smiled and accepted a cup of coffee from Weiss.

"What was your dream about?" Blake asked.

"Well, I can't really remember much, but my mother was there, and I think all we did was talk. It was really nice." Ruby responded.

Blake and Weiss both smiled. They knew how important those kinds of dreams were to Ruby.

"Have you guys been up long?" Ruby asked.

"Not long," Blake admitted. "Though Weiss was up before me."

"I was a little anxious is all. I feel much better after my morning coffee," Weiss said, sipping from her cup.

"We still have to wake Yang up, don't we?" Asked Ruby, with a little bit of dread in her voice.

The other two girls nodded.

Blake had originally volunteered to wake her before Ruby was awake, and now moved to her bed side.

"Yang, it's time to get up," she said, shaking her a bit.

Yang turned over moaning, "I'm awake, I'm awake." She was not awake.

"Awake, as in 'out of bed' awake, Yang," Blake said, with a tone like she was putting a foot down.

Yang curled up putting her back to Blake and mumbling something unintelligible.

"Yang Xiao Long!" Blake said forcefully, pulling the covers away from the blonde and pushing her on her back. "You will get up, now if you please."

Yang saw threatening smile had appeared on Blake's face when she peaked under her eye lids to see if she could take this any further.

Yang smiled as she started to sit up, "anything for you, pretty kitty." She knew the tease would work it's way under Blake's skin.

Clearly annoyed by the comment, Blake marched back to the kitchen.

"Maybe one of us will wake Yang up next time, Blake," Weiss said, while Ruby giggled.

Yang shuffled over, her limbs still heavy with sleep. Weiss handed her a cup of coffee and said, "Blake made this for you, something to think about the next time you think about pushing her buttons."

Yang turned to Blake and flashed her a huge grin, "I knew you loved me!" She said warmly and cheerfully.

Blake pouted a moment, but soon couldn't help from smiling at Yang's glow. Yang was right.

"Alright kids," Ruby shouted, which got a stare from everyone. Undeterred, she continued, "we are supposed to meet team JNPR in the mess hall in 45 minutes, ok? So let's make sure we are ready to go in 35. Then we can enjoy a second cup of coffee before heading down."

Everyone nodded, finished their first cups, then bustled around to prep for the mission ahead.

Team RWBY entered into the dinning hall. It was still early, and no one else was up and about yet. They had beaten team JNPR down.

Ruby joked that they were still probably trying to coax their team leader out of bed still. They laughed and walked over to the supply wall and started to gather food to make for breakfast.

They decided on pancakes since team JNPR was going to eat with them and they knew it was a personal favorite of the group, not to mention Nora.

They were just about to finish preparations when team JNPR walked in.

"Hey you bums," Yang shouted, waving them over. Pyrrha and Ren leading the group over as Nora and Jaune leaned against each other, still half asleep.

"Hello!" Pyrrha called happily.

"Good morning," Ren said politely, though his eyes looked happy to see them.

Jaune and Nora both mumbled something that sounded like a greeting. They weren't normally morning people to begin with, and they were up earlier than normal.

Ruby smiled at all of them and walked over to Nora. "Do you think you'd wake up more if I told you pancakes would be ready soon?" Ruby asked slyly.

It was like a bolt of lightening went through Nora at the mention of the word. Her eyes shot open and she sat upright.

Jaune leaned over dangerously without his support buddy, and then slowly tumbled to the floor. He didn't even try to catch himself. He just curled up and groaned, "Nora... why.."

Everyone started laughing. The morning was starting out really well. Team RWBY finished making the pancakes and everyone ate. Talking about their mission to come, and what it could be.

When breakfast was approaching its end, Weiss leaned over and whispered to Ruby, "we should probably start cleaning this up and go pick up our weapons. That way no matter what happens we'll be on time." As she finished she looked at Nora who was now functioning at her usual energy levels.

Ruby laughed, "I suppose you're right." And the pair stood up and started to collect plates to take to the sink. Pyrrha and Ren and Jaune also stood up to help. Jaune went straight to the sink and started washing the plates the rest brought to him.

In only a couple of minutes they had their dishes cleaned and their mess picked up. It was no wonder Ozpin was having them team up, they already worked so well together.

They all moved out of the dinning hall and moved to the armory. Ruby and Nora both gave a squeal when they saw their weapons. Ruby gathering Crescent Rose into her arms and Nora doing the same with Magnhild.

After going through their pre-mission checks, and Ruby and Jaune making sure everyone had what they needed, they all moved towards the airship pads. Ozpin was there waiting for them.