Chp 11

Weiss was in an irritable mood to say the least. Not only did she lose the position of team leader, she lost it to a moody, antisocial brat, that flaked on them whenever she had a chance. Now she was being forced to scout out the Vytal Festival competition with a partial team, including another moody, antisocial teammate and a loud, energetic blonde who seemed to have the capabilities of a golden retriever on a sugar high. Even so Weiss would be damned if she would let this stop her plans for the future. So she pressed on determined to find the best plan to wipe the floor with the competition. However before that, there seemed to be more pressing matters. As Weiss approached two officers in front of the destroyed front of a dust store. From what she can gather apparently there has been a string of dust robberies all around Vale, mainly of the raw uncut stones that hold the most power. Perhaps… Weiss's train of thought was cut off as she heard yelling from the docks.

"Get back you no good stowaway!"

"Excuse you? A no good stowaway gets caught, I'm a great stowaway." Wiss turned to see a smug blond monkey faunus hanging from a light pole by his tail. He gave on last irritating grin, dropped from the pole, and bolted easily out pacing the policeman that was chasing him.

"Tch" Weiss sounded in irritably "how typical."

"What is that supposed to mean?" Blake asked accusingly. Surprised at the sudden confrontation from the generally quiet black haired girl.

"I thought it was just typical that the one random stowaway just happened to be a trouble causing faunus. He's probably associated with the White Fang, that's why he has to hide away in the first place. Those radicals need to be brought down before they cause too much damage."

"Radicals!?" Blake's response seemed sharper than her usual tone "Is it so radical to be wanted to be treated as equals? For society to look at you and see a person not an animal. Their methods may be misguided, but their cause is not something to be put down. We just want to be treated right!"

Weiss was shocked and somewhat confused about the intensity Blake spoke with, but she would not back down on this matter. "Even so that is no excuse for what equates to terrorism, just cause or not terrorist movements need to be brought down for everyone's sake."

"Tch" Blake's eyes narrowed "how typical." That was what pushed Weiss over the edge.

"What is that supposed to mean! What are you implying?"

"You're just a typical Schnee, you're father must be proud." Blake spat making her way in the direction the stowaway

How dare she! Weiss thought. Compare me to that man, that… that… Cretin. Weiss was practically seething at this point. The only thing Beacon academy had done so far for was bring more and more headaches into her life.

"Wait… We?" Yang asked looking confused.

Yang watched as Weiss stormed off yelling about of course she's part of the of the Fang and Yang knew she was pissed and it was probably not the best idea to follow her. Yang sighed so much for the happy go lucky days at Beacon academy she so hoped for. She was going to finally get to know her sister, repair family bonds, meet new people, and rise to the top, but that all seems like a pipe dream now. Though all she got was a distant sister, and angry heiress, and a member of the White Fang apparently. This was not turning out quite like she planned, but it seemed like there was nothing she could do at the moment so she headed back to the dorm.

Yang came back to the dorm to find Ruby sitting alone working on… something Yang didn't know, but she was listening to music and quietly tapping her foot to the beat. This brought a smile to Yang's face seeing her little sister like this made her seem so much more cheerful. That's all she wished for her little sister, but right now she didn't know if she could do that for her little sister. Yang reached out and tapped Ruby on the shoulder. Ruby spun to look at her a little too fast and a little too tense, but when she saw Yang the tension slid away into… annoyance? Yang couldn't tell how Ruby's expressions worked. Ruby turned to go back to her work, but Yang spoke up.

"So uh… I think Weiss will be getting back pretty late she went off on her own." All Ruby gave was a dismissive wave showing no interest. "And uh… I don't know when Blake will be making her way back she was pretty upset after she had a fight with Weiss and let that… That she used to be a member of the White Fang." With that Ruby's tensed even tighter than when she was startled.

"What?" Ruby responded quietly.

"Uh… Well you see apparently Blake used to be part of the White Fang, but she doesn't seem to be a member, or as far as I could tell." Yang said awkwardly.

"So she's… that's… I've got something to do." said Ruby getting up and heading towards the door.

"Are you okay Rubes?" Yang reached out and grabbed her harm only to be shaken off and Ruby to vanish through the door. "Ruby!" Yang yelled heading to the door, but when she reached the hallway the only thing left of her sister was the gentle fall of rose petals.

Glynda was settling down on the couch after a tough day of organizing the Vytal festival, when there was a knock at the door. Glynda sighed she swore if this was more last minute work she was going to… Glynda's thoughts were cut off when a red blur dashed into her home.

"Ruby, what's going on?" Glynda asked as she turned to face her.

"Blake Belladonna remove her from my team." Ruby said through clenched teeth.

"Huh? Ruby what's brought this on?"

"She has previous ties to the White Fang and I will have no affiliation with her." Glynda's eyes widened at this statement.

"Now Ruby I think you need to calm down just a little…"

"No!" Ruby cut Glynda off. "I don't care who it is I won't have anything to do with them… I… I won't… I don't wanna! I don't wanna go back!" Ruby cried out in tears. "I won't let them!" Ruby cried crumpling to the floor.

"Shh Ruby it's ok, it's ok nothing will happen to you, shh." Glynda pulled Ruby into a hug. Glynda was not going to let anything happen to Ruby, Ozpin on the other hand had a reckoning coming for not telling her about Ms. Belladonna

Author note: What is updating?