-Redone on May 25,2015-

-Red Roses on Snowy Days-

It was a calm and quiet morning. The birds sang their lovely songs of nothingness as they land on the branches of trees to rest. The sun was shining brightly, filling everything with a warm glow. The grass was green, with fresh dew on the tio of each blade. Yes it was a calm and quiet morning...

Creeeak

All of a sudden, the sudden movement of floorboard to the weight of a person interrupted this calm state of the world. The birds closest to the sound flew away frightened while Curtains were carefully closed quietly so that only a bit of the sun entered the room, as to not wake up anybody.

In three beds lied three sleeping girls. One was in a percariously hanging bed being held up with just strings and rope. She was snoring softly, with her short black and red hair around her. The girl under her somehow had not died from fright of the bed above her yet. She was wearing a light blue and white nightgown with her alabaster hair flowing all around her. She had the sense of regality and money around her.

The last girl was situated under the bed the girl who had just awoken came from. She had on a nightgown the resembled a short kimono. It was black with patches of white detailing on the arms and legs and a grey symbol on the chest. The girl who was awake smiled at her as she pushed a stray blonde locke out of her face. She had black hair that reached halfway down her body and sported a little black bow as she slept.

Their peaceful slumber was now replace by just slumber as the sun shore through the now closed red satin curtains. Their sheets and hair moved moved as a light airy gust of wind went through the room. It felt nice against the skin, but only in moderation. The black haired girl shivered against the cold touch of the wind. Her blanket was thrown off of her body to where it covered her feet.

The girl who was awake slowly creeped up to her as to not make a sound. Being a huntress-in-training she was used to having light steps as to not alert Grimm with their heightend senses of her location from a loud step. She got to her side after a second and reached over to grab the blanket and situate it over the black haired girl's body. She soon stoped shivering and curled herself into the warmness of the blanket. She lulled herself back into a deep sleep.

Nice one Yang. Way to bundle up the cat. Guess the song is right. 'Warm Kitty, Sleepy Kitty, Little Ball of Fur.'

Yang chuckled at this before soon got back to the task at hand. Said task was going to be grueling. It would make or break her morning today. Her teammates would be mad but she need to do this. It was how she was going to stay awake through the hardships and horrors know as classes. It was the one drink she could depend on for energy when she was down, and the one that would always taste good with two sugars and creamer.

Coffee.

There was a unspoken rule between teammates. One that had yet to be broken since they bought the machine that produced the drink. 'When ever the amount of us sleeping outnumber the amount awake, do not make coffee'. It had been Weiss who had finally stared out loud when she woke up seeing Ruby about to break the once unspoken rule. Ever since then, nobody has dared to touch the machine till someone else awoke. Till now.

Yang crept slowly only stepping on the floorboards she mapped out curbing her downtime when nobody was in the dorm. Her path lead her straight towards shelf that was filled with many objects. Some were books while some where extra papers and packets of writing utensils.

When they had brought the shelf, they agreed to leave their mugs on one of the shelves that could be easily grabbed from, seeing as it was on the way to the machine and there being no cabinets in the dorm room. Yang grabbed her burnt gold mug that had her symbol on it-a gift from Ruby for her birthday a few years back, she kept it ever since.

She then maneuvered her way towards the back of the dorm. There was a little area, it had a elongated desk that fit nicely in the small area which provided Blake and Yang a study place similar to Ruby and Weiss. She reached the desk and saw that the machine was still plugged in from when she had a cup late last night before anybody fell asleep. She cursed softly at herself.

'Always unplug the machine after you use it you brute. This cost us all to buy, so be careful!'

She mimicked Weiss in her head thinking that's something she would've said to her at this moment. She shrugged her shoulders and returned to making a cup of coffee. She placed her cup under the nozzle after turning it on. A red light began to blink next to the word Heating. They would always refill the water tank at night so that they could skip the hassle of having to fill it in their sleepy state in the mornings.

The red light turned off and always replaced with a blue light. She smirked and pressed it, hearing the machine start to whirr with life. She knew the noise it was going to make as it gushed out the coffee would no doubt disturb Wiess, she wanted her coffee. The machine began pouring out the drink with the sound of the machine escaping through the barren room. Once the cup was done Yang took a sip and relished in the taste.

"Ahh, that's the taste!"

She winced as soon as the words left her mouth. She cursed at herself again seeing as she spoke in a louder than intended voice. She waited a second to listen for the rustling of blankets. She sighed softly as she heard on and sat down in the empty chair that was near the desk. The chair creaked.

"Ugh you Brute!"

-Red Roses on Snowy Days-

Wiess was fuming as she rose from her bed, her hair cascading around her like a second blanket. Her face was contoured in a mix of anger and annoyance as she spoke to Yang. Tan just simply shrugged and leaned into the chair, hearing the creaking sound no longer.

"CHILL out, Ice Queen."

Wiess groaned at the unbearable pun that was commonly used by Yang whenever Weiss was angry, while Yang simply chuckled at the pun. Weiss looked more angry at Yang than she was before. Nice one Yang. Way to anger the Ice Queen even more. Even. I have a reason to be awake so early. Gotta prepare to comfort Ruby.

Weiss just laid her head into her hand as she sighed softly. It was common for her to do so after getting into a heated argument with someone or whenever she loses her cool, never has she ever done that with Yang. They would usually bicker till Ruby or Blake. Would stop them, or just act chummy. They were a weird set a friends.

"Mind telling me why you broke the rule?"

Yang nodded and motioned for Weiss to sit down next to her. As Weiss sat down, the rustling of bed sheets could be heard. The pair looked over to the bunk above Wiess' but saw no movement. Then they looked over to the bunk under Yang's and saw the black haired girl had awoken and was standing, looking at them with sleep still present in her eyes. Yang shot her a grin.

"Morning Blakey. Had. A nice cat nap?"

Weiss groaned st the horrible pun again while Blake paid it no head. She simply mumbled a good morning to them before she went into the bathroom. They heard the shower begin to run and presumed Blake was going to shower first this morning, she usually showered after Yan or Ruby. Weiss was always last seein. As she took the most time next to Yang. Wiess looked towards Yang.

"Weren't you about to tell me why you broke the rule?"

Yang nodded and began to make Wiess a cup. "Your going to want to be comfy. It's a long story." Wiess nodded and went to go grab some emergency pretzels they kept in the drawers located under the top of the desks that were used mainly for late night studying or when someone was to lazy to go to the kitchen and whip themselves breakfast, especially when Ren was cooking in the RWBY and JNPR shared kitchen.

"Go on," Wiess stated after thanking Yang for the coffee she made her. She took a sip and instantly started feeling less sleepy and angry. This Schnee Brand Coffee really is amazing. I wonder how Winter made it. I should ask her. She smacked on a couple of preztels while Yang began.

"I think you already know this by now, but I'll tell you anyways. Ruby's mom died when she was young. My mom left before Ruby was born. I almost killed us both searching for her before our Uncle saved us," Wiess nodded at Yang telling her to go on. Yang too a sip of her coffee and nodded.

"It was the day of her funeral. Our dad was crying, with me patting him on the back. Our uncle was in the corner drinking away all his pain and Ruby was right there in front of everybody who was waiting in a line to pay their respects. She had on a sad smile with tears running down her face. She said that she was going to be a huntress. That's one of the reasons Ruby wanted to be one along with anything she might've told you."

Yang was shedding a few tears as she spoke. Weiss hesitantly patted her shoulder not being used to dealing with comforting people. It was usually Winter who comforted after Father pushed me hard in training. Yang looked up at her and smiled, with Weiss reciprocating the smile. Yang sat back up and Weiss removed her hand, though a thought still lingered in her mind. "Yang, why does that mean your awake right now?"

Yang put her hand up to silence Weiss as she munched on a few preztels and drank a gulp of coffee. The mildly hot drink warmed up her insides and somewhat hurt but it woke her up and pushed out the sad emotions enough to let her speak without crying. She continued.

"Every year since her funeral, Ruby has gone back to visit her mother's grave that was placed on the hill. Sometimes I come with her and we both tell her what important things happened in the year since we last visited. Ruby is always modest and tells about everything good everyone else does. I always tell it to her straight. I tell her how we're both doing both in life and school. Usually, Ruby can go super early to walk towards the hill with her grave at and make it back by nightfall, or early evening if Dad drove her. But, that's not possible now."

"And why not Yang. Does she have to go on that day?"

"Yes she needs to!" Yang snapped suddenly at Wiess then cooled down," sorry, it's just that. It's been a a tradition. She has never missed going once every year. I asked her why she always needs to go exactly this one day and she said it was to so that she can always remember her mother and how important she was, and to remember her promise and the discipline it takes. Ruby is smart but she doesn't show it. The reason I'm up today is...Today is the anniversary of her funeral, and Ruby and me are to far away to make it today. It'll break her heart. But it's not possible."

Wiess just sat there shocked by this truth that was just dropped on her. She stood up and and patted Yang on the back, the girl looked up and saw a determination in the eyes of the heiress.

"Yang...I am going to make sure Ruby gets to see her mother today!"

Somehow throughout that, Wiess had jumped on the chair and was leaning down at Yang while on it, similar to the last time she done it. Blake finally came out of the shower after a long relaxation time to see Weiss balcony on the chair and Yang looking both happy and shocked. She finished willing her head and ears clear of water before asking the question she wanted answered badly.

"So what did I miss?"

Wiess balckflipped on the chair and landed with practiced grace onto the ground reviving a clap from both yang and Blake. The call was quiet enough to not disturb the somehow still slumbering Ruby. Weiss the went to Blake and quickly filled her in, with Yang nodding at the girl. Blake smiled and went to pour herself a cup of coffee. When that was done she took a sip and sighed in pleasure before looking at her teammates with a serious face and spoke in her usual monotone voice.

"So, How do we start?"

-AN-

I am back to posting finally. This is just the start of the work ethic I'm going to be putting into the chapters now. Somehow this is still only 2k words, but has much more emotions. Originally the first chapter was supposed to end at the "ugh you brute!" Part. You elwerent supposed to know who the girl was yet, where it be Ruby or Yang. That was just 509 words. So the rest was just made so I can write 2k. This is actually how is was supposed to go in my mind after reading it all over.

Decided to rewrite this whole story becuase of the guest review I got. If u wanna see it, it was a really good criticism that really helped me see how to properly write slow burn. I was taking things to fast in all honestly. My original pln saw them getting. Together at chapter 29 but I seemd to have pushed that up to chapter 7-8. Needed to step back and redo stuff. RWN too. I'm rushing to quickly. For now. Updates that actually relate to the new plot in both stories will be sporadic as I need to redo them for the time being. TBH. I just need to slow the pacing of RWN so that one will probably posted early on Monday before I need to do anything that day. This is a preview for the new work ethic. Hope you enjoy.