This is my first fanfiction ever, so I apologize if it's bad. I've had this idea for a really long time now and I decided to write it so I can get on with studying for my midterms.


It was a new day for one Weiss Schnee, what would this Friday have in store for her? The 17 year old cerulean-eyed girl was in her, more than spacious, loft about to start a new day. Weiss was currently enrolled in the prestigious Beacon Academy training to become the first huntress in the Schnee family. This alone cast a great burden on the young maiden, the expectation to live up to the Schnee family legacy.

Weiss woke up promptly at 7am and proceeded to her bathroom for her morning shower. Upon leaving the bathroom at exactly 7:30am she deemed herself presentable. Her hair was dried and done up in its usual asymmetrical pony-tail. Weiss' routine was so natural to her that over the years she had reduced her preparation time to exactly half an hour.

Heading to the kitchen for breakfast she was greeted by her maid with a polite, "good morning Lady Weiss."

Weiss, ever the lady, responded with a polite, "good morning Selena, how are you doing today?"

"Good, thank you. I've prepared a special breakfast for you this morning," Selena said gesturing for Weiss to have a seat at the table. Weiss complied and took a seat at the overly large dining table. Weiss took a seat where a single place setting had been laid out at the head of the table.

Weiss was surprised when Selena had placed a plate of bacon and eggs before her. Seldom did Weiss have such a breakfast, her parents always insisting on a more "refined" meal for someone of her social standing.

"I figured you deserved a special treat today, since you just moved in yesterday," sympathy evident in Selena's voice.

Weiss assumed Selena knew the circumstances of why she had moved to the apartment by herself. Voicing her gratitude Weiss addressed Selena with a, "thank you for your consideration. It looks delicious."

Weiss wasted no time and was upon the bacon devouring the delicious strips of meat. Satiating her hunger Weiss recalled the events that led to her moving to the apartment in which she was currently located in.

The week prior, Weiss received an unexpected visit from her parents. Though not unwelcomed, Weiss knew her parents would not be impressed with her new living quarters. And as expected her parents had reacted with contempt upon seeing that a Schnee had to share such a small room with three other students. They simply would not have it!

Weiss pleaded with her parents to allow her to stay with her teammates but to no avail. After a much debated argument it was decided that Weiss would move to a nearby apartment, alone. Her new apartment was located about 20 minutes away from Beacon if one were to travel by car.

Not only was Weiss forced to move but she was also forced to have one of the maids from the main estate pay her daily visits for food preparation purposes. Weiss did not object to the maid idea mainly because Weiss did not know how to cook. But she specifically requested that it be Selena who attend to her nutritional needs. Selena had been her favorite maid/chef since Weiss was little. The older woman knew her palates likes and dislikes. Something that was evident with the meal Weiss was currently enjoying.

Her three teammates were very supportive and offered her words of consolation. Weiss was eternally grateful for having such amazing teammates whom she could call friends. Though things had not been so when they first met, but that is an entirely different matter. Weiss had extended an invitation to her friends if they wanted to move in with her. But they declined saying how they didn't want to impose on the Schnee family. Weiss didn't press the matter further out of consideration for their feelings.

Weiss finished her meal in silence and thanked Selena again for the meal. Before heading out Weiss remembered something and turned to face Selena. "I almost forgot to mention; a friend of mine will be coming over this afternoon. Would you be kind enough to prepare dinner for two?"

"Of course Lady Weiss," responded Selena with a slight bow. "Would you like anything in particular?"

"I'll leave it to your judgment. I do, however, request that you bake some of your delicious cookies. Chocolate chip if possible."

"I'll be sure to bake some," said Selena.

And with that Weiss grabbed her book bag and stepped into the private elevator and pressed the button to go down to the underground parking garage.

Upon arriving to her car she opened up the trunk and deposited her bag inside. She also delicately placed Myrtenaster, her trusty rapier, onto a special stand that had been installed into the trunk of her car.

Closing the trunk she headed to the driver's seat and was glad that her parents didn't demand she have a chauffeur. She had vehemently argued against the notion that she be driven to and from school.

Weiss headed to school and parked her car in one of the parking lots for students who commute to school. Though not unusual for students to live off campus it was usually the upper years that chose to live elsewhere. The rest of the school day went by relatively uneventful. She attended her classes and had lunch with her friends, all as if she had never moved out of Beacon's dorms the day before.

After all her classes were over for the day Weiss walked back to her "old" dorm room with her friend Ruby. Ruby was an overly childish scythe wielder, and Team RWBY's leader. RWBY was the name of the team Weiss had been placed in, it consisted of herself and her three former roommates. Ruby had insisted on changing out of her school uniform before heading to Weiss' new apartment to work on an assignment. Weiss of course complied and was waiting on her old bed for Ruby to emerge from the bathroom.

As Weiss waited patiently she was startled when Yang Xiao Long thundered into the dorm, closely followed by Blake Belladonna who was reading a book, naturally. Yang and Blake were the other two members that comprised team RWBY.

"Hi-ya, Weiss! Did ya miss us so much you came for a visit?" asked Yang with a grin on her face.

"No, not exactly. I'm waiting for Ruby so we can head over to my place to work on our assignment," responded Weiss.

"How are you settling in? If you need any help unpacking we're more than happy to help you," offered Blake.

"Thank you, Blake, but everything is already taken care of," reassured Weiss. "The last of my things should already have been delivered and set up."

Just then Ruby emerged from the bathroom sporting her normal clothes and of course her signature red cape. "Okay Weiss, I'm ready!" Ruby all but ran out the door.

Before Ruby could make her escape Yang grabbed Ruby's cape. "Hold it, baby sis. Don't forget to behave yourself. If you need a ride back just call me and I'll go and pick you up."

Ruby nearly fell backwards due to the sudden stop. "No!" Ruby practically yelled. "I mean Weiss can give me a ride back, right Weiss?" The silver-eyed girl said turning to face Weiss. A pleading expression on her face said it all. Ruby hated riding on Yang's motorcycle. After all, who could blame her? The blond was a crazy driver. Riding with Yang was sure to reduce your life span by several years.

Coming to the silver-eyed girl's aid Weiss said, "don't worry; I'll bring her back safely." Weiss might have put too much emphasis on the word safely. But Yang let it slide, thankfully.

And with that the cerulean-eyed girl walked out the door with a small wave of her hand. The grey-eyed girl quickly followed behind. Ruby quickly grabbed her beloved weapon, Crescent Rose, before closing the door behind her.

"Weiss sure has opened up a lot since coming to Beacon. I just hope she doesn't revert back to her old self, what with her moving out and all," commented a concerned Blake.

"Don't worry; Ruby won't let that happen," reassured Yang. "Come on, let's finish our homework so we have all weekend to play."

"An unusual proposition, coming from you Yang. Normally you hold off on doing your homework until the last minute," Blake said, pointing out the obvious.

"Meh. Gotta change things up every now and then," said Yang with a shrug.

Ruby and Weiss were walking through campus, nearing the parking lot where Weiss had stationed her car. "So which one is your car Weiss?" asked a curious Ruby. "No wait, let me guess." Ruby looked at the only two cars left in the parking lot. Coincidentally, they were next to each other, one white car and one red car. "Is it the white one?"

Weiss didn't answer; instead she decided to let her car do the talking. She pressed a button on a little remote and her car's engine came to life.

"That's so cool! You didn't even have to be inside the car to start it! So yours is the red car. I always imagined you would have a white car. Guess I was wrong. So what kind of car is it?" Ruby couldn't tell because the two were still relatively far away.

"It's a Maserati 4200GT," responded Weiss with a smile on her face. "You can put your bag and weapon in the trunk if you want." Ruby quickly followed suit and deposited her belongings in the trunk just like Weiss had done. The two then got into the car.

"Wow, you have a really nice car Weiss."

"Thank you. And regarding the color, I picked it because I think red is a beautiful vibrant color, full of life. Kind of like you, I suppose," said Weiss with a small giggle in her voice.

The 20 minute drive was filled with idle conversation. Weiss eventually pulled into the underground garage of the building. Weiss led the way to the private elevator, which impressed Ruby who was now dumb-struck as they entered into Weiss' new loft.

"It's so big, and nice, and expensive looking! You even have a grand piano in the living room!" Ruby was definitely impressed as she took in the environment.

"You can look around if you want; I'm going to go change quickly."

Ruby took the opportunity to head out onto the balcony to see the view. She was greeted with a magnificent view of the setting sun. Weiss soon joined her out on the balcony; a comfortable silence was present among the two girls.

After a while Selena, the maid, came out. "Welcome back Lady Weiss, I trust you had a good day."

"Yes, indeed. Selena this is my friend Ruby, Ruby this is Selena."

"It's a pleasure to meet the friend of Lady Weiss," said Selena with a slight bow. "If you will follow me, dinner is ready." Selena directed the two to the dining table, which now didn't seem overly big to Weiss. Not in the company of Ruby at least. The two girls enjoyed the meal prepared by Selena.

After dinner the two went to the study to work on their assignment. Weiss was glad to see the desk she had requested was delivered and set up in the spacious room. It was an old desk that had long been in one of the Schnee storage rooms.

Weiss and Ruby made great progress on their assignment which was about the uses of dust and aura. Just as the girls finished the assignment Selena entered the room with two glasses of milk and a plate of freshly baked cookies. Ruby had been working so diligently that she failed to notice the intoxicating aroma of the cookies while they were being prepared.

Ruby's eyes widened at the sight of the chocolate chip cookies. She instinctively reached for one of the cookies and consumed it as if it were the last cookie on the planet. "It's delicious! Thank you Selena." Ruby wasted no time in consuming another. "Chocolate chip are my favorite!"

"Yes, thank you Selena for baking these cookies." Weiss was grateful to the older woman, and so Weiss decided Selena had done more than enough for one day. "You may retire for the day," Weiss said with a smile on her face.

"By your leave, then." Selena bowed and left for the night, happy to see the young Lady was slowly changing for the better.

Ruby was in heaven as she quickly consumed her share of the cookies. Weiss on the other hand ate her cookies at a more leisurely pace. Seeing how Ruby was eyeing her cookies Weiss gave in and offered to share her own portion of cookies with Ruby. This made Ruby very happy as she smiled at Weiss' kindness.

Suddenly a loud shriek escaped the cerulean-eyed girl as she jumped out of her chair and was at the other end of the room. "Weiss, what's wrong?!" asked Ruby as she unfolded her scythe and took a defensive stance, ready for an attack. Ruby looked over to where Weiss was now crouching, a good 20 feet away from her original position at the desk. Weiss lifted a shaking hand and pointed to where she was seated just moments ago.

Ruby looked at the desk and saw the reason for Weiss' sudden outburst. There, near the glass of milk was an accursed arachnid. Ruby looked back to where Weiss was and asked, "Weiss are you afraid of spiders?"

No reply from Weiss. She was just crouched there, visibly shaking. Weiss' already pale face was even paler, the blood in her face completely drained. Ruby folded her scythe back and put it away as she grabbed a sheet of paper and coaxed the spider onto it. She then proceeded to head to the balcony to release the infamous little creature.

Ruby returned to the study, after having disposed of the spider, only to find Weiss in the exact same position she had left her in. "It's okay Weiss, it's gone." Ruby tried to comfort the cerulean-eyed girl. Ruby took Weiss' hands in hers and led her to a nearby couch to sit down. Feeling Weiss' freezing hands she took off her cape and wrapped it over the cerulean-eyed girl's shoulders. She took Weiss' hands in her own to warm them in a comforting gesture.

After some time passed Weiss finally came back to her senses. She also regained what little color she had in her face to begin with. Silver eyes met cerulean. "Are you feeling better now?"

"Mhmm," was all Weiss could do to respond. "I'm sorry about that."

"Don't be. We all have fears. Some of them we overcome by ourselves, and some of them we learn to overcome with a little help," said Ruby as she touched the red cloak on Weiss shoulders.

"Would it be okay if I stay in the dorm with you tonight?" Weiss asked sheepishly.

"Of course; it's just as much yours as it is mine," Ruby offered. "You can stay as long as you want."

"Thank you."


So, what do you guys think? Please leave a review and/or constructive criticism so I can improve my writing. Part 2 will be up sometime in the unforeseeable future.