Ruby Rose. 19 years old. If she was good at one thing, it was going undercover. She had done it many times; being a cop, catching the bad guys at whatever evil thing that they were doing. But this time, she was approached with a very different kind of undercover.

"Rose, you need to go undercover at Beacon Academy," Cinder Fall said.

It's true, Ruby looked strangely young for her age. She could easily pass as a 17 year old girl. There was one problem though. "Transcripts. I can't get into the Academy without them."

Cinder only grinned. "Already covered. This won't be a problem, will it, Rose?"

Ruby shook her head. She knew that she is the only one that could pull it off without anything getting in her way. The new school year was closing in, and the White Fang needed someone on the inside. Rumour had it that the youngest Schnee heiress was going to attend the school. No one really understood why she just didn't attend the Academy situated in Atlas, but either way, they needed someone on the inside who could get ahold of all the shipments of Dust that would be coming in.

"It won't be a problem, ma'am. All I need is background information, and I believe that we should be set," Ruby said, getting up from the hard chair that she was sitting on. If there was one thing she hated about Cinder's office was the chairs.

"It will all be sent to you tonight. You may go now," Cinder concluded, looking at her employee.

Ruby nodded, and turned on her heels. As she made her way to her room, she began to think about how she would fit in at the school. Yes, it was a bunch of 17 year old kids, who were probably all pretty mature, but she was older than them, and more formal. She looked down at her wardrobe. A black shirt, with an accompanying blazer, black dress pants, and black heels. Not exactly a huntress-esque wardrobe.

When she finally got to her room, she searched through her closet to find something that would work. It wasn't as if she didn't have a lot of clothing, but her clothing wasn't exactly equipped for battle. She knew that hunter and huntress clothing was usually specially made to withstand excessive heat, and wasn't prone to tearing much. Ruby's wardrobe was pretty simple, and was not made for hunting down, and killing Grimm.

"I never thought I would see you staring at clothes so intently, Red. You never struck me as a 'what shall I wear today?' type of girl," a man at the doorway commented.

"You know Roman, my clothes aren't exactly made for a Huntress. More of a 'keep Roman Torchwick out of trouble, and don't bring too much attention to yourself' type of feel. Wouldn't you agree?" Ruby said.

Roman laughed at her comment. "If it wasn't for you, I would be in jail a lot more. But why would you want clothes made for a huntress?"

Ruby turned around, closing her closet door. She sat down on her bed, where Roman quickly followed. "I'm going out on an assignment. I'm going undercover as a student at Beacon. I'll be starting there when the school year begins. I don't even know what to wear. My clothes aren't made to handle the wear and tear of a huntress," Ruby sighed, leaning her head against Roman's shoulder.

"I didn't know the life of Ruby Rose was so complicated," Roman laughed.

Ruby looked up at her partner. "It's not. It's just that I don't know how to fit in there at all. They are all there to stop the evil, and I am the evil," she sighed.

Roman made eye contact with Ruby. "You aren't the evil. You're- you're the accessory to the evil."

Ruby groaned and went back to searching her closet. After going through everything she owned, she turned around. "I need to go shopping for huntress clothes. I need to fit in and have clothes that won't disintegrate."

"I wouldn't mind if you had disintegrating clothes," Roman smirked. With that comment, he was hit with a jacket that Ruby had pulled out.

"Watch your tongue, Roman," Cinder interjected.

"Cinder!" Ruby exclaimed.

Cinder held up a hand. "I have come bearing your information for this assignment. You also have been given some money to get some equipment, and clothing for Huntresses. I expect you back within a few hours," Cinder notified. With that, she turned around, glared at Roman, and walked out.

"What's up with you and Cinder? It looks like you messed up on a job or something," Ruby commented.

"The Queen thinks that I am not handling my job well and are letting my personal feelings get in the way of business matters. She doesn't want any job to have a slip-up."

"She never was the 'fun' type. Well, I must be going. I have to go out and pick out some clothing. I'll be back," Ruby said. She walked over to Roman and kissed him on the cheek goodbye.

Ruby walked down the streets of downtown Vale, going towards one of the very few clothing stores for Huntresses. When she finally got to the store, she opened the door and took a look around.

One thing that she didn't know much about with clothing is how well she would be able to move. She knew very basic Huntress training, and would easily be able to fit in to make it look like she had been doing this for years.

"Welcome! Do you need any assistance today?" a store clerk said as she walked up to Ruby.

"Yeah. Well, I don't know what I should get. I've had some Huntress clothing before but I didn't really end up liking it very much. And now that I'm going to Beacon, I need something that will last longer, and preferably last much longer. So, do you have anything that would work with my situation?" Ruby asked, trying to make it seem like she at least somewhat knew what she was doing.

"Oh course! I'll have you know that Weiss Schnee shopped here just the other day, so our products are the very best!" he exclaimed. "Well, what type of clothing are you looking for? something basic, like jeans and shirts, skirts, dresses, what works best with you?"

Ruby looked around at the type of clothing that was sold at this shop. She wasn't exactly sure what would work best with her. The only time she ever wore something interesting was to a party. She mostly wore her suit.

"I think a dress might work well. Suits look nice and all, but they don't work very well when you are fighting Grimm," she said. It was true. She had fought Grimm before in her suit, and it did not work out well in the end.

She followed the employee over to the dresses. As she perused the clothing, she came across a simple black dress with a red lining, and a corset waist. "May I try that one on?" she asked the employee.

"Of course!" the employee said a little too estatically. Ruby grabbed the dress and walked over to the changing rooms. As she was putting on the dress, she realised that it was missing little things that would really make it hers. But she liked it.

She walked out of the dressing room once again wearing her suit. "So how do you like it?" the employee asked.

"I like it. It's just missing a few things. Do you have belts here? I have things that I will need to carry for my weapon, but this doesn't have anywhere to attach it. My belts won't work well with this."

The employee grabbed Ruby's hand and guided her over to the belts that they had. Almost none of them had the appeal that Ruby was looking for. She was going to a school for Huntresses, she didn't need to look too fancy like she did now. One plain belt with bullets on the side caught her eye.

"I like this one," Ruby said as she grabbed it off of the hook. She knew it was really plain, but she felt that it would fit well with the dress that she had bought.

"Great choice, ma'am. Will you be needing any other assistance today?" the employee asked happily.

"Can you show me where the shoes are?"

"Right this way," the employee brought her over to the large collection of boots, heels, running shoes. If you could think of it, they probably had it. "When you are done, please come see me at the register!"

"Thank you," Ruby said as she turned away to look at the large array of shoes. Seeming that she had a black dress, it only seemed fitting that she would have black shoes as well.

Walking along the racks of the shoes, she contemplated buying heels to go along with her dress. As she thought about it more, the constant running could break a heel, and being a Huntress means falling a lot. Ruby decided that a boot would be better. Soon, she came across a simple boot with a red undertone, and red shoelaces. After she tried them on to see if they would fit, she brought them to the counter.

"Will this be all for you ma'am?" the employee asked.

"Yes, thank you."

After Ruby paid with a money that Cinder had given her, she slowly made her way back to her room in the small building that the White Fang had 'bought' out. As she made her way there, she wondered on how she would be able to pull this off. She knew that people were divided into teams, and Cinder would definitely want to know what was going on there. Roman would probably want to talk to her as well.

Ruby knew that she had her own personal scroll, and one would be provided from the school. "Maybe I'll just use my own scroll for my personal life, and the provided scroll for my secret life," Ruby laughed.

When she finally made it back to her apartment, she hung her new clothes in the closet, and looked to see if there was anything she thought she would like to add to the dress. Right in the back of her closet she noticed a red cape. She had put it in the back of her closet for a reason. Her mother had given her that cape.

"Ruby, you are part of the Rose family, and with that, you get a cape. Whether you wear that or not is your choice, but you should always keep it to remember who you are."

"So I can be like you!" Ruby said happily.

"Exactly," Summer said as she picked up her daughter.

She wore it up until she joined in with Roman and Cinder. She felt that once she joined in with the White Fang, she didn't really have the right to call herself part of the family. They fought against the new White Fang, and her Ruby was, working with them to help them steal Dust from the Schnee's.

She put the cloak on her shoulders and attached it to her shirt. It hung loosely around her body, just barely not touching the floor. The warmth of the cloak made her feel like she had a family again. She considered Roman to basically be her family, but it just didn't feel the same to her.

The cape is the last thing that she had from her mother after she died. Ruby didn't know who her dad was, and Summer didn't have many friends. Her team had split apart when Ruby was really young and they didn't have a lot of contact after that.

When Summer had died, Ruby was left on her own. Being 10 years old and living on the streets wasn't exactly easy. When Ruby was 12, she happened upon Roman when he was robbing one of the Dust stores in Vale.

Roman had taken her in, much to the annoyance of Cinder. She didn't want to have to care for a scrawny 12 year old, but she would soon learn that Ruby was very good at hiding, and stealing things.

Roman had helped Ruby build her insanely large scythe, which he nicknamed "the oversized gardening tool". Ruby spent a lot of time thinking of a name for her weapon. She knew she wanted it to have part of her name, Rose. After Roman suggested the name "Crescent", she decided that would be a great name.

"Ruby? Are you alright?" Roman asked as he stepped into Ruby's room.

"Roman!" she squeaked. "Yes, I'm okay," she said as she removed the cape from herself.

"You're crying," Roman mentioned. Ruby moved her hand up to her eye to see if she actually was crying. As she brought her hand away and looked at it, she saw that her hand was wet.

"Oh. I was just thinking about my mom."

Roman walked over to Ruby and gave her a hug. "I'm sorry."

Ruby wiped the tears away from her face. "It's okay."

A sharp knock came from the door. Ruby pulled away from Roman and walked to the door. When she opened it, she saw Perry, one of the members of the White Fang. "Yes?" Ruby asked.

"Cinder has requested your presence," Perry said. "Am I interrupting something?" he said as he looked at Ruby's reddened eyes.

"No, it's okay. Roman, I'll be back," Ruby said as she walked away with Perry.