The evening sun glistened in the cafeteria windows and joy could be seen on the faces of all the students of Beacon, even Weiss couldn't help smiling. It was the first day of summer and everyone had something planned. "Hello team RWBY!" A high-pitched voice squeaked. "I Ruby have made up some plans of cool things we could do this summer that would guarantee a super awesome, blow your socks off, experience and most definitely bring us together as a team." The others, knowing they couldn't sneak out of it, looked at the excited expression on the face of their leader and sighed; in return Ruby squealed and slammed down a paper with a short list of a few activities. Noticing that no one else was looking at the list, Yang picked it up and looked it over.

"Ummm... sis I don't know how to break this to you easily so I'm just going to say it, we can't do this stuff... er at least not half of it." Yang scratched the back of her head and passed the paper to Blake whose eyes grew wide upon seeing the very first thing written.

Ruby looked defeated. "Why not? They're all great ways to be outside and still stay cool. I mean come on who doesn't like swimming or maybe even surfing?" in response Blake twitched an ear ever so slightly and Ruby sent her palm flying toward her face. "How could I forget?"

Weiss rolled her eyes from where she sat. "Great job taking the cat in to account." Blake flashed a menacing gaze toward Weiss.

"I'm sorry Blake it's just that I'm still getting use to having a member on the team with your... decent." Blake nodded understandingly while continuing to hold her glare on Weiss.

"It's okay, that doesn't bug me at all in fact." Blake turned her gaze to Ruby and smiled. "I think I'm just going to excuse myself, I'll talk to you guys later."

Blake stood and left the cafeteria and Weiss spoke up. "What's wrong with her?"

Yang looked at Weiss with her jaw dropped. "Are you serious right now? It might have something to do with the fact you just ignored the fact that she's a person."

Weiss rolled her eyes and scoffed. "Please, I know she's a person but that doesn't take away from the fact that she isn't and won't ever be one of us."

Ruby, who stayed out of it this far finally got tired of hearing Weiss' prissy voice. "She is one of us Weiss! She may be a faunus but she's also our teammate."

Weiss' eyes widened having never heard Ruby so serious before. "I know she's our teammate, but you were the one who blatantly forgot that cats hate water."

Yang closed her eyes and took in a deep breath. "You didn't have to throw that out like that though, Ruby can be oblivious sometimes but she's not dumb." Yang looked to Ruby an apologetic look on her face. "Sorry sis, but we both know it's true."

Weiss narrowed her eyes at Yang and her tone turned ice-cold. "I'll say whatever I want. I may have accepted her as a teammate but that doesn't make me her friend."

Ruby was sent in to complete shock after hearing what was just said. "What happened to all that stuff you said about if something this big comes up tell us? What happened to I don't care because you're not in the white fang?"

Weiss' gaze flickered to Ruby as a sassy grin graced her features. "Wasn't it obvious? I'm trying to keep her from running back to the rest of those filthy faunus in that terrorist organization."

Ruby narrowed her eyes getting a bit tired of the situation. "So what I'm hearing is, is that after all this time, after everything Blake has done to try to show that the faunus are just like us..."

Weiss cut Ruby off there and her voice rose. "They will never be like us! Don't you understand? I've had family members and friends killed by the white fang! When the faunus of the white fang painted that target on my families company they painted a target over any person who stood in their way! I have to go through every day wondering who's next! Growing up rich and very well-known in all the kingdoms isn't what you think, Ruby. Even now I still wonder if I'm ever going to be a target for the white fang, it'd be a really extreme way to take down the entire company but that doesn't mean they won't try it." With that being said and suddenly realizing there were people from a few tables away staring at her Weiss got up and stormed out of the room.

Yang watched the heiress leave feeling an odd mix of sympathy and anger. "I understand what she's trying to say but she really needs to stop being so snooty about everything that involves the faunus." Ruby looked to Yang and nodded as she finally took her seat at the table.

Meanwhile Blake had wondered in to a little wooded area just off campus, bow in hand, as she sat in the grass and stared at it she began to wonder what it would be like to actually be human and not worry about the discrimination of others. Her ears picked up a rustle in the trees and she turned toward the noise to see Sun hanging from a branch. "Why do you walk around with that stupid bow on your head?"

Blake let out an exasperated breath. "Because humanity just isn't ready to accept people like us yet and with things being how they are I want to avoid any extra attention."

Sun jumped down from the branch and landed in front of Blake. "Well maybe the extra attention wouldn't be too bad, I mean you don't know that the students here would hate you for it."

Blake rolled her eyes smiling faintly. "Maybe I wasn't clear, I want to avoid all attention, I don't care if it's good or bad. There's no reason to draw attention to my ears so I will continue to hide them."

Sun sat down beside her and chuckled. "You're really hard to figure out, you know that?"

Blake glared at him. "It's not so hard to figure out when you've gone through the things I've gone through."

Sun laid back, looking quite relaxed, and smiled. "Yeah, you grew up in a cult didn't like the leader and left. By the way I never did get the explanation of how you got out. I mean the white fang isn't exactly one of those 'join and leave as you please' types."

Blake closed her eyes in thought. "It's a long story that I'd rather not talk about right now."

Sun nodded his smile dissipating slightly. "Well, when you need a friend you know you can talk to me."

Blake half smiled and watched Sun get up and leave, swinging through the trees with no regard for what anyone thought. She proceeded to put her bow on then headed back to the dorms.

Once at the dorm of team RWBY, Blake walked in and mentally took a quick headcount only to discover Weiss was gone. Ruby grinned ear to ear when she saw Blake and Yang seemed to be too preoccupied with poking her, not so hidden, cleavage to notice anyone had even entered. Ruby hoped down from her bunk to see Yang and laughed. "Yang, either stop poking your boobs or put on a shirt that will cover them."

Yang stopped momentarily to smile at Ruby. "Yeah, that's possible. No matter what there will never be enough to cover them."

Blake shook her head and sat down on her bunk and pulled out a book from under her pillow.

Ruby walked to the door and turned to face the two of her teammates. "I will be back later, I'm going to go see what team JNPR is up to." With that said Ruby left the room, Blake never even looked up from her book, and Yang went back to her previous engagement.

Weiss had been walking out on the town ever since she left the lunchroom, muttering to herself so quietly that even someone standing right beside her couldn't hear what she was saying. "You're not a bad person... you've just been through a lot." She chuckled, amused. "A lot doesn't even begin to describe what those no good degenerates have put me through." Breaking to take in a deep breath she downcast her gaze. "It's not the I don't want to see her as a person but it's so hard to when all I've known of them is a bunch of vicious animals."

Finally deciding to turn to head back to the school Weiss became shocked to run in to none other than Pyrrha. "Oh, I'm sorry Weiss."

Weiss' eyes widened. "Oh, no worries Pyrrha, I was just on my way back."

Pyrrha nodded and looked at Weiss curiously. "Is something bothering you?"

Weiss grew nervous and searched for what to say. "No, of course not. What makes you say that?"

Pyrrha shrugged and began walking as Weiss followed. "Well, you haven't seemed like yourself lately."

Weiss hesitated then narrowed her eyes in confusion. "What is that suppose to mean?"

Pyrrha then proceeded to explain things from her perspective. "Well, the way I see it is ever since school let out you've been even more on edge than usual and even Ruby is noticing it. You've been sharing more of your opinions about the white fang and the faunus alike and making Blake more and more upset with each insult."

Weiss rolled her eyes at the mention of Blake's name. "Ever think she's being just the slightest bit overly sensitive about it? I mean I'm really only sharing my view based on the faunus I've met."

Pyrrha hesitated then took a deep breath and let her thoughts out. "Or maybe you're just being a bit insensitive, sorry, but it's true. Blake isn't like the faunus you've met, in fact, she came to Beacon to fight back. She's on your side and you're treating her like she's going to kill you in your sleep."

Weiss narrowed her eyes growing slightly annoyed. "Because for all I know she might!"

Pyrrha looked at Weiss with wide eyes, keeping her composure and staying calm. "Why do you think that?"

Weiss felt defeated, a feeling she most certainly didn't enjoy. She had been played like a chess game. "Because all I've ever known from many people and especially faunus is betrayal and heartache, I'm tired of it."

Pyrrha nodded and looked at Weiss with understanding. "Why don't you talk to Blake then?"

Weiss scoffed. "As if she'd understand anything I've gone through."

Pyrrha glanced at Weiss as a mother would to her child. "I may not have known you long so I don't know what you've gone through but I'm certain if you explain the situation to her then she'll understand and if she doesn't then at least you tried."

The rest of the way back to Beacon Weiss reflected on those words and thought of how to even begin to explain this to her teammate.

Once at the dorms Pyrrha waved goodbye to Weiss and opened the door to her dorm to find Nora bouncing up and down on her bed. Weiss, however, didn't get such an energetic greeting. She opened the door to her dorm to find Blake nose deep in a book and Yang passed out.

Weiss let out a cool breath and tried not to think about the conversation about to take place. "Blake." Catching the attention of the quiet girl Weiss walked over to her. "Look I'm really sorry about earlier. I suppose I need to be a bit more sensitive toward you." Weiss sat on the edge of Blake's bunk watching the reaction carefully to make sure it was okay. "I was actually advised to talk to you about why I've had some... difficulties."

Blake placed a bookmark in her book then placed it under her pillow so she could give Weiss her full attention. "Okay then, it would be nice if you could start by telling me why you've been so insensitive in the first place."

Well that stung a little, but it was okay because for once Weiss knew she deserved it. "It's nothing personal, I just have very bad experiences with faunus in general. Ever since I was little I've gone through many betrayals and heartaches by humans and faunus alike but I've never met a faunus I could trust before and I'm still adjusting. I use to be best friends with a little faunus girl, but then the white fang got their new leader and before I knew it she had joined with them.I tried to stop her, but to no avail she was already corrupted with thoughts of bringing humanity to justice and many other incredibly dark things."

Blake looked at Weiss baffled. "So you hate the faunus based on one girl you knew years ago?"

Weiss' jaw dropped and her eyes narrowed. "That's not it!" Weiss paused to calm down. "Every faunus I every knew, friend or enemy, has hurt me in some way and that makes it really hard to trust them."

Blake's eyes downcast. "Understandable, but I'm not them, Weiss."

Weiss let out a sharp breath. "That's exactly what Pyrrha said."

Blake glared daggers at Weiss. "Pyrrha knows?"

Weiss hesitated a moment. "I only told her because I know I can trust her."

Blake shrugged it off and refocused herself. "Anyways, Pyrrha was right in saying that, because I'm not them and I never will be them."

Weiss nodded. "Well, I'm glad to have talked to you about it."

Blake stopped Weiss as she stood up. "Please, don't let this be one of those talk it out and forget it things."

Weiss looked at her teammate in shock. "I'll definitely try to improve on it."

Blake half smiled and Ruby burst in the room causing Yang to wake up and fall off her bunk. "Hello team RWBY!"

Weiss turned to her and Ruby curled in on herself slightly, thinking she was going to get yelled at. "Oh, hey, Ruby."

Ruby's jaw dropped and Yang's eyes grew to the size of saucers. "Weiss, you're not yelling at me."

Weiss sat down on her bunk and rolled her eyes. "Let's just say my day has gotten better."

Yang wiped some drool off her face and rubbed her head. "It must have taken much more than 'better' to keep you from yelling at Ruby just now."

Weiss shrugged. "Not really, I just had to get some stuff out of the way." Blake allowed a small smile to cross her lips as she rested her head against her pillow.

Ruby and Yang shrugged to each other and took refuge in their bunks, Ruby passing out immediately and Yang getting up again to turn out the lights.