Author's Note: I got this idea from writing Hat Thief, wondering what would happen if any of the characters got something taken from them. Hope you like it!

It was around seven in the morning when Ruby woke up, her hand pulling her Beowolf sleeping mask off her eyes and letting it rest on her forehead. Her eyes opened slowly, revealing tired silver orbs. Ruby sat up and stretched with a yawn before completely taking off her sleeping mask and placing it on her pillow.

She looked to her left and saw Yang and Blake still snoozing. Her older sister was spread-eagled on her back, snoring quietly. Her partner, Blake, was curled up under the covers, her nose peeking out from the top of said sheets.

Ruby slipped out of her bed carefully, not wanting to accidentally step on Weiss's face like she did once before. The reaper landed softly on the hardwood floor and turned around to check on her partner. Weiss was sleeping on her stomach, facing Ruby, who smiled. The funny thing about the heiress's appearance was that her hair was wild, like a bird's nest.

Ruby made her way to the closet quietly and got dressed in her uniform. She was searching for her cloak when she realized it wasn't in its usual spot next to her combat gear. Her heart started racing as she frantically searched the rack for her treasured cloak but ended up empty-handed.

Where is it?! The words repeated themselves in Ruby's mind like a broken record that couldn't be fixed. The reaper was searching the room thoroughly at high speeds.

The sudden rush of wind woke the chilled Yang, putting an end to her snoring. She fell out of her bed and onto the floor with a loud thud.

"Huh? What's going- who?" Yang exclaimed tiredly, sitting up and looking at Ruby with one eye closed. "Ruby? What happened?!"

"My cloak! It's gone!" Ruby cried, stopping in front of Yang, warm tears pricking her eyes.

Yang gasped in horror, both eyes open and fully awake now. That was the cloak Ruby had received as a parting gift from Summer Rose when she died and it was very dear to her. Yang clenched her fists in fury.

"This is personal," Yang hissed. "They will die at my hand."

"I don't want you to kill anyone, Yang," Ruby sighed, the silent tears escaping her eyes and trailing down her cheeks. "We need to find them, though."

"We can't find them now."

Yang jumped out of her skin. The voice had been right next to her ear and had scared the living daylights out of her. She looked beside her and found amber eyes satring at her, causing her to backpeda.

"It's just Blake," Weiss mumbled, a sign that she was awake. "But she's right, we've got class today. It can wait."

Ruby wiped her tears with her sleeve, trying to stay strong for her team, but mostly for herself. "Yeah, we've gotta go. I'll be waiting at our table." Ruby shuffled put the door.

"As soon as classes finish," Yang said, dead serious, "we'll search all of Beacon to find her cloak. Right?"

"Right!"

The thought of her cloak missing had distracted Ruby all day. During Professor Port's class, instead of listening to the very short lesson, she'd thought of what her mother would say if she were alive and found out about the cloak. She'd never listened to Port's stories, as did many other students, so that part wasn't all that different. But even in Goodwitch's class she couldn't focus because she missed the feeling of her cloak moving behind her everytime she swung her scythe.

She retired to her dorm after classes ended, feet dragging and shoulders slumping. Her team had watched her behaviour throughout the day and were huddled at their now closed door, discussing things they had seen during the day. They had been observing team JNPR at lunch and breakfast, wanting to find a suspect as soon as possible. If there wasn't a suspect on their team, they'd be ruled out, their logic said.

"They seemed to he their normal selves," Blake said in a low voice. "Nora was a bit quiet though."

"I noticed that too," Weiss agreed with a nod. "It looked like she was trying to keep her mouth shut. She doesn't do that."

"Yeah, she just says what's on her mind," Yang agreed also. "We gotta tell Rubes."

Blake opened the door and they went into their dorm. Yang and Blake sat on the Faunus's bed and Ruby and Weiss sat on the heiress's bed.

"Did you find anything?" Ruby asked quietly, lowering her head.

"We suspect Nora," Blake said impassively.

"She's been acting weird," Yang added.

"But..." Ruby said weakly, choking on fresh tears. "Isn't she always...?"

"This is different," Weiss sighed. "She's been quieter, and she never does that."

"She did look a bit tired too," Blake pointed out. "She's always wide awake, but today was the opposite."

Ruby thought about the possibility of it being Nora, which was pretty high to her.

"What do we do about it?" Ruby questioned.

"Hmm..." Weiss put a finger nose in thought. "Since she lacked sleep, one of us can peek out the door tonight and see if she's out there."

"In the hallway?" Ruby's eyebrows scrunched together. "What would she do with my cloak in the hallway?"

"We'll see," Weiss said matter-of-factly. "Blake, since you have great night vision, you will be on night watch." Blake nodded in affirmation.

It was eleven at night, an hour after cufew. Most of team RWBY was sleeping, but Blake was standing at the door, which was ajar so she could see what Nora could do. She squinted in the darkness. Did I miss her? The cat faunus thought, looking straight at JNPR's door, which slowly opened. Blake's eyes widened in surprise at the sight.

There stood Nora, or who she assumed was Nora, wearing Ruby's cloak. The hood was over her head, covering most of her face, and her body was covered in red like roses. The only thing distinguishable was her shoes, which were white instead of Ruby's black boots.

The Valkyrie walked away from the door, closing it behind her, running away. Blake looked back at her team for a split second before taking off after her. Nora was pretty fast, but Blake could easily catch up to her by using her Semblance, which she did not do, as she didn't want to get caught. Whenever Nora looked back, Blake was already hiding behind an object. Blake followed the cloaked hammer wielder outside, hiding behind a tree as she watched Nora, who was in front of the statue, cape flapping in the wind, arms outstretched. Her hood fell off, but she didn't care.

Blake watched as Nora spun around, tangling herself in the long cape and falling over.

"Oof!" Nora grunted. She rolled over, untangling herself from the cocoon and standing up. "Wheeee! Freee!" Nora spun in circles, admiring how free she felt with the cloak on with a grin.

Is this what she did last night?! Blake thought, disbelieving. She decided to confront Nora, as she didn't think her leader would like if she didn't get her cloak back any later. Blake walked up to the spinning Nora, causing her to trip in surprise.

"Agh! Blake?" Nora looked up in confusion, standing. "You were watching?!"

"Yes. Ruby needs her cloak back, by the way," Blake said, gesturing to the cloak on the shorter girl's shoulders.

"She does?" Nora's eyes widened. "Well... I was borrowing it, so I'll give it back. Here!" Nora took the cloak off her shoulders and gave it back to Blake.

"You were borrowing it?" Blake questioned. "You could have asked, you know."

"I was, um..." Nora looked down shyly, kicking the ground. "Scared..."

"Huh?"

"I thought she would say no and I really wanted to-" Nora rushed through her words before being interrupted.

"It's fine, Nora." Blake said.

Ruby woke up the next morning to a blur of red in her vision. She sat up to see what it was.

"My cloak!" Ruby exclaimed, ecstatic. She jumped off her bed, not even caring if she was loud, and hugged Blake, who was woken up by the gesture. "Thank you so much!"

Blake sat up groggily and hugged Ruby back. "No problem."