Hey guy's! Welcome to the SoulBound Au. This idea was thouht of and made by the amazing Weisscoldglare on Tumblr. They post awesome art of this Au and other ones they have created, they gave me the inspiration and permission to write this story and I hope I can do it justice. Who ever is reading this please go check them out at weisscoldglare . tumblr (minus all the spaces) follow them and give them all the love and support they deserve! Now onto the story! Welcome to SoulBound
Blake leaned against the railing of the boat as she looked out towards the sea, lost in thought about her teammates and what they would say or do when she returned. Deeply lost in thought Blake did not notice Sun as he slowly approached her from the side until he leaned up against the railing beside her, bumping their shoulders together.
"The boat will be docking soon, you ready?" Sun asked.
Blake slightly jolted at the contact and the abruptness of his voice which didn't go unnoticed by Sun causing a concerned look to flash across his face "U-uh yeah I'm ready…"
Sun seated himself up on the railing and gave Blake one of his winning smiles "Don't worry Blake their your friends they will take you back with open arms I know it!"
"What if.." Blake took a few moments to meet Sun's gaze "What if they don't? What if they hate me"
Sun pretended to think about what would happen if Blake's teammates didn't accept her back before he shrugged "Then you can join me and my team!"
Blake shoved Sun's shoulder and grinned as she watched him struggle as he tried not to fall backwards into the water.
Sun laughed as he made sure he was stable on the railing and wasn't going to fall back into the ocean "I was joking! Besides I know your team and I can one hundred percent promise you they won't turn you away. Especially Ruby I don't think that girl has a single mean bone in her body"
Blake smiled at the thought of Ruby as she remembered one of the strangest days she had back at Beacon. Blake had entered the dorm room only to find her leader sitting on the floor in the middle of the room. The room was somehow torn apart by Ruby in her efforts to open a cookie jar that was now seated between her feet as she used her hands to try and open it.
It turned out Yang had superglued the jar shut as a prank and Ruby destroyed their room in the process of trying to open the jar. Blake solved the problem with a simple slash to the jar from gamble shroud successfully releasing all the cookies.
Sun grinned at how lost in thought Blake was just by the mention of Ruby's name "Hey I wonder what ice queen will say when you get back! I bet she will try to act all nonchalant and say something like 'Well it was about time'" Sun laughed after he tried to do his best Weiss impersonation.
Blake barely noticed Sun's impersonation but at the mention of Weiss' name she started to think about the famous ice queen. Blake remembered the one night where she stayed up past curfew in the school's library studying for one of their upcoming exams when Weiss appeared out of nowhere with a cup of coffee for herself and tea for the faunus. Weiss never spoke a word just opened up her own textbook and the two of them had studied until early the next morning.
Blake was pulled out of her reminiscing when she heard the horn of the ship signalling they had arrived at their destination. Blake and Sun walked off the boat and looked into the distance to see Beacon academy still standing tall as if it wasn't attacked by thousands of grimm and White Fang members.
"Wow Beacon looks amazing!" Sun exclaimed "Except for a few broken parts here and there It looks as if the whole attack was just a bad nightmare. Don't you agree Blake?"
Blake nodded her head slowly "Yeah… a very life like nightmare"
Sun frowned and kicked himself for saying anything "Well come on we better hurry to the airships or else we will miss our flight and have to find shelter for the night"
Blake didn't say a word as she followed Sun towards the airship dock, she was only two hours away from reuniting with her team for the first time in three months. Every bone in her body was telling her to run but her heart was pushing her to go back to her friends and that is exactly what she was going to do.
The two boarded the airship and took their seats near the back. They sat in silence, Sun noticing right away that Blake wasn't really in the mood to talk so he distracted himself with the games on his scroll.
Blake tuned out the clicking of Sun's phone as she stared out the window trying to think of how each one of her teammates will react to seeing her. Ruby was easy she will probably tackle her into a hug and act as if nothing had changed, as if she never left them for three months without a word.
Weiss was different she would probably act nonchalant as Sun said, in fact he probably wasn't far off the heiress probably would just tell her 'it was about time' she returned but she also knew the ice queen.
The white haired girl would probably approach her later in private to express her true emotions, Weiss may seem cold hearted on the outside but Blake knew that once you really got to know her the heiress was just a big softy who worried and treated her friends as if they were her true family. Honestly for Weiss that might of just been the case considering her relationship with her family isn't the greatest.
The last person Blake wanted to think about was Yang, the fiery bomb shell. Yang tried to protect her from Adam but in the end she lost apart of herself and Blake blames herself fully for what happened. She wouldn't be surprised if Yang didn't talk to her or even punched her in the face, in fact it's what she wanted.
Blake wanted Yang to take it out on her, she left her team when they needed her most and she left them in such a broken state how could they ever forgive her? Coming back was a mistake how could she let herself do this? She had to escape she couldn't do this, it was to much-
"Hey! Blake were here" Sun shook Blake's shoulder an excited grin on his face, obviously not noticing the amount of turmoil the black haired girl was in.
Blake swallowed the lump in her throat as she tried her best to shove those thoughts into the back of her mind "T-that was a fast flight"
Sun laughed "Of course it was especially when you space out for the whole thing like you did, what were you thinking about anyway?"
Blake shrugged as she turned away from Sun "it was nothing just a little nervous to see everyone again"
Sun didn't really believe her excuse but he shrugged it off and decided to talk to her about it later "Relax Blake it's going to be fine and i'll be right here with you every step of the way!"
Blake smiled "Thank you Sun. That means a lot"
The two made their way off the airship and stopped to stand at the front gates of Beacon academy. Flashbacks from Blake's first time meeting Ruby and Weiss in this very spot occupied every corner of her thoughts even as she followed beside Sun further into the school's old courtyard.
Being this close to the academy compared to how it looked from far away Blake could now see that Beacon was still in pretty rough shape but miles better then how it was after the attack.
"Where do you think everyone is hiding?" Sun asked as he surveyed his surroundings trying to find any signs of movement or sounds.
Blake looked around as well trying to listen for anything with her cat like hearing "I'm not exactly sure, Ruby said in her letter that they were using Beacon as a home base for rendezvous so she should be-"
"Blake!"
Blake jumped slightly at the high pitched voice and pounding footsteps that approached her from behind. Turning around Blake barely had time to prepare herself for the small energetic body that was Ruby Rose as she barreled into the faunus successfully knocking the wind out of her.
"Hey Blake! How have you been? Where did you go?!" Ruby noticed two tufts of fur move on top of Blake's head and squealed "Blake! You have your ears out!"
Blake's ears flattened to the top of her head at the high pitch squeal "Y-Yeah… I figured I didn't really need the bow anymore so I got rid of it"
"She dramatically let it go and let the wind take it away into the ocean it was actually pretty interesting to watch" Sun commented.
Blake jabbed him in the gut with her elbow "Says the one who followed me for days on end, talk about creepy"
Sun feigned a hurt expression "I was trying to make sure you were okay besides I knew you wanted to be alone for awhile"
The two faunas stopped their friendly banter when they heard a small muffled laugh beside them.
Ruby quickly stifled her laugh and got a hold of herself "You know, you two fight like an old married couple"
Blake's face flushed red and before she could make a comeback a new voice interrupted her, one that made her blood run ice cold.
"Now, now Ruby let's not bother the poor Kitty cat" Yang commented as she approached the group.
Sun grinned as he raised his hand for a high five "Hey Xiao Long! Long time no see, hows that arm doing?"
Yang high fived Sun, the sound of medal slapping against skin rung through the air "I would say it's doing well"
Blake's eyes focused on the prosthetic arm that was connected to Yang's body, images of that day flooding her brain. How she had just watched as Adam tore off Yang's arm, she couldn't do a thing, how will Yang ever forgive-
"Blake?"
Blake's eyes snapped up to meet curious lilac eyes "I-I.."
Yang gave Blake one of her softest smiles "Relax kitty cat it's okay, I'm okay"
Ruby grinned and circled her arms around her two teammates and pulled them into a group hug much to Yang and Blake's surprise. Blake noticed immediately that Ruby had grown a bit taller in her absence.
"Alright group hug!" Sun exclaimed as he opened his arms to join in but was met with a metal punch to the gut.
"This is a team RWBY members only hug" Yang growled out not wanting to interrupt the moment.
Sun rubbed his stomach "Alright jeez I got it"
Blake pulled out of the hug "Wait a minute.. where's Weiss? Is she inside or something" Blake asked trying to avoid the thoughts in her head that were trying to convince her that Weiss didn't want to see her after she abandoned them.
"Oh yeah.. Weiss" Ruby's mood suddenly changed from an excited child to a kicked puppy in seconds "Weiss is in Atlas with her father… she made a deal with him that she would return home when she could catch a break from her huntress duties. She should be home tomorrow night though"
Yang crossed her arms obviously not happy with the deal that Weiss' father forced onto the heiress "If I ever meet Weiss' father I will not hold back from decking him in the face"
Ruby nodded in agreement "Anyway it's getting late and i'm starving! How about we all get dinner and we can show you around tomorrow after a good night's rest?"
"Yeah sure food sounds pretty great right now" Blake needed all sorts of distractions right now to stop thinking about the missing heiress that she longed to see.
Ruby grinned and started walking towards the school "Alright follow me! The cafeteria is in great shape almost as if it never got destroyed, oh man I can't wait for you to see it and the rest of the school too!"
Blake smiled as she followed behind the two sisters when suddenly her vision became blurry and the world started to spin "W-what's happening…" Blake abruptly stopped walking as one hand clutched at her heart and the other her head. Her whole body felt like it was on fire "R-Ruby.. Yang.."
Yang turned and noticed her partner slightly swaying "Blake!" The blonde rushed over to Blake in seconds, Ruby right on her heels.
The last thing Blake saw was Yang and Ruby rushing towards her as she fell to the ground "It hurts.." Blake barely got the words out before her whole body went numb and the world around her faded to black.
Weiss sighed as she looked out one of the many windows in her room, wondering how Yang and Ruby where doing in this moment, how Blake was doing wherever she was. It had been awhile since she thought about the missing member of her team "I wonder if she has thought about us since she left… thought about me"
Weiss would never really admit it but over the years she spent with Blake at Beacon she felt like they had truly bonded and got closer as friends. Of course not as close as Weiss was with Ruby but still rather close if she said so herself.
Weiss was pulled out of her thoughts when she saw a large group of guests leaving her home, her father's 'Charity' event probably coming to a close.
Weiss grit her teeth as she remembered all those people just standing around drinking, talking about themselves and their own problems. Not thinking for even a second about Vale and the damage Beacon took from the White Fang and Grimm attack.
None of them cared about anything but themselves and Weiss had heard enough of it after that women thought she could just belittle Vale like that. Vale did have proper kingdom defence they were called hunters and huntresses such as herself who in her opinion was leagues better than General Ironwoods military robots.
"I guess one good thing came out of all this" Weiss mumbled to herself as she remembered summoning up the Boarbatusk that General Ironwood sadly shot down before it could reach that sad excuse for a women.
The door to her room suddenly opened abruptly, Weiss didn't need to look to know exactly who had just entered her room "Hello father, what is it you would like?"
"Don't take that tone with me young lady! Do you know what you just did?!" Jacque Schnee growled out as his angry footsteps stopped beside Weiss' bed.
Weiss sighed as she turned around to approach her father "I-"
Before Weiss could even speak her mind her father was yelling again "And don't think I'm just talking about lien here! Our reputation! Our-our…" Jacque growled under his breath as he placed a hand to his head unsure how to continue.
Weiss rolled her eyes "More like your reputation.." she mumbled under her breath.
"What was that?!" Her father snapped at her.
Weiss glared right at him "I said I want to leave! It has been a whole week father I have been here long enough for this visit"
"Well I dont give a damn about what you want! This isn't about you this about the Schnee family name and on your insistence to drag it through the mud!" Jacque yelled into Weiss' face, anger written all over him.
Weiss stood her ground "I have done nothing but to fight and uphold MY family name which if may I remind you a name you married into"
Weiss suddenly felt her head snap to the side as a burning sensation stung at her left cheek. She lifted her hand to touch the stinging flesh as she looked at her father who didn't look the slightest bit apologetic.
"Your behaviour lately is very disappointing and if you think running off back to your so called friends to fight Grimm is strengthening the Schnee name well your wrong" Jacques turned to walk away "You siding with your sister and running away will only divide us"
"I'm not picking sides! Im standing up for what I think is right" Weiss exclaimed "I'm not going to sit up here with these clueless people in Atlas I'm going to go out there and put my life on the line to protect others. The Schnee name isn't yours to leave, it's mine, and i'll do it as a huntress"
Jacques scoffed "No it's not. Your not leaving Atlas, your staying right here where I can keep a close eye on you to make sure you don't drag the family name down any further then you have"
"You can't just keep me from leaving?!" Weiss growled out.
"Yes I can, and the staff here will make sure of it"
"So what? Now i'm your prisoner?!" Weiss couldn't believe what was happening, if he thinks he can keep her here he is dead wrong.
"You are my daughter, and children are grounded when they misbehave" Jacque replied.
"People will get suspicious, they will ask questions" Weiss pointed out "They are going to wonder why the heiress to the Schnee Dust Company is nowhere to be found"
Jacques held his hands behind his back as he smirked at his daughter "Which is why you are no longer the heiress to the Schnee Dust Company"
Weiss felt her blood run cold "Excuse me?"
"Clearly the trauma you endured at the fall of Beacon was to much for you to handle which is why you have 'generously' revoked your claim to the company and its earning, passing them onto your brother Whitley" Jacque said with a smirk.
"You can't do this?!"
"In fact I can. It's time to wake up and face reality" with that Jacque exited the room leaving Weiss to collapse against her bed in under shock and disbelief.
Weiss barely had time to think about what just happened when there was a sudden knock on her door "Go away Whitley!"
The door hesitantly creaked open "Um ?"
Weiss' expression quickly changed from one of hostility to regret in seconds "Oh Klein i'm sorry please come in"
Klein entered the room with a serving tray that held a cup of Weiss' favourite tea, a couple biscuits and a single apple "I figured you could use some tea and snacks after tonight's performance"
Weiss smiled softly at Klein and accepted the tea he handed to her "Thank you Klein, you always know how to cheer me up"
A soft buzz came from Weiss' scroll that sat on her bedside table "Who could that be?" Weiss set her tea down on the table so she could grab her scroll "It's from Ruby, it says 'look who's back!' with an attachment"
Weiss subconsciously reached for the apple on the tray as she opened up the picture attachment. Weiss brought the apple to her lips just as the picture loaded up "B-Blake..?" that name was the last thing Weiss said before her body went limp and her whole world faded to black.
"I'm so sorry…"Klein mumbled, tears rushing down his face as Weiss fell into a coma right before his eyes.
Birds. She could hear birds in the distance and something that sounded like, voices? Where did they come from though, they weren't having any special banquets and she was sure father didn't have any guests at the manor especially so early in the morning.
Slowly amber eyes blinked open to meet an unfamiliar yet very familiar room "What? Where? Am I back in my old dorm room? Is this a dream?" Weiss asked herself out loud.
She swung her legs over the side of the bed "Wait.. if this is a dream then why am I in Blake's bed?"
Weiss slowly stood up and examined her surroundings "Wait.. why do I seem taller?" she looked down only to notice she wasn't wearing her normal huntress attire "These look like Blake's clothes… but why am I wearing her clothes"
'More like why are you in my body'
Weiss jumped on the spot, her head whizzing around the room only to find no one around "Who said that? Show yourself"
'Relax ice queen it's just me'
"Blake?" Weiss mumbled out, recognizing the voice.
'You guessed right. Now go look in the mirror, I'm sure you remember where the bathroom is in your old dorm room'
Weiss slowly made her way to the bathroom "I don't get it Blake why am I wearing your clothes and why are you in my head? This has to be a dream right?"
Blake sighed 'I wish it was'
"What do you mean it's not a dream it has to…" Weiss' sentence slowly cut off as she looked at herself in the bathroom, her reflection was most obviously Blake's but with her own ice blue eyes.
'Weiss, I think your consciousness has invaded my body...'
Well here is the first chapter, I hope you guys enjoyed it and please feel free to leave any comments and criticism that you have it is all welcome. I will try my best to get the next chapter out as soon as possible! You all have a great day!