It was a windy fall afternoon, and clouds covered the sky. A playground sat nearly abandoned, surrounded by a forest of green trees. It was on the smaller side; being composed only of a swing set, monkey bars, a jungle gym and a single slide. All was quiet, until the sounds of muffled sobs broke through the cool air.

A small six year old girl sat against the blue jungle gym's base, her legs were hugged up against her chest and her head was buried in her knees. The sobs belonged to her, as she was feeling great despair. For a while, the only sound was that of the crying girl, and the wind. And then another new noise broke through the relative quiet.

"Go away, Adam!" A young girl huffed as she walked towards he playground. She carried a book under her arm and was walking rather quickly. Her hair was a dark ebony color and she was clad in a black dress. Atop her head were a pair of sleek black cat ears. Her exotic amber eyes were narrowed in annoyance. A boy of the same age, apparently named Adam, walked along beside her, occasionally tugging at a lock of the girl's dark hair. The boy had spiky brown hair with red highlights, bright brown eyes, and was clad in a grey shirt and black pants. Two horns stuck out of his head, resembling those of a bull.

"But Blaaaaakkkkkke!" Adam's young voice cracked as he stretch out his friend's name. "I'm so bored! Come on, lets play on the swings!" He tried to convince her.

"Stop being so dramatic! And I told you, I came out here to read my b-" Blake cut herself short and stopped walking when her eyes fell upon a small girl. She seemed to be crying, her short red hair was all messed up and Blake could hear her hiccuping into her knees.

Adam, confused by his friend's abrupt halt, waved his hand in front of her face. "Hey, what're you looking at?" He questioned. In answer, Blake pointed over to the crying girl. She was wearing a red dress and looked a little younger than they were. "I wonder why she's crying..." He mumbled. It was more to himself, but Blake heard his words.

"Should we... Go over there?" She asked. They both took a moment to think about the options they had. On one hand, Blake had wanted some alone time to read her book, and Adam had wanted to hang out with Blake. Plus, this girl might tease them because of their Faunus heritage. On the other hand, neither one of them wanted to leave the girl alone when she was crying.

"Let's just check to make sure she's not hurt." Blake suggested. Adam nodded, agreeing to his friends simple plan. Together, the two walked over to stand front of the crying girl.

"Umm... Hey." Blake said somewhat awkwardly. The red head snapped her head up, giving them a clear view of her face. She had a pale complexion, and here beautiful silver eyes were tinted pink. She gasped and pushed her back up against the jungle gym. At first, Blake thought this was because of her animal traits, but then realized that the younger girl was just frightened in general.

"Don't worry, we won't hurt you." It was, surprisingly, Adam who said this. Actually, it wasn't so surprising to Blake. She knew that, more than anything, Adam just wanted to show the world that he wasn't a monster.

His soft words seemed to ease the girl slightly, as she relaxed her body. "Why are you crying?" He asked. The girl wiped away a few tears with her hand before answering.

"I g-got separated from my s-sister." Her voice was shaky and fragile. "And I don't know how to get home. I've never been on my own before."

Blake and Adam both frowned. They knew the pain of being left alone, forgotten, and lost. The feline Faunus sat next to the younger girl. "You're sisters probably out there looking for you." She said gently. "If you want, we can stay here with you until she gets here." At these words, her face brightened up.

"Really?" She asked, relieved to not have to be alone anymore. Blake nodded.

"Sure." Adam agreed, trying to act as if he didn't really care. Unbeknownst to most, the Faunus boy actually enjoyed the company of others, no matter how much he tried to hide it. Unfortunately for him, Blake had always been able to see right through his façade.

"Thanks!" She exclaimed, the tears in her eyes starting to fade away. "Oh, I'm ruby!"

The two Faunus children looked at each other and were silent. They were under strict orders not to tell anyone their names. But they would probably never see this girl again, and what harm could really come from telling her their names?

"I'm Blake." The ebony girl said with a smile.

"And I'm Adam." He told her, trying to match Blake's smile with one of his own.

After introductions, a somewhat awkward silence fell over the trio. Adam was the first to break it. "So, do you guys wanna play tag?" He suggested. Neither of them were prepared for the large grin that overtook Ruby's face.

"Yea!" She exclaimed. Both of the Faunus's chuckled as the girl, who'd been crying only moments earlier, now was bouncing up and down with joy over the suggestion to play tag. They both decided that they would go easy on their younger friend.

Blake and Adam were trying their absolute hardest to catch Ruby as they played tag. But neither could come even close to tagging her. They'd been playing for around fifteen minutes, and both I'd them were hunched over and breathing heavily. Ruby, however, was not tired at all and still wanted to play a little longer.

"How about...we take a break?" Adam suggested hopefully as he tried to catch his breath. Blake nodded in agreement.

"Yea, lets rest...for a while." Blake added.

"Hey, little Red." Adam called. He had decided that this would be a good nickname for their new friend. "How'd you get to be so fast?" Ruby merely shrugged.

"I dont know." She told him innocently.

Blake walked over quietly and grabbed her book, trying not to attract the other to children's attention. She took a quick look around before walking to a lush patch of grass and sitting down on it. Maybe now she could read in peace.

But this turned out to be wishful thinking, as she was quickly surrounded by Adam on one side, and Ruby on the other. "Watcha reading?" The younger girl asked as she sat down beside her new friend. Blake sighed, watching her dream of reading alone fly away before her eyes.

"It's about a spider and a pig that become friends," She began. "And the spider helps the pig win the blue ribbon at the big show." Ruby's silver eyes brightened with interest, and Adam's head cocked in curiosity. Once again, Blake sighed. "Do you guys want me to read it to you?" She asked in monotone.

"Yes please!" Ruby said, excitement clear on her face. Adam tried to be a bit more casual about his answer, and gave her a simple nod.

"Ok, but you have to pay attention." She told them. After receiving eager nods from both her friends, Blake began to read the story aloud.

She'd only been reading for fifteen minutes when Ruby fell asleep. The young girl's head rested on Blake's shoulder, but then fell forward and landed on her leg. The Faunus girl looked down at her, and couldn't help but smile.

"Adam, Ruby fell asleep... Adam?" She tried to get her friend's attention, but discovered that he too had dozed off, his head gently laying on her shoulder. Again, she smiled.

Blake looked back down at Ruby, who continued to peacefully sleep on her leg. It wasn't often that the Faunus children could make friends with human children, the humans were usually to scared to talk to them. But this girl didn't even seem to notice their animal traits. She treated them as equals. Blake at back to read aloud, even though he audience had fallen asleep. She just liked the feeling of reading to others, not that she would let anyone else know that. As she read, she found herself absentmindedly running her hand through Ruby's hair.

"Ruby?!" Blake looked up when she heard a panicked cry. Adam woke up, not so happily, from his nap and jumped up, looking for signs of danger. Ruby didn't move, far to comfortable in her current position to open her eyes.

A blonde girl, about the same age as they were, exploded from the forest. Her hair flowed freely behind her like a trail of fire. She was looking around frantically for something, or rather someone, as she called out Ruby's name. However, she didn't seem to notice the trio.

Blake looked up at Adam. "Do you think that's Ruby's sister?" She asked as she set her book down. He shrugged.

"I dunno. They don't look alike." That was plainly obvious. In fact, the two girls looked almost opposite of each other. "But she knows Ruby, maybe she knows Ruby's sister." Blake nodded in response. "Hey!" Adam called out to the fiery blonde. The girl looked over, and when she saw Ruby she ran over in their direction. But she didn't look happy. She looked angry.

"What did you do to my sister? You better not have hurt her!" She exclaimed in a dark tone when she had reached them.

"We were taking care of her because she was crying." Blake said calmly. Adam, however, was quick to lose his temper.

"You're the one who left her alone! Don't yell at my friend!" He growled back at the blonde. Blake rolled her eyes at his little dramatic display. The girl, who was now getting up in Adam's face, was not about to back down.

"I've been looking all through the forest for her!" She argued.

"There's no sense in arguing, why don't we all just-" Blake's attempt to come them down were drowned out as Adam continued to yell.

"Well maybe, if you hadn't let her out of your sight in the first place, she wouldn't have gotten lost! Some sister you are!" It appeared Adam had struck a nerve, because the girls lilac eyes turned red.

"That's it!" Before Blake or Adam could react, the blonde girl threw a fiery fist directed at the Faunus boy's face. A flash of rose petals flew through the air.

Adam had shut his eyes, waiting for the pain that was sure to come, but he felt nothing. He opened his eyes and was surprised at what he saw. Ruby was standing behind her sister, holding back her arm so she couldn't follow through with her punch. "Yang!" Ruby scolded, her voice contained a hint of left over grogginess from her nap. "Don't punch Adam! He and Blake were really nice!"

The blonde girl, apparently Yang, took a few moments to process this, before dropping her fist and enveloping her sister in a big hug. "Don't you ever run off again! Ok?" Her anger seemed to have been completely replaced with relief "New rule, never get separated from me again. That's rule number one! Got it?"

"Got...it." Though Ruby was happy to be reunited with Yang, she was being suffocated by her hug. Luckily, the blonde released her and focused her attention back in the two Faunus children. Now that she could see Yang's face, Blake saw that it was streaked with tears.

"I guess I should thank you guys for looking after my little sis." She said sheepishly. "Um... My names Yang. Sorry about... overreacting."

Blake gave her a small smile, knowing that she was just being a big sister. "It's ok." She told the blonde. "My name's Blake." She looked over at Adam, waiting for him to introduce himself. But the boy had his arms cross, and was facing away from Yang. Apparently, he wasn't as forgiving as Blake was. The ebony haired girl sighed before throwing her arm around him and spinning him so that he was facing the blonde. "This is Adam. He's a bit of a drama queen." She quipped. Upon hearing this, he stomped his foot into the ground.

"I am not!" He yelled with defiance, but his voice cracked, taking the edge out of his tone. This made the three girls giggle.

"Well, it was nice meeting you guys. And I really appreciate you looking after Ruby, but we have to go." Yang told them.

"Ok, bye!" Blake called to the sisters. Adam merely waved.

As she was dragged away by her sister, Ruby yelled, "Wait! Will you guys be here tomorrow?" The Faunus children looked at each other. They didn't really know the answer to that question. The White Fang moved around a lot. But they hadn't heard anything about a move recently.

"Probably!" Was the best answer that the feline Faunus could reply with before the sisters disappeared into the forest.

The next day, Ruby had told Yang that she was going to the playground before she went racing out the door. Now she knew the way. She had her heart set on beating Adam in a race, just to show him how fast she really was. She'd left at about noon, and it only took her nine minutes to get to the play ground.

But it was empty. No Blake, no Adam. Ruby felt like crying. In silence, she tried to cheer herself up by playing on the swigs. But it didn't work, and she found herself only swaying slightly in the wind.

"Hey, Little Red."

"Don't tell me you're lost again."

Ruby whipped her head to the side, and was excited to see her Faunus friends standing there. Blake was holding a book to her face, and Adam had his arms crossed with a smirk on his face.

"You came back!" She exclaimed. Without giving them a chance to prepare themselves, Ruby tackled them both and knocked them to the ground.

"Oof!" Was the collective response. Blake's book bounced away, and Adam's brown eyes showed surprise. All was quiet, before the Faunus children both laughed. Blake patted Ruby's back.

"You can let go of us now Ruby."

For the next month, Ruby met both Adam and Blake at the playground everyday. They would play games, play on the playground, or have Blake read to them until Yang came over to take Ruby home. It was almost like they'd become a little family. But that all changed one day...

Blake and Adam kept glancing nervously at each other as Ruby showed how high she could make the swing go. They had to tell her and they had to do it now. It was getting dark, and Yang would be here any minute.

Ruby looked back at the two Faunas before jumping off the swing and approaching them. "You guys have been acting weird all day!" She accused. "What's wrong?"

Blake took one last look at Adam before sighing. It was now or never. "Ruby... We need to tell you something." Just by the tone of her voice, Ruby knew it was bad news. She hated bad news. "Both of our... um... Parents, are moving." She paused, but Ruby didn't seem to understand. "...We're moving, Ruby. Both me and Adam."

The younger girl stared at her in shock. She looked over to Adam, hoping that he would tell her that Blake was just kidding. That they weren't really going to move. But he only gave her a regretful nod. "Today's our last day here..." He added sadly. Ruby's eyes began filling with tears.

"B-but you guys can't leave!" She exclaimed, her voice wavering.

"Hey, don't worry Little Red." Adam told her. "We'll see each other again someday."

"No we won't!" Ruby cried out. "You guys are gonna leave and I'm never gonna see you ever again!"

Blake sighed before enveloping Ruby in a hug, letting the young girl cry into her chest. Adam laid a hand on her her shoulder. They all stayed like that for a while, until Ruby, tired from playing all day and crying, fell asleep in Blake's arms.

Blake and Adam carried Ruby home. They whispered their goodbyes as they handed her over to Yang. Then they left, hoping hat one day, they'd go back to the playground.

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Ruby woke up close to noon the next day. She didn't waste a single second before she ran out the door. She didn't change out of her PJ's, she didn't even tell Yang where she was going. She just ran.

Maybe it was all a dream. Maybe Blake and Adam would be there, waiting for her like they always did. Maybe she would get there, and Adam would call out, "Hey Little Red." And Blake would say, "Took you long enough." And then they would play tag, or race up the jungle gym, or Blake would read to them. With these hopeful thoughts, Ruby burst through the forests edge and into the playground.

Her heart sank when she found it empty.

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((This idea popped into my head a while ago. I'm thinking of making it a short three or four part story, but I'd like to get you guy's opinions first. Did you like or dislike it?

By the way, who knows what book Blake is reading? (It's pretty obvious)

Oh, and if you're following my story 'Two Teams and A Child', I will post the next chapter soon!))