Authors Note: The start of this fanfic is set during the events of No Brakes in Volume 2.

Ruby felt a a new surge of energy as she spotted her team running towards her. She had never been more happy to see them. In front of her, she felt Torchwick grow angry with agitation. Taking her opportunity to escape him, she leapt up from lying down on the ground, onto Torchwick's shoulders, using his moment of distraction to her advantage. He quickly shoved her off and she wasted no time, running as fast as she could towards her fellow team members, Zwei and Dr Oobleck, not believing her luck and their good timing. A furious Torchwick yelled "Somebody kill her!" Ruby fought her urge to look back and kept running forward to safety. Guns from behind her boomed as she managed to doge every one of them. That was until she felt something hit her back and disperse over her body. But there was no pain. Fearing the worst, Ruby looked over her shoulder to get a huge cloud of red dust in her face. It must have come from the end of Torchwick's cane, she determined from the sadistic grin he had on his face as if he had just won. She screamed, fearing that she was going to explode. After nothing happened, she sneezed. This motion cause her to involuntarily inhale a small amount of the dust. No, not dust. Pollen maybe? The main thing that matter to Ruby was that it wasn't anything serious, so she kept running out of the red pollen cloud until she ran into four masked members of the White Fang. Without her beautiful Crescent Rose, Ruby wasn't able to defend herself and she hated that feeling of helplessness. Before she had any time to come up with a plan, the four members exploded, revealing Yang standing behind them. She called out Ruby's name and Ruby was quick to jump into her big sisters arms. The rest of the team and Dr Oobleck didn't take long to join the two of them. Ruby removed herself from her system. She coughed again. Some of that pollen must still have been in her system. It didn't matter now. They had a train to stop.

"Ruby. You've got to get up." Ruby stirred in her sleep as she felt a hand grab her arm and start to shake her. "You've got to get up or we're going to be late for class." Ruby recognised Weiss's voice in it's annoyed, slightly harsh tone. As she comprehended the words Weiss had said to her, Ruby's eyes flicked open and her body jolted to a start, nearly causing her to fall out of her precariously strung up bunk bed and made scream just a little. Weiss was standing on the floor next to the bed, fully dressed and with an impatient expression. Ruby couldn't see Blake or Yang in the room so she guessed that they had already left. Realising how late it must be Ruby turned her attention to her partner.

"Weiss, why didn't you wake me up sooner?" She asked.

"You should have set an alarm. I'm not your mother." Weiss started in her normal telling off tone, but as she continued her voice softened with concern, "besides, it didn't sound like you slept well last night. I thought you could use the extra sleep." Ruby rubbed her eyes and looked up at the ceiling. There was a dull throbbing in the back of her head and her muscles slightly ached. She attributed it to the events of yesterday. Weiss walked over to her desk and was beginning to pick up some of her books. Sighing, Ruby rolled over and jumped from her top bunk. The thumping in her head was still there. She closed her eyes for a moment until it went away. Satisfied, she continued getting ready as quickly as possible. Weiss patiently waited for her at the door. That day breakfast was one piece of toast on the go while they ran to their first class.

Professor Port was going on one of his rants and thankfully didn't notice the late girls as they silently slipped inside the classroom. As Ruby sat down in her seat, Yang, who was sitting next to her, gave her a sharp nudge.

"What took you so long sis. Me and Blake were starting to think that you weren't coming." She said, more jokingly than seriously.

"I may have slept it. Just a little." Ruby explained, feeling her cheeks go a little red with embarrassment. As And gave her an exasperated look, Ruby felt the need to defend herself. "It was only because Weiss waited till the last minute to wake me up!" This was her attempt at shifting the blame and focus off herself.

"Hey!" Weiss retorted, "That was only because you needed the extra rest. You barely slept at all last night. Sorry if I was trying to be considerate!" Yang now looked concerned as she looked down at her little sister.

"You couldn't sleep?" Ruby shook her head. Yang put a comforting hand on Ruby's shoulder. "Is everything okay Ruby? You do look very frazzled this morning."

"I'm fine Yang. Just had a restless sleep last night, that's all" she responded as she playfully shoved

"Okay, okay" Yang laughed and drew her hand back. "You can't Balme me for checking in with my little sister every now and then." Ruby responded by sticking her tongue out at Yang, who went back to writing down notes on whatever Professor Port was saying. Ruby also noticed that Blake who was sitting on the other side of Yang, had been also listening in on their conversation. Ruby gave her a smile to show that she was okay and Blake seemed to be satisfied with it. But as Ruby tried to focus on the lecture and write noted, she had to do her best to ignore the soft thumping still there in the back of her head. Weiss looked on at her partner. Despite what she had said, Weiss wasn't convinced. Ruby seemed too distracted. So as the bell rang to signal lunch, Weiss pulled her aside.

"Hey Ruby. I was wondering if after classes today, you might want to go into town and see a movie or something." She started. She couldn't understand why her heart was beating so fast. Ruby was a friend so there was no reason to why she should feel so nervous right? Ruby gave her a quizzical look. "You seem really distracted and after everything that's been happening lately, I think that both of us could use a little relaxation time." Ruby considered this for a moment. I was a little strange for Weiss to relax for a whole afternoon. Generally she was studying. But Ruby decided she was right. They both deserved a break and maybe an afternoon out with Weiss would prove to be a good distraction. Plus, Ruby couldn't say no it bonding time with her partner. Though Weiss was improving, she could still be a little icy and distance at times.

"That sounds like a good idea Weiss." Ruby nodded in a agreement. Weiss suddenly felt a lot more relaxed. "But only on one condition. I get to choose the movie!" Ruby added. Weiss laughed and rolled her eyes.

"Fine. But no children's movies." Normally she wouldn't have been so easily persuaded, but she could sense that Ruby needed this. Ruby let out a high pitched 'Yay' and this instantly gave Weiss a warm feeling inside that made it all worth it. She just wanted to see Ruby happy.

"Come on. We should get to lunch"

"Yes, I didn't realise how hungry I was" Ruby agreed. Having a very small breakfast was now starting to catch up to her. The two friends ran to catch up with Blake and Yang who were already a considerable way ahead of them.

"Okay, I have to admit that was pretty good. Maybe you do have good movie taste." Weiss admitted to Ruby as they left the cinema. Ruby had decided on an action movie. Weiss normally wouldn't see an action movie, too many special effects and they already had enough action in their lives. She was more of a romcom person. But the movie hadn't been half bad.

"I know right! That fight scene at the end was amazing when they had to try to take down that giant robot. I didn't know how they were going to do it." Ruby was defiantly feeling more energetic now, there was a small skip in her step. She stopped to put her now empty bag of popcorn into the bin. Weiss just rolled her eyes. It was very much like Ruby to act like this. As they left the cinema, they both noticed that the sky was already pitch black. As Ruby walked back to Weiss, she noticed that her right hand was noticeably shaking. She held it with her left hand to stop the tremors and took a few deep breaths. It was just because she was hyped up from the movie, she told herself.

"Everything okay?" Weiss called over to Ruby. She had seen Ruby stop dead in her tracks. Ruby was taken a little aback. Her attention had been solely on her hand and she had almost completely forgotten that Weiss was there. She plastered a smile on her face.

"Yeah, coming." She ran to catch up to Weiss.

"Gee, I didn't know it was this late. I guess we would have missed dinner at school." Weiss observed. She opened her scroll to see that the time was 9 pm already. She looked over at Ruby whose stomach let out a loud rumble. She looked at Weiss and blushed. Weiss sighed and gave Ruby a smile."Why don't we go get something to eat before we head back." Ruby gave her a wide smile. Weiss laughed. "Come on, we don't want to be out too late." She took Ruby by the hand and pulled her into the street so that they could find something to eat.