A/N: Okay, everyone I've decided to go back fix a few errors on my part and hopefully get back into the swing of this story. Too many ideas too little time.

In the dead of night the eerie sound of a door creaking filled the empty space. A long shadow stretched out blocking out dawn's light. Under the hood of darkness a Cheshire cat smile gleamed giving the hint mischief. The figure leaped landing upon her sleeping prey gaining a groan. "Rubes," a gleeful voice yelled, waking up the girl under her.

"Yang," Ruby whined, "it's too early to get up, go back to sleep."

Yang rolled over dramatically placing a hand over her head, "But Ruby the skies awake, and I'm awake so we have to play."

"You're insufferable," Ruby mumbled into her pillow.

"Thank you, but that's not why I'm waking you up on this glorious day, little sis. Don't you know what day it is?"

"Tuesday," Ruby guessed, refusing to look at her sister.

Rolling off the bed Yang replied, "Well, actually, yes, it is Tuesday, but that's not why today's is special. Today's the day Beacon Summit is open for the season. Three months of nothing but snow, hot cocoa, and cute boys." She winked to exaggerating the last part.

Under the covers Ruby winced. She really didn't want to go to the summit this year. Not after the incident that befell upon their family. Semi-awake Ruby sat up, "Yang, I don't think I want to go this year. I'm not feeling up for it."

"Ah, come on you're telling me, you don't want to hop aboard your beloved Crescent Rose this year?"

Silver eyes flickered to the corner where her snowboard sat. A gift from her Uncle Qrow when she was still small–smaller. He laughed seeing the young girl on a board bigger than her, but he ruffled her hair saying she would grow into it. A small smile graced her lips recalling all the other happy memories she shared with Crescent Rose. Her mother would be disappointed if she discovered her daughter didn't want anything to do with the summit this year. Returning her gaze to her sister unwavering violet eyes Ruby surrendered. "Alright, you win I'll go with you."

Ecstatic Yang hugged the girl tightly and planted a kiss on her forehead. "Get packed we leave in a few hours!" Leaving the room with a spring in her step she paused at the door for a second. "Oh, and dad's making pancakes." A pillow sailed across the room hitting Yang in the face. Falling to the floor the golden blonde maintained her smug smile. "Love you too, sis."

Rolling out of bed Ruby rubbed the back of her head yawning. Sliding on her corgi slippers the fifteen-year old headed for the kitchen following the scent of pancakes. She greeted their pet dog with a pat on the head and took a seat beside Yang, who was kicking her legs under the table excitedly. A glass of milk slid her way and her dad offered a smile. "I see Yang woke you too?" he laughed. "Well, since you're up, who wants pancakes? They're fresh off the griddle!"

"Yeah," she nodded.

Passing down two plates the sisters fought over the syrup before Ruby yanked it out her sister's grasp and dumping half the bottle over her stack. Pouring the rest of the syrup on her pancakes, Yang cut into the pile holding her fork off to the side. Laughing silently at them Tai asked, "So, are you girls heading to Beacon here shortly?"

Zwei jumped up to steal the bite, but Yang had already slipped the bite into her mouth. "You bet, I'm going to light the place on fire!" she replied, pumping her fist into the air. Repeating the process of cutting a bite and taunting the dog the blonde noticed the horror filled look in her father's eyes. Sticking the bite in her mouth, she quickly added, "Metaphorically, of course."

"Glad to know, I don't want another explosion at a shady club again."

Ruby snorted into the milk at the memory.

"That being said I expect that you both will be on your best behavior this year. I don't think we can afford to make payments on another cabin this year and besides Ozpin was nice enough not to charge us full price after . . ." his voice cracked, "after you know."

Both sisters nodded.

A moment of silence passed. "But let's not linger on it for long your mother wouldn't have any of that. Finish up your breakfast and get ready before traffic gets hectic."

Yang dug her fork into the pancakes when the tablecloth was yanked off the table crashing plates, spilling drinks, and making a mess. Three sets of eyes found the culprit lapping up pancake syrup and they all yelled, "Zwei!"

The corgi barked wagging his little stub of a tail, and instead of getting angry the family laughed at the silly dog.

After breakfast, Yang headed for the shed to hook up the trailer and her snowmobile–Bumblebee to her truck. Ruby packed her bag, snow boots, clothes, gloves, goggles, everything fitting her black and red color scheme. Reaching into her closet, she pulled out her winter jacket thinking it would be fine from last year. As Ruby slide her arms in it seemed to fit, but as she tried to zip it up she heard a distinctive rip. "I figured this would eventually happen Ruby," her dad chuckled. "I just didn't think it would be this soon," he added in a mock dramatic tone. Turning Ruby found him standing in threshold holding a box. "Here your mother asked for me to give to you when she felt the time was right."

Taking it, Ruby unwrapped the box to find a red jacket. Removing it from the box, her throat clinched as she recognized the jacket for it once had belonged to her mother. Hugging the coat close to her chest, she inhaled finding it still smelled like fresh snow and roses. "Thanks dad," she whispered.

Ruffling her hair, he replied, "You're welcome kiddo."

Slipping it on Ruby felt a sense of warmth almost as if her mother was embracing her again. The jacket wasn't too snug or horribly puffy making her look like a red marshmallow. No, the coat actually fit her perfectly. "Thanks mom," she smiled, looking up at the ceiling.

A horn honked disturbing the moment. Zipping up her bag she grabbed the last thing her board, Crescent Rose, and headed for the door. With one last glance at her room, she sighed," See you in three months. At the front door, she patted Zwei, who wagged his tail syrup still on his muzzle. "Take care of dad," she teased.

Once outside Yang honked the horn again, "Come on, Ruby we don't have all day the slopes are calling."

"Alright, here I'm coming," she called. Reaching the truck she opened back sliding her board in the back and tossed her bag beside Yang's. Getting into the truck the siblings waved at their dad. "See ya, in three months dad," Yang called.

"Have fun girls and watch out for each other."

Yang nodded, pulling out of the driveway heading for the main road. Taking a sharp turn onto the road she shouted, "Get ready Beacon Summit 'cause here we come!"

The drive to Beacon Summit took around eight hours from their place. Over the course of the trip the siblings bonded playing silly road trip games as per tradition. Ruby rubbed her arm throwing Yang a dark look for cheating at punch buggy. Halfway though they stopped for burgers and fuel. After their pit stop, they even had an argument over the radio Yang chose to listen to one station while Ruby another. That little dispute caused them to mimic their parents for they would scold them for being so childish. "Ruby Rose, you stop that, or I swear I will turn this car around," Yang growled as their father would do."

Ruby swatted her sister's arm playfully, "Don't you blame this all on my daughter. Yang is the older sibling and should know better."

The pair laughed at their game. Ruby glanced out the window a green sign informed her they still had twenty miles left. Letting out a heavy sigh Ruby snuggled into the jacket. She felt better than before about the trip, and would be lying to herself if she wasn't excited to carve down the slopes. As reading her mind Yang glanced over beaming, "Feeling better, sis?"

"Yeah, feeling the cool mountain air, and smelling the fresh powder has me and Crescent Rose excited"

"Glad to hear that. I understand that last year or so ended up being tough for all of us, what with-" Yang slammed on the brakes as three sleds zoomed over the road. A white and pale green one, black and gray, and the last one remind Yang of ice-cream. Ruby groaned her seat belt locking on her preventing her from hitting the dash. The golden blonde yelled several curses and even went as so bold as to flipping them off. "Damn arrogant punks think it's okay to just drive across the road without any regard towards anyone."

"Uh, Yang," Ruby called.

"I swear if one if them harms a hair on my sister's head, I'll slaughter'em,' she growled.

"Yang," the younger girl yelled.

"Yeah, sorry you had to hear all that, but-"

"Remember, you know you used to do exactly the same things too?"

Sudden realization caused Yang to recall that she and her friends used to race across the road playing chicken with oncoming cars. A light shade of pink coated her cheeks, "Oh, right, I guess I've had a change of heart about reckless stunts since you know."

Ruby nodded, knowing how her older sister felt. A wave of intense cold hit her practically piercing her heart, and touching the very depths of her soul. The snow used to be her favorite thing, but it turned into her enemy after one split second. Touching her arms the jacket shitted following her movements. Ruby figured the previous owner wouldn't want her two favorite girls sad. "Yang, I've been thinking."

The golden blonde glanced over, "Go on."

"Maybe, instead of this trip being a memorial, we should have fun, and not let what happened bug us too much."

She waited for Yang response. "That's the point of this trip, Rubes. Leaving the past behind us to start fresh just like the snow fall each year."

Ruby smiled, happy her sister agreed with her. Even though she missed her mom terribly she still had her in spirit.

Turning down a dirt road Yang managed to hit every bump and pothole. Going around a tight and narrow bend she smiled brightly as lilac eyes spotted the various cabins, sledders, snowboarders, hockey players, figure skaters, and every other imaginable winter activity. "Welcome to Beacon Summit," Yang shouted gleefully.

Parking the truck the siblings got out breathing in the cold welcoming air. "Alright, I'll head inside to get our keys for the cabin, and you can stay here if you want." Once Yang left for the cabin Ruby spotted a stand offering warm drinks, and cookies. Beacon Summit had some of the best chocolate chip cookies. Chewy on the outside, warm soft melted chocolaty heaven on the inside. She walked over ordering a coffee for Yang, hot chocolate for herself, and a few cookies. Going back toward the main cabin her foot found a patch of ice hidden under some snow. Slipping she lost her grip on the items. One of the cups rolled away, hitting someone's foot, and a hand picked it up examining it. A small yelp caught her ears as Ruby fell onto the snow.

"You dolt," someone snapped. "This dress is dry clean only."

Opening her eyes Ruby found a pair of frosty blue orbs filled anger staring her down. Getting up, she dusted off the snow from jacket and pants. The girl held a pair of ice skates and wore a fancy dress of blue and white. A large brown stain covered the bottom half. Ruby cringed, "Look, I'm sorry, I didn't see the ice."

The girl placed one hand on her hip and the other to scold the klutz of a girl. "I can't afford silly accidents on my career. One little slip up could cost me everything."

Ruby narrowed her silver eyes hand on her hips, "Look Princess, I said I was sorry."

"Actually, it's heiress," a voice replied. "Both girls looked over seeing another girl holding one of Ruby's stray cups. She wore a black winter jacket, and a black hat. Amber eyes glowing with disinterest in the girls squabble. "Weiss Schnee heiress of Schnee Winter Industrious, where everyone buys their winter sports gear and attire." Weiss nodded in approval of someone knowing the importance of her name. "Of course that doesn't erase that fact that your family has sponsored questionable athletes in various winter games all around Remnant."

Weiss huffed insulted and stormed off. Ruby turned her attention to the other girl ready introduce herself and say thanks, but she found the girl had vanished. Letting out a sigh she fell back onto the snow, "So far this trip is worthless."

"You too," someone agreed.

Glancing up Ruby found a guy standing beside her, offering his hand. "I'm Jaune Arc."

Taking the hand, and up her feet once more she spoke, "Ruby Rose."

The pair walked along the sidewalk after Ruby went back to the truck for her board. Jaune wondered how a girl who looked so innocent could ride a board that size. "So, Jaune what are doing here at the summit?"

He sighed, "My parents sent me here to get involved in some winter sports since all my sister can do some sort of sport, but so far I've only managed to fall on my face."

"I've been boarding for years. My uncle gave me this, and I've loved the sport ever since."

"Must be nice. I've tried skiing, ice skating, and tomorrow I'll be taking lessons on snowboarding."

"Hey, maybe I can teach you."

"Ruby, we got our cabin key, come on," Yang shouted, waving to catch her attention.

Seeing her sister across the way she said a quick goodbye to Jaune. "See you tomorrow?"

He shrugged, "Maybe, if I don't die from frostbite." Ruby left racing over a golden blonde hair girl's side. He scoffed, "That's just great, now where I am going to find a pretty and quirky girl?" Behind him, he didn't see a redhead glancing around alone.

The siblings headed for their cabin, Ruby told Yang about what with Weiss, but her sisters laugh thinking it was just Ruby exaggerating. At the cabin Yang placed the key in the lock, "Now, Ozpin said due to an increase amount of visitors this year we will be bunking with two other people, but the cabin is big enough for the four of us, so nothing to worry about."

Opening the door they saw a cozy space with a small couch and fireplace. Off to the other-side sat a tiny area fit with a fridge, a small stove, microwave, and a tiny bar. There was a door leading to the bathroom, and one for the bedroom. Ruby was in awe of it since it was the nicest cabin she laid her eyes upon making her wonder something.

"Yang, how can we afford this? Not even dad could get one this nice."

The blonde didn't want to answer with the truth that they got a discount for what happened to their mom. Seeing the light in her sister's radiant eyes, she told a little white lie, "I've been saving up the money so we'll be able to have the best trip ever."

"Awesome!" Ruby exclaimed heading to the room, finding two sets of bunk beds. She ran up to the one on the left, taking the top bunk. "This is great, sis!" Rolling off the bed Ruby decided to check out the kitchen. Falling to the ground she heard a groan. Standing up, she locked glares with a set snowy blue eyes.

Ruby frowned, taking a step back recognizing the girl as Weiss from earlier. "Oh no, not you again," they said in unison.

A/N: So, I hope I managed to fix most of my mistake. I just hated how stupid I was being with this story and felt bad for neglected for over a year. Plus, I didn't realize how many stupid mistakes I made.