Christmas was a holiday that everyone at Beacon was familiar with. Who couldn't be? It was all about having spirit, being joyous, and giving presents to friends! And it was only three days away, yet everyone was already enjoying the steadily increasing suspenseful air, and plans for to-be-presents were already in the making. After all, what better a gift than a surprise gift? And the famous Little Red Riding Hood of the school had just the most wonderful idea.
At least, to her. She wanted it to be flawless, to be perfect.
Needless to say, there was no such thing as perfect.
Three days time, on Christmas, it was ready. And of course, the gift had to collapse in a heap at the most precious moment.
Ruby Rose was a master at designing weapons, yet how could she have such trouble designing something as simple as her gift?
Was it just a meager-seeming flaw that was the seed for a chain reaction? Perhaps there was sabotage involved. Maybe she tried too hard. Or it was just a case of bad luck.
What ever the cause, Ruby was now on the verge of tears, down on the ground on her knees with her team next to her, staring at what one might think to be a mess of a giant cyber tree. Did those even exist...?
Sniffling, Ruby bit on her lower lip, trying not to let her tears fall. Not in front of her team. Not in front of her sister and best friends.
"I-I'm so sorry!" She managed, her voice quivering as she dared not look at the emotions expressed on her team.
Three days earlier, 9:24 AM
Probably the cutest yawn in the whole school filled Team RWBY's dormitory that morning.
The leader of said team stretched out her limbs, before finally sliding off her bed down to the floor. Silver eyes glancing at the other beds, she realized that she was alone. She had gotten used to this, but she still couldn't help but wonder...
Where did her team go?
Another yawn escaped her lungs, and taking a look at her calendar, her eyes widened.
How could she forget? Three days until Christmas!
Ruby had made a small paper calendar with messy doodles of their team. Calender starting on December 16th, crosses marked that day and the 17th to 21st. It was the 22nd, and a grin erupted on Ruby's face.
Staring at the little Christmas tree(along with various "OMG!"'s)doodled on the 25th date, an idea slowly, pieces coming together until a big picture was showing in front of her eyes like a widescreen TV.
"I got it!" She yelled out. "I've got the perfect gift! It'll be sooo great, I can't wait!" Laughing in joy, she stopped when she heard someone's fists rapping the door.
"Ruby? Something wrong?" She recognized the voice as her sister's, Yang. Of course she'd be worried, who wouldn't when they overheard their little sibling making strange noises in a room alone?
"Nothing! I'm fine!" Ruby called back, hoping it was enough to drive her curious sister away. Hearing a giggle, Yang answered back, "If you say so! I'll be outside if you need me!"
Dropping down on to the floor, Ruby sighed in relief. "Right...Gotta keep it secret! I mean, it's a bit noticeable, but I can get around that! I just need time, and with winter vacation, I've got plenty of that! Yeah!" Pushing herself back on to her feet, she quickly made for her drawer to get dressed and start making her doomed plan.
Hey everyone! As you can see, I made a Christmas RWBY Fic! I plan for this story to be 2-4 chapters long. Don't worry, they'll be longer. Much longer? Not too sure, after all, quality over quantity is what I like saying!
One more thing. If you're familiar with my other fic 'Fading Beacon', bad news. Won't be finished before New Year, sorry! But I will finish it. And as a New Year gift, next chapter for that is coming out some time in January!
Dear dear, I really should draft out all the chapters for a series before releasing even one chapter if I'm having this much trouble writing them out when I've already plotted them...