Weiss Schnee opened a briefcase containing her precious dust collection and stared in admiration. It was a truly beautiful substance. Little vials of colour were stacked up in perfect rows, waiting to be used. Carefully, she picked up a vial of light blue dust labeled ice and inserted it into one of the many slots on her elegant rapier. Perfect Weiss thought to herself. Now, she was ready for her presentation.
"The Schnee Dust Company is the biggest producer of dust in the entire world" Weiss said proudly to her audience. Professor Goodwitch sat on the side of the classroom, evaluating Weiss' performance. "Today, I'm here to show you some examples of how dust can be used in combat, and why the Schnee Dust Company's dust is the highest quality". With that, Weiss picked up Myrtenaster and aimed it at her target; a cardboard cutout of an ursa. With one dramatic flick of her wrist, she pointed her weapon at the cutout and…
Nothing happened.
Slightly flustered, Weiss tried again.
Nothing happened.
Weiss felt her face growing red as she stood frozen in her fighting stance. "Ummm… I'm sorry, i-it must be something wrong with m-my weapon" Weiss muttered. She looked around the classroom, at all the slightly amused eyes watching her humiliate herself. Then she saw Professor Goodwitch, shaking her head and writing something down. Weiss felt like crying. Don't you cry Weiss she thought to herself You're a Schnee and Schnees are strong. She looked at her team; Ruby looking sorry for her, Blake smiling encouragingly, and Yang… laughing? The blonde was trying to hide it, but she was undoubtedly giggling. Xiao Long… Weiss thought angrily what did you do?
Team RWBY sat in the middle of their dorm room where Weiss had gathered them. Her eyes were still a little bit red from crying after her terrible presentation, but they still burned with anger.
"What's gotten you so worked up Weiss?" Yang asked innocently. Weiss whirled around and pointed at her.
"You…" she said quietly, "I don't know what you did… but you sabotaged my presentation…"
"Woah woah woah, calm down Weiss" Yang said, throwing her hands up defensively, "I didn't mess with your little presentation… on purpose"
"ON PURPOSE!?" Weiss screamed, failing to control her anger "WHAT THE DUST IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN YANG!?"
"Welllll…." Yang began, "you know your little dust collection?"
"YOU TOUCHED MY DUST COLLECTION!?"
"I thought it would be pretty funny if I switched out your dust for som-"
"YOU WENT INTO MY BRIEFCASE AND TOUCHED MY DUST!?" Weiss' nostrils flared, "XIAO LONG I WILL END YOU!"
"Wait…" Ruby said before Weiss could continue her verbal assault, "if that's not real dust in Myrtenaster, what it is?" Yang grinned proudly and walked over to Weiss' weapon.
"Gatorade powder," she said pointing to a vial containing light blue dust, "chili powder, protein powder, curry powd-"
"What's the white one?" Blake asked curiously.
"Oh… nothing, just don't touch it and DON'T sniff it" Yang warned.
As Yang kept talking, Weiss' face grew redder and redder as she struggled to control her pure rage. "You… you went into my stuff, messed with my dust, sabotaged my presentation…"
Yang, noticing the heiress' anger, backed away from her and smiled apologetically. "Calm down Weiss, it was just a prank-"
"JUST A PRANK!? DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS GOING TO DO TO MY A+ AVERAGE!?". Weiss yelled so loudly that Ruby winced, not knowing which of her teammates to feel sorry for.
"Oh cheer up princess, learn how to have some fun" Yang said with a slightly annoyed tone.
Have fun? HAVE FUN? WHY YOU LITTLE… actually… "You think you're the only one who knows how to prank people Xiao Long?" Weiss asked threateningly, "I think it's about time you got a taste of your own medicine".
Yang looked blankly at her for a second, then she laughed so hard she fell over. "YOU? PRANK ME?" she managed through her laughter, "YOU'RE GOING TO PRANK ME? I'M SOOOO SCARED!".
Weiss yelled exasperatedly and stormed out of the room, slamming the door behind her. Ruby looked nervously at Yang, then at the door, then back at Yang, then back at the door. Slowly, it dawned on her that the Team RWBY dorm room was about to become a warzone. She glanced at Blake, who just shrugged and looked down at her book. Ruby sighed, and went to go lie down on her bed.
The Next Day…
Weiss had thought about her revenge all night, going over different trick she could play on the blonde brawler. Eventually, she came to the realization that if she wanted to succeed, she would need some inside help. Ruby was too attached to her sister, but Blake wouldn't mind. She had found the faunus sitting in the courtyard reading a book (as usual). Unfortunately for her, Blake was a lot harder to persuade than she had anticipated.
"You have to help me" Weiss pleaded, "she's expecting me to do something, she won't be expecting you".
Blake shook her head, not even bothering to look up from her book. "I don't want to be involved in this, and even if I wanted to, I wouldn't pick the losing side".
Weiss was getting desperate. She fell down to her knees and started scratching Blake's belly. "Please Blake! I can't do this without you!".
Blake looked up at her teammate. "Weiss, are you seriously going to try and prank Yang?".
"Yes!" the heiress hissed, "She's being so immature, that last prank went too far! It's going to ruin my average and it's all her fault! And it's not the first time she's done this either, I remember whe-" Blake's attention turned from Weiss' rant to a small shaking light on the floor.
The red dot Blake thought to herself we meet again. Without a second to spare, she dove for it, dropping her book and leaving Weiss behind. Just as she was about to get it, the dot took off down the stone path.
Blake pursued, leaping over bushes and dodging past students. The red dot did not relent, and continued to speed around the courtyard. Why am I getting dizzy? Blake thought to herself as she made another attempt to dive for the dot. Her vision was blurry, but she swore she was passing Weiss… over and over again. Finally, Blake stopped, staggered, and fell over. You win this round she thought to herself as she landed on the soft grass. Her world was spinning, but she could hear someone laughing in the background… it sounded strangely familiar. No… Blake sat up and looked for the source. She was barely surprised when she discovered the happy guffawing came from her good friend Yang Xiao Long.
"You're so adorable, Blakey!" Yang said cheerfully. However, Blake didn't share the same amount of happiness as her partner. Embarrassed, she stood up and looked at her partner's lilac eyes.
"That wasn't funny" Blake said, "was I-"
"Running in circles? Yeah". Blake fumed quietly, strategizing her next decision.
"That wasn't nice, Yang" Blake said with quiet anger. Yang just looked at her and laughed.
"You're so cute when you're angry, it's like a little kitten snarling". Blake lunged for her partner, but she was gone as quickly as she had appeared.
Blake, remembering Weiss was still there, turned to face the white-clad girl. "You want to get revenge?" Weiss asked.
"I'm in" Blake responded, in an angry tone that she rarely used "it's on… it is SO on".
"So at first she was just staring at it, and then she dove for it," Yang said while stuffing a slice of pizza into her mouth, "And then she just ran in circles until she fell over. It was HILARIOUS". Ruby laughed at her sister's story, slightly concerned about the wrath she was bringing upon herself.
"You know they're gonna prank you back, right?" Ruby asked. Yang just chuckled confidently.
"Please, you think the Prank Queen is afraid of an angry princess and a vengeful kitty?" Yang laughed as she bit into another slice.
"Oh? You think you're the Prank Queen, sis?" Ruby asked with a malicious grin. Yang was too busy eating her pizza to notice.
"Yeah, who else would be better than me at pranks?" Yang replied.
"What about me?"
"You? Don't make me laugh" Yang put her slice down and looked at her sister, "Look little sis, you're the apprentice and I'm the master. Learn from me, but respect my authority".
"I don't know Yang, I think I might be a better prankster than you…"
"Oh really?" Yang challenged, "What makes you sa-". Then she tasted it.
At first, it was a delightful taste of spice that complimented the cheese on her pizza, but then that taste quickly morphed into the feeling of a wildfire burning in her mouth. She wasn't sure if it was physically possible for her mouth to catch on fire, but it sure felt like that's exactly what had happened.
"HOT HOT HOT" she screamed, snatching her soda off the table and pouring it down her throat. Unfortunately for her, that wasn't the end of her sister's prank. As soon as the drink reached her tastebuds, she knew something was wrong. It was bubbly, but it didn't taste like soda. Instead of putting out the burning sensation in her mouth like water to fire, it was like pouring gasoline onto a flame.
Ruby had never seen anybody do a spit take, but watching Yang spit out her chili-powder laced soda was just as satisfying and funny. Ruby didn't remember falling from her chair out of laughter, but she did remember the proud/angry look her sister gave her when she sat back up.
"Not bad sis… not bad at all" Yang said with a grin. "I hoped I wouldn't have to prank you, but now you've forced my hand". With that, the brawler spun on her heel and strolled out of the cafeteria, undoubtedly off to go plan more pranks.
Ruby smiled to herself. Go ahead and try sis, she thought gleefully, When this prank war's over, you'll see who the real Prank Queen is.