A/N This is my FIRST EVER Fanfic. I decided to try this out and I hope you enjoy it!

Chapter 1: Memories Revisited

Forever Fall Forest, 2 years ago

Flames had engulfed the area around her. The smell of smoke heavy in the air. Leaves lifted into the air, burning up, leaving ashes to disperse into the night sky. She laid against a tree that, remarkably, hadn't caught fire. The girl had regained consciousness, and shifted her attention to the massive clearing ahead of her. Among the chaos and destruction stood two figures at either side of the clearing. As her mind began to come back, fear and sadness began to wash over her. she remembered the situation at hand: The only two people that she truly trusted were fighting to the death.

Her eyes had adjusted to the bright flames on the other side of the clearing, good enough to make out the details of the men in front of her. By the looks on their faces, the two men were obviously exhausted from what appeared to be a lot of fighting. Suddenly, their expressions changed entirely, from exhaustion to uncontrollable rage. They sprinted toward each other, swords in hand, both releasing a terrifying battle cry as they made their approach. The girl launched herself to her feet as she began a feeble attempt of stopping this violence. "s-stop" she squeaked out as tears began to fall down her face. "Stop...STOP!", she exclaimed, her voice coming back to her. The two men continued their sprint, Not even bothering to listen to her pleas. With all her energy, all her emotions, tears streaming down her face, She let out one last scream: "STOOOOP!". The girl fell to her knees, realizing they wouldn't bother to listen to her cries. She watched hopelessly as the two men closed in on each other, raising their swords to make their strike.

Present time, Team RWBY's Dorm room

"Blake...Blake...BLAKE!" she felt her shoulders being shaken as she snapped back into reality. Blake looked directly her blonde teammate, who had her hands gripped on her shoulders. Blake looked around her team's room and back into her teammate's lilac eyes. "Are you okay, Blake?" The blonde asked, a look of concern on her face.

"y-yeah. It was...just a bad dream, that's all." Blake responded hesitantly.

"Okay...if you say so, kitty cat. Sounded like you were having a pretty rough time." the Blonde said, trying to find reassurance from the faunus girl.

"Yang, I'll be fine. It WAS just a dream, after all." she responded, not wanting to let her real emotions loose. The blonde grinned a little at this as she released her grip from Blake's shoulders.

"What time is it?" Blake asked, noticing that the room was still quite dark, with only a small amount of morning light escaping through the window.

"Almost 6 AM." she replied, "I'd still be asleep if it weren't for you...Buuut, it's all good." Yang's grin grew to a much bigger smile.

"I think I just need to clear my head a little. I'm gonna go take a shower while we still have hot water." Blake stated, cheering up the blonde.

"I thought cats hated water" Yang said, a big smile on her face, as Blake began to tip toe towards the bathroom, not wanting wake up Ruby or Weiss. Blake looked back at the blonde and rolled her eyes. She never lets up on the cat jokes, does she? Blake thought as she closed the bathroom door. What Blake hadn't told Yang was that her dream wasn't a dream at all. It was a memory. Put it out of your mind, Blake., she thought as she turned on the shower, They don't need to know about any of that...not yet.

Noon, a bench outside Beacon

It was a nice and bright Sunday for the Legendary Beacon Academy. Only a few small clouds floated across the horizon, the sun glaring down on the ground below. It was warm with a comforting breeze blowing across the grounds. No classes were held on the weekends, giving students free reign to do what they want. Many students took to traveling down to Vale during the day, Looking around at it's many shops and eating the local cuisine. This left very few students at Beacon, making it pretty quiet. This was the way Blake preferred it.

Blake had found a bench a few feet from the cliff that Beacon sat on. Blake sat down on the bench, one of her many books in hand. Blake took in the sites around as if seeing it for the first time. Blake had found the Grounds of Beacon breathtaking since she arrived here a year ago. It was a very comforting atmosphere for her. She let her eyes wander around until they reached the cliff. The sight of it suddenly brought up a thought in Blake's mind. I almost forgot. The new students are supposed to be arriving today. This thought started to bring back the memories of the past year to Blake. I hope their first year is a lot easier than ours was, Blake thought. Blake eventually began reading her book. With that, she zoned out from the rest of the world. One of the few things that Blake held close to her were her books. They helped her escape from the world when she needed to. Escape from her past. The past that brought chills down her spine thinking about it. Why did I dream about that? Why now, of all times? Is there some kind of...meaning behi-

"Hi-ya Blake!" a small voice exclaimed from behind her. A startled Blake jumped out of her seat and immediately turned around to see her red-themed teammate. Blake's reaction scared the girl as well, who also jumped back into a funny kung fu stance, A startled yelp coming from both girls.

"Oh...Ruby..." Blake started, catching her breath, "You scared the hell out of me!" The normally calm Faunus exclaimed. "hehe...s-sorry Blake." Ruby nervously squeaked out. Blake sat back down on the bench and invited her teammate to sit next to her. "So what are you doing out here?" Blake asked the dark haired girl.

"well...Yang went into Vale, like she always does on the weekend, Weiss is too busy studying for that test in Professor Oobleck's class, and Jaune is training with Pyrrha and the rest of his team so..." Ruby's voice trailed off as she looked up at Blake. "So...?" Blake looked back at Ruby quizzically. "...So I came to...see if I could hang out with you. Please?" the girl pleaded, "I'll try not to bother you." She put on her best puppy dog face and stared at Blake, her Silver orbs filled with hope. I can't say no to that face Blake thought as she grinned. "As long as you stop making that face." Blake replied, Ruby's face beaming with joy.

"I missed ya this morning. Yang said you had a bad dream and she woke you up early. Are you alright?" Ruby questioned the faunus.

"Yes, Ruby, I'm alright. Everyone has nightmares every now and then." Blake responded. "C-can I ask what it was about?" Ruby asked hesitantly.

"Honestly, I'd rather forget about it." Blake stated, attempting to shut the young girl out.

"Okay I understand. But you know Blake..." Ruby started, "you can always talk to me or Weiss or Yang about it." Blake gave Ruby a warm smile.

"Thank you Ruby. That means a lot."

The two sat there for around 15 minutes, Ruby trying to strike a conversation about the coming arrival of new students, along with any cool weapons they might have with them. Blake mostly responded with nods and short answers to the girl. Her excitement reminded Blake of their first day at Beacon, Seeing Yang attempting to calm her down at the sight of the new weapons. She also remembered backing her up against Weiss, and then leaving without saying a word. I should have been a lot nicer to her back then. She turned out to be really sweet. Blake thought as she smiled at the Excited young girl.

"Hey look! There they are now!" Ruby exclaimed as she pointed toward the cliff. Blake turned around to see a flood of students pouring out of the ship. Just as Blake had predicted Ruby excitedly marveled at the new weapons she was seeing, paying almost no mind to the students wielding them. However Blake was focused on their weapons. In fact, she wasn't focus on the large group of students itself. Rather, she was focus on one guy that she noticed.

He was of average height and weight. He had a slightly pale complexion and black hair that somewhat resembled Ren's, with the exception of a wide blue streak of hair in contrast to Ren's skinny pink streak of hair. He wore a Black jacket, with two blue stripes running down each arm, ending with blue fingerless gloves on each hand. He also wore dark blue pants and black boots. As he passed, Blake noticed his weapon: A simple katana with a black and blue grip, and what appeared to be four small buttons on the grip as well. It was sheathed in a blue scabbard.

Fear ran through Blake's body. No. It's not him, Blake. There's no way. He'd be long gone by now. Blake began to question her self on this. She began breathing a little harder and fidgeting around on the bench, something Ruby noticed immediately.

"B-Blake? Are you SURE you're alright?" Ruby asked the nearly shaking girl. Blake didn't hear her. The dream she had the previous night, Those memories, came flooding back to her. All her emotions hitting her at once.

"Blake, you're shaking! What's going on?!" Ruby exclaimed in a now panicked voice.

The man, after hearing Ruby's concerned tone, turned around. He spoke as he did, "Excuse me miss, is everything all...right..." His voice trailed off at the site before him.

"...B-Blake?...Is...Is that you?" He asked hesitantly. Blake looked up to meet his dark blue orbs, filled with shock.

"Leito...It is...you..." her voiced trailed off as she fell back onto the bench, unconscious.

"OH MY GOD! SOMEONE GET HELP! QUICK!" Blake heard Ruby scream before she faded completely.

A few Hours Later, Beacon Infirmary

"...So she just...passed out out of nowhere?" Yang questioned Ruby.

"I was...watching all the new students go by and I started hearing her breath really hard. So, I turned and looked at her, and she started watching this one guy...the guy that helped me bring her in, and she just...fainted."

"Do you have any idea who this guy was?" Weiss asked her partner.

"Well...no...But he had a really cool-looking sword!" Ruby said, trying to lighten up the mood.

"Thanks, Ruby...That's REALLY helpful, you dolt!" Weiss hissed back, in disbelief that her partner would try to bring up weapons at a time like this.

"wait, guys I think she's waking up." Yang stated, as the red and white girls switched their attention to the cot.

Blake slowly opened her eyes to see her team surrounding her cot, Ruby and Yang with a smile on their face, and Weiss just relieved that she was awake.

Ruby began to jump out of her chair towards Blake, "Oh Blake I'm so-" Ruby cut herself off realizing that Yang had already left her seat and brought Blake into a strong hug.

"Thank God you're alright!" Yang exclaimed, holding Blake close to her. Blake felt her face become red as Yang wrapped her up. Blake found herself becoming a lot...closer to Yang as their first year came to a close. In fact, Blake had started developing a crush for the blonde bombshell. While she eventually asked for her teammate to let her go, she enjoyed every minute of it. One day, I'll tell her. I'll tell her how I really feel. Blake thought as her partner released her.

"Blake, don't scare me-US! Like that again." Yang stated, turning a light shade of red as she cut herself off mid-sentence. Wow Blake thought Maybe there IS hope...

Once Yang sat back down, the door to the room opened. Professor Ozpin Stood in the doorway.

"Professor Ozpin?" The team exclaimed in unison.

"Hello Team RWBY." everyone replied with a nod, "It seems you've had an interesting day, Miss Belladonna."

"You could say that" She replied, going back to her mellow nature.

"back to yourself already, I see? Well, as much as I'm sure you would rather rest, there is someone here who would like to speak with you."

On queue, Professor Ozpin stepped aside to reveal the man that Blake saw earlier.

Blake became very pale at the sight of him.

"It's been a while, Blake." He stated.

"Yes Leito...", Blake started nervously "yes it has."

To Be Continued...

A/N: aaaaand that's the first chapter. Sorry If It was kinda short. I know I have a lot to work on. Any kind of help is always appreciated. A Helpful review is great as well. A follow or Favorite would be out of this world to me. I really hoped you enjoyed It and I'll keep working on It!