A/N: Hello all, and welcome back! Just so you guys know, my chapters are normally longer than this one and the one before it, but these are shorter because I feel I come to natural stopping points and breaks in the story so I'm like "I'm not gonna push it for a bigger word count, the story might suffer because of it!" So yeah!
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Without further ado, enjoy~
Team RWBY made their way up to Ozpin's study quickly and quietly. None of them spoke very much; instead they opted to stay silent and pretend that everything was normal. However, Weiss was having a difficult time coming to terms with what had happened.
'Stuck in Ruby's body, huh?' She thought miserably. The worst part about all this was remembering the morning perfectly. Weiss had BEEN Ruby, and Ruby had been Weiss. How was that possible? Some form of hypnosis, perhaps? How could anyone even swap bodies to begin with?
Weiss didn't like Ruby's body. Ruby was short and sturdy, while Weiss was much more delacite and feminine in nature; this caused Weiss problems, as she tried to stand with her back straight and maintain posture, but she found that increasingly difficult with the fact that Ruby didn't wear heels and instead opted for the less attractive, albeit more traditional combat boots.
On top of that, Weiss was further irritated that Ruby had insisted on changing into their normal day clothes, which meant Weiss was no longer wearing a more familiar school uniform, but now felt the alien black and red fabric that made up Ruby's normal outfit, along with a a red cloak. She even felt the weight of the surprisingly heavy Crescent Rose on her back.
Ruby, on the other hand, was trying to make the best of a bad situation. After getting over the initial shock of being in her partner's body, she had decided to try on Weiss' normal clothes, which prompted the other three to change as well. Ruby now strutted happily up the stairs to Ozpin's office, one hand on the hilt of Myrtenaster.
She enjoyed the feel of Weiss' dress, although she really hated the feeling of the long hair on her back; Ruby admitted that it perhaps bothered her more than it should, but still, she longed for her old body back with the familiar black leggings and the feel of her cloak rippling in the wind as she walked.
Soon enough, the four teammates had made it to the doors of Ozpin's office. They all looked at each other, and Ruby nodded. She took a deep breath, and opened the doors.
Inside, Professor Ozpin was leaned back in his chair, sipping tea, while Glinda Goodwitch spoke of something quietly. As Team RWBY approached, Goodwitch turned around, and upon seeing them, abruptly stopped talking.
"Ah, girls," she said, perhaps slightly too fast. "Were you looking for Ozpin?"
All four nodded.
"Well," Goodwitch said with a hint of worry in her voice. "I'll be on my way. And Ozpin-" She turned to the headmaster once more. "'We'll talk more later."
With that, Glinda Goodwitch strutted quickly out the door, closing it behind her.
"Wonder what that was all about," Yang stated aloud. Blake shrugged.
"Uh, Professor Ozpin?" Ruby said, in Weiss' voice. "We... need to tell you something important."
Ozpin put his flowery teacup down on a matching saucer, and looked into Ruby's eyes, squinting a little. Blake internally smiled, realizing that Ozpin had already picked up on something being different about Weiss' usual mannerisms. Nothing got past him.
"Tell me then, Ruby."
"Well, I- Wait, what?"
Ozpin smiled. "You're Ruby Rose, aren't you? And Weiss Schnee is over there." He stabbed a finger in the direction of Ruby's body. "How is it that you two came into possession of one another's bodies?"
Weiss gaped at him. He was able to tell what had happened, and so quickly. Ozpin really was impressive.
Ruby went on to explain what had happened that morning, about thinking that they were the other, but something felt off. Ozpin quietly sipped his tea and listened attentively to the entire story, and by the end of it, he was at the bottom of his glass.
"Well now, that is an ordeal," Ozpin said, placing his cup down. "Could it perhaps have something to do with where you went last night?"
The four teammates looked at each other. Last night? Yang thought long and hard about it. ...No, they hadn't been anywhere last night. They finished studying and went to bed. But... Now that she thought about it, it felt wrong. Yang couldn't remember any specific conversations she had with her friends, or anything of interest. Was it possible that her head had also been messed with?
"I don't remember anything like that, professor," Yang said, shaking her head. "Did we go out?"
"As a matter of fact, yes," Ozpin said, clicking a few keys on his desk and bringing up a security feed. On it was a recording of the front gates to Beacon the night before, with the timestamp reading 4:47 PM.
Ozpin pressed the play button and, plain as day, the four members of Team RWBY were seen running out of Beacon, with Ruby in the lead, and Weiss, Blake and Yang bringing up the rear.
"But... That's not possible!" Blake said with wide eyes. "We never did any of that!" She looked at the other three, and saw Ruby and Weiss nod in agreement. Yang, however, was staring at the ground.
"Wait, wait... I remember that!"
Everyone looked at Yang with anticipation.
"When we left the front gates, and just after it!"
(CHAPTER BREAK)
ON THE NIGHT NO ONE REMEMBERS, BEACON, THURSDAY, 4:44 PM
"Hurry up, Yang!" Ruby called from the other room. "We need to go now!"
"I hear ya, sis!" Yang called back, running a brush through her hair. She sighed, giving up on trying to make herself look good in such a short amount of time. No matter, her hair would probably just get messed up again on the bike anyway.
Yang hurried out the bathroom door and saw Ruby, hopping from one foot to another with childish impatience. "Let's go, now!"
"Right!" Yang nodded.
Yang hurried down the stairs as quick as her feet could take her with Ruby right by her side, and she appreciated that Ruby didn't use her Semblance to burst ahead. The sisters quickly burst their way out of the main exit, and saw Weiss and Blake sitting on a bench. They jumped to their feet and began walking alongside them.
"So, what's the plan?" Blake asked as they sped down Beacon's pathway.
"One person can hop on my motorbike with me," Yang smiled. "But I'm not sure about the other two."
"I can run there," Ruby suggested. "And I might be able to carry someone along."
"Maybe," Yang shrugged, "But you'd be exhausted. You and Blake have the best stamina for running so I suggest you two run there at a normal pace. Weiss and I can go on motorbike."
Weiss huffed. "I have to cling on to you? Great, well, don't get us killed."
Yang winked at her. "Don't worry, I've driven that thing for miles. My baby'll get us there in one piece."
Blake cut in. "We all know where to meet, right?"
Everyone nodded.
"Good. We'll see you there, then."
The team was approaching the gate, they all wished each other good luck. As soon as they had left Beacon's grounds, Ruby and Blake we're seen heading up the street as Yang and Weiss sped by quickly on Yang's bike.
"Can't you make this thing go SLOWER?!" Weiss yelled over the roar of the engine.
"No can do, Weiss, we have to hurry there."
Yang noticed that Weiss looked like she was going to be sick, so she slowed down a very slight amount, but that's all the speed she would sacrifice.
The bike sped past several cards and small shops for several minutes, until they had reached downtown Vale. It was Thursday, so there wasn't too much foot traffic, however cars flooded the streets, as it was rush hour, and everyone was getting off work.
Yang cursed under her breath and decided some traffic laws would have to be broken. She angled the bike onto the sidewalk and sped within inches of an ice cream stand. However, Yang failed to see a child up the block until that moment, and cursing once again, she turned into the building on her left making Weiss scream. It looked as if the bike would crash into the wall, but Yang maneuvered the front wheel to the bike hit the wall at a ninety degree angle.
"Weiss!" Yang called. "Make a glyph and launched us upward!"
At first it looked as if Weiss would not comply; but in the end, she reluctantly drew the white glyph, and the duo launched.
The motorbike was shot like a bullet through the crisp evening air, with Weiss screaming, and Yang laughing. The bike seemed to almost drive up the five story building, it's wheels turning against the apartment complex's brick exterior. The bike then lurched forward as they ran out of wall, and they fell onto the roof of the building.
Yang grinned and revved the engine once more.
Weiss squeezed onto Yang's stomach even harder. "You're not seriously going to- AAAAHHHHHH!"
Yang continued to expertly handle the motorbike, this time across the rooftops. She jumped a few small alleyways and then, seeing that the streets were clearer, she drove off the top of the building. Weiss screamed once again, but Yang made sure the land was nothing more than a small bump, expertly maneuvering the bike back onto asphalt. She then parked next to a building with a bright neon sign blaring into her eyes.
"Weiss, we're here," Yang said happily, getting off her transportation.
Weiss was also off the bike, but she stood behind Yang, still clutching her stomach. Yang coughed, and Weiss finally opened her eyes. Upon realizing she was standing on the firm ground and the few people out walking in the area, she immediately let go, blushing.
"Let's never talk about how I acted on that bike," Weiss said with seriousness
"Sure, sure," Yang said, barely registering what Weiss had said. She was too busy reading the sign in front of her.
In big, red neon lights, the sign at the top of the shop read 'Fred's', and it had a tag line that read 'For all things weapons, Fred's your man!'. However, the signed was dented with a few bullet holes, and the shop's front window had been shattered, and there was some police tape surrounding it.
"This must be the place," Yang grimaced. "C'mon, Weiss. We've got some investigating to do."
A/N: Motorbike shenanigans! I've never written a scene like that before, but I hope that was passable!
I'd love to hear some theories about what you guys think is going on btw, I've already fleshed out the whole story and what's gonna happen on a Word document, but I still wanna see what you guys think! :D
See you next time!
