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One day. In the one day I posted this, people went nuts with the following and favoriting. I'm not complaining, but I honestly expected like three people to follow this for the first few chapters.

Well then, I am J. Van A with the next chapter of The Princess and the Rose. We get some friendly conversation, horses, grimm killing, bruatal violence, and Yang.

(Mini-Update Van: Well, it's not exactly a mini update. So, what I'm doing is changing the coins used in this story so it can change to make more sense down the line. Basically there are three different kinds of coins, copper, silver, and gold. 100 copper equals 1 silver, 100 silver equals 1 gold. Basically it's the fantasy rpg economy. Thus begins the long process of going through every chapter in order to change coin value.)

Enjoy

After getting changed into her white outfit, Weiss pulled her black cloak over her shoulders and left the room while fixing her hair. As she walked into the hallway, she saw Ruby putting on her boots.

She could tell that Ruby was wearing a simple black shirt, a red and black skirt, and black pants. She saw Weiss and smiled as she waved to the princess. Then, after tying her boots she stood up and grabbed a red cloth from the chair next to her. She pulled the red cloth onto her shoulders revealing that it was a crimson cloak, that Weiss decided that it suited her.

"So, where are these horses?" Weiss asked her walking to the door.

"Well, the stables next to the farm across the yard," Ruby said walking to the door grabbing the large scythe next to the door strapping it to her back having the back end of the shaft protruding near her shoulder.

"Why are you even taking that with you if we're just going into town?" Weiss asked as she followed Ruby to the stables.

"Grimm," Ruby said opening the doors to the stables. "It's five miles of forest surrounding the path to town. All Patch residents carry some form of a weapon on themselves when they travel to town. I even have a knife in my boot in case something happens to Crescent Rose."

"Crescent Rose?" Weiss asked walking into the stables behind Ruby heading down the hall.

"That's the name of my baby," Ruby said walking to the last stall petting the horse.

"But why Crescent Rose?" Weiss asked approaching the brown horse.

"Because… it's shaped like a crescent, and my last name is Rose," Ruby said handing the horse a carrot. "Who's a good girl, Chestnut?" she asked the horse stroking the side of its face getting a happy neigh in response. "We're going to town today, and so is one of your friends."

"You know that horse can't understand you, right?" Weiss asked her. The horse looked straight at Weiss and huffed out hair blowing her bangs back.

"Chestnut is very temperamental, so I don't think it's a good idea to be angering her," Ruby said then pet the other side of the horse's face while she rubbed her cheek against the horse's face. "Instead you should only show her love and affection."

"Ok then," Weiss said backing up slightly. "And where is a horse I can borrow."

"Uhh… I really don't know," Ruby said then walked into the stall with Chestnut. "It's probably best if you have the horse decide whether or not it likes you. You don't want a horse that will buck you off the minute you get on it. So, walk down the stalls and see which one likes you. I'm going to saddle up Chestnut."

"Alright, fine," Weiss said walking down the line of horse stalls.

The first horse was a black stallion that, as soon as Weiss tried to pet it, tried to bite her. After removing her hand quickly, she continued down the line. The second horse was a brown one similar to Chestnut, so Weiss approached it calmly. The second horse then threw its head up hitting Weiss in the chin.

Ruby snickered from the back stall. "His name is Buck. I think you can figure out why," she said placing the the saddle on Chestnut's back.

"Stupid, violent horses," Weiss said rubbing the bottom of her chin. She then walked further down the line till something caught her eye.

Approaching the stall she came up to the sight of a pure white horse with blue eyes. It then approached Weiss looking at her curiously. Weiss then stuck out her hand and approached the horse cautiously not wanting to be bit. The horse suddenly moved its head forward placing its nose under her hand having Weiss pet her.

"Snowflake?" Ruby asked approaching the two with Chestnut fully saddled up. "Really? For nearly two years you nipped at anyone who even tried to pet you, and then you pick a stranger." The horse neighed in response. "Well alright then. Weiss, saddle her up and then we can get going."

Weiss paled. "Saddle?"

"Wait, I thought you said you knew how to ride horseback?" Ruby asked her.

"Well, the horses were already saddled by the time we got there to practice," Weiss said blushing in embarrassment.

Ruby sighed. "Alright, I'll saddle up Snowflake for you, but I think that you should learn how to do this yourself," Ruby said walking to the back of the stable and started grabbing the equipment. "So, what part of Atlas do you come from?" she asked placing the horse skirt and rear housing on the horse's back.

"Why do you want to know?" Weiss asked then Chestnut nudged her back.

"Well, I did kind of save your life, bring you to safety to have your wounds cleaned, and am traveling with you while loaning you a horse," Ruby then grunted as she heaved the horse saddle onto snowflake's back.

"Fine," Weiss huffed in annoyance, "I came from Franwell… the town near the castle."

"Really?" Ruby asked, her eyes lighting up with curiosity. "What is the town like? Have you ever seen the royal family? What are they like?"

'Ok, so I guess she can't recognize a Schnee when she sees one,' Weiss thought as Ruby started tightening the straps on the saddle. "Uhh, the town is pretty fun. Every year there is a large festival where the town and most of the surrounding towns come together and have a good time. The royal family even makes an appearance, but they only stay for the parade because of potential threats," Weiss answered then mumbled, "I guess I never really went to the festival."

"Wow, I've always wanted to go, but it's always in the spring when Uncle Qrow needs my help planting the fields," Ruby said then patted the saddle. "Here you go, properly saddled, and if we hurry, we can get to town before all the good stock is gone."

After they saddled up their horses, Ruby and Weiss rode to town. The ride was pretty quiet until Ruby spotted two beowolves ahead on the road.

"Ruby!" Weiss yelled to her over the sounds of the horses.

"Yeah, I see them. Hyah!" Ruby shouted having Chestnut speed up. "Weiss, hang back a bit."

"Alright," Weiss said pulling on the reins causing Snowflake to slow down a bit.

"Ok Chestnut, just like we practiced," Ruby said petting the horse's neck as she slowly stood up on the saddle. "Weiss, let go of the reins."

"What are you doing?!" Weiss shouted as she watched Ruby pull her scythe off her back then let go of the reins.

"Pest control," Ruby said then jumped to the right off the horse's back spinning her body. The scythe cut through the first beowolf, then she managed to spin again cleanly cutting through the other beowolf. After cutting through the second one, Ruby stopped spinning her body and immediately landed on the saddle of Snowflake pushing Weiss back slightly. "That was cool."

"What were you thinking?" Weiss shrieked at her as Ruby grabbed the reins having Snowflake speed up next to Chestnut.

"I just was trying to kill the grimm and make sure they didn't follow us into town," Ruby said then jumped onto Chestnut's back. She then pointed ahead. "Speaking of town."

Ahead on the road was a somewhat large village complete with taverns, shops, regular houses, and Fort Signal, the place where all the people of Patch go once they are twelve years old to learn to fight grimm well enough for survival. Riding into the town, Ruby and Weiss made their way to the town stables and tied up their horses. After leaving the town stables, they made their way into the market square.

"So, where is your father's blacksmith shop?" Weiss asked Ruby as she pulled out her coin purse and began shopping for groceries.

"It's pretty easy to find. You just need to look for the smoke," Ruby said putting several apples in a bag then paying the stall owner several copper pieces. "I can bring you there after I'm done shopping."

"I think it would be best to do this now," Weiss said as Ruby walked over to the butcher stand and began looking at the meat.

"Well, I'm a tad bit hungry, and after looking at this food, I could probably go for some food," Ruby said practically ignoring Weiss. "And I saw that you didn't anything this morning, so if you want, you can go to the local tavern and get lunch."

As soon as Weiss was about to retort, she suddenly felt her stomach slightly grumble. "Fine," she sighed.

"Great," Ruby said then handed Weiss ten silver coins, "Tell the owner to prepare Ruby's usual and Yang's because that's her favorite place to eat. Also, knowing her, she didn't bring any money to pay for anything."

"Aright," Weiss said taking the silver as Ruby paid for the meat she purchased then skipped into the market place. She then came to a sudden realization. "I don't know where the tavern is."

Weiss then started to wander around the area sticking close to the market. After wandering she began to hear music playing nearby. Taking her best guess, she walked toward it. Then she saw the sign outside the door with two tankards over a beowolf. Figuring it was the place Ruby was talking about, Weiss entered the building.

Weiss immediately saw that there was several wooden tables around the sides of the building surrounding a center fireplace. Then she looked up and saw that the tavern was about three stories tall having rooms on the third floor and more tables on the second. On the back wall there was a simple bar in front of several large barrels of mead. She also noticed that the bar was pretty full of people.

Weiss then decided that she was going to find Ruby's sister Yang. Going off of what she knew Ruby looked like, Weiss was searching for a woman with black hair with red tips and silver eyes. After scanning the tavern, she gave up and made her way to the bar and sat down on a stool next to a tall blonde woman with long hair. She was waiting for the barkeep to come over and take her order when the woman next to her started having a heated conversation with the man next to her.

"Hey come on, why are you going into an apprenticeship?" the man, clearly having had too many drinks, asked the blonde woman. "What you really should, hic, should do is find yourself a husband and raise some kids. I mean, you do have a very mother-like figure."

The blonde woman sighed in annoyance. "If this is how you try to woo a woman, it is no surprise that you're thirty and single," the blonde woman said causing Weiss to chuckle.

"I'm not trying to woo you, if I was," he said then gently placed a lock of her hair in his hand and ran his thumb over it, "I would compare your hair to the-"

"Don't touch my hair," the woman said clenching her fist. Then, without warning, she punched the man having him let go of her hair. Then she grabbed his hand and broke it before throwing him onto the bar before repeatedly punching him in the face. She continued to punch him until his face was swollen, some of his teeth broke off, and blood was coming out of his nose. "Just don't."

"Goddamn it Xiao Long!" the barkeep suddenly shouted at her causing the woman and Weiss to jump suddenly. "You can't just keep beating up people!"

"He was touching me," she defended herself as the barkeep leaned in and glared at her.

"That doesn't change the fact you beat his face in."

"I didn't break any of your furniture. So I don't really understand why you're getting mad. Just throw him out back like you do with the other drunks," she said then smirked. "You owe me."

He paused for a few seconds before growling in frustration. "Fine, but this time we're even."

"Not even close. By my count I still have thirty more favors left," she said as the barkeep picked up the unconscious drunk and began carrying him out the back door.

"Wait… Xiao Long," Weiss said out loud catching the woman's attention causing her to look over at Weiss locking her lilac eyes with Weiss's blue. "Are you Yang Xiao Long."

"The one and only," Yang said giving Weiss a thumbs up. "I'm sorry, but I don't do autographs."

"Why would I want an autograph?" Weiss asked her causing the blonde's smile to drop.

"Right, right, first rule of fight club," Yang mumbled before she looked back up at Weiss. "So, were you looking for me?"

"Uhh, yeah, Ruby sent me here to buy you and her lunch-"

"Wait!" Yang shouted suddenly darting her hand to her waist, then to her different pockets and suddenly paled. "I forgot my money. Ruby really is the best sister ever!" Yang exclaimed as the barkeep walked back up to the bar. "Carl! Get me the usual, and Ruby's too!"

"Alright fine, and do you want anything, miss?" he asked looking over to Weiss who was mentally counting the money she had left in her purse after the trip from Atlas to Vale, to Patch.

"Uhh, I'll have the same as Ruby's special," she said guessing that it wouldn't be that bad if Ruby ate it.

"Coming right up," the barkeep said then walked to the kitchens.

"So," Yang said turning to Weiss, "How do you know my little sister?"

"Well," Weiss chuckled, "it's a funny story actually."

And that was the day Weiss met the woman who will give her so many headaches.

I did write this up earlier than I would normally do it because, jeez, I did not expect the RWBY White Rose group to act that fast.

So, I've decided to add horses into this story because, they are going to need them in the future. So I tried to think of the best horses for Ruby and Weiss. Ruby gets the sweet horse that she's known for years, and Weiss gets the horse that was completely stubborn until it met the right match.

I did forget to mention this in the previous chapter, so let me talk for a bit. With this story being about the medieval age, I will include a lot of bits of the feudal system, and that included serfs. Serfs are workers who are bound to the land to work, which in this story are basically faunus. I may have the faunus be similar to serfs, but not exactly. The White Fang obviously doesn't like that the faunus are being treated a lot like slaves, but not really since they have a lot of freedoms.

Anyway, tell me what you thought in the reviews (because two chapters might give you a better opinion on the story)

Till the next chapter,

-J. Van A