AN: Normally, I would wait until Sunday to release this, but given that we got confirmation that RWBY VOLUME 3 IS BEING RELEASED ON OCTOBER 24TH ON THE ROOSTERTEETH WEBSITE!, then I decided that I needed to say something about how awesome this is and how extremely excited I am to get back to watching RWBY again! Holy crap the hype is beyond real right now, and my day has just gotten so much better!
Anyway, here's the latest chapter, and as an added bonus, I'll still release a chapter on Sunday, so you get double the chapters within a few days time!
*begins to run around in circles screaming like a banshee due to vol. 3 release date*
Pyrrha sat up at her desk in her room, her headphones in to drown out the sounds of her parents in yet another argument. It helped when she wanted to work on other stuff since the music she would be listening to was enough to mostly draw her into her own little world where she could focus on the work she was doing. She was thankful for the music, it seemed like this argument was one of the worst that her parents were having in a long time.
She chose to ignore it in favor of the writing she was doing. Pyrrha's dream was to become a professional writer, and she was currently working on a long novel series that had taken the better part of a few years to reach the point where it was at. She worked hard on it, devoting much of her free time to writing, plotting out details for her story, revising portions that she previously worked on, and then doing it all over again.
It wasn't something that she was working on chronologically, some events she worked on before others, simply because she had decided to plot out a general idea of where the story was going to go, and knew where the parts she worked on would fit into the story.
"How do we find your stealth drive?" Pyrrha's Ghost asked over the comm relay.
"There's a bridge from the tower to the ship," Cayde replied as the door to the elevator opened up. "Took me days to get it working and it's a little unstable so watch your step."
Pyrrha walked over to where Cayde was referring to, only to look out and see that the bridge in question, wasn't where it should be, and that the distance down to the ground was much higher than she had originally thought it was. 'A little unstable? It's no wonder you sent me here in your stead, you don't want to get yourself killed if you fall,' she thought to herself and shook her head.
"Cayde, someone moved the bridge, destroyed the controls," Her ghost spoke up again.
"Yeah, that's the Fallen," Cayde surmised. "Probably trying to keep the Taken off their backs. See if you can reroute the power."
Pyrrha just shook her head and looked towards her ghost, hoping that he would come up with a plan that they could go with.
"Any ideas?" Pyrrha asked.
"Well, there's still an active feed moving through those pipes up overhead," He replied. "Pyrrha, if you find the source I can patch the circuit."
"Just gotta go up huh."
"That would be the case."
Pyrrha turned around and walked around the elevator until she saw a flight of stairs that went upwards. It wouldn't get her up all the way, but it was a start, and the closer to the top she got, the better off she would be.
"Once you get the bridge working, my stash is in the ball on top of the colony ship," Cayde mentioned.
Pyrrha took that moment to speak with Cayde herself this time. "We're still waiting for details on this plan of yours, Cayde."
"Yeah, uh give me a second, Pyrrha," Cayde quickly spit out before getting off the comm. It didn't do anything to help Pyrrha's confidence with this plan of his.
Pyrrha was so into the details of what she was writing, she nearly missed her phone go off. Briefly diverting her attention, she noticed that it was Ruby trying to call her. Pyrrha stopped the music that was playing and pulled the headphones off of her ears before answering Ruby's call.
"Hey Ruby, can you give me a second?" Pyrrha asked as she walked towards her window.
"Um, sure," Ruby replied.
Once Pyrrha heard Ruby's reply, she opened up her window and climbed out of it. Her window was right above the back porch roof and when she was on the phone, often times she was outside sitting on the roof so she could have some privacy.
"Sorry about that, it's kinda loud in my house right now," Pyrrha said. Technically it was true, but she wasn't going to include the details on why it's loud in the first place.
"Oh, well anyway, Yang and I were gonna be going out to the movies tomorrow after school with the gang and wanted to see if you were coming with us," Ruby said. "I'm sure you would have a great time with it, plus we're getting food afterwards."
Pyrrha had to take a moment to think about what it was that she was just asked. Ruby asked her to go out to the movies with all of their friends. Most people would go and ask their parents about it, but given Pyrrha's family situation, she wasn't entirely inclined to mention this to them at all. Truth be told, her parents probably wouldn't care either way, nor would they notice that she was out of the house.
"Sure, I'll join you guys," Pyrrha said, feeling more than eager to get out of her house. "What's the movie?"
"Yang says that a theatre local to us is playing a movie called Straight Outta Compton, or something like that," Ruby replied.
In an instant, Pyrrha knew that Ruby probably wasn't old enough to see the movie. "You do know that movie is extremely vulgar right?"
"Yang tells me it's a movie about the N.W.A., and that got me pretty excited to see it," Ruby replied.
"Yeah but-" The fact that Ruby knew about who the N.W.A. was became Pyrrha's next point of curiosity. "Wait, how do you know about the N.W.A.?"
"Yang's played their music before when we drive to school, I've heard enough of their music to get that it isn't something kids can't watch."
Pyrrha was having a really hard time understanding both Ruby and Yang's logic regarding the music selection, and their defense of why they listen to it together. Regardless, Pyrrha decided it was best if she didn't stress out over it. "Anyway, let Yang know that I'll be joining you guys tomorrow."
"Alright, sounds great!" Ruby replied. "I gotta go, see you tomorrow Pyrrha!"
"See ya, Ruby," Pyrrha answered before climbing back into the window and returning to the work that was in front of her.
By the time Pyrrha woke up the next day, she knew that it wasn't going to end well for her. For starters, she woke up much later than she usually did, and that meant she had to rush to get out the door. More than likely, she would have to skip out on a few things she normally did in the mornings just so she could get out within a reasonable amount of time.
Because of that, Pyrrha decided to run to school instead of walk like she normally would. Grabbing her normal jogging outfit, she threw it on, and threw a separate change of clothes into her bag so that she could change out of them when she was at the school. Once she was changed, she quickly moved down to the kitchen and grabbed some food for her to have at lunch, before making a hastily made sandwich for her father. Once she was done, she pulled out a sticky note so she could leave her father a message.
-Sorry that it's not as good as usual, was late getting out the door today. -Pyrrha-
She then stuck the note onto the plate the sandwich was on and then threw it into the fridge. By the time she closed the fridge, she noticed her mother was walking into the kitchen.
"Young lady do you have any idea how early it is right now?" Her mother chastised.
"Sorry, but I'm running late right now, else I would've been quieter," Pyrrha answered.
"I don't give a shit if you're late or not, you woke me up earlier than I normally would," Her mother rebuked. "And what is that that you're wearing right now? Running out to meet your John before going to school?"
At that, Pyrrha decided her time staying there that moment was up. "Leaving mom."
Not even waiting to hear an answer in return, Pyrrha walked out the door, slammed it shut and then began to jog down the pathway to the road before jogging down the road to the school itself. All the while, she could hear her mother shouting at her in the background.
Stopping at an intersection once she was far enough away from her house, Pyrrha did a quick check to make sure she had everything she needed, before pulling her music out and throwing it on so she could drown out the world around her. When she originally thought that her day wasn't going to go well, she just knew something like that would happen, and low and behold, her feelings certainly didn't disappoint.
Despite how early she got up, Pyrrha still made it to the school with enough time to get changed before class started. Her jog had helped her calm down tremendously, but she could still feel herself being in a not-natural-for-Pyrrha mood today. 'Just gotta get through the day, and hopefully no one really eggs me on today, because I'm really not in the mood for anything right now.'
As she was making her way across the parking lot, she noticed that Yang and Ruby had climbed out of their car. She promptly jogged over to the two of them so that she could say hello to the sisters.
"Morning guys," Pyrrha said as she approached Yang's car so she could grab their attention.
"Morning Pyrrha," Ruby replied, giving Pyrrha a hug, like she normally did. "Jeez, did you run here?"
Pyrrha's face turned red when she heard Ruby's remark. "I'm not that sweaty, am I?"
"No, but you do look like you were just jogging, especially with how red your face is right now," Yang cut in.
'So this is how she's gonna be today? Great, just what I needed,' Pyrrha thought to herself. She knew Yang well enough by now to know she had a few different moods that she kept towards. Either she was her normal cheery and fun self, frustrated and in a fighting mood, or she was an extreme tease, flirt, jokester, etc. Clearly she was in the last mood right now, and Pyrrha knew it the moment Yang opened her mouth.
"Yeah, we'll I was running late today, so I figured a jog would help me get here on time," Pyrrha said. Surprising to everyone, Pyrrha included, she opened the door to the back seat and climbed in. "You two, stand guard." Pyrrha pointed at both Ruby and Yang, who knew instantly what was going on.
Yang and Ruby stood on either side of the car, blocking the window from the view of people passing by. Pyrrha swiftly pulled her spare clothes out of the bag, and laid them out on the seat next to her. Once she was ready, she pulled her shirt off and was about to put her clean one on.
"Nice tits Pyrrha," Yang remarked, startling Pyrrha and forcing the girl to cover her chest while her face went extremely red. "You think we're the same size now, or are yours still a little smaller than mine?"
Pyrrha didn't notice, but Ruby's face was as red as Pyrrha's was. Pyrrha shot Yang a glare she rarely ever used, one that Yang knew meant that she needed to shut up. Pyrrha rarely got mad, so when she did, it was certainly noticeable, and more often than not, Yang was probably the one person who saw her mad the most, and caused it on more than one occasion.
"Right, didn't realize you were in a bad mood," Yang replied. "Sorry for embarrassing you."
Knowing that Yang was telling the truth, Pyrrha sighed before continuing to get changed. "It's fine, Yang, I would just appreciate it if you laid off with teasing me today, alright?"
"Sure," Yang answered.
A few minutes later, Pyrrha was ready to head into the school. "Alright, let's get this day over with," Pyrrha mentioned. "I'm ready to enjoy whatever it is you have planned tonight." Before she could think of anything else, Pyrrha remembered something that Ruby told her last night. "By the way, Yang, you are a terrible sister."
"W-wha…what did I do?" Yang sputtered.
"You know Ruby's too young to be listening to N.W.A. and yet I hear that you're playing it for her on your drives to school?"
"She wanted to listen to them though," Yang answered. "I was just indulging her ever abundant curiosity."
With Pyrrha's interrogation deflected towards Ruby, the girl in question suddenly felt herself shrink under Pyrrha's gaze.
"Ruby, this type of music, with the stuff that they say in it, you're too young to be listening to this," Pyrrha said. "Obviously I can't stop you from listening to them, but please don't use the vocabulary that they use, or get any stupid ideas in your head from this, ok?"
"I promise," Ruby replied.
With that, Pyrrha gave a faint smile, and pulled Ruby into an one-armed hug. "Glad to hear it. Anyway, I gotta get to class, I'll see you two later today." Waving goodbye, Pyrrha turned away from them and walked to where her next class was going to be.
'This is gonna be a long day.'
AN: Anyway, hope you guys enjoyed reading this, and remember, tune in this Sunday for the latest chapter in the story thus far!