Author's Note: So I am planning on updating my story every Tuesday and Friday. I have a backlog of the story written that needs to be fleshed out and polished up.

I would like to thank Zelindsay and XenonRaumzeit for helping me with the editing. They did alot of work cleaning up my endless grammatical and tense errors and smacking me when I tried to rush scenes.

To my four awesome followers. You have already made this endeavor worthwhile. ChaosMarauder, big thumbs up to you! I'd give you my love but Zelindsay already took it.

Present Day

Ruby groaned as she came to and kept her eyes firmly shut. It was quiet; no Grimm snarls, no weapon impacts, no gunshots. Dread started to spread through her body as she still felt chilled, the shadow was still there. Ruby's head was still swimming, she tried to focus and remember the significance of the shadow. Focusing her mind on her body she determined that nothing was broken, but her whole body was in pain. Through her mental haze she reasoned that her prone position could not be a good thing and she couldn't feel the weight of Crescent Rose in its holster. As her head started to clear Ruby remembered that her weapon had been knocked away from her. She started gathering her strength to summon one of her glass blades when she heard a scuffing noise against the ground. As the shadow receded, Ruby realized she recognized the sound, human footsteps! Trying to stop her head from spinning, Ruby slowly fought herself to her knees, almost overcome by a wave of nausea, and opened her eyes; no one was there. All she could do was scream, the shadow was gone. Before she passed out again, she wished the shadow would come back.

Six Months Ago

Weiss sat at her desk and remained quiet. After Ruby had chided her about the outcome of the duel between Qrow and Winter she did not feel like joining in with the conversations that the rest of her teammates were conducting. She turned her focus to her desktop and inspected the new revolver that was laying on top of it for damage. While she had faith in Myrtenaster, it was only because she had used it for years in battle and it had never been damaged. This gun was a handmade, one-of-a-kind piece, that only had been tested a few times in a proper combat scenario. It had performed its job wonderfully, capable of cracking through even some of the toughest Grimm armor. Since it fired off of the bottom cylinder, not only could she keep the gun steady despite the larger caliber of the weapon, but the kickback also recocked the hammer, allowing it to be fired in rapid succession. It provided the long range stopping power that she has lacked for so long.

Weiss thought back to when she first held the gun. Ruby had presented the revolver to her as a gift, supposedly a thank you for the help Weiss had provided her team leader with the construction of the new bracers. The silver-haired girl sighed. After the original inspection of the gun, she was able to determine the time and effort that went into making the piece far surpassed the amount of time the the small girl could have put into engineering it since the bracers had been crafted. Ruby had to have been working on this weapon for some time now, maybe even before their second school term had ended. She blushed slightly at the thought that her leader would spend so much time and effort for her. Weiss looked up, making sure her teammates were not watching her, trying to quickly remove the flush in her face. No one had ever put the time in for her, no one in her family, not even her sister Winter. It was easy to simply purchase something, to try to buy one's affections with gifts easily obtained by those with money.

Speaking of family, Weiss glanced at her teammates again. Both Ruby and Yang seemed to be absolutely bubbling over with happiness, something she simply could not understand. Not the happiness part, Weiss had been incomprehensibly happy when Ruby had presented the her with the revolver, embarrassingly happy, and she was never able to properly thank the brunette girl with words. She tried to use the revolver whenever Ruby was present, and she had caught the craftsman smiling a few times on the battlefield after hearing the gun go off. No, what Weiss did not understand was how excited Yang and Ruby were at the thought of meeting back up with their father. Since Weiss' last meeting with her sister, coupled with the words of encouragement Winter had left her with, her relationship with her father had become even more strained. Maybe this would be her best chance at seeing a healthy relationship between a father and his children. A knock at the door interrupted Weiss' train of thought.

Blake got up to open the door, in the hallway stood an Atlesian soldier.

"Its time." the soldier stated, "I am here to bring you to your deployment area."

Weiss and her team grabbed their gear and stepped out into the hallway to meet with the soldier. Team JNPR was already waiting for them out in the hallway. Not all of team JNPR, Pyrrha was not present, and out behind Juane stepped a small girl.

"Penny!?" She heard Ruby exclaim.

Penny eagerly stepped forward and and hugged Ruby, lifting the brunette slightly off of the ground.

"What're you doing here? Where's Pyrrha?" Ruby struggled to continue speaking through the constricting hug of the other gir.

The orange-haired girl set her friend down gently and stepped back,

"Oh…." she trailed off, "I am not sure, I was asked by General Ironwood to assist Jaune and his team"

Weiss looked to Jaune and saw Ruby doing the same thing out of the corner of her eye. Jaune gave a defeated look and a deep sigh.

"We were told that Pyrrha would be receiving training directly from Ozpin. We weren't allowed to see her or talk to her at all. A few days later, a soldier came to collect her stuff and told us that Penny would be filling in for Pyrrha for the time being." Jaune said quietly while maintaining a slightly slumped posture. "They are keeping us in the dark, I just hope Pyrrha is ok."

"Well, it's good to see you Penny." Leave it to Ruby to try to change the subject to cheer people.

"Thank you Ruby my friend!" Penny replied with her normal amount of energy.

Penny's response did not come to any surprise to Weiss at all. The awkward girl always seemed to take extra time and energy to call Ruby her friend. Penny had told them some time ago that before meeting Ruby she had no friends. In retrospect, it made Weiss feel bad about the first encounters she had with the girl, but she was slowly getting used to the perky girl's attitude; it took a lot of energy but was tolerable. Now that Weiss thought of it, Ruby seemed to be very good at collecting those without friends; Penny, Blake, Jaune, and even herself. Even though she treated Ruby in such a condescending manner when they first met, Ruby still persisted on being her friend. No matter how hard Weiss tried to push her young partner away, Ruby always came back, tried to make her feel wanted and actually feel loved by someone.

"Time to go." the soldier interrupted Weiss' internal musings.

She sighed and looked at her revolver again.

Osiria, that is what I will call it, Weiss thought, and I will make sure Ruby's friendship will not go unrepaid.

Another note. February 1st is around the corner. Monty Oum and RWBY inspired me to start writing. So for that day I will be releasing two additional chapters before sticking to my planned release schedule; that will be four chapters next week.

The present parts are short right now, but they should be getting longer.

Did everyone see Ironwood's pistol? I think Roosterteeth is stealing my ideas while I sleep.