Hey guys! Thanks for the overwhelming support of my first chapter so here's another one! Feel free to comment on anything, all constructive criticism is welcomed! Thank you and enjoy! :3
Red Snow Chapter 2
The door of the airship slid open with a distinct thud. Ruby peered out the opening to see miles of snowy forest. Looking down she saw a small village. The buildings were plane wooden huts with plumes of smoke climbing out of the chimneys. It would be picturesque if not for the fact that surrounding the town were huge dingy stone walls.
As the ship circled the town looking for a landing spot, Ruby noticed a hasty patch job on one of the walls. Snow scattered when they landed and only settled when the ship took off again. The nearby villagers gathered around the new arrivals. They saw two small girls cling to a larger one for warmth.
"Don't you have a cloak?! And shouldn't you be used to this?!" Yang asked while peeling Weiss and Ruby off of her. Weiss only grunted in response and Ruby was looking around franticly.
"Where's Blake?"
At that moment Blake peeked her head out from Yang's mane of hair. Her cat ears flattened and she gave an annoyed scowl to the others before burrowing back into Yang's hair.
"Well that takes care of that" Ruby mumbled.
An elderly man hesitantly approached the four girls. He asked if they were here to help and kill Stor. Ruby talked to the man for a few minutes before returning back to the group and pulled the others into a loose huddle.
"They need our help in repairing the wall and houses. So, Yang, you stay here and help in any way possible and defend the village from anymore attacks. Blake you need to stay with her in case they attack at night" Yang smiled, pounding her fists together while Blake only nodded.
Ruby shifted her gaze to Weiss who looked semi-stunned at the amount of planning Ruby did in such a short time.
"Weiss you know this area best, so both of us will hunt down the Beowolf" Weiss could only squeak out an okay is response.
Yang seemed to pick up on her little sister's relationship with her partner almost instantly. Before leaving The Brawler gave her a swift punch to the shoulder and a snide wink. This provoked a flustered response from the sniper, swatting her away. The elderly man with whom they talked to before approached the two girls before they left. The stone gate was closing between them as the old man shouted.
"Thank you for being the first ones to respond!" The gate slammed shut before either of them could process what was said. Both girls looked at each other with the same question on their lips.
"Didn't Ozpin say that Atlas troops already tried?"
They decided to leave that question off for another day and continued on the path to find the Beowolf. After a few hours of hiking in defining silence they made their way to a small clearing of trees. The air was still and the only sound was snow crunching under their boots. In the center of the open area was a large rock. The pair cleared off the snow on one side and sat down for a brake. Ruby looked at her hands which began to feel numb due to the cold. Before she could shove them into her pockets, Weiss took them into her own.
"W-Weiss what are you doing?!" Ruby stammered
As to answer her question a small red glyph appeared between them. Feeling came quickly back into her hands and her skin no longer felt cold.
"Be more careful not to develop frostbite in these conditions, okay?" Her voice was a mix between scolding and worry. The same mix that Ruby always loved. Weiss curled her hands and raised an eyebrow waiting for a response.
"Oh, Uh, Thanks! I'll be more careful next time." She reclaimed her left hand, setting it on her lap and looked up, noticing small snowflakes slowly gliding down. She shifted her right hand so it was covering Weiss's left on top of the rock.
"Wow it's so pretty! Snow's kind of rare back in Vale, but it's everywhere here. This must bring back a lot of memories right Weiss?"
Weiss sighed and glanced at the wide-eyed smile on her partners face making her smile as well. She gently slipped her hand out from under Ruby's and waltzed over to the other side of the rock. She grabbed a handful of snow and began to pack it into a ball. Ruby jumped off her resting place and turned to her partner only to get a face full of snow.
"You got to be quicker than that in an Atlas snowball fight!" Weiss chuckled. Ruby huffed and grabbed her own clump of snow.
Snowballs flew across the rock at tremendous speed. Weiss got hit in the shoulder and retaliated by using one of her glyphs to send a mountain of snow at her partner.
"That's totally NOT fair!" Ruby called and sped out of the way using her own semblance. She spun on her hells and rushed at Weiss, snowball in hand.
Weiss cast one last glyph out of desperation, causing the snow between her and Ruby to turn to ice. The sniper slipped and crashed into the heiress. Weiss fell back into the snow with Ruby landing on top of her. Ruby was only inches from her partners face when she spoke.
"We really need to stop ending up in this position…"
They both giggled and hesitated moving away from each other. Ruby watched a cloud of hot breath leave Weiss's lips and delicate snowflakes decorate her ice blue eyes. Her white hair all but disappeared in the surrounding snow.
Weiss was always exquisite but this sight made Ruby feel something incredibly warm rising from her chest to the tips of her ears. Before Ruby could give into her urge to kiss her again, Weiss jumped to her feet and drew out her rapier into an alert stance.
"Did you hear that?"
