If you guys noticed, I'm really bad at writing stories where the main characters are kids. Please bear with me. I'm sorry! *says using Prryha's tone*
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Chapter 2: Best Day Ever
Weiss woke up really early in the morning the second day, eager to meet a certain blonde and continue their adventure near the cave yesterday. She gulped down breakfast and asked her driver to get her to Dragon Tears Forest and the man happily obliged.
He had been working as a driver for the Schnee family for almost five years and the heiress had never been smiling this much. He knew loneliness haunted her day and night because her parents couldn't be with her all the time – they were too busy with the company as it was expanding like there's no tomorrow. So when the man, George was his name, saw the girl's face yesterday night when she had returned from her little adventure, he didn't even doubt that the girl would once again asked him to drive her to that forest.
He was certain that she met someone there too. Growing up as the heiress of the richest company in the world didn't do much for her to have true friends. Children of business partners met with her sometimes yes, but George knew their relationship was merely…well, beneficial; unlike those genuine friendship you rarely saw out there where people really care for each other.
"We're here, Miss Schnee." The driver said as the car came to a halt just in front of the entrance to the forest.
"Thank you ." Weiss said, "I'll call you when I'm done!"
"Of course, Miss Schnee. Be safe!" George smiled.
The heiress happily skipped to the entrance of the path to the cave and saw Topaz sitting there; he was obviously waiting for her to guide her through the forest which was totally a maze to the heiress.
"Hello Topaz. Thank you for waiting here!" Weiss exclaimed as she patted the dog's head, earning a cheerful bark from him. He then lifted his head, revealing a crumpled sheet of paper that was stuffed inside his red leather collar.
Weiss knew who wrote the message for her without even had to guess, judging by the fact that the cheerful blonde wasn't around with her 'family'. On the paper was some messy handwriting that wrote 'You go on ahead with Topaz, I have to collect muney from VSBC. See ya later there!'
She chuckled at Yang's misspelled of 'money' and turned to Topaz, "I guess she has to study harder."
"Ruff!" The dog barked as if he was agreeing to her.
"Well, let's get going. Please lead the way you cutie!" Weiss said as the golden retriever stood up and walked slowly towards a particular direction while wagging his tail.
It didn't take long for them to reach that cave. But what had surprised the heiress was a figure that was too small to be Yang sitting inside it on some rocks; she was hugging her knees to her chest, making it difficult for Weiss to take a good look at this newcomer.
Topaz wanted to walk to the figure but Weiss had put her hand in front of him, stopping him from going any further.
"Stay here Topaz. I'll go."
Topaz whined and the heiress was rather surprised that she could understand what the dog had told her.
"It's okay boy. It's a little girl like myself and she's small. I'll be fine."
Topaz sat down as she girl patted his head and whispered 'good boy' before making her way to that figure. As she got closer, she could her faint sobbing and immediately she froze. Whoever that little girl was, she was crying alone inside a cave and Weiss knew it wouldn't be good if someone was doing that.
"Excuse me?" She said, startling the girl as she jumped a little bit.
Weiss could see her look clearer now – this girl had black long hair that was just a little shorter than her own and it wasn't tied up into a ponytail like hers; her eyes were golden and somewhat watery, probably from the crying just now. She wore a white T-shirt and a black short along with a pair of slippers of both colors. She also wore a black ribbon on top of her head.
"Are you alright?" The heiress said as she stood still, having a little distance from the raven-haired girl. She didn't want to make her more upset than she was already.
"I…I'm fine." The other girl said as she wiped her eyes with her hands.
Weiss slid her hand inside her pocket and realized her handkerchief wasn't there. She clenched her fist, remembering the fact that she'd given it to Yang and she had forgotten to get a new one from the maid before departing.
"I'm Weiss." She said after making a decision to just sit beside her on another rock, "What is your name?"
The girl hesitated for a while before replying her, "I…I'm Blake."
"Is there anything I can do?" Weiss frowned.
"It's fine…Weiss." Blake looked away from the heiress, trying to avoid having eye contact with her.
"Umm…" Weiss twitched her fingers, trying hard to come up with a topic. Her eyes brightened up when she saw a certain golden retriever sitting outside the cave, "Oh Blake, I know! Topaz will make you feel better!"
"Topaz?" Blake questioned.
Weiss beckoned the dog and the latter happily obliged, skipping to her.
Blake saw as the big dog getting nearer and nearer to her and she was absolutely terrified. For certain reason she was dead afraid of dogs – and the one that was coming to her was not a small one.
She jumped and hugged the heiress out of reflex, causing Topaz to come to a halt, sensing the insecurity and fear that the black haired girl emitted.
"Blake? Are you afraid of dogs? I'm really sorry!" Weiss said, hugging back the poor girl.
And immediately she felt warmth from the embrace – a feeling that she longed for; a feeling that she hadn't experience since two months ago when her parents came back to visit her. Sure, they love her so much and wanted her to have the best things in her life; her clothes, toys, education and so on were all the best of the best. But, her parents didn't know what she really wanted – just to spend time with each other or a simple hug would make Weiss' day.
And Blake smelled like alcohol. She knew this smell too well; she'd seen her parents drinking wine and occasionally some strong alcohol in cold days to warm themselves up.
Concerned, she released Blake and motioned Topaz to come to her side instead. The dog just sat down on the ground as far as possible from Blake but not too far from the heiress.
"Blake, what is wrong? Are you drinking?" She asked – the heiress knew alcohol was supposed to be an adult thing.
"No…it's…" Blake squirmed, her eyes once again watery.
"Sorry, oh Dust, I didn't mean to upset you! Sorry Blake!" Weiss waved her hands in panic.
"No…you didn't. It's…it's just I'm not very good with people." She put her hands on her lap, gripping the fabric tight.
Weiss saw the dilemma of Blake and immediately realized she'd been prying into a stranger's privacy. She felt like as if she was forcing Blake to tell her about her personal life and she knew she shouldn't be snooping into other people's business.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked." The heiress straightened her back, using the formal tone that was normally saved for talking to those hypocrites that flattered her all the time whenever there was a party in the Schnee mansion.
Blake didn't answer her. She just looked to the ground guiltily and Weiss had decided to take her outside to make her feel better.
"Blake? Let's go outside, the lake is beautiful." She smiled, "It'll make you feel better."
Blake obliged and they both sat against the huge rock on the green soft grass facing the lake. Weiss didn't care about her white dress getting dirty; she was occupied with thoughts on how to make this girl feel better.
After several moments of awkward silence, the black haired girl had sighed and turned to Weiss with an apologetic look. The heiress smiled and they started talking.
"Thank you for helping me." Blake said, "It means a lot to me Weiss."
Weiss giggled at this feeling of déjà vu – the feeling of hearing the exact same thing that she said yesterday happening again in an almost similar situation was quite amusing to her.
"It was nothing."
"I…my parents…" Blake said, tiny hands shaking, "They're always arguing…sometimes when papa drinks…alcohol…it gets worse and…and they start throwing things at each other."
Hugging her knees tight to her chest the girl continued, "I was scared. They never accidentally hurt me but…seeing the two people I love the most…doing things like that…I'm really scared…"
Weiss put her hand on Blake's shoulder as a sign of encouragement.
"Does your papa and mama do things like that?"
"No." Weiss shook her head, "I…I don't see them very often."
"You don't live with them?"
"Yes I do. They're just…not home very often." Weiss sighed, "They spent most of their time working."
"It must be very lonely." Blake said, "I'm sorry…"
"What are you apologizing for?" Weiss crossed her arms, "It's not your fault!"
Blake shrunk and Weiss quickly corrected herself, "I mean, they're not around me all the time. But I know they love me. Your parents love you too Blake. Maybe that's the reason they aren't divorced yet."
"Divorce? What's it mean?" The girl asked, her voice genuine.
"Do you know what marriage is?" That earned a nod from the girl, "Okay, divorce is the opposite of marriage."
"Marriage is getting together, so divorce is…" Blake's face turned to horror, "No! I don't want them to break up!"
"That's the point." Weiss smiled, "They didn't break up with each other although they fight. It means they still love you Blake."
"Oh…" The black haired girl calmed down, "I understand now."
"At least you two still have parents to be with you." A new voice said.
Topaz jolted towards the newcomer as both girls turned to her, startled.
"I…don't even know how they look like." Yang smiled pitifully.
"I'm sorry." Blake looked at the blonde.
"Nah it's fine. You're Weiss' friend?" Yang sat down beside Weiss and leaned forward to take a good look at this new girl.
Blake didn't know how to answer her and Weiss had cut in before she was about to say something, "Yes, Blake's my new friend."
"Blake huh? Such a beautiful name!" Yang exclaimed and held out her hand, "The name's Yang, nice to meet you!"
"N…nice to meet you too, Yang." She timidly took her hand.
Judging from Blake's expression and her unwillingness to let go of the blonde's hand, Weiss knew the girl loved the warmth too. But sitting in the center of two people holding hands wasn't the most pleasant situation in the world, so she faked coughing and Blake immediately apologized while releasing the grip. Yang on the other side just grinned and winked at her.
"Ruff!" Topaz who had been staying at Yang's side quietly all the time suddenly jumped and turned around to face the opening of the forest.
A girl with black hair and had the end of it dyed red was standing there, panting as she used a tree as her pillar of support. Her black colored shirt and long pants were ruffled and dry leaves could be seen sticking to her all over the body. What had caught the trio's attention was the red cloak she was wearing along with a hoodie of the same color.
The newcomer gasped when she saw Topaz and had spread her arms while running to the dog.
"Ahhh! You're so cute!"
"Ruff!" Topaz didn't seem to dislike her sudden display of affection; in fact he happily returned it as he ran towards the girl and tackled her to the ground while licking her face.
"Ahahaha, stop it! It tickles!"
"Topaz!" Yang shouted and the dog immediately stopped, "C'mere boy. You'll drown her with your drool!"
The dog obliged as the little girl in red cloak stood up. The moment she saw Blake she had darted to her in an eye-blinding speed, kneeling in front of the startled girl while putting both her hands on Blake's knees.
"Blake! Are you okay?!"
"Ruby! Why are you here?"
"I saw you running out of your house when I was coming back from shopping with mom and dad!" Ruby squeaked, "I saw you crying and you look really bad so I came after you! Are you alright?!"
"Yes I'm alright Ruby." Blake took the girl's hand.
"Phew! I thought your parents accidentally hit you and you became upset! Thank Dust you're okay!"
The girl then looked at Weiss and Yang with a sheepish smile while she introduced herself. Her name was Ruby Rose and she was two years younger than the three of them. She was Blake's neighbor and she knew Blake's condition with her parents. Although she wanted to help her, she couldn't do much as an eight year old child and her parents didn't want to interfere with other people's family business. So far Blake's parents treated her well – the only issue being them fighting with one another all the time. The police couldn't do anything because they had never once harmed their only daughter; all they could do was to give a warning on making too much noise and creating great disturbance to the neighbors around.
They went around introducing each other and the moment Weiss told them her full name, everyone's jaw dropped.
"Schnee? You mean that super rich family Schnee?!" Ruby squeaked.
Weiss just blushed and nodded.
"Wow, you really are a princess!" Yang exclaimed in awe.
"Stop calling me that!" She huffed.
"But seriously, I never expect that…rumored heiress would be…oh Dust how could I miss it! Weiss Schnee! I should've known it the moment you told me your name!" Yang smacked her own forehead.
"There aren't bodyguards around secretly watching us right?" Ruby peeked around.
"No!" Weiss waved her hands and looked down, "No bodyguards are following me. I promise there isn't…please don't leave me alone again…"
"Aww we're not gonna ditch you because you're rich Weiss!" The blonde put her arm around the heiress, "Why would you think we'll do that?"
"Yeah!" Ruby imitated Yang.
The heiress smiled timidly as she lifted her head and immediately blue orbs met lilac, and then silver. She turned to the last girl in the gang, "Blake?"
"I…I won't abandon my friend!" Blake said as she held the heiress' hand.
"Thank you all…" Weiss fought the urge to cry as Topaz started barking at them.
"What is it boy?" Ruby released the heiress as Topaz ran to the cave, her sight following the hyperactive creature, "Oh, a cave!"
"You should totally check that out Rubes!" Yang exclaimed as she ran there.
"Wow, she's on nickname basis already." Weiss said as her lips curved upwards a little bit.
"Coming Yang!" Ruby threw up both her hands and ran there. That left the black and white pair there looking at them bouncing around the cave to explore it – although the blonde had already did that yesterday, she made sure to entertain the younger girl. It was almost as if they were sisters.
"Come on Blake, let's go join them." Weiss said, holding the black haired girl's hand while looking at her, waiting for approval.
She started walking when she saw that shy nod of her friend's.
"Hey, Yang, Blake and Weiss!" Ruby shouted when they all reached the cave, both her hands gesturing a motion as if she was holding a long stick, "Listen! When I grow up, I wanna be a huntress! A hero that saves the world, just like the fairy tale mommy read me every night!"
"Me too Rubes!" Yang's eyes were beaming with excitement as she high-fived the girl. Never in her life had she seen another girl around her age with a dream to become a huntress just like herself. Everyone in the school assumed this job to be too dangerous and impossible for them to handle; some even laughed when Yang told them about her dream.
Of course, Yang didn't have the money to study in a combat elementary school so she had settled for the government ones that taught basic education, but she planned on training by herself to get stronger and eventually gain the scholarship to go to a combat middle school. She knew Signal Academy provided a few scholarships spot for talented youngsters.
"What about you guys?" Ruby looked at Weiss and Blake, her hands busy moving in a skilled way – as if she was holding a spear or some weapons like that, swinging it around. Blake remembered that both Qrow and Summer who were Ruby's parents were both extremely skilled huntsmen. The man especially was the only one in the world who could wield a scythe with a skill that no one had ever possessed before; it was as if the scythe was a part of his body. And he certainly had taught Ruby well in that aspect.
"I'm going to take over the company." Weiss said proudly while puffing her chest, "My grandpa started the company and I won't let it end on my generation!"
That earned a round of applause from Ruby and Yang. The heiress blushed and just turned away from them.
"What about you Blake?" Ruby turned to the timid girl.
"I…I don't know." Blake said, "I just want papa and mama to not fight with each other."
"We'll help you." Yang said.
"Yeah, I think when we grow bigger we'll understand more about why they fight and hopefully solve your problem." Weiss smiled.
"Yeah! Oh Dust guys, don't this cave looks like some super secret place for cool huntress to meet up to you all?" Ruby jumped and Topaz barked, as if he was agreeing with her.
"Yes yes!" Yang said, "There are even those rocks here for us to sit! As if somebody had arranged it for us!"
"We're gonna be cool and butt kicking huntresses in the future! Right Yang?"
Yang grinned and gave the girl a high five.
"Hey hey guys, we're all friends now right?" Ruby looked at the monochrome pair.
"Y…yes I guess." Weiss tried to maintain a poker face but evidently failed at it.
"Umm…if you don't mind?" Blake's voice was low.
"I mean, I don't have many friends." Ruby scratched her head; her action was so identical to Yang's it made Weiss chuckled a bit, "Not good at talking to strangers…but somehow, I feel comfortable talking to you all."
"Maybe we're best friends in another universe!" Yang laughed.
"It's rather easy to talk to you guys." Weiss smiled, "I can totally understand your point Ruby. I don't have many friends too."
"Actually…me too." Blake said, her voice shy, "I was always…running away and hiding alone away from my house when papa and mama fight. They fight all the time and I'm so scared to ask for help. I…I feel really happy when Weiss come to me in the cave just now."
"Hey, we could come here to play with each other from now on!" Yang pointed her index finger to the ground, "Let's make this cave our secret gathering place! You guys won't mind right?"
"Yeah! Yang and I can train to become huntress here too! Blake you can train with us! Let us become huntress together!" Ruby held Blake's hands.
"Hey, what about me? Are you guys going to ditch me?" Weiss pretended to be angry, crossing her arms and glaring at them.
"Oh I know Weiss, you can manage our…uh…what's the word for this…fi…finen…" Ruby released the black haired girl's hand and started scratching her chin trying hard to recall something. She then shot Yang a 'help me' look and the latter grinned.
"Uh oh, I know, you wanna say 'finance' isn't it?"
"Yes yes! I think Schnee will be good in managing money?"
"Indeed we are." Weiss said proudly.
"Well that settles it! We're gonna be best friends!" Yang pulled the group to her for a tight hug.
"I declare this place as our 'Secret Base' officially!" Ruby threw her left hand in the air and motioned her other hand. Yang was the first one to understand so she lifted her right hand too to touch Ruby's. The other two followed and soon all four hands were together in the air as Ruby shouted, "Best day ever!"
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I think it's ridiculous that the four of them become friends this fast. I personally don't have experiencing in dealing with kids but I heard that kids become friends like super fast?
So, I've fulfilled my promise by giving you Blake and Rubes! Thank you for reading this and I do not own RWBY.