Chapter 2 (Friday September 20, 4th era, 4th cycle)
Blake sat at the top of her usual tree, watching as her best friend, Ruby Rose, sprinted up the hill shouting her name. The setting sun was in the background, giving the screaming girl a heavenly glow. Almost everyday they would meet here around sunset and talk about how their day was, Blake always arriving first, waiting in the top of the tree for her rambunctious friend. It had been a year since their first meeting, and what a year it had been. Blake had learned that the now nine year old Ruby was a lot like her. They liked the same music, the same food, and she was an orphan like herself. Unlike her, however, Ruby chose to live in an orphanage. Blake had tried live in one once, but she was only met with hatred and abuse from the matron and other children. Since then, she decide to live on her own, no matter the difficulty.
A shout startled Blake, pulling her out of her thoughts.
"Blake! Did you hear anything I said?" a high pitched voice questioned. She looked down at the voice, finding her peppy, crimson headed friend looking up at her with the bright silver eyes that entranced her every time their stares locked. Her cheeks were puffed out in anger, though that did nothing but make her look cuter and more innocent than she already was. A small smile came to Blake's lips.
"Sorry Ruby, I didn't. Could you repeat that?"
"I said, that these people came in to the orphanage and they were looking to adopt 'cause they had a daughter and she was lonely and all and the daughter was there and she was walkin' around playing with all of us and me and her talked and she's really cool and she's eleven like you and-"
"Ruby," Blake cut in, "You're rambling again."
"Oops. Anyway, when they asked the daughter she said she liked me and they decided that want to adopt me!" Blake froze, her mouth hanging open. Unfreezing, she scrambled down the tree and embraced the smaller girl.
"Oh my god, Ruby. That's amazing!" she said, spinning the smaller girl around.
"I know!" the other girl squeaked. Blake put her down and sat down, patting the ground in front of her. Ruby sat down in front of her, nearly bouncing were she sat.
"So," Blake started, "you going to tell me about them?"
"Well, dad's name Anthony DiNozzo, he's Italian though he's really white like us. Mom's name is Li Xiao Long and she's from China and really nice!"
"They have different last names?" Blake questioned.
"Ya, they both liked their own last name and they didn't want to change it!"
"Well, what's the girl's name then?"
"I was getting to that!" Ruby pouted. "Her name is Yang Xiao Long, 'cause she's a girl so she took her mom's last name. She's really awesome! She does all these fighting classes and is really strong, and she has really pretty purple eyes, almost as pretty as yours!" Blake looked down as her face turned red from the off hand complement.
"T-thank you, Ruby," Blake started twiddling her thumbs. "What about your last name?"
"They said I could do whatever I wanted so I decided to keep it the way it is."
"That's good. Your name fits you." Blake looked back up at Ruby. "When do you move in?"
"They said that it takes about a week to get all the paper stuff done, so they said they would get me next week! It's gonna be so cool! They live on the other side of town where that really yummy ice—" Ruby stopped mid sentence, her eyes watering up immediately and looking up, meeting Blake's own. "W-we won't be able to s-see each other e-everyday!" she started, her voice starting to break. Blake tensed when the silver eyed girl suddenly leaped out at her, wrapping her arms around the faunus and knocking her onto her back. "Blake! I-I-I—"
"Shh, it's okay, Ruby." Blake stroked the top the crying girl's head, running her fingers through her crimson hair. "I will still be here for you, even if we can't meet all the time. Everything will be fine," Blake assured the girl in her arms .
The redhead looked up, the outside of her eyes now pink and puffy. She stared into Blake's eyes. "You promise?" she sniffled.
"Of course." The redhead scooted in closer to the onyx girl and laid her head on her shoulder. Blake leaned her head on top of Ruby's, resting her cheek on the top of the other's head.
"I'll make sure I come see you as much as I can! Like every week!" Ruby said into Blake's shoulder.
"I'll be here everyday like normal, so you can see me anytime you want," Blake responded. The young girl squeezed Blake a little tighter.
"You're the best, Blake!" Blake gave the girl a slight squeeze back, continuing combing her hand through the other's hair. She laid there and watched as the sky turned from orange to red, and the smaller girl fell asleep in her arms. A gust of wind blew, giving Blake a slight chill. She snuggled closer to the warm redhead, and let out a sigh. She watched as the sky got darker and the stars started to appear. As she watched, a shooting star streaked through the sky. Blake closed her eyes and squeezed the sleeping girl. She made a wish, thinking of her.
A/N: Heyo everyone! I'm a bit better with keeping these chapters short so far, so lets hope i don't fall behind. First off i have a feeling I'm going to get a bit of flak for this chapter, in terms of Blake and or Ruby acting too old for there age. How i as the writer see it, they are both orphans who (especially Blake) have had a rough time and are going to age faster (mentally) as a result. If you don't agree with me, sorry for you. Another thing i would like to talk about is the upcoming chapters of this fic. would you guys rather it be more chapters and it move at a slow rate, or less chapters and have it move much faster? please let me know by reviewing or PMing me. I can't make a decision with out your guys and gals input, and no decision means no new chapters! Yet another thing, just wanted to say that next chapter will most likely be considerably bigger. Last, but certainly not least, i want to thank the wonderful, the amazing, and stupendous LazyKatze for editing this, as well as all my stories! she is awesome so please go check out her stories! RWBY is owned by Monty Oum and Rooster Teeth, i only have the idea for the fic.