(A/N: The feels. Oh my god this was so sad for me to write, but I thought of this idea and couldn't just not write it. Please let me know of any errors, and feel free to leave comments and suggestions, as this is my first FF.)

Ruby-

Ruby was idly twirling her drumstick between her fingers as she stared at the paper in front of her. Her teammates were sleeping, and she was cramming for a test tomorrow. She was leaning against the wall in her rope suspended bed with a blanket covering it, and a soft lamp sitting near her pillow, lighting up her little blanket fort. Ruby set down her pencil and took a break from writing notes down to lightly practice rudiments and stickings on her pillow. Light, even strokes, speeding up and slowing down and moving on to new rudiments. 'Paradiddles... Flams, flam taps, lesson twenty five, double stroke rolls...'

Ruby continued to drum lightly on her pillow, until eventually her mind started to wander, and her drumming went into autopilot. 'I've been hearing that lulaby Yang used to sing to me recently... and somewhat recurring. I've talked to Yang and she said she's heard it as well in her dreams, but when I asked her if she was singing it, she declined. I doubt Blake or Weiss would know it. My... m-my mom... s-shes gone... but could she still be here... spiritually? I know Raven passed, but didnt Yang have other beliefs about that? She said that her mom just disappeared, and that she's seen her...' Ruby's brows were furrowed and was drumming harder onto her pillow until Yang pulled away the blanket cover.

"Ruby? Why are you drumming so lou-" Yang stared at Ruby, who wasnt even replying, much less knowing Yang was standing there. Yang looked at Ruby's face, which seemed to be filled with anger and sadness, and looked down to her sticks. Her sticks were speeding up and getting louder, so Yang intervened.

"Ruby." Yang said in a quiet but stern voice.

Ruby jumped at the voice and she almost dropped her sticks. Ruby quickly grabbed her pencil and notepad and began to apologize profusely.

"Yang, I didn't know how loudly I was drumming, i'm really sorry, I should be studying but my mind got-"

Ruby was hushed when Yang put her finger to Ruby's lips.

'Wha-'

Yang climbed up quietly into Ruby's fort, and steadied the bed before sitting down next to her. She pulled Ruby into a tight embrace, and after what seemed like a few minutes she let go.

'I hope she doesn't see me like this...' Ruby thought.

Yang looked into Ruby's bloodshot eyes, and saw a single tear making it's way down Ruby's face. Yang immedietly felt torn seeing her sister like this. Yang wiped away the tear and grabbed Ruby's hands.

"What's wrong, Ruby?" Yang's eyebrows creased in concern. Ruby stared into her sisters calm lilac eyes, and decided since no one was awake, she could probably talk without anyone knowing.

'Here goes... don't break down...' Ruby took a deep breath.

"I-I heard t-the lulaby again, Y-yang." Ruby stuttered.

Yang looked inquisitivly into Ruby's eyes, implying she wanted more details.

"But t-this time it f-felt more real... " Ruby paused, took a few shakey breaths, and then continued. Yang studied her emotions carefully, knowing she hadn't seen Ruby this torn in a long time.

"I-I saw..." Ruby trailed off and began to cry quietly, and Yang squeezed Ruby's hands gently, and placed her hands on Ruby's shoulders.

Ruby tried to continue talking, but her voice was barely audible. Yang listened closely at her next few words.

"I-I saw m-my mom... S-summer..." Ruby began to sob now, and Yang placed her arms around her sister, fighting back tears threatening to form in her eyes. Yang began to question mentally about Ruby's dream... or was it real? Yang hadn't seen anyone in her dreams when she heard the lulaby...

"It w-was the f-first time I-I s-saw someone in m-my dream..." Ruby quietly stated. Yang confirmed what happened with her sister, that it was more real than ever. She pulled away from Ruby. Ruby quickly rubbed her eyes and dried them, and looked up at Yang, whose eyes were glazed over.

'Yang, please don't-'

Ruby's train of thought derailed when she heard flapping outside of the window. Yang pulled the blanket over, and listened for more sounds. Ruby turned around and Yang quickly looked up, but saw nothing. They closed the blanket fort once more.

Ruby's uncle Qrow has a similar semblance to Ruby, being that he can run really fast, although instead of rose petals trailing, the sound of birds flapping occurs.

'Could that be... Qrow? But I didn't see him... It's been so long too...'

Ruby put her face into Yang's shoulder, which muffled her sobs. Yang felt a tear stream down her cheek, because she never saw Ruby in so much pain... except for when her mother died.

The lamp slowly flickered out, as the battery died.

The two sisters held each other, each crying, until they heard a rustling outside.

Ruby pulled away and grabbed Yangs hands. Yang stared into Ruby's silver orbs, and began to cry.

Then they heard it.

Long ago, before we met,

I dreamed about you.

The peace you'd bring.

The songs we'd sing.

The way you'd make things new.

Then one day, you arrived.

I heard your angel cry.

Helpless, small, and perfect,

Welcome to your life.

And on that day, I made a vow.

Whispered and true.

No matter what, no matter how,

I made this promise to you.

I will cling, I will clutch,

I'll hold onto you, I won't turn away.

I won't leave, I won't go,

I will stay with you all our days.

Years of joy have past since then.

With time I seen you grow.

Watched you play, new each day.

I begged the time to slow.

And though I miss the little girl,

You've made me awful proud.

Funny how our lives change,

Cause you're my hero now.

But things in life will rearrange.

Friends come and go.

Don't ever doubt don't ever fear,

I'm always here and you know.

I will cling, I will clutch,

I'll hold onto you, I won't turn away.

I won't leave, I won't go,

I will stay with you all our days.

I will stay with you all our days.

Someone was singing that lulaby to them. The problem was, that Summer is dead. Ruby or Yang can't sing that, and nobody else knows about the song.

Yang sat there in silence, her eyes widened and she took in a shakey breath. Ruby looked equaly as paralyzed. After a few seconds, Ruby got the courage to look through the blanket, and out the window. Yang looked over her shoulder and her jaw dropped. A figure of a woman stood on a branch of the tree outside of their window, and burning red eyes were the only bit of color to her. Yang's tears turned into sobs, and Ruby just sat there, unable to do anything.

"Oh..." Yang wimpered.

The figure pressed her hand onto the glass window, and right as Yang made a move to jump out and open the window, the figure disapeared with what sounded like flapping of wings. Ruby had tears just pouring out of her eyes, and she was shaking violently.

"You promised you would stay... and you didn't. What if you don't?" Ruby sobbed into her pillow. Yang knew exactly what she was talking about. Summer died for Ruby at such a young age, and it was so hard on dad, but even harder on Ruby. She seemed to take it quite well at first, and then one day, it hit her like a ton of bricks. Ruby was up all night crying, as Yang tried to comfort her. Yang would never forget those angry and sad memories, seared into her brain. It was so hard on Yang, she would have rather died than to see her sister like that. This happened right after dad's heart was broken the first time, when Yang's mother just disapeared. They say that she died, but Yang knew better. And Yang just witnessed her Mom, for the first time. Yang just sat at the edge of the bed, looking out the window, and having tears freefall down her face. She felt her heart burning on the inside with emotions, indescribable emotions, and knew Ruby's life would be turned upside down. Yang knew that it would be so much harder for her, and wanted nothing more than to seek her out, ever since she was seven. She almost died to find her. Yang knew something had changed, and knew that her heart was going to be broken and torn too.

Ruby, after about 10 minutes of silence, sat up from her pillow, and just fell into Yangs arms. Yang knew that she needed her rest for the tests tomorrow, and Ruby needed the rest too. They could deal with this later. Yang only knew one way to calm Ruby down.

I will cling, I will clutch,

I'll hold onto you, I won't turn away.

I won't leave, I won't go,

I will stay with you all our days.

With that, Ruby gave one last sob, and just buried her head into Yang's shoulder. Blake and Weiss were still fast asleep. Yang was crying and Ruby was crying, and the only thing that mattered was that they were safe. And that they would stay with each other, for all their days.

(A/N: I hope you made it through that, I barely did. stay tuned for more RWBY chapters to come. I felt I needed this chapter to base my plotline off of so we will be getting into happier and more consistent settings. I love writing this.)