Disturbance:
Ruby was sat on my shoulders, cheering her partner on in the final Halo 4 match, Yang vs Weiss. Down to the final thirty seconds, both Yang and Weiss are sitting one kill away from the win, completely concentrated on the TV screen with the shooter.
"Come on Weiss!" Ruby cried out, watching the other two members of our team battle it out. The timer ticked down, and the two of them threw the controllers down in frustration, and Yang laid back.
"Good game, Weiss. Can you settle for a tie?" Yang suggested, and Weiss nodded whilst wiping sweat from her forehead. "Good. 'Cause I need a rest, a nice long sleep in my b-" Yang began, but was quickly interrupted by a knock on the door.
"I'll get it!" Ruby exclaimed, jumping from shoulders, which sent me crashing to the floor. "Oh, uh, sorry Blake." She called to me as she ran to the door, but I only groaned in response. Yang walked over to me, and extended her hand to me.
"You OK, kitty cat?" She questioned me, and I nodded slowly, holding a hand to my head as I stumbled into her, almost knocking her over. "Woah there, you've not got a concussion, have you?" Yang asked me worriedly, and I shake my head vigorously.
"Guys! We've got some visitors!" I heard Ruby call from the doorway, and Yang perks up.
"Really!" Yang called back to her sister, excitement on her face. "Who is it?" She asked, and a combination of soft and heavy footsteps came from the doorway.
"Good evening, girls." Professor Ozpin's voice came from the door, and I looked up from Yang to see him, Professor Goodwitch and General Ironwood. Ruby poked her head from around the doorway, and looked at us.
"Yeah, visitors." She said jokingly, and Weiss sighed.
"OK, you want us to test a new simulation room that involves solid, holographic images?" Weiss questioned the three teachers, who exchanged glances before nodding.
"Yes, that's pretty much the gist of it." Ozpin replied, and the four of us looked at each other.
"And what would your answer be?" Ironwood asked us, and Ruby spoke up.
"As Leader of the team, I'd say yes, but..." Ruby trailed off, looking at us. Yang shrugged, but her ever-cheerful face held a grin.
"I vote yes. Nothing like experience." Yang spoke, and Weiss nods.
"I agree with you there Yang. OK, I'm saying yes too." She finished, and I feel a smile tug at my features.
"Blake?" Ruby asked me, and all eyes turn to me. With a small, almost unnoticeable grin on my face, I look back into Ruby's eyes.
"Oh..." I said, and looked over at the teachers. "Why not." I replied, and the grin spreads across my face.
"Then it's decided. Professors, we'll test your simulations." Ruby told them, Glynda glanced at Ozpin and Ironwood, before she looked back at us.
"Meet us at Beacon on the first of September. The new facility is there." Glynda informed us bluntly, and Ironwood sighed. The general stood up, smoothing his jacket.
"Thank you for your time, Team RWBY." He said politely, and left the room. Ozpin shortly followed suit, accompanied by Goodwitch.
"Well. That was unexpected." Yang spoke, and I smiled at them with joy.
"We have a few days until the first, so we have time." I told them, and Weiss' eyes widened.
"We need to pack!" She exclaimed, and raced into the other room. "And tidy! Definitely tidy!" She shouted from the room, followed by a large, heavy 'thump' sound.
"You, uh... You OK Weiss?" Ruby called to her partner, and more clatters could be heard coming from the room.
"I-I-I'm fine. No need to worry." She muttered with annoyance, walking back into the living room, her hair flipped to the wrong side.
"Uh.. Weiss, your pony tail's kinda... You know... Off..." Ruby informed her awkwardly, and Weiss raised an eyebrow at her statement. "Wrong side..." Ruby told her tiredly, and she laid back on the sofa. Weiss quickly flipped her hair across, and Ruby let out a small sigh of relief.
"We should all get some rest, we can pack for Beacon tomorrow." Yang said, and she slung her sister across her shoulders, who was already snoring soundly.
"She falls asleep fast..." I muttered, and walked into our shared, four-person bedroom.
Yang pulled the two of us through the airport, dragging me by the arm.
"Ya~aaa~aaa~aaang!" I scream as we flew down the corridor, a few minutes late for our early morning airship. "Slo~oow down!" I cried out, and we crashed to a halt in front of our gate.
"We're here! And not too late! Come on!" Yang exclaimed, as grabbed us again as we replenished from her first run. We find our way into the airship, and to our seats. Next to us, Ruby spoke up with confusion.
"What took you guys so long." She questioned Yang, who was taking deep breaths.
"Believe it... Or Not... Not All of us... Are blessed... With a speed semblance..." Yang huffed tiredly, and Ruby laughed.
"Yeah well. You could'a held onto me?" Our red-clad leader suggested, earning an annoyed groan from Yang. "Oh, come on. You know you could'a." Ruby told Yang again, who said nothing in response, only shrank down into her seat.
The flight to Beacon wasn't very interesting, lots of sitting and standing and talking. But then we reached Beacon, but were greeted by a familiar sight for all of us.
"Good morning, girls. How have you been doing?" I heard a voice ask us, and I turned around to see a tall, blonde man standing behind us.
"Dad!" Ruby cried out, and threw herself on top of the man, followed by a similar action by Yang, without throwing herself atop the man, their father.
"Oof. Oum, Ruby Rose, what've you eaten when you've lived with your team! You weigh an absolute tonne!" Taiyang exclaimed, and Ruby stood up with a pout on her face.
"I've eaten properly, Dad..." Ruby groaned, and he wrapped her in a hug after he stood himself up. He ruffled her hair, to which she let out a small protest.
"I know you have, Little Rose." He joked, and walked over to Yang. "Now you two, who're your friends?" He asked, and my bow twitched. "Hey. How well does your bow go with your pajamas." He hinted at me, and I jumped from surprise.
"Wait? Yang?" I questioned, and she chuckles nervously, and she rubs her neck.
"I may have written to him, telling him about what I said when we met..." Yang told me, and I sighed at her, a smile hidden on my face.
"It's a pleasure to see you again, Mr Xiao Long." Weiss greeted him politely, and she curtsied to him.
"Please, call me Taiyang. No need for formalities." He replied, and Weiss nodded. "And Miss Blake, how are you today?" He asked me, and I looked over at his blonde daughter.
"Oh, I'm doing wonderfully." I told him, and he nods his head, and he looked over at Yang.
"And how's my Little Dragon been doing? You're doing well, I assume. You always have." Taiyang said, and Yang grinned at him.
"Yep! Other than almost missing the ship, I've done great." Yang said, growling slightly at Ruby, who stuck her hands in the air. "Anyway, what're you doing here Dad? You don't teach here." Yang asked him, and he laughed at her.
"I don't work here. Not yet, anyway. It would be nice." He muttered, and looked up at us. "No, I'm here because I help with the simulation room, so does your Uncle Qrow." He told us, and Ruby squealed.
"Uncle Qrow's here too!" She exclaimed joyfully, and dashed around the ship, trailing rose petals behind her. "Ya~aa~aa~aa~aa~aa~aay!" Ruby continued to cry out from multiple points around the airship. My ears twitched at the noise as it came from almost every direction. When I put my hands over my ears, Ruby nodded and shut her mouth instantly. "Come on, let's go!" She shouted, and dashed out of the airship, which sent more rose petals flying into the air.
We walked out of the airship, and were greeted by heavy drops of rain, which came from the torrential storm that was happening at the time. Taiyang pulls out an umbrella, and I was the first person to race under it. Yang laughed at my actions, and I glared at her as she spoke.
"Wow Blakey, fear of water?" She asked me jokingly, noticeably referring to my faunus heritage, which then twitch irritably. I growl angrily at the blonde and her comment, and she laughed at me again. "Oh come on, Blake. Take a joke, I didn't mean it." Yang told me, and I sighed, taking a deep breath.
"OK... Just a joke..." I muttered to myself as we headed towards Beacon's amphitheatre. It only took us another few minutes to reach the main amphitheatre, and we were greeted by Professor Ozpin standing in the entrance.
"Good morning, Team RWBY, I'm glad that you could make it on time." Ozpin told us, and I looked over at Yang, who was bouncing up and down slightly.
"Almost didn't..." Yang muttered through gritted teeth, and Weiss elbowed her to keep her quiet. The Beacon Headmaster gestured for us to follow him.
"You shall not see the simulation room until early tomorrow, so you can do whatever you please until then. However, do remember that you shall need your rest, as we shall start at 0600, so I would advise that you 'rest your heads' at around ten o'clock." Ozpin told us, and Taiyang sighed.
"They're not five, Oz, they know when they should sleep." He told Ozpin, who nodded. "Now go on, girls, your dorm's waiting." Taiyang said, we looked at each other in realisation and dashed off.
"This isn't how I remember it." Weiss said bluntly as we walked into our old dorm room, and I nodded.
"It is... A little different..." I replied, looking at the refurbished room, the beds back to their original state. The two sisters grin at each other, and Weiss groaned.
"You are not thinking about doing that are you..." She questioned, and Ruby pulled a hammer from seemingly nowhere. "Ugh, let's just get on with it." She sighed, and we raced off to redo our custom bunk beds.
"And... Done!" Ruby exploded joyfully, and we looked at the beds, which were strangely less professional looking than they had been the first time.
"These look surprisingly... Terrible..." Weiss spoke about the beds, and a creak could be heard coming from the left side bunk bed. "Yeah... I think we should stick to normal beds..." Weiss said, followed by the left bunk beds crashing to the floor.
"Definitely." Ruby said, and we tore the beds back down to how they had been when we had entered. "So, what do you guys wanna do?" Ruby asked us. I shrugged, but Yang spoke up.
"I'mma look around, see what's new. If any'a you guys wanna come, that's fine." Yang said, and I nodded. "Good, Blake's coming. How 'bout you Rubes, or you Weiss?" She asked the other two.
"Yeah, I'll come too." Ruby answered, and looked over at her partner. "What about you, Weiss?" She questioned the heiress, who shrugged.
"Why not. There's nothing better to do." Weiss replied, and the four of us headed out of the room.
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