"It's not your fault. . ."
"It's not your fault..."
"It's not your fault."
Words that everyone had told her for those last few weeks,
Over and over again.
Even Yang through her own sobbing had assured her.
Again and again
But Weiss still didn't believe them.
Ruby was gone and it was her fault.
It was supposed to be a standard mission for the top eight huntsmen in Vale, arguably the world.
Even with Salem dead, Grimm and fanatical followers still remained. A nest under the influence of some rogue huntsman with an obsession of the late evil queen and a semblance that made the monsters sort of controllable.
Then it all went wrong. Best at fighting one on one, Pyrrha took out the crazed man while the rest focused on keeping his legion of Grimm at bay.
But after he hit the ground, Milo dealing a fatal blow when he refused to yield, dozens more of the demons appeared, beowolves and manticores.
They were too far out for hope of reinforcements, too badly outnumbered. They held their own for a while.
Until Weiss took stinger to the stomach. The others had been busy with their own fights and it had come from above, a blind spot as she finished off an Ursa. Now it they needed to get her out of there before she succumbed to the venom.
Ruby quickly order everyone to retreat to the airship. The demons followed, they had a good chance of taking down the ship even once it was in the air, and at this point Weiss wasn't the only one injured.
Once everyone was inside and it was in the air, she bolted. The last anyone saw of her was a streak of red, leading away the Grimm that has been quick on their tail. The last thing Weiss heard before going unconscious was "Goodbye".
It wasn't her fault, Nora had been hurt almost as bad just moment after her. She had a wound that could have also been fatal, even with Jaune's help.
It wasn't her fault, no two teams could have held off that many Grimm without a better position.
It wasn't her fault that they only found a small piece of a red cloak and nothing else.
It wasn't her fault that that special ring would never be worn.
But it still felt like it was her fault to Weiss. She now sat alone in her home, clutching at rose from a plant she had given Ruby, in an old outfit from a better time.
Her mind thought of little else in the last weeks then her beloved, her best friend, her rock. She hadn't seen the others in a while. Yang was as bad as her. They both refused to have a funeral, holding out the last hope they could. Winter had tried to console her, but the younger sister wouldn't even open the door.
Blake had only been able to help as much as she did because she could pick locks.
Weiss has thought of one thing that did give her the slightest bittersweet hope. They had been able to bring back Pyrrha through magic, so they might be able to do the same for Ruby.
But that had require Ozpin's soul, given in repentance for all he'd done.
But there was a soul that Weiss had to give, and she would give it willingly.
A knock came at the door. It was probably Blake again. She had refused to let the other beat themselves up without a friend their to help. But she failed to do much good.
Weiss let whoever this was knock for a very long time. Only when she couldn't ignore it anymore did she forced herself to get up. She was a mess, inside and out, but she couldn't care anymore.
She flung the door open, ready to make whoever whomever it was let her wallow in her grief in piece.
"I... I'm sorry it took so long.. my leg was broken and it's pretty far to walk back here."
Blue orbs starred in to silver ones, as the white haired girl ley tears fall tears she had thought long dried after the last weeks.
Falling to her knees, she was embraced by dirty, battered, but alive figure in front of her.
"Yang... You need to see her... Then hospital." Weiss choked out after several minutes.
"I needed to make sure you were okay first." The red haired girl replied. She wasn't crying quite as badly as her partner.
"And I really want a cookie after living in the wild for a month."
Weiss cried more, knowing it was all going to be okay.
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