*Happy, up-tuned, jingly version of Skyrim Theme

Dragon Rose Chibi!

Magical Times

Ruby skipped up to Jorrvaskr's backyard, where her sister was currently showing Athis the proper way to sock people.

"You gotta roll it up to get it-"

"Yang, I learned a new Alteration spell!" Ruby announced, causing Yang to jump a little in the midst of her demonstration.

"Ouch! My hangnail!"

"Sorry Farkas. What's up Ruby? You learn new spells all the time."

"Yeah, but look at this. It's called Prepare for Adventure!" Ruby then concentrated her magicka and let loose the spell, which then enveloped her whole body and glowed brightly for a moment. Once it faded, Ruby was clad in a white mage robe and matching boots, with an ivory circlet on her head and a white staff in hand. "It's like instant wizard equipment!" she gushed.

"Whoa! That's actually pretty cool. Makes me wish I could figure out Alteration beyond Candlelight."

"Yeah," Ruby bemoaned, realizing her sister couldn't quite join in the fun. Suddenly, an idea came to her mind. "I've got it!" Ruby sped off, leaving a Ruby shaped pile of rose petals that fell apart after a second. Yang shrugged and then looked back to proudly see Athis sock Farkas properly.

"Ah, that's better," the Companion sighed as he wiggled his freshly socked toes. "Anyways, now that that's been taken care of, let's get some practice in. Stamina training."

"Right," the Dark Elf agreed before picking up a stick and throwing it. Farkas and Yang both zeroed in on the stick before taking off after it, leaving the Dunmer scratching his head. "You know, I never understood…why we need to learn proper footwear placement."

M'rissi slowly looked over from behind a bush just outside of Whiterun, then ducked down before giggling. Blake came up and stared at the shrub for a moment before putting her hands to her hips and raising an eyebrow.

"What are you… Wah!" Before she could question her companion's behavior, she was yanked into the bush.

"Shhh," M'rissi warned her before giggling quietly. "She has decided to play a prank on the Battle-Borns and Gray-Manes."

"Wait," Blake whispered back, "both of them? M'rissi, that might not be such a good idea."

"No, no, it will be great! Just watch!"

Skeptically, Blake poked her face through along with her friend to watch for whatever it was that was going to happen. After a minute, Olfina Gray-Mane came into view, soon followed by Jon Battle-Born. The two met eyes, and Blake readied herself to intervene if necessary.

"Or you could just kill them both and make it seem like a mutual deathblow that will set off their families into a-"

'Yeah, not doing that. No thanks.'

"So, this is where we're meeting, eh?" Jon fired at Olfina.

"Yes, it certainly seems that way," Olfina shot back.

For a long, tense moment, their eyes never left each other. Blake was getting ready to jump in, and when both moved she leaped, only for M'rissi to grab her by the belt and pull her back. Just when she was about to object, she saw the two grab each other's hands and then press their cheeks together, bright smiles on both of their faces.

"Oh, it's so romantic! Look at the way the sunset paints the mountains!"

"And far out of view from anyone in Whiterun. Our families will never see us out here."

The two threw down a blanket and then sat upon it to watch the twilight's colors, an aura of adoration and love practically pouring off of them. M'rissi giggled intensely for a moment, having to hold her mouth shut to keep the sound from carrying.

"Wait… This was your idea of a prank?"

"Exactly!" she proudly answered with a toothy grin. "She made the perfect prank!"

"Well…this normally… You know what, good job."

Weiss set several things together before tapping a Soul Gem to them, causing magic to happen and most of a bunny to appear. Most, in that it was a living creature, but seemed to have no chest or forelegs, just a bunny head, a bunny bum with a bunny tail, and two bunny legs.

"Okay, not what I was going for at all," she admitted.

"What were you going for?"

"Hello Ruby. Well, it was supposed to be…" Weiss looked over to her partner. "What's with that smile?"

"What smile?"

"That's your 'I'm planning something that I call 'fun' but for others will be somewhat harrowing' smile."

"Did you air-quote inside of your air-quotes?"

"That's not… Never mind. What are you planning?"

"Iiiiiii'm planning to have fun!" Ruby announced before bringing her hands around to reveal five different staffs with various decorations about them. Weiss eyed them suspiciously before counting them a few times then humming to herself.

"Why are there five?"

"Well just because M'rissi's technically a grown-up doesn't mean she can't play with us cool kids."

"Okay… Then what about Lydia?"

"Oh, Yang set her up for a date."

Meanwhile, at the Bannered Mare…

"You know… It's just… I feel sometimes… Have you…" Hrongar stuttered out while pushing peas around on his plate.

'Dang it, Yang!' Lydia thought.

With Ruby…

"Okay guys, I worked really hard on the spell for these things, and it costs a lot to get custom enchanted staffs. Luckily I was able to get a good bargain."

"The Clavicus Mask, right?" Blake asked while M'rissi nibbled at the fish carved on top of her staff, Blake's having a cat head instead. Yang's had a wolf while Weiss' had a smiling snowflake. Ruby's had a happy dragon popping out of a rose, which she waved around joyously.

"Well, while I must say I'm impressed by your initiative, what do these staffs do?" Weiss asked.

"It's a surprise!" Ruby said while bouncing up and down rapidly.

"Eh, I down for it," Yang said before nodding. "Besides, we could use some fun. Let's do it!"

"Alright, let's use them all at one time!" Ruby directed.

The girls all raised their staffs, M'rissi following suit after being nudged, and then activated the power within them. Each felt themselves being cloaked in light, Ruby in rose red, Weiss in snowy white, Blake in dark purple, Yang in bright yellow, and M'rissi in forest green. The lights then all cleared, and each girl was clothed in a vested blouse, a logic-defying miniskirt, leggings ranging from knee to waist high, and stylish boots of varying heels. Circlets then appeared on each of their heads, finishing off with a gleaming gemstone that matched their color themes. The spell ended with each of them in a pose, Ruby and M'rissi smiling while the others looked at themselves confused.

"What just…" Weiss began.

"I made a magical girl spell!" Ruby proudly declared. "After I figured out how to do Prepare for Adventure, I decided to change it up a bit, but then I got so into it I made a different version for each of us! Now we can all be magical girls together!"

"Ee! She feels so purrty in this!" M'rissi twittered with a big grin. Blake looked herself over and then smirked.

"Well, it is a good fit."

"Hold on," Yang said before bending over for a second and then standing back up before looking down her blouse. "Okay, my shorts and shirt are still there. Let's have fun!"

The girls then turned to Weiss, who seemed to grimace for a moment before pulling out the Staff of Magnus with a ghost of a grin. "Only if I'm the main girl."

Hard Times by xTRESTWHOx

"I'm going to ask you all this once," Ruby demanded with a glare at her teammates, all three of which withered under her gaze. "How did all three of you get arrested with five thousand septim bounties each?"

"Heh heh, well…" Yang began with a sheepish grin from behind the bars of the jailcell. "That is a funny story.

"Enlighten. Me."

Five Hours Earlier

"Yo, Belathor!" Yang shouted as she, Blake, and Weiss entered his store.

"Why, hello there!" the gruffy shopkeeper greeted the huntresses. "Got just about everything in here. Give a holler if you see anything you like."

"Will do!" Yang flashed a thumbs up as she and her companions began browsing the store. Thumbing through a few different items, Yang hummed to herself and nodded. She then grabbed the item, intending to bring it to the shopkeeper and purchase it.

"Hey, you can't do that!" Belathor suddenly shouted as Yang stood in place, greatly confused. The others were as well, also holding an assortment of items, and they watched Belathor suddenly grow scared and run out the back of his shop. "You won't get away with this!"

As the door slammed behind him, Yang, Blake, and Weiss looked at each other. They hoped that any of them had an answer to explain his behavior, but none did.

"Did… Did he think we were stealing this?" Blake finally stated. "Why would he…?"

It was then that several Whiterun guards burst into the store, their weapons drawn as they surrounded the huntresses.

"Stop right there, criminal scum!" The fact that the guard said this while glaring at Blake causing the Faunus' hairs to stand on end in righteous anger.

"What are you talking about!? We didn't steal anything!" Yang shouted back as more guards appeared.

"That's what they all say!" the guard declared as he came over to arrest the huntress. Yang, however, wasn't having any of it, and she made her displeasure known by grabbing the man and hurling him out the window.

"You know what!" she yelled, eyes red as she cracked her knuckles.

"Yang, calm down," Weiss cautioned, even as Blake pulled out her weapons.

"You think we're criminal scum! I'll show you criminal scum!" With a final yell, Yang and Blake leapt into the crowd of guards, creating a cloud of dust as more and more denizens of Whiterun were dragged in. Weiss sighed before prepping a spell.

"Well, might as well." Then, with a final yell, Weiss leaped into the fray, ready to support her teammates through thick and thin.

"I have no regrets," Blake stated as Ruby slapped her forehead.

"Guys, why…?" Ruby stated. "Don't you know that shopkeepers here are super sensitive to that stuff? If you want to buy something, you have to talk to them."

"Well, we know that now."

Dragon Things Out by Cody Fett

The four members of Team RWBY were sitting at their usual spot in The Bannered Mare celebrating another great victory.

"Well, girls," Ruby began, "it took a long time, and a few dramatic moments, but we finally helped Blake throw the Ebony Blade into the depths of Red Mountain, cured Weiss' vampirism, and removed Yang's lycanthropy."

The other three members of the team nodded enthusiastically.

"It's like a great weight has been lifted off my shoulders," Weiss cheered.

"Who knew hagravens had so many varied uses?" Yang commented before eating a fist full of hagraven feathers. "Ow! My magicka!"

Blake ignored the pained explanation and commented as such. "So now that our souls are now free I guess it's time we focused on your dragon eating problem, Ruby. Don't worry, we'll get through this."

"Oh thank you, Blake!" Ruby said with a cheer and half-lidded eyes. "But could you, you know, not?"

The rest of the team looked at each other and their leader in surprise.

"Uh, are you sure you're OK, and not just a little dragony, Rubes?" Yang asked worriedly.

"Oh, Yang, I wish you hadn't said that," Ruby chucked as her eyes flashed into slits and Crescent Rose unfurled.

"Uh oh."

Some time later found Team WBY chained to tables as they worked tirelessly in a kitchen. Suddenly, the wall exploded inward, and in walked The Dragon Empress.

"Slaves! Are my cookies yet done?" the red head formerly known as Ruby Rose demanded imperiously.

"Yes, milady!" they all answered in a terrified tone.

The Draconic Lady was most displeased, and directed her anger towards one of her servants in particular.

"Weiss, just what did I tell you to always call me?!" The Dragon Empress demanded, getting up into the snowcapped mage's personal space.

"Uh, uh…" Weiss' eyes darted around. "Master?"

"No!"

"Mistress?"

"Wrong again! One more mistake, and you'll get the Jaune!"

Out from nowhere came Dawnbreaker, glowing with ethereal light and pointed at Weiss' throat, who by now was sweating profusely.

"Bestest best friend in the whole world?" Weiss answered, bracing for Oblivion.

Instantly the younger girl's entire demeanor changed, and she was happy and joyous once more. "That's right!"

After hugging her best best friend to the point of near suffocation, she began to walk back to the hole she had made in the wall. "Well, I'm off to have a long and flammable discussion with Heimskr, and why he's not kissing the ground I walk on. I didn't spend all that time mantling Talos for nothing, after all!" and with that The Dragon Empress pivoted around and faced the ground. Letting out a terrific FUS RO DAH she flew out through the hole in the wall with the recoil of her throat.

Left alone once more, Team WBY nervously looked at one another until Yang got her courage back.

"Don't worry, girls. I got the perfect plan to stand up to this oppression!"

Meanwhile, on the open road, Team LIME were conversing amongst themselves.

"Team, the day we have all feared has come," Lydia began. "My Thane is no longer the small girl of compact size that we all want to protect from the much taller world, for she has turned into a little tyrant with a Napoleon complex, whatever that is."

"I know what it is," Inigo quipped.

"M'rissi thinks that it's related to that ice cream girl that they sometimes complain about."

"We need not fear though," Lydia continued, "for with my new aura and semblance, not to mention my cool new transforming weapon, which of course has already been explained in great detail so no explanation is necessary…"

Everyone else agreed and nodded along.

"... We can defeat the tyrannical Dragon Empress, and bring freedom back to Tamriel! Now let's go!"

With a cheer, Team LIME moved out, only to almost immediately run into hunched over old lady.

"Excuse me dearies, but would you be willing to collect ten skeever pelts for me?"

Team LIME looked at each other, and their leader once again spoke. "I don't know, we are in a hurry."

"I'll pay you a hundred septims."

"We'll do it!"

In her evil lair/comfy lounge, The Dragon Empress laughed as she watched the scene through her crystal ball.

"Hehha, my fantastically roundabout scheme is nearly 32% finished."

At this satisfactory note she smiled evilly and bit into one of her chocolate chip cookies. Instantly, he eyes bugged out, and she fell out of her chair onto the floor coughing.

"Ack! Pepper! I am deposed!"

Shortcut by xTRESTWHOx

"Alright, everyone," Weiss proclaimed as she stood in front in front of an ancient Nordic ruin. Behind her was the rest of her team, each of them holding their weapons tightly in their hands. "Let's get this over with."

"I swear, if I have to go through another ruin filled with undead," Yang grumbled as she and Lydia led the way inside. They were greeted by the sight of broken pots and crumpled stone, along with several mummified bodies. Yang stepped towards one, which immediately tried to rise to its feet with a groan.

"Zu'u lost praan—" the draugr moaned, only for Yang to immediately punch its head off with one more punch.

"Sorry to disturb you!" Ruby apologized as she helped Weiss loot the ruin, while Yang sighed.

"Why is it that every single ruin has a legion of draugr in it?" she asked rhetorically, to which Blake shrugged.

"Beats me," she admitted while stabbing a rising draugr in the head, then looked further into the ruin and sighed. "Please tell me that we aren't going to have to go all the way through that, fight a bunch of draugr, solve puzzles so simple a five-year-old could do it, only to find a hidden entrance that leads straight into this room."

"I know! It happens every time!" Yang exclaimed as she threw up her arms in frustration. Before she could rant further, Ruby gasped in excitement.

"Hey, guys! Look what I found!" she called out, causing her team to walk over and see just what she had found. The sight caused Yang to groan.

"Oh, great. Looks like we found the secret passageway," she declared. Indeed, the secret entrance was quite obvious, from the clear incisions in the stone wall to the sign that said 'Secret Passage – Exit Only'.

"Looks like it," Weiss agreed with a nod, then turned and started to head deeper into the ruin. "Well, that loot's not going to gather itself."

"And my dragon word," Ruby pointed out as she and Lydia caught up to the vampire.

"That too."

Blake turned to run up to the others, only for everyone to stop as a loud bang came from behind them. They turned around sharply, their weapons drawn, only to see a red-eyed Yang pounding on the secret door repeatedly.

"Hey! I know you're in there! Open this door now, you stupid draugr!" she demanded. Weiss sighed and moved to chastise her teammate, only for a raspy voice to echo from the other side.

"No way!" the voice called out, strangely speaking in Imperial Common.

"Listen, buddy. I know that I can get in through there," Yang pointed out, "If I have to walk all the way through this stupid ruin, just to get to you, I'm going to be very upset. That won't end well for you, so let us in and no one gets hurt."

"Hah, you think you stand a chance?" the voice laughed haughtily, "I got, like, fifteen draugr in here, so bring it!"

"Grrgh," Yang growled, the hairs on the back of her head standing on end, then banged on the door one last time. "Oh, he is so going to get it."

With that final word, Yang stomped past her teammates, each of them standing still as they watched the brawler disappear from view.

"Is… Is she going to be okay?" Lydia asked. She got her answer from the sounds of carnage going off in the distance, accompanied by wolf howls.

"Eh, she'll be fine," Ruby stated, her words punctuated by a faint explosion. "Just let her sort things out."

A few moments later, the secret door was finally opened, and a happy Yang tossed the head of a Dragon Priest to her team.

"Found a shortcut, guys."