-3 Months Ago-

"WEISS!" Ruby screamed as she used her semblance to knock the ursa major away from her partner but ended up taking herself and the grimm along with her off the cliff nearby "AHHH!" She screamed as she fell.

"RUBY! NOO!" She heard the loud fading voice of her sister as she hit the rough water below. She instantly blacked out from the force and was carried downstream.

A few days later she woke to the feeling of someone carrying her "Nrrgghh.." She groaned.

"Oh..you're awake!" A woman spoke as she stopped walking and knelt down "You were badly injured when I found you but do you think you'd be able to walk? You are quite heavy"

Ruby nodded then slowly climbed off the woman and felt a little wobbly as she tried to balance on her legs. She felt the woman grab her shoulder to help balance her "Who are you?"

"Name's Crystal Sterling" The woman smiled "Yours?"

"Ruby Rose" She replied then asked "Where am I?"

"Forever Fall forest"

"What?! How the heck did I get here?!" Ruby began panicking as she tried to pull her scroll out of her pocket only to find nothing "My scroll! It's gone" It was only then did she notice she was missing her cloak "Where my red cloak?!"

"I-I don't know..I only found you as you are near the river" Crystal backed away, slightly frightened by Ruby's outburst.

"I thought I was still in Patch! I should be getting ready to say goodbye to my sister Yang"

"Oh? Where is she going?"

"Beacon" Ruby replied then let out a sigh.

"But isn't school already in session?"

Ruby gasped "What?"

"It's been eight months since school started" Crystal replied.

-With WBY-

It had been a week since Weiss left the hospital but she still could not stop thinking about Ruby. She still remembered when she realized she fell in love with Ruby.

It was a month before the fight on a day they all had no classes due to an increase of grimm near the city. Ruby had insisted Weiss spent the day with her walking around the school. She at first refused Ruby's offer but after the girl kept pestering her, she finally accepted to walk with her. After they talked all day about their past and got to know each other, Weiss felt different and couldn't figure out why. She began to spend more time with Ruby after that day and the day before the fight with the grimm, she realized she was falling in love with her partner.

"Weiss..Weiss!"

Weiss flinched then looked up to see Yang and Blake walking over "Blake wants us all to study together if it's all right with you"

She could see the dark circles and bags on Yang's face and realized that her partner's sister hadn't been getting good enough sleep 'I didn't realize at first but she's really distraught at the death of her sister..' She thought sadly.

"It's fine with me"

"Alright, let's head to the library" Blake spoke up.

"Miss Xiao Long?"

Yang turned to see a police officer walking up to the group "Yes?"

"We found a slightly torn up red cloak downstream in the forest and-"

"Where is it?" Weiss asked as she stood up.

"The detective is inspecting it first before we give it to you" The officer replied.

"Alright"

"I'll have my buddy bring it to you once it's down being inspected" The officer then walked off.

"Yang..?" Weiss spoke up.

"Yeah, Weiss?" Yang looked at Weiss.

"C-Can I keep Ruby's cloak once it's returned to us..?" Weiss looked down at her shoes as she felt a tear fall down then off her face.

"Uh..S-Sure Weiss" Yang replied.

"Thanks"

-With Ruby-

"Eight months?!" Ruby screeched out.

"Y-Yup"

Ruby began panicking again "Was I kidnapped while sleeping?"

"Looks more like you were involved in a fight..?"

"A fight? But how long have I been unconscious?"

"How should I know? I merely found you on my way to collect herbs" Crystal spoke then asked "Can I take you to my cabin to stay for the night? It's starting to get darker"

"Yeah..I'm not even sure how far I am from Vale"

"I've lived here most of my life and even I do not know" Crystal giggled before leading Ruby in the direction of her cabin.


A/N: Another short chapter!~ Hoped everyone liked it!

Luxina, thanks for the review and criticism. Hope this chapter answered your questions.
The OC is actually one I created a few years ago but never really used her for anything.

To the short chapter thing, I'm currently helping my family clear out a bit of stuff we don't need to make space in the house so I don't have much time to write a long chapter. I really want to get the chapters out as soon as I can so I'm only able to write up short chapters but I promise the final chapter will be over 10k words.

After I finish this fanfic, I plan on creating a comic that follows this story.
I actually planned on doing this story as a comic at first but with me being an Artist, I'm getting a few Commissions from people so I don't have much time to work on a Comic.

Next chapter will be up tomorrow and will be a part 2 to this chapter.