FUUUUUCK! Please don't hate me. It's been a long damn time to make THIS up. There was writers block, frustration, ridiculous amounts of anime, a little bit of Game of Thrones and my job as an Avionics Apprentice. This took a frustratingly long time to write for some reason. Also, after a mere 3 chapters I have gained just over 1600 views, 18 favourites and 25 followers, you have no idea how awesome that makes me feel, so shout out to everyone who has read this. Lots of thinking and deciding on how this chapter will start to affect future chapters regarding Ruby's personality. If I fucked it, please let me know.

Blake stood back to observe her creation, as Ruby stood there awaiting approval.

"I like it. It's not out of the ordinary, and winter is coming so it makes sense." Ruby nodded in agreement as she wore a brimmed, red beanie that Blake managed to scavenge from her wardrobe, and her newly dyed ears to match her hair colour. The cap wasn't bad, but it was too out of place for Ruby, and Yang would definitely catch on if she suddenly wore a cap, and besides, Beanies are comfy. It flattened her ears quite well and the only to notice the very slight out of shapeness of it is if you knew she had ears.

"It's not weird or out of place or anything?" Ruby inquired as she felt the new headwear.

"Nope, looks good, and it suits you well. Just play it cool and no one will suspect a thing." Blake said coolly. Ruby nodded and looked out at the distant city of Vale, back in her own thoughts

What do you think?

I think the cover will hold for the moment. Yang will find out in time, it's just a matter of when and how.

Agreed. Yang's irritatingly curious and persistent nature will make things hard.

"Well I guess we should go get some sleep. It's late and I don't want to sleep in to get lectured by Weiss" Blake said as she turned to head back for the dorm.

"Okay. Thanks for helping me by the way. It means a lot to have someone to trust with this sort of thing."

"It's okay, I've had to do the same thing for a long time so I know how you feel. Oh yeah, if you do inherit most Faunus traits, you may go through some... phases." Blake calmly said with a bit of concern in her voice.

"Phases? Like what?"

"Most Faunus go through a part of their life where they don't want to be looked at, seen by anyone, talked to, etc, due to fear of social rejection in human society. It can get pretty bad depending on the person, for random periods of time, but I'm not sure if you will get it or not. If you do, I expect it will be very soon."

Ruby nodded while in thought over this and Blake took this as a queue to go back to the dorm, and Ruby followed a few minutes later. When Ruby got back to the dorm, she was greeted by a sleeping Yang and Weiss, with Blake quietly getting into bed. She quietly got in to bed herself, took the beanie off, put it to the side, slipped on her hood and went to sleep.

Ruby woke up the next morning, squinting at the unwelcome view of sunlight suddenly in her eyes. She slowly pulled her hood further over her head and over her eyes to block it out. After about 5 minutes she decided to get up, so she sat up and looked around, surprised by the fact that her teammates were still asleep, then realised it was only 6:00. She decided to go for a quiet stroll and think, so she grabbed her new beanie that Blake gave her the previous night and out it on, all the while removing her hood. She likes how she can now have full view of everything while also hiding her ears. She quietly left the dorm room and then just roamed around the campus for a bit.

She eventually found herself at the tallest tower of Beacon Academy. She sat on the edge of the window with her legs hanging over the edge, while she just thought about her current situation.

I hope this turns out ok. I really don't want this to mess up my life. I'm happy the way it is.

From what I can tell, your team are understanding people. Weiss would take some time though, and Yang would not care whether you are Faunus or not, but she has been known to spill secrets under pressure. Blake I think is the most trustworthy, as it seems she's been keeping secrets from everyone for a long time.

Agreed. Though it's most likely I will get questioned by other people, such as Goodwitch, and I don't know how to answer that sort of question without acting suspiciously.

Well I guess you can just answer the best you can. If she doesn't back off, then you may need to tell her and her only.

It's starting to get towards an hour before class, so Ruby gets up and goes back to the dorm. She gets in and sees that her teammates are only just getting up. Yang looked at Ruby with a slightly annoyed look on her face.

"Where were you? I woke up earlier and you weren't in bed." Ruby smiled a bit and shrugged.

"I was just going for a stroll, and to think about personal stuff without being interrupted." Yang tilted her head a bit and raised an eyebrow.

"This early? And what stuff would that be? Surely you can talk to your own sister about it, instead of keeping it to yourself." Ruby shot Yang an irritated look, something Yang doesn't get too often but is certainly an intimidating thing, even for her.

"Stuff. A'ight? Not for you to concern yourself." Ruby replied with a stern tone. Yang slightly flinched, then nodded in understanding as she proceeded with her morning rituals.

Saying that will only make things worse, as she will be more curious. This is Yang we are talking about here, you will only fuel her unstoppable curiosity.

Ruby sighed inwards as she knows Cain is correct. Yang can be extremely persistent when it comes to finding out Ruby's emotions.

I know, but she was asking me questions. I'm not a big fan of questions, but I know that this will probably get worse as time progresses.

Ruby eventually got dressed for school and grabbed her bag with all her books, and as she was leaving, Blake held her back and whispered to her.

"Just be careful out there, it can get easy to forget you are hiding something. Don't worry, I'm sure you will be fine. You have my full support." She whispered to Ruby with a warm and supportive smile. Ruby nodded in thanks and went to Physics class with Weiss. As they were walking to class, Weiss curiously look at the beanie Ruby was wearing.

"Why are you wearing a beanie? I know winter is coming but it's not exactly cold enough to wear such a thing quite yet." Ruby growled quietly, but enough that Weiss could here, and since she was now part Beo-Wolf, it actually was a proper wolf growl, so her growl was no longer that of an innocent teenager.

"Why do you want to know? It doesn't affect my grades or ability to perform in combat so what do you care what I wear?" Ruby said with a frown on her face and said quite loudly, and then she started to speed walk ahead to class, leaving Weiss behind. Weiss was thoroughly confused, and then remembered when she got all defensive with Yang not that long ago. Now she was quite curious as to why Ruby was becoming like this. Most unbeneficial to Ruby.

Ok, I will hopefully have more direction than I did before, as I have better direction with a wiring diagram of everything in a small aircraft. But of course, any help or suggestions with how the story progresses would be epically appreciated, just put it in reviews or PM it to me, or just hit me up for a chat. To know what the hell is happening with this story and any others I put out (wink wink), my bio on my profile will have the story status' to tell you whether I am actually doing it or if it is on temporary hold due to writers block or whatever is holding me up. Please let me know how I am doing with this story, I really don't want to disappoint (but I would still prepare to be sorely disappointed, just in case).