I AM SO SORRY GUYS. I know that I told you on Tragic assumptions that this would be out the day after, but I accidentally deleted my entire chapter 3 times. Also, it is surprisingly hard to remember all the stuffs that you put in. But I hope that you at least enjoy the chapter to make up for it!

Blake snuck around the back corner of the building, careful not to let anyone know her position. After she was certain the coast was clear, she dove forward and rolled into the safety of a nearby bush. Getting up slowly, Blake looked around.

'Unnoticed, yes.' From there she leapt out of the bush and ran quickly but silently along the tree line. Finally, she could see her prize. In the middle of a small clearing, stood red team's flag. Taking a last look around to see if anyone as around, Blake sprinted forward in an attempt to grab the flag. Before she could reach it though, there was a loud swoosh, along with a flurry of rose petals. Within an instant Ruby was upon her, she drew the weapon that she had been given and swiped at Blake's legs. The faunus fell and was useless to farther struggle.

"Well, that's the last of blue team! Now let's go get us a flag." From the area, three students walked out of hiding and quickly followed Ruby to where Blake knew would be the blue base. She scowled and blew the hair out of her face, waiting for the horn to sound. A few minutes of waiting later, a loud sound pierced the sky, causing many small birds to fly away from the area.

Blake could see professor Goodwitch coming through the forest. She sighed to herself but attempted to get up.

'Damn she can hit hard.' The group slowly made their way back to beacon, where they were met by an enthusiastic group of students waiting for the game to finish. In their training classes, they had moved from matches to real life scenarios. So in this case, they were playing capture the flag. Everyone made their way into the training room and collapsed into a heap of exhaustion. It wasn't until a few minutes later that the bell rang and they were forced to get up.

"Ugggh. I hurt." Ruby walked up beside Blake and laughed.

"Haha, yeah sorry about that." Blake waved her hand in dismissal. "So what class do we have next?"

"That's it. Today's a half day because of the dance tonight." Ruby's face brightened.

"There's a dance?" Blake looked to her side and laughed.

"Yup, wait how did you not know? They've mentioned it everyday in class for like the last week." Ruby shrugged and they continued walking to their dorm. When they walked through the door, they could see Weiss and Yang in heated debate.

"It is so cheating! You can't use glyphs to protect your flag."

"It is not! It's called being smart." Ruby thought back to earlier when she was watching the game that Weiss and Yang had been in. When the bell sounded, Weiss sat in front of the flag with several glyphs raised while the rest of her team went out to capture the other flag. Ruby laughed, and Yang wasn't too fond of it.

"What? You think that it's fair? How are we supposed to get past that?" She shrugged, but Blake thought for a moment.

"You could have all just rolled her away."

"Along with the flag!"

"Yeah but at least you wouldn't have to listen to her while your flag was being stolen." Yang's face burned, but she settled down quickly.

"So how was your game? Professor Goodwitch said we could leave early so we missed it." Blake shrugged and looked over at Ruby, who was climbing onto her bunk.

"How do you think it went? I think being against her is more unfair than her glyphs." Yang laughed.

"I think you might be right about that." Ruby blushed, but turned back to her tablet. Since she had heard about the coming dance, Ruby was trying extremely hard to find a place where she could get a dress. After a few minutes of searching, she found a place near the docks of Vale.

"Hey guys you want to come and help me pick out a dress for the dance?" Both Yang and Weiss shot up, apparently in worry.

"I knew there was something I forgot about."

"Let's go." Yang grabbed the keys to the car that they shared. In minutes, they were all piled in and driving away from beacon. It wasn't long before the steep roads of the cliffs were in view, and Weiss looked away while grabbing tightly onto the handhold.

"Feeling ok there princess?" Weiss scowled at Yang, but looked away again.

"I'm not good with heights ok?"

"Then how did you deal with initiation?"

"My glyphs count as the ground in my mind." Yang shrugged and returned her eyes to the road. They were nearing the bottom, and the city of Vale was coming into the view of their car window. It wasn't much of a long drive, but it was one hell of a walk. More of a tumble and try to live actually. Yang expertly drifted around the sharp corners of the road. Weiss would have protested the speed that they were travelling, but she knew that Yang had very little control in that sense. After a few minutes of driving, their speed lowered considerably, until Yang pressed the gas petal for the first time since getting to the cliffs.

Not much happened in Vale. At least not much that was legal. Except for a few times a year where a festival, parade or tournament would take place. Unfortunately, none of those things were currently taking place. Blake helped direct Yang street by street until finally, they were nearing the docks. To her right, Ruby could see a massive dress shop. Just seeing it made Ruby gasp.

"How have I never seen this place before?" Weiss shrugged a little and smiled, obviously happy with being on level ground.

"It's relatively new. I think that they only opened a few months ago." Yang opened the door and stepped out, eager to get a move on.

"Well let's cut the chit chat and let's go!" The others laughed as they piled out of the vehicle. As Ruby took her first step into the store, perfume filled her nose. In only a few moments, she felt a familiar feeling coming up in her nose. Weiss, recognizing the signs, grabbed a tissue from her purse and quickly handed it to Ruby. When she accepted it, Ruby looked to Weiss questioningly.

"I've been carrying these around since the day you nearly blew me up with one of your sneezes."

"Ahh, ahhhh, CHOO! A-and it still wasn't my fault, you were waving that stupid dust powder in my face. What else where you expecting?" Weiss humphed and turned the store attendant.

"Party of four and we don't need anyone to help us dress." The man nodded and walked away. A few minutes later, they were led down a long hallway filled with dresses. Each of them got their own changing room, but they shared a stage. Yang was the first one to pick out a dress, walking out in a yellow dress that ended just above the knee on one leg, while hanging down to her calf on the other. Weiss also found a dress fairly quickly, it was a light blue with an intricate design on the chest to the stomach. Ruby however, was having some troubles.

"What is there here that I can where?" Blake walked up behind her and tried pointing to a few, but the were all shot down. "Too revealing. Too flashy. I would but I want something in red." Blake gave up and sat back down, as she had already picked out her own dress days before. But after a half an hour of pestering, Weiss and Yang forced her to try on a dress. She walked into the changing room while grumbling. When she finally walked out, Yang laughed and ran up to her sister, enveloping her with a hug.

"Come on Yang, get off her." After a few moments, Weiss was able to pry Yang off the suffocating girl. But she also smiled when she saw Ruby's dress. The two of them took a step back to admire their handy work, much to Ruby's annoyance. But instead of complaining, she stood there awkwardly, not making eye contact.

"So, h-how do I look?" Yang smiled and walked up to her again.

"You look amazing Ruby." Her dress was elegant but simple. The straps were as wide as her hands, and hung slightly over the edge of her shoulders. The body of the dress was slim fitted, but didn't hug her body so that she was uncomfortable. The bottom had small furls that swayed with her movement. "Hmmm, but something is missing."

"The shoes?"

"Yes! That's it. Ruby, you stay here, Weiss come on." The two of them dashed down the hallway, leaving Ruby and Blake to their own accords. Blake looked around.

"I'll be right back."

"Where are you going?"

"I just need to go to the bathroom."

"Ok, but please hurry back. This place makes me feel uncomfortable." Blake nodded and walked away, leaving Ruby alone to think. However, she didn't have as much time to think as she would have, because across the street, she could see a very familiar face.

Torchwick.

Dun dun dun, things may or may not be in the process of possibly maybe happening. But you won't know until next update now will you? Mwahahaha.