Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Princess and the Ghost. Enjoy the 1200-word chapter. I don't own RWBY, Monty Oum and Rooster Teeth do.

(Haven, 10 days before More the Merrier)

Ray yawned and walked into the courtyard at the sound of cursing.

"Why Ray asked as he walked into the I… Damn it, work!" Ray heard as he blinked and pulled at his grey sleeping t shirt and looked at his Orange sleeping pants.

"Weiss?" Ray asked as he walked into the courtyard, Weiss was practicing her summoning and jumped.

She was wearing a blue night gown which had her family crest on her shoulder, she had blue slippers on. Weiss also had her hair down, framing her hair like snow.

Ray blushed and walked into the courtyard; he felt his nervousness acting up again.

"Ray! You scared me! You should never do that; I could have killed you!" Weiss scolded and Ray bowed his head in respect.

"I-I'm sorry, Weiss. I was just curious w-why your still up." Ray muttered, he cursed his stuttering, it happened any time he was nervous and Weiss made him nervous. He didn't think it was because she was dangerous. He just didn't realize that it was love yet.

"I… I'm sorry, Ray. I'm just stressed…" Weiss said and leaned on a crate of dust and then sighed, setting Myrtenaster on the crate and rubbing her temples.

"W-why, Weiss? You mentioned to Ruby and the others you mastered your Summoning… And your p-perfect at combat, you took down those White Fang soldiers like a dancing ballerina." Ray stated and Weiss blushed and turned her head to the side, flustered. She wanted to scold Ray for that, but she was too confused on her own thoughts to do it.

"I… I've always been expected to be perfect, Ray. I'm starting to get sick of it." Weiss said as Ray sat next to her, putting Praetoria on the crate next to him.

"I know you don't like your dad, my parents used to tell me your father was basically a tyrant of a businessman and anything that wasn't business or didn't make him money he didn't care about." Ray said, Weiss sighed.

"They wouldn't be wrong." Weiss said, trying not to cry as a tear followed down her cheek.

That leech had taken her chance at being normal away, he had treated her like a doll and shattered her under the surface. He drove her mother, her mother of all people, to drink. It was also clear he had groomed Whitney into only caring about business.

She didn't notice Ray flick the tear away and hug her.

"D-don't cry. He isn't worth it…" Ray said as Weiss blushed and tried to speak only to close her mouth and return the gesture.

"He used to make me feel worthless if I wasn't perfect, Ray. I used to train and train and train… And all he cared about was all the Lien he could grab and how perfect he could make himself look." Weiss said with a choked voice.

"But you are perfect, Weiss. I-I've seen it." Ray said as Weiss looked at him.

"You're not spoiled like he is; you treat people like Faunus fairly. You use your skills to help people from what I've seen… Your nothing like what I've heard… If you were, you wouldn't have started training me. You would have been a lot more controlling." Ray heard and Weiss became more flustered.

"Well, I'm trying to practice the lancer I've killed. I killed it with my other summon." Weiss said, Ray blinked as she planted Myrtenaster in the ground and closed her eyes, the blade glowed blue as she ran 2 fingers down the blade.

A glyph appeared and a Blue and White knight flipped off it and stood over both Weiss and Ray.

"Wow… Just… Wow." Ray muttered as he turned to Weiss.

"Well, that's cooler then my semblance…" Ray said as Weiss caused the summon to vanish and she blinked.

"What's your semblance?" Weiss asked, Ray sighed and closed his eyes.

Weiss watched as Ray became transparent and walked and walked through the crate and towards Weiss.

"I can become intangible, Weiss… It's why I lived… Because I'm a coward." Ray said, Weiss sighed and drew Myrtenaster, she refused to let Ray talk about her like he did and then beat himself up.

"Draw Praetor, Ray." Weiss said, Ray blinked and Weiss tossed the weapon into his hands since he had become less intangible.

"W-wha?" Ray said before Weiss floored him with a slash and knocking him to the ground.

"You're not to be blamed for your team's death, Ray." Weiss said as Ray climbed to his feet and barely blocked a lunge from Weiss that would have run him through.

"They all died because of me, Weiss! They all died because of me!" Ray said, holding back tears and knocking away a slash as Weiss brushed off the tears as she twirled around Ray and slashed at his head.

"It's Lionheart, Ray. He led you into a trap, it'd be your fault if you were aware of that and didn't act!" Weiss yelled as she leapt off a White Glyph and flipped at Ray.

Ray flipped out of the way of the stab and swung a crescent kick at Weiss who ducked and responded with a crane kick.

"I ran, Weiss! My teammates told me to run and I did! I came back to see them dead, Weiss! I couldn't even lead them!" Ray yelled as Weiss sighed. She charged into Ray and locked blades with him.

"You lived because they underestimated you, Ray. You can't blame yourself for every mistake…. I used to blame everyone else when I wasn't made team leader. I was spoiled, I was ungrateful… And then I had people show me that I made a mistake." Weiss said before she knocked Ray's blade away and flicked him on the head.

Ray winced as Weiss looked him in the eye.

"You blame yourself for getting them killed, I get that… But you did what you could, Lionheart betrayed you, you did what you were able to do." Weiss said as Ray nodded and Weiss went to summon the knight again.

"But you can't blame yourself for that… You can still avenge them… Just like how I can avenge my family… And how you just showed me I can be perfect in my own way." Weiss stated.

"Uh, Weiss?" Ray asked as Weiss scowled and shushed him.

"You be quiet, I'm trying to be supporting and understanding, Ray." Weiss said as Ray blinked.

"Weiss?" Ray asked and Weiss scowled and ignored him as buzzing was heard.

"WEISS!" Ray yelled as Weiss's eyes shot open in anger.

"WHAT!?" Weiss yelled as she turned to see the Queen Lancer and blinked.

Ray never felt a warmer hug and blushed.

Author Notes

Phew, another chapter done! I want to point out I'm not trying to rush Weiss and Ray's relationship, but it will blossom by the time of More the Merrier. Next chapter will be next Wednesday and will take place a week before the episode. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!