A/N:
Like I said in the last chapter, I knew I was going to post a chapter before the ninth, which is Monday. But this will probably be the last chapter before the ninth and classes are going to start so chapter will be delayed. But you only must look forward to 2 more chapters after this one. So, there is something to.
There will no longer be any time skips because that would be ridiculous, and for the fights in the Vytal tournament, I'm going to use the canon fights in the show. And they won't be mentioned all that much just briefly. So, strap in, Ruby's gonna have some fun.
Began Writing: January 7, 2017 at 4:20 P.M. (Blaze it)
As Ruby sat on the roof, waiting for everyone to go to breakfast, we went through all the pranks she planned to pull on Pyrrha to make her uneasy. First leave a couple of notes lying around with very cryptic messages, then, once her scroll, is charged, maybe a few calls from Ruby to Pyrrha to really freak her out. Then, if Ruby becomes brave enough, a visit from Ruby's ghosts while she is sleeping. Oh, the fun she was going to have. Finally, once she is weakened and paranoid, BOOM, kill her in front of thousands of people.
Ruby grabbed all her stuff and peered into Team JNPR's dorm from the outside through their window. Their room was more organized than her room. There were no bunk beds name up of books and rope hung from the ceiling. There wasn't stuff all over the floor and posters hanging sloppily on the wall. They cared about how their room looked, which made Ruby a bit jealous.
But it didn't really matter. Ruby wasn't there for interior design lessons, she was there from revenge. And so, as she looked around, she didn't see anyone. The bathroom door was open so she could see that no one was inside and all the beds were made and empty, so Ruby concluded it was empty. But when she tried the window, it was locked. She couldn't get in any other way without someone hearing so she came up with a new way.
Quickly, she darted across the roof to the other side where her dorm room was and looked inside. She saw Yang brushing her hair in the bathroom. Ruby never understood why she spent so much time messing with her hair, only for it to get messy during the fight. But anyways, Ruby tapped on the window using her scythe to get Yang's attention.
Meanwhile while Yang was brushing her hair, she still felt uneasy about the situation that happened the previous night. The sole idea that someone was peeping on them on the seventh floor made her feel like she was never safe. Then, a tap at the window spun her around faster than Ruby can move with her semblance. She caught the glimpse of something quickly darting up above the window. Yang ran as fast as she could to the window to see if she could see it, but like the night before, nothing. Yang, now feeling even more uneasy, closed the window, finished brushing her hair quickly, and left the dorm.
Unbeknownst to Yang, Ruby had slipped the tip of her scythe in between the window and the frame, not enough to notice it, but enough to make sure it wouldn't close fully. Once Yang had left the room, Ruby slipped in and was hit with a sense of nostalgia. Her old bed, her old gaming counsel. Everything felt foreign to her, like it was all new again. But Ruby had no time to waste. Quickly, she checked down the hall to make sure no one was there. Once clear, she darted into JNOR's dorm room. Luckily, it was open because Jaune kept forgetting to lock it. Once inside the dorm, she looked for clues that might lead her to Pyrrha's bed. It soon became apparent that the one kept the cleanest and the one that had her shield underneath it was hers. So, Ruby left a nice little note for Pyrrha labeled "To: Pyrrha" with it little heart next to it. Then she ran back over to her dorm room to charge her scroll.
Meanwhile, in the mess hall, all of Team JNPR and WBY were eating together. Nora, as always, had a plate full on pancakes. Jaune and Ren had some eggs and Pyrrha had some toast with jam and honey on it. Weiss too had eggs with toast, Yang was trying to beat Nora in who can eat the most pancakes in a minute, and Blake just stuck with a glass of OJ. After the contest, which Nora always won, Weiss began talking about the incident that happened the previous night.
"So, some guy was peeping on us last night." Weiss said in a monotone voice.
Team JNPR looked at her with confusion and amazement. "You mean, someone was looking through the peep hole in the door?" Jaune asked.
"No idiot, someone was outside our room, like outside in a tree. And you can't do that, can you?" Weiss questioned Jaune, deciding whether she should kill him or not, based on his answer.
"But with our rooms being on the seventh floor, how could anyone be that stubborn? Why not just stick with the first two floors?" Pyrrha asked with a bit on confusion and worry.
"We don't know. All we know is that they tree branch they were standing on broke and they tried to grasp onto the ledge and fell." Blake responded, trying to explain things.
"But even a trained Huntsmen would have trouble surviving that fall uninjured, let alone unscathed. Are you sure you didn't just hear a small animal?" Ren asked.
"Nope. That branch was too big for a small animal to jump onto it and break it. It had to be a human or faunus. We were wondering if you guys saw or heard anything last night." Yang said.
"Nope. Sorry. Can't say we did." Jaune replied.
"Damn. Then are only question is who would do this. The school is not open for non-huntsmen and huntresses and we didn't notice anyone following us or being suspicious yesterday." Weiss said, trying to figure it out
"Maybe it was Ruby." Nora said, nonchalantly. But at the mention of her name, everyone looked at her like she was crazy. "Maybe Ruby survived the attack and was trying to get back in but fell."
Only wondrous looks of confusion, unbelievableness, and anger from Yang were given to Nora. She looked back with a look of confusion that read something like 'why are you guys looking at me'. Weiss broke the silence.
"…what did you say..." Weiss said to Nora.
"I'm saying that we never found a body or her scroll. What if she survived, but didn't have a way to call us and was trying to get into your room but fell and injured herself again? Maybe she's still out there trying to get back to us." Nora said, sounding a bit uneasy at the end, like she was tearing up
Yang looked like she was about to kill Nora. "Listen here, you little time bomb. Ruby is dead. Like never coming back dead. So, don't EVER talk like she is still alive, got it?!" Yang's eyes turned red from both anger and tears forming.
Yang, calm down. Nora, don't say things like that. It really upsets some people." Jaune said, trying to be the voice of reason
"Sorry, I just miss her, okay." Nora said. She had a look no one had ever really seen before. A look of regret and sadness was on her face. Upon seeing this, Yang ran over to her and hugged.
"I'm sorry, Nora. I miss her too." The two sat quietly, holding each other. Pyrrha stood up and began to walk away.
"Pyrrha, where are you going?" Jaune asked
"Back to our dorm room. I don't want to see Nora or Yang like this." Pyrrha replies, her too sounding like she was on the verge of tears.
"Alright. See you back at the dorm." Jaune replied
A moment later, Blake whispered to Weiss: "Weiss I'm gonna head back to our dorm. Seeing Yang like this is too much."
"Alright." Weiss whispered back. And with that, Blake too was on her way back to her dorm.
Pyrrha reached her dorm and opened the unlocked door. The real reason she left was because she hated how much everyone cared about Ruby. She thought that with her gone, she would soon be forgotten. But no, she was talked about even more now. "Remember when Ruby did that" or "Wasn't it funny when Ruby did this" was all she heard over the last two month. She had grown up being at the center, now she had been dethroned. At first, she kinda liked not being at the center of attention. Now, that's what all she wanted. Pyrrha began to pace around the room before sitting down. It was only when she heard the crinkle of paper that she noticed the note. She grabbed it and on the front, it read "To: Pyrrha" with a little heart. Oh, god she thought This must be the secret admirer that Team WBY was talking about. Lovely, now he is after me. But when Pyrrha opened the note, she screamed in fear and ran from her dorm. Blake, who was about to go inside her dorm, heard this and was soon met with a screaming Pyrrha in her face.
"Jesus Pyrrha, what's wrong?!" Blake looked worried.
"Open your door, now." Pyrrha said in a demanding voice.
"What, why?" Blake said
"Open it! Now!" Pyrrha now sounded scared for her life.
With that, Blake opened that door to the dorm room. After they were both inside, Pyrrha slammed the door shut and locked it.
"Okay, we're inside. Now what is this all abo…"
"I found this on my bed." Pyrrha slammed the note into Blake's chest. Blake took a step back and looked at the note. "A love letter, really?" Blake said, sounding a bit angry.
"Read what's on the inside." Pyrrha said, sounding concerned.
Reluctantly, Blake read the what note said and when she was finished, just dropped the paper at her feet. "No…...no….no no no no no no…"
The note read:
Dear Pyrrha,
Next time you try to kill someone, aim a bit higher, okay. Also, your spear could use some sharpening.
Love, Rubes
Below the note was a crudely drawn image of Pyrrha standing over Ruby stabbing her in the chest, the same way she did it.
"Pyrrha, are you sure this note is real and not just some prank?" Blake questioned, sounding worried and confused.
"How the HELL would it be a prank, Blake?! Only you and I know about this. Plus, only Ruby would know how I stabbed her." Pyrrha said, angry and concerned.
"Fuck, oh fuck, fucking shit." Blake began pacing.
"Why are you worried? You aren't the one who stabbed her!" Pyrrha yelled at Blake.
"Yeah, but I told Yang everything was going to be okay I told her Ruby was going to be okay. I basically killed Yang!" Blake said
"Alright, umm, okay. If this is Ruby, trying to kill you, then you need to outsmart her. Lead her into a trap. Kill her like you were supposed to. I'll help you." Blake said
"Fine." Pyrrha said. And with that Pyrrha and Blake left the room
Meanwhile, Ruby had decided to take a nice hot shower. It had been so long since she had had a nice hot shower. She put her bags in the bathroom and her scythe under her blanket because it wouldn't fit in the small bathroom comfortably.
Ruby was in the middle of the shower when she heard the door open suddenly and then slam. Ruby quickly turned off the water and listened through the door.
"I found this on my bed."She heard Pyrrha say. Ruby grinned from ear to ear upon hearing this. So Pyrrha found the note. But who is she talking to.
"Pyrrha, are you sure this note is real and not just some prank?" a mystery person asked Pyrrha. Who is that, they sound familiar… Ruby had forgotten what her friends sounded like in her time away.
"How the HELL would it be a prank, Blake?! Only you and I know about this." Upon hearing this, Ruby's grinned dropped into a silent gasp. No, not Blake. Why would Blake know about this? The only way to know is if she was in on it. Please, oh God, don' let Blake be in on this. Ruby pleaded with herself.
"Why are you worried? You aren't the one who stabbed her!" "Yeah, but I told Yang everything was going to be okay I told her Ruby was going to be okay. I basically killed Yang!". Ruby couldn't believe what she was hearing. Not only did Blake know about this, she helped Pyrrha get away with it. She told Yang not to worry. She lied to her. I trusted her. Ruby wanted to scream but if she did she would be found out, so she remained quiet.
"Alright, umm, okay. If this is Ruby, trying to kill you, then you need to outsmart her. Lead her into a trap. Kill her like you were supposed to. I'll help you." Blake said. Ruby heard then leave but she didn't move from where she was. Blake, my friend, my teammate, is helping this monster. She needs to die with her. Ruby began to think on how to kill Blake when the door opened again.
"Bllaaake?" A new voice, this one sounded even more familiar. Like someone who cared for me.
"Blake? It's Weiss. Are you in the bathroom?" Weiss said.
Holy shit, Weiss! Ruby thought, at first this thought was happy, then not so much as she realized she was coming towards the bathroom. Ruby realized that there was no escape. If Weiss found out…
"Blake? Are you oka…" A crinkle beneath her feet stopped her in her tracks. "What's this? A love note. Awww, it's to Pyrrha. I wonder who it's from?" She began to open the note.
Ruby heard this and began to act fast. Weiss was not to know what was on that note. Ruby, it her no-so-smart quick thinking banged her head against the door in an attempt to stop her from looking at it.
Weiss looked up from the note right as she was about to read who it was from. "Blake, are you alright? What's wrong?" Weiss began to wiggle the door knob in an attempt to open the door.
Alright, maybe that wasn't that smartest idea Ruby thought to herself Now how do I get out of here. Ruby began thinking of ways to escape from darting out the window to hiding behind the door.
"Blake, seriously? Are you hurt? Do I need to call the nurse? If you don't respond. I'm gonna force my way in."
Just then, Ruby came up with idea, a stupid one, but maybe, just smart enough to get Weiss away from the door. Ruby grabbed her scroll, which had been charging and was almost fully charged, and texted Weiss. Ruby hoped that if Weiss received that message, that she would go tell Yang and leave her be.
Weiss had begun knocking intently to try to get to Blake who she thought was in the bathroom when her scroll buzzed. "Blake really, why couldn't you just tell me…" Weiss looked at her scroll with a mix of both fear, surprise, and confusion. On her scroll was a message from Ruby that had only three words that read "Help me, Beowulfs". Ruby heard Weiss let out a small scream and Ruby from the room. Ruby took this time to sprint from the bathroom, lock the door, get dressed, grab her stuff and leave. Ruby took off as fast as her semblance could carry her. She soon was on the outskirts of Beacon on top of one of the buildings. That was too fucking close. Ruby thought. I need to be more careful if I'm going to stay here.
Meanwhile, Weiss had sprinted down the hall to try and find Yang. Luckily, she was on her way up to the dorm when Weiss literally ran into her. Yang saw the look on Weiss' face and began to question her.
"Whoa Weiss, what's wrong? You seem like you've seen a ghost." Yang said, trying to calm her down.
"Yang, I didn't see a ghost, I got a text from one." Weiss then showed her the text from Ruby. Yang's looked shocked.
"Weiss, when did you get this?" Yang said, calmly but also urgently.
"Just now. Blake had locked herself in the bathroom and when I tried to get her out, I got the text." Weiss explained
"Does anyone know Ruby's scroll number? Maybe it's a sick prank." Yang said, trying to rationalize it.
"Impossible. It's is from the IDM feature. Only someone with Ruby's scroll would appear as Ruby. And remember, we never found her scroll."
"Yeah, we didn't, but maybe someone else did. Can you find out where the message was sent from?" Said Yang
"Uhh, yeah. Hold on." Weiss used the feature installed on every scroll. It could trace any message from anyone that has sent you a message in the last 24 hours. It could even track where you have been down to a room number. When Weiss saw where it was sent from, she couldn't believe it. "No, this doesn't make sense."
"What is it?" Questioned Yang.
"It was sent from the bathroom in our dorm." Weiss said, in shock.
"Then Blake sent it, hold on." Yang called Blake, who answered quickly.
"Yang, what's wrong?" Blake questioned through the phone.
"What's wrong with me? What's wrong with you?! Why would you do that?!" Yang yelled at Blake
"Woah, do what?" Blake said in a defending voice
"You know exactly what you did. You fucking sent a message to Weiss from Ruby's scroll asking for help from Beowulfs! Why would you do such a thing?!" Yang said, a mix of sadness and angry in her voice.
"Weiss got a message from Ruby, from her scroll?! Holy shit, where was the message sent from, maybe we can find her." Blake sounded happy.
"It was sent from the bathroom in our dorm that you were hiding from Weiss in, you fucking monster!" Yang was ready to kill Blake.
"What are you talking about? I was never in the bathroom and Weiss never came up to the room." Blake said
Upon hearing this, Weiss began to track where Blake had been in the last 15 minutes.
"Don't play stupid with me Blake! Weiss said you locked yourself in the bathroom and…"
"Yang." Weiss said, interrupting her. "She's right. Using the tracker, I can see me and Blake were never in the dorm room at the same time. Blake didn't send that message.
"Let me see." Yang grabbed the phone from Weiss and looked on in amazement. Per the paths of the phones on the tracker, Weiss entered the dorm right after Blake left. Which proves without a doubt that Blake didn't send that message. "Look at where Team JNPR was at that time." Weiss quickly plugged all of Team JNPR's scroll ID's into the tracker and sure enough most of them hadn't even left he mess hall, aside from Pyrrha.
"So, if, Blake or Team JNPR didn't send that message, then who did"
Author's Note
But that cliffhanger doe.
So, Ruby, trying to get away from Weiss, just made herself known to all of team WBY. Luckily, Ruby is going to be more smart in the coming chapters, which only two are left. I hope you guys love reading this as much as I love writing it. This has been fun but with only 2 chapters left, the series in winding down. Well not really. The fun is about to begin. The next chapter will be the start of the Vytal Festival and the beginning of Ruby's plan to kill Pyrrha. Next chapter will be delayed because of college classes so far warning.
Finished Writing: January 8, 2017 at 2:15 A.M.
Pages: 7
Words: 3.4k
