***Ok, just a little disclaimer. There is a scene that some people might not be comfortable with, it's nothing major but it has the mention of blood and something a little creepy.
I do not own RWBY since that belongs to the minds of RoosterTeeth! Read A/N at the end because it is Vytal. (Couldn't resist).
Ruby woke in one of the courtyards. Ruby looked around to see the place was eerily vacant.
"Hello?" Her voice echoing across the wide open space. Ruby scratched her head.
"Where's Yang? Blake? Is anyone even here?" Thoughts racing through her mind as she began to roam the campus.
Ruby closed her eyes, trying to recall what had happened the previous night. Hand on her chin and the other on her hips. She spoke aloud the events that transpired.
"I spoke with Yang about how she was still speaking to Weiss. We resolved all that two weeks ago."
Ruby began pacing around the fountain. "Sure, everything is still tense. At least the others are going to give Weiss a chance." She muttered to herself.
She stopped and looked at her reflection in the water. Dark circles forming under her eyes, her black hair had looked faded.
The red tips had started to wash out, turning a light pink. Nothing too bright, but enough to know, it was no longer red.
Looking at the water closely. Ruby noticed something wasn't quite right. The fountain usually had a waterfall effect that was constant.
Looking at the openings that allowed water to flow down into the larger exterior. Ruby jumped backwards, startled slightly.
"What the hell!" The water was flowing backwards, instead of going down into the colour stained exterior the water was flowing back into the upper tiers of the lavish structure.
Ruby marvelled as the water flowed back into the pump and came out the reservoir. "The fountain's going in reverse"
"Well, considering how backwards Ozpin can be. Maybe this is normal" Ruby joked. Despite no one being around.
Ruby leant in closer to get a good look at her exhausted face. Being up the same time as Blake for nearly two weeks since the first time.
Really had an impact on her physical appearance. She knew how Ren felt with his insomnia, especially with someone like Nora around.
"What are you doing dolt?"
Ruby knew who that was, only Weiss called her a dolt. She still found it hilarious.
"Weiss!" Looking up, she saw the aforementioned young woman stood near one of the entrances to the building.
"Come on, we've got class!" Weiss called out to Ruby, before turning and heading inside.
"Wait up then!" Ruby ran after Weiss, heading through the entrance after her.
A few feet into the hallway and Ruby noticed something was off here as well. The hallway was covered in posters advertising different social groups, study groups, projects and the like.
"These weren't here yesterday. And I haven't seen anyone put these up." Ruby took hold of one of them.
It was bland in design, a simple pin-up poster. A solid coloured background, yet there was no message of what it was about.
"Huh." Ruby turned it over. There was a date written on the back. "Oh. It's backwards."
Scanning the date, Ruby dropped the paper suddenly. Her breathing started to quicken.
Picking the piece of paper up, she noticed the date had changed. "What's going on?"
"Hey, dolt! Are you coming or what?" Weiss shouted out to her, snapping Ruby out of her trance.
"Weiss, what's going on here?" Weiss only looked at her in a way, only a Schnee could.
"Well, we are going to be late for class. If you don't get a move on."
"No. This. It changes the date?" Ruby showed Weiss the piece of paper.
"That? It's one of those holographic things." She took the paper and showed Ruby. Sure enough, it was indeed a holographic image of two different dates.
Ruby calmed down when she saw this. "Now, to class."
Ruby put the paper back on the wall upside down. "You got it." Weiss rolled her eyes.
After spending what felt like an eternity walking. Ruby's paranoia started acting up again.
"Weiss, we've been walking for longer than normal. It only takes two minutes to get to the lecturer's hall."
"We've got engineering dunce." Weiss continued walking.
Ruby looked around to see the same set of posters. "Weiss, this is the poster I picked up."
She stopped and turned to her. "No, it's not."
"I put it upside down. So unless the person who put all these up is drunk or higher than a kite. Then this is the one I picked up." Ruby started freaking out.
Ruby spotted the door that led back out to the courtyard. Wondering if her hunch was right. She bolted for the door.
"What are you doing!" She could hear Weiss shrieking at her as she barreled through the double doors out into the courtyard.
Looking at her surroundings, Ruby knew that she was now actually dreaming.
"I'm not even awake! Is this a lucid dream?" Speed walking to the fountain she looked at her reflection. Studying it thoroughly.
The water stopped flowing, Ruby backed away as the water pooled onto the concrete flooring.
The green coloured water soon began flooding the entirety of the courtyard, Ruby tried to run back to where she saw Weiss. Well, the dream version.
The water's consistency began to increase. She found it hard to move as the water level kept rising.
Ruby looked at the fountain, the green coloured water from the stained exterior soon changed.
From pale green to a thick red began pouring outwards. Ruby's eyes widened in fear.
Ruby dared to look at the fountain spewing blood. She knew it wasn't real blood, well none of this was real.
"This isn't real. None of it is." Panicked and frightened Ruby reached for one of the columns and climbed it.
Ruby made it halfway up the column. Blood flooding the courtyard, she dug her fingers into the column to try and hoist herself up.
A small amount of the thick liquid began rising towards Ruby. An arm that looks as if it had been soaked in blood for a few years emerging.
Ruby turned her head to see the aforementioned limb reaching out towards her. It grabs her by the shoulder.
Ruby woke screaming.
A few hours earlier.
"This is your fault, Nora!" Weiss yelled at her.
"I'm sorry, it was an accident!" Nora tried to defend herself, however, her cheery tone made it barely convincing if she was ever sorry for her actions.
The group was walking through the dorms, Yang carrying Ruby piggyback style. Her face tinted red and a slurred smile on her face.
"Look! She had fun! That's what counts!"
"That's not the point Nora. Ruby shouldn't be drinking that kind of alcohol. Weiss chastised the boisterous redhead.
Blake teetered after Yang, Weiss using her arm and shoulder to support her. "Why give her that shot?" She sneered at the ginger.
Jaune walking in front of the group to open doors and Ren making sure to keep Nora in check.
"Cause, Ruby looked like she could do with some sleep! Blake's been working her a lot lately." Nora deflected it onto the very tipsy Blake. Who could only just stay awake, sober enough to chime in the conversation.
"I'm very fine. Ruby gives help baking." Well, Blake could sort of contribute to the conversation.
"You've got to give me that recipe Nora, it will come in handy. Wink wink" Yang smirked at Nora who started bouncing up and down. Grabbing Ren by the arm and bolting past Jaune.
"You've got two drunks to deal with." Jaune expressed nonchalantly as he opened up a set of doors for Weiss and Yang to drag their friends through.
"I'd take this over that any day" Weiss looked towards Nora, who at this point was hauling Ren like a rag-doll through the corridors.
Jaune had a look of defeat on him, most likely due to Nora's ecstatic behaviour and sighed in agreement. Ren, on the other hand, looked like he was done with everything.
"Thanks for the help you two!" Yang was rather bubbly considering she didn't get to drink any alcohol on her sister's request.
Weiss managed to get the door unlocked with Blake nodding off, Ruby was passed out cold. Carrying the two inside, Yang immediately drops Ruby onto her bed. The one she had ordered.
Ruby's bed hung from the ceiling, it looked like a variation of Blake's except it hung from the ceiling and often swung ever so slightly. It was also suspended from the ceiling.
"I still can't believe your sister got what is basically a trampoline for a bed." Weiss woke Blake and gestured to her bed, and like a cat, she crawled into it and sprawled out.
"Hey, it's pretty damn good! I'd sleep in that if I didn't have my waterbed. Besides, the fact it hangs from the ceiling means it's not in the way. So quit bitching." Yang spoke abruptly as she made sure Ruby was tucked in.
Weiss wasn't in the mood for a full argument, then again Yang wasn't wrong. It did give them more floor space.
The blonde and the heiress went into the kitchen and decided coffee was needed.
As the kettle boiled, neither of the two spoke. Letting the air become thick with an awkward tension.
"It's been two weeks hasn't it?" Weiss decided to speak first.
"Something like that. You still thinking about it?"
"Why wouldn't I be? Considering someone did try and punch me." Weiss didn't mean to speak in a cold tone but did so anyway.
"Well, don't treat my sister like a piece of shit. Then I won't want to punch you." Yang smiled as she said this, almost as if she really wanted to punch her.
This made Weiss ponder something. Feeling it would be better to confront Yang about it rather than leave it alone.
"Do you even like me, Yang?" Weiss made sure she didn't try and sound like an ass. Yang cocked an eyebrow as she stared at the girl that she towered over.
"Contrary to belief, I do like you." Yang was rather calm about this, which only served to make Weiss a little more nervous.
Weiss gave Yang a look of uncertainty as she prepared her cup of coffee.
"Well, I don't like the fact you act all high and mighty, cause you come from a rich background. I mean. None of us are in your position. To me, it seems as if you use that wealth as leverage. It frankly- " Yang was cut off suddenly by the screams of her younger sister.
The two ran back into the room, seeing Ruby wide awake and sweating profusely. Yang rushed over to her.
Ruby's breathing was erratic, her whole body shaking, face pale. She got down from her bed and made her way to the bathroom before blowing several chunks into the toilet.
"What the hell! Ruby are you ok?" Weiss tried to go to her, only for Yang to stop her. Yang shook her head at Weiss.
"You're going to stop me from making sure your sister is alright? The fuck is wrong with you!" Weiss bellowed at Yang.
The entire time Yang had this sombre expression written across her face. "This doesn't concern you. Just make coffee please Weiss." Yang didn't have her usual snark in her tone that she did when speaking to her.
Weiss didn't know what to say nor how she should react. Yang wasn't her usual cheery self and something was wrong with Ruby. Weiss reluctantly made coffee, Blake was startled awake by Ruby but Weiss made sure to tell her what happened.
The words Yang had said lingered in the back of her mind as she stood there. "This doesn't concern you." Weiss felt sick, watching Yang comfort her sister from this unknown menace.
"Has this happened before? What exactly happened, because this certainly isn't the alcohol." Weiss made coffee as Yang told her to do so. She got Ruby a cup of water to help.
Ruby continued to vomit for another forty minutes, Yang rubbing her back speaking to her in this calm motherly manner. All Weiss could do was feel useless.
She wanted to help, but how do you help someone with something you don't know about. Weiss left the coffee on the side and handed the cup of water to Yang.
Sitting on her bed, she left Yang to it. Her phone vibrated in her back pocket. Grabbing it and scanning the sender she opened the message. It was from Jaune.
"What happened! We heard screaming! Are you all ok?"
"We are fine. Well, Ruby is currently throwing up and looked like she saw a ghost. Yang's dealing with it. Get Pyrrha to scold Nora for me."
Weiss placed her phone on her bedside table. Throwing her body backwards she curled up by wrapping herself in her sheets. "Maybe some sleep will help me think this over."
Eventually, Weiss drifted off to sleep, leaving Yang to help Ruby.
"It was horrible," Ruby spoke between coughs and several spouts of vomit.
"I'm here Rubes. Maybe we should go visit? Go speak with them for a bit?" Yang rubbed her back trying to alleviate a cough and show her support.
She kept vomiting a little more but eventually settled down and steadied her breathing.
"I'd like that Yang." Ruby smiled weakly at her sister who hugged her.
"Now, go for a shower. You reek of vomit." Yang held Ruby at arm's length to which she laughed a little.
***A/N: Important notice. My computer has finally kicked the bucket, so until it has been repaired there will be no new chapters. Fret not, for I have been writing various things down for the story and future chapters. I give you my sincerest apologies but I do not know when I will have my computer back. I am currently using my PS4 to give you this update.