Prompt: Winter comes to bail Weiss out of jail and Weiss has to explain how she got arrested

Weiss thought her day couldn't possibly get any worse when she heard them. After the most confusing and humiliating experience of her entire life, she was sitting in jail, of all places. A Schnee, sitting in lockup like a common criminal! All because her dolt of a team leader and reckless older sister couldn't control themselves for ten seconds without her strict supervision. She had thought she hit rock bottom already. Clearly, she was both the new punching bag of some deranged god and severely lacking in their sick imagination; it was the only possible explanation for how she could be so very wrong.

The soft click of Atlas military boots striking the concrete floor approached her cell. There was only one person who would possibly want to see her in those boots. The door swung open, and her sister walked into the cell. The usual happiness she felt at seeing her quickly withered away at the harsh disappointed look on her face. "Sister." Winter said.

"Hello Winter." She replied. Winter stood there without another word, clearly waiting for Weiss to explain herself. That worried her more than everything that happened in her day combined. Winter was never shy about voicing criticism or asking questions. The only times she was ever silent with disapproval was when she was already convinced the person was about to hang themselves without any help.

"Did they tell you why I'm in here?" She asked.

"Only the charges. I asked them to let you give me the explanation. It better be very, very good." Good wasn't a word that could be used to describe anything about her day, but she would simply have to hope Winter found it acceptable.

"Well..."

/

"Guys, hurry up!" Ruby yelled at the rest of her team. "They're going to be gone if we take too long!"

"Rubes, the bakery doesn't even open for twenty minutes." Yang complained.

"But the wait is going to be hours long if we're not there soon, and they'll run out!"

"Wait, bakery?" Weiss asked sleepily. When Ruby dragged her out of bed at this ungodly hour, she was very clear about going on a team building exercise. "You said this was important."

Ruby laughed nervously, and Weiss began to get that familiar headache. "Uh, yeah, about that..."

"Ruby!"

"It is important! This is the only day Vale Bakery has their special strawberry icing cookie! Going to get them builds teamwork."

"What she means is that there's a five cookie limit, and she finally has someone other than me to drag here." Yang said. And just like that, the Ruby headache was back in full force. "You should have seen what she tried last year."

"It almost worked!"

"Yeah, up until Zwei barked when the baker asked how many cookies he wanted."

"Whatever. This year will work much better."

"I cannot belie-" Weiss started before stopping herself. When she actually thought about it, nothing about this was surprising. "This is very you, Ruby."

"Thanks!"

"Not a compliment." Blake spoke for the first time. She didn't sound at all annoyed, but Weiss figured it was because she would have been awake either way. Blake was always the last to bed and the first one up. Weiss was convinced she spent half her "reading" time secretly napping. It was the only possible explanation for her sleep habits.

Ruby's only response was a squeal of delight before a cloud of petals was floating in her place. Weiss looked over to see they were coming up on what must be the bakery. There were only a few people standing in line, and Weiss got the sense that Ruby's perception of the popularity of these cookies was more than a little skewed.

"We could have come here at any time today, right?" Weiss asked.

"Of course. They make plenty of them." Yang replied.

"Then why did you let her pull us out here this early?"

"I wanted to see your reaction." Weiss turned her best glare on Yang. She learned her glare from years of Atlas schooling; most people froze in complete terror under it. Yang only laughed. "See, that's worth a little less sleep."

"You and Ruby are both menaces."

"If you're annoyed now, just wait until you see what she's like after the cookies."

Before she could contemplate what exactly that meant, Weiss jumped back in surprise as Ruby suddenly appeared in their midst. There was a red icing covering her face while she practically vibrated in place. "Seriously?" Weiss asked. "They're still not open yet!"

"Well the back door was unlocked and I wanted to make sure everything was okay and maybe I grabbed a little frosting on the way out but honestly there's nothing wrong with that right I mean if they just left it out there like that someone was going to do it so it might as well be me right that just makes sense." Ruby rambled.

Weiss realized the rest of today was going to be a nightmare unless she set things straight now, but her immediate detailed lecture was derailed when Ruby disappeared again. The rest of them followed the petal trail until they reached her place in line. It didn't take long for the bakery to open, but the way Ruby wouldn't stop jumping around made it seem like forever.

When they finally got the cookies, Ruby's five were gone before they even reached the door. Everyone else's was gone within ten minutes, and Weiss began to get a little worried about her partner. Ruby looked like she might explode at any moment. She decided it would be best to get Ruby to burn some of this energy before her heart gave out.

"Why don't we walk around Vale for a while?" She asked.

"Sounds great lets have a partners day it'll be so much fun." Weiss panicked a little. She was not planning on dealing with Ruby by herself.

"I meant as a team. It's supposed to be a team activity, right?" She said desperately.

"No, no, don't let us get between partners." Yang replied. "Blake and I will go do our own thing."

"Sounds great let's go Weiss." Ruby grabbed her by the back and sprinted away, leaving Weiss a perfect view of Yang snickering at her. She resigned herself to an annoying morning and hoped Ruby would burn out soon.

Eight hours of walking around later, the only thing that burned out was Weiss' patience; Ruby was still bouncing all around her. They were on their way back to the airship. Weiss had decided the best way to deal with this was to toss Ruby out the door somewhere in the forest and let her take it out on the Grimm. As they were walking, Ruby randomly used her semblance to speed away before coming back. Weiss had started ignoring it hours ago, which is why it took her a few minutes to realize when Ruby disappeared on her. As she looked around, she got a sudden sinking feeling. She recognized this neighborhood.

She turned and sprinted backwards, but she was too late. By the time she reached the bakery, the entire front window was shattered as Ruby ran around the previously closed bakery shoving cookies into her mouth. "Ruby! What are you doing?!"

"Sorry Weiss but they're so delicious and they're probably going to throw them out anyway so really it's better that someone eats them rather than wasting food don't you think."

"No! We need to go, now!" Before either of them could leave, however, she heard the sound of a pair of guns being drawn behind them.

"Hands on your head! You're under arrest!" The cops yelled. Weiss put her hands above her head; her traitorous partner simply blurred away and left her to take the blame. Weiss sighed. As soon as she got out of this, she was going to freeze Ruby in a block of ice and leave her in the Beacon courtyard for a few days.

/

"So let me get this straight. You got arrested because your team leader broke into a bakery to steal some cookies?" Winter asked incredulously. Weiss could only nod. It sounded ridiculous, but it was the complete truth.

"Okay, let's go. They dropped the charges when the SDC offered to pay for everything. We're free to leave." Winter replied. Weiss almost fell out of her chair in shock. The last thing Weiss expected was Winter accepting this whole incident without any comment.

"That's it? I thought you would be disappointed in me." Weiss said as they started walking towards the door.

"No, I've dealt with Ruby's family before. Her actions aren't the least bit surprising. I've been in similar situations with him in the past. There's no way to control what happens during them." She said. Weiss wasn't entirely sure who "him" was, but she supposed it hardly mattered if it meant Winter wasn't mad at her.

"At least it's better than being arrested at a liquor store." Winter muttered to herself as they walked out of the cell. The shock that came to her face right after showed pretty clearly she didn't mean to say it out loud.

"What was that?" Weiss asked. Her sister, for the first time Weiss had ever seen, blushed.

"Nothing!"