A/N: All aboard the RWBY Volumn 3 hype train! So I've seen the finished art for Winter Schnee, and all could think of was: damn. Some of you may not know this but Weiss is my favorite character from RWBY (second is Adam BTW). When I saw that art I just couldn't you know. It also doesn't help that I am a sucker for female characters who are drawn well :/ Takes a breath * Thank you guys so much for the support on this story. I love you all. Now back to the chapter.

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"Reflection"

He walked over to Ruby; and put his hand on her cheek. Ruby finally got a good look at him; and realized that his green and black hair was now white. She also noticed that his eyes were now gold instead of red.

"You look in pain, Ruby. That's hilarious." he said.

"Why are you here? Why won't you let me go?" she asked; stray tears running down her face.

He cupped her cheeks. "Hush now, the master has returned." he said.

Suddenly the light brightened and she was brought back to the White Room. In front of her stood the Colonel, who was brandishing a very large knife in his left hand.

"Do you know why I love these white walls Ruby?" he said; moving towards her ear.

"It's because no matter what happens I can see every speck of blood that falls on the ground!"

He then cut off her ear and then the other one. Ruby let out a massive scream as this happened. He let her ears heal and then kicked her chair over.

Ruby's head hit the ground hard causing her to see stars. She then felt her skin touching the pool of her own blood that she had landed in. It coated one side of her face and soaked into her hair. The colonel then placed his knife over Ruby's eye.

"Tell me Ruby. What do you think I'm going to do with this knife?"

"Please don't." she said; another wave of sobs hitting her like a truck.

The knife hovered over her eye for what felt like an eternity. It was then plunged into her eye; Ruby let out another loud scream as her eye was removed. He threw it away and removed the other too. Ruby's tears were now mixed with blood.

"Yes, cry make your pain WORSE!" he yelled.

Her eyes started to regenerate; but for the moment she still couldn't see.

She was suddenly back in the room with the mirrors. However, they were all blacked out by fabric.

"Good Morning." Mannequin said.

Ruby looked down and found him lying parallel to her.

"Man I must admit that Colonel's got some style." he said.

"Why are you here."

"Because I'm you."

Ruby looked up and this time saw a reflection of herself. Her eyes went wide in disbelief.

"You're not the Mannequin are you."

"You finally got something right. I'm so proud."

"So who are you?"

Her twin disappeared; and transformed back into Mannequin. His hands gingerly snaked around Ruby's head; whispered into her ear.

"I'm that little voice in your subconscious that wants to watch everything burn. The one who you don't want anyone to know about."

Ruby was sucked back into reality by a sharp pain. Her eyes had regenerated and saw that the Colonel's knife was buried deep in her stomach. He then stabbed her seven more times and then stabbed her in the knee. He twisted it over and over again. This elicited a scream from her every time it turned. Her wounds had already begun healing.

"Yes Ruby. Does it hurt? Does it feel like you're going insane?" He laughed.

He grabbed Ruby's head; and brought his other hand up to her ear.

"If not I'm sure this will help."

He opened his hand and shoved a rapier wasp in her ear.

Ruby could feel the insect claw it through her ear canal. Then it happened. It started sting her violently. Ruby started laughing and struggling in her chair. She then hung her head low. She felt the soft touch of female hands run through her hair. She started smiling.

"Weiss is that you? I'm so glad to be home."

She looked up and found it was Mannequin who was holding her head. He had a smirk on his face.

"Who is Weiss?" he asked.

Ruby was at a loss for words. Had she just mistaken Mannequin for Weiss?

Mannequin saw that he was not going to get an answer and started looking at the mirrors in the room. They were uncovered again.

"Is this her?" he asked; breaking the mirror.

Ruby was suddenly transported into her dorm room. It was the middle of the night and Weiss was staring outside their window. She was softly singing; and Ruby was listening to it intently.

"What night is this?" Mannequin asked.

"This was a year ago, the first time I had ever heard her sing."

"Sounds lovely."

"It was. I had just woken up from a nightmare; and she was very concerned. She sang me to sleep that night."

"That is really sweet. To bad you ruined it all, and killed yourself."

"What are you saying?"

"Look Ruby your weakness is killing you. You're letting that beast of a colonel ride you like a slut. You wanted to be stronger; so you sought the Mannequin. But you didn't banish the one thing that would make you stronger. You let the pain get to you and abandoned your team, and now you will see the consequences of this."

The light in the room went out and then came back on. Weiss was standing there with a gone in her hands. Ruby ran towards her.

"Weiss!" she yelled; a smile growing on her face.

"Why did you make me a promise you couldn't keep?"

Ruby stopped dead in her tracks.

"Oh well it doesn't matter now. Nothing matters now."

She put the gun up to her head and fired. Ruby screamed and went over to Weiss and held her in her arms. She started crying.

"She trusted you the most. You made a promise you can't keep in this form. She will wait for you until she gives up." he said.

Weiss's body then disappeared; and left Ruby sobbing on the ground.

"Why are you crying? This is what you chose, Ruby." he said; wrapping his arms around her.

Ruby was done. She moved out of his grasp; and elbowed him in the face. He landed on his back and was pinned down by Ruby. The flowers next to him turned orange upon contact.

"I didn't choose this. I was given this and I refuse to take it." She said.

"Do you have that kind of strength?"

"I do."

"What will you do?"

"I will go back home and get my revenge on the person who imprisoned me."

"So are you saying that you accept me?"

"No, I'm going to surpass you and be stronger than the Mannequin and everyone else."

Around them, all the flowers turned orange; and the mirrors started cracking. The mirrors started falling from the walls one by one.

"Yes that will be enough. Ruby kill and survive." he said; summoning a knife to his hand.

Ruby took the knife and stabbed him with it. She suddenly felt an immense surge of power course through her. The Mannequin's body absorbed into Ruby. She stood up; and looked in one of the broken mirrors. Her eyes were jet black; and her pupils and irises were glowing an orangish gold. The last mirror broke and she was back in the chair. The colonel was still torturing her, however, Ruby couldn't feel it. She was going to get out and she was going to get back home.

He left the room; and was now accompanied by four armed guards. It's show time.