Here's chapter 10 everyone.
After discovering the change in her teeth, Weiss had started to freak out even more so than she would if she found cookie crumbs on her bed. "Miss Schnee, you need to calm down!" Aquarius said as she tried to keep Weiss from flailing around in shock at the change in her teeth by grabbing onto her. "If you keep acting up, I will have to call for others to help restrain you!"
Weiss was struggling in the nurse's arms, and even tried to bite her for some reason, but stopped mid jaw opening. "W-What's happening?" Weiss began to calm down in Aquarius' arms and took a few breaths.
"I don't know yet, but you need to stay calm before I release you." Aquarius explained as she kept her hold on the heiress. "Now then…are you calm, or not?"
"I-I am…I just need to breathe a bit…please. Let me go." Weiss requested as she took a few more breaths and sighed in relief when the nurse let go of her. "I'm sorry. I-I don't know what came over me."
Aquarius took a moment to examine the heiress as she was holding the arm of a chair to hold herself up. "It's…okay, but the most important thing that I need to know right now is how you're feeling."
Weiss couldn't answer immediately, so she sat down on the chair and looked to the ground as she closed her eyes. "My heart is still beating so fast…"
Aquarius walked over and placed her hand on the heiress' shoulder. "Just take a few minutes to relax." She moved away and walked back to the counter. "Once you are calmer, we can discuss more about your teeth, Miss Schnee."
The teeth itself was on her mind, but her reaction was something Weiss was struggling to comprehend. "Yes." Weiss simply responded and opened her eyes, taking in the sight of the room again as she attempted to calm herself down with some deep breaths.
Aquarius took note of her actions and sighed to herself as she pulled out her scroll. "Miss Schnee, I have to make a quick call to someone. If it isn't any trouble, please remain in your seat and wait for me to return." Weiss nodded and Aquarius walked out of the room and into another to make a private call. "I hope he picks up." She dialed the number and hit call, hoping that the person she was trying to reach would answer.
"Hello, Mr. Schnee is a very busy man, so if this call has nothing to do with his business or family, then please hang up now." A man on the other end said in a robotic tone.
"Uh, well this does have something to do with his family. Namely his daughter, so if you can patch me through to him-." Aquarius couldn't get the rest out.
"Which daughter. Miss Winter, or Miss Weiss?" The person asked.
"Weiss." Aquarius decided not to get more detailed, since this person was not the one she wished to speak to anyways.
"One moment then." The person said and Aquarius shook her head at how she was being spoken to.
After a few moments, Aquarius could hear the one who answered speaking to another about her reasoning for calling, and she was then greeted by another voice. "Who is this and what do you have to say about my daughter?"
"If this is Jacques Schnee, then I would like to explain that your daughter is in the infirmary at Beacon. I am the nurse who is checking on her right now, and I have a few questions." Aquarius explained.
A few moments went by and Aquarius wondered if the man would say anything. "And why is she in the infirmary." He sounded much more serious then.
"Well today she is in because her heart was beating much faster than normal, and for a cut on her lip, but there is something else I need to know before I explain the rest." Aquarius stated. "Has she ever received any head injuries? Any that she may not know of?" She listened for any sort of audible reaction, but got nothing for a few seconds. "Mr. Schnee."
"No. She never received any sort of head injury. Now, why are you asking me this?" Jacques questioned.
Aquarius sighed and knew she had to disclose that info. "Your daughter did come over to the infirmary one night for itches on her head, so when I checked, it seemed that she had these two odd spots on top of her head. I gave her ointment for it."
"I see. Well as long as she uses the ointment correctly, then I see no problem with her itches. Is there something else you'd like to tell me that you have chosen to keep from me?" The way he asked that seemed a bit more on the annoyed side.
Aquarius wasn't a fool and noticed that, but said nothing about his tone. "All I wanted to know was if she had any injuries in the past. Her heart beating at this fast rate could just be stress, so thank you for answering my question."
"And there is nothing else that she is there for? What about the cut on her lip?" Jacques inquired, but only to get more clear answers on the matter.
"I'll check on her to make sure I can figure out why she was bleeding, but besides that, she should be just fine. I was just concerned about those spots on her head, but since she never had an injury before-." Aquarius stopped when she heard what he said next.
"Just have her continue to use that ointment. My daughter doesn't need to scratch at her head constantly if she is to be out in the field fighting those monsters that she so desperately wishes to deal with." Jacques replied, keeping what he knows from her.
The comment about Weiss' choice to be a huntress was not needed, but she didn't pry. "Yes, well all I needed to know was the possible past injury. Now then, I'll be going back to check on your daughter."
"Do tell her to give me a call later. That girl tends to ignore calls herself sometimes, so make sure to tell her it is an urgent call." Jacques said in a more demanding tone that time.
"What she chooses to do with that is up to her, but fine, I will let her know. Goodbye for now, Mr. Schnee." Aquarius waited to see if he would say something, but instead she just heard the line cut off.
Weiss was still sitting in the room, but she wasn't necessarily there in mind.
You're fine, idiot. Nothing is wrong. It's just stress…that makes your teeth grow sharper…
Saying that to herself made it worse, so she stood up and walked to the window. Weiss needed the fresh air, so she opened it and took in the cool breeze. "And the others will ask questions too…"
"I believe that is not a bad thing, since they can be concerned for their friend, Miss Schnee." Aquarius said as she walked in.
Weiss was startled by that and turned to see the nurse with her scroll in her hand. "I don't want people questioning this. Questions are just wastes of time when I don't even know what this is."
"And I hope to be able to work with you to figure out exactly why your teeth are like this, and to know more about those spots on your head." Aquarius explained as she walked over.
"Then what should I do?" Weiss asked in a more saddened tone, since she clearly was distressed by everything that has happened to her.
The nurse placed her hand on Weiss' shoulder to comfort the worried heiress. "For the time being, it will be best to keep yourself in a stress free environment. Your heart rate increase could be something else entirely, but the teeth are something I'll need to look more into, so while I understand this is a very worrisome time for you, I want you to do your best to be patient with me."
A stress free environment? That isn't exactly something that is easy to avoid in a school meant to train in the art of fighting monsters." Weiss noted.
"There are plenty of ways for you to relax, Miss Schnee. In fact, you can talk to your team about this and I'm sure they would be happy to help you. I mean that one you were with the other night seemed to show concern for you." Aquarius reminded.
Concern was a word that Weiss would hear mostly from her sister, and sometimes her mother, but she had to admit that Ruby showed she did want to be her friend. "Yes, well I still don't know what to tell them." She frowned, since the last thing the others saw of her was her yelling at them. "This is all so much to take in."
"I may not know how you feel entirely in this situation, but as a nurse, I will do what I can to help." She kept out the part about calling her father for a reason. "For now, this may sound childish to you, but I want you to find your happy place."
"My what?" Weiss was confused by the suggestion.
"Close your eyes and focus on a place that makes you happy, and not stressful. While the teeth is something we need to work on in time, getting your heart rate to slow down a bit can be done now." Aquarius explained.
Weiss sighed and closed her eyes. "Okay, but I don't know where to start."
"Some people prefer peace and quiet, so maybe a breezy meadow could do. Just as long as it's something that makes you happy." Aquarius did her best to help the heiress find a place in her mind that could help her relax.
The heiress took a deep breath and nodded. For a few moments, she pictured a silent field of snow in Atlas, since while her home is not the most exciting or comforting place for her, she still enjoyed the snow of Atlas. Sadly that place in her mind changed to a forest, which confused Weiss, since she wasn't thinking of a forest in any way.
Aquarius was taking note of how Weiss would react here and there, and finding it odd that the heiress had a confused look on her face. "Miss Schnee, try not to think too hard on it."
Weiss could barely hear her, since she was focused on her 'happy place'. While thinking about the forest that was in her mind, she noticed there was a tree with a honeybee hive on it, and that made her somewhat hungry, and yet, it didn't stop her from wanting to get close to it.
As soon as Weiss tried to physically get up to reach for it, Aquarius walked over and held her arm. "Miss Schnee…"
Gasping at the touch, Weiss opened her eyes and saw the nurse holding onto her arm. "W-What? What's going on?"
"You tried to get up. Was there something you saw that made you do that?" Aquarius wanted to know to get further details on what may be happening to the heiress.
"I-I was in a forest and saw a honeybee hive. I just…I don't know. I felt drawn to it." Weiss blushed from admitting that, and felt Aquarius release her arm.
"You may just be hungry, since honey itself is a decent source of food with its taste." Aquarius said, doing her best to help the heiress relax more with what she saw. She leaned her hand over and held it on Weiss' chest, feeling her heart rate going back to normal. "Ah, see. Your heart rate is not as fast now. Going to that happy place in your mind worked."
Weiss actually let out a smile she didn't think was going to show up after hearing that. "Yes, maybe it was just stress. Still…" She reached up to her lip. "My teeth."
"I promise that I will look into this more. Just go to your team for now. I'm sure they're worried about you after all." The nurse suggested.
Weiss nodded and left the infirmary, though still worried, she felt a little better about having a happy place to go to whenever she was stressed.
"Rubes, you need to give her some space." Yang said as she watched her sister getting up.
"I still wanna see if she's okay, Yang. We're all in here, and she's by herself." Ruby walked to the door, but stopped when Blake got up too.
"Let me come with you then. I spoke to her earlier and want to see if she's feeling a little better now." Blake said as she walked up to Ruby.
Yang shrugged and got up too. "Might as well have the whole team there, right?" She turned to JNPR and smiled. "This was pretty fun. We definitely gotta do this again sometime."
Nora's Tasmanian devil ears perked up from hearing that and she grinned. "Yeah! I'll schedule it again one day!"
The rest of team RWBY nodded and left the room to walk to theirs. "So what if she tells us to leave her alone? Do we just go and get some food or something?" Yang asked as they were about to open their door.
"If Weiss won't want us to bother her, then we won't, but we should still stay in the room until she's okay with us talking to her." Ruby said as she opened the door. "Weiss, we're back."
Yang looked over and noticed the heiress wasn't in her bed. "Uh, looks like she isn't here."
Blake's bow wiggled under her bow when she heard that. "Maybe she went out for some air?"
"Weiss going out for some air? Yeah, that sounds nothing like her. You're probably just mixing up people's personalities there." Yang joked.
It didn't take long for Weiss to come back from the infirmary, and once she did, she saw that the door to the dorm was opened, which made her take a step back in worry. "No." She spoke in a disappointed tone. "I thought they'd be with the others still."
Weiss was able to hear them as she got close to the room. "Once she gets back, we can just talk to her about what happened. Nothing too crazy either, Yang. I mean it." Blake warned her blonde partner.
"Why are you sure going straight to me on that?" Yang crossed her arm in defense.
"It's not hard to understand why, so don't start." Blake said.
Weiss stood in the hall and was surprised at hearing Blake defend her, though her thoughts on Blake were only there for a few moments, as she knew she couldn't stand out in the hall all day.
"I'm not starting anything. I just think that if we wanna show her that we can talk without getting her all pissy, then-." Yang yelped when she looked over Blake's shoulder and caught the glare of the heiress. "Weiss! Um…so that pissy comment was more of a, you know, not wanting you to get angry comment?" She trailed off as she said the last word in that sentence.
"Shut it already. I'm not here to fight about your comment." Weiss said as she walked in.
Ruby ran over to her partner to get her to stop. "First, are you okay? And second, where were you?"
Hearing the concern in her voice made Weiss a bit more at ease with speaking to them. "I…I went to the infirmary." Ruby gasped, and Yang was surprised to hear that, while Blake was visibly concerned. "Relax. It was just stress." She wasn't ready to reveal everything.
"Just stress?" Ruby was clearly confused.
"Yes. I was just a little stressed out and it caused my heart to beat a tad bit faster than normal. Nothing more. Now then, I thought you'd all still be with JNPR." Weiss noted.
"Well, Rubes and Blake wanted to check on you, so I tagged along too. But damn, Weiss. You could at least let us know you were going to the infirmary." Yang stated.
Before she could respond, Blake spoke up. "You really should've."
Weiss groaned and walked past Ruby and to her bed. "It wasn't anything serious, so stop."
"Weiss, is it really hard to believe that we all have concern for each other? Hell, Rubes, helped you out with that shampoo stuff and I did too." Yang reminded the heiress.
"Look, I just told you that I went to the infirmary cause of stress. So please let me relax in the dorm. That's all I ask, and yes, I do…appreciate the attempts to help me with my itching problem. Happy?" Weiss said as she started fixing up her bed sheets.
"It's the best we're gonna get from you, so I guess." Yang shrugged and climbed up on her own bed and put her headphones on to listen to music on her scroll.
Ruby walked over to Weiss and suddenly placed her hand on her partner's shoulder, startling her just a bit. "Weiss, don't take it the wrong way with Yang. She really just wants you to know that we're a team, so we do look after one another…at least that's what I want to do for you, Blake and Yang."
Weiss was in mid pillow fluff when she heard Ruby say that. "Yes, well…I don't exactly want a baby sitter…but thank you, I suppose. Still, please no more questions about the infirmary. I don't want to be stressed out anymore."
Ruby nodded and jumped up on her own bed and smiled. "Just as long as you're okay now, then I won't bug you."
"I am, so…" Weiss trailed off, and it caught Ruby's and Blake's attention.
"Weiss? What's wrong?" Blake asked as she looked over at the heiress.
Weiss sighed and put her pillow on her bed. "Can you please close the door for a moment?"
Blake walked over and closed the door, but had to ask first before she started. "Any reason why you wanted the door to be closed?"
Weiss took a breath and looked more concerned than Blake thought she would see from the heiress. "Please…what I say doesn't leave this room. I know you all have difficulty with me…but I beg you not to let anyone else know about what I'm about to show you."
Ruby couldn't keep herself quiet and quickly got off the bed and jumped up to lightly slap Yang's arm. "Yang, stop listening to music for a second."
Yang yelped again after being lightly slapped on the arm and took her headphones off. "Ugh, what is it, Ruby?" She looked down and saw how serious her sister was.
"Weiss has something to say, and she doesn't want it to leave this room. Promise you won't say anything." Ruby ordered.
Yang turned her attention to the heiress, and her voice became softer. "Hey, I mean, I really won't say anything, but how serious did this just get, Weiss?"
Weiss looked up at the blonde and frowned. "I don't even know what it is…"
Yang could tell from her tone that Weiss was scared, so she got off from her bed and nodded. "Okay. We're here to listen, and I swear I won't say anything about it to anyone outside this room."
Ruby spoke up next. "Me too. Your secret is safe with us, Weiss."
The heiress turned to Blake and looked hopeful that she would give the same response. "Whatever this is, I won't speak about it to the others. You have my word."
Weiss was still hesitant, but she needed to just tell them. "Thank you…" She then blushed, since she would need to do one thing to show them. "I-I kind of have to…well, open my mouth to show you what I'm talking about."
Blake blushed herself at that. "Uh, well if that's what you need to do, then okay…"
Ruby and Yang were just as confused and waited on the heiress to show them what she was hiding. A few seconds went by, and Weiss slowly opened her mouth and pointed to one of the fang like teeth that she grew in.
Ruby, Blake and Yang were shocked by that and Weiss instantly closed her mouth and looked to the floor. "I-I don't know how I got them…"
"Whoa, your teeth. They're sharp. Um, is that something that should be happening?" Yang asked.
"I-I told you already. I don't know." Weiss was starting to shake a little from the fear of not knowing what was happening to her.
Blake walked over and grabbed Weiss' arm. "Stop and take a breath. You said it yourself. You don't want to be stressed. So just…relax."
Ruby felt bad, since she had no idea what to say or do for Weiss in that situation, but she still wanted to help her partner. "Y-Yeah. Here, let me fix up your bed. Maybe-."
"No, don't…Just…I need to be somewhere else…not here." Weiss pulled away from Blake and turned to leave, but stopped when rose petals went whizzing by her.
Ruby was in front of her to keep her from opening the door. "Weiss, you don't have to leave the room. Please trust us…"
"T-Trust you for what?" Weiss inquired.
"Trust that we can help you. Please, Weiss. I don't want us to be arguing all year long. So, just let us help." Ruby begged.
"Y-You can't help this…" Weiss stated. "Even the nurse doesn't know about what this is yet."
Yang took a second and sighed as she walked up to Weiss and pulled her gently away from the door. "Come on. This isn't you. Where's the snobby tough ice queen at?"
Weiss groaned and looked away. "You don't know what it feels like to not know what's happening to you."
"No, but that doesn't mean we can't figure it out with you." Yang said and sat Weiss down on her bed. "So like Ruby said, trust us to help you out here."
Weiss looked up at Yang, seeing a smile on her face to assure her she meant what she said, and turned to see the same smile on Ruby's face. When she looked to Blake, she was met with a nod, mostly from how she spoke to her with Nora before and how she too was going to try to help.
The heiress nodded then. "Okay…Thank you."
After accepting their help for her situation, Weiss decided to get some rest, while Ruby and Yang got on their own beds to pass the time. Blake on the other hand was on her own bed, but not doing much, since she was looking over at the heiress, who was sound asleep.
Blake did want to help her, but something in her scared her when she thought about Weiss' teeth.
No…that's not possible. She's a Schnee, so stop going to that immediately.
Blake shook off a thought she had and opened up one of her books, though she would glance over at the sleeping heiress from time to time.
This one was a lot longer than usual for a chapter on this story. I just thought it would be good to add some more to this chapter that was well needed. I just hope the pacing for this one isn't going too slow or too quick.
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I hoped you all enjoyed chapter 10. Remember, reviews are welcomed, but not required. See you all in chapter 11.