Yang's PoV

'Is this woman really Weiss' sister? What is she doing in vale?' I had mixed emotions when Winter demands what happened to her sister. The Winter Weiss told me about sounded like she didn't care for her little sister, but this woman showed a lot of compassion for the little snowflake.

"She… she's hurt." Ruby said weakly.

The elder Schnee growls and walks past us, Weiss still in her arms. My boiling blood causes me to tighten my hand into a fist. Ruby reaches up and grabs my tighten fist. I turn to her, she only shakes her head. I understand and relax, but the bitter anger is still lurking.

We clear out of Mountain Glenn, heading back to Beacon. Weiss is given immediate attention when landing and is rushed off the to the infirmary. Blake says bye to Sun and we fall behind the nurses taking Weiss. Winter ahead of us though, standing right next to Weiss, her hands behind her back, heels clicking loudly almost as if she's stomping.

She's going to ask questions and she's not going to be happy when asking them. I just hope she'll listen instead and not try to lecture us. Being the older sibling, I know what it's like to be panicked over your younger sibling.

When going through a set of doors, one of the nurses hang back and tells us to wait outside. Winter is less than happy, but complies. The nurse disappears to join the other.

There is a tense minute of silence before Winter turns to the three of us. Brows creased angrily, her lips pushed into a thin line, eyes glaring daggers at all of us.

"Would one of you care to explain as to why my sister is a toddler?" She growls.

None of us speak.

"Well?"

Silence.

Winter straightens herself up. "I think I'm going to have a talk with professor Ozpin to see if Weiss can be switched to a more reliable team." she starts to walk off.

"Oh, and you were so reliable when she needed you," I growl only immediately regret the words.

Winter halts. There's a dangerous silence in the air. She turns back to us, eyes narrowed.

"Excuse me?"

No turning back now. "You heard me." I cross my arms.

She strolls up to me, her nose inches from mine. "Do you think you have the right to speak to me in that tone, brute."

"Did you think you had the right to leave your sister when she needed you the most. Weiss told me you left her in that hell hole."

"I couldn't bring her with me to the military. She was still a child."

"You could have visited!" I was shouting now.

She's scowling now. "Just like your mother could have."

The rage inside me boiling. Within the blink of an eye, my eye color changes. "How the hell do you know about my mother."

"The same way you found out about me leaving home. I got my information from an old drunken crow though." With that, Winter walks away.

Once she turns the corner, I pick up a waiting room chair and- Blake stops me by giving me a hug. The anger is quickly replaced with sadness and hurt. I drop the chair and fall the fall to the floor, wrap my arms around Blake and let myself cry. Something I haven't done in years.

She coos in my ear, running her fingers through my hair, trying to calm me down. My heart feels like it has a hand encasing it and crushing it slowly. Ruby tries her best to add herself to the hug by coming from the side. A tiny hand slides up and down my back.

"It's gonna be okay, Yang, I promise," Blake whispers.

After a couple of minutes of getting my emotions out, I set the chair back up and sit in it sluggishly. I'm both physically and mentally exhausted. Blake sits down next to me. Ruby crawls up into the kitten's lap.

A weak and tired smile plays across my lips. "We're a mess."

Blake can only chuckle.

As the minutes go by, it gets harder and harder for me to keep my eyes open. Blake notices and disappears for a second and returns with a blanket and pillow.

"Here." She hands them to me. I don't argue and set the pillow up comfortably on the chair and wrap the blanket around me and close my eyes.

Blake's PoV

Yang had finally fallen asleep. Ruby sat next to her sister, playing on her scroll while I read a book. One nurse informed us that Ozpin would be here soon to talk to us about Weiss' condition.

"Is it bad?" I ask.

The nurse can only smile weakly before leaving again. I sigh and go back to my book.

Minutes later the clicking of a cane echoes through the infirmary halls. There was no need to guess who it was.

Ozpin came walking up to us, a solemn look on his face. "Good evening Miss Belladonna and Miss Rose."

"Hello." We reply in unison.

"I'm certain the nurse has informed you two, so I will waste no time in telling you that Weiss' condition was nearly critical. If you all had not found her in time, she would be in a much worse state."

"When will she be able to leave the infirmary?" Ruby asks. I can by the way her voice quivered. She's scared of what the answer might be.

Ozpin sighs. "Hopefully soon, but with no aura to heal her quicker. We took in extra caution when using a healing medicine with dust infused with it."

My eyes widen. "What?... But Professor Ozpin that can be dangerous."

"I understand your concern Miss Belladonna," Ozpin says. "But with the high chance of her not living, I didn't want to play the waiting game to see how she would turn out."

Dust medicine is dangerous. Yes, it can help with healing bones and stitch up the skin faster, but it has some side effects. Some dangerous others not so much. It's almost like playing with magic and magic can kill or heal.

"What about side effects?" I ask.

"We do not know yet, but with the way her body is wired, Weiss could have the mind of a child when she wakes."

Ruby gasps. "... You not joking, are you?"

Ozpin, sadly, shakes his head no. "I'm sorry Miss Rose, but her chances of having the mind of a child is high."

We let his words sink into our brains. It's going to be hard to explain to Yang about what could, and will, most likely happen to Weiss.

"W-well what about Winter… Weiss' sister?" I'm nervous that the older Schnee will accuse us of what's happened to Weiss.

"I will tell her the news. There is no need for a fight between Winter and Ruby's team." Ozpin replies.

We thank him before he walks off and we go back to what we were doing before Ozpin showed up.

It gets later and later in the evening until it's fully dark outside. The nurses had brought us sandwiches and bottles of water. Yang is still asleep when receiving the food. Ruby wakes her sister so we can eat. It's silent when we eat.

It's almost midnight when the nurse comes out again. We hop to our feet waiting for what she has to say.

"Miss Schnee is awake and well." She says. We all breathe a sigh of relief. "But, I'm afraid to say that she has lost her current mindset of a seventeen-year-old… I'm… sorry."

There was no surprise for me and Ruby, but for Yang this was news.

"What? What… what do you mean she lost her mindset? She didn't get amnesia, did she? Or, or a concussion?" Yang panics.

The nurse looks between the three of us, confused. "I thought Ozpin told you three what happened?"

"He didn't-" Yang was cut off by me.

"He did, but Yang wasn't awake for that part. It's okay nurse we'll explain it to her before going to see her."

The nurse can only nod as thanks. She says that when we are ready just come through the door slowly she doesn't want the young Schne in a panic. She disappears and doesn't return again.

Yang turns to the two of us. "Explain. Now." She demands.

"Ozpin said that Weiss was near death when she got here and he didn't want to risk losing her so he made the decision to inject dust mixed medicine to help speed up the process of healing, but it came at a cost," I state.

"Her memory…" Yang breathes.

"N-not quite, Yang," Ruby says. "With the way her body is, her mind was manipulated to act like her body's age is, which means she's going to act a kid, not like the Weiss we know."

Yang is given a minute to take in the news. She sighs deeply and says she ready to meet, but I know none of us really ready to meet the young Schnee. I push open the door and we all head in.

Ruby's PoV

She didn't look, she didn't say hello, She didn't care. It hurts seeing her eyes wander elsewhere.

"Weiss, honey?" Blake says in a mother like voice.

She looks to us, a sad look on her face. "Hello."

"Do… do you know who we are?" Yang asks, her voice wavering.

She ignores Yang's question and asks her own. "Where will I be staying?"

Yang can only shutter. I can she's hurting on the inside.

I step up for Weiss to see me. "You'll be staying with us… I-If that's okay with you."

Weiss nods and slides off the bed. She reaches out her hand for Blake to hold. Blake takes her hand. I quickly take her other hand and Yang's hand. So the four of us are connected.

Weiss gives me a sad smile. I give a reassuring half-smile and we head back to the dorm.

She's not intrigued by our small dorm. She doesn't ask questions about who we are or freaks out the mess in our dorm. Weiss only asked which bed is hers and what toothbrush is hers. Yang shows her both.

"She doesn't seem happy," Blake whispers.

"I think this is the point her life when Winter left. That's most likely why she's feeling mopey." I reply.

Blake and I watch as Yang tucks her in bed saying goodnight. Weiss rolls over, ignoring the blonde. Yang sighs and tells us to get ready for as well. We don't argue, in fact, we get ready as quickly as possible to try and not lose any more sleep than we already have. Blake helps me up into my own then crawls into her own. Yang is last to bed which meant she has to turn off the light. Once my head hits the pillow I'm out like a light.

Sobbing touches my ears causing me snap awake. The sad sound came from under me. I slowly roll to the edge of my bed where the bookshelf is and crawl down until my feet touch the cool wood. Weiss is facing the opposite side of me. The blanket is thrown over her head, curled up in a ball. Her little sobs snap some of my heartstrings.

"Weiss?" I whisper.

She continues to lightly sob. I step on the bed and plop down next to the young Schnee, slipping under the covers. "Weiss?"

"Go… go away!" she whispers harshly, trying to choke back a sob at the same time.

"Weiss, please… Let me help you." I plead.
Weiss' sobs die down after a minute of trying to catch her breath. She rolls over to face me. Her eyes red and puffy. Hot and fresh tears roll down her face, she tries her best to rub them away as she sniffles. I hesitate to pull her closer, but I do it.

"Why?" She whimpers. "Why did she leave me?"

Weiss was asking me why her sister left her and I had no answer to her question. I didn't know much about Weiss' and Winter's relationship, but from what Yang had said early about Winter leaving gave me a good idea.

"I… I don't know, Weiss." It hurt to say the words.

New tears form and she pulls herself closer to me, burying her head in my chest to cry. The only thing I can do is stroke her head and shush or coo at her.

"It's okay Weiss." A new voice purred.

We both gasp and turn to the voice. Yellow eyes shine through the dark. Blake was woken by us.

"D-did we wake you up?" I ask.

"Yeah, then I woke your sister." The blonde in the background says hello.

Yang heads to the other side of the bed and slides in next to Weiss. Blake slips in next to me. We're a bit crunched in, but Yang and Blake fix that quickly. Yang takes Weiss and lays her cross her upper body. Blake does the same to me. Her chest isn't as big as Yang's, but at least I won't suffocate. They both snuggle next to each other.

"I'm not suffocating you am I, Weiss?"

"No… no, you're fine," she mumbles.

Yang giggles and runs her hand through Weiss' hair, coddling her head close her chest. Blake kind of does the same thing to me, instead of running her hand my hair, she makes circles on my back. I enjoy the attention and try to cuddle up close to her. Blake gives a weak chuckle. \The rest of the night goes smoothly.

It's a mess it's all a mess! I didn't originally plan for any of this to happen and here we are... woohoo.