Author's Note: Happy Friday all! You almost had to read through a self edited chapter but Zelindsay decided to put aside claptrap to help me. How generous right?

Apparently I have been out of the real world too long. Grimm Eclipse is getting a big update soon. I don't know where I will find the time to check that out.

Well, this chapter is... short. But it's the last short one. Promise.

Present

Weiss sat up, her body shrieking in pain. The last thing remembered was a howl echoing through the woods and something slamming into her. Panicked, she lept to her feet drawing Myrtenaster and preparing to defend herself against Grimm. It was quiet though. Weiss started to scan the area around her and saw the body of a giant white beowolf slowly evaporating alongside several smaller regular beowolves.

As Weiss continued to observe her immediate surroundings, she pulled out her scroll, checking on the status of her teammates. They were all alive, now she just needed to find them. A splotch of orange caught her eye. Penny was sitting at the base of a tree that had been broken in half. The heiress started to walk to the incapacitated android and tripped over something at her feet instead.

Blake groaned as Weiss crashed over her prone body. Catching herself before she fell, Weiss turned around to check on her faunus teammate. Before she could even begin to worry about the onyx-haired girl she saw yet another motionless body next to her.

"Ruby!" Weiss exclaimed, leaping over the semi-conscious faunus and kneeling down next to her partner.

The red-cloaked girl wasn't unconscious. As far as Weiss could tell she was completely uninjured and fully awake, but she did not respond to any stimuli.

"Ruby! Hey, look at me." Weiss waved her hand over her friend's face. Ruby eyes were wide open and she was staring at the sky blankly.

"Blake, help me." Weiss frantically called to her teammate.

Blake groaned and rolled over, crawling on all fours to Weiss and Ruby.

"Ruby, can you hear me?" Blake shook Ruby slightly by the shoulders. "Weiss, we need to get her to a hospital, I think she is in shock."

Weiss froze, the nearest hospital was several hours away from here by foot, though longer carrying someone. It didn't matter, they had to get the brunette medical care. The snow-haired girl put her arms underneath the girl's back and legs and attempted to pick her up. Groaning, Weiss managed to pick her leader up off the ground, but she wasn't going to be able to carry her for long. She started to walk in the direction of the nearest town, taking short staggered steps. As she slowly walked she heard a slight squeaking behind her.

"Let me take her, Weiss." Penny's voice sounded out.

"Thank you." Weiss responded, handing the limp body of her leader to the redhead.

Walking back to Blake, she helped support the injured faunus, looping the taller girl's arm over her shoulders, and followed behind the android carrying her best friend. As she supported her cat-eared teammate, all she could focus on was the shocked silver eyes of her leader staring out into the distance.

Two Months Ago

They walked on the edge of the forest near Beacon. Her host was worried about someone seeing her, but it was near the end of the school year and the students would be studying for their final exams rather than patrolling the nearby tree-line. Amber managed to persuade her host to take a break and she had chosen to return to this place. Amber didn't understand why the forest was a place of comfort for her host, but the peace it brought to her emotions was worthwhile. It had been almost five months and the memories still hadn't returned.

The other took the chance to take her mask off, also untying and removing the red and black wrap she wore so she could feel the sun against her skin while she sat against a tree. It was a rare day indeed. Her host was wearing her dark hair pulled back in a ponytail with only a few strands falling in her face instead of down and flowing, and the sunlight reflected off her pale skin and the white blanket she laid on.

"I had a dream last night." Amber started.

"Oh?" The other responded.

"I was walking through a field of flowers. It was kind of nice actually, I have not walked on my own in a while so it was enjoyable." There was bitterness in her, she tried to prevent it from bleeding over to her host. "I heard a bird calling, so I walked in the direction it was coming from. After a few minutes I saw a large black bird sitting on a large rock. As I approached the rock the bird left, and in its place was a beautiful rose. Like the bird, as I approached the rose, it started to wither and a gust of wind blew the petals away. Once the last petal had been scattered into the wind, the sun started to darken, but when I looked to the sky I noticed that it was not the sun that illuminated the field, but a bright dragon. It only took a few moments and the dragon faded completely to black, extinguishing all the light on the field."

"Hmmm…" The other replied. "I had a similar dream. Except that in my dream, as I approached the rock, the bird stood to the side. I as looked at the rose, the dragon above me started to fade. After all the light was gone it got cold and I was left with the feeling that the rose withered too, though I never saw it."

"Any idea what it means?"

"No." The other seemed dejected.

"But those were the images from your memory." Amber tried to cheer her host up.

"I know."

Amber cast her thoughts out trying to think of a way to improve the mood. Her host closed her eyes and focused on the sun warming her body; Amber decided to enjoy the sensation while it lasted. In the distance she heard voices murmuring.

"Did you hear that?" Amber asked her host.

"Yes." The other opened her eyes, now alert to her surroundings.

As Amber's host reached towards her gear, Amber saw a figure appear on the top of a nearby cliff; it was the girl in red that they had seen in the hospital.

"She sees us." She warned as the girl on the cliff made eye contact with her host.

Her host stood up and quickly created a portal while she grabbed her gear and stepped through to the room in the inn they had been staying at.

"Why do you not want people to see you?" Amber asked her host.

All she felt was sadness from her host. The other put her black and red wrap back on. Underneath the wrap she still wore the charred clothes she was wearing that were burned from the battle at Beacon. Her host had acquired a lot of clothes now, accumulated purchases affordable from months of plundering various White Fang bases, but still chose to wear the clothing from the day she lost her memory, no matter how charred and discolored they were; at least she washed them.

"Until I get my memory back, I do not wish to interact with anyone who may know me."

Man, I looked at the calendar and realized that our happy ending is coming up on us soon. I... just... need... to... write... it...

See you all Tuesday for Chapter 15: Icey Lullaby

I was told that I name my chapter anime style, that isn't true is it?