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Entry 25: Age 14

Dear Diary,

Never challenge the Arc Brothers to a snowball fight…

It started out nice enough; Alexander invited us all on a trip to the vale Schnee Ski resort – all good so far – and so naturally we all jumped at the chance; I mean, those places have skiing, spas, hot springs, the works! All told, the trip's roster included Alexander Arc, his Brother Andreas (you know, the one with the triangular sunglasses and no shirt), Siegfried Schnee, the heir to the Schnee business empire (and not to mention Vales most eligible bachelor~), Summer (and her brother Qrow as a chaperone), Yin, Emmy, Cinder me, and of course Yuko, who insisted I let her come along because she's 'bored' of haunting the school and my bedroom… not that I could have stopped her… Although, she was really excited about it, and much less annoying than usual – sure, she was just as glompy as usual when I told her that she could come, but she didn't mess with me while anyone else was around to see on the way, so that's something, I guess. Roman apparently had better things to do – make-up classes, more like!

Anyway Siegfried ferried us all there on one of the Schnee Company's fleet of private airships, and we got to the resort just a little past noon, whereupon we checked in. Us girls got to share the Princess suite, while Siegfried, Alexander, and Andreas all bundled off an exasperated Qrow rose to the – ehem – 'MANLY SUITE…' Once we all had our stuff unpacked in our rooms though, the next order of business was naturally to bundle up to hit the ski slopes. I was kinda worried that my cardigan wasn't going to be enough, but it wasn't that cold, and with the addition of one of Yin's million scarves that she let me borrow, I was nice and toasty. Emmy dress pretty light too, and Cinder didn't wear a coat at all – she said that she doesn't get cold – and Summer just wore a heavier cloak than she usually does. Yin though… I think she was wearing enough coats and scarves for all of us… she couldn't hold her arms down by her sides… she just sort of waddled… I'd have suggested that she maybe take a few layers off, but I couldn't… She was like a big yellow penguin… She would do Lord Fluffy the Terrible proud…

The ski slope was another thing entirely… Well, I say 'ski slope' but I was the only one who could accurately be described as having skied down the mountain… Yin tried… Really, she did, but she kind of tripped and rolled the rest of the way in a giant snowball… Summer and Qrow used snowboards, but any semblance of normalcy ends there, I assure you… You know what Emmy did? Emmy brought Gungnir… and she used it to create her own avalanche – 'Y'know, cause it's AWESOME!' – and Cinder wanted to try out some death-trap she'd been working on – some kind of pyromancy-operated snowmobile (how does that even make sense!?). Still, as ridiculous as Cinder's new… 'toy' was, she had nothing on Schnee or the Arcs… Andreas had a Dust-powered snowmobile with a GIANT DRILL ON THE FRONT, Siegfried just went down on Glyphs, but the most ridiculous of them all was probably Alexander; he went down the mountainside on a dog-sled, pulled by SIX TAMED BEOWOLVES! YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDDING ME! Although I suppose we should be grateful that he didn't lug an actual chariot up their…

Oh, and I suppose that Yuko skied too, although in her case there were a lot of rumors and speculation around the pair of skies that were mysteriously went down the mountain by themselves… Which brings us to the snowball fight…

See, when Yuko skidded to a stop at the base of the slope, she may have accidentally sprayed Emmy with some powder snow… Ordinarily this wouldn't be a problem, but seeing as I'm the only one who can see her, and the person behind Yuko was Andreas Arc… and because it was Emmy who got snowed on, while I'm thinking of it- this chain of events led Emmy to turn around and challenge Andreas to a snowball fight, claiming that 'real men' don't throw snowballs at an opponent while their back is turned 'like a coward…' Now, if there's one thing that I've learned from all of this, it's that you never, ever, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES impugn the manliness of the Arc brothers… They don't take it well…

At this insult, both brother's AND Siegfried joined forces aboard Alexander's Beowolf-drawn sleigh – now, correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't heavy cavalry kind of overdoing it for a snowball fight? In response to this, Emmy swiftly press-ganged the rest of us onto her team – well, the rest of us except Yin, who was still stuck in the snowball she'd rolled down the mountain in – and you know what? We STILL lost!

Turns out you can't fire snowballs from Emmy's Railgun…

Still trying to coax Yin out of a few layers,

Glynda