Blake woke me up the next morning, standing over me with a soft smile. "Good morning sleepy head." She chuckled, waiting for me to sit up. I did so with a groan of protest, rubbing my eyes. I hadn't slept well after our talk, but when I checked the clock it was already almost noon. It was definitely time to be up, so that sucks. "C'mon. We need to go see Pyrrha today."

I blinked and rolled out of bed, stripping down to take my shower. "Why, what does Pyrrha need?" I asked, grabbing a towel, but Blake wouldn't mind if I didn't put it on, right? "Well…" She said, blushing a bit. Evidently she still got flustered. It was pretty cute. "She's still back in the hospital I hear, so I imagine she'd appreciate a visit." I couldn't help but wonder how severe her injuries were. She'd been in there for months now, what could have happened to her? "Okay, sure. Just lemme grab a shower and then I'll be right out, okay?" I turned and walked into the bathroom, turning on ice cold water as usual.

When I came downstairs, Ruby was sitting with Weiss, toying with her fingers. "Weiss, maybe I should stay home? I have some stuff I need to take care of…" I put a hand on her shoulder and she jumped about a foot in the air. That's weird. "Sis, it's just team JNPR. You don't think they'd wanna see you?" She blushed and shook her head, drawing a sigh from me. "Well they're gonna see you anyway then." I sat down and started eating breakfast, looking between Weiss and Ruby. "So no one's gonna talk?" That was met with silence, so I suppose I should take that as a no.

Blake stepped in from the kitchen with a cup of coffee for me, which instantly reminded me how much I needed her around. I took a few sips and sat with the group in silence. Blake had her book, Weiss was writing, and Ruby refused to look at anyone. Something was very wrong with her…and it likely had something to do with her refusal to meet with team JNPR. I sighed and pulled my scroll out until we were ready to leave.

The entire ride over I tried to get a hold of Nora. Usually she was always happy to answer me, but I didn't get anything back until we pulled up.

"Hey, Nora, we're here. What room are you guys in?"

"912. See you in a second."

I lead the others to the elevator and stood with Blake in the elevator, Weiss constantly making sure that Ruby stayed with us. I kept an eye on her during the elevator ride, she just looked so incredibly uncomfortable and I wasn't sure why. Once the elevator opened, Weiss grabbed her by the hand and I grabbed Blake's as we followed them down the hallway to Pyrrha's room. Nora and Ren were both outside, both dressed significantly more causal than we were used to. Ren turned around in a black hoodie and green shirt with some jeans. Nora wore something similar but with a pink shirt and white hoodie instead. Ren gave us a small smile. "Hey guys."

His tone didn't seem very happy, then again Ren rarely sounded happy. What was odd was Nora. She wasn't the first one talking, she wasn't jumping around, she was silent. For once in her life she was speechless, and that didn't bode well. "Hey Ren, how's Pyrrha doing?" I asked cautiously. He gave me a shrug. "Jaune gets it better than I do, it…might be better to talk to him. He said, nodding to the door.

Blake was the first one to step forward, pushing open the door slowly. I tried to look over her shoulder, but I couldn't thanks to the angle between the door and hospital bed. "Jaune? Is it cool if we come in?" I heard Jaune on the other side, giving a slight cough. His voice didn't sound steady. "Yeah…oh, yeah. Come on in guys." I was the last one in, and my eyes widened at the sight of the bed. Pyrrha was encased in stone, looking like a statue. When she'd been frozen, she was on her knees, an arrow in her heel. "What happened?" I asked under my breath, running a hand over her arm. Cold as ice, and Ruby was trying not to cry.

When I looked over at Jaune, he looked exhausted. Truly exhausted. His eyes were red and swollen with bags under them. He'd been crying instead of sleeping, clearly. Blake sat down, looking between Pyrrha and Jaune. "I…don't understand what's happened." She said softly, and the feeling was mutual. Ruby broke down, sobbing quietly. I hadn't known she was so close to Pyrrha. Jaune, sure, but Pyrrha? "I'm so sorry Jaune…I didn't mean to do this." Wait, what?

Jaune didn't move from his seat, head in his hands. Weiss and Blake turned to look at Ruby in confusion. Evidently she'd been keeping things from us, she hadn't told us a few things about the battle of Beacon. The parts that only she'd been able to see. Jaune shook his head. "Ruby, this isn't your fault." Ruby whimpered softly and Weiss put an arm around her carefully. "Ruby…I asked you to help her and you did. There's nothing wrong with what you've done."

Ruby shrugged Weiss away. "Jaune, how can you even say that? Look at her, I turned our friend into a statue. I didn't even know I could do that, and I did it to her of all people." She wiped her nose and eyes, trying to slow her crying. Jaune finally took his gaze off Pyrrha's bed, reaching over to a nearby table. He held up a stone arrow, identical to the one in Pyrrha's leg. "Ruby, this was attacked to her body. You did this to her about a second before this arrow killed her. What you did was give her…was give us a fighting chance."

I took the arrow carefully from Jaune, looking it over carefully. It was a strange design, almost as if it had just reformed. I turned it over and checked the tip. It was broken off of something, but I couldn't tell what for now. Jaune took it back from me, smiling in apology. "So wait, Ruby can turn things to stone now?" I asked, looking at my little sister. She nodded slowly. "Y-Yeah…I guess. Uncle Qrow told me that I got it from Mom…" She said quietly. I leaned back against the wall. So she got it from Summer…like some kind of hereditary semblance then?

Nora and Ren made their way into the room, but when they saw Ruby crying they almost seemed to question what they should do. Jaune gestured for them to join us and they stepped into the seating area Jaune and I were in. Ren sat next to Jaune and put a hand on his shoulder. "Buddy, maybe it's time to get some rest. Just for a bit?"

Their leader just shook his head, clutching his hand around Pyrrha's. "No, I'm fine. I just…need to make sure I'm here until this wears off." He said, wiping his own eyes. I sighed as Nora pulled me out the door. "I really don't know what to do about him, Yang. We don't know for a fact that Pyrrha's ever going to wake up and…" She trailed off, punching one of the reception counters and leaving a nice indent in it. "He's not sleeping, Ren and I have to practically force feed him, it's just not working."

I remembered how I was for a while with my arm and sighed. "I know the feeling." I said, giving her a small hug. She gripped my jacket and started crying softly. I'd never seen Nora so upset and it was such a jarring transition. She was worried, Ren was worried, and Jaune wouldn't move. It was just a terrible situation and Nora needed to be comforted. So I'd be there as long as I could.

I made a mental note to ask Ruby about this secret semblance of hers, but that'd have to wait until later. When she wasn't a nervous wreck. I looked at the nightstand for the first time and saw the wilted flowers from that day in the elevator, the note was leaning on the vase. Nora saw my gaze and explained. "Ren's idea. Just in case he's not awake when she wakes up."