Hi there everyone! ready for the beginning of Ruby's training?

Chapter 28

"Its been a while since I was at home." Ruby said as she and her mother walked towards their home on Patch.

"Don't get comfortable, Ruby. We won't be training here." Summer said, causing Ruby to become confuse.

"So were are we going to be doing the training?" Ruby asked and after a few seconds, she started to regret asking that question.

"Oh. Some place were it will be hell for you." Summer replied with a demonic smirk on her face.

"Seriously?" Ruby asked, scared at Summer's behavior.

"NoPe." Summer replied, causing Ruby to sigh in relief.

"But we will be staying in the elements." Summer replied, causing Ruby to raise a eye-brow.

"What do you-!" Ruby was about to asked but something ran into her and knocked her over.

"Owe. What hit me?" Ruby asked before starting to feel something licking her.

The silver eye girl sat up slightly and saw a black and white dog on her chest. "Zwie!" Ruby said in a happy tone of voice before petting the dog, making it bark happily.

Summer smiled before hearing hurrying footsteps, causing her to turn around and Ruby to look up as she stood up, causing Zwie to jump off the silver eye girl.

"Zwie! Don't go running and tackling the...?" Taiyang began to say but stop when he saw who it was that Zwie is licking on the face.

"Ruby!" Taiyang exclaimed as he approached Ruby and hugged her tightly.

"Don't you know how worried I was when I heard that you were kidnapped by the White Fang?" Taiyang asked as he released the silver eye girl.

"Sorry, Dad." Ruby replied whilst scratching the back of her head.

"Let go inside. We need to pack a few things before leaving for the training." Summer replied, causing Taiyang to nod his head.

"Of course. And you can also tell us some of your adventures as Rose Paladin." Taiyang said as he started to head towards the house.

Ruby became wide eyed at what Taiyang before staring at a sheepish Summer.

"Well, I need to tell him why you got kidnapped in the first place." Summer explained whilst scratching her cheek.

Ruby stared at her mother for a few seconds before sighing. "And here I was hoping to that a secret and keep everyone safe." Ruby said before walking towards the house as well, being followed by Summer.


"Okay. I thinks that's everything you need." Taiyang said as he looked a list that is in his hands before looking at the pile of stuff that is on the floor.

"Excellent." Summer said with a smile on her face.

"Mum. What are we going to do about food?" Ruby asked with a questioning look on her face.

"We will be surviving off the land." Summer replied, causing Ruby to nod her head slightly.

"Is this what you did for when you did your training?" Taiyang asked, causing Summer to nod her head.

"Yes. My teacher said it would make the training more earning." Summer explained, causing Taiyang to gain a slightly worried look on his face.

"Do you think it will be okay for Ruby to be doing the same thing?" Taiyang asked, causing Summer to nod her head again.

"Of course. And anyway, Ruby would probably have done the same thing whilst traveling back here. Right, Ruby?" Summer asked whilst turning her head to look at her daughter.

Ruby nod her head, making Taiyang close his rub the back of his head whilst sighing. "All right then. Just please make sure that our youngest daughter remains in one when the training is over, please?" Taiyang asked, causing both silver eye females to giggle.

"No promises, Tai." Summer replied with a small smile on her face, causing Taiyang to sigh.

"Okay then. I guess that you 2 should getting going now." Taiyang said whilst standing up, causing Ruby and Summer to stand up as well and Taiyang helped the 2 silver eye females with their camping equipment.

"Okay then. See you later, you 2." Taiyang said before embracing Summer and kissing Ruby on the forehead.

"Bye, Zwei. I will miss you." Ruby said as she petted the black and white dog, causing Zwei to wine whilst dropping his ears.

"Come on, Ruby. Let's get going." Summer said, causing Ruby to nod her head and the 2 of them set off. As the house disappeared behind them, Summer notice a slight depress look on her daughter's face.

"Home sick already?" Summer asked, but Ruby shook her head.

"No, I just realized that I won't be able to eat any cookies until after the training." Ruby replied, causing Summer to start laughing.

"We're going to train to make sure that you can wield both the power of the silver eye warriors and the powers of the Winter Maiden without killing yourself in the process. And your worried about not eating any cookies." Summer said, still laughing.

"I can't help it. I like cookies." Ruby said whilst pouting.

"Hehehe. Once your completed the training, you can have all the cookies you want, my little ice rose." Summer said, causing Ruby to smile slightly.


The 2 of them traveled for quite a bit, first traveling by train and then walking through a forest."How long now, Mum?" Ruby asked whilst ducking under a low hanging branch.

"We're almost there. Just a little further." Summer replied as she glanced around, gripping Hunter Rose tightly.

"Okay." Ruby said as she step over a fallen tree trunk. After a while of walking, the 2 of them walked out of the trees and saw a rocky clearing where a part of it jutted over a cliff.

"Wow." Ruby said as she looked around the clearing.

"This is were we will be training." Summer said as she took off her backpack.

"Huh?" Ruby asked, staring at her mother.

"This clearing is were you will master you new unlocked powers and make sure that it won't conflict with your Maiden powers." Summer explained, causing Ruby to nod her head.

"Okay." Ruby said as she glanced around slightly nervous, gripping Calamity Rose tightly. "The Grimm rarely come to this spot, so we're safe from any attacks by them." Summer explained before looking at the sky.

"It's getting late. We put the tents up and get some rest. We start training tomorrow." Summer said, causing Ruby to nod her head.


"Okay, Ruby. Take a deep breath and concentrate." Summer instructed to the sitting down, cross-legged Ruby. Currently, it is the next day and the silver eye girl is starting her training.

"Okay." Ruby said as she closed her eyes and took a breath.

"Be careful and take it slowly." Summer said, causing Ruby to nod her head before starting concentrate. After a few minutes, Ruby started to feel a strange sensation in her eyes.

"It's coming-" Ruby began to thought before starting to feel a small wave of pain, which cause the silver eye girl to grit her teeth.

Summer saw this but waited until Ruby can't handle the pain. "Okay, Ruby. You can stop now!" Summer said, causing Ruby to stop the sensation in her eyes. The crimson hair girl breath slightly heavily

"How are you feeling, Ruby?" Summer asked in a worrying tone of voice.

"I'm...okay, Mum. Just feeling pain." Ruby replied, causing Summer to gain a worried look on her face.

"But I did felt the powers the silver eye warriors." Ruby said, causing Summer to smile slightly.

"That's good to hear. We will be continuing this part of the training until you can handle the pain from the silver eyes." Summer explained, causing Ruby to gain a confuse look on her face.

"What's the next part of the training?" Ruby asked, causing Summer to hum slightly whilst frowning, thinking of telling her daughter the next part of her training. After a minute of thinking, Summer took a breath.

"The next part of the training will be adapting your Winter Maiden powers so they won't be affected by the powers of your silver eyes." Summer explained, causing Ruby to nod her head.

"Okay, Mum. Let do this." Ruby said, surprising Summer slightly. After a few seconds of being surprise, Summer closed her eyes.

"Glad to see that your enthusiastic. Even though this will be a hard training for you." Summer said, opening her eyes with a smile on her face, causing Ruby to smile as well.

"Come on now, let's keep on going." Summer said, causing Ruby to nod her head.


"Owe." Ruby moaned whilst sitting at the fire place.

"I told you this will be a hard training for you." Summer told Ruby before taking a piece of her meal.

"My eyes feel like they're going burn and body feel like it's I a furnace." Ruby said, causing Summer to nod her head.

"When I was training, my eyes felt like that at first. By then I got use to it." Summer explained with a thoughtful look on her face.

"It will take longer for me." Ruby muttered, but Summer heard.

"Don't worry, my little ice rose. You will get there eventually." Summer said, making Ruby smile slightly.

"Yeah, thanks mum." Ruby said and after a few minutes of silence, a question entered Ruby's head.

"Mum, why have you chosen this place to do our training?" Ruby asked, causing her mother to smile slightly.

"I've chosen this place because this is were I did my training with my father, your Grandfather." Summer explained, causing Ruby to become surprise.

"So you inherited the silver eyes from Grandfather?" Ruby asked, causing Summer to nod her head.

"Yes. But, if your inherited your Grandmother's eyes. Then you would have been born with brown eyes instead." Summer explained, causing Ruby to stare into the flames.

"If I was born with brown eyes, I wouldn't have to feel the pain from the silver eye powers and the Winter Maiden's powers." Ruby said, causing Summer to gain a thoughtful expression on her face.

"True. But should have pride being born with silver eyes." Summer said, causing Ruby to become confuse as she look at her mother.

"Even though the silver eye warriors may be close to extinction. They were the beacon of hope to Humans and Faunus during the early stages of Remnant, being all over the place, protecting the people from the Grimm. Your Grandfather choose this place for my training because he believed that a settlement of silver eye warriors was on the Patch in the past." Summer explained, causing Ruby to become surprise.

"Really!?" Ruby asked in a excited tone of voice, causing Summer to shrug her shoulders with arms raised whilst shaking her head slightly.

"Don't know. Your Grandfather was full of strange ideas." Summer said, causing Ruby to giggle slightly.

Silence fell after Ruby stopped laughing. However, that disappeared when Summer spoke.

"Ruby...can I ask you something?" Summer asked, causing Ruby to gain a curious look on her face.

"Sure." Ruby replied, causing Summer to close her eyes and taking a deep breath.

"What is your relationship with Sage?" Summer asked whilst re-opening her eyes, causing Ruby to become wide eyed.

"W-what do y-you mean?!" Ruby exclaimed, starting to blush. Summer started to smirk.

"Oh? so there is something going between the 2 of you then?" Summer asked her smirk grow bigger.

"N-no! There's absolutely nothing going between us!" Ruby exclaimed again, causing Summer to shake her head with a smile on her face.

"Oh, Ruby. You can't denied the fact you have an interest in Sage." Summer pointed out, causing Ruby to become silent.

"I'm okay with you being with him." Summer said whilst shrugging her shoulders.

"EH?" Ruby asked with a completely stun look on her face as the silver eye girl stared at her mother.

"I don't mind having him for a future son-in-law." Summer replied to a stone-like Ruby.

"Hehehehe. We better get some sleep, you have a long road ahead of yourself." Summer said whilst smiling slightly, causing Ruby to nod her head slowly.


"So, Cinder. Any news on the escaped Winter Maiden?" Salem asked through her Scroll. When the Queen of the Grimm found out that the White Fang managed to let Ruby escaped with the help of her friends, she was absolutely furious.

"I've nothing to report, Salem. I had Neo search for Ruby Rose at Beacon. She was first reported to be in the infirmary due to her awaking her silver eye powers but then disappeared." Cinder explained, causing Salem to raise a eye-brow.

"She's not at Beacon?" Salem asked, causing Cinder to nod her head.

"That's correct, my Queen." Cinder replied, causing Salem to frown.

"If she's not at Beacon, then that means she's somewhere in Vale being trained to wield her silver eye powers to their fullest." Salem thought, thinking of possible places that Ruby could be.

"Cinder, did Neo said what condition the Winter Maiden is in?" Salem asked, causing the fake Fall Maiden to frown in concentration.

"Well, from the little intel she could collect, she told me that Ruby Rose was in great pain." Cinder explained, causing Salem to become confuse slightly.

"That's strange. I've watched those born with silver eyes unlocking their powers but I've never seen them undergo any pain. The only thing close to that is them blacking out." Salem thought whilst thinking deeply. After a while of thinking, a thought struck Salem.

"Is it a possibility that the powers of the silver eye warriors is a weakness against the Maiden's powers? If that the case, then these 2 powers within Ruby Rose are conflicting with each other. Possible leading to her death." Salem thought and after a few seconds, a dilemma appeared in front of her.

On one hand, the death of Ruby Rose will mean that Salem would have one less thing to worry about. But on the other hand, if Salem let Ruby die, then the powers of the Winter Maiden will be passed onto another person, making things more difficult for her group.

After a few minutes of thinking, a plan formed withing Salem's head. "Cinder, I want you to send Neo into Beacon and observe her friends. Neo may collect clues as to Ruby's location and possible Winter Maiden candidates if the girl dies." Salem explained, causing Cinder to nod her head.

"Understood, Salem. I get on with the task then." Cinder said before ending the call. Salem looked outside a window and smirked slightly.

"Hide all you want, Ruby Rose. But nothing will help you." Salem thought before laughing lightly.


And there we have it. I hope that everyone like the quality moment between Ruby and Summer in this chapter and Cinder being ordered to find Ruby. Please review and until next time everyone.

HBgamer111: Thank you very much for the complement.

ChimaTigon: Ruby won't be wielding a scythe in this story, sorry.

Reaperstride: Hehehe, sorry for the romance cliffhanger and thanks for the offer.