Hello, hello, hello, this is J. Van A back with a new chapter of The Princess and the Rose. I would've gotten this out earlier, but I was sick for the past few days.

Anyway, I've gotten some slight WhiteRose in this chapter. If you guys don't like it, I'm sorry. I suck at romance. In my other story, A BLZEing Remnant, it took me forever to do the Blaise and Eva romance.

Onto reviews:

GrnDrgnzrd: Thanks, I figured since Weiss just got magic, she should have to learn how to use it.

Matt Cyr: It was part of the freak show since it was white furred whereas most grimm are black furred.

EternalPKK: Thanks, hope that doesn't change.

Guest: I don't think that's how it went down. Ren is not a magician, he's a martial artist who uses chi. I'm mostly making chi a healing power, but I might make him more in tune with nature and stuff.

Nakfyre: The fear demon called her Miss Schnee in a whisper so only she could hear. I made sure to write that specifically to avoid something like that. Since I'm playing D&D with my roommates, I guess I might make the story more D&D-ish, but the D&D I play is pokemon, which is fun except for when the DM makes us fight Maxie and Archie for seven freaking hours. I eventually said screw it and had Gyarados go savage on Archie while my guy telekinetically choke him out from across the map. We're all level 15 and he made us fight level 40 trainers.

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"So, let me get this straight," Yang said as she hammered down on the red hot metal which used to be the greatsword she pulled from the dungeon, "You four went to the carnival, separated, Ruby and Weiss found a fortune teller and Jaune punched a guy in the face, then Ruby got injured from fighting a white beowolf while you and Jaune managed to free a carnival full of slaves?"

"Basically," Blake said as she jumped back slightly from the sparks coming from Yang's hammer. "After the whole ordeal Weiss carried Ruby to the inn to get looked at while Nora carried Ren and a hammer to where Jaune could look at them."

"So, why would you risk yourselves to free those slaves despite the numbers," Yang said striking the metal again causing Blake to jump back further again.

"Well, its for some specific reasons," Blake said as she leaned against the warm wall. "And I'd appreciate it if you didn't ask anymore questions on the subject."

"Blake-"

"I said no questions," she interjected.

"But Blake-"

"I said no," she interjected again.

"Your shirt's on fire," Yang deadpanned as she looked at the flames riding up Blake's shirt.

The faunus immediately looked and saw that she had leaned against the forge having the edge of her shirt be in perfect range for sparks. She then jumped away from the wall and tried to pat down the flames to no avail. After that did nothing she pulled off her shirt and threw it on the ground so she could pat down the fire. After the flames had been put out, Blake realized that she had her back turned to Yang.

"Damn, J'vana," Blake cursed as she turned around to see a surprised Yang.

"So…" Yang said looking to her shoulder.

"Yes, there's a slave sigil on my shoulder," Blake answered her question before it was even asked.

"So the reason you wanted to save those slaves was because you were one," Yang said to her.

"Yes," Blake said picking up her shirt and putting it on. "I was born in the northeastern portion of Vacuo. When I was young I was taken by slavers and brought to Atlas. After a couple years there, the White Fang came to our owner's farm and started removing peoples' sigils, forcefully. The White Fang member who removed my sigil was a puma faunus and he used his own claws to tear through my shoulder." She took a deep breath and looked over to Yang. "I would appreciate it if you didn't tell the others. They would treat me differently, especially Ruby, she'd probably just feel sorry for me."

"Look, I'm not one to go off telling everyone secrets, but I won't act surprised when you eventually tell the others," Yang said as she went back to hammers. "So until you decide to tell everyone, i'm going to advise you to stay away from fires."

"Thanks, Yang," Blake said as she finally calmed down from having her shirt on fire.

"Now then, drag that bucket of water over here," Yang said pointing to the bucket by the forge. "You're my assistant till Ruby is back in action."


"You are the biggest dunce I know," Weiss said as she placed the bandages on Ruby's abdomen. "Why would you run right into the path of the beowolf's claw?"

"Well, if I didn't, the grimm would've clawed you," Ruby chuckled as she looked over to Weiss. "You froze yourself to the ground, and if the beowolf would've clawed you, it would've cut clean through your neck. Though I realized that after I took the hit." She then tensed up and cringed as Weiss cleaned the next wound.

"Calm down," Weiss said as she grabbed Ruby's hand causing Ruby to squeeze it. "Now then, this is probably going to hurt, and I'm probably going to need both hands."

"Don't let go," Ruby said fighting back tears from the pain.

"Fine," Weiss said as she continued to clean the wound. "I do have one more question. Why would you really jump in front of beowolf's claws if you didn't already know it would kill me?"

"Seemed, GAH!" she yelled as Weiss accidentally put too much pressure on the wound. "Seemed like the right thing to do."

"Dunce," Weiss muttered to herself as she continued cleaning the wounds.


"Are you sure that you don't want me to look you over?" Jaune asked Ren as he looked at the man applying his own bandages.

"No offense, Jaune, but I think I know a bit more about medicine than you," Ren answered him pulling down his shirt.

"Ok, well, should we go look at your friend?" Jaune asked him looking towards the door where Nora was on the other side.

"To be completely honest, she seems better now than she ever was," Ren said as he approached the door. "She's walking around and talking. Though she seems to have more energy than she ever had. Maybe it's because she spent years motionless in a cage and this is just her pent up energy."

Suddenly, the door was thrown open and Nora was standing there holding a knife and her hair was at varying length. "Oh, Ren! Just in time!" Nora exclaimed as she grabbed his arm causing the boy to look shocked. "I think it would be a great idea to cut my hair, but I just can't think of a length to keep it at. My hair has been long for so long that the ends are splitting. Maybe I could cut it to my shoulders, or maybeIshouldcutitshort! Ren! You're helping!" She then pulled him in making him look desperately at Jaune for help.

He held his hands in front of him in response. "Hey, she picked up the hammer. I'm not messing with her."

"Smart move," Ren said as the door was slammed shut behind him.


"And we're done," Weiss said as she finished putting on the final bandage. "It would've been done faster if I had both hands. Speaking of which." She attempted to take her hand back only to have the younger girl groan slightly and tighten her grip. "You're asleep, aren't you?" Ruby only responded with soft breathing. "Well, I would like to sleep too, but I need my hand back."

"Ngh," Ruby groaned as she grabbed Weiss's hand with both of hers and pulled it close to her chest. She then began breathing heavier causing Weiss to groan.

"I would like to sleep too," Weiss said trying to take her hand back only to have Ruby grip it tighter. "I'm too tired to deal with this." She gave up and just laid against the bed, then fell asleep next to the farm hand. Since they were both asleep, they didn't notice a soft white glow appear over Weiss, then move over to Ruby's abdomen.


"This is PERFECT!" Nora exclaimed as she burst out of the room with short hair surprising Jaune causing him to nearly fall out of his chair. "Jaune, Jaune, Jaune, look at what Ren did. I've never had my hair this short, but my head feels so light it's amazing! We should cut your hair. Ren, get the scissors!"

"Nope, nope, nope," Jaune said as he fumbled out of his chair and began running to the door out of the room. Just before he could touch the handle, Nora's arms wrapped under his and she picked him up. "No, don't do this. I like my hair the way it is. It's shorter than yours!"

"You could do with a trim," Ren said as he opened and closed his scissors a couple times.

"You're one to talk!" Jaune shouted as he broke out of Nora's arms and ran out the door into the inn.

"I don't know," Ren said grabbing some of his hair. "Nora, should I get this cut?"

"No, nonono, no," Nora said chuckling a little bit. "You look good with long hair."


"Ok, in a little while, we will be done here," Yang said as she smoothed down the metal shaft.

"Don't we need Crescent Rose's blade to attach it to the shaft?" Blake asked as she watched Yang work, keeping her distance from any fires.

"Not at the moment," Yang said as she finished smoothing down the shaft. "Ruby was really smart when she designed Crescent Rose. After she forged the blade, she altered the shaft to make the scythe's blade just slide and lock in without worrying about the blade being loose. Since Ruby helped me shape this metal initially, it has the same sort of design, so once this is over we can just insert the blade and be done with it."

"Ahhh!" Jaune shouted as he burst into the forge and locked the door behind him. Blake and Yang just looked at him as he leaned against the door breathing heavily. "Nora, scissors, haircuts, save me."

Yang immediately focused as her expression hardened. "Blake, start moving furniture. Block the door. We need to make sure Nora can't get in here," she said as she picked up a table and made her way over to the door.

"Why would we do that?" Blake asked as she watched Yang pick up some chairs and place them against the door.

"Haircuts, Blake," Yang said as she turned and grabbed Blake's shoulders. "If she thinks Jaune needs a haircut, what do you think she'll do when she sees my hair?"

"Ok, well, while you guys do that, I'm going to be over here," Blake said pointing to the other side of the forge where a solitary char was sitting in a corner. She sat down on the chair and reached into her bag so she could pull out a book. After that she opened the book and began reading while Jaune and Yang piled furniture against the door. "Avoiding this insanity."

"So, what's the point of them doing this?" a voice asked beside Blake, but she didn't bother to look up from her book.

"Jaune and Yang think that barricading the door will keep out Nora so she doesn't give them haircuts," Blake explained then flipped the page.

"Well that's ridiculous, Ren's the one with the scissors," the voice said chuckling causing Blake to raise an eyebrow and look away from the book. She saw Nora standing there with short hair leaning against the hammer she brought with her from the carnival.

"How did you get in here," Blake asked closing her book.

"Well, the door didn't open when I tried that, so I got in through the window," Nora said gesturing towards the open window.

"Blake, you gotta help out," Jaune said turning to look at her only to freeze and let out a small shriek.

"Jaune, what's wrong?" Yang asked as she turned to look where he was looking only to freeze up for a second before jumping onto the barricade. "She's here!"

"Yang, the door," Jaune said as he started pulling away furniture frantically. "We need to get out of here."

"You don't have to tell me that," Yang said as she pulled away several chairs from the door. She grabbed a leg of the last table and tried to pull it away from the door only to not have it budge. "What the?"

"Oh! I'll help," Nora said walking to the table. She then rested her hammer against the door and pulled the table away with ease.

"Yang, let's go!" Jaune said as he grabbed the door and pulled only to have the door not budge an inch. "Yang, the hammer!"

"Got it," Yang told him as she reached over and grabbed the hammer. Then then tugged on the weapon only to have it not budge. "What is wrong with this thing?"

"Guess you just don't have the stuff then," Nora said picking up the hammer with ease. "So you're Yang. Weiss told me a lot about you. Hey, do you think you could put a grip on my hammer? The metal can sometimes be uncomfortable."

"Umm, sure," Yang told her. "Just place it on the table, and I'll need you to stay here to move that thing though. Blake, find the leather strips."


So yeah, there's the chapter. I figured I might as well make Nora more like Nora in the show. The explanation for her sudden energy is a bit far fetched, but whatever, Nora is Nora.

I hope the fluff was good enough. If not I could try to work better. Suggestions are welcome. So if you guys think that you have an idea for fluff that would fit in with this story, just message me or post them in reviews. I would like the help since I suck at romance. I can handle the rest.

I was just about to post this before I talked about the fact that I kind of just glossed over the fact that I revealed part of Blake's backstory. Yeah, I made her a former slave who was saved by the White Fang. Some of you probably figured out that would be her past considering her attitude towards faunus slaves. Bet you guys can figure out who the faunus who removed her sigil. Maybe he was a cat, but he was more like a puma.

I think I'm going to go back and write for my OC story again. I kind of left it off on a cliffhanger just before the Battle for Beacon.

Anyway, have a nice day,

-J. Van A