Weiss' eyes were glued to Jaune's form as she ate breakfast. Every time Jaune glanced towards Weiss she would quickly look away, but she knew Jaune saw her. And every time he looked away Weiss would go back to watching Jaune. Weiss couldn't help but picture Pyrrha sitting next to Jaune, smiling, laughing. The thought itself, of Pyrrha being there made Weiss sad.

"Is something wrong?" Ruby asked breaking Weiss' thoughts. Weiss remained silent and took a bite of her eggs. "You get onto me about keeping secrets and yet you're doing the exact same thing," Ruby huffed as she returned to her syrup covered pancakes.

"You'd think I'm crazy," Weiss answered taking another bite.

"Well, some probably think I'm crazy," Ruby answered. "After what happened with you, and letting you be so close to me anyways." Ruby smiled a little and looked towards her pancakes. "After killing so many people and not letting it bother me the way it probably should."

"You're not crazy Ruby."

"Then neither are you," Ruby made her point and looked down towards Jaune who was laughing at a story Yang was telling. "So why do you keep looking towards Jaune?" Ruby asked. Weiss looked towards Jaune a final time then met Ruby's careful silver eyes.

"I keep picturing Pyrrha sitting next to him," Weiss said in a hushed voice that only Ruby could hear. "That she's over there laughing, smiling."

"Okay," Ruby said nodding. "So you're mourning her loss," Ruby said with a shrug.

"But it's more than that. It's like she should be here, but she isn't," Weiss said a little louder. Weiss didn't know what to say, how to say what she was feeling.

"Are you saying that Pyrrha should be here, like she's here here?" Ruby asked raising an eyebrow. "Like she's a spooky ghost."

"No, don't be so childish," Weiss snapped. "More like she's somewhere else, with other people, when she should be here with her friends."

"Are you saying she's alive?" Ruby asked her eyes widened. "Like walking talking alive?" Weiss nodded and Ruby dropped her fork. "You're telling me that Pyrrha Nikos, the woman that died fighting against Cinder, the woman I saw turn to dust before my eyes, is alive." Ruby's voice was a little to loud causing people to catch the name Pyrrha and for people who knew the name and her fate to look towards the two.

Weiss froze and got to her feet, her plate in her hands. Weiss dropped the tray off and left the mess hall. Ruby wanting to know more followed Weiss out of the room. When Ruby exited the room Weiss pulled her to the side. "Just be quiet, okay," Weiss said in a hushed voice.

"Be quiet, you just told me Pyrrha was alive," Ruby shouted in a whisper, her anger showing through. "How the hell is she even alive, I watched her get turned to dust."

"I don't know, it might not even be her," Weiss started.

"You saw her."

"Yes, no, maybe, I don't really know," Weiss stuttered as she looked away from Ruby. "I couldn't see the woman's eyes, but she stood like her, her hair was the same color."

"Where did you see her, the only time," Ruby paused. "She was there when your dad," Ruby's soft voice seemed to loud to for Weiss.

"He had two guards, both of them seemed familiar, but the woman, she reminded me so much of Pyrrha." Weiss looked away from Ruby and shrugged. "I don't know for sure, but it seemed so much like her."

"If she's with your father, that means she's probably being controlled by a grimm like you were," Ruby said her eyes wide and bright as if she just had a wonderful idea. She began bouncing quickly and walked off towards Blake's office.

"Where are you going?" Weiss asked before she ran to catch up.

"If this woman is Pyrrha, and if she's being controlled by a grimm, that means we can get her back," Ruby answered quickly. "And if we can get her back, that means we're damaging Salem's power. And we'll have Pyrrha back," Ruby hung on the last sentence for several moments.

"We'll have Pyrrha back," Weiss said softly. The sentence rung in her ears for several moments, it seemed almost unreal. The thought of getting someone who was presumed dead for the last ten years, it was so much more than unreal.

Ruby looked towards Weiss with a smile. "We'll have Pyrrha back," Ruby repeated as she grabbed Weiss' hand and pulled her into Blake's office.

"You could have knocked," Blake said looking over to the interlopers. Yang was sitting on Blake's desk, her shirt halfway off. The scandalous scene would have made a younger Ruby cringe, but Ruby just sighed. Weiss on the other hand was horrified by the scene.

"You two were," Weiss stuttered. Yang pulled down her shirt and grabbed her coat. Yang looked towards the flustered woman and gave her a playful wink causing Weiss to go all shades of red.

Blake caught this and threw another article of clothing towards her wife. "Now's not the time Yang," Blake said as she straightened the papers that Yang had messed up. "I assume you two had something really important to tell me," Blake added flicking her eyes up to meet Ruby's.

"Yes, Weiss," Ruby said turning towards her partner who was still in shock from the previous scene.

"Uh, I, uh," Weiss was at a loss for words. Yang laughed a little at how flustered Weiss still was.

"Did you see something you liked," Yang joked causing Blake to glare towards her. Yang just rolled her eyes and looked towards the wall with a smirk on her face.

"I believe Pyrrha Nikos is alive," Weiss said finally finding her words. Yang's smirk dropped and Blake's eyes widened. "Ruby thinks Pyrrha is being controlled by the same grimm that was controlling me."

"Pyrrha Nikos is alive," Blake said gently looking towards Weiss. Weiss nodded and looked towards Ruby.

"I think if what Weiss says is true we can rescue Pyrrha," Ruby said walking forward. She leaned onto Blake's desk and looked Blake in the eyes. "We can save Pyrrha."

"But that's impossible, you said you saw her turn to dust," Yang said bouncing off of the wall she was leaning on.

"I did," Ruby answered.

"So then why are you buying into this?" Yang asked glancing to Weiss.

"I trust Weiss, if she thinks Pyrrha's alive then I'll believe her," Ruby said confidently as she stood back and looked towards Yang.

"So what, you want to launch a rescue mission for Pyrrha?" Blake asked.

"That's exactly what I want," Ruby answered with a smile. Blake glanced to Yang then back to Ruby.

"Okay, what did you have in mind."

Ohhh... Never came up with a reason as to why Pyrrha was alive... Something to explore later I suppose... *HINT HINT*

I'm sure some of you thought this plot with the controlling grimm was done with didn't you. HA!

I enjoyed the idea of it and played around with it a bit.

And by played around with it I mean I use it as important parts of the plot.

Sorry not sorry to all those people who hated this little plot device.

- Nerdz :3