Chapter 18

The next morning had went down pretty normal I woke up and went through my normal routine hanging out with my friends and eating breakfast. We then had our lessons and were know eating lunch.

Even though the day was going normally things just didn't feel right and I felt like something bad was just waiting to happen.

I then felt a hand tap my shoulder so I look to the source and notice it was Ruby. She had a concerned look on her face the whole table did. "Jack are you okay" she asked.

Before I could lie and say that I was fine Ruby started coughing violently.

In worry I put my hand on her shoulders "are you okay" I ask but she doesn't reply and her coughing starts to get even worse as she curls up. Thinking that she was choking or something I go to pat her back gently but stop when I felt something.

I quickly look over her as she coughs even worse there was even blood leaking down her chin. She had a knife in her back much to my horror.

"what`s happening" she manages to get out as I feel myself start to cry.

"your going to be fine" I say to her even if I didn't believe it. I go to try to heal her but nothing was working. "why is no one trying to help her" I say angrily why aren't they getting any help. I look around and notice that no one else is in a better state.

None of them are moving not even their chests. Some of them have fallen of their chairs and some have their faces buried in their food. They were killed in various ways.

"no,no,no" I chant hoping that this isn't real and then I felt something horrible. Ruby`s body felt cold.

I look down to see it wasn't Ruby anymore but another person by their build it seemed to be a girl even younger then Ruby. Her face was covered and all I could make out were amber slitted eyes.

"this is all your fault" she said with a cold voice and I then felt a sharp pain being jabbed into my chest. I felt myself become breathless as I start to cough up blood just like Ruby did. My eyes were getting too heavy to keep up as but strongly enough I welcome the darkness.

I then almost leap out of bed heart racing as I feel like screaming.

I look around I was in my room and completely unhurt. It must have been a dream I realise much to my relief.

But it still wasn't enough I run out my room and pound on team RWBY`s door needing proof. "were coming stop knocking" a familiar voice grumbled to my growing relief. And the door was opened by Ruby dressed in her pajamas with Yang behind her I could make out the rest of team RWBY they seemed to be annoyed about the rude awakening but when they noticed who it was most of their faces softened.

"hey Jack is-" Ruby starts to say but is unable to finish as I pull her into a hug making her eep. I was hugging her tightly and was slowly starting to relax the images of my dream were still very present in my mind but with Ruby so close I could feel her heartbeat she was so warm. "what`s wrong you can tell us" she says hugging me back.

"yeah you're never this cuddly normally Jack you want to talk about it" Yang says with a small welcoming smile the rest of the team had similar looks.

"sorry about waking you guys I feel stupid now with such a big reaction I just had a nightmare and wanted to make sure that you were all okay." I say their probably going to be annoyed at me now I woke them all up probably super early in the morning just because I had a nightmare I`m starting to feel like I`m just a stupid kid.

"don't worry about it Jack we`re happy to help you" Ruby says rubbing soothing circles into my back.

"thanks you're the best I think I`m doing better now so I`m going to go wash up" I say to her I felt all gross and sweaty and I didn't think that I would be going to sleep any time soon.

"yeah okay we`ll see you later then we`ll probably go to sleep" Yang says as me and Ruby pull away and I then say goodbye to everyone.

I then had a quick shower making sure to make sure that I was as clean as possible I noticed that my palms were all bloody I guess that I must have dug my claws into my hands as I slept. Luckily it wasn't that bloody the cuts were all healed. I hope that I didn't get any blood on Ruby. After the shower I got dressed in my workout gear and then went for a run to pass the time.

After that I had another shower to get rid of the bit of sweat that I had gained and got dressed heading towards the beacon kitchens with headphones in. I had wanted to make those cookies that I had promised to make for Ruby.

Although on the way I ran into the person in question. "hey" I say to her as I see her walking back from the cafeteria she had probably just got food.

"hey Jack what are you doing now?" She asked as she started to walk with me.

I removed a headphone from the ear facing her and put it in my inventory "I`m heading to the kitchens to make those cookies I promised you"

Her face goes from excited to more serious "oh you don't have to do that anymore I actually had fun in the dungeon".

I shake my head with a smile "I made a promise to besides cooking is pretty fun do you want to join" my mom taught us all to cook it helps me to feel secure.

"yeah sure I`m always willing to make cookies" she says I grin at that it definitely does sound like her. We then head towards the kitchen as I give her one of my headphones we make small talk as we continue talking.

When we get to the kitchen I pull out a page showing the recipe on my scroll and then me and Ruby gather all the ingredients and measure them as we work together to make the cookies.

It took around half an hour to make it and soon it was put into the oven to cook. It was kind of cute to see how exited Ruby was. She was watching the cookies in the oven with a childish excitement. It`s funny the most difficult part was trying to keep Ruby from eating the raw cookie dough.

"you know they wont cook any faster with you watching them" I say to her with a grin.

"oh really who wood of known" she jokes back pouting. She then turns to me seriously so your nightmare do you want to tell me about it".

I sigh but comply "we were just siting there in the cafeteria when you started coughing super badly I thought that up were choking so I went to pat your back but then I saw that you had been stabbed" I pause to let it sink in Ruby looked like she was thinking "you died in my arms and then when I looked to the others for help they were the same way".

Ruby then put a hand on mine to comfort me "yeah I probably would of reacted the same way if I had a nightmare like that but it was just a dream". We then had a bit of a silence into Ruby had to ruin it, she had a mischievous twinkle in her eye that I dreaded "you know Yang said that you would be dreaming about me but I never thought it would be a nightmare."

I blushed looking away at that not wanting her to know that the nightmare wasn't my first dream about her but that joke was enough to end the silence as we spend the time waiting for the cookies to cook by joking around and listening to music.

When the cookies were done I set them down on the table but not before I almost dropped them because I had to stop Ruby from grabbing one straight after it was out the oven I didn't want her to get burnt although looking back aura would of protected her from lasting damage.

but I didn't want to risk if she were to get a burnt tongue and wouldn't be able to eat anymore cookies. Which means she would of demanded for me to heal her which normally I`m okay with but in order for healing touch to work I need to touch what I`m healing which would have been awkward and gross.

But after we had that sorted we joined the other teams to get dinner then me and Ruby played with Nara for a bit before I went to sleep.