Weiss felt her body go numb. She was back in her old room at Beacon? What was going on here? Her eyes darted around the room, taking in the sight of the haphazard bunk beds they had built their first week here.
"Is everything ok, Weisscream?" Yang said with a smirk. Weiss' eyes frantically met hers. Dressed in an orange tank top with shorts, Yang still had her right arm. "Cat got your tongue?"
"I take offense to that." Blake added dryly, her amber eyes alternating between the book in her hands and Weiss' sweat covered form.
"Yaaang! Leave Weiss alone. Can't you see that she had a bad dream." Ruby pouted as she eagerly wrapped her arms around Weiss. "She's finally showing us love!" Ruby buried her head in the crook of Weiss' neck, and where she normally pushed off the younger girl, this time Weiss relished the touch, with her own arms wrapped around her partner numbly.
"W-What happened? Yang! Your arm! Vytal festival, Haven-" Weiss started blurting out, none of the words forming a coherent statement.
"Did you hit your head or something? Team JNPR won the Vytal festival, remember?" Yang raised an eyebrow. "Jaune won't stop talking about how Team JNPR is the best first year team. Pyrrha just got luck in that last round with that last strike."
"Pyrrha's alive?" Weiss croaked as Ruby snuggled closer. The three other girls gave Weiss confused looks.
"Of course she is. She's not called the 'Invincible Girl' for nothing you know." Blake said, placing the book in her lap. That wasn't possible! Pyrrha died during the Battle of Beacon, her body turned into nothing more than ashes. Weiss had even seen the grand funeral the Nikos family held in her honor.
"Weiss, are you ok?" Blake's eyes seemed worried now. Why was everyone asking her that? Weiss was perfectly fine, extremely confused, but fine!
Ruby placed a hand on Weiss' forehead, her silver eyes widening slightly. "Oh no she's burning up! Should we take her to the infirmary?"
"I'm fine, you dolt!" Weiss blurted out. There was something wrong here, but it felt so right. Prying herself from Ruby's embrace, Weiss already missed the younger girl's touch.
"And she's back. There's our Ice Queen!" Yang winked. Weiss felt her heart tighten slowly as she felt her legs start to shake. She wanted to hold each of the three girls close and never let them go, but there was something off about this place.
Yang had her arm, Beacon was still standing, Team JNPR won the Vytal festival, and Pyrrha was still alive-
Team JNPR's room was literally across the hallway. Jumping up, Weiss stomped towards the door, when she felt Ruby hug her from behind.
"Don't leave us, Weiss!" She felt a damp spot on her back, her own eyes still tearing up. Weiss paused as her hands touched the cool metal of the doorknob. "Stay here, with us!"
You're nothing more than a disappointment.
Staring at the doorknob, Weiss hardened her heart. T-They didn't need her. Opening the door, Weiss stepped out into the hallway, leaving a distraught Ruby behind. The sound of her crying broke Weiss' heart, but it needed to be done. None of this was real, and Team RWBY could survive without their W. They would be stronger without her.
"Weiss, come back!" Ruby said, staring at Weiss from the door. Feeling her resolve starting to crack, Weiss knocked on Team JNPR's door. There was no answer, but the door creaked open with a small groan.
"Pyrrha? Jaune?" Weiss took a hesitant step forward, pushing the rest of the door open. The lights were off, and Weiss didn't have Blake's superior vision to see in the dark. "Ren? Nora?" She flicked the lightswitch, and she screamed.
Laying right in the middle of Team JNPR's dorm room was Pyrrha, with a large spear protruding from in between her breast. Her green eyes, once full of life, seemed dull. The pool of blood that she laid in only seemed to grow larger, causing Weiss to take a few steps back, almost stumbling in the process.
Taking several unsteady breaths, Weiss felt something pierce her skin from behind. Falling to her knees, her eyes turned to the golden spear that struck Weiss in her side, her aura doing nothing to stop the pain or bleeding. She felt someone roughly grab her chin, forcing her head to the side.
Light blue eyes met Weiss', with the Spring Maiden's face giving her a wicked smile. Weiss couldn't feel her body anymore as the pain in her side only grew.
"You're nothing without your name."
With that, Weiss screamed, and she woke up.
Weiss sat up quickly with a gasp. Reaching toward her side, her hands found nothing but her own healing skin. She was back in her room at Mt. Agency, the darkness covering her room. Wss it all just a dream? I-It felt so real. She pulled her knees close to her chest, and wrapped her arms around herself.
A sob tore through the silence of the room as Weiss cried. She missed them all so much. Dhr missed how Blake would get all annoyed whenever Yang would mix some of Weiss' coffee in her tea, she missed Yang's lame attempts at comedy, but most of all, she missed Ruby.
The stupid clutz who never knew when to quit, who always held onto Weiss' arm whenever they watched a scary movie. Weiss missed all of that. She struggled to control her breathing in between sobs.
Eventually, she ran out of tears to cry. Taking a deep breath, Weiss licked her lips. Whenever she was feeling emotions as strong as this, she poured out her emotions into song. She did that the night Winter left for the military, and whenever Father and Mother would start screaming at each other.
"Lights glimmer in a flower, like jewels in a dream…" Weiss started to sing, her voice hoarse. Whatever words that appeared in her head or heart easily escaped her lips. "The sky breathes life, love to everything." Weiss' voice cracked. Only the moonlight pierced the darkness of her room
.
"At times, I've thought, I'm not enough. The chains that tied my heart, but there's a path that lies ahead for you and I." Weiss' mind drifted to Yu, who was most likely sleeping peacefully down the hall. Could Weiss ever come to trust and love her like she did her team?
"Memories fade away, clouds of yesterday." Weiss wiped the leftover tears that stained her face. Would she remember their voices months from now? How Ruby's voice would crack whenever she got too excited? "With no one to love, is this life worth living?"
Did she even deserve to live with all the lives her family had ruined?
"Come back to me, and stay by my side." Weiss' voice grew louder as she closed her eyes shut. "I feel my heart shake. Come ease this ache."
Yang's eyes widened in surprise when Weiss presented her a new pair of boots, pulling the heiress into a hug.
"I'm standing over here, reaching for you a million miles away, come back and stay." Weiss held herself even tighter as memories flooded her mind.
Blake smiled when Weiss presented her a brand new set of teacup.
"No matter how far, the memories may be…"
Winter pulled Weiss into a tight embrace.
"When I close my eyes, you're all that I see…"
Ruby gave Weiss a smile as they held hands walking through the rented house in Mistral, the day before that fateful battle at Haven.
"Come back to me." Weiss held the notes as best as she could with the condition her throat was in. "A million miles away…"
She felt her eyes slowly start to drop.
"C-Come back and stay."
Exhaustion took her.
A/N
GASP. That's not a RWBY song I'm sure that most of you are thinking.
You're right, it's the beginning part of A Million Miles away from Belle.
I rarely plan on using non-RWBY songs, but I just had to use it after I heard it the other day.
Question of the day:
How many of you are from only one side of the crossover? IE: You only know RWBY or you only know MHA. Or how many know both. I'm rather curious.
I hope today's chapter was entertaining! Till next time on Schnee: Hero or Huntress.
therandomrompers: I was rewatching the white trailer after a few years of hiatus when the idea struck me. At first it was a Worm crossover, but I decided to experiment with MHA instead.
