F3: Hello everybody welcome back. Before we get started into things I'll go over the disclaimers. As per usual RWBY is property of Rooster Teeth and Monty Oum. Also only I own the OC characters. I would also like to give a shout out to my editor/sibling decode9 for helping me edit my other chapters. With that said Let's Rev It Up!
Volume 1-14: Memories.
Three weeks have passed since the events with Cardin and Weiss. Cardin himself was given a full months worth of detention due to that stunt. Weiss had spent an entire week trying to make it up to both Yang and Ruby for what had happen even though they said that she didn't need to.
It was currently night time at Beacon as most of Team SPIR was sleeping but surprisingly enough the leader of the team was having trouble trying to sleep as Star tossed and turned in her sleep.
However it wasn't a nightmare but it was a memory that was she had unintentionally buried from years ago.
[Flashback]
In an orphanage that was long forgotten lived a six year old Star who was playing with two others while a third watched over the younger children. Little Star wore a white short sleeved shirt along with pale blue shorts that allowed her tail to stick out. Around her neck is a silver locket with a gold chain around it.
The other two were obscured kind of like shadows their features were blurry, but one was distinctly male the other female.
They were currently playing with Star as they were running around playing tag.
"Tag your it..." The younger Star said but for some reason she couldn't seemed to recall a name of the boy.
"Hey no fair!" The boy shout as he gave chase after Star and the other girl as the third one seemed to watch them.
The third figure belonged to to slightly older female that was watching them them, and the only distinct feature that could be made out was her bright eyes that were a mix of orange and yellow she could barely make out.
The third girl simply giggled at them that is until young Star let out a yelp as the boy had unintentionally grabbed her tail. Because of her size her tail reached to the ground, and it was easy to step on it by accident which the boy had just done.
"Ow! That hurt meanie!" Star yelled at the boy as she held her tail in her hands as rubbed it.
"Ehehe. Sorry Star didn't mean to step on your tail." The boy apologized.
"You need to be more careful." The first girl said.
"It's bad enough that the other orphans pull at my ears." Star whimpered looking down.
The boy then seemed to recall something "Actually I have something for that." The boy said as he pulled something out of his back pocket and presented it to Star.
"Ta dah! Happy birthday Star!" He cheered as he held out a silver frilled ribbon.
"A... ribbon? What's it for?" She asked curiously.
He chuckled a little "Its for this silly." He said as he began tying it into her hair that helped covered her ears.
She felt the top of her head and noticed that her ears were gone but they were still their as she felt them under the ribbon.
"Now they won't pull on your ears." He said. She smiled at that and gave the boy a big hug her tail wagging.
"Thank you!" She cheered.
However the second girl looked at the clock and noticed the time "Okay everyone its nap time for you all." She said which she receive collective awes.
"You know the rules." The girl stated.
Unfortunately they agreed as they went to their collective beds.
"Can you sleep with me?" Star asked saying part of a name that sounded like it began with a C or an S as her bright blue eyes staring into the older girl's eyes.
The girl smiled at this "Alright, but just for today okay?" She said which made little Star cheer.
As the group went to their collective beds the memory started to fade into black. The last Star recalled was pulling herself closer to the older girl who often was covered in soot and ashes from sleeping near the fireplace as she kept watch on them.
[Flashback End]
Star woke up from what she thought was a dream as she looked around the room. Iona was sleeping soundly as was Pepper for once and Rina who was feeling better after the incident in sparring class three weeks ago was too sleeping better as she snuggled closer into her blanket.
Star for her she tried to recall what she had witnessed before getting up from her hammock and walking over to a small dresser drawer she'd placed near hers. She carefully opened it and pulled out a silver locket with a matching chain to it. There was no picture in the locket, however on the back of the locket were four symbols engraved into it. Three of which were faded away that she could barely tell what they were.
The first as well as more recognizable symbol to her was her own emblem of nine curved tails. The second while worn away looked like a stone of some kind possibly. The third symbol was most worn away the only thing she could make out were some small wings. The final symbol which was the most worn away was now a simple heart symbol.
Star clutched the locket close looking near tears as no names or faces were coming to her "...Why? Why can't I remember them?" Star whispered to herself feeling close to tears.
Star wipes away the tears and grips the locket "Those three though... who are they? Were we...friends?" Star asked herself in a whisper as she placed the locket back into the drawer and returned to her hammock to return to sleep.
=RWBY=
Luckily enough it was the weekend and their was hardly any activity happening in Beacon as the group was at breakfast as the team did their own thing. Iona was currently chatting up with Pyrrha apparently about something that Pyrrha's worried about as she stole a glance at Jaune.
Rina and Nora seemed to have hit it off pretty since Rina was actually making Nora laugh so hard she feel right out of her seat with Ren smiled at the two. Yang and Ruby seemed to playing some sort of card game as Yang placed her hand down in front of her with a smile.
"Looks like I win again Ruby. Full house." Yang said revealing two Jacks and three tens.
"Oh really." Ruby said as she revealed her hand with four Kings and an Ace.
"I believe four of a kind beats a full house." Ruby said knowingly as she took the stack of cookies in the middle.
"Okay... mom definitely shouldn't have taught you to play five card draw." Yang said regrettably.
Meanwhile Pepper was helping Jaune and Weiss on some of their homework.
Star just simply sighed with a bored look on her face "Something up?" Blake's voice got her out of her daze.
She was startled a little bit by Blakes sudden appearance "Okay how do you keep on doing that?" Star asked.
"I'm just light footed." Blake simply said as she placed a drink in front of her.
"Your probably more of a tea person." Blake said as she placed it in front of Star.
Star took a sip from the hot tea in as she felt the liquid going down her throat.
"Thanks. I needed that." Star said as Blake sat next to her.
"No problem." Blake began.
"But really something on your mind?" She asked.
Star stopped for a moment "Well... your going to think its weird." Star started.
"Try me." Blake ushered.
"I think last night I had a dream but the thing is I don't think it was a dream... but a memory." Star said.
Blake looked at her for a moment "A... memory? Your going to have to be more specific on that." Blake replied.
"I was in an orphanage along with three others but the thing is I only remember knowing one of them. I believe her name started with a C or an S." Star replied.
"Okay but don't you remember how you got to the orphanage or anything like that." Blake said.
"I don't. I would remember all that but for some reason I remember the orphanage that I was raised at and then... nothing. Not even how I got to Vacuo." Star replied.
"Even my last name Azure. It's a name a gave myself before I entered Oscuro Academy in Coquina when I was thirteen. I can't remember anything prior to when I was six years old." She added.
Blake hummed to herself "I see that does sound troubling. Not remembering anything like that but you should take the bad with the good." Blake said.
"And what's the good?" Star asked.
"You have a part of the name to go by. Maybe you can find this C or S person and maybe get the answers you want." Blake added.
"Maybe but what are the odds of me actually finding this person?" Star asked taking another sip of the tea.
"I'm sure you'll figure it out." Blake assured her as she put a hand on the smaller ones shoulder which seemed to get her to smile.
It seemed that Star had her own mission in mind now. To find person and maybe get some answers.
Meanwhile Iona was still talking with Pyrrha.
"C'mon girl you still haven't talked to him. They already posted something about a dance in the coming months so why haven't you asked him." Iona replied.
"It's easy for you to say you haven't gotten a date for the dance either you know." Pyrrha jested.
"Which is why I on only play for the girls sis. But still c'mon he's a nice guy. Sure a little on the scrawny side but nice." Iona said.
"Well its just that I've never dated before you know and you only had one date and look how that one turned out." Pyrrha added.
Iona bonked Pyrrha on the head after she said that "I thought we agreed never to bring him up again." Iona growled.
"Right sorry. Still a sore topic for you." Pyrrha said.
"He's the reason why I only play for the other side of the fence. But doesn't mean I know a good guy when I see one." Iona replied.
"Yes but every time I try to talk to him outside of class about how I feel its like my throat just dried up into a dessert and I end up walking away like an idiot." Pyrrha added as she putting her head on the table.
Iona patted her on the back "Hey I know you'll ask him. Just don't wait too long okay or you'll never know when another girl might come and snatch him up." Iona said.
"But what if I say or do something stupid?" Pyrrha asked a hint of worry in her throat.
Iona only smiled at her "Then you just let it happen. You don't need to be perfect to impress someone you know." Iona told her.
"Yeah I guess." Pyrrha said back as she saw Jaune left the table where Weiss and Pepper were at.
Meanwhile Weiss and Pepper were going over their work but Weiss felt distracted about something.
"Hey Weiss you paying attention?" Pepper asked.
"Hm... oh yeah sorry just been thinking about something." Weiss replied.
"About what?" Pepper questioned.
"Well... I know that it's been a few weeks since Cardin but I still feel like I need Star to trust me. I mean she's probably still mad at me for hurting your partner and Ruby." Weiss said.
Pepper sighed "I guess your not wrong. But how are you going to get Star to trust you anyway?" She asked.
"That is a problem in itself." Weiss groaned as she tried to think of a way for Star to trust her.
=RWBY=
Star decided to get started right away in trying to make understanding of her memory that she'd witnesses last night as she went to the library for some peace and quiet as she went to one of the computers in the library.
"Okay I've got to figure this out. Whoever they were in that memory I think I knew them especially that one person. I have to know who they were." Star said as she began her search.
Twenty minutes into her search and she wasn't getting anywhere especially recalling any names. She nearly burned her brain out trying to recall anything significant.
"Ugh! This is harder than it looks." Star said as she stared at the screen as it read 'no sources could be found.'
"Having some difficulty?" A voice said behind her which made Star jump.
"I swear Blake if you start making a habit out of..." Star began as she turned around and noticed Weiss behind her.
"Oh it's you Weiss. Something I can help you with?" Star grunted as she turned to face the computer again.
"Um... actually I was wondering if we could spend of time together. Get to know each other." Weiss started which made Star stop.
"You want us to spend time together? The Ice Queen wants to get off her little throne and join the commoners. That's a surprise." Star mocked.
"I was just suggesting instead of you staring at a screen hurting your brain." Weiss countered.
"Oh and what about your teammates." Star added.
"Yang and Ruby have decided to do other things and Blake wanted to catch up on her reading." Weiss said.
"I was thinking we could go out to Vale and you spend time together. Just us two." She added.
Unfortunately Weiss did have a good point she was getting nowhere with finding the correct name. She needed a break, even if it means going with Ice Queen to Vale to get her mind off things.
"Fine just give a minute to grab my weapon and we'll go." Star said.
"Why would you need it anyway?" Weiss questioned.
"Cause you never know when you'll run into some unwanted attention." Star said as she walked past Weiss.
After getting everything the two headed off to Vale City. When they arrived they started out looking around.
Weiss stretched her arms out to get them loose "Finally glad to be out of Beacon for a bit wouldn't you say." Weiss said.
"I guess it's alright." Star replied not really caring.
Weiss noticed this as she tried to come up with something to break the ice between them.
"So um... Star I was wondering if I may ask... what were you looking for in the library?" Weiss asked.
Star groaned "That's kind of my own business." She said quickly.
"Oh c'mon you can tell me." Weiss persisted.
"Like I said its nothing you need to know!" Star shouted at her.
Weiss flinched a little "Sorry I was just..." Weiss began till Star stopped her.
"Look Weiss if this is going to turn out to be some waste of time then I can easily head back to Beacon and not even care. So unless theirs a purpose to all this I'm leaving." Star replied.
"Is it so bad to ask that I just want to spend sometime with you. How hard is that?" Weiss asked.
"When its someone like you who comes from money and acts like she's all high and mighty then yeah it's a little hard to open up to someone like you." Star stated.
"You hardly know me and yet you judge me just because of where I'm from. That's being hypocritical." Weiss countered folding her arms.
"Well here's a news flash princess. I really don't care what you say because my opinion on you hasn't changed." Star snarled.
"I still think your a stuck up little princess that's been given everything she's ever want and never having to earn it. Heck I probably bet you got into Beacon by some form of money." Star says getting in her face.
Weiss fist were shaking as she stood their and took the verbal lash from Star, but she held her tongue from returning the favor.
"I knew this was a bad idea." Weiss muttered looking away at Star.
"Well since we're here I might as well see about getting some new dust for Kitsune here. Your welcome to follow if you like." Star replied as she walked away from Weiss.
However Weiss didn't even follow as she instead headed toward the small coffee shop nearby as she sat down in a nearby chair outside.
"She doesn't even know what I've been through." Weiss muttered.
"Having some trouble their miss?" A voice spoke near her.
"Huh?" Weiss asked as she looked around to the voice belonged to.
"I'm over here." The voice said again.
Weiss saw the source of the voice. The girl is about eighteen years old with fair pale skin along with dark brown shirts with wavy locks on one side of her face that is dyed with caramel color along with dark brown eyes.
She wears a long cocoa colored shirt with a dark brown waist cinches. She wears long, dark brown trousers with ribbons on the left side and a brown belt with cartridges. Above it she wears another cocoa colored belt of cartridges with a gold cross-hairs buckle. What appears to be a drape of black shirt hangs on her right side. She wears a pair of dark brown, high heeled leather boots with buckles.
Atop her head she wore a dark brown beret while slung on her shoulder is a black shoulder bag with gold studs held by a bandoleer strap.
She was currently sipping some coffee with her left leg crossed over her right.
"No their isn't a problem." Weiss replied.
However the girl got up from her seat and went over to Weiss's table sitting down across from her.
"Oh c'mon I can tell that their's something bothering you. What's up?" She replied taking another sip.
"I'm sorry but I don't think you told me who you are." Weiss said.
"Names Coco Adel. Leader of Team CFVY." Coco introduced.
"Weiss Louve but as I said theirs nothing bothering me." Weiss retorted back.
"Not from what I saw." Coco countered which made Weiss wince.
"You saw that." Weiss said as Coco nodded.
"Looked like she gave you quite the tongue lashing their. Trust issues right?" Coco replied.
Weiss didn't answer at first but she gently nodded "She sees me as some princess from Atlas but I'm far from that. Better yet even less than that." Weiss said softly.
"Something personal I guess." Coco said as Weiss nodded.
"I think I know your problem. Your trying to hard to gain her trust. Sometimes you have to earn it from her." Coco replied.
"Yeah but how?" Weiss asked.
"She hates me even after the whole Cardin thing." She added.
"Yeah I heard about that from Velvet. I guess you'll just have to figure that out yourself." Coco replied as she look at her watch.
"Well I better get going. Also a word of advice don't try so hard to gain her trust okay. Take small steps." Coco said as she left Weiss with her thoughts.
"Take small steps... not much to work with but its a start." Weiss thought as left to find Star where ever she went.
=RWBY=
Meanwhile Star had calmed down after her chat with Weiss as she was looking around the Dust till Dawn shop.
"No. That won't do." Star said as she looked over the dust in front of her.
"None of these are going to work for Kitsune. It not like I can find a mine and dig some up." Star added muttering to herself.
The door opened as the bell rang signaling someone had entered the store.
"Ah there you are Star." Weiss replied which made Star groan.
"What do you want princess?" Star retorted.
Weiss took in a breath before she spoke "Um... I might have an idea where we could get the dust you need." Weiss added.
Star raised an eyebrow "Oh and where per-say this place would be?" Star asked.
"I believe theirs an old mine on the outskirts of Vale City. We can get their, get the dust you need, and get back to Beacon before days end." Weiss replied as she knew it may be the same mine the one shop owner use to go to.
"That'll be leaving the safety of the city you know." Star added folding her arms under her bust.
"I know but its worth trying... right." Weiss added.
Star weighed her options as she thought "Dust prices have dropped some, but it's still not cheap. Heck I'd probably use most of my lien just for dust alone." She started to think and sighs.
"Okay then. Even if it's suggested by Weiss an old mine would give me a better chance to find what I need." She then added in her thoughts before turning to Weiss.
"Alright I guess it's worth a shot but we'll have to be careful never know what could be out their and all that." Star replied as Weiss nodded in agreement.
The two headed out of the dust shop, but as they left Star bumped into someone.
"Sorry." Star quickly said as the two left before the other person could say anything.
However the person that they bumped into looked back as the two were walking away and was staring directly at the silver frilled ribbon on her head.
"That ribbon looks... familiar." The person said as light grey eyes stared at it as the two continued to their destination.
F3: And cut! That's number 14 in the books. If you guys like how this is going so far please leave a comment in the comment section. Also don't forget to also fav or follow this story as well. Wonder what's going to happen when the two get to the mines? You'll have to read the next chapter to find out. With that this has been Fireuser3 and I'm out.
