"Mmmmm…" A weak whine filled the empty and otherwise silent room, a frustrated and resigned grumbling that had been going on and off for hours. At her desk beside the front door, a girl in a red cape and hood couldn't focus even slightly on her homework in front of her. Her long black, red tipped hair draped unevenly on one side of her head over her shoulder. She wore her signature cape and hood but she had grown a lot since she entered Beacon, she was taller now, taller than Weiss. Ruby wore a black top with red plastic gems raining down the fabric, accumulating at the bottom towards her waist before the solid fabric gave way to a semitransparent black chiffon that hung down longer on one side, falling down to her knees beside her skirt. At her ears were two ruby earrings dangling from thin gold chains given to her by her partner.
Why do they hurt so much? A dull, throbbing pain in her mouth had come on pretty quickly and it only seemed to be getting worse as both her canine teeth ached, sending waves of pain radiating through her mouth. Even as she gently and carefully licked them with her tongue she couldn't feel anything wrong with them, though they felt strangely different, just slightly. If I tell Yang she'll just give me a hard time for eating too many sweets, Weiss would probably be even worse. Maybe I could ask Blake, she probably wouldn't tease me about it.
"I don't wanna go to the dentist!" With an exaggerated sigh she collapsed down on her papers, pressing her cheek against the cool, smooth surface, enjoying the sensation against her skin as a small reprieve from her pain. This has been going on for a couple weeks, maybe I should see a doctor too. I'm team RWBY's leader though, I can't let myself get sick, my team needs me. I don't want to worry my friends but something just feels off and I'm kinda getting worried. The weekend is coming up, maybe I'll go to the clinic here tomorrow while Yang, Weiss and Blake do their own things, I'm sure I can keep it a secret.
"But do I really want to go alone? Maybe I could ask Jaune or Pyrrha to come with? Team CFVY is around right now and they don't have another mission scheduled till next week I think. I wonder if Velvet would come with? I really don't like doctors either so I don't want to go by myself but I don't want to make my friends worry about me." That was the whole reason she'd been putting it off so long. We just got out of the infirmary from our last mission. Blake and Yang were a little beat up, Weiss was okay thankfully… I know I had it worse than they did and they've been concerned about me a lot, I don't need to make things harder on them.
"But ever since we came back from that mission things have been… weird?" She wasn't even sure how to describe it, she just felt strange… and if I'm being honest, I'm kinda scared a little.
"I guess a quick stop in the clinic wouldn't be too bad, pretty sure everyone else is busy today, I can probably go and come back before anyone knows I'm gone." Ruby sat up, brushing stray strands of hair from her face before reaching for her scroll at the edge of her desk and checking the time. "Weiss said she was going to do sparring practice with Pyrrha and Yang is in Vale dragging Blake with her… all in all I should have an hour before anyone gets back."
"I guess I should hurry…" She wasn't thrilled, she hated bothering people especially when she wasn't even sure what she was going to say when she got there but her worry for her health was overwhelming her introversion. So, begrudgingly, she forced herself up out of her seat.
Classes were out for were out for the week and everyone ready to enjoy the weekend so the dorms were pretty quiet, her extroverted fellow classmates were all out having fun while her fellow introverts were staying in, recharging from a long day. Even so, as she left her room she couldn't help but feel weary while she ever so quietly closer her door before turning around and walking towards the exit to the dorms.
Thankfully she found her assessment mostly true, the halls were nearly devoid of her fellow students and the few that were there barely gave her a passing glance as they hurried on their way to whatever it was they they were doing. Even so, Ruby felt an extreme amount of unease whenever someone got too close, a strange, tight feeling would constrict her chest and her teeth would ache ever more intensely until they got far enough away. As those who came too close drew away a sense of uncomfortable emptiness would and loss would trickle up in her chest, like she had missed something important, something she needed.
How am I supposed to explain any of this to the doctor? I- I don't know what's happening to me. I'm really glad I left when I did, I don't think I would be okay around my team right now. People are looking at me aren't they? Grrr, my teeth ache so much and my chest feels weird! What is going on with me!?
All she could do was keep her head down and grit her teeth against the pain in her canines that was growing unbearable and flared with breathtaking intensity whenever someone got too close. She was flushed and dizzy and her whole body felt like it was being consumed by an ever growing fever. She could feel beads of sweat accumulating on her skin and her breaths were tepid and weak. She could barely think coherently, her attention so occupied on the gnawing, relentless feeling that screamed at her, so overwhelming that she couldn't even decipher what that feeling was, nor did she realize that she had reached the infirmary. A trek that only took her no more than a few minutes felt like an hours long journey, every step feeling heavier and every meter gained feeling longer and longer.
I- I can't… my head feels so fuzzy. It feels like my blood is on fire and I'm cold at the same time. W- what's happening to me?! Am I- am I dying? It's like there's this pressure everywhere, in my chest and skin and blood, my head and my mind and even my aura… I- I don't-
"Ruby? What are you doing here? You look awful?" The familiar and at first cold voice instantly descended into deep concern as her partner saw the state that her leader was in. It was a young woman, a little older than Ruby with very short white hair done in a pixie cut as opposed to the long, flowing hair she had when they first met. She wore a white dress suspended by thin straps at her shoulders that flowed down to her waist before poofing out in many frilled layers before stopping just above her knees, falling into a gradient of blue.
"W-Weiss… yeah I'm- you're hurt." Ruby's big silver eyes drifted down from Weiss' deeply concerned face to her partner's bare arm to a small gash below her shoulder where deep crimson trickled down.
"It's just a scratch, I underestimated Pyrrha it seems, I'm far more concerned with you! You seemed a little distracted when we left class but you didn't look anywhere near this bad and that was less than an hour ago." Weiss waited patiently for some explanation, it wasn't like her leader to keep things from their team, especially if it was something this bad.
Ruby, however, didn't say a word. All that pressure, that screaming feeling that overwhelmed her, her pain, the aching in her teeth, the heat and energy that flooded her body's every cell were now all concentrated, snapped from the chaos onto a single thing that made her pupils dilate and every fiber of her being urge her towards one thing. Finally, she knew what that all consuming feeling was as it came into focus, her gaze fixed on the blood trickling slowly from her teammate's arm… Hunger… I- I'm hungry…
"Hey, you seem really out of it and you look feverish. I should get you into the clinic and call Yang and Blake back here, you need-" Suddenly, Ruby who had been in a dazed stupor moved forward, her eyes never deviating from her teammate's small wound. It was like her senses were on hyperdrive. She could smell the warmth and metallic scent to her blood, however, it wasn't that acrid smell she used to dislike, now it smelled so much deeper. She could feel her partner's heartbeat and hear the blood rushing through her veins and arteries like a powerful river contained inside that small, frail body. The pain was unbearable in her canine teeth as she grabbed Weiss' arm, her hot blood trickling down onto her thumb as it pressed tightly into her muscle beneath her skin.
"W-what are you doing?" Weiss' confused and steadily ever more fearful words barely registered to Ruby. All her senses and thoughts were consumed by that tiny drop of blood that warmed her skin flowing from her partner's body.
I can feel her blood rushing just beneath the surface… it's like it's crying out to me… Her breaths became faster and shorter as her lips raised, showing her teeth, her canines noticeably longer than before. Her vision tunneled and her heart pounded in her chest as the hunger and overpowering desire wore down the last of her resolve. I need it. I need to- I need to taste it. Just one bite… just one-
"Ruby!" A shout and a jerk snapped Ruby out of her daze as Weiss pulled back, her eyes wide with fear. At first, the young leader wasn't exactly sure what was happening but after a few blinks, she found her lips hovering only centimeters away from the small gash in Weiss' arm, the smell of her blood nearly overwhelming her again if it weren't for the horror in her friend's voice pulling her from the compulsion.
"I- I'm sorry…" She was trembling and that fire turned cold as ice in her veins as she stared at her partner, fighting her eyes every moment to not look back down at her wound. What was I about to do… I was going hurt Weiss.
"Ruby, you're scaring me, please, let me get you into the clinic, you're clearly not well." The heiress' fear as now pushed aside entirely by concern and caring for her leader. She reached out her hand towards Ruby's, that broken and sickened look on her face was something she had never seen from the bright and cheerful leader she had followed for years.
"I'm sorry!" With a pain filled shout, Ruby vanished in a blur, leaving Weiss grasping at rose petals, the delicate flowers caressing her fingers as they fell to the ground or got swept away in the warm spring breeze.
"Something is seriously wrong with her." Ruby was her partner and their leader, so she took it upon herself to be Team RWBY's de facto second in command. So, she did the only thing she could do, she reached into her bag at her waist and pulled out her Scroll, opening it up and going to her contacts.
"Yang, you and Blake need to come back to Beacon, something is very wrong with Ruby."
She was quivering as she panted for breath, staggering away from the trail of rose petals that led straight to her. She hoped she'd covered enough distance to keep Weiss from catching up as her mind reeled from everything the had happened and what she had almost done. Even so, soon something else took over her thoughts… the irresistible aroma that emanated from Weiss' blood as it cooled on her hand.
She couldn't take it anymore. After a quickly glance around to make sure she was alone in the corner of Beacon she had stopped in, she brought her fingers up to her lips, taking a long, deep inhale through her nose. The scent had dulled with the drying of the blood but it was still making her brain go crazy, somehow, it smelled like Weiss in a way she couldn't quite describe. A tiny smile pulled at her lips as she stuck her tongue out, her fangs showing as she began to lap up the mostly dried blood.
Waves of relief and pleasure flowed over her as she licked up every drop of blood, her saliva smearing the crimson on her skin, keeping it from drying further. Her tongue lapped over her hand, desperately licking up as much as she could while she smiled in contentment. It was so intense, everything she could taste from Weiss' health, her personality, even her aura, Ruby could taste it all. It was cool and delicate but held a depth of passion and strength and a hint of gentleness that permeated through every molecule. She savored it as much as possible before swallowing it down, filling her chest with a pleasant heat and sending shivers down her spine.
"That was amazing…." She could barely stand as she fell back against the wall with the most blissful grin on her face. I've never felt something so incredible and deep… I feel a little better now… but I need more. I don't think I can ask anyone for their blood, they'd probably be scared of me.
"Hmm… I don't want to go back to feeling really sick, that'll just make everyone worry and besides, I really liked that. So, what can I-" Like a spark, an idea hit her as her gaze drifted down to her own wrist. Her tongue gently and carefully traced the outline of her fangs that had grown substantially in a single day and were now unbelievably sharp. It wouldn't hurt that much right? I mean, it would at least keep me from wanting to eat my friends… something to take the edge off, just a little.
Her senses were still on overdrive from Weiss' blood but it only wetted her appetite. So, after a moment of hesitation, she gave into the impulse again, bringing her wrist up to her lips and opening her mouth. She felt a painful sting as her fangs penetrated her skin but then, all she could feel was her blood flowing into her mouth. Ruby's breaths grew rapid and short as she lapped up the blood that poured out, washing over her tongue and filling her chest with nice, gentle warmth as she swallowed it down. It tasted so much different than Weiss' but still she could already taste just a little bit of Weiss in her own blood. The pure bliss she got from Weiss' blood however was lost as she drank her own vital fluid, instead, it merely felt nice and relaxing.
Whatever is happening to me… I don't hate this part.
"I'm telling you something is seriously wrong with her!" Weiss stomped her foot down on the hardwood floor of their dorm, very quickly losing her patience as she tried to make Blake and Yang understand something that even she wasn't certain how to explain.
"Are you sure she wasn't just messing with you?" A tall and stunning blonde looked at her with no small amount of confusion as she ran her fingers through her bangs. The brawler hadn't changed too much over the years, her outfit now consisting of skin tight tattered jeans, black fingerless gloves that stretched past her elbows and a tank-top that ruffled out at her hips with a fiery red crawling up the yellow fabric from the hem. Yang knew Weiss wasn't the type of person to trigger alarms for nothing but still, none of it was making sense. Something about her looking sick, weird teeth, blood and biting? Yeah, that doesn't make sense.
"It's not that we don't believe you Weiss, we're just having a hard time understanding." Cat ears twitched atop her head of long black hair as he stress accumulated. The bookish, reserved member of their team had opened up a lot, thanks in no small part to her friends. She wore a long white coat, black shorts and a black top and a silver necklace with a yellow gem in the middle. Blake was trying to keep everyone calm though there was no mistaking Weiss' agitation as she tried to explain the situation. Weiss was normally the one they relied on to be calm and composed, usually she was the one reining them in.
"I've been Ruby's partner for three years now, I know when something isn't right!" She'd never seen Ruby like that before and it was scaring her, but even more she was angry and frustrated that she could get her team on the same page.
"Have you tried calling her?" Yang frowned, letting her hands rest on her hips. She really didn't want to think something was wrong with her little sister… But if it's enough to get Weiss this worked up we have to deal with it, we know Ruby means a lot to her.
"Of course I've tried calling her! She won't answer!" As if that wasn't the first thing she tried immediately after she realized that Ruby didn't want to be found. "I tried calling her every five minutes until you both came back."
"Any idea where she would have run off to? We can ask JNPR for help, cover more ground but it'd be nice to narrow down the search." Yang had to admit that Ruby hasn't exactly been herself since their near death experience on that mission a few weeks earlier, but she just figured her little sister was feeling guilty for them getting banged up. But she's the one that almost died.
"She likes to waste time on the roof, in the library or in the courtyard, I already checked those places. She clearly doesn't want to be found so it won't be that easy, getting JNPR involved would probably be a good idea." Now that they were finally starting to listen to her Weiss' frustration faded, leaving only her deep concern and caring in her pale blue eyes and soft voice.
"Don't worry, we'll find her." With a reassuring smile and a gentle touch to her shoulder Blake did her best to comfort her friend. I don't think I'd be in a better frame of mind if it were Yang or Sun in Ruby's position.
"I'm worried about her… what if-" Weiss was immediately cut off and all their attention turned to their door as it unlocked and the handle turned before it was slowly and nervously pushed open, a young woman stepping in with one hand hidden behind her back.
"Ruby!" Instantly Weiss broke from Blake's touch, rushing to the her partner as Ruby closed the door behind her, shrinking back against the wall and not making eye contact with anyone until her partner grabbed her firmly by her arms and pushed her against the wall. Ruby looked up with guilt and fear as Weiss held her, the heiress' eyes glistening with tears as she gave Ruby a gentle shake. "Where have you been!? I tried calling you! Do you have any idea how worried I was?!"
"I- I'm sorry…" Ruby shrunk back from Weiss as far as possible. Her wrist ached as she held it behind her back and even with how much she drank from herself, she could feel her hunger steadily growing again as everyone looked intently at her.
"You don't look so good Sis." Suddenly Weiss' worry was making a lot more sense to her. Ruby was really pale and seemed kinda out of it.
"Why are you hiding her your hand behind your back?" Blake stepped forward, her amber eyes hard and piercing as gently ushered Weiss back from Ruby by her shoulder, giving their leader a bit of breathing room. Yang and Weiss couldn't tell, human senses were notoriously dull, but there was no mistaking the scent that wafted strongly from her friend… I smell blood… a lot of it.
"I'm not!" Her instantaneous and vehement response wasn't convincing anyone, only causing their suspicions to grow. Ruby could feel her heart beating faster and faster and that in turn made her self inflicted wounds bleed even more into the bandages wrapped around her wrist.
"Show us your hand." Cold, demanding and uncompromising Weiss ordered their leader to them her wrist, her tone leaving no doubt that she wasn't playing around.
"No!" She pressed her back against the wall even harder, resting as much of her weight on her wrist as she could to slow the bleeding, the scent of her own blood rapidly amplifying her hunger.
"Show us your wrist and show them your teeth." Weiss folded her arms over her chest, stepping just enough for Yang and Blake to both see Ruby as panic took over their leader's expression, her lips clamping down while her tongue gently licked her newly grown fangs.
"Blake." She was done being nice, if Ruby wasn't going to let them help then she would just have to do what needed to be done. For a moment, Blake's eyes widened with the realization of what Weiss was asking her to do, her ears standing erect atop her head before she gave a solemn nod… and quickly grabbed Ruby's wrist, pulling it up with all her strength despite Ruby's very weak struggle.
Then… everyone could see. Eyes widened and hearts all but stopped as they looked Ruby's wrist held up by Blake. It was wrapped in bandages that were now almost dripping with blood, crimson staining the white cloth bandage. For Ruby however, she barely registered their reactions, instead, she could sense it, the blood rushing through Blake's hand as it held her arm, the slight vibration of her vital fluid coursing through her veins just beneath the surface as a familiar ache crept back into her fangs. This bad! This is really bad!
"Ruby… what-"
"Let go!" A terrifyingly belligerent roar escaped her as her strength surged, not only ripping her arm from Blake's grasp but also pushing her away, nearly toppling the faunus before she cradled her bleeding wrist in her hands, growling defensively at her team.
Once more, they were struck silent, not only by her bleeding wrist, not only by range and strength… but by her eyes, once pure silver now burned with a ring of crimson around the shining steel. Ruby's lips were pulled back as she showed her teeth, instinctively trying to keep them back, but unwittingly exposing something she was trying to hide.
"You have fangs…" Yang muttered, barely able to believe her own eyes as she looked at the long, sharp canine teeth stained with blood in her sister's mouth.
"Just- just stay away!" With that desperate shout… Ruby disappeared once again in a blur and a shower of rose petals and before anyone knew where she had went, the door to their bathroom slammed shut, locking them out with Ruby inside.
"What the hell is going on?!" The door slamming snapped Yang back into coherence and now she needed answers and even more than that, she needed to help her sister.
"I don't know but we need to find out." Without another word Weiss walked over to the bathroom door, knocking on it as hard as she could. "Ruby please open the door, we just want to help you!"
… nothing, no answer came but heavy, rapid breathing muffled by the door.
"Come on Sis, let us in, let us know what's going on!" Yang tried… but still nothing.
"Break it down!" Blake's ears were turned towards the door, her hearing attuned to a very distinct and specific sound and the powerful, acrid smell that leached out from the spaces around the door.
"Are you sure?" Weiss felt that may be a little drastic, but it was definitely a consideration.
"Now!" Blake's terrified and panicked shout was more than enough to convince them that she knew something they didn't.
"Okay, Yang, do it." On Weiss' command she and Blake stepped aside while Yang stepped forward. All it took was one good punch to break the lock and force the door flying open!
"Ruby!" Their horrified cried all rang out in unison as they rushed into the bathroom, crowding around the young leader as she sat against the sink, drops of blood rolling down her chin and slowly trickling up from her wounds on her wrist. Her body was limp and she was deathly pale and as Weiss knelt down, wrapping her arms round Ruby… she was cold to the touch.
"Help me get her to the infirmary now!"
"Hmmmm…" A exhausted hum rumbled from her throat as she began to stir back into consciousness. Her fingertips felt numb and her head was fuzzy but as she slowly blinked herself awake, she could feel condition quickly improving as blood was pumped into her veins via an IV bag hanging by her bed.
"She's waking up!"
"W-Weiss… I'm sorry." Sher felt beyond tired, all she wanted to do was go back to sleep… well, that, and drink more of her own blood.
"You dolt! Do you have any idea how worried you made us!?" Beside her bed Ruby saw her team standing around her, looking down on her, not with fear or disgust, but with pure worry and compassion, Weiss once again on the brink of tears.
"I don't know what's happening to me." She would laugh if she didn't feel so terrible. She had spent her entire day trying her best not to make her team worry. Now look at what I've done to them. I really messed everything up. I should have told them the truth from the beginning.
"I'm scared. I don't know what's going on but I'm scared."
"We'll figure this out together but from now on, no more keeping secrets." A warm, gentle touch surrounded Ruby's hand as Weiss' cradled it gently in her own, smiling down softly at her leader. "We'll figure this out together okay."
"Actually, you won't." A dull a callous voice spoke up, stealing the attention of Ruby's friend's as the turned to face the tall man in a tattered red cape with a flask in his hand leaning against the doorframe to the clinic.
"Uncle Qrow? What are you doing here?" Yang raised an eyebrow at the unexpected entry.
"Ozpin called me, told me what happened. I need to talk to Ruby alone… now." He waited for as long as it took him to gulp down another mouthful of his liquor before he turned his dark and fierce gaze on the young women around the bed, his crimson eyes telling them that it was not up for debate.
"We'll be right outside Sis." Yang knew better than to talk back to Qrow when he got like that which almost never happened. All she could do was step aside and let him do whatever he thought he needed to and be there for her when it was over.
"Okay… you'll come back right?" Ruby turned her gaze to her partner, her eyes still rimmed with crimson around her silver as she looked up at Weiss almost pleadingly. She was exhausted from hiding her fear, now, all she wanted was for Weiss to hold her hand for just a little longer.
"Yes, of course I'll come back." Weiss smiled despite her fears, because all that mattered was that Ruby was going to let her help. With a soft sigh she reluctantly pulled her hand away, following the rest of her team out, giving one last longing look back at the beautiful girl on the bed before leaving with Yang and Blake.
"Hey kid, sounds like you've had a pretty busy day." His voice and demeanor became lighter and warmer as he pulled up a seat by her bed, putting his flask back at his side.
"Yeah…" She wasn't in any mood to smile. Normally seeing her uncle was the highlight of any day he showed up but all she could think about was how uncomfortable she was, watching the blood drip into her vein from her IV. It felt wrong, getting blood into her body like that, it make her feel strange in a not good way even while she felt the effects of her self induced blood loss subside.
"I bet you have a lot of questions… I can answer them but it's not going to be easy to take it all in. There's a lot I'll have to dump on you right now, things I was hoping I'd never have to talk about with you." He had to stop his impulse to reach for his drink as he worked up the nerve to get through this conversation he'd been dreading.
"Please, if you know what's wrong with me you have to tell me!" She struggled to sit up but her pleading eyes never left Qrow's as she sat. "What is happening to me?"
"Well, isn't it obvious? The fangs, the blood drinking? Should be pretty clear that you're a Vampire." The nonchalantness in his words did absolutely nothing to cushion the shock for Ruby.
"D- did you just say… Vampire?" She gaped at him, her tongue licking at her fangs, the subtle taste of blood still lingering in her mouth, tantalizing and enticing her to drink more.
"Yeah, honestly, I didn't think you were one, not with those silver eyes of yours. I was sure you only got your mom's side and lucked out of getting my Vampirism. Guess all it took for was another near death experience to trigger it or some-"
"Wait… why would I get being a Vampire from you?" Suddenly, a new notion took over her mind, even overpowering her vampiric instincts as she thought of the only possible reason… but, that can't be true.
"Yeah, this might be the hardest part… alright well, Taiyang is your dad in every way that really counts but as far as biology goes… I'm your father." He waited for something, anything, any kind of reaction. He expected anger, he expected crying, he expected her to tell him to get out… but all he got was silence and a long, vacant stare as Ruby struggled to process everything that was happening to her.
"Look, this isn't so bad." He quickly tried to recover from the seemingly devastating revelation he dropped on her. "I want to take you with me to my old clan, I know you probably won't want to go but until you get a handle on your new life you'll be putting your friends in danger. I think, once you embrace it, you'll find there's a lot of things to like."
"I- I almost bit Weiss…" Very little was able to penetrate the storm of emotions in her mind but those words managed to leave her lips as little more than a whisper.
"Yeah, I heard. Look, once you get used to your new life you can come back, your friends will be safe around you but for now, you can't stay here. Ozpin wants me to pull you from Beacon temporarily until I can tell him you've got this under control." It was just one bombshell after another and he could see it quickly wearing his daughter down. He hated having to do this but he wasn't really in a position to chose.
"So I'd live with you and a bunch of Vampires?" She was reeling and spiraling and was in no condition to make sense of any of this.
"Well, I'm a Vampire too but yeah. Oh, and my sister Raven will be there so at least you've got someone else you sorta know about." All he could do was smile and try his best to be reassuring in what was likely the most tumultuous conversation of his daughter's life.
"Wait… Raven? But, if she's a Vampire then what about Yang?" Crimson eyes... Yang had crimson eyes when she used her Semblance. Qrow and Raven both had crimson eyes.
"Yeah, Yang's a Vampire too but her mother did something that kept that side of her locked away. Not the most popular decision with our clan but then I went and got a Slayer pregnant so they kinda forgot about her real quick." A halfhearted laugh left with his breath as he gave in, reaching for his flask. I suck and this comforting thing don't I?
"Slayer?" Ruby tilted her head bemused. He's talking about my mom right?
"Yeah, I guess you probably want to hear a story about that huh?" He gulped down the rest of his alcohol, numbing the awkwardness and discomfort that spanned the entire time since he walked in the room.
"Well, long ago, before humans or faunus discovered Dust, there were two races of people that could fight the Grimm and protect everyone else. They were the Silver Eyed Slayers and the Crimson Eyed Vampires. We worked together and kept everyone safe back in the day. Though as time went on and people started using Dust we fell out of popularity and now there aren't many of us left. I know a lot more Vampires than Slayers, in fact, the only ones I've ever know are you and your mom." His flask was empty as he held it up above his mouth to catch every drop he could.
"So… am I a Slayer or a Vampire?" Those words, she wasn't even sure what they meant really. Qrow, her uncle- no, her father, was a Vampire, her mother was a Slayer. So what's the difference? What can Vampires do? Is it why Qrow can turn into a bird? What could Mom do?
"Well, you're both. As far as I know you're the first Vampire and Slayer hybrid. I don't know what that means for you though. Will you still be able to get a Familiar? A Vassal? Will you get your new Semblance? Can you use the power of the Silver Eyes? Honestly, when it comes to those questions, I'm as in the dark as you." He had hoped for almost two decades that Ruby wouldn't be a Vampire, that she was just a Slayer like her mom, but now she was lost. Ruby wasn't human, faunus, Vampire or Slayer… I can't imagine how she must feel right now.
"Wait, I get a new Semblance?" She looked at him with awe and wonder with the slightest smile on her lips, showing her fangs without care, her mind thinking about what her new Semblance could possibly be, coming up with every scenario she could think of, her imagination running wild.
"All Vampires do once you get your familiar. Still, to do that you'll have to come stay with our clan and learn about what Vampires are and what you're capable of." He could feel her heartbreak as her smile dissolved. Beacon had always been her dream but now she would have to leave. I'm sorry Ruby.
"I- I think I need to get some rest." It was all too much, her mind felt like it was on the verge of shutting down, between exhaustion from blood loss, the gnawing hunger of bloodlust, the worry she put her friends through and her own fears now compounded with everything her unc- her father, had dropped on her.
"Okay, that's probably a good idea. I'll send your team back in." With a heavy sigh he forced himself up and turned towards the door. I just hope my clan will accept her.