Here's chapter 25, everyone.

"You're making that face again, Weiss." Ruby grinned as she poked her partner on the cheek, making her grumble a bit as she opened her eyes to glare. "Hehe. Come on. I was just poking fun."

"Was… That supposed to be a pun? If it was, that was horrible and you should feel bad." Weiss replied, sitting against a tree out in the courtyard with Ruby. "And what face are you even talking about, you dork?"

Ruby giggled and laid back on the grass, looking up at the clouds while folding her hands behind her head. "You had your eyes closed and had on the biggest smile."

Weiss rolled her eyes, sighing happily at a cool breeze that hit her. "You know how much I enjoy being outside."

"I do, and I have to agree." Ruby lifted her arms up, feeling the same breeze. "How does this breeze feel compared to Atlas?"

"Hmm?" Weiss took a moment, feeling the breeze Vale had to offer. "Well, it's definitely not as cold, so it'll take some getting used to, but it feels… As comforting. Like nothing could bring my spirits down."

Ruby nodded in agreement. "When I swing around Crescent Rose, I can feel the burst of wind around me."

"Ever thought of spinning it around? It could act as a fan." Weiss chuckled.

"Don't give me ideas, Weiss." Ruby joined in on her partner's laughter. "How are you feeling now? I mean your heat stroke."

Weiss felt bad that she lied to Ruby, but she really wanted her to worry less. "Yes, well, I feel much better now, though… I'd honestly rather not go inside so soon."

"Fresh air, I know, and we don't have to. It's not that late." Ruby pulled her scroll out. "Yeah, see. It's only six."

"Well, don't wait up for me if you ever feel like going back inside, Ruby." Weiss sighed happily and closed her eyes, taking it the cool breeze again.

Ruby sat up and examined her partner, taking in how happy she looked and how her ponytail was flowing from the breeze. "Nah, I wanna be out here with you." She scooted over and sat next to her partner.

"Hmm." Weiss hummed, but thought about a question Yang asked her. "Um, Ruby, would… Would it be bad if I used my semblance?"

"Your semblance? Why would you use it?" Ruby asked, noticing her partner was blushing a bit.

Weiss opened her eyes and lifted herself up a bit, still keeping herself sitting against the tree. "W-Well, Yang asked me… If I ever used my semblance to just relax. So… I was thinking maybe I could right now."

Ruby's eyes widened in surprise. "R-Really? But I thought you didn't want anyone in the school knowing about it."

"I didn't, but I don't know." Weiss rubbed her arm. "One day I'd have to use it in a combat training course, so… Maybe I shouldn't worry so much about it."

"Hey, how come you don't want people to know? I never asked." Ruby wondered.

Weiss blushed harder, mumbling a bit. "M-My clothes, you dolt…"

"O-Oh." Ruby blushed as well, remembering the one problem Weiss would have when using her 'semblance'. "Well, if you're worried, I'll hold onto your clothes for you."

"W-Well I expected you to, but that's not the problem… It's if someone sees me when I change back." Weiss explained.

Ruby understood her concern and nodded. "I'll be your lookout. Promise." She gave her a reassuring smile, helping Weiss feel a little less nervous.

"Okay." Weiss took a breath. "Oh, and don't worry about my aura levels. I still have enough to change back before we go inside." With that in mind, Weiss looked around, seeing no one looking in their general direction, so she used her 'semblance', the same light covering her body as Ruby held her arm in front of her face, shielding her eyes.

When the light cleared, Ruby saw Weiss' clothes on top of the adult sized white wolf, so she smiled and stood up. "Wow, I know I've seen you like this before, but being awake to see you using your semblance is so cool." She didn't raise her voice since she didn't want to draw any unnecessary attention.

Weiss shook her clothes off, watching as the wolf pendant fell on the ground, so she whimpered a bit. "Ruby… Could you wrap my necklace around my neck again?"

Ruby chuckled and picked up Weiss' necklace. "Got it." She leaned over and tied the necklace around the white wolf. "There."

Weiss' tail swayed a bit as she laid on her belly and sighed happily. "Thank you, Ruby." The breeze blew passed them and she felt even better than before. "I love to savor days like this."

"Yeah, fighting Grimm is fun and all, but I can appreciate days like this too." Ruby said, sitting next to the white wolf. "I still can't believe it, y'know."

"Hmm?" Weiss slightly turned her head to face Ruby.

"Your semblance, us being here, being on the same team… It's all… Just so amazing." Ruby leaned back on the tree. "When I told my mom, she flipped out, Weiss." She giggled a little. "Dad had to calm her down from how excited she got."

"Mom told me she would." Weiss recalled, laying her head down on the grass.

Ruby nodded. "Still, I'm really happy how things went. Seeing you first and being on the same team as Yang."

Weiss lifted her head up, her tail swaying again. "It does seem a bit unbelievable when you put it that way. Were you expecting this though? I mean, us being together on a team when you were told about your advancement to Beacon."

"I was hopeful as soon as they told me." Ruby smiled at the memory. "Yang told me not to get my hopes up, but I kinda ignored her."

"And now not only are we partners, but your oaf of a sister is also on our team." Weiss said as she sat up. "But that's in the past now. All we have to do next is keep on moving, right?" She asked her partner, smiling at her.

Ruby grinned back. "Yup!" She scooted over, leaning on Weiss' soft fur. "Hehe. So soft."

"Don't get used to this, you dork." Weiss gently nuzzled Ruby, not caring that her tail was wagging back and forth in joy. "Hey… Have you felt homesick?"

"A little." Ruby answered, enjoying the nuzzling Weiss gave her. "Being here does make me not think about home as much since Yang told me how Beacon is our new home… But when there isn't a lot going on, then I do think about Patch."

"Does it hurt to think about?" Weiss inquired, trying to see if Ruby felt the same as her.

Ruby ran her hand through her hair, shaking her head a bit. "Not that it hurts, but more like I get the need to call mom or dad." She laid her hands down on the grass and looked up at Beacon. "We're here now though, our new home."

"It is where we sleep and eat… So yes, I suppose you are correct on this being our new home." Weiss sniffled a little. "I do miss my mom though, and Winter… And even Whitley."

"Even Whitley?" Ruby was a little confused at how she worded that. "What do you mean?"

Weiss whimpered at the memory, laying back down on her belly. "Whitley and I had a fight. It was the day I left for Beacon."

Ruby frowned at how sad she sounded, so she gently placed her hand on Weiss, rubbing her fur a bit. "What made you two fight? And… You mean like yelling, right?"

The white wolf blushed a bit when Ruby rubbed her fur, but she simply nodded. "Yes, yelling. He… Doesn't agree with my choice to attend Beacon."

"What? But you told him when you were kids." Ruby said, not stopping on rubbing her partner's fur. "Why would he suddenly bring this up on the day you were coming here?"

"I-I don't know." Weiss sniffled and her tail didn't move, showing she wasn't in any way happy. "We've grown distant these past few years, and… And at one point he called me a mutt." A tear fell.

Ruby's eyes widened as her hand froze on Weiss. She slowly lifted it up and stared down at her partner. "What…"

"It was that day you heard a glass shattering over a call… I went to go and see him, but when I tried asking what was wrong, he kept getting angry at me." Weiss started explaining, whimpering sadly as another tear fell. "He was just angry…"

"That isn't an excuse." Ruby growled, surprising Weiss. "Who the heck does he think he is calling you that?" Even though she was clearly angry, she kept her voice down for Weiss.

Weiss could hear the venom in Ruby's voice. "I wish I could give you an answer, Ruby." She moved her paw against the grass, thinking about what her brother was doing at the moment. "There is a lot I wanted to say to him that day, but all I did was yell at him…"

"He said something terrible and isn't trying to be supportive of you." Ruby stated. "You have every right to be mad."

"So? I shouldn't fight fire with fire." Weiss countered. "I should've done something else."

"It isn't fair on you to have to push back, Weiss. What Whitley said is wrong, and if he can get that through his thick skull, then he needs to be the one to apologize to you. Not the other way around." Ruby explained.

Weiss lifted her head up again, turning to face her partner. "I just want my brother back, Ruby…" The rose girl's eyes widened when she saw that Weiss was crying again, so she leaned in and hugged the white wolf. "I-I wish he didn't hate me…"

"He doesn't hate you." Ruby refused to let her partner believe that. "He's just being a big dumb idiot, but no matter what he says, I know he still loves you."

"A-And how would you know that?" Weiss questioned.

Ruby rubbed her partner's fur a bit, smiling at a memory. "Because I remember when we were younger, Whitley was behind you in a video call looking so happy when you told me about how you wanted to go to Beacon for the first time." Weiss tensed up a bit. "Somewhere deep down, that Whitley is still there."

Weiss' ears perked up a bit. "W-What if he doesn't show up again?"

"Don't think like that, silly." Ruby continued to gently rub her partner's back, feeling the soft white fur between her fingers. "You told me once that stress will make my hair white… Hehe, oh wait, you don't have to worry about that."

That got a light chuckle out of the white wolf and Ruby gently pulled away, giving her a cute smile, so Weiss blushed a little. "You're still such a dork."

Ruby giggled and nodded. "Yup! The dork with a partner who can turn into a wolf. Take that other dorks of Remnant."

Weiss rolled her eyes and sat up, leaning in to nuzzle Ruby who was glad she was feeling better. "Thank you."

"Any time, Weiss." Ruby rubbed her fur some more and felt a cool breeze.

After a few moments, Weiss pulled away and looked over at Beacon, sighing as she still had another problem to deal with. "I think rest is what I need right now, Ruby."

"Go on. I'm gonna be here with you all night if I have to." Ruby said, giving her a reassuring smile.

Usually Weiss would protest against that, but she honestly needed the nap, so she nodded and laid on her belly, shutting her eyes as she felt her partner rubbing her back a little, so her tail swayed a bit. "Wake me in an hour if that's okay, Ruby."

Like in the cave, it didn't take long for Weiss to fall asleep, and Ruby smiled at the light snores she heard from the white wolf.

The wind that blew against Raven grew stronger as the huntress stomped through the snow, keeping an eye on the giant wolf figure. It wasn't facing her, so she had the luck of that on her side, but the combination of walking through the snow, and the strong winds made her slower than she wanted.

"Is… Is that the same one?" Raven asked herself, watching as the giant wolf looked around, so she gasped and hid behind a rock she luckily was next to, keeping her out of sight when the wolf looked in her direction.

She waited a few minutes, peeking around the rock to see if the wolf was looking away from her. When she saw it though, it began to move, slowly, like it was making sure nothing was around it.

"It can't be that same wolf… Can it?"

The huntress shook her head, not wanting to waste time as she moved from behind the rock and followed, keeping to anything she could find as cover whenever the wolf would stop to look around.

"That wolf is not normal… It's… Not a Grimm though." Raven noted, remembering all the kinds of Grimm she's seen in her life. "Where is it going… And why is it even out here?" So many questions she knew she couldn't answer, so all she could do was continue to follow, but after a bit longer, the wolf stopped and growled, making Raven gasp as she tried to hide.

Even though she was hidden from sight behind a tree, the giant white wolf began to walk towards her direction. Its growling got louder the closer it got, and Raven reached for her blade.

"Damn it… Smell." Raven knew the wolf was able to catch her scent, so she sighed and unsheathed her blade, moving out from behind the tree to reveal herself. "Whatever you are! I'm not here to cut you down!" She attempted to reason with it.

The giant white wolf didn't care for her words and ran at her, with the intent to kill, so Raven jumped to the side, watching as the tree she had hidden behind moments ago was trampled. She bit her lip, knowing that she could fight the beast easily, but a suspicion in the back of her mind kept her from trying to harm it too much.

"Stop with this!" Raven yelled. "If you're what I think you are, then I'm not about to kill you!"

The wolf's ears perked up, but the years of being hunted made it shake its head as it growled and ran at Raven. The huntress swung her blade, using lightning dust to try and immobilize the wolf, but even when it hit it, the damage was minimal at best.

"Damn it." Raven cursed under her breath and rolled to the side when the beast tried to claw at her, seeing the snow it hit go everywhere. She knew if the beast even got a shot it, her aura wouldn't handle as much as it normally would. "Ugh!"

The giant white wolf was growing angrier as it howled up and its aura flared, shocking Raven. With the powered up aura it had, it charged much faster, and had more force, the snow under it flying all over as Raven had no time to dodge and held her blade sideways, getting hit by its claw.

It sent the huntress flying far, making her hit a rock and stopping her from getting further. Her aura flickered slightly, showing it took too much damage, and if she took another hit, it wasn't going to be pretty. "S-Son of a…" She lifted herself up, seeing the beast running towards her again. "Human or not?!"

That got the wolf to suddenly stop, looking deadly at the huntress as it wondered why the woman wouldn't know. If she wasn't trying to hunt it at least.

"A-Are you…" Raven groaned a bit. "A human… I… Saw you once before." She took a deep breath, trying to keep herself upright. "I'm not here, ugh… To fight you."

The white wolf was shocked, taking a step back as it thought about what the huntress was saying. It still growled a bit though, not fully convinced, but when she saw the woman drop her blade, the wolf's ears perked up and watched as she fell in a sitting position.

"Hell of a right hook you got there…" Raven fell to her side as she slowly began to close her eyes, but not before a light was cast on the wolf as darkness took over Raven's sight.

I'm pretty sure it's obvious who that is. And look, Weiss is starting to actually use her 'semblance' in public. It didn't take long to get her to feel okay doing that, seeing as she has Ruby there with her. Honestly, this is one of my favorite chapters to have written, since A: Weiss used her semblance in public without needing to for combat, and B: A certain someone is finally back.

To JJ- With Blake, she has her own demons to deal with, but luckily she now has a partner who won't treat her like, well her last partner. As for Raven, she may be a bit of a stubborn one at times, but she'll at least honor an agreement, though looks like she has something else to get out of first, if she can get out of it that is.

I hoped you all enjoyed chapter 25. Remember, reviews are welcomed, but not required. See you all in chapter 26.