AND I'M BACK! With yet another RWBY story that no one asked for nor will read! And another Holiday themed one no less! I wonder if I'll end up finishing this one before the April Fool's one...or if I'll finish either before I decide to stupidly write something for Valentine's Day...Meh...
Anyways! Merry Christmas to all! Or Happy Non-Descript Winter Holiday for those in the RWBY Verse! Hope everyone had a Holly Jolly time in these tough times. The year's almost over so hopefully things get better in 2021! NOW! ONTO THE STORY!
Winter!
And not the Schnee variety...darn Schnees...What, it wasn't enough to be rich jerks cornering the market on Dust? Looking down on everyone? Especially Faunus? They also somehow managed to basically claim sole rights and ownership of pretty much all the cool cold and white names?! JERKS!
Anyways...Winter! The time of the year when the world gets colder for...reasons. Some places get snow, places that don't get snow cool off, places that are super hot get at least a bit more manageable...and places that are already stupidly cold and snowy and icy become even more stupidly cold and snowy and icy...Case in point, Solitas. The frozen wasteland of a continent home to a dumb dirty old city full of stuck up jerks and underappreciated Faunus, and a newer floating city practically overflowing with racist rich folk...Stupid Solitas...But, Solitas' lameness as a whole aside, there was one upside to the Winter season!
HOLIDAYS! Which meant Holiday break! Which meant time off from stupid school! No assignments, no missions, no lame teachers or stupid stuck up students, just you and your family, back home where it was warm and cozy and tropical and NOT a frozen floating city floating above a frozen ghetto in the middle of a frozen hellscape!
Again, SCREW Solitas.
But not even a frozen dump like Mantle or a frozen could chill a certain little (NOT LITTLE) chiroptera's holiday joy!
"It's the moooooost wonderful tiiiiiiiiime of the yeeeeeeeear~ Do doo do doo do do~ do doo do doo do do~ do doo do doo doo~"
"You know Nyx, I don't think I've ever seen you this...festive."
"Course I'm festive!" Giggling to herself, the blissful bat popped her head out from her perch on her Atlesian top bunk, grinning toothily towards her dog eared teammate. "It's the Holidays girl! It's time to get holly and jolly! Music, stupid outdated shows and movies, nasty treats, the whole nine yards!"
Eon let out a snort of amusement as she continued with her own packing, sparing the bouncing bat a quick look. "Gotta say, you never really struck me as someone who'd be so into the holiday season...I mean, you hate the cold after all."
"Course I do! Fuck the cold!"
"But...you love the Winter Holidays?"
"Sure do!"
"But…" Eon paused, cocking her head in confusion. "Aren't Winter Holidays...almost inherently cold?"
"It doesn't get all that cold back in Menagerie."
"Bingo!" Nyx snapped her fingers before knocking on the dividing wall that separated her upper bunk from her fellow upper bunk buddy. Her (unfairly) taller cousin Anti. "Menagerie's super cool like that! Sure, the place is crowded as all crap, but at least it's warm! The sun, the beaches, even in the Winter it's a tropical paradise! And the holidays?" Sighing dreamily, the little bat plopped back onto her bed. "Perfection~"
"Certainly sounds it." Giggling in amusement, Eon closed up her own bag before standing and stretching her arms out a bit. "Mistral is plenty fun...but I certainly wouldn't mind visiting Menagerie sometime…."
"Who says you can't?" Rolling onto her side, the little bat flashed a toothy grin and angled a thumb towards herself. "You got two locals right here at your disposal! You can come back home with Anti and me! Ma'd love to meet you!"
"Oh...I'd love too b-"
"Then it's settled!" Clapping her hands, the little bat bounced atop her bed. "We'll take a ride back to Mistral, then you can join us on our way to Menagerie! We'll show you around, introduce you to Ma, you can make us all some drinks, wow her with your Bloody Maries, she'll declare you a new member of the family...it'll be perfect!"
"B-but I-"
"But nothing! We'll take care of everything! Think of this as a present! From the Cimmers to you~"
"You forgot to buy her a present, didn't you Nyx."
"F...wh...NO! Of course not!" Nyx bristled as she banged against the divider again. "Don't sell me short cuz!"
"While I really appreciate the offer Nyx…" Eon chimed in again, a bashful smile on her face. "I...unfortunately have to decline…"
"WHAT?! Aw c'mon girl! It was gonna be great!"
"I know but...my family needs me…The holiday season can get pretty hectic, they're gonna need me to help work at the restaurant..."
"Seriously?" Rolling onto her side and casting a glare down to the Coyote, Nyx let out a huff. "What are you training to be? A Huntress? Or a waitress? Seriously! Everywhere we go you're always work work work with you…first your uncle's place, now the coffee shop, now you're going BACK to the restaurant on vacay? Live a lil girl!"
"I like working…" Eon replied softly, a small pout forming on her lip. "It's fun...I get to meet people, make them happy...and I get paid for it too..."
"Boring…" Deciding to blow off a little steam, the Huntress in training delivered a swift kick to the cat faced body pillow tucked in the corner of her bunk. "Besides...you're not supposed to work on the Holidays…" Tapping her foot on the stupid pillow's stupid smug face, she glanced down towards her teammate again. "Okay, well how about a compromise? Bring your family along with you! There's...what...four of you? We could make that work! Shouldn't be too hard to get you all in the house...or find you a nice hotel or something to stay at!"
"I...don't think we'll be able to manage it this year Nyx...especially not on such short notice..." Eon flinched as her team's assassin medic let out a long whine. "B...but I'll suggest it to them as soon as I see them! Maybe we can all visit some other time…"
"Fine...just gonna have to enjoy the awesome holidays without our Faunus sister…" Nyx huffed, closing her eyes and doing her best to get back into her holly jolly self...happy thoughts...festive lights on palm trees...Ma's cooking...being able to walk around without bundling up like a stupid eskimo! Minor sunburn...ohhhhhhhh yeah….there we gooooooooo…sighing again, the little bat started humming her festive tunes once once again.
"Perhaps we could invite Team RFGH along?" Nyx blinked, arching her head back towards the divider wall as her cousin's voice echoed from the other side. She...she was imagining that...right? Dreaming? Anti didn't j-"
"Oh! Yes that'd be wonderful!" Eon giggled as she clapped her hands together, all but confirming the vampire's fears. "I was actually going to ask them if they'd want to come visit my family, but a trip to Menagerie? I bet they'd absolutely love that!"
Nyx silently cursed her luck...of course her holiday offer would backfire! All she wanted was to invite her best (non related) gal pal home to hang out...now they were gonna get roped into dragging Team RFGH to Menagerie? It was bad enough that the stupid stuffed puma kept appearing in her bed...hell the thing appeared in her bag a few times! But now she'd have to bring the real deal home? Sure, Ginger and Hade would probably be wonderful guests...Ma'd probably try to adopt them both immediately...But Feli? The smug as fuck, shitty prankster punk of a puma? He'd be insufferable...And then there was the team leader! Were these girls nuts?! They wanted to bring Rolland to Menagerie? Sure, the guy was polite and pretty nice, but he was a literal one man wrecking crew! The guy could outperform a bull in a china shop! The destruction he'd cause in a place as tight as Menagerie would be unimaginable! He'd be kicked off the island within minutes! Or...y'know...maybe killed...Hell! The guy may not even make it to Menagerie! With him onboard he might sink the boat! It'd be a disaster!
As Nyx's overly festive mind found itself being overrun with mental images of the terrible things Team RFGH may get into...a new voice managed to bring her back to reality. "As sweet as the offer may be. I'm fairly certain that Team RFGH won't be taking you up on it."
YES! Percy to the rescue! She'd been wondering where their leader had wandered off too...but she was back and she'd saved Nyx from the horror of hosting their friends...Nyx knew there was a reason she loved having the cold clubber in charge.
"Oh, welcome back Percy...Why wouldn't Team RFGH be able to go though? Will they be accompanying you?" Eon asked, her voice...distracted...confused...or maybe it was jealousy? The thought of Hade going with Percy?
"No...unfortunately I shall be heading home alone. Hade and the rest of his team have their own holiday plans scheduled..."
"And...would that be w-"
"Yes Eon. Yes it would." The clipped tone of the leader finally had Nyx poking her head out from her bed...only to snort in amusement as she saw her leader.
"What the fuck are you wearing?!" It was never a good idea to laugh at Percy...the girl did not take kindly to being disrespected in any way shape or form...and boy oh boy could she be a hell of a slave driver when someone on the team (Nyx) got on her nerves...but the bat couldn't help it!
Standing there, right smack dab in the middle of their temporary dorm room was her torch wielding leader...only instead of wearing her Mistral uniform...or one of her boyfriend's oversized sweatshirts...or...well...really any of her normal clothes, the brunette bruiser was wearing a green dress with a red trim around the base and a red collar...a simple black belt wrapped around her waist…red and white spiral buttons...red and white striped leggings...a pair of simple black boots...and of course a long red curly hat with a green base….
Percy...Percy Kore...Persephone Kore...the no nonsense leader of Team PANE...the girl who regularly clubbed Grimm to death with her torch...was dressed...like...a...FUCKING ELF! And needless to say, Nyx could not handle it. The little bat gripping her sides as she laughed uncontrollably atop her perch.
And she wasn't alone! Sure, the others weren't laughing...but Nyx knew her teammates! The way Eon's left eye, left ear, and left corner of her mouth twitched...and the way that Anti's ears lowered as she placed a fist before her mouth...they were both dying inside...dying of laughter! And that just made it all the funnier!
Though what was best...was the look on Percy's face...the sheer overwhelming anger...if looks could kill, Nyx'd be long gone...hell, her SOUL would've been murdered! But she couldn't help it! That hateful look on that festive outfit! It was too much! "And I thought I was festive!"
"Nyx…"
"It looks good on you boss!"
"I'm warning you…"
"You gonna put me on the naughty list? Tell the jolly fat man to bring me coal? M-WHOA!" Leaning out a bit too far, Nyx found herself tumbling out of her bunk, though she managed to activate her semblance before hitting the floor. Not that a four foot or so drop would've hurt too much...specially with aura, but turning to smoke and reforming was soooooooooooooo much more stylish...So there she was, flat on her back and practically bawling with how hard she was laughing.
She was going to pay for this later...of that there was no doubt...but y'know what? Bring on the punishment! IT WAS TOTALLY WORTH IT!
"Are you quite done?"
Managing to slowly get her laughter under control, Nyx took a few deep breaths, a few more chuckles finding their way out as she stared up at her glowering leader. "Depends…" Snorting in amusement, the girl grinned widely. "Can I have a commemorative pic of this moment?"
Nyx managed to bark out another laugh before quickly disappearing, mere moments before a certain black boot came crashing down onto the floor, right smack dab where her face had been mere moments earlier. Now THAT would have hurt, Aura be damned.
Retreating to her upper bunk, the vampire bat reformed herself and smiled down towards her livid leader. "Hey, now that wasn't very nice...I'ma have to report you to the big man…" Snorting again, Nyx leaned forward a bit. "He might have to let you go~ Find a new elf to fill those shoes."
"Funny you should say that..." Percy drawled out with an unamused glare, before simply tossing a brown paper bag up towards the cackling chiroptera, a slight smirk forming on the lone human's face as she narrowed her eyes at her confused teammate.
"What's this?"
"Your uniform."
"My…" Opening the bag, Nyx trailed off, her laughter slowing before stopping completely as she stared bewildered into the bag. "No."
"Yes."
"NO." Nyx reaffirmed.
"YES." Percy repeated, a frown forming on her face as she crossed her arms. "And here I thought you'd be a little more excited...Little miss festive."
"THERE ARE LIMITS!" The bat practically screeched, glaring at the bag before placing it at her side and huffing. "I aint doing it, and that's final! I don't care what you say or what you do, you can't make me wear that."
"We both know I can." Percy replied frostily, a flat look on her face as she shifted her weight. "That said, I'm not the one you're doing this for." Turning, the head Huntress passed off two similar paper bags to her other teammates. Eon and Anti exchanging confused glances as they took the bags, before seemingly realizing exactly what was in them.
"Then wh-" Nyx's question was quickly cut off however as a festive set of knocks echoed through their door.
"The single most festive person we know." Percy replied simply, turning to approach the door before pulling it open, revealing the one person Nyx feared...the one person who could challenge her holly jolly spirit.
Hade Tyx...
"Happy Holidays Girls!"