Neo never believed herself to be a coward. Sure, she ran away from battle when the odds weren't in her favor, but there is a difference between strategy and being afraid. She was rarely ever truly fearful of her life being taken.

Tonight, that rare feeling was in full force.

The moment she saw a (strangely) purple haired Yang Xiao Long stomping down the hall, she knew it was best to turn the other way and hide in her room under Roman's bed. She had beaten the blonde before in combat, but something about the way her eyes glared at her for the briefest of moments told her things might end differently this time if she got close. The moment Neo shut the door behind her, she heard another one slam open.

God pity the poor souls in that room.

"WHO DID IT?!"

Standing in the doorway of her sister's room, Yang was gritting her teeth as she eyed her frightened teammates. The three girls tried to answer her, but couldn't get any words out; not out of fear, but because of how odd Yang looked with such a shocking hair color. The former blonde realized that when Ruby started snickering, and put two and two together.

"Ruby Rose…"

Ruby gulped: the last time Yang used her full name was when she found out she had accidentally shrunk all of her clothes back home. She could still feel the burn of that resulting wedgie to this very day.

"Y-Yes, my lovely, beautiful, and super-kind sister who would never hurt me in ways I couldn't recover?"

Yang pointed a finger at her head. "Was this your idea? Did you think this would be funny?"

"Well…" Ruby looked at her teammates beside her, Blake more than Weiss. While this whole prank was Blake's idea, she was already holding her as a shield between her and Yang and would rather not put her in any more danger. "Y-yeah, I kinda thought it'd be funny."

"I see…" Yang narrowed her eyes and cracked her knuckles, "Then it seems I have no other choice!"

"Yang, wait!" Blake threw her arms out to shield Ruby even more, 'Can't we just talk this out?"

"Yeah!" Weiss followed, sliding in front of Blake, "It was just a harmless prank- WHOA!"

The two girls were picked up by their collars and gently moved out of the way by Xiao Long, the violet haired girl towering over her younger sister. Ruby threw her arms up to shield herself, fearing the incoming wedgie. "No! These are my favorite panties!"

But Yang didn't lay a finger on her.

No, she fell to one knee and bowed.

"Wait… What?" Ruby scratched her head, along with an equally confused Weiss and Blake. "Is this another prank?"

"You've finally surpassed me," Yang mustered out, "It's taken you years, but this is the first prank where I can say that you got me. I never thought you'd be so daring as to dye my hair, but you were! And for that, I admit defeat."

"So, you're not mad?" Weiss asked.

"Oh no, I'm furious! If it was one of you two and not Ruby, then I'd have you hog-tied and gagged on the spot."

"Ah. Well then, good for you, Ruby!" Weiss laughed nervously, slapping Ruby on the back, "You finally surpassed your sister all by yourself. With no help whatsoever."

While Weiss wasn't too fond of the whole S&M bondage treatment, Blake was a bit more curious since it sounded similar to something out of 'Sauske VS The Entire Dojo'. She wouldn't even mind if it was Yang doing it to her. She'd just imagine it was Sun again like last time. "Hold up Weiss. Maybe Ruby did have a bit of help-

"Nope!" Schnee wasted no time in grabbing Blake by the bow and dragging her out of the room. She'd rather not lead Yang to suspect her having any part of this whatsoever. "Time for bed Blake!"

"But this is your room!"

Once the two were gone, Ruby looked to Yang. "So do I get a crown or something?"

"Not yet," Yang grinned, "I want to see you in action. There's just enough time to fit in one more prank before midnight!"

"S-sure, why not?" Ruby might have been smiling on the outside, but not on the inside. In all honesty, she was surprised that Yang had believed the prank had been her idea at all. If there was one thing Ruby sucked at, it was pranks. Heck, her signature trick for the past five years was the basic 'Is Your Refrigerator Running?' prank call! Everyone knew that one! What could she possibly do?

And then she remembered something. Something so bizarre, it might just work.

It was a video she had seen on the internet, of course. But would it really fool someone?

"I've got an idea!" Ruby reached over to a sleeping Zwei and scooped him up in her arms, "I'll need your scroll and some duct tape though. Can you get me some?"

"Ooh, tape. I like what you're planning! BRB, sis!"

As Yang ran off to get the supplies, Ruby poked Zwei's tummy to wake him. The Corgi smiled at her and licked her face. "Alright, buddy. We're gonna show Yang the best prank ever! How's that sound?"

Zwei tilted his head in doubt. He might be a dog, but even he knew how much Ruby sucked at pranks.

"You know, I'm just gonna believe that's a yes."

There was rarely a night that Roman hadn't gotten drunk since the creation of his special cocktail. His constant intoxication had forced Emerald out of their room, with Neo being the only one who could tolerate his drunken stupor. The crook was prancing around his room with Melodic Cudgel in his hand (all dust ammunition disposed of, courtesy of Neo) and singing show tunes to his partner.

Neo just wished he knew a song other than 'Singing in the Rain'. Hearing the same few verses over and over for about an hour was driving her mad. The little woman sat on her phone, trying her best not to throw it at Roman and knock him out for the night. When he decided to hook his cane around Neo's arm and pull her off the bed, she was just about ready to use her fist to put him out.

"Heeeey, now~!" Roman crooned, the smell of mouthwash on his breath, "Dance with me, Buttercup! I'll make it rain fer us!"

Torchwick started throwing his drink in the air, splashing it all over Neo who was not in the mood for getting wet. Just as she was about to put a stop to his night, she noticed little Zwei trotting into their room. She cocked her head when she saw Yang and Ruby's heads peek around the corner, one of them pointing to a cell phone on speaker. She flinched when she saw Yang, but was surprised to see her not seething with rage.

"Huh?" Roman stopped spinning around when he heard the Corgi bark at him, "Whuz this mutt doin' here?"

"Who you callin' a mutt?"

Now, I'm sure you're all well aware that when an individual is drunk, their mind doesn't exactly work as well as it usually does. This fact holds true for Roman as well. And when a small dog starts talking to you out of nowhere, then there's not much else you can do but completely lose your shit.

"Ah… Ah…. AHHHHH!" Stumbling backwards onto a bed, Roman's hand was trembling as he pointed at the 'talking' Zwei. "T-talked! That dog talks!"

Unlike Roman, Neo immediately saw through the trickery. She did her best not to join in Ruby and Yang's laughter from out in the hall, and covered her mouth when Ruby spoke into her scroll, her voice coming out of another scroll taped below Zwei's belly.

"Of course I can talk, you dummy!" Zwei 'said', "And I come with a message! We dogs are going to take over the world, unless you fulfill my demands! Is that understood?"

Wide eyed, Roman crawled on the floor to the Corgi. "Are you going to whip me in the butt?"

Ruby and Yang shared a confused glance, unsure as to what Zwei should say. "Uh… Do you like being whipped in the butt?"

"Not really…"

"Then yes! You will be whipped 100, no, 200 times! Right on the butt!"

"Oh, God no! I'll do whatever you ask! Just spare me, please!"

"Excellent! Our first demand is that you order 50 rounds of high-grade ammunition for Master Ruby Rose once you leave this house!"

"That sounds expensive-

"Very! But you will do so, or so help me I will whip your buttocks so hard your grandchildren will feel the pain!"

"Okay, okay! What else?!"

"Next, you will act as Master Yang's personal servant for an entire day and do whatever she says, no questions asked!"

"Gah, alright! Is that all?"

"Hm…?" Ruby noticed Neo slid a folded up note over to her, with a demand of her own scribbled on it. "Oh! And stop drinking every night! Spend sober time with Neo! Maybe then she'll give you your 'Just Desserts' again, whatever that is… Now, I must be going! I expect these demands to be met, Mr. Torchwick!"

"Yes, Overlord Zwei!" Roman bowed his head to the Corgi, "Praise your fluffy behind! Praise… blurgh!"

Zwei knew from that sound it was time to run. He scurried out of the room just as Torchwick emptied his stomach on the carpet, much to Neo's dismay. Sighing at the thought of having to clean this up, she kicked the door closed on Ruby and Yang and spared them of the disgusting sight.

Walking back to their room, Yang threw her arm over Ruby's shoulder and pulled her into a tight hug as she burst out laughing. "You really are the Queen of Pranks! I almost hate that I have to make you get this dye out of my hair tomorrow and give you the worst wedgie of your life!"

"Aw, you!" Ruby blushed, waving her sister off, "Can't stop joking around, can ya?"

"I'm not joking."

"…Can I at least change my panties first?"