This one is a little shorter but I wanted to get one out quicker than last time. Hope you guys enjoy!

NOTE: Recently edited for plot holes, etc.

The Call

Weiss left the room and closed the door, going downstairs to read a little before dinner. She heard someone cooking in the kitchen and music playing from the back room. Qrow was passed out on the couch.

When dinner was ready she set the table, so Taiyang went upstairs to ask the other girls if they wanted to join. She heard a loud voice and Taiyang came running down the stairs. Qrow's head popped up while Taiyang bolted out the back door, calling for Ruby.

"Ruby?!" he called into the twilight. The sun had just begin to set.

"Where is she?" Weiss asked, running after him in her bare feet. The cold nipped at her toes.

"I don't know. She left a note on her bed saying she was leaving. She's gone! I have to go find her!" Taiyang grabbed his coat from next to the door and began to pull it on.

"I wouldn't bother." Qrow's voice slithered through the air.

"And why not?"

"If she wanted to leave, she's gone. There's no catching Ruby if she's running."

"I can't just let her run off! Weiss, come with me."

Weiss looked between the two men for a moment. "She did say she talked to Jaune. Those two can never sit still."

"She's gone, Tai." Qrow put his hand on the other man's shoulder.

"I'm still going to go look for her. Maybe I can catch up, talk some sense into her."

"What sense? That she wants to go out and do something? That she doesn't want to play the victim and lay helpless in bed when she could be out fighting?"

"She can't be running around the country, Qrow! She's just a little girl!"

"She's a Huntress, and a good one at that. She can handle herself."

"I'm not going to let my daughter go out on her own to take down a dangerous criminal!"

"What are you going to do, chain her to the wall? She's a free spirit, Taiyang. If she wants to do something, she'll find a way."

Weiss bit her lip, carefully considering saying something. "If she's with Jaune, she'll be with Nora and Ren too. Those are Jaune's teammates."

"She's got a team. This isn't any different than her going on a mission for the school."

"This is insanity. I'm going after her." Taiyang walked out the door and slammed it shut.

Qrow winced at the loud noise. "He's in denial, give him a few hours of rooting around out there and he'll come to his senses."

Weiss bit her lip but nodded, walking up to Ruby's room. The note was still laying on her bed and Weiss read it. The handwriting was neat and careful; Ruby had thought about this. She was a do-er. She hated to sit idly by while she could help. Weiss also knew Jaune would be out to fight for Pyrrha, to finish her work. She felt a little insulted that Ruby hadn't invited her, but she tried not to let it bug her. Having a Schnee with them could cause more problems than it would fix. She had a literal target on her back for the White Fang.

She made Ruby's bed and placed the note in the drawer, she really didn't want to look at it. Everything had been almost good for a while. This place had really started to feel like a home. Now she felt like a burden, like she had driven Ruby off. She sighed and glanced at Myrtenaster. He would have to wait for Ruby's call, too.

Qrow was snoring on the couch again as Weiss came down to put up the uneaten dinner. While she saw Qrow's logic, she still didn't like the fact Ruby had run off. She would miss her a lot.

A knock on the door sounded and the snoring man was up faster than a flash with his hand on his weapon. Weiss peeked around the corner and saw Qrow open the door. A haggard looking man who barely reached Qrow's shoulder sat gasping on the doorstep.

"He told me-to tell you-its-time." He panted, trying to get the words out.

"Are you sure."

Even through his exhaustion the man gave him a look. "Yeah, pretty sure."

"Let me get my stuff together. Come in, you can rest here before going back. Taiyang's out right now, but he'll be back in a while."

The man nodded and walked in, collapsing on the couch. He looked like he had run all the way from Beacon. Weiss ran upstairs and grabbed her weapon, Scroll, and all her extra Dust pouches. Shoving them in her pouch, she pulled on her shoes while running down the stairs. She just caught Qrow on his way out.

"Let me go with you."

"No."

"So Ruby can leave, but I can't?"

"That is different."

"How?"

"She had a team."

"You constitute as a team, I'm sure." She huffed. "You can't stop me from going."

"Then why did you ask?"

She scowled at him.

He sighed and held up his finger. "The first time you get in my way, you're out."

She huffed but nodded. "Deal."

"Then come on, we have a long way to go. And who knows, maybe we'll run into Ruby and them."

"Maybe." Weiss muttered as she walked out into the night.