Me: Welcome back to RWBY! This chapter we'll take a look at Ruby traversing AFTER the fight she encountered last chapter.

Blood Red

After a few minutes of lying in the snow Ruby slowly got up till she was on her knees. Resting a hand on her cheek Ruby felt the frozen tears swept across her face. She gasped slightly, feeling the sting on her face when scratching her fingers across her cheeks. Deciding that she should get a move on before hypothermia attacks her organ systems she quickly stands up grabbing Crescent Rose as well, transforming it back into the thick metal plate and attached it to her belt.

She sighed miserably, "Why did my life have to turn out like this?" Her voice was cold and void of life almost as if she wasn't willing to live. Pulling her hood over her head to cover her face Ruby trudged along, past the bloodied battleground that was once filled with rose petals, but that soon changed after her emotions were set free and the petals were turned into the pools of thick blood. She quickly squirmed her way out of the clearing and back into the dead forest that once surrounded her.

"I have to leave and fast, too many dead, too many memories." Ruby quietly mumbled, picking up speed until she was in full sprint, trying to rip herself from past memories and escape the frozen tundra, still alive hopefully. After a few minutes of running she stopped, trying to regain her breath. Leaning on a tree Ruby noticed her breath was starting to wheeze and rattle, along with her vision getting blurry. She started leaning away from the tree and held her hands in-front of her face, curious to see if her mind was playing tricks on her. It wasn't and suddenly Ruby felt as if gravity had doubled against her. She fell to the ground and couldn't get up no matter how hard she tried. Ruby felt as if her heart was slowing steadily. However she reacted the exact opposite of what a normal human would do;

"Mom... Dad, I can't wait to see you..." She closed her eyes slowly a small smile forming on her face, feeling the life being subconsciously drift away into the air that suddenly as if rush away from her, cutting off all oxygen supply to her. All was quiet; not even her breathing was heard, just the soft wind drifting slowly through the air, whispering soft words in memory of the girl.

...

One month later...

A loud gasp was heard that bounced across an empty room as a teenage girl was awoken from a dark nightmare that was just had last night. She jumped up so she was sitting in an upright position. Her hands gripped the skin that was hovering over her heart. Her body was shivering wildly and her breathing was very erratic and her face was matted with sweat. When regaining her bearings she realized where she was and suddenly felt tears brimming in her eyes.

"I just wanted to see them again... Why?" Ruby asked sadly, holding her face in her hands. Ruby never planned suicide and never tried it. It was just that her parents were her only friends so if something happens and she feels like she's going to die she feels happy that she may be able to meet her parents again, whether she went to heaven or hell.

"Are you ok Miss?" A woman asked sincerely. Ruby broke out or her sobs and turned to stare at the woman that suddenly appeared next to her. Wiping the new streaking tears out of her eyes she was able to get a good look at her. She was a simple maid and wore the maid outfit as well. She had brown hair down a little past her shoulders.

"I'm sorry if I may have interrupted an emotional moment you may have been thinking, but I heard you awoke and came to check on you." The maid apologized. Ruby just gave a small smile at her worries for her and ran a hand through her black red hair.

"Don't mind that. Where am I and how did you find me? Last I checked I was in the middle of nowhere." Ruby questioned, a little shocked that someone had found her.

The maid chuckled at her curiosity and gave a genuine smile, "My mistress was out on a walk through the forest since she liked to get away from what she has to live through. It turns out you were in the same forest as her so when she found you she hauled you back here on her back, greatly worried might I add." Ruby blushed a little; no one had cared for her that much other than her parents.

"Wow, I'm a little shocked." Ruby mumbled aloud, forgetting that the maid was still in the room.

"How so?" Ruby jumped a little, remembering the maid. As Ruby was about to answer another voice seeped its way into the room;

"Give her a rest Josephine. I would be as tired as much as she is, especially if I went through what she went through." The two turned towards the voice and saw a beautiful young girl around the age Ruby was. She had long white hair down to her beck that was tied in a side ponytail down her right side. She had a white dress down to her knees with a white coat that was bright red on the inside. Her piercing blue eyes were fixed on the young girl sitting on the bed.

Josephine bowed, "My apologies Miss Schnee. I'll leave you two alone for now." The maid scurried out and closed the door gently behind her. Ruby and the white haired girl continued to stare at each other before the white haired girl broke the silence.

"Nice to see you awoke from your coma." The white haired girl spoke with a business like tone. Ruby snapped out of her trance and started stuttering.

The white haired girl shushed her, "There's no need to speak, you need to rest. I'll be back in a few hours to check up on you." Lady Schnee informed and left the room, leaving Ruby in her thoughts.

Five Hours Later...

Ruby was sitting on the bed, looking out the window she had opened the blinds to. Ruby just looked out the window, looking into the clear sky, hearing the laughter of children outside.

Ruby sighed, "I'm so bored." She mumbled, resting her head against her knees.

"If that's the case than we'll have to do something about that now won't we?" Ruby turned to the voice and saw Lady Schnee in a different outfit. She wore a white tank top with white shorts. Wow she really seems to like white, but Ruby was one to talk, liking red so much.

Ruby raised an eyebrow, "How so?" She was confused at how Lady Schnee could make this situation better.

The white haired female gave a chuckle, "Well how about me giving your weapon back for starters." Schnee tossed the gun-scythe towards Ruby and she caught it, eyes widened.

"How did you get this?" Ruby stuttered, clutching Crescent Rose to her chest.

Schnee shook her head, "I took it off of you since it added quite a bit of weight, making it harder to carry you here. I also cleaned it for you, seeing the blood across the bladed edge of it." Schnee informed, amusement in her eyes at Ruby reaction. Ruby calmed her emotions and asked Schnee something.

"Why did you save me anyway?" Ruby murmured quietly, eyes glued to the bed. The white haired female heard the question and leaned away from the door frame and stood tall. Her eyes were stern.

"Look at me." Schnee ordered, giving Ruby a shiver down her spine. The black eyed girl glanced up slowly and saw the dark look in Lady Schnee's eyes.

"I know we don't know each other but you'd better listen to me: I don't ever want to hear those words from your mouth ever again. Do you understand me?" Lady Schnee sneered. Ruby was terrified; she had never really had any communication with the same gender or even the opposite gender, so what Schnee said was really hurtful. Ruby felt tears brimming in her eyes and she backed away from the white haired teenage girl into the corner of the bed next to the wall, holding her knees to her chest. Lady Schnee watched Ruby sob and felt a pang in her heart, hearing the sadness etch slowly out of the black eyed girl. Schnee crawled onto the bed and sat in-front of Ruby patiently, waiting for her to calm down.

A minute later Schnee finally broke the silence and sighed, "I'm sorry if I sounded really angry; it's just that I don't want to hear anyone speak like that. It breaks my heart when someone speaks as if they have no will to live." Schnee spoke softly, trying to sooth Ruby to stop crying. It worked and Ruby glanced upward up to where her eyes could see Schnee. Lady Schnee saw the pain in her eyes and was greatly hurt, knowing that type of pain.

"It's ok. It's just that I never really had a good life, let's just leave it at that." Ruby informed, her voice very quiet. Schnee nodded, knowing what kind of pain she went through.

"Well ok. I'm sorry, I didn't get your name, what is it?" Schnee curiously asked.

Ruby gave a small chuckle, "Call me Ruby."

Schnee gave a small smile, "Weiss Schnee, but please, call me Weiss." Weiss said. Ruby smiled and nodded, glad she could make a friend. Weiss got off the bed and stood up, holding out a hand to Ruby.

"Come on, I have something to show you." The white loving girl said. Ruby complied and took her hand, crawling off the bed. They went outside of Weiss's house and Ruby finally got a good look of her house and was shocked to the core. Her house was the combination of a mansion and a castle!

"Oh...my...god!" Ruby squeaked, seeing the monster of a house.

Weiss just grabbed her shoulder, "Come on, I still wanna show you something." Ruby just nodded mutely and followed Weiss. They soon reached Weiss's courtyard and Ruby was again amazed. Light cobblestone, angelic statues on the right, a small garden on the left, with no grass blades growing in-between the cobblestone, and to top it off a crystalline water fountain in the center with a swan statue, little birds playing in the water.

"This looks beautiful." Ruby said in awe. Weiss just chuckled and walked away from Ruby until she was a good twelve feet away.

Weiss then got her attention, "Ruby, look at me!" Ruby snapped out of her trance and turned to glance at Weiss, only to be shocked to see that she held a rapier.

"What's with the rapier Weiss?" Ruby curiously asked. Weiss twirled the weapon in her hand and turned the dial.

"We're going to spar Ruby, that's why."