"Right then! Here we are! In you go!" Doctor Oobleck quickly demanded as he ushered Ruby into a room

Ruby stumbled into a room with a table and 2 chairs across from each other. She looked back at the doctor questioningly.

"We'll wait for my superior here."

"Okay…" the teen said as she took a seat facing the door.

Silence engulfed the room, save for the occasional sound of the doctor sipping from his thermos and the small sounds caused by Ruby fidgeting.

"So…" She began, "I have these Dust Action Crossbow Hook Swords…"

Doctor Oobleck gave her a blank stare

After 15 minutes, another man came walking into the room, only to find his colleague and the girl he was going to question, talking so rapidly that he was only able to pick up the words "History" and "Dust". As amusing as the sight was (since there were only so many people who could match Oobleck's enthusiasm and speed), he did want to talk to the little girl.

"Ahem."

"Ah yes, here he is! Ruby, we will continue this conversation at a later date." The green haired man commented, eliciting an eager nod from the girl.

Once he had her attention, the new man, (which Ruby noted was Professor Ozpin) stepped further into the room. And although Ruby knew that she should give him her utmost attention, he was holding a plate of cookies in one hand and it was REALLY distracting.

"Ruby... Fall was it?" the man asked, glancing briefly down at his screen holding bits of the information Oobleck had provided him. The Doctor must have obtained her full name on the way back to the school. "You…" Ozpin leaned in to examine the girl's face closer. "Have silver eyes…" He finished with a raised brow.

"Uh…. Yeah…" The red hooded girl drawled out. Although a little odd, her features were still rather obvious. "And you have… brown eyes."

"Hmm, so I do." He continued, standing up straight once more "So! Where did you learn to do this?" He gestured to the clip being held and shown on Doctor Oobleck's pad.

Ruby glanced over to see a clip of her beating up, throwing, or shooting the grim she fought earlier that evening "Well, I grew up outside the kingdoms. So I kind of had to learn how to fight."

Both Professor Ozpin and Doctor Oobleck looked a little shocked, and maybe sympathetic. "You had to learn how to fight all by yourself?"

"Well, no. Not completely. I had some help from the older kids I grew up with." Ruby sheepishly confessed. Which was true, everyone influenced her choice of weapon. Cinder had taught her how to wield dual weapons and effectively use dust while Roman had shown her (or rather, showed off) how handy his cane was when it came to fights (although she loathed to admit how correct he was about that.) Neo had also helped show her the benefits of a hook-like weapon and had helped her along with Mercury, to involve her legs when fighting. Emerald was the only one who could move quickly and had weapons that used the most dexterity, therefore making her the second one to help the most often… Cinder was obviously the one who taught her the most.

… But in the end, she had learned from all of them and had no choice but to mix them all together. Even if those particular times of learning were a little frustrating because it seemed as though everyone wanted to show her the benefits of their fighting styles.

"I see." The gray haired man quipped, setting down the plate of cookies in front of her.

Ruby hesitantly reached out for a cookie, warily eyeing Professor Ozpin. She didn't know if it was a trap or not, but she REALLY wanted those cookies. Besides, a man like Professor Ozpin didn't seem like the type to trick kids right? After she ate one cookie, she glanced up at him once more to confirm that it was safe, and then she began to shovel all the treats down her throat.

"And these older kids, who are they?"

Ruby gulped down her cookies, "Well…" she hesitated, knowing she would have to be careful with what she said next. "We're all orphans, so…" At that information, the gray haired man quirked his eyebrows up a bit in surprise but said nothing, while the green haired man muttered something that sounded like "Dreadful. Just simply dreadful."

"So I ended up meeting them over the years… We all had to move around outside of the kingdoms pretty often. Which, you know, we have to find a way to live, but, as cliché as this sounds, because we were all together, we could make it together! And we did! After coming from Mistral, we've found a place in Vale and a way to settle down. But you know, old habits die hard." She gave a nervous chuckle.

Professor Ozpin gave her a quizzical look, "Old habits? You mean… stealing?"

Ruby nodded

"And you were okay with that?"

The girl shrugged, "Why wouldn't I be? We had to live somehow." Despite how terrible it may have been phrased, Ruby had actually grown in a life of comfort. Food, clothing, a bed, warm water, and a roof over her head had always provided. And due to growing up with Cinder, she had learnt that if she wanted or needed something, she had to take it for herself. (Or bother Emerald, Mercury, Neo, or Roman…)

"So it seems." Professor Ozpin stated as he took a sip. "So, because you grew up outside the kingdom, you had no other choice but to learn how to fight and steal in order to survive. Correct?"

"Well… Sort of." Ruby sheepishly confessed.

Professor Ozpin gave her a look that indicated for her to elaborate.

"Well… it's only part of the reason. You see, a lot of people who live outside the kingdoms or on the streets tend to… get into a lot of trouble. Especially if they're faunus right?" Doctor Oobleck was nodding along from behind Ozpin. "And often times, a lot of them want to move around from kingdom to kingdom, but most of the time they can't protect themselves, so that's why I learned how to fight."

Professor Ozpin gave her a confused look, "You learned to fight so you could protect those who can not protect themselves?"

"Yeah. I don't see anyone else helping them. Humans that are homeless get ignored and are often pushed to the side. Faunus get mistreated all the time, protests that were once peaceful are now violent. And the ones who are supposed to protect them, are the ones hurting them. It's not the police's fault; I understand that. It's society's fault for not enforcing the protection to allow the police to help them. So, if no one helps them, why can't I?" Ruby shrugged.

The man seemed to continuously be baffled by the young girl before him. "You want to help people?" he clarified

Ruby nodded.

"Why?"

The teen gave a confused look. "What do you mean?"

"Why do you want to help people?"

Ruby gave a wary look, "Do I need a reason for wanting to help people?"

Doctor Oobleck and Professor Ozpin both seemed very pleased.

The man quirked an amused eyebrow "Do you know who I am?"

Of course she knew, "You're professor Ozpin. The headmaster of Beacon."

"Hello." He chuckled

"Nice to meet you." Ruby grinned

"How do you feel about training to become a huntress?"

Ruby gave a grin, "I think it's great! I plan on enrolling into Beacon in two years to train."

Ozpin gave a pleased grin, "You want to come to my school?"

Ruby nodded.

Ozpin glanced over to Doctor Oobleck who gave a small smile. Facing back towards the little girl, he drawled out "Well okay."

Ruby couldn't help but look completely and utterly confused.

"I'm impressed squirt, you managed to enter Beacon a whole two years early." Mercury praised. "Everyone is going to think that you're the coolest kid in town."

"I don't want to be the coolest kid in town though!" Ruby whined, "I just want to be a normal kid from a normal town."

"What's with you? You should be happy!" Emerald added "You'll be able to help us with any mission concerning Beacon."

"Of course I'm happy!" The younger girl exclaimed. "It's just… I got moved ahead two years. Everyone is going to think I'm special and stuff…"

Mercury and Emerald gave quizzical glances, until realization dawned upon them as the boy gave a chuckle and threw an arm over Ruby while Emerald rolled her eyes.

"What you mean is, you don't want the extra attention because then, you won't be able to cause as much trouble." Mercury pointed out

Ruby huffed, "Exactly!"

"Now now," Cinder said "I'm sure you'll find a way to cause trouble some way or another."

The younger sister attempted to give a smug look, but failed, as it seemed as though she were only able to give a silly looking grin causing everyone else to snicker at her.

"We're gonna miss you squirt." Mercury said as he ruffled Ruby's hair.

"I'm not!" Emerald piped up "With you gone, it's going to finally be nice and relaxing. No more of your stupid pranks."

Ruby grinned "Aw, I'm going to miss you too Emmy." She said as she dashed over and gave a tight hug to the tan girl

"UGH. Don't call me that! AND GET OFF ME!" Emerald groaned as she tried to squeeze her way out of the younger girl's arms.

Ruby stuck her tongue out at the other girl as she let go, only to dash over to Cinder and give her a hug as well.

The older sister gave out a small sigh as she returned the tight embrace to her dearest sister, "Call often and come visit us when you can."

Ruby nodded

"Gather as much information as you can, but don't push yourself too hard."

The younger sister rolled her eyes and pulled back to look at her older sister. "I could say the same to you."

Cinder only gave an affectionate look and closed the hug once more. "I'll miss you."

"Oh my gosh… She has a fire sword! He has a collapsible staff!" a loud gasp, "And he has pistol daggers! OH MY GOSH, SHE HAS SHOTGUN GAUNTLENTS!" Ruby had been excitedly looking at all the weapons ever since the airship had landed at Beacon. In fact, she had pretty much followed after the owner of those weapons until she got distracted by another weapon, and was just about to follow the last person… And then she bumped into someone. "Oh, uh… Sorry."

The girl she had bumped into gave her a vicious glare, "What's wrong with you?! Watch where you're going next time!"

"Uh…" Ruby was a little shocked at the other's sudden outburst

"Can't you see that I'm carrying some important belongings of mine?!" The other continued, gesturing to a mountain of white luggage and briefcases that were being pushed on trollies by 2 men. "You could have damaged some of the dust that is being held!" She yelled, grabbing a case and waving it around to emphasize her point.

"Look, I already said I was sorry. And you-" Ruby paused. Wait a second…"And you're Weiss Schnee!" She exclaimed, recognizing the other person from her occasional appearances on the news with her father, the CEO of the Schnee Dust company, whenever a major supply of dust was stolen.

"Hmph. So you recognize me." Weiss stated looking a bit smug

"Of course I do!" Ruby grinned reaching out to enthusiastically shake her hand. "I'm Ruby Fall. Look, I'm really sorry for bumping into you. Here, let me get that for you and clean you up." The brunette insisted as she reached out, took the briefcase from the heiress's hand, set it aside, and quickly brushed some imaginary dirt off of the heiress. "I wasn't watching where I was going, it was my fault."

"Hm. Yes. It was." Weiss confirmed, nodding.

"Although, to be fair," Ruby continued "You weren't either, so it sort of is your fault too…"

"Excuse you?!"

"And… What kind of heiress only carries around just an ID, and a Lien card? Have you never heard of using chips?" Ruby asked as she peeked through a white wallet.

"What?! When did you-?" the white haired girl asked as she checked her pocket

Ruby grinned as she waved the girl's wallet a little.

"Give that back you delinquent!" Weiss demanded, holding her hand out.

"Ah ah ah!" Ruby shook the white wallet. "First, an apology please. Second, I have a name."

Weiss clenched her fists at her sides; she was in no position to bargain and had been dealt the shorter end of the stick. She had no choice but to comply. So, through gritted teeth and a choking the words up, she glared at the other girl "I also apologize for bumping into you. Now give me back my wallet you insufferable dol-"

Ruby waved her wallet again.

Weiss grunted and growled out the last part. "Give me back my wallet... Ruby"

Ruby looked up in thought, even going as far as tapping her chin with the wallet, "Well, I didn't appreciate all that malice you sent my way, but I suppose you can have your wallet back." She grinned and held out the white wallet.

Quickly, Weiss snatched it up and sent another glare towards red hooded girl. "Don't ever speak to or steal from me ever again." She ordered, and then marched away, the two men following behind her while pushing the trolleys.

Once she made sure that the other girl's back was turned and a good distance away, Ruby began snickering as she picked up the briefcase Weiss left behind, and then spat her tongue out at the girl.

Ruby had no qualms against never speaking to the heiress again…

Karma was definitely a thing. Ruby was sure of it. And if it were a thing, it was currently laughing at her. In her face. Most likely shouting out loud that she deserved this. It probably had to do with the fact that she stole the Dust truck. What else would be the cause of this predicament? Why else would she end up making eye contact with the rude heiress, thereby making them partners?

"You again!" Weiss growled

Ruby let out a nervous chuckle.

"No, absolutely not! I refuse to partner up with some no good, low degenerate, street rat!" Weiss declared.

"You are too kind." Ruby deadpanned

"AND GIVE ME BACK MY DUST!" the heiress demanded

"What?" The brunette tried to ask nonchalantly, "I don't know what you're talking about."

"My Dust! The ones in my luggage! I know you stole it! So give it back you dolt!" The white haired girl continued.

"I didn't steal anything." Ruby continued

"Don't lie to me! I counted the amount of dust I had when I packed and unpacked, and I know that I was one case short. And I know for a fact that I put one down when speaking to you. Therefore, you must have stolen it!" the other concluded

"In my defense, you forgot about it. So… Finders keepers." Ruby stated

"UGH! YOU INSUFFERABLE LITTLE…" Weiss growled and kept making noises of frustration as she tried to think of a suitable insult. "DOLT!" she finished

Ruby, having grown up with similar insults, knew of the perfect comeback. "I'm not a dolt! You are!"

"You can't say that! I used it first!"

"Well then, you… you're… YOU'RE A STUPID HEAD!"

A gasp, "How dare you!?"

"Oh I dare." Ruby stated

"You are so obnoxious!"

"Says the one who calls me a dolt."

"And childish!"

"On that, we can agree!"

"And dimwitted!"

"I am not, I stole your briefcase! Dimwits can't do that!"

"AHA! So you admit it! Now give it back!"

"No! No I didn't! I would never-" a pause "NEVERMORE!"

"Good! Don't steal from me again!"

"No not that! Nevermore!"

"I understood the first time! You're not stealing again! Good for you! I just want my dust-"

Frustrated, Ruby grabbed Weiss and pulled her into a run.

"Hey!" Weiss shouted as she was tugged along. "What are you-" A shadow loomed over them and she looked up, only to see a nevermore closing in on them. "Nevermore!"

"That's what I've been trying to tell y-OUUUUUU" Ruby tried to shout, but of course… the flying grim had managed to snatch the two up.

"This is all your fault!" Weiss shouted as they clung for dear life onto the claws of the Nevermore

"MY fault? How is this MY fault?!" Ruby shouted back

"It's your fault for distracting me! If it weren't for you, I would have noticed the Nevermore!"

"Hey! You were arguing with me too Princess! This is your fault as much as mine!"

"My fault?! Nothing is my fault! If you hadn't stolen my Dust, this would have never happened!"

"If you had just forgiven me for bumping into you, I wouldn't have stolen your dust!"

"You shouldn't have bumped into me then!"

"It was an accident!"

"I have a hard time believing you!"

"Look, I've already said sorry. Why can't you just admit you're sorry?!"

"Because I have no reason to be sorry!"

"Look Princess, you're not perfect! So stop acting like it!"

"I know I'm not perfect! But I'm still better than you!"

"You don't even know me!"

"I know that you're the one who got us caught in the first place!"

Ruby finally let out a groan of frustration. Never in her life had she had to deal with someone as insufferable as the heiress. "Look! Why don't we just jump then?!"

"What are you, insane?!"

The brunette went ahead and let go, eager to get away from Weiss for at least a while. She unsheathed her weapons, and created a small gust of wind to help soften her landing. Once her feet touched the earth, she realized she landed near the temple.

"Did she just fall from the sky?" someone asked

Ruby turned and made eye contact with two other girls, one with black hair and the other with blonde, which she vaguely recognized as the girl with shotgun gauntlets. She was just about to introduce herself when a series of crazy events suddenly occurred.

First, a boy was flying across the sky and landed in a tree close to them. Second, a girl came in riding in on an Ursa. Then, another girl came in with a Deathstalker on her tail. And finally, Weiss came falling in, the boy attempting to catch her, but ended up merely cushioning her fall.

"Great! We're all here, now we can die together!" the blonde girl proclaimed

"You guys go on ahead, I'll take it from here!" Ruby stated with confidence.

"No, wait-" The blonde yelled, but it was all in vain. Ruby already started running towards the deathstalker.

Upon attempting to slash at it though, Ruby realized that maybe she may have been a bit too brash. The hide of the death stalker was much harder than she initially thought as it even protected itself from her lightning charged hook sword.

"Get out of there Red!" the blonde cried out

"It's Ruby!" the brunette automatically corrected, that nickname was reserved for family only… Even if Roman and Mercury were the only ones to call her that. Despite that, she immediately produced a gust of wind to give her a head start and started running back towards the group. But, of course, the Nevermore chose that time to throw some feathers down towards the running girl, effectively nailing her from the tail of her sleeveless coat.

She kept trying to free it by tugging, but her coat wouldn't budge.

"Look out!"

She wasn't sure who said it, but Ruby looked up to see the tail of the Deathstalker aimed towards her. She squeezed her eyes shut and braced for impact.

Impact that never came

"You ARE childish!" a familiar voice commented

Ruby peeked her eyes open to see a large ice shield trap the Deathstalker's tail, no doubt produced by her protector. "Weiss?"

"And insufferable, and hyperactive. And don't get me started on your… deplorable acts that you've committed." Weiss began "And I suppose I can be a bit…"

Ruby raised a questioning eyebrow.

Weiss rolled her eyes, "Difficult…" she settled on. "But if we're going to do this, we're going to have to do this together. So if YOU promise to give back my dust and to never steal anything important from me again, I'll be… Nicer."

Ruby glanced up to the sky in thought. "You got yourself a deal." She grinned

Weiss could only roll her eyes, but a small smile formed on her face with the act.

The two made it back to the group and quick introductions were made.

"I hate to break this up, but guys… That thing is circling back!" The boy who was sent flying proclaimed, pointing towards the large flying grim. If Ruby remembered correctly from some of the initial introductions before they were all catapulted into the forest, that boy was Jaune.

"Our objective is right in front of us, there is no reason to engage in battle." Weiss stated.

"She's right." Ruby agreed, "We only need to grab the relics and head on over to the cliffs. So let's grab them and run!" she cheered

"Run and live, I like that." Jaune agreed with a smile.

Ruby went ahead and grabbed the knight while Jaune grabbed the rook. After, the group made their way towards the cliff, Ruby staying a little behind to make sure everyone else was in front of her.

"What is it Yang?" The girl with a bow in her hair asked quietly to her new partner.

Yang stared at Ruby standing on top of the hill, waiting for everyone else to get ahead before shaking her head and gave a small smile, "Nothing Blake. C'mon, let's go." She said as she ran ahead.

Blake glanced at the red hooded girl as well, something about that girl was familiar to her, she shook her head, and followed the group soon after.

Of course though, the Deathstalker soon chased after them as the Nevermore went ahead and guarded the cliffs they were supposed to be heading towards.

"Nora! Distract it!" The other boy yelled

Nora quickly obliged, "You got it Ren!" She stated while pulling off her grenade launcher from her back and shooting at the Nevermore. Focusing on the flying grim, she had forgotten about the Deathstalker behind her. Thankfully Blake and Ren managed to stop it before it could attack Nora, Weiss used that time to grab the power hungry girl and pull her to safety.

They all began running across the bridge towards the abandoned temple, Pyrrha helped buy the late group some time by shooting at the Deathstalker in hopes of slowing it down.

The large group continued running across, only for the Nevermore to break the group up by destroying the bridge.

Jaune surveyed the situation and found Pyrrha, Ren, and Blake struggling to fight the Deathstalker. "Man, we've got to get over there."

"Let's do this!" Nora proclaimed with a grin.

"Yeah, but I can't make that jump." Jaune stated

Nora set him a huge maniacal grin and hit him square in the chest with her grenade launcher, sending him back. Quickly, she turned around and allowed her weapon to shift into a hammer. She then smashed the end of the bridge with her hammer, using it as some sort of seesaw to send Jaune flying across to the other side, Nora using her hammer to fly after him. Using momentum, she hit the Deathstalker square on it's head, which only managed to irritate it. She jumped back to get out of harm's way, only to bump right into Blake and send the black haired girl over the end of the bridge.

With her quick thinking and reflexes, Blake swung from another bridge using her weapon and onto the nevermore. She attempted to weaken it with a series of slashes to no avail though. She jumped off its' tail and landed on the broken ruins of the temple with the other girls.

"It's tougher than it looks." She stated

"Then let's hit it with everything we got!" Yang proclaimed

The girls prepared their weapons and began sending bullets, ice shards, and sharp gusts of wind in the Nevermore's direction. None of their attacks seemed to be working though as it kept flying towards them, even destroying the pillars that supported them.

The girls ran up the falling rocks to get to safety or used their own means to do so.

"None of this is working…" Weiss scoffed once she landed on another bridge

Ruby sighed and glanced around, that's when she noticed the ribbon on Blake's weapon. She glanced over to the Nevermore where Yang was attempting to brawl with it, which wasn't exactly working out too well, but was effectively distracting it and got an idea. She couldn't help but give a grin, "I have a plan." Ruby stated she pitched the idea to Weiss who couldn't help but stare wide-eyed at the girl.

"You're insane!" Weiss declared

"I'm a genius!" Ruby quickly corrected, "Cover me!" she yelled as she launched herself over to Blake to tell her the plan.

Weiss quickly jumped on over to where Yang was to help her with the Nevermore and tell her of the plan. She couldn't help but noticed that the blonde had a grin covering her face, showing her full support to this insane idea.

They continued, and when it seemed like the Nevermore was charging towards them from the side, they took their positions.

The two quickly launched themselves into the air so the Nevermore was directly below them. Yang gave herself a boost towards the flying grim and pounded it into the surface of the tower. She then launched herself to where Ruby and Blake were waiting, and grabbed onto the end of Blake's weapon. Weiss quickly followed, using her ice to quickly pin the Nevermore's tail down and then made her way to where the rest of the girls were.

Ruby then slung herself to the makeshift slingshot as Weiss summoned a black glyph to hold her in place and took aim.

"Of course you would come up with this idea." Weiss commented

Ruby merely sent a cheeky grin as she crossed her swords in front of her, "I'm counting on you Princess."

"Hmph." Weiss huffed as she suddenly aimed Ruby towards the sky

Ruby gave a small nod as she tightened her grip, the moment she swung her swords towards her feet, Weiss shot her into the air.

The red hooded girl left rose petals in her wake as she flew towards the sky, leaving a trail for the Nevermore to follow as it broke free from it's ice prison. The moment Ruby lost her momentum though; she turned and launched herself towards the grim that was set on eating her, she gave it a smirk as she immediately changed the dust clip of one of her swords and set herself into a rapid spin. Thus, causing wind, lightning, and rose petals to envelope her as she approached the grim.

The Nevermore didn't seem to sense the incoming danger, as it opened its' beak wider to swallow it's meal. Thus allowing Ruby to go right through its' mouth, and out from the back of its' neck, causing decapitation. She stopped her spiraling upon exiting out of the grim and brought herself over to the cliff. Upon turning around, her smirk was still in place, as she looked over to the falling and disappearing grim.

Everyone else looked up at Ruby in awe as rose petals fell down from the sky.

The youngest teen noticed them all staring at her and sent them all a grin, throwing a peace sign in for good measure.

"Ruby?" Cinder's voice answered on the scroll

"Cinder!" Ruby grinned as she made herself comfortable on one of the stonewalls near the front of the school. No one was out at this time of night with the moon high in the sky, allowing her to talk freely, albeit quietly, without anyone showing suspicion towards her. "Miss me?"

"Of course." Came the endearing reply. "It's too quiet here without you."

Ruby simply gave a toothy grin, "I bet."

"Now tell me, how did your initiation go?"

"Well, first of all, you won't believe who I got partnered with." Ruby smirked "Weiss Schnee."

"Hmmm…" Cinder made a pleased sound "What a pleasant surprise."

"I know right?" The younger sister asked, "I also got these other two girls on my team, Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiao Long."

The older sister froze upon hearing the last name, but of course being on the phone, Ruby hadn't noticed.

"Although, I swear Blake looks familiar, probably just my imagination. She seems pretty cool though, plus she likes books! Yang seems really friendly too. So I don't think I'll have too much trouble…" Ruby paused as she thought of the proper wording. "Getting along with them. Weiss might be a bit more difficult though; she's a big jerk face. Like, a bigger jerk face than Emerald. So I don't know how well that's going to work out." Ruby paused again as she thought of her new partner. "But… She seems like she's capable of being nice… Anyway, they all seem to be well versed in fighting, but I really only got to see them fight when we were all trying to avoid being a Nevermore's lunch. Oh, and you'll be proud to learn that I'm the leader of team RWBY" Ruby stated with a smug smile, only to receive no response. "Cinder?" She asked, bringing her phone in front of her to see if she still had connection. "Cinder? Are you there?"

"… You were in danger?" Cinder asked

Oops… Shouldn't have mentioned that Ruby gave a nervous laugh, "Yeah. But I'm fine now! Not even a scratch! Nope! And I certainly did not almost die from a Deathstalker. No sir. No way."

"Ruby…" The older sibling sighed

"I'm sorry, I'll try to be more careful." The younger sister pouted

"Please do." Cinder stated. "I will not have my dearest sister hurt."

Ruby rolled her eyes "Of course."

"But I am pleased to find you leading. Good job dearest sister."

Ruby quirked an eyebrow up at the repeated family title, but shrugged as she chalked it up to Cinder simply being worried about nearly losing her via grim. "Sooo… Did my plan against Emerald work?"

"You mean your little prank?" Cinder asked, amusement and pride laced in her voice. "Yes… It did."

Ruby giggled as the two siblings continued talking.

Upon hanging up, Cinder couldn't help but stare at the wall in front of her in disbelief.

Yang Xiao Long was in the same team as her sister, Cinder's sister.

This could not be happening

What were the chances?

It was as though fate were mocking her, telling her that Ruby was not meant to be hers.

The dark haired girl couldn't help but let out a growl of frustration as she stood up and ran a hand through her hair. Fear and worry gnawed their way into her mind, making her think that Ruby would realize who this Yang Xiao Long really was after a few days, and then run to her, leaving Cinder alone.

Cinder gritted her teeth and clenched her hands as her eyes glowed with anger at the mere idea of Yang Xiao Long taking Ruby away.

She calmed down instantly though once she allowed reasoning to take over. Ruby has been with her for just over 10 years, her appearance has changed quite a bit, Yang Xiao Long would not recognize her so quickly…

Ruby would not leave so quickly…

Cinder hoped that Ruby would not leave her at all…