When Blake first saw Ruby at Beacon, she couldn't believe it. Was that really the same little girl that she and Adam had found at the playground? The same little girl that they'd played with every day for a month? The same little girl that the White Fang had taken them away from? It couldn't be, yet there she was. Ruby Rose.

And she was being yelled at by a bratty heiress. The Shnee heiress, to be exact.

Blake had helped Ruby then. But she realized that the younger didn't recognize her. She shouldn't have been surprised; after all it had been almost ten years since they'd last seen each other. Yet, it had crushed her. So, before Ruby could ask for her name, Blake turned away and left, letting small tears roll down her cheeks.

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That night, Blake was reading when two people interrupted her. It was Ruby and Yang. They were both here. But from the way they were talking to her, neither remembered her.

It was good to see that the sisters hadn't changed. Yang was still her bubbly extroverted self, while Ruby was still a bit awkward and shy. When they'd asked for her name, Blake had hesitated before replying. If she told them, would they remember her?

"Blake." She had said finally. When she'd said it, she pretended to continue to read her book. But really, she was watching their faces to gage their reactions. Nothing. Not even her name had jogged their memories.

She'd decided it was for the best. She didn't need them asking her where she had been all this time. So Blake tried to drive them away.

"Lovely night isn't it?" Yang had asked her.

"Yes, almost as lovely as this book." She had answered, trying to sound as cold as possible. But, the sister's hadn't gotten the hint. "That I will continue to read," Still nothing. "As soon as you leave." She looked down at her book once more, trying to give further signal that she wanted to end the conversation.

Yang labeled her a lost cause, and turned to leave. But Ruby hadn't been so quick to give up. "What's it about?"

"Huh?" Blake looked up.

"Your book," Ruby pressed on. "Does it have a name?"

"Well…" Again Blake was reluctant to answer, but decided it couldn't do much harm. "It's about a man with two souls, each fighting for control over his body."

"Oh yeah, that's real lovely…" Yang said, faking interest. Ruby, however, looked genuinely fascinated.

"I love books." The younger sated, taking a small step forward. "When I was little, a friend used to read to me all the time. Stories of heroes, monsters. They're one of the reasons I wanna be a huntress."

Blake's heart froze for a moment. Whether Ruby remembered or not, she had been the one that read her all the books. No. Blake forced herself to calm down. Ruby was probably talking about someone else.

"Why is that?" Blake asked, trying to act as if she really didn't care. "Hoping you'll live happily ever after?"

"Well, I'm hoping we all will." Ruby replied. "As a girl, I wanted to be just like those heroes in the books. Someone who fought for what was right, and protected those, who couldn't protected themselves."

This time, Blake couldn't stop the small smile that made its way across her lips. "That's very ambitious for a child." She said. Memories of the White Fang entered her mind. The way the new leader had just showed up and changed everything. The way he had dragged her and Adam away at a young age, so they could be sent off for combat training. Adam…

Her smile changed to a frown. "Unfortunately, the real world isn't the same as a fairy tale." She expected them to walk away at this point, but when she looked up, Ruby was still smiling down at her.

"Well that's why we're here, to make it better."

Blake hadn't known how to respond. Ruby had changed in the nine years since they'd seen each other. She'd changed for the better. Before the ebony haired girl could say anything, Yang appeared next to Ruby.

"Ohhh! I'm so proud of my baby sister!" She cooed as she wrapped her arms around Ruby and lifted her into the air.

"Ngh! Cut it out!" Ruby cried before throwing a punch at her sister. Then they erupted into a cloud of dust, punches, kicks and grunts. Blake grinned and let herself chuckle. It was refreshing to see how well they got along.

"What in the world is going on over here?!" Oh joy, the heiress had returned. Yang and Ruby stopped their fighting to look and the ivory haired girl. "Don't you know some of us are trying to sleep?" The Shnee heiress stopped her rant stopped her rant when her eyes fell upon Yang.

"Oh not you again!" They yelled at the same time before falling into a loud verbal argument, with Ruby futilely tried to quiet them. Blake rolled her eyes, decided that she'd had enough for one day and blew out the candle.

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It wasn't until Ruby saw the black cat ears on her head that she finally remembered. Well, it wasn't that she had ever forgotten, it was just that she hadn't realized that the Blake she knew from Beacon as the same Blake from nine years ago.

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The docks were somewhat quiet, save for the occasional groan that a white fang member would let loose. The entire area was in shambles; unconscious White Fang members lied motionless on the ground, crates of Shnee company dust were strewn about like toy building bricks, and sirens could be heard in the distance. The short leader of team RWBY hurried over to her Faunus friend, who was standing numbly in the middle of all, trying to accept what had just happened.

"Blake! Are you ok?!" Ruby had asked her repeatedly when she reached her. Sun was off to the side, inspecting his weapons to make sure they still functioned properly, and Penny was slowly making her way over to them.

Blake smiled at her friends concern. "I'm fine Ruby." She assured her, forgetting that she was no longer wearing her bow. "You're the one that was fired at by Torchwick. Are you ok?" She asked. But Ruby didn't reply, she just stared at her. "Um… Ruby, what are you..?" Blake's eyes followed Ruby's gaze, which she realized lead to the top of her head.

"I-I…" Was all Blake could stutter out before she began looking around for her black ribbon. She was surprised when she felt a hand grab her shoulder and spin her around. Ruby looked at her, her eyes filled with a mixture of excitement and disbelief.

"No way…" Ruby mumbled. Blake looked down at the ground. It came as quite a surprise when Ruby gave her a giant hug. For a few moments, they were both quiet. Until Ruby started to softly cry. But, they were tears of happiness.

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Yang was pretty surprised to find out that Blake, her partner, was the same Blake from nine years ago.

"You really never even suspected it?" Blake asked with a hint of amusement. It was the day after the fight with Roman and the White Fang. Team RWBY was given the next few days off to rest, and they had all woken up only a few hours ago.

Blake was sitting on her bed, her bow back in its place, reading a book. Yang was sitting in front of her, on the floor. Weiss was lying down on her bed, doing extra credit work on her binder. The heiress hadn't spoken a word since yesterday. Ruby was sitting on her bed, scribbling something down in her class journal. Well, it was a class journal, but she usually just doodled in it.

"Well, Ruby didn't realize it ether!" Yang tried to defend herself. Blake chuckled lightly.

"Ruby was only six." Blake said.

"Well I was only eight!"

"And apparently not very observant." The Faunus quipped. Her eyes drifted up to the team leader, who was now just staring at the page. "Ruby, are you ok?" She asked. This prompted Yang to look over at her younger sister. Weiss also paused her studying to hear the answer, but didn't look away from her schoolwork.

Ruby looked up from her doodles to look at Blake. "Yeah, I'm fine." She said, though she seemed a bit distracted. "I was just thinking about something." Blake cocked her head to the side.

"You seem to be thinking pretty hard." She commented. "Wanna tell us why?"

Ruby hesitated for a moment. She didn't want to bombard Blake with questions after everything she'd just went through. But, she did have a single question that was nagging at the back of her head.

"I was just wondering…" She said a bit quietly. "What ever happened to Adam?"

Upon hearing his name, Blake froze. She expected that Ruby would ask eventually, she just didn't expect the question to pop up so soon. "Umm…"

"Who's Adam?" Weiss interrupted, sitting up and moving to the edge of her bed.

"He… Um.." Blake began to answer before she was interrupted again, this time by Yang.

"Wasn't he that dramatic kid that was always with you?" The blonde asked.

"Yeah, but… ah…" All eyes rested on Blake as she tried to figure out the best response. What was she supposed to say? That he was one of the White Fang's top hit man? That he hated humans more than anything? That she had left him on the Shnee company train when she left the White Fang?

"Adam is still with the White Fang. I haven't talked to him in almost a year." Blake's tone was in her usual, monotone, yet she seemed hurt.

A long, uncomfortable silence stretched over the dorm. "Oh." Ruby said quietly. Blake went back to reading her book. "Don't you miss him?" The younger asked hesitantly. The Faunus's eyes flicked back up to the leader before going back to her book. Once again, there was a long silence.

"Yes."

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(Done! A lot of people were wanting me to continue this, and I was looking forward to it. It took me a while for me to figure out how I wanted to continue. I have a few chapters pretyped for this story, and will likely post another tomorrow.

As for my other story, Two Teams and a Child, I am kind of hating myself right now. I was planning to post the next chapter for that two days ago. I accidently deleted the file. 9,000 words, gone. I yelled at my computer for like ten minutes. Now I'm kind of procrastinating on rewriting the chapter, So don't expect anything too soon. But, I'm working on it!

Anyway, I'll likely post another chapter for this soon. Please leave a review and tell what you think!))