*(A/N): PART THREE EVERYBODY, JUST ONE MORE TO GO! So this is Ruby's perspective, sorry it's not that dramatic like the other two. Anyway, enjoy!*

The Young Runner

~ Ruby ~

Her heart was beating fast, timed seemed to slow, and the world around her blurred. She was the star of the track team; the fastest runner Beacon has ever seen, she even outran the faunus division and they had jack rabbits. She was born from a long line of lower class athletes, but she was an exception. She didn't do it for the glory though; she did it for the sake of feeling free.

She was nearing the finish line; she took faster and longer steps. Her breathing didn't increase in the slightest; her feeling of freedom was over. She crossed the line and came to a stop, then she turned to see her friend cross the line in second place ten seconds later.

Her friend ran up to her and doubled over trying to catch her breath, her wolf ears twitching when a brisk breeze came through. "God damnit Ruby, stop showing off and make the rest of us look bad!"

Ruby giggled at her friend's remark. "Sorry Ai, I just can't help it. I get so caught up in the moment."

Ai looked up at Ruby's silver eyes with her golden green ones. "Why the hell do you love running so much anyway? Doesn't it make you tired?"

"Nope, not at all." Ruby said as she walked towards the locker room with Ai following her shortly behind. "Just feeling my hair flow in the wind and sensing things grow smaller as you run past them relaxes me. It helps clear my mind and be aware of the things around me… It's hard to explain."

Ai nodded at Ruby's explanation. While they continued walking towards the locker room, Ai asked Ruby to come with her to the fencing match later that day.

Ai was taller than Ruby and was a wolf faunus with white hair. Ruby liked faunus knowing of Yang's past and growing up near the ghettos. Ruby liked Ai, but if there was anyone Ruby liked more it was Ai's roommate.

She shared a dorm with the infamous 'Ice Queen', Weiss Schnee. She was a beautiful girl who was born into the high class Schnees. One would think a girl like that would have many friends but surprisingly she was very anti-social with only one friend. Even more surprisingly, that one friend was Ai which shocked everyone since the Schnee's mostly use faunus labor for their company. Weiss was on the fencing team, took Theatre for class, and is in the book club.

There was something Ai didn't know about Ruby…she was in love with Weiss.

Without really thinking, Ruby agreed to go with her and she went back to her dorm to go get ready. Ruby changed out of her track suit and put on black jeans, a white shirt, and her favorite red pull over hoodie that matched her red converse.

She looked over to her desk and saw a small picture frame of her and her parents when she was five. They were standing in front of an old rundown building that Ruby it embarrassed to call 'home'. Ruby smiled softly, remembering her life back when it was simple.

Next to the picture was another frame with a picture of Ruby when she was six wearing a red cloak that was way too big on her. She was crying and was standing in front of a monument that had her family's emblem and her mother's name. Ruby felt sad thinking about her late mother.

She looked to the other side of her desk and saw yet another picture. This time Ruby was seven and wore a huge grin on her face. Next to her was a young Yang with her head wrapped. That was the day Ruby's father adopted Yang. Ruby smiled remembering that day.

But then that smile faded when Ruby's eyes drifted to a piece of paper in the middle of the desk. It was a sketch she made in her Sketch class. In the drawing was Ai chasing Ruby with Ruby way ahead of her, then there was Ruby who looked like she jumped out to a girl in front of her with her arms out. Then there was a beautiful girl who looked like she was walking but stopped and turned to see what the commotion is about to be greeted to a flying Ruby…that girl was Weiss.

Why did Ruby have to fall in love with the one person she can't have…a girl she doesn't deserve? Why couldn't her life be simple and carefree like it was all those years ago? Why did she have to fall in love and disrupt her peaceful life? Why did this all happen to her?

Ruby sat down at her desk and signed her name at the bottom of the drawing before putting it in a frame. She then got up and put it in her massager bag before grabbing it and walking out the door…

She decided to give it to Ai at the fencing match.

*(A/N): For those of you who read TMoLC, I know what you are thinking and no. Okami and Ai are not together in this story, hell Ai doesn't even like Okami and that will be explained later along with how the hell Weiss ended up with a faunus roommate.

For those of you who don't know what the hell I'm talking about; here's the scoop. I have written another RWBY fanfic, called "Trouble Maker or Love Councilor?" and it is a story that actually focuses on my OC character Okami. In the story, Okami had a childhood friend whom she fell in love with and was led to believe that same friend betrayed her… That friend was Ai.

So now that you are aware of that, you are welcome to check out that story as well although I am taking a break from that story to work on this one.

There is only one more left before the story begins, I'll see you then.*