Author's Note:

Basically until it's revealed in the canon, it's fair game...

Suggested by: Author's Original Creation

Drabble location in R.W.B.Y. timeline: Between Volume 2, Episode 2: Welcome to Beacon and Episode 3: A Minor Hiccup

Basic Scenario: How Nora discovered her Semblance

*BOOP*

"So Nora..." Pyrrha leaned forward on her bed, a soft smile on her face, "exactly how did you discover your semblance?"

"You know, I was wondering the same thing," Jaune set down his comic, "did you stick a fork in a toaster?"

Nora giggled at the thought, draping an arm over her knees, "not quite..." She hazarded a glance at the bathroom door, before looking back at her teammates, "it was actually one of the only times that Ren got really mad at me."

To say that Jaune and Pyrrha were shocked at Nora's words would've been the understatement of the century... and a bit of a pun.

"R-Ren? Mad?" Jaune blinked, shaking his head, "You're talking about the same guy, right Nora? 'Cause the one I know: super zen."

"I'm sure there's a good explanation for it," Pyrrha looked from Jaune back to Nora, "although I can't say that it's easy to imagine Ren as anything other than..." she searched for the appropriate words.

"Emotionally stable?" Jaune offered.

"Yes!" Pyrrha nodded with a smile and finally looked at Nora, waiting to hear the story behind it all.

There was a pause as Nora looked from the bathroom door back to her audience, knowing that she had their undivided attention.

"Well..." Nora's smile softened as she thought back to her and Ren's younger days, "both of us had unlocked our Auras by then; so we were about twelve -no wait... I was still taller than Ren-"

She paused a moment, to think it over.

"Eleven! We were eleven years old, and there were still a bunch of kids teasing Ren about having pink eyes 'cause they said he looked "girly"- which all though I was fine with Ren having pink eyes -because pink's one of my favourite colours, if you couldn't tell- but I was not fine with them picking on my best friend."

Nora pouted a little at the memory; still feeling ire towards the needless teasing that Ren used to receive, all for something that wasn't his fault.

Nora's mouth twisted into a smirk, "So I was gonna do everything that I could, to make them back off and leave Ren alone."

"Did you threaten to break their legs?" Jaune supplied.

Snorting, Nora shook her head, "I wasn't nearly as strong back then, but boy was I good at picking fights." She phantom-boxed a quick one-two to prove her point, "Anyway, so somehow it came down to me getting challenged to a bunch of dares from the group of people who were picking on Ren..."

"Challenges?" Pyrrha enquired.

"Oh yeah, all sorts of them!" Nora smile widened, "whether I could chug a bottle of hot sauce in a minute; if I could balance a glass of water on each hand while walking on a tightrope; writing an entire assignment using my left hand; a blindfolded obstacle course;" she counted off on her fingers, "a lot of food ones... I guess they didn't believe how healthy my appetite was, even back then..." Nora shook her head, "but none of them were quite as daunting as the last challenge."

Jaune and Pyrrha leaned forward, eyes locked on their pink clad teammate.

"It was a dark night and I was to climb this spooky old house just outside of the village," Nora wiggled her fingers for effect, "it had this really steep roof with loose shingles -I almost fell off a couple of times- but eventually I made it to the top and yelled "I'm Queen of the Castle" as loud as I could!" Nora jumped up on her bed, opening her arms up in a victory pose. "Now just before I could climb down and claim my victory, there was a rumble above me." She bounced a little on the balls of her feet. "I hadn't noticed these huge storm clouds gathering... and I was smack in the middle of them!" She punched her palm to emphasize her point, "I didn't even have time to look back down before CRACK!"

Nora flopped back-first onto her bed, arms spread out.

"I was struck right in the noggin' by a bolt of lightning! Before I knew it, I hit the ground -I mean, it didn't really hurt... I kinda bounced a bit- and I stared those bullies right in the eyes, and they ran off."

"Wow..." Jaune looked at Nora in awe, "and that's how you discovered your Semblance?"

"Uh-huh." Nora nodded, sitting back up in her bed.

"So, what about the part where Ren got mad at you?"

"Oh... right," Nora deflated a little, "Ren had been watching the whole thing from the start... We sort of had an argument about it -because he said it was too dangerous, and I said that I needed to do it to stop those bullies- and it wasn't made any better when I was knocked off of the roof." Nora sighed and hung her head in shame. "He wouldn't speak a word to me for days."

Jaune gave Nora an odd look, "But Ren doesn't talk much anyways... right?"

Nora glared at Jaune with a pout, "not saying anything is a whole lot less than not talking much!"

"So, what made him come around?" Pyrrha asked gently.

"Well..." Nora hugged her knees, "I kinda- sorta- tried to make him apology pancakes..." she shuddered, "it didn't end well."

"You know some good did come from those pancakes..." a voice cut in from across the room.

The three seated teammates jumped in surprise at the interruption. Ren stood next to the bathroom door, arms folded over his chest and his hair still wet from showering.

His mouth quirked into a half-smile as he looked at Nora. "We learned that Nora can't cook to save her life."

Nora threw a pillow at Ren -which he caught, without blinking- while she blew a raspberry, "That's why I keep you around, you big meanie!"

It wasn't long before the two best friends joined Pyrrha and Jaune in their laughter.