AUTHOR NOTE: IT SEEMS YOU GUYS ENJOYED THE STORY, SO I WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP WRITING ON IT. Song is Faded by Alan Walker. All right reserved to Rooster teeth, and Mounty Oum. I do not own Rwby or the soundtrack.

mirror, mirror

Everyone is entitled to their own sorrows, but mine plagued me. The sharp snap of fathers hand as he slaps me once again. "Failure" he spits at me as he disappears in a whirl of black. My dream fades as my subconscious is summoned to another realm, this one blindingly white. Snow littering the ground a pristine picture settled into eternity never seeming to end. Mirrors encircle the edge of my dream as a see my perfect..."no" I scream smashing the mirrors.

Who is the loneliest of them all?

My dream, like the mirrors, shatters as I crash back down into the land of the living. I crack my eyes open to see white walls a steady beeping coming from a machine. My blood freezes over as I realize I'm not in my room. I shift my body, feeling utter regret at how sore I am. I hear soft breathing coming from in the room as I steadily sat up. I notice that I am indeed in a hospital. My heart stops however at the sight of her. Ruby lay within a couple of feet from me fast asleep in a chair.

"What happened" My voice sounds horse as it breaks a couple of times. I clutch the old scar above my eye that seemed to ache. I swear this damn thing will be the death of me. Ruby suddenly started to stir, one of her silver orbs shooting to my icy blue ones.

"Weiss! you're okay" She says as she flies off the chair and crushing me into a one-sided hug. I sputter for a moment, as contact makes me uncomfortable to say the least.

"Get off of me you dolt" I shriek a little to coldly I wince at my own venom, Father raised the perfect Ice princess. I wasn't used to people in my life and as far as I could remember never had a friend. I shrink back a little disappointed at myself for yelling at this beautiful girl. "I'm sorry Ruby, I'm just tired" I say with a forced smile on my face. I wonder if she can tell, I wonder if she can see through the cracks in the ice. My attitude colder than a blizzard, only to hide the broken girl underneath. I can see it in Ruby's face as she studied me, a gleam on her eye. She leans forward and gives me a small flick on the forehead.

"It isn't good to lie" Ruby spoke with a small hint of anger in her voice.

Tell me can a heart beat be turned to stone

I let out a small sigh as a true smile danced on my face. Ruby beamed as she gently started stroking my hair. "Weiss, you suddenly passed out after we met" Ruby said as her small hands glided through white locks. I can't understand why I would have this calm demeanor as a stranger touched me...stranger that didn't seem right. I felt like Ruby was an old soul, someone who I knew but I couldn't remember. I strained my mind one last time, but I was exhausted as I fell back asleep.

"tch"

Not this snowy field, I thought to my dream self. I was back In the center of all the mirrors but something was different, the mirrors no longer reflected my old self. All I could see is Ruby looking back a look of horror on her face. I froze as I took it in, she looked younger somehow. How was this possible?

I feel like I'm missing some peace to the puzzle, I trudge through the snow and I can feel the cold getting to me. I have to keep reminding myself that this is just a dream. The sight of Ruby all around me making it even worse. A sudden noise broke through my dream a loud scream of my name as the snowy field started burning bright. Fire filled my vision as the mirrors started melting and the snow gave away to grass. Ruby lay on the ground broken free of her crystal prison. Shouts echo through my mind, Ruby's blood curdling scream. Fire burning everything I love, my house, Ruby, my sister. Why is this happening to me, I clutch my scar in the dream and blood started flowing down my face. This scar the constant reminder of my imperfectness, The constant reminder of my fathers abuse, a reminder of a past that I couldn't remember.

Flashes of my life swirl all around me. A younger version of myself laying in a field of roses Ruby by my side. Skip forward a year: Ruby and I sitting in the rain at a funeral, Ruby turning to me with blood shot eyes. Skip forward one more year: Me running through the mansion in search of Ruby everything engulfed in fire. Me saving her in time, but a beam falls from the ceiling trapping me underneath.

I want to wake up I thought to myself, I try and force my self awake. A soft voice making it through my dreams.

"You were the shadow to my light
Did you feel us?
Another start
You fade away
Afraid our aim is out of sight
Wanna see us
Alive
Where are you now?
Where are you now?
Where are you now?
Was it all in my fantasy?
Where are you now?
Were you only imaginary?

Where are you now
Atlantis
Under the sea
Under the sea
Where are you now
Another dream
The monsters running wild inside of me
I'm faded
I'm faded
So lost, I'm faded
I'm faded
So lost, I'm faded"

"I'm Fading..." Ruby broke through the dream as reality broke through one more time. I lay their shaking on the hospital bed covered in sweat. I tear my eyes open and shoot up in bed to look at Ruby.

"I remember everything" I say as tears start freeing themselves from my icy eyes. The snow had finally melted. Ruby got up from her chair and put her arms around me softly embracing me. Leaning forward to plant a kiss on my forehead, bring her mouth close to my ear and whispering "Welcome back my love".