Ruby awoke to sunlight streaming in through the window. For the last several days the weather had been anything but good. Summer had been leaving with one final heat wave with a very high humidity, which had led to severe thunder storms. But today the sun was shining, the temperature seemed to be around seventy eight degrees, the humidity was forecast to be low, and she could feel Weiss peacefully sleeping next to her.

An image of her and Weiss sharing the small bed in the forest house in their previous lives flashed in Ruby's head and she found herself smiling. She carefully slid out of bed and made her way to the bathroom. She removed her clothes and was about to step into the shower when Weiss walked in.

They stared at each other for a minute before Weiss closed the door behind her and began taking off her own clothes.

"What're you doing?!" Ruby shouted, grabbing a towel.

"What? It's not like we don't have memories of each other naked, and during… certain activities." Weiss said.

"Well, I guess that's true." Ruby said, letting the towel drop.

Weiss walked over to her and put her hand on Ruby's shoulder, "If you want me to leave so you could have some privacy…"

"NO!... Sorry, no" Ruby said, her face going red, "It's just… I guess I'll just need to get used to the fact that we've been intimate at one point. But for now," She said, grabbing something from the closet, "Let's take it slow." She said, handing Weiss a two piece bikini.

"Ok."

After taking a shower together they got dressed and headed to the cafeteria in search of food. Ruby was about to grab her usual plate of cookies but Weiss stopped her and pulled her towards the salad bar, "First have a salad, then you can have cookies," Weiss said, ignoring Ruby's pout.

As they sat down with their salads a woman entered the cafeteria. She was about 5' 10" with short brown hair, and she was wearing two inch heels, black stockings, a blue skirt that went to her knees, and a white button up shirt with long sleeves.

She grabbed a salad as well and was going to go sit at the teachers table but Ruby waved at her, "Ms. Dewitt. Wanna sit with us?" she called out.

"Ruby, who's she?" Weiss asked as the woman approached.

"Elizabeth Dewitt, she's the Herb ology teacher." Ruby said as Elizabeth sat down.

"How're you two doing today?" She asked digging into her salad.

"Not bad. How's your class going?" Weiss asked.

"Better than you would think. Then again when you're out in the wild you would want to know what's edible and what isn't."

"Or what herbs will numb the pain of a wound." Ruby said finishing her salad.

"Or counteract the effects of Nirnroot." Weiss said, remembering the reason her past self had gone in search of Elda.

"All true," Elizabeth said, "What team are you apart of?"

"Team RWBY!" Ruby exclaimed.

"Isn't that the team that took down a Nevermore during their initiation?"

"Technically one of our songbirds did." Weiss said.

Elizabeth dropped her fork, "I'm sorry, one of your what?"

Weiss whistled a short tune and then a songbird appeared in the cafeteria.

Elizabeth gaped at it, "How the hell did you get that? I always thought there was only one."

Weiss and Ruby looked at her, "You've seen one before?" Ruby asked.

"In Columbia. One had been made to be my protector. Though it also was supposed to keep me trapped in the tower I was in."

"Hm, well they do a good job at tearing apart nevermores," Ruby said, "Can I go get some cookies now?"

"Yes but only four, you need to stay fit." Weiss said.

"So how many do you have, and where did you get them?"

"My friend and guardian Martin Bible gave them to us, and we both have five. He wanted to make sure we were well protected." Weiss said.

"Well I can guarantee that. The one that I had, ripped the tower I was in apart to keep me from leaving, and it did it with little to no effort."

"What happened to it?" Ruby asked, returning with her four cookies.

"It drowned at the bottom of the ocean."

"Oh, I'm sorry." Weiss said, snatching one of Ruby's cookies.

"Hey get your own."

"Don't be, in the end he ended up seeming more of a bully than a friend."

"Well, we had better get to class. So talk to you later." Weiss said, sending the songbird back to the pocket dimension.

Meanwhile, Winter was having some trouble adjusting to life without servants. Even though she had spent at least two weeks at Beacon she had been treated as a VIP. Whereas here at signal she was just another student.

And she thought that Elenor was a basket case. Winter would walk into their dorm room and find her talking to someone that wasn't there. She would say that she was talking to her father, but Winter would never see any form of Blue tooth device in her ear.

Today Winter was walking back to the room and she could hear that Elenor was talking to nobody again. She decided to listen to her talk for a while.

"You know, I don't think that about her at all. No I don't think she's rude. Well considering some of the people we've met she could've turned out a lot worse. Well for starts she could be snootier. I know she is but she could be worse is all I'm saying. What's that supposed to mean? Eww no! No I am not. Uh, because I do. I just know ok!"

By then Winter had had enough so she burst into the room and looked all around it, "Where are they?" she demanded after a few minutes.

"Where's who?"

"The person you were talking to?"

Elenor looked at her blanked faced before she started to giggle, "Oh! Is that why you've been acting strange?"

"I'm acting strange? You're the one talking to people who aren't there!"

"Well, actually, he is. It's just that I'm the only one who can see him."

"What?"

"Ever heard of a place called Rapture?"

"Yeah."

Elenor looked at her, shocked, "You have?"

"Yeah. Big underwater city, full of greed and corruption. Also a place where orphaned little girls get infused with creatures known as Adam slugs and become what is known as a little sister. Yes. My sister was accidently left there and was one for about two months."

"Damn." Elenor said.

For the next hour Elenor told winter her story and by the end of it Winter was looking impressed, "So, your big daddy's mind is in your head?"

"Yup."

"Hm, interesting."