Ruby

I don't know where I am. I woke up once in a cold sweat. Where I'm I?! I was surrounded by two people. One was a portly old man with a long white beard and the other was an older girl with long blonde hair. I did not recognize them so I panicked. My mommy made bad people go away, but where was she? Where was my mommy? I felt something sharp enter my arm. It hurt so much that I screamed my little head off. The old man asked me for my name. He sounded like was a nice man so I told him my name. Then everything went black.

Fire. My dream started with my village ablaze with fire. It was a small village with a few huts. People were outside my hut screaming in a panic. Then my mommy entered the tent. She is a nice lady. She wore a white cape with a white hood and had black hair but had sliver eyes, like me. "Ruby, listen to me. You have to run. Get out and run as far as your legs can carry you." She said to me. Her voice sounded far away, like she was in the water. "Mommy? Will you come with me?" I said, worried for my mom. She had a worried look on her face. She put something around me. It was red and billowing. It was a cape; much like her's except red. "Please Ruby, go. Save yourself. Run!" she yelled. She never yelled unless I was in trouble. "Please, don't leave me mommy..." I started to cry. She said she will meet me in the clearing so I decided to meet her in the woods. I ran

I forgot how long I ran for. But I was sure getting tired. I stumbled into a clearing, my feet aching from the amount of running I just did. I was now limping. My feet hurt and I was hungry and thirsty. But I was also cold. And I never got cold. But as I walked into the clearing, I started to get tired. I then decided to sleep.

I woke up on a red couch. The room was dark so I could not make out much of anything. Sitting alone on the opposite end of the couch was a figure with long hair. "Mommy, is that you?" I questioned. The figure then moved into the light. She was an older looking girl; her face was a mask of concern. She was wearing a long shirt with a fire on it. She had long yellow hair. "You're not my mommy." I said, starting to cry once again. I needed my mommy. I felt so scared and alone. I did not like this, not at all. Then, the girl moved forward and hugged me. She felt warm and it warmed my face. I noticed that I still had the cloak on. "I am not be your mommy, but my uncle is out looking for her right now okay? We will find her." She said her voice gentle. Her eyes were a dark shade of turquoise. "His name is Qrow. What's your name?" She said. My mommy once told me that it was not a good idea talking to strangers, but they were trying to find her and let me she her again, so they were my best hope. "Ruby. Ruby Rose." I said.

"Nice to meet you Ruby. I'm Yang. Yang Xiao Long." She said, nodding her head. I laughed a bit. "That name is funny." I chuckled. She tried to say her name was not funny. We sat there for a few minutes. "You're not going to hurt me, are you? Because you stuck something in my arm and it really hurt bad." I said. "No, we won't. We just did that to calm you down." She said. Just as she had said that, my tummy started to grumble. "I'm hungry…" I groaned. She looked at me and grinned. "I know just the thing." She went off into the other room. I sat there, watching the fire from the safety of my cloak. Yang came back with a plate full of…something. "These are some of Qrow's famous homemade cookies." She told me as she set down a platter. I felt worried. What if these people were going to hurt me? Then I thought, they helped me and offered me food. Reluctantly, I picked up the cookie and bit into it. Then I started to devour them one by one. They were delicious!

Yang and I sat there for a few minutes as I munched on the cookies. I felt a surprising sense of calm. Then I felt all warm on the inside. My tummy must have been full so I laid down. "Tummy full. I think I am going to go night-night now." I said aloud. Yang just smiled and said something as my world faded to black.

Afterword:

As you can probably tell, this story will often time switch focus between the four girls. First will be Yang and Ruby, then Weiss then Blake. For this chapter I tried to right it from partly the perspective of a five-year old Ruby.

DWfan out

Peace.