AN: Second Chapter up and running. Well...really the first chapter cause prequel. Read&Review, if you so desire.
In the forest there was silence, only the sounds of birds and small creatures beginning to stir. The golden sun began rise over the mountains, and the world woke to greet it. Then suddenly, the peaceful silence is broken by a loud sound, a roar, as if from a dragon. Everything in the forest scattered and a young woman suddenly jumped down from the mountain.
She landed on the forest floor with a laugh, her hair shining like gold in the morning sun. She walked out through the forest with a cocky grin on her face, like she owned this land. Though she paused when she heard someone call out.
"Yang! You forgot something!"
The large girl called Yang turned around and found her little sister running towards her. She crossed her arms and chuckled. "What is it Ruby?"
Ruby disappeared for a moment, reappearing in front of Yang, panting a little. Yang smiled and patted her sister on the head, between her two wolf ears. "You're getting better at that spell, Rubes."
Ruby smiled and her ears pricked. "Thanks sis," she said happily. Then she pulled a cowboy hat out of her back and presented it to Yang. "Anyway, you forgot your hat."
Yang sighed and grabbed the brown leather hat. "I hate this thing…"
"Yeah I know sis, but humans wouldn't be happy if they saw those horns of yours."
Yang nodded and reached up, touching the golden horns on her head. She hated having to hide them...but she was going into town and Ruby was right about one thing...the humans would never allow her near them with these things.
The dragonling put the hat on and chuckled. "There, now Cinder doesn't have to worry about me."
Ruby smiled and nodded happily. "There ya go. Now I have to go back up the mountain, get some herbs."
Yang nodded and saw her sister off before heading back towards town with the same strut as before. She wasn't scared of humans, unlike her sister...or Cinder. Cinder was supposed to be taking care of them, but the best she did for Yang was make sure humans didn't find her. Ruby got to do all the fun stuff...it wasn't fair.
Yang kicked a rock, watching it embed itself in a tree before she broke through the forest into the small village. The humans were just starting to get moving, opening the outside market that was the center of the town.
Yang walked towards the center of the town as she pulled out a piece of paper from her small hip pouch, a list of ingredients Cinder said she needed for an experimental potion. They were common enough, people wouldn't question it. The rarer items Ruby was going to collect.
Yang was off to a good start, buying the different herbs and animal products that Cinder had requested of her, when a sound caught her attention.
"Stop that thief!" a shopkeeper called out.
Yang turned and found a young woman running from a bunch of guys. She was very beautiful, but Yang couldn't focus on that. Something else drew her attention...the smell of a cat. She leaned back and bowed her head, hiding her face as the woman ran past. Then she kicked the stand behind her, watching the produce spill onto the ground. The men either stop, or trip and fall on their asses.
Yang chuckled and turned to walked away. Humans aren't that scary...but there are a lot of them. Maybe that's why Cinder doesn't want the sisters to get caught. Too many humans, not enough halflings or witches. Well maybe she found one more.
The dragon halfling followed the fleeing girl to a back alley. The girl spun around and hissed. "Go away."
"Hey now kitty cat, I don't mean any harm." Yang pulled off her hat, letting her horns shine in the sun.
The girl paused and stepped out in the light, letting Yang finally get a good look at her. She was wearing a white button up shirt, a black vest, black boots, and what Yang can only assume were shorts...she couldn't see the end of the lower garments as they disappeared into her high boots, and on her hip hung a large bag. Though that's not what drew the dragonling's attention. It was the bow that rested on top of her head. It seemed to...twitch as the girl looked at Yang in confusion.
"I didn't think there were any other halflings around here…" the girl said softly. She took another step forward, just out of reach. "My name is Blake."
"Yang," the blonde haired girl said with a wink. She scooted over and smiled. "Its a pleasure to meet you, Blake."
Blake jumped back and hissed lightly, not wanting Yang to be that close. "Yeah sure...well...I have to go now…"
"Wait, maybe I can help you with whatever you want."
Blake's eyes narrowed and she stared at Yang distrustfully. "Why would you help me?"
"You're a halfling. And we have to stick together." Yang smiled as she spoke and held out a hand for Blake to take.
Blake stared at Yang for a moment before hesitantly reaching out and shaking her head. "Yeah okay…" The young cat girl reached into her bag and pulled out a list, quickly explaining what she had, and what she needed to get.
Yang smiled and grabbed Blake's hand, suddenly tugging her back towards the market, despite her new friend's struggling.
While her sister was getting in trouble in town, Ruby was high on the mountain, gather herbs that aren't sold in market. Though Ruby really didn't want to...so she slipped away to her secret place, a small ledge on the mountain that had a small berry bush and some grass, but the view was amazing. She could look over the forest and town from here easily.
Though today something else had caught her attention. Two bunny ears peaked over the lip of the ledge. Ruby smiled and slowly creeped forward, with a smile like a small puppy that has found something to play with. This happens sometimes...a bunny wanders over from the field further down, and Ruby gets something to play with.
She moves quietly...silently...right up to the edge...then...she jumped! She landed square on the bunny and growled playfully. Though the sound that followed wasn't something a bunny should make.
"Ack! What the hell?"
Ruby blinked in confusion and looked down, finding now a small bunny, but a small girl, with white hair and piercing ice blue eyes. Ruby's silver gaze flicked down to the young woman's pure white dress and boots. Then she noticed the long pure white bunny ears sprouting out of her head.
The bunny girl glared at the black haired girl on top of her. "Get off me," she demanded in a dangerous voice.
Ruby paused for a moment before slowly crawling off the girl in white. She pauses for a moment, then smiled. "I'm Ruby~!" she said excitedly.
The girl glared at Ruby, as if she were trying to decide what is this small puppy thing that is standing before her, even though she was the shorter than the two. Both girls stood and Ruby had to wait until the strange girl had brushed herself off.
"What are you doing?" the girl demanded.
"I wanted to play!" Ruby said plainly. "What's your name?"
The girl glared at Ruby again before answering proudly. "I'm Weiss Schnee, of the great Schnee family~!"
Ruby's ears laid back, and watched the girl named Weiss for a moment. "But...you're a halfling…"
Suddenly Weiss's ears stood straight up. "I was cursed! I didn't wanna be this!"
Ruby looked at Weiss in confusion and suddenly walked around her, crawling back up on her ledge and looking down at her. "You're lying."
"What?!"
Ruby nodded and sniffed the girl in white carefully. "Transformation spells don't affect an unwilling target...unless you were experimenting with it."
Weiss spun around and glared at the young girl. "Shut up you...you dog!"
Ruby's ears laid back and she slinked away. "S-sorry...I was...I mean…"
"What do you know about magic anyway?!"
Ruby lowered her head and spoke softly. "I know a lot...Cinder's taught me…"
Weiss looked at the girl strangely. "Who would trust you with magic?"
Ruby suddenly smiled and stood up straight, seemingly proudly. "I'm really good." Suddenly the girl in the red cloak disappeared, leaving only a flurry of rose petals in her place. then she reappeared, resting her head on Weiss's shoulder.
Weiss jumped away, yelping in surprise. She glared at Ruby. "What...are you?"
"I'm Ruby!" Ruby said happily.
Weiss sighed and turned to leave, and Ruby's ears laid back. "Are you leaving?"
Weiss rolled her eyes and glanced back at Ruby. She realized this girl wasn't going to leave her alone unless she had an excuse. "I need to go home...and you can't come with me."
Ruby whimpered softly, but didn't follow as Weiss walked away. Though...she did call out, "Can we meet again?"
"Yeah, sure, why not?" Weiss said. She meant it to be sarcastic...but Ruby took it seriously and danced a little, excited to get to see her new friend again. Though...she'll need to be on Cinder's good side. So the young girl hurried to finish her surprisingly unforgotten chore and hurry back to her home at the bottom of the mountain.
AN: So there you go...hope ya'll liked it. I did my best.
Sidenote: This is an AU...the characters from time to time will act ooc, keep that in mind while reading.
Side-sidenote: If I messed up in my writing...grammar, spelling...whatever, and it makes it hard or awkward to read, please tell me. There is no bad criticism.