AN: More Sun Dragon! Finally. Heheh, anyway, hope ya'll enjoy this. Weiss is hard...she's hard to write...

Yang walked towards the cabin, running through plans in her head. "Maybe Pyrrha could help us…" she mumbled to herself.

The dragonling paused at the cabin, sensing something that was wrong. She carefully walked to the door and pushed it open. "Ruby?" she called out.

She was nearly tackled by the speedster that is her sister. "Hey, Yang! Did you bring the plant I asked for?"

Yang stared down at her sister in confusion. '...plant? She didn't ask for a plant.' Yang took a moment to take in the view inside the house. Ruby was staring at her sister expectantly, panic shining in her silver eyes. 'Okay...so she's lying…' and with a glance towards the lab and seeing Cinder's ember eyes it was evident why.

Yang put on a smile and rocked nervously. "Well, I found a few specimens I thought could work, but I didn't know which would be best. So I thought I'd come get you and have you pick."

Ruby shook her head and sighed a little. "Well, okay. Let's g-."

"Wait," Cinder suddenly interrupted. She stepped behind Ruby and crossed her arms. "Yang I need to speak with you."

"Sorry but we gotta go," Yang said quickly, grabbing Ruby's hand. "There's a bunny who was eyeing the vine I found."

Cinder shook her head and spoke sternly. "Tell Ruby where it is, and come inside."

Yang gulped and glanced between Cinder and Ruby. There wasn't a way out of this...was there? Yang sighed in defeat and looked down at her little sister. "It's by the closest bear cave."

Ruby nodded, hesitantly glancing at Cinder before she darted off. Yang watched her sister disappear into the forest...then a cruel hand grabbed her wrist and tugged her inside. The dragonling growled and bared her fangs.

"Shut up," Cinder growled as she pinned Yang against the wall. "Do not growl at me."

Yang flinched and took a breath to relax. "Cinder...what do you want?"

Cinder smiled darkly and put a hand on Yang's chest. The young dragonling could feel the warmth being pulled from her body. "I need the dragon's breath," the raven haired woman answered with a grin.

Yang gulped and closed her eyes, ready for what came next. The dragon's breath...the source of her fire, or at least a manifestation of it. Cinder claimed it was needed to keep Ruby healthy...and if it was needed who was Yang to resist?

Cinder chuckled darkly and kept Yang firmly pinned to the wall with her hand. Yang felt her warmth be pulled from her chest as Cinder's hand moved up. The blonde woman opened her eyes and saw Cinder pulling away, a fist-sized glowing orb in her hand.

Cinder smiled and gently touched Yang's cheek with her free hand. "Good girl~" she cooed teasingly as darkness overcame Yang's vision.

Weiss looked up when she sensed something coming her way, grabbing the branch she used as a weapon. In the forest, she could see flickers of red moving between the trees. As she watched, the intruder came closer...it was that girl from before, Ruby.

"Hello!" she said, her tail wagging as she darted up to Weiss.

"Hello...Ruby." Weiss asking, trying her best to keep her tone formal and courteous. "Where is your sister?"

Ruby stopped in front of Weiss and rocked on her heels, her ears twitching. "Cinder, our caretaker, needed to talk to her about something. So I'm here to help you." Ruby finished talking with a smile.

Weiss sighed, and her ears laid back on her head. She didn't like anything about this situation, but she didn't have a choice. "Alright. Yang said something about finding me somewhere to stay?"

"That makes sense. No one belongs up here alone like this," Ruby said quickly. "Well if you want a place to stay...you'll need a job."

The girl in red put a hand on her chin, pausing to think. "I don't think Roman would be right...maybe Pyrrha and Jaune?" Ruby mused. She rocked on her feet, then nodded.

Weiss looked at the girl, confused. "What are you planning?"

"There aren't many places that will hire halflings. I know of one that would give you an honest job."

Weiss paused for a moment and crossed her arms. "...what job is it?"

Ruby rocked on her heels and chuckled nervously. "Well...how do you feel about working in an inn…"

"Do I have a choice?" Weiss sighed and closed her eyes. "I'll do it."

Ruby nodded and suddenly darted off. "I'll be back!" she called behind her before disappearing into the forest.

Weiss sighed and sat down on a rock setting aside the branch. "This...is going to be interesting," she muttered with a shrug.

Ruby darted through the forest, stopping when she saw the village in the distance. She sighed and pulled her cloak around her to hide her tail, and pulled up her hood to hide her ears.

"Alright...here we go..." she murmured before walking towards the town. She kept her head down as she walked through the town, her hood casting a shadow over her face. She noticed people staring at her as she walked down the street, but that didn't stop her. The only thing that did stop her were the guards, which she darted down a side street whenever she saw one.

Ruby slipped into a small inn called the Arc. "Pyrrha!" Ruby called out.

For a moment, everything was silent, then a tall red headed tiger halfling popped up from behind a counter. Ruby shifted positions and glanced away. Pyrrha was what Yang would probably be if it weren't for Cinder. Pyrrha almost proudly showed off her halfling traits, showing off her fangs with every smile, not bothering to cover up her dark orange ears and striped tail, not to mention she always insisted on wearing tank tops and shorts to show off the dark stripes that covered her body.

"Hello!" Pyrrha said with a smile.

Ruby smiled and closed the door behind her, pulling down her hood. "Hey Pyrrha," she said with a smile as she walked up to the counter. "I need a favor."

Pyrrha looked at Ruby skeptically and leaned on the counter. "What do you and Yang need?"

Ruby took a deep breath and closed her eyes. "Do you...have an opening for a halfling?"

Pyrrha stopped and stood up, a concerned expression on her face. "Did something happen to you two?" she asked carefully.

Ruby shook her head quickly. "No no no, not for either of us. There's a halfling living on the mountain, and she needs a job and place to stay. She can't stay in the mountains when it gets colder."

Pyrrha relaxed and sighed. "Well, Ruby...that might be an issue. We only have one employee room...and it was just taken by a different halfling. Unless she's willing to share, we can't help you."

Ruby drummed her fingers on the counter and sighed. "Well, can I talk to her?"

Pyrrha nodded. "I'll go get," she said before retreating to the back where the employees stay.

As far as Ruby knew, they only had four employees, Pyrrha, two humans named Nora and Ren, and the son of the family who owns the inn, Jaune. She can't wait to meet the newest member of what might as well be called a family.

Ruby leaned on the counter, thinking about what she was going to say to this new person, but when Pyrrha came back, all that went out a window when she saw the person behind her.

"Blake!" Ruby yelped, her ears pricking.

Blake looked up and chuckled, the bow on her head twitching a little. "I should've recognized that 'wolf rolling in roses' smell was you," she said with a chuckle.

Pyrrha looked between the two girls. "It appears you've already met."

"Yeah, Yang helped her steal from the marketplace. But why are you here?" Ruby asked, crossing her arms.

"Ren caught her trying to steal some food," Pyrrha said with a chuckle.

"So Jaune offered her a job?" Ruby filled in the rest of the story with what she knew about Jaune. He was kind, almost overly so.

Pyrrha nodded, and Blake sighed. "Miss Nikos said you wanted something."

"Yeah!" Ruby's ears pricked as she remembered what she wanted. "I wanted to ask if you minded sharing a room with someone. Yang and I found a halfling on the mountain a-"

"Is she a dog?" Blake interrupted.

Ruby's ears laid back, and she growled in a low tone at Blake's comment. "Is there a problem if she were?"

"I just don't want to sleep around one I don't know. Pyrrha you understand, right?"

Pyrrha suddenly found herself at the beginning of a dog and cat fight, one she had to defuse quickly. "Ruby, you know cats are wary around dogs...it's understandable that she wouldn't want to sleep with one she didn't know."

Ruby sighed and relaxed. "Alright alright. She's not a dog. She's a rabbit."

"Alright, I guess it wouldn't be that bad," Blake said with a shrug.

Ruby smiled and nodded. "Thanks, Blake," she darted to the door, pausing to call over her shoulder. "She might be...uncomfortable showing her halfling side. Don't push her."

Blake didn't respond beyond wiggling her bow and Pyrrha nodded. "We'll be understanding. Now go get her."

Ruby smiled, then flicked on her hood and walking away, back to the forest, to get her sister and Weiss.