Ruby was sulking about Blake not coming to the dance. Teams RWBY and SLAR were decorating the Ball Room ready for the dance tomorrow. Ruby was just sitting at a table when Weiss came and put two clothes in front of her.

"I need your help," said Weiss, "Which table cloth looks better."

"Um," said Ruby, "aren't they both the same?"

"I don't even know why I asked you," complained Weiss.

She then walked away and Seth walked Ruby and said, "Ruby, why so sad? We're all gonna have fun tonight."

"What's the point if Blake won't come?" asked Ruby.

"Okay, you got me there," answered Seth.

I feel like Blake could use a talking to, said Ho-Oh.

"Oh don't worry," said Yang, "she will come. I just need to talk to her. WEISS! I thought we agreed on no dollies!"

"If I don't get dollies, you don't get a fog machine," countered Weiss.

"The dance is going to have a fog machine?" asked Neptune as he and Sun walked in.

"Oh hey Sun and Neptune," said Red, "You guys coming to the dance too?"

"Yep," said Sun.

"What are you going to be wearing?" asked Ruby.

"Um, this," said Sun, gesturing to his casual clothes.

"Don't listen to him," said Neptune, "he doesn't know what he speaks of."

"Hey," said Sun, "I might be going to Mistral for school, but I was born in Vacuo, not exactly a shirt kind of place."

Blake was in the library looking at the computer screen intently, when a red dot appeared on the screen. She suppressed the need to bat at it and returned to her research. The dot then reappeared and she followed it to find Yang.

"HELLO!" sang Yang.

"What the," said Blake as Yang grabbed her arm and took her to a class room, where Mewtwo was.

Hello Blake, said the Pokemon, We need to talk.

"Look, if you're here to tell me to stop, you both are just wasting your breath," said Blake.

"Just listen to what we have to say," said Yang.

"Okay," said Blake. Yang then told Blake a story about her.

"Ruby and I grew up on Patch, an island just north of Vale. Our mom's name was Summer Rose. She was like Super Mom. Baker of cookies, and slayer of giant monsters. One day, she went for a mission and never came back. Ruby couldn't stop crying for days, but dad was even more devastated."

Why? asked Mewtwo, even though he thought he knew the answer.

"This wasn't the first love dad lost. The first," Yang then paused and said, "was MY mom."

Blake and Mewtwo looked at Yang in surprise.

You and Ruby are only half sisters? the Pokemon asked.

"Yes," replied Yang.

"Why did she leave?" asked Blake.

"That question," continued Yang, "I asked my dad. He just said that she left a few days after I was born. She left without a word or any trace. One day, I found something that I thought might lead me to her. I put Ruby in a wagon and I set off to find her. We traveled for days, and the road was rough, but I kept pushing myself to get there. After a few days, I then saw what looked like an old house. I was covered in cuts and bruises, but I had made it. Then, those evil eyes appeared. They looked at us. So there we were, a toddler asleep in a wagon and a girl too exhausted to even cry for help. Our lives should have ended that day had it not been for the arrival of our Uncle Qrow."

Yang then started to have small tears roll down her face. Blake and Mewtwo looked at Yang with a new respect and sorrow.

"Yang," said Blake, as she hugged Yang, "I'm so sorry that happened to you. I understand what you're trying to say, but this is different..."

Blake, said Mewtwo, You know my story, of how I once tried to go on my own to fight evil on my own?

"Yes," said Blake.

It was this same attitude that lead me to it. I was so angry, that I thought I was above the rest, but I would only cause more grief to the world. It was only thanks to Seth and the others that I understood, that we need friends to help us. We need to be there for each other. We can't solve everything by ourselves.

Yang then hugged Blake and said, "We're not asking you to stop. I haven't stopped trying to find my mom. We're just asking you to slow down, just for the night. You're going to kill yourself if you keep this up. Please think about others before you do this again. Take it easy, not for yourself, but for those who love you." Blake then thought for a minute and said, "Okay, I'll do it for you guys."

"Thank you Blake," said Yang, "Right now, you need to get some sleep."

Yang and Mewtwo helped Blake to her dorm, and she instantly fell asleep.

Meanwhile...

Seth was nervous. He breathed in, and out, and he said, "You can do this Seth, you can do this!"

He shook himself, and said, "I know what I'm doing. I know what I'm doing... What am I doing?"

"Talking to yourself," said a voice.

Seth jumped and saw Ruby.

"RUBY!" said Seth, "DON'T DO THAT!"

"Sorry," said Ruby, "So, why are you talking to yourself?"

"Well, I have something to ask you," said Seth.

"So do I," said Ruby.

They then offered each other to ask first, but in the end, they ended up saying together, "Will you go to the dance with me on Saturday? Wait, what?"

The two looked at each other, and Seth said, "Y-you wanna go?"

"YES!" cried Ruby, and she hugged Seth.

Seth smiled, and whispered, "Yes!"

"AAAWWWWWW, My brother has a girlfriend!"

The two turned to see Alissa.

"ALISSA!" yelled the two, "SHE'S NOT MY GIRL/BOYFRIEND!"

At least not yet, they thought.

"Well, wait until Mom and Dad hear this."

Seth frowned, and groaned, "I hate you."

"I love you too," said Alissa.