Edit (06/18/16): Minor grammar edits.
A tall blonde girl burst through Beacon's infirmary and a certain red-haired girl was shocked and was almost scared to death from the loud bang the door had created as she tried to sleep her afternoon off and get some rest from overexerting herself at the first year initiation at Beacon.
"Ruby!" the blonde girl screamed at her
Ruby noticed that she only had one arm which was holding a plate of cookies, baked the way Ruby had always liked them. "Yang, you forgot your arm…," Ruby stated. Yang looked over to where her right arm was supposed to be.
"Oh," Yang stated emotionlessly.
On Yang's first year at Beacon, a war of a small scale had broken out, mostly concentrated on the school and the downtown area of Vale. Areas outside weren't as heavily affected but families were torn apart from the death toll. Throughout the war, Yang had lost an arm in a tense battle with one of the White Fang's commanders. In the end, Yang had claimed her first and last life but she was not to win the duel to the death unscathed. With the help of a former White Fang member, Yang and the fauness were deemed as heroes in the Battle of Beacon along with the rest of her team called Basil or BASL as they were named who was awarded with medal of a true hunter for their important and decisive contributions during the Battle of Beacon.
"That's not important," Yang snapped, "You should be more careful about your own body!" At this point, Yang had placed the plate of cookies on the bedside table and shoved a cookie into the poor girl's mouth. Choking on the cookie, Ruby coughed violently as she tried to spit the cookie crumbs out of her mouth. Yang didn't look like her usual self. The happy and uncaring blonde who now stood in front of Ruby was angry, pissed, and overbearingly protective. Her pupils were red instead of their usual lilac color. "Ruby Rose!" Yang had rarely used her full name but hurting herself was one of those rare moments, "Do you know how worried I was?! I called dad about you and he's been worried sick. So he going to come here in a couple hours during his prep period at Signal. And you are not going anywhere, baby sis until I say so." Yang's temper had gradually died down and her pupils were back to their normal state. She then revealed a bag behind her and retrieved two cartons of milk and handed it to Ruby.
For some reason, Ruby can never get how Yang manages with one arm sometimes especially like this where it seemed as if she had never lost an arm in the first place.
"Here, sorry for choking you and getting angry at you," Yang apologized genuinely, "You know how worried I get when it comes to you…" Yang looked away from Ruby to hide the emotions that she didn't want to show her younger sister but looked back at her sister with a genuine smile. Yang then kneeled down by Ruby and gave her a wide and tight hug that communicated everything that Yang wanted to say to Ruby. "Don't scare like this anymore, please Rubes."
"I'm sorry, Yang…," Ruby replied, returning her sister's hug with one hand while reaching for another cookie with the other hand, "I knew I shouldn't have used my semblance but I was having fun that I forgot…."
Yang was still hugging Ruby and she was able to grab a cookie behind her sister but the door opened silently and a violet-haired girl and a black-haired fauness had entered the room. Yang broke the hug and stood up to wave at the fauness.
"Hi there, Ruby," the fauness said. The violet-haired girl merely waved.
"Hi, Vi. Hi, Blake," said the two sisters. The two girls by the door then approached Ruby and sat down on stools next to Yang.
"What's kitty doing here? You fawning over my cute and adorable sister?" Yang teased the fauness who seemed unaffected by her witty remarks.
"No, just checking on my partner who ran off at a moment's notice when she heard her sister was in the infirmary," she replied in a cool manner before revealing a dust-powered bionic arm.
"U-uh…," Yang stuttered, "T-thanks…" Usually, Yang would have made another rude remark but she blushed and was left speechless and simply took and installed her bionic arm without another word. Ruby noticed this and her mouth was left agape with disbelief that her sister had been left speechless from a single sentence from the fauness and awkward silence followed soon after.
"Anywayyy…," Ruby said to break the silence, "Thanks for visiting guys. I'm fine, really. I mean I should just get up right now and have some cookies and milk and then go to the banquet hall where first years are supposed to be having a sleepover and then sleep right next to Vi and have some fun because you know, that's cool."
"No, Ruby Rose," Yang snapped, "You are to spend the night here at the infirmary until the school nurse releases you but seeing that she had not signed anything yet, you are staying in your bed and you're going to just have cookies and milk. No more, no less. We're going to have the party at my team's room tomorrow when you're out of the infirmary."
"Aww," Ruby pouted, Vi smirked, and Blake just face palmed, "you're no fun Yang."
Yang simply turned around and showed herself to the exit and slammed the door. Blake followed soon after and Vi stayed behind to talk to Ruby.
"So, Bestie," Vi said, "I'm sorry for not finding you sooner. But I'll tell you some good news after you get out of here, okay?" Ruby just nodded and grabbed another cookie and drank the milk her sister gave her. "Ruby, you'll be so glad when you get out of this place," Vi said very cheerfully.
"What do you mean?"
"You'll see," Vi replied, "I better go, and my teammates need me to help them get the dorm cleaned up." Vi approached Ruby and promptly squeezed her hands, "Get better soon, Ruby!"
"Okay, I will! Thanks for visiting me Vi," Ruby said happily.
Vi then started to head for the door when she remembered something. "Oh and uh, once you get out of there, Professor Goodwitch wants to see you personally in her office. She said something about your condition or something like that. Could be just about your semblance or who knows? Anyway, I'm glad you're safe, bestie."
Ruby smiled and saw Vi leave the infirmary and was left by herself again as when she woke up earlier.
Ruby had just woken up with a book on top of her stomach. Must've slept while reading, she thought. Ruby then lifted the book and moved it to the bedside table and sat upright. She had left a couple cookies uneaten the night before and Ruby suddenly had the urge to eat cookies so she took one, ate it in one bite, and was now satisfied.
While she was finishing the cookies Yang left her yesterday, Beacon's only nurse came inside with a clip holder on her right hand. She then took stapled pieces of paper that was apparently on the foot of the bed in which Ruby was lying on. The nurse looked through the pages individually before glancing at Ruby
"Miss Rose," the nurse said, "Based on your medical history, you should be fine without being here for at least twenty-four hours. So I've gone through your release form and you're free to go. I just need your signature here," the nurse pointed to a blank line and handed over to Ruby a black pen and she signed her signature before standing up properly from the bed, "Before you go, I've been ordered by the headmaster for you to meet the headmaster in her office yesterday."
Even though Ruby had already heard this from Vi, she didn't want to disrespect the nurse and nodded and thanked her. The nurse smiled and pulled out a piece of candy for Ruby and Ruby happily accepted and ate the candy before leaving the infirmary.
Ruby walked through the hallway that connected the school to the headmaster's office through a single elevator. Ruby entered and pressed a button that led to the headmaster's office. She then waited a couple seconds as the elevator lifted the girl to the floor where the headmaster was.
When the elevator doors opened, she saw the headmaster sitting in a chair across from her and a desk In between the two of them.
"Miss Rose, I was expecting you. Please sit down," she motioned with her right hand to a chair in front of her desk and Ruby complied and sat down, "Miss Rose, do you have any idea why you are here today?"
Ruby shook her head and said, "No, but is it about what happened to me during the initiation?"
"Yes, but more importantly, I received your medical papers when you had applied for Beacon and it tells me about your condition regarding your semblance. Your doctor has stated that you are 'incapable' of fighting for a long period of time and that you tend to faint after you exceed your limit," she said emotionlessly which naturally gave the red haired girl the impression that the blonde headmaster would kick her out of the school if she said something wrong, "So I will ask you this one question. How badly do you want to become a huntress?"
Ruby was confused at the question that the headmaster had just asked but she answered anyway.
"More than anything."
"I see," the headmaster stated, "That should be all I need from you. Miss Rose, head down to the first year dormitories at room one hundred twenty-five. I believe I should leave it as a surprise for you to find out who your teammates are by yourself."
When the blonde headmaster had finished speaking, Ruby saw her break a smile amidst her stern facial features. This made Ruby smile as well and she thanked the newly appointed headmaster of Beacon repetitively and dashed the elevator and excitedly pushed the button for the elevator to go down.
Once the doors opened, she ran towards the dorm hall without using her semblance and she soon found herself in front of the room that Professor Goodwitch had told her to go to.
Ruby reached out a hand and held the doorknob for a while as excitement filled her entire body and she was at the point where Ruby couldn't stop herself from containing her squeals and laughter. Ruby slowly rotated the doorknob and pushed the door open and saw Crescent Rose immediately on top of an unoccupied bed. Besides her sweetheart was Vi on her scroll doing something. Ruby went wide-eyed as she saw her best friend in the dorm room she is going to be in for four years. Just to be sure, Ruby looked at the dorm room number and it said "125" precisely as professor Goodwitch had said.
"Hey there, bestie," Vi cheered, "You miss me?"
Ruby ran next to Vi and fell down on the bed next to her and buried her face in Vi's pillow. "This is so much softer than the pillows in the infirmary," Ruby said and emphasized it by moaning into the delectable softness of the pillow but no one can beat Ruby's Zwei pillow-slash-plush that his dad had dropped off since she forgot the pillow at her dad's office at Signal academy which was the king of softness yet sturdy enough for a pillow fight.
Someone behind Ruby cleared their throat in a deep voice. Ruby turned around and saw Vi's very own twin brother, Lucian Fleur.
"Hey, Ruby. Hope you're feeling better but please keep your moment of pleasure to yourself," he stated which caused the red haired girl to redden her cheeks instantaneously and smiled sheepishly. She had forgotten that there were more than just two people in a team and she had to share her room with two other people.
"Ehehe," Ruby scratched the back of her head, "Who's my partner?" As soon as she had finished asking, Ruby felt multiple pokes on her back and she turned around to face Vi.
"You're looking at her."
If Ruby's lips could stretch endlessly, Ruby's lips that formed a smile would have reached the end of the universe if she had wanted to do so. The smile soon turned into squeals as she hugged the violet haired girl tightly. Luckily for Vi, she had already gotten used to Ruby's bear hugs that hurt a lot when she first met Ruby at Signal Academy.
"Ohhh!" Ruby squealed, "We'll be partners for four more years! I'm so happy! But how did we become partners?" Ruby was curious as to how they became partners but she was happy nonetheless.
"Remember when you were fighting those Grimm?"
"Yeah," Ruby replied forlornly.
"I found you in lying on the ground, Crescent Rose was probably two meters away from you, and it was a good thing I got to you when I did. That Ursa was so close to trampling you in your sleep."
"Hey, what about me helping with carrying that heavy piece of metal?" Lucian added while his back faced the two girls.
"That was just it, Luke. You just carried Crescent Rose," Vi snapped back.
"Don't call my sweetheart a piece of metal!" Ruby retorted, "Crescent Rose is a fine work of art for weapons that was created by me."
"Okay, okay. I'm sorry. Now I have to finish some paperwork since I'm the leader of this team and you don't even value my opinions so what does it matter anyway…"
"That's just too gloomy, Luke."
"Well, it's true!"
"We're sorry for teasing you too much, Lucian," Ruby apologized, "and thanks for carrying Crescent Rose here."
"U-uh," he stuttered briefly, "Y-yeah."
"Speaking of team, who's your partner, Lucian?" Ruby asked.
"His name Dewitt Lars. He wasn't part of our group and I think he moved here from Vacuo from his choice of clothing and his weapo-"
"Yeah, yeah, Luke. We get it. You're smart with history and all that stuff," Vi interrupted.
"See what I mean? You just don't value what I have to say at all!"
The twins were having a fight and Ruby was aware that the tension between the two hadn't been good lately ever since they met at the cliffs for the initiation. Suddenly, Ruby's scroll vibrated from her pocket and she took it out.
Yang was calling Ruby and she excused herself from the bickering twins and went outside and answered the call.
"Hey Yang," Ruby said through the scroll.
"Hey sis, you still up for my offer?"
"Offer?" Ruby had already forgotten what Yang had proposed to her yesterday. Probably because Ruby had a lot in her mind lately mainly concerning about her health.
"Come to room, remember?"
"Can I invite Vi?"
"Sure."
"Thanks. Love you, Yang."
Ruby wanted for Vi to be away from his brother for a while so she can think things through and Ruby can help the twins whatever they were dealing with. But first, Ruby wanted to have some fun with her best friend at Yang's place.
Ruby went back inside the dorm room and the twins had finally stopped arguing about whatever they were fighting about. A couple seconds later, Ruby's scroll had vibrated once again and looked at it.
There was a single message from Yang and when Ruby opened it, it displayed the room number that team Basil was residing in.
Ruby hid her scroll and went over to Vi then grabbed her arm and starting dragging her across. To her luck, Vi didn't fight back and just let herself be taken away by the red haired girl. Once Ruby got Vi into the hallway, Vi asked Ruby to let her go and she did as she was asked. VI straightened herself up and sighed, "Ruby, I'm sorry for earlier. Luke and I are not having the best of days this month. Everything is just messed up…"
"Don't worry, Vi. Let's have fun first and I'll help you patch up things with Lucian later."
Vi simply nodded unenthusiastically.
The two went to the third year dormitories and headed to the room number that Yang had given them. They entered and saw that Yang was wearing an apron, an unusual sight to behold, and Blake was lying on her bed, minding her own business and reading a book.
"Rubes! Come on in! I'm just going to finish baking these cookies and I'll be there with you," Yang said with a wink. Ruby just smiled in response. Blake saw them and motioned her right hand towards two empty seats. The two then took upon the offer and sat down as they were asked to.
Ruby waited for the cookies to arrive while Vi took her scroll out and started sending messages to a bunch of people that Ruby couldn't see who it was. It didn't matter to her anyway. A couple minutes pass by, Yang came out with a plate full of cookies and a jug of milk. A girl behind Yang, had blue hair, and was wearing a cyan nightwear, came out of the kitchen holding six mugs for their entire team plus Ruby and Vi. She placed the mugs on a nearby desk and faced the two first year students.
"You two must be from team Lavender, if I'm correct?" she asked.
Vi nodded with a fake smile and Ruby noticed this. It must be really troubling her, she thought to herself, and team Lavender? That is so cool! I'm at the end though…
"Greetings, my name is Aqua Cinthe. I'm a third year huntress-in-training, I'm also the leader of Team Basil, and I'm your sister's partner. I assumed that you've already met Blake so I'll cut to the chase," Aqua said in a cheerful and graceful manner, "Welcome to Beacon. Ruby Rose and Violette Fleur, I hope your stay her at Beacon will be a terrific one."
"Thanks," said Ruby with a wide grin. Vi looked at her and became somewhat relaxed now.
"Dig in," Yang yelled out loud enough to be heard by everyone in the room but soft enough to not disturb the neighbors.
Ruby passed on cookies to Vi who heartily ate the freshly baked goods and Ruby started eating some of the golden treats.
"By the way, who's your other team member?" Ruby asked curiously.
"Her name's Weiss Schnee. She's probably doing some homework in the library or something," Yang answered, "Weiss' should be back in a couple of minutes of join us with your welcoming party. So save some cookies for her. I didn't get to bake as much since you know… yesterday…"
"Don't sweat it, Yang," Ruby hugged her sister, "I'll get better in no time now that I'm attending Beacon, right Vi?"
Vi nodded again, feeling a little bit embarrassed that Ruby put her on a brief moment of spotlight. Vi then ate more cookies to relax herself more from her fight with her brother from earlier.
After having a dozen cookies and half a jug of milk, Ruby felt full and wanted to lie down in bed but Yang stopped her and said that she would feel bloated when she just lies down in bed after eating a lot so Ruby decided to stay put where she was right next to Vi.
Suddenly, someone knocked on the door and opened it without even asking for permission to enter. A girl wearing a white skirt just like Ruby's but white and her hair was tied to the right side of her head.
"Welcome back, Weiss," Blake said. Weiss curtsied and entered the dorm holding a textbook, a notebook, and a couple of pencils for writing.
"Welcome to Beacon, you two. How is your stay at Beacon so far?" she asked.
"It was pretty fun but Ruby didn't get to do anything since she got sent to the infirmary," Vi replied.
"I'm sorry to hear that," Weiss stated.
"Nah, it's cool," Ruby said, "it was my fault anyway. I used my semblance too much that I passed out. I never seem to listen to my doctors. Hehe."
"Well, you should take care of yourself more," Weiss started as she grabbed a cookie and nibbled on it.
"I will," Ruby said and smiled.
The six of them chatted until it was late into the night. Aqua wanted to send the two back to their dorm room but Weiss and Yang insisted that they should stay over for the night. Blake had said nothing and Aqua was pressured to agree to let the two stay just for the night.
Yang set up a large airbed for the two to sleep on while Weiss took out spare pillows from the cabinet drawer near their bathroom, and Ruby sent a message to Lucian telling him to bring her Zwei pillow to her. Lucian appeared in front of the door in less than five minutes and Ruby took the pillow from him and said goodnight.
Aqua told the five girls that it was time for the light to be off and the six went to sleep soon after.