So this one is another short chapter. I got in the habit of doing a minimum of 4k words per chapter in my last fic but that was after the first 7 chapters. So for now I'll just go with the goal of a minimum 1500. I have clear idea of what is going to happen next but this felt like a good stopping point and I really didn't want to wright another 2,000 words a 3 am.

Chapter Two: Game Night

"I play the Atlesian Air Fleet, which allows me to bypass your defenses and attack your walls directly." Weiss stated.

A smirk formed on Ruby's face. "You just activated by trap card." She said as she dramatically flipped the card on the table. "Giant Nevemore. And if you recall, this card allows me to destroy half of your fleet if I roll a six or higher."

"And if you don't it will destroy your own fleet." Weiss countered.

"I guess will see." Ruby said as she grabbed the dice on the table and rolled them. "Ha! Ten, looks like your fleet is going to be destroyed."

It was Weiss' turn to smirk. Did Ruby really think she was clever? The young girl had telegraphed the trap will in advance. "Trap card." She said as she watched the smile on Ruby's face vanish. "Scorched earth, allows me to negate the effect of your card by discarding all the cards in my hand. So it looks like my attack will go through as planed, which will be enough to take over your kingdom."

"It looks like it's just you and me Ice Queen." Nora said in a competitive tone.

"It would seem so." Weiss said as she examined the board. While Nora did control both Mistral and Vacuo after defeating Ren, which Weiss' was unsure if it had been due to Ren's noncompetitive nature or because he wanted to make Nora happy, it didn't matter. Nora's forces where far to spread out to make a difference. In another turn or two she would end this.

"I play Smugglers of Wind Path, which allows me to take two cards from my opponent's hand."

Weiss opened her mouth to point out an important detail to the energetic girl but was spared the need to by Ren.

"Nora, me and Ruby are already out and Weiss doesn't have any cards in her hand."

The hammer welding huntress seem unfazed by this news. "Well I still get a bounus because I'm playing as Vacuo."

Again, Weiss was spared the need to correct the women. "Nora I was playing as Vacuo. You're playing as Mistral."

"Arghhh! There are too many rules. I guess it's your turn."

Weiss drew another card and smiled. "I use Sandstorm which disables all your ground troops. That leaves kingdom open to attack by my army of Ursai. It looks like that's game. Fear not my defeated foes I, Weiss Schnee, shall be a benevolent dictator. AlI that I ask is-

The former heiress was cut off from her victory speech as a pillow came crashing into her face. "Looks like I'm Queen of Remnant now." Nora commanded as she took another below and smashed it across Ruby's face.

Ren, sensing the growing escalation, quietly moved to the other side of the room, and sat down on the other side of a bed.

"Again, I'm sorry. I assure you, there won't be any further noise from us." Ren said to the lady at the door.

"See that it doesn't." She said with a skeptical look before returning to the room down the hall.

Ren closed the door and turned to see the mess left from Nora's pillow fight. The beds had been pushed to each side of the room and flipped over into make shift forts to help defend against each other, feather laid all across the floor, and two lambs that had been broken into dozens of pieces. After Nora had broken the second lamb Ren had decided it was probably time to put an end to the 'pillow' fight. "I suppose we should start cleaning up."

Weiss straightened out her dress and began to help Ren clean. She couldn't help but smile. While cleaning up a mess wasn't something she would consider fun it had been over 8 months since she had done anything resembling the word, board games where not something one did at the Schnee manor. So, cleaning up after an admittedly epic pillow fight was a small price to pay. Not to mention the fact that she would get to sleep in a room surrounded by friends instead of strangers. As she began cleaning she realized that Jaune wasn't among them. When they had first started playing she just assumed he would come later. And when the game really started to get intense she become far too focused on winning to be concerned with his whereabouts. But now it seemed strange that he wasn't with his team. Certainly he would have come when he heard all the noise they were making. "How come Jaune isn't here?"

She was met with odd stares from the three other people in the room.

"What? Why are you looking at me like that?"

"You've never called him by his first name before." Ruby replied.

Had she never called him by his first name. She racked her brain thinking of an instance where she hadn't referred to him as Arc. "Well he's not nearly as insufferable as he used to be. I was just wonder why he wasn't playing with us. And if I recall, last time I played this game he beat Yang, Ruby, and I. It only seemed fair that I get a rematch now that I understand this game."

"I believe he said he was going to try and get a letter sent to his family. He probably just stopped by the store on the way back. We were running low on a couple of supplies." Ren lied. He knew exactly where his friend would be. He would be out training like he did every night. He would most likely come back an hour or two after midnight drenched in sweat. He had wanted to argue with his leader when he told him he'd be going out but with the way he had acted at Kuroyuri he wasn't really in a place to criticize the way his leader handled his grief. And what harm did it really do to let him release his anger out on a couple training dummies. Jaune had never let his training interfere with his health or behavior. He would always wake up, usually before the rest of them, and seem fully rested.

Weiss accepted Ren's answered but noted that Ruby didn't seem convinced by it. Her partner seemed to be rather concerned and who could blame her. He had been her partner for the last 6 months and they must have formed a close bond over that time. Not to mention the fact that Jaune had lost his first partner already. Team RWBY had been separated but a least she knew they were all still alive. Team JNPR was missing a member and nothing was going to fix that. Weiss had already decided that she wished to talk to him. She wanted to apologize for snapping at him when she first arrived. Two weeks in a homeless shelter and another week working a minimum wage job had put her in a bad mood but that was no reason to lash out at him. On top of that she had never thanked him for convincing Neptune to dance with her, and while that hadn't really worked out in the end the gesture had been undeniably kind. Had he asked her for a dance after Neptune had rejected her she would have been too vulnerable not to accept. But instead he choose her happiness over his own. But even more important than either of those reasons she thought maybe talking to her would help him. He was in a difficult position. Ruby may have been his friend but she was still only 15. And while she was sure both Ren and Nora would be more than willing to listen to him vent she had a suspicion someone like Jaune would be too proud to appear vulnerable them. He was their leader and would probably wish to put on the appearance of confidence to keep moral up. She was someone he could confide in without having to worry about how it would make him appear. The thought had cross her mind that her presence might complicate things. While she assumed that they would just act as a five-man team now, it was possible that Jaune might feel like a fifth wheel. Even though the majority of the team where part of JNPR he was again without a partner. Ren and Nora obviously shared a close bond and Ruby and herself would again work as partners. The thought that she was inadvertently making thinks harder on him made her feel sick. Thankfully she was brought out of her thought when Ren spoke.

"Now that that has been taken care of I'm going to head to bed. I already sent a message to your uncle that Weiss would be staying in your room so he going to sleep in our room when he gets back."

"Okay, thanks Ren." Ruby replied.

He gave Nora a hug and then gave a customary farewell to ruby and Weiss before he left to go to the room across the hall. As he entered his room he saw Jaune's pack back laying on the bed. He laid down on his bed and just hoped his friend wouldn't be too hard on himself.

I actually put a lot of work in the dialogue at the beginning. Trying to imagine how the game works was kind of difficult. I used the scene in the show and just built off that. Doesn't really had anything to the story but it seemed a good way to start the chapter and just writing "they where playing remnant" bothered me. I kind of have a bad habit of putting a lot of thought into things that are really unimportant, and a imaginary board game in an imaginary world which in itself is based on a imaginary world in a web series is really high on that list. Regardless, once I started I couldn't have written anything after that point until it was completed. I don't know if yall feel like a pillow fight seemed a little to childish but it gave me a chance to show that Weiss really needed to unwind after being imprisoned in her own home for x amount of time. It it's defiantly in character for Nora to start a pillow fight. I hope Weiss inner monloge didn't come off like a list. I just tired to point reference the things that have changed Weiss opinion of him and point out why she might feel like her presence might make him feel even more alone. So let me no what you think in the comments.