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Chapter 6:

Restless

It was almost midnight, and the entirety of team RWBY was fast asleep, except one: a certain white-haired girl didn't seem to be able to fall into sweet dreams like the rest of her team could.

Weiss simply laid down on top of her bed, the sheets covering her nightgown. She was looking at the bottom of Ruby's bed like it was the most interesting thing in the world. She knew she was supposed to sleep as it was already really late; but she couldn't do simple things like sleep after what happened that day. She gratefully used the silence of the room to get her head together as she had been unable to do so during the day.

Her head had been like a warzone the past few weeks, and it only became worse and worse. School, homework, her father and the pressure of opening up to her teammates were weighing her down enormously. And now this whole affair with Blake being shrunk was the straw that broke the camel's back. The heiress feared she could have a panic attack at any moment. At first she was stressed but now the whole situation was completely messed up.

It was strange, everything was going so well after the night at the docks. Blake and Weiss had been slowly accepting each other for what they were after they fixed their broken bonds.

It had been difficult for Weiss to accept her friend's Faunus heritage. She had been taught her whole life to see them as degenerates, as lesser beings. When she had been younger she didn't believe her father for one bit, some of the Faunus servants had been the some of the kindest in the Schnee's manor. Later, as the White Fang had started to threaten and attack the SDC and board members and even family members had started disappearing, her vision of the species had completely changed.

But she did realize that the constant bickering between herself and Blake hadn't really been helping the efficiency or dynamics of team RWBY. That's why she had been willing to put their past disputes away so they could become better teammates. That didn't mean that they had become friends however. Weiss hadn't really trusted Blake yet, but deep inside of her she had hoped she would be able to one day.

It had surprising how hard both parties had tried to strengthen their bonds and become more social, not just for each other, but for all their friends. Blake on her part was acting less and less distant and mysterious, she had opened about her past up to her teammates after they had found out she was actually a Faunus. Anything they had asked her, she had answered truthfully. Not only that, but she had started to sit less with her nose in a book and started to hang out more with her team. She smiled much more than before, Weiss suspected Yang was rubbing off on her.

Weiss herself had been changing too. Slowly but surely she was stripping off the layers of her icy shell, revealing how lonely she actually felt and that the whole bitchy heiress attitude had been a mask in front of her true emotions. That's why she had been able to look past those fluffy black ears and see the friendly and gentle girl behind them.

But all of that bonding seemed to mean nothing when Weiss' teammate, the one that she was finally getting along with, had somehow shrunk to the size of a doll. And she was the one to blame, Weiss knew it, hell, she would bet the whole damn Schnee Dust Company that the unknown Dust was the cause of Blake's problems.

Blake hadn't accused Weiss of anything yet, but for how long? She had all the right to be enraged towards the heiress, but instead she had been scared to the bone as she was suddenly a hundred times smaller than normal. It only fueled Weiss guilt, slowly eating away at her.

'How could I have been so ungodly stupid?' She was the one who handed Blake the Dust. If she wouldn't have done that then Blake wouldn't be about the size of her finger. 'Sure, let's give a bunch of unused Dust to your teammate and one of your best friends, what the fuck could possibly go wrong?'

Yes, she knew Blake would have probably died or at least been injured really badly if she hadn't got the Dust cartridge. But that gave Weiss little to no reassurance - she had probably ruined her teammate's life anyway. 'What if Blake doesn't change back? I know Yang said she would take care of her forever, but I don't think even Yang can do that alone.'

Weiss rested her hand on top of her head as her brain began to hurt because of her constant worrying and pondering. The fact that it was really running late didn't help either.

'I guess I'll need to take care for her as well, it's the least I could do for her, and I do need to start making things up to her after all. I should be able to do Yang's job when she isn't here for some reason.' There were other things haunting her besides her own duties. Weiss did really care about her teammate, her friend. She was afraid something was going to happen to the little girl, that's why she decided to keep an eye on her as she didn't completely trust the boisterous blonde of her team.

Weiss suddenly felt tiredness smack her in the face. She had completely forgotten about her exhausted mind and body during those exhilarating events of that day. The heiress finally decided, admittedly with a heavy heart, to go to sleep.

Turning around so she laid on her side, she closed her eyes and felt herself already being pulled in a deep sleep. There was one thing she realized before she was lead to dreamland.

'Father is not going to be happy about this.'

Blake felt strange. She was not laying on the soft surface of the sheets. The floor felt cold and hard instead of the warmth of silk.

She opened her eyes and saw… nothing. Really, it was that dark. For a moment she thought she was in that same dark room she was in last time. But as she felt around she realized that, wherever she was, the place didn't have the walls, nor the window.

Blake stood up and looked around, trying to find some kind of light source, anything really. She knew she was dreaming, but somehow couldn't wake up. She wasn't sure if she was actually dreaming or stuck in a nightmare.

That's when she remembered something. Feeling around in her pocket, she was pleasantly surprised to find out it was actually there. She took out the little lighter that saved her last time, would it be able to get her out of this vortex of nothingness again?

When she flicked the lighter, it didn't create a tiny spark that lasted just a second like last time, instead an orb of light flew out, and it stopped and began floating a few feet before her. The orb gently bobbed up and down, like it was trying to catch her attention.

The orb radiated a comforting warmth which drew the cat girl unconsciously closer. Blake reached out to touch the wonderful orb, but the orb flew away just as she was in range.

She tried it again, but just like last time, as soon as she came closer the orb flew away. Blake noted that it always flew in the same direction.

Was it leading her to somewhere?

It sure as hell looked like it did.

She decided to follow it where it was going, as she didn't have anything else to do in that godforsaken black wasteland. That's when she came up with a little theory. She began walking a bit faster and just like she thought, the orb started to fly faster as well.

Blake took off in a flown blown sprint, she had too much pent up energy in her legs anyway. The orb kept flying in front of her, no matter how fast she ran.

As they raced across the plain of darkness, Blake couldn't help but think that it came right out of some fairy tale; the sight was something magical, as the runner was being illuminated by the only light source in the vicinity, the glowing orb which she followed. She probably could have enjoyed the run if it wasn't so damn boring. 'At least change the scenery a bit, the black is getting kind of dull.'

Suddenly the darkness of the room wasn't illuminated by just the orb of light anymore - a giant fire appeared on the horizon, its glow stretching far and wide. Blake's eyes hurt a bit as she wasn't adjusted to the brightness. It seemed that the orb was leading her towards it, the girl had trouble distinguishing it's light against the huge flame in the background.

When the sea of fire was only about two hundred feet away from her, she noticed the flame exist almost purely out of yellow. What stood out more however, was that it looked like it encased something. Or someone.

The little orb stopped for a moment, before making a jump start and crashing right into the fire with astounding speed. As the orb hid the flame, some of the fire spread out, giving Blake a better view of the thing in the flames.

As she could make out the form of the object, she noticed it was strangely humanlike.

'Yang?'

Indeed, in front of her stood her partner, flames licking all around her body. But as Blake came closer and closer, she realized there was something wrong, for starters she was the same size as Blake. Secondly, her eyes were closed. The normally comforting warmth her partner was radiating wasn't gentle at all, it burned Blake to the touch as she stretched her arms to touch one of the blonde's cheeks, making her scream in pain.

As soon as Blake touched her, Yang's eyes opened wide. Only they weren't the delightful lilac eyes Blake knew, they were blood red, two fires stronger and fiercer than the fire around them. A burst of flames erupted out of her partner, blowing Blake of her feet. She flew a few feet through the air before rolling over the floor.

When she managed to get back up again, she had to shield her eyes from the fire, that was much bigger and brighter than before and didn't seem to stop growing. The flame wasn't the only thing which was increasing in size however, Yang seemed to grow with the fire around her, making her stand over twice the size Blake had seen her before she went to bed.

That was when she noticed the blonde was stark naked, only she didn't just look gorgeous, she looked dangerous as well as the fire engulfed her broad figure. Even though Blake had to admit her friend was eye candy, she didn't get aroused from seeing her nude form, she was frightened. The girl who was towering above her wasn't her teammate, nor partner, nor friend, she was a powerful fiery goddess, invoking fear in Blake's mere mortal heart. She was literally power incarnate.

The heat being released by the goddess didn't subdue. On the contrary, it only grew fiercer and stronger and Blake had to shield her entire face as her skin was being burned from the heat alone.

The goddess looked down at the puny Faunus in front of her, her blood red eyes observing every part of Blake. The raven-haired girl in question was absolutely terrified, she couldn't help but shiver. She felt helpless and small against the ginormous creature of fire in front of her, more than she had when Yang first found her the previous day.

Suddenly the goddess moved, she raised her bare foot, which was at least twenty time bigger than Blake's whole body. Blake could only look as her fear pinned her down when the massive foot began to lower in her direction.

Before she knew it planted on top of her. She was somehow not being crushed immediately as the skin was rather soft, but the heat and pressure made her scream in pain and agony.

Blake knew she was going to die.

Yang was having a nice and easy rest, she was dreaming about her and Blake. They were sitting in a field of beautiful flowers on a nice wooden bench. There were about a dozen kittens running around, crawling over their laps and bees buzzed as they flew through the field, while Blake was smiling and looking at the sun which was just about to set. It had been a while since Yang saw that smile, or at least at that size.

She had forgotten how stunning it was. Every time Yang was able to make that smile appear on her partner's face was a little achievement for her. Not that it was that difficult to do now, but back when they met it had been literally impossible. A small smirk was all she had gotten in the first few weeks.

Yang turned her head back, looking in the distance. Not that there was anything particularly interesting to look at, it was just that the sight was very soothing and peaceful. Against popular belief, Yang did in fact like the serenity of the field. Yes, she was a loud and carefree person, but that didn't mean she couldn't enjoy silence for once.

The duo didn't talk nor look at each other, they simply enjoyed each other's company. Yang closed her eyes a bit, but the longer she sat there while seeing nothing, the more she missed that beautiful smile.

But when she looked back at her partner next to her, she was surprised to find that the raven-haired girl and kittens were gone.

She scanned through her whole surrounding but to no avail, the Faunus girl was nowhere to be found. All of a sudden something broke through the silence, a faint cry for help sounding form somewhere in the field. It sounded familiar somehow.

'Blake?'

Yang stood up. Screw the peace, screw the silence, screw the serenity; her partner was in trouble and she was going to save her dammit! The blonde began racing through the field of flowers, while she was sprinting through the field the sun went down, covering the field in darkness as no stars appeared in the sky. The only thing noticeable were the vibrant colors of the flowers.

But as Yang came closer to the source of the screams, she noticed the flowers weren't pretty anymore. They were withered while, thorns had grown out the stems. And then even the flowers disappeared, leaving Yang in a black nothingness.

She didn't care though, she was going to follow the screams until she would find where they came from, she had to.

Something appeared on the horizon. It looked like a fire, a big one at that. When she was close enough to see what it was, she wished she hadn't.

The woman in the flames in front of her looked like her, but Yang felt that she was different. She was over 200 feet tall, had no clothes on and her eyes were blood red. Alright that last one wasn't so different after all, but still, Yang's wasn't always angry. In front of the giantess laid Blake, her partner and friend. She was so close, yet so far away.

She had come just in time to see the goddess version of herself raising her bare foot over Blake while the Faunus screamed in pain.

No, this couldn't happen! Yang didn't give a shit if this was a dream or not!

"BLAAAKE!" She exclaimed. She ran towards her friend but to no avail. As the foot came down, covering Blake completely form sight, Yang felt herself slip away into the darkness.

Yang shot up violently in her bed, almost hitting her head against the underside of her own bed. She noticed her heart was beating at rapid speed so she tried to calm herself down, not moving for a moment. When she calmed down enough, she took in her surroundings. She was in Blake's bed in her teams dorm room, the vision of herself killing Blake was gone, the darkness had made room for the dim light of the moon. There was one thing that stayed the same however, the whimpering and screaming.

It originated from directly above her, where Blake laid.

'Blake!'

Yang almost leaped out of her bed before climbing on top to look if her partner was okay. It probably had just been a nightmare or something, but with her partners fragile state she could never be sure enough.

If it had in fact had been a nightmare then she would probably need emotional support. In the past she had given Ruby a lot comfort whenever her little sister had had a nightmare. Those had been common especially when her mother, Summer disappeared. That had been a very hard period, not just for Ruby, but Yang and her father had been devastated as well. Yang hadn't had much to time to mourn about the woman who had essentially been her mother as her sister took the news the hardest of them all. Let's just say it was a period Yang didn't like looking back to.

As her eyes had accustomed to the dim light, she was able to see her partner laying in the nest of sheets, softly quivering and whimpering.

All of a sudden Blake's eyes flew violently open. Her amber globes anxiously scanning her surroundings. They finally rested on the blonde girl that appeared in her vision. She tensed up at first and her breathing hitched as she saw the creature from her dream again, but relaxed slightly as soon as she was that her partner's eyes were their normal bright lilac and not the frightening blood red. Yang was also wearing her sleeping outfit and was a lot less big than in Blake's dream. That didn't mean she was small though, her partner was still the giantess she was the day before, at least in Blake's eyes.

Yang gave her a warm, comforting smile and asked her softly but serious: "Did you have a nightmare, Blake?"

Blake, who was still a bit terrified, could only nod. Yang gently lifted her out of her nest, laying Blake in her warm hands like she always did.

Dust, she had missed the comforting warmth her partner was constantly radiating, it was a huge difference with the burning heat the goddess from her dreams had erupted.

Yang sat back down on top of Blake's bed before holding her in front of her. "So Blake, do you want to tell me what it was about?"

The raven-haired girl was reluctant at first but decided it could do more good than harm to tell her friend. "It was about you. At first I couldn't see anything; but then I saw you, standing in a big fire. When I tried to touch you, you were burning hot and then transformed into some kind of fiery goddess. And then, and then…" But Blake couldn't tell more as she choked and some tears began to roll down her cheeks.

Yang pushed her partner against her and Blake gladly nuzzled her head in the blonde's shoulder. The small girl had no idea that Yang had already seen her nightmare, but the blonde had decided it would be better if she didn't know.

She softly cooed the girl to make her calm down. "It's alright, Blakey let it all out, I'm here for you."

After a while Blake wiped away the last of her tears with her arm as she was completely calm once more, before giving the blonde a grateful smile. "Thanks Yang, you always know what to do to make me feel better don't you?"

"Call it a talent." Yang gave her a wink.

The blonde was about to lay her back in her own sleeping spot again as Blake was suddenly hit by the fear of being alone again. It was really weird considering she was supposed to be used to living on her own as some of the missions had been one man scouting missions that could have taken days, or even weeks." She reluctantly called out: "Yang, is it ok if I stay with you tonight; I don't think I'll be able to fall asleep again otherwise."

Instead of making fun at her unusually childish behavior, Yang give her a broad grin, making Blake's stomach fluster. "Of course kitty-cat, I don't mind."

Yang laid herself back on top of Blake's bed, careful enough not to hurt Blake and laid the little girl on top of her stomach like before. Blake immediately relaxed on top of her partner and happily hugged her soft skin.

"Goodnight Blakey," Yang said sleepily to her teammate on top of her.

"Goodnight… my goddess," Blake mumbled back, already half-asleep.

The blush that formed on Yang's face was almost redder than her sister's cape.

A/N:

Happy Easter!

First of all, I want to apologize for uploading this chapter so late, I didn't have much time last week as I had to go on a school trip to Paris. Don't worry, Easter Holidays are here!

Secondly, a shout out to my two favorite editors: Duranda1 and Heatrules!

Thirdly, about this chapter, it was probably the most difficult I have written in this story, as there isn't much action and it focuses more on a psychological level. So if there seems anything off, please let me know.

And last but not least, this story has reached 50 followers and 26 favorites! That's why I want to give a shout out to you, the readers, as you are the ones who made this possible!

Onto reviews:

To Duranda1:

It's fine, you helped me writing this one, after all! I hope you are up for another one.

To The Crazy Saeko:

She may not seem like it at first, but she is probably one of the cutest characters of the whole series! Glad you enjoyed it!

To uberparagon:

Glad I could make your heart melt a little! Classes will be coming up soon, so stay tuned!

To dracohalo117:

She is, isn't she? Glay you enjoyed it as well!

If there is anything you would like to see, just ask! (no promises though)

Review, follow and favorite or Yang will visit you in your dreams...

DragonSlayer out!

*Explains Blake what the story is about.*

Blake: So let me get this straight, it's a story about how Yang and I hook up?

Me: Yes, essentially

*Yang barges through the wall*

Me: My poor wall...

Yang: Hey guys, what are you up to? Ooooh, what's this.

*Starts reading story*

Blake: It's pretty weird isn't it? Yang, why do you have an enormous grin on your face?