It was cold as the moon shone. Ricky was running in the forest, but it wasn't just any, it was the same forest he trained in with Conner. The snow fell as he struggled to make his way through the cold. Howling could be herd behind him as he continued to run with his hood on, his wolf ears were gone for some reason. He ran and ran until he stopped in an opening. As he looked all around eyes were watching him. All he had was his hidden blades and nothing else. He stood alone in the dark to make his last stand. The fist came from the front and jumped at him, he activated his blades and stuck both in it's neck as it descended to the ground. The next came from behind and got on top of Ricky. He struggled to keep its mouth away from his neck. Ever so slightly did it inch closer until Ricky could feel its fangs bite deep into his neck and he let out a loud scream.

Ricky woke up gasping for air and feeling his neck as he remembered the pain he just imagined. He looked over at his clock on his desk 2:12am, it was dark in his room as he looked around and saw nothing out of the ordinary. It was Thursday and this dream has been haunting him since the night his ears grew. He couldn't go back to sleep after that, he got out of bed and got dressed in his usual attire. He felt his wolf ears touch the inside of his hood, he folded them to be somewhat flat so they would go unnoticed to others who saw him. He walked out of his room and carefully made his way to the roof. He sat there staring into the shattered moon. He asked himself many questions during this time. What are these dreams? Why am I feeling like this? How have my ears grown? Then someone else got on the roof, there was no doubt in Ricky's mind who it was, as she wore a red hood and cape. She had come the nights before concerned for him. It was Ruby, she walked next to Ricky and took a seat at his side.

"Did you have that dream again?" She asked, she kept her hood on to avoid the cold morning.

"Yes" Ricky answered as he continued to stare into the moon.

"It's becoming more vivid, as I clearly remember the cold feeling of the snow, the rush of running...and the pain...oh the pain" he continued as he looked down at his hand.

There was a silence before,"Want me to scratch behind your ears?" Ruby asked jokingly.

"I'd like that" Ricky said. He remembered the first night she had joined him on the roof when she had asked. It was out of curiosity as Ruby had never felt Faunus ears before, but Ricky found comfort in her touch. He took off his hood and moved forward a bit before leaning his head onto Ruby's lap. He felt her hands begin to scratch his ears, no matter how bad his dream was it couldn't compare to the feeling he got from Ruby. He looked up into space as he continued to feel his ears being scratched. Normally they would sit in silence, but there was something in the back of Ricky's mind this time as he asked "Ruby, do you remember when I told you about the homestead?"

"Yeah, you told me how it's very small and the people there as nice to each other."

"Well...would you like to see Davenport?"

Ruby stopped scratching at the sound of the questioned. She leaned over and looked Ricky in the eye.

"You would take me to your home town?"

"Why not, it's not far out of Vale and I'd like to go before classes begin."

Ruby leaned back and continued to scratch, "well...yeah I'd wanna go."

"Then we'll leave right after breakfast" Ricky said with a smile on his face. The two continued to sit in silence until about 3:00am then Ruby would subconsciously fall back to sleep. Ricky didn't mind and her hand would still lay on his ear. He meditate until about 4:30am then he'd wake Ruby up.

"Hey" he said moving Ruby's shoulder slightly. She slowly opened her eyes and the silver in them began to appear. "It's 4:30, you should head back to your room so the other don't get worried."

"Ok" Ruby got up and they walked back down to their floor. Ruby quietly entered her room and Ricky went to his as well. He took a seat at his desk. He activated his hidden blade and began to sharpen it. An hour later his blades easily cut through paper with little to no resistance. Ricky herd someone knock on his door "hey Ricky come on! I wanna get fresh pancakes." No doubt that was Yang knocking "go on ahead, I catch up later!" He called back. "Whatever" he herd. He sat in his chair for awhile before he was sure the rest of his team had left the building. Then he got up and went to the training building. He took his weapons out of his locker and sheathed them like he normally would. He made his way to the cafeteria and found his team sitting and conversing like all ways. He walked over and took a seat next to Ruby.

"So Ruby tell me your taking her to see Davenport today" Yang began.

"Thats right" Ricky answered, his hood was off.

"Any special reason why?"

"Well I wanted to go, and Ruby wanted to see Davenport."

"Alright then, but if she comes back with so much as a scratch I will not hesitate to beat you into the floor" Yang said very seriously.

Ricky kept a straight face as he sipped his tea. "She'll be fine."

"When should we go?" Ruby asked Ricky.

"Whenever your ready" Ricky replied.

"I'll go grab Crescent Rose" and with that Ruby sped out the cafeteria. Ricky gave a smile as he watched Ruby leave when he turned back Weiss and Yang were giving him a strange look. "What?" he asked, "oh nothing" Yang replied. With that he walked out of the cafeteria. He waited a little before Ruby reappeared.

"I'm ready" she said.

"Then lets go" and with that the two made their way to Vale. They walked through the city for a while until they came to the border. There was a checkpoint there with security. When they approached they asked, "ID?"

Ricky and Ruby took out their scrolls and showed the guard them.

"And where are you headed today?" The guard asked.

"Davenport homestead" Ricky replied. He received a look from the guard before he said "alright run along" and he handed back the scrolls.

They walked out of Vale and into the frontier. Their walk was short as they came upon an old stable.

"A stable?" Ruby asked.

"Horseback is the easiest way to get to Davenport since there are not tracks, streets, or landing pads."

Ricky knew the person looking after the horses.

"Hey Jack" he said to the man currently brushing one of the horses.

"Ricky? Is that you, it is you! Wow couldn't recognize you with your ears."

"Yea they just grew not long ago" Ricky said trying to show happiness.

"So heading back to Davenport?" He asked.

"Yea, how's silver?" He asked referring to his horse.

"Eh not so well, she's got a bad hoof, having her rest right now, she'll be alright" Jack answered.

"I hope"

"You can take o'll bullseye here, he'll get you there in no time" he said patting the horse.

"Thanks Jack"

Jack then turned to see Ruby.

"And who's this little girl?" He asked jokingly.

"I'm Ruby" Ruby said acting friendly.

"Nice to meet ya Ruby, Ricky taking ya to the Homestead?"

"As a matter of fact I am" Ricky said as he grabbed a saddle and handed it to Jack.

"You remember the news of me going to school, well I'm on a team, she's one of my team mates" Ricky continued.

"Well you two enjoy your selfs and try not to get eaten by Beowolves or real wolves for that matter" Jack said joking.

Ricky was on the horse pulling up Ruby when he answered "we won't, see ya Jack."

The begging was fairly mild pace as Bullseye galloped along the trail. Ruby held on to Ricky as they went along.

"I thought we'd get there in 'no time'" Ruby said.

"It's just an expression Ruby" Ricky replied.

"Can we go faster?"

Ricky smirked "Bullseye is known as one of the fastest."

"Prove it" Ruby dared.

"Don't say I didn't warn ya" and with that Ricky pulled on the reins and Bullseye began to spur along the trail at a surprising speed. Ruby began to laugh as she enjoyed the speed. They continued on the trail for a while longer.