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Chapter Cover: Yang leaning against a metal fence with a smirk upon her face with a bike helmet in one of her hand.

Chapter Five

Cruel Reality

The next morning found Ruby and Yang inside the same car that had picked them up the previous day except this time, they were in their school uniforms and that Weiss Schnee was seating in the car with them. The white haired girl had made no motion of talking to them as she looked down straight toward the book she was reading.

Ruby fiddled with her plaid skirt and Yang's attention was turned away from the two of them with her headphones on, so there was no way she can count on her blonde sister to say anything. Ruby turned her attention toward the white haired girl again.

"Um…Weiss…," she started.

The blue eyes left the book and looked up toward her, a questioning look appearing upon them. Ruby took this as a sign to continue.

"H…How did you know…Uncle Qrow?" she asked.

The white haired girl turned her eyes back to her book. Ruby thought she was going to be ignored but Weiss answered her.

"I have never met him before," she said, "But Mother mentioned his name to me before and I have heard of the man in the past."

Ruby looked at her, "I never knew…my uncle knew someone as powerful as a Schnee?"

"We are still people," Weiss said, "Despite how unbelievable it may seems."

Ruby stared at the white haired girl. Somehow, hearing this she was reminded of the empty feeling that the Manor gave her. This morning, she had expected to see someone other than Weiss living there as a member of the Schnee family but they hadn't been anyone else.

Was Weiss really living in that large house all by herself?

"Where is the rest of your family?" Ruby asked, "Are they…on vacation or something…?"

Something like amusement gleamed in Weiss's eyes at her suggestion. Ruby couldn't think of what was funny about the situation. The white haired girl didn't answer her for the car had come to a stop in front of school. Weiss wasted no time stepping outside of the car and Ruby followed after her along with Yang.

Weiss didn't even glance back at them as she made her way into the school.

"Be back here at school's end," the driver said, "I will be there to pick you up."

Ruby nodded at him and said her thanks as she followed after Yang into the courtyard. She can hear the whispers going around her as she made her way toward the building. Before she could actually do anything else, she was cornered by Jaune and the rest of the guys.

"We need to talk," Jaune told them.

Both her and Yang was pulled toward the back of the school where they had met the rest of the group. Ruby and Yang glared at the young man finding the rest of the group already there. Lie Ren was reading a book and he glanced up toward them with a raise of his eyebrows and Nora was on the ground doing something…

"What's the matter Jaune?" Ren asked as he closed his book.

"These two just arrived with Weiss Schnee in her private car," Jaune said.

Nora looked up, surprised.

"Really?" she asked.

Even Ren was surprised, if the sudden rise of his eyebrows is nothing to be ignored.

"Since when were you two friends with Weiss Schnee?" he asked, "Considering that a couple of days ago, you didn't even know her."

"It's not like we chose to," Yang said crossing her arms, "Our uncle was friend with her mother so she is doing him a favor after what happened to our house a few days back."

"Oh yeah," Jaune said, "Did the police find out who was behind that attack?"

Ruby almost let out a snort at that.

As if the police will be able to find monsters, she thought.

"I don't think Uncle Qrow filled in a police report," Ruby said, "Eve never even mentioned anything like it to us."

"He probably didn't want to worry you guys," Ren said with a light smile.

"So…you guys are staying with Weiss right?" Jaune said with a large grin, "So how is it living with her? Is she nice?"

"I won't say nice," Yang said, "And her house is freaking huge…I mean, it's like a castle and we even got lost there last night."

"Can you give me some pictures?" Jaune said, "I'll even give you my Scroll's number."

"Trust me Jaune," Yang told her placing a hand upon his shoulder, "You don't want to have a picture of that place."

The sound of the bell ringing drew Ruby's attention.

"Well we best get to class," she said.

The group nodded and followed after her getting ready for the day of school.


Weiss was seating in her class, the math class as she focused upon her work. Even thought she wasn't supposed to be filled out, she could sense the Aura of both of the girls that had been staying with her. It was just as her old friend had said, the two girls could become Huntresses if they were trained and they could probably become great Huntresses too.

Qrow is going to have to tell them, she thought, a barrier isn't going to last forever and the Grimm are relentless creatures. More Grimm are just going to keep coming after them…

The young woman refocused here attention upon the notebook in front of her, twisting her pen in between her fingers. She was worried about what had happened the previous night with the strange fluctuation that her friend had recollected. It had given her that unnerving feeling again, that something was going to go wrong and it was starting to make her tense.

"Weiss,"

The young woman had to use all of her will power to not let out the surprised squeak in the middle of her teacher's lectures. She however, managed to snap her pen into two by sudden tightening her grip upon it with more force than necessary.

"You better have a good reason to contact me like this at school," the girl growled, her Aura causing the window beside her to start to frost over...

"The Barrier…it's gone,"

Weiss feel a cold drop settled within her stomach.

"What are you talking about?"

"The barrier I placed around the school is gone," her friend spoke out, "I had checked it this morning and it was there…but now…it's gone."

Weiss narrowed her eyes.

"But how is this possible? The barrier was one of the strongest spell…?"

"I don't know how but that's not the only problem," her friend said, "There is a sudden large amount of Grimm activities, and they're heading straight for the school…they're drawn by Yang and Ruby's Aura."

Weiss let out a curse from her lips. She stood up from her seat drawing the attention of the class toward her as well as the teacher.

"Something the matter Miss Schnee?" he asked.

"I have received a text from one of my…employers," Weiss spoke, "It would seems that a situation had required my attention and I need to leave immediately."

The teacher let out a sigh.

"As long as you do your homework," he said, "You are free to go."

Weiss gave a nod before making her way out of the classroom with her bag.

"Contact Sebastian," she said, "Tell him to get armed up."

"Already did," the young man told her, "What are you going to do?"

Weiss had reached her destination on the roof and she could feel the dark feeling of the Grimm. It was thicker than before meaning that they were multiple of Grimm in the city and the white Glyph appeared beneath her feet.

"What I was trained for," the girl whispered.

Her black robes appeared upon her body as her hair was no longer in the ponytail, flying behind her as her Aura shoot high in the air causing the air to tremble at her sudden release of power. She then flew forward to face the Grimm in combat. The white haired girl couldn't understand how this was possible.

No could have destroyed that barrier so easily and without her noticing or maybe because when she was in school, she was relaxed and she knew that no one could ever attack there as she had always had her Aura suppressed. The girl frowned to herself.

But why would someone bring down the barrier? For what purpose...

Weiss didn't have much time to think about it as she noticed the Grimm that were all rushing straight toward the school, drawn in by Ruby and Yang's aura. Weiss dive bombed toward them and with a yell and quick slash of her blade. The Grimm, Beowolves, let out their howl toward her as she stood in front of them barring their way.

The white haired girl wasted no time raising her hand forward.

"Dust Level 33, Purifying Blue Lightning," she said.

The bluish lightning suddenly shoot out straight toward the Grimm in front of her causing them to yell out in pain as they were destroyed instantly by her Dust attack. She then took her stance with her sword as more Grimm came at her and the girl dodged the first one before stabbing the one behind it straight through its mask. She tightened her grip upon her blade as she turned around slashing and hacking through the number of Grimm around her and she had to jump away from one who snapped at her with his jaws.

The Beowolves howled and jumped after her, their jaws hungry for her flesh and Aura.

Now that their attention is on me, she thought, That should give Sebastian enough time to pick up Ruby and Yang from school and get them back to the Manor behind that barrier there.

Weiss yelled as she slicked through the Grimm's middle as the creature was sliced into two pieces and dissipated. Then she raised her hand again.

"Dust Level 33, Purifying Blue Lightning," she repeated.

The attack launched straight toward the oncoming Grimm, destroying them by the dozens as the creatures were completely destroyed. Weiss landed down upon a roof as wind instantly drew her attention and she turned her attention toward a Nevermore coming down toward her with it's claws ready to piercing through her.

Then the white haired girl was gone in a blur of white of her hair as she used her Light Steps technique to avoid getting hit. The girl frowned to herself as she noticed the number of Grimm she had to face and knew that she can't face them and a Nevermore without the release of her sword…

"I was hoping to avoid it," she murmured with a frown.

Weiss didn't like releasing her blade full power like this but with this amount of Grimm against her alone…she didn't have much of a choice.

The young woman used her Light Steps again to create some distance between her and the Grimm as she placed her sword to chest height. Her Aura started to rise even higher than before causing the air around her to tremble and frost had started to appear all over the ground and even snow had started to fall from the sky which had darkened at her power.

"Whiten the Petals of the Snow Flower, Myrtenaster," she said.

The sword in her hand started to glow a bright blue light as the symbol of the Schnee family appeared on the ground beneath her as the ice grew everywhere completely covering the entire surroundings as snow flew everywhere. Weiss's eyes, were a glowing blue was she stared at the Grimm in front of her as her sword changed into a standard sized rapier with a silvery color. The hilt of the new blade possessed four prongs forming a cross around her hand as the young woman stared at the enemies in front of her.

The girl narrowed her eyes at the Grimm as they charged forward and Weiss raised her sword again as the glow in her eyes intensified and then with a flash of white she was gone and all of the Grimm were completely covered in a large ice prison that had materialized around them. The white haired young woman stood behind them as her sword went back to it's original shape as she placed it back into it's shaft.

"Tell me that this was the last Grimm around?" she said.

"I'm still getting signatures of Grimm," the young man said, "Seems that they have reached the school from the west side."

Weiss nodded to herself before instantly making her way toward where the Grimm where.


Ruby was in P.E. class right now and she was drinking some water at the fountain when the sudden chilling wind reached her. The girl turned her attention around herself noticing the dark clouds that had formed in the sky just beyond the school. She was a little surprised seeing that it was only this little spot only had been transformed.

She had thought that it had been a storm but then she heard it.

The piercing howl just like that night.

Ruby's fear shoot through her body as she stood there, realizing what this howling meant. She had realized that this thing meant that the monsters just like before had come for her and her sister again and she had a feeling this time they weren't going to be sparing anyone. The girl instantly ran back toward the school, ignoring what she was doing at the moment, going to look for Yang. She had to get her sister out of here and run.

She ran through the school, trying to remember what class Yang had right now. The girl was only a year older than her and she had given Yang's schedule a glance before…just to see what classes she had but she hadn't bothered to remember it.

Now she wished she had.

C'mon Yang, she thought, Where are you right now? I want to get you out of here…they are coming Yang…the monsters from that night are coming.

Ruby was almost hysterical as she ran, fear taking over her entire being at what was happening right now. She couldn't actually believe what is happening right now...Vale was supposed to be a fresh start for them. They were simply supposed to be living a normal life…so why are they monsters after them?

She turned the corner and collided with someone sending the both of them falling down upon the ground.

"Ow what the…Ruby?"

She looked up finding herself staring into the worried lilac eyes of her older sister. Ruby can feel tears falling from her eyes at how happy she was to have found her sister before the monsters could get to her. But her tears seems to have increased the worry upon Yang's face.

"Ruby…what's wrong?" she asked, "You're crying."

"Yang…," she said taking her sister into a hug.

Yang returned it and Ruby could feel some of her fear dissipating as seeing her sister. She had been so worried that the monsters had reached her before she could. But she was the one who was there first, she was the one who reached her sister first.

"There there," Yang whispered to her, "What's gotten into you?"

Ruby removed herself from the hug.

"Yang…they're here," she said.

"What are you talking about?"

Ruby looked at her, her silver eyes filled with fear…

"The monsters Yang," she whispered, "The monsters from that night…they're coming for us. I heard them howling again…"

"Ruby slow down," Yang said, trying to calm her younger sister, "What…?"

Another howl echoed as Yang fell silent and Ruby can see it in those lilac eyes. Yang had heard it too. The blonde had turned her attention toward where the sound had come from, the look in her eyes reflecting the sudden fear she was feeling inside at hearing the howls again.

"We need to get out of here," Yang said.

Ruby nodded at her.

The two girls ran toward the stairs and running down toward the empty parking lot, running toward the school entrance so that they could leave the shool, but then Yang slid into a stop causing Ruby to stop as well. In front of them, was one of the creatures that had attacked them.

It looks the exact same as before but now that it was daylight, Ruby could see the entirety of the creature unlike the black mass like shadow that it was that night. The large creature was on all four, the bone mask and the glowing eyes didn't seem as terrifying as it had been that night but the sight of them still filled the younger girl with fear.

"Oh no…," Ruby said.

"We go back," Yang told her.

The two ran back toward the school and they heard a snarl as the monsters launched itself after them and they were even more sounds as if it was an entire pack of monsters following after the duo and Ruby chanced a glance behind her, noticing that they were at least four of them coming after them.

"Don't look back just run," Yang yelled at her.

"Where are we going then?"

"We'll make a circle," Yang said, "And then we'll double back toward the entrance of the school."

Ruby nodded at her and they ran toward the school building with the monsters behind them and as she glanced again, she noticed that they were gaining on them.

"They're catching up," Ruby yelled.

"This way," Yang pointed toward a door.

The duo started to run toward it but then at that time something latched upon Ruby's form causing the girl to scream out drawing her sister's attention. Ruby could feel the claws against her skin as the jaws breathed death upon her and she screamed again.

"RUBY."

Ruby in mortal danger...

Next Time: Revelation of Truth

Jacques0 out.

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