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Chapter Cover: A golden eyed young woman crouching upon a roff with the full moon behind her.

Chapter Twelve

Mysteries in the Shadows

The white lands expended as far as the eye could see.

Ruby Rose glanced around herself for a few moments, wondering as to how she had gotten there in this place. She doesn't remember anything of what had happened before and the girl could feel the wind blowing through the area around her. She glanced around herself, noticing that she was standing in a frozen wasteland dotted by a large number of black trees around her.

Ruby glanced down at herself noticing that she was wearing her Huntress outfit, her red cloak fluttering behind her at the soft breeze that was going through the area. Ruby couldn't understand as to why she was here. She thought that she was dreaming but this felt too real to be a dream…

Then in the black forest of trees that were in front of her, Ruby's eyes caught a figure disappearing behind one of the trees. The dark haired girl raised her hand to shield her eyes so that she could see better at the location where she had glimpse the figure…

Her feet were already moving before the girl made her mind and she ran toward the forest, running pas the dark trees around her. They were all lifeless probably from the weather that was around her but as she ran deeper into the forest, red petals had started to get mixed into the falling snow. Ruby had thought that the red petals were coming off the trees, but she couldn't even see a single leaf as she glanced around herself.

Then out of the corner of her eyes, she saw the figure from before again and the girl instantly turned toward the direction she had seen it. There was nothing there as she stared at the location it was in but Ruby knew that this person was there. Despite she wanted to try to tell herself that she was seeing thing, a nagging feeling deep in the back of her head was telling her that this figure was there…

And that it was leading her somewhere.

Ruby had no choice but to follow where she had seen the figure go and continued to talk through the Dark Forest until she came unto a clearing. Ruby stepped forward, glancing around herself noticing the numbers of red petals that were dancing in the soft winds, never falling down upon the snowy ground beneath her feet.

The tree lines were forming a perfect circle around the clearing she was in, mirroring the large white moon that hung in the empty skies above and Ruby was amazed at how beautiful it looked. Not even in her wildest imagination could she have ever come up with a place such as this…

"Red like roses…,"

The girl blinked at the soft singing voice that blew through the wind across her. She searched around herself, trying to find where it was coming from and her attention was drawn toward a figure that had seemingly appeared in the distance.

That figure was also cloaked, but with a white cloak unlike Ruby's red one. The girl approached toward where the figure was and came to a stop at little way behind it.

"Fill my dreams…," the soft voice whispered.

"H…Hello," Ruby asked.

The figure turned toward her and Ruby noticed that the white hood that the person was wearing was shadowing their features completely. As the white robes danced in the wind, Ruby then noticed that the figure had no feet underneath them. Ruby stared at the being in front of her.

"W…Who are you?" she asked.

The figure stayed silent and Ruby continued to stare at it waiting for the figure.

"I can hear your voice," the white figure whispered softly, "Why can't you hear mine?"

Ruby stared at her confused.

"What do you mean?" she asked, "I can hear you just fine…your singing is what lead me to you."

The red petals danced across the white figure.

"Ruby, wake up."

The girl suddenly snapped awake, finding herself lying upon her bed with her sister's hand upon her shoulder.

"Ruby wake up," Yang told her.

The younger girl seated up on her bed. She glanced around the room for a few moments. Nothing had changed from when she had fallen asleep and she can still see the magazine she was reading the previous night lying on the bedside table.

"You're usually up before me," Yang told her, crossing her arms, "If you continue to lie there like that, you're going to make us get to school late."

Ruby looked at her sister.

"I was having the strangest dream," she said.

Yang chuckled.

"Yeah, get ready," she said, "Breakfast is already prepared so hurry up before it gets cold."

Ruby nodded at her as the blonde left the room leaving the young girl seating upon her bed. She ran a hand through her hair, thinking about the strange dream that she had. She can still feel the chill of the snow falling around her and feel the wind that was gently blowing against her skin…

But…that was just a dream right? She thought.

That thought stayed with the younger girl through the entire morning until they got to the schoolyard so that they could meet Jaune and the others. It had been a full three days since the two girls had left the Schnee Manor and returned back to their old house in East Vale. The destruction that had happened to their kitchen had all cleared out, leaving no trace that anything had ever happened to the house before…safe for the fresh coat of paint that had been given to the wall.

That night when life had changed for both her and Yang as they are revealed to what truly exist in the world around them. Ruby hadn't know what she had expected when she had stepped into the kitchen when they had returned back to the house. It still looked and felt the same as when they had first walked through those doors when they had moved in…

But they were not the same person that they were back then either.

Uncle Qrow had taken them to the living room on that same day of their return from the Schnee Manor to have a talk with them.

"Now that the two of you have become Huntresses," he said, "You will have many responsibilities to uphold. With your Soul Weapons now materialized, the Rose Dragon Clan had stepped forward into the world again."

The two girls stared at him.

"So, we'll be now defending the world from Grimm then," Yang said.

"That is the duty of the path you have chosen to walk on," Qrow had said, "I know that I have kept a lot from the two of you because I wanted to keep you safe and live a normal life, but no longer. If you have any questions about anything at all, I'll be willing to help."

Ruby was brought back down to the present by Jaune's voice calling out to them. The said young man was waving his hand toward them as the two sisters approached him.

"Cutting it a little close today," he greeted.

"Ruby overslept," Yang answered.

Jaune laughed.

"It happens to the best of us," he said, "C'mon the bell is going to ring soon."

"So…Weiss didn't show up today?" Yang asked.

Jaune shook his head.

"That girl draws the attention of everyone around her," he said, "But I wouldn't worry too much about Weiss. She does this kind of stuff every once and a while."

"What do you mean?" she asked.

"She spend times away from the school a lot last year," Jaune told her, "Sometimes she misses days, other time, she miss months and yet, she always managed to stay up to date with her classes and remained the top of the school."

Yang stared at her.

"Did she ever say what causes them?" she asked.

"Weiss doesn't exactly talk with us," Jaune told her, "But from the rumors I have heard from Nora who shares a class with her, she said that it was her company who was asking for her assistance."

Ruby blinked at that.

"She runs the company?"

"No," Jaune said, "More like the branch of the Schnee Industries building that is located there in Vale."

Ruby and Yang exchanged glances. She could see it in the blonde eyes that it she was thinking the same thing as before. Ruby knew that it must have been Weiss's duty from being a Huntress that had taken times from the girl and from her long absences, the girl could have had gotten injured during the encounters of the Grimm and had stayed out of school.

Ruby was once again reminded how empty the Schnee Manor had felt when they had stayed there last month. There were no other family members in the house with the girl, and whenever she brought something about her family, Weiss either didn't answer or avoided the subject entirely. Ruby wanted to become friend with the white haired girl because she had seen how alone the girl was…

She was always alone, Ruby thought, feeling her heart go out to the other girl, All alone in that large empty house without any friends…

"Yang."

Her sister glanced at her, curiosity visible in the lilac eyes as she came to stand beside her.

"I'm going to stand by Weiss," Ruby told her, "I'm going to help her protect Vale."

Yang stared at her for a few moments before a light smirk appeared upon the blonde's face.

"That's without saying Ruby," she said, "She saved our lives remember, and trained us to become Huntresses so that we could fight back. We own her big."

Ruby returned her grin as the two sister fist pumped each other.

"Hey, you guys coming?" Jaune asked noticing that the two sisters were no longer beside him.

"Sure, wait up," Ruby said.


Meanwhile

Schnee Manor

Weiss Schnee was standing above a large open scroll that was upon the ground in front of her. The young woman was using her Aura to write the symbols down. The young woman had her face frowning in concentration at the glowing symbols appeared as she moved her fingers through the paper that was in front of her.

A glyph was on the ground beneath the scroll she was writing on, and it was a complete black color as the purple Aura leaked from it.

"You've been working on this for the past three days," the young man in the hat said to her as he stood outside of the Glyph on the ground, "I don't think it's wise to actually use Aura continually like that without stopping."

"I've done it before," Weiss answered him, "I still have enough power to last another seven days…but it need to reach that long for me to complete this incantation."

The man frowned.

"What exactly is it?" he asked.

Weiss glanced at him for a few moments before returning her attention toward the large scroll in front of her.

"This is a secret among the White Clan," she said, "It's was only known by my Family after all, it was created by my Great-great-grandfather, Illus Schnee during his time of ruling…you may know him as the man who started the War between the White Clan and the Faunus Clan."

A frown appeared upon the young man's face at that.

"So it's the Cold King's spell eh?"

"Yes," Weiss said, "Despite the man's cruel nature, and monstrous acts, he was gifted at crafting Dust Spells. He created a large amount of the Dust Spells that my family uses, know as White Dust."

"White Dust?" the young man in the hat said, "I don't think I have ever seen you use any of them before."

Weiss nodded without turning around.

"This is one of the oldest spell in my family," she said, avoiding the subject, something that her companion noticed, "It's the one I had placed around the entire town when I first arrived in Vale. By using my Aura to create and place it, it will warn me whenever danger had entered inside Vale and it also has another ability."

"Another ability?" the young man said.

"Yes," the girl said, "The ability to unveil hidden Aura."

"How is that even possible?" the young man asked her.

Weiss gave him a sideway glance.

"The true nature of this spell is to protect whatever land it was placed upon," she said, "and it's ability of immediately warning of intruders is connected to the caster's Aura, giving them a warning that someone had entered into your protected area without your permission. As to how it reveal the hidden Aura well the spell send out a pulse…similar to sonar every ten minutes depending on how large the protected area is. That pulse is the one that scan the area and reveal the hidden Auras that are inside the city…and how many of them they are."

The young man frowned.

"Then…how come you didn't realize who had entered the city that night if you had something like that around?" he asked.

"It was probably destroyed long before that night," Weiss said, a frown appearing upon her features, "and since I believed that it was Grimm who were entering into this world, I didn't bother to check on it…whoever had done this has been able to stay undetected even under that spell…Whoever that person is, they are the one who are responsible for taking down the barrier…"

"They must have been in Vale for quite a while to be able to pull something like this," the young man told her.

"I realized that," the white haired girl said, "Which is why I am doing my best to finish this thing."

"How long is it going to take?" the young man asked her.

"Originally, to write the incantation will take about twelve days," Weiss said, "But I'm going to try to finish it in six."

"Meaning you won't have time to actually patrol the city for Grimm activities," the young man said, "Alright, you finish you spell and I will take care of the Grimm."

Weiss stared at him.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" she asked.

The young man smirked at her as he pulled his hat down upon his features.

"Have you forgotten Weiss?" he asked, smirking, "You're not the only Huntress in Vale anymore."

Weiss frowned lightly.

"I'll have these two take care of the city for you," the young man told her, "You just continue your work here for the next three days. It should be good practice for them, after all, it should give them a good experience into battling the Grimm."

Weiss was a little skeptic as she thought about Yang and Ruby. These two needed the battle experience and maybe it could help them get better acquainted with their Soul Weapons. The white haired girl nodded at him.

"Alright," she said, "I'll place my faith in you."

He smirked at her before stepping out of the room leaving Weiss seating down in front of the large scroll in front of her. The young girl thought about the duo she had trained and helped become Huntresses. These two girls will need the battle experience and she finds herself smiling a little.

They're Huntresses right now, she thought, They will be able to handle any time of Grimm that came at them…


Ruby and Yang reached their house later that evening with uncle Qrow already there in the house waiting for them. The man had diner upon the table and the two girls quickly approached the table to start their diner. Despite worrying over Weiss not showing up to school for three days in a row, Ruby was sure that Weiss was safe. Jaune did tell them that the white haired girl did that often.

"Ruby, Yang, can you guys hear me?"

The voice echoing in her head caused the small girl to stand in attention at the sudden voice and she noticed Yang reacting as well. The blonde glanced around herself for a few moments before turning toward her.

"you heard that right?"

Ruby nodded.

"It sounded like that guy that worked with Weiss?"

"That's because it is me," the young man's voice said, "And I'm contacting you girls because there are some Grimm activities in Vale and I need the two of you to deal with them, are you in?"

Weiss is working on a spell to find the intruders while Ruby and Yang are about to step it up to fight against the Grimm...

Next Time: Sleeping Menace.

To Answer Guest question on chapt 11 review: Ruby and Yang have very high Aura because they didn't have any control over it. They were just unleashing it like a flood. Now that they have some control on it, they'll be strong. Compared to Weiss, these two are still novice and Weiss could mop the floor with them because of her experience and higher level of power. They are still newbies despite their training so far...

Jacques0 out.

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