A/N: Here's Chapter 1. Enjoy! Feedback and comments please! :)

Chapter 1: Snow Day

Weiss' gaze was seemingly transfixed on the window as she watched the snow fall and the frost form on the windowsill.

A snowstorm had hit Vale the other night, and Beacon was forced to shut down classes for the week since the campus was more or less snowed in. This didn't stop any of the other members of Team RWBY to find ways to enjoy their time off. Blake found a spot under a large tree on one end of campus and had resumed her normal reading regimen, while Yang and Ruby, being the children at heart that they were, were busy building snowmen, having snowball fights and making snow angels, among other things.

Weiss stayed inside. She decided instead to finish her written project on Applied Assault Theory, knowing that it was 15% of the total grade. As a Schnee, her priorities were straight: get the grades in class, perform well in battle, become the best Huntress she could. Well, that would be the way a Schnee would approach it, since she was the first one to train as a Huntress.

All that aside, she finished her project and just looked out the window.

The snow continued to fall, slowly and evenly as if on cue.

"Hm. Looks like home," she muttered after some time.

Just then, the door swing open and hit the wall with a loud thud, and that was all Weiss needed to know that the two psychotic bundles of who-knows-what returned from snow day.

"Best snow day EVER!" screamed Yang and Ruby in unison. They continued to laugh and recount their exploits while Weiss sat at her desk fuming that they couldn't enter like normal people.

"Seriously you two, it doesn't take that much effort to simply unlock the door and gently push it open, does it? You could've broken the door!" Weiss interrupted. "Oh, well sorry Princess Schnee, didn't know that the commoners were actually allowed to have fun every once in a while. You should try it sometime, it feels good to have a life!"

Weiss' face turned scarlet red after hearing this. "I beg your pardon, Yang? What exactly are you saying?"

Before the two could have yet another shouting match, Ruby jumped in between the two. "Guys, guys, let's not do this now. C'mon, we have this sudden, awesome vacation, the least we could do is spend it however we want."

"Well, the princess can be a party pooper if she wants, fine by me. I'm gonna get ready for bed, I'm sleepy from all the fun," Yang teased. As she walked out, she gave a smirk back to Weiss, who huffed and looked away. Yang laughed and went to go change and freshen up before bed. Ruby, meanwhile, stayed at the room, looking at a tired Weiss who plopped into bed after a whole day's work on one stupid project.

"Weiss, how are you feeling? You look really tired," Ruby noted. Weiss sighed and put her hands over her face. "Tired doesn't even begin to describe it. I just did a whole project in one day. I've never done that much work at once before." Ruby beamed at Weiss' confession. "That's really impressive, you should feel proud of that! Nobody works as hard as you Weiss, I mean it. I think you should rest a little tomorrow, I don't think there's anything else you're supposed to do and classes are cancelled…you should do something that you like. Enjoy yourself a little."

Weiss turned her head to Ruby and gave her a glare. "Are you mocking me like Yang just did?" Ruby jerked back and stammered "No no no no no, I didn't mean it like that! I just…"

"I got your point, you dunce. Sheesh, calm down, why dontcha?" Weiss replied, her tone dripping with sarcasm. Ruby just took this as it was and the conversation ended there.

As Ruby pulled herself into bed, Yang and Blake entered the room, fully changed into their sleepwear and ready to call it a day.

"Blake, how was your day?" asked Ruby in earnest. None of them had seen Blake much that day, but they knew she was reading and could take care of herself.

"Fine, thanks. Caught up with some reading. Finished up a mystery romance novel I was reading-the one I told you about the other day?"

"Oh yeah, that! It sounded really good, can I borrow it from you?"

"Sure, as long as you return it in good condition."

Blake and Ruby smiled at each other. Their love for books really drew them closer together. Really, all of Team RWBY was very close, but Weiss felt a little more left out, something she mentally confirmed as she was listening to Ruby and Blake.

Weiss turned to the side, facing away from her teammates as she tried to adjust herself into the mattress. It's definitely not the kind of bed she had back home, but that wasn't her concern. She sighed quietly into the pillow and said to herself, "What's….what's wrong with me?"

"Lights out, everyone!"

Ruby had taken it upon herself as team leader to make sure everyone had a good night's rest. Weiss thought it a bit childish, but they ARE at a combat school, and regardless of whether they were in combat or in class, the rest was necessary.

"Goodnight, Yang!" "Nighty-night, baby sis!" "Ugh….goodnight, Blake!" "Goodnight, Ruby." "Goodnight Weiss!" A moment passed. Ruby leaned over down to Weiss' bunk. "….Weiss?"

"Huh? Oh, sorry. Goodnight, Ruby." With that, Weiss covered her head with the bed sheets.

Ruby felt that something was going on, but didn't know what to make of it. She reasoned that Weiss was tired and moody (again) from the project. She turned out the light, and fell straight asleep, along with Yang and Blake.

Weiss, however, was crying softly as she buried her head into her pillow. Nobody needed to hear her, the proud and noble Schnee heiress, 'turn soft', as her father would say. It was better this way.