Distant Memories By: Gabriel Camero (A.K.A. Alysian)
AUTHOR'S NOTE: PLEASE BEAR WITH ME ON THIS. I HOPE YOU GUYS LIKE IT. I DO NOT OWN RWBY, RWBY BELONGS TO ROOSTER TEETH AND THE CREATOR MONTY OUM.
HOWEVER THE MAIN STORYLINE OF THIS STORY BELONGS TO ME. BUT I DO APOLOGIZE IF SOME OF THE STORY SEEMS LIKE OTHERS, AND IF IT DOES JUST POST IN THE COMMENTS OR EMAIL ME THE NAME OF THE AUTHOR AND THE STORY. SO HERE IT IS, ENJOY.
Two chapters, in one day? Hm...
Playful Roar
Author- "looks like you two are getting along."
Weiss- "So What?"
Author- "No, no, it's cute!"
Weiss- "Yeah sure. Who's a good boy? Yes you are! Yes you are!"
Roars
Author- "Well then…" takes a picture
Weiss- "Delete that now!"
Author- "Oh no… OH, well guys! Here's chapter 8!"
Distant Memories Chapter 8: Lost and Found
OUTSIDE OF BEACON MEDICAL CENTER
"With all do respect, Professor but are you insane?! We can't work with that woman!" Ruby had with Cinder many times before, but none of them were quite pleasant. Ruby had pulled Ozpin outside leaving the others to watch Cinder.
"I'm afraid we have no other choice, Miss Rose." Ozpin replied.
"You can't just expect me to work with that… Bi,"
"Ruby!" Ozpin stopped Ruby from finishing the word.
"She tried to kill my team remember, Ozpin?" Ruby wasn't mad, she was more disappointed.
"Your team is down by one, You can't go off doing what you please. If we are to find, Miss Schnee, there has to be an order, in which we will deal with carefully and tactfully." Ozpin argued.
"With Cinder? There won't be order!" Ruby shot back.
"I understand your concerns, but what other choice do we have?" Ozpin asked
"I… I don't know." Ruby looked down in defeat.
Ozpin sighed
"Miss Rose, we all have to make tough decisions as leaders. This happens to be one of those decision, Be the bigger person."
These words only comforted Ruby so much. Suddenly a loud crashing sound, coming from the medical building, rang through the entire campus. Ruby and Ozpin ran towards the sound. Yang and Blake were outside the door waiting for them.
"What happened?" Ozpin asked urgently.
"We don't know." Yang replied.
"Help…" A small voice was heard from the smoke and flames.
"Velvet?" The group looked back.
"Oh my god!" Ruby had a horrified expression.
Velvet came from the smoke and fell to the floor. She was covered in bruises, scratches, and blood, a lot of blood. But that wasn't what terrified Ruby. The blood wasn't just Velvet's. On the poor fauna's back was something white and red.
"WEISS!"
Ruby ran to help Velvet and Weiss. Luckily Weiss was still breathing; a good sign she was still alive, but her breath was scratchy and harsh. Blood stained Weiss's clothing from the bottom to the top. Bruise and claw marks covered Weiss. It look as if she had been attacked by a Grimm, but a grimm creature wouldn't do this. No, if a grimm creature had done this, Weiss would be dead. Ruby didn't want to think it, but someone had tortured Weiss, then left her for dead.
"Oh my god, Weiss!" Ruby wasn't sure what to do. Weiss's aura flickered. There was no sign that the aura would heal her; the wounds were too severe.
"NURSE! SOMEONE HELP!" Ruby called out. Ruby's aura flared and flicked from red to black. Yang ran over to calm Ruby down, to keep her from becoming Red. That was the last thing they needed right now.
"Ruby, calm down. Don't worry; the nurses are coming." Yang did the best she could with her aura.
Nurses and doctors came running out to help.
"Get them both inside and let's keep the blood from running. They both lost too much already." one of the doctors called out.
A grueling thirty minutes passed and Weiss was still in surgery. Everyone wanted to go home but not Ruby, no she had something else on her mind. Ruby's aura flared black in an instant, there was no stopping her.
A loud slam could be heard.
"I… can't...breath…" Ruby suddenly pinned Velvet to the wall by her neck. Everyone rose from their seats but didn't make a move, Red was too unpredictable.
"WHAT DID YOU DO TO WEISS!" this wasn't Red; no, it was still Ruby. Red had no feelings for anyone whatsoever, so why would Red ask about Weiss being hurt? She wouldn't. This was all Ruby, a mad, upset, and broken Ruby.
"I...I...I didn't do anything...Miss Rose.." Velvet struggled to breathe, her gasps for air became more harsh.
"Please...stop...it hurts…"
Cinder watched the situation carefully, but Cinder was only watching Ruby turn to Red. An evil smile slid onto Cinder's face.
She's perfect. Cinder thought.
Suddenly, Yang ran over to help, but Ruby only lifted Velvet higher off the ground. Yang had to do something, something unthinkable. Yang cocked her arm back and swung forward.
Everyone was shocked. Yang had punched Ruby across the room. Ruby hit the wall and fell to the floor limp. Yang's gauntlets smoked as she lowered her hand. She leaned in to help Velvet, who was coughing. She sat Velvet on a chair. Yang sat in the chair in the corner.
"I'm so sorry she did that." Yang had a blank expression. Blake walked over to comfort Yang.
"I never thought I'd hurt Ruby… But she left me no choice. I'm so sorry." Yang burst into tears. She never wanted to hurt Ruby, ever. Ruby was too innocent to hurt. Yang especially, she promise to protect Ruby. Yang never thought of the day she would have to down her poor little sister.
"Shhh, it's okay. everything is going to be fine." Blake sat next to Yang rubbing her back.
Ruby laid there, still breathing, but with a big bruise on the side of her face. Blake got up and walked to Velvet.
"Are you okay Vel?" Blake asked.
"Yeah. Oh and don't worry. I know Miss Rose didn't mean to… I could see in her eyes, She was so hurt and confused."
"We all are." Blake looked back to Yang. "We all are."
Blake looked back to Velvet
"Velvet? What happened?"
"I was walking through Forever Falls to gets some air…"
30 MINUTES AGO: FOREVER FALLS
Velvet was at peace when walking through the forest of Forever Falls. The wind flowing through the red trees was breathtaking. No one to bully her, no one to distract her from the beauty of this beautiful red forest, Velvet was only left with her thoughts
It's so nice to just walk around, my ears flow back and forth in the wind. The smell of the sap from the trees is pleasing to my sensitive nose. So relaxing, I can let all my troubles slip away…
Velvet spun around on the grass. She moved elegantly through the grass.
"I can't believe I'm friends with Weiss. I thought all the Schnee's hated faunas. Well, I guess not all of them are bad."
As Velvet happily strolled through the forest, her sensitive ears picked up a slight rustling noise coming from the bushes behind her, and a red and black glyph formed in thin air. She quickly jumped and hid from the strange sound. You see Miss Velvet Scarlatina wasn't the bravest of warriors, but she was an expert in the magic of dust. So she was accepted into Beacon.
After the glyph dissipated, Velvet stood.
"Hello? W..Who's there?" Velvet called out, but there was no response. She stood and walked over and looked behind the bushes. She gasped at the sight.
"Oh no."
PRESENT TIME: WAITING ROOM
"And that's how I found her. I brought her here. I ran into a few grimm, and that's why i'm all banged up." Velvet ended her story.
Blake and Ozpin listened to every detail. Yang sat in the corner not interested.
"I see. Did you say red and black glyph?" Ozpin asked.
"Yes professor, in fact. It wasn't a normal glyph either. I've never seen one like it." Velvet replied.
"Explain?" Ozpin seemed more concerned with the glyph than what had happened to Weiss.
"Well, it had a Crescent moon like shape then a regular circle, but two of them both facing outward. so the middle were touching, it looked like a this." Velvet grabbed a piece of paper and drew the shape of two crescent shaped moons, facing away from each other.
"That's how the shape was, but with all these strange markings, and in the middle was a dragon-like grimm." Velvet tried to be as specific as possible.
Ozpin sipped his coffee and started to walk away.
"Thank you, Miss Scarletina. You may rest for the rest of the week." Ozpin left the building and left the girls to ponder what had happened.
"Oh man. What happened?" Ruby suddenly awoken.
"OW my face hurts!"
Yang quickly looked up.
"RUBY!" Yang quickly hugged her little sister.
"I'm so sorry Ruby! I didn't mean to hurt you!" Yang's hugs were as crushing as an ursa's. As yang hugged Ruby a slight squeak came from Ruby's stomach.
"Ruby, did you just?" Yang asked.
Ruby lifted her blanket and pulled out a Ursa plushy.
"Squeaky toy!" Ruby explained. Ruby looked to Velvet.
"I'm so sorry I choked you Velvet." Ruby knew it was her at first, Red just happened to come out. Ruby slowly got up and hugged Velvet. The same distinct squeak came from Velvet's jacket.
"Ha! I got one too." Velvet pulled out a plushy of her own. This made everyone laugh. Almost everyone was in a better mood, except for one. Cinder, who was standing there watching the group, noticed something was off, after gathering her thoughts,
"Wait? Where's Ruby?"
Yang looked around to find Ruby had disappeared. She had slipped away unnoticed.
"Ruby?" Yang quickly got up and looked around.
WEISS'S MEDICAL ROOM
Ruby slowly walked into Weiss's room and closed the door behind her. She sat next to Weiss's bedside. Weiss's heart monitor beeped every few seconds. Weiss's breaths were deep and harsh; wires were hooked to just about everything. Weiss's injuries were almost fatal. There was no guarantee Weiss would ever wake. Ruby brought her hands to her face and started to cry.
"Weiss, Don't leave me. Please, I...I… I need you." Ruby hiccuped between sobs.
"You've done so much for me… I don't want to lose you. I don't know what I'd do without you." Ruby had tears running down her cheeks, her sobs became louder. She moved over and layed her head and arms over Weiss's body, letting the other half of her body crouch down on the floor.
As Ruby lay there, from the outside of the door, Yang, Blake, and Velvet watched the poor girl.
"Poor Ruby." Blake said. Before Blake walked in Yang stopped her.
"Wait. Let's just wait. Ruby needs space." Yang explained. Blake listened and stayed behind the door.
"Weiss," Ruby continued with her head still down, "I don't know why or how but, somehow in some way you... you made me feel whole again. When I'm not with you I, I can't pull myself up every morning. I mean with Yang… It was easy. But Yang could only do so much, then you came along and changed everything. You made me feel like I could become a better leader. I know it sounds cheesy but, Weiss, I don't know how, but you did. You stole my heart, Weiss… I think...I…" the words couldn't come out of Ruby's mouth. It was the first time she ever felt like this for someone. It was an unexplainable feeling. These words were only thoughts to Ruby before now.
"I think I love you, Weiss. There I said it! I love you, Weiss. I love the way you get mad at every little thing I do. I love the way you glide across the floor when you fight. I especially love your singing. Every Morning when you take a shower… I sit in front of the door just to hear your voice. When I kissed you a few days ago, I LOVED it! I didn't know it until now but, I miss the feeling when your lips touch mine. I love you Weiss Schnee! I don't know if you feel the same way but don't you dare leave me now that's...That's an order, an order from me!" Ruby cried out. Her sobs were the only sounds in the room now.
Suddenly, Ruby felt a slight squeeze in her hand. She looked up and gasped.
"Weiss?!"
End of Chapter 8
Next chapter
Chapter 9: A White Rose In The Darkest of Nights