"Blake?"

The Faunus girl looked up to see Pyrrha, with Ruby right behind her. She hastily wiped her tears, and shivered as the snow fell on her bare shoulders.

Ruby moved forward to her teammate, and quickly removed her cloak to wrap it around Blake, and pulled her in tight.

Pyrrha looked around the rooftop. Gambol Shroud lay in shattered, with any ribbon that connected it to Blake severed. "…Blake? What's wrong?" Pyrrha asked, the worry evident in her voice.

Blake was still trying to hold back tears, but cracks were showing, and Pyrrha knelt down next to the Faunus.

"You told us that you were going to go home, what happened?" Ruby said as she rubbed Blake's back gently.

"Did you… did you go to see Adam?" Pyrrha asked.

Blake choked out a broken "Yes", and Pyrrha's expression dropped. There was only one thing that could mean.

Ruby gave Pyrrha a puzzled look before she squeezed Blake tightly. Pyrrha motioned with her head towards Blake's broken blades that had been discarded across the roof. Pyrrha slid up to Blake's other side and took her friend's hand. Now that Pyrrha was closer, she could see the blood stained on Blake's shirt.

"He didn't want to talk," Blake whispered as she squeezed her legs to her chest and rocked back and forth. Tears had begun to stream down her face as she continued, "I- I told him that things had changed. That I had found a new life, and that he could too."

Ruby finally began to piece together what happened, and her confused look was replaced by understanding. "Blake… what did he say?"

"He called me a traitor," Blake's whisper was barely audible, and she shrunk deeper into herself. "He said there was only one thing worse than being a Human. And do you know what he said that was?" she looked up at Pyrrha as her tears flowed freely now.

Pyrrha's heart ached as she saw her best friend suffer. She drooped her head and prepared for what was to come next.

"A traitor! And there is only one punishment in his White Fang," Blake spat. Ruby had begun to cry, but kept quiet, and let her tears flow silently. "He said he wanted to do it himself, since we had grown up together. I had no choice," she held up her hands, which were covered in blood, "I-I tried to save him, but there was n-nothing I could...," she broke, and began to sob.

"Shh, it's ok," Ruby said as she wrapped her arms around her teammate, as if she hoped it would put her broken pieces back together again. Pyrrha knew better.

"Blake, look at me. Look at me," Pyrrha said in as gentle and firm voice as she could. Blake finally looked up at the red head through watery eyes. "He made his choices. You made yours. Do not blame yourself for that. This was not your fault."

"B-but I could have… could have…," the tears had filled her eyes and she buried her head in her hands.

"Come back inside Blake, you need to get out of the snow," Ruby said with a shiver, the snow already had soaked through her skirt, and the tiny girl wouldn't be able to handle much more of the cold.

Pyrrha stood up and extended a hand to Ruby. "Blake, I need you to come inside."

Blake's amber eyes blinked away tears, but she just sat there and stared across the roof. Pyrrha followed her gaze to the remains of Gambol Shroud. She then whispered in Ruby's ear, who then walked over to collect what was left of the weapon. Ruby gathered up each piece, and very delicately began to clean and reassemble the weapon.

Only when Ruby had finished did she tear her eyes away from it, and back to Pyrrha as Ruby handed the now reassembled weapon to her, instead of its rightful owner.

"You may be broken right now, but we can help you heal," Pyrrha said as she used her semblance to heal the cracks in the metal of the blade. "You don't have to stay like this," she pleaded.

She turned the handle to Blake.

"You… you'll both be there for me?"

Ruby nodded, and a slight smile spread across her face as she reached out for Blake's hand.

Blake took her hand, and stood up and sheathed Gambol Shroud before pulling both girls in tightly.

She was broken, but she could heal.