"And the footsteps got louder and BOOM! Giant Ursa Major!" Nora roared in her best imitation of the Ursa, which actually sounded a lot like a wounded Boarbatusk.
"It was a Deathstalker," Ren corrected softly. He always remembered all of the details Nora managed to forget.
"But Blake and Yang saved the day and dragged it through the forest by its tail. The last thing I can remember is the sound of armor crunching and that really creepy, scratchy sound Deathstalkers make when they're dying." Nora leaned back happily, arms crossed, she was always so proud at the detail with which she narrated her stories.
"How long have you been having this dream, Nora," Ruby asked her. She was just as invested in the story as I was. Nora's dreams were more imaginative than any book I've ever read. Probably something to do with all that syrup I saw her drink a couple of hours ago.
"She started talking about it a week ago," Jaune answered. I guess it made a lot of sense we wouldn't be the first to have heard about it despite actually being in it.
"So we save the day?" Blake glanced over at me, a smug grin on her face. I tried to wipe the amazed look off my own face. It was the same look I always made when listening to one of Nora's stories about her dreams. They were just so damn entertaining.
"Don't we always," I smirked. She rolled her eyes and shifted positions on her bedsheets, moving a bit closer to our small lantern.
It was team RWBY/JNPR's first monthly sleepover and it'd been going great. We'd turned off all of our lights and dimmed the lantern to tell ghost stories until Nora decided to talk about her dream.
I looked around the room and saw Pyrrha- who was surprisingly pretty terrified- cuddling closer to Jaune and they was just so cute together. Vomitboy was definitely missing the connection, he was too busy messily chowing down on a s'more Ren managed to make with my lighter. It took about a minute to roast the marshmallows just right and get them the perfect shade of brown, but we all waited our turns. Ren's cooking- even with these limited supplies, was just that damn amazing. We told a ton of different ghost stories- Pyrrha even told a few from Mistral we'd never heard before. Ruby and I told our own favorite story of being chased through the woods by a baby Boarbatusk when we were little, and Jaune chimed in with a spooky story about his laundry being replaced with paper towels. We laughed, cuddled up with one another and told stories until almost five in the morning. By then Ruby and Nora had already fallen asleep, and the rest of us were all definitely beyond tired.
"Let's get the dorks to bed," I yawned softly. I watched team JNPR decide on who'd be sleeping with who without even exchanging a word. Ren carried Nora over to Weiss's bunk and tucked her in before climbing in bed himself. I'm pretty sure he'd fallen asleep before his head even hit his pillow. I had to cover my mouth as Jaune tried to climb up onto Ruby's bed. The bunk was tied to the ceiling with tons of rope and swung when pushed too hard. He slipped and fell, landing not so gracefully into Pyrrha's arms.
"Um… thanks, Pyrrha." They climbed up together and that was the last I saw of them before the sheet Ruby used as a curtain closed behind them.
"G'night you two," I called playfully. Hopefully they'd make out or something during the night. I sighed and reached down, carrying Ruby bridal style to the bunk we were gonna share. On my way there, Blake stopped me, whispering as softly as she could.
"Can I sleep with you, tonight?" She chewed her lip as she waited for an answer. I didn't have a problem sleeping with Ruby, I mean, we'd slept together thousands of times. I almost asked why before I realized that me sleeping with Ruby would force Blake to sleep with Weiss. It made total sense that she wasn't too excited about that idea.
"No problem, Blakey." I tucked Ruby into Blake's bed and told Weiss that Blake and I were gonna bunk in my bed.
"You get to spend the night with your favorite leader," I chuckled, nudging her playfully.
"Oh, quiet, you brute," she sighed back, rolling her eyes as she climbed in next to Ruby.
I jumped up on my bed and reached down to help Blake up. She politely sat on my bed, trying to take up the least amount of space possible before I threw my blankets over her.
"Get comfortable, you dork," I told her. She pulled her head out from under the sheets and smiled a really cute smile at me, the sheets still wrapped over her the top of her head and tenting her ears. I wrapped my blankets around our shoulders before cuddling up to her.
"G'night, Blake," I yawned softly.
"Goodnight, Yang…"