RWBY: Team SHDW Volume 1 [NOT CANON ANYMORE]

Chapter 8: The Stray

"Oh man!!" Hazel was practically gushing as Team SHDW walked through the streets of Vale, "The Vytal Festival is upon us!!"

"Hazel," Dante smiled a bit, "I know that it's a huge deal and all, but there's no need to fangirl over it."

"Are you kidding?" Hazel turned to him, "This is the biggest festival... ever! How can someone not get excited for it?"

"Oh, I'm excited," Skyler said, "I just don't see the point in getting excited for just the festival. I personally can't wait for the tournament."

"That too! This is just the best!!"

Walker sighed, "Hazel, can you just keep fangirling to a minimum? We're attracting unwanted attention."

"Oh! Sorry..."

No sooner than she had stopped, he ran into somebody, knocking them both down. Dante helped her up as Hazel rubbed her head. When she realized what she did, she gasped.

"Oh!! I'm sorry!!" she told the girl she had bumped into, "I didn't see where I was going!"

The girl was still on the ground, seemingly not making an effort to get up. She wore a green and white dress, had orange hair with a pink bow, and had green eyes.

"Salutations!" the girl said cheerfully.

"Um... You gonna get up?" Dante asked.

The girl was quiet for a moment, "...Why, yes!"

The girl hopped to her feet, "My name is Penny! It's a pleasure to meet you!"

"Um, hello Penny," Skyler replied, "What are you doing?"

"Oh nothing!" Penny smiled, "I'm just wandering around now! My friends had to leave!"

"Friends?" Hazel asked.

"Oh yes! My newest friend Ruby and her team!"

"Wait, Ruby?" Skyler asked, surprised, "You know Ruby?"

"Yes! Do you know who she is?"

"Well, yeah. We've been friends since childhood."

Penny gasped, "Sensational!! That would make you my friend as well!!"

"Wait, what?"

"Ruby is my friend, as well as yours! Logic dictates that that makes us friends!"

Skyler looked at his team, who all shrugged, "Sure... Why not? Say, Penny, why did Ruby and her team leave?"

"Oh, two of them got into an argument. I believe one was wearing a white dress and the other was a Faunus girl!"

"Wait, Faunus?" Dante asked confused, "Team RWBY doesn't have a Faunus on their team."

"Duh!" Penny exclaimed, "The girl in black! The cat ears!"

"Blake?" Skyler replied, "She doesn't have cat ears. She has a... bow..."

There was a moment of awkward silence among the five of them. Skyler turned back to his team.

"Guys, you don't think..."

"That seems pretty logical," Hazel admitted.

"Yeah," Walker agreed, "It explains why she got into an argument with Ice Queen. You know how Schnees are."

"But why would she hide it from us?" Skyler asked before realizing the answer, "Oh yeah... People like Cardin."

"Makes sense," Dante put in, "I guess she just wanted us to see who she was, not what she was."