Episode 5

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The opening ends with an overhead view of the Emerald Forest. A black bird flies slowly and magnificently, until it lets out a final shriek and Ruby crashes through it in a burst of feathers as she plummets downward.

Ruby: Birdie, no!

Ruby fires off a few rounds from Crescent Rose to slow herself down, then transforms the weapon into its scythe form to catch the branch of a tree with the blade, allowing her to fall at a slower pace.

Weiss, armed with Myrtenaster, summons a white snowflake circle under her and leaps off of it into the forest below.

Ren descends (with Nora Valkyrie briefly seen next to him at a faster speed) and spins in the air, using StormFlower's blades to spiral around the trunk of a large tree and eventually land on the ground, brushing off his clothes before looking up to see...

Yang: Woo-hoo! Yeah! Alley-oop!

Yang soars right over the treetops, using her gauntlets and their fiery force to propel herself further through the air, spinning and laughing with each blast, even when she crashes through the leaves of a tree and leaps off two trunks to tumble to the ground.

Yang: Nailed it! (runs off)

Pyrrha, with her weapon in sword form and armed with a shield, crashes through several trees and rolls on a branch. She immediately shifts her blade into a rifle and looks through the scope at Jaune, who continues to scream and fall helplessly. Pyrrha coolly transforms her weapon again into its spear form, takes a moment to evaluate her throw, and rockets the javelin deep into the forest until a "THUNK!" is heard.

Jaune: (in the distance) Thank you!

Pyrrha: (waving) I'm sorry!

Y/n uses his flames to quickly descend to the ground. He then takes out (w/n) and digs it into the trunk of a tree, grabbing the hilt of the blade and performing a front flip, landing on both feet before sheathing (w/n).

Y/n: Nailed it. Now, to find the temple. Ready, Ember?

Ember: Yeah. smiles

Timeskip brought by chibi Y/n meditating in fire.

In the middle of the forest, Ruby lands in a crouch, then darts off with a single mantra in her mind.

Ruby (thinking): Gotta find Yang! Gotta find Yang, gotta find Yang, gotta find... (shouting) Yang! Yaaaang! (internally, now seeing herself partnered with various people) Oh, this is bad, this is really bad... What if I can't find her? What if someone finds her first? Well, there's always Jaune. He's nice. He's funny! ...I don't think he's very good in a fight, though. Ooh! What about Blake?! So mysterious, so calm... Plus, she likes books! Then again, I'm not sure I'd be able to hold a conversation with her... oh! There's y/n; he's cool, sweet, and awesome (blushes). Ugh! (shakes her head of daydreams) Okay... Who else do I know in this school? There's Yang, Jaune, Blake, aaaand...

Time seems to slow down as Ruby skids to a halt in front of Weiss as she is turning to face her. She stops just in time for their eyes to meet, and a pregnant pause follows. This ends when Weiss turns on her heel and walks the other way.

Ruby: (following her slightly) Wait! Where are you going?! (stops and kicks the ground dejectedly) We're supposed to be teammates...

Weiss struggles through the forest, occasionally grunting or saying "Ow!" as she pushes plants out of her way. She brushes herself off and sighs in relief when she hears a voice above her.

Jaune: (apparently struggling to free himself) Come on, come on! Stupid...!

Weiss sees Jaune hanging a few feet in the air by the spear embedded in his hood and the tree behind him. As he gives up trying to pull it out, he looks down and sees Weiss, giving an embarrassed wave. Weiss simply heads back in the direction she came from, and Jaune groans in dejection.

Weiss: (as she passes Ruby and pulls on her hood) By no means does this make us friends.

Ruby: (overjoyed as she's dragged away into the bushes) You came back!

Jaune: (seeing the scene and waving his arms) Wait! Come back! Who's going to get me down from here?!

Pyrrha (below): "Jaune?" (he looks down at his savior) "Do you... have any spots left on your team?"

Jaune: (crossing his arms) Very funny... (he eventually looks down at her and gives a smile, which she returns)

Timeskip brought to you by chibi Ruby sitting on chibi Y/n's lap with a jelly chibi Weiss.

Ruby: What's the hurry?

Weiss: I will not let my mission be delayed because you're too slow! I swear, if I get a bad grade because of your— (a smiling Ruby suddenly appears next to her) What the...?

Ruby: I'm not slow, see? You don't have to worry about me!

Weiss: (looking back, slightly amazed) When did...?

Ruby: Weiss, just because I don't exactly know how to deal with people doesn't mean I don't know how to deal with monsters! (gets an arm around a skeptical Weiss' shoulders) You're about to see a whole different side of me today, Weiss, and after it's all over, you're going to be like, "Wow! That Ruby girl is really, really cool... (somewhat mousily) and I wanna be her friend!"

Ruby disappears in a shower of rose petals, which Weiss waves away from her face just as she hears crackling and rustling in the bushes around her.

Weiss: (calling out to Ruby) You may be fast, but you still excel at wasting time! (silence, save more noises) Ruby? (the forest darkens, forcing Weiss to lean in to try and find her new partner as a pair of red eyes are seen glaring behind her) Ruby...?

The camera revolves around Weiss as multiple pairs of red eyes stare at her from the bushes and a deep growl is heard. She turns around until she spots a large, jagged Beowolf emerging from a bush and approaching her.

Weiss: Ruby!

Somewhere near Ruby and Weiss

Y/n: Do you hear that?

Ember: Yeah.

Y/n: Let's go.

Ember: Yeah.

To be continued

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