Queen Ruby

Chapter 29

I wanted to use my semblance to bring us back to our Dorm, but I was to tired. Instead, we all run as fast as possible and take a shortcut: the rooftops. We hop from one to the next and soon we can see Beacon Academy in front of us. Blake and I are at the back as Yang and Weiss go ahead. She keeps glancing at me.

"I understand." She stated as I stared her down. The sudden words throw me of and I almost trip over my own feet.

"What do you mean?" I ask her with a nervous smile.

"I know how it feels to be afraid of what people will think about you if you told them the truth." She doesn't smile when she says these words.

"I think you look pretty without the bow. You should't wear it." I smile inocenty.

"I could tell you the same thing." She says with a hint of anger in her voice.

"No I can't. I'd have to explain how I hid these big ears and tale. It's a bit more complicated and its not like they would understand. At least you can explain why you hide your ears." I say softly looing down to my feet, a somber expression falling over both our faces.

"Have you always hidden it?" She asks me, now genuinely curiouse. I chuckel a bit and smile sadly.

"My mind had surpressed that part of me. I subcontiously changed my appearance and only lifted the ilusion again a few day ago."

"What?" Blake raises an eyebrow.

"I surpressed the memories of my childhood as a Faunus and made an ilusion so strong that it even fooled me." I smile this time. The thought of this situation so sureal and impossible that it made me laugh out loud. Stll running over the rooftops of Beacon I jump and a white flash of light aprêars. I turned myself into the three year old Faunus I used to be and keep giggeling. Blake stares at me and stoppes. I jump to her side and ask her if somethings wrong.

"Sorry. This is just freaky." Weriss and Yang noticed us falling behind and run back to us. Both stop when they see me and start staring at me with wide eyes.

"Blake... Who is this?" Yang askes us.

I laugh and jump run over to her.

"I'm Ruby. I'm ruby before she forgot. Now we are back together and one again." I giggle and turn back into my sixteen year old self. I don't bother making my tale and ears dissapear. I keep smiling and start running.

"Common. We need to get back." I run up to the gates and hide my Faunus side again. To my surprise, im much faster when Im not human. The Wolf instinkts kick in and al my sences get hightend. My spead and force is almost tripples, and I m not even using my semblance. I smile and turn into pedales. With the wind, I sneek back into our doorm and go to sleep. Im to tired ot think of my team.

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I can barely recognize my own sister. She talked so formal and acted so grownup all evening that I still can't truly belive that this isnt a dream. I look over to Weiss while running back to our dorm room. Ths whole evening was just a blur. If Rubs hadn't pulled that transformation trick, I would have questioned her mentality. Seeing her so childish was reliving to say the least and her smile before turning into roses was so pure, it was impossible to belive she was what she claimed to be. We are now standing in front of our doorm room. I just checked if Ruby was asleep, which she was and closed the door again.

"Who else is still confused abut what just happened?" Weiss askes us. Bake raises her hand and I fllow her action.

"So are we just supposed to belive everything she told us?"Blake questions.

"Yes. She wouldn't lie to us. She would never lie to me.. We just need to trust her." I return.

"I know you love your sister an all, but she could just be crazy." Bake sais softly.

"What did you guys think of the whole tail and ears thing?" Weiss interupts before I can even get mad at Blake for questioning my baby sisters mental state.

"I think ist nice to no longer be the only faunus in our team, but the whole magick thing is frecky." Bake anwsers. We all nood.

"But she prooved that that part was real. Im more concerned about her mantal state. She's talking about having to lead an army into war. If what she said is all true then she has so much responsibility and it must put her under a lot of pressure. I'm not sure she's ready for it." I explain. The others just nod.

"I don't like him." Weiss finally said what everyone was thinking.

"Seconded." Blake added.

"Well I don't like any boys hanging out with my little sister, but seeing her sit on top of a criminals lap like that made me furious. I've never wanted to kill him more in my entire life." I tell the two.