(RWBY) castles that tower above the horizon

chapter II: the wolves

"Ruby come here" Salem beckoned as she sat down at the very head of a long table, after spending a few months here with the queen I learnt a few things about her, namely the fact that she likes me to sit on her lap, but she really doesn't like others to know. So I dropped down on all fours and jumped onto her lap curling up a little as she stroked my back with her hand, going all the way down from my ears to the end of my tail, precisely how I like to be stroked.

"My queen, the progression of the virus has been disrupted" Dr Watts informed as he sat down at the table he took notice of me but didn't comment at all.

"By what exactly?" Salem asked a hint of anger in her voice but she released her anger by stroking me as I layed on her lap, until a ball was suddenly thrown bouncing across the table and almost hitting the queen in the face, but I jumped up and caught it in my mouth, feeling her hand leave my back as a assurance to allow me to be able to then jump off her lap and look towards the snickering adult. "Tyrin behave" she sighed.

"Err..." the doctor just said watching as I ran up to the scorpion before he coughed into his hand and turned his attention back to the woman "Raven Brawnwin took down the whole research post"

"Give it!" I shouted up at the tall man as he held the ball far out of my reach, pouting before jumping onto his back and climbing up him like he was a jungle gym.

"Too slow too short" is all he said before I used my semblance and grabbed the ball running away when he started to give chase, I dived under the table and through the legs of chairs not being able to open doors without Salem, but as a new person entered the room I took the chance to slip through the door, the assassin still on my tail as I skided and slipped around slate flooring.

Before then I suddenly crashed headfirst into something hard and metal

"oh god the queen is going to kill me!"

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"Kid, wake up" someone whispered shaking my shoulder as I groaned, gripping onto my head as a throbbing headache strickened me.

"Come on little Rose this is no place to nap" the distinctive voice tyrin said uncharacteristically, but I could hear the fear in his voice. I whined opening my eyes to mear slits to look at the two splodgs of gold and brown. "Look, ball!" He tried bouncing the ball in front of my face, but it hurt too much to even follow the shpear.

"Ruby where are you? I hope you haven't strayed to far and got lost again" I heard Salem call I looked towards the Genral direction of where she spoke from along with some of the Grimm in the corridor.

"She's coming" the someone whispered.

They both almost danced around doing a kind of frenzied tap dance as the queen closed in, her pace quickening when she saw me collapsed on the ground cradling my head "What is going on here?" She asked fury ebbing off her like black dangerous tendrils.

"It seems the child ran into me and hit her head!" The someone laughed nervously.

"Take her to my chambers" Salem sighed watching as I was carefully picked up in the someone's arms carried into the queen's room and layed down on my side of the bed, only signified as my side by my pelt spread out over the pillow and some of the matras, it ment that no matter where I slept I was laying on the fur, especially since Salem didn't allow me to sleep without the collar she put on me is clipped to the bed frame with a dog leash. All after I woke up before her and started to play with Sir Rose, and ended up trashing the whole room.

"Rosie" I whined holding my hands out for the toy beowolf, it being slipped into my arms soon after I called for it, after around five minutes of resting and hugging the toy my eyes finally cleared up enough for me to be able to look up and see- "GHOST!!" I shouted pointing at a tall blond man, his blond hair outgrown and pulled into a small pony tail, he was a little unshaved but what caught me off guard was his blue eyes.