Along came a WhiteRose

Chapter 1-Reliving old memories

Weiss sat in front of the window in her room as she always did ever since she was brought home by her father, after the fall of Beacon. She couldn't stop feeling like a prisoner even in her own room. She always felt a presence that constantly stared at her, ever ready to hurt her if she did something her father didn't like or approve of.

So she stayed in her pristine room staring out the window and walking along the path to isolation she is all too familiar with, looking back on when she was free, when she had friends, a real family, when she had Ruby. She hadn't always liked Ruby, at first she despised her because she was always talking and acting like a child but over time Weiss grew to see her as a teammate, a leader and above all others a friend.

But her feelings for the dolt were more intimate than she originally thought. She wanted to mean more to her than just a friend but she never got the chance to express these feelings, on the day she was planning to confess to her their entire world came crumbling down and the people she cared about were taken from her and she was left in a place where she felt alone and unloved compared to the life of warmth and companionship that she had became accustomed to.

As she sat there thinking about her past, her friends and Ruby a single tear rolled down her cheek. A knock at the door snapped her back to reality "Come in" Weiss said, still staring out as the door slowly opens. "Miss Schnee'' Klein said stepping in "Your father wishes to see you in his office" "Thank you Klein that will be all" 

Klein slowly walked out with a look of concern on his face for the ivory haired girl, as Weiss stood up and turned to leave she whispered to herself "I will see you again Ruby whatever it takes" She then walked out of her room to her father's office, ready for whatever cruel scheme he came up with.

In the middle of the night, in the vast forest of Anima between Vale and Mistral team RNJR continued their journey to Haven academy, along the way they stop by nearby village's to rest and offer their assistance in return for supplies "Well it looks like we're not making it to the next one" Jaune said with a groan "We properly would have been there if Nora didn't keep on asking for pancakes" Ren replied keeping his eyes on the path ahead "You didn't have to have to make them for her!" Jaune yelled, causing a few birds to flee from their perch while Jaune glaring at his friend.

"She would of kept on asking for them so to skip the pestering I obliged" Ren responded in his signature calm manor not phased by Jaune's yelling, Nora burped while joining in on the conversation "But they were so good" Ruby simply chuckled listen to the argument behind her while thinking about everything that's happened in the past year "I think we should set up camp for the night" she said to the three without looking while also dropping her backpack on the ground.

"I'll get some wood for a fire" Ruby then speeds off leaving behind a trail of rose petals leading into a denser part of the forest. The trio begin to set up camp until Jaune speaks "How do you guys think she's doing?" Ren and Nora look at each other for a second before Nora answers. "I think she's still depressed over it" Jaune looks down and sighs, Ren then chimed in to the conversation while still setting up his sleeping bag "Ever since we left Patch she's been having these recurring nightmares" "It's gotten so bad that Ren has had to use his semblance to calm her so she get some sleep" Nora include with worry in her voice.

As they finish setting up Ruby returns carrying a small stack of logs in her arms "Sorry it took so long, ran into a pack of Beowolves" she dropped the logs then began to roll out her sleeping bag. The others just watch as she sets up the fire, she looks up to see the remnants of team JNPR staring at her "What? Have I got sticks in my hair again?" Ruby says while checking her hair "No, we just want to know if you're okay?" Jaune asks nervously making Ruby avoid eye contact with him "I've been better" she said trying to fight back tears.

As Ruby starts the campfire she immediately lays down on her sleeping bag "Ruby you can't stay silent forever, we all lost Pyrr-" before Jaune could finish he's punched in the face and falls on his back hitting the ground hard "YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I'VE LOST, YOU MAY OF LOST PYRRHA BUT I LOST HER AND SO MUCH MORE" Ruby stands up with tears starting to roll down her cheeks and clenched fists while glaring at the older boy "I LOST PENNY, PYRRHA AND MY TEAM, YANG LOST HER ARM, BLAKE RAN AWAY AND WEISS WAS..."

Ruby looked around the group Jaune was holding his nose, blood streaming down his face, Ren and Nora simply looked shocked from her outburst "And Weiss was taken from me by her scumbag of a father before I could say anything about how I felt about her, so please let me sleep and don't talk to me about this again". When she finished she took off her cloak, folded it into a pillow and led back onto her sleeping bag with her back to the group. The others look at each with concern about the youngest member of their group, as the fire began to die Ren and Nora led on their sleeping bags as Jaune sat on his keeping a lookout for any stray Grimm that might wander into them.

Later in the night as Ren and Nora had fallen asleep and the fire had died leaving a few smouldering embers in its wake, Jaune got up from his sleeping bag walked to a secluded part of the forest to train while listening to a recording of his late friend and partner, Ruby was fast asleep dreaming about Weiss and what their life could of been like if she had been honest about her feelings towards her sooner. Nora woke up to a sound she didn't recognise she sat up and looked around and saw Ruby mumbling something in her sleep, thinking that she was having another nightmare. 

She woke up Ren "What is it Nora?" Ren asked sitting up and rubbing the sleep out of his eyes, Nora didn't reply but pointed to Ruby he understood the message and stood up. Ren and Nora slowly walked to Ruby's sleeping bag, Nora held Ruby's hand while Ren put his hand on her forehead ready to use his semblance if need be, Ruby smiled before quietly saying "I love you Weiss" Ren and Nora look at each other before going back to their sleeping bags, back at Atlas Weiss continues to stare out her window she then looks to her desk to see a single rose next to a framed photo of team RWBY Weiss smiles and says "I love you Ruby".