Remember Me

I was running through a dark forest. My heart beating faster and faster with each terrified step I took. I was scared.

I look desperately for something. Anything that I could hold on to for comfort but all there was were the dark branches of the trees surrounding me. I frantically tried to listen for the voices of my teammates but all I could hear were the cries of the Grimm.

The shrill cry of a Nevermore echoed overhead and I ducked instinctively. I felt like a frighten little girl; defenseless.

I couldn't even remember how the four of us got separated. Before our mission started, we were told that there would only be a certain amount of Grimm to fight off. We underestimated the Grimm. the number we were told did not match up with what we encountered. It was as if the Grimm knew we were coming.

Pausing for a second in my track, I feel for my teammate's aura. The warm atmosphere means that one is closer. I follow that warmth. Within seconds, I find Yellow. Yang comes with me. She looks exhausted and her warmth was getting colder by the second. I see shadows and I follow that. We head that way and we find Black, Blake is spitting up blood and struggles to keep up with us as we start moving. Yang and I have to support her.

One more left.

The Nevermore shrieks again and this time there is a gust of wind as it swoops down for a kill straight at something ahead of us. Red, I see her, surrounded by Grimm; completely surrounded by Grimm. Joy and fear overcome me. My partner and best friend is in front of me, alive and fighting but she's surrounded by Grimm. On instinct, I make a run for it. Adrenaline pumps furiously through my veins; following the Nevermore as fast as I can. A bright silver light blinds me and I'm thrown back rolling on the ground like a mop.

When I open my eyes, I see red and red is all I see.

Red like roses.

I'm certain that not all of that blood was mine. So much blood would have meant that I would be dead. The gash on my shoulder isn't big or deep enough to shed this much blood.

Three of us are scattered around the forest floor.

"Yang!" Blake yells as she tries to run up to her. She was covered in blood from head to toe. Yang looked just as much.

"Blake, no!" Yang pushes her away as a Nevermore attacks her leg. The pain and fear in her eyes could not have been anymore obvious. Blake grabs her unconscious bleeding body and pulls her close, hoping that nothing else would happen.

Another Nevermore heads straight for us. I stand ready to protect my two remaining teammates. The Nevermore dives down as I have my rapier ready—

Waking up with a cold sweat and a migraine, I realize what I just dreamt. To be more specific, I realized what I just relived. All the memories came back flooding to me. All the good and the bad ones. And the ones on how I ended up here in the first place.

I didn't realize when I started, but my cheeks are covered in tears. What took me so long to remember? How could I forget everything. My school, my friends, my teammates, my best friend.

I feel a hand on my shoulder. I know its her. She's always early. She's always here before the sun comes out. I look up at her and my heart lights up, as light as a feather. She has no idea how happy I am to see her. How happy I am that I regained all of my memories back.

She doesn't say anything but with her smile she tells me that she knows what's going on. She's just as happy as I am. Unlike the others, her smile doesn't hide a foreboding sadness behind it and it makes me feel at ease.

She laughs and throws her arms around me. Hugging me close just like she used to. I used to hate it but now its the best feeling in the world. I can't move. I can only cry in relief. After that last memory, I thought she'd—

"I'm so happy you remember me, Weiss." She cries as she nuzzles her face on my shoulder trying to wipe her tears off.

But my shoulder isn't wet.

A heavy feeling settles in my stomach as I reach up and try to hug her back only to find nothing. There is nothing but the cold air of the hospital room. Yang's little sister isn't there.

She pulls away, smiling. Even as her tears fall from her face onto my hands, I feel nothing. There are not tears staining my delicate pale hands.

"I'm so glad, Weiss." She says are more tears roll down her cheeks.

No, don't stand. Don't stand as if you're leaving.

"I can say it probably now," She laughs scratching the back of her head, "Without, you know, having to explain why I'm so important to you." Because she didn't go around telling people she was important to them so often. She undermines her worth so much. But she knows exactly how much she's worth to me. "Weiss, I love you. Always remember that."

"Ruby!" I choke out, finally finding my voice within all the sobbing. I don't know if it's just my tears but she begins to look blurry. I reach out to grab her, or anything.

Please don't go.

Her hands clasp around mine and it feels warm. She's warm.

"I love you, Weiss." Ruby reassures me. "I'm not leaving, so don't cry, okay?"

"Ruby, don't—don't say that..." The tears make it harder to speak and even harder to see.

"I'll always be here."

I quickly blink my tears away and all I can see is my window.

From the window I can see the sun barely peeking its first few rays from the horizon line. The bright yellow and orange colors staining the sad violet-blue sky. Sad like how I feel after reliving that terrible moment. No, sad doesn't even begin to describe how I feel. This feeling in my heart is an indescribable sorrow.

The door opens and Yang and Blake walk in. They see me crying and come over to hold me in their embrace. They knew I knew.

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A/N: This was not my story idea. I only turned it into a story format. The original idea was from a comic strip by Tetra Fletcher on Tumblr. If that is not correct please let me know so I can fix it.