Mirror Mirror

Across The Sea

Winter and Holly hurry their way out of the theater thankfully avoiding their father and most of the press. Once they arrived at the training hall they quickly ran in. They spot Weiss resting against a column with the same cut on her eye. Holly quickly without hesitation rushed to Weiss sliding to her side with Winter following close behind.

"Weiss, are you alright?" Holly asks with a worried tone.

"I'm fine, just a scratch." Weiss assures. "Are you okay though?"

"Yeah." Holly says. "The audience just thought the cut was part of an act."

"Figures." Weiss sighs. "Though I guess in this case it was a good thing."

Winter quickly starts tending to Weiss' cut. "What happened?" She asks.

"A Geist." Weiss answers. "It took control of one of the suits of armor."

"I see." Winter apllies a cloth with water as to clean the wound. "I assume you killed it?"

"Yes." Weiss states gesturing to the armor clattered on the ground in several pieces about two yards away. "Obviously."

Winter gives a warning look as she aggressively puts some ointment on the wound earning an 'Ow' from both sisters. "I guess that means your ready." She says.

Weiss was shocked. "Y-you really think so?"

Holly giggles at Weiss' reaction. "After you fix your attitude." She jabs.

"Hey." Weiss protests. Winter chuckles at the two. "Well at least I chose an elegant weapon for being a Huntress." Weiss jabs back.

"Yeah, cause having an elegant weapon and high heels are must haves for being a Huntress." Holly shoots back.

Weiss rolls her eyes. "Your never gonna let the heels thing go are you."

"Nope!" Holly smiles. Weiss and Winter sigh at the statement since they both chose to wear heels while they fight.

"I seriously wonder how I could be related to you sometimes." Weiss states with a scowl as Winter backs up having finished tending to the wound for the moment.

"Love you two sis!" Holly cheers hugging said sister. Weiss rolls her eyes with a smile and hugs her back.

With that the sisters then exit the hall and travel to main part of the mansion. Once they pass through the main entrance way they are greeted by the family butler.

"Ah! There you two are my little snowflakes!" He smiles. Weiss and Holly giggle each giving the man a hug. He had always acted more as a father to them than their real father.

"Hey Klein." Holly greets with a smile.

"It's nice to see you." Weiss adds.

Klein chuckles. "Thank you madem. Shall I take you both to your room?"

Weiss and Holly look to each other with a smile and nod. "Yes please." They say in unison.

The rest of the night was uneventful aside from packing some things for Beacon academy. Holly smiles as she packs, more than ready to be away from her father. She then has a thought looking over to Weiss who was packing spare clothes. She shakes the thought away turning back to continue packing. The last thing Holly grabs in a long case similar to a guitar case. She opens it and smiles seeing her weapons Candidus and Speculum . It's a set of Sickles that connect together to create a staff with curved blades on each end. Each side holds Dust chambers allowing Dust to flow through the blades. She brushes her hand over them lovingly with a smile. Dispite how much Winter or Weiss said the weapons were crude or gauche(inelegant/lacking ease) Holly never backed down.

She didn't care about being graceful or perfect. She just wanted to escape the mansion. Escape her fathers patriarchal hold on the family and it's name which he had began to tarnish since the day he married into it. Holly knew Weiss had a similar reason and she smiles at the thought. She closes the case and places it next the her suitcase filled with clothes. She then walked over to her bed directly opposite to Weiss' in the room and grabs a pocket watch which lays on the covers. She looks at it and the Snowflake shaped Sigil of the Schnee family rubbing her thumb over it before looking over to Weiss who was holding an identical pocket watch. Holly opens hers seeing the ticking hands showing the time, and above it a small mirror. She closes it and places the watch on her nightstand before hoping in the bed.

The next morning the two took their bags and weapons to the Bullhead smiling at the thought of their father realizing they were serious about going to Beacon Academy in The Kingdom Of Vale across the sea.