A Game of Murder

Chapter 1 - Prolouge

Beep... Beep

A message appeared on a scroll of one Ruby Rose.

On the top of the bunk bed, she scrambled to find her scroll. It was in the middle of the night, she groaned when she opened her scroll to see the message with only half-lidded eyes.

Miss Rose, please bring your teammates to my office. It is a matter of importance. Oh, and please bring JNPR as well. It will be better for you to bring them, rather than I sending a message when they are living across from you all. - Ozpin

Immediately her half-lidded eyes snapped open in alert and caution, and maybe a little bit of excitement. The young Rose jumped down from her bed, causing a loud 'thud!'.

"Guys! Wake up!!"

Three groans, a whine accompanied by Zwei, were heard.

Ruby grew impatient, "Guys! Come on! Wake up! We have to-" her head jerked back when a pillow hit her in the face. Once the pillow fell off, her face looked unamused. "Yang. Really?"

Her older sister's face was covered by her golden locks. A small whine came out of her throat, "Ruby... It's the middle of the night, can't we just wait till morning?"

"No, we ca-"

"What is with all this racket?!" a shrill voice whispered (yelled). That would mean Weiss is up. The resident ice queen glared at the Rose-Xiao Long sisters, "Can't you see that some of us sleeping?" she yawned, but her glare is relentless.

The Rose-Xiao Long sisters were silent for a moment, then Ruby tried to speak but was interrupted by a hiss at the side of the Bumblebee duo. When all three - including Zwei - looked over at the lump they called Blake Belladonna.

"What is going on?" Blake hissed, her ears folded on top of her head, it really showed her distaste for being woken up in the middle of the night.

"Sorry Blake," said Yang. The blonde jumped down from her bunk with a heavy 'thud!'. "It seems like she wants to tell us something."

Blake groaned, "Couldn't this wait until morning?" she held - or wrapped - her blanket tighter around herself.

"No!"

All three of the older girls, including Zwei, flinched at the sudden shout. They could see Ruby rummaging around her drawer in a rush.

"Ruby," Weiss said with a raise of a brow. "Why are you looking through your clothes in the middle of the night?"

Ruby, who was now wearing her usual clothes and cape, shouted. "Because Ozpin wants to see us right now!"

With that one sentence, everyone - sans Blake and Zwei - went into a frenzy.

"Professor Ozpin is calling for us?!" Weiss ran towards her own closet and gathered her clothes before heading to the bathroom. "You dolt! Why didn't you say so!"

Ruby threw her arms up into the air as Weiss closed the door at her face. "I've been trying to tell you, but Yang threw a pillow at my face before I could say Professor Ozpin is waiting for us!"

Noticing the glare from her younger sister, Yang only shrugged. "Oops?"

Ruby let out a sigh as she went towards the door. "I'll just go and wake up JNPR..."

Once she walked out the door, Yang was left standing near her partner's bed.

"Blake?"

A sigh. "Yes, Yang?"

"Are you literally a sushi roll right now?"

"So what if I am?" she huffed.

Yang hummed, "Well, aren't you going to get out of the sushi roll?" she leaned down and put a hand on Blake's blanket, about to peel the blanket off of her partner.