RWBY 1. Chapter 1: The Urge

**Chapter 1: The Urge**

12:30 A.M.

At this time of night, most, if not all of the students at Beacon academy were sleeping. All, except for one.

In the dorm room of team RWBY, one member of the four huntresses-in-training was tossing and turning in her bed, trying to find sleep. Weiss Schnee had been doing this for almost an hour, yet slumber evaded her. She would occasionally close her eyes and feel the need for sleep begin to take her, but then she was awoken by a searing pain, but she knew how to make the pain go away, but a part of her wanted for her to stay up all night and hope that the pain would go away. However, that would not be the solution. Only spilling blood would bring her solace in this sleepless night. Quickly and quietly, she set both of her feet on the carpeting of the dorm floor and stood up. She had been doing this gig for almost two weeks and the results were the same, her teammates never woke up. Her eyes quickly adjusted, partially aided by the full moon's light and her newly acquired sense of sight. She could see the room in perfect clarity and looked at each of her teammates.

Ruby Rose occupied the bunk above her, crudely held together by four pieces of rope. She hugged her pillow and mumbled something rather incoherent in her sleep; Weiss swore she said her name.

Blake Belladonna took the bottom bunk on the right side of the room. Ever since her friends found out she was a Faunus, she usually had her untied bow in her clutched hand. Blake was rather quiet, her mouth agape in her sleep.

Yang Xiao Long slept in the bunk above the black haired teammate. Weiss was surprised that none of the others woke up because Yang often snored in her sleep. Her mouth was wide open and her sleeping form sprawled out over the bed.

'_Just sink your teeth into their neck, they'll never know'_ a small voice seemed to say in her head. She had to admit, it would be easy. Just stick her teeth into one of her partner's necks, suck out some blood, then return to her bunk and have them wake up with a sore on their neck in the shape of two dots. But she restrained herself.

'_No, their friends. I can't do that to them_' Weiss mentally scolded herself for such an idea crossing into her head. She would not want them to carry on her curse, her shame.

Quietly, she maneuvered over to the closet and pulled out her usual combat attire. She quickly threw a navy blue cloak over her uniform. She had dozens of cloaks that she got rid of on an almost religious type basis. Plus, navy blue would help her blend into the light of the moon. She also decided to keep her hair down, to prevent anyone from recognizing who she was. Quickly,she snuck over to the door and opened it slightly before slipping through and closing it, her friends, still asleep.

As Weiss approached Beacon's courtyard, she felt an all too familiar urge. The urge to satisfy a thirst that plagued her well-being every so often. She walked over to the airship dock that overlooked the city of Vale.

"Tonight, I will feast." Weiss said quietly as her normal blue eyes became blood red.

She quickly materialized a glyph underneath her as it flung her into the night sky.

Unlike most people, Weiss was special.

She was a vampire.

And tonight, she craved blood…


	2. Chapter 2: The Stalking

Weiss jumped from glyph to glyph like stepping stones in the air.

The cold night air rushed through her ivory hair and pale skin, but she was not fazed by the temperature. As soon as one glyph would send her flying through the night sky, she would materialize another one just as she would lose altitude. It was something she always did when she went out for a feast. She saw the lights of Beacon fade into the night; only the green light on the highest tower was visible. Soon, the lights of Vale came into view. During the day, Vale was a place where people would go about their daily business, going from point A to point B before the sun sank and ushered in the night. But at this time, Vale became a much more hospitable place. Criminals took advantage of the slow responding police force and The White Fang were often the culprits. Weiss hated the taste of Faunus blood. It was bitter and never satisfying. But tonight, she prayed for a human.

Soon, she landed on one of the many rooftops of the city with the grace of the dancer as she looked down onto the street. Nothing too unusual. She saw the street lamps on the corners of the street, illuminating their light onto the shops and buildings. She saw no activity of any kind on the street below. Then, she saw a two shadows moving on the streets below. They were clutching bags of what Weiss assumed to be money. As they ran down the street, Weiss jumped gracefully from rooftop to rooftop, hell-bent on not losing their trail. She saw the two shadows go into an alleyway, barely illuminated by a small door light. Big mistake.

She quietly waited above as the two shadows counted their earnings they made in what looked like a bank robbery.

"Man that went off without a hitch." Said one voice, sounding masculine.

"Quiet, we don't know if the place was being watched or not." Another voice scolded the first, this voice sounded rather feminine.

"Come on, I cut off the alarms, those pigs won't even know their bank was robbed." Said the man.

"It's not the pigs I'm worried about. It's the huntsmen." Said the female.

"Huntsmen? Don't they fight Grimm or something like that?"

"I hear that they also fight crime." Said the female, affirming her fears.

Weiss would have chuckled out loud. She would have let them know of her presence. She had one rule as a vampire. Always feed on the guilty. Those who hurt the innocent deserve no mercy from a creature of the night such as her. It was at that moment she decided to throw all caution to the wind. She needed to feed. She had to.

"Well, then what have we here." Weiss said, as she hopped down from the roof down to the end of the alley, the two criminals looking on in awe.

**AN: WOW…14 followers on the first chapter alone. I apologize for such a short chapter. I will try to make longer ones in the future. Until the next chapter, don't forget to post a review. Until next time. **


	3. Chapter 3: The Feeding

"Who are you?"

Weiss heard the man's voice in the alleyway. Not only that, but she can also see them in the dark. Her vampiric eyesight was very akin to that of a Faunus's eyesight in the dark. The man had oily black hair and blue eyes. He looked rather skinny and he seemed that he would not be a threat to the young heiress. The woman, however, seemed to posse more of a danger than the man. She had shoulder-length brown hair and black ebony eyes. She seemed taller than her accomplice and held what looked like a small handgun in her left hand.

"I am the person who has come to end your long life." Weiss said. Sure, it may have sounded cheesy to her, but she could clearly see the young man shaking in his boots.

"A-are you a huntress?" Said the man.

"No, something worse."

The woman was the only one of the pair who was not shaking out of fear, instead choosing to hold her head high.

"Look whoever you are, you better run along before you get hurt." Said the woman, who voice dangerously low.

Weiss began to walk forward and began to lower her hood, her ivory white hair spilling down on her shoulders. She saw the man stumbled as he began to retreat to the back of the alleyway. The woman however, moved forward and held her gun up for the heiress to see.

"Stop, I will kill you!"

Yet, Weiss continued to stride over to her first potential victim. Weiss did not fear bullets. That was the old her.

"Are you a moron? I said stop where you…"

As the woman began to speak, Weiss's stride turned into a run. Faster than a pouncing Beowolf, she whipped out her sword and slashed the woman's throat open. Myrtenaster was more meant for a stabbing weapon, but made short work of the woman's neck. Fresh blood spilled forth from the wound as her the thief's face turned pale as she clung on to what little life she had left. Choking and gurgling sounds filled the air she fell to the ground, her life leaving her eyes. Weiss quickly used her fingers to clean off the blood on the blade she turned to see the other thief standing at the back end of the alley.

His face was full of fear as he long since dropped the knife he was holding. Weiss quickly made her way over to the man.

"P-please, I will let me live." Sobbed the man. He looked downright pitiful compared to the others the young heiress has fed on.

"If I let you live, you will no doubt tell someone about this night. Sorry, I am afraid you have to die." Said Weiss.

The man started to sob even harder now he was faced with the prospect of him dying. Weiss noticed his eyes that narrowed in one the body of his former associate.

"Are you going to cut my t-throat too?" The man said.

Weiss had to be honest; she hated to see this poor man suffer by watching his friend die. Weiss knew she had to kill to survive. It may not be morally sound, but she had to kill. She had to feed.

"Look, if it makes you feel any better, I will make it quick for you. No pain." Weiss said rather softly.

The man looked at her with a look of somewhat understanding as he nodded his head. Weiss made a quick stride behind him and placed her hands on each of the man's temples.

"Wait, why are you doing this?" He questioned.

"I am a vampire. And this is my curse." Weiss said as she made a quick movement that broke the man's neck, ending his life as painless as Weiss could make it.

After breaking the man's neck, Weiss looked down at herself. Her cloak was now covered in the woman's blood. Other than that, her features were relatively untouched. Weiss quickly walked over to the woman's body. She bent down and opened her mouth, allowing her fangs to extend outward. She bit down on the woman's neck and began to suck on it like she would a drink straw. At first, her blood tasted like copper and iron, but then the flavor of it changed. Its flavor now tasted like honey and sweet nectar. The taste, absolutely euphoric to the young vampire. As she continued to feed. She remembered her first apprehension to killing. How she hated this curse and her desire to be rid of it. But she knew full well that she had to feed to sustain herself.

After a few minutes, she felt like she was sucking in only dry air. The woman's corpse looked like a skeleton wearing pale skin. She then moved on to the man, the victim who she did not enjoy to kill. Weiss would often not give a second thought on her victims. Many were killers and thieves and other criminals of sorts. This man looked more like a crying child than a hardened criminal. Soon, the man turned into a pale corpse like his partner as Weiss felt her stomach aching from her feast. With some strength, she hauled the two bodies onto her shoulder and proceeded to move down to the docks.

After disposing the bodies in the ocean, she made her way back to Beacon. The time was one forty a.m. She quickly went to the cliffs, where first year students were flung for initiation. She quickly shed her robe and loaded onto the catapult. She activated the fling and watched it fly into the dark forest below.

Weiss quietly snuck into her team's dorm room and changed back into her night gown. Her teammates were sleeping, blissfully unaware of the young heiress action that transpired tonight. With her stomach full from her meal, Weiss quickly made her way over to her bed. Sleep came easy for the young vampire. But as sleep took her, she knew that tomorrow she might have to do this again.

**AN: Wow, RWBY Volume 2 is done. I can't believe it. It just felt like we started. Well, back to the hell known as the RWBY hiatus. I really appreciate all of your feedback and follows and favorites. Now to acknowledge you, the reader's reviews**

**To Fourze: No, the man and woman in this chapter are not Emerald and Mercury. I don't know what role the villains will fulfill just yet.**

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**P.S: Happy Halloween Everybody!**


	4. Chapter 4: Two Weeks Earlier

**Two weeks earlier…**

Weiss began to wake groggily from her bed, the newly christened morning light shinning trough the opened windows.

"GOOOOD MORNING, TEAM RWBY!" Shouted Ruby as she greeted the morning sun. It could have been worse. She could have used that damned whistle.

Weiss saw the now groggy forms of Yang and Blake beginning to wake up.

"Ruby, it's... seven-thirty in the morning. Can you please let us sleep?" Said Yang as she pulled the blanket back over her head.

"No Time. We gotta go to breakfast! Banzai!" Shouted the excitable leader as she ran off in a flurry of rose petals.

"Yang, we really have to do something about your sister." Said Blake as she placed her bow on her cat ears.

Weiss knew that Blake was right. Arguing with their leader or trying to sleep in with her around was an impossible task. Weiss decided to throw on her school uniform and get ready for the day ahead…

"Will Team RWBY please report to professor Ozpin's office?" Said the P.A in the middle of Port's class.

All four members of said team looked down at the teacher, who proceeded to nod his head in approval. Weiss was kind of glad that they would not have to listen to anymore of Port's 'tales of heroism' he often called them. All four members gathered their things and proceeded to walk to the headmaster's office.

"I wonder what Ozpin would want from us?"

"Don't know. Maybe it's because you often sneak cookies into the class room."

"Hey, I can't help it that I am still hungry after lunch." Ruby and Weiss bantered back and forth on the way to the office.

Yang and Blake knew better than to interfere with their small time chatter. In a way, they found it cute how the leader and heiress would often have these 'talks'. After much discussion, they arrived at the elevator which would lead up to the office.

"Alright, now please Ruby; don't try to press all the buttons on the way up this time." Weiss said, recalling the tale Ruby told them when she was called down to Ozpin's office after the dance.

With that in mind, the doors closed as the elevator ascended up the tower and to the office.

Ozpin was at his desk looking over reports that were handed to him awhile ago; they were not looking to good.

"Why would you send a first year team to deal with a Grimm dwelling?" Said Glynda, standing at his side.

"Because from what we know, they are very low-level Grimm we are dealing with. Plus, I have seen what they are capable of." He said as the door beeped, indicating someone had come.

Ozpin pressed the button and allowed the four teammates to walk in. For Ruby, she simply looked forward to Ozpin's desk, where he was sitting. He smiled as he noticed that the other three were looking around the office, which was situated in the clock tower of Beacon.

"Thank you all for coming on such short notice. I have a special assignment for the four of you." He said, the team came to attention.

"I have recently received a report from one of our scouts that a Grimm dwelling as sprung up not too far from the walls of our city." Team RWBY stayed quiet so he knew he had their attention.

"We have reason to believe that the dwelling is filled with a pack of Beowolves and is located in Forever Falls forest. I am sending you four in to deal with the problem." Ozpin said as he finished his briefing.

"Professor, forgive me for speaking out of turn, but do you think you can send another team to handle the situation?" Weiss said, rather unsure about the mission they have been assigned. Weiss honestly thought that Ruby or the others would be the ones to protest, but they stayed silent, staring at Ozpin rather intently.

"I am glad you asked that question Weiss. As you may already be aware some of our older teams are busy with other assignments. With many of our teams busy or helping to repair the city after Grimm attack, you four are the only ones available. I have seen what you four can do and I have complete faith in your abilities." The headmaster sounded rather confident in his speech.

He was right. Many teams such as CFVY and JNPR were rather busy with assignments, or repairing the city after the breach three days ago. Plus, Team RWBY had a pretty good track record in terms of hunting down the Grimm, with their fight with the Nevermore being a prime example. Weiss simply nodded her head in understanding.

"Excellent." Said the headmaster as he sipped his coffee. "The four of you will be deployed there via Bullhead. In case if you four are in need of medical assistance, you four will be armed with shortwave radios all connected to your transport. Good luck."

**AN: Well, that was a rather quick update. Time for responses.**

**To manticore-gurl071134: No, Weiss will be a vampire. Ruby and Yang's monsters have already been determined. I am rather unsure of Blake. So the answer for Blake may be maybe. I have simply not decided yet.**

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	5. Chapter 5: The Mission

The Bullhead flew low enough for the team onboard to see the red leaves of the forest.

Forever Falls was, in Weiss's opinion, a very beautiful part of the kingdom. The forest was so vibrant in color that the leaves seemed to glow red whenever the sun hit the leaves. That is where the beauty of it ends though. They all knew that the forest was a common nesting place for the Grimm and it often saw large scale infestations of said creatures. The flight only took thirty minutes, but in that time frame, no one spoke a word, not even Ruby

The four girls have fought Grimm before. They have been into Grimm infested areas such as the Emerald Forest and Mountain Glenn. But after they became a team, they were often shadowed by a huntsman or huntress. This, aside from the Emerald Forest, would be their first solo mission hunting Grimm. No word was spoken until they reached the landing zone, a rather large clearing in the forest. The side doors open as the team gathered their equipment. They had small, handheld radios to talk to each other or call for med evac. They also had small food rations. According to Ozpin, the mission would only take from one to four hours time.

"I am sorry girls, but this is where I will leave you. Call me if you are injured or need medical help. I will be flying in the nearby area." The pilot called back to them as they got out of the ship.

The girls turned around and watched as the Bullhead took off and soared off into the sky.

"Alright team, we may have to split up and look for the den of Grimm." Ruby told them.

"Ruby, I'm not sure that would be a good idea. We would be in trouble if there are more Beowolves than we thought."

Weiss was right. Ozpin had told to anticipate a pack no bigger than ten to twelve. Weiss thought that there would be more than the predicted amount. If that was the case, they would have to stick together or risk a potential injury that could incapacitate them.

"Hey, ice queen. I have to agree with my sis on this one. We split up, we can cover more ground and we might be able to find the Grimm we are looking for." Yang said.

Weiss saw Blake nodding her head in silent agreement. Three against one, just like the bunk beds.

"Fine." She uttered in a defeated tone.

"Alright. Yang, you go with Blake and scout out our position to the east. Me and Weiss will head west and check there. We will radio each other in thirty minutes if we can't find anything. Radio immediately if you're in trouble k'ay?" Ruby laid out the plan for them to follow. Each teammate nodded their head as the two pairs went off to follow their directions.

Weiss and Ruby were scouting out to the west for ten minutes now and they barely saw any signs of Grimm activity. Although Weiss herself had to admit she was getting rather bored, she was rather nervous about finding the pack first. Ruby, on the other hand, was more prepared for a large scale fight. In her own words, Ruby said that she had beaten back a horde of Beowolves before she came to Beacon. Weiss had to admit, Ruby was brave. Sure, she was sometimes childish and immature, but when she needed to assert her status as a leader, she did with a sense of confidence.

"Weiss? You back there? You have been awfully quiet."

"Yes, I'm fine. Thanks for checking." Weiss quickly said.

She had to admit, she really did like how Ruby was looking out for her well being. Ruby seemed to mature sense the Grimm attacked Vale. She looked as though she was ready to accept any responsibilities that came with the burden of leadership. Maybe their friendship was something more…

'No! Stopping think those thought and keep this in the here and now' Weiss mentally scolded herself for think such thoughts. She knew that Ruby must've been more interested in guys. Was there a small possibility she was wrong.

"Weiss! Look ahead" Ruby quietly whispered back to her, snapping her back to reality.

In the middle of the forest was a small cave with three beowolves gathered outside. Their boney protrusions rather small and the red marking more light red. These must've been young Grimm.

"Weiss there is only three of them. Should we take them?" Ruby questioned her teammate.

Weiss had to ponder. There were only three of them. Weiss and Ruby could very well easily take them out. On the other hand, what if there we more of them? Weiss decided that now would be a good time.

"Let's take them."

With that, Ruby and Weiss flew out from the bushes with their weapons now unsheathed. The Beowolf closest to the bush never knew what hit it as Weiss stabbed the sword though the creature's chest the other two started to growl but Ruby quickly dispatched them with her sniper rifle. She took out one with a clean head shot but other one was within three feet of her and closing. Weiss was just about to call out, but Ruby seemed to automatically know. Quickly, she extended the weapon to its scythe form and slashed the creature in half. The two of them were surrounded by the dead, now evaporating bodies of the Grimm.

"Nice job Weiss. Yang is going to be upset that we got to them first. We me call them." Ruby said as she sparked her aura, allowing Yang to know where they were.

Something made Weiss a little uneasy. She would've thought there would've been more of them. It should've been a challenge. Something was not right.

"Alright, I called them. They just felt my aura and are on the way to our…" Ruby never got a chance to finish.

Suddenly, a large, black body emerged from the cave. It started to extend out until its body started to turn white. Then Weiss noted that its body was not covered in fur, but scales. It was a fully, scaled and two headed King Taijitu.

**A.N: Duh-duh-DUHHH! Cliffhanger time. Also, I put a little hint of romance into this chapter.** **Can you spot where it is? On the other hand, time for some feedback.**

**To: Fourze: The issue of Vampires and sunlight will be addressed in this story, don't worry. The vampires will have some of the tradition things, but I will also add in some addition abilities (and no, I don't plan on using the vampires from Twilight as a basis) so don't worry.**

**To Anonemuss14: Thanks for the idea. But I have made decided what Blake is. What is she you may ask? Well, we will get there when we get there.**

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	6. Chapter 6: The Bite

Yang and Blake arrived just on time.

But it probably would not mean a thing since that a King Taijitu was staring at all four of the reunited team and hissed with both heads.

"Took you long enough." Weiss muttered.

"Hey we were busy with searching. I actually can't believe that you beat us first." Yang replied.

"No time for banter. Scatter!" Ruby called out, snapping both the blonde and heiress back to reality.

All four teammates took Ruby's advice and scattered in different directions. However, this Grimm was possibly older than it appeared and cut off the routes of the teammates. Weiss was not as lucky as the other three though. As she ran for a break in the tree line, she felt herself being wrapped up in the scales of the beast. Black scales moved around her waist and torso as the black head stared at her intently with red eyes. Suddenly, Weiss began to have difficulty breathing. The creature was constricting her, choking her very life out of her.

Weiss had heard stories of King Taijitus using their massive bodies to constrict prey. She never thought that one day; she would be on the receiving end of a constricting. Weiss say spots beginning to dance in her eyes as her skin turned blue from lack of air. She felt like just giving up. She couldn't even reach her sword. She felt her eyes begin to close, but suddenly…

"Let go of her you monsters!" Screamed a voice as Weiss heard gunfire fill the air.

Suddenly, a sickening sound was heard as the creature let go of Weiss. She dropped to the ground and literally began to gulp down air, trying to regain her breath. She suddenly felt a hand on her just which felt somewhat reassuring.

"Oh my gosh, Weiss. Are you okay?" Ruby said, her voice filled with concern.

Ruby began to help Weiss off the ground as Weiss felt all the blood in her face go to her cheeks.

'No! Blush later, fight now!' The small voice in Weiss head snapping her out of her delusions.

"Ruby, I'm okay. You can let go now." Said Weiss, as Ruby was still holding on to her hand.

When Weiss looked at her, she could've sworn that she was blushing.

The battle continued to rage for a few minutes. If one was to stumble onto the fight, they would have seen Team RWBY perfectly coordinated. Each time they dodged each attack, only to follow up their maneuver with attacks. Blake and Yang were taking on the white head and Weiss and Ruby were taking on the Black one. Blake was slashing at the body while Yang was firing Ember Cecilia from a distance, pelting the large serpent with fiery shotgun rounds. Ruby and Weiss were a fighting force to be reckoned with. Weiss would use a glyph to restrain the massive body while Ruby would slash the creature with Crescent Rose. Suddenly, the large roar filled the air was the white portion of the creature fell to the ground, filled with so many holes in the head that it looked like swiss cheese. Weiss became momentarily distracted and lowered her glyph.

Ruby was caught off guard as the large black serpent slammed its body, sending Ruby flying towards Blake and Yang, who caught her. Weiss suddenly felt enraged by the creature. It had hurt Ruby of all people.

"Hey you big ugly snake. Over here." Weiss shouted, drawing its attention to her.

'Great. On my own for this one' She thought as the creature lunged for her.

Weiss expertly moved out of the creature's path as its massive head slammed into some of the trees behind Weiss. The King Taijitu was recovering from its strike as it turned back to Weiss. It lunged its head forward.

Weiss quickly moved her sword up into the roof of the creature's mouth. She saw the blade of her sword go through the roof of the creature's mouth and out of its skull. It began to shriek an unearthly sound as Weiss struggled to pull the blade out of the creature's mouth. She found the opportunity and brought her sword out of the injury. As she did, she felt a stabbing sensation through her arm. Her arm suddenly felt like it was on fire and as the Taijitu fell to the ground and its body began to evaporate, Weiss inspected her injury.

A large fan was stabbed through her left forearm. It had stabbed clean through arm and the injury itself was starting to turn black in color. Weiss had heard that King Taijitu venom was a debilitated agent that destroyed the body once it was administered. Weiss started to walk towards her teammates, dragging her rapier sword along the ground.

"Weiss that was sooooo awesome!" Shouted Ruby, not noticing her injury.

Weiss noticed that the spots that danced in her eyes suddenly returned as she fell to her knees, the venom taking effect.

"Weiss!" Shouted Ruby as she ran and held Weiss in her arms.

"Yang! Call the Bullhead! We need medical attention now!" Shouted Blake.

Yang simply nodded, not seeing the tears beginning to gather in her half-sister's eyes.

The last thing Weiss remembered before blacking out was the image of Ruby staring to cry. Then her whole world faded to black.

**A.N: Cliffhanger time again. I guess I will just cut to the chase here and respond to some of the comments.**

**To Vulpixs flame, charli3, and Tatopatato: You three made a comment on my style being my frequent updates. I try to update my story the best I can. That may not mean that it will always be like this, but I will try.**

**To JohnDoe777: Team RWBY are not monsters yet, the next few chapters will establish the monsters they will be, and Weiss is the only monster. The others will join her soon enough.**

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	7. Chapter 7: The Aftermath

The beeps woke Weiss up.

The first thing she noticed was her body. Her entire body felt like molten lead and refused to move. She looked around her in order to understand her surroundings. She was in a hospital bed with a catheter extending from a pole into her left arm.

'The King Taijitu.' Weiss thought to herself, now knowing how she got her.

She tried to speak, but her voice died on her throat. She noticed a breathing mask pulled over her mouth and nose. Her left arm was wrapped in a series of gauzes. Her upper forearm was bloodied and it was dark red. She tried to get more an understanding of her surroundings, but she blacked out again.

"Thank you for coming on such short notice." A voice called Weiss back into reality.

She opened her eyes slightly to see a doctor with his back towards Weiss's bed. His hair, gray with chalk-white streaks running through it. In front of him, Weiss could make out the figures of her teammates. Ruby looked at the doctor rather intently while her blonde and ebony haired girl stood to Ruby's side. Apparently they did not notice her eyes were slightly opened.

"Give it to us straight doc. Is she going to be alright?" Yang asked.

"Well, that is where I must deliver the bad news."

"Bad news?"

"Yes. Weiss received a rather lethal dose of venom. To make matters worse, it was injected straight into her veins. We were able to stop the bleeding that it caused, but…"

"But what?" Asked Blake.

"But King Taijitu venom acts very much like a debilitating agent, killing cells and causing organs to shut down. This allows it feast on its prey no problem. If we were there within a few minutes of the bite, we would've been able to administer the right amount of anit-venom."

"Wait aren't you administering the medicine now."

"Well, we are. That and we are trying to get her red blood cell count back up. Unfortunately, if we administer any more, Weiss may overdose and die."

Weiss flinched at the word.

"But, even with all the medicine we are giving her, her organs are running at half-speed and continuing to drop.

"What about her aura?" Ask Ruby.

"That is also at dangerously low levels too. I hate to tell you this, but your teammate may die within a day or two."

The room was silent for a whole minute. It went so quiet that the only sounds from the room were the ventilator helping Weiss breathe and her heart rate monitor. No one spoke a word as the sentence began to sink in.

"No."

A voice simply said. Weiss was surprised to see Ruby standing there, her hanging low, tears in her eyes.

"You bring her back. You bring her back RIGHT NOW!" Screamed Ruby, causing everyone to flinch.

"I'm sorry Miss Rose but…"

"But nothing! I want you to save her life right now! You hear me! Save her!"

Weiss was almost shocked to hear the normally quiet Ruby Rose screaming with tears streaming down her face. Yang went to reach out her hand but Blake pulled her back, shaking her head.

"I want you to save her life!"

"Miss Rose, we have done everything for your friend. I'm sorry. There is nothing we can't do for her now. Now I'm afraid you will have to leave. You may disturb the well-being of..."

"I don't give a damn about the 'well-being of patients'." Weiss flinched. She never heard Ruby swear before.

"Sis, we have to go." Yang said, putting a reassuring hand on Ruby's shoulder, only for her sister to knock it off.

"I don't Weiss to die because I… I…" Ruby couldn't finish the sentence as she fell to the floor, now sobbing uncontrollably. With that, Blake and Yang help Ruby off the floor and helped her walk down the hall, crying the whole.

During the whole ordeal, no one noticed that Weiss was awake.

11:30 P.M.

Weiss looked at the holographic wall clock witch hung over the door. Her curtains were pulled back and a dim bed light shined over her head. Weiss sat there, now fully awake. She was well aware that with every breath she took, her death would draw near. As a huntress, she knew that it would be risky occupation. Much better than an heiress of her father's company. But she was terrified at the very thought of her death. She did not want to die alone. She wanted her family, her teammates and her sister. But most of all, she wanted Ruby. Ruby had stuck through with Weiss on thick and thin. All she wanted was for Weiss to be her friend and now a stupid snake bite would rob them of such. This thought brought Weiss to silent tears.

Suddenly, before she could dwell on those terrible thoughts, she felt a cold breeze rush through the room. She looked over and it nearly gave her a heart attack. A figure stood by her left bedside. He was concealed by a black hood and robe, which draped over his whole body. His face could not be seen under the thick hood.

"So, you're Weiss Schnee?" Asked the figure.

Weiss now feared for her very life. Was it a White Fang assassin, come to finish the job the Grimm had started?

"I have watched you for some time. You cannot die yet." The figure said as he pulled out a blood bag, nearly identical to the one hung up for Weiss.

"I will give you some of my blood."

On that note, the man disconnected the blood bag from her catheter and replaced it with his. Weiss began to struggle as the new blood was being pumped into her veins.

"When you wake up, you will be reborn."

With that, Weiss passed out.

**A/N: So this is how Weiss will come to be what she is now. The man who gave her blood will play an unexpected role in the story later down the road. But for right now, Response time.**

**To Fourze: I make no such promises (in other words, there will be more cliffhangers). **

**To JohnDoe777: There will be something down the road involving monster blood (I am talking about the Grimm). And yes, the Taijitu's death was inspired by the movie version of the Chamber of Secrets. I just made it so Weiss killed it with her being left-handed.**

**To Vulpix's Flame: I understand why you hate the word monster. To outsiders (A.K.A people who don't know them) they are monsters. That is why I named this story the monsters within. The creature's within doesn't really have a ring to it.**

**To TirmusicaDrag00n90: I have already decided what the other team members will be. Of course, I will not say what they are just yet.**

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**Until next time **

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	8. Chapter 8: the Hospital Stay

The beeps of the heart rate monitor woke her up again.

Weiss's eyes began to flutter open. They seemed to respond faster than her actual body. Her head started to slowly shift on her pillow as she opened her eyes in full. She noticed that the top of a cabinet held several jars of flowers. Some were accompanied by a 'Get Well' card. She felt around her mouth and noticed that the breathing mask was completely gone. She also noticed a sleeping form on the right side of her bed. The figure had her head resting where Weiss's leg but it felt gentle so it did not wake her up. She noticed the person had dark hair with red highlights. Weiss blushed as she realized who it was.

"R-ruby?" She muttered. Her voice sounded awful. It sounded cracked and dry.

Ruby's sleeping form began to stir and move when her name was mentioned. She lifted her head and looked at her. Weiss could've sworn she saw tears forming in her eyes.

"Weiss! You're okay!" Ruby lunged forward rather quickly and gave a massive bear hug. Compared to Yang's, Ruby was not that strong but it did knock the wind of her.

"Crushing me. Can't breathe. You…dolt." Weiss, wheezing out every word with her voice.

Ruby instantly pulled back and wiped the tears that were forming in eyes. As Weiss looked at Ruby, she noticed Ruby was not in the best of states. Her dark hair had become messy and showed no sign of care. Her eyes were all puffy and bloodshot, but also carried bags under them. Her skin was even more pale than usual.

"What happened?"

At that moment the two other members of the team entered the room.

"Well, well, well, look at you ice queen. You look strong enough to rip the ears off an Ursa." Yang said, with Weiss grumbling in annoyance at her nickname.

"Well, I guess I can explain." Blake began. "When they first brought you in here, they were unsure that you would make it. The venom was just too powerful for most anti-venom. After the day we visited you something happened."

Weiss decided to play dumb and she said she was not aware the team had come to visit her.

"Anyway, after we left, we returned to Beacon. Everyone was worried, even Team CRDL."

Weiss believed that everyone was worried for her, but CRDL, known bullies? She must've been worse than they were letting on. Throughout the whole story, Ruby kept glancing over at Weiss, like she would explode. Weiss found it strange but merely dismissed it.

"The day after we visited, the doctors called us in. They said that somehow over night, your condition began to become better. It was like your body was ridding itself of the poison."

Weiss remembered the man who gave her that blood bag that one night. How it was rather mysterious, how he got in after visiting hours, and even how he got up to the window were all questions in Weiss's mind. She looked over at the blood bag only to find it looked like the same she had before the man showed up. Was it all a dream? Was it a dream induced by the venom?

"Weiss, what's the matter?" Ruby said, her face a masked of concern.

"Nothing. Continue."

"Anyway the doctors said you were making a speedy recovery and that your aura somehow purged the venom. Even your injury is gone."

Weiss looked down at her left arm. Blake was right. The gauzes which covered the limb from her forearm to her fingers were gone. Even the wound where the fang had entered as gone. Replaced now by a long pale scar, but even that was starting to heal. She moved her hands up to her face to touch her eye scar, the one that will never heal.

"How long was I out?"

"Three days."

"WHAT! I was out for three days?!" Weiss voice temporarily rose before dying back down to its same raspy volume. Well, that would explain all the flowers.

"Ruby never left your side after that. That's my baby sis for you." Yang said.

Wait, Ruby had stayed with her for three days? Ruby really cared for her that much? It almost shocked Weiss that Ruby was willing to let her own well-being slip into disarray in order to insure her teammate was comfortable in the hospital.

"Well, that was…sweet of you Ruby."

She could've sworn Ruby just blushed.

The four stayed in the room and talked for a few minutes. They talked about how all the other students reacting to Weiss's situation. How Nora wanted to take Weiss to break Cardin's legs when she got better. And how Ozpin gave Ruby a pardon to watch over Weiss. As the continued to talk, Weiss felt her stomach rumble.

"Hey, do you think you can get me something to..." Weiss began to say, but Ruby pulled out a green apple. "…eat."

"I know that hospital food can be a little bad, so I snuck an apple out of the Beacon mess hall for you."

Ruby proceeded to hand Weiss the fruit as Weiss took a solid bite. At first, the apple tasted sublime. Beacon only had the finest food the students who trained there. But the more she chewed; the apple lost its flavor. She literally tasted nothing. Weiss made a face as she swallowed the first bite.

"What is it?" Ruby asked.

Weiss did not want to worry her friends more. Maybe the medicine was doing this. Making food lose their flavor.

"It's nothing." Weiss said as she continued to eat the apple, which had no flavor.

**A/N: The flashback chapters will be over soon, don't worry. I know that I have been focusing way too much on flashbacks rather than moving the story along. And for that, I apologize. We will get back to the present soon enough. Only one response to do today!**

**To Tatopatato: Some of the others will be introduced as the story and plot progress. **

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	9. Chapter 9: Her First Time

Her hunger started to become unbearable.

Weiss thought that the food having no flavor was the result of either the venom or the medicine that had been pumped into her veins for three days straight. But something strange started to happen as well. Food she ate not only lost its flavor, but it refused to satisfy her. Even hospital food, which would taste like cardboard, had lost its flavor. Weiss also felt a paining thirst all day. She constantly drank water, but the thirst became even more persistent, maybe even worse.

"Geez ice queen, do you want to make the toilet your new bed?" Yang questioned jokingly.

To Weiss however, this was no laughing matter. She could not quench her thirst and also couldn't satisfy her stomach, which had hunger pains by this point. She did not want for her friends to worry so she decided to not bring it up in her conversations with either the doctors or her teammates.

"Weiss, what's wrong?" Ruby would constantly say. Ruby must've been smarter than she was letting on.

"I'm fine."

Weiss did appreciate the brunette's concern for her. Ruby had been doing these movements for some time now. Ruby would always ask her if she needed help or if she was okay. Weiss began to suspect there was something more to Ruby. After a few hours of them talking to Weiss and telling her of what was going on at Beacon academy, the P.E system announced that visiting hours were now over.

"See you tomorrow." Ruby said as she was the last to leave the room.

As the sun sank behind the clouds, Weiss hunger and thirst pains grew even worse. She would silently groan in pain to prevent the doctor's suspicions to grow. When it turned nine o' clock though, Weiss pains grew unbearable. She couldn't begin to think clearly. As she sat in her bed trying to understand what was going on, a nurse came into her room, possibly doing her daily rounds. The nurse did not speak as she adjusted the window and curtains, pulling them back and showing the stars and moon to shine through. What happened next, Weiss couldn't begin to explain.

Her vision went red. Literally, everything radiated a dark red glow to them. Even Weiss's own hands were a bright crimson. Weiss began to smell the type of copper coming from an unidentified source. She must've known it was in the room somewhere. When she looked at the nurse though, it was like Weiss's body lost all control. Her mouth started to salivate and she licked her lips with some form of anticipation. The nurse had her back facing Weiss. Weiss slowly but surely started to get out of the bed and picked up a small fruit knife she used to cut some of the fruit the doctors had given her. Her footsteps quiet as she sneaked up behind the nurse. With her right hand, she quickly grabbed the nurse and covered her mouth and with the other hand she started to stab the knife into her back. Weiss tried everything in her power to stop the brutal attack, but it was like her body was on auto pilot. The nurse let out muffled screams of pain as the knife left her back only for it to get stabbed into it again. Blood now covered the knife and Weiss's hospital gown as the nurse fell over. Weiss couldn't keep count of how many times she was stab.

She watched silently as the nurse took her last breath.

Weiss now had full control over her body. She looked down at the result of her murderous impulse. Weiss slowly started to back up and drop the knife. She ran over to her room's bathroom, threw open the toilet and retched. As she vomited into the toilet, she felt hot tears streaming down her cheeks. She had killed the Grimm without any second thought, but she had never taken a human life before, much less an innocent life. As Weiss finished, she walked out of the bathroom to see a shocking sight.

Her windows had been thrown open and standing over the body of the nurse was the hooded figure. The figure's face was concealed by a hood. The figure then looked up at Weiss.

"Well hello Weiss Schnee, we meet again. I honestly hoped it would be under much more pleasant circumstances."

The voice sounded familiar.

"Wait, you're the man who came into my room and gave me that blood." Weiss concluded.

She honestly hoped it was all a dream. She would wake back up in her bed and her friends and loved ones would surrounded her and tell her it was all a bad dream. But the man simply put his head down, as if he were ashamed of something.

"I am sorry I have cursed you to this life. But you must feed. I know you have suffered pains all day."

"How did you…"

"I have been in your position before."

"Feed on what though?" Weiss said her voice cracking.

"I think you know."

Weiss looked down at the nurse's body on the floor but focused on her neck. She proceeded to bend down her body on auto pilot once more. She placed her mouth on the nurse's neck. Weiss tried to stop herself, but then she bit down and felt blood gush into her mouth. Weiss tried to pull back. The blood tasted like iron and copper, but then the flavor changed. It now tasted like sweet honey. Weiss was mortified at her actions but she continued, as if she were a newborn baby sucking on its mother for the first time. Weiss pulled back as she looked at the woman's body, now pale and emancipated. She was a…a…

"Vampire." She uttered the word.

She had read stories of the blood-suckers but never thought that they were true. The man simply nodded his head.

"I am sorry." He said.

Weiss kept her head down, not wanting to look at the man. The pain in her stomach and throat were gone.

"Sorry? Sorry?!" Weiss said, her voice rising.

"Weiss, you must feed again, but do it tomorrow night."

"How do you know my name? I will kill…" She turned only to see that the man was gone and so was the body. Weiss looked on the counter of her bedside and saw a letter and a new hospital gown.

'Dear Weiss Schnee, I have sorry I have now condemned you to the life of a blood sucker. I have left you a new hospital gown to change into. I believe the doctors would be rather suspicious if they were to see you in your current state. I have a friend at Beacon who might be able to help you I will contact him soon. But for now, tell no one and hunt only at night. Also, get some navy blue cloaks for when you're hunting at night. Also I suggest you hunt down criminals. It's much easier. Sincerely, V.'

**At Beacon Academy**

Ozpin sat at his desk calmly sipping his coffee as his scroll rang. Ozpin picked it up and was meant with a rather familiar voice.

"Professor."

"Hello Vlad. I hope you are doing well."

"Ozpin, we need to talk about one of your students."

Ozpin listened with great intent.

**A/N: And with that, this chapter brings an end to the flashback. Who is this Vlad Character? How will Weiss deal with being a vampire?** **And what will happen next? Stay tuned.**

**To Manticore-gurl071134: Thank you for your continued reviews. As for the food having no flavor, I thought it would be a side effect of being a vampire. I have no idea what log horizon is but that comparison must be coincidental.**

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	10. Chapter 10: Back in the Present

**Back in the Present**

Weiss Schnee was rather unfocussed in Professor Port's class. Her hunger for blood made her all the more irritable, and Ports tales of how he killed a Grimm were not helping matters either. As the classes was either writing down notes or taking a quick power nap, there was a knock at the door.

"And then I…Oh, come in." Called out the professor.

The door swung open to reveal Professor Ozpin standing in the doorway, cane in one hand and a coffee mug in the other. The students taking a nap, including Yang sprung awake, as if they sensed him in the room. All the students including Weiss stared intently at the headmaster, waiting for him to speak.

"Hello professor. May I borrow Weiss for a minute?"

Ruby looked at Weiss, worried that she would be in trouble. Weiss gave her a quick gesture, as if she was saying 'everything's okay Ruby'.

"Of course you may."

Weiss got up from her desk and walked out of the room where Ozpin stood in the hallway. After she left, she shut the room's door, quickly catching a glimpse of Ruby's concerned face.

"Hello Miss Schnee, how have your studies been?"

"Rather well professor." Weiss answered confidently.

"Well, considering your nightly escapades into the city, I am rather surprised you are doing well."

He knew. The professor at Beacon Academy, a very powerful huntsman no less, knew Weiss was a vampire.

"I… I don't know what you're talking about. Vampires are just stories." Weiss said, decided to play dumb.

"Don't try to fool me Weiss; I am well aware at what you have been up to. I feel like I can help you. Meet me at my office after you are done with tonight's escapade and make sure you're alone."

Weiss wandered how he knew that she would head into the city to chase down criminals and drink their blood. Weiss decided it would be best to do what Ozpin said.

"Okay."

After attending classes and having 'dinner', Weiss feigned sleep as her friends went to bed. Weiss did your regular procedure; she went into the city and chased down a criminal she had been following for some time. He was the worst kind of criminal too, a rapist. Weiss quickly dispatched of him, giving no second thought.

As Weiss walked up to Ozpin's office, she wandered how he could help her. She wandered that if she was a vampire, then why has she not burned up yet? Her skin felt rather hot in the day time, but she has not been burnt to a cinder like old vampire stories say. She took the elevator up to the office and was lost in her own thoughts.

'Would Ozpin call me up to his office just so he can kill me?' That horrible thought entered Weiss's mind. In the stories she read, vampires were often hunted down and killed for the crimes. She would hunt down those who committed crimes. She has never taken an innocent life.

'Well I did kill that nurse...' Weiss instantly stopped that thought. Did Ozpin catch wind that there was a monster in his school? Weiss pushed these thought to the back of her head as she entered the office.

Ozpin kept his back towards Weiss as he opened the window.

"Did you come here alone?" He said as he turned.

Weiss simply nodded to the headmaster.

"Very well." He turned towards the open window.

"Its safe old friend, you can come in now." Ozpin called out into the dark.

"What are you..?"

Before Weiss could complete her question, a large black bat flew through the window. Weiss instantly got down and low to ground. If there was anything Weiss could not stand, it was bats. The bat landed on the ground and suddenly shifted form. It turned into a tall man. The man had long black hair and ebony eyes. He had pale skin similar to Weiss. His features were old and ancient.

"Hello Ozpin, lovely evening." The man said.

The man wore a long black cloak with the hood pulled back revealing that his cheeks were sunken in. Ozpin did not look amused by the man, if anything; Ozpin looked rather upset that he was here.

"Weiss, this is Vlad Helsing. He is a rather old friend of mine."

"You're the man who turned me into this Beast!" Weiss screamed as she pulled out her sword and ran towards him. Vlad pulled out a long sword and countered her blade.

"MISS SCHNEE!" Ozpin raised his voice, a rather rare occurrence.

The two pulled away and looked at the headmaster.

"We have come to discuss this like civil people. I do believe I did not bring you two together just to exchange blows. Sit down." Ozpin ordered the two.

Weiss sat down but Vlad still up.

"Weiss, this man is Vlad. He is a vampire like you."

Weiss hated being called a vampire. She hated being branded with that title. It was the mark of a monster rather than a human being. She turned and gave Vlad a stare that would send any Grimm running for the hills. Vlad simply looked at her with a look of pity.

"Vlad was the one who saved your life by giving you some of his blood. He has been reprimanded for his actions. He has come here with an offer.

"What would that be?"

Vlad looked at Weiss, his face now changing to a look of seriousness.

"I know that I have condemned you to this life. And I know that no amount of apologies will make it up for all the blood you have spilt. I have decided to teach how to control your hunger and teach you."

"Teach me what?"

"Abilities that you never even knew you had."

"I have so many questions for you."

"All in good time, Weiss. All in good time."

Ozpin noticed and decided cut in on the conversation.

"You will begin your training with Vlad on during the weekend. Your team will be informed, though we will not tell anyone of why you're training with Vlad. To anyone who asked, this conversation never happened."

Weiss nodded her head. Why would she be training with a man who turned her into a monster and pretty much said that killing in the name of survival is okay.

"Now Weiss, you may leave. Vlad and I still have much to discuss."

**A/N: Weiss's training has begun. She will learn more about the vampires. Will she be able to learn of her new talents? How will her team deal with her being gone? And how does This Vlad character know about her? I decided to name him Vlad Helsing as a reference to a rather famous vampire story. Can you guess where their from?**

**To JohnDoe777: Yes, I named him Vlad in reference to the vampire and the man who inspired Dracula. There will be more references to other monster archetypes when the others come around.**

**To truefortune: No, only Weiss will be a vampire. We will see more vampires, some with different motives.**

**To Tatopatato: I did not know that I was inadvertently making that reference while I was writing the last chapter. I kind of walked straight into that one. **

**To Manticore-gurl071134: You must really like this story Manticore. There will be more twists and a turn as the stories goes along. **

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	11. Chapter 11: The Castle in The Mountain

Weiss did not really anticipate for this 'Vlad' character to have a Bullhead.

After the three of them had a chat on her training, Weiss returned to the dorm room and was not question by her teammates. Mostly because they were asleep. Friday afternoon had come and Weiss was ready to begin her training. Ozpin told her that every weekend, she would train with Vlad, leaving Friday afternoon and returning Sunday night.

"Vlad will supply you with bedding and other accommodations. You will be responsible for bringing your own clothes."

When Weiss spent most of her day on Friday packing, her teammates and classmates got concerned. They believed that Weiss would be going to the kingdom of Atlas. Weiss wanted to stay far away from Schnee Dust Company headquarters. Whenever Weiss was questioned as to where she was going, she would respond to telling them she was going on a training exercise. One person who was most concerned was Ruby. Bless her heart, she was so concerned. She appreciated the concern but noticed Ruby's behavior has changed over the last few months.

"Weiss, do you want me to come with you?"

"No, Ozpin said that I must do this alone."

She was right. Ozpin specified that no one other than her and Vlad would alone for her training. A part of Weiss longed for Ruby to come along. Ruby always knew how to make the best out of a rather bad situation. Weiss knew that it would not be possible. What would Ruby think of her when she found out?

'Go away! I hate you!' a mental image of Ruby screamed in her head. Would that really happen though?

"No snap out of it." She chastised herself.

After saying her goodbyes, she made her way to the airship dock. Sitting on one of the landing pads, Vlad stood in front of a Bullhead. His hood covering his head. In the light of day, his features became rather clear. He had long black, oily hair. His face was boney and looked malnourished. It looked as though he had not eaten in days. His looked like he was age thirty-three.

"Come Weiss, we have much to discuss."

Contrary to what Vlad had stated, the flight on the Bullhead was quiet. Weiss sat in the passenger's seat while Vlad sat in the pilot's. Weiss would occasionally look at Vlad, who kept his face focused on the horizon.

"How did you get a Bullhead?"

"I acquired it in remarkable circumstances."

And with that, he continued to pilot the ship. Weiss had so many questions for him. How did he know Ozpin? And what could he do for Weiss? Weiss kept her a gym bag of her clothes and assortment of toiletries on her lap. Weiss was about to ask a question when suddenly, it died on her lips. She knew where they were going.

"Mountain Glenn."

The ruined city was laid out beneath the ship as the continued to fly towards a mountain range that overlooked the city. Weiss could vaguely make out the images of Grimm roaming the streets beneath them.

"Yes, the mountain ahead is my home."

"You live in a mountain?"

"In a manner of speaking, yes."

Soon, the ruins of the long-failed city passed as the approached the mountain. A small, carved out landing pad was there for them. It was as though it had been carved from the very rock itself. The Bullhead landed as the doors opened.

"You see Weiss I have been living here for a rather long time."

Soon, he approached a massive boulder and pulled out his sword. He taped the boulder with the tip of his blade and proceeded to put his weapon back in its sheath. At first, nothing happened. But then, the boulder started to move out of the way. It soon revealed a massive doorway that must've lead into the mountain itself.

The two proceeded to walk into the cave, being surrounded by total darkness. Thankfully, Weiss had better night vision. That must've been one perk of being a vampire. Vlad was a man of total silence. For a man who said he would help her, he was rather quiet. Soon, the pair approached a pair of large, steel doors.

"It must be around here some…ah, here it is." He said, as he pulled a key out of his cloak pocket. He put the key in a rather small key hole and turned it to the left. The doors parted and the two entered a long hallway.

All Weiss had to say when she saw where Vlad lived was one word.

"Wow."

Vlad looked back at her with a smile on his face, as if he were satisfied with her reaction. Compared to the dark, damp hall of the mountains they just walked through, the main hall looked like a castle hall. A large stairwell led to an unseen second floor. Torches automatically lit themselves as if they were powered by dust. Vlad started to show Weiss around the 'castle'. Along the way, Vlad explained that he built this castle into the mountain.

"I have been in the region before Mountain Glenn was built here. I have had a rather long time to myself here."

The first room he showed was the dining hall. It had a long, fifteen foot long wooden table. It had silverware of all types alongside plates and goblets. In the middle of the table, a fruit bowl containing an assortment fruit such as apples, strawberries, pears, and many other Weiss could not name.

The next room was the dungeon. Weiss never assumed that he would have built a dungeon. There were various prison like cells. Weiss looked inside them and noticed they were filled with a various assortment of people. Male and female, Human and Faunus.

"These are criminals. They are the worst kind though. You may have dealt with petty thieves. These people are killers, rapists, arsonists, and others I will dare not mention."

"Why do you keep them down here?"

"I keep them to save them for later. I feed and care for them. But then, I invite them up for dinner."

Weiss would not want to know what that first phrase meant.

The next hour was a blur to her. The castle in the mountain was a maze of corridors and rooms Weiss could not believe existed. The bathroom looked more like a bathhouse, having a large bathtub that looked like swimming pool. Vlad assured her that was three more like this. He showed his bedroom. His bedroom was large and had a rather large ceiling that might've been twenty feet high.

"How did you fit all this in the mountain?"

"Like I said, I started to build this place a long time ago. I have built this place from the bottom up. The highest this place goes is the summit."

Then, Vlad showed Weiss to her spare room.

"You are free to use any of the rooms whenever you like. Come to me when you're ready to train."

Vlad closed the door and left Weiss to her thoughts.

The room was rather small and rustic compared to Vlad's room. It reminded her so much of the dorm room. Weiss set her bag down near her bed and simply decided to sleep. Vlad would allow her as much time as she wanted. She knew she would have to begin sometime today.

Weiss laid down on the rather comfy bed and drifted off to sleep.

**A/N: Next time, Weiss's Training begins. She will also learn some of the facts about vampires as well. Before I leave you I feel like I need to address something. Tatopatato wrote a review in the reviews section the means quite a lot to me. As a novice writer, I am looking for ways to better improve my writing. It is good to know that you guys have been following, favoriting, and reviewing this story. I now this may sound cheesy, but thank you all. Everything you guys do is appreciated. Don't forget to review and…ah, you know the drill. **

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	12. Chapter 12: Nightmare and Training

Weiss woke up when the nightmare ended.

Her nightmare began with her walking in the Beacon courtyard, though something felt out of place. As she continued to walk, bodies began to materialize around her. They were in various states of dismemberment and were all almost unrecognizable. But the worst was yet to come. Soon, the bodies began to appear to take the form of people she knew and loved. First, she saw Yang. Yang was impaled on a stake that had been driven through her gut, the aforementioned organ on the end of the stake. Her skin was pale and a majority of her scalp had been cut off.

Next, she saw the body of Blake. The stench of rotting corpses was overwhelming by this point. Blake laid on the ground, bisected. With her bottom half nowhere to be seen, Weiss was forced to focus on what remained. Her eyes had been gouged out and her cat eyes looked like they were forcibly ripped from head. They laid off to the side, useless.

'_What kind of animal would do such a thing?'_ The dream Weiss questioned.

The only body she did not see was Ruby's. Ruby was nowhere to be seen. She began to walk all around the campus of Beacon. She saw Team JNPR, CFVY and CRDL and various states of dismemberment. Some were decapitated, others were eviscerated, and other words that ended with 'ated'. Soon she came to the gardens when she noticed a figure was on top of Ruby. Ruby had suffered a rather non-violent death, her body was pale and sickly and surrounded by a pool of blood.

'_Get off her! Who are you?'_ Weiss's dream self questioned.

The figure froze and turned to her.

'_Why I'm what you'll become.'_

The figure was her. This 'mirror' Weiss looked like her with the exception that her jacket was color swapped. Her mouth and clothes were stained with the blood of all the people she loved. Weiss simply began to break down and cry with her double laughing.

The dream ended when the doppelganger lunged at Weiss, fangs bared.

Weiss felt something shaking her body as she woke up. She was covered in sweat and felt tears stream down her face. Was that real? Or was that a sign of things to come? She looked to her bedside and saw Vlad standing there, face full of concern.

"Are you alright?" He questioned.

"Yeah." Weiss said, not wanting to talk about the horror she had just seen in her mind.

"Liar."

"How did..?"

"I can always tell when a person is hiding something from me." Vlad said.

Weiss began to tell him the dream, trying to maintain her composure as she did. Vlad simply looked on with curiosity.

"When was the last time you fed yourself?"

"I don't want to drink anymore blood. I have been doing it for two weeks now. I want a cure." Weiss demanded.

Vlad gained a rather sad look on his face.

"I have just fed on a person myself. You need blood to survive. You must feed." Vlad said, putting emphasis on the word 'must'.

Vlad was right. Weiss felt her stomach growl like a raging animal. She did not want to, but deep down, she knew she had to drink blood.

"Okay." Weiss simply said.

"Come down to the dining room when you're ready."

"To Train?"

"No, to talk. I feel like I owe you an explanation on some things."

Weiss's nerves calmed when she began to drink the blood. Vlad had put some blood in a goblet for Weiss drink. The blood tasted like it always did. Like nectar and honey. Weiss hated the flavor. Not that it was not sweet in anyway, but it served as a reminder that she could not return to normal life again. As Weiss drank, so did Vlad. Vlad was drinking is own caught blood in a goblet as well. He had told Weiss that the blood they were drinking was that of a criminal in the dungeon below. As she finished her goblet, Weiss was the first to speak.

"Why do you say that I need blood to survive?"

Vlad simply put down his goblet and took a napkin to his mouth and started to wipe off the blood. He may have been a vampire, but he was sure a gentleman.

"Everything that makes up a vampire is sustained by the blood of our prey. Our abilities, our survival, and even our own sanity are held together by the blood we drink."

Weiss had no idea what he meant by that statement.

"Vampires have several abilities. But to sustain ourselves, we drink blood. Blood to a vampire is what food is to a person. It gives us much needed energy and allows us to extraordinary things. Even our ability to survive in sunlight is sustained by blood. Originally, vampires could not live in the sun. They would burn if they tried. But those were the old times. As time changed, so did vampires. Vampires soon learned that the ability to survive in sunlight would be sustained by the blood of the prey we feast upon.

"What happens if you don't feed?"

"If a vampire does not feast for three days, he will burn in the sun. Remember blood is our food. What happens to a human if they do not get food in their bodies?"

"They…die?"

"Exactly."

This sudden revelation was like Nora was bashing in Weiss's head with her hammer. Weiss knew now that feasting on blood was not a choice. It was a necessity.

"A vampire could still utilize their Semblance and aura." Vlad continued. "Though, they are now sustained by the blood we feast upon."

Weiss had to admit, vampires had rather clever adaptations. They were now able to survive in the sun, unlike the stories she read. But another question dawned on Weiss's mind.

"Why did I kill that nurse that one night you came into the hospital?"

Vlad looked away, as if it were a painful memory for him as well.

"When a person receives blood, or is bitten by a vampire and survives, they enter a three-day long sleep. When they wake, they are vampires. But they wake with a hunger that is so ravenous; it forces them to kill the closet living being that may have blood. Human, Faunus, animals and Grimm can all be potential prey. It is called a blood rage."

Weiss knew that pieces of the puzzle were staring to come together. Everything was starting to make sense. Weiss could still eat human food and drink other liquids to pass as a human, though they would no longer be able to satisfy her. Why she killed that nurse was also making sense. And finally, her ability to survive and sunlight put the last pieces of the puzzle together.

As Weiss sat there, deep in thought, Vlad started to get up.

"Time to train."

"Wait."

Vlad stopped and looked at the still seated Weiss.

"You said that vampires need blood to sustain their abilities. What abilities do I have?"

"You have potential that you would never think were possible. That is why you are here. I will teach the talents and 'benefits' of the vampiric curse.

**A/N: What?! 'Benefits'?**

**What are they? What do they do? That my children is a story for another day. **

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	13. Chapter 13:Vlad's Journal Entry 1

_Year 1,001_

_As I sit here watching Weiss train in the vampiric art of hypnotic suggestion I can't help but think back to when I was just a novice vampire. Many men and women still desire to believe that their worst threat is the creatures of Grimm. Little do they realize they are wrong._

_Almost a millennium ago, longer than anyone could remember, there was a time called 'the Era of Chaos'. It was during this era did man have the first confrontations with the Grimm. But they were not the only monsters they faced. Men also faced creatures that only emerged at night. Creatures that drew their power from the darkness. While they did not take the forms the Grimm took, they ranged from werewolves, vampires and shapeshifters. Werewolves are men and women whose very power is drawn from the full moon. They will attack any one, friend or foe. Some have learned to control the beast within, but with every full moon, the beast demands blood to be spilt. _

_Vampires, a race that I am a part of, are men and women who must drink blood to survive. Some have extraordinary talents like surviving in the sunlight, transfiguration, and hypnotic suggestion. These abilities however, are sustained by the blood they feast upon. I will write a future entry in regards to the subject of vampires._

_The final classes of creatures are shapeshifters. There are two classes of these creatures. It is believed that certain Faunus may be able to tap into their inner animal so to speak of. The other is the blood cursed. Families of blood cursed may transform into a pre-determined monster by blood. The transformation may be invoked by strong emotion, such as anger or sadness._

_Back on topic, these creatures had one thing the Grimm lacked. They had the uncanny ability to pass on their curses to others by means of a bite. Shapeshifters are the only exception to this. Many desire to end their own life once they find out that the curse is permanent. However, men soon found they could use their curses to their advantage. Soon, those who once considered themselves to be cursed men now considered them to be blessed. _

_With their new abilities, they used their 'blessings' and their skills as huntsmen to fight the Grimm. But soon, they realized their gifts could serve an even greater purpose. A group of vampires, werewolves and shapeshifters created an order to protect the innocent from all manner of monsters and beasts. They were known as 'The Order of the Nocturnal'._

_The Order spread justice and lawfulness where ever they tread. Me and my brother were once members of this proud order. We helped combat the darkness. But, we were betrayed._

_My own brother led a coup._

_With my brother gone, he established his own order. To mock ours. He named it 'The Cult of the Red Moon'. Unlike us, they were willing to spill innocent blood to further benefit their goals. They even indoctrinated innocent people unwillingly to further their own agenda. Our orders engaged in a bloody war, to which man now writes off as a myth. Only two of our orders remain._

_Me and my brother._

_Now, man writes off Vampires and werewolves as sheer myth. But I have felt that my brother is alive, building his forces. He gives them the option to either join him or die. I fear his influence grows by the day. But as I sit here watching a young heiress train to be my apprentice, I remember a dream a saw awhile back. _

_I saw four warriors. All girls who are training to be the best in their craft. I see what may be their fates. A girl dressed in red, who will be cursed by the full moon's light. A girl dressed in black, a Faunus no less. She has yet to discover the true nature of her abilities. And a girl dressed in yellow, the color of fire. She may carry a curse of the dragon the spans back centuries. A blood cursed. A do not believe in fate, nor do I believe in coincidence. But I fear one part of my vision to be true and may have already come to pass. A girl dressed in white would become my apprentice. However, she must bear my curse. I do not yet know where the other three may come from but I fear that my attempts to save Weiss's life may have set a chain of events in motion that can't be stop. _

_If the other three are out there, they may need to help stop my brother. They may have to play apart in The Order. I will tell Weiss this. Though not now._

_Vlad Helsing._

**A/N: Yah! I'm not dead! I have been busy with school work and the holiday season, giving me not that much time to write. I appreciate all the favorites and follows and your patience. I have not come up with ideas for the next chapter; I am still in the planning stages. Please, be patience with me. I wrote this chapter as an experiment to see what you think of this idea. The chapter is a journal entry for Vlad, Weiss's vampire mentor. They severe as a way of telling the background story. Think 'World of Remnant' for this story. This chapter also has some foreshadowing if you squint hard enough. I will continue to write the story, but at a much slower pace. Sorry.**

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	14. Chapter 14:Feelings

Ruby woke up with butterflies in her stomach. She could not explain why, but she felt nervous about tomorrow.

The day Weiss would return from her training.

According to Weiss herself, she would be training with an expert huntsman and they would head to the town of Mountain Glenn to train. Ruby felt nervous when she heard her partner would go into Grimm-infested territory, but Ozpin assured her that everything would be fine.

"I doubt that they would have no problem. I know that both Vlad and Weiss have particular talents that make them stand out."

Ruby did not doubt Weiss or this Vlad's abilities at all. In fact, she knew very well that Weiss would be okay. She sat alone in the dorm room, wandering about a great many things, but Weiss seemed to dominate her thoughts.

Weiss. That name drove Ruby's stomach to do flips and flops. She felt her pulse quicken and complimented Weiss every time she had done something amazing. She could not explain why she thought Weiss was amazing.

What was it? What about Weiss made Ruby crazy? Was it her hair? Her eyes? Her stature when fighting? Or her change in her personality?

Weiss has changed since she attended Beacon. When they first met, Weiss seemed reluctant, almost not willing to work alongside the other members of her team, especially her and Blake. But in the recent months, Weiss has become a very productive member of her team. At times, it seemed as if Weiss was second-in-command.

No. That still did not explain it. Ruby was driving herself crazy with these thoughts and then came to a single, if not, weird conclusion.

Love. She was truly, madly, in love with Weiss Schnee.

Ruby never thought she would be attracted to a girl before. She always thought that she would end up with a boy, but never a girl and her own partner. How would her Dad react to that revelation?

Just at that moment, her answer walked right through the door.

"Ruby, I'm back from combat training!" Yang yelled as she entered the dorm.

"Where's Blake?"

"Down at the library, she needed to study." Yang said, her face beaming as she did.

Ruby thought that Yang could take the news anyway, either he would approve or she would smash a wall not wanting for Ruby to go down that road. Yang must've noticed a frown on her younger sister's face.

"What's wrong?" Yang asked, somewhat concerned for her baby sister. "Is it Cardin? Did he say something to you, cause if he did, that son of a…"

"No." Ruby said flatly.

"Oh"

"It's just…" Ruby paused. "I have been thinking about this person I may or may not be in love with. I don't know if you are dad would approve."

"AWWW! That's so cute!" Yang said, putting Ruby in an Ursa-style hug, about to squeeze the life out of her. "So who are you thinking about? It's Jaune, isn't it? I think he's taken by Pyrrha"

"No."

"Fox?"

"No."

"…Ren?"

"No, no, no!" Ruby yelled quietly, hoping to not attract attention to anyone who was passing outside the dorm at the time.

"So who is it?"

Ruby breathed in deep and said her next sentence in the most elegent, poetic way possible…

"I'minlovewithWeiss!"

'Smooth' she mentally said.

"What?" Yang said with a look that was mix of confusion and questioning.

"I'm in love with Weiss."

A minute passed between the two before Yang spoke up.

"Our Weiss?"

"Yes."

"Weiss Schnee?"

"Yes."

"As in, Weiss Schnee of team RWBY?"

"Yes, Yang what is so hard for you to get. I am in love with Weiss."

Yang face changed to neutral, scaring Ruby a little bit.

"Does she know?"

"No."

"I see."

Yang looked rather confused and shocked at the same time. Ruby was staring to get a little scared. Yang opened her mouth to speak and said some words that she was not expecting.

"I was wondering when you would tell me."

Ruby looked at her sister, who now had a beaming smile on her face.

"What? You're not mad?"

"Of course!"

"But, how did you know about my feelings for Weiss?"

"When Weiss was in the hospital, you would not stop worrying about her. You we're displaying the signs.

"Oh."

Suddenly, Yang put her hand on Ruby's shoulder in a very reassuring way.

"Hey, I would not be mad if you were dating her, in fact, I think you can make a girl like her very happy. Blake and I seem pretty happy with each other and so should you."

Ruby was so happy that Yang was understanding and…wait. What did Yang just say?

"What did you just say?"

"Oh, me and Blake are…kind of together now." Yang said as if it were a minor note.

Her sister and a cat Faunus, she could not see them together as a couple.

"When did this happen?"

"When Weiss was in the hospital. I confessed my feelings for her. She seemed to share the same. Me and her are still trying to wrap our heads around it to. But I am happy with her. I actually want you say in the matter. Do you think I should continue?"

Ruby thought back to what Yang said. How she would make Weiss happy. She could now see that her sister could easily make Blake, a normally quite girl happy.

"Yes. Go for it. If she makes you happy, then I am happy."

The two sisters embraced each other in a hug.

"Thanks Rubes."

"No, thank you Yang."

With that, Yang and Ruby went to the mess hall to meet with Blake. As they walked yang tapped Ruby on the shoulder.

"Yo, Rubes, if you want my advice. Tell Weiss as soon as she comes back, but tell her when we are at the dorms."

"Thanks,"

The two sisters entered the mess hall, where Blake and JNPR were waiting. While they ate dinner and Nora yarned tales (With Ren occasionally chiming in the right details), Ruby would notice Blake and Yang looking at each other lovingly before going back to their meal. When they returned to the room later that night, Ruby was in bed when she saw Blake and Yang together in each other's arms, sleeping. With that, Ruby smiled and went to sleep.

In the forests outside of Vale, a man unrolled a bedroll in the forest. He was prepared for tomorrow night. The moon would be full; he could feel it in his veins. He saw a Beowolf staring at him from a distance, now showing its teeth. The man made a low, growl in his throat and the Grimm got the message. It whimpered and ran off into the woods, fully acknowledging the man as the Alpha.

"Soon, Vale will know that the Cult of the Red Moon has returned…"

**A/N: I'm back! Yes, I am not dead. I have been busy with school work, and the New Year and all that and I thought I would not leave this story for dead. In fact, I was struck with a very bad case of writer's block. I was thinking what I could do with this story, but thanks to the help of a certain videogame (*cough* Skyrim *Cough*) I have been provided with ideas of what I can do for this story. **

**In fact, I have been thinking of new ideas for some new fics that I would like your opinions on. Here are some ideas.**

**A fic which contains stories of some ships in the world of RWBY (Like White Rose, Bumblebee, Arkos, Renora, etc.)**

**A sort of Avatar Au. Bascially, a story where RWBY characters are benders and Ruby is the Avatar.**

**So which of these two fics should I do next? Don't worry I will still work on The Monster's Within and I will do both of these fics at some point, I just want to know which of these two fics you want me to do next.**

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	15. Chapter 15: One Long Bullhead Ride

Weiss was nervous.

First of all, she was gone for Friday and Saturday. Next, very few people (including her teammates) knew she was gone. Finally, she was nervous because people would probably ask questions as to where she was over most of the weekend. It was a Sunday and she was expected to be back at Beacon per the agreement between Ozpin and this Vlad character.

Vlad. He certainly was a man of mystery, as in he rarely talked about himself. He would simply ask Weiss more questions in return like her family life and her membership on Team RWBY. It seemed even during the training, Vlad was studying her every move with close intent. He was even writing down notes inside of a journal of some kind.

As she thought about her training, she also thought about her dream. The dream where she saw herself killing everyone she knew, including her own teammates. She would never do such a thing in a million years. Weiss had not told Vlad about her dream and the Bullhead ride back to Beacon was not doing her any favors. In a way, she was creeped out by Vlad. He was always quiet, watching.

"You haven't said a word." He said from the pilot's seat.

"I've been thinking."

"About what?"

"Why we need to drink blood. I mean, is it really necessary?" Weiss asked.

Now, Weiss was seated in the passenger's seat, which she had looked out of the window for a majority of the ride back. When Vlad said something to her thirty minutes into the flight, Weiss looked over, his gaze was still fixed on the horizon.

"I'm sorry if it's a bad time to ask but…"

"No, No, it's not. We have about an hour's flight left."

Vlad paused for a second, as if he was thinking of an answer.

"You know what the funny thing is?"

"What?"

"I ask myself the same question myself sometimes too."

The cockpit went quiet for a minute or two, the air so tense, Weiss felt like she could've cut the air in two.

"Why do you think we drink blood Weiss?" Vlad asked.

Weiss was about to answer a question, yet none of the responses in her head made sense.

"I don't know."

Vlad turned and looked at her. His ebony eyes bore into her as if he were looking into her soul.

"While we are forced to drink blood, it is often for our own benefit."

Weiss was confused. How was hurting the innocent and drinking their blood for her benefit. She had nothing to gain from something so…barbaric.

"Blood does more than sustain our hunger and thirst. It also enhances our abilities. You see, vampires when they turn become enhanced, more so than any human. We are faster, stronger, better than what we were before. Blood sustains our abilities as well."

"How?" Weiss questioned.

"Have you ever wondered why vampires can survive in the daylight?"

Weiss nodded. She was curious herself. She read in tales that vampires tended to burn to a crisp or a pile of ashes when exposed to the sun or intense light.

"Vampires have an ability that I called a sun shield. This is simply an extension of our aura at work."

"Like Semblances."

"Yes, exactly. But unlike Semblances, which are replenished with rest, our 'shields' become depleted the more sunlight we are exposed to. Go for a day without feeding and your skin will begin to burn and darken. Two days without feeding will cause you to burn until your nothing but a pile of ashes.

Weiss shuddered at the thought of her screaming in agony while she withered away and turned into a pile of white ashes. The very thought alone scared her.

"But blood also sustains or other abilities such as hypnotic suggestion, which I just taught you, and shapeshifting."

"Wait, did you just say shapeshifting?"

"Yes, the reason I did not teach you it was because it is more advanced than what I taught you this weekend. You will learn it some other time."

Weiss thought that the idea of shapeshifting sounded…well, cool. It may seem childish, but the idea that one could take on a different form sounded…exciting. She then thought about blood. A rather morbid thought crossed into her head that she wanted to ask Vlad.

"So far, I have drunken human blood. Are than any other types I can drink?"

Vlad looked with a half-amused smile on his face.

"Most certainly, Human and Faunus blood are practically the same. However, Faunus tends to have more blood and they taste bitter, so humans would be preferable in that situation. Animal blood can be drunk, but you would need massive amounts of it to feel satisfied. Then there's Grimm's blood.

Weiss looked over, slightly shocked by what she had just heard.

"Grimm have blood?"

"If you can feed on them before their bodies dissipate, yes. Their blood can sustain a vampire for days on end. But I would not recommend drinking it.

"Why?"

"Grimm's blood has…interesting side effects on a vampire. Only drink it in emergency situations."

"What side effects?"

Vlad did not say, but he looked embarrassed, as if he had a particular bad experience with Grimm's blood, so Weiss decided to drop the subject. While they were talking, Weiss thought back to her dream she had back at the castle in the mountain. It was time. She had to say something.

"Vlad I have a question for you."

"Ask away." He replied simply.

"I had a dream a few nights ago where I killed everyone I knew and drank their blood. Do you know what that means?"

Vlad looked at her and his smile from their conversation on Grimm's blood was gone. He looked somewhat pained.

"There is one final thing I forgot to mention when it comes to vampires. They tend to have dreams. Not just any dreams though. These dreams often show the future."

Suddenly, dread filled Weiss.

"Wait, I'm going to kill my friends?" She asked worried.

"Well, no. Every vision must be taken with a grain of salt. The vision shows a future that might be possible. You could simply be seeing one of many different futures. They may come true, but they not also come true."

Weiss was worried about that. Was her dream a sign of things to come, or are they a potential future that might happen. Despite this, Weiss felt drained from their conversation and slipped off to sleep.

Weiss figured that she would not be able to sleep after Vlad told her that her dreams could show her the future. But she slipped off to sleep rather easy.

She really wished she hadn't.

Her dream took her to a dark forest at night. Even in her dream, the forest at night felt soothing, almost calming. The forest was illuminated by the full moon, shining brightly in the sky. But something felt…off. The trees had claw marks on them. But they were only on the trees leading north. Weiss, against her better judgment, started to follow the claw markings.

"Hello?" She called out to nobody in particular.

She continued to follow the trail until she came to a forest clearing. In the middle stood a figure whose outline was vaguely familiar. Her hair seemed short and choppy and the figure hadn't noticed Weiss as it was staring at the moon.

"Hello?"

This time, the figured turned. Despite her being far away, Weiss could make out that the figure's eyes were two spate colors. One eye was emerald green and the other was…

Sliver…

"Ruby?" Weiss called out. Who else had sliver eyes? But why was one of her eyes green.

The figure that resembled Ruby turned and looked in Weiss's direction. Soon she crumbled to the ground in pain as if she were stabbed. Weiss saw something that was mortifying. Ruby's arms were extending outward and no longer resembled human arms. Her feet grew longer and her back became hunched. Her human face now resembled the snout of a dog and both eyes were green now.

"Ruby?"

The creature that had taken Ruby's place looked a Weiss and lunged…

Weiss woke with a cold sweat. Was that another vision? She had no time to thing as Vlad shook her awake.

"We are here. And it looks like someone is waiting for you." Vlad said.

Weiss sat up in her seat and noticed a figure standing by herself.

Ruby.

Weiss went into the back to pick up her belongings when Vlad called out to her.

"I will come again in another month. We will continue our training then."

"Aren't you coming to see Ozpin?"

Vlad did not answer that question. After a silent exchange between the two, Weiss stepped off and watched as Vlad's Bullhead took off into the evening sky.

As Weiss turned to walk to Beacon, she found herself tackled by a very excitable fifteen years old.

"You're back." Ruby cried out.

"Of course I'm back." Weiss began to notice a distinct lack of Yellow and Black.

"Where's Blake and Yang?"

"They went down to the mess hall. Before we go down there, let's go unpack your things back at the dorm."

"Okay." Weiss began to say as she walked forward only for Ruby to stop her.

"Also, I want to talk to you at the dorm. In private"

**A/N: Duh, Duh, Duh! Cliffhanger! The next chapter will deal with Weiss returning to Beacon and certain revelations come to light. Also, I noticed how many of you voted for the Avatar AU. That will be the next fic and I am currently planning it alongside this one. I will do a shipping collection fic as well but that will be further down the road.**

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	16. Chapter 16: Monty Oum

**A/N: Hello, I rarely would make an update like this for The Monsters Within, but I feel as if I need to make this update. As I am sure you are all well aware by now, Monty Oum, The creator of RWBY and animator at Rooster Teeth, has sadly passed away On February 1****st****, 2015 . You can learn more on Matt's journal at Rooster . Any death is tragic and this one is no exception. However, Rooster teeth has asked us be creative despite this rather large loss. Whatever you do, **

**DO NOT ASK ABOUT THE FATE OF RWBY, they will tell us in time. But for now, remember the man who has brought us countless smiles to our faces. **

**But do not despair.**

**For the dark storm clouds will pass and give way to the sunlight.**

**To quote Iroh from Avatar, "Sometimes life is like this dark tunnel. You may not be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel. But if you keep moving, you will come to a better place."**

**Be Creative, write a story, draw some fan art, and make a video. Let us do something for Rooster Teeth in their time of need. **

**For Rooster Teeth, Sheena and Monty's family: Our thoughts and prayers are with you in this understandable time of crisis and mourning. **

**For the rest of us: Let us show our support and do something creative with the wonderful work a brilliant man has brought us.**

"**Keep Moving Forward"-Monty Oum(June 22****nd**** 1981-Febuary 1****st**** 2015)**

**Gone, but never forgotten. **


	17. Chapter 17:Confessions

Weiss was worried.

She and Ruby were on their way back to the dorm. Weiss quickly noticed a distinct lack of black and yellow at the airship docks. Weiss also noticed that Ruby was carrying her toiletries back to the dorm. Weiss could see in Ruby's stance and eyes that she was nervous. What was Ruby so nervous about?

'Wait, did she find out I was a vampire?' Weiss asked herself. It was always a grim possibility in her mind. She was afraid that one day, her friends and classmates would find out that she was a blood-sucking monster of the night. She hated that word.'

Ruby, on the other hand, was thinking about something that was less than poetic.

'Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh. I am going to talk to Weiss. What do I say? How do I say it?' Ruby's mind said as it was ran faster than Nora on a sugar high, which was an achievement.

When arrived back at the dorm, Weiss was expecting for Blake and Yang to be there. She was shocked to find out that they were not. 'Where are those two? And why is it just Ruby?' Weiss thought to herself.

She was snapped out of her thoughts when she saw Ruby unpacking her bags for her. Of course, all of her things were not put back in their proper place; rather they were just dropped on the bed.

"Ruby Rose! What in the name of Grimm are you doing?!"

"I...I just thought you would appreciate me unpacking for you. I mean…you must be tried." Ruby replied, stuttering as she did.

'Dolt.'

After Weiss spent five minutes putting everything back where it belonged, she turned her attention to Ruby, who was standing five feet behind her. Weiss, while she was unpacking, would occasionally look over her shoulder and find Ruby looking at her, only to immediately look away. Ruby looked very nervous at this point.

"Ruby, where's Blake and Yang?"

"Oh, they're at dinner." Ruby replied.

"Well then, let's go see them." Weiss said as she made her way to the door. However, before she could open it, Ruby immediately got in front of her.

"Ruby, what gives and what has gotten into you?"

"Weiss, I want to talk to you alone and in private."

"That still does not answer my question. You have been acting all nervous around me, like I'm a bomb, so what gives?!" Weiss snapped.

Ruby then walked into the middle of the room, facing the window.

"Hey Weiss, do you know what it's like to love someone?"

Weiss tilted her head in slight confusion. She honestly thought that Ruby was going to ask if Weiss was a vampire. "What's this all about Ruby?"

"Ever since we became a team, I started to have these weird feelings. I thought I was simply being nervous when I was a leader, but it's more than that."

At this point, Weiss was really confused. What was this dolt saying?

"However, I got these feelings whenever I was around you."

'Wait, is she going somewhere with this.' Weiss thought. Now Ruby was not making sense at all.

"I would get butterflies in the pit of my stomach and I would feel my heart beating quickly. I now know what it means."

"Ruby what do you mean?"

"Weiss…I love you."

The two stood in silence for what seemed like an eternity, but it was really a minute. Weiss just stood there, attempting to process what she heard, while Ruby's face was turning as red as her cape.

"Wait…you mean love like a sister?"

"No, no, no, no and no! I truly love you Weiss. Like how Jaune and Pyrrha love each other."

Weiss stood there, processing this new information. Ruby was in love with her, as in how couples love.

"And there is something I want to get off my chest." Ruby said as she began to walk over to her partner.

"Ruby…I." Weiss had no time to finish the thought as she felt a pair of lips touch hers.

Ruby was kissing her! That dolt was kissing her! Weiss wanted to push Ruby off and scold the girl for such behavior, yet she could not bring herself to do it. After a good five seconds, Ruby pushed herself off of Weiss.

"I…I…" Ruby stuttered before opening the door and taking off down the hall. Weiss stood there for a good minute, trying to process what just happened. Weiss moved her hand up to her lips, which, like her skin, were cold to the touch. Weiss then decided to go the mess hall.

The rest of the evening was rather quiet. Weiss had no appetite after the little fiasco she had with the team leader. When she walked into the mess hall, Blake, Yang and everyone else greeted her back, except for Ruby, who sat there with her hood pulled over her head. Weiss was expecting Ruby to join in the dinnertime conversations, but the girl in red stayed to herself, perfectly quiet.

"Hey, ice queen. You okay?" Yang asked the white haired girl.

"Wha…yeah I'm fine." Weiss said as all four of them prepared for bed.

**Meanwhile**

A man stood outside the outskirts of Vale, right near Forever Falls, where he had been camping. He wandered through the city today, in search of appropriate prey. He looked up at the sky, seeing the full moon coming out from behind the clouds. The man breathed the night air and felt a sudden rush course through his body. When he opened his eyes, they were blood red.

"Beware, citizens of Vale. The Alpha stalks again." He said, his change imamate.

**Back at Beacon**

Weiss could not sleep. The kiss Ruby gave her early that evening was keeping her wide awake. She wanted to go find Ruby and scold her for it. Yet, a part of her _liked _the kiss.

'Why would I love that dolt? She is reckless and impatience and…' Weiss could not find the final reason.

A few months ago, she would have said something less than flattering about her partner and leader. How could a fifteen year old girl such as Ruby sneak her way into one of the most premier combat schools in all of Remnant? Was it her eyes? Her weapon? Weiss nearly drove herself crazy with all of these questions. Yet, she could never find any true reason to hate her. Ruby was…just plain adorable. She seemed innocent in everything she did and she had those big puppy dog eyes. And her partnership with her was getting better.

Weiss needed to find Ruby. When she peeked up to see Ruby, she was not in her bed. Where was she? Weiss threw on her combat gear and grabbed her weapon. In the dark, she saw something else. In Blake's bed, slept the bed's owner and Yang. Yang's arms were wrapped around Blake's waist.

Weiss groaned internally. Now Blake and Yang were a couple. She quietly opened and closed the door without them hearing or interrupting their sleep.

Weiss found Ruby at the statue in the courtyard. Ruby was dressed in her combat gear, with Crescent Rose strapped to her belt.

"Ruby?"

The aforementioned girl turned quickly. Her face quickly turned red.

"Weiss!"

Weiss approached, thinking about what she was going to say. She thought about her relation with Ruby as teammates and had to think.

'Are we truly a thing? What would father think?' Weiss thought as she neared Ruby.

"About earlier…" Ruby began to say.

"Ruby, its fine.

"It is?"

"Just tell me one thing"

Ruby waited for what Weiss was going to say.

"Did you mean every word?"

"Yes, I meant it Weiss. Everything I said was true. I am deeply and madly in love with you."

Weiss thought about what she was going to say to her.

"Ruby I…"

Weiss had no time to finish the thought, as a deep and piercing howl rang through the night sky. Weiss quickly turned over to Ruby as she was pulling out Crescent Rose.

"Should we go get the others?"

"It's probably just a lone Beowolf, we can take him together and be back and Beacon before anyone notices we're gone. Ruby said as she took off.

The whole matter of Ruby kissing her and saying she loved her would have to wait. Innocent lives were now at risk.

Little did the two of them know, they would be out of their depth.

**A/N: Well guys, sorry about the wait. I have been trying update this story whenever I can, but I just could not find the time. I am apologizing right now if the relationships in the story seem a little rushed. I promise to flesh them out in future chapters.**

**In other news, RWBY volume three was recently confirmed to be in the works and will come at sometime this year. It's good to know Monty's work will continue in his name.**

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	18. Chapter 18: One Fateful Evening

Weiss thought of turning back.

A small part of Weiss was constantly telling her in her mind to tell Ruby to turn back. Within minutes of hearing the howl, Ruby and Weiss were on the streets of Vale, searching for the source. Ruby had made a decision to not wake up Blake and Yang for the mission. After all, if it was one Beowolf, Ruby and her would be able to handle it.

As they sped through the streets, Weiss' thoughts turned to what Ruby had said to her earlier that day. Ruby said the she loved Weiss. But it was not the type of love that Yang and Ruby shared as sisters, this was genuine love. A few minutes ago, Ruby was a stuttering mess; her face was red as her cloak. But now, determination replaced all of that rather quickly.

"Hey Ruby, about earlier tonight."

Ruby stopped and turned, catching the Schnee off guard.

"Weiss. What I said earlier tonight is how I feel. But we can't talk about that now. We need to keep focused on the mission at hand.

Ruby then turned and ran again. Weiss followed shortly thereafter. Now Weiss knew why Ruby was chosen to be the leader of the team. Whenever a situation arose that involved the lives of civilians being as risk, Ruby would be willing to place everything else aside and save them.

When both Ruby and Weiss arrived at the square, the first indication that the creature was here were all the bodies. Five different bodies were lying on the ground, surrounded by a pool of their own blood. To Ruby, the sight of the dead disgusted her. The air smelled of iron. Weiss, while as mortified as Ruby was with such a terrible sight, began to smell the blood. Unlike Ruby, Weiss did not smell anything foul. The smell was…inviting. Weiss quickly shook herself out of her stupor to see Ruby approaching a man, who had large claw marks on his abdomen.

"Sir, it's okay. Me and my friend are huntresses. Where is this creature?" Ruby asked.

The man looked up, couching and winching as he did, as if every movement he made hurt him.

"That…thing…" He coughed.

"It's down….Main…Street…"

The man did not move or breathe again.

"Damn it." Ruby cursed, catching Weiss off guard. She had never heard Ruby swear before. Weiss watched as Ruby unfolded Crescent Rose, changing the weapon to its scythe form.

"Let's go. If we hurry, we might be able to stop it before it hurts anyone else."

The girls were about to run for Main Street when a large and piercing howl rang through the air. The creature was coming back. Then, out of the darkness, the creature emerged. It was no Beowolf.

It stood somewhere around six feet tall. Its fur was black but it lacked the white and red bone patterns one would find on a creature of Grimm. It stood on both of its back legs. Beowolves typically ran on all fours, rarely standing on two legs. Its teeth were light and gleaming in the moonlight, as if they were finely sharpened daggers. The creature resembled a wolf, but was neither a Beowolf nor a wild dog. Its blood red eyes bore into the two girls, analyzing them for any sign of weakness.

Weiss was instantly cautious.

"Ruby, I have a plan."

"What is it?"

"We should keep at a distance, hit with everything…"

"Look out!" Ruby screamed as she pushed herself and Weiss out of the way. The creature was barreling towards them. Guess it was tired of waiting.

Both girls moved to the rear of the creature.

"Ice Flower!"

Ruby had called out their formation name. In a quick instant, Ruby changed the scythe to its rifle form and Weiss moved a glyph over the barrel of the gun. Ruby then began to fire off rounds, which were instantly converted to ice. The ice bullets hit the creature in several places. But it only seemed to freeze its legs to the ground.

"Break!"

When Weiss dematerialized her glyph, Ruby began to fire regular rounds at the beast. Weiss watched as Ruby pumped more and more shells into the wolf, when finally, she depleted her clip.

Then, with a mighty roar, the monster burst from the ice that had entrapped its feet only moments ago. That was impossible. But then, something even more disturbing happened. The large hole in the creature's abdomen started to close and heal. Within a matter of seconds, the wound was gone, but the creature seemed to be pissed.

Ruby then made one mistake. That was all it took.

Before Weiss could shake herself from the shock, Ruby changed her weapon to scythe form and began to run at the creature.

"Ruby, wait!"

As Ruby approached the creature, she used her semblance and recoil from Crescent Rose to leap over the creature's head and began to slash at its exposed back. However, the creature did not seem to be phased by the attack. The monster turned around and swung its claws in an arc, but by then, Ruby had dodged it and began to attack its front.

For a minute, Weiss began to think that Ruby would have a chance.

She was wrong.

In one swift move, the creature grabbed onto Ruby's arm and squeezed with its claws. Ruby began to scream as the claws began to dig into her flesh.

"You bastard!" Weiss screamed as she launched herself at the beast. She found that she was enraged by the fact that Ruby was in pain.

But before Weiss could make contact, the beast swiped at her with its free arm, causing Weiss to block it. The force of the swipe caused her to fly back several feet.

When Weiss recovered, all she could was watch in horror as the monster dug its teeth into Ruby's shoulder.

Ruby let out an ear piercing scream. She hated to hear her teammate in pain.

But to Weiss' continued horror, it began to shake Ruby back and forth like a rag doll. Weiss began to feel her blood boil. At this point, Ruby's scream now sounded like a horrible mix a scream and a sob. Weiss watched as the creature threw Ruby out of its mouth and ran off into the darkness.

At the instant, Weiss ran over to Ruby, who was lying on the ground, surrounded by her own blood. Her breathing was heavy and her eyes were streaming tears. Weiss looked at the injury. A part of shoulder was gone, exposing the wound the night air.

"Weiss…"

"Ruby, don't move okay." Weiss said, attempting to keep her leader calm. The sound of a distant ambulance was on the way.

"Weiss… it hurts… please make it stop."

Ruby no longer sounded confident or brave. She now sounded like a scared child, who was crying for her mom and dad. Weiss had to restrain herself and keep herself from crying. Then an idea crossed Weiss' mind. She could turn Ruby into a vampire. She would no longer have to suffer. She would be immortal. She …she…

Weiss began to think about herself. She had found that her mouth was watering from the sight of her hands covered in blood. Weiss realized that Ruby would have an insatiable appetite for blood. She simply could not bear that thought. She would have to condemn Ruby to a very terrible way of living.

By that time, Ruby had closed her eyes. Weiss felt her hands move up to Ruby's heart. It was beating. Though it was beating rather slowly. Soon, the ambulance arrived and found Weiss unable to leave her friend's side.

"Miss, we will see what we can do." The paramedic said as they loaded her onto a stretcher. The paramedics allowed Weiss to ride up in the front the car, which was speeding towards the Vale hospital. In the meantime, she called Yang and Blake on their scrolls. When she told them the news, Yang face dropped and said they would meet her there. The events tonight left Weiss physically and mentally drained.

They arrived at the hospital within a few minutes. Ruby was being taken to emergency care.

"Miss, could you please go to the waiting room?" the doctor said as the doors to the emergency room closed. Weiss, of course, showed herself to the waiting room and sat on one of the empty chairs. Suddenly, a slew of terrible thoughts entered her mind. She thought back to when she wanted to drink Ruby's blood. She was mortified at herself for wanting to do that.

When she made sure no one was with her, Weiss began to sob…

**A/N: Well… this chapter was kind of a downer to write. **

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**End of Arc 1: The Cold Vampire**

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	19. Chapter 19: A Late Night Reunion

Weiss had no idea how much time passed in the waiting room.

To her, nights always seemed to go by rather quickly. That was not the case for tonight. The night seemed to drag on and on. Weiss looked up at the clock.

12:59 A.M. That was what the clock read.

Weiss then turned her head back down to the floor, occasionally, picking up a magazine, flipping through it, only to put it back down again. When Weiss saw a weapons magazine on the table, she was instantly saddened. Ruby loved those types of magazines. Heck, she even subscribed to one while they were at Beacon. Weiss could not shake the image of Ruby from her head, not matter how hard she tried. She just kept seeing the image if a bloodied Ruby, crying and begging for Weiss to end her pain.

Seeing Ruby reduced to a confident person to something akin to a crying child troubled her deeply. Ruby had taken down a Nevermore, and was pretty much the heart and soul of Team RWBY.

'What if I lose her?' Weiss thought.

Why did she say I? Of course, Yang would possibly be devastated by hearing her sister had died, but Weiss began to think of her and Ruby again. Were her and Weiss really a thing?

"Weiss?"

The aforementioned heiress looked up to see both Blake and Yang standing side by side. Blake had an emotionless expression on her face. However, Yang looked downright terrified. Then, without warning, the blonde surged forward and grabbed picked Weiss up.

"Where is she? Is she okay?"

When Yang had heard her sister had been hurt, she immediately sprung to life. If she was still sleeping then, the sleep had all been erased from her eyes. She and Blake threw on their attire and made a beeline for the hospital. When Yang went up to the receptionist's desk, they pointed her and Blake the waiting room.

"Miss Rose is in surgery right now. Your friend is also waiting for her in the waiting room right now if you want to join her."

Blake and Yang arrived to find Weiss staring at the floor; apparently, it was more interesting than the pile of magazines on the table. They also noticed a part of her dress and combat skirt was covered in blood. Ruby's blood.

"Weiss?" Blake said.

The heiress looked up at the black and yellow duo and Yang could immediately tell she had a long night. What had shocked Yang, even if it was for a second, was that Weiss' eyes were red and puffy. She must've been crying. Yang knew that Ruby had feelings for Weiss, but did not know if the cold-hearted heiress shared the same. But that did not matter, what mattered was if Weiss knew what happened to Ruby. Yang grabbed Weiss by the shoulders and put her on her feet.

"Where is she, is she okay?"

The look in Weiss' eyes changed from sadness to quick annoyance.

"Let go of me you brute, I'll tell you."

Yang immediately regained her composure. Both she and Blake sat on the two seats on the opposite of Weiss.

"Tell us the whole story." The blonde brawler said.

"And that's what happened." Weiss had just got done telling her story. According to Weiss, the attack happened not more than two hours ago. The time now was 1:30 A.M.

"Why did you guys not call us? We could've helped." Blake said, her partner was staring at the floor, trying to take the newfound information in.

"Ruby had assumed that the monster we were going against was a Beowolf. We should've called you before we went."

Then, the three sat there in complete silence for what seemed like an eternity.

Then, the doors from the intensive care unit opened and a female doctor walked through, her brow looked rather sweaty.

"Girls."

The three looked up from the floor and waited with held breath.

"Ruby Rose has just got out of surgery. Thankfully, her injuries are non-life threatening."

The three let out a collective sigh of relief. Ruby was going to be okay.

"However, she is in recovery right now and it will be awhile before she wakes up. She will then be moved to a room."

"When will she get out of the hospital?" Yang said.

"Well, judging by the size of the wound, she will be in the hospital for a few more days."

"Is there anything more?" Blake said.

"Well, yes there is. We noticed that when she was attacked, her aura was recovering, but at a rather slow rate. Whatever attacked her in the plaza tonight, its bite managed to pierce through her aura. Thankfully, the bite missed the vital blood vessels, but she lost a lot of blood."

"Can we see her?" Yang said.

"I am sorry, but if we moved her to her room, visiting hours are over. You would have to see her again tomorrow."

"WHAT!?" Yang roared, her eyes going from lilac to blood red.

"I came all the way here to see my sister and I'll be damned if I don't see her."

"Yang!" Calm down." Blake said.

Yang looked behind at her partner, her rage softened and her eyes went back to their original color.

"You are allowed to look into the window at recovery if you want to see her."

Weiss sped off to recovery.

"What's wrong with her?" Blake questioned.

When Weiss arrived at recovery, she saw a rather strange sight. Lying on a bed was Ruby, covered in blankets and sleeping heavily. Her mouth was slightly opened, no sign of pain. Her left shoulder was heavily bandaged, indicating where the bite was.

"Long night?" a voice called out behind her.

Standing behind her was Yang, her expression neutral and serious. A truly rare sight to see. Yang walked up to the window and peered in at her sleeping sister, who was sleeping as a result of the antithesis.

"Yeah." Weiss muttered, her eyes not leaving Ruby's sleeping form. "Where's Blake?"

"I sent her back to Beacon. I want to talk to you."

"What about?"

"You looked like you just finished crying when me and Blake walked in."

"Blake and I." the heiress corrected her.

"Whatever." She simply shrugged. "The fact of the matter is that you care for Ruby.

"Of course I do, she is our leader."

"No, I mean, you care for her more than that.

"What do you mean?" Weiss questioned.

"Ruby came to me before you came back and told me she likes you. Like, really, really likes you. I think she may love you."

"What? N…no she must be going through a phase."

"Then why is your face all red?" the blonde pointed out.

It was true; Weiss felt all of her blood rush to her face. It was time she told Yang.

"Yang…before tonight…your sister kissed me…"

"On the lips?"

"Yes." Weiss confirmed it to be true.

Then, in surprise case of mood whiplash, Yang pumped her fist, her face beaming.

"Yeah! I knew my sister would do that eventually!"

"S...shut up!" Weiss yelled at her.

"But it's so adorable; my sister finally did the thing."

"Yang, your sister kissed me square on the lips. I don't think it means anything."

"Oh yeah it does." The blonde replied. "She told me that she likes you."

"Wait, when did this happen?"

"Before you came back from you training or whatever you went off to."

Great, Yang knew. Weiss thought about a retort.

"Well, I saw you sleeping with Blake tonight."

Instead of an embarrassed response like Weiss, Yang simply shrugged her shoulders.

"Yeah, we do that now."

Weiss was completely caught off guard. She said like it was natural or something.

"Wait, when did you and Blake become I thing?"

"Well, a little while ago, back at the dance, I convinced her to come. Me and her danced and I never had that much fun in my life. After we came back from Mountain Glenn, I realized I had feelings for her. When I told her, it turns out she felt the same way as me and we've been together ever since then."

"Does Ruby know?"

"Oh yeah. I think most of our friends know already. Team JNPR knows and they think nothing of it.

"I see."

"How do you feel about Ruby? And be honest with me."

Weiss thought for a good, solid minute before finding her answer.

"When Ruby kissed me on the lips, I felt like I could've shoved her off of me. In fact, I wanted to. But then, I simply let it continue. I liked it. And when I saw her in pain, it was the most hurtful things I ever saw. I felt completely and utterly helpless."

It suddenly it Weiss like a large freight train. She had developed feelings for Ruby. Her personality, her appearance, and her demeanor were things that drew Weiss to her like a moth were be drawn to an open flame.

"I…i…"

"Well, spit it out girl!"

"I think I'm in love with Ruby Rose."

"There you go. Do you feel better?"

Weiss did in fact; felt a huge weight lifted off of her shoulders. If felt good. She simply nodded her head.

"Good. Well when Ruby gets moved to a hospital room, you can tell her that yourself." Yang said as she walked off.

Weiss stood there for a good minute before Yang called back to her.

"Hey Weiss, you coming?"

"You go on ahead Yang; I'll stay here for five minutes."

"Suit yourself." The blonde said as she walked off.

Weiss knew that she would be at the hospital for more than five minutes.

**A/N: Welp, another chapter completed. This is the first chapter in the arc I like to call 'The Red Wolf'. I, again, apologize for the rushed romance. I will try to flesh it out in later chapters. But for now, it response time. Only one question.**

**To awesomeaustin65: Yes, Vampires in this story have the ability to heal themselves, but it all depends on their blood and how much they consumed. Vampires, who drank a lot of blood, will heal much more instantly. I kinda works both ways, they can heal instantly or passively. **

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	20. Chapter 20: Recovery

Slowly but surely, Ruby's eyes began to flutter open.

Ruby felt the light reach her eyes, temporary blinding her. The anesthetic and pain medication was starting to wear off. Soon, Ruby was able to open her eyes fully and take in her room. Suddenly, pain flared from her left shoulder and she winched and hissed quietly.

'What in the?' Ruby though as she looked at the shoulder. It was wrapped in the thick layer of bandages and continued till they reached her elbow. It was then she noticed her combat uniform was nicely folded on the night stand on the right side of the bed. A large hole was visible on the left side, the edges stained with dried blood. Her cape seemed fine though.

The attack. Memories of the night before began to flood and fill her memory. She remembered the smell of her own blood in the air, how it smelled bitter. The pain, almost unbearable. She remembered how she begged Weiss for the pain to stop. It was in the thick of those memories; she put both of her hands on either side of her temples. Her head was starting to hurt. She also looked at the time.

9:30 A.M.

It was at that moment the door to her room opened and she straightened herself up. She figured that since it was visiting hours, her team or better yet Weiss would've come to see her. Her hope somewhat faded when a doctor entered her room carrying a clip board.

"Ah, Miss Rose, you're awake. Sleep well?"

"Well, I am hurting in the shoulder so you tell me." Ruby replied.

"Miss Rose, I am quite surprised."

"Why?"

"You seem to make a quick and speedy recovery. This is odd, seeing how what attacked you last night bit right through your aura."

Bit right through her aura? Ruby had to think. What kind of Grimm would be able to do that? She knew that Beowolves and Ursi were incapable of doing that feat, but what attacked her last night clearly was not any type of Grimm she had ever seen. Today and last night was clearly a day of firsts.

"Because of your recovery, you should be able to get out of the hospital by tomorrow evening." The doctor finished.

Ruby was relived. Soon, she would be back at Beacon, taking the fight back to the Grimm. However, a sight at the foot of her bed caused her to release a started gasp.

Sitting at the foot of her bed on a wooden chair, sleeping, was Weiss. Weiss was in different clothes than the ones she wore last night. She wore a pale blue long sleeve T-shirt with black pants. She was also wearing her trademark high-heeled boots. Weiss' hair was not held up in her ponytail; rather her hair cascaded down her shoulders. Ruby liked it when Weiss let her hair down, she looked more elegant.

"Weiss?" Ruby asked.

The doctor then looked and smiled.

"Ah yes, Weiss. When you were moved into your room, Weiss convinced us for her to stay past visiting hours. She has not left your side since then."

"How did she convince you?"

"I…" The doctor stammered, his face became a mask of confusion, as if he were trying to find the answer but it constantly evaded him. "I can't seem to remember." Then, he smiled again, as if he forgot the issue.

"Anyway, we had just received a call from your other teammates, they will be her shortly."

"Thanks." Ruby thanked the doctor as he left.

When the door closed, Ruby felt herself blush as she looked down back at Weiss. The thought that Weiss stayed with her all night was just like when Ruby did it for her when she was in the hospital.

Just then, Weiss eyes began to flutter open.

Ruby then pulled herself straight yet again as Weiss began to sit up.

"Hey…. Weiss." Ruby said stammered a little.

Weiss' face did not change. Then she spoke.

"Ruby Rose. What on earth were you thinking?!" Weiss raised her voice. Ruby never liked it when she raised her voice. Yang once joked she could scare a Deathstalker away by just giving it a good scolding.

"You could've gotten yourself killed last night! We should've called Yang and Blake for backup!"

Ruby turned away, slightly ashamed of her actions in the square last night. Weiss was right; she could've gotten herself killed.

"But…"

Ruby turned back around.

"I'm just glad your okay." Weiss finished. Weiss was an enigma alright. She could be angry one minute and the next minute, she would be trying to hug you and make for feel as comfortable as possible.

"Hey Weiss."

"Yeah?"

"Before we fought that thing last night, you said you wanted to talk to me about something. What was it?"

Weiss pursed her lips, as if it were a sensitive subject. Ruby also noticed that Weiss was not looking to good herself. Her eyes had large bags underneath them and her skin was much more pale than usual.

"It was about the kiss you gave me."

Ruby faced turned as red as her cape.

"When you were in surgery last night, I had a while to think about it. You can childish and immature some times. But I can see you are improving and you care about others. You would even be willing to sacrifice your own life in order to protect your teammates."

"What are you saying?"

"I am saying that you're an amazing person and I…I…" Weiss did not finish her sentence as she grabbed Ruby by the collar of her hospital gown and kissed. Not a kiss on the cheek. This was a proper kiss on the lips.

Ruby's mind was immediately woken up if it was still drowsy from the medicine.

'OhmygoshohmygoshohmygoshWeissis kissingme!' Ruby's brain went into overdrive.

So, Ruby decided to do the only natural thing that came to her.

She kissed Weiss back.

The kiss seemed as if it would go on forever. A bomb could go off and it wouldn't have spoiled the moment. In reality, they kissed for only fifteen seconds before they separated. Both of their hearts was beating rapidly and their faces were a deep crimson.

"It means I love you, Ruby…" Weiss finally finished.

"I love you too… Weiss."

The two continued to gaze into each other's eyes. The peace was nice. But it certainly did not last.

"Well, well, well, my baby sister finally got some!"

"Wow Weiss, I never thought of you to be a kisser."

Both the Red and White girls turned around to see Blake and Yang standing in the doorway, their faces beaming with large smiles.

"Hey s…sis." Ruby stammered.

"How long have you been standing there?" Weiss said, her voice dangerously low.

"Well, we walked in when the two of you were kissing. Man, I wish I brought a camera."

Ruby looked at Weiss, how looked like she was about ready to kill the Black and Yellow pair.

**Elsewhere….**

This was bothering. Really bothering. The man over looked Vale as he contemplated the events that transpired the night before. He remembered everything. All the innocents he killed and that one girl he bit. However, none of that bothered him. What troubled him was a girl in white with a rapier sword that tried to stop him. She smelled of…

"Vampire. I must report back at once."

The Alpha then sped off, back to his master, to tell him of this disturbing development.

**A/N: Duh,Duh, DUH! Cliffhanger! Well, I put out a chapter before Friday; I think I need a medal for that. But seriously, this was a somewhat hard chapter to write. **

**Before you ask, Weiss was able to stay at the hospital by hypnotizing the doctors and convincing them to let her stay by Ruby.**

**Next Chapter: The girls discuss some topics that had just come to light.**

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	21. Chapter 21: Group Discussions

Ruby had to calm Weiss down.

Weiss looked like she was about ready to strangle the other two teammates. But just as Weiss was ready to yell, it looked as if she restrained herself from doing so, primarily because Ruby was there.

"This is not over, Xiao Long."

"Empty threats, Schnee. Empty threats."

Ruby was surprised by the fact the Team JNPR wasn't there. Blake explained that because Ruby was getting out of the hospital this evening, Team JNPR decided to make dinner for Ruby and the team when they get back to Beacon.

"Let me guess, pancakes?" Ruby questioned.

Both the blonde and black-haired girls nodded their heads, knowing that no doubt Nora had a hand in deciding the menu for tonight's dinner. For the next few minutes, the four of them sat around and just talked. Ruby was tired but it did not matter. She needed the company. It was Weiss that kept her awake by holding her hand. Of course, whenever she did, both of them would begin to blush, which Yang noticed.

"Soooo…You and Weiss huh?" Yang questioned. "You told me that you would say something to her but I did not expect to see you kiss."

"Wait..." The heiress looked over at the blonde. "You knew?!"

"Yup." Yang simply said, saying it rather nonchalantly.

"Weiss, I told her that I was interested in you when you were off training with that huntsman guy."

"By the way, who is this huntsman you've been training with?" Blake questioned.

Ruby swore that for the briefest moment, panic flared in Weiss' face. She looked rather worried. But why? Why would Weiss have to be worried?

"He's…uhh…" Weiss stuttered for a moment. "He's a huntsman sent by my father from Atlas."

All of them nodded their heads in agreement. There was something in that sentence that seemed truthful. Ruby noticed that her voice changed to a more beautiful tone when she said the sentence. Also, when they nodded, it looked as if a large weight was lifted off of Weiss' shoulders.

"Sooo…when do you think we can go on our first date?" Ruby asked her.

Weiss looked down right flabbergasted.

"N...not yet, you dunce. You're getting out of the hospital and your question is to when we can go on a date?"

"I'm sorry." Ruby turned away, dejected.

"Weiss, go easy on her. Both me and Yang went on a date not too long ago. We can tell you great places in the city for you and Ruby to go to." Blake told her.

"Alright, maybe by the end of next week."

"Yay! Thanks Weiss!" Ruby reached over and gave Weiss a hug. Ruby was thankful that Weiss hugged back.

A day later, it came time to remove Ruby's bandages and saw how her injury healed up. Everyone was anxious to see if her aura had kicked in and healed her injuries. However, Ruby was less than thrilled.

"Will it hurt?" Ruby asked the nurse.

"Don't worry Miss Rose, I will try to remove the bandages as best as I can. I can't guarantee that it will be painless.

It was then Ruby felt two different hands in both her left and right. Yang was holding her left hand and Weiss was holding her right. Blake simply opted to stand off to the side and simile. She could always depend on her team to be there for her.

"Are you ready?" asked the nurse.

Ruby simply nodded.

She then felt a slight stinging pain when the nurse started to remove the bandages. It did not hurt too badly, but it still caused Ruby to clench her teeth, causing Weiss and Yang to clutch her hands more. When the bandages were removed, everyone looked over to see…

…That Ruby's shoulder had completely healed. There were no stitches or any sort. All that remained of the encounter was a long, pale scar.

"Congratulations Miss Rose, you have made a fully and speedy recovery." The nurse said, rather reluctantly, she honestly expected the injury to still be there.

Both Blake and Yang started clapping while Weiss gave Ruby a quick peck on the cheek. Ruby of course simply blushed.

The night from that point on was simply a blur. Before they left, Ruby was given some pain medication for when her injury decided to flare up again. After they dropped some things off back at the dorm, they went to the room adjacent to theirs to go to JNPR's dorm. Everyone was so happy that Ruby made a quick recovery. But eventually, everyone realized that combat class was in the morning and went to bed. Ruby and Weiss slept in the same bed that night…

**The Next day…**

"The winner of this match is Cardin Winchester." Glynda announced to the class. Ruby sat there, not happy that the match ended well for Cardin's opponent. His sparring partner was a Faunus and the bully showed no mercy on his foe. Ruby was almost convinced that Cardin was cheating. She watched with sadness as the Faunus limped away and looked at Cardin with fury.

"Is there anyone else how would like to spar against Mister Winchester?" The teacher asked.

For an entire minute, no one raised their hand, not even Pyrrha, a girl who only weeks ago, wiped the floor with Cardin's entire team. However, soon they got their volunteer.

"I will." Ruby said.

Ruby watched as Glynda had a face of mild indifference while Cardin looked at Ruby with a rather smug expression.

"Miss Rose, need I remind you that you were recently involved in an accident. I do not think you would be able to stand up to Cardin in your current state."

"It's fine." Ruby replied.

"Yeah, it's fine professor. I'll go easy on her." Cardin looked up, giving off a rather sinister smile."

"Very well. Ruby Rose, please proceed down to the combat arena."

Just as Ruby got up, Weiss grabbed a hold of her arm.

"Ruby, are you going to be okay?"

"I will be when I wipe the floor with Cardin."

Weiss simply turned back towards the others as Ruby grabbed Crescent Rose and went down the arena to face her waiting opponent.

**A/N: Sorry for the rather short chapter. I'm am currently on vacation and my chapters may vary in length. Just wanted to give you guys a heads up.**

**Next time: Ruby vs. Cardin. **


	22. Chapter 22: Ruby vs Cardin

Ruby made her way to the combat arena, facing Cardin.

She quickly glanced back at her team in the stands. Weiss gave her two thumbs up.

"Go Ruby! Kick his butt to the curb." Yang yelled.

Blake was waving that small custom flag with the team's name imprinted on it.

Ruby smiled. She could also rely on them for a quick boost. She then turned back to her foe. Cardin was just standing there, holding his mace on his shoulders and giving off a small, sarcastic smirk while doing so.

"Ready to go, pick squeak?" The bully called out to her. Ruby was never a target for Cardin's bullying, though he called everyone names. Ruby replied by simply gripping her weapon harder than before. Her anger at a boiling point.

"Let the match…begin!" Glynda called out.

When the bell rang, Ruby sped towards her foe, covering most of the arena floor within only a matter of seconds. Cardin also began to run towards her, his mace dragging the ground in hopes of intimidating her. They met in the middle of the arena where both of their weapons clashed. Both the metal on the scythe and mace rang out as they collided several times. Ruby went for a wide sweeping arc, which Cardin dodged with ease. Despite his size, he could move pretty quickly.

At that moment, Ruby allowed Cardin to rush her. He lifted his mace above his head and brought it down to the ground, Ruby just barely dodging the attack. She quickly moved around her opponent attempting to look for an opening. This continued for several minutes. Ruby figured that she could play a game of cat and mouse, hoping to frustrate him to expose an opening. However, Cardin eventually caught on and formulated a quick way to win.

In a single foolish moment when Ruby did not activate her semblance, Cardin stepped on her cape, impeding the young girl's movements. Ruby tried to move, but to no avail. Cardin swung his mace into Ruby's back. Fortunately, Ruby avoided serious injury by activating her aura. But the force of the attack sent her flying. She landed only a few feet from Cardin. Crescent Rose laded just inches from her reach, only for the bully to kick it away.

"What's wrong little red? All tuckered out? Do you want me to get a blankey and tuck you in?" He asked in a mock baby voice. Ruby had been disarmed and Cardin had brought on foot on her chest. "Face it red. It's over."

The words seemed to jar Ruby from her stupor. No, she could not lose to Cardin of all people.

"It's not over." She simply said.

Angered, Cardin lifted his mace above his head and was ready to bring it down on her. Everyone watched with waited breath. Weiss had to restrain herself from just jumping in and attacking the bully right then and there. However, just as Glynda was about to call the match, something happened that no one expected.

Ruby had brought one of her arms up, grabbing Cardin's mace from his hands. Everyone was shocked. Then, Ruby brought both legs up and kicked Cardin square in the chest sending him flying. He landed straight on his rear end as Ruby got back up and stood on her feet.

"You little bitch!" Cardin roared as he rushed for her.

Ruby felt an unnatural sense of anger fill her up. She was going to make Cardin pay for what he did to his earlier opponent. Instead of running to her weapon, Ruby ran straight for the bully and did something that no one expected.

She punched Cardin square in the cheek.

This was no ordinary punch, either. It drew blood from his lips. Everyone was shocked, even Glynda's normally neutral expression changed to one of shocked. All Ruby did was smile which seemed odd. It was like there as a part of her that enjoyed it.

When she moved back from the bully, Cardin stood there, groping his lip in shock. Ruby walked over and picked up her scythe. She smiled as she charged him. Soon, Cardin's smile and smug looks was replaced by a fearful expression. Ruby let at an angry war cry as she noticed things have changed around her. Her vision narrowed on her target and it also brightened. Shooting the gun part of her weapon, she propelled herself forward as she kicked him in the center of his back. Cardin of course landed face down. Ruby stood over the now barely conscious body of her opponent.

"The winner…is Ruby Rose." Glynda said, startled at how aggressive Ruby was fighting. She had seen the young girl in a combat scenario before, but never imagined she would be that overly aggressive.

Ruby panted heavily as she watched Cardin limping towards his concerned teammates. Ruby also noticed her adrenaline fading from the fighting. Suddenly, she felt light-headed and her shoulder began to ache. Soon, sounds became too loud for her to hear as she grabbed her head and held it.

"Ruby? Ruby, are you okay?" A voice of concern pulled her back into reality.

Yang had her hand outstretched and about to grab Ruby's shoulder when the young girl took off running for the dorm.

"What's wrong with her?" Blake asked as Weiss looked at where Ruby had been with concern.

Ruby soon arrived back at the dorm room before anyone else. Quickly she went over to the dresser where the pills were being kept as she popped one in her mouth and swallowed with the help of some water, courtesy of the sink. Her breathing was hard and quick than before. She looked up into the mirror and just about screamed. Of course, Ruby's reflection was staring back at her, but it was different than before. Her eyes were green, a beautiful emerald green and not sliver. She also noticed that her canine teeth in her mouth were sharper and looked like they were fashioned into points. Ruby quickly put her hands under the water and scrubbed her face off. When she looked back into the mirror, she was completely fine. The headache was gone and the pain from her shoulder was no longer there. All she had to say was…

"What just happened?"

**A/N: Nothing like writing a chapter where Cardin gets his ass handed to him by a fifteen year old girl. In case you did not know, this was merely a preview of what our little red protagonist is in for. I will tell you this though. The wolf is coming.**

**Next Chapter: during her Training with Vlad, Weiss has a question in regards to vampires.**

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	23. Chapter 23: Of Love and Immortality

Weiss noticed Ruby's behavior after that day.

Ruby would spend more time in the bathroom, and when Weiss would barge in, Ruby would be simply checking her eyes. Why she would do this was beyond Weiss. In class, Ruby would often look down at her nails, as if they would change.

Other than that, Ruby was pretty normal.

The two would spend time together and talk about certain subjects or how their relationship would work. Of course, they would not be open about it like Yang or Blake was. If a student was lucky enough, they would see Ruby or Weiss sitting next together or holding hands. The holding hands was Ruby's idea, much to Weiss' embarrassment. Finally, the day Ruby was waiting for almost half a month for was here.

It was the night her and Weiss would go on that long planned date.

Ruby dressed rather well, for someone who rarely changed out of her common attire. She wore a pair of black jeans with a red long-sleeve shirt with a black version of her symbol on the right shoulder. Needless to say, it matched the shirt well. She also wore a pair of running shoes.

Weiss was dressed almost as casual as her partner. She wore a white short-sleeve T-shirt. She had on a pair of light blue pants to go along with the shirt. She kept her hair in her ponytail. At seven o'clock, she and Ruby were at a very nice restaurant.

"I know it's not what you're used to, but I want to take you to somewhere nice at least."

Needless to say, the dinner was nice. It certainly was not like the high-class food Weiss would have in Atlas, but she had to fake the food's taste so Ruby would not be hurt. Ruby quickly ate her dinner to save room for dessert. Weiss skipped out on dessert and Ruby of course had a strawberry tart with five cookies on the side. Weiss simply sat there in amazement as the girl simply wolfed down the treats.

Ruby chewed her food and offered some of the dessert.

"No thanks." She simply waved her hand aside, with the girl taking it as a cue to continue her sweet feast.

After the bill was paid (Ruby had offered but it was Weiss who paid it), the two girls were back at the dorm. As the two got ready to go to bed, they were talking about the night quietly, less they wake up Blake and Yang.

"Weiss?"

"Huh?"

Ruby got on her bunk bed as Weiss got in her own bed, as her real meal would begin when everyone was asleep.

"I was wondering, do you think we will be together till the end of our days?"

It was simple, if not childish question. To Ruby, it was simply innocent enough. But to Weiss, it raised some questions.

Weiss was immortal, Ruby was not.

"Yeah, I think we will."

"Goodnight, snow angel."

Weiss groaned inwardly about the name, but was slightly worried. Would she be able to answer that one question Ruby had asked her…?

**2 weeks later…**

"Excellent training again, Weiss. Your skills with hypnotic suggestion have improved." Vlad congratulated on his apprentice.

The two spend yet another weekend honing the heiress skills in vampiric abilities. Weiss was improving, which is quite a statement. As they flew back to Vale on his Bullhead, a small question was in the back of Weiss' head.

"Master, I have a question."

"Ask away." He replied casually.

"Can a vampire fall in love?"

It sounded like a stupid way to phrase the question, but Weiss simply could not think of another way to ask him. Vlad simply sighed as he looked ahead.

"Yes, we can love like any normal person can. But it is rather difficult. We must resist feeding on our loved ones. But I have a question for you."

"Okay."

"Do you know the extent of our immortality?

It was a strange question. Weiss always assumed that immortality was when someone or something could not die. She remembered from the stories of reading vampires that they themselves were immortal creatures.

"No, I really don't."

Vlad simply sighed and began his speech.

"Vampires can still die like a person can. If they don't drink blood, our sun shield will fail and we will burn and certain metals can affect us. Also, certain poisons may affect us. But we are people who will never die of old age or disease. We will never wither away or age. Can you imagine what that's like? Never aging while your friends and family around you die?"

Weiss couldn't begin to fathom what her master had just told her. A hundred years from now, Weiss would simply look the way she did now, but her family and friends would be all dead. Ruby included.

"I never knew." Weiss said, flabbergasted.

"It happened to me once. I met a woman called Alea. She was a beautiful woman. The love of my life. She knew I was a vampire, but she never thought less of me for what I had to do. I meant her ninety years ago, and we fought both Grimm and man together. Eventually we got married. We continued our crusade, though we never had children."

"Why not?"

"Because I feared that my vampirism will spread to them. Maybe even my wife. As the years went by, her body began to degenerate while I remained young. Eventually, she became too old to fight and I sat there by her death bed."

Weiss could see the image in her head.

"I wanted to give her vampirism, to perhaps heal whatever aliment she had, but she said that I would just have to accept her fate. I watched as she took her last breaths right in front of me."

Weiss could see herself doing the same thing with Ruby. Weiss would simply be sitting by Ruby's deathbed.

"When I said I was sorry for cursing you to this life, I did not just mean that because you now have to drink blood, I mean that because of my story may repeat with you."

Weiss had a lot to think about for the remainder of the flight. Would she have to break up with Ruby because she was afraid of her heart being broken if Ruby died? She could imagine her life without her.

'I will try to spend the rest of my life with her, and live every day like it was her last.'

The two remained silent when Weiss got out of the Bullhead. They only gave silent nods as Weiss walked towards Beacon.

Vlad sat there in the Bullhead, wondering the strange smell she had on her the whole weekend. Weiss did not mention she had a dog…

**A/N: I wanted this chapter to addresses something that is not really addressed upon with vampires. How would a romance work between an immortal being compared with someone who would eventually age and die. But I do have a work around for this, don't you worry.**

**Next Chapter**

_**Even a man who is pure of heart.**_

_**And says his prayers by night.**_

_**May become a wolf when the wolfsbane blooms.**_

_**And the autumn moon is bright.**_

**The wolf is coming…..**

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	24. Chapter 24: The Full Moon

"Well Miss Schnee, she seems to be fine."

"Are you sure? Check again."

Earlier that day, Ruby woke up with a severe pain in her chest. Weiss, being the cautious person that she is, immediately rushed Ruby down to infirmary.

"Everything checks out. Her breathing is fine, her blood pressure is normal and nothing seems to be out of place other than a higher than normal heart rate." The nurse said without a doubt in her mind.

Weiss looked over on the table and saw Ruby. The two had been girlfriends for almost a month and yet, the two almost seemed to communicate silently. Ruby sat on the table clutching her chest. When Ruby first did that in the morning, Weiss feared a heart attack was near.

It was almost two weeks since the attack and other than having headaches (which Ruby took medicine for), she was doing well. Ruby did not want to even see the doctor, but after Weiss promised Ruby they would go to the new bakery downtown, Ruby gladly pulled her sleeve and allowed the nurse to take samples of her blood. Of course, Weiss had to restrain herself during the whole affair. Even from a distance, she could smell Ruby's blood.

"I did notice however that Ruby has an abnormal heart rate, but I believe it is a side effect of the chest pain." The nurse said as she walked over to a cabinet and pulled out a small pill bottle.

"These are some anti-inflammatory pills. These should be able to subdue the pain in her chest."

"Thank you nurse." Weiss said as she took the pills from the nurse's open palm.

"If the pain is still they later or it gets worse, come back here immediately."

And with that, Ruby and Weiss walked out the infirmary together. The two stood there in silence for about ten seconds.

"Can we go now?" Ruby said, putting on her best puppy dog eyes to Weiss.

"You dolt. Well, a promise is a promise. Let's go."

"Great, I'm starving!" Ruby said as she sped off for the airship dock.

"Wait!" Weiss called out to her teammate, chasing after her.

Needless to say, their trip to the bakery was…interesting. Ruby had ordered plenty of food. Not just cookies, but tarts and a small cake. Weiss just sat there in stunned silence as she ate.

"Why are you so hungry?"

"Wah?" Ruby said, halfway through eating a cake.

"Your mouth is full."

Ruby swallowed her food promptly. "I just am. I felt like I haven't eaten anything since breakfast."

Weiss pondered at that remark. Ruby had a pretty decent breakfast today. How she was still hungry was beyond her.

"Don't forget to take your pill. And please don't get sick from this."

Sure enough, she did. Ruby ended up being carried back to Beacon on Weiss' back from overeating. Sure she took her pill, but then she ordered another cake.

"Ughhh." Ruby said in a stupor.

"That's what you get from eating too many sweets." Weiss scolded her.

"It was just so good…ow…" Ruby said, half awake and half asleep.

They soon arrived at the dorm and Weiss dressed Ruby in a red shirt and black shorts and carried her up to her bed.

"Me, Blake and Yang will be eating dinner at the mess hall. If you need us, call us on your scroll.

"Thanks Weiss. Lean closer for a second."

Weiss did as she was told and soon received a kiss on the cheek by Ruby. Weiss began to redden in the face. Even though that had held hands and gave each other kisses on the cheek, it was still exciting.

"Hey Weiss what's wrong? Getting a little hot under there?"

"Shut up Xiao Long."

After they left, Ruby fell deep into a sweet induced sleep.

When Ruby awoke next, her teammates were sleep and it was night.

'Must've slept longer than I thought.'

Ruby jumped down from her bed and look on her night stand. The bottle of pills was there and along with them was a little note.

_Ruby,_

_Don't forget to take this if you wake up again._

_W-_

Ruby smiled. Weiss was so caring at time yet can be so demanding at others. Ruby quickly and silently popped the lid of and swallowed a pill. Just a she did, she felt a massive pain wash over her. Ruby fell to her knees crying out silently. The infirmary was open and was staffed constantly in case of a massive emergency. Ruby quietly opened the door and began to make her way down there.

Ruby had to cross the courtyard to reach the office. As she stepped near the fountain, she felt the rays of light from the moon hit her. All the pain in her chest disappeared as she approached the fountain. Ruby felt a relative calm wash over her. It felt soothing, it felt peaceful. But then, a sudden pain shot in both her chest and her shoulder.

"What the…" Ruby began to say, but fell on her knees in excruciating pain. As she clutched her hands, she felt as if they were being stabbed by knives. When Ruby looked down, she almost screamed.

Her finger nails were claws. Long, sharp, black claws. Ruby proceed to look into the fountain's water where she saw her reflection staring right back at her. Her hair was much longer, almost down to her shoulders and her eyes were a beautiful but haunting emerald green. Ruby saw in her mouth four, large canine teeth. "What's happening to me?" Ruby cried, tears growing in the pits of her eyes.

Soon, Ruby fell to the ground as she watched her arms and legs grown long and hairy. She felt and heard the sounds and snapping. The sounds of her bones being rearranged. Ruby let out a yell of pain and felt her mouth and nose grown and fuse into a dog-like snout. The hair on her body was black and smooth. She felt her ears grow into points. Ruby's yell began to go from high pitch and soon sounded like and animal's scream.

Just as quick as it happened, it was over. Ruby walked over to the fountain and looked in. Staring back was the same beast she saw the fateful night, but this time, it had green eyes.

'Is that…me?'

But soon, Ruby's head felt as if it were being dunked in a pool of acid. Ruby felt her memories fading away. She saw images of her mother, Yang and all of her friends vanish. Her memories of Weiss and even her name were the last to go.

Soon, only a monster stood at the fountain. All of her memories were gone and replaced with one instinct. To kill.

The Werewolf lifted it's head and let out a mighty howl.

**Elsewhere**

Ozpin was overlooking a series of documents when he heard a loud howl coming from the courtyard.

"Headmaster! I think a Beowolf is on campus! What do we do?" Glynda said as she rushed into the office."

Ozpin calmly stood up from his desk and pulled out a green shrub from his desk.

"Lock down the academy. Nothing gets in or out. Take the students and put them into the mess hall." He said as he handed Glynda the plant. "And but this on the door."

"This is…"

"Glynda, you have to trust me. That is not a Beowolf out there and it could seriously put the lives of the students in jeopardy. Please do as I say."

Glynda nodded her head and rushed off as she went to sound the alarm.

"I've seen this before." Ozpin said as he looked out of his window and heard the alarms begin to sound.

**A/N: Sorry, I have been away for too long. Life decided to throw some curve balls my way and I was busy with some things. I will try to update this story as best as I can, but I hope you enjoyed this chapter.**

**Next Chapter: Team RWBY is awoken from their sleep and is told to go to the mess hall. Only one question though. Where is Ruby?**

**On a side note, The reason why Ruby's chest hurts and why she ate so much is because it is a side effect of being a werewolf. The chest hurts because the heart expands to prepare for the transformation.**

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	25. Chapter 25: Attack

"Attention Students, please proceed to the mess hall until further notice this is not a drill! I repeat, this is not a drill."

Weiss and the rest of the team woke up to the sounds of alarms going off. Soon, all three members were dressed and well armed in case they ran into trouble.

"Alright is everyone here?" The heiress asked.

"Wait, where's Ruby?" Yang said looking around.

Weiss internally panicked. Everyone had to go to the mess hall and that dunce was out roaming around the grounds. Weiss quickly made her way to the door.

"Where the hell are you going? We need to go to the mess hall." Blake said, stating the obvious.

"I'm going to go look for Ruby. If you two want to go on without me, that's fine."

"To hell with that, you're our teammate and we won't leave a member behind." Yang said, loading Ember Celica.

Weiss make a simple nod as she opened the door and flew out.

"That's weird."

"What's up Blakey?"

"Ruby's cape and Crescent Rose are still here."

Both Yang and Blake looked on the closet doorknob and noticed that Ruby's cape was hanging up. Not too far was Ruby's Scythe. The Black and Yellow pair found that odd. Why would Ruby leave behind two of her most valuable possessions? Weiss quickly ran back into the room and interrupted their thoughts.

"Let's go, whatever is on the school grounds may have gotten to her already!"

On that note, the two quickly ran out following the heiress.

Weiss was rushing down the hallways, followed closely by the bumblebee pair. Weiss was starting to worry about the leader. What if something at gotten to her before they did and even then, how could something get into Beacon late at night?

"Wait, if Ruby's not here right now, then who's the leader?" Yang said, in an attempt to start a conversation.

"Look I will okay?" Weiss said, focused on the task at hand.

"Well Weiss, looks like you became the leader of this team after all." Blake said, a coy look on her face.

Weiss was about to tell the Faunus to put a sock in it, but then an ear-piercing scream rang through the grounds.

"Was that Ruby?" Yang said.

Immediately, Weiss sped off faster than possible, leaving the other two in the dust. As the two tried to catch up, they wondered how Weiss could run so quickly.

**Elsewhere**

Ozpin stood outside of the mess hall with Glynda as they counted all the students and faculty. As the two counted heads, a scream pierced through the night. Ozpin looked towards the source of the scream.

"Is everyone accounted for?"

"All but Team RWBY and Nurse Amber. Why?"

"Did you do as you were told?"

"Yes but, why did you have me hang mistletoe on the door?" Glynda said, a pondering look on her face.

"Glynda, if you have ever doubted me, trust what I am saying now. People's lives are at stake. I will be back." Ozpin said as he walked off.

"Wait, where are you going?"

Ozpin said nothing as he walked off.

Soon enough, Team RWBY (or now WBY) arrived at the source of the scream. And they saw something they did not want to see. There was a figure hovering over a dead body with a sicking sound coming from it.

"Hello?" Weiss said.

The figure turned and stepped into the light of the full moon. It stood well around 6'9 and was covered in brown fur from head to toe. The creature resembled a wolf that is if a wolf got up on two legs and started walking. Its eyes were a beautiful said of green and it let out a low growl. Its tail swished around angrily as it eyed the three girls.

"Scatter!" Weiss yelled as the creature lunged at them. In a way, it resembled the monster that attacked her and Ruby about a month ago. As the girls separated, the monster tried to focus on one of them, but found it impossible. The huge beast decided then to jump out the nearby window and into the courtyard with the girls following it.

"We need to stop it!"

"Did you see what it did to nurse Amber?" Blake asked.

"That is why we need to stop it." Weiss said.

Yang and Blake began to fire off shots from the weapons; they could easily tell the rounds impacted the monster as small red holes appeared on it. Soon, the two had to stop to reload. They watched as the monster crumpled to the ground. But just as they started to smile, it soon faded from their faces. The bullet holes were closing up and blood stopped seeping from the wounds.

"Freezerburn!" Weiss commanded. They needed cover and quick.

Weiss formed a large circle of ice on the ground as Yang jumped into the air and melted it instantly with her semblance. Fog immediately blanketed the courtyard as the girls split up once more. Blake sat there, firing on where she last saw the beast. Soon, she felt huge hands slam into her side as she sailed towards the wall. She felt her world go dark as the beast ran towards, intent on finishing the job.

"STAY AWAY FROM HER YOU BASTARD!" Yang screamed as Blake slipped into away.

Yang had seen what happened. The monster came right out of the fog and slammed into her with its massive paws. When Yang saw her girlfriend hit the wall, Yang felt angered and ran for the monster. Soon, Yang started to both shoot and punch whatever this thing was. Yang wanted it dead. An uppercut here and a shotgun blast there, Yang soon felt what appeared to be the arm of the creature break on her fists impact. The thing roared in absolute pain as it crumbled to the ground. Yang then fired two shots in its exposed back for good measure.

In the chaos, Weiss was able to drag Blake to the open window and wait for the blonde.

"You think that was a little too much for you?" Weiss said with an inquisitive look on her face.

"That doesn't matter, it Blake okay?"

Blake certainly looked like she had seen better days. Her chest slowly rose and fell with each breath so it was kind of obvious she was still alive, however she was bleeding from her head and her bow was coming slightly undone. Her skin also looked pale and clammy.

"We need to get her to the mess hall." Both Weiss and Yang took place on either side and lifted up the young Faunus.

But then a growl once again caught their attention. They turned to the monster starting to stand up and look at them with murderous rage in its eye. The arm, which was bent only moments ago, was straight once more. The girls started to run with a limp Blake between them. But then the creature stopped as a figure blocked its path.

It was Ozpin. He was holding some type of shrub in front of him. Weiss couldn't tell what it was but it was stopping the monster dead in its tracks.

Soon after thirty seconds, the beast ran off ignoring the four.

"Where did you…?

"Where's Ruby?" Ozpin inquired.

"We were looking for her when we found that thing. How did you scare it off?" Yang asked.

"That's not important, how it miss Belladonna?"

"She hit the wall pretty hard, sir." Weiss said.

Ozpin came up and looked down at Blake. Soon he pulled out two necklaces made of…

"Mistletoe?" Yang said.

"Miss Xiao Long, put these on both your and miss Belladonna's neck and head to the mess hall. I require Weiss for something."

But Ozpin we need her to come with us, what about…"

"Yang, its fine. Ozpin and I are going to look for Ruby, don't worry." Weiss said, attempting to hypnotize the blonde. She hated to do this on her teammates but she had no choice.

Yang started to nod her head in agreement. "Okay, but hurry up and be careful okay." She said as she hefted Blake over her shoulders and started towards the mess hall.

"We will." Ozpin said as both him and Weiss stood alone in the courtyard.

"Sir, why did you give them mistletoe necklaces?"

"What we are dealing with is a creature that can't stand the smell of mistletoe. It smells absolutely repulsive to the beast." Ozpin said.

"What are we dealing with here?"

"Simple. Weiss, have you ever heard of a Werewolf?"

**Sorry about the long hiatus. I will try to write more often. I have been busy with life lately and will try to fit more in. especially since it's the Halloween season. Plus VOLUME 3 IS COMING SOON EVERYONE! HYPE!**

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	26. Chapter 26: Daybreak

Weiss stood there, her wondering why Ozpin would ask her a question at a time like this.

"No. Why?"

Ozpin simply walked away, his cane tapping on the stone of the courtyard's path.

"Ever since men have walked the surface of Remnant, they had legends of man who can change their form under the influence of the moon. They went through many names as well. Skinwalkers, Lycanthropes. But many call them Werewolves. During the day, they look like you or I, but at night under the moon, they change."

Weiss was simply at a loss of words. How could a man or woman change their form to resemble a beast? True, Weiss had seen her mentor due a similar trick when they first met, but that was a large bat. This was completely different.

"We need to lure the beast away from the school and hold it off till sunrise."

"What? Why?" Weiss wondered.

"The Mistletoe I gave them would only work for a short period of time. It will work up its courage and then attack the students. When the sun rises, we will find out who it is."

Weiss thought about Ruby. She was no were to be found and she could be in very great danger. Was it possible that Ruby was a…

'No, that's impossible.' Weiss thought to herself. It did not seem like a possibility that Ruby was a monster.

"What are you suggesting we do Ozpin?"

"We need to lure it into the Emerald Forest and keep it there. And it just so happens I have a plan."

"What is it?"

Ozpin simply raised his eyebrow and handed an ear piece. He gave a coy smile.

"Do you remember your landing strategy?"

Weiss thought it was crazy. Ozpin had a plan that involved using the launch pads to fling both Weiss and the wolf into the forest. Weiss would have to simply get both her and the creature there all the while without losing its interest or being torn apart.

Yup. Sounds sane enough.

Weiss quickly eyed the clock on the wall and noticed the time.

4:00 A.M.

Weiss would have to distract and lure the beast further into the woods for two hours. Any normal person would likely be driven insane by the lack of sleep. Fortunately, Weiss was no ordinary person.

Weiss quickly looked around the corner and noticed the werewolf, sniffing the ground in search of prey. Weiss realized that she was only two minutes away from the launch pads. There was an extra large one, capable of launching four people at once, or in this case, one vampire and a crazed monster. All Weiss had to do was give Ozpin the signal.

Weiss stepped from the corner.

"Hey, Fleabag!"

The wolf turned, its emerald eyes burning with hate. She defiantly had its attention now.

'Run!' Weiss screamed to herself mentally as she took off faster than a bullet leaving a gun.

As she ran, she heard heavy panting and growling coming from behind her, Weiss knew that if she failed to keep it away from the school, her teammates or even Ruby would be in danger. At points in the chase, the beast barely managed to bite at her, but missed every time. Soon, the cliffs overlooking the forest came into view rather quickly as she made she way to the large pad at the very end of the cliff. The beast was only thirty feet and closing.

'3…2…'

"Now!" Weiss shouted into the earpiece as she felt her feet leave the ground.

Now shoring through the air, Weiss looked around and saw the wolf failing madly as it fell into the dark trees below. Weiss simply materialized glyph after glyph to descend down. Soon enough, she found her way to the forest below. As she landed she heard painful whimpering. Weiss approached the source of the sound and the site almost made her stomach turn.

The beast had attempted to land on its legs, but had no success. The legs were bent in painful angles and the whimpering the noise made was akin to a dog that had a broken paw. Weiss knew she should not but decided to approach the beast anyway. As she did, the whimpers turned into growls of anger and hate.

"It's okay. I'm not going to hurt you." Weiss said.

Soon of course she learned it was not the brightest move she made.

With just one swipe, the werewolf clawed into Weiss' shirt as she was flown into a tree by the sheer force of the strike. Weiss noticed that the sounds became muffled and she was disoriented. As she sat there, she noticed two things. One, the wound in her chest was already closing up. The open sores, which would've easily needed stitches, were closing up. Two, the werewolf was getting back up. Its legs were somehow resetting themselves. Weiss knew she needed to make a break for it. As she ran, she heard the beast howl with rage. It was on its feet once more and it had caught her scent.

Weiss ran for what felt like hours. Even though her wound had closed up, she was still in a lot of pain. She had found a cave and quickly wandered inside. As she slumped against the wall, she felt her eyelids grow heavy as fatigue took its toll.

Bad mistake.

Weiss soon woke up to the sounds of the beast entering the cave. Weiss felt herself pinned as the beast grabbed hold of both her shoulders. As it lifted its jaws and opened them, ready to deliver the finishing blow, Weiss felt something hot hit her face.

The Sun.

Somehow, it took an hour for the creature to find Weiss in the cave, which was by no means a miracle. Weiss knew that she would have to drink blood soon as she felt famished, but quickly noticed something as well.

The werewolf had lost its grip on her. It roared in pain as it stumbled backwards to the opposite side of the cave. Weiss noticed then its form beginning to change. Its shoulders lost it broadness and became slumped once more. Its grey skin underneath its fur changed to a pale color.

'No.'

The arms and legs began to shorten and look more like actual human limbs. Weiss could hear the sounds of bone begin to crack and rearrange themselves. The tail quickly faded away and the claws turned into human nails. The roar it was giving off turned to a more high-pitched sound as its snout turned into a human mouth and nose. The ears turned back to human, but this time with a slight point to them. The final nails in the coffin were the eyes and hair. The brown hair on its head went from brown to black with red. And its eyes went from emerald to sliver.

Sitting just opposite of Weiss was a shivering Ruby Rose.

'She's the werewolf.'

"Ruby?"

Ruby looked up, tears in her eyes.

"Weiss? Where am I? Why does it hurt?" Ruby questioned as she began to cry.

Weiss quickly made her way over to her and hugged her tight. Ruby's heart was beating furiously in the chest. Weiss needed to calm her down somehow.

"Ruby, this is all a dream." Weiss said, hypnotizing Ruby. She hated to do it on her teammate, leader and girlfriend, but she had no choice.

"You need to go to sleep now, okay?"

Soon, Ruby was sound asleep in her arms. Weiss laid her down on the cave floor as she called Ozpin.

"Ozpin, Ruby's the werewolf."

"I see. Stay where you are. I am coming to get the both of you."

Weiss looked down and noticed one more thing.

Ruby was butt-naked.

Weiss quickly blushed as she looked away, never having seen Ruby's birthday suit, for the lack of a better word. Her blush was clearly visible on the paleness of her face.

"Also, bring a blanket with you."

**Well, Rubys back to normal. But this had only begun for the little rose. What will become of her now? Well stick around and find out.**

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