RWBY: Thorns of a White Rose

By: DStone

Chapter 1: Helping hand

"I'm sorry Ruby, but I love someone else."

"W-what?!" I exclaimed, my heart cracking at the immense pain of Weiss' words. Tears started to well up in my eyes as I waited for an explanation from the heiress.

"I love someone else, she's also in our team. You can say it's a.. unique relationship." Weiss answered. By this point the tears in my eyes started to roll down my face consistently.

"B-but. I thought you loved me.." I sobbed. Wiping a tear from my red cheeks.

"I thought I did too, but it was just testing ground for someone else," Weiss stated with a cold, dark demeanour. The heiress had an evil grin as she walked around the dormroom. "I was just using you as a sample. The person I really love is.. Well, here she is now."

Weiss walked up to a darkened figure. As she approached the figure finally diffused. Standing before the white haired girl was none other than Blake. They embraced each other with deep, passionate kisses, making sure I could see it clearly. I didn't know what to do, I felt like I was gonna throw up. The picture of my stomach churning made Weiss and Blake grin evilly as they watched me hyperventilate.

"It's not only her though, it's the best of both girls." Weiss remarked. All of a sudden Yang appeared right beside her. They repeated their make-out scene again with the new set of lips, soon they began to switch between each other. I finally lost it, throwing up on the floor of our dormroom. There was something strange when I hurled. My vomit wasn't green-like, or any colour for that matter. It was dark as crude oil. It had a weird glow to it that seemed to emit the darkness from it, as if it was pure hatred spewing out of my mouth. I gasped at the image in front of me, backing away from the black puddle slowly.

"Now, get out of this dorm. I am the new leader of this crew, and as the new leader I evict you from the team," Weiss demanded, pointing her finger to the door. "Go and play in traffic."

"W-wait, you can't do that! That's not for you to decide who goes and stays!" I exclaimed, trying my hardest not to implode from a mix of anger and sadness. Weiss smirked.

"It is now, I have both of the other teammates on my side," The white haired girl stated. Weiss walked up to me and looked me straight in the eyes. "Now. Kill yourself."

Weiss poked me in the forehead, making me flinch. When I opened my eyes the setting around me was changed suddenly. A chair stood before me. Dangling above it was a rope tied in a noose. It seemed to hang off pure nothingness. Weiss and the other team members sat in front, as if they were the main audience. I walked slowly up to the chair as if it was routine. When I neared the object I raised my right leg, lifting myself to stand atop the seat. I grabbed the noose and pulled the rope over my head, tightening the knot around my neck so it was snug.

"Jump. Jump. Jump." the gang chanted as they awaited my final step. I took one last deep breath, jumping off the chair that seemed to stand quite a distance from the ground apparently. I pushed it aside as I now dangled by the rope around my neck.

"Diediediediediedie." They started to chant quicker and stronger now. I gasped for air, but all I could muster was a choking noise as I hung from the rope. I looked up at the bright light above me as I reached for it, closing my eyes as I allowed death to creep up on me.

"Just die."

I felt a hand shake me awake as I gasped in shock. returning to reality slowly. I was facing the wall on my top bunk, the heiress shaking me vigorously.

"Come on! Wake up! We have school today!" Weiss exclaimed in a cheerful-like tone. It surprised me how content she was since after the agreement we had. I turned around to see the white haired girl looking up at me and tugging at my tank-top. She grinned happily as I sat straight in my top bunk. I spun to the left and jumped off my top bunk, rubbing my eyes as I yawned. I opened my eyes to see Weiss standing before me. It saddened me a bit inside to see her.

"Good morning, sleepyhead," Weiss greeted joyfully. "Come on, you need to be showered and ready for school. We got to go get breakfast at the cafeteria."

I looked at the bookshelf and picked up my meds, sighing as I read the label and rummaged through my huntress outfit for my other medication. I pulled the other bottle out, swapping the sleeping pills for it, as I undid the lid of the bottle and took one of the pills out and took it with the water that sat on the bookshelf for me (thanks to Weiss).

"Alright." I finally answered, walking sluggishly over to the bathroom attachment in our dormroom. I shut the door and locked it, turning on the water as I took off my sleeping clothes. I jumped in the shower and began to wash my body. As I neared the end of the shower I leaned my head against the wall. My heart still shattered because of what she said. It pained me to assume she could love someone else. All it would take was an interest.

And If I ever knew, my heart would break almost instantly.

About 12:00 p.m, in one of the classes.

The bell finally rung as professor Port waved goodbye to the students.

"Goodbye everyone. Hope you all have a good weekend." The Grimm studies teacher hollered as we exited his room. I walked down the hallway with my red hood up, following the highway of other people in front of me. I thought about the words Weiss said the first day of school. Those words stung my heart like salt in a wound. I wasn't expecting our first relationship problem to be on the first day of school, the time I needed and wanted her the most.

About a week and a half ago.

"I'm sorry Ruby... but I think we just need some time apart."

It was the end of the day, on the rooftops of our dormroom when Weiss said this statement. "I just think if we separate for a month or so it will help see if this is true love or if it's not meant to be."

My heart broke, just like the last time it hurt so much, back when Silica passed away. I was about to cry.

"Oh, please don't cry hun. I-I'm just not comfortable being lesbian in public, not when everyone's watching." Weiss explained.

"B-but, you kissed me in public, many times!" I exclaimed. Weiss held her finger up.

"I made sure no one was watching. And girls hold hands all the time in public."

"Y-you got me those cookies, and that onesie, and you said that you'd be by my side whenever I needed you!"

"And I will! Just as a friend for now though. It's just for a month Ruby, I just want to see if it's meant to be. I feel like I'm smothering you, I'm babying you because of your condition."

"What if I like being smothered?!" I proclaimed. "What if that little bit of gesture got me through the day?!"

"Did it?" Weiss asked. I looked at her shyly

"N-not exactly, it was more of a series of things." I answered, lowering my tone as I finished the sentence.

"And most of them I can treat you also on a friendly basis," Weiss held up my wet cheeks. "We're not breaking up, it's just a breather. We need to focus on schooling. And it's not like we're never seeing each other ever again, we're just focusing on what's more important first. I'll still make sure you take your medication and we can still talk like friends. Okay?" Weiss explained.

I didn't know what to do. Half of my heart wanted me to run away, to go to a place where I was alone and didn't see or hear my lover. The other half weighed in that I'd have to go back eventually and deal with the fact that I am, once again single, and that I'd just have to live alone again. Surrounded by my friends sure, but alone in my pain once again. I nodded my head finally.

"Okay." I muttered. Weiss kissed me on the cheek.

"Thank you for understanding." She said with a positive grin.

Present day.

It's been a week and a few days since we 'separated'. I promised Weiss I wouldn't tell Yang, Weiss promised me she'd be there for anything I needed, on a friendly basis that was. My heart felt like it was sinking in quicksand ever since. I decided to up the appointments per week, now I see my therapist twice a week instead of once. With it I also decided to read a little more too. I'd walk to the library every other day, either with Blake or alone and I'd read big chapter stories. But at the end of the day, when I return to my dormroom, I feel less and less wanted as a person and more wanted as a leader. That pained me the most, but I learned to sheathe my suffering in my little, broken heart and took to helping other people with their problems first. After all, it is my job.

"Hey Ruby!" A content voice greeted me as the person slapped me on the back. I removed my hood and looked over to the sound, to find it was Pyrrha. She gave me a happy smile as we walked down the stone walkway to the dining hall. "How you doin'?"

"I'm good," I lied, plastering on a fake smile for the redhead. "How are you?"

"I'm great, I overheard team CRDL found a bunch of baby beowolves walking with the more grown up ones today. They took a picture of it and posted it on Facebook," Pyrrha squealed in excitement. "They are sooo cute!"

I gave Pyrrha a funny look. "That's odd, for someone who hunts these creatures you sure seem to adore them in their youth." I stated. Pyrrha shrugged.

"I love baby animals, be it evil or not. They are a part of life too, even if they are dark creatures." the champion responded. I nodded in agreement as we continued to walk to the dining hall.

The lineup to the servery was long, a lot longer than it was during the summer. The two of us stood at the end of the line, which was stationed near the exit of the building. I sighed as I looked down the seemingly endless line of both Beacon, Shade, and Haven students. Pyrrha tapped me on the shoulder.

"Why don't we go out into town for lunch? This line looks like it will never end." Pyrrha suggested. I shook my head.

"By the time we get back, we'll be late for class. This line seems to be moving at a steady pace, we should probably get some service within a half an hour." I noted, studying the flow of the traffic to the servery. Pyrrha sighed.

"Alright, I guess we'll stay in line then."

Just as I predicted, we finally approached the serving station half an hour later. We both looked on the menu, but most of the list was blank now. All that remained were a few of the less popular side dishes. My head sunk, just our luck. My stomach growled like a hungry ursa, adding to my disappointment.

"Ruby! Pyrrha! Over here!" A familiar voice called out from behind us. I turned around to see the one teammate I didn't really want to see, hoping she wouldn't walk over to us. Just my luck, Weiss ran up to us at the servery.

"There you are, I was just about to call you Ruby." Weiss said, though I didn't know whether she was lying or not.

"Just hold on Weiss, we have to order something at least, we just got here." I said, slightly coldly towards her as we both looked at what was left.

"That's what I was going to call you for. I managed to snag the last lunch special for you Ruby, it's waiting at the table with the rest of our team." Weiss explained. Wow, I was really in shock now, not only did she buy me lunch, she bought me the LAST lunch on the menu today.

"R-really?" I said with a surprised tone. Weiss nodded her head.

"Well, you two go and eat, I gotta get something here." The redhead insisted.

"Oh, I think Jaune got something for you as well." Weiss remarked, making the girl blush as red as her hair.

"H-he did?"

Weiss nodded. "I think he said you were talking about some restaurant in Vale, he rushed down to the place as soon as the bell rung."

"Well, let's not keep them waiting."

All three of us sat on either side of the table. Me and Weiss on one side, Pyrrha on the other. The champion smiled as Jaune gave her the wrapped up sandwich.

"There you go, one veal sandwich, lettuce, tomato, no mayo, just like you mentioned," Jaune said, later realizing he was snooping on her conversation about the sandwich place. "N-not that I was listening. J-just heard it from Ren."

"Aww, thanks Jaune." Pyrrha thanked the young eavesdropper, kissing him on the cheek. Weiss pulled a tray full of food from beside her.

"Here you go Ruby." Weiss said contently, sliding the tray to me.

"Thanks Weiss." I thanked the heiress, giving her a halfhearted grin as I dug into the last lunch special. Weiss returned the grin and ate her food as well.

I let out a loud sigh as I pushed the now empty tray of food in front of me. Weiss gave me a surprised look.

"Wow, you ate everything?!" Weiss exclaimed, astounded by my appetite. "And that tray had a ton of food, before it got to you."

"Mhm." I nodded, brushing off the slight insult as I let out a childish burp. Weiss frowned, Blake looked over to see where the noise came from, the rest just laughed. Yang collected the trays of food as we all got up. I looked at my scroll, gasping at the time. Blake gave me a concerned look.

"What? What's wrong Ruby?" The cat Faunus asked. I looked up at her.

"We're late for next class!"

To Be Continued...

Hello to all those reading this. I hope you all enjoyed reading this newest fanfiction story. To those of you who are new to my profiles, this is the sequel story to the very first one I made, Titled RWBY: A Tale of Two Roses. Just to summarize it, it follows the summer after the first year of Beacon (kinda venturing into season 1.5/2). Ruby suffers from clinical depression and a little bit of anxiety issues. She also has a secret crush on someone, the person she's finally won her friendship over (dear god, if you don't know by now...). The heiress, Weiss Schnee. But the poor scarlet doesn't know how or what Weiss would say if she ever knew of her illness. Experience a new side of Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladona, Yang Xiao-Long, and most of the side-character's in the show that don't really have much of a back story but would still make you cry if they ever died (season 3 reference) as they soak in the sun.

Anyways. I honestly didn't mean to make the first scene of this chapter that gruesome, I had an idea for a depressing scene, but I didn't expect this. In case you didn't know, that first part was in Ruby's dreams. So for all those who are still reading this, I encourage all of you, whether you are new to the story or have read my first fanfiction story, to leave an honest review and comment what you'd like to see in the future of this story (Team RWBY's adventures, small segments for Blake, Yang, Velvet, Pyrrha, I think you get the idea), constructive criticism, etc. So I hope to read the comments you people suggest, and Stay Tuned for the next segment folks!