A/N: This is my first attempt to write an AU for RWBY. If you people like it, please, let me know so I keep working on it. I'm trying to portray a sort of possible path for the series, but with a much darker side to things.

*Note-For all the Ruby/Weiss shippers out there, first of all, love you guys. Second, things start to get going by chapter three, and chapter four they DEFINITELY get to the level that people tend to want. So if you feel like there isn't enough of that, just read a little, pretty please? As pretty as Ruby?

Looking in the woods for crazy people was most definitely not on Weiss's agenda. But, supposedly, who she needed to talk to was somewhere out here. Weiss's shoes crunched through the snow, her feet both freezing and soaked. It was an extremely unpleasant combination, but she gritted her teeth and kept walking.

Where was that cabin? Supposedly it was somewhere around here!

Finally Weiss spotted it, a small, ramshackle hut that looked about a hundred years old. Walking up, she knocked politely.

"Hello? My name is Weiss Schnee? I was told you could help me..."

There was no response.

Weiss knocked louder. "My name is Weiss Schnee, I'm with the Hunters. Open up!"

That didn't work either. Weiss sighed in exasperation and pushed the door open, since the rickettsia thing had no lock. Inside was lit with a small Dust lamp, barely illuminating a person with decidedly annoyed posture sitting on a ratty couch. They were wearing a simple t shirt and jeans, and their head was hidden by the hood of a long red cloak.

"Well here I was, hoping you'd go away." The figure grumbled. "But I suppose this works too."

"I was looking for a Rose? Ruby Rose?" Weiss said, trying hard to be polite.

The figure drew back their hood, revealing a youthful face framed by short cropped, black hair with red highlights. "You found her. Hi!"

"Well. I thought you'd be older." Weiss commented, impressed. This was the famous Huntress? She didn't look any older than Weiss.

"Yup! I'm pretty awesome like that." The girl said with a faint grin. "What can I do for you, since you're here now."

"Your sister said you could help me with a problem."

Ruby perked up. "Really? Yang? How's she doing?"

"She's head of the Hunters since last month. Haven't you heard?"

Ruby gestured to the hut with a little smile. "I kinda turned into a hobo. So nope, haven't heard. We tend not to talk about work, when we actually talk at all."

"Ah. Well, she sent me with this." Weiss held out a small paper bag.

Ruby undid the ribbon holding it shut and peered in. "Oh man. That's strawberry shortcake. And it looks like Blake made it." Weiss would have been terrified of her gaze if she was a pastry. "Munchy time."

With quick, efficient motions Ruby stood up, fished a fork out of a drawer, sat back down, and absolutely demolished the slice of cake. Weiss just stared in shock. That was the fastest she had seen any food disappear, ever. And it was kind of scary. She was amazed the other girl didn't choke.

"Why don't you sit down?" Ruby offered. "Then you can tell me what you're here for."
Weiss looked around, and didn't see any other chairs but a rickety wooden one at a small table off in the corner. So, not wanting to be rude, she sat on the couch. Then she started to explain.

"It started about two weeks ago. Somehow, Grimm have been getting into my city. I'm not sure from where." Weiss gritted her teeth at the thought. "Their numbers are growing rapidly. I can't keep up. The police department thinks its a cult or something, but they might find out something soon. And the Grimm are getting more careless. They're practically snatching people off the streets. It's going to be a disaster if they can't be stopped, and soon. I went to Yang for help, and she sent me out here, to find you."

"Well that sucks." Ruby said, looking in the bag for a second time. "Hold on a sec, would you? I think I got a letter."

Weiss sighed, exasperated. "I think we have more important things to worry about." Was she really going to just start reading her mail? Seriously?

"Nope. I never get mail. This is like, a once in a lifetime thing!"

Weiss ground her teeth. This girl was a total child. A complete and utter idiot. "You know, that's just wonderful. People genuinely need your help, and you're reading a letter." She stood up stiffly and headed for the door. "Thanks for your time. I think I'll work this out on my own." She had to get out before she snapped. Yelling at the sister of the head of the Hunters, whether or not she deserved it, was definitely a bad career move.

"Please wait." Ruby said quietly. "Ugh, I'm sorry. I know you probably think I'm an idiot."

Weiss turned, arching an eyebrow. "Yes. I do. You wasted my time when I could be saving lives to read a letter. That's childish, self centered, and stupid."

Ruby laughed quietly. "I'm not sure you're wrong about any of that. I never was good with first impressions..." She stood up slowly, cracking her fingers. "But, for what it's worth, I suppose I'll help out." She held up the letter. "Yang thinks highly of you after all. And I owe my big sis a favor."

Weiss glared. "Oh, just like that? If I recall, I said I didn't want your help." She turned to leave, and was tackled from behind, almost falling over.

"Oh come ooooon! It'll be fun! And I promise not to mess around any more! Let me just get my baby."

Weiss was left dazed as Ruby let go and dashed to the single closet. "Baby?" That was unexpected. And what in the world was going on now...

After rooting around in the closet for a minute, Ruby withdrew an oversized gun. "Crescent Rose." With a metallic whirring, the thing changed into a massive scythe. "So, what do you think? Now you definitely want me to come along, don't you. You're like 'Wow. That Ruby girl. I totally wanna be her friend. Because she is too cool. And she's totally gonna come with me, and I forgive her for being a jerk.'" Ruby smiled broadly, holding the scythe in a dramatic pose.

Weiss snorted, hiding her smile with one hand. "Okay, fine. Just be careful with that thing."

Ruby gasped in mock horror. "You did not just call her a thing." She snuggled the scythe gently. "It's my little Rosie. You are not allowed call my baby a thing."

Weiss looked at the girl dubiously. "Let's just go." She said.

Ruby shrugged. "Okay, cool. Hey, out of curiousity, how'd you get here? Do you drive a motorcycle, or something else cool?"

"What? No! Those things aren't safe. I drive a car."

Ruby raised an eyebrow.

"It's a nice car!" Weiss protested.

"Man, Yang was right."

"About what."

"You can be really prissy." Then Ruby giggled, and ran out into the snow. "C'mon! Race ya to the Dorkmobile!"

"Idiot! You don't even know where it is!" Weiss yelled at her, trying to catch up.

"I'm still winning!" Ruby called from up ahead, and Weiss sighed, slogging through the snow after her. Well, she was the one who had gone looking for Ruby. And what she had found was... interesting to say the least. The legendary Huntress Ruby Rose seemed more a giggling teenage girl than an unstoppable killer of Grimm. Well, if she even lived up to half her reputation, the girl would be enough to stop a small army.

If.

Unfortunately, someone else had found the car first. A huge pack of beowolves was sniffing around the clearing where Weiss had parked, eyeing the sleek, silvery blue convertible like they weren't sure if it was food or what. Ruby put a hand on Weiss's shoulder, drawing her hood over her head with the other.

"How 'bout I handle this one?"

Weiss stared at the small army of Grimm. "Go right ahead..." She said. There had to be around sixty! Was she honestly going to attack them? That was insane!

Ruby walked forward, cloak rustling slightly in the bitter northern wind. The beowolves noticed her almost immediately, and immediately abandoned the car to form a loose semicircle around the girl. Still, Ruby just kept walking.

"Run you idiot!" Weiss yelled, just as three beolwolves lunged. They were inches from tearing her to shreds when Ruby blurred and vanished in a spray of rose petals, moving so fast it looked like she had disappeared. She had leapt into the sky, and finally drew Crescent Rose. With three harsh metallic cracks, three beowolves dropped before Ruby even hit the ground.

She turned Crescent Rose into a scythe, the thing spiraling outwards like some sort of twisted flower blooming. Apparently it still worked as a gun even when it was shaped like a scythe, because Ruby took another five shots before the main pack was on her.
That was when things got... messy.

The first beowolf to attack was severed clean in two with a powerful swing of Crescent Rose. Spinning like she was on a dance floor, Ruby whirled into the mass of beowolves, sending them flying away in pieces, their bodies dissolving into rose petals as Ruby's magic ate away at the monsters. Weiss had never seen anything like it.

It seemed like they were constantly about to catch up to her, but their claws and fangs always passed within a hairs breadth of hitting her before sailing past. Limbs and shell casings went flying as the girl waded into the pack like a swimmer cresting a wave, slicing and firing, tearing through them.

Only two minutes after it started, it was over. Ruby had killed them all, leaving nothing behind except a scatter of rose petals on the pale white snow. She came back with a sad little smile on her face, head down.

"Let's go." She said quietly. All the energy and enthusiasm she had before was gone, replaced with a sort of numbness. "We're done here."

She didn't speak for the rest of the trip.

A/N: Yes I ripped off the Red trailer. But, who wouldn't want to? :P