A/N: I don't own ruby or anything associated with it. That's all property of Monty Oum and Roosterteeth. I also don't own the cover art. Credit goes to Einlee on deviantart for that.

The impressive path that separated Beacon from the rest of the world loomed before Ruby, the point in her journey where the summer ended and the next year started. Behind her, Yang fiddled around with the keys to bumblebee, struggling to remove them. Ruby's red helmet rested on the handlebar, her sisters on the other side.

"Hey sis, can you hurry up? We've got to get to our new dorm!" Ruby shouted in excitement. It had been several long months since she had seen the other members of team RWBY, and she was sure they had a lot of catching up to do.

"Calm down little sis. The dorm isn't going to just get up and fly away if we aren't there in the next few minutes. Besides, having the keys to bumblebee seems pretty important too." She defended, her hand still twisting and yanking at the keys, trying to pry them loose.

"Yeah, but the longer you take trying to get your keys out, the longer we have to wait to see our partners!"

"They aren't going to fly away either Ruby."

Ruby let out a quick, defeated sigh before looking down the path that led down to the school.

Several minutes later with keys, luggage and helmets in hand, Ruby and Yang preceded down to the new, year two dorms. They were supposedly more spacious to acquaint the older members of the school, and they were looking forward to seeing it. Their room was once again, next to team JNPR, which would certainly account for an exciting year. Once they arrived, they tested the door, which turned out to be open, and invited themselves in. Inside they found both of their partners sprawled out on their beds, books open. The room itself was certainly more spacious, but it certainly wasn't massive.

"Hello Weiss! Hello Blake!" Ruby yelled, excitement lining her voice

"Hello Ruby" the duo returned in monotone voices, not even bothering to look up.

"Aren't you guys excited that the gang is back together?"

"Simply ecstatic" replied Weiss, her face still buried in her book

"I'm so excited that you can't even tell" groaned Blake

"How was your guy's summers?" Ruby asked, trying to spark a conversation.

"Great" they replied in unison.

"Come on guys, brighten up. We haven't seen each other for a few months and that's all you have to say?"

"Well, what else are we supposed to say Yang? It's so nice to see you all again?"

"Well, at least that's something."

After taking a quick look around the room, it was clear that if they were going to fit all of their necessities.

"Hey Weiss, even though we have a bigger room, I'm still really not sure that we have enough room to fit all of our beds. Do you have any idea where we could get that room from?"

"Get that idea out of your head you dunce. That almost killed me last year, and I am NOT, I repeat NOT doing that again this year."

"Please Weissy?"

"No. I stand by my words. I do not agree to bunk beds. That is my final word."

"What about you Blake? What do you think about bunk beds?"

"If I agree, will you promise to leave me alone?"

"Of course I will."

"Then I agree wholeheartedly." She replied, her eyes never leaving the pages.

"What about you Yang? What do you think about them?"

"Well, it's either those or one of us is sleeping in the hallway."

"I live in a house full of dunces!'

Several hours, and one furious Weiss later, the bunk beds had been assembled and were now ready for use. Ruby made sure that she had used enough ropes to prevent the bed from falling on Weiss.

"Well, now that that's all over, what do you say we do now Blake?" Asked Ruby who was still panting.

"We have that speech in a couple of hours we have to attend to. Other than that, I'd say that we just relax and settle in."

"I say that we study for our upcoming tests. And you guys clearly need the training. Have you guys even used your weapons since we left last year?" Replied Weiss

"Of course we have… Right Yang?"

Her sister, shook her head and returned to reality after clearly zoning out

"What was that Ruby? I didn't hear you."

"We've used our weapons since we left last year haven't we?"

"I really don't think that…"

"See Weiss? Of course we did." Ruby replied with her signature smile, hiding her embarrassment.

"Sometimes, I think about how you even managed to make it into beacon, let alone several years early." She said as she walked over and slouched onto her bed, opening one of her many textbooks.

"It's nice to see that Weiss didn't change on us over the summer. I was afraid that she'd become a kind and likeable person."

"You're a comedian Yang."

"It's only been a few hours and we're already back to bantering. I don't think that any of you have really changed that much over the summer." Noted Blake as she too trudged over to her bed and collapsed, shutting her eyes.

"Well, at least you're talking now Blake. I guess you've changed."

Blake gave a chuckle, but didn't add to it.

"So what did you guys do over your vacations anyways?" Ruby asked as she walked over to her bunk and jumped up, nearly slipping as she did so.

"I studied and kept my head in my studies. Something that I'm sure none of you guys did."

"Have you ever heard of being kind Weiss? It's a nice trait to have sometimes you know."

"Tell me, did you study over the vacation?"

"Well, no. Not really."

"I rest my case."

"So what did you do this summer Blake? Anything interesting?"

"No, not really."

"What about that monkey guy? Did you guys talk at all?"

"Nope."

"Not really in the mood for talking?"

"Nope."

"Well then. Anyone else have anything that they want to share?"

"How about some silence? I feel like some silence would be really nice. It's hard to study when your voice is crowding my thoughts."

"Sorry Weiss."

A small grunt came from the bed below her as she laid her head back against her pillow and shut her eyes, her dreams coming peacefully.

Several hours later

Ruby, in common fashion, was the first one to awake. She stretched herself out and took a deep breath, ready for the rest of the day. She slid off her bed, connecting to the ground with a quiet thunk. Weiss was passed out, her face resting on a textbook. Blake and Yang rested normally, quietly resting on their sides. She grabbed the whistle that she had gotten last year and pressed it against her lips. She took a deep breath and blew into the whistle. Everyone in the room got up and looked around, trying to find out what the noise was.

"Ruby! What was that for? You nearly gave me a heart attack!" Shouted her sister from the remaining top bunk.

"It's time for everyone to get up. We have to go to the opening ceremony in an hour, and you wouldn't wake up unless I used it. Sorry Blake, sorry Weiss."

"Let's agree that you don't use that whistle unless it's for emergencies. Because I think that if you use that thing again, no one will be able to find your body" threatened the heiress.

"I'm sorry Weiss. Anyways, who's using the shower first? There's only one, so first come first serve."

"I'm going first. I don't trust Yang to take less than an hour in the shower anyways." Weiss proclaimed as she stood up and headed to the bathroom, her right cheek bright red from falling asleep on the book.

"I'm next" proclaimed Yang as she dropped down from her bunk, grabbing a towel and waiting next to the door.

"You want to go next Blake? I can be ready pretty quickly." Asked Ruby, trying to be as kind as she could.

"Sure" replied Blake in her normal one word sentences.

Fifty-five minutes later

Beacon auditorium

RWBY had arrived at the auditorium several minutes early, which was rather out of character for them. Professor Ozpin was already at the pedestal, testing to make sure that the equipment was ready and working. This was the presentation for the second year students. Those who had already completed their first tests, but still had years to go. Slowly, people began to funnel in slowly, but quickly increased as the timer got closer to zero. They watched as team JNPR walked in and approached them.

"Hello Ruby. It's nice to see that you have come back to beacon this year." Pyrrha greeted as the other members of the team greeted each other.

A quick burst of static brought their attentions to the front as professor Ozpin cleared his throat. Every pair of eyes in the auditorium was trained on him.

"First off, I would like to thank all of you for being here today. I am aware that this school can be harsh and difficult at times, and I'm proud of each and every one of you. Now for the reason that I have gathered you all here today. As you know, you were all forced to pass a beginning test in order to make it into the school. And although this series of tests will not be the same as the one you passed to make your way into Beacon, they will be as difficult, if not harder. The tests begin tomorrow just after noon, and I expect you all to be present. Once again, welcome back to Beacon, and may this year be better than the last."

A/N: First off, I'd like to thank everyone who read this. This is the first chapter in my hopefully long fanfiction.

Anyways, have a great morning, day, evening, night and take it easy