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Hanging around hanging around hanging around one of roman torchwick's bases,an "Abandoned" storage area
Hanging around bored out of my mind
They will be on high alert he said That girl seemed to know your name he said
blah blah blah and now i have to hide nuh uh
Roman's men come into the hangar,wait no,White fang members,they dont look happy
"You angry you have to suck up to a human?" said the rose
A snarl can be heard from one of them and another responds
"says his pet,you dont know what freedom is like,do you?" a girl whit a shitty hairstyle said
calm down just calm down, what was it? breathe in breathe out if we all get found out that would be a problem
I lie back down in my makeshift bed inside an empty box listening,They spread around the place picking up Boxes and before sundown they are gone
Why do we have to work together whit those pricks ugh
Ugh
What to do now what to do now....someone else entered, can barely be heard,not white fang then
i dash ontop of a box "you better leave if you dont want problems"
"Why is the white fang working whit roman torchwick?" said the girl
"dats none of your business,Now leave last warning"
As the girl turns to leave she takes another look as if she remembered something,before leaving the storage for good
So annoying at least now i have an excuse to move
*Hops down the crate* now where was that cookie store~
Hello jhane give me the usual
"Here you have 25 cookies whit chocolate mixed in"
"Thank you"
Coming out of the store i see 2 girls walking
"I told you i saw her"
"I know its just i cant believe she- is here?"
One akward second of them staring at each other
The blonde awestruck looking at the young fannus whit a bag of cookies in her hands before she dissapeared in a flurry of petals
Righ left right right ack
"Oh hello" said the ginger
"oh hi" she is so cute
"You seem to be in a hurry"
"Oh thats,you dont seem to be from here"
"im here for the vytal festival"
"Whoah really"
"Thats right,I am combat ready"
"Thats really cool,do you know the area? i can show you some places?"
"That sounds fantastic"
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"and so jack tried to catch up to me we must have gone throught half of vale before he tired out,Its getting late,see you later friend,good luck on the tournament"
"Friend?" said the ginger wide eyed
"Uh yes?"
"We can have sleepovers,pant our nails and talk about cute boys!"
"Yeah that- sounds great!,let me give you my scroll number"
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"Where in the bloody gates have you been?" Roman said
"you know here and there" "Someone found out the hideout so i moved out"
"and i assume when you say that you meant you went to your favorite store"
"Maybe"
"Big things will be happening soon,that i dont want you to get caught up in"
"ughh i can take care of myself you know,you cant expect me to stay in this hotel all day"
"Now missy i dont meant to say you are grounded,but if you get in trouble dont expect me to get you out of it"
Me get in trouble?,no way
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No way what are you doing here?! "What are you doing here?"
"Ruby are those people your friends?" penny said
No way "No way,They are more like co-workers","please just stay here i dont want you to get in trouble" Ruby said before jumping down
four huntsmen in training and neopolitan is not here,its time for me to make my debut then
A downward slash from a blind spot clashes against the aura of a girl whit ugly skin
"Ilia!" shouted the black haired one
Illia holds her ground but is getting overwhelmed
The black haired one and the monkey are busy whit roman and the yellow haired one is just standing there
"Ruby" said the yellow haired one
Boring
Illya takes a few steps back Aura waning
And the yellow one is-Throwing a shot at me hair turned ablase, barely dodging she runs up at me throwing punch after punch each one that lands draining way more aura than expected
The other two went to cover for their friend from the white fang goons on scene,its time to run
Taking on the torpedo form i dash full speed to the airship,roman waiting for me to get on in i feel a crushing sensation,the feeling of Aura breaking and a single bird feather in my vision before my awareness cuts off
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"What? you want to pick her up?" "do you know all the trouble we would have to throught?" "dont make me those eyes" " hey kid you still there?"
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An interrogation room whit a single light shining towards the center of a table
"Mhm fuck" no problem,whereismyweapon? "Damn it"
An old officer walks in a dissapointed look on his face
"your mother would be dissappointed in you"
What?"she is dead and Tai is too, i dont see your point"
"Your mother was a great friend of mine,im saddened to see her daughter has ended up like this"
Ugh he just keeps rambling "So are you gonna let me out or what?"
" As soon as your uncle gets here to pick you up"
"What?" What?
"You have no living parents on list and Crow is your closest family member he has volunteered to take care of you"
Whaaa?
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Inside a car on the way to who knows where
"Do you know where my weapon is?"
"yes" said crow
"Are you going to tell me?"
"No"
"Where are we going?"
"A house on stamp there we-"
"I dont care i dont care just give me my weapon already"
"I cant do that"
"Ughhjh"
I put my hand on the handle of the door
"Dont try it"
"Why? you wanna make up? then give me my Weapon!"
"When summer died-"
*Sounds of window breaking open*
Im not gonna sit throught that again
dashing throught the forest a flurry of petals swirling throught running dashing running dashing until she is out of breath
"are you done?"
"How dare you?" she tries to grab her weapon from her side only to grab at empty air instead
"Just leave me alone,leave me alone,leave me alone leave me alone- and give me my weapon back"
"Fine"
Really?
He reaches for his back and lo and behold
"Im sorry for not being there"
"wathever just give me my weapon" She goes and hastily picks crecent rose "Jeje" "haha"
"Thanks unc" she said before dashing away
Finally finally finally finally finally finally finally finally finally finally finally finally finally finally
Shit i cant go back like this,how did he follow me how do i know he isnt following me still,fuck fuck fuck nonono agh
Wathever its fine i just have to head back and i will see as it goes
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hm? oh "Hello penny"
"Friend ruby"
"Have you made any new friends?"
"No"
"Im sure you will be making new ones soon,you are such a great person afterall i cant see how anyone could dislike you....penny?"
"You are my friend right?You promise me you are my friend?"
"Yes"
"Ruby I was ordered not to interact with you"
Ah
"But we can still hang together *hiccup*"
"I dont have anything to do this day anyway why dont we walk around"
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"is that why you prefer buying there?"
"Right,she has been preparing my favorite cookies ever since"
oh? in the plasa a crowd is gathered "Presenting the atlesian knight 2.0"
*six high tech drones come out of pods*
Penny takes a few steps back turning into a full sprint
penny? "penny!"
sprinting for her yet she keeps making distance"how is she so fast?"
*Dash* in a flurry of petals she follows after her
*Beep* a truck manages to blare before *crash*
The vehicle is stopped in its tracks by penny's bare hands
"Penny how did you?"
Penny looked back at her scared,her hands to her chest
Noticing onlookers watching the scene ruby grabbed penny and in a flurry of petals they both dissappeared
"What was that? What is going on?"
"Ruby you are my friend right?"
"Penny"
"I am not a real girl" she says before showing the palms of her hands metal parts below where the skin used to be "I was made in a lab,i dont have a soul"
Petals start potruding from ruby's cape flying off around them
"penny you are a person,not just Nuts and bolts you have a soul i know it" ruby said holding onto her friend's shoulders
"Oh Ruby you are the best friend ever!" she says as she holds the ruby into a near rib breaking hug... grabbing her up and throwing her into a trash can?
"Where did she go?" yelled a guy
"What?penny?"
"Dont worry ruby the ones taking care of me arent bad people just please stay here for now"
"What happened?" said the soldier acompannied by two others
"Oh just an accident" she said showing her damaged skin
"Your father wont he happy to hear about this"
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penny...
"i have to get back, its been a long day- days- wathever" Opening the trash can she made her way back to her home
As a spread out flurry of petals she silently made her way inside her room throught a ventilation tube the same skill that allowed her to escape throught the gaps in her window now allow her to go inside without even opening the door
Weird i dont remember having two guitars....*thump*
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"Its all your fault how could you not have done anything about it"
Is problably what neopolitan meant to say to him she cant really speak but having been around her for so long his guesses are often accurate
"Now now regardless we just have to figure out where they are keeping her and wait until the heat goes down to break her out"
"What if they know about her eyes?" neopolitan gestured
"It eats away at me too but if we get caught we wont be able to-"
*Thump*
Neopolitan quickly made her way to Ruby's room and gased her eyes on the sleeping princess laying on the floor the petals around her vanishing as if they had never been there
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"A weapon is your trusty comrade you should always have it by your side,my cane has gotten me out of more problems than i can count"
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Mhm...
*poke*
mhm?
*poke*
*poke* *poke*
"im awake" the rose said still tired
"Mhm Neo?"
Neo pokes her one last time before giving her a big hug and leaving the room
What a long day it was
the princess takes a shower puts on a change of clothes cleans her teeth and goes out into the living room
"They really got me good"
"Red i was half wondering if you had been torn in two" said roman
Neopolitan stood on the side looking judgementally
"But- you almost got caught! if the plan gets messed up we are all DEAD!" Ruby says tears streaming down her face
Neopolitan holds ruby in a hug as she cries away
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standing in the middle of the couch roman in one side and neo on the other ruby driffts off to sleep
The sound of what might as well be static coursing throught her ears as her body takes its much wanted rest
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rest rest rest what would the princess do without her rest
Ruby had woken up on her own bed she stood up and stretched her body,big wide stretchs her body shifting rebounding from all the activity it had gone throught before plopping back down her head steamy as her mind had processed all that happened while she slept,her time whit penny in particular causing an unfamiliar feeling on her chest
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*knock knock* "youve been holed up there for weeks now"
Right i have,why hasnt penny sent me any messages yet?
"Now dont get too excited,I have a task for you i will be conducting a rally and you and neo will be overseeing in case anything happens"
Opening the door in a haste ruby responded "you can count me in"
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"Now you might think why work alongside a human? and the answer is this *Takes blanket off*
"Atlesian paladin 1.0.5 these are the tools you will be provided"
The white fang members cheer
Blake sees ruby,in particular she sees ruby staring at her whit a serious face,blake reaches for an earpiece "They spotted me"
Ruby shouts "There is a huntress here!,she just called for support!"
"Goddamnit" said roman,"Alright lets field test this thing"
A giant mech came out of the wall being promptly followed by several hunters,The white fang members leaving the scene leaving the black haired girl and ruby alone
"You wouldnt agree to telling your friends to leave would you?" said ruby
"Why are you working whit the white fang your sister she was looking for you"
Ruby looked at her incredulously"Im not working for the white fang you silly"
"Im just helping my dad out on not getting killed"
Blake stared at her confused then her pupils shrank "Roman?"
"Right,what took you so long?" Ruby said grinning
"Now if you dont mind i have a fight to get to" Ruby said before taking on a crouch start position and dissapearing whit her speed
As the fight against roman raged on Illia wondered why blake hadnt caught up yet before getting slashed down from the back, Aura breaking knocking her out and on that same moment ruby dashed towards the schnee princess
"Hmph" the schnee said before summoning several glyps each shooting ice icicles like a gun shoots bullets
Ruby dashes forward turning into as many petals as she can before rematerialising in front of the princess
Ruby digs the edge of crecent roce into the earth as she curls up and unfurls her legs into the schnee's chest sending her flying back
Sun,neptune and yang were occupied whit the mech, illia was down, leaving weiss to defeat
her foe by herself
Ruby unearthed crecent rose and ran at the schnee
Weiss was crouching down her hands laid on the floor,forming a big glyph on it
Ruby stopped as she saw a giant knight begin to sprout out
"oh damn" said the rose seeing the knight swing its sword at her
she turned into a blur of roses letting the sword pass by harmlessly before recongregating
Ruby was planning to rush at the princess before a purple glow began to lightly shine on the knight,The schnee fell down and in a moment ruby found herself turning into a flur of petals on reflex followed by a series of punches right where she was,the giant knight suddenly moving way faster than it did moments ago bearing down whit its fists keeping her petals from sticking together pushing them further away whit every impact,Ruby lost control of her petal form
"This had never happened before" Ruby said panicked
Yeah sometimes some of her roses had gotten stuck here and there but it never seemed to have any effect,this time they are all being kept spread out in a far wider range than she had ever managed to get them to
A series of missiles struck the knight causing it to break apart
Ruby's petals began congregating, Way slower than they should and taking way more aura than they usually do as if straining to move closer until she managed to piece herself back together
The ice princess looked horrified of almost killing the girl
Making use of the distraction the trio had managed to finish off roman's mech as yang went on to knock him out his form shattered and A helicopter flew close where ruby and the schnee had their fight, whit the real Roman running straight for Ruby,Picking her up and jumping straight into the helicopter
The trio had begun shooting at it but the shots were redirected harmlessly away from the vehicle and so yang saw her target fly away whit her sister on his hands
"Hey you alive,pup litlle pup you alive hey hey" said jack moving his hands up and down in front of the eyes of the unresponsive girl
"Im still here" barely said the rose,currently looking as if color had been drained from her
Roman gave the rose a big hug and in a moment she began to sleep a weak but continuous breath
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"Those hunters in training sure kicked your ass" jack said
"i will make sure they pay me back,they will go bankrupt from all the cookies i will get from them" Said Ruby weakly
"Right" "Maybe you will finally have enough cookies to get fed up from eating so many" said jack
"Impossible!" Ruby said
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Im still tired but the bed is so comfortable im i will make them pay me back and yang how dare she i will make sure she burns down in her own flms
neopolitan places a comfortable blanket over the princesess body
The wolf fannus passes out comfortable on the craddle that is her bed,heating up and drowning in comfort even as her mind has fallen to sleep
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The comfortable feeling of heat and steam irradiating from Ruby's head after a deep rest leads her to reel in the comfort as her mind remains mostly asleep,her mind feeling secure under the weight of all the care and affection she is craddled whit,steam exiting from her body all over,her body actively rested and full of vitality
Ruby covers herself inside the blanket and drowns in comfort falling to sleep once more
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Ruby rose the silver eyed girl had undertaken another trek throught vale,roman and neo had adviced her to lay low while they were away busy whit the big plans,Junior's place had gotten torched so thats also a no and the spider's left for a contract so jack isnt around either ugh
Penny still hadnt sent her any messages
The rose sat on the grass only somewhat looking at the pond in front of her while the night took hold
"You arent even trying to hide" said the cat-fannus
"what do you want?"
"She talked a lot about you from before you went missing,cant you try to reconnect?"
"No" Ruby said plopping down into the grass
"Im tired,i dont wanna hear,i dont wanna see,i dont want to think about- *ting*
"Hold up" the rose said before checking her scroll
"Hello Friend Ruby If it isnt too late could we meet again?"
"Of course,im at the pond close by Jenia's jewel store" Ruby typed in
"could you leave? a friend of mine is coming soon" the rose said
Blake looked slighly crestfallen before departing
A few minutes later penny had gotten there cheerfully waving at ruby as she hastened her pace until she was close by and so they began to chat resting on the grass sitting by the pond