Weiss blinked, the fog lifting from her mind to realize she was in a room, her old dorm room with Team RWBY, just like the way it was before the fall.
Her eyes looked around every where, before settling back to the mirror infront of her, and while the person looking back at her, was indeed her she noticed one difference, her hair, now just sat right at her shoulders.
She ran a hair through her now short hair trying to recall any moment of having cut it, but nothing came about.
Weiss: oookay...think...we all left out the gate...where did it take us?
Weiss blue eyes widened in shock.
Where was everyone else? Ruby, Yang, Blake, and Jaune.
A pit of nervousness began to form in her stomach, Would she lose him again?
His mind already bent at the sheer loneliness, and just when it would start to get better, this happens?
Rising up from her seat, she needed to find her friends and figure out how they returned to the past.
Yang was flummoxed, bamboozled and quite possibly flabbergasted, not only was she back at Beacon but...
Pyrrha: You ready for our spar?
Pyrrha: Our spar? Jaune told me you needed some help with your fighting style?
Pyrrha: Yes, silly, now come on!
Something was wrong, the person in front of her shouldn't be here but...here she is. Alive.
Looking down Yang was back in here old attire before the fall, just what in the hell was going on!?
Yangs mind drifted to the rest of her team, to her sister, Weiss, Jaune and Blake...and hoped they were all okay.
Ruby stood outside of Team JNPR's dorm, confusion eteched on her face.
EverAfter-Gate-Remnant...
So why are they in the past...and where was everyone else?
Did they also go back to the past?
Well questions that can be answered with Jaune...he should be here.
Gently knocking on the door, Ruby let herself inside and their, to her relief, was Jaune!
...though he looked a little different, gone was his pumpkin Pete sweater in favor of something a bit more casual...too casual for Jaune.
Ruby went up to greet her friend.
Ruby: Jaune, im so glad your alright!
Jaune turned around and the first thing that Ruby caught were the bag under his eyes.
Jaune: Good morning Ruby!
Ruby cringed inwardly, his greeting sounded so...practiced.
She looked at him a bit more.
His whole demeanor looked as if he was stiff, like he was carrying some weight on his shoulders but what made her even more concerned was the way he smiled.
It looked so plastered as if, again, it was somethimg practiced and not his natural happy smile.
It didnt seem to reach his eyes at all.
Ruby looked at her best friend with concern.
Ruby: A-are you okay Jaune?
Jaune looked at her, that plastered smile never leaving as he tilted his head just a smidge.
Jaune: I'm fine, Ruby why do you ask?
Even his response sounded practiced, like a machine.
Ruby: We-well it just looks like you haven't slept in a while...I'm just worried for you...
The smile on Jaune's face didnt falter, as he looked too his left, at a mirror next to him.
Jaune: Hmmm, how curious.
Ruby had many questions but mainly wanted to ask why they were in the past but a look from Jaune stopped her.
Jaune: Don't worry, Ruby, I'll reset and see if something changes, okay?
Ruby: Reset? Jaune what are yo-
And before she could say anything else, Jaune quickly pulled something from behind his back, a gun, before pressing it too his temple, that smile never leaving his face as Ruby eyes widened in horror and before she could even comprehend to do ANYTHING at all
Jaune's body fell down with a thud as his blood splashed across Ruby's face. Ruby's silver eyes shrinked to pin-pricks, as Jaune's blood began to pool at her boots but worst of all, even with the hole in his head, he still had on that fixed smile, like this wasn't anything new or shocking to him, as if it were routine.
And just as the horror was about to settle in Ruby's chest and she was about to scream in terror, Ruby felt a shift and her vision go white.
Blinking again, she was once again outside Team JNPR's door, hand on the doorknob, ready to enter.