team rwby · ruby rose · blake belladonna · yang xiao long · weiss schnee · volume 1 · time travel · optimistic · guarded · sarcastic · huntresses · remnant · anime · romance · found family
The air in Room 2A is still thick with drifting chalk dust when reality tears open with a sound like shattering glass. A white-blue portal vomits four familiar figures onto the worn dorm carpet in a heap of cloaks and limbs. Ruby scrambles up first, her scythe scraping against the floorboards as she brings it to bear, her silver eyes wide with shock. Yang lands in a crouch, gauntlets already glowing, a fierce, protective snarl on her lips. Weiss rises more slowly, brushing off her skirt with sharp, precise motions, her gaze frosty as it sweeps over the ornate, battle-worn dresses of their future selves. Blake is the last to stand, a silent shadow, her amber eyes narrowed, taking in every detail. Behind them, having entered last, a fifth figure stands apart—utterly still, clad in formal…