What did I do to deserve this?

It was the question that Blake found asking herself, as she ran as fast as she could after the trail of rose petals.

Someone, and that someone was most definitely had been Blake, had given Ruby a full bag of pixie sticks. Blake thought nothing of it until she saw Yang's horrified expression. It was at that point that she realized that maybe giving Ruby a bag of more or less pure sugar was a bad thing.

Naturally Blake had volunteered to keep an eye on the presumably sugar high Ruby. That would mean she'd have to find the girl first, which was a hard proposition when the person in question was someone who had a semblance of super speed.

I suppose I volunteered for this, so I deserve it. Blake sighed, that and the fact I gave her the bag. She just seemed to be the kind of person to appreciate it more than myself, and it wasn't like I was going to let it go to waste. Nora had literally thrown the bag at her before running away and yelling 'no take-backs'.

The trail of rose petals never seemed to end, crisscrossing throughout the hallways, as Blake followed the slowly fading petals.

I wonder why Ruby's semblance makes rose petals.

It wasn't something she'd even considered until she was following the huge heaps of the. Semblances are indicative of what makes us unique, our personalities, so what makes Ruby have rose petals? Going by symbolism in some of the older religions of the world, it'd mean love or beauty… or martyrdom.

Blake cringed at the morbid thought. Questions for another time, perhaps. Still, it's curious that she has rose petals, maybe I should ask her sometime? There was always the obvious answer; her semblance could be a genetic one, especially considering with a name like Rose.

Actually why is her name that?

Blake's partner, Ruby's elder sister had a different last name, and their dad didn't have Rose as a last name either. Maybe Ruby's mo-

The trail of rose petals finally ended, leading Blake to what she'd been searching for.

Ruby was sticking halfway through a wall.

"Ruby?"

"Blake, is that you? I'm kinda stuck in a wall, can you pretty please help me? I've been here for like five hours, and I think I missed lunched which means I'll of missed cookies which would be really bad…" Ruby started to ramble at a speed that left Blake struggling to pick up even every third word.

After nearly five minutes of continuous word spewing, Blake realized she wasn't going to get a word in edgewise. "Ruby!" The ramble stopped. "I'll help you, only if you calm down."

"What are you talking about? I'm perfectly calm!" The excited chatter restarted, Blake pinching the bridge of her nose. "I'm calm as could b-"

"You ran into a wall."

"It wasn't there before, I swear!"

Blake didn't even try to suppress a sigh. "How many of those pixie sticks did you have?"

"…"

"Ruby?"

"Maybe sorta kinda all of them?"

Well that explains that. Shaking her head, Blake pulled Ruby out of the wall, the process taking a few minutes. "Thanks Blake!" Ruby mumbled before darting off again…

…or would have, had Blake not clamped a hand on her shoulder be the rose petals could start to rain down. "Calm down Ruby, deep breaths."

The short teen gave a huff before trying to stay still for a few seconds. "I'm calm, see?" Blake raised an eyebrow. "Plus the sugar high is kinda wearing out." Ruby yawned loudly. "See?"

"Alright." Blake gave a slow nod before slowly releasing her grip. True to her word, Ruby didn't dart off. Yet Blake had more to say. Truth be told, she was more then a little worried about a repeat of what just happened; hitting the wall like that can't be good for you, no matter your aura. "Can you please be more careful next time? You could really get hurt next time."

"But I-"

"You literally ran into a wall."

"…pixie sticks are not to be trifled with." Was the only answer Ruby gave her after a good half a minute. "Okay, I'll try."

Blake gave a small smile. "Good, now you mentioned something about lunch?"

AU: Haha, this chapter is crap.

Literally crap.

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Back to other stuff now;

I need to start moving the plot forward eventually but today is not that day! Sorta an adaptation of Booksandweapons' art of Ruby and pixie sticks.

Life is getting less insane now, so expect quality and quantity of releases to go up soon!

Acceptance, chapter 18 was suppose today but due to technical issues and it needing a LOT of editing, I'm holding off. Sunday at the earliest, and next Friday by the latest!

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