Ruby was on edge.

That was natural considering she grew up with Yang and today was the day of pranks, but it was more than that. There was another factor altogether.

The short redhead knew exactly what were her teammates thought of the holiday; Blake had a mild interest, Weiss didn't care and Yang loved it of course, Ruby had very little to go on for her own girlfriend.

Ruby had only heard one thing about the previous year's pranks from Pyrrha's teammates. The look of horror in Nora's face was the most terrified Ruby have ever seen the hammer-user… ever!

At first Ruby hadn't believed. There is no way Pyrrha could do anything that scary, its Pyrrha! Pyrrha is literally the nicest person I know! So Ruby had forgotten all about it… until she woke up to Pyrrha's emerald full of mirth, trying her hardest to suppress her giggling.

So something was definitely was up. Ruby knew that much. The real question was what exactly was up?

Having grown up with Yang, Ruby knew all the easy pranks and how to avoid them. Check all the blind spots, the bucket on the door, switching the ketchup with the mustard… everything was normal.

That could only mean that something far more dastardly was afoot.

Perhaps something far more complex? Maybe Pyrrha has other people acting with her! Ruby's brain was ablaze with increasingly bizarre conspiracies.

Like the fact that she'd gotten through the first class without one of Yang's expected pranks to go off. It must mean they are working together! It made perfect sense; Yang would totally go to Pyrrha, Ruby would never expect her girlfriend to do anything even vaguely sneaky!

Ruby was a huntress, she was supposed to be ever vigilant, she'd survive whatever they threw at her and come out unscathed!

By the second class period, her resolve was starting to falter. Nothing had happened. Well, correction, something had happened; Weiss had sat on a whoopee cushion which resulted in a rather graceless sound and was currently beating Yang over the head with it until Oobleck finished his coffee and intervened. But nothing involving Pyrrha.

Those mirthful emerald eyes were taunting her! Pyrrha has to be up to something! You can do this Ruby, you can survive! …but what could she possibly be planning?!

I know Pyrrha, and it can't be anything too bad! But if it isn't obvious, then it has to be reaaaally evil! That was always the case with Yang; the later in the day that the prank happened the worse it was. That was a small reason why Ruby was always glad when she woke up to the prank; it meant the worst part of the day was already over!

Unlike now. Playing the waiting game was starting to get on Ruby's nerves, she could feel herself getting jittery just thinking about what horrific prank that even Nora couldn't speak about that Pyrrha had in store for her. It had to be really, unequivocally, diabolically evil!

Lunch passed uneventfully. So did the rest of classes. Ruby was practically twitching as she looked everywhere for something that'd pop out and scare her or just something! Even Blake had finally hit one of Yang's pranks… how the blonde had gotten Zwei into their room, Ruby had no clue as the two redheads walked back to the dorms together.

"I have a confession to make." Pyrrha finally spoke up as the sun dipped below the horizon, her giggles no longer hidden. "I… may have pranked you today."

Silver eyes widened, she already did it? How did I miss it?! Everything has been normal! "What did, uh, you do?"

"I changed your alarm to one minute sooner." Pyrrha let out a deep sigh of relief. "I hope that didn't go over the line too much?"

"…what?" The gears turning in Ruby's head hit a snag. "T-that's it?"

"Yes." Red hair swayed as Pyrrha gave a quick nod. "Hopefully that wasn't to audacio-

"That's it?!" Ruby screeched, causing her girlfriend to leap a full foot off the ground in surprise. "Nothing crazy like dying everything pink or messing with Crescent Rose?!"

Pyrrha shook her head hesitantly. "N-no Ruby, was I supposed to?"

Ruby took a deep breath and slowly let it out. I was fretting over nothing the whole day? "I-I just thought it'd be really devious or something."

"Like what?" The confused head tilt from her better half prompted Ruby to elaborate, as curious emerald eyes stared at her.

"Nora said that you did a really unspeakable thing last year… and Jaune and Ren didn't even remember it, so I kinda guessed it was a really crazy one…"

"Oh!" Pyrrha sheepishly rubbed the back of her neck. "I don't think they even noticed their alarms going off early… Nora sort of did. She likes her sleep. A lot." The thousand-yard stare entered Pyrrha's eyes.

"Well, that's not so bad then! At least it's not like Yang's pranks!" Ruby didn't even try and suppress a shudder. "I can't image…what… she is…" The teen trailed off as a horrified look went across her face. "Yang hasn't pranked me yet!"

"Isn't that a good thing?" The tall redhead asked. "Unless you want to be pranked…?"

"It's a bad thing! A very very bad thing!" Ruby shook her head as they finally got to Ruby's dorm. "Yang's pranks ge-"

There was a pile of cookies sitting on a desk.

Something had to be off. One thing was abundantly clear to Ruby, however, she could not eat those cookies. They had to be tampered with!

This was the most insidious of all of Yang's pranks yet!

AU: Happy April Fools day!

Stress from work and stuff may have gotten to me, so this quality really IS lesser the normal. I swear.

So guess what! Dilation chapter will be later today (I hope) and Acceptance after that (if ASouthernRussian doesn't die while he edits :D )

Thank you for reading and have a great day!