Well here we are, chapter 3. Enjoy!

"What?" Weiss asked, shocked and appalled, "What do you mean 'who are they?'?! We're your teammates!"

Her voice only rose as her anger did. She thought Ruby was playing a game until Ruby started grabbing her head at Weiss' raised voice. "Ahh! I don't know who you are! I'm sorry!"

Weiss, Blake and Yang all looked at each other, concerned. They turned back to Ozpin who shared a concerned look, then they all turned to the doctor. "I'm going to have to ask you all to leave. We're going to run some tests real quick and see what's wrong." Ozpin nodded and lead the girls out of the room.

"The nerve of her!" Weiss almost screamed, "That's not a good joke to play on people!" She was furious, but failed to see any other alternative to Ruby's comment.

"Weiss," Blake intervened in her rant, "Maybe it wasn't a game. Maybe she actually doesn't remember us."

"Or," She started, "Or Yang could have told her to act like this while she was asleep!" Yang looked up, shocked that Weiss would make such an accusation.

"Why would I do that?! And what in the Hell makes you think I did, anyway?!"

"You've spent the most time with her and she recognized you but not us! That leads me to believe that you set her up to this!"

"Ahem!" Ozpin broke in, "Ms. Schnee, I understand where your coming from with this, but there are other factors that could lead Ruby to acting the way she did." Weiss just stared at him. She knew it too, but didn't want to believe it. "Ruby's aura might have broken when she made contact with the last tree. So when she hit the ground that could have caused a trauma that lead to amnesia."

Every member of Team RWBY had said nothing. They either had their eyes closed or had started to stare into space, realizing what Ozpin said was actually true. "Or," He began again, "Or the impact wasn't as bad as we thought, and her trauma isn't a physical one; rather an emotional one."

"That could be it," Blake began, "Ruby has always had a inferiority complex. Maybe she thought she didn't belong and chose to forget everything." Blake was right about Ruby's inferiority complex. On a few occasions where the team had just sat and talked with each other, Ruby had made mention that she didn't think she earned her place. The rest of her teammates thought she was crazy and tried to prove her otherwise, but they knew it didn't help much. She was young and thought she had to work more to be there.

She may have been happy to have gotten to Beacon earlier than she planned, but that doesn't mean she felt like she earned her place.

Yang remained mostly silent until now, "What if her Aura didn't break? What if the impact was just too much for her body to handle, but the Aura stayed intact? If there wasn't anything more for a few internal fractures..."

"That doesn't correspond with a broken Aura." Blake interrupted, "If her Aura did break, she would have much more severe injuries. That would also explain why a CaT scan wouldn't show of any damage."

"It doesn't matter," Ozpin spoke up, "Fact of the matter is that your leader has amnesia. You are going to have to help her through this. If it is physical damage, then there might not be any way of her getting her memory back. But if it's emotional trauma- maybe something someone said or did- then there can be a trigger that can pull her back into the world."

"Wait-" Yang started, "- something someone said or did..." She looked to Weiss who met Yang's gaze.

"Oh no..."

"Don't even, Ms. Schnee!" Ozpin ordered, "We will not play a blame game here! No one is to blame for her insecurities. She always thought she had to do more and if that's the case then her mind made it so that this never happened. A chance for her to start over and work for her place. In her mind, at least."

"Excuse me," The doctor interrupted, "We've completed our tests." He pulled out a paper from a file, "We can't find any physical damage, to the brain. And I did hear what you all were saying about her Aura, and you're right. Her wounds do not correspond with a broken Aura. I believe my earlier diagnosis was off."

"So..." Weiss started, but the doctor knew what she was about to ask,

"We're going to bring in our mental professional to examine her-"

"That won't be necessary," Ozpin interrupted, "This hospital has done enough. My school can take it from here. Now that she is awake we can perform our own tests and see what is really the cause instead of just speculating about it."

"I- Bu-... Ok. Fine. Your choice." The doctor said, mildly offended. "Now that our tests are complete I will allow you to see her. She was asking for Yang almost the entire time." Ozpin nodded and the doctor left the room. The team took a moment to compose themselves before going to enter Ruby's room.

They were met with a smile from the face of their young leader. "Hey." She greeted, "Yang, you never told me who your friends were."

"Uh, yeah. Ruby," Yang started, trying to think about how she should ask this, "Did the doctors tell you anything? Like, do you know what happened? Where you are?"

"Uh," She thought, "They kinda filled me in... I dont know, they made me answer more questions; 'what is your name?', 'do you know where you are?', things like that."

"But they didn't tell you much?" Yang asked.

"No. They told me where I was, but that was it. They said you three would tell me. Which you still haven't answered my question." Ruby was more than serious in emphasizing the fact the she hadn't had a single question asked.

"Ok, uh..." Yang said, trying to figure out a place to start, "Well, first off this is Weiss Schnee and Blake Belladonna," She pointed to her teammates who smiled at Ruby. Ruby nodded to them, "You were our team leader at Beacon."

Ruby took a moment to let it all sink in. "But, Yang... We're still at Signal..." She said confused, "You're in your last year there and waiting to see if you got accepted to Beacon or not..."

"Not quite, I'm afraid," Ozpin intervened, "You were bumped up two years and were placed with on a team with your sister, Ms. Schnee and Ms. Belladonna. You've been at Beacon for almost a full year, now."

"I... I..." Ruby was shocked, trying to think, to remember. "I don't remember any of that... We were sitting in class yesterday, preparing to take the year's final exams..." She tried hard to make sense of what was happening, but nothing worked.

"I'm afraid not, Ms. Rose. I'm sorry."

"Ruby..." Yang spoke up, taking the hand of her shell shocked sister, "The doctor said you have amnesia. And by the looks of it, you've forgotten the entire past year."

Ruby took a moment and closed her eye. She tried so hard to make sense of it all. She had all of the info, except... "How..."

"What?"

"How did this happen? What..."

"You were hit by a huge Deathstalker, it sent you through a few trees and you hit the ground pretty hard, knocking you out. We couldn't find anything that would say your amnesia is caused by physical damage, but it might be..."

"What does that mean, Yang?" Ruby said, starting to choke up.

"It means we don't know if your amnesia is because of the impact from the Deathstalker or if it's an emotional injury..." Weiss said hesitantly. She didn't want to break up the moment between the sisters, but she couldn't stay silent forever. She had to show her leader that her teammates, all of them, were there for her. Even if she couldn't remember them.

Ruby met Weiss' gaze, "So... I... I'm sorry. I'm just, so confused."

"That's understandable." Weiss said, putting a hand on Ruby's shoulder "We're all here to help you right now. Ozpin is going to take us back to Beacon soon and we'll be able to treat you better there."

"Our infirmary has enough equipment to help with your amnesia. If it's physical, we can treat it. If it's emotional as we suspect, then it will be a matter of you."

Ruby took all of this information, now understanding. "We have a ride waiting for you, Ms. Rose. Nurse!" He ordered. A nurse soon came, "Please help us with taking this patient back to my academy." The nurse nodded, knowing full well who the patient was and why Ozpin was asking for that.

It had been a thirty minute ride back to Beacon. Team RWBY still stayed by their leaders side. JNPR wanted to visit, but was told to come back later. Ozpin informed the team that tomorrow Ruby will begin her recovery. The school may not have had the best tech to work with coma's, but the academy had seen their fair share of concussions, amnesia, mental illness of all kind. You name it.

They were more than prepared to help Ruby see this through. The first step would be to find out what caused her amnesia: Physical damage, or an emotional toll.

What do you think? Was it Weiss' harsh words over the year that convinced Ruby she didn't belong? Was it Ruby's inferiority complex? Or was it the fact that she got smacked down by a Deathstalker tail with the force of a MAC Truck? Well, I know, but you don't (yet). Tell me what you think!

So how was it? I've gotten a lot of people telling me to keep going, which is a good sign. I always planned to keep it going. I may even move to 2 chapters a week with how fast I'm making them. We'll see about that one though, as I've been playing a lot of Destiny (and I mean a LOT of Destiny), which has significantly slowed down my writing.

Yes, I'm distracted easily, get off my back.

Anyway, that's really it for me. Not really much here, and I feel as though I forced the ending, but I couldn't figure out anywhere else appropriate to end it off at. So... Yeah. Sorry.

Tell me what you think. Have a Happy New Year!