"WEEIIIIIIISSSSS!!!, IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU!!!!!!" Ruby exclaimed as she gave Weiss a big hug.

"Ow. You're crushing me." Weiss complained.

"Sorry." said Ruby, releasing her.

"Wait, you two know each other?" said Arya, disbelief and shock showed in her face.

"Of course, Weiss and I have been BFF's since Beacon." said Ruby joyfully.

"Um, I think we started out as enemies..." began Weiss but Ruby cut her off. "Quiet you." she said.

"So you're best friends, that's nice." said Sansa.

Ruby smiled. Weiss rolled her eyes. Arya doesn't say anything.

Suddenly, the temporary silence was interrupted by the sound of neighing horses and men shouting commands. Ruby peaked through the window and saw several men riding horses northwards, heading to the outside of their kingdom.

"Woah. What is this.." Ruby asked.

"My father has to go outside the kingdom to publicly behead  a Night's Watch member. Something gruesome, I think." said Sansa. "Robb and Jon will be there. Also Bran." She added. "In fact, it will be his first time to witness a public execution."

"Forgive me," Weiss piped up. "But, isn't this Bran too young to watch a head separate from the body?"

"Bran should start witnessing these things in a young age, as Father would say." said Arya.

"Why aren't you attending?" Ruby asked the two girls.

"We're females. All we do is weave. clean and do women stuff." said Sansa while Arya rolled her eyes.

Just then, a woman entered the room. She is very tall and has red hair like Sansa, her face looks stern and her hands are positioned on her hips.

"Mom, I didn't realize you arrived." said a startled Arya.

"And I didn't realize you were escaping Septa Mordane's weaving class again." said the woman.

"But mom, weaving is boring. Sword-play is better." said Arya.

"Don't be a fool, Arya." said the woman.

Sansa cleared her throat. "Ruby, Weiss, this is my mother, Lady Catelyn Stark."

Catelyn looked at the two girls with question. Ruby reminded her of Winter, Weiss' sister, when she came to visit Vale during the Vytal Festival Tournament.

"Greetings, Ruby, Weiss." said Catelyn. " I see that you are making friends with my daughters. How befitting."

"Um, the pleasure is..in..my..court." said Ruby giving her a lousy salute. "Okay, I don't think that works." She said putting her hand down.

"Now if you would excuse us, Sansa, Arya and I need to talk." Then they left the room.

"I remembered that line." said Weiss. "Back when my sister, Winter visited us." "Honestly, you look and act like a fool in front of royal families." remarked Weiss.

"I'm not quite used to them." said Ruby. "Besides, I grew up with a normal family." She added.

Weiss could only yawn.

"C'mon Weiss, Let's go explore Winterfell." said Ruby as she dragged Weiss went outside.

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Soon, Ruby was running halfway towards the cottages when she suddenly halted to a stop.

"Ow. What do you think you're doing?" shouted Weiss.

" They're back. They're back." Ruby heard someone shout.

Ruby turned her head and saw that the Knights are back. The rest of the Stark Family are back.

Just then, Weiss took off running.

"Hey Weiss, wait up..." Either Weiss didn't hear or she just simply ignored her.

"Weiss.." Ruby panted. "What's the big deal? Do you know these people?"

Weiss ran and almost crashed into a man with long, curly black locks. They all wore furry cloaks and nestled between three men are... wolves?

"Hey Jon, where have you been? Oh, I'm so glad to see you." said Weiss. "Oh, your presence honors us." Weiss corrected herself.

"Yeah." Ruby agreed, bowing.

"Ruby, This is Eddard Stark, the father of the Stark Children. " She said indicating to the man with shoulder-length hair.

"Greetings, Ruby..." He started.

"..Rose." Ruby replied.

"Greetings, Lady Ruby Rose, I see you have met my daughters and my wife. I will introduce you to my sons." said Eddard.

Ruby was later introduced by Robb Stark. The eldest son of the Stark Children.

"Hello, Mr. Robb Stark, It's a pleasure to meet you." said Ruby, reaching out for her hand.

But Robb simply looked at her blankly.

"Okay..." said Ruby, embarrassment flooding into her face.

"He's like that." said Weiss.

Then, she was greeted by Bran Stark. The second youngest of the Stark Children. As Bran
introduced himself, Ruby reminded him of Jaune. Careless. Daunting. Innocent.

"I always climb the tallest towers in Winterfell," said Bran. "When I grow up, I will climb the Wall." Eddard laughed. Robb said nothing.

Finally, she was introduced to Jon Snow.

"I'm actually a bastard child. Means half-Stark." said Jon. "So my siblings are my half-siblings." said Jon.

"Ned. I'm so glad to see you and the boys back home safe." Ruby saw Catelyn, emerging from the corner, with Sansa and Arya on her trail.

Catelyn stopped short as she noticed the six wolves in the Stark children's chest.

"Ned, are those direwolves?" asked Catelyn.

"Look honey, I'll explain about this later." Eddard promised.

"You better." said Catelyn as she stormed away. "C'mon Sansa, Arya." Sansa and Arya followed her.

"Well, it was nice to meet you lovely ladies " said Jon and they spent the rest of the way back laughing.

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At night, Catelyn allowed Ruby and Weiss to stay at one of the spare rooms. So they ended by sharing one room together.

"It's been a long day" said Ruby.

"It sure does." said Weiss.

"Hey, we met each other, met new people and explored some of Winterfell, Oh, I wonder how it will be like tomorrow." said Ruby.

Then, Ruby suddenly became silent.

"Ruby, are you okay?" asked Weiss.

"I just... I just miss Yang, I wonder if she's okay..." Or alive.. Ruby thought.

"Yeah, and Blake..." added Weiss.

"I just hope they are okay." said Ruby, tears streaming down her face.

"They will. And we will find them together." said Weiss, as she held her hand. Ruby squeezed back.

Ruby looked up to the sky and saw a shooting star, she made a wish.

I wish that Blake and Yang are okay and unharmed. I wish that sooner or later, we can find our way back to Beacon.

Ruby will not back down. Not yet.