-Weiss Pov-

I stand in the field, sweating and breathing heavily. Winter has allowed (y/n) to leave early, having been satisfied with his training for the day. However, she's asked me to stay back and focus on one aspect of my training in particular. The one thing that always eluded me, the one thing that always seemed a little bit out of reach. Summoning. " I can't do it Winter," I say, after an hour of trying and failing of doing anything other than kicking up dust.

" You have to," she says simply. " The ability to summon is one of the most powerful abilities in the Schnee family. Without the ability to summon, you aren't going to be able to make it in the world without our help, and you have to be able to handle yourself."

" I want to," I say, hurt by her words. I know how much she cares but sometimes she says hurtful things like this, and it stings. " I really want to be able to summon something. I know I need it, but I just can't."

" Power comes in response to a need, not a desire," she says, her tone softening slightly. " You have to create that desire. Tell me Weiss. What's something you could not live without? Something that if you lost, you would never forgive yourself for."

I think of all the answers to that question, really think. Of course my old team. I would also never want to lose my older sister. But, there's something above all of those that I would never be able to live without. " (y/n)," I tell Winter, and she tilts her head in surprise. " I couldn't live without him. I need him."

Winter nods at this, and regains her composure. " Very well. (y/n). You almost lost him once," she says, and I begin to have to make an effort to steady my breathing. " What did it feel like for that to happen?"

" It felt terrible. It felt like every goodbye I ever said to him all at once, it felt like the world was losing color. He was bleeding to death, and all I could do was watch. I felt so helpless and vulnerable," I admit, getting choked up at the memory.

" Don't ever forget that feeling," says Winter. " If you would do anything to protect him, then you need to learn to summon." I feel myself wiping away some tears, and then turning to glare at  Winter. I'm angry she hasn't been teaching me anything, just telling me over and over I had to do it.

" You're going to lose him if you can't," she says in response to my anger. " It's only a matter of time before it happens again. Only a matter of time before he needs your summon in battle, and you fail to make it, and that weakness costs him his life."

I feel myself getting angry and sad all at once. A glyph appears at my feet, spinning with energy. " He's going to die," says Winter. " And it's going to be your fault." Energy flies from the glyph.

" Shut up!!" I finally snap, but can't help but picture (y/n) laying lifeless in a pool of his blood because I couldn't summon." When the light fades from the glyph, I feel Winter with her hand on my shoulder. She smiles softly, before pointing behind me. To my surprise, I see an energy, almost ethereal copy of a knight with a great sword kneeling to me.

" I'm sorry I pushed you so far," says Winter, and she really means it. " It was the only way I could think that this might work. I just didn't want you to get hurt on a mission." I can't think of anything to say through the lump in my throat, and Winter sighs.

" The first time I was able to summon was on a mission," she tells me. " I couldn't summon anything before that. And, I remember being cornered, and on the edge. I remembered your birthday being that weak, and I remembered having promised to be there for it. That was the first time I summoned something."

We sit in silence for a few moments, before she helps me up. " The reason I tell you this....I know sometimes I may be aloof and I may be harsh on you. But, I'm this harsh because I care. I don't want you to be hurt as badly as you were that night ever again, and I want you to be able to protect the ones you love. I don't want to see you like this."

I accept her explanation, and then she smiles. " Now that you have your summon, we can take it easier in training for a while, and focus on being able to use it effectively." I nod, and then she sighs. " I'm sorry for using the idea of you losing (y/n) like that. Would you like to see him?"

I nod, and then Winter sends a message to someone on her scroll. A few minutes pass, and (y/n) comes down. I run towards him, and wrap my arms around him. " I thought I was gonna lose you," I mutter to him as he returns the hug. " I was so scared."

" You're never gonna lose me," he promises. " I'm always gonna be right here for you Weiss Cream. I love you Weiss." He starts to rock me back and forth as tears threaten to spill from my eyes.

" I love you too ( nickname,)" I manage to tell him, and he nods. I hold onto him until I feel myself growing sleepy. As I start to doze off, I feel his strong arms pick me up and begin to walk down to the Schnee Mansion. Even though I'm training in secret to leave, I still have to be there until I'm ready. (y/n) sneaks me into my room, and then places me into the bed. He turns to leave through the window, but I grab his arm. " Stay," I command. I watch him think about it for a moment, before nodding and wrapping his arms around me.

( let me know what you thought. last chapter for today since i have to deal with stupid power outages)