Forged Destiny [Book 3: Ch. 9]

My words were cut off by a strange feeling against my waist. It felt like something vibrating and heating up. "Sorry, I think my Stone is going off."

"Excuse me?"

Weiss sounded unimpressed, but made a sound of understanding as I pulled out the strange magical Stones Archmage Ironwood had given us. I held it to my ear and spoke the magic word, "Accept."

"-aun, Jaune, can you hear me?"

"I hear you, Ruby," I said.

"Oh, cool. I didn't know if this would work or not, and it's the first time I've really used it, so I didn't-" Ruby cut off, and I could hear some voices in the background talking to her. "Oh right, sorry. Um, Yang says we need you and Weiss to come back to the Lodge. We're on the way home."

"You're coming back already? Did you find her? What happened? Did she do it?"

"I think it's probably best you see for yourself. We found her, but she won't tell us anything. You… Jaune, I think you need to see for yourself." Ruby sounded so serious, so unusually serious, that I couldn't help but nod. It took me a second to realise she couldn't see that.

"Okay, we'll be there." I held the Stone up. "End Communication."

—Forged Destiny [Book 3: Ch. 9]