Hiya, Rosewick here! ^^

It's been quite a while since I've posted anything, mostly because I've been busy with irl stuff, and because of that horrible thing called writers block ;n;

Anyway, this story was a request

I've never really thought about doing requests until this person messaged me, then I was like "Huh, why not?" so I decided I'd give it a try!

This person gave me several ideas for different stories, and I put a few of the ideas into one story. Don't worry though, I'll still work on some of the other ideas! I might not be able to do all of them though! (Sorry!)

Anywho, this story will be revolving around two main ships: White Rose and Arkos.

The only difference with these ships in my story, is that Weiss, Jaune, and Pyrrha are all genderbent.

The names are as follows:

Weiss Schnee - Wynn Schnee

Jaune Arc - Joan Arc

Pyrrha Nikos - (Still deciding) Nikos

The story will be mostly the same as the show, except for a few twists and turns that I've decided to add to it. There will be a few side stories that were not in the show, and the characters will have somewhat different reactions based on things.

Now, with all that out of the way, I present to you all:

A Slight Change

Chapter 1: The Shining Beacon

"Wait! Where are you going? Are we supposed to go to our dorms? Do we have dorms?" Ruby spun around once final time, her sense of direction and balance having left her all together, "I don't know what I'm doing…" No longer able to stand, the small huntress fell over backwards, colliding with a stack of briefcases and sending them all tumbling down.

"What the hell are you doing?!" A slightly high pitched male voice spoke up, sounding rather annoyed.

"Oh, uh! I'm sorry!" Ruby picked up one of the fallen briefcases and handed it to the man before her, who quickly snatched it away. She didn't get a good look at his face, as he immediately opened the case to check the contents, the lid obscuring his head. From what Ruby could tell, he was a high-class member of society, being that he wore a white suit with the jacket open and a light blue vest underneath.

"Sorry? Do you have any idea of the damage you could have caused?!"

"Uhh…"

"This is Dust – mined and purified from the Schnee Quarry!"

"Uhhh…"

"What are you, brain-dead? Dust! Fire, water, lightning, energy!"

The man grabbed a vial from the case and shut it while waving the vial around, causing dust to pour out all over Ruby. She was too busy trying to hold her sneeze in that the man's words weren't registering in her mind.

"Are you even listening? Is any of this sinking in? What do you have to say for yourself?!"

The small huntress couldn't hold it back any longer and she sneezed in a fiery explosion of flames, snowflakes, and small lightning bolts, all of which was aimed directly at the man before her. After the smoke from the explosion had cleared, the white-clad man was covered in black soot. Ruby touched her index fingers together repeatedly while ducking her head in shame.

The soot covered man stomped angrily, causing all the soot to vanish, returning him to his former white state. "Unbelievable! This is exactly the kind of thing I was talking about!"

"I'm really, really sorry!" Ruby still didn't look up at the man, being too embarrassed to directly make eye contact.

"Ugh! You complete dolt! What are you even doing here? Aren't you a little young to be attending Beacon?"

"Well, I-I…"

"This isn't your ordinary combat school! It's not just sparring and practice, you know! We're here to fight monsters, so… Watch where you're going!"

Ruby had finally had enough, the anger building up inside of her as the man continued to scold and insult her.

"Hey, I said I was sorry, your highness!" Ruby finally looked up to glare at the man before her, only to stop and stare in awe at the beauty of his face. He had the air and look of a prince. A heavenly creature full of grace and elegance. Upon his left eye was a scar, leading from his eyebrow to just above his cheekbone. You'd think such a feature would corrupt his face, yet it only served to make it even more handsome by drawing you to the beauty of his other features. Ruby was at a loss for words as she gawked at the man before her. She probably would have kept staring if it weren't for the smooth female voice that interrupted them.

"He's an heir, actually." Both Ruby and the man looked over to see a girl dressed in black, with long and curly dark locks, and a cute black bow atop her head. She walked over, holding the vial of red dust that the man had dropped during the explosive sneeze. "Wynn Schnee, heir to the Schnee Dust Company, one of the largest producers of energy propellant in the world."

The man known as Wynn put his hands on his hips and smiled proudly, taking on a haughty attitude, "Finally! Some recognition!" He turned his glare towards Ruby momentarily.

"The same company infamous for its controversial labour forces, and questionable business partners." The black-clad female squinted at Wynn, who's face flared up with anger. Ruby chuckled as Wynn stumbled around for words.

"Wha- how dare you- the nerve of-! Ugh!" He reached over and snatched the vial of dust from the girl's hand, momentarily glaring back at Ruby before stomping off towards the school.

Ruby instantly regretted chuckling, as now Wynn hated her even more. She quickly looked up and shouted, "I promise I'll make this up to you!" Ruby sighed, looking down, "Guess I'm not the only one who's having a rough first day… So! What's-…" She turned to talk to the other girl, but to her dismay, she was walking away. Not really sure what to do, Ruby fell to the ground in defeat. "Welcome to Beacon…" She closed her eyes and stayed there until a shadow loomed over her. When she opened her eyes, a small blonde girl was standing over her with her hand held out.

"Hey… I'm Joan."

"Ruby…" Ruby took the girl's hand and stood up. She then stifled a laugh as she realized just who this was, "Aren't you the girl that threw up on the ship?"

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"All I'm saying is that motion sickness is a much more common problem than people let on!"

Ruby laughed apologetically, "Look, I'm sorry! Vomit Girl was the first thing that came to mind."

"Oh, yeah? What if I called you Crater Face?" The other girl grinned over at Ruby.

"Hey, that explosion was an accident!" Ruby stomped, her face holding a slight red tint with embarrassment.

"Well, the name's Joan Arc! Short, sweet, rolls of the tongue – men love it!" Jaundice looked confident as she said this, standing up taller and looking forward with pride. Ruby was still skeptical though.

"Do they?" She lifted an eyebrow at the girl.

"Th-they will! Well… I-I hope they will. My mom always says that… Never mind." She looked down in defeat, also slightly embarrassed now.

Ruby giggled, which was followed by a short awkward silence. Both girls seemed to be rather awkward when it came to socialization, which Ruby was both thankful and not thankful for. "So… I've got this thing!" She pulled out Crescent Rose, transforming it into its full scythe form and stabbing it into the ground. Joan quickly jumped away, holding her hands up defensively.

"W-woah! I-is that a scythe?"

"It's also a customizable, high-impact sniper rifle!"

"A-wha…?"

Ruby cocked the gun, smiling proudly, "It's also a gun."

"Oh! That's neat!"

Pride swelled up inside of Ruby. Having someone compliment her weapon was heavenly. "So, what've you got?" She also couldn't wait to see what this girl used. After all, people's weapons were like an extension of themselves.

"Oh! I, uh…" The girl reached over and unsheathed a blade from its hilt on her belt. "I have this sword!"

"Ooohhhhh…!" Ruby looked the sword up and down, admiring its every detail with intense excitement.

"Yeah, and I've got a shield, too!" Joan grabbed the hilt from her belt and held up her arm, expanding the metal into a shield. Ruby took note of the banana looking symbol that sat on the middle of the shield.

She reached one hand forward to touch the shield, her excitement and curiosity getting the best of her, "So, what do they do?"

As she touched the cold metal, the shield retracted off Joan's arm, expanding and retracting once more as she fumbled around before she finally caught it and shrank it down for good. Once it was back in its collapsed form, the girl placed it back on her belt. "The shield gets smaller, so when I get tired of carrying it, I can just… Put it away!" Jaundice smiled awkwardly, trying to convince even herself that it was cool.

Ruby raised an eyebrow, realizing that maybe this girl wasn't the best when it came to combat. "But… Wouldn't it weigh the same?"

Joan look down dejectedly, "Yeah, it does…"

After letting out a small giggle, Ruby caressed her scythe slightly, "Well, I'm kind of a dork when it comes to weapons, sooo… I guess I did go a little overboard when designing it."

"Wait – you made that?!" The girl stared at Ruby in both admiration and surprise.

"Of course! All students at Signal forge their own weapons! Didn't you make yours…?"

"I-it's a hand-me-down… My great-great-grandfather used it to fight in the war."

"Sounds more like a family heirloom to me!" Ruby laughed awkwardly, "Well, I like it! Not many people have an appreciation for the classics these days."

Joan sheathed her sword, "Yeah, the classics…"

They both started walking forward again, continuing their conversation.

"So… Why'd you help me out back there? In the courtyard?"

"Eh, why not?" The girl shrugged, "My mom always says, 'Strangers are just friends you haven't met yet'!"

"Hmm." Ruby looked around the both of them, "Where are we going?"

"Oh, I don't know! I was following you."

They looked at each other, realizing they were even more lost than before. Both of them started laughing once they realized the situation they were in before heading towards the main building to look for where they were supposed to go. Ruby was just glad that she could make at least one friend. She couldn't stop thinking about the boy from earlier though. There was just something about him that drew Ruby in. Oh well, she'd worry about it later. For now, she needed to focus.

Hihi, Rosewick is back! :P

Okay, so, three things. Maybe four?

One: I'm not a WhiteRose shipper (in case the name didn't give it away), I'm just doing it for the person who requested it.

Two: Jaune is going to be a bit shyer, and not as flirty/outgoing as in the show.

Three: Lol, hi

Three for real: I'm gonna set up a poll (once I figure out how) for what Pyrrha's genderbent name should be. It'd be really great if you all could vote for me and help me decide! ^^

Four: Yeah... There's no number four. Lol.

Alrighty then! If anyone wants to make a story request, I'm open for ideas! Just PM me some ideas/thoughts and I'll decide if I'll be able to write a story based off of it or not!

I hope you all enjoyed this chapter (even though I barely made any changes, there'll be a lot more later on), and hopefully I'll be able to post the next one soon!

If you haven't already checked out my YouTube channel, where I post other RWBY related stuff (mostly just funny shizznits :P), then you should definitely do so! Just like on here, the channel name is Rosewick!

I'll see you all next chapter! Thanks for reading!

Rosewick out ^_~!