General Information On My Story:

Sorry this is long but please read it as it gives a lot of context for my story!

This story is going to follow Volume 1's canon. I kind of think of this as an AU since I'm only following V1's canon. I will take very, very few elements from Volume 2, but Volume 3 is totally irrelevant as far as this story goes…This story will feature a trans boy and (wolf)faunus Ruby.

His name is "Ruben" but he mainly goes by Ruby as a nickname started by his sister which stuck. He'll mostly be referred to as Ruby except for very certain occasions where another character calls him by his full name. But in narration it will be "Ruby" So don't get confused! :p

I figured it's best to just explain certain things so you won't be confused when you read:

Vital Festival Tournament - It's still an upcoming event. I won't follow the V3's canon of how the event actually went down. I'm going to do it the way I imagined it.

Winter Schnee – Weiss' sister is still a character. However… As much as the "older sister" plot twist was enjoyable… I prefer the idea of the "spiteful little sister" trope who's jealous that she isn't the one inheriting the business (after all, RWBY is all about clichés!) So keep that in mind if/when she makes her appearance or is mentioned.

Team SSSN – This story isn't about them. Nothing against them I just don't have much interest in including them in the story. Forget everything that they contributed to Volume 2's canon because it's not included in my story.

Ruby and Yangs Family - Forget everything you know about their parents/family. I'm going to do something totally different with it.

I had this idea in my head for a very long time. You're going to see something and go "wait that happened in V3's canon with a different character!" I know ): But I still want to do this idea, dammit! I hope you understand and don't mind.

This story is going to really be "Slice of Life". I love RWBY so so so so much but my favourite episode was V1E10. Y'know the one where they set up their room and Weiss yells at Ruby for basically nothing and they make up… I thought that episode was so cute (: I really wanted more of those school days shenanigans… So that's my main focus for this story. I'm not sure about how to write action scenes. I'll definitely test out some chapters of it and if I think it turns out okay, I'll add them in. But I'm not really about adding in unnecessary drama or action if I don't have it completely fleshed out in my head first.

The general updates for this story is totally up in the air. I don't like to force creativity because I've been down that road with drawing and… let me tell you… I have drawn some ugly things. I've had this story in my head for years now. But that's part of the problem. TOO MANY IDEAS. I really want to make sure they all flow together smoothly and I'm totally proud of the chapters I write before I upload.

My story is going to start off a little unorthodox for a "Slice of Life" story but it's all part of the plan.

So I hope you enjoy it and please leave reviews because they make me so happy (: And I'm soooooo open to tips and criticism. I've never written before so I would really appreciate anyone who can point out mistakes I'm making.

The first official chapter is written and will be uploaded ASAP.