Hello, everybody, my name is Vindex and this... Is not the first chapter of story. More like... a preview or teaser, I don't really know. But this is just a long term story that I've been thinking about (well.. one of the long term stories I've been thinking about). Alright, so the idea came to me while I was reading Twisted Fate MK 2's Telepathy (great story btw, and if he or Mika just happen to be reading this, love the story, keep it up). Specifically, the end of Chp. 9. If you haven't read it, well, SPOILERS.

Alright, so at the end of the chapter, we find Team JNPR and Team RWBY have been changed into different species of Faunus because of a virus. I find this an interesting concept. So, I'm going to try, keyword try, to write something similar to what happens in that story with a few changes. Here's how it's going to go: After the events of the 1st Volume, Yang gets a tip from Junior (after some 'persuading', and not the sexual kind), of a White Fang Hideout near by the docks where they confronted Torchwick. There, they encountered a (mad) Faunus scientist, who is trying to create a virus to bring equality by spreading it to humans. He finally succeeded in creating one vial with the virus when they arrive and hear his plan. Naturally, Team RWBY attempts to stop him and subdues his guards. But, as a last ditch, he send his notes to the Leader of the White Fang, before he blows himself, and the vial containing the virus, up and tries to kill Team RWBY.

They survive, but are exposed to the virus. They breathe in gas that spread around them, before it dissipated and passed out from exhaustion/force of explosion. When they wake up, they find themselves with extra parts. Yes, they are turned into Faunus. And before you ask, no, the Leader of the WF scraps the notes, as she (yes I'm making the Leader a she, I don't know yet if Adam is the Leader of the White Fang or not) doesn't like the idea of turning humans into illegitimate faunus. While Professor Peach studies the leftover notes of the deceased scientist and the blood samples of Team RWBY to develop a somewhat cure (because Blake is technically a real faunus), they have to go on through school as they are. Unfortunately, there is no cure. So after a few weeks of testing, they have to live with the changes for the rest of their lives.

As I said, this idea came about while reading Telepathy, but the incurable part and scientist, believe it or not, came from a game. Or rather a visual novel... called (I shit you not) Gender Bender DNA Twister Extreme... This is a real thing. I stumbled across it on YouTube, after MangaMinx did a few episodes on it. But enough of that, back on track. So far I have the follow as what type of faunus to put them as, excluding Black for obvious reasons:

Weiss: Rabbit, Tiger

Yang: Lion, Fox

Ruby: Wolf, Dog

And before you ask, yes they'll be having tails and the ears. Also, I originally want to put Dragon for Yang, but I don't know how the hell I'm going to accomplish that. As far as pairings go, I've elected to go with my favorite pairing within team RWBY: Freezerburn and Ladybug/Black Rose, which is a fancy way of saying Yang/Weiss and Ruby/Blake if you didn't look at the pairings. So, there's the preview/teaser/whatever you want to call it. I'm going to try to write this out and hopefully, I can get the first chapter out in a week or two. Maybe three depending on how much trouble I'm having writing their characters to how they react to the situation.

Thanks for taking the time to read this. Feel free to put any ideas you may have for me in the reviews, or pm me. Also, if you can come up with a better type of faunus for the RWY portion of RWBY, let me know as well.

See ya around,

Vindex.