A/N: BOOM ten chapters of one of the weirder stories that I write... This is pretty fun actually. Hope y'all enjoy!
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"So, tell me how this is going to work again?" Weiss asked skeptically, looking up and down at the Dust that Jaune held in her hand. Professor Goodwitch had handed it to Jaune at the beginning of the day, as it was a Saturday and everyone else seemed to be sleeping in.
"Remember to be careful with the Dust. We don't know the full extent of what it can do yet." Professor Goodwitch warned, handing over three vials full of dark purple Dust.
"Well, apparently, We just spill the Dust on a person's head and it'll change their gender back to normal. Probably." Jaune said, shrugging.
"That doesn't inspire confident, Jaune." Yang said, rolling his eyes and crossing his arms. "Let's just get this over with." Jaune nodded, agreeing with Yang, and uncorked the first vial.
"So, what?" Yang asked. "Do I have to drink it, or eat it, or pour it down my pants…?" Jaune flushed and shook her head frantically.
"No. No! Professor Goodwitch just said that all we have to do is pour this over your head, and it should turn you back to normal." Without any other preface, Jaune simply stood on her toes and dumped the vial onto Yang's head, covering him with the light purple colored dust. Yang had closed his eyes to prevent any from irritating the irises and slowly opened his eyes. Blinking, a little astoundedly, Yang looked at his fingers, still seeing a more masculine hand.
"I'm… still a guy, aren't I?" Yang asked, more of a statement than a question. A brief glance from everyone else confirmed it, and Yang clenched his fists, his eyes flaring up to the red color to reflect the rage inside of him.
"Why… am I not a girl again?" Yang said this carefully, as if he had spoken any faster, he would have lost control. Jaune stammered out the answer, afraid to be on the blunt end of Yang's fury.
"I—I don't know. Professor Goodwitch said that all you had to do was pour it over your head. I-it should've worked."
"Well it didn't!" Yang roared, stepping forward in anger and causing Jaune to yelp and fall back, landing on her behind and she pushed herself away in fear.
"Yang! You're scaring Jaune!" Ruby said, latching onto her brother's arm, before standing in front of him and pushing him back, in hopes that it would give Yang time to calm down. Taking a deep breath and closing his eyes, Yang stepped back, taking control of his anger. Guilt flooded him as he saw Jaune sitting on the floor, eyes wide in fear.
"I'm sorry Jaune. I didn't mean to yell at you. I just… I just got a little frustrated." Yang admitted, rubbing his arm. Jaune shook her head slowly, swallowing her fear.
"I-it's alright. I-I…I'm fine." Jaune said shakily, trying to control her trembling. Pyrrha frowned at that, and cast a deadly glare at Yang before kneeling down and wrapping his arms around the paralyzed girl, murmuring soft reassurances.
It didn't take much longer before Jaune was able to calm down completely, leaning her back against Pyrrha's chest. Jaune's hands were clasped onto Pyrrha's arms as she took another deep breath.
"Okay. I'm alright." Jaune repeated, this time with a little more confidence. Pyrrha stood up, holding out a hand and helped Jaune up, which she smiled gratefully for. Closing her eyes, Jaune thought carefully about the next action.
"Well, I'm not sure why that didn't work. Maybe Professor Goodwitch didn't test it very extensively? Or maybe there's something about the Dust that just didn't take with Yang? Maybe that might be why. After all, we have aura and unique semblances that might change the effect of it." Jaune had slowly trailed away, his last sentences only little more than mutterings, but loud enough that everyone gathered was still able to hear clearly.
"Oh, well let's test that out than." Nora said, before snatching the next vial and opening it. "Here Weiss, catch!"
And with that, Nora tossed the contents onto Weiss, who shrieked in surprise as the strange Dust completely covered her. "Nora!" Weiss shrieked, paired along with Ren doing the same.
"Well, we needed a test subject!" Nora said, trying to defend her spontaneous action.
"We could've done that on Ren! Or Pyrrha!" Weiss screamed in outrage. Nora paused for a second, which made all activity stop as they prepared to hear what other excuse Nora was going to give.
"Oh. Well that really could have worked."
Everyone wanted to slam their faces against the nearest walls as Nora just laughed shamelessly, uttering a hysterical sorry.
"Well, in for a penny, in for a pound as they say!" Nora said, shrugging as he took the last vial and did the same thing, this timed aimed at Blake, who sputtered and almost yowled. Nora frowned and lowered the vial, looking at the empty contents before looking at the flabbergasted friends around him.
"Why did you do that?! And who's the they that says that? I've never heard that in my entire life!" Weiss continued to scream, as Blake simply just stood there caked in the Dust, a little shocked, but overall, taking it pretty well. Nora opened his mouth, before she paused for a second.
"I… didn't think that through, did I?" Nora said, tapping his chin in thought. "I mean, it is a lesser known saying, so I guess I should have used a more well known saying—wait, you meant why I threw the vial." Nora scrunched his eyebrows, before shrugging.
"I thought it was a good idea at the time."
"A good idea?!" Weiss was once again shrieking to the point where everyone was wincing, feeling a little sorry for their eardrums, and the eardrums of anyone in the next room, and the room after that. "Why was that a good idea?!"
Again Nora paused.
"I… think I might have made a mistake." Nora confessed.
"You think?!"
"Everyone, let's just calm down." Jaune said, trying to take control of the situation. "it's alright Weiss. You can wash it off later. Let me just call the Professor to see what went wrong." And with that, Jaune pulled out her scroll and contacted the blonde teacher.
It took a few a seconds before the screen lit up, Professor Goodwitch looking at Jaune.
"Is there something wrong Miss Arc?"
The blonde girl hesitated, before saying, "I think there might be something wrong with your antidote Professor. We put it on Yang and nothing happened."
The Professor raised an eyebrow in question.
"How would you know that?" Jaune blinked in confusion at the sudden question.
"W-what do you mean?"
"Well, how do you know that it isn't working? You've only just put it on, haven't you?"
Jaune's heart sank a little at the professor's words, and the implications behind it.
"A-are you saying that it takes time for it to work?" Jaune asked fearfully. Professor Goodwitch nodded, pushing up her glasses as they slid down a little.
"Why of course Miss Arc. The antidote is designed to slowly change the affected person to the opposite gender slowly, so that any problems can be observed and fixed before any adverse effects can truly take hold. Did you think it would be instantaneous?"
Jaune's shoulders fell and her head sank as she mumbled out an excuse. "Well the original dust did it instantly so I thought that…"
"Well, never mind that. It should turn Mr. Xiao Long back into a young lady by tomorrow morning. Is that all?"
Jaune nodded, before her eyes widened and she spun around to look at the two irate girls that were doused with the Dust.
"Uh, Professor? Would getting the Dust on someone who hasn't been hit by the original Dust do anything?"
Professor Goodwitch blinked in surprise at the question. "Well, it shouldn't. Unless you, of course, pour the whole vial onto the person. After all, the Dust isn't a direct antidote, but simply a modified version of the Dust you used."
And with that, the rest of the color drained from Jaune's face as she looked at Weiss and Blake's faces, slowly filling with rage.
"Nora!" They howled, before giving chase to the guy who jumped up and sprinted at full speed away from them.