Well. This has been far to long in updating. In all honesty, I lost interest in this story for several months, regardless of how many Favorites/Follows this got. But I eventually got started again and now remember why I had such fun with this!
Once again, I ask for a little faith in knowing what I am doing. If there are questions or 'lazy writing' things I'm doing, they're there for a reason and will be explained later. Like later later.
Also another thing is that Harry, Ruby, and Yang are all kids and aren't exactly like how they are in the show, since they have 10+ years to grow up, though some things stay the same
Again, I'm sorry for the delay. I edited all the previous chapters... again, and I hate doing that, but it needed to be done! Some things in the story I wasn't happy with and that caused me to loose interest in this story until I got around to fix them. Chapter 6 has the biggest change with a new scene at the end, so if there's one chapter you have to re-read, it's that one.
That's enough, let's get to the chapter!
Disclaimer: "Reports of a FanFiction author trying to get copyright rights to the hits RWBY and Harry Potter have been floating around the internet. Now that the legal teams have been assembled and ready for action, all authors trying to claim ownership of things they don't own are encouraged to stay indoors for their own safety, and common sense. Back you you Cyril!"
(Admit it, you read it in her voice once you figured it out, didn't you?)
Edit- 6/4/16: Fixed a few instances where I accidentally changed Neal's name to Nate.
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"Are you sure you're ready?"
"""Yes Dad,""" They all chorused monotonously.
"You have everything?"
"""Yes Dad,""" they droned again, tied of hearing this for the last hour.
"I just don't want you to miss anything on your first day of school… do you have your lunches?"
"""YES!""" They shouted, eager to get to school and to stop hearing their dad keep coming up with things that they heard for the last week.
Taiyang held up his hands and backed off, "Okay! I just don't want you three to miss something."
"Dad, it's only the first day," Yang said. "The most we do is move our desks around and introduce ourselves again," she said in an undertone at the end.
"Well you need to. It's our first time," Harry commented, referring to Ruby and himself as this was his first year going to public school on Patch. He had spent the last school year home-schooled by Taiyang while Yang was finishing up her second year. They had all turned a year older, so he was now seven, his birthday celebrated with his first party, small as it was. Yang was now eight, and Ruby now six, and all of them had their birthday parties.
Taiyang nodded distractedly and said, "Now I know that all of you will be in different classes all a year apart, but look out for each other. Don't hesitate to get a teacher if there's-"
"Dad! We're fine!" Yang cut him off.
Harry took the calmer approach, "We'll be okay Dad. We'll take care of each other and ourselves."
"Yeah!" Ruby cheered, red cloak wrapped around her. "We'll be fine!"
Taiyang just stood back and looked at the three kids in front of him. "I can't believe that all of my kids are now going to school… the house'll be so lonely now," he said melodramatically.
Harry knew he was acting but couldn't help but give his dad another hug. He felt two other people doing the same thing and smiled. "Daaaaaad," he heard Ruby whine, "We're not leaving you!"
"Only for a couple hours," Yang piped up jokingly.
"Then we'll be back," Harry added.
Taiyang snorted and wrapped his arms around the three. "I know; I'm just messin' with ya'. Now c'mon, let's get you kiddos to school." He ushered the three enthusiastic kids out the door and to the car in the driveway. They all piled into the back seats, putting their backpacks on their laps, as Taiyang wouldn't let them in the passenger seat until they were older. On the second try, Tai got the slightly aged Dust car started and he drove onto the dirt road to the main city. They lived a few minutes away from the edges of the main city on Patch so the asphalt didn't reach their house, but that was fine.
"You guys and girls excited?"
"Oh yes!" Ruby cheered. "I can't wait to meet new people! Maybe others want to be Huntresses when dey grow up!"
Yang chuckled at her little sister's enthusiasm. "You can always hope. Chances are there's somebody that thinks the same like you."
Harry had a smile on his face as he saw Ruby puff her cheeks in annoyance with her older sister, and also refrained from saying that he somewhat thought the same.
One of the things that had fueled his imagination were the Hunters and Huntresses of this world, fighting against the creatures of evil, the Grimm. Taiyang, dad, was an official Hunter but hadn't gone on missions in years. Harry had gotten hints that Yang and Ruby's mom was a Huntress, but she was gone… like his mom was. He figured Ruby got her looks from her mom and Yang got hers from dad since they didn't look alike much. Honestly, Harry thought he looked closer to Ruby if only because of the black hair.
The car ride passed in light chatter after Ruby got over her grilling and soon enough they pulled in front of Cobalt Elementary. The building was a single story, save for the multi-purpose room which was a story and a half taller, and split into four wings for the different age groups and classes.
Tai, after parking and getting out himself, opened up the doors to the back seats. Yang tried to shoot out but dad grabbed her before she could go far. "Ah ah ah, where do you think you're going little lady?"
"Daaaad," she groaned. "You don't need to do this every day."
Taiyang had a massive grin on his face. "Yes I do. Dad's prerogative." He then pulled in his oldest for a hug and planted a kiss on the top of her head, ignoring her playful protests.
By then Harry and Ruby had gotten out as well, but were subject to the same treatment, though Ruby and Harry submitted much more agreeably. Harry really liked the feeling of being hugged and supposed he was a little like Zwei in wanting affection. I really like hugs, especially if they're from dad or my sisters.
Taiyang eventually let go of his kids and stood back. "Three Xiao Longs in the school. They won't know what hit them," he said with a devilish smirk.
"Dad, I'm a rose!" Ruby wanted to clarify.
"Only half; the rest is all Xiao Long. And Harry, just because you're not my son genetically doesn't mean that you aren't my son in heart, where it truly matters. Don't let anyone else tell you otherwise," he said seriously.
Harry nodded. "I won't." I don't think I can go back to how I was. I don't want to. With Aunt… no, not my aunt. The Dursleys telling me what I am. I am a wizard. The son of Lily and James Potter, the son of Taiyang Xiao Long, brother to Ruby and Yang.
"Good," Taiyang said. "Now, go rock this school!"
"Thanks dad!" Yang cheered, already heading off into the building.
"Love you!" Ruby squeaked and gave her dad another hug before dashing off.
"Love you too," Harry said, following Ruby's lead and giving his new dad a hug.
"Love you all," Tai said, returning the hug before releasing him. Harry ran off to the school, leaving Tai by the car. After watching them go inside, he got in the car and drove out of the drop-off zone back home for a few hours before picking them up again. "They're growing up so fast. You'd be proud of them Summer," he said to the air as he drove.
Up in a tree across the street, a crow had watched the proceedings with a keen eye. When the car left it tensed up, as if it were about to take off, but stilled when it saw a woman with long raven-black hair step back into an alleyway. The crow 'cawed' and glided down to the entrance of the alley, intent on seeing this woman, but there was no one there and only the echo of a sound. The crow stared into the alley for a minute before cawing again and taking off, flying into the sky.
This is my first day in my new school, Harry thought as he went down the hallways trying to find the right classroom and teacher, and I have no bloody clue where to go. Room 103? What does that mean? Ruby beside him looked about as lost as he did, and more nervous now that the earlier confidence was gone, but that actually made Harry stand straighter and pay more attention. I also need to help Ruby too. It's not just me.
"Hey Ruby," Harry said to get her attention.
"Hmmm?" Ruby looked over and met his eyes.
"What room do you need to go to again?"
"Oh uh," she looked at the paper closely and said, "One zero one."
Okay, so that's almost next to my room. "Mine's one-oh-three, so we should be heading to the same place. Let's go together!" Harry was glad when Ruby's face turned into a smile and her small, meek steps turned into near skipping.
They tried to avoid the crowds when they could, and skirted near the edges, unused to all the people here. Ruby got more nervous and Harry was fighting to keep up his confidant appearance for his sister. There's so many people. It's also cramped. I don't like this, I just want to find my classroom, and Ruby's. Ruby's first. I need to take care of her. I'm her brother. "Let's go this way," Harry said to Ruby, getting her attention again.
"O-okay," Ruby said, quiet.
"Hey, don't be nervous… okay bad words," Harry immediately retracted that statement. "It's okay to be nervous. I'm nervous. But it'll be okay. It's only the first day and stuff and… yeah." I have no clue where I was going with that.
Ruby gave a small smile and hugged him, saying, "Thanks." She pulled away, looking better but still a little sad. They continued looking for their classrooms and after what seemed like a long time they finally found Ruby's.
"Oh, this is mine," Ruby said, looking up at the number above the doorway, chattering voices coming from behind it. She still looked nervous.
"Okay then. Umm, take care Ruby. Have fun and be good," Harry said, giving her another hug, which she returned.
"Okay! You to!" Ruby said, happier now than before. She opened the door and stepped through.
Harry looked at the door as her red cloak disappeared through it. Alright, now to go to my classroom. He walked a little further down the hallway and found the room he was supposed to go to. Taking a deep breath, he turned the handle and opened the door, walking through.
Inside most of the desks were filled up with other kids in them, talking to one another. The teacher, as Harry could only assume that's what she was, looked up at his arrival and smiled. "Hello dear, take a seat wherever you feel like and class will start in a few minutes."
Harry blinked and looked awkwardly around. Instinctively he wanted to sit by himself so no one would pick on him or make fun on him. But he also knew that he needed to make some friends other than his sisters.
He looked back to the teacher and said, "Yes Ma'am." He walked over to the nearest open seat and sat down. The boy next to him had two little white horns starting to stick up through his brown hair, marking him as a Faunus. That was one of the things that dad had told him about, the Faunus people. 'They aren't any different from you or I, they just have a few extra features.' I wonder why he made such a big deal about how they weren't different from us. I think having extra ears or a tail is pretty cool.
The boy turned to look at Harry as he sat down. "Hi," he greeted amicably.
"Hello," Harry returned the greeting, slightly surprised that someone wanted to talk to him. "I'm Harry."
"Neal," the boy introduced. "You have a funny accent," he bluntly said.
Harry blushed, but pointed out the obvious like Neal did, "And you have horns."
"Yep! I'm a ram Faunus!" He said proudly.
"That's cool," Harry said honestly.
Neal looked at him strangely. "Y'know, you're one of the few who've said that. You want to be my friend?" He asked.
Harry, for the second time in a few minutes was shocked. Someone wants to be my friend? Someone that isn't Yang or Ruby? He realized he had yet to answer so he said, "Err, yeah. I would like to be your friend."
"Great!" Neal said, a smile on his face that Harry had to return. I made my first non-family friend today!
All conversation stopped when the teacher stood up and walked to the front of the room. "Hello class!" She greeted, with most of the kids saying 'hello' or some variation of it back. "Welcome to your first day as a second grader! Let's start off by giving your names, then your age, and something interesting that you want to share with everyone else. I'll go first. My name is Chelsea Lavender, though you can call me Mrs. Lavender. I have been teaching for twelve years and am forty-one years old, and I have a daughter that is trying to become a reporter." With that she motioned to the girl on her right and she gave her name and other things.
Introductions went around the room until it was time for Neal. He stood up and said, "My name is Neal Tan, I'm seven in three weeks, and I'm a ram Faunus! And my dad works with the White Fang." He sat down, though there was some muttering amongst a few kids after that.
It's my turn then, Harry thought and stood up himself. "Hello, I'm Harry Xiao Long-Potter, and I'm a month over seven. I'm… uh," he blanked on what to say and didn't think that 'I'm from a different world' would work here, so he said the first thing that came to his mind. "I'm adopted and have two sisters and a dad that I love a lot." He sat down, trying to keep his face from heating up because of the attention he was getting now.
"Thank you for sharing with us Harry," Mrs. Lavender said. "Alright, so what's your name?" She then asked the next kid.
It went on for another few minutes then Mrs. Lavender made everyone sit in alphabetical order to their last name. Unfortunately, Harry couldn't sit next to Neal as there were people that had last names in-between 'T' and 'X'. And he was the last person. The girl next to him, a Haile White, had gray hair that was almost white-blue. For the rest of the day, they just played games with a little bit of education value, but it was the most fun Harry had at school. And he didn't need to worry about Dudley hitting him!
He became semi friends with Haile, but Harry didn't know they would be close friends. He knew though that Neal was a real friend- not his first, that was shared with Ruby first, and Yang second- and they would stay that way.
"So how'd the first day of school go?" Taiyang asked.
"It went great!" Harry exclaimed, much happier with this new school than back at his Aunt's. In retrospect, that was never home for him, not like here. "I made a new friend!"
"That's great Harry," Taiyang said.
"It was okay," Yang said casually. "It was great to see my old friends again."
"Meh," Ruby grumbled, pushing food around on her plate, her face squished up against her fist, resting on the table.
"What's wrong?" Harry asked, wanting to know and help.
"Nobody likes me," Ruby moaned.
"How can nobody like you? You're an adorable bundle of cuteness," Taiyang said, unsuccessfully hiding a smirk.
"Daaaaaad," Ruby groaned.
"Sorry," he said, not sounding sorry at all, "but it was only the first day. Maybe tomorrow you'll meet someone that you can be friends with."
"Oh, I know, I can introduce you to Neal tomorrow!" Harry said excitedly. It would be nice if everyone could be friends!
"Umm, okay," Ruby mumbled, clearly not as excited as Harry was.
"Sow 'oo is Meal?" Yang asked, talking around her spaghetti.
"Yang! Don't talk with your mouth full," Taiyang reprimanded.
"Sorry, who's Neal?" She asked again.
"Oh, Neal's someone in my class. He's a cool guy and a ram Faunus!" Harry explained.
"A Faunus? Cool!" Yang commented.
"That's neat," Ruby chimed in.
Taiyang hummed and then said, "Well, as long as you like him and want to be his friend, that's great." Harry beamed at having a friend approved by his family. "Now eat up! Tomorrow's another school day and you want to be ready for it."
"Okay Daddy!" Ruby chirped, with Harry and Yang agreeing as well.
The night passed quickly and Harry eagerly went to bed, excited to go to school tomorrow and see his friend and sisters having fun together.
"Neal, I want you to meet my sisters!" Harry said excitedly. It was the second day and the first time they had recess so all the classes had gone out into the field. There was a division between the older years and the younger, so everything was split in half. Harry was highly animated, waiting for his friend to come to him.
"Okay," Neal answered as she followed Harry. "So who am I meeting?"
"Ruby said she will be by the hopscotch place," Harry answered, not caring in the slightest that he didn't know where those were. Ruby would be easy to spot with her cloak. To be honest with himself, he wanted Neal to get along with Ruby more than Yang. It felt important that he could get along with Ruby otherwise they may have trouble being friends. "There she is!" Harry exclaimed, seeing a flash of red on the asphalt.
And it was Ruby. She was talking animatedly with another girl, who had dark red-brown hair. Looks like Ruby made a friend after all, Harry thought happily. She wasn't happy at all yesterday, but now it looks like she is.
"Ruby!" He called and the girl turned at the call.
"Hiya Harry!" She greeted as the two boys came up to her. "This is my brother I was talking about Ginger," she said to the girl next to her.
"Okay," she said, a little quiet.
"I'm Harry," Harry introduced himself, "and this is Neal, my friend."
"Hi!" Neal greeted.
"Hello, I'm Ginger… and please, no hair jokes," she said tiredly.
"Okay," Harry nodded. I know all about hair jokes, he thought, as his hair never seemed to want to lie straight.
"And I'm Ruby," she declared to Neal.
"Nice to meet you," he said.
"Great! We're all friends now!" Ruby affirmed with a smile.
"Good," Harry said… "So what do you want to do?"
"Let's go over to the monkey bars," Neal suggested.
"Sounds fine to me," Ruby said.
"Okay," Ginger said with a shrug. "I'm fine with that."
The four of them headed to the playground and gathered around the metal structure. Without any pause, Neal jumped and grabbed the first bar, then started swinging himself across them. The other three of them started cheering him on, but he couldn't hold on and then dropped about halfway.
"Good try!" Ginger cheered.
"I'll go next!" Ruby said and jumped on again. She didn't make it as far and dropped. They all went in turn and Harry went the furthest, making it about 2/3rds of the way before dropping. It was strange because he felt lighter and wanted strongly to make it. But he didn't have the arm strength and dropped as well, and felt heavier when his feet hit the bark under him.
They were all having fun, but it wasn't to last.
"Hey, I thought you were a ram animal, not a monkey," an obnoxious voice called out when Neal was going again, causing him to miss a bar and faceplant in the ground.
They all looked over and saw that there were three boys standing close to them. They all looked older and had mean grins on their faces. The boy in the center had orange hair with blond highlights, and was the one that spoke. "Now that position is the only way you animals should be," he sneered.
"I'm not an animal, I'm a Faunus!" Neal shouted back, jumping to his feat.
"Is there a difference?" The boy said dryly.
"Hey! You leave him alone you meanie!" Ruby shouted at him.
"And are you going to make me squirt?" He chuckled, the other two doing the same. "Why are you friends with this freak?"
Freak. It wasn't nearly long enough for him to forget that name, that label, he was called for the first six years of his life. But this time, it wasn't directed at him. It was directed at Neal. The third friend he made, or the first that wasn't family. And now he didn't fear retaliation from his Aunt and Uncle since they weren't here.
"Don't call him a freak! He's not a freak!" Harry shouted, angry for his friend.
"Ha! If he isn't a freak then why does he have horns?" One of the other boys said.
"Because he's a Faunus!" Ginger inputted into the growing spectacle.
"See, a freak!" The second boy said.
""He's not a freak!"" Both Ruby and Harry shouted at the same time, causing them to look at each other in momentary surprise at the echo.
"Yes he is, and if you're friends with him then you're freaks as well," the main boy said.
Harry was mad. I'm not a freak! I was never a freak! I am not a freak! He felt a pressure suddenly leave him and then the boy's orange-yellow hair turned a bright pink.
"Wh-what happened?" One of the boys said.
"What?" The main boy asked.
"Your hair is pink now!"
"What? It's not pink! Are you color blind?" The main boy said.
"No it's definitely pink," the other boy said. The main boy took a look at his hair and his mouth flopped open and closed, no words coming out.
Neal, Ginger, and Ruby were all snickering, but Harry was worried. I did something again! Something fr- no! Magical, he reminded himself. But now I'm going to get in trouble!
The boy seemed to realize the same thing, but decided that he would be the one to get him in trouble. "You! You did this!" He started marching forward, but then a hand landed on his shoulder.
"Hey bud, that's my brother and sister there."
The boys turned around. Standing there, in all her glory, was Yang Xiao Long. And she looked like she was about to break something. Preferably something belonging to the boy.
"So?" The boy said challengingly, the effect ruined by the way his voice wavered.
"I don't like it when people call my siblings names," Yang said, eerily calm.
"That's my older sister," Harry heard Ruby whisper to Ginger.
"What are you going to do about it?" The boy continued.
"This." And with that meager warning, Yang drove her fist into his stomach, causing him to fold in half and crumble onto the ground, crying.
Everything stopped for a second in that moment where everyone needed to process what happened. Harry suddenly felt proud of Yang for standing up and a smile started to grow on his face.
But the sudden appearance of a teacher wiped that grin clean.
"What's going on here?" The teacher half-shouted, marching over. He had orange hair, but a more brown shade than the main boy's, and a angry look on his face. He took one look at the boy on the ground, holding his stomach and crying, and then looked at the assembled faces. He then focused on Nate. "Causing fights already? I'll see you written up for this."
"But he didn't-" Yang tried.
"Was I talking to you?" The teacher cut her off. He faced Neal again. "Causing fights? Why am I not surprised that you of all… people," he seemed hesitant to use that word, "are doing things like this? And dying other people's hair?" He had to take a second look at the boy again.
"He wasn't doing anything!" Ruby protested.
"Yeah!" Harry said, and pointed to the boy on the ground, "He came over and started calling Neal names."
"Is that so?" The teacher raised an eyebrow. He looked at the three boys. "Is that true?"
"No! It's not!" The second one said.
"Liar!" Yang shouted and started going towards him, but the teacher's sharp voice stopped her.
"Enough! I'll see both of you written up for causing violence. Come with me to the principal's now!" He barked the last word and then waited for them to move. Without knowing any other option, Harry, Ruby, Yang, and Ginger followed him. As they passed the three boys, they didn't notice the main boy's hair turn back to normal.
It wasn't until they were a bit away from them when Harry heard them laughing. He turned and saw that the main boy was stood up, albeit holding his stomach. A flush of rage flooded through him and once again his magic reacted, sending all three of them sprawling on the ground without warning.
Y'know, maybe this magic thing isn't a bad thing at all, Harry thought smugly.
"I'm telling you sir, these two were causing trouble, the Faunus being the instigator," the teacher said loudly to the seated principal. The four of them were sitting in chairs, being in various states of worry.
"And I know as well as you do Mr. Winchester that those three boys also have a history of bullying," the principal retaliated, holding his ground. "And yes, Miss Xiao Long did admit to punching Zachary, but it was understandable." He held up a hand to stop any protest the teacher was about to say. "I will let her father know what happened and she will be punished, but I will also tell those three boy's teacher about their behavior as well."
The teacher looked like he was restraining himself from continuing the argument and remained silent.
The principal turned to the four of them and said, "I apologize for the overreaction of Mr. Winchester for the situation. You may go back to your classes now."
"Yes sir," they replied and stood up, leaving the office. Once the door was closed, they stopped and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Well, that went better than I thought it would," Yang commented.
"Yang! You got in trouble!" Ruby pointed out.
"Meh, it was worth it," Yang dismissed the punishment with a wave of her hand.
They all stopped when they heard voices from inside the office again. "Mr. Winchester, you've repeatedly made your feelings about Faunus clear, and this is your last warning. If there's another incident where you single out a Faunus for something they didn't do, you won't be teaching here anymore," the principal said loudly, laying down the rules.
"I understand Sir," the teacher spat, "and I'm glad that my nephew doesn't go here, as anyone can get in."
"That is the point of public school," the principal shot back.
There wasn't a reply as the door started opening. That seemed to get the four of them going and they took off, exhilaration of almost being caught racing through them. Harry took a look at them. Yang seemed to be enjoying herself, while Ginger and Ruby seemed to be a cross of excited and worried. Neal looked happy as well like Yang, and Harry had to smile to himself.
I think we're all going to be great friends. And this is only the second day of school! Just think what the year will have for us!
And it would be true, but multiplied by several years for their entire education at Cobalt Elementary.
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So this is the first instance where Yang ditches them on the first day. Don't make it a trend Yang... too late.
Hey hey! How about that? I finished! I hope that this staunches the bleeding for an update on this, and I expect a little more frequent updates soon. The next chapter will be a time skip montage since I don't want to write every year that they're in elementary school. But it'll be long since it'll have at least four different stories in it, so that's something!
It's fun to see the differences between the English and the American terms. Primary-Elementary, revise-study, and other things. It'll be funny when Harry returns to Britain and has to adapt back.
So here we got the RWBY Malfoy and cronies, and then the Snape of RWBY. Thinking about this story, there are a lot of similar character types in both Harry Potter and RWBY. Ozpin=Dumbledore, Goodwitch=McGonagall, Blake=Hermione (books), early Weiss=Malfoy (admit it, you thought the same at some points), Port=Lockheart but with actual skill. There's more, but you'll see later.
Thanks again for your patience with this! The story will kick up soon when they get to Signal!
And thank you all for making this my most favorited story on fan fiction, and the 6th most favorited HP/RWBY crossover story!
As always, R.R.F.F (Read, Review, Favorite, Follow)
-OrangeGalen
