Hello readers and welcome to my new chapter. The fact that this chapter is real long made me glad that I decided to split the chapters by each character(s). Now, here's the group reading Adam's POV. So, enjoy.

P.S. Sorry for the mixed up chapters in the recent chapters. Was trying to change up the titles a little, only to accidently mixed the chapters up without knowing. Again, my bad for those who saw that.

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or RWBY.

Reading Ch 09: Interlude: Adam's

Adam

Adam was walking towards the viewing platform near the landing pads for the Bullheads. He actually never planned on heading there, but he wasn't really conscious of where he was going. He was currently going over what he heard about Harry's past in his head.

"Is there anybody who isn't thinking about Harry's past?" Jaune wondered. Although, his other is probably is thinking about it to.

Blake shook her head. "I doubt that." After the story Harry has told, it will be in their others' head for quite a while.

He could see a lot of similarities between Harry and himself. They had both lived difficult lives at the beginning of their lives. They had to push forward even though everyone wanted them to stay down.

The only difference was that while Potter and himself was Potter apparently had to wait eleven years for his life to get better, if only slightly. Adam only waited six. That was when he had found Blake…

That peaked everyone's interest. "Do you know what he's talking about Blake?" Yang asked her partner.

The faunus, however, didn't say anything. She merely flinch and curl herself into a ball, memories trying to come back to her head. That worried some of the readers, especially her teammates.

Flashback, 12 years ago, Dust mine

A six year old Adam grumbled as he walked towards a designated rest area within the mine he was forced to work in, trying to work out the pain in his shoulder. He had been working since four that morning, and wasn't allowed to rest until noon.

"Say what?" Yang asked in shock and anger. "There letting a kid work at mines? And for six straight hours?" Ruby, Jaune, and Pyrrha are shock and/or horrified at what they heard while Ren scowled in anger once again. Nora, once again, started ranting about breaking legs, this time her planned victims being those part of the Schnee Dust Company.

"Child labor?! Child labor still happen in that world?!" Hermione exclaimed in disgust and angered. If there's one thing she hates the most, it's abuse or slavery of any kind. Which cause her to get and start ranting. "Child labor is practically child abuse! It's cold and inhuman to make young kids work for so long!" As she ranted, she started stomping around the room, shouting at the top of her lungs.

Ron, meanwhile, feels shock at what he's hearing. Then, guilt started slowly overcoming him. He always thought that others family are luckier than his own family, who could barely pay the tuitions for Hogwarts. Now, he's seeing that several people has less than he has. This is a slap of realization for him.

Mcgonagall is also furious at this as well. But like Ron, this is also a slap of realization for her. If people in that world still use child labor, how can things change quickly? There's always gonna be people who make kids work like dog, or put their own race above the others.

Weiss, however, has the most unique reaction. She was frozen, her eyes widen in shock and a heavy amount of disbelief. She is opening and closing her mouth, trying to say something, but nothing coming out. Other than the fact, she is like a statue. 'No. No, this isn't true. It was suppose to be just a rumor. A rumor coming from the White Fang or rivals of the Schnee. It can't be true!'

Both Ozpin and Glynda are merely resigned. They already knew about the conditions of the mines, but they are powerless do anything about it right now. They can't do anything about it without conflict happening.

He growled as his shoulder popped loudly, when a whimper reached his ears. He looked around for the source of the sound. He turned towards a small hole in the wall, just to his left. He moved closer, and the whimpering grew a little louder.

He looked into the hole and saw a girl who was a year younger than himself, crying silently as she pulled on her cat ears harshly.

"Blake?" Yang said, her anger momentarily forgotten. "Is that you?"

Blake merely nodded, drawing herself closer as the memory fights her way to her head.

"Hey," he called to her.

She turned and stared at him in shock, her wide cat-like amber eyes shining with tears. She tried to scoot away from Adam, her ears flat against her head. "Wait," he said, holding his hand out. "I won't hurt you."

"M-Mommy," she sniffled. "D-Daddy…"

"It's okay," he reassured. "You're ok. Where's your mom and dad? Where can I find them for you?"

"D-D-D-D…" she stuttered, but she couldn't seem to say the word.

And with that, Yang's anger fully came back. Her eyes turn slight red and heat came off her hair. Ruby gasped in shock, tears swelling up in her eyes, before she look towards Blake. The faunus is still curled up to a ball, her eyes filled with sadness and her ears flattened. Some unshed tears are in her eye as well.

Ruby didn't hesitate to throw her arms around Blake's shoulders. Harry also came over to Blake's side, sitting beside her and putting a hand on her shoulder. Blake look up, to see both Ruby and Harry giving her looks of not pity, but understanding. She smile a little at that. "Thank you." She whispered to both of them.

The two smile at her and nodded. They didn't say anything, knowing that no words are needed.

Adam understood though. He wormed his way into the hole and moved to the girl's side and put his arm around her, pulling her close to him. She flinched, but soon realized he wasn't trying to hurt her. She relaxed slightly and looked up at the older kid.

Adam smiled at her. "I-It's ok," he told her, hoping he sounded reassuring. "I'll be here for you. I…" He paused as he tried to think of something to calm her down. "I…I promise…you won't be alone. Ever again."

That melt the anger away from some of the others and a few of them smiled as well. "Adam seem like a good friend." Yang commented.

Blake smile sadly at Yang's words. "He was." She whispered to herself. She wish she could have the old Adam back.

Blake looked at him in awe. "Really?" she asked.

He grinned at her. "Really. My name is Adam. What's yours?"

She hesitated for a moment. "B-Blake…"

Flashback End

Harry sighed when he still heard Hermione ranting. 'This is the elves incident all over again.' Knowing that she would keep this up for hours, Harry walk up to her and, when she got close to the couch, he pulled her down to sit. "Hermione, stop it. Ranting about the child labor isn't gonna change anything."

Hermione frown, but grunted in acknowledgement. "I just wish I can punch the owner of the Schnee Dust Company for allowing child labor to happen."

Finally, after being frozen for most of the flashback, Weiss spoke. "No. No, you're wrong. Those are just rumors. Just rumors." Weiss said in denial. Many look at her in disbelief.

"Did you not just hear the flashback?" Yang told her, her anger returning. She doesn't like the fact Weiss is denying, when the proof is right in front of them.

"M-Maybe it's another company that's doing this." Weiss continued, her voice having a twinge of desperation. "Maybe it's just from that dimension. Maybe-"

"No Weiss." Ozpin told her calmly and sympathetically. He took a sip of his coffee before speaking to her. "The rumor everyone heard about, about faunus working in the mines, are true. It's happening in our dimension as well, child labor included."

Weiss shook her head wildly, her eyes filled with tears and desperation. "No. It can't be. It's just a rumor. Just a dirty rumor. It….it was suppose to be just a wild rumor." By now, her voice is cracking.

Some, in the beginning, were a bit angry that Weiss was denying the truth, but seeing how she's acting right now, made them all sympathetic for her. No one said anything to her about it, even Ron hold himself back from sprouting a rude comment.

Weiss then stayed silent, tears slowly coming out of her eyes and a few sobs coming from her mouths. All her life, she try to convince herself that her company isn't as bad as people make it out to be. Now, the truth has slapped her hard on the cheek.

"It may be true that your father's company made faunus work untold hours," Weiss look up, hearing Harry speaking to her. He gave her a look of kindness and understanding. "But when you grow up, you can change what happen. Make the company better than it is."

Weiss stare at him for a minute, processing his words, before her eyes glinted in determination. She nodded to him, giving him a smile in thanks, causing him to smile back.

The adults smile at the scene. Harry, along with this book, is having a good influence around the others. Maybe this will help them when they get back home.

Adam couldn't help but chuckle at the memory of when he first met Blake. She had been a cute kid. A bit of a crybaby, but hey, Adam wouldn't have changed her for all the Lien in the world.

Blake pouted at that while some of her friends laugh. "Shut up Adam." She muttered to herself. She couldn't help it.

He looked around and saw Potter leaning on the guardrail of the viewing platform. He raised an eyebrow at his exhausted form as he walked over to his team leader. Potter hung on the rail like it was the only thing keeping him upright. Parts of his shirt were destroyed.

Harry groan and slam his head on the table while Hermione laugh. "How do they manage to catch me?" He groaned. Fangirls shouldn't have that much stamina.

"Fangirls?" Adam asked, startling Harry for a moment. He calmed down though and sighed.

"Fangirls," Harry answered with a shiver. Adam chuckled as he rested his arms on the rail as well and stared out at Vale's skyline. They were silent for a while as Adam debated something in his head.

'Potter trusted me with his past, could I trust him with mine?' he wondered. 'He's the leader of the Animagus Corp., a group dedicated to fight the White Fang in protection of not just Schnee Dust Company, but any and all company employees, human or not, and their families. What would he do if I told him I'm a former member of the White Fang, not only that, but one of the co-leaders of the organization? Gah! Dammit Old Man, what would you do in this situation?!'

"Old man?" Pyrrha questioned. She, along with the others, look at Blake for explanation.

"He's probably talking about our former leader." Blake told them.

'Trust is a two way street, Adam,' an old, wise voice from a very old memory resounded through his mind. 'One can only trust their life to another who is willing to do the same.'

'Oh yeah. Thanks a bunch Old Man,' he mentally grumbled. He really hadn't been hoping for an answer. He sighed. "Yo, Potter," he said after a moment of reluctant silence.

"He's really gonna tell Harry his past?" Blake questioned, a bit surprise. Who knows how Harry is gonna react to that.

As if reading her mind, Hermione answered. "Harry will probably will be suspicious at first, but if Adams clearly states that he quit the White Fang, and want to redeem himself, he'll probably earn his trust."

"Which can be a hard thing to earn." Ron added in.

"Yeah?" he asked, not even bothering to lift himself up.

Adam hesitated for a moment before sighing exasperatedly. "Listen, Potter. You took a pretty bold step back in Ozpin's office, trusting us with your past and all," he said. "I feel it's only necessary to trust you with mine."

Harry looked up at that. "Why?" he asked, confused. "You're under no obligation to share your past with me. I only did it because my magic would cause you all to get curious and eventually try and figure it out anyway."

"Perhaps you're right," Adam conceited. "But…a wise old fart once told me trust is a two way street. That one couldn't trust their life to someone if they weren't willing to do the same. You trusted me with your past, so I'm going to trust you with mine."

Harry smile a little at that. "I'm glad my other made some good teammates." Harry said. "And I think the other me will trust him in the end. It look like he truly want to change for the better."

Harry raised an eyebrow. "Is that so?" He turned back to the skyline of Vale and said, "Well, if you insist…let's hear it," he said after a moment's pause.

Adam took a deep breath as he turned back to the Vale skyline as well. "Well…I guess the biggest thing I need to get out of the way is…I used to work with the White Fang."

A pause. Adam didn't look Harry's way, but he could just see that any weariness he had vanish. "Oh?" Harry asked evenly, but something about it scared Adam greatly. It wasn't an emotion he was accustomed to feeling, but there was something about Potter's statement that made the bull inside of him start to scream 'Flee!' at him rather loudly.

"And why are you telling me this?" Harry asked, still unnervingly calm.

Many stiffen at the tone, all of them feel like running away or hiding behind the couch. Blake's animal instincts are reacting wildly to this.

"Yep." Hermione gulped, pushing down her fear. "That's kinda what we expected." She'll never get used to a very calm Harry. It's nerve wracking.

Adam forced his fear down. "Because I'm not with them anymore. And…if I'm being honest with myself, the White Fang has fallen so far into its hatreds that I hardly recognize it anymore or many of my old friends still working for it. I joined when it was still a peaceful group, but then the Old Man died."

He shook his head. "At one point, I honestly thought that violence was the only path left to us. I wasn't overly racist compared to some I worked with, but it was enough that I had no qualms in doing things that I'm now regretting," he continued. "In fact, if it wasn't for your work with the SDC, I'd probably still think that way. I thought that now that with one of our major adversaries not against us anymore, things could change for the better. But…there are several in the White Fang that don't care about that. They're too far gone."

"So Harry is one of the main reasons why he who he is now?" Ozpin questioned. He hummed a little. "This boy has a lot more influence in our than I thought."

"You could say that again." Blake muttered. Now she wish that Harry had came to their world. If so, so many things could've changed.

"Why'd you leave?"

"Blake," was Adam's immediate answer. "She's…" Wow. This was hard, he thought. "She's the only family I've got. I met her in the mines when I was six. Her parents were just killed, and I sympathized with her. We've been friends for twelve years now, and…on our last mission for the White Fang, she defected.

"I couldn't stand to lose her. She was the only reason I stayed with the White Fang after your intervention with the SDC. So when she said she was leaving the White Fang, I joined her." Adam took a deep breath and exhaled loudly. "She wanted to become a Huntress to help people, and I thought it was a good way to atone for the sins I've committed in the White Fang's name. And…And that's where I've got to thank you, Potte-No. Harry. I thank you, Harry Potter. If it wasn't for you falling into Remnant and changing the Schnee's point of view on Faunus, I…I wouldn't be here…chasing my redemption."

His confession stunned many of the people here, especially Blake. Then Yang snorted. "That's a little corny don't you guys think?"

Harry chuckle a little. "I agree. Corny, but it is heartfelt, I can tell."

Ruby, Weiss, and Yang look at Blake, who looks sadden. "You okay Blake?" Yang asked her partner in concern.

Blake nodded. "Yeah, I am. Just a little bit jealous, that's all." But she's also glad that her other still have Adam.

Harry stayed silent for a long while. Adam wondered what was going through his mind when Harry said, "That last part was a bit corny, don't ya think?"

Adam blinked for a moment. He thought about what he said and chuckled slightly. "Yeah, I guess it was," he admitted, still chuckling.

Harry chuckled as well. "I get that you're trying to change, Adam," Harry said. "But that can't change the fact that you did work for a criminal organization, and Blake as well, given what you said. You've admitted to me you've done a lot of acts that you regret, making me assume that they are acts that I don't condone." Harry turned to look at Adam. "That being said, however, I can tell you're being sincere about wanting to change. So far, you haven't given me a reason to not trust you, and you've trusted me with your past, so I suppose I could give you the benefit of a doubt."

Harry held out his fist to Adam. "So how about this: you work with me on undermining whatever plans the White Fang is pulling right now, and if you can also convince Mr. Schnee of your change of heart and sincerity, which is still a task in and of itself, I'll see about getting you and Blake some pardons. That way, you can really start to 'chase your redemption.' Okay?"

Many eyes widen in shock. Blake look at Harry with a variety of emotions. 'Maybe we should let Nora and Yang kidnap Harry.' Blake thought to herself. Harry Potter is proving more and more to be a miracle.

Changing the Schnee's views on faunus, rescuing Ruby's mother, changing Adam's views, and now, giving Adam and her other a chance for redemption. Three of those changes were things Blake could only imagine happening.

Adam looked at Harry in shock. This…This was...Never in all of his plans did he think such an opportunity like this. "I…Of course but…Do you think I can really convince Damon Schnee of all people?" he asked.

Harry grinned. "You tell 'em you used to work in the mines, and he'll be a bit more inclined to listen," the wolf Faunus said.

Weiss flinch at the mention of the mines, but then her shined in determination. She will change her company, make it better than it really is. Redeem it.

Adam was about to ask what he meant when a loud screaming caught their attention. They both tensed as more squealing reached their ears. Then, they heard voices…

"EEEEEEPPP! LOOK! IT'S THE WOLF FAUNUS! AND HE'S WITH THE BULL FAUNUS!"

"OH MY GOSH! THEY'RE BOTH SO HOT!"

"QUICK! GRAB THEM!"

"COME AND HOLD ME, MY LOVES!"

"NO! THEY'RE MY LOVES!"

"HOLD ME, HARRY!"

"ADAMMMMM! MAKE LOVE TO ME!"

Many eyes widen while Harry turn pale once again. "H-How many times?" Harry couldn't help but whimper. How many times will have he have to hear the squeals of fangirls?

"It look like they'll chase Adam as well." Pyrrha commented. Honestly, she can't think on why girls decide to act like that. It's embarrassing.

Ron grumbled, wishing that he have a bunch of girls chasing him.

Both Faunus looked at each other in horror before they shot away from the fangirl horde. The horde took off after them, staying just behind them. "WHY ARE THEY CHASING ME NOW?!" Adam demanded.

"DON'T ASK QUESTIONS! JUST KEEP RUNNING!" Harry told him.

"Never ask questions. They only just slow you down." Harry said sagely. That just waste stamina you need to get away from the fangirls.

He learned that from first hand experience.

"WAIT! WHERE ARE YOU GOING?!"

"COME BACK, MY LOVES!"

"DON'T LEAVE ME!"

"WE CAN'T LET THEM GET AWAY!"

"I WANT TO SEE ADAM AND HARRY TOGETHER NAKED!"

Harry went from very pale, to white a sheet when the last sentence was uttered. "Y-Y-Yaoi fangirls….." Harry stated, his voice high pitch. Ron also turn white as a sheet as well, something that the other aura users noticed.

"What's wrong with him?" Weiss asked, pointing at Ron.

Hermione answered that one. "There are some fangirls who pair up Harry with some of the guys at our school, namely Draco and Ron. He and Harry had a run with a group of yaoi fangirls a few times in third year, even more so after fourth."

"All because I save his arse…." Harry shivered. Makes him regret saving Ron from the lake, especially when he would've been returned safely if he didn't succeed.

Then again, the fact that Ron was the person Harry have to save would get yaoi fangirls anyway.

That last, horrifying declaration made the two Faunus pale in terror as many of the girls began cheering loudly. "YAOI FANGIRLS!" they screamed hysterically as they started running faster, hoping to escape the crazed fangirls.

"So now Harry, Blake, and Adam are running from the crazed fangirls." Yang listed off. She laugh a little. "Man, I hate to be in your shoes right now."

'Like you're one to talk.' Harry and Yang's team thought to themselves. In the beginning of the book, Yang was a part of those crazy girls.

And that's the end. I hope you guys like the chapter. Now, last one up is Summer before I move to part two of the interlude. After the interlude ends, maybe I can stop having to split chapters up (Please don't take this comment seriously people. I'm not hating on Dragon, or his long chapters, so don't accuse me of it). Review, favorite, and follow and I will see you guys later.