Hello readers and welcome to my new chapter. Here, we're gonna see Ruby's POV. Before we start, did any of you watch Game of Thrones or read A Song of Fire and Ice? Of both? If so, did anyone thought about doing a reading or watching of the medieval series?
That crossed my mind of few days ago. The Stark family, Theon Greyjoy, The Lannister family (San Cersei, Joffrey, and Tywin), and Daenerys Targaryen watching Game of Thrones or reading A Song of Fire and Ice. Let me know your thoughts on that matter, if you watch or read either of those series. Just a random thought. So, with that out, enjoy.
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or RWBY.
Reading Ch 10: Interlude: Ruby's
Ruby
Ruby was walking alongside her sister as they headed for the dorms. Ruby was still upset over what she heard from Harry about his past. It hurt. Hurt knowing that one of her friends suffered through all that and she couldn't do anything about it! Ruby gritted her teeth, though. She might not be able to change the past, but she could make sure his future wasn't as horrible as his past.
Contrary to what everyone else believed, she knew the life of a Huntress wasn't all happy endings and romance like she envisioned. She had seen her parents' and her uncle's eyes after they came home from a mission as a Huntsman and Huntress. She wasn't stupid…or oblivious like their next door neighbor called her once.
"Really?" Weiss asked dubiously. "I find that hard to believe."
"Well, it's true!" Ruby insisted.
"Then what does the life of a huntress mean to you, Miss Rose?" Ozpin inquired.
Ruby looked sheepish. "W-Well, I'm sure the book will explain, but if it doesn't I'll...I'll try and tell you guys," she said. Ozpin nodded in agreement. Blake and team JNPR leaned forward in interest, wondering what Ruby's reasons were.
But Ruby didn't care. To her, being a Huntress wasn't about fame. Or fortune. Or about amazing adventures across Remnant. No. For Ruby, it was about one thing:
Helping people.
That shocked everyone but Yang and Spirit. Whatever they were expecting, it wasn't such an honest, yet simplistic answer.
Yang shrugged. "Yeah, I told you guys that Ruby's always wanted to be a huntress. Helping people is something she always does. It's just her nature!"
"Well, I'm impressed," Hermione mumbled. Never had she met a girl before Ruby that was more interested in helping people than themselves than she.
That was all she cared about. If she could save someone's life, if she could make someone's life better, then that's all that would matter. If she died defending others, then she would have no regrets.
…Okay. So her parents' stories may have influenced her decision slightly. But it didn't matter. Helping people made her happy. Seeing someone smile at an act of kindness would be worth whatever pain and heartache the young Huntress-in-training would have to endure.
Even if that meant losing her crush to Yang or Weiss or whatever girl caught his fancy.
THAT got everyone's attention. Harry stared at the girl in shock, wondering if she could really be that selfless. His heart pained.
"R-Ruby..." Yang muttered in shock.
Ozpin and Glynda look at one another. Ruby Rose is definitely like her mother.
"Damn," Yang groaned beside her. "And I thought my life was crappy."
"What do you mean?" Hermione asked, looking at Yang.
Yang sighed. "Well, my step-mom died and I found out at a young age that she wasn't my real mom." Yang told her and the others. "The rest….is something I want to keep to myself for now. But I know it doesn't compare to what Harry has been through."
Hermione would ask more, but Harry give her a warning look, silently saying to drop it. She sighed, but dropped the matter.
"At least we had Dad and Uncle Qrow," Ruby said. She smiled happily and continued, "Now we have Mom back!" There were no words…no actions that Ruby could ever express to show her gratitude to Harry for bringing her mother back to her. It was the biggest reason Ruby would do anything within her power to help Harry. It would be a thank you to him.
"It's best that your other keep that to herself." Hermione told Ruby. "Harry doesn't accept anything in return for helping others."
"That's because I don't think you need to be payed back." Harry responded. It's something most people would've done.
"…Yeeeaaahhh…" Yang drawled out unsurely. Ruby looked at her curiously.
"What's up, Yang?" Ruby asked in concern.
"Is your other really still angry at mom?!"
"I'm sorry Ruby, but I can't control what I feel!"
Yang suddenly seemed to realize what she said. She turned to Ruby waving her arms and said, "Oh! Nothing! Nothing! Nothing at all!"
Ruby wasn't convinced. She narrowed her eyes and said more forcefully, "Yaaanng…"
"It's really nothing Ruby! I swear!" Yang insisted. Ruby's eyes narrowed further. She kicked Yang's shin, causing the blonde brawler to cry out in pain and clutch the area. "OW! No kicking, Ruby! You're kicks hurt like hell!" Ruby kicked her again. "OW! Quit it!"
"Ow!" Yang cried out, holding her shin. She cursed. "Damnit. I forgot about this curse."
"I will only be easier if your other just admit the truth." Ruby said nonchalantly.
"Then what's wrong with you, Yang?" Ruby demanded.
"Nothing! I swear!" Ruby kicked her again.
"Ow!" Yang cried out as she kept her hold on her shin. "I'm definitely not enjoying this curse!"
"I am." Weiss replied with a grin. Yang narrow her eyes. When Weiss gets hurt in an embarrassing way, she will laugh. She will not hold back.
"Ow! Stop that!" She wrapped her arm around Ruby's shoulders and started rubbing her fist into Ruby's head.
"Ow, ow, ow, ow!" Ruby cried, holding her head. Yang snickered.
"That's what you get for kicking me."
"I would've stopped kicking if you just told me."
"Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!" Ruby complained. "Stoooooop! Yang! Your fists hurt!"
"Then quit kicking me!"
"Then tell me what's wrong!" Ruby shouted as she kicked Yang again.
"Can you stop this curse?" Yang complained, hopping on one foot now. Ruby, meanwhile, is holding her head in pain, the invisible knuckles driving into her skull.
Spirit shook his head. "There's no point in asking that. You're gonna be feeling the full effect." Yang curse a little while Ruby groan in pain and disappointment.
Yang winced. She looked like she was about to say something else when a voice call out, "Now what has your father told you about arguing, girlies?"
The two looked up to see Qrow staring at them in amusement. "Uncle Qrow!" the sisters exclaimed. Ruby broke free from Yang's hold and ran at her favorite uncle and latched onto his arm. Amused, Qrow easily lifted his arm up, bringing Ruby with it.
"Hey, Uncle Qrow! Did ya miss me?! Huh?! Did ya?! Did ya?! Did ya?!" Ruby asked excitedly as she hung from Qrow's arm.
Qrow seemed to think about it as he hummed thoughtfully. "Hmm…Nope!" he said cheerfully, chuckling as she started pouting at him. He put Ruby back on the ground and removed his arm from her grip. "Well, it's good to see you again, pipsqueak."
"...Does she do that often?" Harry asked the others.
Yang was the one who answered. "Only to Uncle Qrow. I lost count on how many times she did that. It reminds me of a puppy happy to see her owner."
"...That does remind me of a puppy." Weiss muttered to herself. Ruby look absolutely adorable like that.
Meanwhile, Ruby pouted childishly. "I'm not a pipsqueak." She muttered to herself.
"I'm not a pipsqueak," Ruby pouted, giving Qrow her best puppy-eye look.
Qrow laughed. "You're still shorter than me, kid," he told her. "So, you're still a pipsqueak."
Ruby pouted even more at that while some of the others laugh a little.
Ruby pouted more. Yang finally walked up and grinned at her uncle. "Hiya Uncle Qrow!" she said cheerfully. "What's an old man like you doing at Beacon?"
Qrow mock glared at Yang. "Hey. I ain't old, Firecracker," he told her. "And what the hell happened to your hair? Loose a fight with a rainbow?"
Yang's laughter stop and she frowned, crossing her arms. "I'm not a firecracker." Yang grumbled to herself, though everyone heard her. Everyone is looking at the pouting and grumbling girls in amusement.
Yang frowned at him. "I'm not a firecracker," she growled. "And this my new look. Don't like? I'm not surprised, 'cuz you couldn't pull it off."
"Could've fooled me," he fired back, grinning as Yang continued to growl at him. "And just to be frank, rainbow colored hair doesn't suit you, firecracker."
Yang scoffed. "He obviously don't have a taste in fashion."
"Like you do?" Weiss questioned.
"Says the girl wearing all white."
"This is fashionable!"
"More like asking for someone to mess it up."
"What are you here for, Uncle Qrow?" Ruby asked. "I thought you were on some super-secret mission or something."
"Yeah I was," Qrow confirmed. "But Oz called and said your father and I should get here ASAP. Said it was very important, and then you'd never guess we saw at the landing platform…"
"Mom," the sisters said at the same time, Ruby excitedly and Yang softly.
Qrow looked to them. "You knew?"
"Yeah!" Ruby said happily. "We found out during our initiation! Harry found her stuck in a series of caves made by Death Eaters!" Qrow raised an eyebrow at the name "Harry," but he couldn't help but laugh at the comment about the Death Eaters.
"Oh man! You mean to tell me Summer really was stuck in a cave with giant spiders?!" Qrow laughed loudly.
Ruby frown. "Hey! He shouldn't be making fun of mom!"
"It is pretty Ms Rose." Ozpin told the girl calmly. "Your mother has always been afraid of spiders. She would scream at seeing even the tiniest spider."
"I don't care! He shouldn't make fun of her!"
Meanwhile, Harry and Hermione look at a shivering Ron before look at one another with smirks. Summer has the same amount of fear as Ron does.
"HEY!" Ruby yelled at him. "Don't make fun of my mother!"
"I'm sorry! But it's funny! Summer's always been afraid of spiders. She even flipped when Raven threw a tiny rubber spider on her!"
Harry and Hermione put their hands over their mouths to keep their laughter to themselves. Yep. Definitely like Ron.
"I don't care!" Ruby said forcefully. "I want you to stop making fun of her…!"
She was cut off by loud screaming. The three looked up and saw Adam and Blake on Harry's Firebolt heading straight for the ground. The three's eyes widened as they quickly moved out of the way, and the two former terrorists quickly jumped off the broomstick and had to steady themselves.
Blake yelped when she felt wind rushing down her body, like she was going down on high speed.
Adam, Harry's broomstick in hand, quickly regained his bearings and shouted joyfully, not unlike a child who just got off a roller coaster. "Whoa! That was awesome!" he exclaimed as he threw his hands in the air.
He understood now why Harry seemed so happy during initiation. The rush from flying like this was just amazing!
Hermione sighed. "I never understand why people enjoy flying so much."
"It may have to do with your fear of heights Hermione."
"It's a legitimate fear Harry!"
"But it's kinda pathetic."
"Shut up Ronald!"
Blake, meanwhile, was currently on her hands and knees, kissing the ground with a comical amount of tears gushing from her eyes. "Oh ground! I'll never take you for granted again! I promise I'll never leave you again, for as long as I live! Never, never, never!" she cried as she fell flush against the ground, as if she was trying to hug that particular piece of earth.
Ron roll his eyes. "Great. Another Hermione."
"Ron, I swear, I will hex you into oblivion."
Not wanting to test that threat, Ron stayed quiet.
Ruby and Yang were wondering why they had Harry's broomstick and Qrow was wondering what the heck just happened as loud laughter erupted from behind them. The three turned to see Harry jogging up to them with Hedwig casually resting on his shoulder. "I see you're enjoying yourself, Adam," he said in amusement.
Adam turned and grinned widely and nodded vigorously. Harry looked over to Blake and chuckled. "Come on, Blake! It wasn't that bad! Don't be a Hermione!"
Harry raised his hands in surrender when Hermione glare at him. "Other me! Other me!"
Hermione kept her glare at him before looking away. Harry sighed in relief. He dodge a bullet there.
"G-Go to hell, Potter," she stuttered out.
Yang whistled. "Your other seems pretty startled Blakey."
"The flight did seems rattling." Blake said, looking a little nervous. She hopes that she doesn't have to ride something like that in the future.
Harry laughed loudly. Ruby looked at Harry and tilted her head. "Harry? What's going on?" she asked.
"Oh, hey, Ruby!" Harry greeted. "Nothing much except Adam and Blake trying their hand at flying."
"Hm? Who are you?" Qrow asked with slightly narrowed eyes. This kid looked familiar…
Harry turned to him and looked unimpressed. "Who the hell are you?" he asked blandly. Qrow seemed to be shocked.
"Mr. Potter, you should respect your elders better." Glynda scolded him.
Harry stare at her blankly. "I'll give respect when it's earned. I always lived by this policy, and I'm not stopping now." Glynda was about to argue when Ozpin put a hand on her shoulder and shook his head. Glynda sighed, but kept quiet. At least for now.
"You don't know who I am?" he asked incredulously.
"Haven't the foggiest idea," he said. "And isn't it common curtesy to give out your name first before you go and demand someone else's?"
Qrow smirked. "Cheeky, ain't ya?" he asked. "Well, my name is Qrow. Qrow Branwen. A pleasure, Mr…"
"Potter. Harry Potter," Harry said, frowning. "So, you're the infamous 'Reaper' Winter blabs on about. I gotta say, I'm not all that impressed."
"Wait a minute," Weiss spoke in, her eyes lit up in shock. "Winter know this guy?"
Ruby and Yang also look surprise. Is this another difference in dimension or something else?
Ruby gasped, shocked that Harry would say that about her uncle. He was the most skilled Huntsman she knew! But her uncle only laughed. "I knew you looked familiar! You're the Schnee's guard dog!" he laughed, causing Ruby and Yang to frown at the condescending tone in their uncle's voice.
Some of the group also frown at this, especially Hermione. Harry, however, merely roll his eyes. "Better a guard dog than a drunk." He said dryly.
"Better a guard dog that can actually do his job, then a drunk vagabond that can't keep his mouth shut and his dick in his pants when dealing with an Atlas councilwoman," Harry shot back in a bored tone.
"That too." Harry agreed.
Glynda held herself back from laughing while Ozpin smile in amusement.
"Hey. We had a thing going," Qrow said.
"I heard she kicked you in the balls," Harry continued, still sounding very bored.
"It was a misunderstanding."
"One that got you thrown out of a party that I'm pretty sure you were invited too and told beforehand NOT to cause a scene."
Ruby and Yang couldn't help but giggle at this, with Nora, Pyrrha, Hermione, Ron, and Jon laughing with them. "Yep. Definitely sounds like Uncle Qrow." Yang said, grinning.
Weiss prays that Winter didn't even meet the drunk of an uncle.
Despite the teardown of their uncle, the two sisters couldn't help but giggle at their uncle's antics. That did sound like their uncle. Qrow looked at them betrayed.
"Anyways," Harry drawled out, turning a grin towards Yang and Ruby. "You girls want to try flying?"
Ruby and Yang gasp at this. "Our others are going to fly the broom?!" Ruby said excitingly. Then she pouted. Now she's very jealous of her other.
"YES!" Ruby shouted and appeared right next to Harry. He laughed loudly, causing her to blush as Adam walked over and handed Harry his broomstick back. He nodded to him gratefully.
"Ok, Ruby, here's what you do…" Harry said, and began teaching her how to hold the broomstick and what she needed to do. Ruby only half listened, because as soon as Harry showed her how to hold on properly, she kicked off the ground and flew.
Harry blinked owlishly, trying to comprehend what just happened. Most in the group either have wide eyes or slack jaws, except for Ozpin and Yang. The latter was chuckling while the former still retain his neutral look.
Almost instantly, the wind hit her full in the face as she streaked across the sky. She gasped as she climbed higher and higher. She veered to the left, twirling around the tower that lead up to Ozpin's office. She broke off and shot towards the Emerald Forest. She began laughing loudly as she started doing laps around the forest.
"THIS…IS…AWESOME!"
Ruby felt the wind going on her face, making her grin again before pouting when it was over. "Now I really want to ride that broom."
Harry still was blinking owlishly before snapping out of it and gaining a smile. "She's a natural, that's for sure."
"Just like you mate." Ron said in amazement.
Harry wonders if he can let Ruby get a ride on his Firebolt. It doesn't seem possible now because they're in different dimensions, and it not like they go outside. Harry look at Spirit. Maybe when they get another break, he could ask him.
Hopefully, he'll help out.
And that's the end. I hope all of you liked this chapter. Tell me your thoughts about this chapter, along with the AU on top. Review, favorite, and follow and I will see you guys later.
