Harry Potter and the Semblance of the Soul

by Methos Momomax

From the minute Lily Potter heard of the Dark Lord Voldemort interest in her son, Lily Potter worked tirelessly to find a way to prevent the loss of her son. In her research she found a ritual to unlock the power of the soul. The ritual, however, came at a forlorn price. That being the loss of her own soul and would forever change her only child's life. H/Hr/BB/YXL/PYR

2. Chapter 2 - Year One - Stone, what Stone

I don't own Harry Potter, nor do I own RWBY. I'm just having a bit of fun with the characters.

Chapter Two

Hogwarts - Year One

Stone, What Stone?

Harry, Hermione and her parents, Dan and Emma Granger, made their way to Kings Cross very easily. They had parked at a train station a few stations away from Kings Cross and took a train heading straight there, the group managed to bypass all the headache of having to look for parking spaces in downtown London and paying the ridicules fees for space.

They had arrived just passed ten and had nearly an hour to get on to the train. Hermione had returned to the trunk shop and now had a midsize three-compartment armoire closet with an expansion charm for her library inside and two rooms, one for her clothes and other things and the other was a simple bedroom and just like Harry's armoire, all three rooms were connected. Also, like Harry's it shrank and was feather-light when it was in its shrunk down form. She took the idea form one of her favorite books, 'The Witch, the Lion, and the Wardrobe.'

Harry's armoire was designed and built to look just like frickin' Doctor Who's Tardis. In the full life-size, it stood a little over two and a half meters in height and at the base was about one meter square on the floor. It was also covered in Dragonhide, Swedish Short-Snout to be precise. It had a beacon light on the top signaled that the armoire was charged by the area magic, a nearby lay lines, or spell casting within the trunk. It looked so… perfect, the windows on all the sides were functional and was used for the many windows on the inside or could be fixed to a specific place that it had already been in its life-size configuration form, like the Granger's backyard. It did not show what was currently there, just a day-night cycle loop.

Inside was another matter altogether, as there were seven floors to the trunk. The upper floor, or fourth floor, housed the main apartment, which included; the huge bedroom with vaulted ceilings and a king-sized canopy bed, an enlarged bathroom which included a huge roman tub in the center of the room, roughly three by four meters in size, there was also a separate walk-in shower that was around two meters square in the corner and a walk-in closet which led back to the master bedroom.

The next floor down held the massive library for all Harry's books. The shelves were placed around the surrounding walls and were able to hold over one hundred thousand books at max capacity. Unfortunately, there was only one shelf that was filled now and that was with the help from the Grangers. Those shelves held all the books Harry and Hermione would need for their schooling in the Mundane world. As Dan and Emma had changed Hermione's education listing from Private to Homeschooled. In the center of the room was a stepdown floor with two large desks and a comfortable seating area off to one side for reading.

Storm, Harry's now named pet owl who was named after Ororo Monroe aka Storm from the X-Men due to her plumage being so white, would be used to fly back and forth with their non-magical exams that would be taken under the supervision of either Professor McGonagall or Professor Flitwick.

The next floor down held four additional bedrooms with a communal bathroom.

The main floor or entry floor held a seating area for social gatherings, a nice sized kitchen with a long Tabletop counter for sitting and eating up to six people, and dining room with a table that could hold eight but expand to fourteen. It was an open floor so there were no walls to hinder anyone's view.

The next floor down held Harry's Potions and Chemistry lab alone with all the books on the subjects used there. Another desk was placed in there for reading, studying and taking notes.

The sixth floor held a dueling chamber, exercise equipment, and a lap pool. The Storekeeper said that any magic used in this chamber would be funneled directly into reinforcing the overall ward scheme and charms on the trunk. Due to this feature was all magic used could not be detected by the Ministry while casting spells inside the trunk. So, Hermione and Harry spent much of their free time practicing they first and some of the second-year spell before leaving for school. By the time they were on their way to Hogwarts, both could perform every spell covered by the first-year syllabus.

The seventh floor, or what Harry like to call, "Harry's Dungeon," held most of Harry trust vault. This level had even stricter wards due to Harry not trusting or liking what the evil Goblins said about the trust vault in Gringotts and the ridicules fees for meaningless work like receiving a bank statement. On his second trip, he found out that the vault had only just been refilled at the beginning of the month and was charged for the refilling. Harry learned that the vault was refilled on the 1st of every month and that he would be charged one hundred Galleons for the refill and ten Galleons for any upkeep.

Due this Harry didn't want his money held there and now the dungeons held much of the coins that were in Harry's trust vault. Two times, Harry and Dan had made a trip to Gringotts and Harry's trust vault, and with shovels, dumped the coins directly into Harry's treasure vault. Dan and Harry estimate that he currently held over thirty thousand Galleons within Harry's Dungeon. The goblins knew what he was doing but were unable to do anything about it. They just charged the hundred Galleon fee and refill the vault at the beginning of the next month. Hermione had told Harry, that it reminded her of Smaug's Treasure in the book, 'The Hobbit.'

Harry also worked out a reasonable conversion rate for the Grangers that was closer to a proper exchange rate for gold. This allowed Harry to purchase items in the mundane world and the Grangers in the Magical world.

Many of the Wards placed on the trunk were like many magical homes such as; intent base redirect, muggle notice-me-not, muggle repellant, magical key-in for access and the blood sample ward for the Dungeon. All this was installed and would be maintained by the Dueling room and the magical lay lines around Hogwarts.

Then it shrank to the size of a lunch box and could fit in a backpack for easy traveling.

It also held one more feature, but Harry needed more information before he would even attempt to try it. It had a reprogrammable Port-Key pedestal that would drop down from the center of the living room ceiling and allowed for instant travel between places the armoire was placed for any length of time, like the backyard of the Grangers. These location points are saved during the window synchronizing set up. There was also a way to travel without a saved point, but Harry hadn't figured out how to set it up yet.

~HPRWBY~

After placing the backpacks with the trunks inside a compartment, the two first-year students returned to give the parents a warm hug and received best wishes for the two. They had agreed to send Storm with an update at the very least, once a week.

With the final good-byes done, the Granger parents stepped on to a train heading back to their car, while Harry and Hermione return to their compartment on the Express.

Shortly after that, the Express had left King's Cross Station. They were visited by a red-headed boy who tried to enter their compartment by lying and stating, "Everywhere else is full," They both have read Hogwarts: A history and knew this was a lie and called him out on it. Hogwarts once held nearly seven hundred students. Due to the last two wars, not even half of the usual students were now attending anymore. Still, the boy wouldn't leave and had tried to force his way in, anyway. Harry quickly sent him packing.

However, they didn't turn everyone away; two girls, a blonde-headed girl named Hannah Abbott and a red-headed girl named Susan Bones asked to join with them in the compartment, they were later joined by another friend of theirs, a shy boy, by the name of Neville Longbottom. All three were honest with their intentions and Harry knew they were not lying by their body language.

During the trip, they talked about a wide range of topics ranging from class subjects to home life. Harry redirected most of his home life onto someone else.

One subject that had come up was the sorting and the houses. Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Gryffindor, and Slytherin. Hufflepuff was for those who liked to work hard and were very loyal. Ravenclaw was for those who seek out knowledge. Gryffindor was the House of the Brave, while Slytherin stood for cunning and guile. Everyone, but Hannah, felt they could go into Gryffindor, Susan, Hannah, and Neville felt they could also be in Hufflepuff. While Harry and Hermione felt they were destined for Ravenclaw due to their grades in their previous schools and their thirst for knowledge. Extraordinarily, Slytherin was the only house that none in the group wanted to be in.

They were also met with a blonde boy who started talking down to everyone in the compartment bar Harry. When Harry asked what a Mud-blood was and got the answer. The three boys found themselves on the floor crying as Harry had punched all three in less than a few seconds, dropping each one of them all to the floor. The albino boy ran off, bookend in tow, calling out, "Wait till my father hears about this."

When his group tried telling him what he did was wrong, Harry counter with, "Bullies are bullies until they can no longer push others around." They all realized something from those words. It was why the last war cost the magical world so much. Too few stood up and said, "No More."

"Gryffindor!" Neville proclaimed. Harry just smiled and returned to his seat next to Hermione.

The arrival at Hogwarts was met with many O's and Ah's. They managed to get onto a boat, however, Harry was forced to ride in a different boat with the red-headed boy from before an Italian looking boy and girl with dirty blonde hair.

When they met up with Professor McGonagall, they were given a speech about your house being your home and was led into the Great Hall for their sorting. Harry moved back over to Hermione, but the red-head had tagged along. Hermione just finished talking about the ceiling to Susan. Harry knew from his time with Hermione, that the random statements were more often than not, from being nervous.

After a cloth hat talked about the houses, the hat was then placed on everyone's head and it had called out the house the student was designated to. Hannah and Susan had gone to Hufflepuff, Hermione as debated beforehand, was placed into Ravenclaw. Neville was so surprised and so grateful that he was sorted into Gryffindor, he had darted off for a seat at the table with the sorting hat still on him.

Draco, the blonde git from the train, was sorted into Slytherin without the hat even touching his slick-backed head. It was probably for the best though, with that much hair gel on his head it could have ruined the hat, and Harry didn't want any of Draco's hair gel to get on him. In no time at all, it was Harry's turn. As the hat began to cover his eyes, he could begin to hear the hat's voice in his head.

Harry's Occlumency barriers were very advanced as was his other… defenses. So far, they consisted of a few Imperial Star Destroyers, several Enterprise 1701-D that moved around overhead with a single Death Star in orbit high above. On the ground was the X-men's property with its point defense turrets around the Manor with the strength of the Fortress of Solitude and had just as many, if not more, defenses inside. Not to mention the full squad of X-Men patrolling the grounds.

As Harry met the hat, who took the form of a scarecrow inside of his mind, they began moving around the mansion. Harry led him to his memories which ended up being that of Cerebro.

After a few moments, the hat started screaming out in a panicked voice, "Ravenclaw! Ravenclaw!" Harry smiled, pulled off the hat and moved over to sit next to Hermione. She was sitting next to one-half of the Patil twins, Padma.

The hat needed a few moments to collect itself from the ordeal of sorting 'The Boy who lived'.

It was clear, something had happened to the sorting hat but unfortunately, the charms on the hat prevented it from telling anyone. The students and staff watched in somewhat fascination and in somewhat horror at what had just happened. Most were also too stunned, Harry Potter, the Boy-Who-Lived must have been sorted wrong. All those books told of his bravery. That meant he should have been sorted into Gryffindor.

After the meal and some warning that was more phrased as a dare about the third floor, the houses all rose and left for their respective common rooms. Hufflepuff and Slytherin went down, while Gryffindor and Ravenclaw went up.

Eventually, the new Ravenclaws made it to a door with an eagle knocker mounted on it. They learned that all that was needed to get in was to answer a question. From this, it was clear that security wasn't a high priority for the school.

Harry also found out that each Ravenclaw would be able to sleep in a privet room which had a desk, a bed, and a single window. However, all the boys were required to share a common bathroom. Not something Harry had to worry about as even though his room was small, he would be sleeping in his bedroom in his Tardis.

The Claws also had a library within the common room to be used by all in the House of Ravens.

Harry saw that his armoire was there, and it was still in the shrunken form. There was also a small creature petrified next to it, stunned.

The creature had tried to access his trunk and the wards had stunned the thing. Not knowing how to revive the creature yet, Harry dumped the thing in the hallway and after moving things around the room, restored the armoire to its full size. He would need to learn the reviving spell for the future. Harry wondered what year it would be taught in.

~HP-RWBY~

The first week passed rather smoothly. The Ravenclaw prefect, Miss Clearwater, lead the first years to each classroom. Often trading off with others to prevent them from getting lost.

One thing for sure, and something Harry and Hermione strongly agreed on, they were glad not to be in the House of the so-called Brave. Most of them goofed off or were consistently late for class. They wouldn't raise a hand to answer questions. Although, Harry had to prevent Hermione from doing so, all the time.

"Hermione, it's not that you don't know the answer… you do. It's that the professor needs to know if the others do not," Harry whispered.

Clearly, she like receiving points for Ravenclaw but she could also understand the need for others to answer as well. Compromising a bit, she would wait for five to ten seconds before raising her hand. This also led to her receiving more points in the long run, instead of one or two points, she would receive two to four points instead.

During Potions on Friday made Harry aware of how ridiculous the point system counted in the grand scheme of things.

~HP-RWBY~

Snape, like Flitwick, started the class by taking roll call, and like Flitwick, he paused at Harry's name.

"Ah, yes," he said softly, "Harry Potter. Our new… celebrity."

Snape finished calling the names and looked up at the class. His eyes were very black. They were cold, empty, and made you think of dark tunnels.

"You are here to learn the subtle science and exact art of potion-making," he began. He spoke in barely more than a whisper, but they caught every word… like Professor McGonagall, Snape had the gift of keeping a class silent without effort.

"As there is little foolish wand-waving here, many of you will hardly believe this is magic. I don't expect you will understand the beauty of the softly simmering cauldron with its shimmering fumes, the delicate power of liquids that creep through human veins, bewitching the mind, ensnaring the senses… I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory, even stopper death… if you aren't as big a bunch of dunderheads as I usually have to teach."

More silence followed this little speech. Harry and Hermione exchanged looks with raised eyebrows.

"Potter!" said Snape, suddenly. "What would I get if I added the powdered root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood?"

"Asphodel and Wormwood are used in a sleeping potion so powerful it is known as the Draught of Living Death, sir," stated Harry firmly.

Snape's lips curled into a sneer.

"Let's try this. Potter, where would you look if I told you to find me a bezoar?"

Harry waited for a moment, cocking his head to one side, "You might find one in your storage closet as a bezoar is a stone that is found in most poison antidotes. A bezoar is a stone which is taken from the stomach of a goat and it will save you from most poisons."

Harry looking straight into those cold eyes.

"What is the difference, Potter… between Monkshood and Wolfsbane?"

"They are the same plant, which also goes by the name of Aconite," said Harry, still glaring at the man. "Although Monkshood is the leaf of the plant, Wolfsbane comes from the stem, and aconite is the inground root of the plant.

It happened in only a briefest of seconds. A violent probe was shot into Harry's mind and Harry's most violent trap triggered…

The Death Star fired…

In the classroom, the class saw Snape gaze locked with Harry's eyes and then… Like Snape was hit by a cricket bat, Snape's head snapped back, and he collapsed. All the kids then started screaming and rushed from the room.

Rumors weren't shy about the fate of Snape. Some stated he died. Others were, that there was a huge battle and that Harry Potter was forced to kill him for the safety of the school.

It was later found out that Snape had suffered and Aneurism but thanks to Madam Pomfrey, Snape was saved and had returned to teaching potions after about a week had passed.

In the next week, Harry received three letters. The first was a reply from the Grangers about Harry's and Hermione's letters their first week about school.

The second one came from the groundskeeper who wanted to speak with him. Nobody knew of a reason for him to want to speak with Harry as he had not done so with anyone else before. So, Harry dismissed the meeting and wrote back with a negative to the meeting.

And the third one came two days after Hagrid's letter, and it was a meeting with the Headmaster. Again, nobody had been directly asked to visit the Headmaster before unless they were in deep trouble. Harry handed the note to his head of House, Professor Flitwick. Who agreed to accompany him to the meeting, as he wasn't informed of the meeting either.

For a third time, Harry found a creature like all the previous ones laying outside of his armoire. With a swish and a flick, "Wingardium Leviosa," the creature rose off the floor and was floated out the door and dumped in the hallway.

He was getting a little upset by these creatures, almost as much as Draco Malfoy, for trying to enter his armoire for whatever purpose. Although, Draco hadn't made it to the point of retaliation yet. At his rate, Harry would do so very soon.

~HP-RWBY~

The meeting with Dumbledore and Snape didn't end well either. It didn't help the two's plan when Flitwick refused to leave the meeting without his charge. They discussed the class and what happened. Harry pointed out the questions asked were not on this year's syllabus but in the second year, fourth year and NEWT years.

"Did you answer them correctly?" Professor Flitwick asked.

"Potter cheated, fifty points from Ravenclaw!" Snape snarled.

"Challenge!" Flitwick replied. "No proof of accusation!"

After a moment, Harry replied calmly. "Yes, Professor. Each question asked I answered correctly."

"Seventy points to Ravenclaw, well done," Flitwick stated.

Harry was shocked at the point gain.

"Harry, what did you do to Professor Snape?" asked Dumbledore.

"I did nothing to Snape that wasn't retaliation for something he did," Harry Potter said coldly.

"My boy, that is not an answer," Dumbledore commented.

"That is the only answer I will give without the DMLE involved," Harry Potter fired back. "And I'm not your boy."

Dumbledore sighed and Snape seethed.

"Then we are done here. Mister Potter, I expect that paper on the differences on wand movement for charms casting on my desk at our next class," Flitwick stated while escorting him out of the Headmaster's office.

"Of course, Professor," Harry replied. After leaving the office Harry asked, "Professor Flitwick?"

"Yes?"

"Since I have arrived, I found three strange creatures stunned outside on my armoire. My security on it would cause anyone forcing entry to be stunned. Do you know why they would be attempting to break into it?"

"The creatures are probably House-Elves. I'm not sure why they would need to go into your trunk, but I will look into it," the charms master replied.

Harry nodded and thanked the professor with a smile before heading back to the Ravenclaw common room.

Over the next few weeks, nothing happened. During Charms and Transfiguration classes Hermione and Harry would move around the classroom helping other students after they had completed the task for the day.

Broom riding was nice although some, like Hermione, didn't care for it as much. Harry who had flown without the use of a broom, though it was nice, but still loved the feeling of the open air. Rumor has it that Neville, Ron, and Draco were in the hospital wing due to a broomstick accident. Neville got overly excited and the faulty broom went uncontrollable before crashing. Draco had taken something after Neville's accident and Ron took off on his broom to catch Draco, only to run into him, breaking both of their brooms in the process and then fell back to the ground in a heap.

All three students were kept in the hospital wing overnight and Gryffindor and Slytherin have been docked twenty-five points for the two's recklessness.

Hermione received a package from both her parents and Harry on her birthday. A care package full of mundane treats and games. They played the weekend away with others of their year mates on, Clue, Monopoly, Scrabble, and Stratego.

Halloween was never a good day in Harry's book if anyone would ask him. Hermione was starting to get a little homesick and neither the letters from her parents nor Harry was making it any better. Charms with the Hufflepuff went fine. It was the transfiguration class afterward with the Gryffindors that it all fell apart. Harry and Hermione were both helping different students when Ron Weasley who was still having trouble changing his spoon into a soup bowl that it happened.

Harry was helping Parvati Patil with the spell when Ron loud commented what a 'know-it-all' she was being. Causing said girl to run from the room, crying.

"I'm sorry, Miss Patil, but I need to go," Harry said leaving the room after his friend while giving a death glare towards the redhead. Harry heard before the door closed, "Twenty points from Gryffindor and One week…"

Harry hadn't seen her go to many places over the last few months and knew where Hermione would have run off to. Sure enough, Harry found her in a second-floor bathroom. Of course, the pain Ron bloody Weasley would be in for making her cry would see him returning to the hospital wing for the weekend when Harry was finished with him.

Hermione had somehow managed to convince him that she would see him for the evening feast. She just needed to calm down. Being only a half an hour away Harry replied that he would see her there and gave her a warm hug before leaving. However, he would return if she took any longer and that he would save a plate for her. Which he received a small watery smile on her face for.

Thirty minutes later, Harry was walking out of the Great Hall leaving two plates full of food on the Ravenclaw table just as Professor Quirrell was rushing past him into the Great Hall.

Upon approaching the girl's bathroom Harry noticed something big had just entered it. There were a scream and Harry had rushed in just as the huge thing had just swung a large club through all the girl's stalls. Thankfully Hermione had dodged and was now in the corner, unfortunately, she was now too afraid to move due to the attack.

Harry, while moving, grabbed a chunk of debris and threw it at the beast. The chunk struck the creature in the head and it turned and swung its club again. Harry focused and then tried teleporting. Harry's eyes widened with a surprise for just a split second before Harry was struck by the club.

Harry was launched off his feet, with at least three ribs that were now shattered as he struck the wall of the bathroom and his vision dimmed. Harry's healing ability instantly began to correct the damage as his eyes turned silver. As his new ability altered his current form to respond to this confrontation.

Harry's back changed, the room size and all-around shrank. A, "click, click, click," was heard over a thousand times. Harry chanced a look at the noise and Harry saw gold overlapping bands had begun to spread across his body. As the bands reached his head, a golden tint was now covered his vision.

Harry rose to his feet and he noticed that his height had nearly doubled.

The creature was only stunned at the gold beings changing and attacked again. This time Harry reached out and stopped the club with one hand then removed the club from the creature. Harry flipping the club over, grabbing the club by the handle and swung it like a baseball bat aiming for the creature's legs.

A sickening crack was heard throughout the bathroom and the creatures' legs folded like a broken toothpick. As soon as the creature fell, Harry brought the club up and then down on the head, crushing the head and killing the creature.

With the creature taken care of, Harry lost his silver eyes as well as the golden armor. He looked over to Hermione Granger and sighed. Dropping the now heavy club, walked over and help the older girl up and escorted her back to the common room.

~HP-RWBY~

Five minutes after the kids left, Minerva McGonagall, Severus Snape, Quirinus Quirrell, Filius Flitwick, and Albus Dumbledore arrived at the devastation that remained of the bathroom. Quirrell quickly passed out again, this time breaking a few teeth in the process. Snape forced down a large gulp. Minerva stepped to one side and lost her stomach content. Flitwick and Dumbledore quickly cast the Bubblehead charm and started to scan the room. As far as anyone could detect, no magic was used. And so, Snape was directed to harvest the Troll for Potions while the rest worked on cleaning anything up and repairing the room. With the use of the elves, the troll was in a special room off the Potions Master's office designed to render large creatures.

~HP-RWBY~

Harry and Hermione returned to the daily grind of attending classes. Most of their time spent in the Hogwarts library or Harry's armoire studying. And the time flew by, he received a letter twice more from the Groundkeeper but paid them no mind. Hermione received a letter asking if Harry would be coming home for the Christmas holidays and Harry agreed and Storm was off with another letter for the Grangers.

On December 23rd, Harry and Hermione were on board the Hogwarts Express heading for London. The two were met by Hermione's parents and they all went out for dinner and a movie. The next day they planned a shipping trip and enjoyed the time away from school. Dan and Harry planned another visit to Gringotts, where Harry was forced to bite his tongue from the vial things the Goblins called them as he did not want to let them in on the fact that he could understand them, Once again emptying the vault except for a few coins to keep the vault open.

Christmas Hermione woke Harry up and they all opened presents under a tree they had picked out the day before and decorated. Harry was shocked to see a package that was not identified by a sender. With caution, Harry unwrapped the package only to find a smooth liquid-like cloth. To the utter surprise of everyone was when Harry dawned the cloak he disappeared completely.

After taking it off, he allowed everyone to try it on. After reading the note Dan perched his lips while Emma scowled.

"This isn't a real gift if it belonged to your parents, Harry," Dan stated.

"I know, Dan," Harry replied. "If they had it up until this point, why did they hold on to it for so long? I can understand not giving it to the goblins to put in my parent's vault but still."

"We'll just have to see who gave it to you and ask why," Dan stated.

The other strange present was a handmade burgundy sweater with a golden snitch on the front. They fond a letter in which it stated that it came from the Weasley Matriarch as an apology for Ron's comments. As red wasn't a color for Harry, he offered it to Misses Granger to donate it to Good Will.

Christmas vacation passed quickly, and Harry and Hermione returned to Hogwarts without any trouble. Again, Harry was summoned by the Headmaster by Snape, and Harry informed his head of House, Flitwick.

When Professor Flitwick informed Harry that he would deal with the matter and that he would get back to him if it was important, Harry smiled. He did not, so Harry continued with class.

At the end of March, Hermione started to review for the end of year exams and Harry made a study group of it. Bringing anyone who wanted to join. Neville, Padma, Susan, and Hannah joined from time to time.

They returned to the Grangers home in April for the Easter Break.

In May there was a commotion on the grounds when the Ground Keeper's Hut burned down as a result of Hagrid trying to raise a baby dragon that he won in a Poker Game. His dog was also bitten by the venomous dragon but had survived.

~HP-RWBY~

Then, about a week before the exams were due to start, Harry's Walking back from the library on his own one afternoon, he heard somebody whimpering from a classroom up ahead. As he drew closer, he heard Quirrell's voice.

"No… no… not again, please…"

It sounded as though someone was threatening him. Harry moved closer.

"All right… all right…" he heard Quirrell sob.

The next second, Quirrell came hurrying out of the classroom straightening his turban. He was pale and looked as though he was about to cry. He strode out of sight; Harry didn't think Quirrell had even noticed him. He waited until Quirrell's footsteps had disappeared, then peered into the classroom. It was empty, but a door stood ajar at the other end.

Harry went back to the library, where Hermione was testing Neville on Astronomy. Harry told them what he'd heard.

He heard rumors about Snape and a Sorcerer's Stone inside Hogwarts and that it was tied in with the third-floor traps. Harry and Hermione did investigate it but felt it was none of their business and left it alone.

"Snape's done it, then!" said Neville. "If Quirrell's told him how to break his Anti-Dark Force spell —"

"What do you mean?" asked Hermione.

"Ron is going on telling that Snape was threating Quirrell about his portion of third-floor traps. As he only has Quirrell's trap to figure out."

"There's still Fluffy, though," said Hermione.

"Remember, Orpheus was able to get past a Cerberus with music, Hermione," Harry commented.

"Oh," was Hermione short reply.

"So, if Snape knows about that he could very well get the stone?" Neville asked.

Harry shrugged. "Possible, that's if the Headmaster didn't put his own trap in the end."

"Maybe we should look into a bit more," Hermione asked while biting her bottom lip.

"Well as long as Dumbledore is here, Snape won't go after the stone," Neville said.

Still, they all agreed to peek now and then, but they weren't going to make a big deal about it.

~HP-RWBY~

June 1st, Harry and Hermione began their exams with ease. On the last day of exams, Harry found out two things that changed him not making a big deal of it. One was the Headmaster deciding to leave for the Ministry for the day. The second was stumbling on Quirrell speaking to nobody and rushing from the DADA room.

That Night Harry and Hermione decide to test the third-floor gauntlet and make it to the stone before either Snape or Quirrell could.

With the invisibility cloak over the two of them, they headed off for the third-floor.

The first thing was the locked door, which was bypassed by Hermione's "Alohomora!". Next was the Cerberus but that was solved before they arrived as a harp was being played by magic. Wasting no time, they opened the trap door and jumped.

They landed on something soft after a moment it hit them what it was. "Devil's Snare," they said in unison. Quickly, they drew their wands and sent a Bluebell flame out over the plant and they were dropped to a passageway under the plant.

The next obstacle was a swarm of flying keys, two broomsticks and a locked door the unlocking charm could not overcome. Thinking for a moment it hit him, or a broken wing key hit him in the side of the head. Harry turned and placed the key in the door and turned. The door opened, and then the rest of the keys attacked.

Harry and Hermione both rushed through the door and closed it as hundreds of keys pounded from the other side to get at them.

"Do you get the feeling that this is a bit too easy?" Harry asked.

Hermione nodded, "We should still be wary, so we are not blindsided by something we may have overlooked."

"Agreed," Harry replied.

The next thing they came across was a giant chessboard and Harry smile widened.

"What are you smiling about, Harry?" Hermione asked.

"What? I always wanted to play a game of chess on one of those life-size board you find in a park," Harry replied giddily.

Hermione rolled her eyes at the statement.

"So, Mind if I'm King? You can be my Queen," Harry said of handily while Hermione's face turned red.

At that, the two pieces moved off to the side and they took up the positions. "White goes first," Harry pointed out.

The first piece to move was White's Pawn from F2 to F4. Harry counter with his pawn, E7 to E6, White then moved White Pawn, G2 to G4 and Harry smile grew even wider. Harry instructed Hermione to move to H4. She did so without understanding the why until she stopped in the H4 box and looked directly at the King with nothing to stop her.

"Check Mate!" Harry yelled and that, White King threw down his sword in front of Hermione.

"Ok, that was too easy," Hermione stated again. Harry agreed.

"Knowing Ron Weasley, he would have made it some kind of long, dramatic game of it, before ending the game on some stupid sacrifice play," Harry summarized.

Hermione nodded, she had heard from Neville about the red-head and him challenging everyone to long-drawn-out games.

"What do you think is next?" Harry asked, looking at his friend.

"Well, we've had Sprout's, that was the Devil's Snare; Flitwick must've put charms on the keys; McGonagall transfigured the chessmen to make them alive; that leaves Quirrell's spell, and Snape's…" Hermione ticked off.

They came to the next door and opened it and found an even larger troll than the one in the bathroom, thankfully this one was already dead and beginning to smell.

They just raced through the room holding their breath.

The next room had a table with seven bottles on it and a piece of parchment placed on it. Hermione picked out the paper and flames rose up near the two doors.

Danger lies before you, while safety lies behind,

Two of us will help you, whichever you would find,

One among us seven will let you move ahead,

Another will transport the drinker back instead,

Two among our number hold only nettle wine,

Three of us are killers, waiting hidden in line.

Choose, unless you wish to stay here forevermore,

To help you in your choice, we give you these clues four:

First, however slyly the poison tries to hide,

you will always find some on nettle wine's left side;

Second, different are those who stand at either end,

But if you would move onward, neither is your friend;

Third, as you see clearly, all are different size,

Neither dwarf nor giant holds death in their insides;

Fourth, the second left and the second on the right,

Are twins once you taste them, though different at first sight.

Harry read the message over Hermione's shoulder. "So, the leftmost bottle, the purple one will get us back to the chess room and the fifth one, the light blue one, will allow us to move forward?"

"Yes, but there is only enough for one person," Hermione stated.

"Yes, but if that was true, it would be empty by now if Snape or Quirrell had made it through already," answered Harry. "Could the bottles refill themselves?"

"Probably, I would think that they would, otherwise they would need to be filled after each and every visit down here," Hermione answered.

Harry pulled a spare potion vial out and poured most of the potion into it and waited.

"Where and why do you have an empty potion vial in your pocket?" Hermione asked.

Harry refused to answer the question.

After five minutes, the potion bottle refilled itself and Harry's portion did not disappear.

"Ready?"

"Ready." They both drank and moved passed the flames before getting under the invisibility cloak and readying themselves for the last obstacle. Hermione turned and gave Harry a quick kiss on the cheek, "For Luck," before they slowly opened and moved through the door.

~HP-RWBY~

They entered the last room and realized that they were not the first to arrive. However, they also weren't detected immediately either. Looking around Harry did not find another door leading out, so this door was it. They also found Professor Quirrell standing in front of an old mirror and staring at himself while muttering things to himself. But something caught his attention and he turned only to see nobody, turning back to the mirror they heard him call out, "This mirror is the key to finding the Stone," Quirrell murmured, tapping his way around the frame. "Trust Dumbledore to come up with something like this… but he's in London… I'll be far away by the time he gets back… I see the Stone… I'm presenting it to you, my master… but where is it? Master, help me."

A strange voice came from Quirrell but not in his voice, "Someone is here, Quirrell. Find them."

Hermione gave a soft 'eep,' that gave away their location. Feeling a bit braver, Harry jumped out from the invisibility cloak leaving Hermione still covered. Harry turned and saw ropes being hurtled through the air and as soon as it touched him the ropes quickly wrapped around him binding him securely.

I next thing Harry knew was him being levitated in front of the mirror. "Get me the Stone, Potter!" Quirrell's voice was heard.

"Petrificus Totalus," Hermione whispered, and Quirrell's arms snapped to his sides. His legs sprang together. His whole body went rigid and he swayed where he stood and then fell flat on his face, stiff as a board.

At once Harry's body dropped and he could now free himself from the ropes.

After standing up Hermione asked, "Who was that second voice coming from?"

"I have an idea, and I think it came from his Turban," Harry said, not turning away from the downed figure.

Reaching down he pulled off the garlic smelling headpiece off, what he saw was sickening. Where there should have been the back of Quirrell's head, there was a face, the most terrible face Harry had ever seen. It was chalk white with glaring red eyes and slits for nostrils, like a snake.

"Voldemort," Harry said aloud. He did not know exactly how he knew but he did. Reaching down Harry snatched Quirrell's wand and snapped it. He turned and saw Hermione fixated on the mirror or the reflection in the mirror. Looking at the surrounding of the mirror he read aloud, "Erised stra ehru oyt ube cafru oyt on wohsi. I see…" Harry understood, "I show not your face but your heart's desire."

Prepared for it, he wanted to investigate the mirror, at first, his parents came forth in the mirror with him at the center, Hermione at his side. Harry in the mirror winked and held up a large red gem the size of a human heart before placing it inside his right pocket. The feeling of a large stone fell into his pocket at that moment.

In the time that Harry looked in the mirror, Hermione's spell on Quirrell had faded, and Harry was grabbed from behind and pulled away from the mirror nocking Hermione out of the mirror's entrapment also and into unconsciousness.

Harry reached around and grabbed Quirrell's hand. A burning flesh could be smelt as Harry's hand touched the older man's hand. Professor Quirinus Quirrell released Harry and grabbed his now stump of a hand. "Seize him! He has the Stone!" Voldemort cried.

"Master, I cannot touch him."

"Then kill him and the Mudblood! Hurry!"

With Hermione's life now at risk, Harry leaped forward placing one hand in Quirrell's face while placing the other over Voldemort's face. Pain racked Harry's body, but his regeneration ability kept it at bay and so he did not blackout from the pain. However, this was nothing compared with the professor's pain as his body disintegrating. Harry leaped back and pulled out his wand while casting a spell he found in the library before the body was completely ash, "Praedia Bellica." The spell hit and lit up the ash man. Instantly, new knowledge came to Harry just as his magical strength seemed to be increased.

After the glow faded, a wraith in human shape rose up and tried to fly through Harry in order to regain some of his lost power. But Harry's eyes turned silver once again, and Harry moved as if the world was placed on pause and he sidestepped the wraith with plenty of time for it to continue outward through the walls of Hogwarts.

The silver eyes disappeared, and Harry stepped over to pick up Hermione and carried her to the hospital wing.

~HP-RWBY~

The next day, Hermione woke up in a comfortable bed with some candy and a few flowers around her. She gowned at the sight but sighed at the flowers. She turned on her side to see Harry in a chair, drool sliding down the side of his face.

She recalled the look of Her and Harry, older, wiser, and married. It was the best of what she could wish for and all she could hope for.

~HP-RWBY~

The next week exam results came out and Harry and Hermione took top marks. Followed by Padma and a girl in Slytherin by the name of Daphne Greengrass. To everyone surprise, Ron Weasley, Crabbe and Goyle all passed their exams.

The only weird thing to happen was the Headmaster had crossed path with Harry and Hermione as they were getting ready to leave the hospital wing. And like Snape, his head was knocked back and collapsed to the floor. Thankfully Madam Pomphrey was there and had levitated him to a nearby bed. He hadn't been seen again, not even for the leaving feast, which was handled by Professor McGonagall. Ravenclaw was proclaimed the winners of this year's House Cup and the banners overhead changed to Blue and Bronze.

In no time at all, they were on their way back to King's Cross again for the Summer break. Unfortunately, they had received a letter stating that they were not be allowed to perform any magic over the summer. Harry and Hermione didn't care they had Harry's trunk and they had more than enough to do for their non-magical schooling than to worry about performing magic.

As they passed through King's Cross station, Harry thought he saw Vernon Dursley in the crowd. They did not stop long enough to care anymore about that lot. Instead, he followed Hermione to met up with her parents and they left in another train heading for a parking garage a few stations away.

He was never going to return to the Dursleys, he had a best friend and her family who wanted him to stay with them. He was the top student of their year. I was well in the world… besides, he had a nice stone to study all summer long.

~HP-RWBY~

In the headmaster office, a face appeared in the fireplace calling out, "Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, what the Sam-Hell have you done with my stone you bastard! I know you took the stone from our vault! Albus… Albus young man, where are you!"

~End of Year One~

Author's Notes: So, each chapter will be a year and will follow slightly with Cannon. A few changes here and there. Over time the changes will add up, changing the ending as all stories do. Got to wonder did Nicolas Flamel make the stone or did he find the stone and used his magic to change it into what we now know as the Philosopher's Stone.

List of Harry Potter's Powers

Primary - Reactive Adaptation - The ability to develop adaptations, powers, or skills in response to immediate threats. (Gained pre-Hogwarts)

Adaptive Resurrection - The power to adapt to whatever killed you before your resurrection. (Gained pre-Hogwarts)

Regeneration Healing Factor - The ability to heal rapidly from any physical injury. (Gained pre-Hogwarts)

Supernatural Intelligence - The Ability to have an supernatural level of intelligence. (Gained pre-Hogwarts)

Teleportation - The ability to move instantaneously from one location to another. (Gained pre-Hogwarts)

Flight - The power to fly without any outside influence. (Gained pre-Hogwarts)

Omnilingualism - Instantly speak and understand any language. (Gained pre-Hogwarts)

· Parseltongue

· Gobbledegook

Fighting Instinct - The ability to possess an automatic response mechanism to win in combat. (Gained Year One - Hogwarts)

Bio-Metal Physiology - The power to transform into or have a physical body made up of malleable living metal.

Superhuman Speed – The ability to move far fast then Humanly possible. (Gained Year One - Hogwarts)

Knowledge Absorption – The ability to steal/absorb knowledge. (Gained Year One - Hogwarts)

Power Absorption – The ability to absorb power(s) from others or things temporarily or permanently. (Gained Year One - Hogwarts)