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

3. Chapter 3 - Year Two - It's Just a Flesh

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

Chapter Three

Hogwarts - Year Two

It's just a Flesh Wound!

Harry summer was probably the best one yet. With the Granger's work, they had managed to gain full custody of Harry and managed to get him a passport so for the first time ever. This allowed him to have a real vacation and go on their summer vacation, which was a trip around France hitting up a few magical places along the way. He very much enjoyed the trip, however, when Hermione received her new book list and Harry did not… everyone began to worry. I didn't matter to Harry as he knew they would have the same classes, so he just used her list and they would purchase only one set of books and share them with each other.

When a similar creature to what was found outside of Harry trunk last year showed up and pleaded for Harry Potter not to return to Hogwarts due to a danger that the house-elf would not go into, only saying 'bad things would be happening this year.' They explained that they would talk about it over and the creature disappeared. Dan and Emma Granger didn't know if they should head off for school this year. Nonetheless, Harry and Hermione were able to convince them so they could go, providing they would take a letter to their Head of House, Professor Flitwick, stating Dan and Emma's worries about the warning.

With Hermione's booklist for the year, they decided to get the shopping done as soon as possible. Although they would only be buying one set of the defense books for the year, and if they were garbage, like that of the Harry Potter books Harry saw his first year, they would be returning them as soon as possible for a full refund or not buying them at all.

Personally, the only book Harry thought they would need would be The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 2 by Miranda Goshawk and few other books that would be any new book that wasn't on the seven-year book list, that Harry had picked up last year.

~HP/RWBY~

The 18th of August was a very nice and sunny day so the Grangers decided to visit Diagon Alley for this year's booklist, as there were no other changes to uniforms or additional equipment to purchase, the stop would take little time.

Harry and the Grangers arrived in Diagon Alley at just past 1 pm. When they arrived at the book store, they saw a sign being placed just outside the book store.

GILDEROY LOCKHART

will be signing copies of his autobiography

MAGICAL ME

tomorrow 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

They found the books rather easily, however, when Harry snuck a peek at the books, what he found wasn't so much an instructional text but a reading book that had a similar writing style to that of the Harry Potter and the… fictional novels.

After discussing the issue with Hermione, they decided to ask the store assistant about previous second-year books. When they were given a list of the top ten books most used for the second years, they decided to go forth and do self-study and purchased all ten of recommended books, and none of the fictional books. The best thing of all, they saved five galleons in the process.

Harry picked up a book on alchemy and a few on advanced potion brewing, 'Most Potente Potions' and 'Advanced Potion-Making' by Libatius Borage. Harry wanted to do some more research on the red stone he received last year. He also wanted to use chemistry to research some of the magic potions they were working on in class.

They stopped by Magical Menagerie for some more owl treats, Slug & Jiggers Apothecary for a restock of potion ingredients and other ingredients that he quickly saw in his two new potion books. Scribbulus Writing Instruments for more parchment paper. After writing with Quills all of last year, Harry suggested that they stop by a Professional Writers shop in London and pick up a few Calligraphy pens. Hermione agreed and with another quick stop they each pick out some rather nicer styled pens and a few notebooks for note-taking. Harry also wanted to pick up a personal computer but felt was too expensive and passed on the purchase. However, Harry as Dan to look into purchasing some shares in IBM, Apple, Intel, and Microsoft. With the growing market, he felt that he needed to get in fast at the start.

~HP/RWBY~

At King's Cross, Hermione and Harry met up with the Weasleys just before the barrier in a supposed rare event which was the Weasleys haven shown up before the five-minute whistle. However, Mister Weasley wanted to ask Dan a few questions that took them till it was nearly eleven o'clock mark. Quickly enough, The Weasley's all ran through the wall followed by Hermione.

The trouble happened when Harry and Ron, who stayed behind for some reason, tried to get through the wall that it went solid. Ron explained that they had a flying car and they should use that to catch up with the train and then darted off to the car without getting a response back from Harry. Harry turned to Dan and Emma and then slapped his forehead at the stupid comment that Ron Weasley just said.

After giving Dan and Emma a Hug, he grabbed his trunk, focused on the platform and teleported to the train. With the entrance to the steam engine in front of him, he quickly stepped on board just as the train began to move.

~HP/RWBY~

Hermione and Harry had been sitting in a compartment for nearly an hour when there was a commotion just outside. Looking out the window all the students saw a blue Ford Anglia ducking and weaving around the train even performing a barrel roll while flying under the train while it was traveling over a bridge.

For the second time that day Harry felt the need to smack his forehead.

~HP/RWBY~

When the two stepped off the train they were directed to the awaiting carriages that were pulled by leathery skin and winged horses. Most of the students paid the winged horses no attention so Harry followed suit and ignored them as well but thought they looked interesting and wondered what they were.

After entering the Great Hall, Harry walked up to the staff table and handed over the note that Dan and Emma Granger wrote for their head of House, Professor Flitwick and returned to a seat next to Hermione. About five minutes into Headmaster Dumbledore's speech everyone heard a roaring engine for a car, some grinding gears and an almighty crash from outside. For the third time that day, Harry wanted to smack his hand to his forehead. Instead, he dropped his head to the table as Hermione rubbed the back of his head.

~HP/RWBY~

Harry woke up the next day and after his morning evolutions, met up with Hermione before heading down to breakfast and to receive their class schedules for the year.

They were also witnessing to a show, Ron Weasley had received a red letter that shifted into a face and started to scream like a banshee at the boy, while adding a cheery note for the youngest Weasley for getting sorted into Gryffindor at the end before sticking out a red tongue and blowing a raspberry at the idiot before shredding itself into pieces. Harry remembered the girl's face had turned red as she was being sorted before looking like a kicked puppy afterward.

With breakfast done and have received their schedules, with a message that the headmaster was informed about the letter, Harry and Hermione decided to rush back up to their room and collected their books for the day. As they were exiting the Great Hall, Harry was blinded by a flash of light. On reflex, Harry lashed out with a blind kick in the direction of the flash, connecting with a camera, which then smashed into someone's face, knocking him out. With sight returning to both Harry and Hermione they looked down at the kid and the now broken camera. Seeing the Fraud coming to interpose their path to their dorm, they decided to leave the idiot be. It was not their fault for the kid behavior, nor did they want to speak with the Fraud.

~HP/RWBY~

The next day Harry view on the new DADA professor was confirmed as the Fraud handed out an opening quiz. However, the quiz had nothing to do with Defense Against the Dark Arts and everything to do with the Fraud.

Question 1: What is Gilderoy Lockhart's favorite color?

Answer: Gold, why else would he force every person that was set to attend Hogwarts to purchase every fictional book he had ever written.

Question 2: What is Gilderoy Lockhart's secret ambition?

Answer: To fool the wizarding world into thinking he holds an Order of Merlin and to be an Honorary Member of a club he started and still wasn't allowed to join.

Question 3: What, in your opinion, is Gilderoy Lockhart's greatest achievement to date?

Answer: Graduating from Hogwarts with one OWL in charms due to the instructor forgetting to grade him with a 'T'.

And finally, Question 54: When is Gilderoy Lockhart's birthday, and what would his ideal gift be?

Answer: February 29th, A kiss from a soul-sucking being from hell.

The response from the Fraud after reading his test results was priceless.

~HP/RWBY~

On Saturday, Harry and Hermione spent the day completing their homework and reading many of the books they had bought for their second-year defense class. Hermione sent off a letter with Storm for her parents letting them know about the letter and their response back from the teachers.

Later that day, rumors were going around about Draco buying his way onto the Slytherin Quidditch team. Sure, Harry loved to fly with or without a broom. But to spend all that money just so he could play four games in ten months was almost laughable.

The fact that Snape had by-passed Madam Hooch in team scheduling was also a bit immature on the Potion Professor part. However, knowing the type of person he was, Harry wasn't too surprised.

~HP/RWBY~

Hermione's birthday came and went with nothing special happening. Word was passed around the castle about Gryffindor's Ghost's 500th deathday party. Harry was asked by the ghost but declined and had escorted Hermione down to the great hall for the feast. Where They had a moment of silence for the death of Harry's parents and those who had died in the war.

After the feast, they were lead back up to their common room only to be held up on the second floor. In the hallway, they were confronted with someone's writing on the wall and Missis Norris the Caretaker's cat hanging from a sconce on the wall near the second-floor girls' bathroom.

Interestingly enough, Draco, who should have gone down to the dungeons, was among the Gryffindors and Ravenclaws heading up to their tower common rooms. When he turned to Hermione and said, "Enemies of the Heir, beware! You'll be next, Mudbloods!"

Harry turned a punch the git in the mouth sending the prat to the floor unconscious with bits of his teeth laying on the floor beside him. Of course, by this time the teachers had arrived and Filch was going off about Harry killing his cat while the Fraud was making it worse by revering in the man's distress.

Harry was docked twenty points, which Harry didn't care about, and Harry and Hermione were told to follow the headmaster into a nearby classroom while telling everyone else to head for their common rooms. There they were asked what happened, after explaining Draco's insult and Harry's reaction. Snape wanted to expel him from Hogwarts on the spot. Although there was no direct attack on his mind there was a skimmer of a probe. Nothing got through but it was noticed.

Misses Norris was moved to the Infirmary after being diagnosed as being petrified. Harry asked about the warning he had handed to Flitwick at the beginning of the year and Dumbledore said he was looking into it. But it sounded more like he wasn't. With nothing new being put out, the two Ravenclaws were escorted back to the tower by Professor Flitwick.

The next day rumors began to go around the school of Harry being the heir and the one who had attacked the cat while writing the message on the wall. Harry thought that both logical and illogical as there could be many people who were related to one of the Hogwarts founders. Harry even though it likely as both he and Salazar Slytherin were both Parselmouths. A genetic marking that would be passed down through the lines. However, both he and Hermione were in the Great Hall for the meal so he would have no time to do anything even with his super speed. The problem was that he couldn't change the time.

~HP-RWBY~

The four days after the attack the school was abuzz with whispers. Hermione found all the copies of Hogwarts: A History was checked out of the library with a two-week waiting list. So, the two-headed for Harry's trunk where he kept a recent copy to read up on the fabled Chamber of Secrets.

What they found was that the chamber was built in secret and that something was placed within to be only opened by his heir in order to purge the school of all who were unworthy of studying magic. However, Harry didn't believe this so much as it could have been mistranslated over time and that, knowing the muggle history at the time was pretty cruel to all magical beings. Harry thought it could have meant that it, whatever it was, was placed there in order to protect the castle if a muggle army were to ever lay siege to the castle.

They also realized that only an heir would be able to find the chambers and be able to control the thing within.

Switching over to a Wizarding Genealogy book that Harry purchased in his first year the last known decedent of Salazar Slytherin appeared to be the Gaunt family. Unfortunately, that family died out just before the rise of Voldemort in the 1970s.

~HP-RWBY~

Another strange event happened during the Gryffindor versus Slytherin match. Harry and Hermione were in the Ravenclaw stand cheering on the Weasley twins just as a rouge bludger shot out the trunk and headed directly towards Harry in the stand. Quicker than anyone has seen Harry stood, pulled his wand and cast a blasting curse at the rogue Bludger which then exploded. This stopped the game in order for them to get another bludger to play with. When the game ended after three hours, the Slytherin team had destroyed the Gryffindor team 390 to 80.

~HP-RWBY~

The next day Colin Creevey was found petrified with an un-repaired camera on the second floor near the girl's bathroom and was placed in the hospital wing with Fitch's cat.

This caused Harry and in turn, Hermione to research detection wards and linked protean to an empty book. And set the ward to list everyone who passed by the writing on the wall and decided to enter and exit the bathroom. The book would be used to write down every name along with the time and date for each period the person passed by that area. It was very advanced work but with two genius doing the research it took only a few weeks to set everything up. The project was completed by the 2nd week of December and was recording everyone who passed the message and went into the bathroom. If they came but didn't enter the bathroom it would not get recorded.

During a mandatory dueling club meeting were Harry was forced by Snape to duel Draco in front of everyone after the Fraud failed to attack Snape and volunteers were called. Snape whispered something in Draco's ear just before the two faced off. During the third count, Draco cast, "Serpensortia!"

Harry then performed a simple four-year banishing charm and sent the snake back into Draco's face. Shocked at Harry's response, the snake had bit Draco twice, once in the face and once just below Draco's belt buckle. Causing the kid to scream in a high note before Snape could vanish the snake. Apparently, that conjured snakes had the same venom toxicity as a real snake would've. With that ending the match, the Fraud called an end to the club. That was also the last meeting of the club. Although, Professor Flitwick held a house meeting and made sure that everyone could cast the disarming charm, "Expelliarmus" and the shield charm, "Protego."

~HP-RWBY~

The next day, Justin Fitch-Fletchley was found on the second floor as was Nearly Headless Nick. Justin was petrified, but the Ghost had been badly darkened and stationary. Harry and Hermione both checked the book and found a strange entry. A person by the name of Tom Marvolo Riddle had entered and exited the bathroom during the time of the attack. After some more research, Harry had found the name on an award for service to the school in the trophy room dated back to the year 1943 and had shown it to Hermione. They then began to research tracking charms in conjunction with wards and added them to the second-floor ward, specifically for this Tom Riddle and linked it to a bracelet Harry would have on him at all times.

~HP-RWBY~

In the meantime, Harry and Hermione began their research as to what would be in the chamber of secrets that could petrify the students… and a ghost; and would be something the 'heir of Slytherin' could control. The only thing to come up was a basilisk. The problem with that was that a basilisk could kill anything its eyes and petrification wasn't listed as an ability. After another week of searching it was the closest thing, they could find.

~HP-RWBY~

Around Mid-January Harry was alerted to an entry that said as much. Tom Riddle had entered the girl's bathroom on the second floor. However, a Ginevra Weasley came out after fifteen minutes. Also, the tracking charms told that he was still in the bathroom. Harry quickly moving to the bathroom, he saw Argus Fitch stomping off mumbling under his breath, "… even more work for me! Mopping all night, like I haven't got enough to do! No, this is the final straw… I'm going to Dumbledore…"

Moving past the 'Out of Order' sign that was now hung on the bathroom door. Harry entered the bathroom he found the ghost Moaning Myrtle crying as usual. After calming her down, she pointed out a black book on the floor. Harry picked up the book and inspected it. He noted the name on the cover showed, "Tom Marvolo Riddle" in gold lettering at the bottom of the book. The book looked to be well used however, opening the book Harry noticed that it was completely blank. There was no writing, no smug marks or drops of ink inside the many pages of the book.

"If this book is empty, then I'm an idiot," Harry muttered to himself.

~HP-RWBY~

Harry explained the diary to Hermione after moving it to a spare room within Harry's trunk and they began researching more detection type charms. By the end of February, they had a wide variety of charms for detecting things. A charm for light or dark magic, blood magic, tracking or beacon charms, magical or non-magical items. They also found a spell an Auror would use for verifying if a soul was completely removed after a dementor had attacked. They would research what a dementor was later. They also found a revealing charm used for detecting something disillusioned or invisible which was then linked to the Disillusionment charms, a spell that hid something or someone with magic. They then set to work on the book.

They found a lot of dark magic, blood magic, and a soul detected. That was a surprise as Harry only did the charm to be thorough and was shocked when the book glowed a soft silver. They found a compulsion charm on the inside set for anyone to begin writing in the book as well as the one on the outside to open the book. Due to their Occlumency training, this didn't affect them a bit.

Next, they tried to destroy the book. They used a kitchen steak knife to stab and cut the pages, only to see the book repairing itself. They used fire, both magical on non-magical, it reformed or didn't burn in the first place. They soon realized that it had to be something so far beyond the norm that magic simply couldn't repair it. This left only a few options. Fiendfyre was an option as was Basilisk venom. Fiendfyre was a bit uncontrollable and Basilisk venom was extremely hard to get ahold of.

~HP-RWBY~

Over the next few weeks, they notice Ginny Weasley become more impatient trying to look for something in the bathroom. They saw her name had shown up on the detection book increased from as low as four up to as much as eight times a day.

With a plan set up, they placed the book in a spot where she would find it on one of her time visiting the bathroom… and waited. There was now a beacon charm placed on a thread that was weaved into the bindings of the book and used Harry's bracelet as the tracker. They tried to use two bracelets but found that the charm could only be set to one item at a time. Otherwise, they would have interference problems with the beacon charm.

~HP-RWBY~

With the diary now back in play, Hermione began using a mirror to walk around when alone and without Harry knowing where the diary was. The plan worked rather well until around mid-May, that is when the plan had its first hit with a pothole. Hermione and Penelope Clearwater, their sixth-year Prefect, were found petrified while exiting the library. Harry didn't catch the attack but arrived as Hermione and Penelope were being floated to the hospital wing and placed on the bed. He was given placating words by everyone, "The mandrakes will be ready soon…", "… there was nothing you could have done…"

He hated it. If she had died, he would've been happy to see the world burn to ash… but Hermione was alive and he felt a bit calmer being with her now and so, he stayed with Hermione for the remainder of the day. At the end of the day, there was still the cold hard fact and it hit him with the same effect as a bucket of cold water slowing pouring down your bareback, the plan was still a go. Although he hated it, he just needed to do it alone.

~HP-RWBY~

The next few weeks were torture for Harry who always worked with Hermione but was now left alone. Nobody came up to him and had left him alone. He hadn't realized it, but without Hermione, his life here at school was pointless and dull. So, he went through the motions. He did his homework and took notes for Hermione all the while monitoring his bracelet. After his visiting with Hermione, he walked the grounds of Hogwarts where he found a group of people heading for Hagrid's hut. Placing a Disillusionment charm upon himself and made his way down to the hut.

There, he found a most disturbing sight, and no it wasn't what you're thinking… get your mind out of the gutter. No, it was the Minister for Magic, Cornelius Fudge and three Aurors in the red uniform. They were planning on taking the games keeper to Azkaban without a trial. The Headmaster was there passively protesting the removal of his staff member.

Then an older copy of Draco stepped into the hut with orders to remove the headmaster from his position. There was a controlled grin on the man's face. Harry knew that look, it was the look of a plan succeeding or making significate progress. Harry knew with certainty that the attack going on was due to him, the person who had set everything up, the attacks, the diary, it was all him. Everyone left and Harry's anger cooled into the thoughts of revenge.

The man did not care for children that were under his station. And so, Harry decided to make a new plan…

~HP-RWBY~

The next few weeks Harry watch Draco and his group. He watched the Slytherins, as a whole they entered for breakfast as a group. However, as per year group they divided out. Leave a group of nine students. From there, the group divided again sometimes the two girls, Bulstrode and Parkinson, went with the three boys; Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle, while other time they left separately. Daphne, Tracy, and Blaise would head out on their own. This left Theodore as a variable as he would sometime go with either group or out on his own.

No matter what, Draco was never seen in the passageways without his two bookends, Crabbe and Goyle. However, he never got his chance with Draco as a new message was written on the wall below the first just before his bracelet signed the chamber entrance was once again, opening.

Looking around and only seeing a few students moving about, Harry activated his enhanced speed and moved to the message on the wall. And there he read, "Her skeleton will lie in the Chamber forever." Harry knew it was the Weasley girl who had taken herself down into the chamber. Overhead, an announcement for all students to return to their common room. 'That was quick,' Harry thought.

However, Harry moved into the girl's bathroom. Looking around he noticed that there was now fresh marks on the floor and from something that slid across the floor.

"That Sink has never worked, you know"

Harry turned around and noticed the ghost that haunted the bathroom, Moaning Myrtle.

"You know, I died right here in this very bathroom. A boy entered and spoke in a strange language and I came out of the stall to tell him to go away and I just… died."

"Where was he standing? Did you see what the creature was?" Harry asked turning to look at the floating ghost.

"I don't know. All I remember is that it was somewhere over there," she said pointing towards the sinks. "I also remember there was a pair of great, big yellow eyes and my whole body just seized up and I died."

Harry nodded and turned to study the sink more closely. After a minute he found it, an etching on the side of the tap. It was a small etched snake. Taking a step back, he turned to the ghost and said, "If I don't return in an hour or two, let the professors know where the entrance is and that I went down there to rescue the Weasley girl.

"I will Harry Potter and know this. If you do die, know this, you can always share my toilet."

"A kind offer, milady. However, I don't believe it will be today," Harry replied, before turning and hissing out, "§Open§" The sink moved forward and then slid down. Then a grate moved forward revealing a large open.

Activating his flight power Harry jumped and floated down the tube, adjusted his flight path as the tube changed from vertical to horizontal. Until he exited into an anti-chamber with the bones of many small animals scattered around. He ended the power after touching down on the ground littered with the small bones of dead animals.

Looking around Harry followed the path of disturbed dust that was made by someone walking over it. It didn't take him long to reach another round doorway with seven snakes on it. Harry hissing "§open§' once again, and another snake moved around the door causing the snakes on the door to move away and the door swung open.

After the door was opened, Harry saw the chamber for the first time. On the far end was a face, probably of Slytherin himself, and on both sides were snakehead statues lining the walls. And there, near the statue face of Salazar Slytherin, lay Ginny Weasley body, still holding the diary in her arms.

Moving forward another boy came into view. A boy around sixteen or seventeen years in age.

"Hello, Tom. Feeling a bit denser, aren't you?" Harry said, smugly internally at the double meaning.

Tom's smile faded but replied, "Yes, well. I needed my target to reveal himself. By bringing that stupid girl down here I knew it would bring you as well. So, how is that a mere boy barely a year old could defeat someone as great as Lord Voldemort. Tell me, Harry Potter. How did you do it?"

"Why do you care, Tom," Harry asked. Harry noticed that Tom's smile disappear every time he mentioned his given name but continued. "Voldemort was after your time here, Tommy boy."

Another flash of anger on the older boy's face, 'good. Get him mad, get dumb,' Harry thought.

"Voldemort… is my past, present, and future, Harry Potter." And with Ginny's wand, he wrote in air with flames, 'TOM MAVOLO RIDDLE' and with another wave. The letter rearranged themselves to write, 'I AM LORD VOLDEMORT.' "You see, it was a name I was already using at Hogwarts." Tom turned to see the fearful look on his opponent, only to see Harry trying to hold in his laughter at the name.

"Well," snicker, "It's a good thing," snicker, "that you had just the right lettering in your name," snicker… "Flight from death," snicker.

"You think my names funny?" and that broke the dam as Harry envisioned Draco saying something just like that and Harry laughed out loud.

Tom face turned red with anger and turned towards the statue of Slytherin and with spittle flying, called out, "§Speak to me, Slytherin, greatest of the Hogwarts Four§."

Harry gathered his wits and turned towards the statue of the face to see another face staring right back at him. Harry's eyes turned silver and then returned to normal.

"Why aren't you dead," Tom asked, a bit of fear in him now.

"Why aren't you, Tom," Harry replied.

"§Kill him§," Tom hissed.

In one second, Harry activated his super-speed power and sidestepped the snake's lunge for him nearly missing Ginny's body. It took him a few seconds to switch out from his speed power and into his armored skin and size. Once completed, Harry punched forward. Only it barely hurt the beast and had caused no visible wounds to appear.

Tom was shocked at the display of power; the boy was fast and was able to layer his body with metal.

The snake moved around fast and powerful. Harry realized he wasn't going to beat it in his current form. As it could take and dish out a lot of punishment, but it wasn't fast enough. Harry moving around the chamber bringing the beast farther from Ginny's body. Harry had an idea, changing from metal skin back to speed he ran across the room, snatched up the diary and raced back to the snake.

In a quick movement, the snake lunged forward, and Harry placed the book within the mouth just as it snapped its jaws shut and the fangs punctured the book. However, this wasn't the only thing the fangs got, and Harry pulled his hand away with a tooth the size of a butcher's knife still embedded in the book and Harry's forearm. Once again, Harry's eyes turned silver and he pulled the fang out of Harry's forearm and it began to heal, only it was much more slowly than he had ever healed before.

Near the statue, Tom cried out in pain as the book was being destroyed by the venom that had touched the book. But before Tom disappeared, Harry quickly cast the 'Praedia Bellica' spell as he did the year before. However, unlike the last time, Harry's eyes turned silver and even more, power was pulled from the diary than what he had received from Quirrell the year before as well as some of Tom's knowledge from his six years at Hogwarts. It also came with the knowledge that Tom had planned on making more of these soul jars in the future. He didn't understand to process but knew that it required a sacrifice of an innocent to perform.

At the far end of the chambers, the black liquid that had come out of the diary began to cause the Basilisk to have fits of pain before it, too, fell over and died.

After the destruction of the book, Ginny was able to wake up. Unfortunately, she woke up in hysterics. Harry sped over to her and quickly cast a stunner at the girl who simply slumped over unconscious. This prevented her from raising too many issues that Harry didn't want to deal with for the moment. She would also need to see a healer for both her body and mind in the near future

Changing into his armored form, Harry gathering up the book, the two fangs, and, after casting a featherlight charm on the girl, her as well, before heading back to the opening. He then had to change to his flight powers and flew up to the opening and after hissing at it to open.

It hadn't taken him an hour for the ordeal, nonetheless, Myrtle was found to have gone missing and so he took the Weasley girl directly to the hospital wing.

Harry dropped off the girl off on a bed and called for Madam Pomphrey to examine the girl. While she was performing her checks, Harry waited with Hermione for the teachers to arrive.

~HP-RWBY~

It didn't take long for the room to get crowded, the first to arrive with Professor Flitwick and McGonagall. Followed by Mister and Misses Weasley who was escorted in by newly reinstated Headmaster, Dumbledore. The rest of the Weasley family arrived, Percy, the twins; both Fred and George and their youngest, Ron. Pumphrey worked on Ginny for a time and performed a few scans on Harry. She noted that Harry a greatly above average size magical core than what would be normal. She didn't detect the already healed wound in his arm, so he didn't volunteer any information about it and avoid any question that would come up.

Dumbledore wanted to pull Harry from the hospital wing, but Harry refused. When Harry received the, 'I'm so disappointed' face from the headmaster, Harry ignored it. Misses Weasley tried to break Harry's ribs with a hug after finding out that it was Harry who had saved their daughter. The damage from the hug was repaired with his healing ability. Still, it was an unpleasant feeling.

When Harry pulled out the diary that she had been writing in and therefore, controlling her for most of the year, her father gave her the riot act, until Dumbledore made some placating words about others, older and wiser, have made those same mistakes.

Dumbledore also wanted to examine the book, which Harry allowed. When the name Tom Marvolo Riddle came up, Dumbledore actually insisted they leave for his office. This wasn't a problem because Harry also wanted some answers. During their walk, they talked.

"So, you may or may not know, that our Defense teacher had decided to vacate his post at the announcement of young Geneva Weasley's ordeal," Dumbledore stated.

"I did not. However, I do not believe that it would have made any of it easier. From what I read of his books, he seems to be in multiple places around the world at the same time," was Harry's reply. "In other words, he lied about his adventures."

"Indeed. Or the adventures came from someone else," Dumbledore stated. "So, you met Tom Riddle or a version of him down in the chamber?"

"Indeed, I did," Harry replied, not adding to that answer.

"… And you were able to follow young miss Weasley down into the chamber, tracked them to the inner chamber which housed the creature who were attacking the students. Defeated it, and then return with the diary and Miss Weasley. My question is how did you manage to find and access the Chamber of Secrets?"

Harry thought about it for a moment and felt that he should give the old man a bit of the truth. "I don't know if you knew this, but I am actually able to hear, understand, and speak to snakes." There was a bit of a jerk from the old man, but Harry moved passed it rather quickly. "After I spoke with Myrtle and a search of the area, I found the entrance." Harry continued, "After asking for it to open the opening revealed itself to me. I followed the worn path until I found the hidden chamber. That is when I met Tom Riddle." Harry chuckled, "It would seem as he is not fond of his given name of Tom. I could tell, every time I called him that, he seemed to get more incensed. Although, he wanted to know what happened that night and how his older version was vanquished."

Dumbledore gave another jerk at the word, 'vanquished,' but kept walking. They entered the headmaster's office and Dumbledore quickly placed the book on his desk and began to cast some spells at the book non-verbally. The wand movement appeared to be the same as the detection spell Hermione and he had researched and performed together on the diary.

Dumbledore had finished casting and moved the book under a few papers and had sat down when the door to the office burst open and the older Draco clone walked in with the house-elf who had visited him during the summer. The elf was still trying to finish cleaning the man's shoes.

"Ah, good evening, Lucius," said Dumbledore pleasantly.

"So!" he said "You've come back. The governors suspended you, but you still saw fit to return to Hogwarts."

Lucius moved to be in front of the headmaster's desk. Harry moved a bit but when 'Lucius' went to move Harry farther away with his cane, Harry grabbed the cane by the silvertip which wasn't part of the cane. Harry knew that it could be removed so if anything would happen, he would know what to look for before the fight started.

Seeing this, Lucius removed his cane from Harry's hand gently and turned to speak to the headmaster.

"Well, you see, Lucius," said Dumbledore, smiling serenely, "the other eleven governors contacted me today. It was something like being caught in a hailstorm of owls, to tell the truth. They'd heard that Arthur Weasley's daughter had been killed and wanted me back here at once. They seemed to think I was the best man for the job after all. Very strange tales they told me, too… Several of them seemed to think that you had threatened to curse their families if they didn't agree to suspend me in the first place."

Lucius's face tightened but remained calm.

"So… have you stopped the attacks yet?" he sneered. "Have you caught the culprit?"

"We have," said Dumbledore, with a smile.

"Well?" said Mr. Malfoy sharply. "Who is it?"

"The same person as last time, Lucius," said Dumbledore. "But this time, Lord Voldemort was acting through somebody else. By means of this diary." Dumbledore raised the diary in his hand and Harry noticed no surprise of the book. Harry understood what that face meant, he had… seen it before and probably had handled it, This Lucius might have even given it to the Weasley girl.

Behind Lucius, the house-elf was pointing to the book, then to Lucius, and then he wrenched his ears as punishment. Harry gave the creature a silent node to show he understood, and the elf stopped its self-punishment.

"Well, it would seem all is well then," Lucius said and turned to walk out of the office.

"Oh, Lucius. One hope that no more of Lord Voldemort's old school-things should find their way into innocent hands," Dumbledore called out to the departing man. "The consequences for the one responsible would be… severe."

As the elf was walking down the steps, the old man kicked it. Sending it to the stone floor. Just then a small plan formed in Harry's mind and he decided to carry it out. Removing one sock, he grabbed the book and placed it within the pages.

"What are you doing, young Harry?"

Harry did say anything only smiled and headed for the door.

Harry caught up to Lucius soon after leaving the staircase, "Lucius Malfoy. I do believe you forgot this," Harry called out just as Harry shoved the book into the man's stomach.

"What are you talking about boy?" Malfoy senior said snidely.

"Oh, but you do, don't you?" Harry replied. "You gave that diary to Ginny Weasley sometime before school started. Probably during their book purchases."

"You do, do you?" Lucius responded to the accusation. Before passing the book to the house-elf before moving forward to get into Harry's face. "Then, why don't you prove it?" after a short period he said, "Come Dobby!"

Turning to the creature, named Dobby, Harry whispered, "Open it." And as the elf opened the book, a black sock fell out of it and into the elf's hand. "Dobby is Free…," Dobby said while holding up the sock. "Master has given Dobby clothes."

Lucius turned to see the sock in the elf's hands and turned and snarled at Harry, "You've lost me my servant, boy!"

Harry was about to react to the sudden wand in the man's hand, but before he could, Dobby had already hit the man with a spell that sent him flying back halfway down the hallway.

After Lucius managed to get to his feet and collect himself, he said, "Your parents were meddlesome fools too. Mark my words, Potter. One day soon… you are going to meet the same sticky end."

Harry then stepped forwards a single step and replied, "Lucius Malfoy, know this, 'the sins of the father are mostly visited upon their sons'. You still have a son. Repent your sins before they take hold on your son."

The man paled a bit but decided to walk away in silence.

Dobby turned towards Harry and said, "Harry Potter freed Dobby. How can Dobby ever repay you."

He thought about telling the elf to leave him alone but decided to say, "Well, I could always use an elf. Would you like to…"

Harry was cut off at that, and Dobby ran up and hugged Harry around the waist. There was a flash of light and a moment later, the elf disappeared with a pop after forming a bond.

"Well, I guess that is a yes." Harry chuckled at how fast things can change. He just hoped Hermione didn't skin him alive for the enslavement of the elf.

~HP-RWBY~

Hermione had woken in a few days after the chamber's event and Harry was there to welcome her back. He also brought his notes for all of the classes she missed so she could get a fresher on the upcoming exams that were starting in the next day or so. It didn't matter as they knew the information long before now. So, Harry and Hermione managed to pass all of their exams with the top marks. Harry found out later that Lucius Malfoy was sacked as a school governor. Unfortunately, Harry didn't find out who replaced him though.

Harry explained Dobby to Hermione which started off rocky but was smoothed out after Dobby came and talked about the house-elf bond to her.

After the exams, the second-year student was pulled aside to ask them about their third-year electives. Harry and Hermione signed up for all of them, even Muggle studies and Divination. They both didn't want to miss out on any Hogwarts' classes that were offered. Flitwick said he would look into how they might do just that and would let them know on the first of September.

~HP-RWBY~

Upon returning to King's Cross Station, Harry didn't see his uncle or aunt on the platform. Not that he was trying to look for them. He wondered if Vernon and Dudley's criminal ways had finally caught up to the family.

Emma gave the two a deep hug and Dan after giving Hermione a long hug and a firm handshake to Harry. "Thanks for bringing Hermione back to us."

"Daddy…" Hermione whined.

"It was no problem, Mister Granger. Although, I rather missed studying with her during her nap time." This was answered with a swat from Hermione at the jibe and laughter from the two adults. They moved onto another train that headed back home. There was no baggage from the kids as Dobby had already moved them to their home and Storm was making her own way by flight.

The year was over and they both were ready for a nice long break.

~End Year Two~

Author's Notes: Harry receives a few new powers and learns more about magic through self-study and the great Hogwarts' library. Harry will not instantly know spells and such, but he will be able to recall them once he learns them. It's like the reverse of fighting in order to learn muscle memory. Also, he does not know everything but a good part each time he does it. Harry also cannot activate multiple powers at the same time and requires a few seconds to switch between them. This is to limit Harry.

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List of Harry Potter's Powers

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

Secondary Powers…

Adaptive Resurrection - The power to adapt to whatever killed you before your resurrection. (Gained Prequel - Potter Cottage)

Regeneration Healing Factor - The ability to heal rapidly from any physical injury. (Gained Prequel - Dursley's residence)

Supernatural Intelligence - The Ability to have an obviously supernatural level of intelligence. (Gained pre-Hogwarts - Dursley's residence)

Teleportation - The ability to move instantaneously from one location to another. (Gained Prequel -Dursley's residence)

Flight - The power to fly without any outside influence. (Gained Prequel - Dursley's residence)

Omnilingualism - Instantly speak and understand any spoken language. (Gained Prequel)

Parseltongue (Dursley's residence)

Gobbledegook (Gringotts Bank)

Organic Metal Skin – The ability to change their skin into organic cells that have metallic properties. (Gained Year One – Hogwarts)

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

Supernatural Speed - The ability to be supernaturally faster than what is naturally possible. (Gained Year One - Hogwarts)

Knowledge Absorption – The ability to steal/absorb knowledge, via 'Praedia Bellica' spell (Gained Year One - Hogwarts); Now power-based (Gained Year Two – Hogwarts)

Power Absorption – The ability to absorb power(s) from others or items temporarily or permanently, via 'Praedia Bellica' spell (Gained Year One - Hogwarts); Now power-based (Gained Year Two – Hogwarts)

Ultimate Vision – The ability to use any amount of vision-based powers at any time and to have complete control over their abilities. (Gained Year Two - Hogwarts)

Poison Immunity – The ability to be immune to all forms of poison. (Gained Year Two - Hogwarts)