AN: Before we begin I would like to address a couple of issues brought up in the reviews for the last chapter. First is the fact that someone pointed out that being without a soul would allow the soul shard in the scar to take him over and leave him as a husk when it was destroyed. I disagree with this as it was said that the Horcrux fragments could only possess a person if they poured their heart and soul into it, opening a link for it to pour back into them. That, combined with the fact that due to each shard being half of Voldemort's soul that had not been split at that point the shard in Harry was 1/128 of the entire soul and they showed each fragment to be weaker. The locket was shard two or three and it was able to have an effect that would stop the moment it no longer was worn while the cup and diadem had no effect at all, or at least not a visible one, Voldemort had to actively try to make the shard in Harry have an effect and even then it was minimal.

As for the part about leaving him a husk I disagree there as well. Their main argument was the dementors and the state that the victims were reported to be in after having their soul sucked out. I don't think it's the loss of the soul that causes them to be catatonic, or else splitting one's soul would make them closer and closer to a coma with each one and Voldemort would be all but brain dead. I think it's the fact that the dementor's aura gets stronger the closer they get to an individual and actually having one swapping spit with you would probably become your new worst memory, the aura causing it to be repeated repeatedly at a rapid rate while it happens and the removal of the soul is likely turbulent. I think it's just the trauma that causes them to go into their brain dead state.

Finally we have people talking about him 'opening up too easily' but this actually has an explanation which will be explained in this chapter. Thank you and enjoy.

A Grimm Huntsman 2

Chapter 2

-Ruby-

"Well someone's chipper this morning." Her sister's said with a chuckle behind her as she giddily opened her assigned locker to pull out her 'baby' Crescent Rose.

"Duh," she said with a wide grin "no more awkward small talk, boring lectures, or 'getting to know you' stuff. Today I get to let my baby do all the talking for me.". As she finished she extended her scythe out to its full form with a flick, making sure all the joints were operating correctly and that nothing was blocking it, better to check now and be sure than not check later and be dead.

"Sometimes I think you love that thing more than me or dad." Yang said with a smirk as said sister walked over and ruffled her hair happily.

"Yang!" she protested "Knock…it…off…" trailing off as she looked over at one of the other lockers and saw the boy from last night, the one Yang talked to, putting on some gear. He was still wearing the same combat boots, cargo pants, and long sleeve shirt from last night, if she didn't know any better she would assume he hadn't even gone to sleep, but now she saw him donning some fingerless gloves with black metal plates which had a strange symbol engraved onto them as well as a belt with a couple pouches and flasks and even a combat knife, and a hooded black trench coat that had silver buttons. The final thing she saw him don was a black mask with silver designs and eye markings. (AN: Basically Adam Taurus mask but black and silver instead of white and red)

As she stared she remembered what Yang had told her the night before, how she had eyes that were like her new classmates dead sister. She had tried to press for more info as she knew that her sister and the mysterious boy had talked about more than that with how long they were both in that nook, but Yang flat out refused, telling her that it wasn't her story to tell.

"Hey Yang," she said softly as she stared at her classmate, watching how he moved with the grace of a predator "what did you say his name was again.".

"I…I never got it actually." Yang said with a frown "I learned his sister's name…and his brother's…hell I even learned the name of someone he hated for most of his life but he never told me what his was.".

"Oh…what was his sister's name?" she asked, curious about the girl who had the same eyes she did.

"I think he said it was…Luna." Yang said with a small frown that she recognized as the one Yang always wore when trying to remember something.

Nodding she flicked a switch on Crescent Rose to turn her baby back into its sniper form and attached the beautiful weapon to her hip before nervously walking over to the boy, ignoring her sister's protests, wanting to figure out what about him intrigued her so much.

-Harry-

Sighing he flexed his fingers while looking around, letting the HUD in his mask boot up while trying to calm his nerves before the field test where they would be placed in their teams as he already knew how it would happen, having found Ozpin's notes on this year's test a few weeks before as the Headmaster provided room and board for him until he could afford his own home and in return he would do some work to keep the place tidy and a few small favors.

Sighing he lifted one of the flasks from his hip and took a swig, shuddering as the burning familiar feeling of Firewhisky ran down his throat and cleared away a few of the cobwebs forming in his brain. Ever since Voldemort's soul shard had been removed he had found it almost impossible to do magic, having to need a powerful dust based enhancer to perform any spell but the item was too awkward to use in combat leaving him to rely on his physical abilities and his semblance which Ozpin had been helping him train. "I wish I had some of you last night," He muttered as he stared at the flask of magical alcohol "I might not have said as much as I did.". Thinking back to his conversation the night before he winced slightly, while he knew he had to diffuse the situation with the elder sister of the two girls he knew he had revealed too much information but he had gone three days without sleep to avoid the nightmares from his curse. He had been able to adapt, to an extent, at going without sleep for long periods of time but the longer he went the worse his decisions ended up being, if it wasn't for the power of his 'reverse soul', which is what he called the power source that he had in place of a regular soul and the same one the Grimm used for their own abilities, and his lingering magic he knew he would have gone insane.

"Hey," a soft voice spoke up as he slowly turned to see the pretty girl with the silver eyes from the night before staring at him hesitantly, a weapon at her hip that he figured was a larger weapon collapsed into a gun "I…I wanted to apologize if I made you uncomfortable last night…um…what was your name?".

"Hadrian." He said simply as he tried not to stare as, without the sudden shock of seeing her eyes, he was able to tell that she really was quite beautiful and his breakdown the night before, combined with the lack of sleep, made it almost impossible to fully keep up his emotionless façade. "And you did nothing wrong I just….you just caught me off guard.".

"I'm still sorry," she said, clasping her hands behind her back as she looked down shyly and shifted about nervously "I'm Ruby by the way…Ruby Rose. You already met my sister Yang.".

"Blonde hair, purple eyes, easily angered?" he asked even though he already knew who the girl, Ruby, was talking about.

"Yeah she tends to…leave an impression." Ruby said with a sheepish wince but he noticed the girl glance at the blonde beauty out of the corner of her eye and he detected a hint of what he thought was jealousy in her tone.

"It must run in the family." He said with a shrug, figuring her 'jealous' tone was from feeling that she was overlooked by people for her sister. Ignoring Ruby's wide eyed stare as the now blushing girl spun back around to face him he took another swig of Firewhisky, "Anyway….good luck out there Ruby." Before walking out the door and down to the cliff face where they would be launched into the forest for their examination.

Nodding at Ozpin and Glynda when he arrived he simply sat down in a lotus position on one of the catapult pads and began meditating to calm his nerves and get some form of rest that wasn't sleep to recharge his mind and body before the test. Thirty minutes later the voice of his landlord, roommate, and, dare he say it, friend Professor Ozpin snapped him from his meditative state as he glanced around to see the rest of the students lined up on the platforms, most staring at him in amusement while snickering although he did see one boy in a green Chinese style shirt look at him contemplatively. Ruby and Yang just smiled at him faintly before facing back to their new Headmaster.

"For years," the silver haired man began "you have trained to become warriors and today, these skills are going to be…evaluated here in the Emerald Forest where you will also be separated into your teams. Miss Goodwitch?".

"Now," the blonde beauty, who he was sure Ozpin had a crush on, began while staring at a Scroll "I'm sure many of you have heard rumors about the assignment of teams so allow me to put an end to your confusion. Each of you will be given teammates…today.".

Faintly hearing Ruby let out a 'no' that sounded more like a whimper he pushed himself to his feet and got ready to fly. "These teammates will be with you for the rest of your time at Beacon," Ozpin picked up "so it is in your best interest to be paired with someone with whom you can work well.". Hearing that he had to resist the urge to slap a palm to his face as he already knew how Ozpin planned to sort the teams, "That being said," Ozpin continued "the person you first make eye contact with after landing will be your partner for the next four years.".

Ignoring Ruby's cry of 'What!' he sent an irritated look at Ozpin who just smiled at him innocently while sipping from the coffee mug the man was never seen without. "After you land make your way to the northern part of the forest," Glynda picked up "there you will find a temple which contains several relics. Select one and return to the cliffs immediately. Finally a word of warning, do not hesitate to destroy any Grimm in your path because if you do…you will die.".

At those words a blonde guy who he was pretty sure had thrown up on the shuttle the day before started whimpering, "You will be monitored for the duration of this test," Ozpin finished up "at the end you and your partner will be matched up with another team and a team leader will be selected by the evaluators after reviewing the footage from this exam.".

"Wait," a rather arrogant voice spoke up as he looked over to see a white haired girl in matching clothing look at Ozpin in irritation as he had to resist the urge to sigh, able to practically feel the girl's ego from where he was "if everyone is divided into teams of four then that means there's one person left out!".

"Ah yes, I almost forgot," Ozpin said with a nod but sent a wink his way letting him know the man just wanted to mess with the students "as we always do when we have one extra student we select one individual who will join a group to make them a trio instead of a duo. This year it is Hadrian Potter," Ozpin pointed at him as he nodded, ignoring the wince the white haired girl had at his mask "so if he runs into someone without a partner they will still gain one and if he runs into an existing partnership first then he will simply join them.". At this point he tuned out the rest of the conversation, focusing on his semblance to help him survive the flight…or more specifically the fall before he heard the clicking of gears as his launch pad got ready before he once more enjoyed the feeling of wind flying through his hair as he flew, even if it was only briefly.

AN: I know I didn't say what Harry's semblance was but that was intentional as I won't say until it shows up.