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Two weeks after the events at the docks.
"I'm telling you Vixen. Placing a single Lightning Dust crystal in an outboard engine will short circuit the whole thing." Ray said as he took a seat next to Team RWBY. Said team was seating on the opposite side of team JNPR, with Nora using a spoon to catapult grapes at Yang, who caught them with her mouth.
"Do you want to be shocked to death?" Ray asked as he watched the cafeteria filling up with students.
He had just seen Harry Ozpin, Ginny Goodwitch, Hermione Granger and Nymphadora Tonks taking a port-key to transport them back to magical Britain and Platform 9¾. Ray had seen how sad Harry was, but knew that he needed to return to Hogwarts.
A muffled bang was heard on one side of the table, causing everyone who sat there to look at the cause of it. It was a massive white binder, with red letters written on top of it.
'Best day's ever activities?' Ray thought as he looked at the book.
"Sisters, Friends, Weiss." Ruby's voice rang through their ears. Jaune, Nora, Pyrrha, Ren, Weiss, Blake, Yang, Ray and Vixen looked at the young team leader of Team RWBY.
"Four score and seven minutes ago, I had a dream." Ruby began. Ray's attention was lost right there and then and looked back at the mechanical book he had bought from a bookshop.
Ray tried to concentrate on the diagrams in the book, but the distraction was to much for him, so he placed the book back in his backpack, and decided to look at Team RWBY and Team JNPR.
"I always kick my semester of with a 'Yang'" The blond brawler, and unofficial jokester of team RWBY, Yang Xiao Long said. For her 'amazing' joke, she received an apple in the face, and a "boo'' from someone in the cafeteria.
"Look guys. It's been a good two weeks, and between more exchange students arriving and the tournament at the end of the year, our second semester is going to be great." Ruby said. "But classes start back up tomorrow."
Ray nodded. He was actually looking forward to class. "Which is why I've taken the time to schedule a series of wonderful events for us today." Ruby said in a cheerful voice.
Ray looked from the fellow team leader to the book in front of her, and couldn't help but feel scared. There had to be a hundred different events in that book.
"I don't know whether to be proud or scared of what you have in store." Weiss said coldly, as Yang threw an apple back to the owner of the apple she received in her face. She missed.
"I don't know." Blake said as she looked at Weiss. "I think that I'd might sit this one out."
"Sit out of not, I think however we spent this last day, we should do it as a team." Weiss said as she stood.
"I got it." Ray heard Nora Valkyrie calling, and as Ray looked at the hyper active member of Team JNPR, Said member threw a pie.
"I think that ….."
Weiss said before her face was covered in said thrown pie. Each and every member of Team RWBY was shocked to see Weiss' face covered in pie. They turned and saw Nora Valkyrie pointing towards her team. Ren, embarrassed by Nora's action covered his eyes, while Pyrrha covered her mouth. Jaune Arc, team leader of Team JNPR covered one ear, with his face in a similar shock as that of team RWBY.
"Yeah." Ray said as he looked at his friends. "See no evil." Ray said as he pointed as Ren. "Speak no evil." Pointing at Pyrrha. "and hear no evil." Pointing at Jaune. Ray looked at the girls on his left side.
"I think that me and Vixen will be going to stand a few feet away from you." Ray said as he grabbed Vixen's arm and pulled her away.
What happened next was a wild guess, because somehow, someone decided to throw more food. It became such a mess in the cafeteria, that most students decided to run away, screaming "Food-fight."
It was in that point, that Ray spotted two exchange students entering the cafeteria. One was the Monkey Faunus that they had met at the docks a couple of weeks ago, and the other had blue hair shaved in an undercut, a red jacket with some black bands on it and grey jeans with black padding on the sides.
"I'm Queen of the castle, I'm Queen of the castle." Ray heard Nora singing as she stood upon a large pile of hastily stacked together tables.
"Justice will be swift." Ruby Rose shouted as she stamped on one of the remaining tables, pointing her finger at team JNPR. "Justice will be painful. It will be DELICIOUS." Ruby squashed a carton of milk (Udder satisfaction) as her team cheered encouraging. "YEAH"
"Of with their heads." 'Queen' Nora said as she jumped down from her castle. Team JNPR started to toss a large quantity of melons towards Team RWBY.
Ray and Vixen had gotten out of the way and were now filming the entire battle between the two first year teams with their scrolls. Both were having a laugh, especially when Nora hit Yang with her makeshift hammer, considering that it was a melon on a large metal pole, hard enough that Yang flew through the roof.
The final bang came from Ruby, who, after seeing her team fall at the hands of Team JNPR, unleashed her semblance, to run towards them at extremely fast speeds. She created a whirlwind, that was strong enough to pick up Team JNPR and their ammunition and cracked the wall, tossing Team JNPR on it, and creating a very nice wall decoration, considered of Team JNPR, drinks and food.
As Ruby landed gently, Team JNPR slid of the wall, defeated.
"I love these guys." The monkey Faunus boy, Sun said as he looked at the students of Beacon Academy. His friend didn't. He was covered in grape-juice. He was about to say something when the doors of the cafeteria banged open, and through them Professor Goodwitch stepped inside the now destroyed cafeteria.
She held out her riding crop and waved it once. The entire hall began to return to it's original form, with not even a small spot of food remaining.
"Children, please. Do not play with your food." Glynda Goodwitch said as she adjusted her glasses.
Teams RWBY and JNPR took a seat at a table, just before Yang decided to 'drop by'. She crashed one of the tables, and stood back up, laughing with her team.
"Let it go." Ozpin said as he placed a hand on Glynda's shoulder, soothing her from her anger at the behavior of Teams RWBY and JNPR. She let out a deep sigh.
"They're supposed to be the protectors of the world." She said as she looked at the smiling teams.
"And they will be." Ozpin responded, before he started to walk away. "But right now, they are still children, so why not let them play the part?"
Turning his back to his deputy, Ozpin said one more thing that touched Glynda's heart. "After all, it isn't a roll they'll have forever."
"Mister Star. If you would follow me please?" Ozpin said as he was about to walk out of the cafeteria. "Sure, Professor." Ray responded, wondering what the headmaster wanted. Following the headmaster to his office, Ray sat in of the chairs at the desk of Professor Ozpin.
"Now Harry." Ozpin began.
Ray knew that something important was going to happen. After all, Professor Ozpin had addressed him with his real name. "In my hand here, I have the results of your team's OWL's." The Professor said as he held up his right hand with several documents. Ray sat up straighter, at hearing his OWL results were here.
"I'd like you to take a look at it and see what kind of continuation of your magical teachings you might want to follow."
Ray looked at his headmaster. The man was looking back at him.
"Sir? Don't we need just OWL's for Dumbledore to stop bugging us?" Ray asked.
"Unfortunately, he's not working with us. The unspeakables have told me that with OWL's as well as NEWT's, your chance that Dumbledore will leave you alone will improve. So much in fact that when you have those NEWT's, you are no longer required to attend a magical school."
Ray perked up from hearing that. "Really? Taking NEWT's would grand me and my team a 'get out of Hogwarts card'?"
Ozpin nodded, but with a frown on his face. "While that is correct, taking those NEWT's would mean that Team RAVN is excluded from entering the Vytal festival Tournament."
"WHAT?" Ray shouted, surprised that the headmaster would drop that bombshell on him.
"It's either learning for your NEWT's or participating in the tournament." Said Ozpin as he looked through a few files. Ray had sat down, and looked at his hands.
"Professor, why do I have to make this choice? Why must I make it?" Ray asked as he looked at the headmaster of Beacon Academy.
"I'm not asking you to make that choice, I'm asking Team RAVN to make a choice. If you choose to take the NEWT's, you will still be representing Beacon Academy in the opening and closing parade." Said Ozpin.
'If there will be a closing parade.' Ray thought as he remembered the warning of his future self.
"Take the time to find out what you and your team wants to do." Ozpin said as he handed out a document to Ray. Ray nodded, grabbed the document and made his way to the elevator.
"Mister Star. I'd like an answer back, tomorrow." The headmaster said as he nodded to Ray, dismissing him. Ray took a deep breath and nodded back, before he stepped into the elevator. Pressing a button, Ray felt the elevator going down. 'Might as well find out what my scores are.' Ray though.
Opening the document, Ray started to shift through the four files, looking for his own. The first one he met was that of Vixen Jones, aka Nymphadora (Dora) Tonks. Then he came in contact with Nova Heart, aka Ginny Goodwitch. The third file was that of Angel Star, who's real name was Hermione Granger.
Then he found his own file. Ray smiled at his name. Ray Star/Harry Ozpin. The unspeakables had wanted to make his name Harry J. Ozpin-Potter, but Ray had shot that down. While he might be a Potter in blood, he was an Ozpin in name. Then again, now he was a Star in name.
Shaking his head, Ray looked at his file.
File number 0239910033/HO
Name: Ray Star / Harry J. Ozpin-Potter
School: Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Examiner: Unspeakable Bakker.
Passing Grade:
O: Outstanding
E: Exceeds Expectations
A: Acceptable
Failing Grade:
P: Poor
D: Dreadful
T: Troll
Ray Star / Harry J. Ozpin-Potter has received on his Ordinary Wizarding levels tests the following results.
Charms: O
Transfigurations: E
Herbology: E
Defense Against the Dark Arts: O
Ancient Runes: E
Potions: E
Care of Magical Creatures: O
Astronomy: A
Divination: N/A
Arithmancy: E
History of Magic: E
Muggle Studies: N/A
The student Ray Star / Harry J. Ozpin-Potter has received 3 O's, 6 E's and 1 A.
Ray looked at his scores. While he was happy that he had an O for his Defense Against the dark Arts OWL, he frowned at the use of his name. Shaking it of as a weird habit of the Wizarding world or Magical Britain (Doing what they wanted to do, without telling anybody about it) Ray stepped out of the elevator and made his way towards the student dormitories.
Entering his dorm a few minutes later, he was happily surprised to see both Angel and Nova sitting on their beds, talking about the day that they had. On Angel's desk a small mountain of books was resting peacefully. Ray suspected that it was about seventy to a hundred and twenty books.
"So, is he gone?" Ray asked the two girls, while he sat next to Nova, who gave him a loving kiss on his cheek.
"He's gone." Angel said as she looked at two of her best friends.
"Yep, safe and sound in a hide-out in Vacuo. The two fools didn't even know they killed a simulation of Tukson. We filmed everything, even their conversation with 'Tukson' who was being controlled by our little bookworm here." Said Nova as she waved her arms towards Angel.
"Well, I knew that your Charm work was good, but to fool those two. Now I know why you have an O for your OWL for Charms." Said Ray cheeky as he say Angel's eyes widening. "You got the OWL scores."
Suddenly Angel jumped towards Ray, and crashed with him on Nova's bed. "GIVE ME MY SCORES, NOW!" Angel screamed as she tried to pull the document from Ray's hands.
"Help?" Ray called as he was assaulted by the biggest bookworm that he knew. Nova shook her head in laughter.
"Sorry Ray, but you're on your own." Nova said between chuckles of laughter.
Eventually, Angel Star had her scores from her OWL's. She sat down on her bed, and started to look at it
File number 0239910034/HG
Name: Angel Star / Hermione Granger
School: Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Examiner: Unspeakable Bakker.
Passing Grade:
O: Outstanding
E: Exceeds Expectations
A: Acceptable
Failing Grade:
P: Poor
D: Dreadful
T: Troll
Angel Star / Hermione Granger has received on his Ordinary Wizarding levels tests the following results.
Charms: O
Transfigurations: O
Herbology: E
Defense Against the Dark Arts: E
Ancient Runes: O
Potions: O
Care of Magical Creatures: A
Astronomy: E
Divination: N/A
Arithmancy: O
History of Magic: E
Muggle Studies: N/A
The student Angel Star / Hermione Granger has received 5 O's, 4 E's and 1 A.
Angel slowly let her arms fall down next to her body, her hands relaxed, causing the file with her OWL scores to fall on the ground.
"I failed." Angel said softly, but not softly enough.
"That's bullshit, and you know it." Ray said as he came right within Angel's face. "Out of everyone here, I should be the one who should be feeling sorry for myself. I got the least Outstandings, and I don't care. I have three Outstandings, and you have five."
"But I failed one subject. I failed care of magical Creatures." Angel said as she looked a Ray's face.
"Who cares about that. Granted, you were somewhat weaker in practical classes, but you scored good in most classes." Ray said as he sat down next to his cousin.
"And what about history? I failed History." Angel said, her eyes beginning to become damp with unshed tears.
"You exceeded expectations. That's hardly a failure." Said Nova who took a seat on Angel's other side, Angel's file in her hand. "Besides, Ray and I got an acceptable for Astronomy. Our night-sky is different from the one outside Remnant."
Ray looked at Angel. "We talked many times about this problem you have. Always trying to be the best. Always trying to be on top of the class. Now that you find your OWL scores, you complain about it. May I remind you, Miss Granger," Angel looked up at Ray for the use of her real surname, "That we had only about four months to work towards our OWL's? Those wizards and Witches in Britain have double that time. So I would say that you have not failed. You did the best you could within the given time."}
"Thank you Ray." Angel said softly as she hugged her cousin. "Thank you for pulling me out of that dark depth that I still have."
"Don't mention it." Ray said as he gave Angel a hug. Nova smiled slightly as she looked at the two cousins hugging each other. She quickly and quietly grabbed the document from Ray's hands, and looked at her own scores again.
File number 0239910035/GG
Name: Nova Heart / Ginny M. Goodwitch-Weasley
School: Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Examiner: Unspeakable Bakker.
Passing Grade:
O: Outstanding
E: Exceeds Expectations
A: Acceptable
Failing Grade:
P: Poor
D: Dreadful
T: Troll
Nova Heart / Ginny Goodwitch-Weasley has received on his Ordinary Wizarding levels tests the following results.
Charms: O
Transfigurations: E
Herbology: O
Defense Against the Dark Arts: O
Ancient Runes: E
Potions: E
Care of Magical Creatures: O
Astronomy: A
Divination: N/A
Arithmancy: E
History of Magic: E
Muggle Studies: N/A
The student Nova Heart / Ginny M. Goodwitch-Weasley has received 4 O's, 5 E's and 1 A.
"Not bad." Nova said as she placed her score sheet in her own trunk. "And what has Vixen for scores?" Nova asked as she looked at the last file in the document.
File number 0239910036/NT
Name: Vixen Jones / Nymphadora (Dora) Tonks
School: Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Examiner: Unspeakable Bakker.
Passing Grade:
O: Outstanding
E: Exceeds Expectations
A: Acceptable
Failing Grade:
P: Poor
D: Dreadful
T: Troll
Vixen Jones / Nymphadora (Dora) Tonks has received on his Ordinary Wizarding levels tests the following results.
Charms: E
Transfigurations: E
Herbology: O
Defense Against the Dark Arts: O
Ancient Runes: O
Potions: E
Care of Magical Creatures: E
Astronomy: E
Divination: N/A
Arithmancy: O
History of Magic: E
Muggle Studies: N/A
The student Vixen Jones / Nymphadora (Dora) Tonks has received 4 O's, 6 E's.
"That's not bad." Said a voice from behind Nova, causing Nova to jump in the air, screamed and fell on her butt, causing the owner of the voice, Vixen Jones, to smile at Nova's behavior.
"Hey Vix." Angel said as she smiled at the other best friend in her life. "Using your semblance again?"
"Yeah. She might have fallen on her own, but I wanted to use them again. Having control of Friction is so much cooler, when you can control how much friction something generates." Vixen said as she pulled Nova from the floor and up on her legs.
"Like our first match with Team CRDL, Sky was unable to lift his halberd, because it had no friction." Said Ray as he stood from Angel's bed and in front of the door, leading to the rest of the school. Closing it with both his scroll and a couple of charms, Ray turned to his team.
"I've been asked to offer you a choice. According to Professor Ozpin, Dumbledore will not agree with these OWL results. He, and the Unspeakables, offer us to study for our NEWT's." Ray said as Angel started to bounce up and down. "However, If we accept the NEWT courses, we will be excluded from entering in the Vytal Festival Tournament."
"WHAT?" Nova shouted. Angel and Vixen looked at her with confusion. "Eh, why are you angry?" Angel asked.
"Why I am angry? I wanted to fight in the tournament, not learning how to mix a stupid potion." Nova said. "I wanted to fight Grimm, I wanted to show the world that team RAVN is one of the best first year teams. And now we have to choose between stupid NEWT's and the tournament?"
Nova was almost burning up. Her semblance started to get out of control, and the room began to become hotter by the minute.
"NOVA. Control yourself." Ray said. Looking at her leader, and lover, Nova pulled her semblance down, causing the temperature of the room to drop.
"Angel, what do you want?" Ray asked, causing Angel to look at Ray. "What?" She asked weakly.
"Would you rather study for the NEWT's of train for the Tournament?" Ray asked.
"Oh come on. You don't need a masters degree to see what she wants." Said Nova. Ray looked at her. "You get to speak your mind later, Nova. Now I need an answer from Angel."
Ray looked back at Angel. "What will it be. Tournament or NEWT's?" Ray asked again.
Angel took a deep breath. "NEWT's. After I first stepped in the Colosseum at a young Hermione Granger, I would secretly dream about fighting with my team there, competing for the glory of Vale. But I also want my NEWT's. If we get our NEWT's now, then we can focus on the Tournament later, when we're third years. Dumbledore will also stop bothering us with demanding we return to Hogwarts."
"Sensible answer." Ray said as he looked at Vixen. "NEWT's. I agree with Angel. Study now and learn what we need to learn, and worry about the Tournament when we're older." Vixen said as she looked at Ray.
Ray nodded and looked at Nova. Nova looked conflicted.
"We agreed that we would do these OWL's so that we would be free from Dumbledore's grasp. We would train hard to show the world that Team RAVN wasn't just a collection of fifteen year old students, who pretend to study at Beacon. We would show the world that we were ready. Ready to take the responsibility needed, to safeguard the human race from the creatures of Grimm." Nova said as she looked at Ray.
Ray stepped forward, and held out his arms. Nova slowly walked towards him and engaged the hug that Ray wanted her go get.
"I would love nothing more that to fight in Amity today, to show the world that Team RAVN is more than some younger kids who hold their own at Beacon. But I don't want to have Dumbledore breathing down my neck to finish Hogwarts. If we study this year for out NEWT's, then the law that Dumbledore will enact will be for nothing. Can you imagine the look on his face, Nova? Can you imagine the look on his face, when we show him our NEWT's to him. I promise you, my love. I promise you that when Harry Ozpin, Ginny Goodwitch, Hermione Granger and Nymphadora Tonks fly away on a airship to Beacon Academy after their forth year, that we won't be going back without a valid reason. And to get our OWL's and NEWT's will not be a valid one."
Nova nodded, "NEWT's it is then." she said softly.
"We'll inform the headmaster tomorrow. Right now I think it's time to look over what you and Angel pulled out of the bookshop of Tukson, before he went away, and what Emerald and Mercury said before they 'killed' Tukson. By the way, did you tag them with a tracking charm and an eaves dropping charm?" Ray asked as he looked at the books that were on Angel's desk.
"Yep, on both." said Nova as she tapped a pen and the Pen started to mark out locations where the other end of the charm was.
"He look. They are near the docks." said Nova as she tapped a recording device with her wand, causing it to tape everything Mercury and Emerald said, as well as with who they were talking. Soon enough, they had enough information to warn Professor Ozpin that Mercury Black and Emerald Sustrai were working with Cinder Fall, as well as Roman Torchwick.
"Oh Boy." Ray said as he took a deep breath. "Let's go to bed. Tomorrow, we'll drop this bombshell."
The others nodded and all to soon, Ray stepped in his bed, and was promptly joined by Nova. Angel got a visitor as well, as Vixen decided to sleep with Angel.
In the end Ray, Nova, Angel and Vixen slept very well that night. It wouldn't be the first night when one of the team members would sleep with their partner.