Disclaimer: Harry Potter is owned by J.K. Rowling and Akame Ga Kill is owned by Takahiro and Tetsuya Tashiro. I own nothing.
Looking around the entrance hall Harry saw that most everyone was returning home for the winter holiday. If he had to guess he would say it was because parents wanted to make sure their kids were alright, especially given what had happened in the last couple of weeks.
"Hey Harry!" Neville said dragging his trunk.
"Hey Neville," Harry greeted his friend. "Ready to go?"
"Yeah, I double checked and everything. I'm all set."
"You even have Trevor?" Harry asked.
A pensive looked passed over Neville's face and he suddenly began searching through his trunk. "Oh no," Neville said. "Not again."
Harry opened his own trunk just enough and pulled the other boys toad out. "Trevor!" Neville exclaimed as he took the toad. "How did you find him?"
"Well I woke up this morning and he was sitting on top of me," Harry told him. "I thought I might keep him safe until we left."
"Thanks," Neville said.
"You know Tracey was right," Harry said. "You really should get a cage for him."
The two of them grabbed a carriage and rode it down to Hogsmead station.
Climbing aboard they quickly grabbed a compartment with Hermione before all of them were taken by other students.
"So what are your plans for the holiday?" Hermione asked as the two boys helped her put her luggage up on the top rack.
"Well my Gran and I are going to visit the Weasley's one of these days," Neville said. "I guess Mr. Weasley got a promotion at work and we are going to congratulate him."
"You don't think Ron is going to start acting like Malfoy now do you?" Hermione asked. "I mean one person flaunting their father's position was bad enough we don't need another one."
"Well acting like the old Malfoy anyways," Harry said. "Ever since he had that detention with Esdeath he's been acting different, even more so after what happened to his father."
"Yeah he hasn't really been bullying anyone since then," Neville said. "I wonder what she said to him."
"In her case I would think it was more of what she did than what she said."
"I guess," Neville said. "I mean she does have one of those muggle super weapons right?" Harry nodded. "I wonder what they can do."
A thought occurred to Harry: he had never told Neville he had one yet. By now Harry knew that Neville was as loyal a friend as they came. "Do you want to see one?" Harry asked.
"What?" Neville asked. "What do you mean?"
Harry rolled up his robe sleeves to reveal the armguards. He concentrated and a humming sound filled the compartment. Neville looked at it with amazement.
"Blimey," Neville said as Harry lowered the humming to nothing. "You have one?!"
"Yeah," Harry said. "I figured now was a good time to let you know."
"I'm glad you told me," Neville said. "That was brilliant. Can I try it?"
"No," Harry said bluntly which took Neville aback. "It's not because I don't trust you Neville, but the thing is Weapons like these are only compatible with one person. They put strain on the body and I don't want to be responsible for anyone getting hurt."
"Oh," Neville said. "Sorry I didn't know."
"It's alright," Harry said. "They are pretty cool."
The three of them continued to talk all the way on the journey back to King's Cross.
As the train pulled to a stop students disembarked to go find their parents. Harry easily spotted Lubbock, Najenda, and Susanoo due to their rather unique appearances. Harry also noticed that many wizards were keeping their distance away from the trio. Harry bid farewell to his friends as he approached the three.
"Good to see you again Harry," Najenda told him. "I take it this year hasn't been too hectic with your two new teachers around?"
"It feels like an average year should," Harry said.
"Good to hear," Najenda said. "Now let's head on back, there is still tension between us and the wizards and I don't think staying longer than necessary is a good idea."
Harry received a warm welcome once they were safely back in the Capital. Akame even took time away from eating to welcome him back. Maybe one day he could be an actual member of their group.
Before Harry knew it Christmas was upon them. Mein and Seryu still both avoided each other, while Harry went with Bols to pick out a last minute gift for his daughter.
"Thank you for coming with me Harry," the masked man said to him. "She's been wanting one of these dolls for awhile now." Harry told him it was not a problem and he was sure that she would love it.
When Harry was walking back to his room he saw Lubbock sitting with his back to a closed door. The green haired man had a strange smile on his face. "Are you okay?" Harry asked.
Lubbock didn't offer a response, he just continued to stare off into space.
"Lubbock?" Harry asked as he snapped his fingers in front of him. Still no response.
"Lubbock?" Harry began shaking the man by his shoulders trying to shake him out of this trance. "Snap out of it." Harry hit Lubbock across the face and it seemed to work.
"Huh, wha-," Lubbock said snapping out of his trance. "Harry what are you doing here?"
"I found you laying by this door," Harry told him. "You looked really out of it. Are you alright?"
"I am better than alright," Lubbock told him. "I'm in heaven."
"Why?" Harry asked. "What happened?"
"Oh I just got the best present anyone could ever ask for," Lubbock told him as he stood up. "Have a nice day Harry." Lubbock began to walk away. Harry wondered what that was all about, but then he noticed that the door that he had just been resting by led to Najenda's room. That certainly explained it.
Much like last year the break passed much too quickly for Harry's liking. Akame, Kurome, Tatsumi, and Wave volunteered to take him to the station. Harry noticed that even though the entrance to the platform was still hidden, some wizards seemed less secretive about the whole thing. Not a lot, but a few.
After crossing the barrier the five of them maneuvered through the crowd of people and towards the train. The four of them bid Harry a farewell when he told them he saw his friends grab a compartment.
"There you are Harry," Hermione said as he opened the door to their compartment. "Did you have a good holiday?"
"Yeah," Harry said. "It went by pretty fast though."
"What about you Neville?"
"Well the day we spent with the Weasley's felt like an eternity," Neville said.
"What happened?" Harry asked.
"Well it was pretty hectic at their house," Neville told him. "The twins pulled some prank on Percy so he was pretty mad and their mother started yelling at them. Arthur was alright he mostly talked with my Gran though. All Ron talked about was quidditch and all Ginny talked about was you Harry."
"Sounds like it was packed."
"They're nice people," Neville added. "But you're right they do have a lot going on at their house." Soon the train began to pull away from the station and began its journey back to Hogwarts.
Several other students such as Daphne, Tracey, Terry, and the Patil twins stopped by to ask how their holiday went before they went off to their own compartment.
"I'm going to start preparing for finals as soon as I can when we get back," Hermione said as the train neared its destination.
"I know you like to get work done ahead of time," Harry said, "but doesn't that seem a bit too early?"
"You can never be too prepared," Hermione told him. "And besides the grades we get at the end of this year determine what electives we take next year. I really want to do muggle studies considering all that happened."
Harry thought he heard her mutter something about how the teacher was cute, but he didn't say anything about it.
Soon the train pulled to a complete stop at Hogsmead station and allowed the students to file out. As Harry was walking he saw a student ahead of him drop a book unto the ground. Harry didn't see who it was but he nonetheless was going to return it to the kid.
As he reached and grabbed hold of the book he felt a tug on the back of his naval and his feet left the ground as he now appeared to be spinning at high velocity. What was going on?
Soon enough Harry felt his feet meet solid ground. The book left his grasp as Harry pushed himself up. He took a minute to get his bearings. He was no longer at Hogsmead station. Instead he was in some sort of a graveyard. He heard movement behind him.
Harry was about to activate his Imperial Arms, but whoever was behind him was faster. Three voices all called out, "Stupify!" three jets of red light came soaring at Harry and hit him dead on. He felt his body fall down and his vision faded to black.