"Otacon, I've made it onto the train."
"Good job, Raiden. Let us review the details of the mission again, shall we? Your main objective is to protect Harry Potter from the wizard organization the Death Eaters and their leader, Lord Voldemort. You are going to pose as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Did you get yourself a wand?"
"Uh…. Yes; I did."
Raiden looked down at the fragile piece of wood in his grasp as he continued to hide in a box in the caboose of Hogwarts Express, it heading straight for the school.
"Great. Make sure to enter the school ViA tHe ---"
"Otacon, you're breaking up. What did you say?"
NO RESPONSE.
"Otacon! … I guess we got disconnected."
He dialed another number.
"Snake, can you hear me?"
NO RESPONSE.
Raiden sighed and waited patiently as the train continued on. He was not sure when he had drifted off into sleep but the less than smooth stopping of the train jerked him awake. He could hear the chatter of students and staff as they unloaded from the train and went towards the school. After carefully taking off his box, he slowly slipped out of the train car and leaned against the bars at the very end of the train. His baby blue eyes widened as he looked up at the wonder that was Hogwarts. Its might erupted from the sky, sending majestic shadows all around him. Raiden's amazement was interrupted when the train started to scurry off; he jumped off it and rolled next to a nearby tree. Students were still trailing into the school but he guessed they were far enough away not to see him.
As his body rubbed itself against the ground, he inched closer and closer to the school. It was amazing how eerily quiet the woods leading to the school were except for the occasional birdcall or frog croak that sent a tiny jump down his spine. He finally reached the official school grounds; a small shack in front of him. After looking around, Raiden planted himself on it, snuck to its side, searched again, and then stood beside it.
"Otacon didn't specify how I should enter the school," the thought ran through his head as he lightly bit his soft lip. From his sneaking suit, he took out a grapple hook and pointed it towards the top of the castle. The electrical instruments seemed to be failing but he figured it should still launch. The hook erupted out of it and failed to reach the castle; it fell to the floor with a muffled thud. Raiden hid behind the shack again but it seemed no one had seen or heard his mistake. He slowly retracted the hook then climbed on top of the small house. After poising himself again, the hook flew from his grasp and attached itself at the edge of one of the many pointed towers of the structure. He tested the success of his shot by pulling back a few times then pressed the button to retract the tool.
An involuntary scream erupted from his lips as he was forced through the air. His body slammed itself hard on the bottom of the tower. Raiden crawled onto the building, his chest sore from the impact. He coughed a few times, cleared his throat, and then put the grapple hook away. A strong voice was barely audible in his ears but it became louder as he cautiously went towards one of the larger buildings.
"This must be the main hall," Raiden reflected, trying to remember what Otacon had told him about the school. The powerful voice continued his speech as some owls screeched overhead. He walked onto a small section of the building that jutted outward and looked through the large set of windows at the back of the hall. He could make out a large table in front of him and four vertical tables within the room. The firelight coming from the numerous amounts of candles within the room distorted his view. As he continued to peer, the owl screeches became louder. Raiden set up his grapple hook nearby, making sure it was nice and sturdy. He knew he should climb down from here and enter the building through the main entrance that was nearby. This way would attract less attention. An owl flew past his head, hitting him with her wings. Looking up startled, he could see more owls coming towards him. He swung his arms around in a frail attempt to fight them off but his feet were slowly leading him towards the edge of the building. Suddenly, the roof beneath him crumbled under his foot and Raiden lost his balance. He saw himself swinging towards the main hall and he turned his body just in time before he slammed through one of the windows.
"… In addition, our new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher seems to have… "A man with a long snow white beard and hair to match stopped speaking at his podium as a blond man with a blue sneaking suit landed next to him, rolling onto the floor to lessen the impact. The silence of the hall burned in Raiden's ears as much as the glass in his skin as he looked up at four completely full tables in front of him. Hundreds of wizards and witches looked over at him in surprise. "Arrived just in time," the headmaster continued, breaking the silence of the moment. Hushed whispers emitted from the students and teachers as the new arrival stood up. "This is Professor Jack Raidenokov."
"Hi," he waved lamely as the pieces of glass around and in him flew back into the broken window.
"Please take your seat over there next to Professor Snape," Dumbledore smiled gently as he told Raiden; the latter looked back at a man with slick back black as night hair who nodded at him, a well-accustomed frown on his face. He stumbled to his seat then looked towards the students who hushed up as Dumbledore continued his speech. Scanning the tables from right to left, he looked for his objective. Raiden's eyes finally laid themselves upon the table furthest to his left and found the brown haired boy with glasses sitting in the middle next to his two friends.
"Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, and… Harry Potter," he noted as he saw the legendary scar upon Harry's forehead. "Now I just need to get this teacher thing down."
Want to thank my friend, theoretical pyrohobbit, for answering all my Harry Potter-related questions.
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