Harry Potter and the Prophecy of Shi
A crossover Fanfiction
By Sheya
Chapter 10
Hogwarts Express and the Sorting
For a wonder everyone got the train Station with time to spare of course no one had unpacked anyway… so there was nothing to pack. As Harry and his friends, old and new, settled into their compartment Sirius came by to see if everything was ok.
"Are you coming on the express with us?" Harry inquired.
"Yeah Albus thought that there should be adults this year but the teachers are needed at the school."
"We will be around so holler if you need anything." Angela leaned over Sirius's shoulder.
"If we really need help we will. But then if we need help I think everyone would be in need of help right?"
"True." The two left to keep an eye on the other students.
"Well it's time for the prefects meeting; we should be back in an hour." Hermione and Ron left the compartment.
Luna, Neville, and Ginny started asking Harry questions about his summer, Harry told them and they asked if they could be taught too. Ranma said that he would teach them but not the way he taught Harry and Company he had gotten permission to teach the trio that way.
When the others got back Ran challenged Harry to a game of chess Ranma watched and started giving Harry pointers Ran almost lost to Harry in that game. So Ron then challenged Ranma to a game and lost spectacularly.
"Hah Ranma Kuro NEVER looses!"
Ron challenged Ranma until the Food Cart came and then they settled down for games of exploding snap or to read. Shortly a most unwelcome person made his traditional appearance. The door to the compartment opened and….
"Oh great it's the inbred Ferret." Harry looked up from his book and glared at the other boy.
"I'd watch it if I were you Potty, you know the Dark Lord is coming after you, and he will send you to your parents."
"You know that is getting old, I mean you've been saying that for the past 5 years and I've fought him or a facsimile of him 4 of those years and I'm still here. So how is he so powerful?"
"Anyway if you throw enough bodies at him even he will fall. You just need a LOT of people willing to give up their lives for it; which, admittedly, isn't practical." Ranma added.
"Of course with the training we had this summer all we really need is speed and good aim." Ron commented.
"There's that. And the fact that a trio of Jusendo warriors did defeat a Dark Lord and his army about 300 years ago." Ranma commented.
"And that Dark Lord was as fond of the Killing Curse as Stupid Snake Face is." Hermione put her 2cents in.
Malfoy glared at Hermione. "You'll get yours mudblood you can't insult the greatest Dark Lord ever with your filth."
"Right" Ranma lifted Malfoy by the collar and shook him "think of it this way you purebloods are like the Dead Sea… it does have wonderful properties but nothing can live there for long. Halfbloods like Harry are like the ocean they have similar properties but a bit more diluted. Muggleborn like Hermione are The Great Lakes… they don't have the ancient depth of the Purebloods but they have their own unique properties that Purebloods just don't have."
"You're a pureblood."
"By definition my Families are Pureblood BUT we are not Pureblood in the sense that we have been marrying only cousins for centuries. The Blacks maybe, but MY fathers Father is Japanese Pureblood. My mothers Mother is also Japanese Pureblood. And the Potters have always let new blood in though they did make sure that the new blood was at least 3rd generation well except for Lily but love doesn't know blood and doesn't care either ."
"Think of it this way sooner or later even Hermione's family with be pureblood given a couple generations."
"Yeah even if I marry someone like Colin as long as my children don't marry muggleborns or muggles then their children will be Purebloods- Young Pureblood but Pureblood nonetheless."
"It's all relative." Ranma dropped Malfoy.
"Anyway Voldie is a Halfblood, no, not even as halfblood as me, my mom was a witch his dad was a MUGGLE. Think about it you are following a hypocrite." Harry stated.
"Actually I could name other pureblood propagandists that were hypocrites as well but I'm not going into that it's a muggle thing." Hermione commented.
"You are all insane The Dark Lord can't be a Halfblood."
"But he is a Halfblood former Slytherin named Tom Marvolo Riddle, which is, by the way, an acronym for 'I am Lord Voldemort'." Harry explained.
Malfoy stared "You just can't be right." He then ran away with a lot to think about even if he would try to forget the whole conversation.
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When the train stopped at the station and everyone got off they heard Hagrid calling for the First Years and Transfers…. Ranma blinked then waved ate the others and ran off.
On the way down the rocky trail Ranma kept about three students from tripping. When the Castle came into view he blinked. "Sugoi the citadel is bigger and more impressive but this place is far more elegant."
"What de ya mean?" Hagrid asked.
"The Citadel is cut from a mountain it was also done with nothing but bare hands and Ki. It is not pretty or elegant but it is imposing, more so because it doesn't LOOK like it was created by bare hands and Ki."
"I see." Clearly he didn't, he could not fathom carving out a mountain with bare hands and had no clue what Ki was.
After the boat ride Hagrid told Ranma that he could be sorted first or last… Ranma decided first because he wanted to get it over with, and patients was not his strong suite.
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Ranma walked at the head of the students to be sorted, other students whispering about the new guy who didn't look like a first year.
Dumbledore stood up, "Good evening I have an unusual before sorting announcement to make, we have a transfer student from Japan he will be starting his Sixth year and will be sorted first." Dumbledore sat down and gestured to begin the sorting.
Professor McGonagall set up the hat and opened the scroll to begin the sorting. "Kuro, Ranma."
Ranma bounced up to the hat and put it on.
'Well what do we have here? A transfer student of sorts. Welcome to Hogwarts. So lets see….'
"Oh cool you talk in my head." Ranma snickered. "Well at least you'll have more of a chance to know me then most."
'Yes I will so I see that like your cousin you would do well in all the houses… although you do have a drive to be the best, I will not even suggest Slytherin mostly because if Salazar had met you he would have run away screaming, telling everyone who would listen "THIS is why we need to be careful. Muggles are and can be just as strong as wizards." Not that he wanted to keep Muggleborns away from Hogwarts he just wanted people to understand that Muggles weren't stupid and weak. That sentiment has been twisted over the years….'
"Great so where are you gonna put me?"
'I would put you in Hufflepuff just to screw with everyone, but, no, I think I should put you with your cousin in' "GRYFFINDOR!!!!"
The rest of the sorting went quite smoothly, with students going happily to all four houses although some were intimidated by the reputations of their house.
Dinner was excellent as usual Ron stuffed his face but this time Hermione ate nearly as much but she was just neater about it. Harry also ate his fair share but most were watching Ranma the Human Vacuum Cleaner inhale his food.
After desert Dumbledore again stood up and made some more announcements. "Students we have an exciting year ahead of us. Our Defense Against the Dark Arts teach this year will be someone until recently was wanted for a few crimes that he did not commit. Please give a warm welcome to Professor Sirius Black."
Harry-ichidan cheered everyone who knew about the Ministry raid also cheered everyone else stared.
"I regret to inform everyone that I had to ask Professor Binns to retire. Our NEWTS and OWLS scored were just getting to low in History of Magic therefore I am pleased to inform you that a favorite Defense teacher is returning to take his spot. Please give a warm welcome to Professor Remus Lupin. As for the concerns of certain people he has bonded over the summer therefore his Lycanthropy is no longer dangerous."
Most of the older students cheered, well they all cheered for the loss of Binns but some did not cheer for Lupin.
"I have some more announcements, Madam Pomphrey has accepted a task I have long wished her to undertake for six and seventh years you may take a semester long seminar for healing magic… since Madam Pomphrey would not take this task without someone she could trust helping her in the hospital wing we have a new assistant for her, Miss Kasumi Tendou."
Kasumi got a warm welcome from most of the houses as well.
"It has also come to my attention that some people may need a little help with classes and they don't feel comfortable burdening the teachers with their problems so we now have a tutor who will be available to assist any and all students in any class. Please give a warm welcome to Madam Angela Kuro."
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"Wow we have lots of new teachers, it's great." Neville said as the sixth years entered the common room.
"Harry what's with Black? Why did you cheer for him I though he betrayed you parents?" Seamus asked.
"He didn't he wasn't the secret keeper Pettigrew was. He was also framed by Pettigrew with the Muggle deaths. He's my godfather and Ranma's father."
"But Ranma has the same last name as the new tutor?"
"Except that in Japanese the word black is said kuro. So that means that…"
"The new tutor is Professor Blacks WIFE?!?!" Exclaimed the rest of the house.
"Yep." Ranma then started stretching Hermione and Ron followed.
"She is also my Aunt my fathers older sister." Harry joined his friends and cousin.
"Neville, Ginny- you may want to follow with the stretching if you want to learn to fight."
"Ok." The both started following Harry.
"Also we will be getting up early tomorrow for morning training. And tomorrow evening we will also train tonight we will just stretch."
After the stretching session everyone went to bed to get an early start in the morning.
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AN:: So not as long as I wanted it to be but I ran out of Ideas for this chapter. So after nearly 3 years hopefully I'm back in the swing of things. Now my fingers hurt…. I re-wrote the outline cause I lost my original one If I find it I may add to this chapter IF there was more in my original outline anyway…. Maybe I should clump more stuff in each chapter to make them longer but then again I might just have the same problem anyway.
Ok I just got my first review for this chapter… normally I would reply using the review reply but since it was an anonymous review I can't sooo.
The question was 'why is the Sorting Hat equating Ranma to a Muggle?'
The Answer is 'because Wizards are not NORMALLY Martial Artists. Therefore the Hat wasn't referring to Ranma being a Muggle he was referring to Ranma using Muggle Martial Arts. You know Ki and jumping tall buildings, if not in a single bound then certainty one or two wall jumps, Roof Hopping, Shattering Boulders with just a finger, punching people into LEO… things like that.'