Chapter 4: Enter the Toad, and the Tower

All heads, minus Yang and Weiss, turned towards the door to see a toad like woman enter. She wore all pink, and it was in a hideous shade of the color to boot. It was none other than Professor Umbridge, the teacher for Defense Against the Dark Arts. Both teams RWBY and JNPR were a bit off bit by the amount of pink the woman wore, and then she spoke.

"Professor Dumbledore, who are these people?" she asked, her high pitched voice grading against everyone's ears. Blake was affected the worst, as her Fauns heritage working against her right now. She was on her knees, that's how bad it was.

"Please, stop talking." Blake said. She was now getting up, but holding her ears as they were ringing slightly. She was close to drawing Gambol Shroud and using it to knock out the pink colored eye sore of a toad.

"Why, how rude of you, And what are all of you wearing? Where are your robes?" she asked, driving Blake right back to the floor. Her ears felt like they were bleeding, both sets of them. She got up, and in the span of about 10 seconds, Blake had drawn Gamble Shroud, taken her bow off, and had the bladed part of the sheath up to the toad-like woman's throat.

"I swear to Dust if you saw one more thing, I will rip out your throat. Both of my ears feel like they're bleeding, and my head is ringing from you speaking. So. Don't. Speak. Nod once for yes if you get it, twice if you don't."

Umbridge nodded once, and Blake backed off, putting Gambol on her back. "Now, we aren't students here. We have no idea how we got here. We will not tell you where we came from, as you don't need to know. Also, is there anywhere we can stay for the time being?" Blake said.

Everyone was shocked into silence, as the ones that knew Blake had never seen her like this. She was normally the clam and mellow person, along with Ren, that acted as a voice of reason. The people that didn't know Blake, which was Dumbledore, Umbridge and the Golden Trio, were scared out of their wits with this display of violence.

"We have room to spare in the Gryffindor tower. They will be a dorm, and you will have to share the rooms though." Dumbledore said, wanting to see if this would deterrent them in anyway. It didn't. If anything, it made them happy.

"That's fine. Could you lead us to these dorms? Or are the three in the corner part of this " Gryffindor" class?" Ren asked. Dorms were nothing new to them. And if it was Co-ed dorms, that be even better, as it would allow the teams to stay together. And if not, well, Jaune had come a long way since Pyrrha had started to train him.

"Yes. Mr. Potter, if you could lead them to the tower, Mr. Ren and Mr. Ark will staying in your dorm room, while Ms. Granger, please led the other girls to the girls side of the dormitories. You girls can decide amongst yourselves on exact sleeping arrangements." Dumbledore said, more or less dismissing them with those orders.

The three Gryffindors were a tab bit scared. These eight were rooming with them? These people looked like they could take an army on, and come out just fine. Ron was showing it the most, with him shaking slightly as they walked back to the tower. Harry was able to hide his fear a bit better. He had faced Voldemort four times. These people couldn't be stronger then Voldemort. The only person that is, is Dumbledore. Hermoine was thinking of the new arrivals as people that could help get rid of Voldemort and his Death-Eaters. So, while the three were caught up in these thoughts, they neglected to think about how the rest of the tower would react to these eight strangers.

So, to say you could here a pin drop when the entered the common room was an understatement. The instant the teams were spotted, it was deathly silent. It was a stare down it seem, teams RWBY and JNPR against the whole of the Gryffindor common room. The tension was so thick, one could taste it.

"So, Harry, who are these lovely strangers?" Fred asked, trying to break the tension.

"Teams RWBY and JNPR. We're bunking here in the dormitories for the time being. Headmaster's orders." Weiss said, her 'Ice Queen" in full force. If it got them to the dorms and a bed, or a soft floor, then she would do it.

That just ever so slightly floored the Gryffindor students. With the tension broken, the teams, trailing behind Harry, Ron, and Hermoine went up to the dorms. Reaching the stairs, the guys went left, the girls right.

The split was uneven, but beggars can't be choosers. The boys, which was Harry, Ron, Ren, and Jaune walked into the dormitory, with Seamus and Dean already there. It was like walking into the common room all over again.

Before the tension could build up, Harry spoke. " Seamus, Dean, this here is Lie Ren and Jaune Arc. They are staying with us for a while." Harry could see the word of protest forming on their lips. "Dumbledore's orders" Harry said, shutting up the two very quickly.

"Are there any sleeping mats we can use?" Jaune asked. It wouldn't be to different from the first night at Beacon, as the teams hadn't been formed yet, and all the first years slept in the ball room, for lack of a better term. Nodding, Dean pulled out two sleeping mats from the storage closet the dorm room had. No ever used it, but it was still there.

Setting up the mats, Ren had his done quickly, and was ready to sleep. Jaune however, was still unrolling his. The blonde may have gotten more confident, and improved as a fighter, but was still as clumsy as ever. After another minute or two of fumbling, he finally got his mat unrolled, and started to detached the armor plates of his gear. It didn't take long, and Jaune was out like a light.

Ren was still up, giving his twin automatic pistols, named StormFlowers, a good cleaning. It wasn't long to clean the part that used bullets. What took the longest was sharpening the bladed portion of them. He had a bit of an audience while doing this, but paid them no mind.

Finished with his weapon maintenance, Ren clipped the twin pistols to his belt, and promptly fell asleep. The other five boys, as Neviell had shown up during the weapon cleaning, fell asleep, a bit of fear keeping them company.

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On the other side, the girls had much more luck. They found an empty room, and with it, six beds. Seeing as how none of them had any of their sleeping clothes, they took off their armored portions, and kept their weapons close by. For some of the people in the room, sleeping normal clothes was not normal, and it was uncomfortable. For others, it was normal, and they got on fine with it. Either way, the girls of teams RWBY and JNPR fell asleep rather quickly, but lightly. They were paranoid, plain and simple.

Still, they go their sleep, and it was dreamless for all, which was most likely for the best. They would need their strength for the following day to come.

A/N: So, there is chapter four. hope you guys like it. Chapter five should be out soonish, most likely sometime next weekend, maybe closer to christmas, as its exam week for me next week. Till then, Lone out.