(A/N) I'd like to point out that in this universe, Magic and Electricity doesn't interfere with each other. So Hogwarts can use and does use some electronical devices.
Also, The time-line is that Harry's first year at Hogwarts, is Volume 1,2 and 3 of RWBY.
And finally, the year is 2011. Harry was born in 2000 and his parents were killed in 2001.
So I hope that it's cleared up now. Enjoy the chapter.
"HUFFLEPUFF" the sorting hat shouted as Abbott, Hannah went to the table that was illuminated in soft yellow and black lights with a holographic badger doing back-flips to announce it's joy.
Harry watched with a slight smile as Hannah joined the other students of Hufflepuff, before a new name was called. "Bones, Susan."
Harry slowly stopped listening to the names as he thought about the end of the train-ride. If Harry had some say in it, the train would have been racing across the country, and not boring him with a eight hour trip that left his without a voice to speak. There was one thing about Hermione that was clear. The girl loved to learn and to ask questions. Luckily, Harry had packed some water for the trip, and he almost was out of the it when the train stopped.
Having changed into his school robes, Harry was a bit weary to leave Child's-play behind, so he did the sash under his robes and placed Child's-play on his back. The magnetic locks sealed and Harry took a deep breath before he and the other students left the train.
There was the largest person waiting for all the first years. He called himself Hagrid and looked to be at least three times as tall as Harry and five times as wide. But what Harry sensed was that Hagrid had a heart that was the largest that he had ever felt and seen. Somehow, Harry knew that he could trust Hagrid.
Hagrid then guided them all towards a large lake, where they were told to divide in groups of four and step into a boat. While they didn't seem to be so stable, Hagrid stepped into one and seeing that the boat didn't break, Harry and his friends stepped into one boat, that contained one other person. She had brown hair and grey eyes, but Harry thought that he could see a small streak of pink in it. Then the boats started to move, and as the boats, led by Hagrid turned a corner, they could see Hogwarts castle standing in the distance. It's thousand lights flickering, as it gave the appearance of being a save haven for all who would learn the magical arts.
Harry watched as Hermione took her place on the wooden three legged stool when the sorting hat was placed upon her head by Professor McGonagall. Hermione seemed to be rolling her eyes before shaking her head, and before it started to shout "HUFFLEPUFF". The badger did it's back flit again and Harry saw that Hermione was waving to them, hoping that they would also join her in the yellow and black house that was applauding her for being sorted into their house.
Harry had watched the stern professor since she had been waiting for them when they exited the boats. He knew her eyes fell on his, but when he looked at her, she eyes had averted and she was looking at someone different. Seeing McGonagall calling for a student who apparently wasn't there, a dark robed man with black shiny, almost greasy hair and a pale face moved from the table where the staff was sitting. After that, the sorting went on, and all to soon, another student wasn't there, some boy called Malfoy, Draco. After that, another student who would be sorted wasn't there. Some kid named Nott, Theodore.
Then they came to the O section. Harry hoped that they would call out his name, but he didn't count on it. Ginny was still with him, standing impatiently. After all, the only name that Harry had known Ginny under was Goodwitch, and they had passed the G's a long time ago. Some kid with the name, Harvey O'Brien was sorted in Hufflepuff and then all to soon they came to the P's. When, again, a student didn't come forward, this time a girl with the name Pansy Parkinson, professor McGonagall looked at Dumbledore with a slightly uncertain look. Dumbledore nodded and motioned McGonagall to proceed with the sorting. After a couple of twins with the name Patil were split in two different houses, Gryffindor and Ravenclaw, they came with Potter, Harry.
Harry reluctantly stepped forward as whispering passed through the great hall. Harry looked at the professor who conducted the sorting, McGonagall and took a deep breath. "My name might be Harry Potter, but I've been known as Harry Ozpin for as long as I can remember. Please use it."
Harry then sat on the stool and after a few seconds felt the hat placed on his head, removing his vision as the had seemed to swallow his head whole.
"Mmm. You are a difficult one to sort, Mr. Ozpin." A voice said. Harry slightly jumped as he heard the voice. "Eh, thank you?" Harry said, before he noticed that he wasn't talking out loud, but just in his mind. "You're welcome, Mr. Ozpin. It's been a while since I have sorted a character like you. Most students know where they want to go."
Harry smiled slightly. "Well, that's just me." Harry said mentally. He was starting to enjoy talking to the sorting hat.
"Well, let's get this show on the road" The sorting hat said. Harry nodded and started to listen to the had as it did it's work.
"Mmm, you are not afraid of hard work and you value your friends. A noble Hufflepuff quality. Yet there is also a cunning here that would put Salazar Slytherin himself at your knees. And let's not forget that Godric would be aside him to see your courage. Only Ravenclaw would not suit you, as you don't have her love for books."
"Well, If I have to make a choice, I would rather go with Hufflepuff. Hermione is there and I'd like to be with my friend." Harry said.
The hat seemed to think for a while before it started to shout "HUFFLEPUFF".
The entire great hall seemed to be silent as Harry gently removed the hat from his head and gave it to McGonagall who took it, before he made his way to the Hufflepuff table where Hermione was clapping for him. The entire table of Hufflepuff suddenly started to clap and shout, while Gryffindor seemed to be at a loss, Slytherin was just ignoring the Hufflepuff students and Ravenclaw merely took note of an unexpected turn. After all, it was Harry Potter that defeated the greatest threat to the wizarding world. They would have expected to see him at least in Gryffindor. With Harry in Hufflepuff, the game changed.
"So, what's going on? " Asked Harry as he sat next to Hermione. Now he could see the staff table well and he saw Dumbledore looking at him with a bit of shock, before he smiled slightly and raised his goblet. Rolling his eyes, Harry paid attention to the rest of the sorting, and saw that the girl he had sat in the boat with was placed in Hufflepuff to. Her pink streak of hair seemed to be getting bigger, as Harry looked at it. He had never seen anyone with pink hair, and he had seen a lot of students at Beacon with weird hair colors.
Then Ginny was sorted and Harry and Hermione clapped really hard when Ginny was sorted in Hufflepuff to. Seeing their sad faces, Harry pointed at Fred and George who, despite having a sad face, waved at them. Ginny waved back and all to soon, the sorting was ended, still without the missing first years.
"A few words before we begin with out excellent feast" Dumbledore said as he stood. The great hall was suddenly silent, as you could hear even the slightest breath being taken by a cat that stood next to the doors that led to the rest of Hogwarts.
"I would like to remind you all, that the Forbidden forest is just that. Forbidden. It seems that some students need to be told that several times." while giving his grandfatherly twinkle to the Weasley twins who looked happy and smiled back. "It is not allowed to cast magic in the halls of the castle. Mr. Filch has asked me to remind you that certain objects are not allowed in school. Please see the bulletin board in your common room."
Dumbledore nodded and raised his hands. "Let the feast begin"
Within a second, the tables were filled with the most magnificent food. Harry looked around and saw the students putting their meals on plates and started to eat.
"Ginny, what do you want?" Harry asked as he took a large spoon and filled it with different types of food. Ginny pointed it out and Harry filled her plate before Hermione told him what to get for her. Harry nodded and as he gave Hermione her plate back, pointed at the young girl with the pink streak in her hair. "You want some to?" She nodded meekly, and Harry filled her plate with several types of food before he placed the spoon back in the bowl. Harry then unclipped Hammer from his belt and unloaded it, before he placed a small amount of fire Dust on his food. Loading and fixing Hammer again, Harry mixed the food with his fire Dust and started to eat.
"I swear, Harry. If you do that every time, you'll be going through your dust rather quickly. I know we have several cartiges of it, but don't over do it" Ginny said as she looked at Harry's place where she could see several small Dust crystals blinking in the light.
"What is that?" The girl with the pink streak asked as she pointed to Harry's plate where Dust could be seen. "Oh nothing. Just a little Dust to make it more spicy" Harry said as he took a bite. The only reaction she could see from him, was that his eyebrows were rising slightly. "Is it hot?" Ginny asked teasingly. Harry shook his head. "No" but a small steam of smoke rose out of his mouth. Ginny gave Harry a glare. "Fine, maybe a bit" Harry said as he slowly started to become red. "Here, take a long sip of it" Said the streak girl and handed him a goblet of water. Harry nodded his thanks and drank deep. Ginny and the girl could see that Harry was losing some of red of his face.
"Thanks. Now let's hope that there is enough water for me to last this meal" Said Harry as he poured some more water in the goblet.
"Well, you could always jump in the Great lake outside." Streak girl said. Harry and Ginny smiled as they imagined Harry running with a mouth full of fire Dust towards the great lake and jumping in.
"You would like to see that, wouldn't you?" Harry asked. The girl nodded, her grey eyes flashing in the candle light. "I'm Harry Ozpin. This is Ginny Goodwitch." Harry said as he held out his hand. Streak girl shook both Harry and Ginny's hand before she looked down. "Could we have your name?" Harry asked as he tried to look in her eyes. "It's Tonks" The girl said softly.
"Well Tonks, I think this is the start of a beautiful friendship." Said Ginny as she gently placed her hand on Tonks shoulder. A small flash erupted from her shoulder, to small for anyone to notice, except for Harry, Ginny and Hermione, who was watching Harry and Ginny interact with the newly named Tonks.
Tonks looked at them with begging eyes, to leave her alone for now. Harry, Ginny and Hermione nodded, on the condition that when they would meet again in a private room they would get an explanation. Tonks nodded and began eating again. Harry and his friends did the same, but they could see small scars and burns on Tonks hands, indicating that something had happened, something that didn't feel right with the trio.
All to soon, their meals were removed and dessert appeared. Harry could see that Tonks would take small pieces of chocolate and eat them when nobody thought she was being watched. Harry started to whisper this to Hermione and Ginny, who agreed to watch Tonks more closely. With what seemed like a half an hour, the black robed professor with black greasy hair appeared with five students in tow. While having them seem briefly, Harry's face turned to rage as he recognized the five students that he and Ginny had stunned in the train. Hermione saw them to, and began to make herself smaller, trying to hide between the other students. Ginny looked at Tonks and saw that she had wanted to eat a piece of chocolate, but at the moment that she saw the blond student walking past them with his head held high, dropped the chocolate she held in her hands.
"Attention, students. These students have arrived lately because of some unfortunate accidents. They have been sorted into Slytherin house." Dumbledore said as the five new Slytherins walked to their table, as if they were kings and queens of the great hall, looking down upon everyone.
Harry couldn't wait until the prefects collected the first years and led them through the many hallways that Hogwarts had to a large stack of human sized drum-barrels. "Very well, young Hufflepuffs. I am Romeo Vale, your fifth year Prefect. Next to me is my fellow prefect, Miranda Jones. Each common room is protected by a password, that is circulated through-out the year. Our password for this semester is 'Billy wings'." Most first years smiled at the password, but the smiles stopped as one of the drum-barrels opened up, revealing a way into the Hufflepuff common room. Harry nodded to Ginny and Ginny moved in, followed by Tonks, Hermione and finally Harry, who was followed by the male Prefect.
Looking around, Harry shot a look at the common room. The entire wall was a soft yellow, almost like Hermione's aura. There were several black and yellow couches with squishy arm chairs and Harry could see two stairs moving upwards to a area where he could see students standing, with behind them desks for doing homework and bookcases filled with books and games.
"As some of you may have heard, Hufflepuff house is looked at with disdain. This is because we are a house where we are all equal, and blood status doesn't matter. In Hufflepuff house, we value trust, honesty and friendship. Now, I know we are all very tired so I suggest that we go to our dormitories. In the other houses, Boys and Girls are separated. Here we have mixed dorms, that means that boys and girls sleep together in one dorm. However, that doesn't give you the right to stare at the other sexes bits. It is tradition that when a girl is changing, you either turn away, or leave the dorm until the girl is ready with changing. It is the same for the boys. When a boy is changing, you girls will either turn away, or leave the dorm." The students nodded, making sure that they understood.
"Very well." Miranda spoke up as Romeo stepped back. "When you have chosen a dorm, all press your hand against the yellow square with the badger and your names will appear on the door, making that your dormitories."
With that, she stepped away as the first year students rushed to find a dorm. Seeing Hermione, Harry, Ginny and Tonks waiting, she approached them. "Do you have any questions?" she asked. Harry shook his head. "No. No questions. We're just waiting for the traffic jam to dissolve before we find a dorm." Miranda nodded as she saw that almost every first year student was trying to find a sleeping spot. "So, sorry for asking. But why choose Hufflepuff over Gryffindor, Harry Potter?"
Harry looked up in her sky blue eyes, and Miranda was shocked to see such determination in a first year. "I would like it if you could name me Harry Ozpin, instead of that god awe-full celebrated name. And I've become quite attached to these three girls, and decided to stick with them. And as for Hufflepuff? I'm an Ozpin. Clear as that. We value hard work, honesty and trust between each other. If you can't rely upon your classmates, how can you survive?"
"Well, it's just so that you seem to be more Gryffindor than a Hufflepuff to me" Said Romeo as he came closer.
Harry looked in Romeo's deep brown eyes. "Guess you've made a mistake then." Harry said as he lead his friends to the dormitories hallway, where now students were running around. "He's got you there, Romeo." Miranda said smiling, as she led her fellow prefect to their own dorm.
Harry and Ginny walked through the hallway that held all the dormitories, with Harry leading and Ginny closing the line. Seeing a student entering a dormitory, one of four lights switched from green to red, indicating that there was a student had chosen this dorm. Walking past three half full dormitories, Harry spotted one on the end, close to a door that led to the second years dormitories. It was empty, as all four lights were green. Harry pointed it out and the three girls nodded, with Tonks nod being barely visible.
Placing their hands on the square, all four lights turned to red, and their names appeared on the door. Stepping inside, Harry smiled as he saw his trunk placed on one side of the room, with a bed that just screamed his name. Looking further in the dorm, Harry spotted Ginny's trunk on the end of her bed, with two trunks standing near two other beds.
"How about this. We go to sleep and talk tomorrow okay?" Harry asked. Everyone nodded as they were feeling tired and without to much fuss, Harry stepped out of the room, while the three girls started changing into their night clothes. When Harry came inside, the girls just turned away from him. Harry didn't care, as he had nothing to hide. Getting out of his uniform, Harry simply kept his shorts on and crawled in bed. It felt heavenly, even better than the beds at Beacon. He fell asleep pretty quick.
Harry woke up, as he heard someone sniffing. Getting up from his bed, Harry saw that Tonks was crying softly, her face turned so he could see her. Harry took a deep sigh, and got out of bed before he silently walked to Tonks bed. "You okay Tonks?" Harry asked softly. Tonks her eyes shot open and Harry could see, even with the low light, that she had several scrapes on her arms, face and hands that he didn't have seen before. Feeling movement, Harry saw from his eye corner Ginny and Hermione's face. "Do you trust me, Tonks?" Harry asked Tonks nodded shakily and Harry and Ginny both placed their hands on Tonks.
"For it is in passing that we achieve immortality, through this we become a paragon of virtue and glory to rise above all. Infinite in distance and unbound by death, I release your soul, and by my shoulder, protect thee" Harry and Ginny chanted together. What they couldn't see, but what Hermione did see, was that Tonks aura was a combination of so much colors that she almost started to ask about them. She saw that her scrapes slowly faded into nothing and that Tonks slept like nothing could wake her up.
Gently removing their hands, Harry and Ginny made their way to their beds and fell asleep when their heads met their pillows. Both had unlocked two aura's today, and were drained from the energy it took. Hermione looked at Tonks and nodded. She would help Harry and Ginny to support Tonks with whatever she needed. A shoulder to cry on, a help in homework or a knight in shining armor. Hermione promised herself this. She would help Tonks, no matter what.
With those thoughts, Hermione fell asleep in one of the dormitories of Hufflepuff house.
(A/N) I would like to thank Knife hand for the idea of the dormitories. They are present in one of his/her stories: Strings of fate.
Thank you Knife hand, for this idea.