As the Hogwarts Express raced through the country side with it's wagons full of Hogwarts students who went to school for the winter-term, Harry, Ginny, Hermione and Dora sat in a compartment, with Fred and George Weasley. After the message that Beacon Academy might have a way to save Ron Weasley, Molly Weasley didn't know how fast she needed to be to get to Beacon.
"I never thought I'd see Ron looking up at us and saying more that three words." Said Fred as he remembered the event that brought his mother to tears every time she thought about it.
"I know. It was amazing" Said George as they smiled to Ginny who sat between them. "Boys, remember rule two. No funny things with our weapons." Said Harry as he pointed Hammer at them. Both Weasley boys shook their heads. "Don't worry about it. We know not to do that."
It was so that the boys had broken the rule twice, both with Nora's grenade launcher and with Yang's Ember Celica. It took them two days to recover from Yang's fists, and a day extra for both girls to tell them never to do that again. After that, the rules had been created.
Harry nodded and leaned back in the seat he was sitting in. who knew that having a holiday was so hard.
'Flashback'
Harry was summoned to the amphitheater, along with Ginny. Dora had worked all night on her 'sweetheart' and Hermione was still recovering and getting used to having 'wings'. So Harry and Ginny ran as fast as they could through the halls of Beacon. Waving hello and goodbye to team RWBY, without Blake for some reason, Harry and Ginny entered the amphitheater. Seeing their parents standing there already, they slowed their pace, giving them some time to breath. "Nice of you to come her" Glynda said as she looked at her watch. "I believe that's two minutes to late. You will therefor run two laps after this meeting."
Harry and Ginny nodded. They knew that Glynda was a strict woman, and was very precise with the time.
Then, Beacon Academy's clock rang, signaling it was ten O'clock. Right at that time, a flame appeared in the middle of the amphitheater. Harry and Ginny both grabbed their weapons, and pointed them at the ever growing fire.
Then the fire vanished, leaving in it's place four people and one bird, sitting smugly on the shoulder of the only person that the really knew. Professor Albus Dumbledore. The others were strangers, for the most part. Harry and Ginny could both see Molly Weasley, holding a wheelchair where a lanky red haired boy was sitting in. Drool came out of his mouth, as he looked around. "Pwetty" Harry heard him say. Lowering his weapon, Harry looked better. The boy had was clearly family of Molly and the other adult, with the same red hair, though he was going bald.
"This? This is Ron Weasley?" Ginny mumbled, her weapon still pointed at the group of fire traveling people. Harry placed his hand on Ginny's weapon and lowered it slightly, so that she shouldn't pose a threat.
"Welcome to Beacon Academy." Ozpin said as he held out his hand to shake Molly's hand. "Thank you for accepting us." Molly said, as she looked around and spotted Ginny again. Knowing what happened last time, she only nodded politely, with Ginny returning the gesture.
"While I'd like to continue the pleasantries, Albus said that you had a possible way to cure Ron?" Molly asked as she looked at Ozpin.
Ozpin nodded and waved his hand to follow him. Harry watched as the group of people walked by. Shaking his head, Harry just started to follow the group of adults, who were escorted by his father to the medical wing, where Jasmine Rosso was working. Looking around, Harry spotted Hermione sitting on a bed nearby, waving at him with her wings. Smiling at her, Harry walked towards Hermione, who gently moved to make room for Harry to sit next to her. "How's it going, Hermione?" Harry asked as he sat down. "Well, it's going good so far. I can now control the wings completely, but I cannot disconnect them from my body" she said as she let her tears falling down her face. "Hey, don't worry about it" Said Ginny as she watched Harry interact with Hermione. "I think those wings suit you, and if you can control them with your mind, and I think you can, then we don't need to search for a weapon for you Hermione." Hermione smiled as Ginny's words.
"Excuse me, but can Harry and Ginny come over here for a moment?" Asked Ozpin as he stood watching as Harry and Ginny made Hermione feel better. The young girl was looking better every hour she was at the Academy, like she was born to be here. Of course, Harry had sent a message that one of his classmates was a faunus, with a picture of the girl. Ozpin could easily see how anyone had failed to see this, after all, Hermione's bushy hair covered her faunus traits very well, and so far, he knew that only Glynda was aware of it, and Jasmine Rosso.
Harry and Ginny came to stand asides their respective parents. They all stood in a circle, with Ron being in the center. "Now, do you all know what we need to do?" Ozpin asked. Everyone except Harry and Ginny nodded.
"Very well, I'll explain it for those who had other matters." Said Ozpin as he smiled gently to Harry and Ginny, who covered their faces that became a nice shade of red.
"We are standing in a circle, with Ronald Weasley as our focal point. When we unleash his aura, Ron will feel a sense of clarity overcoming him. At that point, Professor Dumbledore will penetrate his mind with Legitimacy, and transfer several pieces of knowledge to Ron. When that is done, both Molly and Arthur will need to come close to Ron for the most important part of the process. Both Molly and Arthur must convince Ron to come back to them, before the moment of clarity is passed." Said Ozpin as he looked at Molly and Arthur. They nodded, tears threatening to fall from their eyes. "Now, we must get ready. Everyone, place your left hand on the shoulder of your neighbor and your right hand pointed towards Ron"
Ozpin, Harry, Glynda, Ginny. Jasmine Rosso, Doctor Oobleck and professor Port stood in a small circle, all around Ron who was looking at them all with a smile.
"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"
The words were spoken with a wave of different voices, yet it seemed like they all spoke as one. Molly and Dumbledore got a few goosebumps from the event, as they never seen such a thing happening before. Ron's whole body lit up in a light-show of orange and green, with slowly the orange part driving the green out of his body. Dumbledore took his chance and looked in Ron's eyes, wandless and wordlessly casting Legitimacy. It seemed like hours that passed, but it was only a few seconds before Dumbledore fell down on his knees and was dragged back, so that Molly and Arthur could convince their son to return to his family.
It was a heartbreaking sight. Two adults, trying to bring their son back to their family.
When the orange light faded, Molly fell on her knees, crying her heart out. Arthur wasn't feeling any better, trying to hold his wife and giving her comfort.
"Mum?" A very soft voice called from the wheelchair. "Where am I?"
Everyone looked at the occupant of the wheelchair. Ron was looking around, trying to get a grip of what he was seeing. "Who are these people?" he asked, his eyes begging his mother to answer the question.
"RONNIE" Molly screamed as she jumped up and buried Ron in a 'patented' Molly Weasley hug. Seeing Ron awake, Harry lowered his arm and smiled as Ron and Molly began a ten year catch-up talk, that he had nothing to do with. Stepping back, Harry turned to Hermione and sat next to her on her bed.
Seeing the re-union between Ron and his parents made Harry a bit sad, as his birth parents were dead. Dead thanks to a war that he couldn't even remember, except for the occasional nightmares that visited him at Hogwarts. Every time it was the same. Hearing evil laughter everywhere, a shape that seemed to be his mother standing in front of him, said shape being hit with a green light and finally a wand that was pointed at him before a green light was cast at him.
"Harry. Can you come here for a moment?" Dumbledore asked as he looked at the young wizard, a parcel in his hands. Harry nodded and came back up again, before he walked to Professor Dumbledore. "Yes, sir?" Harry asked as he stood in front of the wizard.
"Harry. James Potter, your birth father, left this in my care. I believe it it time for you to have it back. Use it well" The old wizard said as he gently gave Harry the parcel. "Thank you, sir" Harry said as he bowed slightly, before he opened the parcel. In it was a old worn cloak, that seemed to shimmer in the light of the sun that fell through the tall windows.
"A very odd gift, sir. But thank you" Harry said as he nodded again to Dumbledore, before he threw the cloak over himself and proceeded to walk out the room. "Harry" Harry turned as he had heard his father calling his name. "Yes dad?" Harry asked. Ozpin only pointed at his center and as Harry looked, he found out that he didn't have a center anymore. 'Did something happen?' Harry asked himself. He could still heel his arms and legs and fingers, but they didn't seem to be there.
Harry paled before he shot Dumbledore a glare. "You, you did this to me" Harry said, and as he pointed his fingers towards Dumbledore, he came to a complete stop as he saw his fingers coming out of the fabric of the cloak.
"What the." Harry said as he removed the cloak from his shoulders. "If you don't like the cloak, Harry, I'd be more than happy to take it back." Said Dumbledore with a teasing smile. "Not in your life." Harry said as he placed the cloak over himself, and the hood on his head, smiling as he left the medical wing. Nobody could see him, but Dumbledore cast a simple charm to locate anyone invisible in the room. "Harry is gone for now." Dumbledore said as he turned around, seeing a lot of Beacon Academy staff looking at him. "Is something the matter?" Dumbledore asked innocently.
"My office, now." Glynda Goodwitch said as she started to make her way to her office, restraining every desire she had to pull on Dumbledore's beard and making him come with her.
'Flashback ends'
The rest of the two week holidays were spent resting, relaxing and learning about Hermione's wings. According to, what General Ironwood said, Hermione's wings were an experimental project, that failed as the wings seemed to fly off in a random direction. Nothing that they could do, worked to recover the project. The wings were for a Atlas huntress, who upon hearing that the project had 'flown away' stopped working and became a stay-at-home mom.
Now Hermione was learning how to use her wings in a way that would help her survive. If anyone at Hogwarts found out, and if they would, Hermione needed to be 'combat-ready'.
She there-for learned all there was to learn from the teams around Beacon. Team CFVY was helpful, just as teams JNPR and RWBY. Other teams, like CRDL, gave her a bad time and avoided her. Dora's had also been working on her own weapon. Agreeing that a cowboysbag was to much, Dora settled for a simpler design. A shoulder-bag became the design and Dora's joy, when it was finished, almost broke the amphitheater. She became so enthusiastic that her Metamorphmagus abilities started to shift, giving everyone that was in the amphitheater a show of Dora's hair cycling through several different colors. So, she now had weekly lessons with McGonagall, trying to learn and train her powers.
Harry was reading a part of his textbook of Charms, regarding repairing charms. Seeing how McGonagall fixed the viaduct on their mission, Harry wanted to know how and when he would learn about the charm. So far, Harry found out that the incantation was 'Reparo' and the incantation was a backwards drag of his wand over the object you wanted to repair. Interested, Harry pulled out a few torn apart gift-wraps and started to try and repair the gift-wraps.
Unfortunately, Harry's concentration was broken by a sound that came from outside the train. After failing for the fourth time, Harry returned his wand to his holster, and the gift-wraps to his trunk, before he looked outside. There was nothing that he could see, but the hum of an engine clearly was being heard. Moving a part of the window down, Harry shook his head outside.
There, above the train were several Bullheads flying. Harry's eyes opened wide, when he spotted the insignia that was painted on the Bullheads. A wolf's head with three scratch marks behind it. "No" Harry said as he climbed back in the compartment.
"White Fang are on the train" Harry said as he pulled Child's Play from his extended trunk. Ginny gulped and pulled Hell's Date out of her own trunk. Harry gave his scroll to Fred and George. "Contact Goodwitch and tell her what's going on." Harry said as Ginny started to move towards the door.
Holding tight to the ear-piece in his hand, Harry turned back to the window. Hitting it with the butt of his weapon, the glass fell from the window, creating an opening for Harry to move out of. "Dora, protect Hermione. She´s the weakest of us all" Harry said, getting a glare from Hermione as he mentioned her as being ´weak´. Dora nodded and placed the strap of her shoulder-bag over her head, before she made a small movement, causing the shoulder bag to ´fold a machine gun barrel out of the side of her bag´.
Harry nodded and climbed on top of the speeding train, the wind flowing through his hair. Already, Harry could see that several members of the White Fang had set up a improvised movable barricade, to hold the train hostage. Placing the ear-piece in his ear, Harry connected with the small wireless network his scroll and Ginny´s scroll created.
"Ginny, how´s it going with you?" Harry asked as he hid behind a improvised barricade. "Little busy here, they have three on the train" Ginny said as gunfire was heard on the background.
"Understood, I'll come as soon as I can, but I need to knock the others of the train. Stay safe."
"Understood" Ginny said as the connection closed. 'Right. move quick and shoot to kill' Harry told himself.
Taking a breath, Harry came from the barricade and started shooting. He hit one White Fang soldier and said soldier was blasted away from the train, screaming his heart out as he fell in a ravine that the train was passing. The two others looked and as Harry lined up his shot, they dived behind the barricade. One of them returned fire, while the other started to move the barricade, closing the distance between them and Harry. Harry swore, as he was forced to hold his cover. Holding tight to Child's Play, Harry moved to the other side of the barricade, took Hammer from it's holster and fired. Seeing the fang member falling back, Harry aimed at the barricade that came closer and closer an fired. Several fire enhanced Dust bullets hit the barricade, and Harry heard a small scream from behind it. Seeing the barrier not moving anymore, Harry focused his attack on the barrier on the far side of the train. Seeing the gun moving again, Harry dove behind his own barricade. Dust bullets flew over him, until they stopped. Harry looked up and saw a mask, white with red markings, completely covering the face of the white fang member. Harry jumped away, just as the White fang Lieutenant shot his shotgun at him.
Harry watched with a small amount of fear as the two white fang members started to close in on them. Changing Child's Play from it's gun to Guan Dao mode, Harry took a defensive stand. He would not hide from these terrorists. The white fang Lieutenant looked at him, his face completely hidden behind his mask. "You wanna play, little boy?" He asked with a gruff voice. He held his shotgun up, with the barrels pointing upward, and Harry watched with a small amount of fear as the barrels split in two, before under the barrels a blade appeared, that seemed to run all across the underside of the barrels. Harry was now facing a fighter with two swords, one in each hand.
"Then, let's play" The Lieutenant said as he jumped towards Harry.
'Inside the train'
"Get inside" Ginny yelled as several Hogwarts students stood between her and the white fang goons that had entered the train. Several students, who didn't listen to Ginny, started down the White fang members, all of them armed with their submachine guns. The guns fired, hitting several students with Dust infused bullets, causing several students to be hit with the bullets. Instead of fire, like Harry's weapon or her own weapon, the white fang shot Ice Dust infused bullets towards the students. When several students came in contact with the bullets, they started screaming out in pain, as the Ice Dust froze parts of their bodies.
"Where is she?" a masked faunus asked, as he pointed his gun at another student. Said student looked at the white fang member, before he flicked his wand and caused the member into dropping his weapon, as his hand was swollen with pus. "Get them" The Head Boy shouted, as he lead the charge to the White Fang.
"'Bout time you showed up." Ginny said as she saw her brother Percy Weasley holding his wand steady. "
Disarm them, and keep them here. I need to help Harry" Ginny said as she looked around for a way to get on top. "Where's Harry?" Percy asked as he looked around. A Yell came from up top, as they saw a White fang member falling of the train. "Up there" Ginny said as she pointed upwards. Percy cast a little charm, causing the entire ceiling of the train to turn transparent. There, they could see Harry fighting the White Fang lieutenant.
"I need to help him" Ginny said as he turned around. "Bones." Percy called as he spotted Susan Bones. "Yes Sir?" Susan Bones asked, one of Harry's few friends in Hufflepuff. "Help Ginny to get on top" Percy ordered, as he gently pushed Ginny forward. Susan nodded and opened a door, leading out to another train carriage.
"You can climb up here" Susan said as she pointed to a small ladder that was mounted to the carriage. "Thanks Susan" Ginny said as she started to climb. Susan looked at Ginny's retreating back before she went inside the carriage again. They could all see the fight between Harry and the WF Lieutenant, and as Ginny joined the battle, she switched Hell's Date from submachine gun to saber, and with a flick of her left arm, activated Saving Grace. "Wow, cool" Several students mumbled, as Ginny started to fight along side Harry.
'Outside the train'
Harry was in a fight for his life. Several close calls were upon his body, with only his aura protecting him. Deflecting another attack, Harry almost fell from the train, but was able to use the movement to jump around, giving the Lieutenant a cut on his back. Keeping several feet away from the WF Lieutenant, Harry started to swing his bladed weapon, trying to corner his opponent. Hearing footsteps coming closer, Harry turned around quickly to see Ginny approaching, her blade and shield at the ready. Smiling, Harry turned to the Lieutenant, who was about to swing his weapons at Harry, clearly trying to cut of his head. Harry could only dive out of the way, and felt the blades cutting of some of his hair. Feeling a kick to his head, Harry groaned, but used the kicks force to roll backwards, creating a couple of feet of distance between him and the Lieutenant.
Harry looked at Ginny and Ginny looked at Harry. "Ready?" Harry asked, and Ginny smiled. "I was born ready" She responded. "Let's do this" Harry said as he and Ginny took a battle stance. "Ha, two small children. Hardly a challenge" The WF Lieutenant said, as he also too a battle stance.
Everyone held their breath, inside and outside the train. Who would make the first move?
The Lieutenant jumped up, bringing his swords downwards, ready to slice Harry and Ginny in two. Harry jumped backward, holding Child's play in a defensive position, while Ginny moved forward, creating a gap where the WF Lieutenant landed. Ginny quickly sliced the Lieutenant's armor, creating a small gash in his defense, while Harry jumped forward, to keep the White Fang off balanced. Harry and Ginny fought like one, with Harry defending as Ginny attacked and Ginny defending as Harry attacked.
Harry's last swing cut in the hand of the Lieutenant and he had to drop one of his swords, diving out of the way. Switching back to the shotgun mode, the Lieutenant lined up a shot and fired, causing Harry and Ginny to fly backwards.
"You'll pay for that" The Lieutenant heard, and as he turned around he spotted a girl with madly colored hair changing every-time she took a step forward. On her shoulder was a bag that seemed like it had some kind of barrel pointed at him. He turned around, but looked back in shock. "WAIT, WHAT?" He yelled as he looked again.
The force of the Dust infused bullets that flew from the machine-gun, hit him with the same force as a angry Grimm swiping it's deadly claws at him. The lieutenant fell down on the floor, feeling like he was being perforated by Rapier wasp Grimm. His last thought was about the girl with changing hair. 'What kind of a place is this? He asked himself as he fell into unconsciousness
"That will teach you" Dora said as she jumped over the Lieutenant and towards Harry and Ginny. She felt their pulse and sighed with relief that they were still breathing. A sound, like her own machine-gun, drew her attention as a new Bullhead with the Beacon logo appeared that drove the White fang Bullheads away. Seeing Goodwitch and Coco standing there, she waved as Goodwitch, Coco and the rest of team CFVY jumped on the train. Seeing a prefect climbing on top of the carriage, Dora pointed to Goodwitch. The Prefect nodded and spoke quickly to Goodwitch before she ordered everyone to move in the train. Coco gently picked up Ginny, while Fox carried Harry.
Yatsuhashi took the White fang Lieutenant on his shoulder and brought him inside, hoping to question him. Dora nodded as Velvet removed the barricades and then followed them inside. Calling the Bullhead to pick them up at Hogwarts, Glynda looked at Harry and Ginny.
"You've done well. Sleep now." She said as the train moved toward Hogwarts.
