Once Harry stopped laughing, he along with Ruby, got to speak with the new guy Jaune Arc. Much like the Weasley, he had a really big family… with several sisters. The memory of the Weasley Clan had almost darkened his mood if it hadn't been for Ruby's cute face and the trio managed to head straight to the Academy's auditorium.

Ruby had questioned him about his swords and had been a bit amazed by the fact he could combine them into a Twin-blade. Apparently, Twin-Blades, like Scythes, were very difficult to wield. She had also been a bit shocked by the fact he didn't possessed anything for ranged attacks such as guns.

Why ? Because back when he was a simple human, right after his recovery from Azkaban, Harry discovered that he liked fighting, both magically and mundanely, and grew very good at it. For him, there was nothing better than a good close ranged combat.

That's why he hated guns or any type of weapons that demanded distance between him and his enemy.

Jaune, him, had a shield and a sword… Classical Knight weaponry.

Arrived at the school's auditorium, the trio separated to different seat : Ruby with her sister, whose name was apparently Yang, He went to see to stand as far away from the stage as possible while Jaune… Well, he didn't know where he was the Headmaster Ozpin made his speech.

"I'll... keep this brief... You have traveled here today in search of knowledge, to hone your craft and acquire new skills, and when you have finished, you plan to dedicate your life to the protection of the people… But I look amongst you, and all I see is wasted energy, in need of purpose, direction… You assume knowledge will free you of this, but your time at this school will prove that knowledge can only carry you so far… It is up to you to take the first step!"

Not the worst speech he heard but it was way better than the one Dumbledork gave at the beginning of his very first year at Hogwarts.

However, Harry got to have a proper look of the man who had been Salem's husband a long time ago : Ozpin was a middle-aged man with tousled silver hair and thin brown eyes. He had a light complexion and sharp facial features. Surprisingly, Ozpin the man had black eyebrows… Maybe he had black hair when he was younger ? Who know and who care…

He was wearing shaded glass spectacles and a small, purple, cross-shaped pin on the cowl around his neck. His outfit mainly consisted of an unzipped black suit over a dark green, buttoned vest and green shirt. He also wore black trouser shoes and long, dark-green pants along with a cane.

Harry's eyes had narrowed at the sight of the man…

Then they were all dismissed by Glynda Goodwitch and they all left the area.

Where was he now ?

Someone at Beacon and all of them were preparing themselves for their first night at the Academy ! Harry chose the best spot to sleep : right near a window so he could look at the outside. He had been given, like the other students, sleeping bags so they wouldn't sleep on the hard ground.

Harry wanted nothing more than to sleep but then his eyes fell on a particular duo : Ruby Rose and her sister Yang Xiao Long. He didn't ask about the name or lack of resemblance as it saw it as rude.

"It's like a big slumber party !" Yang, the blond, was saying to her sister who was in herpajamas and with a sleeping mask around her head. She looked to be writing something… probably a journal.

"I don't think Dad would approve of all the boys, though..." the younger girl replied to her while not looking back from her work.

"I know I do !~" Yang literally purred perversely as she stared at the surroundings young men.

Some of them were shirtless, showing her (albeit accidentally) their muscles.

Harry then frowned when he saw Yang looking disgusted about something and he turned his head toward what she was looking at… only to quickly turn back to avoid laughing.

There was Jaune… dressed in feetie pajamas !

Oh how he wished to have a camera on him right now !

Wait… He does !

Pulling out his scroll,he took a quick picture before looking back at the girls when he heard Yang cooing to her younger sister.

"Aw, that's so CUUUUUUUTE !" she managed to say before a pillow found itself launched at her face, courtesy of a red-faced Ruby.

"Shut up ! I didn't get to take my friends with me to school! It's weird not knowing anyone here !"

" What about Jaune ? He's... nice! And what about this handsome guy with emerald green eyes and dark hair ?" Yang inquired her sister with encouragement at first before turning feral.

Our hero felt a shiver passed through his body at the look.

"Harry ? He is nice but I just met him…" Ruby answered to her older sister with sincerity which caused Harry to smile slightly at her innocence.

"There you go! Plus two friends ! That's two hundred percent increase !"

"Pretty sure Weiss counts as a negative friend… Back to zero..." the younger girl retorted back with a sad sigh while turning on her back.

Harry's eyes narrowed at the mention of Weiss who was not only a SCHNEE but also a reminder of someone he despised in the past : Draco Malfoy.

"There's no such things as negative friends ! You just made two friends and one enemy !" Yang managed to say before being hit with another pillow.

"Look, it's only been one day... Trust me; you've got friends all around you ! You just haven't met them yet !" the blond added once she pulled the pillow away from her face.

"She is not wrong..." Harry thought to himself with slight agreement at Yang's words.

The two sisters then noticed a candle being lit nearby, and truned their heads to see a black haired, amber eyed girl leaning against a wall, reading her book. Harry glanced at the girl and he instantly knew, by her aura, that she was a Faunus… even if she was trying to hide it with the bow on her head.

However, he quickly looked away when he saw Yang and Ruby approached the girl in question… well the blond was lifting her sister who was struggling to escape. Harry watched with amusement as the duo approached the girl who looked away from her book to stare at them.

"Hel-looooo !" Yang literally cooed to the amber-eyed girl.

"Can I help yo-?" The unknown girl began to ask before her eyes landed on the younger sister

"Aren't you that girl from earlier ? The one Schnee was screaming on ?"

"Uh, yeah ! My name's Ruby !" The young girl began to say before blinking

"Wait you were there ?!"

"Of course… pretty much impossible to miss with how loud that girl was..." the girl replied with a hint of humor in her tone.

Harry couldn't help but snort in agreement at those words.

"So… what's your name ?" Yang asked her and the amber eyed girl sighed deeply before answering

"Blake..." then she went back on her books.

Harry couldn't help but seeing flashes of Hermione Granger, the Bookworm and one of the people who betrayed him. The bushy haired girl had also been a strong Book Lover. He himself was !

" Well, Blake, I'm Yang, Ruby's older sister ! I like your bow !" Yang's sudden voice broke his little trance and he returned back to watching the trio.

"Thanks..." now we could hear the irritation in Blake's tone.

He could understand : he himself hated being interrupted when he read.

"It goes great with your... pajamas !" Yang's new words caused Harry to slap himself on the forehead, muttering about idiots.

"Right..." Blake grumbled while not looking away from her book.

"Nice night, don't you think ?" Yang said in another attempt to create a conversation.

"Damn it Yang, can't you see she doesn't want to talk right now ?!" Harry screamed to himself with annoyance as he rubbed his eyes.

"Yes - it's lovely ! Almost as lovely as this book !" Blake began to say with clear contained irritation

The two sisters only stood there, watching her

" That I will continue to read..."

Again, they just stood there like statues…

"As soon as you leave !" Blake finished with impatience.

If this wasn't a clear dismissal, then he was not called Harry James Potter…

Harry watched as the two sisters whispered with one another until Ruby looked back at Blake

"What's it about ?"

"Huh ?" the hidden Faunus asked her with a surprised expression on her face.

"Your book... Does it have a name ?" Ruby asked her more clearly.

"Well... i-it's about a man with two souls, each fighting for control over his body..." Blake's words caused Harry to stare at her with slight surprise.

It reminded him of that day in Azkaban, right after one of the Dementors came to suck his soul. The moment he lost consciousness, he had found himself facing a piece of Voldemort's soul and they fought to have control of the body. In the end, he destroyed the piece of soul in him and it was also the same day he lost that scar on his forehead.

Shaking his head, the black haired young man looked back at the girls when the sound of Blake's laugh reached his ears.

"And why is that ? Hoping you'll live happily ever after ?" the Faunus was saying to Ruby with slight amusement and interest.

"Well, I'm hoping we all will... As a girl, I wanted to be just like those heroes in the books... Someone who fought for what was right, and protected people who couldn't protect themselves !" Ruby's words caused not only her sister and Blake to smile but Harry as well.

"She IS Summer's daughter..." he thought to himself with a chuckle as he remembered what he saw when he looked at her memories…

"That's... very ambitious for a child..." Blake began to say with a smile before adding with a frown

"Unfortunately, the real world isn't the same as a fairy tale…"

A few seconds later, Ruby found herself being hugged by her sister " Oh, I am so proud of my baby sister !"

Ruby, her, was struggling madly to escape her grip "Cut it out !"

The little moment caused Blake to laugh a bit as she said those words "Well, Ruby, Yang, it's a pleasure to ha-"

However, her words were quickly interrupted by someone unwelcome.

Weiss Schnee !

She was also in her pajamas and looked pretty angry.

"What in the world is going on over here ?! Don't you realize some of us are trying to sleep ?"

"I was about to tell you the same thing Schnee !" Harry couldn't retain himself from hissing from his place.

The four girls jumped in surprise at the voice before looking toward his spot, only to see a faint shape and shining emerald green eyes.

Slowly getting up, Harry then stepped closer to them, glaring daggers at Weiss who was now completely paralyzed. Yang and Blake, along with Ruby was looking at the scene in silence.

"If you are here to start giving orders to everyone or acting like a brat then I suggest you leave… Now !" Harry snarled the last part in a calm tone, releasing a bit of his aura.

Weiss quickly nodded her head before dashing away without looking back. Ruby looked at him with awe while her sister was eying him calculatingly, humming to herself.

"I'm sorry you had to see that ladies… Good night to you all !" Harry then said to Ruby, Yang and Blake in a Knight-like manner before returning to his previous spot without waiting for an answer.

The three girls only watched him as he made himself comfortable on his sleeping bag. A few seconds later, his eyes closed and he was asleep. Or so they thought as he was actually faking.

"Well… maybe we should go to sleep too… Goodnight !" Ruby said to both Yang and Blake before dashing toward her won sleeping back.

Yang rolled her eyes at her sister's antic before going after her, leaving behind Blake who had barely acknowledged Ruby's words as she was still looking at the young man who had so casually chased the Schnee Heiress away.

She didn't know why but her instinct was screaming at her to get as far away from him as possible… which shouldn't be possible unless he was a Dog Faunus… or a member of the Canine Family.

Shaking her head, Blake simply closed her book, reached over to grab her candle before blowing it out.

As the girls were slowly sleeping, they didn't saw Harry glancing at the outside where the moon could be seen shining. He stared at it for a moment before slowly letting sleep taking him. The second he closed his eyes, he sent his memories away, which headed straight toward the Underworld.

00/(Elsewhere)/00

At the same time, in the Underworld, Harry/Thanatos was on his throne, waiting. His guest, Amber, was 'sleeping' in the Library, more precisely on the sofa. The Fall Maiden had read a lot of his books and had been present when he judged the souls that entered his domain today.

She had been particularly amazed by everything she saw so far…

Thanatos chuckled at the reminder but then he felt memories entering his head. After a few seconds, a chuckle escaped his throat : his clone was doing a fine job. Apparently, tomorrow is the day of the Initiation and he got to see the famous Ozpin. Strangely, he also got to meet Summer's daughters, Ruby and Yang.

But what had particularly caught his attention was the energy his clone felt at Beacon…

Was it possible that Amber's body was there ?

If it was then, he needed to send his clone to investigate…

But he could do that tomorrow…

Even Deities needed their beauty sleeps after all !

As he headed toward his room, Thanatos' eyes shined as he said to himself

"Soon Amber… Your body will be find and you Cinder… I can't wait to properly meet you~"

00/(Time Skip)/00

The next day, Harry James Potter woke up with a soft yawn. He had just received orders from his 'Master' and he will make sure to fulfill it. He will become a student of Beacon ! He swore it on his name !

Looking around, he noticed that he was among the first one to wake and silently left the area toward the locker room where he, and everyone else here, place his weapons. Harry smiled at the blades for a moment before unsheathing them.

Once it was done, he left the area to take a look around. He wanted some peace and quiet before all hell could start. As he walked into a hall, he couldn't but stopping as he once again felt the magical aura.

It was without a doubt coming from underground and wanted nothing more than to go and investigate. But his current mission was to become a student. Only then, he will have the chance to do it.

Turning his eyes toward the nearest window, the young man looked through the glasses to stare at the sky. How he missed the blue sky… Sure the sky in the Underworld was nice to stare at but it was not as close than the one he had always known.

The sky… each time he looked at it, he remembered the joy of the wind against his face as he rode his broom back when he was still a Quidditch player. He had stopped it after his incarceration at Akaban but he would sometimes sneak away to enjoy a little flight every now and then.

That or Sirius would send the both of them out of England to have fun… usually it was in the Caribbeans or Bahamas Islands.

He didn't know how long he had been standing there staring at the sky but his little trance was broken by the familiar voice of Glynda echoing through the intercom system

"Would all first-year students please report to Beacon Cliff for initiation ? Again, all first-year students report to Beacon Cliff immediately !"

Hearing this, our hero nodded to himself before making his way out of the hall he was in to go straight toward the location in question.

A few minutes later, he was standing alongside many other teenagers, on the Cliff in question. As they all stood on silver tiles, Harry watched as the cliff overlooking a large Forest. Then he looked back toward the two people standing in front of the students : Ozpin and Glynda.

The former had a mug in his hand while the latter had a tablet.

"For years, you have trained to become warriors, and today, your abilities will be evaluated in the Emerald Forest !" Ozpin said to the teenagers before taking a sip of his mug.

"Now, I'm sure many of you have heard rumors about the assignment of "teams." Well, allow us to put an end to your confusion. Each of you will be given teammates... today !" Glynda added in a serious tone on her face.

Yep she was definitely the Minerva McGonagall of this world…

"What ? Oh…" Ruby's voice echoed behind him but he couldn't turn around to look at her as Ozpin spoke again

"These teammates will be with you for the rest of your time here at Beacon… So it is in your best interest to be paired with someone with whom you can work well !"

Harry smirked when he heard Ruby groaning behind him.

"That being said, the first person you make eye contact with after landing will be your partner for the next four years !" Ozpin's next words caused say girl to shout with shock

"WHAAAT ?!"

Our hero snickered to himself but then looked back at the Headmaster when he spoke again. The man either didn't heard the girl or simply ignored it.

"After you've partnered up, make your way to the northern end of the forest ! You will meet opposition along the way ! Do not hesitate to destroy everything in your path... or you will die !"

"Well… At least he is honest… Unlike Dumbledore..." Harry thought to himself with scowl.

Dumbledore thought it was a good idea to literal tell teenagers to not got there… Surely he would know that it was just an invitation !

"You will be monitored and graded through the duration of your initiation, but our instructors will not intervene ! You will find an abandoned temple at the end of the path containing several relics. Each pair must choose one and return to the top of the cliff. We will regard that item, as well as your standing, and grade you appropriately. Are there any questions ?" Ozpin explained to the teenagers before him.

"Yeah sir ?" Jaune's voice echoed from nearby but when Harry tried to look for him, he couldn't find him.

" Good ! Now, take your positions !" Ozpin ordered them, ignoring Jaune's intervention completely.

Harry's eyes narrowed at him : does the guy was THAT eager to see young people get hurt and/or possibly killed ?!

Harry's eyes then look at the other people… who were all striking a pause on their tiles. Some of them looked simply ridiculous… But he didn't have time to say something when he was launched in the air !

However, the surprise quickly turned into pleasure as he felt the wind ruffling his black hair ! It was exhilarating to be airborne again !

However, that didn't mean he would not allow himself to crash against the ground !

Closing his eyes, Harry focused on his hands and feet and soon enough, he was floating in the air. Smirking, the young man slowly descended and stopped the moment his feet touched the ground.

" That was… fun I dare say...Now where should I go ?" he muttered to himself before looking around.

"Let's see..." Harry whispered before his eyes shined brightly.

Unseen to human's eyes, he had sent a small wave (similar to echolocation) and soon enough a grin grew on his face.

Why ?

Because he now knew where everyone was ! Even better, he now knew where Creatures of Grimm were along with where the relics are kept ! No wanting to be bothered in his quest, he unleashed a portion of his aura (a bit small to his opinion but was still enough) and each time a Grimm was close… it would flee in terror at him.

That and they knew of his connection with their Mistress.

"Now… Who should be my partner ?" he muttered to himself as a massive Ursa ran away from him with a whimper.

(To be continue…)