Harry followed the other mage's trajectory and in the last twenty seconds before impact, collapsed his shields into their gauntlet mode.
He executed a perfect 'superhero landing'.
Black glared at him.
"What? Did you think I was going to let you get out of my sight?" Harry smiled at the man. "As bad as my luck is… your stupidity will get you killed by sundown." He raised his left fist and discharged a fire round into the beowolf jumping out of the bushes.
Sirius pouted, "I am not that bad." He spun and his naginata appeared and slashed through the beowolf behind him. "And I was hoping to get a female as my partner."
"As your partner, She would be a bad match." Harry cleaved through the neck of a third 'wolf' that lunged at them. "Besides I have my eye on a young little thing. So I can be a wingman without being a threat. Just avoid the Snee girl." His left gauntlet morphed into gun mode and discharged an ice round into the face of a fourth.
"No fair. You got to kill three to my one!" The man-child pouted.
"You know that they travel in packs of four." Harry collapsed his weapons and drew his wand. "Point me."
He followed the wand to the ruins where a bunch of chess pieces were set up. "Damn! Now I am worried about Ron." Harry looked about. He selected the Black Bishop and tucked it into his duster.
Just then Ruby and Wies made their entrance. Harry caught Ruby, Wies landed on Sirius.
"Hello, Ladies." Harry smiled, "Come this way often?"
Ruby giggled as Wies snorted in contempt.
Ruby, from Harry's arms, selected the Gold Knight… just before an Ursai staggered into the clearing. It took two steps and fell into dust, leaving a girl in pink on the ground.
"And that's why you can't keep nice things." A guy in a green coat with tails deadpanned.
"Did she just ride in on an Ursai?" A blond frowned from behind Harry.
"Yang!" Ruby cheered.
"So… You're my little sister's partner." Yang glared at Harry.
"Oh, little birdy?" Harry set the girl in his arms on her feet. "I just caught her as she was falling. My partner is the scruffy looking sheep herder over there." He pointed at the guy under the white princess.
"Oi! Who's Scruffy looking!"
Just then Juane and a redhead dressed as a Spartan came running through the clearing, chased by a deathstalker.
Both Harry's Gauntlets clicked, as the barrels popped out and he unloaded salvo after salvo of ice rounds into the Deathstalker's face, encasing it in Ice..
"And now we run." Yang said with some authority.
"And the big bird is coming back!" Sirius pointed.
Four of the five pairs ran for the far side of the valley as the two wizards faced off with the Nevermore.
But the Grimm had no interest in the two wizards. The Nevermore banked and tracked the red of Ruby's cloak. The Death-stalker broke the wall of Ice and followed the smell of Pyrrha.
"Do you ever feel unwanted?" Sirius asked as he frowned at his Godson.
"Every day of my life until I went to Hogwarts." Harry smiled back. "Then I was only hated by the Slytherin."
"We are so going to prank the Dursleys." Black smiled.
"Other than owling them that I am returning and that only because they are being watched by the other side am I not showing up …" a weekly owl… on a Sunday!" Harry sneered. "Anything else could be considered Muggle Baiting
"Do You know that you have a really nasty streak?" Sirius grinned.
"Nature and nurture." Harry smiled back.
"Sooo…" Black collapsed his Naginata/Wizard's staff/ Wazinaki and sheathed it on his left hip. "Do we help them or…"
"Follow… observe… rescue when they get in over their heads."
"I notice you said when."
"I noticed the touch of Destiny on Ruby and Jaune. Not saying that they will be needing it today… but they will need it."
Sirius nodded in understanding, before shimmering to Padfoot and racing off.
Harry snorted before taking two steps and folding into his true other form.
A Coatl… a cross between his peregrine falcon soul animal and the Phoenix tears and Basilisk Venom in his veins.
LUSH
The two wizards perched on the peak of the cliff over the ruins around the bridge over the chasm.
How they beat the Nevermore, little alone the Death-stalker, to the finish point, they had no idea. But their Gryffindor tendencies wouldn't let them leave as they had a few interests in the four pairs. Not all of them pure.
"What's got you two sitting here?" Ozpin appeared between them.
"Ah…Headmaster." Harry never looked away from Ruby and Jaune and their teams. "Night and Light say Hello. We hear you have a Witch problem. Salem seems to be ramping up for a massive assault."
"So that is what Glynda was talking about last night."
"The Pup says two of the kids down there have the Touch of Destiny about them. We want to make sure they cross the line."
"Are you going to help them?" Ozpin leaned on his cane.
"Not unless Death is imminent." Harry smiled at the white haired man. "The only thing worse than being rescued is being rescued from a threat that you have handled." He turned his Burning green eyes, that are no longer covered by his glasses, to the conflict below them.
"And you are that sure of them?" Ozpin smirked at them.
"Between Nora's battle happy attitude Yang's Toughness, and Red's speed… they are not going down easily." Harry squatted like an eagle on a perch. "Jaune has power, Ren I have to keep an eye on…but Yang… is it my imagination or does her Semblance act similar to mine?"
"Won't know until I see them in action."
"Some Wizard you are." Sirius smiled as he stood up. "Here the Dragons said that you might be able to help us… get home if we took care of this Salem Issue of yours."
Ozpin frowned.
"After the Sorting Ceremony, come to my Office." Ozpin turned and had vanished by the time Sirius had turned his head.
"Is it me, or are all old Wizards Secretive Old Bastards?" Sirius asked as he returned to the show below them."
"Yes." Harry smiled. "You are just the last one to notice. I had it figured out by Samhain last year. Half the Reason they are Old Wizards is because they are Secretive Bastards. Ozpin is even older than Albus, if you can believe it. Ozpin learned the trick Tommy was looking for."
Below, Nora pile-drived the stinger through the head of the scorpion. Then the other girls sling-shot Ruby at the pinned over grown crow, and she ran up the cliff side, shearing its head off as she cleared the wall.
Harry caught her again in his arms. "Hey Beautiful. We got to quit meeting like this. Your sister might get ideas." He wiggled his eyebrows.
Ruby frowned at him. "One could think you are following me."
"Then why were we here ten minutes, waiting for you?"
"Must you keep grabbing my sister?"
"But She is so cuddly." Harry set Ruby on her feet. "One of these, I think you and I should dance. I think our Semblances are comparable."
"You think you can take me?" Yang took a Peter Pan pose.
"Not yet." Harry grinned. "The only one I think I can take in a mock battle is Jaune. Sirius cheats."
Yang looked him over. Her eyes tracing his arms and Gauntlets. "Your Gauntlets look a lot like mine…"
Harry triggered stage one. The Gauntlets became Heater/Kite shaped bucklers.
"But you had…"
"Quick-draw. Gives me one barrel." Harry reset his left, "Stage one gives me three, and I can rotate Dust options."
"You said stage one." Weiss sneered at him from Nora. "That implies you have a second."
"I have three, but I can't engage two of the three without taking a couple of hits first. Our run-in yesterday allowed me to reach level two this morning after we were launched. My landing was not enough to recharge."
"Yeah, our Semblances sound similar." Yang crossed her arms under her hefty bust. "My landing powered me enough to dance with a pair of Ursai.
Harry frowned. "How long can you hold a charge?"
"About five hours." Yang frowned, "You?"
"My record is three days but I had to discharge into a Grimm so I don't know my total limit. Shall we head back to the auditorium? Ozpin was very excited to see how we matched up."
LUSH
"Harry Potter, Sirius Black, Ursula Undean, Luzilo Lopus." Ozpin stood before the students. "You have collected the Black Bishop. You will be LUSH under the leadership of Luzilo."
As the two Faunus moved through the crowd to where Harry and Sirius were standing. The Large Polar Bear in a tight halter top and Kilt moving their way caused both Londoners to shift their stance… for completely different reasons.
"Pup, look at those Puppies!" Sirius hissed. "Just looking at them makes my head heavy."
"Yes… and her backhand will pop your head off your neck." Harry whispered back. "Besides, you can't call them puppies. Those are cubs."
The Bear faced female snorted and grinned. Her white fur rippling… no, the muscles under her fur were rippling as she pushed through the crowd like Hagrid in the Alley. She wore a backpack that could fit Padfoot comfortablely. In her left gauntleted paw was six foot long Mace. A Shield, bigger than both of Harry's stage two shields, combined, hung on her right arm. A belt across her massive breasts held Dust Rounds.
When she was about six feet away, she stopped. As she grinned, a Wolf-faced 'man' with blueish fur stepped around her, as he was fiddling with a Scroll-device.
"Sirius Black. Harry Potter. Claim to be cousins. No History before showing up here yesterday morning and…" he looked up at them, "They smell like Faunus."
"Not Faunus." Harry smiled at the Wolf-man. "And once it's just the four of us… we will tell you."
"I am a Wolf... not a dog. no dog jokes." the male Faunus curled his lip.
"Wolf, check. Any dog jokes will target Sirius only." Harry smiled at the guy. "What about werewolf references?"
"What now?"
"You really want to rub your face in the girls, don't you?" Ursula winked at Sirius.
"Yes. Yes I do." Sirius never looked away from her cleavage. "But to do so in public is rude… or so I was told."
The polar bear Faunus giggled. It did interesting things to her bust line.
"I swear, it's like watching Hedwig and a piece of bacon… or Snuffles and a banger." Harry laughed.
Sirius tried to backhand Harry, but he just blocked, and glowed for a bit.
Up on stage Ozpin finished his speech and exited stage right.
Harry swallowed and made a decision. "Follow me. Ursula, it would cause him less damage if you just tossed him over your shoulder."
Ursula laughed and did just that.
LUSH
"Mister Potter. I was not expecting you to bring them with you."
"Sorry Headmaster." Harry smiled sadly. "Night and Light had many things to say. In fact they ranted about how you are Handling things these days."
"Did they?" Ozpin seemed amused.
"But when we fell into their laps… they decided that we would either save the world or burn it all." Sirius responded from Ursula's shoulder.
"They decided to roll the dice and sent us in. We know we can't kill your beloved ex-wife, but death is not the only way to remove a piece from the board." Harry adjusted his coat, "Something we personally know a bit about. And then I bumped into Ruby Rose and Jaune Arc. Two… very special people. I think something is going down, and the weight of Destiny is heavy about this place."
"Is that a good thing?" Ozpin leaned on the desk.
"Both of you are saying a lot and saying nothing." Lu sneered.
"Yes." Harry smiled at the Faunus. "And when we tell you everything, you are going to wish we left you in the dark. We promised to tell you everything, and much can be shared right now. Two of Ozpin's best students about twenty years ago were … Gifted with an ability. An Ability that both Sirius and I have. Learned from many Hours of study and hours of pain."
Sirius rolled off the woman's shoulder and by the time his feet hit the floor, he was Padfoot. The bear woman stepped back to better see, and smiled as she reached for his ears.
Lu looked at Harry.
Harry shrugged before he shimmered into a winged serpent. Because of the potency of the venom in his veins he had a little flux in his size, so he took a two metre form. He flared his hood.
Ozpin raised his eyebrows. "I was not expecting that!"
Both Animagi reverted to their human form.
"It is best if our team knows what we can and can't do. " Sirius smiled. "My semblance deals with explosion. Right now I can turn a rock into a throwable explosive item." He pulled a rock from his pocket. "Harry calls them grenades. He Says I need to yell 'Fire in the hole!' when I throw it." He tucked it back in his pocket.
"Sooo." Lu drawled, "Like Dust?"
"Without the Dust." Harry glared at his cousin. "If he ever yells, 'Hey Pup, Catch!' Duck. Odds are he is throwing a grenade at me. If I have not requested it I am going to be beating a new type of shit out of him." Harry smiled at others. "I absorb damage and can channel it back. I can also hold the charge. My record is three days… but I ended up stoning a Grimm before I truly reached my limit. Sirius is still trying to find his limit, the last time he used his semblance in a non combat situation… Three huntsmen were very … displeased."
"They bet me, our bar bill, that I couldn't knock the rock off the wall." Black was defensive.
"Knocking the Wall down does not count as knocking the stone off the wall!" Harry yelled his Dog father.
"That was you!" Ursula laughed, "I heard about it on the news. The 'Assailants' vanished from the greatest Trackers in Vale!"
"They also cheat on their bar-bets." Harry smirked. "The Ugly one, had the Semblance of Bond."
"That's why the girl's throw just bounced off?" Sirius growled.
"Okay… this is getting us nowhere." Ozpin stood.
"Mine is 'Unharm'. I remove any damage from my ally and channel it to my foe." Ursula curled her lip in amusement.
Lu shook his head. "I can translate any language or code. I am an Alpha Class Hacker. I am here for protection from Atlas."
Harry nodded. "Then we need to have a long chat over drinks." He backhanded Sirius without looking, "Non alcoholic drinks."
Sirius pouted.
"Going to need you sober for this." Harry turned to look at the man-child. "In the name of Prongs."
Black snapped up right.
"Good night Headmaster." Lu nodded his head to Ozpin.
"That's it?" Ozpin frowned in confusion.
"Sir. Anything else would be best if all of us had some time to assimilate the information heard here." Harry scratched his ear on Lu's side. "Besides, my McGonagall sense is screaming at me."
Sirius spun, looking about for the witch. "James could always sense her too… right before she caught us!"
The door chime sang, just before Glynda entered. "Oh Ozpin, I didn't know you had students here." She frowned at who was looking at her, "We have yet to have any time for them to get into trouble."
"Sorry Headmistress." Harry smiled as he bowed his head. "We were just explaining how we were able to get such late admission to this fine School. We have to get our Dorms setup and turn in for the night. Goodnight Headmistress, Headmaster." Harry turned to look at Lu, who nodded and led the way out.
"I don't trust those two." Glynda Growled as she watched the door close. "They make me want to drink." She turned to Ozpin. "And I don't drink!'
"Just Boys being Boys." The man turned to the window looking out over the cityscape. "What brings you here tonight?"
"Torchwick."
TBC
AN: 1, I changed L.
Luzilo Lopus- wolf Faunus: head and tail. Sniper/Coms (Lu for short)
2, shipping; I am liking
Harry/ Ruby
Jaune/Pyrrha(she will survive the Fall)
Yang/Blake(not sure if it's going to get that far)
Ren and Nora.
Blake and Sun.
If you want something else, please tell me.