It took Ollivander some time to get back to his normal self after being so disheartened. He waved his wand and all the wand boxes he had taken out flew back to their places in the storage. All except one wand.
"It seems you are a very unique person, Mr Grant," Ollivander commented.
McGonagall nodded unconsciously.
Magnus was tired now, "So, what should I do now? Can I go to Hogwarts without a wand?"
"Well, there is a thing called Wandless magic but even the best of adult wizards can't do that. You, as a first-year student, need a wand more than anyone. It seems you will have to go on wand tourism later one, to find the right one." Ollivander advised him.
"What about right now? What would Mr Grant use in the school?" McGonagall asked.
"For that, he will need to compromise. The Yew wood, 15 inches, Dragon Heartstring was the only wand that somewhat seemed compatible, although just 40 per cent, it should be enough for 1st-year spells." Ollivander said and showed the wand Magnus had used earlier.
It was a was long simple wooden wand with half the front part of it having a wood brown colour and the back part having a black colour with a twisted pattern.
But McGonagall was not very happy with the arrangement. The starting period of a young wizard was the most important part, having a wand that limits one's ability would even make a powerful budding wizard turn into a below mediocre one. But, they didn't have any choice for now. She was going to inform Dumbledore about this later.
"How much for this?" Grace asked quickly. She was too bored by now.
"2 Galleons. It isn't a good wand for him and so I can't charge you the full cost. Young man, when you find a compatible wand, do show it to me. I want to see what it has that I didn't have." Ollivander said.
Magnus tiredly just gave the money and left the shop with the mediocre wand.
"Next is the uniform. Here, dear. This is the list of all the things that need to be bought. I believe you can do that on your own. I have some work nearby. I will help you get back to London when you are done." McGonagall left them.
Adam held the paper in his hand, "Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions is the name of the shop."
Magnus bought the dress and also most of the equipment written in the notes. 1 Cauldron, 1 set of glass or crystal phials, 1 telescope, 1 set of brass scales.
"Well, we have Chad so I guess I'll just make him my pet in my school years. Now it's the book." Magnus muttered while reading the notes.
He had already sent his parents to the nearby sweets shop to try different food. The main reason being that he already had the books till 4th year and If his parents found out, they would scold him because it would imply he already knew about magic and Hogwarts before Dumbledore came to their house.
He went to the Flourish and Blotts and ordered books for the 5th, 6th and 7th years. They were fairly easy to get. He didn't ask for any specified subject. He took books for all subjects of the 6th and 7th years.
"My father is setting up a personal library. So, I want to buy all the books possible. Miss, can I have all the books related to Arithmancy, Biology, Charms and Spells, Chemistry and Physics, Cooking and Housecare, Divination, Healing and Healthcare, History, Study of Ancient Runes and Magical Theory and finally the magical laws. I want all books related to these subjects." He demanded.
He was not joking when he said he was going to suck the knowledge dry. It didn't matter if he was good at all these fields or not, what mattered was that the knowledge was in his head. There was also the Hogwarts Library remaining.
The shop assistant looked at him with a shocked face. ~He's a whale customer. Oh god, my bonus is going to be huge.~
"Yes, please wait, it may take some time. Do you have something to carry them or should we supply it to you?" The assistant asked.
"No, please make arrangements and put them in something portable." Magnus respectfully replied.
The assistant quickly got to work. For her, an 11-year-old buying like crazy was not too shocking, as she had faced many young masters from rich families. They spend money just because they can, not because they need something.
It took the assistant 20 minutes to gather all the books with the help of magic. To Magnus's surprise, in the end, the total number of books came out to be 97. All of them were put inside a small expandable trunk.
"Mr Grant, the bill is 521 Galleons. I have given you a sufficient discount, there are some very advanced books that cost you this much." The assistant nervously said, hoping that Magnus would not just deny now after hearing the price.
"Just 97 books? I expected it to be more. Well, doesn't matter. I will have more in Hogwarts. Here." Magnus gave the money without haggling down the price.
The sales assistant couldn't be happier, "Please come again next year, we will have more books."
"Sure, thanks." He left after that. His trip to Diagon Alley was complete. He found his parents eating some ice cream. Magnus then remembered he needed to buy something for Bobby. So, he bought one magical watch that tells you the mood of the people around you and also a bag of Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans.
"Dad, let's go back. We got all the stuff we needed." He informed.
"Yes yes, let's go back now. Ah, there is Mrs McGonagall."
Soon, they were escorted back to Leaky Cauldron. McGonagall left them there after handing Magnus a train ticket.
Then the Grant family jumped into the car and drove back home. Bobby was still there. So, Magnus took him to his room and showed him the cool stuff and also his wand.
"Here, this watch is for you, and also this box of candies." He handed over the gifts.
Bobby immediately picked one bean from the box and ate it.
"FOOOO... what the hell, that tasted like 5-year-old dried cat vomit. Wait, how do I know that?" Bobby blurted.
Magnus laughed, "Hahaha, magic, my friend. These candies are really all flavoured. They don't just have the good ones but bad ones too."
"Why would anyone torture themselves like this?" Bobby wondered.
"Maybe because it is exciting? Not knowing what taste may come next." Magnus deduced.
After that, they played for another hour and then Bobby went to his home. Adam dropped him off.
Magnus started to organise his things to leave in a few weeks.
"Hey, kid, do you have time to talk?" Arthur suddenly spoke.
Magnus was surprised, "Since when did you become so formal?"
"Hah, it's about that kid, Bobby. After you left, he still sat here, on the bed for 2 hours. Didn't move and just looked upset. Does he really not have any other friends?" Arthur asked.
Smile from Magnus' face vanished, "Did he cry?"
"No, but I'm sure he was close to it," Arthur answered.
*Sigh* "Yes, he does not have friends. He's like those introverted people that once you know them they turn out to be very fun. He's very conscious about himself and what people talk about around him, that's why he doesn't make any friends as he finds everyone to be fake." Magnus explained.
"Poor kid," Arthur sympathised.
"But I trust him. I have big plans for him because I know he has the potential to become great, but first I need to ascertain my situation. You're not telling me anything so I have to do something." Magnus said.
"You'll know everything soon. When did you find out something was wrong?" Arthur inquired with interest.
"Since the time Sirius told me he had never known someone who could make fire from their hands. Also, I am not that dumb to not realise that something was going on when the Headmaster of the school, also the strongest wizard currently known, came to my house to give me the letter. I am neither from a magical family nor an influential family.
"But, seeing how they are reacting, I'm sure it is something big. All I can guess is that you are somewhere involved in it. I checked out the stories on you. You are the dragon king Arthur Pendragon. Surprisingly, people in the Magical world consider you real." Magnus said at length.
"Ah, good to hear someone remembers me." Arthur took a sigh of relief.
...
In the coming days, Magnus stayed with his family and played with Bobby. The 4 weeks went by very fast and it was now time for him to go.
He came to the King's Cross Station in London with his mother and father. Magnus had read the books about entrances to Hogwarts so he knew about Platform 9¾.
They soon arrived where Magnus and his parents saw some kids heading straight into the wall and instead of colliding with it, they disappeared. It was still a very magical experience for all of them.
On the platform, non-magical parents were also allowed so Magnus looked at his parents. "Mummy, Dad, hold onto my back and follow me. Do not hesitate."
Both of them nodded and did as asked. They ran into the wall together and immediately came out on the other side. In front of them was a huge steam engine, looking as classy as it used to in the old days.
Adam, who was a mechanical engineer, nearly cried seeing the things. "What a beauty."
Grace, on the other hand, looked at the whole platform. It was not too crowded.
"I guess we came a little early," Grace deduced.
"You two taught me, better be early than late so here we are." Magnus quoted their own words.
They went towards one of the carriages. He looked at his parents. "I'll see you at the Christmas holidays then."
Grace immediately teared up, "We are going to miss you so much, Mag. It will become so boring at home."
Adam nodded, "Yeah, no troublemaker, how will I be entertained now?"
Magnus laughed, "Haha, dad, are you sure I am the troublemaker of the house?"
He hugged both of his parents tightly. This was the first time he was going to stay away from them. He was just feeling a bit uneasy. Meanwhile, his parents were feeling nervous, sending their 11-year-old away.
"Sweetie, promise to write me a letter every two days," Grace said while caressing his face.
"Yes, mummy. I promise, if I can, I will write them daily." He happily assured.
"Good, focus on your studies and become a great wizard. Do you have the lunchbox I packed for you?" She asked him.
"Yes, I got it with me." He showed her his small expansion pouch.
Adam then patted his head, "Be good, and be sharp, Mag. If any trouble comes, immediately inform us."
"Yes, Dad. Now stop worrying about me. Okay, I should go and find myself a good seat. Take care you two." He kissed their cheeks and walked towards the door.
Grace and Adam looked at him walking away. Grace sighed, "He's growing so fast. I hope he does not change too much."
"I have a feeling, he is not going to change no matter how old he gets. He loves us too much." Adam responded.
...
Magnus dragged his luggage and the cat cage and entered through the door of the carriage. But, as soon as he crossed the door, he felt as if he had passed through an invisible waterfall, except instead of water, it was heavy air.
He felt his whole body getting covered in this waterfall, but he immediately heated his body and made it not touch his skin at all. He had no idea what it was and decided to ask about this later on.
He looked for an empty cabin and soon found one. However, just when he was about to enter, his suitcase bumped into someone's leg. He was looking sideways so he didn't know who was standing in front of him.
He looked and found it to be a tall boy, with a proud face and long blonde hair. He wore typical dark coloured wizard robes. There was disdain in his eyes.
"TSK... Look where you're going filthy mudblood." The blonde boy cursed at Magnus.
Now, Magnus knows what this term means. He had read it in the history of magic. It was no less offensive than the N-word. Magnus was going to apologise but now it was different.
Also, as it was known to most, Magnus wasn't afraid of anyone, he couldn't just let someone bully him like this, he had decided on this a long time ago.
"AAAAAAA....AAAAA... AAAACHOOOO...." Magnus sneezed as loudly as possible. His saliva droplets were now all over the tall blonde boy, who now looked disgusted.
"Ah, that was one big sneeze. Sorry about that, but hey, look at the bright side, now that you have breathed in my sneeze droplets, does this make you a filthy mudblood too? I guess now we're equal. Huh." Magnus talked back to him with a smirk and scoffed at the end.
"Now if you'll excuse me." He slid open the door of the empty cabin and entered to take a seat.
The tall boy was left speechless by the audacity of this kid. He was a senior, the head boy of Slytherin, how could he allow himself to be disrespected. He'd be taking down his family name if he let this go.
"YOU..." But he swallowed his words because he saw some students coming in. He couldn't let them see him act so ungracefully.
~I'll deal with you later.~ he decided after staring daggers at Magnus, who seemed not bothered by him.
Unknown to Magnus, two boys sitting in the cabin next had listened to the whole exchange and were trying to hold their laughter as hard as possible.
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[A/N: Any guesses on who the blonde boy is? I also feel very sad for Bobby, the poor guy is going to be lonely now.]
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After a brief encounter with the silver-blonde haired arrogant man, Magnus had already forgotten about it. Why? Well because he was hoping for the train to just start already so he could eat his favourite pancakes made by his mummy.
He looked out of the window, his parents had gone by now and the platform was also getting very crowded. ~Hmm, the time of departure must be near.~
To tackle his boredom, he took out a book to pass some time. He was not interested in the whole subject but just one potion.
*Door slides open*
"Excuse me, are these seats taken?" A red-haired girl voiced from the door. Behind her, a black shoulder-length haired, shallow-skinned boy stood.
"No, you can sit wherever you want," Magnus replied and focused on his book.
The black-haired boy stared at him for quite a while after he saw the book Magnus was reading. It seemed as if he wanted to say something but stopped himself after seeing how happily Magnus was reading it. He was going to say something snarky anyway and ruin the mood.
"Hi, I am Lily Evans." The red-haired girl immediately put her hand forward as soon as she sat.
Magnus was not going to be rude to kind people. He shook it, "Hello, I am Magnus Grant, and aren't you two a bit too young to be dating?"
"WHAT? No, we're not dating." Lily immediately denied, though she was blushing.
"Oh, I'm sorry then. What about you? What's your name?" Magnus asked the boy, who obviously had a crush on the girl, as noticed by Magnus when he shook Lily's hand.
"Severus Snape," Snape evidently shook hands with him.
"Oh, your hands are cold, Severus," Magnus exclaimed whole retracting his hand.
But Snape was disdainful for another reason. Rarely do people start calling strangers by their first name. He was expected to be called as Mr Snape. ~He clearly lacks a good upbringing.~
"AH... wait... I think I have seen you before." Lily exclaimed and stared at Magnus' face intently.
After a few seconds, she got it, "Y-You are the boy from the newspaper and the television. You got that award for saving people from bus fire."
Magnus puffed out his chest, "Hehe, I guess I am a celebrity now. I was a passenger on the bus so I had to."
"Only a fool would put his life in danger like that," Severus commented.
Magnus shook his head, "No, Severus, when you have the ability to do something and you still don't do it, that is when one is truly a fool."
"Sev, he's right. He was not even scratched. The queen gave him the medal herself." Lily nonstop spoke.
"Well well well... what do we have here? Our mighty hero?" Suddenly a known voice came from the door.
Magnus smiled without even looking, "I was waiting for you to show up, Sirius."
Sirius smiled widely and sat beside Magnus immediately and put one arm on his shoulder, "Magnus, I thought we were friends, Why didn't you tell me you were a big guy among the muggles."
"It's all temporary. Now that I'm going to Hogwarts, they'll forget me." Magnus answered.
"Ah, Magnus, meet this guy here, James Potter. He's a pretty funny guy. Wait... MAGNUS... DO YOU KNOW THAT BLONDE GUY?" Sirius asked with a serious face.
"Should I?" Magnus asked back.
*Sigh*
"He was Lucius Malfoy, heir of one of the Sacred twenty-eight families. He's also the head boy of Slytherin." Sirius explained.
Magnus shrugged, "So what? He called me mudblood and I retaliated. Also, last I know, this word was not allowed to be spoken by Hogwarts students. I'm sure if Dumbledore finds out, he'd be on my side."
"You know that old man?" This time James asked.
"Of course, he came to give me the acceptance letter," Magnus answered as if it was a simple thing.
Sirius suddenly held Magnus by his arms and shook him hard, "WHAT DID YOU DO?"
"Exist, I guess?" He answered.
Sirius again shook him, "Come on, tell the truth."
"I guess I'm also very intelligent. I've already finished the books you gave me." Magnus said, fixing his shirt.
Sirius's shoulders fell as he heard that. "M-Monster... you finished them all? Are you kidding me?"
"No, I recall every word of every line in those books. In fact, I've also been practising." Magnus immediately took out his wand and cast a spell on Sirius, immediately turning his curly hair into clown red hair and a clown makeup on his face appeared.
"HAHAHAHA..." James started laughing loudly.
"WHAT?" Sirius asked him.
"Haha... l-look at your face." James pointed.
Sirius stood up and looked at himself in the mirror fixed in the cabin.
"DAMN YOU, MAG." He cursed.
"I was just showing you my magical prowess, no hard feelings. Also, this wand is incompatible with me. Ollivander couldn't find one for me." Magnus said.
"Stop joking around, he always has wands for everyone," James exclaimed.
"NO, he's telling the truth," Lily spoke up.
"I went there a few days ago, he was so grumpy and was constantly cursing at various wandmakers and talking about not being good enough." She revealed.
All eyes fell back on Magnus. Sirius took Magnus' wand and checked it out. "Hmm, it's bigger than normal wands. How good is it?"
"About 40 per cent. I am planning on going on a wand tourism trip this December." He said.
"Yeah, I heard they make good wands in France too." Sirius tried to help Magnus. But then his eyes fell on the book Magnus was reading.
"Don't tell me you are now studying 6th year's book. Potioneering at that. Did you complete all other previous years?" Sirius inquired.
"No no, I haven't finished them. I'm just halfway through the 5th year's subjects." Magnus answered.
That was it, Sirius and James felt as if their souls left their body.
"Why are you even studying it if you haven't completed the previous ones?" Snape spoke for the first time Sirius arrived.
As soon as this question was asked, there were stars in Magnus' eyes. "What else but Felix Felicis potion? It intrigues me how a magical liquid can affect luck, which is nothing but a game of probabilities. How does the magic potion affect the maths that run our life? Such a mystery."
"Do you know how hard it is to make? There are only a few people in the world who can masterfully make it." Snape argued.
"So what? Can I not read it? Knowledge is power, Severus, so let me just drink this knowledge." Magnus quoted.
"He's definitely going to Ravenclaw, he's too smart," Sirius interjected.
"That's the problem. He's also crazy brave, but also intelligent. Where will you go to, Sirius?" James asked.
"My whole family has been in Slytherin, so maybe I'll break the tradition this time, where are you headed?" Sirius asked back.
James proudly answered, "Gryffindor, where dwells the brave at heart! Like my dad."
Snape, who was hearing them, made a small, disparaging noise. It irked the two boys talking about Hogwarts houses. James turned on him.
"Got a problem with that?" He asked.
"No," Snape replied and continued.
"If you'd rather be brawny than brainy."
This statement made Sirius also attack him, "Where're you hoping to go, seeing as you're neither?"
With that, the two laughed loudly. Much to the annoyance of Snape.
"What about you, Magnus?" Sirius asked him.
Magnus didn't like what had just happened. This was the first sign of civil war.
"I don't know. I'm going to Hogwarts to get all the knowledge and leave. I have a very happy family, you know. So, I don't care where I end up getting thrown to." Magnus interestingly replied.
"How can you say that, Mag? You must come to Gryffindor." Sirius interjected.
"Why?" Magnus asked back.
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