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Chapter 29: 29. Cunning Magnus

Magnus was confused and so many people had suddenly started speaking that the great hall seemed more like a crowded market. Even worse actually.

He walked up to the stool and sat down. The hat was placed on his head, but the hat immediately jolted up as if woken up from a slumber.

"Oh, this is going to be a tough one to decide. Hmm, I remember that boy... Merlin. I placed him in Slytherin, one of my proudest choices. Never thought I'd meet his descendant." The hat loudly talked. This pretty much told everyone there that what they were thinking was true.

The talking hat then took a low tone. "Hmm, you have bravery, I'm sure it's coming from the other guy. You have the talent and eagerness to learn, as Merlin had. You are loyal to your friends and family and you are cunning. Young man, It's rare that people like you are born. You fit in all four houses."

"What now?" Magnus asked. McGonagall, who heard everything, also nodded her head, wanting to know the answer.

"But I need to make a choice. Hmm... I know where to put you. A place where you can shine. A place that needs someone who can clean it. Someone to lead it to greatness. Just like he did. SLYTHERIN..." The hat shouted.

Immediately, the loudest cheers till now came from the Slytherin table. They had just got the descendant of the greatest wizard, Merlin, to join them in their house. Even Lucius Malfoy, who had an incident with Magnus on the train, was silently cheering.

On the other hand, Sirius and James were in shock on the Gryffindor table.

"He's related to Merlin? Why didn't he tell me that earlier?" Sirius wondered.

"I bet even he didn't know. Look at his face, he seems as shocked as everyone else here." James pointed out.

Sirius did notice it, "Man, I hope those snakes don't turn him bad."

"He won't. After what he said on the train, I don't think he will do anything bad." Lily added. Although she was not much knowledgable, she did read the history of Hogwarts and knew how big of a figure Merlin was.

"I hope you are right." Sirius sighed.

...

"Are you sure? Or is it just because of the blood in my body about which I just found out?" Magnus asked in whispers.

"Of course not, I saw your abilities. Honestly, I think Slytherin needs someone like you. Their image has hit the rock bottom." The Hat said, showing more concern than even the Headmaster.

"Isn't that all your fault? Why do you sort all kids coming from racist families into one single house? It just creates a big pile of racists." Magnus argued.

"They would have burned me if I had tried to mess up with that. They are crazy." The hat defended itself.

"Fine, also, you should ask for a bath. You stink." Magnus got up after saying that.

He looked at the noisiest table and went in the direction. But then his eyes fell on the same blonde boy he had sneezed on. A frown appeared on his face.

He went ahead and sat down beside Severus. There were about 150 new students this year and out of them, only 27 got sorted into Slytherin.

"Mr Pendragon, house Head boy wants you to sit with him. He wants to talk to you." A 2nd-year student came and told Mangus.

*Sigh*

~Me and my loud mouth.~ he cursed himself and went to the Headboy. He sat alongside a girl with blonde hair. From the intimacy she was showing to the blonde boy, they were surely more than friends.

But, to Magnus' surprise, the blonde boy stood up to greet him and with a gentleman bow, he said, "Welcome to Hogwarts, especially Slytherin. I am Lucius Malfoy of the Noble and Most Ancient House of Malfoy and the Head boy of Slytherin. This is Narcissa Black of the Noble and Most Ancient House of Black. Sit with us."

Magnus agreed as it would be rude otherwise. Though he did not like how much emphasis he put on 'Noble and Most Ancient House'. It was obvious that he was a supporter of the Blood purity theory.

He took a seat between Lucius and Narcissa as that was where they let him sit.

By now, Magnus had realised that he must be careful in this situation. He was new to this place and he was not going to make any promises to anyone or join anyone before understanding the whole ecosystem.

"Mr Pendragon, how do you like this place?" Lucius asked, trying to make small talk.

"This is a very beautiful school. Much better than I had imagined. I've been to Buckingham Palace before but it holds no ground to what Hogwarts is. What do muggles see if they mistakenly come near it?" He asked with genuine curiosity.

"They see a broken-down castle, not as majestic as this and a very serious sign telling them to keep out and warning of danger to life," Lucius explained.

"Hmm, and if someone still moves forward?" Magnus asked further.

"Then I'm sure someone from Hogwarts staff deals with them. By obliviating their memory and dropping them away from here." He said.

"Hmm, that's reasonable. Mr Malfoy, can you tell me more about the teachers? In my free time, I have already completed my theoretical studies till the 4th year but I still have no practical experience." He asked, like a normal curious kid. But he was hiding the fact that he could actually perform some simple charms, nothing destructive thought. The only destructive thing he had was his fire, that was a secret for now. Only Sirius knew, but Magnus had told him not to tell anyone.

Lucius was actually liking that Magnus was talking to him and not feeling reserved. He felt that Magnus was easily malleable. So, he also took a friendly and less formal tone, "There is professor McGonagall. She teaches Transfiguration, she's a competent witch but a very annoying one at times. Then there is Professor Slughorn, sitting on the left of Headmaster, he teaches Potions and he is one of the most competent teachers here. He runs a club comprised of the most well-liked and sometimes famous students at Hogwarts. It's is called the Slug club. I am a part of it.

"That short one is Professor Flitwick. He teaches Charms and is a Part-Goblin wizard. He's a normal teacher, doesn't favour anyone except the good students. Then there is professor Sprout who teaches Herbology and Professor Binns who teaches History of Magic, he's a ghost. Then there is Kettleburn, he teaches Care of Magical Creatures, but you won't learn this subject in 1st year.

"There is an Astronomy professor, Professor Silver and also Professor Trinity who teaches Divination, Hagrid who you probably know. Then last but not least, DADA, Defence against the dark arts professor. DADA professor changes every year because of a curse on that position. This year, it is some person from the United States, Professor Harrison." He concluded his explanation.

Magnus nodded all this while. Then Narcissa talked to him with a big smile on her face that seemed to be harmless on her pretty face but it was obviously not the case.

"Mr Pendragon, you can ask me if you feel confused about anything anytime. I am a prefect and a 6th-year student. If you find trouble in any subject you can come to me." She offered.

Magnus nodded, "Okay, actually, I am a very good friend of Sirius and also know Regulus."

Narcissa was shocked, "Oh, since when?"

"I met him 2 years ago. He helped me with some books." Magnus revealed. He was actually using the fact that he was seen as a hot commodity right now, to increase the importance of Sirius in his family as he is a friend of him. This would also make Narcissa ease up around him as she would think she could talk to him freely.

~Hmm, since when did I become so manipulative? I guess the talking hat was indeed right.~ He muttered to himself.

Narcissa was pleased hearing this, she even glanced at her cousin brother, who only shivered a little, cursing Magnus, guessing that Magnus must have said something about him to her.

She warmly smiled, "That is so nice, you could have come to our home. I'm sure my uncle and aunt would have loved to have you over."

"I did come there, and saw Mrs Black, but she called me filthy and slapped Sirius. So I went back home." Magnus revealed, making Lucius choke up on the food he was gracefully eating and making the smile from Narcissa's face vanish.

It was awkward now, thankfully, it was time to go to the common rooms. He got up along with all the other students.

"Little Ma... I mean Mr Pendragon, Professor Dumbledore has invited you to talk to him in his office." Hagrid came to him.

Lucius frowned hearing that. He crouched a little and whispered something, "Be careful with Dumbledore, he has a habit of looking into other's minds."

Lucius was just trying to win points with him. Magnus actually appreciated this one warning. He just nodded and followed Hagrid, who seemed to be the personification of the word gentle giant.

"You can call me Magnus, Hagrid," Magnus said.

Hagrid chuckled loudly, "Haha, I knew you are not like those arrogant kids. Good meeting you, Magnus. It's a real shocker, you are the descendent of great Merlin. Ah... I just remembered, now we must ban the usage of coarse words related to him."

Magnus was interested, "What are those words? I promise I won't get mad. I don't even know what he looked like, he lived a thousand years ago."

"Well, there is Merlin's Beard, Merlin's Pants... Ummm... Merlin's saggy left, Merlin's arse, Merlin's tits and whatnot... Ah, I should not have said those" Hagrid awkwardly listed.

Magnus heartily laughed hearing that, "HAHAHA... oh, I know someone who would love to hear this."

[A/N: Remember, Voldemort has just started to rise at this point, so, Dumbledore and many other people don't yet hold that much contempt towards Slytherin. Though I think Dumbledore does seem to hold a little bit of bias against it.]

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Chapter 30: 30. A Serious Talk

Magnus arrived at the large and ugly stone gargoyle. It was supposed to be the entrance to the Headmaster's office. He had no idea what the password was. But, not to his surprise, the statue moved and let him through. The old beardy must be expecting him.

He went up the stairs and crossed a fairly big door. The headmaster's office itself was a large circular room with many windows and many portraits of old headmasters and headmistresses. The portrait of the immediate predecessor of the current headmaster hung behind the head's desk.

Then there was Dumbledore, sitting on his big chair, behind the big table.

"Have a seat, Magnus," Dumbledore said. He was trying to be intimate by calling him by his first name but he didn't really care about it, he'd prefer to be called and be allowed to call people by the first name anyway.

He took a seat and looked at the old man. He knew that looking into the other party's eyes was the way to invade privacy. He wanted to see if he had the audacity to look inside his head. But, he felt nothing, to be honest, he had no idea how it even felt. Then there was also a pretty looking Phoenix on the side and for some reason, it was bowing to him.

"Are you angry that I did not inform you of this earlier?" Dumbledore asked.

Magnus shook his head, "No, I'm not angry. But just a bit frustrated. I could have prepared myself better that way, instead of being shocked like everyone else."

"Forgive me, Magnus, but I kept it from you because I didn't know if you wanted your parents to know," Dumbledore said.

"And I thank you for that. I don't want them to know all this, at least not yet." Magnus replied.

"How old are you, Magnus?" Dumbledore suddenly asked. Because the way Magnus talked seemed not very childish, what it should've been.

"11 years and 8 months old. I'm just smarter than your average 11-year-old." He clarified, sensing why the old man asked this.

"You being smart was already expected from you, Magnus. Do you understand the situation completely?" Dumbledore inquired.

"I seem to have inherited the will of Merlin and King Arthur. I don't know how but I have, though I have no way of proving it to anyone." Magnus said.

Dumbledore stroked his beard, "You are right, Magnus. You are indeed related to them. But, things are not as simple as they seem to be. Let me explain it to you.

"See, the magical society, at least the British magical society and also of many other European countries are basically run by old ancient powerful families, who have abundant money and power. Britain is the same, the Ministry of Magic is mostly impartial and just, but it is still under the clutches of these powerful families. Take Wizengamot as an example, only a selected few are neutral, others are all believers of blood supremacy.

"But, what is stopping them from their agenda is a lack of public support. Even these families have to agree that the number of half-blood and muggle-born wizards is much larger than their numbers. So, they need a figure who can sway the public, a figure all these wizards would believe and who better than the descendant of Merlin, whom many wizards see as a magic god?

"So, expect them to come after you, Magnus. They will act sweet at first, but if you ignore them, they will not spare a moment to go against you or take any harsher steps, no matter what the cost. Do you understand me?"

Magnus took a long breath and looked Dumbledore dead in the eyes, "Are you implying that they would do something to my family?"

"Magnus, you must understand, these people have done worse things in the past. They didn't mind killing babies in the Global wizarding war, so what is stopping them now?" Dumbledore calmly said. He was actually surprised by how calm Magnus was, although he knew he was angry inside.

"And the Ministry is going to let them do it?" Magnus asked back.

"Yes, because my influence is limited there. It is basically run by a few families. There are no elections like in the muggle world either. It's an aristocratic system." Dumbledore explained.

Magnus nodded, "I understand now, so you want to use me to increase your own standing. So it is the classic good side and bad side. I admire your wishes, professor. But, I will make up my own mind first. It hasn't even been 1 day since I came here.

"Also, don't get me wrong, I am a peaceful person, but if they go after my parents, I will go after their whole bloodlines, and make the sacred 28 a simple text on the history books. And I will do it if I have to, even if I have to bring back Merlin from the dead. You must understand my sentiments, Professor. I read about your past. If you had the chance, would you not jump and take the hit that was meant for your sister?"

Dumbledore was very much taken aback. He was starting to form a bad opinion of Magnus when he heard him talking about ending the sacred 28. But now, all those thoughts vanished as the memories resurfaced. This was a drawback of Occlumency, you don't forget a thing.

He whispered, "Yes, I would... jump... to save Ariana."

"See, so we aren't so different," Magnus said.

Dumbledore nodded and spoke, "I can understand that the thought of someone attacking your family must be very unsettling. I will try to help you in any way I can. But, you need to do some things first. You need to take an inheritance test at Gringotts. I went there to check. They did not tell me any specifics except that they had everything safe. Also, I will have to invite some people to see your test, to prove your legitimacy.

"The next problem is your other inheritance. You are a descendant of King Arthur now. This makes you the rightful king of England. Now, I went to meet the queen, it seems, Arthur and Merlin had planned for everything. A curse has been cast by Merlin's ancient magic on the royal family that if they do not abdicate the throne to you they'd be punished." Dumbledore revealed.

This Magnus didn't know and came as a shocker to him. "WHAT? Then... how would I prove to the world that Arthur was real and I am his descendant? They think Arthur only existed in fairy tales."

"I know that, that is why you will have to come up with a way to do it. A way that makes people truly believe that you are worthy." Dumbledore advised.

*Sigh*

"You understand I am an 11-year-old kid? You just put so much pressure on me." Magnus grunted.

"We are here to support you, Magnus. Merlin is my role model too. His dream to unite the magical world still lives on, to me, now you are like the living personification of his dreams, I just want the best for you." Dumbledore emotionally talked.

"Well, thank you for this talk, Professor. I need some time to think. Do you have a good book to teach me about the complexities of the Ministry and its laws?" He inquired.

"Of course, I have one. It was discontinued because it told too much. But, it can be very helpful for you. I also have... another one." Dumbledore gave him another book, which looked very old.

"This one is Merlin's book. Written in runic language. It has not been deciphered even though many headmasters before me tried to do it. But we know one thing that the contents in it can be very dangerous. So, I hope you will take good care of it. It rightfully belongs to you and I have no right to keep it." Dumbledore said honestly.

~Take it...~ A voice whispered inside Magnus' head.

"Thank you, professor. I will keep your warning in mind." Magnus took it and left the office. There were thousands of things running in his mind. His whole plan had been hijacked by his crappy destiny.

~But could it be a blessing in disguise? I must plan ahead calmly.~ he decided and walked to the Slytherin Dungeon by asking for direction from various portraits. They were very nice to him.

He eventually arrived there. But, he found the thin blonde boy named Ragnar standing outside the door, in his underwear and a t-shirt. He was a new student too.

"Did they bully you?" Magnus asked tiredly.

Ragnar didn't reply. He just stared at his own feet, with a sad face. Unlike Magnus, this was a true 11-year-old kid, being bullied by a bunch of racists. He saw Bobby in Ragnar.

"Come with me. You know who I am, right? Nobody dares to bully me. From today, you stick by me and I assure you I will help you whenever you need me. We are both 1st years, so we gotta watch each other's backs." He offered him.

Hearing him, Ragnar looked up, "Really?"

"Yes, now, I don't know the password." He nudged him to the door. Ragnar said the password and the door opened and they entered the common room of Slytherin.

Many students had already gone to sleep by now. But, surprisingly, Lucius and his girlfriend were up.

Before they could say anything, Magnus spoke, "Ah, Mr Malfoy, I didn't know ragging was allowed in Slytherin. I thought we as a house would be united, so we can fight anything together."

Lucius frowned hearing that. He looked at the timid Ragnar and understood everything. "Who did this to you?"

But Magnus didn't let Ragnar answer, "What's the point now? The damage has been done. The culprits are probably sleeping. Ah, it was very tiring to talk to that old man. I'll go to sleep now. Good night, Mr Malfoy, Good night miss Black."

"Ragnar, come with me. Starting today, you will share my dorm. There are three beds in one, right? I hope the other person is not someone annoying." He muttered and left.

Lucius tightened his fist. He did not know what Magnus meant by 'the damage has been done.'. Was he talking about the bullying or his trust in him?

"Whoever did this, I want them by tomorrow morning standing right here and pleading for forgiveness from Mr Pendragon and his little plaything." He sternly ordered. Narcissa's face lost its smile and turned stone cold. She simply nodded.

Magnus arrived at his dorm room. There were three beds, with windows that were actually shafts, bringing moonlight from outside. He took the bed in the middle. On his left, the bed was occupied. The right one was empty so he let Ragnar take it.

"Sleep well, Ragnar, you don't need to worry about anything anymore," Magnus said and jumped onto his bed. He had too much to think about and study. His life had now taken a turn, from a simple fairy tale to a bloody epic.

"LET ME OOOOOOUT... I am claustrophobic..."

Magnus heard the sound coming from his luggage box. He kicked the box with his leg and spoke in whispers, "You're a painting, you can't be claustrophobic. Also, I thought you were a mighty brave king. I'll take you out tomorrow, now let me sleep."

"This is blatant racism against all paintings. NO... Let me oooout... are you colluding with that bastard to torment me, aren't you? MAGNUS..." Arthur's painting shouted but by now, Magnus had already closed his eyes.

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