Slughorn introduced everyone there one by one. There were kids from all houses, but most were from Slytherin. It was understandable as most Slytherin were from well-established families.
After that, dinner started. Magnus now understands one thing, that this old man was not interested in anything but increasing his contacts.
The way he operated was simple, by now he had organised so many Slug Clubs that he had his students all around the world, some rich, some powerful and some in important places.
With each increasing year, he would have more influence. He would then use the same influence to help the new Slug Club members in achieving greatness, so they might return the favour later on.
He had created a cycle of favours. And he got the most in the end. He'd get the best seats in quidditch matches as he had students in various teams, he had students working in ministry, he had students who owned businesses and sent him free stuff.
Magnus talked with Lily, who had been blushing whenever near him. He somewhat understands this reaction of hers. She seemed to have a crush on him. But, he didn't like her or even saw her in that way.
"Mr Pendragon, Black told me to give this to you." She gave him a piece of paper.
Magnus read it and confirmed it to be the address of Ted Tonks.
"Thanks, also, you can call me Magnus. Hearing Mr Pendragon, again and again, is not very comforting." He said.
Meanwhile, Ragnar and Severus were talking to Slughorn about selling potions.
"Did you two make new potions?" Slughorn asked in amazement.
Ragnar nodded while Snape shook his head. Ragnar revealed his potion first. "This is a portion to increase the pain tolerance of a person."
Slughorn took the vial and checked it. "Hmm, there have been potions developed for hospitals that make body parts go numb. But never increase body tolerance. It can be helpful in some duels too. I need to do some testing on this first, if it is safe then I will suggest you to someone in the Ministry. They will handle the licencing and patenting of this."
Next Snape revealed his creation, "I mainly created a better recipe for an existing potion. I think it can be patented and sold in the market."
"Wonderful, you two have achieved what most Wizards don't in their entire lives. I will surely help you two. Now, let's eat. We will have a debate later." Slughorn was already on cloud nine.
The food was the same as in the grand hall, with the exception of the ice-cream.
After the dinner, Slughorn proposed a debate. "You can all share a topic and we will talk about it."
All gave some boring suggestions, but Magnus had the most interesting one. "I have had one question since I came to this school. I noticed how much food the students eat here, even I myself eat a lot more than I normally do.
"Yet, I do not see a single fat student here. Sure, we may have a few chubby ones but none that can be called fat. So, my topic is simple, why are there no fat kids in Hogwarts?"
His question was weird, yet thought-provoking. Ragnar nodded to his question, "Now that you say it, yes, there is no fat kid in school. Even Hagrid can be considered just... huge... but not fat."
Slughorn too fell into thoughts, "Yes, you are right. I have come across fat wizards in my lifetime fewer times than I can remember."
"So, what is the reason? Why are there so few fat people in the wizarding community than muggles," Magnus asked?
Lucius was also a member of the club, but he had been staying silent for a time now. He spoke now, "It is simple, wizards have a purer body system than muggles."
"No, not everything is related to blood purity, Mr Malfoy, and what did I just hear? Did you just consider all wizards as better people? The muggle-borns too?" Magnus asked in a mocking tone. This shut Lucius up as he did not have his gang here to say yes behind all his words.
Snape made an argument then, "Is it because of Wizards' magic nullifying their body fat?"
"Maybe we have different anatomy." Emma guessed.
"Or we might have magic responsible for it," Lily added.
Magnus nodded at her, "Lily is right, magic is directly responsible. Now, what I am going to share with you is a theory at the moment because I had no authority or experience to cut open a wizard to do the tests.
"Since I had this question in mind, I decided to try it. On normal days, I would eat a lot, and still not gain weight. It was normal. I always felt full of energy. Then for one day, I did not eat enough purposefully. Then, the next day, I felt very tired, not to mention hungry.
"However, then I found something very strange. After a few days, I again did not eat. But, this time, I purposefully did not perform any kind of magic for two days.
"Guess what happened. I did not feel tired at all. That small amount of food was enough for me."
"So it is the magic that makes this happen?" Ragnar asked with not so shocked face.
Magnus nodded, "Yes, but my study did not end there. The real thing is coming now. Since I found out about the magical world, I have been studying all the books I could find about the history of magic. But, in all of them, the origin of magic was unknown. Every single time, it was just so vague.
"Why? Well, I have a theory now. From the fact that using magic and eating less makes me tired, we can understand that the magic we perform is directly related to our own bodies. That magic is probably converted from our body's energy.
"Because as some of you may know, energy can neither be created nor be destroyed, it can only be transformed. In short, magic is nothing but our body's energy.
"But, then why can't muggles perform magic? Well, I have an answer for that too. Do you all know that magic was first observed in Africa and then spread from there?"
Everyone nodded so he continued, "Good, now, humans/muggles also date their ancestors back to Africa. All humans were evolved from countless generations of Great Apes, slowly over the past hundreds of thousands of years.
"Initially, I believe that there was no magic in our world. But then, something happened that created two different evolutionary parts of the same species. From there, humans evolved the same in terms of looks but internally they were different. Later, a part of them grew magical skills.
"These people were usually called priests in their tribes because of their powers. But slowly more magical individuals came. The reason why two muggle partners can have a magical baby is because of the ancient mingling of the two different sub-species.
"Just look at it as some useless parts of our body that we do not need. Like the appendix, it used to help our ancestors help process plants. Did you know that human embryos develop a tail between five and eight weeks after conception? The tail vanishes by the time humans are born, and the remaining vertebrae merge to form the coccyx, or tailbone. Auricular muscles control the visible part of the ear, but humans have lost the ability to use them. Other mammals use these muscles to detect prey and predators.
"There are such countless examples. I think magic is just like that. And in most muggle cases, it stays dormant, but in some cases, it resurfaces. I call this, Theory of Magical Evolution."
He had really spoken too much today and he felt his throat dry up. But, when he finished speaking, all of them except Lucius started clapping.
"Such a believable theory, Mr Pendragon. I think your theory may have some credibility and as long as it is researched we might find the origins of magic." Slughorn praised him.
"Huh, this theory will not hold any value in the wizarding world. It is widely known that Wizards are not evolved from apes, like what muggles are." Lucius argued.
"No, it's probably the British wizarding world. I just talked to Professor Harrison and he told me about how open-minded the American side is. They don't have a lot of this blood purity supremacy going on there." Magnus countered.
Seeing the situation getting worse, Slughorn decided to end the club meeting.
"Ahaha... It's getting late now. All of you should return to your dorms, it'll soon be time for bed." Slughorn said.
Taking the cue, everyone left. Ragnar and Snape were happy with the deal they got from the professor.
Magnus, though, went to his table in the dorm and wrote a letter to Ted Tonks, asking him to meet him.
[Letter]
Hello, Mr Tonks. This is Magnus Grant Emrys Pendragon from Hogwarts. I think this name should be enough to tell you who I am.
I heard that you are a Lawyer in the muggle world. I want to hire you for some business-related matters, mainly on the non-magical side of the world, in the USA.
I want to invest my money, however, the source of money is gold so I can't hire a muggle lawyer without breaking a dozen Ministry laws.
So, I hope to receive a reply from you and meet you soon if possible.
Sincerely,
Magnus.
[Letter end]
Halloween was going to come soon and he hoped to meet Mr Tonks at the Hogsmeade weekend. Although it was not allowed for 1st years to go, he will try to get Dumbledore to agree to it.
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[Prince Philip, the husband of the Queen, has passed away. He is portrayed in a negative role in the fictional novel. This work of fiction is in no way meant to hurt the sentiments of any person.
May his soul rest in peace.]
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London at 4 a.m.
There were two small-time members of the Order of Phoenix waiting outside the house of Magnus. There were two people, one followed Adam and a female one, who followed Grace.
They had rented the house right in front of Magnus'.
*Sigh*
"Why do they come home so late these days? I thought they were very successful people?" the man asked.
*Sigh*
"They are. But someone is messing with Grace. Her authority has been taken away and someone else has been put above here in the hospital, she has also been given the night shift and the amount of work has been increased. I feel bad for her." the woman said.
"Adam too, he got transferred to such a faraway office that it takes 4 hours to go and then 4 more hours to return. It is as if..."
"Someone is targeting them?" the woman exclaimed.
They looked at each other's faces. They were not told about the business with the royal family though, so they had no way of knowing who was targeting this small family.
"Should we tell Dumbledore?" the woman questioned.
"I think we should." The guy nodded. Then, the two used the special Patronus method Dumbledore had created that could be used to communicate with people secretly.
...
Buckingham Palace,
"Dear, are you sure this was the right thing to do? The stone tablet clearly said not to harm the inheritor." The queen talked to her husband.
"They are in the military, there is no reason for them to suspect something is wrong. It's just a normal change of duty. Besides, we are not harming the boy in any way." the Prince said.
"I don't know. He is just an 11-year-old boy. Maybe we should talk to him first, if the magic can not be reversed then we can surely take the boy under us, he can be the king while we hold the power." The queen argued.
"But his parents are not fools, dear. They will instantly know what we are trying to do. Also, if he really has a direct claim to the throne, why would they agree to let us hold the power?" The prince argued.
The queen looked out of the window, deep in thought. "Then what are you hoping to do?"
"If he is supposed to be a royal, then... that would make us his relatives. Suppose he did not have parents, then we can legally take his custody, not that it would be any problem for us." the prince planned.
"I checked, their family was never related to us, maybe we have branched away too far from the Pendragon bloodline." she reasoned. She was not feeling comfortable doing anything against the kid at the moment.
But the prince insisted, "All nobles are related, dear. You can surely find a link. What really matters is getting him with us."
"Let me think about it. Do not do anything without my consent." She sternly said and waved her hand to make her husband go away.
She sighed and looked at the file on her desk. It was the file about the entirety of the life of the Grant family. From the earliest ancestor to the most recent one. The earliest Grant she was able to track was in the 1600s. He was a respected knight, but, then he died and his eldest son inherited the knighthood, who later changed his name to his wife's surname, but died on his way on a Ship to India on a royal mission. While Magnus belonged to the 2nd son of that old knight, hence his family had no noble title.
"Should I be happy that the blood of Arthur Pendragon is still alive or be sad because it wants my throne? I hope I don't make a mistake. And to think I gave him the George Cross myself... at least he showed the bravery that lies in his blood," she muttered to herself.
...
In another house in London.
Andromeda Tonks (née Black), had married the muggle-born, Ted Tonks and had gotten expelled from the family. She did not get to take any of her belongings and as a woman, had no right to anything in the family.
But, she was happy. With the love of her life, she lived among muggles that kept her address a secret and no troubles from the pureblood supremacists came as not many people knew about their address. She was a housewife now and Ted was a lawyer, making decent enough to live.
It was morning and they just woke up. But all of a sudden, they noticed an orange owl knocking on their window.
She had enough experience to know that this was a messenger owl, but she felt a bit nervous as not many knew about her address.
Ted got up from the bed, still a bit sleepy and took the letter. But, the owl still did not leave and lifted her claw up as if asking for something.
"What? Do you want money?" Ted asked in amazement.
The owl then turned her head towards a bowl of nuts on the table by the bed.
"Haha, that? Okay, here you go." He laughingly gave a few nuts and the owl finally left.
"Where is the letter from?" Andromeda quickly asked with a bit of nervousness.
"I don't know, there is nothing on it, just my name and our address," Ted said.
Andromeda felt a bit better knowing that the letter was not for her. "What does it say?"
Ted opened it and letter from the start till the end. Then, a smile appeared on his face and he looked back at his beloved wide.
"Dromeda, it seems I will be serving the king," he said.
Hearing this, she quickly took the letter and read it herself. "Hmm, so you're going to go and meet him?"
He nodded, "Of course, denying would be disrespectful, I'll also get to meet the living descendant of Merlin, I'm just a simple muggle-born, when would I get to meet him in my life again?"
"I'm sure he is not a muggle hater, his family is muggles after all." She said.
"I hope so. I will prepare some files now and go to Hogsmeade."
...
Hogwarts,
Magnus was late for the trials of Quidditch. He had no plan of joining before but after a bet with James, he was interested. Also, he was good at it so why not?
He went to the quidditch team practice grounds and just made a request to join in. Of course, Malfoy was the captain at the time and he rejected. So, he challenged Malfoy to a broom race and if he wins he will get to join the team.
By now, Magnus had learned one thing. That these pureblood fanatics would do anything and everything in the name of honour and keeping a high image. So, they can't just say no when they get challenged by someone they consider lower than themselves.
Magnus, although a descendant of Merlin, was still seen as a low-class wizard for being a muggle-born.
So, Lucius accepted the challenge. Now, Lucius may be a very good student, but he did not know physics and a few more things.
1. Magnus was smaller in size.
2. Magnus knew how to be more aerodynamic.
3. Lucius underestimated him.
So, the race started. In the start, Lucius used his explosive start to gain a short lead, but Magnus quickly picked up the speed and easily crossed him. Seeing this, Lucius raged internally but no matter what he did, he could not catch up to him.
In the end, Magnus won and got a seat in the team. But he still knew that this was not the end. He needed to become the seeker.
"Okay, I want the seeker position in the main lineup. I have made a bet with the seeker of Gryffindor, that if I win, then he will have to give each of us the new Nimbus 1500. So, you can either give me the position or we can test it if I am good enough." Magnus said.
Hearing that the bet was against Gryffindor, they all were pumped and easily accepted him in the game. But they accepted him for just 1 game that was going to be against Gryffindor.
After being so easily selected, he looked at Emma with a smirk. She had also been selected as the chaser, but she was in the second line.
"Yes yes, you're the best, now stop showing that smug face." She rolled her eyes and went on her way.
Ragnar and Snape were in the spectator's seats, watching him. When Magnus returned to them, Ragnar asked something all of a sudden, "Hey, I was taking to Sev. We were wondering, when your mum will get angry, what she will call you?
Because they usually say the full name, right? So, will she say... MAGNUS GRANT EMRYS PENDRAGON... come here...? But by the time she ends speaking your name, you can actually run away."
Magnus was left amazed at his friend's thought process. "Where did this come from?"
"Nothing, just talking about some useless things, I and Sev just ended our argument about where did the pureblood theory come from," Ragnar said.
"And what did you decide?" Magnus asked.
"Not much, but we collectively agreed that it came out of the mouth of an asshole," Ragnar replied.
"WOAH! language, Ragnar. We're kids." Magnus exclaimed.
Snape also snorted, "Huh, I told him to use buttocks, but he persisted on the vulgar iteration."
"That's what makes it sound better." Ragnar defended himself.
Magnus sighed, "Let's just go back."
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