Minister For Magic office,
Eugenia Jenkins was sitting in her office when an owl dropped her mail. It didn't come directly to her but her assistant brought it. It was directly addressed to her. The more she read it, the more her mind went numb. She started feeling suffocated.
It came from Magnus and also Gringotts. The one from Magnus said things straightforwardly.
[Letter]
To the Minister of Magic,
This letter is to inform you that the only remaining descendant of Merlin wants his seat in the Wizengamot back as the seat is hereditary and Merlin was the founder of the Wizengamot.
Next, about my vaults in Gringotts. The bank is situated on the land inherited by me from King Arthur. I am yet to sign a lease of land to the bank because of what happened at Diagon Alley.
So, I have decided to not sign the lease anymore and everything on my land now belongs to me and only me. The goblins of Gringotts have agreed to work for me from now on and they will consolidate all the wealth in all vaults of Gringotts into mine.
In short, no Wizard will now have the right over their vaults or to enter my private property. If anybody does try, then the Goblins have my permission to attack to kill.
Sincerely,
Magnus Grant Emrys Pendragon.
[Letter Ends]
She quickly opened the next letter from Gringotts and read it.
[Letter]
"I am the Head Goblin of Gringotts Wizarding Bank. As discussed with His Majesty, Pendragon, we will only be serving him as a bank because he holds the lease of the land and we do not want to lose our bank. We will still serve some Wizards, but only if we have permission from His Majesty.
From now, all vaults are sealed. All previous keys are invalid. His Majesty has the ownership of everything inside Gringotts from now on.
If you have any grievances, please solve them with His Majesty first.
[Letter Ends]
her breathing became faster as she was in shock at what had just happened. She expected some kind of retaliation from Magnus for what the Ministry had done but this was so extreme. 99 per cent of wizards had all their wealth in Gringotts. By doing this, Magnus has made most of the British wizards dirt poor.
She held her head. The ministry also had its vault in Gringotts too. All of their funds are now inaccessible.
*Sigh*
~We tried to take his money, so he took the money of the whole British Wizarding community. I hate it but I also understand his actions?~
*Knock Knock*
"Madam, there is a report submitted by DMLE. They said it's urgent." Minister's assistant came and gave a file.
Eugenia let out a sigh and waved her hand. She opened the file and her brows furrowed.
She started to internally read it. ~Report on the increasing attacks on Muggleborn Wizards. There have been 7 deaths in the past month and 20 missing Muggleborn. Besides this, there have been attacks on 3 pure-blood families who don't align themselves with the pure-blood theory.
After a thorough investigation, all these attacks have been found to be done by the Death Eaters, who follow a Dark Wizard, self-proclaimed Dark Lord, called Voldemort. The group was previously known as Knights of Walpurgis. All of its members were from Slytherin House. However, there may have been recruits from Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and even from foreign schools within the ranks as well.
The faithful of the organisation get branded with the Dark Mark. This symbol, a skull with a snake protruding from the mouth, was used to summon his followers at will. We have seen this many times, even in the recent attack on his majesty.
Most of the Death Eaters belong to some powerful Pure-blood families which can not be named.
Requested to start concentrated attacks on these Death Eaters and declaring Voldemort and his Death Eaters as an enemy of the British Wizarding community and also declaring them terrorists.~
She finished reading the report from DMLE head and she could only sigh.
~Why did I even become the Minister? This tension will be the death of me.~
...
Magnus had not really stopped or seized accounts of all wizards. He did it only to those known to be dark wizards and all members of Wizengamot. Also the Ministry. As he had decided, if they were going to make his life tough, then he would not sit silently either.
But, he was a bit late. As Abraxas Malfoy had led a team of Aurors and 2 more members of Wizengamot to check the vaults of Merlin and Arthur as representatives of the Ministry and Royal Family. Their official pretence was they were here to check the security, while the real reason was to check how much wealth was there.
"We are hereby the order of the Ministry to inspect the vault of Merlin and King Arthur. We have all the necessary permissions." Abraxas Malfoy showed a document to the head goblin.
The goblin read it from his high seat. He looked at Abraxas in disgust as he knew what was truly happening. But, he did not say anything and signalled two goblins.
2 Goblins showed them the way to the vaults. They could have stopped this small team as the Gringotts had met with an understanding with Magnus a while ago. They were happy to help Magnus because they would be able to slap the faces of so many wizards by doing this. And they didn't have much choice in it either.
But because Magnus had allowed it, the goblins did not stop the team. In fact, they were told to rest easy and just watch. However, Magnus had no idea what was going to happen or what kind of security features the vaults had or what the curse he had put on Lucius would do to his father.
"How long till we reach the place?" Abraxas asked proudly. He considered Goblins lower species anyway so he never gave them respect no matter who it was, be it a normal goblin or even the head of Gringotts. He did not consider them much above house-elves.
"A little more, it is very deep underground." a Goblin replied with a frustrated look. He had been hearing the pretentious talks of the team of wizards all along and could only roll his eyes.
He talked to his buddy in Gobbledegook, "These humans are such fools."
"At least their king is smart." The other in replied.
"No, these ones are just too dumb. To think they can outsmart Merlin's blood." The previous goblin said.
After a long ride down. They came to the same volcanic island with huge gates. The heat was unbearable there and Abraxas felt uncomfortable. The two people beside him were the patriarch of the Black family, Arcturus Black III and the Patriarch of the Nott family, Nott Senior.
"Open it," Abraxas ordered.
"We cannot. There is no key or palm scan. His Majesty opened it somehow by touching it. But we don't know if it was special to him or anybody could open it." The goblin answered and stepped back.
"Useless..." Abraxas cursed at them.
"I will try to open it." Arcturus Black III decided. He was the eldest of the three and had the most knowledge of magic. He was the grandfather of Regulus and Sirius.
But greed had blinded Abraxas too much and he also had a personal score to set with Magnus after what had happened with his son. His family had been shamed heavily after the news of Lucius' broken arm came in the Daily Prophet. He could not go to many parties with his head held high.
"No, I will do it." He confidently went ahead to open the gates by using magic.
"BOMBARDA MAXIMA..." he cast the strongest variation of the Exploding Charm. It provoked large, violent explosions capable of demolishing entire walls.
*BOOM*
A cloud of smoke covered the entire area. Everyone stayed still until the smoke disappeared. They expected the scene of gold and riches on the other side of the door. But, all they saw was the door standing tall.
"As expected from Merlin's magic." A goblin talked in his native tongue.
Annoyed, Abraxas walked to the door to check it closely. "What is this thing made of?"
He raised his hand to touch it to feel its texture. It was cold... but it was getting hot very fast.
"Strange, why is it getting warm?" He wondered loudly.
He decided to move back and cast another charm.
.
.
.
"My arm is stuck to the door." He loudly exclaimed.
Seeing this, Arcturus and Nott ran up to him and tried to pull him back. 2 people from the ministry who had come along helped too. But it was not doing anything.
"AH... IT'S GETTING HOT! MY PALM IS BURNING!" Abraxas shouted.
The 2 goblins did not help. One of them looked in pity, "Should we help them?"
"We can't, also, we were told to just watch them," the other goblin said in the native tongue.
Meanwhile, Abraxus started raging in pain. "MY ARM IS MELTING!... DO SOMETHING!."
There was pain, fear and helplessness in his eyes. Around them, the magma also started raging. It started boiling violently.
Arcturus then noticed, "OH NO... The magma is rising,"
Hearing him, the goblins also saw it. They quickly ran to the gondola lift. "We are leaving, if you want to come, come."
"STAY BACK YOU MINDLESS ANIMALS. HELP HIM." Nott senior shouted.
"We are ordered not to meddle in anything that happens here. We cannot touch the vault." a goblin clarified.
"AAAAAAAAA..."
Abraxas started screaming. His arm had caught fire. The magma was rising rapidly too.
Then all of a sudden, a loud laugh started resounding in the cave. "YOU THIEVES. DARE TO CHALLENGE MY MAGIC? I, MERLIN EMRYS, WILL SEE YOU TO YOUR END."
The magma started rising faster. The whole door on which Abraxas was stuck started catching fire too as it looked bright red due to heat.
Scared, Arcturus and Nott let Abraxas go, not wanting to be burned or be cursed by Merlin's magic.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING? HELP ME! NOOOO... DON'T GO!... PLEASE!... I WILL GIVE YOU EVERYTHING!... TAKE ALL MY MONEY!... SAVE MEEEE..." Abraxas cried. But, the next moment, a big fire explosion occurred.
*BOOOM...*
Arcturus and Nott were scared to their core. The whole setting was too scary, to be buried in a magma pit was not on their agenda for today. They did not even look behind and ran to the Gondola lift.
"GO, GO... GET US OUT OF HERE!" Arcturus shouted at the 2 goblins.
Nobody knew what had happened to Abraxas.
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Abraxas had his whole arm burned. And with that fire blast, he was actually teleported inside the vault. But, as soon as he entered he saw two holographic figures. Both were taller than him. One was wearing wizard robes and the other was wearing metal armour. It was prerecorded and it was obvious.
Anger was seen on the two faces as they spoke.
"You dare to try to steal what we left for the rightful heir?" Arthur raged.
"I made this vault with my magic. That should have been enough of a warning. Now face the consequences of your own actions." Merlin added.
There was a long corridor and Abraxas walked on it. Trying to find a way out. But, all of a sudden, fire started to come out of some vents on both sides of the corridor.
"NO!" He panicked. There was no way to go and the fire raged towards him.
Within seconds, he got covered in a fire that burned stronger and hotter than anything ever.
The last things in Abraxas' mind were fear and regret of ever trying to go against Merlin in any way. The man was considered a Wizard god for a reason. Today, he found out why first hand.
"I leave everything to you, Lucius." He muttered in pain with the last of his body parts turning to ashes. But, too bad for him, he had no idea what tragedy his son had brought upon himself by getting cursed.
...
Arcturus and Nott reached the top and shouted at the head goblin.
"GET SOMEONE DOWN THERE AND SAVE LORD MALFOY." They shouted.
The head goblin grunted, "Huh, you yourself ran up here leaving him behind and dare to tell us to give our lives? We told you the risks beforehand."
"Gringotts is responsible for the safety of its clients. We came here on the official business of taking over Merlin and Arthur's Vault. We notified you and you let us in, what is it you do not understand?" Nott shouted.
"Not anymore. You aren't our clients. Actually, you are trespassing and we can rightfully kill you if we want." The head goblin said with a creepy smile on his face.
Arcturus and Nott took a few steps back. Arcturus asked, "What are you saying? We have our vaults here. This is a bank."
The head goblin laughed, "Haha... Yes, this is a bank. But the land on which it was established belonged to King Arthur, and it belongs to His Majesty, Magnus Grant Emrys Pendragon now. He has refused to allow us to deal with people he doesn't agree with if we want to keep this bank here.
"Of course, we agreed. So your accounts too, are now His Majesty's property."
"BUT YOU ARE STILL SERVICING THEM," Nott shouted, pointing towards a few people near other counters.
"They were not denied by his majesty." The head goblin answered.
"THIS IS MADNESS." Arcturus took out his wand. In response, 10 goblins in full armour came. They weren't allowed to use wands but they had enchanted armour and swords.
"Leave or we will kill." They were warned.
Arcturus and Nott had their senses prevail and they left while cursing.
"WE WILL RETURN FOR LORD MALFOY." they shouted.
Once they were gone, the head goblin looked at his assistant. "You got everything on the recording crystal?"
"Yes, elder."
"Good, as instructed by His Majesty. Send it to Rita Skeeter with the letter." He ordered. Of course, they were not doing it for free. Magnus was paying them.
He was a kind person, but he would never let someone stomp over him without any consequences. Though he did not plan to kill anyone and this was not on his shoulder.
It was going to be a blunder for sure. And a big one at that.
...
Hogwarts,
"Emma, you watch my side and keep me warned if they are trying to play dirty and obstruct my path," Magnus instructed her. They were practising Quidditch and their teams were divided into two. Emma was the chaser and he was the seeker.
"Eh, that's so boring. But I guess you gotta do this to win." She complained but stayed vigilant.
She flew behind Magnus at a distance. "DOWN"
As soon as she shouted, Magnus drove his broom downwards and just as he did that a bludger passed by his head. That was what Magnus will use to win. As long as she gave him the right warnings, he would be able to dodge correctly.
He flew for a little more and finally caught the golden snitch. He had been able to do it in every single practice match and was certain that Gryffindor was going to lose.
He came down from his broom and headed to take a bath. But, all of a sudden he saw a student coming running to Lucius and then Lucius also ran away hurriedly.
In the bath, he saw a second-year Slytherin student who was a new member of the Quidditch team. He was a second line beater. He belongs to the middle group, meaning not going along with the blood supremacist or taking his side.
"Hey Matthew, why did Lucius run away?" he inquired.
"Did you not know, something happened to Lucius' dad? That's why he ran out." He told him.
"Where did it happen?" Magnus asked back.
"Nobody knows that for now. I'm sure we will see it in the news tomorrow, something happening to a big lord cannot be kept a secret for long.
~Was it because of that curse?~ he wondered but didn't pay too much attention. He had his plates full in handling the matter of his vaults from being taken over by the ministry. Now, he even had the Royal Family on his radar as they must be involved in all this as they were named in the letter. He had already instructed the goblins of Gringotts and he was fairly sure that his actions would soon be fruitful.
He finished his bath and headed out.
"That was a darn good move there, Magnus. I guess someone will be buying lots of nimbus 1500 from my family shop. Maybe I should take the credit for it and get a commission from dad." Emma came to his side after her bath. They headed back to their dorms together.
"Heh, that is a good business-minded plan. But, I got another secret move and we will destroy the Gryffindor team. We'll be winning the Inter-House Quidditch Cup this year for sure." Magnus proudly claimed.
"I hope this is confidence and not overconfidence. I'm telling you, Dragon boy, I want to win and if you bring us down, I will..." She wanted to say something but stopped as she saw Magnus looking at her face with a smirk.
She gulped her saliva in nervousness, "NO... I WILL NOT MAKE ANY BET WITH YOU."
Magnus started howling in laughter, "BWAHAHA... so much fear? Are you sure you're a Slytherin?"
"Hmph, don't try to force me into accepting a bet, I know you and I am a smart Slytherin, not a stupid Gryffindor. Merlin's beard, I can't imagine what you will do to that Gryffindor boy when he loses." She looked horrified just imagining the worst, but she had no idea that what Magnus had planned was unimaginable to anyone.
"You're no fun, Emma." Magnus made a fake sad face.
He spoke the password at the Slytherin Dungeon door. But as soon as it opened, Ragnar and Snape came out running. They stopped as they saw Magnus.
Ragnar held Magnus's shoulder, his face looking shocked, "Mag, did you hear? Lucius' dad... he died... in Gringotts."
.
.
.
Magnus's brain ran in overdrive and made the calculations to guess what might have happened. It was easy to guess. But, not even in his wildest dreams, he thought it would cause death. This was another death on his hands now and he did not feel good.
"How?" Magnus asked back, though he already had some idea what might have happened.
But before Ragnar could say anything, Dumbledore appeared, making long strides in the corridor.
"Mr Pendragon, I need you to come with me. It is very urgent." He requested.
Magnus looked back at his friends, "See you at night. Feed Chad."
"You go, don't worry about the food," Snape assured him. He was turning into a friend one could trust now.
Once Magnus was gone, Emma sighed, "It must be tough being him."
Ragnar nodded, "Imagine being called a hero at 11 for killing a few fanatics who wanted to kill you. It's gotta be hard on his mind."
"Indeed, he's very good at masking his thoughts," Snape added.
*Sigh*
"He's born at the wrong time I guess," Emma commented.
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