"I WILL KILL YOU!" Lucius ran towards Magnus crazily.
Magnus was ready to tackle him. He had been doing physical training for more than two years now. Arthur had taught him everything related to martial arts.
But before any mess could be made, Dumbledore waved his hand slightly and cast a wandless charm to make Lucius fall asleep. Nobody saw it and most thought it was due to mental stress.
Arcturus Black came and picked him up. He looked at Dumbledore and Magnus with angry eyes, "This is not the end of this."
After that, he took Lucius to St Mungo's Hospital to get him treated.
Dumbledore sighed and turned back to Magnus. He felt sympathy for him, after all, in all his life, this was the first time he was seeing such complexities in the life of an 11-year-old. Magnus should've been having fun with his friends right now but here he was, dealing with death, schemes and racists.
~Being the descendant of Merlin and Arthur is hard.~ he thought.
"Let's go back, Magnus," Dumbledore said.
Magnus nodded, but before that, he talked to the head of Gringotts. "The issue of seized Vaults will be resolved in a few days. The normal working of the bank can be resumed, give service to all except those I have named."
After that, he went back to Dumbledore. "Let's go. This place is depressing."
...
Magnus returned to Hogwarts and it was already evening by then. Everyone had already eaten dinner. But Dumbledore told him that he will tell a house-elf to bring food for him in his room.
And surprisingly, by the time he came to his room, he found a covered plate on his table. The house-elves in Hogwarts seem to take pride in the fact that they cannot be caught doing work. Maybe it was a technique to keep them away from people as it would leave a bad taste.
The moment he arrived in his dorm room, Chad, Duck and Summer ran to him to get hugs and pats.
Magnus' mood was immediately elevated to the fullest. He held the three in his arms and stroked Chad and Summer's fur while he patted Duck as he was a dragon and didn't have fur.
"Ahaha... Stop you three. Duck, don't lick my face, bad manners. Chad, stop sniffing my feet... see I told you, they are smelly, now don't vomit. And Summer... well you can stay seated on my head." He interacted with the three curious kids. Although Chad was probably older, he was still a curious cat.
"What happened at the bank?" Ragnar asked as he entered the dorm room.
"They tried to open my vault forcefully, Merlin's safety mechanism kicked in and he died. Lucius is going to blame me, I can already tell. So, you and Snape better be careful." Magnus warned.
Snape nodded, "It is sad but nothing to cry about. Lucius' father is allegedly supporting the Death Eaters in the money aspect."
"So he's a death eater?" Magnus asked back.
Ragnar shook his head, "No, he can't be. Because he deals with the ministry too much. But, he should be somewhat like a Consigliere in the Italian Mafia, though I can't say if he truly is the right-hand man of Volde.... ah whatever his name is."
"Where does their money come from?" Snape inquired.
*Sigh*
"It's all old money. Perks of owning the land over which Gringotts exists and the current fiasco is that I now have all the records of the wealth of all wizarding families. Malfoy family is old... very old... nearly as old as Merlin himself. The first Malfoy came to England with William the Conqueror as part of the invading Norman army. He gave some unknown, shady and almost certainly magical services to King William I. For this, Malfoy was given a prime piece of land in Wiltshire, seized from local landowners, upon which his descendants have been living for centuries.
"They have been termed a slippery bunch since a long long time because they were always found courting power and riches wherever they might be found. I even found out a note saying that the Malfoy family was very much involved with the Highborn muggles of those times and they even opposed the Statute of Secrecy. But, once it was passed, they kept to themselves.
"Want to know the most fun part? It is related to the British crown." Magnus asked.
"What? Did they kill some kings? I wouldn't be surprised." Ragnar shrugged.
Magnus shook his head, "No, they would never kill someone. But, they did something just as their nickname implies. There is ample evidence to suggest that the first Lucius Malfoy was an unsuccessful aspirant to the hand of Elizabeth I, and it is said that the Queen's subsequent opposition to marriage was due to a jinx placed upon her by the thwarted Malfoy." Magnus revealed.
Snape scoffed and started, "Hmph, no wonder they would be joining the up and coming dark lord. They are different from other pureblood families. They have enough brains to not inbreed. They know that magical Britain is now at its weak point and a strong dark lord can take over it, so they went with him. Though I am sure they did not expect you to enter the equation or else, they might have supported you."
Magnus nodded in agreement. "But I'm sure Lucius will never see me as a possible ally. Anyway, their wealth comes from the same place all royals and nobles get in today's time. Their old wealth and lots and lots of investments in property. Malfoys are said to be the richest wizarding family, though I guess I have taken that mantle now but nobody knows that."
Magnus' explanation ended and then he looked at Ragnar, "I checked your family account, it was not in a very safe location, so I shifted it deeper. Because I believe, with that potion-maniac brain of yours, you'll be making a lot of money. Though I suggest you two put aside some money and invest in my new company. You'll be billionaires in a few years then."
"Sure, in the days I've known you, I can confidently say that you are the most money loving person I've ever known." Ragnar jokingly said.
Magnus did not laugh though. He seriously answered, "I love money because I know it means power. Power to influence. Just becoming the richest in the world is not my motive, but becoming the strongest is."
"And what will you do with that power?" Snape inquired. He wondered if this was another dark wizard in rising. But Magnus' answer made all those thoughts go away.
"First of all, I will fulfil Merlin's dream of an equal world for all magicals. Then, I will bring world peace and then, maybe start a worldwide pancake restaurant chain. I will sell all kinds of pancakes there. Ice cream pancake, cheese pancake, pasta pancake, honey pancake, fish pancake, marshmallow pancake and all kinds that can exist. AH... I also want to make a BIG hospital for my mummy. You know what, let's make it a worldwide chain of hospitals." Magnus started blabbering all his plans.
Ragnar and Snape shook their heads and went to do their work. Ignoring the three animals playing chase around their feet.
Soon, Magnus ate his dinner and went to bed. But he did not sleep. Instead, he started working on a magic spell. It was already in existence but he was trying to use them in different ways. If successful, he will be able to make surprise attacks on his enemies and even kill them with it.
Behind him, on the wall was Merlin in the portrait and he helped Magnus whenever needed. The Prince of Enchanters was supposed to be good at Charms, Jinxes, Hexes and Curses after all. Though Enchanting also had Runes as a huge part, it was what made Merlin's magic so potent. Magnus needed to master Runes too if he wanted to surpass Merlin.
...
Magnus did not sleep that night. He was feeling a sense of urgency now. That he needed to at least be powerful enough to protect himself. He had his very sharp sense, but they did not help if his body was slow.
So, he started to get out to do physical exercise every single day. From 4 AM to 6 AM. He was later going to ask Dumbledore to make an indoor gym for physical exercise.
After his exercise, he arrived at the breakfast table. Lucius was still not there but his gang was already giving him the death stares. He ignored them and focused on his breakfast.
"Ummm... excuse me... can I..." He suddenly heard a voice from his side. He looked and saw a tall girl. She was in Ravenclaw robes and was certainly not 1st year.
He showed his big warm smile, "What can I help you with?"
"Hello... I am Mary Von Cintra... I'm 5th-year prefect of Ravenclaw... can you help me with a charm?" She shyly asked.
Magnus was a bit shocked. He looked around to make sure she was asking the right person.
"Me? I'm just a first-year." He said.
"I heard you know all charms and I thought... because you are related to Merlin..." she replied.
Magnus shook his head, "Okay, share a seat with me then. We will talk about it here."
She was taken aback that her request was accepted. She feared that Slytherins wouldn't be so friendly.
"What are you working on?" Magnus asked with interest. As Ragnar was into potions, he was into charms.
"False Memory Charm... I am having trouble finding the right memories to change them..." she started explaining her problem.
"Ah, a 6th-year spell? It's a very tough one. But I know how to do it to a limit. I tried it on Ragnar and made him think he had eaten, while he had not. He had a stomach ache the next day." Magnus revealed.
"*COUGH* IT WAS BECAUSE OF YOU?" Ragnar raged as soon as he heard that.
Magnus sweetly replied to him, "My friend, I was just helping you stay fit..."
"Anyway, Miss Cintra, do you know about Occlumency and Legilimency?" He inquired.
She nodded, "I know about it, but never tried it."
"Exactly, you need to at least start practising Occlumency. It will teach you about the functioning of the human brain, it will also safeguard your mind from intruders. I will give you a biology book that can help you learn it..." He started enthusiastically teaching her.
She slowly stopped acting shy and asked whenever she wanted to. This was the first time someone from another house had come and sat on the Slytherin table and it was a wonderful feeling for Dumbledore who was looking at the interaction from his seat.
~Will he also be another Prince of Enchanters?~ Dumbledore thought.
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It was Monday, the most hated day of the week. But, Quidditch was coming close and Magnus got to skip classes because he would always ace them anyway. Even in potions, he was just normal. He would make potions according to the book.
In any normal class, he would be hailed as a genius potioneer. But because of monsters like Snape and a behemoth like Ragnar, Magnus's skills were overshadowed. Slughorn though was on cloud nine with his two favourite Slytherin potioneers.
Magnus spent most of his time these days playing Quidditch. He would stop once he has defeated Gryffindor and won the bet.
Like any other day, Magnus sat at the breakfast table to eat. But soon the post started coming and along it came the newspapers.
Magnus called a handsome owl and took the newspaper, also gave him some treats as always. He was really spoiling these owls but in his defence, these cute furballs deserved all the love in the world.
He unfolded the Daily Prophet and read the first page. Finally, it was not some nonsense news and actually told what had happened recently.
[News]
IS THE THE MINISTRY TRYING TO DESTROY MERLIN'S LEGACY? REASON BEHIND LORD ABRAXAS MALFOY'S DEATH IS GREED?
The Ministry's personnel publically acknowledged that they tried to take away the wealth inside the vaults of Merlin and Arthur, by unlawful calling, his majesty, Magnus Grant Emrys Pendragon, ineligible to hold it. They were greedy and forgot that the land on which those vaults exist was owned by him in the first place, hence it was entirely his private property.
What happened to Lord Abraxas Malfoy is tragic. On the orders of the Ministry, he and a few others went to forcefully enter the vault. But, Merlin's magic reigned supreme and it countered the intruders with pure, powerful magic.
This resulted in the loss of Lord Abraxas Malfoy's life. But the question remains. Who is to be blamed for this? Who sanctioned the stealing of the vault? Who is so greedy in the Ministry that they are happy to break the laws on which our society runs?
Besides this, the recent talks that the bank is now owned by his majesty and that he owns everybody's money there is false. I spoke with the head goblin of Gringotts and they said that they still run the bank, it's just a matter of renewal of land lease and it will be resolved soon. However, they might have to call a few wizards to sign some documents. The normal working of the bank, in terms of exchanging currency, will run as smoothly as before.
Rita Skeeters
Senior Freelance Journalist
[News End]
Magnus smirked after reading this. He had fed Rita some money to write this article. Ted Tonks was good at handling his business when he couldn't go out. He had just conveyed one message to Rita. That if she wants to truly be a revolutionising journalist, she needs to make sure she is under no pressure to write what she does not want to.
He told her that instead of joining the Daily Prophet and being under the hands of the ministry, she could work for him and write impartially. She would also earn more. So, now she was working for him, though she didn't know it yet.
"Hmm, how are you going to punish the Ministry?" Ragnar asked.
"Just wait a little more, I'm sure another post will be coming for me." Magnus confidently said.
Soon, as expected, a letter came. It had the official seal of the Minister for Magic. Magnus immediately opened and read it.
"Haha, see, she is now inviting me to talk about what to do with the Gringotts and my seat in Wizengamot. But she is forgetting that there is nothing to talk about. I hold all the power. Anyway, let's eat now. No point in discussing all this." Magnus said.
But Magnus noticed from the corner of his eyes that Snape had received a letter too.
"Who is it from, Sev?" Magnus asked.
"It's from my mum. I told her about your offer to help her return to the prince family. She gave me an answer." Snape said.
"And? What is it?" Magnus inquired.
"She... she agreed..." Snape's voice was shaking. He had very low hopes of getting his mother to agree as she had not divorced her husband yet, even after so much abuse. He just wanted his mother to get out of that hellhole. Also, he did not want to return to that house after spending such a wholesome time in the school.
"She said that my father left home and has not returned in the past 2 months," Snape revealed.
Then Snape suddenly turned to Magnus and stared at him with a suspicion filled gaze, "Tell me, what did you do?"
Magnus acted shocked. He shrugged his shoulders, "I really did not do anything. I don't even know where you live."
*BAM*
Ragnar smacked Snape on the back of his head, "Just be happy that she agreed to return to the family. By the way, Mag, how are you planning on getting the Prince family to accept her back?"
Snape was also interested in learning more about this.
Magnus kept on eating his pancakes and replied with a snort, "Hmph, easy peasy, they are a pureblood slightly racist family. I'm going to strongarm them to accept your mother into the family. Don't forget, their accounts are still sealed. I will give them the conditions that if they want to unfreeze their accounts then they need to accept your mother. In fact, because Sev and his mother are the last of the Prince family except for the old Mr and Mrs Prince, I'm going to add the clause that everything of the family will be owned by Sev once they are dead.
"Forgive me, Sev, but I don't trust your mother with the huge amount of money that the Prince family has. She has made so many bad decisions in her life that it's now time for her to just calm down and relax."
Snape nodded, not taking any offence. He was not a person to run on feelings. Yes, he loved his mother, but that didn't mean he had blind faith in her. He had seen her making bad choices one after another.
Snape folded the letter back and looked at Magnus with confused eyes. This was the first time he had seen someone do so much for a person they aren't even related to.
"The bride and groom may kiss now." Ragnar suddenly spoke.
*Cough*
Magnus choked on pancakes. Not because of what Ragnar said but because of what Bobby had once said when he had made him promise to keep his magic abilities always a secret.
~Until death do us apart.~ Magnus chuckled remembering that.
~I wonder what he's doing right now? I've already sent him a hundred thousand pounds. (1.4 Million in today's market.).~ he wondered.
...
London.
*AAACHOOO*
"DAMN... that was one crazy sneeze." A boy remarked.
Bobby cleaned his nose, "Yeah, it's probably an allergy. Anyway, let's start assembling the machine, Mark. My friend was gracious enough to lend me the money, we have to make this company a success."
"Who is your rich friend? You're only 11 after all." Mark questioned. He was an 11th grader but he was 14 years old. [A/N: I KNOW I KNOW. They don't use the word "Grade" in the UK. But it is easier to understand so I'm using it.]
"Heh, I can't tell you that. He wanted to remain anonymous. We will only deal with his lawyer. Just call him mister M." Bobby said.
Bobby had a team of 20 kids. All of them were older than him, but he was the leader as he had the biggest brain.
Linda, a 12-year-old 10th grader, spoke. "UMMM... Mister M? Is he a Masochist?"
*COUGH*
Bobby facepalmed himself, "No, Linda... He's not... I think..."
"So there is a probability that he is?" Timmy asked. He was a 12th grader. He was second only to Bobby because Timmy was 14 years old.
Bobby shrugged, "Everyone has a probability of being an M. It's just a matter of when you will find that kink."
"OKAY... enough chitchat. We got a computer to assemble. LET'S DO IT." Bobby was pumped.
...
London, Magnus' home.
"I'm thinking of quitting my job. It's just too much now. It's as if I'm the only doctor in my department. Something is going on, I'm very sure by the behaviour of my superiors that I'm being targeted." Grace said.
Adam sighed. He looked thinner now, due to having to travel 8 hours every day to get to work.
"You know what, I'm quitting too. I've had it enough. Transferring me didn't make sense at all and the reason they gave me was so obviously made up. We can find better jobs in the private sector too." Adam resolutely replied.
"Okay, I will start the procedure for voluntary retirement." Grace decided.
The two decided to do it because they knew that if they stayed on this job then their health would suffer.
"Magnus will be coming for the Christmas holidays soon. Let's try to find jobs before that." Adam noted.
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