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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2 days later, Magnus arrived at the Ministry with Dumbledore. He really hated the fact that he couldn't go anywhere without a guardian and Dumbledore had claimed to be one.
He could have asked Slughorn as he was the head of the Slytherin house too but the man didn't have as many connections as Dumbledore. He was also not the serious kind and it was not good to take him along.
They arrived at Level 1, Minister for Magic and Support Staff.
"This is the minister's office. Are you sure you don't want me to come with you?" Dumbledore asked him.
Magnus rolled his eyes, "She's not going to eat me. And it should be her, who should be afraid of me, not the other way."
Ignoring him, he knocked on the door and entered. The Minister was waiting for him already as she sat on the visitor's sofa.
"Welcome, Mr Pendragon..." She stood up and greeted him with a smile of a politician.
Magnus looked around at the office, it was very big and had lots of portraits. But, surprisingly, none of them were moving portraits, most likely to keep privacy. The tone of the room was greyish... a bit depressing to be honest.
He took a seat and looked at her. Although he was tall for his age, he was still not taller than adults. But, he did not get intimidated by anyone.
"Good afternoon, Minister. Pleasure seeing you. Last I saw you, you were there to witness my Inheritance test... Now, I'm meeting here to stop you from taking my inheritance away... Things change so fast *Sigh*." Magnus said, making the minister feel awkward.
"I... I had no power to stop it. Wizengamot decided on it with a majority vote. Even if I had objected, things would not have changed. Also, as the minister, to maintain support I need to support the majority," she argued.
"Well, I did not get to vote. Where is my seat at Wizengamot? As the last remaining descendant of Merlin? You don't believe me? Look at this document. The is the declaration of formation. If anything, the Wizengamot committed a crime by coming after my property." Magnus scornfully said.
Eugenia looked at the old looking paper. It had English written in a very old style but she could still read it easily.
*Sigh*
She sighed, internally accepting that the whole mess was caused by them. If they had not gone after his money, then maybe Abraxas Malfoy would've not died.
"What can we do to correct the mistakes?" She asked.
Magnus straightened his back. He was waiting for this moment from the start.
"There are a few things that you can do. 1st, sign these documents. All members of Wizengamot will have to do the same." He handed a paper.
Eugenia read it slowly. The more she read, the higher her brows rose. The paper said that after getting their Vaults back, they will not try to move them or empty them. They will use it as they were. The Gringotts will be getting a lease of 100 years so Magnus will have no power over it, which was obviously false, he was graciously given such power on the necks of so many dark wizards, how can he just let it go. Gringotts will never make their lease agreement public, and that is where the true magic was.
"Why... this absurd a condition?" She exclaimed.
"Because I know most pure-blood families are scared of me now and they will try to move their vaults to somewhere else. Gringotts can't go out of business now, right?" He explained.
"Fine, what other conditions do you have?" She inquired, just wanting to know more before accepting it all.
"The Ministry must declare Voldemort a terrorist. Then start a bounty program, anybody who brings in a recognised Death Eater will get a reward of 50,000 Galleons. I'll pay for it." He demanded.
This demand was much crazier than the last one. Eugenia shook her head, "As much as I want it to happen, they won't let me. Maybe I can get Voldemort to be recognised as a terrorist but the bounty... It's impossible to happen."
"Then I guess I will just take whatever is in those tens of vaults. Wizengamot is so weak that it cannot even condemn a dark lord and his terrorists? Merlin would not have made it if he had known this would happen someday." Magnus indirectly threatened. He was just trying to strong-arm them in the name of Merlin at this point. Although he hated being compared to him, it was also true that Merlin's name had more pull even now than any pureblood or even Dumbledore.
"FINE! ...I will try it. Is this it?" She asked.
"Of course not... Now, I want my seat at Wizengamot and 1 million Galleons as compensation." Magnus demanded.
"WHAT? This is not possible, Mr Pendragon. This is the money of the people." She argued.
Magnus sneered at this remark of her. "Don't try to fool me. I know how much tax you get from the magical community. All the tax you get is from non-pureblood families, which is not even enough to pay the salaries of the employees of the ministry.
"The real money you make is from the rent from Ministry owned shops in Diagon Alley and Knockturn Alley and the protection money you take from other shops. SERIOUSLY? Protection money? Is this the ministry or a gang of goons?
"Then, the rest of the money comes from the donations given by the pureblood families, who, use the ministry later because of their donations to do bad deeds or to get away from something bad they did, while in reality, their donations should have been taxes in the first place."
Eugenia gritted her teeth after hearing this. All of it was true, but, how could she change things just like that? This had been going on for hundreds of years, it was a part of their tradition.
"So what do you propose? If you have so much contempt for the system, you must have answers too." She asked mockingly.
"Sure, I do have a solution. But, I'm just an 11-year-old kid. I can't tell the ministry what to do. Just agree to my condition and I'll be on my way back." He said shruggingly.
Eugenia's eyes twitched. After he had said so much, now he realises he's a kid.
"Fine, the next Wizengamot will be held soon. Your seat is nearly guaranteed. However, I can't say anything about your other conditions. You must convince them on your own." She informed him.
Magnus nodded and got up to go back. But he paused midway and looked back.
"Minister, don't think I have any animosity with you. I know you are trying your best but you can't fight an enemy who's already in your house and is stronger than you.
"I too want a peaceful world. Nobody likes to have an assassination attempt on oneself in the middle of the day in a market. Nobody likes when someone tries to steal what is rightfully theirs.
"I just want to be left alone, I just want to study, graduate, and go back to my lovely family. I don't care about any of you. But, if they try to come after me, I can't just present myself on a golden platter. So, I hope you will understand. Take care."
He left after saying that much. But, guilt appeared in Eugenia's mind. She herself had a son. Not as young but still.
She remembered that Magnus, although talks like a grown-up, is still a kid, who just faced an attack on his life. If it was anybody else, they would've run away from Hogwarts, back to their parents' comfort, but Magnus was still trying to hold on and he was doing it very masterfully.
~What have I become? Seriously, letting people bully a child? And not just any child but Merlin's descendant, the heir to the British throne? If anything, the ministry should protect him like the greatest treasure. But the ministry itself is the transgressor. I can just wish him luck.~
"Stay safe, kid." She muttered at Magnus leaving her office.
...
Magnus came out of the office, Dumbledore was waiting for him.
"How was it?" Dumbledore asked.
"Can't you guess?" Magic replied.
Dumbledore stroked his beard, "Hm, from my personal experience of years... It must have gone neither pleasing nor displeasing."
"Wonderful, you just guessed the obvious." Magnus sarcastically said and then continued.
"I will be present in the next Wizengamot meeting though."
Dumbledore nodded, "You do deserve a seat but they will object for a child to be there."
"They should have objected to themselves when they decided to take control of my vaults on my own property." Magnus snarled back.
"True, I voted against it back then but was outvoted... Let's go back now. I have a lot of work at Hogwarts." Dumbledore said.
Magnus looked at him in a questioning gaze, "What do you even do? You don't even teach so what keeps you busy?"
"Managing a thousand-year-old castle is not easy, Magnus." Dumbledore defended his work with enthusiasm.
"But magic runs the castle, not you. We don't even have cleaners or cooks, due to unpaid slave elves we have." Magnus countered.
"House-elves refuse to get paid... they are not slaves," Dumbledore reminded him.
"Yes yes... whatever lets you sleep at night and of course they will refuse. They've been bred for generations to be submissive. If you want to change it, you'll need generations of work too. But at least, in Hogwarts, they don't get beaten up. Oh... by the way, professor... Do you want to invest in the Muggle business? I've got the perfect opportunity for you to make millions." Magnus offers.
Dumbledore stopped and looked at his serious face which looked like one belonging to an old capitalist fox, "Why would you do that?"
Magnus shrugged his shoulders and replied in a serious tone, "THIS IS JUST BUSINESS..."
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