Ragnar had really brought professor Slughorn, the man was still in his night robes and was sweating due to coming here running.
Magnus had to tell him that it was just another match of arm wrestling, nothing to fear. But Slughorn didn't believe him and thought he was shrugging the event due to some kind of pressure. In the end, he had to go to Madam Pomfrey to get a medical check-up and only then did Slughorn feel at ease. After all, for him, Magnus, the king of Britain, was his biggest investment.
Soon after, everybody returned to sleep. But Magnus was not asleep yet.
"Come on, man, you need to learn to see and understand my signals. Probably everyone there knew I was acting except you." Magnus was scolding Ragnar.
Ragnar sat on the bed with his legs folded as if he was going to commit seppuku at any moment. He had his head down in shame.
"SHAME..." Severus spoke in the background.
"SHAME..."
Magnus turned to Severus awkwardly, "What are you doing?"
"Shaming him for his stupid brain." He answered.
Hearing this, Ragnar got enraged, "Huh, says the guy who can't even brew Liquid luck."
"Says the guy who can't even cast a first-year charm perfectly..." Severus barked back.
And, this way, Magnus' scolding turned into a small brawl of words between the two.
"Hoooo..." Suddenly, Summer flew in from the vent that acted as a window for their dorm.
She quickly came to Magnus with pride. Beside her was another cute little owl. It was a male and he certainly had hots for Summer, it seems she knew how to use her beauty, but Magnus was not going to let them touch her.
"What is it, Summer?" He asked while petting her.
She first enjoyed the pats and then looked at the new grey owl. She nudged her head for him to get closer to Magnus. The new owl nervously walked towards him, vigilant for any kind of incoming attack.
"Hehe, it's okay, little one, I will not hurt you," Magnus said and put his hand forward. The owl simply checked it first and then started rubbing his head around it.
Magnus taking the cue, caressed him. "So, what do you want to show me?"
The cute little Owl lifted his left claw and put it on Magnus' palm. He noticed a small cylindrical metal box strapped there. He opened it and took out its contents.
It was a thin piece of paper, rolled to fit inside it. He unfolded it and started reading. He lightly read it.
"My Lord, I need some funds to organise a few meetings with students from the third year and above during Hogsmeade weekends. That mudblood has been a nuisance and spreading words in the common room is very hard due to him."
Magnus' face grew a big scary smile, "Hehe, jackpot."
He immediately took out a few treats from his bag and gave them to the new owl and Summer. Both of them happily enjoyed it. Then, he rolled the message back in the small box on the claw of the owl.
He looked at Chad and spoke, "You can understand me, pass my message to this new owl. Tell him that if his owner ever mistreats him, hurts him or does anything bad to him, he can always come to me to live."
Chad lazily walked to the new owl and started meowing. Soon, the small owl happily rubbed his head on Magnus and then flew out.
He then turned to Summe, picking her up in his arms. Then he turned to Ragnar and Severus, "Hehe, I guess our Summer is the most important member of Order of Merlin now. What a brave girl."
Chuckling, Ragnar also gave her some treats. Summer was so happy that her work was appreciated.
With this, their day came to an end. For the three of them, classes were not as interesting anymore as textbook knowledge was very easy to learn. What they wanted to do was become the best in their respective specialities and explore other magics to no limit. The sky was the limit to how good of a wizard you can become.
Ragnar wanted to study Potions and Runes, Severus wanted to study Potions and Spellmaking. Magnus, on the other hand, wanted to learn everything except potions with a major focus on Charms and Runes.
Magnus was slowly decrypting the Rune book of Merlin. It was an enigma, as he realised that it was not just about a single subject, but it was about spell creation, from the start to the finish. Because of this, the runes kept on changing and getting harder as he went further.
In the beginning, he read about how the first early humans, who had no language, still used to do magic. The answer was runes. Early cave dwellers also had a few wizards among them, they were treated like holy people.
These Wizards used magic with the help of drawing runes on objects, ground and walls. Because of a lack of human speech, most of these runes were intent-based.
For example, they had stones that would catch fire if the wizard wanted. Cave walls that would fall if an intruder enters.
Impersonating the Wizards, normal humans also started to paint their walls with whatever came into their mind. Of course, it was all non-magical but it ended up being the proof of our early ancestors in the form of petroglyphs, or engravings.
Magnus was interested in this magic and it was advised by Merlin in the book that he starts from the basic if he wants to be the master someday. So, he was learning the cave-dweller's magic at the moment. He was also teaching Ragnar whatever he could. Ragnar wasn't interested in spell creation as he sucked at charms, all he wanted to learn was to engrave objects with runes.
Magnus tiredly put the book to the side of his bed. He looked at the clock and it was 3 in the morning. Severus and Ragnar were also studying at their tables.
Magnus thought about what he studied, ~These early human rune language looks so similar to Goblin engraving and enchanting. Could it be that, unlike humans, they never forgot their root magic?~
*YAWN*
"Sev, Rag go to sleep. It's bad for kids to stay up so late." He jokingly advised.
"Sure, you should sleep now, me and Rag will watch over you, little dragon..." Severus replied sarcastically.
Ragnar laughed, "Pfft... Yeah, we will make sure no monster comes to eat you in your sleep, little dragon."
"Urgh... Goodnight." Magnus' joke became a loss for himself. He rolled his eyes and covered his head under the blanket and slept.
...
The next morning, while Magnus and his friends were attending classes, Thomas, now known as Adrian Durand, arrived at the law and consultancy firm, Tonks and Tonks. It was in a prime location in London because as a law firm, the image mattered a lot.
In terms of winning the cases, he had employed an old muggle-born wizard to help with cases where the lawyer felt they'd lose.
The wizard would do some secret investigations and gather some evidence otherwise impossible. This way, they would always win. But, Ted did purposefully lose some cases once in a while in order not to raise suspicions.
He now bossed over 20 Lawyers and 50 paralegals. He was the CEO of the firm and only handled the big deep-pocketed clients, though, in all honesty, nobody had a deeper pocket than Magnus, but he never charged Magnus because just by being beside Magnus for a day to help him, he makes more than what his whole company does in months.
Today, he was in his office, he had postponed a meeting because he received a message from Magnus via Summer. She even had her own little Birdhouse in his office. Most staff think she's his pet.
*Knock Knock*
"You may enter..." He spoke.
Soon, the door opened and a well suited tall muscular man entered.
But the moment the two saw each other, they were left speechless.
"Ted?"
"Tom?" [Short for Thomas.]
"It's Adrian now, but MERLIN'S BEARD... I thought you were dead or something after marrying Dromeda." Adrian exclaimed.
Ted got up and went forward to give a bear hug. "I would have if not for his majesty. Just when I was uncertain about my future, I got a letter with an opportunity... And I took it. Now, look around, my own law firm with my pockets filled with riches."
Adrian smiled, "Then we're in the same boat. The Ministry is compromised, my friend. They tried to silence me, Elsa and my daughter too. But, everything's fine now. Hopefully, we can keep this disguise long enough for the heat to die down."
Ted patted his shoulder and poured a drink for him, "Good to hear that, my friend. Thank god your family is fine too."
"Thanks to his majesty, actually. Anyway... So we're both together again, I guess heavens wanted this. Working for the king of Britain doesn't sound so bad." Adrian said with a chuckle.
"Haha... True... But, we're not officially his employees. We just run companies he owns or invested in. When I heard an ex-Auror would be coming, I already planned for everything. I got your new identity papers, both magical and muggle."
Then he passed on a small box, "These are the keys to your new home and the letter of acknowledgement for you to use the floor above. You're not getting the whole floor, just the left side of the building as you won't be having a lot of employees anyway.
"Now to the main stuff, I already got your first employee ready. I was using him to do some secret investigations on some cases. Now, besides you taking cases on your own, I will recommend some clients of mine to buy your services for their own cases. I will take 5 per cent of the money earned from those cases. Simple, professional and easy work."
*Whistle*
"You've got everything planned, it seems. But I'm going to have to scrutinise this new employee of mine. MEDA can't afford any spy in the ranks." Adrian decided.
"That's exactly what I expect from an ex-auror. Anyway, I got your first case ready. A man who wants a divorce but doesn't want to pay the alimony. He claims his wife cheated on him but the court needs hard evidence that she was cheating and he's not been living with her since he found out. He will come to meet you later today. He's a millionaire, so a big client. Trust me, To... Adrian, as long as you work well, there is a lot to achieve, good luck." Ted explained the details.
Adrian took the file and got to work. He said bye to his old Hogwarts housemate and went upstairs. There, he saw the big reception desk on the left as soon as he came out of the elevator.
There was a woman there, behind her on the wall, the name of the company was written in bold. "MEDA"
This was going to be what the company will be publicly known as.
~*Sigh* Let's get to it.~
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Magnus was very much thankful that the Death Eaters had been silent since he struck them with Sentinel's spears.
His days in Hogwarts, for now, were going peaceful, as he spent all his time on studies. A month had gone by and February was around the corner.
"Man, I always hate astronomy classes." Ragnar tiredly complained.
"But I thought you were interested in going to the moon someday," Magnus asked.
Ragnar shook his head, "Would you be more interested in eating the pancake or studying its molecular structure?"
"I understand, I'd eat them of course. Where is Sev, by the way?" Magnus asked.
They looked around and couldn't find him anywhere. The next class was going to be Potions and he should be close around.
*Pat Pat*
While they were looking around, Ragnar suddenly halted and also stopped Magnus.
"Look there..." Ragnar said in a suppressed voice.
Magnus turned his head and looked. He actually forgot to breathe. Snape was there, in front of them, walking beside Lily, with a smile as she also laughed.
"Did he... Tell her a joke or something?" Magnus wondered.
"Look at him, he's carrying her books. We need to find a nickname for him, Umm... Weak Ass Pepe Boy, WAP boy." Ragnar commented.
"Pfft... What is wrong with your brain? Always coming up with stupid stuff." Magnus said, but even he was laughing.
Ragnar defended himself, "Heh, this time I'm right. Look at him, picking up her books and walking beside her like her servant."
"Let's follow them. They're probably headed to the potion's class." Magnus decided.
They secretly, but still in plain sight, moved behind them. Soon, they arrive at the classroom. As they entered, Severus and Lily separated and went to the sides of their houses.
Magnus quickly confronted him, "So this is what you've been doing? Ditching your brothers and going to her?"
"WAP boy, traitor," Ragnar commented from behind Magnus.
"I was merely doing what you told me to. She's the best potioneer in the school after me, I want to make a study group and teach other students potions." Severus clarified.
"HEY! I'm the best potioneer in the school... *Gasp* WAIT! Are those... MY BOOK?" Ragnar suddenly noticed the books near Lily that not long ago Severus was carrying.
"How can you take my books without asking... This is wrong." He protested.
Severus scoffed, "What did you even plan on doing with them? You had completed them in the first month of school. Also, I did ask you, when you were sleeping in the morning."
"You know that anything I say in my sleep cannot be taken seriously," Ragnar argued.
Magnus chuckled, "Yes, don't you remember how he tried to eat Chad once, calling him chicken. Poor Chad was traumatised."
Severus agreed, "He really sleeps like a log. Anyway, I gave her the book because she asked me if I had any spare ones. She's going to donate them to the school, so poor students can get them when they come to school."
Ragnar calmed down as soon as he heard that, "Hmm, if that's the case then it's fine. You can give the books, I've got a few more spare ones too. I remember everything in them anyway."
*Cough*
"Let's start the class, shall we?" Slughorn entered the classroom.
*BOOM*
It hadn't even been a minute since the start of the class and there was already a blast. Magnus turned to look who it was, and sure enough, it was none other than James and Sirius.
Slughorn furrowed his brows, "Oh dear... You two must have a deep love for detention."
The two embarrassingly scratched his head. Sirius though spoke, "We were just trying to study, professor."
"Sure, trying to study the dung breath potion is very important for the school course, Mr Black. 5 points from Gryffindor. Let's start now." He punished them and got back to teaching.
"What are they planning now?" Magnus whispered.
"Who knows, I just hope they are never successful in making it and if they are, I hope I'm not the target," Ragnar muttered.
The class was boring as always, Magnus made an average potion after 2 tries while Severus and Ragnar were bored beyond belief.
But, the next was Charms class and Magnus was waiting for it. The class was very easy for him and after that, he went to Professor Flitwick.
"Professor, I wanted to ask, how good are you at Duelling? He inquired, although he knew the answer, he was just letting Flitwick humble brag and feel good.
"Oh, so you finally asked. I knew this day would come. I am a wizarding duelling champion, Mr Pendragon." Flitwick proudly replied from his high chair which actually brought him to normal adult height.
Magnus smiled, "Professor, I was wondering if we could start a friendly duelling club in the school. After all, one tends to remember things better when it involves something physical. This experience can also help with our carriers.
"In fact, imagine if one day, Duelling becomes a sport, a sport with rules of no life-threatening spell use. Just like how muggles have created safe sports out of lots of ancient fighting styles. They are very popular around the world.
"Why not organise a duelling competition every year, I will sponsor it with monetary prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd positions," Magnus suggested.
Flitwick rubbed his chin while thinking. Magnus said more to seal the deal.
"Imagine, professor. You might get called the creator of Duelling sports in the future. The whole Wizarding World will know your name." He painted a nice picture in the head of Flitwick, exciting him too.
"Certainly, a very wonderful idea, Mr Pendragon. Who else, but you could think of it. A controlled duelling sport. It would be even better if the first champion turns out to be you, the descendant of Merlin." Flitwick was now officially on board.
Magnus then asked, "So, when can we expect this to happen?"
"I will apply for the school club. By the time you return for the next Hogwarts year, you will find it as an extracurricular activity." Flitwick promised.
Getting what he wanted, he returned to dorms to tell his friends about it.
"I'm not joining." Ragnar immediately denied. Magnus could understand his worry, he had no talent in charms and if he were to duel, he'd get thrown out of bounds in seconds.
But Magnus encouraged him, "Then you must develop a new fighting style. Did you forget who you are? Did you forget what your life's goal is? To achieve that, you must learn how to fight. Did you forget the sword I gifted you? It is now enchanted by Goblins. Use it, try the waters. You will not find another opportunity like this ever again."
Peer pressure was one hell of a thing. Ragnar agreed to try it out. And so, they started waiting excitedly for the day they could legally beat other kids.
The next day, Magnus woke up early to do some morning exercise. Then, he went to the common hall for breakfast. There were not many classes today and it was going to be a relaxing day for most students.
Soon, the letters and parcels started coming in. Surprisingly, Magnus, Severus and Ragnar all three received a small similar sized package.
Ragnar quickly opened it and found a small note on top.
"Try my new apple and lemon pie, sweeties. I hope you will like it, with love, Grandma Martha."
Magnus smiled widely, "Hehe, she's really like a Grandma. I guess she missed all this with her useless cat grandkids"
*Nom nom nom*
Severus was already eating it, "It tastes very good. Grandma Martha is amazing at cooking and should open a restaurant."
"Then let's hope duck doesn't get too fat there." Magnus joked.
They were happily enjoying the food while talking. The hall was full of chatter. Then suddenly the tall form of Dumbledore appeared behind Magnus' table.
He came forward and put one hand on his shoulder, "Mr Pendragon, will you please follow me to the office next door. You two can come too."
Magnus was taken aback, why would Dumbledore appear so un-Dumbledore-like.
~Is he angry about the underwear?~ he wondered.
Among the chatters and murmurs of everyone there, Magnus and his friends followed Dumbledore.
Once in private, Dumbledore put his hat down, as if showing grief. He came closer to Magnus and patted his shoulder.
Magnus had an ominous feeling about this. Nervously, he asked, "What happened, professor?"
Dumbledore showed a rare emotion of sadness, "Magnus, your father... There was an incident during his routine inspection."
It was as if the world became blank and silent. Magnus' heart beat so fast he could hear his own heartbeat. All the moments he spent with his dad flashed in his mind, all the laughs, all the fun moments. They immediately reminded him how much he loves his dad along with his mum.
"I-Is he okay?" He stutteringly asked in extreme worry.
"I do not know, he was taken to the hospital as soon as it happened. I came here to take you there." Dumbledore revealed.
Magnus nodded and tried his best to stay calm while trying not to think of the worst.
Snape, still not that shaken, asked the important question, "What exactly happened, professor?"
Dumbledore looked at Magnus in a sighing manner, "There was a bomb blast."
Immediately, Magnus tightened his fist, all kinds of reasons, scenarios and people started appearing in his mind. He started thinking about every single person that may have a reason to hurt his family, and from the past record, he was coming to a conclusion that would not result in anything polite from his side. Some people must die this time. Who would it be was the only question left.
"Please take me there now, professor. QUICKLY!." He requested.
"Hold my arm, you two come as well." Dumbledore signalled Ragnar and Severus. He knew that these two would be needed to keep Magnus calm if something tragic was to happen.
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