He read the letter and slowly his face turned from goofy to serious. He crumpled the letter and walked back to his family, he waved his wand and accio his clothes from his room.
"Mum, Dad, I need to go to Diagon Alley. I will be visiting the bank there." He informed them.
"Is everything okay, sweetie?" Grace asked in concern. Magnus' face didn't really hide anything.
"Everything's fine, mum. Just some business-related issues. I will solve it quickly and return for dinner." He said.
"Then take care. Take Martha with you." She suggested.
Magnus looked at Martha, "Will you come with me?"
"Why not, let's go right away." She was ready.
Both Magnus and Ragnar left with her. But Martha kept herself invisible all this while. It was unknown how she was doing it though.
Martha apparated with them to Diagon Alley. From there Magnus quickly made strides towards the Nimbus broom shop. When he reached there, luckily nothing had happened. The shop still had customers and Emma was there just having fun. She didn't really need to work anyway but liked helping around in the shop.
He entered the shop, and as expected, the moment Emma saw him a big smile appeared on her face.
"Ah, MAGNUS?... You came here because you missed me?" She asked as she ran up to him.
Magnus sighed, "Nah, I came here to talk to your dad. Where is he?"
She pouted, "You're no fun. Huh, dad's in the office on the backside. Follow me."
"Hehe... she likes you..." As they were walking Ragnar whispered in Magnus' ear.
Magnus just elbowed him in the stomach, "Not now,"
*Knock Knock*
Emma knocked on the door, "Dad, Magnus is here, he wants to talk to you."
All of a sudden a lot of noise came from the other side as if some stuff fell. The door then opened loudly, "Magnus? Where?"
And there was the father of Emma, Mr Whitehorn. A tall dark-haired wizard. But Magnus felt like he had seen him somewhere.
"Wait... have we met before?" Magnus inquired.
"Yes yes, and I want to say thank you for what you did that day. If it were not for you, I would have died." Mr Whitehorn replied, confusing Magnus.
"What do you mean, when did I save you?" Magnus asked further.
"Don't you remember? Well, I wouldn't blame you, it was a very bad situation that day. Remember when you were attacked by some Death Eaters in Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour? I was also there, you jumped and protected me from getting hit by a spell." Mr Whitehorn revealed.
. . .
Magnus quickly reminded himself of that day, "AH! I remember now, you were frozen due to fear."
Mr Whitehorn embarrassingly scratched his head, "Well, thank you for saving me that day."
"HEHE..."
Magnus turned to see Emma, she was smiling at him. ~So this was why she said thank you to me that day in the great hall.~
"You came at the right time, Magnus. We were just going to celebrate Emma's birthday," Mr Whitehorn said.
~Oh, so that's why she was so excited.~ Magnus realised.
"Don't you have friends from school coming?" Ragnar asked her.
"I have no girlfriends in Slytherin, all of them are a pretentious bit... girls." She blurted but corrected her words midway due to her dad being there.
Magnus felt bad for her and took out a gold coin from his pocket and handed it to her. She also confusedly took it while looking at Magnus's face.
"What is this?" She inquired.
*PAT PAT*
Magnus patted her head, "Buy some candies with it. Happy Birthday."
"Pfft... HAHAHA..." Ragnar started laughing loudly.
Emma looked at Magnus angrily and stomped on his foot, "HUH... Cheapstakes. Let's go, dad, no need to invite him. Here I thought he would love to eat mum's special pancakes."
"WAIT!" Magnus stopped her.
Quickly, he threw a pouch full of coins at her, "Here, a hundred galleons, buy whatever you want. Now, where are the pancakes?"
"Hehe... see dad, he worships pancakes." Emma chuckled.
"Let's go, Ragnar, to her birthday party. Call Sev too, he's across the street, and Martha, you can show yourself." Magnus blurted instructions.
Martha immediately made herself visible, and all of a sudden Emma lept at her and hugged her, "Aww... you are so cute and soft..."
Martha patted her head, "Calm down, child."
Emma in shock looked at Martha, "Sh... She speaks..."
Magnus sighed and explained, "Yes, she does. She's not a simple cat. She is a very powerful wizard and is older than even Dumbledore. You can also call her Grandma Martha."
"Yes yes... Grandma Martha. Ah, your name is the same as Batman and Superman's mothers'" Emma commented.
Magnus looked like a light bulb lit up over his head, "YES! Exactly, I remember now, no wonder I felt familiar with her name."
"Who is this superman and batman?" Martha inquired confusedly.
Magnus went close to her and explained, "They are fictional comic book characters made by muggles. Read about them, they are very interesting."
"Really? It seems I need to do some research about muggles again." Martha now finally had a new hobby.
But amidst all the talk, Magnus quickly remembered why he was here in the first place.
"Mr Whiteborn, I came here this quickly for another reason. I just found out the news that Death Eaters will now be attacking you because Emma is associated with me..." He revealed.
*DOOR OPENS*
But before Magnus could finish speaking, Ragnar and Severus arrived. Seeing that there was a party mood, Magnus did not continue.
"Let's go now, where are the pancakes?" He asked.
"Follow us, our house is connected with floo network." Mr Whitehorn said and went to the fireplace. He picked a bit of ash and told everyone what to say to reach that place.
All of them got transported to a new place, it was a big hall and it was decorated with lots of colourful balloons. There were one or two elfs working as well, they were wearing minimal clothing but they looked clean and the elfs themselves also looked healthy.
"Where are we?" Magnus inquired.
"Near the west coast. Come, the preparations are already done." Mr Whitehorn answered and took them to meet his wife, Mrs Vanity. Emma took her mother's surname.
Mrs Vanity was a beautiful lady who seemed to have an air of pride and respect around her.
"Welcome, everyone, glad to see Emma's school friends are here, the cake is ready." She happily greeted them.
But Mr Whitehorn quickly went close to her and whispered something. ~Can't you recognise him? He's his majesty Pendragon.~
"I do recognise him, but he's our guest today and our little Emma is the main focus of the evening." She replied to her husband. Magnus heard her and actually liked it that she treated him normally.
Soon, a big cake was bought there. It seems they did not invite anyone else, something Magnus appreciated. These were dark times and anybody could backstab you.
Emma had already changed her clothes and had come to cut the cake. But instead of quickly cutting it, she turned to Magnus, "Hey, can I cut the cake with that famous cool sword?"
"Sure," Magnus obliged to make the birthday girl happy and gave her his Hope sword.
"EEEEEEE..." But as she tried to lift it up her face turned red, she realised how heavy it was.
"MERLIN'S BEARD... How do you even swing this?" She was panting.
Taking pity, he helped her. And this way, she was finally able to cut the cake, though it was very messy now.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" They cheered.
Ragnar took out a small vial of potions from his pocket and threw it in the air. It started to make small colourful sparkles above them like miniature fireworks. Severus also threw a potion in the air that spread the fresh aroma of flowers.
Magnus on the other hand, made a funnel with his right hand in front of his mouth and aimed his head up.
"FUUUUU..." He breathed out and let out a flame from his mouth. The flame then wrote letters in the air, 'Happy Birthday, Emma.'
"THAT'S SO COOL..." She was so happy with this, looking at the fire with her beautiful light blue eyes.
"Hehe, glad you liked it. NOW, PANCAKES, WHERE?" Magnus asked with his eyes looking greedy.
Mrs Vanity quickly led them to the dinner table where the elfs started to put their plates. They all took their seats and talked.
"Why are there no other guests?" Magnus inquired.
Mr Whitehorn made a depressed face, "I stopped celebrating big parties at home 3 years back. 3 years ago, on Emma's birthday, a pureblood family tried to force me to sign a marriage contract for Emma with their son. I said no but they tried to threaten me. Thankfully, some powerful family friends helped me then."
"Let me guess, Blacks?" Magnus asked.
Emma's mum and dad looked at each other's faces and nodded.
*Sigh*
"Oh, you were telling us that we will be targeted? Why?" Mr Whitehorn finally asked as he remembered that incident.
Magnus quickly explained everything to him. This really scared the small family, it was just the three of them after all.
"And do you have a way to solve this?" Mrs Vanity asked with a frown on her face. Emma seemed worried for her family too.
Magnus smiled, "Of course. They are scared of touching me or my property since their last act. The best way I can think of that will keep you and your business safe is simple.
"I WILL BUY NIMBUS RACING BROOM COMPANY!" he declared.
The faces of everyone in the room were worth seeing after this.
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"You want to buy Nimbus?" Mr Whitehorn asked to be sure again. His business was going very well and he had no reason to sell it.
"But... I don't want to." He said.
Magnus tried to convince him, "But you need to. They will certainly come after you, not for your business but for your personal life. You are a pureblood family that does not support them. They will call you a blood traitor and come after you.
"But they will not come after you if you are related to me, so I will buy 50 per cent of your business, making us partners. This way, an attack on you will be an attack on me."
Mr Whitehorn was taken aback "But... why would you take such a risk for me?"
"Because I don't want anything to happen to you all just because Emma is my friend. Also, I am already in a fight with them, either way, we will be against each other." He explained.
Mr Whitehorn looked at his wife to ask for a suggestion but she immediately replied, "What are you waiting for? Our family lives come above everything else. Sell the whole company if you have to."
But Magnus tried to calm her down, "Don't worry, Mrs Vanity, I am not taking the company forever. As soon as all this Death Eater debacle ends, I will return everything to you. I am ready to make an Unbreakable Vow if you need it."
"I TRUST YOU." Emma blurted.
-_-
~She's crazy~ Magnus thought to himself.
"I trust you too. You came here to help us, it would be foolish to ignore your warnings. And considering what has been happening all this time, I think they would surely come after me one way or another." Mr Whitehorn reiterated.
"And you do not need to worry about the company. I am not just buying it, but I am also investing in it. We will make Nimbus an international brand now. You should use the money you will get from selling the 50 per cent for research and development of new brooms that will be many generations ahead of the current one." Magnus advised him. He was also an enthusiast of brooms after all, but none of them felt as fast to really give him an adrenaline rush.
Mr Whitehorn was happy, and Emma was also happy. Just like her father, she loved flying on brooms and was also studying how to make them.
After this serious discussion was done, they again went back to celebrating Emma's birthday. After that, they returned to the shop.
But, as soon as they reached there, they found a few masked men trashing the shop. Ragnar was the first to arrive at the shop, so he instinctively took out a vial from his pocket and threw the contents at the three masked men.
"STOP, YOU SCUMS!" He shouted. The three men were shocked, but now they found themselves unable to move. That's what Ragnar's potion did. Once it covers someone it hardens so strongly that nothing except another potion made by Ragnar can remove it.
Soon after, everyone else also returned. Magnus walked to the three men and took their masks off.
"What do we have here? Death Eaters? Do you know what I do to Death Eaters?" Magnus sounded dangerous.
But he had never seen these three men in his life and they were probably just some thugs hired by Lucius to do this. Lucius was smart enough to not do such things himself.
The three men also recognised Magnus' face as he would appear in the newspaper every week for one reason or another.
"Wait... we were paid to do this. We are not Death Eaters." they defended themselves.
"And how can I trust what you say? For all I know, you are just trying to save yourselves." Magnus argued and took out his sword.
The three started shivering, knowing that Magnus had a very good track record of killing Death Eaters.
"NO NO... We are not lying. We live in Knockturn Alley. A masked man gave us these masks and gave us some money to do this task." They confessed.
"And you took that money? That person was a Death Eater. And I own Nimbus Broom Company, should I consider this attack a personal attack on me?" Magnus said, intimidating them.
"SILVER HAIR... The man had silver hair," they added.
Magnus nodded, sure enough, it was Lucius. But he had no place for these men. He looked at Mr Whitehorn, "Call the Aurors, doesn't matter if they did it for someone else, they broke the law."
Internally though Magnus took a sigh of relief, this was not a big attack and they just tried to spoil the shop which was easily repairable. But he must make sure that no other attack occurs.
"Ragnar, send a letter to Rita, telling her that I now own Nimbus broom company. Tell her to publish it in the newspaper." Magnus instructed. Rita was still his pawn as she tried to betray him once.
...
Gringotts,
There were different kinds of Goblins living in Gringotts. On the top floor at the main building, all the Goblins were more like bureaucrats, but those that lived near the forge were true warriors, the true powerhouse of the Goblins. They were proficient in various kinds of martial magic and the use of weapons.
They were not allowed to use wands by law but they could turn their weapons into less powerful wands. Adding to the enchantments, they were as a collective species very powerful, which was the reason they were not turned into what Elfs were.
The leader of the warrior and smith goblins was called Old Mace. But this was not his real name. His name was unknown. His favourite choice of weapon was a big Mace and he was old but very strong, so strong that even one wave of his mace at someone's head would turn it into a paste. Old Mace was also very tall for a goblin.
He sat in his office, reading a strange pamphlet that he found on the terrace of the Gringotts.
"Hmm... what a strange way to call for someone's death. But... these bounties are indeed very lucrative. Hundred thousand just for catching a wizard? Ah, didn't this Rudolphus lose a hand to Merlin's descendant? This bounty must be released by him too. HAHAHA... what a strange boy." He laughed alone and then put the poster in his pocket.
He got up and went out to find his strongest warriors. There were just 5 of them, his personal students. He saw them as his own children.
"Sons, look at these." He threw the posters at them but kept the one belonging to Rudolphus.
The 5 goblins looked at them with greedy eyes. The first thing they looked at was the money offered.
"All of them are Death Eaters. We will be hunting them now, such opportunities to make quick money don't come every day. 50,000 galleons is not a small amount after all. Any questions?" Old Mace strongly briefed them.
"Old Mace, won't this officially make us an ally of the White Wizards? I thought we will stay neutral." one of the goblins asked.
Old Mace scoffed, "Huh, that's wishful thinking. If we do not help the wizards defeat this Dark Lord, then when the Dark Lord wins and gathers more power, he will come after us. Remember, unlike the current Wizarding community, a community under the Dark Lord will have no morals or laws. They will do what they like to.
"They will make us even worse than 3rd class citizens. But do not forget who else is fighting the Dark Lord, His Majesty. He hates the ministry and the dark lord even more than us. And from what I know, he recently took two house elfs with himself. The recent time the two elfs were seen, they were happy and wearing new and clean clothes.
"Besides this, don't you read the newspaper? That Rita Skeeter talks so much about him. How he treats even owls so kindly. I have no doubt that he is worth supporting, besides, don't forget, our ancestors also supported Merlin."
After his long speech, each goblin there was pumped.
"LET'S KILL THEM!"
"LET'S KILL THEM!"
"HAPPY HUNTING!"
"HAPPY HUNTING!"
They started chanting and waving their weapons in the air. Old Mace proudly looked at his sons, already dreaming of the riches.
...
Back in the shop, the Aurors had come and taken the three men into custody. They would stand trial and be punished. They would either be sent to a normal prison or fined heavily. But Azkaban was not for them.
Magnus, after the incident, took Mr Whithorn to Gringotts and signed the deal. He bought 50 per cent of Nimbus Broom Company for 130,000 galleons. It was not a big amount for Magnus.
"Well, I will take my leave now. They shouldn't try anything stupid with you all, but still, stay vigilant. Just like what Moody says, CONSTANT VIGILANCE!" Magnus said goodbye to the family.
Martha again teleported them back to their house. But during all this, Magnus realised something.
~Wait... I don't feel anything while apparating now. Hmmm... It's time to learn it I guess.~
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