That night, Grace stayed by his side, to make sure he had no nightmares. She wondered what else goes on in her son's life. Was it as simple as harmless school life or was there something more troubling going on?
Too much pressure was on those little shoulders. But to her helplessness, she was no witch and didn't know how to help him. All she could do was be by his side when he needed her.
...
Next Morning,
*Ding Dong*
The bell rang. It was none other than Bobby. He had probably come to see Magnus after seeing all the buzz going on in the news.
"What's up, Mag?" He asked.
"Bored. I'm going to Hogwarts in a few hours. What about you? How's the college going?" Magnus asked back.
Bobby took a seat beside him at the breakfast table.
Magnus had woken up late today and by now Adam and Grace had left for office. So it was just him and his elf friends.
"Nothing much. Started working on our own processor chip. Intel is too slow and lacks vision. They are afraid of taking risks due to being a publicly-traded company. While FutureTek isn't." Bobby briefed him about the company. After all, Magnus was still 51% owner. But he never even asks Bobby about it.
Magnus ate his favourite pancakes. Feeling much better after a good night's sleep. He had decided he'd need to practice Occlumency more in order to create a locker for a few memories.
"That's amazing. Everyone is trying to make something new I guess, all except me. Bobby, what do you think about portable computers?" Magnus suddenly asked.
"Portable computer? Hmm, we haven't reached that level of technology yet. It'll take at least a decade for it to become small enough. And the decade is for me, for the rest of the world, I don't think good portable computers will be made until the start of next century." Bobby guessed.
Magnus understood, "Well, my dad was developing a new battery. If he's successful, I think they can be very useful in your work. Just imagine a battery powered portable computer that can run for hours and you can take it anywhere."
Bobby, all of a sudden took out a small notebook from his pocket and started writing some ideas.
"That's a really good Idea. I think we should aim towards miniaturising the technology enough to not just make these portable computers but even make the normal computers smaller." Bobby muttered.
But, leaving all this business aside, Magnus asked, "How is uncle?"
"Oh, he's fine. I think there is no need to worry about cancer now. The new reports showed everything normal. But he is still drinking the health supplements as they made him feel stronger. He's thinking about opening his own publication, instead of just a printing press." Bobby told him.
"Good luck to him then. You should help him publish some books, or even recommend some faculty at Oxford to get their books published by your dad, they write a lot of them every year." Magnus suggested him.
Once again, Bobby wrote in his notebook. He didn't have Occlumancy to help him remember everything.
"I saw the news, crazy world really. What happened to them was good. The world may not know, but I know, it was all you, right? You did an amazing deed this time, Mag." Bobby praised him wholeheartedly.
Magnus shrugged, "Well, he came to mess with me on his own. Then one thing led to another and here we are. But I have certainly generated a lot of goodwill in the wizarding world now. A few magical people were also on that list, and the ministry will be dealing with them."
Magnus finished eating his breakfast and got up. He waved his wand and his Hogwarts robes flew to him which he wore.
"Okay, Bobby. I'll be going to school now. See you later, and stay safe. If you need me just inform Abe or George. Bye-bye..." Magnus waved goodbye.
"Bye, Mag. Say my hello to Rag and Severus." Bobby waved back. With that, Magnus vanished.
When Magnus was gone, Abe came with a plate full of more pancakes, "Mister Pendragon left? I made more pancakes."
"Bring them here, I'll eat them," Bobby said and started chomping.
...
It was Saturday, although there were no classes but he still returned, because Quidditch was starting from the next week. He didn't even know what new players had joined the team.
"MEOW!"
Magnus had just entered the school ground that Chad came out of nowhere. He jumped into Magnus' arms. "Hehe, you missed me? I hope Ragnar and Severus gave you food on time.
"Hooo..." Summer also came flying and landed on his shoulder, rubbing her hand on his cheek.
"Hehe, okay okay, I'm not going anywhere now. Let's go to my room." He took his two lovable pets. Along the way, students whispered, some said hello, some admired Summer and some tried to pat the chubby cat.
~Indeed, if you want attention, just get a pet.~ Magnus thought in his head.
Then, he entered the Slytherin common room. Immediately Emma came running to him. "MAGNUS! I thought you wouldn't come in time for the match. I was so worried, we don't have any other seeker."
"Calm down, I promised you we will win. And you also promised to make pancakes for me later. So you better train yourself." He said in a warning.
The hall was filled with 1st and 2nd years mostly because only they had free time on Saturdays. He saw Regulus there too, he was standing alone in the corner. It seems he was only allowed to have the Gang of Slytherin as his friends. But all of them were seniors and hence busy.
Feeling bad for him, Magnus whispered something in Summer's ear. She nodded and quickly flew to Regulus and sat on his shoulder and started to play with him.
Regulus was a good kid, he started smiling and played along. Animals were the best way to cure depression after all.
After again assuring Emma that he will come to the quidditch practice today, he went to his room to take his broom. He was wondering what Ragnar and Severus were doing.
"Where is Severus?" He asked Ragnar, who sat alone in the corner of the room where he had set up a small mobile potions lab.
"He's teaching students potions in the spare room. We have split the time, he teaches students from Slytherin while I teach students from other houses in the spare classroom. Professor Slughorn happily allowed me to use it.
Magnus nodded and proceeded to take his broom. But then his eyes fell on Ragnar's table. Now there were more than 5 dirty magazines.
"At least hide them for Merlin's sake," Magnus shouted and immediately closed the magazines.
"HEY! We were watching it." All of a sudden Arthur's voice came from the portrait.
Then Ragnar voiced, "Why? We're all men here. Is our little dragon too scared of looking into it?"
"Did you forget I was going to tell mum about it?" Magnus threatened him.
But Ragnar scoffed, "And did you forget how I fed you gibberish potion?"
"I will be careful this time," Magnus replied.
"And I will be faster," Ragnar countered.
"SHUT UP! Let this king see some tiddies in peace. Fight somewhere else." Arthur shouted from the portrait, making Magnus and Ragnar go silent and look at him with a judging look.
...
Brazil,
*Sigh*
"Another Drug Cartel destroyed. Seriously, we should be paid by the governments for this work." Edgar Bones muttered. He had come with Adrian to get the kidnapped children who were still alive back to their parents.
He had a team of 5 people, with 4 of them from Emrys Construction security staff. Edgar came too as he wanted to exercise a little. Until now, they had recovered about 54 children. They were kidnapped from around the world.
As the ledger of Oscar had kept had specific names of places from where the kids were kidnapped, it was easy to find where their families were. MEDA company had now become a sensation worldwide with their efforts to reunite these abused children.
They had covered most continents, their last stop was South America and here most kids were bought by cartels to be used in prostitution. These cartels were very quick to fire their guns and in return, Adrian had to wipe them out one by one.
"Let's return home, our work is done. None of the other kids are alive. I will have to announce to the world that our operation has ended. Many parents will have to accept that their child is never returning back." Adrian heavy heartedly said and lifted the last child. She was unconscious so they didn't have to obliviate her later.
After that, they used the portkey and returned to the UK. And then he organised a press conference. Edgar and his people returned to the construction site, which was brimming with activity.
[Discord - https://discord.gg/DgHkrAn]
______________________________
You can read 20 advance chapters or my Naruto fic, and more at -patreon.com/misterimmortal.
Special thanks to *Douglas Flower* *Umar Latif* *Julian Rocamora* *Darrien Steely* *Franklin Walley*
Thank you for your support!
The news about the whole child trafficking continues to hit the world. With many countries taking this seriously and really making many arrests to put people who buy kids behind bars. Some of the countries with capital punishment that still cared about their image directly started sentencing those convicted to death.
It was like a wave that was not giving up. One after another famous people would get caught. In the UK itself, all the people named on the list were caught and convicted. There was also pressure from the government not to be soft on anybody because the Prime Minister knew better not to mess with Magnus in this case.
At the same time, Tom found himself in a strange situation. He had been sent to the police college and from there he would receive special training for higher-ranking leadership. All he was told was that he's getting a promotion. He didn't know it was going to be a triple promotion.
Around the same time, some interviews had started to come up on the news channel. They were from the kids Magnus had saved from that building.
Most of them were happy and thankful to all three for saving them. But there was one little girl who was continuously talking about Magnus. She was the 5-year-old daughter of a prosecutor.
Little girl: Yes, big brother Magnus saved me. He's the best... I will marry him when I grow up.
Reporter: Won't your dad feel sad then?
She innocently looked at her dad's face and shook her face and replied, "No, Magnus is prettier."
...
Back in Hogwarts, unaware of random girls having a crush on him, Magnus was busy with quidditch. The tournament had started and Magnus was not sparing any team this time.
Emma was the captain, some of the senior team members tried to strongarm her to follow their lead instead of hers, but Magnus threatened them with quitting the team if they didn't behave. Then they threatened that they would quit if their words were not followed. So Magnus again threatened them that they are welcome to quit but then their names will appear in the newspaper and they will be called wuss and weak, a shame to house Slytherin.
They soon realised quidditch was not worth being on the bad side of Magnus. So they followed like good sheep.
Emma now had a free hand in organising the formation. She did an amazing job. She kept in mind how Magnus played, she made sure that all the teammates were there to help him catch the golden snitch as soon as possible.
Magnus, too, made a strategy to use himself as bait and get other team members hit by the bludger.
During the match, once again Emma shouted directions for him to dodge, but all the team members were doing it too, creating a much bigger confusion for the opponents, not knowing which one was giving the real direction at a time.
Because of this confusion, Magnus had lured 2 players from the opposing team to fall down. Though he always helped them and never let them fall from too much height.
Beyond that, the game was easy. He easily catches the golden snitch.
*Sigh*
"I guess it's Slytherin's time to shine," James muttered. He had accepted by now that the Slytherin team was too strong.
"Don't worry, give your best. Even if we lose, at least don't lose to Hufflepuff." Sirius consoled him.
*TING TING TING*
"With this, Slythering reaches the finals, with a lead of 180 points over Ravenclaw's 30 points. Tomorrow, the other finalist team will be decided in a match between Hufflepuff and Gryffindor." The announcer shouted from the audience booths.
Magnus with a smile landed on the ground and walked to Emma. He handed her the golden snitch and said, "Only one more match. Prepare for the final taste test of pancakes. You better not disappoint me."
He then left to take a bath.
Emma, with an annoyed face, stomped her feet, "I didn't sign up for this mental torture! How would I know if he'll like it."
But then her eyes fell on Ragnar sitting in the audience, "Hehe... maybe he can help."
___________________________
[Omake]
[A/N: For those who have not read my Grandpa Universe in Multiverse fic, Deadpool is the God of hell, and is responsible for punishing all the sinners from the entire Omniverse.]
Hell,
At the entrance gate of hell, a small booth was set up. Deadpool's favourite work in hell was to greet new guests. Even though he was the lord and didn't need to do anything.
♫I'm a Barbie girl, in the Barbie world.
Life in plastic, it's fantastic...♫
"You can brush my hair... Undress me everywhere... hmm hmm haha..." Deadpool cheerfully sang along to the song.
He was putting nail polish on himself. But, he hadn't even taken off his suit. He was polishing it over the gloves.
"Hehe... I bet old man will like me if I look Kawaii." He giggles to himself.
*Woosh*
*Ting Ting*
Suddenly the arrival bell rang and a man appeared.
"Oooh, welcome to hell. We are trying to provide the best service possible. Let's see what you did..." Deadpool took a file out of nowhere.
*THUD*
His nail-polish bottle fell as he looked at the file in shock, "Hmm... Oscar Thumbling. Woah... a category 4 sinner? Haven't seen this in a while. What did you do? Let's see... AH! you liked children... a little too much. Sold them too? WAIT! Does this mean I will be getting a lot of pedos in hell soon? It's going to be a pedo bonanza. I must prepare the penetration trolls now."
Deadpools constantly blabbered to himself. Oscar Thumbling, was still in shock as he had arrived in hell. He used to think it was all myth. But here he was.
"Who are you?" Oscar asked.
Deadpool put his arm on Oscar's shoulder and took him inside the gate of hell. "I am the God of Hell. Top boss around. And this is my workspace. It ain't much but it's honest work.
"Come, let's get you your Boiling Oil Bath treatment first, you know, sanitation is very important, I don't want some deadly virus to spread around here. After that, you will go through the tunnel boring machine.
"Oh, look. That's Elon Husk. Don't worry, he's not a sinner, he had just launched himself to Mars, and due to some spatial disturbance, he landed here. And because everything here is red, he thinks this is Mars. Well, I have an amazing engineer now, he made that tunnel boring machine."
Oscar was confused, "Will I be made to dig a tunnel? Is that my punishment?"
Deadpool became silent first and then laughed as if he had heard the biggest joke ever. "BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA... Oh boy... you are so dense. No, that tunnel boring machine is to drill your ass and enlarge it. So that the penetration trolls can f*ck you up, literally, for eternity. That's what pedos get in my hell. And don't worry, your soul is a category 4 sinner, which means you can never leave hell.
"Welcome to your new life, Oscar Thumbling... pfft... what a dumb name. But that's still better than Pussytart, I guess. AH! 5 more sinners have arrived."
"WAIT! Where are you going? NOOOO... DON'T DO THIS..." Oscar fearfully screamed. But he was being dragged by some demons and was then strapped to the machine, with his butt naked.
And then, the great tunnel boring machine, with a diameter of 1 metre and length of 3 metres was launched.
"AAAAAAAAA..."
Such screams were too common in Hell, so nobody even realised the addition of Oscar. Meanwhile, Elon Husk admired his creation from the side, thinking about where he could improve.
Deadpool was very busy for the most part. But when he finally had time, he again got to decorating his own body to look "KAWAII"
*POP*
"Oye, the old man asked you to come. Follow me." A grey cat with a big creepy smile appeared out of nowhere.
Deadpool excitedly looked at him, "My favourite round, chubby, Chaos God Cat, Hats. Just a second."
Soon he had gotten ready, with a blue wig on his head. "AH! Will old man like my new kawaii look? My new wig is made of dried skin of a thousand category 4 women sinners. This is premium stuff. What do you think?"
Hats first vomited all the food he had eaten that morning in a very dramatic manner. Then he sternly replied, "STAY AWAY FROM ME, FILTH!"
"Awww... you love me, I know. Let's go, my fat cat friend." Deadpool ran after Hats to pick him up.
"STAY AWAY! Keep your disgusting hands off of my fur... I will complain to the old man otherwise." Hats started running for his dear life.
[Omake Ends]
[You can see Deadpool on my Discord - https://discord.gg/DgHkrAn OR see them on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mister_immortal_novel]
MONKE MONK NEEDS STONES!
______________________________
You can read 20 advance chapters or my Naruto fic, and more at -patreon.com/misterimmortal.
Special thanks to *Douglas Flower* *Umar Latif* *Julian Rocamora* *Darrien Steely* *Franklin Walley*
Thank you for your support!
1 Stone = 1 Banana Chocolate. [Effect: 50% chances of turning onto a living banana. 50% chances of getting the power to turn people into a banana.]
Paragraph comment
Paragraph comment feature is now on the Web! Move mouse over any paragraph and click the icon to add your comment.
Also, you can always turn it off/on in Settings.
GOT IT