The final days of school had come. It was weird that when it was time to leave they felt reluctant, but on most other days they used to feel tired. So many memories were made here, so many fights were fought.
"Everyone, this may as well be the last party where I am present. But don't worry, for I will keep sponsoring parties for years to come in Slytherin common room. Not to mention, the day my siblings turn old enough they too shall come here." Magnus announced it to all the juniors.
He was hosting a big event, a farewell party of sorts. Most of the 7th years who were soon going to leave the school already had job letters in their hands so everyone let themselves go. It was all thanks to Magnus' vast industries that employed wizards.
"Everyone, the time spent in this hall has been like living with a family. So much has changed, initially, when I came here the atmosphere was that of fear, that foolish Lucious was ruining everything with his homoerotic love for Voldemort. But, I was able to push him back.
"Then, I launched a war on the depressing atmosphere in this hall, bringing in music and television, parties every weekend. I am really happy that you all could forget the foolish pride, it literally does not matter if you're a pure-blood, half-blood, muggle-born or a muggle, because, in the end, we all are buried in the ground.
"So, if our destination is the same, why mess around? This year, I will become the official king of the United Kingdom, the country is far bigger than before, we have a land of the same size as England, Wales and Scotland in Africa, called Zimbabwe, now known as Greater Britain. We have vast lands in the Sahara desert, called Arthurland. We have many more territories around the world.
"Everyone, my goal is peace, peace across the world. Not just in the wizarding but muggle world too. Because when we will have peace, maybe muggles and wizards can come out in the open and live together. So, I hope many of you will help me in the coming years in fulfilling this dream.
"Thank you for being amazing friends," he ended his small speech meant for the Slytherin friends. Most were his juniors, however.
After this, the party started. All kinds of food and beverages were available. Even the alcoholic ones, but these were only for those who were above eighteen years of age. Sad for Emma, she could not drink them.
"This is unfair, if I can't drink it why did you even bring these?" She complained.
"It ain't my fault you were born in September. AH!... so good, so refreshing." He tried to make her feel jealous.
Ragnar patted her shoulder, "It's okay, Emma, it's not even that good. Most alcohol tastes bitter as hell. I don't even understand why people drink it, but again, it's probably got something to do with age. As we grow we also turn bitter and start liking bitter things... maybe."
"Oh, that's deep," Severus muttered.
"That's what she said," Ragnar blurted.
"She's dead, remember?" Severus countered with another attack that hit straight at the boy's heart.
*Sigh* "Oh my Freya, anyway, I just remembered something. Guys, would you like to go to Norway with me? I want to find out the background and origin of my family name. There has to be something, right?" Ragnar asked them.
Magnus quickly agreed, patting his back, "Of course, we will. You don't even have to ask, brother. In fact, let's head there as soon as our exams are over."
"Thanks, everyone." Ragnar was honestly nervous about going there alone. He had no idea what he would find and it might also bring back his memories of family.
"Forget all that now, just enjoy the party," Magnus boomed and moved to dance with his girl.
...
Magnus' Dragon Service Asia Division decided to start working on their plan to solve the mess that was India and Pakistan. What did these two countries suffer the most from? Poverty, illiteracy, crap healthcare, corruption. And above all, socialistic policies.
Pakistan was in bed with the USA, while India was in bed with USSR. Both were just being used by the two giants. While their population lives in bad conditions. They didn't even start liberalising their economy and kept it closed.
And what's the best distraction when the population is angry, poor and starving? Simple, the blame game starts. Both countries would fight each other, blame each other and whatnot.
It was a mess and Magnus knew that in order to get these countries straight he needs to take over their political fields because as long as they remain unchanged, all these problems will never go away, after all, no king wants to give away his powers on his own.
After picking up two small political parties from both countries, Dragon Service started training candidates into becoming the best speaker, a charismatic leader and above all, a true believer in what Magnus stood for.
After this, all they had to do was bring down the current government by unearthing their scams, corruption scandals with the help of MEDA. As Magnus fed the world's media every year, he had a firm grip on what was being shown.
Dragon Service came extra hard on Pakistan, however, the reason was simple. It was too unstable. Since the creation of the nation, it has faced 3 successful and 1 unsuccessful coup. Even recently, a four-star general, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq had taken over the nation in a coup last year. The man was an experienced world war two veteran. But he was pressing for more religiousness.
Magnus was against this, religion should never be pushed. It should be allowed to take a natural root, and if it is as great as everyone preaches it to be then it will spread on its own.
Meanwhile, in India, he had no respect for the current ruling political party. Although it was pretty progressive as a woman was the Prime Minister, for the second time in fact. But it was a fact that a single political party had been ruling the nation ever since its independence in 1947. It's been 31 damn years and the nation was still as backwards as ever, despite so many human resources and absolute majority power in the hands of the government.
Just look at Japan for fuck's sake, they were in a mess after the war. But they stood back up. Hence, Dragon Service decided it was time to demolish these old bones of the nation.
While in Pakistan the route taken was both political and militaristic, in India the route taken was only political. Huge scandals and mass corruption were reported and publicised in newspapers. Evidence was given as clear as a day. Every single day someone was apologising, people and ministers getting sacked.
Soon, the people of both nations were clear that their country was being run by shrewd hyenas, not mighty lions. Being in such a vulnerable position, slowly the political parties Magnus supported started gaining momentum and winning. Each state or district they would win would start getting a lot of foreign investment. This simple news was fitted in the mind of every single man and woman in both nations and all they could think of was globalisation now.
They started talking less about war, caste and religion, more about employment, health and development. This was a paradigm shift in the mentality of the people that could not have happened without mass secret campaigns.
This was a proven fact, if the population was backward and regressive, the political parties would try to pander to that regressive thinking. If the population wanted schools and hospitals, those in power would have to satisfy them. Hence, in a democracy, the direction the country goes to is actually in the hands of the people, as they shall get what they demand. But most often, they demand stupid things. In rare cases, some politician would come who would on his own initiative bring good reforms. But this was so rare that it almost never happens.
Magnus was the solution to this since he would hold the sword of Damocles over the necks of those in power.
...
1978 was the year Magnus was going to take the crown. The queen had started the arrangements for her abdication and Magnus' ascension. She was sad, but not very much. What Magnus had promised her years ago, that he wanted good for the nation, had turned into a reality.
"Yes, I want you to appoint him as a captain in SAS. He's already fought in Korea, everyone knows that." Queen Elizabeth requested the Minister of Defence and the Chief of Staff of the Army.
"Your Majesty, we were just awaiting his orders for when he will start the service." the General replied.
Queen Elizabeth had a different opinion, "No, he's already working. When NASA sent astronauts to space, all of them were from the military. Magnus, Ragnar and Bobby will be going to space, it's better we give them military rank as well. It's a private company and a private venture but by doing this we will be able to include government participation."
It made sense. So it was promptly decided to make the three officers in the Royal Air Force. Magnus being the highest ranked, a Captain of SAS. While the other two would be honorary Lieutenants.
...
*ACHOO* "Who called me Bobby now?" Bobby, in his office, grunted. Thinking it must be Magnus. Sadly, even the queen was calling him Bobby.
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The exams that were called NEWTs, aka Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Test, were exhausting. But wizards had different reasons why they called it exhausting. For normal wizards, it was the tension and the fear. For Magnus, Ragnar and Severus, it was exhausting because they were bored out of their minds. The ten exams were to be held across the whole month and they felt it was too much time, it should be over as soon as possible.
Emma, meanwhile, was doing decent, she was neither scared nor in tension as Magnus had taught her everything that might be asked in the exams after analysing each year's question paper for the past decade. It was a known fact that the Wizards were less prone to changes, so as expected, most questions in exams each year were nearly identical with minor changes.
"Gah... it's so boring, man. I could have done so much more this month than just sitting here and giving these useless exams. We're already rich, just pass us already," Magnus grunted, whining like a kid.
"Don't say this out too loud or you might get lynched by a crowd. You have no idea how stressed everyone is." Emma warned him.
Ragnar had similar feelings as Magnus, he was a boss on the theoretical side of magic and it helped him clear exams fairly easily. "Wait, we should cheer them all up,"
Yup, that was a good idea, Magnus agreed with it, "You know what, let's just do it. All of the 7th years are in the study hall. We can call a few Phoenixes to come and sing a few nice songs to cheer everyone up."
...
Soon enough, Fawkes led a group of phoenixes to sing songs in the sky of the great hall that was turned into study hall for now. Everyone looked up, initially annoyed but slowly they felt relaxed, their shoulders fell and their minds got refreshed.
Appreciatively they looked up at the phoenixes flying over their heads. They had no idea there were this many even alive, all thought Fawkes was the only one.
Books got closed and they laid back on their seats to relax.
"I should charge money for this," Magnus muttered.
"Honestly, they might even pay for this drug," Ragnar agreed with the plan. Here they were being drug dealers, the Phoenixes were waiting for their payment for doing all this. It wasn't money, but tasty food.
...
NEWTs for the Care of Magical Creatures. Except for Magnus and Ragnar, nobody was attempting to take this exam. The major problem came when no worthy examiner could be found for this subject as nobody took it in recent years.
In the end, they had to agree with letting Hagrid be the examiner for being the best at caring for beasts. The beasts in the exam were Acromantula and a troll. Both of these were easily taken care of by Magnus as he could simply talk to them and his mere presence scared them. Meanwhile, Ragnar used a fragrance potion to calm them and become docile.
They passed the exam with top grades. Sadly for Ragnar, it was tough to pass the Charms and Transfiguration exam. It took him multiple attempts to cast a charm, but what helped him was that all were high-level charms.
Emma was good, she was an above-average student and highly consistent in whatever she studied. So even if she did not pass with the top marks, she would not fail.
Severus achieved amazing grades meanwhile, getting great marks in Charms, Potions, Transfiguration, DADA and a few more subjects. The only subject he scored lesser on was Potions, because Ragnar was the boss there.
Of course, the result was not announced yet.
...
June 30,
The last exam was over, all 7th years threw away their wizard cone hats in the air, signifying their reducing tension. Even those who didn't have very nice exams were cheering up. The last day of Hogwarts was coming up the next day.
It was depressing, girls hugged each other, even those who used to call each other enemies not long ago. Magnus didn't feel very sad, his best friends were his brother who lives with him, Severus who was family at this point, Emma who was soon going to be family.
Living in a castle? He can come here anytime he wants, and he owns so many castles. Yes, he will miss the daily scheduled life but there was so much more outside to accomplish and experience.
"Ugh... why are they crying as if this is the end of the world." Emma sneered at a group of noisy girls.
"Aw... does my Emma feel jealous? Do you want a group hug too?" Magnus asked her, teasingly.
She chuckled, "You hug me enough already. No more, what I don't understand is why they are acting like it's the end? They can meet outside too."
"Just forget them, let's prepare to head to Norway after tomorrow's graduation ceremony. We're not going home this time," Magnus said, planning to send the luggage home and then Portkey to Norway.
Severus agreed, "It's time we found out where Ragnar's horniness originated from."
"Hey, don't forget Magnus' ancestor. Arthur told me about his sex drive and how he slept with 5 women at the same time. Emma, be careful, get stronger or you might have to..." Ragnar always did this, dragging Emma into it.
She scoffed, "Well, his ancestor is also Merlin, so I trust him. I hope not to hear any suggestions from one who keeps dirty magazines with him."
"And you don't think Magnus ever looked? Don't be naive," Ragnar blurted.
"Okay okay, shut up you guys. Let's go and see how Duck is doing with so many new friends now. There is nothing left to do here anyway. We will wait for tomorrow's feast." Magnus suggested.
And so, when evening came, they all sneaked out and went straight to Camelot.
...
"Grandma Martha, how are Duck and his new friends? Are they behaving?" Magnus asked her as soon as they arrived.
"Oh, it's much more than just being good. Come, why don't you look at it yourself?" She giddily took them to the mountain range that was designated for dragons recently.
They arrived near the bottom of the tallest mountain. Initially, they were confused as Duck was missing and other dragons were present. However, just then, with a loud roar, Duck came flying. He looked happy seeing Magnus.
But, shocking them, as soon as Duck landed, all dragons in the vicinity lowered their heads as if bowing down to him. Ragnar, amazed, wondered, "Did he just make them submissive?"
"No, they call him their King. Our little Duck has become the king of Dragons it seems." Martha clarified.
Magnus felt ticklish in his stomach, he walked to Duck and bopped his nose, "So you became a king even before me?"
Duck giggled, "Dad, isn't it cool we're both kings?"
"Haha, of course, it is. From now on, I will not try to keep you hidden from the magical world. You have earned this, but remember, always be careful about bad wizards. They are going to want to catch you. I am giving you this little chain that will let you talk to me." Magnus hung over a gold chain around Duck's scaly neck.
Excited about getting a present, he lowered his head for some pats on the head. Duck considered himself the luckiest boy in the world for having such an amazing family. He heard there was someone called God above all beings who made the world, he regularly thanked God for this happy life.
And surprisingly, whenever he did it, he would get a twinkle from a star in the sky, as if it was a response.
That night, Magnus flew around with Duck, they all ate together in the newly enlarged dinner hall of Camelot. Although the dragons eat a lot, they don't eat every single day, so it was manageable to feed them.
That night, the entire gang even slept together beside Duck, making him feel like he was a close part of the family, which he absolutely was.
...
Morning came, the day was the last in Hogwarts for the four. In the afternoon, a giant feast will be held, then in the evening the leaving ceremony. A few awards were also going to be passed on to the best students.
These awards represented the best students among those of the same passing year. The achievement was calculated from the first year to the seventh.
Because it was Magnus leaving the school, teachers were particularly saddened. But they hoped to see his siblings at school soon.
The hall was decorated, the House Cup once again went to Slytherin, just like the past 6 years. With this, Magnus completed the streak. Dumbledore was speaking from the podium and finally called the name of the Best Wizard of the Class of 1978.
"I suppose there is no need for suspense, for we know who it is. Magnus, come here, son." Dumbledore happily called him, clapping at the same time.
These past 7 years, he had earned respect from every single student and teacher. No matter which house one was from, they all clapped and whistled for him. Some felt indebted to him as well because he had not only given them jobs, but often times solved personal problems after asking for help just once. Even the Marauders clapped because they acknowledged his strength. No other student could boast about battling a thousand werewolves and winning.
Peter Pettigrew was the most energetic among them, as his life had changed completely because of him. He may still not be very handsome, but he was not a fat and ugly meatbag of depression anymore. He was confident and average.
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