"I mean, this is supposed to be the premium magic school in all magical Britain for fuck sake, and yet they have their students riding around on brooms that are older than their parents!" He continued in his irritation.
He could only imagine the ribbing he was going to get that night when he made his nightly call home to check up on things, sure Andromeda might be here, but he still want...
The only reason as to why they didn't go to Andromeda for lessons was because Snape had forbidden them from doing so and threatened harsh punishment for anyone caught doing so.
And it was just like that, that Magnus lost what little respect that he had left for the potions master.
But on the brighter side of things, he, Tracey, Daphne, Harry and Nevill had actually been progressin...
Neville swallowed with how nervous he was with how serious Magnus was being, "w-what is this about?" He asked as everyone in the room seemed to be focused on the pair of them now.
Magnus nodded, "my apologies for not coming to the point sooner, this is about the travesty committed by a member of my house upon house Longbottom, more specifically."
"The heinous actions during the en...
The parchments separated and divided up among the students and a box floated over with them to each student.
"Now then, before we begin, the first thing we shall all be going is going over the rules in this classroom, along with the safety procedures, that I expect each and everyone of you to follow."
Andromeda said as she tapped a piece of chalk with her wand and the chalk lifted...
Flitwick gave a chuckle, "I'll leave you to it then" he said before he went to join the other professors at the head table.
As soon as he was out of earshot Magnus grinned to Andromeda, "that was brilliant, Snape looked like he wanted to hex you." He chuckled to himself.
Andromeda smirked, "I wish he would have tried, it would have given me ample reason to kick his arse all over t...
The Weasley twins stood up from their table, "Can we join,", "You're bound to be a hundred,", "no a thousand,", "no ten thousand times better,", ""than that greasy old bat!""
"Ten points from Gryffindor, for insulting a teacher" Snape quickly snapped at them, "each!"
Dumbledore began to frown, this wasn't a part of his plan, 'Confound it all, I knew I should have tracked down and ...
Tracey chuckled from beside Daphne, "what? Did you think of a way to get Snape fired? Sorry to say but I've heard that Dumbledore has refused to fire him despite the multitude of complaints against him, you'll have to think of something else." She joked.
Magnus laughed, "oh no, but that was my first thought. No, I've thought up another way that's just as good in my opinion." He stated wi...
"From what little I've heard of her, she's a harsh but fair woman, she should at the very least hear you out if you asked for a meeting."
Ted brought his hand to his face to scratch his stubble as he thought and nodded, "you're right about Bones, the woman's made of iron and will come down on anyone hard if she thinks they're up to something they shouldn't be."
"I served with her ...
The case box labelled with Sirius's name, looking over the dates on the box everything lined up and Ted reached up to take the box down and finally get a read at the court transcripts and review the evidence that had been presented at his court hearing but the second he lifted the box a look of concern crossed his faceface.
The boy was way too light, normally that wouldn't have been any...
Alas there was nothing he could do about that matter for the time being, Andromeda had proven in the past that she was capable of looking out for a child.
Her daughter Nymphadora was testament to that a trainee Aurora and if what his old friend Moody told him, a promising one at that, if a little young.
So there would be no way that he would be able to call her guardianship of the...
Harry swallowed hard as he looked at me as I saw the same look of hope in eyes as I did before but then Daphne spoke up again.
"Like it or not Potter its your responsibility, House Potter is one of the oldest magical houses with a seat in the Wizengamot, like Magnus said it is just as old as both his house and mine."
"As such it has acquired a large amount of voting power over the...
"What's with that look Potter, you look as though you don't have a clue in the world." She stated with an amused tone.
"Um yeah, I was raised by my…. Relatives, in the muggle world, I don't have a clue about what all this House or Heiress stuff means sorry." Harry stated as he rubbed the back of his head sheepishly.
Both Tracey and Daphne just looked at him with looks of shock ...
No, I needed to be patient, wait until Ted was able to tell me without a shadow of a doubt that there are no trial transcripts on file proving there was never a trial.
He had already spent a full month looking but because he was doing so carefully and on his own so as not to arouse suspicion it was taking time to do.
I suspected I would have word on the matter within the next mon...
Meanwhile, at the Gryffindor table, Harry sat even more conflicted than before. He hadn't been expecting that. He hadn't been expecting that at all.
For Magnus to apologize for his uncle's role in his parent's death. He wanted to be angry at him, for even trying to apologize for it, an apology wasn't going to bring his parents back.
But he felt himself cringe when he thought abou...
Coming up just shy of Harry, Magnus cleared his throat as he spoke, "Harry Potter," he said as Harry turned to him as he spoke his name and his eyes seemed to widen when he saw him in recognition.
"I was hoping that we…" Magnus began to say before he was interrupted by a certain red-headed boy who was sitting on the other side of Harry.
"What do you want traitor!" Weasley snapp...
Daphne seemed to nod to my statement, "Yes I forgot that you weren't raised in our world for a moment, that's another set of lessons we'll have to cover." She said before humming to herself, as I mentally groaned.
"Well generally speaking insults that are just words are generally responded to in the same manner, your statement and the article proving your claim to the heirship disproves ...
"I thought that was never going to end," Daphne said with a pained expression to my left as we left the classroom, "I thought my father was joking when he told me about Professor Binns."
"I thought it was going to actually be beneficial learning history from a ghost," Tracey sighed from my right side, "But he just droned on and on, he didn't even stop to take questions."
I sighed ...
Those were certainly some strong and passionate words from the new heir Black, but one has to wonder just what his plans will be....
....And just what the future for House Black will be, this reporter is certainly interested to see what is going to happen and will do his utmost to keep you up to date on any new developments involving the new heir Black and his plans for the most ancient ...
Magnus nodded only to pause as the sound of beating wings and the sound of owl screeching above to catch his ear as he looked up as owls started to fly in through the windows.
"Looks like you were right." He commented as he caught sight of Erebus in his owl form flying in with some things in his talons.
Erebus swooped down and dropped the bundled mail he held that Magnus caught in...
Magnus smirked, "Oh I bet he is, and I'll enjoy reading it at the Ravenclaw table, no doubt I'll have some more questions to answer when I get there, my housemates can be rather inquisitive." He chuckled.
Andromeda chuckled as well, "Well you are in the house of the intelligent. They're are bound to be hungry for knowledge when an heir to a thought near extinct house appears out of the b...
Mineva seemed to smile, "Oh, now I can see," she said as she drew his attention, "now I can see her in you, your mother had those same eyes, brown and full of warmth," she said looking at him with a warm smile.
Magnus looked at her and he felt his emotions start to surge again the memories coming to the surface and he smiled, "She did?" He asked as Minerva nodded in confirmation Magnus s...
"No nothing like that Mrs Tonks, it's just that young Magnus's sudden appearance and placement in house Black has caused a stir as you can imagine, and the headmaster just wished to confirm such as well as your guardianship over him."
"Of course Professor Flitwick, give me a moment and I'll be right over, I just need to grab something that should help, as it happens I was just in the pro...
Magnus looked to her in a confused child-like manner as he replied, "My grandfather's," he told her.
"When I went into the Black Vault, I met both his and my grandmothers paintings, both said that I would be a good heir and welcomed me to the family" he said looking more happier by the end.
"They've been teaching me about my heritage while I'm staying at Black manor." he added.
Magnus smiled reaching forward as it to take a sweet with his right hand he did so making sure his detection ring had its gems beneath his hand so as not to let anyone else see the glow.
And sure enough as his hand neared the bowl he saw she gem flash purple and then yellow indicating a mind-altering potion of some sort was at play with the sour sweets.
Magnus let a moment of hesi...
Magnus continued to follow Professor Flitwick through the corridors as the small Professor led him to Dumbledore's office.
All the while Magnus was memorising the route and doing his best to calm himself and control his emotions.
So he was reasonably calm as they came up to the large stone griffon that guarded the entrance to the stairs to the Headmasters office and stopped as he...
"Good morning Professor, I take it you're here to escort me to my meeting with the headmaster?" I asked politely.
Professor Flitwick gave me a smile and a nod, "Indeed I am Mister Black. I must say it's good to see you're up, I was wondering if I would have to send one of the older students up to wake you." He said lightly still smiling.
I shook my head, "I'm an early riser Profes...
"We need to keep to the shadows, for now, the old man is both magically and politically powerful, taking him head on and out in the open would be foolish'.
'Then doing so when he is away from the castle would be our best opportunity, and for a time when he won't be back, so as to give you time to ask your questions and have the hat returned.'
'I recall you mentioning two times soo...
Aunt Andy nodded her head as she looked to be in thought, "I see, yes just as we suspected then, Ted has already dropped off the information with the Daily Prophet as you wanted.... and I'll make sure I'm free tomorrow morning to floo to Hogwarts for that meeting if you need me."
I nodded, "Good, oh and tell Ted that he'll want to be ready, I met cousin Draco on the train, he's no doubt ...
Professor Flitwick nodded again before looking to the other, "Let me be the first to welcome you all to Ravenclaw house, as you've no doubt already deduced, I'm Professor Flitwick, head of Ravenclaw house, and it's my privilege to welcome you all to your new house here at Hogwarts." He said with pride.
"Here in Ravenclaw we pride ourselves on intelligence, wisdom and wit, as well as crea...
"It was a word play riddle, words that sound the same but have different meanings. "
"Clever, Black," Penelope said looking at me with an impressed look before looking to the others, "alright this way, up we go," she said before leading us up the staircase.
It was only about two or three turns before we were filing out of the rather narrow stairway through another door that led ou...