word = Malay language
"Qaden, so tell me a bit about yourself" Lord Cortez asked, he wanted to see if the small teen was truly worthy of marrying Cedric or not. Qaden blushed at the direct question from Lord Cortez.
"Uhm" Qaden said uncertain on what to tell the man sitting before him.
"Dinner is served" Divya announced which had Qaden happy he didn't have to answer the question at least for the moment.
"Don't think you have gotten out of answering my question." Lord Cortez said before the group sat down at the dining table and Divya moved the large amount of food from the kitchen into the dining room where they all sat.
"I.." Qaden didn't know what to tell the man; he didn't know if he should tell the man the truth about himself or if he needed to tell him the usual items that he usually told people when they asked for information about him.
"Divya, your son" Lord Cortez said once Divya had taken a seat at the table and they soon began dinner in formal.
"Yes, Qaden is my son" Divya stated knowing that the Lord was digging for information, what kind she wasn't sure but she could tell that he wished to know something about Qaden.
"Lord Cortez if you wish to know if Qaden is mine by birth then the answer is no, if you want to know the details about Qaden then you need to ask" Divya said which had the Diggorys gasping at her words, people usually knew better than to address the Lord of the Cortez family in such a matter.
"I feel as if there is more to Qaden A. Sattar than what people see, and I want to know that"
"Under Wizard's Oath?" Here Lord Cortez looked surprised, was Qaden's life worthy of possibility losing his magic if it was something he felt needed to be told to someone else.
"Under Wizard's Oath" Lord Cortez agreed before Divya began the tale of Qaden's life.
"As you know Qaden is not mine by birth, however much I wish it to be" Divya smiled to her son and then continued on.
"He was born to another family, the Potters" Divya said spitting out the name Potter, she hated that family and would make sure that the man in front of her knew that.
"Potter you say?" Lord Cortez said surprised by Divya's words. He hadn't expected something like this to be told to him, but he could see that the Diggory family along with Divya and Qaden held him in high regard something that he planned to make sure they continued to do.
"Yes, Potter. Qaden's full name is Qaden Harry A. Sattar; the Potter's told me that he would have the middle name of their choosing"
"What, why? I think I am confused"
"Oh yes, it's not known there in Britain is it? The Potters had Qaden to steal his magic away from him for that…that boy of theirs"
"What?" Lord Cortez was obviously confused on that Divya was speaking about.
"Healer Fong" here Divya spat the name, she still couldn't believe that the man had enough nerve to make his way to the Diggory's home acting as if he had never seen Qaden in his life. A good thing to be sure but it still rubbed her the wrong way; the man would do anything for money and it would only be a matter of time before the man was spilling the secret that was Qaden A. Sattar.
"That crack-pot?"
"He stole Qaden's magic" Divya was having a hard time translating her words and the more she spoke about the Potter family and what they had done to her son the more she was unable to translate her words to make sense to the man sitting before her.
"Stole? You mean the rumblings about being able to transfer magic is true?"
"Transfer? Far from it" Amos said knowing that Divya was probably not in the right mind to tell the man what Healer Fong had done to Qaden and all for one of the lazy Potter children.
"Amos"
"Sylis, Healer Fong may have found a way to take one person's magic and give it to another but it didn't come without a price and that price was Qaden's magic being taken from his body forcefully and given to Jameson for the past twelve years and the whole time we have known Divya and Qaden. Qaden would be 'sick' for a week every summer that he and Cedric were friends. He has scars, large scars running the back of his body." Amos explained which had Lord Cortez staring at Qaden in wonder.
"How could they do something like that? Why would you do that to your own child?"
"Because Albus Dumbledore deemed that lazy boy the Potters have as the defeater of You-Know-Who"
"That boy doesn't have the power…" Lord Cortez finally realized something that not even Amos knew or thought about.
"You, it's you!"
"Me? I no understand" Qaden said looking to Cedric to see if his mate knew what the old man was talking about.
"I don't know" Cedric said before looking to his parents and then Lord Cortez, when it looked as if his parents didn't understand either.
"You're the defeater of Lord Voldemort! You have the power, not that lout of a boy Jameson Potter"
"I know" Divya said, she had known as soon as the Potters passed Qaden over to her with the words that she was to care for him until such time that they would be needing his magic.
"Mum" Qaden said looking to his mother, had she known something all along that she had failed to tell him.
"Qaden I knew the moment you were put in my arms that you were more powerful than any of the Potters, and so when they explained to me what they planned to do with you. I took you in and made you my son in all but blood. The Potter's don't know what you look like and for the most part forget that you even exist, something that is just fine by me. I worried when you turned 11 that you would receive a letter from that school. You didn't and I rejoiced but it seemed I did so too soon."
"Mum, I'm still yours? You won't give me up now?"
"No never! They will have to kill me first before I allow them to take you back. You are mine and you are soon to be the husband of Cedric Diggory. I am proud of you, and we will show the Potters and all that try to tell you who you are." Divya told her son tears glistening in her eyes at the thought of Qaden being taken from her.
"I'm am sorry if I upset you" Lord Cortez said worried that he had upset the pair while also amazed that such a bond had formed between Qaden and his adopted mother.
"It's alright Lord Cortez" Divya said before Lord Cortez said something that was rarely said to people he just met.
"Call me Sylis" Divya looked at the old man and could tell that he was nervous on if Divya would follow through.
"Of course, Sylis and please call me Divya. I do so hate the formal titles between family" Divya said before smiling at the old man. She could tell that he was yearning for something more, a family, her mind supplied to her and she knew then that Qaden had just gotten a Grandfather, a man in his life that didn't want him for his small frame or his ethereal features.
"I must agree" Sylis said laughing before continuing on with his meal all the while asking questions of Qaden, Divya and the Diggory's. Once dinner had been completed and Divya and Evelyn both cleaned up, the group made their way towards the sun room that had the doors open letting in the evening winter breeze from the beach. The group didn't get all the comfortable before the front door bell was ringing.
"Who would be calling at this time of the night?"
"Two guesses" Evelyn grouched before making her way with Amos in tow to the front door to stop whoever it was that was seeking an audience with them.
"Potter, I should have known" Evelyn said loud enough that the group heard her and looked at her as if she was crazy.
"What do you want? We're entertaining" Evelyn stated to the group making sure to not allow the group entry.
"Oh, we're late?" Lily Potter said playing the confused wife, as if that would get her somewhere.
"Late? I think not, you were NOT invited. So head on back to that place your call a summer home and leave us be" Evelyn said quite ready to tell the group to 'fuck off' as she had heard some teenagers say one time she was in Diagon Alley.
"Oh, I'm sorry but well we…"
"And you can make your way back, you are not gaining entry" Evelyn said and she could tell that James Potter was about to throw his Lordship weight around.
"Lady Diggory know your place" James Potter said a pompous air about him, it made Evelyn want to sneer at the group. What a group of idiots!
"Watch what you say Lord Potter, that is my wife" Amos said coming up behind Evelyn making sure that James understood that his wife wasn't about to be pushed around by him and his Lordship status, something that should have not been given to the man but since the Potter's had only produced one child, they had passed the title down to him, even if it was in name only.
"Lord Diggory" James said clearly surprised that Amos was so close by.
"How about we make things easy, you leave my property before I remove you and we part ways"
"No" James said, he had spoken to the Headmaster and he been notified that Amos had tried to pull Cedric from Hogwarts with the reason of wanting to receive a well rounded education and so he wanted his son enrolled in one of the other magical schools in the world. He hadn't been told which one but he had a feeling that the Minor Lord along with his parents were up to something. And so it was with this thought in mind that the group made their way to the Diggory summer home with the hopes to stop whatever it was that the Diggory's were planning or trying to plan.
"I don't think you quite understand things, you are on MY property, and I have asked you to leave. I can remove you, yet again if you would like" Amos said a sick glint in his eyes, he would be more than happy to rid his property of the Potters but he knew that they would go running to the Headmaster if he did so and he at least wanted a semi-normal ceremony for Qaden and his son.
"Who are you entertaining? I'm certain they wouldn't mind" James said trying to see past the pair and the small crack that the door was open as they spoke to the Potters.
"Not your concern, just leave" Amos said hoping that this would work, and it seemed that James finally thought better of being removed magically again and so told his wife, son and daughter to follow him. Amos knew that the man was going to go directly to the Headmaster and that is when things would get sticky for the group.
"We better let Sylis know" Amos said before closing the door quickly and warding it just in case the Potter parent were stupid enough to try and gain entry that way.
"A wedding under the stars?" Evelyn stated wanting to know what her husband was thinking.
"A wedding under the stars" Amos agreed before the pair arrived to see that Qaden was seated next to Sylis a large smile on his face as he showed the man some of the island magic he was being taught.
"We have trouble"
"Potter?"
"Yes, and I have a feeling that they will be back tomorrow with the Headmaster and a way to force their way into the house" Amos said knowing that the Headmaster had Order members and contacts throughout the Ministry, except for of course Sylis' group but that wouldn't stop them from gaining entry.
"A wedding, tonight?" Sylis asked he could see where the Diggory parents were going and with nods of the head he had been correct in his guessing.
"We marry now?" Qaden asked confused on what was going on.
"Yes, you will become my husband tonight" Cedric said pulling his mate to him and hugging him, making sure not to kiss him. Sylis may approve of the union between them but he knew the old man would shut things down if the rules weren't followed.
"Well then, let me get my paperwork out and finished and we can begin" Sylis said before standing and making his way to the bag that had yet been put in a room that he was to stay in. Five minutes later Sylis came back with two scrolls, an ink pot and a quill in his hand.
"Well let's get this going, I have a feeling the Headmaster and the Potters will be by first thing in the morning"
"I don't have the rings" Cedric said sad that he wouldn't have the ring that would bind them together until tomorrow.
"Oh, I have a feeling those won't be needed" Sylis said having a sneaking suspicion that the rings that Cedric had gotten for the pair wouldn't be needed. He didn't want to say anything for fear of being wrong but he could see that the pair was meant to be, and if that was the case magic had a way of taking care of things such as rings by herself. Cedric gave the man a look but knew that he wouldn't say anything should he ask and so he said nothing; instead he turned to his parents asking them if they were okay with this.