The next morning, Vulcan was asked to meet with Fudge during breakfast. "You wanted to see me?" Vulcan asks walking into the office.
"Um…yes, Mr. Watanabe. I was wondering if we could refrain from mentioning the whole dementor attack?" Fudge asks.
Vulcan raises an eyebrow and crosses his arms. "Maybe…I mean, me and my friends and family was about to be killed or worse."
"Yes, well we are prepared to removed the dementors immediately." Fudge says.
Vulcan sighs. "You are very pretentious about keeping this a secret, aren't you? Someone innocent about to die, huh?"
"Well it would do a lot of damage if news of this gets out and we are prepared to punish the dementors as well and compensate you all a bit." Fudge says.
"I see, so what about Black? I am sure professor Snape revealed the truth and present the evidence correct?" Vulcan asks.
Fudge nods. "Yes and we are prepared to give him a pardon."
"Well then, my silence has a price tag. Three things in particular." Vulcan says.
Fudge sighs. "What are they?"
"First, the ministry must continue to endorse the pro foreign exchange program I am a part of. Dad has told me there are those unhappy about me attending the school in the ministry." Vulcan says.
Fudge reluctantly sighs. "Of course. What else?"
"Second, you must help Mr. Black. I believe he is Harry's godfather and will need a place to live for a bit till he gets back on his feet." Vulcan says.
Fudge groans silently. "Alright and the last request?"
"I think professors Lupin and Snape should be rewarded for their work. Order of Merlin second or first class." Vulcan says.
Fudge was silent at that one. "Very well. I shall make the necessary arrangements." Fudge says.
Vulcan smiles. "Good. Now then, is that you need to talk about?"
"Um…yes and professor Snape told me of a spell you casted without your wand. I have seen the gash on Peter will leave a nasty scar." Fudge says.
"Ah yes, a little japanese magic." Vulcan says.
Fudge looks carefully at him. "You wouldn't be willing to share now, would you?"
"I think I can, but I am no master, but I think I might convince my grandfather. He is a master of it and a teacher." Vulcan says.
Fudge nods. "Please see that happens. I think it would help hostage situations."
"If you can, ok it with Dumbledore and the ministry. I think I can convince him, although I must ask you request Dumbledore bring in dueling classes and maybe start training the next generation of aurors." Vulcan suggests.
Fudge sighs. "I'll see to it that it happens. I believe that is all I have for you."
"Very well. Hope to see you at the Quidditch world cup finals minister." Vulcan says.
Fudge hums. "You too."
A few weeks passed and the school all received their grades from exams. Vulcan was looking at the unopened envelope that contained his grades nervously and looking for something else to do besides opening it which mainly involved eating breakfast.
Melinda sniffs at the envelope. "Come on. Open it."
Vulcan was still nervous and ignores Melinda as a fact Roger, Cho, and Luna picked up on.
"Are you okay?" Luna asks looking over her grade papers.
"Yeah, just nervous on seeing what I got." Vulcan says.
Cho smiles gently. "Want us to open it?"
"If you wish." Vulcan says was Melinda happily drinks her beef stew.
Melinda licks her lips as she dives her head in the soup and starts drinking it as Cho opens the envelope and everyone looks at him slightly worried. "Well?" Vulcan asks not liking the faces they were giving.
"Defence Against the Dark Arts: O, Charms: O, Herbology: E, History of Magic: E, Potions: O, and Transfiguration: O." Cho reads.
Vulcan blinks at them as Melinda smiles. "See now. You didn't have anything to worry about."
"Are you seriously not kidding?" Vulcan asks.
Roger nods. "Yep, she's not lying. You got so good grades, you could beat the next in line."
Vulcan blinks. "Who's the next in line?"
"Hermione." They all said before looking to the Gryffindor table and sees Hermione look over when her name was called.
"So top in her class overall in her year?" Vulcan asks.
"Ask her." They all said.
"I would rather not and you tell a bad joke here, no more beef stew till next term." Vulcan says looking at Melinda.
"Aw." Melinda whines before trying to eat as much stew as she can.
Vulcan makes the motion he was watching her.
Melinda keeps whining as she is eating the stew and then starts brawling out crying. "It's too salty." She cries.
Vulcan sighs and pets her.
Melinda immediately stops crying and purrs happily. "That's nice." She said moving under his petting.
"She just wants attention." Vulcan says.
Melinda giggles and nuzzles his hand. "Aw, you know you love me." She said moving to him and nuzzling his head.
Vulcan says nothing as he finishes and gets up to go out and watch the lake.
Melinda smiles as they all watch him leave. "Methinks you and you and her should go." She said pointing to Cho, Luna, and Hermione and nodding her head to Vulcan's direction.
"Why?" Cho asks suspiciously.
Melinda giggles. "Just go you three. Besides, he kinda wants to enjoy this year and maybe take one last swim. Or maybe see if he can find the kraken." She thought out loud.
"We have a Kraken?" Cho asks.
Melinda nods. "Oh yeah. There are many things in that lake of yours. Now aren't you going to go?"
"I'm interested." Luna says leaving.
Cho looks to her leaving before sighing. "Might as well." She said getting up and following Luna.
"Hey Hermione." Melinda says landing on her head.
Hermione looks up at her. "Oh Melinda. You need something?"
"Vulcan going down to the lake. Want to join?" Melinda asks.
Hermione raises an eyebrow. "Why would I want to join?"
"He is going after the Kraken." Melinda says.
Hermione stares at her before getting up and walking out as Melinda smirks as she lands on the table. "This calls for stew." She said before diving into Ron's bowl of beef stew.
"Hey!"
"Mine! All beef stew is mine!" Melinda declares getting Harry's bowl as well.
Everyone just looks at her weird before trying to quickly eat their bowl and Melinda laughs maniacally as she tries to get all the bowls.
Vulcan is sitting alone on the dock, looking like he is drawing. "I know you're there." He said somewhat to the lake.
"Vulcan." A voice calls from behind him and he looks to see Luna running down to the dock to him. "Melinda said you are looking for the Kraken."
"Looking and found." Vulcan says.
Luna gasps. "You found the elusive Kraken that has been making the wiggle worms running from the lake?"
"Yeah, I got a trick for it." Vulcan says.
"Then would you mind telling us?" A new voice asks and he looks to see Cho coming down the dock.
"Better to show you." Vulcan says getting up and walks into the building on the pier.
Both Luna and Cho get confused as they waited. "What are you doing?" Cho asks.
Vulcan then drags out a large bloody slab of meat, looking as if he had just butchered a cow not an hour ago to have this.
Cho goes wide eyed as Luna smiles. "What was the animal?"
"A cow I think. Bribed the house elves for one of these." Vulcan says as a third arrives.
"Why is there blood all over the place?" The new voice asks and they look over to see Hermione raising an eyebrow.
"A freshly butchered cow I got from the house elves. Now I will show you how to get the Kraken to show itself. Wingardium Leviosa!" Vulcan says before levitating the meat up.
Luna smiles. "Ah, hold it over the lake. Do you have anything to take a picture?" She asks looking around.
"No, I don't." Vulcan says, allowing it to drag along the surface, trailing a little blood through the water before lifting it eighty feet into the air in preparation.
Luna suddenly comes up beside him. "How about painting?"
"I…can't paint. I can sketch to a degree." Vulcan admits.
Cho hums as she looks over the book. "There are not bad." She said flipping through the book.
"Oh we have movement." Vulcan says making the meat wiggle in the air as the water ripples.
They all hold their breath as they waited for anything to happen until a brown tentacle wraps around the meat and pulls it down.
"See, the Kraken is real and it likes meat." Vulcan says.
Hermione holds a finger up. "Does that mean he's your pet now?"
"Oh no, I'm just feeding him. Hagrid told me about him and his feeding habits. He takes care of it." Vulcan informs.
"Hagrid knew?" They all ask.
"He is the groundskeeper. You would be surprised what he knows." Vulcan says.
Luna smiles as she moves up to him. "So what have you been drawing on Kraken?"
"Mostly have seen only what you have." Vulcan says.
Cho rolls her eyes. "So what are you really doing out here?" She asks giving the sketchbook to Hermione.
"Relaxing." Vulcan says, which was the average answer from students after the school exams.
Luna grins. "How about something else big from the lake?"
"Not a good idea to swim right now. Take a look." Vulcan says pointing to where the blood was in the water as it was disturbed. "The merfolk are being into a blood frenzy like a shark." Vulcan says.
Luna tilts her head. "I mean I have another way to get something bigger from the lake."
"Go on." Vulcan says.
Luna smiles before taking out some scissors. "Sorry in advance." She said before taking some of his hair and cuts some of it off and takes out some weird glasses that looks like it was a kaleidoscope and puts them on before giving some to them. "So your eyes don't dry up." She said before throwing the hair into the lake and takes out her wand and casts a wordless spell.
"Huh?" Vulcan asks confused.
Luna then stares out into the lake before jumping in place and clapping happily. "It works."
"I am now lost." Vulcan says.
Luna looks to him as he sees the colors moving in the glasses. "Wear them and sees."
"Very well." Vulcan says willing to give it a tryst he puts on the glasses and stops.
Luna smirks as he sees what only what he can describe as water horses made completely of water pulling an empty stone chariot as water swirls around them. "Like it?"
"Maybe you should go into entertainment." Vulcan jokes with a smile.
"What?" Both Cho and Hermione asks as they try and look where they are looking.
"So how did you do this Luna?" Vulcan asks.
Luna smiles. "They have always wanted to get out, but couldn't because no hair was good enough."
Vulcan nods as if understanding what Cho and Hermione missed.
Both Cho and Hermione pokes his sides. "What is she talking about and what are you seeing?" Cho asks.
"Take a look." Vulcan says handing them the glasses as Luna does as well.
Vulcan smiles as he and Luna walk off and they hear their gasps. "Luna?" He said smirking as he starts to sketch in his book.
"Yes?" Luna asks.
Vulcan smirks. "I think I want to know more about the secrets of this school now."
Luna says nothing and starts reading the latest issue of The Quibbler.
Vulcan smiles and keeps sketching. "Still, I hope to figure them out myself. The fun is in the exploring."
"I'm in." Luna says.
Vulcan chuckles before hearing Cho and Hermione catch up. "So how did you two like the show?"
"What did you use?" Hermione asks.
Luna hums. "Nothing really. Just a simple hair and spell and nothing else."
"Luna is aloof with her secrets." Vulcan jokes.
They just look to them confused as Vulcan and Luna remained smiling.
"So how did all of you do in the exams?" Vulcan asks.
"Good." Luna says.
"Same." Cho says.
"Good." Hermione said.
Vulcan smirks. "Uh huh." He said finishing the sketch.
"He got all, but two O's in his exams." Cho says.
Hermione looks to him. "You got that good of grades?"
"Yeah." Vulcan says simply.
"Was so nervous he was avoiding opening his grades." Luna says.
Vulcan glares at her slightly. "Do you have to tell that?"
"Not like it was a secret." Luna says.
Vulcan rolls his eyes. "I had my back to most of the people. You don't need to tell how I feel at that moment."
Luna just giggles.
Vulcan groans as he closes his book. "Let's just get back and prepare for heading home."
"What about your family's Entei?" Hermione asks.
"I have received a letter. Someone will retrieve them within the week." Vulcan says.
Cho smiles. "Do you think we can see them?"
"Oh, of course. I will take you there now." Vulcan says, Luna seeming excited.
"Be nice you two." Vulcan said entering the stable with the girls and pets the two Enteis as he passes by and sits on a bale of hay.
Cho and Luna look in awe at the incredibly rare and dangerous creatures.
Vulcan chuckles and looks to Hermione. "What do you think of them?"
"They look amazing." Hermione says.
"Come on, they won't bite." Vulcan says petting one of their muzzles.
The Entei snorts as Hermione carefully steps up and starts to slowly pet them as it seems to enjoy the petting.
"See, just like our classes in care of magical creatures." Vulcan says.
Hermione smiles as the Entei nuzzles her back happily.
"Come on you two." Vulcan says to Cho and Luna.
Luna smiles happily and skips over to them and starts petting them both. "So soft."
Cho is reluctant at first, but eventually moves over and pets one of them.
The Entei knickers happily and nuzzles into her hand.
"You two want to go for a run?" Vulcan asks.
The two Enteis neighs and rears up before scraping the ground with their hooves.
"Ok." Vulcan says lifting Luna onto one of the Entei's back.
Luna smiles as she looks him over. "What do I hang onto?"
"Just wrap your arms around the neck." Vulcan says.
Luna giggles and hugs its neck as the Entei tries to look at her.
Hermione smiles. "So…where are we going?" She asks trying to find a way to get on.
"I'll just watch." Vulcan says.
Cho looks to him. "You are not coming?"
"Nah, going to let you all to enjoy the ride." Vulcan says.
Cho smiles as she gets on the other Entei as Hermione tries to decide between the two.
Vulcan watches as the two Entei started to run like the wind across the grounds, surprising other students lazing on the grounds from how fast they ran past.
"They missed me." Hermione said still stuck with Vulcan.
Vulcan shrugs. "So then you hate me?"
"Is that a joke?" Hermione says as students gather to watch the Entei.
Vulcan smirks. "So then you like me?"
"You're a decent friend so far." Hermione says making Vulcan smile.
Vulcan sighs. "Good. I was worried for a bit."
Hermione raises an eyebrow. "You were worried?"
Vulcan smirks. "Well…I can't exactly lose a good friend like you said. Besides, we still have next year to talk and learn. By the way, holding you to that study sessions on animals."
"No, I am holding you. Now, what about the quidditch world cup?" Hermione asks.
Vulcan shrugs. "No skin off my back. Besides, the house can win on the points alone without the help of the cup."
"So you're not too happy gryffindor won both the house and quidditch cups this year." Hermione says.
Vulcan sighs. "Nah, as long as that one house that shall not be named loses as well, I'm happy. Now then want to go for a walk for a bit?"
"And thus this school year ends." Vulcan says as he had heard from Harry professor Lupin resigned after someone in the ministry let it get out that he was a werewolf. Vulcan suspected the executioner was the one who told.
"So…how was your first year here?" Roger asks as Vulcan gets his bags and cases together.
"It was good. Looking forward to next year." Vulcan says.
"Ohhh…I'm not." Melinda groans as she laid on the bed on her back as she has her stomach full of meat that was really showing.
"Come on you." Vulcan says.
Melinda just groans and didn't move. Vulcan picks her up and carries her around. Melinda keeps groaning and moaning loudly as Vulcan starts to grabs his cases and bags as he heads out with Melinda over his shoulder while she was catching everyone's attention.
"I told you not to eat that much." Vulcan says heading down the stairs.
"So much meaty goodness." Melinda moans.
"Maybe now you will learn moderation." Vulcan says.
Melinda just giggles as she stayed limped. "What is moderation?" She asks out of it.
"The avoidance of excess or extremes, especially in one's behavior or political opinions." A familiar voice says.
Vulcan turns around to see Hermione standing there in clothes you would see on the street. "Nice clothes. Question, are parents wizards as well?" He asks curiously.
"No, they are muggles and dentists." Hermione says.
"Oh, that must have been interesting, discovering your magic." Vulcan says.
Hermione smiles. "Yes, but they don't know it. They think that the wind is too strong in the house when I was first discovered my magic."
"I see, so you got everything packed?" Vulcan asks.
Hermione nods. "Yeah, ready to go home too. Just need to bring the books back to the library and I'll go home."
"So you going to try and come to the world cup?" Vulcan asks.
Hermione smiles. "Ron said I could go with his family. What about you?"
"Mom or Uncle will get me a ticket to go." Vulcan says.
Hermione sighs and looks around. "How does being near death feel like?"
Vulcan scoffs. "Rush, excitement, a big punch to the gut, and lying in the hospital bed for heavy exhaustion."
Hermione giggles and shakes her head. "Oh, so I'm not the only one. Good." She said before stopping. "Is she okay?" She asks seeing Melinda.
"She just ate too much meat without increasing in size." Vulcan says.
"And I don't regret a thing!" Melinda cheers before going limp again and groaning.
Hermione shakes her head and walks past them with her bags and cases. "Teach her some common sense. I'll see you next year." She said trying to keep her bags and cases from tipping over.
Vulcan smiles lightly before heading down again and heads for the train with many others. "Vulcan?" Melinda asks over his shoulder still.
"Yes?" Vulcan asks.
Melinda smiles as she lifts her head up to him. "I love you all." She said before going limp and snoring.
Vulcan pats her head, getting to the train station.