Chapter 14
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Entering the room were Daolon Wong and Naga who both kneeled before Shendu's imprisoned form.
"Raise your heads and tell me how your mission faired!" Shendu stated.
"The mission was a complete success Lord Shendu as we managed to acquire the Sheep talisman for you," Daolon said holding out the Sheep talisman for Shendu to see.
"That is excellent news. I am glad to see you have finally managed to prove you're worth Daolon, or otherwise I would have had to show you my displeasure," Shendu said menacingly making Daolon shiver slightly in fear.
"Master we ran into a slight complication during the mission," Naga said reverently.
"And what complication would that be?" Shendu asked intently.
"During my fight with Reaper, Aurors from the British Ministry arrived at the scene and saw me," Naga said.
"Tell me everything," Shendu demanded.
"Believing it to be the wisest option, I retreated with Naga, not wanting to risk fighting the Aurors and Reaper at the same time," Daolon said finishing explaining everything that took place during the mission.
"While it was the wisest option to retreat I am displeased you let Naga's existence be discovered, before long the entire magical world will know of the existence of a demon on this plane of reality, and will search for Naga to destroy him. This is why I didn't want to use my last remaining true familiar to search for the talismans, as all secrecy would be lost," Shendu said extremely displeased by what he had been told.
"Master I will destroy anyone that comes after me as they are no threat to me," Naga said boastfully.
"Really Naga, I believe the loss of part of your tail to Reaper says otherwise," Shendu replied mockingly.
"Reaper got lucky Master it won't happen again," Naga said dangerously.
"I hope so for your sake Naga you are correct," Shendu said maliciously.
Naga lowered his head in submission not wanting to incur the wrath of his Master.
"Lord Shendu with the British Ministry believing Sirius Black to be the one to summon Naga, all their attention and soon the world will be focused on Britain trying to find him. This does give us some degree of freedom to find the rest of the talismans," Daolon said respectfully.
"You are correct Daolon, but for how long will that last before the magical world, starts looking elsewhere for Naga," Shendu said not impressed in the slightest.
"If I might make a suggestion my Lord, what if Naga and I disguised as Sirius Black appeared every now and then at different locations around Britain, keeping the search for Naga focused on Great Britain alone," Daolon said.
"That is an adequate suggestion Daolon, you may commence with your plan in one month, once the hunt for Sirius Black and Naga had died down a bit," Shendu ordered.
"Of course my Lord," Daolon said.
"Now with the possession of the Sheep talisman in my possession, I can teach you how to make a Palantir to find the other talismans faster, and possibly discover the location of where Reaper is keeping the other talismans," Shendu said satisfied.
"If we can find the location of where Reaper lives, we can ambush him and remove a threat to us Lord Shendu," Daolon said.
"I am pleased to hear that Daolon, with the talismans soon to be in my possession and with Reaper dead, no one will be able to stand in the way of my revival, and once I'm revived I will give you what I promised you Daolon," Shendu said.
"I look forward to my reward Lord Shendu," Daolon said gleefully. 'You fool as if I'm serving you for a meagre reward, but it won't be long before all the talismans are found and I can move onto the next step of the plan.'
"I'm sure you are. Now follow my instruction and we will soon have a Palantir that we could possibly use to find where Reaper is keeping my talismans, and if we find him I will deliver vengeance upon him for getting in my way," Shendu said darkly.
Le Fey's house
The next morning Revan came down the stairs yawning have spent most of last night talking with Morgana about their plans. How they're going to have to stop Danzo from gaining control of Great Britain and stop Shendu from being revived. As a demon more powerful than Naga isn't a pleasant thought. Dobby had already made breakfast so he was eating it in the kitchen while he waited for the Daily Prophet, as he wanted to see what the Ministry said about Naga.
"Dobby can you make another plate please as my Mistress should be up soon," Revan said politely. As Morgana had slept in the guest bedroom as she didn't get the opportunity to sleep in a real bed often.
"Of course Lord le Fey," Dobby exclaimed excitedly walking off to make another plate of breakfast.
Revan didn't have to wait long for an owl to arrive with the Daily Prophet. Opening the Daily Prophet he saw the title read.
"Sirius Black a practitioner of demon magic."
'Well the Prophets very direct today not that I can blame them,' Revan thought before reading what the article had to say.
Morgana entered the kitchen wearing a nightdress and sat down next to Revan. "Does the Daily Prophet have anything interesting to say about yesterday?"
"All the Prophet says is that Sirius Black is the first person in centuries to have successfully summoned a demon to this dimension, and for unknown reasons he decided to attack a muggle farm. The Prophet does suggest that after spending thirteen years inside Azkaban has made Black insane, so it's impossible to understand how he thinks. The Ministry is warning every citizen to flee if they see Black, and contact the Aurors as soon as possible so they can handle Black," Revan said putting the newspaper down.
"I would have thought the Ministry would have had more to say about Black, and him summoning a demon," Morgana commented thoughtfully eating some breakfast.
"I'm sure more information will come out over the next few days, and if you read between the lines in the article, it's clear the Ministry is scared and has no idea what to do about a demon," Revan said unimpressed with the Ministry.
"I imagine with the Ministry believing a demon is running around the country the security around Hogwarts will be increased, making it harder for you to leave and hunt down the talismans when the time comes," Morgana said.
"You might be right but its pointless thinking about such things at the moment, until I see the improved security around Hogwarts, so I can plan accordingly," Revan replied.
"A wise decision, so what's the plan for today then?" Morgana questioned.
"I plan on doing some heavy training as I haven't done any since before last Christmas since I wasn't in the right mentality for such things," Revan said ashamed with his eyes losing some of their light.
"There's nothing to be ashamed about it's a miracle you managed to accomplish what you did, after what happened," Morgana said comfortingly.
"Your right as always Mother," Revan said with a small smile.
"I'm your Mother I'm always right," Morgana replied teasingly.
"Of course you ar-"Revan said stopping mid-sentence.
"Is something wrong my son?" Morgana said worriedly seeing him stop mid-sentence.
"I'm fine the wards have alerted me that there three people outside my house, and from what I can sense its' Daphne with her sister and Mother," Revan said wondering why they're here at this time in the morning.
"You best go and greet them while I dispel myself," Morgana said.
"I'll go and do that," Revan said but not before giving Morgana a hug.
"Go and greet your friend, you can give me a hug at another time," Morgana said enjoying the love she felt from her son for her and squashing her guilt at the same time.
In his pyjamas, Revan walked outside his house and approached the gate and saw Daphne, Astoria and Catherine waiting patiently for him. Catherine had a worried look on her face but gave him a smile when she saw him approaching. Daphne and Astoria smiled as well seeing him, with Daphne giving the biggest smile between the three of them.
"It's good seeing you three again but what are you doing here at such a time, and unannounced at that," Revan said letting them onto his property
"I take it you've read the Daily Prophet?" Catherine asked seriously
"I have yes, I know all about Black summoning a demon," Revan replied ignoring the feeling of Morgana entering his mind.
"I've decided it's too dangerous for someone to live by themselves with a demon running around under the control of a madman, so you're coming to spend the rest of the summer holidays with me and my family," Catherine said.
"I'm fine by myself Mrs Greengrass. Black has no reason to attack me, and he doesn't even know where I live," Revan said.
"There's no way I'm am letting a child live by themselves with a demon running around," Catherine said sternly.
"Do you not want to spend time with me Revan?" Astoria asked with tears gathering in her eyes.
"Of course I do as your much better company then your sister," Revan said teasingly ignoring the glare he was getting from Daphne. "But I'm fine living by myself."
"You don't have a choice you're coming with us," Catherine said firmly.
"I'm not going anywhere," Revan said having a staring contest with Catherine.
While Revan and Catherine were having a battle of wills Daphne and Astoria entered the house already knowing Revan will lose the contest and come and live with them.
'I suggest going with Catherine since living with the Greengrass's is better than on your own, and with David a member of the Wizengamot, he can tell you what the Ministry is planning to do about Naga,' Morgana suggested.
'Those are all good points, fine I'll go with Catherine then,' Revan thought before sighing in defeat. "I'll go with you."
"That's good to hear, now let's head inside so you can get what you need for your stay with us," Catherine said happily.
"Your way to happy about this," Revan grumbled.
"That's because I can use this opportunity to play matchmaker between you and Daphne," Catherine said teasingly.
"W-what you can't go and say things like that," Revan said embarrassed and with a small blush on his face.
"Sure I can," Catherine said smiling.
"Astoria, without doubt, takes after you," Revan said.
"That she does," Catherine said.
"It's not a good thing," Revan said dryly.
"Why you," Catherine said pretending to be angry.
While Catherine and Revan were bantering she couldn't help but notice how much lively Revan seems, compared to when she last saw him leaving the Hogwarts Express. It looks like to her the summer has been good to him. Perhaps his summer romance helped him get over whatever was bothering him.
Despite his eyes now being full of life again, she can see glimpses of the despair she saw earlier this year. So while he has mostly recovered he's not fully healed yet, and might never be if the former dead look in his eyes was any indication. Entering the kitchen with Catherine Revan saw Daphne and Astoria eating a breakfast prepared for them by Dobby.
"Hungry are we?" Revan asked sarcastically.
"Yep," Astoria said cheekily.
"What Astoria means is that Dobby was kind enough to ask if we wanted anything to eat and we took him up on his offer," Daphne said eating some toast.
"Very well then help yourself to whatever you want, while I go and get changed, and sort out some of the clothes I'll need to take with me," Revan said not bothered by their actions.
"Can I have a look around your house le Fey?" Astoria asked curiously.
"You can call me Revan Astoria, and yes you can have a look around my house, except for the basement that's off limits," Revan said sternly at the end.
"Thanks," Astoria said cutely.
"You're welcome now eat up, before your glutton of a sister eats your food as well," Revan replied teasingly leaving the room.
"I am not a glutton Revan," Daphne said loudly and offended.
"Sure you're not," Revan said with a laugh.
Ten minutes later Revan entered the kitchen wearing black trousers and a grey top and with a robe over the top of them.
"Got everything you need?" Catherine asked looking him up and down wondering where his extra clothes are.
"I have a shrunken truck in my pocket with my extra clothes, and any other items I might need," Revan replied.
"Then let's go and find my wayward daughters, and then we can leave," Catherine said amusedly.
"Knowing Astoria she's probably somewhere she shouldn't be," Revan responded.
"I have no doubt your right about that," Catherine said with a laugh.
While the two of them were walking around the house looking for Daphne and Astoria Revan decided to ask a question. "I take it with Sirius Black summoning a demon, an emergency Wizengamot session was held in response?"
"Yes, David was summoned to the Wizengamot last night for an emergency session, where not much was decided, as everyone was panicking about what to do. So he didn't get back till late into the night, and this morning he had to go to another emergency session to decide what to do about black and his demon," Catherine said sighing.
"I'm sure once the fear dies down the Wizengamot will be able to decide what to do about Black," Revan said trying to cheer her up.
"You might be right then again the Wizengamot wasn't exactly effective during You-Know-Who's rise to power with the dark faction supporting him, and hindering any efforts to stop him. So who knows how the Wizengamot will respond," Catherine said her mind going back to darker times.
"While that is true a demon is a threat to everyone, so once everyone stops panicking they'll be able to come to an agreement," Revan said not believing a word of what he said. As peasants are unable to think for themselves and will panic only making the situation worse. He didn't tell Catherine that as he wanted to cheer her up.
"Perhaps you're right," Catherine said. Her tone made it clear she didn't believe him but appreciated him trying to cheer her up.
The two of them eventually found Daphne and Astoria in the library. Over the years Revan had stored any books he had purchased here, and several books he had written that contained notes from what Morgana had taught him. The darker spells and rituals he knew were safely stored in his grimoire that could only be opened by him, so his secrets were safe from being discovered.
"Enjoying yourselves are we?" Revan asked watching Daphne and Astoria raise their heads from the books they were reading.
"I am yes," Daphne said not ashamed in the slightest to be caught reading his books without permission. "You have some interesting books, especially the ones that you have written yourself."
"The library is supposed to be private, but I never got around to putting up a Blood ward up to stop anyone entering the room, that wasn't a member of my family," Revan said calmly like using Blood magic wasn't a big deal.
"I thought Blood magic was illegal?" Astoria asked confused.
"It is but I don't care for the laws of the Ministry," Revan said uncaringly.
"Lord le Fey you can't practice illegal magic," Catherine said worried he could get into trouble with the Ministry.
"They'll never know though, it's not like I go around telling people what I get up to," Revan said.
"You told us," Daphne commented.
"That's because you're my friend, and I know you won't betray my trust, the same goes for your family," Revan said.
Daphne smiled at the trust that was being shown to her while Catherine decided to make sure her youngest didn't mention a word of this to anyone.
"By the way Revan what are rituals?" Astoria asked innocently holding up a book called rituals of the Old Religion.
"Something you don't need to know about at your age," Revan said summoning the book to his hand making Astoria pout.
"That's enough questions now Astoria, it's time we head back home," Catherine said changing the topic.
"Okay," Astoria said merrily following her Mother of the room.
"You know you shouldn't leave books about like that lying around, since the Ministry has banned most rituals, and you'll get into trouble if you were ever discovered possessing such knowledge," Daphne said watching Revan put the book back on the bookshelf.
"I meant to add the rituals to my grimoire for safe keeping but I never got around to it," Revan replied.
"Yes I saw your grimoire and managed to stop Astoria from touching it. I presumed there were some nasty curses on it, that stop anyone but you touching it, like with your trunk," Daphne said walking to the front of the house with Revan.
"You were correct if Astoria had touched my grimoire she would be in a world of pain right now," Revan said.
"It was a good job I was here then," Daphne said wryly. "I was wondering what sort of rituals were in that book?"
"There not dark rituals if that's what you're wondering about, there more to do with sensing magic and sex," Revan said amused at the end making Daphne nearly trip in surprise.
"You know of rituals based on sex?" Daphne asked embarrassed with a red face.
"I do yes," Revan replied calmly enjoying Daphne's embarrassment.
"What sort of rituals?" Daphne asked curiously as she had never heard of rituals involving sex before.
"There are some rituals that involve transferring magic between people. The ritual was designed to be used on a person that was suffering from magical exhaustion. Another one increases skin sensitivity, making sex even more enjoyable," Revan explained.
Daphne was so embarrassed by what she was hearing her face couldn't get any redder, though her academic side was very interested in what she was hearing. "How come I've never heard of such rituals before?"
"I have no idea, perhaps all knowledge of it was destroyed with the fall of the Old Religion, or it was banned and eventually forgotten, your guess is as good as mine," Revan responded.
"How interesting," Daphne said to herself.
"There you two are what took you so long?" Catherine asked wondering why Daphne's face is so red.
"I had to sort of my library before I could come downstairs, and Daphne was kind enough to wait for me," Revan said.
"I see," Catherine commented neutrally. "Anyway are we all ready to leave now?"
"I am yes," Revan stated knowing Dobby will take care of Thana and Morrigan.
"Then let's go," Catherine said walking through the front door.
When the four of them were about to reach the gate three clones of Revan appeared in front of them.
"Creator we completed our mission," a clone said.
"I can see that," Revan said before turning to look at Catherine and said apologetically. "Sorry about the delay, I just need to talk to my clones for a minute, if you don't mind?"
"It's no trouble," Catherine said not used to seeing clones of people.
"Thanks," Revan said gratefully before moving dozens of metres away from everyone else and putting up a silencing charm. "I take it your mission was a success?"
"It was creator we found the home of Corban Yaxley," the clone said.
"That's good to hear, but unfortunately I won't be able to act on such information yet, with the country being on such high alert. Instead, I'll have to wait till things calm down to decrease the chance of me being caught when I decide to have word with Yaxley," Revan said the last part darkly.
"I understand creator," the clone said with a nod. "From what I've seen people are panicking fearing the demon will appear around any corner and attack them."
"Why aren't I surprised?" Revan asked unimpressed with the peasants of this country. "Anyway tell me the location of Yaxley's house."
"His house is located south of a village called Polperro you can't miss it," the clone said.
"Good to know. That's all you're dismissed," Revan stated.
"Yes creator," the three clones said simultaneously before vanishing in a cloud of smoke.
Revan mentally shook his head while walking back over to Daphne and her family, wondering why his clones call him creator.
"Everything sorted?" Daphne asked wondering what that was about.
"Yes we can leave now," Revan said. The three of them waited patiently for Revan to make sure his wards were secure before leaving his house. He then turned to them and asked a question. "By the way how did you three get here?"
"We took the Knight Bus," Astoria said excitedly clearly having enjoyed the experience however the looks on Daphne's and Catherine said otherwise.
"I'll teleport us to your manor if you don't mind, as it'll save us some time," Revan said.
"Thank you," Catherine said she was clearly hoping for that option but she was too polite to ask for such a thing.
"Just place a hand on me, and I can begin," Revan said.
The three of them then put a hand on Revan and he teleported them to outside their manor.
"That is so much more comfortable then Apparating," Catherine said impressed.
"Since I've never Apparated before I can't comment on that," Revan said.
"It's much more comfortable, trust me on that," Catherine said.
"I'll take your word for it," Revan replied amused thinking if Apparating is that bad, he might not bother to learn the technique.
"Anyway come inside you three," Catherine said letting everyone onto the manor grounds.
"Come on Revan we can catch up in my room," Daphne said leading Revan to her room.
"No kissing you two until your both sixteen," Catherine commented playfully enjoying the blushes she got in return.
Several hours later Daphne and Revan came downstairs for dinner where it was just the four of them as David was still in a Wizengamot meeting. As the four of them were talking the Floo activated, and out came David looking stressed from a long day at the Ministry.
"Dear, how did the Wizengamot session go?" Catherine asked giving her husband a hug and a kiss.
"About as well as expected," David replied before spotting Revan sitting next to his daughters. "Lord le Fey I didn't expect to see you here."
"Your wife practically demanded that I spend the rest of the holidays with you, because of the demon running around," Revan said bluntly.
"I am not surprised Catherine did that," David said amused. "I must say Lord le Fey you look much better than the last time I saw you."
"That's probably because of his girlfriend," Daphne said with a hint of bitterness to her tone that only Catherine noticed. Who smiled amused realising Daphne was jealous and found it cute.
"Really and who's the lucky girl?" David asked knowing a lot of people will be interested in knowing who Lord le Fey is dating.
"Ex-girlfriend and her name was Fleur Delacour," Revan said.
"Sorry to hear that, but you don't sound that broken up about it," David said wondering if Fleur was in any way related to Joseph Delacour head of the French DMLE.
"We both knew it was only a summer romance so there wasn't too much heartbreak when I had to leave France and come back home," Revan replied not showing the sadness he was till felling about the breakup.
"I see, well it did wonders for you, you no longer look…," David said trying to think of a polite word to say.
"Dead to the world," Revan stated not insulted in the slightest.
"Yes dead to the world," David said grateful Revan had said it and not him.
"What can I say the wonders of France helped me a lot," Revan said.
"I'm sure they did," David said with a smile. Thinking about how nothing helps someone get out of a funk better than a pretty girl.
"So how did the Wizengamot session go? Have they decided what to about Black?" Catherine asked once David hat sat down and started helping himself to some dinner.
"The Wizengamot has decided to request more shinobi from the Leaf Village, as they were already going to send some ninjas to hunt down Black at the behest of the Hokage. Many Aurors as possible are being added to the hunt for Black. Even those that are retired are being asked to join in the hunt. To afford this the DMLE is being given an extra budget which Madam Bones was very happy about."
"Fudge is also refusing assistance from the ICW, saying we will be able to handle Black by ourselves. Though it's clear to everyone Fudge is hoping to be able to settle this matter by himself, to increase his popularity so he could stay in power. That's all really that was decided during today's meeting," David said clearly exhausted from today's events.
'Why am I not surprised Fudge is making a mess of things?" I mean really, you have a demon running around that can cause untold amounts of damage, and he refuses help just to increase his own standing,' Morgana said unimpressed.
'At least this gives us the knowledge of how to manipulate Fudge in the future should we need to,' Revan said.
'True I suppose,' Morgana responded.
"I take it they have no leads on Black then?" Revan asked already knowing the answer.
"None so far, where ever he's hiding it's clearly well hidden," David said.
"Someone like Black is bound to show themselves eventually," Revan said.
"You're probably right," David said before turning to his wife. "I'm going to bed I'm too tired to stay up."
"Of course dear," Catherine said kissing him a kiss on the cheek before watching him walk off.
'Looks like things are going to get interesting very soon,' Morgana commented.
'I agree,' Revan said.
The next morning Revan was in the back garden training Daphne after she requested some training, and she was progressing well. He was teaching her some water jutsus when Astoria came running out of the house towards them.
"Revan, can you teach me as well please?" Astoria asked giving him a puppy dog look.
"That all depends on your sister," Revan said giving Daphne a look.
"Fine she can join us," Daphne said with a huff not wanting her sister to hang out with her and Revan
"So how well have you mastered those exercises I taught you?" Revan asked.
"Daphne helped me master the basic chakra control exercises over the summer," Astoria exclaimed proudly.
Revan looked towards Daphne to see if this was true and seeing her nod he turned back to Astoria. "Very well, I'll start training you in the more advanced stuff."
"Thanks, Revan," Astoria said happily giving him a hug.
So for the rest of the day, Revan trained Daphne and Astoria using clones to make sure they got the proper instruction and weren't neglected. For Daphne, he focused on teaching her ninjutsu and taijutsu. While Astoria learnt some basic taijutsu forms and a low level fire jutsu, to help get used to using jutsus. He also managed to put in some time for his own training, though he couldn't go full out as he would have destroyed the back garden if he did so.
Over the next few days, more information about what the Ministry planned to do to catch Black was revealed to the public. The Ministry informed the public how Dementors and Leaf shinobi would be searching the country for Black, and they shouldn't panic as everything was under control.
David later told Revan Dumbledore had left the country for a meeting with the higher ups of the ICW. Dumbledore never revealed what the meeting was about when he returned, but from what David's sources had told him, the higher ups were in a panic about Black.
According to rumours, the ICW wasn't in a panic about Black summoning a demon, it was something else. Revan wondered if the ICW had more information about Black magic then was publically known, and that was the cause of their worry.
The following week once the fear and mass panic had calmed down over the country due to the lack of sightings of Sirius Black, David was free to visit Diagon Alley with his family and Revan to buy supplies for the upcoming school year.
Taking the Floo the group of them arrived at Diagon Alley to see it busier than usual. This was no doubt due to everyone fearing to leave their houses in case they were attacked by Black, but with no attacks happening, people felt it was safe enough to go shopping.
"By the way Lord le Fey what electives did you choose for your third year?" Catherine asked curiously as they stepped into a bookshop, with David going off with Astoria to buy her first yearbooks.
"I chose Arithmancy and Ancient Runes, as they seemed the most interesting subjects available," Revan responded.
"Not that many people choose those subjects, When I was your age I picked Divination as I thought I could easily pass that class for extra credit," Catherine said fondly recalling her Hogwarts days.
"I have no idea why Divination is a subject at Hogwarts unless you're a seer it's completely pointless," Revan said picking the necessary books he needed from the shelf.
"Probably because they have don't have another subject to replace it with," Daphne commented picking the same books as Revan as she had chosen the same subjects as him.
"I can see Dumbledore doing that," Revan said.
"Mom I've got all the books I need," Astoria said walking towards Catherine with David behind her.
"That's good to hear. We'll purchase the books and then we can get the rest of our supplies," Catherine said with a smile directed towards her daughter.
When all the books had been purchased the five of them then went on to spend a couple of hours buying everything they needed. One of the last things they needed was robes. So here they were in a shop, buying robes with Astoria and Revan getting theirs done first. As Astoria was so excited to get her school robes she ran to beat her sister to the footstool to get her robes done first. Daphne was so surprised by her sister running past her she didn't notice Revan beat her to the second footstool.
"So are you excited to finally go to Hogwarts Astoria?" Revan asked fondly.
"I can't wait to go to Hogwarts, as it's going to be so much fun," Astoria said excitedly.
"I can show you lots of cool places around Hogwarts if you want? As Daphne is a stick in the mud and spends most of her time in the library," Revan said with an amused smile.
"Daphne certainly is a bit of a stick in the mud," Astoria said with a nod playing along with Revan, as for the past week the two of them had joined together to tease Daphne as often as they could.
"I am not a stick in the mud," Daphne growled angrily ignoring her parent's amused looks. "And you're the one that spends most of their time in the library Revan, not me."
"She's clearly in denial," Revan said with mock sadness.
"Why do I have to have such a nerdy sister?" Astoria asked with fake sadness.
"I hate you two so much," Daphne said crossing her arms over her chest.
"You love us really," Revan and Astoria said at the same time with smiles.
"You two can step down now," the seamstress said amused at their antics having completed their robes.
"Thank you," Revan said stepping off the footstool and helping Astoria down as well.
"It was no trouble Lord le Fey," the seamstress said extra polite as having Revan visit her store was good for publicity.
"Your turn Daphne," Revan said enjoying the look of annoyance she was giving him.
"So much hate," Daphne said passing him.
"Must you tease Daphne so much Lord le Fey?" Catherine asked.
"It's too much fun to pass up, as she gets easily riled up by her sister and me," Revan replied with a smile.
"Astoria has always managed to get under her sister's skin," Catherine said.
"It is very amusing to watch," Revan responded.
"Of course you would say that Lord le Fey," Catherine said.
"You can call me Revan you know," Revan said.
"But it would be impolite to call you by your first name," Catherine said using one of the reasons Revan had said as to why he refused to call Catherine by her first name.
"Astoria undeniably inherits her personality from you," Revan said with a sigh.
The reason he was finally letting Daphne's parents call him by his first name or trying to at least. Was that he was following Fleur's advice of being more open with friends and close acquaintances such as Catherine and David. He wouldn't share any secrets with them as they weren't friends, but seeing as Catherine was letting him stay with her family, the least he could do was let her call him by his first name and not title.
David called him by his first name but Catherine, on the other hand, was having too much fun calling him by his title, as playful payback for refusing to call her by her first name for all those years.
"All done my dear," the seamstress said.
"Thank you," Daphne said hopping off the footstool.
"The only thing left to buy is some quills and ink then," David said as the five of them left the shop.
As the five of them were walking down Diagon Alley and a voice happily said. "Revan."
Recognising the person approaching from behind him and realising they were going to give him a hug he spun around when they collided with him. so they didn't fall to the ground.
"It's good to see you, Ginny, how has your summer been?" Revan inquired looking downwards at Ginny who had wrapped her arms around him.
"It's been good Revan, I've been following the instructions you gave me in that scroll, to access my chakra," Ginny said ending the hug before saying in shock. "Revan you look much better now, what happened?"
"I went on holiday to France for a couple of months, and it helped me immensely," Revan said.
"I can see that, you no longer look dead to the world anymore," Ginny said happy that her friend had recovered from whatever had befallen him.
"I have a feeling a lot of people are going to be saying that to me when term starts," Revan pondered.
"Considering how long you looked like your soul had been sucked out of you, can you blame anyone?" Ginny asked.
"I suppose not," Revan said before noticing Ginny was wearing brand new school robes that looked top of the line. "I see you've put the money you earned to good use."
"I have yes," Ginny said with a spin to show off her new robes. "This year I've bought the best clothes and items for school money could buy."
"That's good to hear," Revan said with a smile. 'To think she didn't want the money originally, and now she's over the moon with what she bought using it.'
"It's good to see you as well Ginny," Daphne said with a hint of coldness in her voice from being ignored.
Ginny had a sheepish expression on her face. "Sorry about that Daphne but I didn't see you there."
"You're forgiven," Daphne said with a sigh having experienced this before with Tracey. She then pointed to her family. "Ginny this is my sister Astoria and my parents."
"It's nice to meet you," Ginny said politely.
"You as well Ginny," David said before recalling what Daphne had told him about her friends. "You're a Weasley aren't you?"
"I am yes," Ginny said with a hint of anger in her tone that only Revan picked up on.
'Her family situation clearly hasn't gotten any better,' Revan thought sadly.
'Some families just can't stand anyone they perceive as dark, even if it's a member of their own family,' Morgana replied having seen plenty of situations like Ginny before.
'Ginny was only put into Slytherin, that's not enough reason to treat her differently,' Revan said angry on Ginny's behalf.
'The light faction are hypocrites, they say there should be equality between people, but as soon as someone is thought to be dark, they turn on them, and often push that person down a dark path, creating a monster of their own making,' Morgana said.
"I thought so, given that you have the looks of one," David said though it was unclear if that was an insult or a compliment.
"Thank... you," Ginny said unsure what to say to that.
Before David could respond the rest of Ginny's family arrived, and as soon as Molly saw Ginny she gave her a bone breaking hug.
"There you are Ginny, you shouldn't go off wandering like that," Molly said with worry in her voice.
"I told you I was going to see Revan, you just didn't listen to me," Ginny said annoyed breaking free of Molly's hug.
Molly realising Revan was in front of her angrily said. "Who do you think you are? Teaching my daughter dangerous things."
Revan gave Ginny a look that said 'has she really forgotten what happened the last time she talked to me like that' Ginny could only nod her head embarrassed.
Ignoring Molly Revan looked at Arthur and said. "Do keep your wife under control Mr Weasley we wouldn't want a repeat of last year would we."
'I do,' Catherine thought having enjoyed having the banshee that was Molly being put in her place.
"Of course not Lord le Fey," Arthur said before putting a calming hand on Molly's shoulder. "That's enough Molly."
"Fine," Molly said with a huff clearly not pleased.
"How come you no longer look dead to the world le Fey?" Ron asked with no tact drawing the attention of his brothers who weren't paying attention to what was going on.
"Yeah le Fey you look much better, perhaps you sacrificed some human souls to look better," one of the twins said jokingly.
"Or maybe you sold your soul to the devil to get better," the other twin said.
"Actually I look better, because I silenced to annoying twins," Revan said calmly holding a hand up that had purple lightning dancing between his fingers.
The twins recognising the lightning quickly moved away from Revan not wanting to get hit by it as did Ron and Percy. The adults were giving the children questioning looks though Molly didn't look pleased seeing Revan using magic. What they didn't know was that Revan had no plans to use the lightning on them, given that Ginny wouldn't have liked it if he hurt her family.
"Le Fey you shouldn't be using magic outside of school," Molly said as if speaking to a misbehaving child.
"If you weren't a blood traitor spitting on thousands of years of traditions to be more like those disgusting 'muggles' you would know that as Lord of a Most Ancient and Most Revered House, that I am classified as an adult, and therefore can perform magic outside of school," Revan said as if speaking to an idiot expect when mentioning muggles as that was spoken with disgust and hatred.
Molly was silent in shock not used to be spoken to in such a manner. Ginny hid a smile having enjoyed her Mother being knocked down a few pegs. Ron looked angry not liking his Mother being talked to like that. The twins were silent as it was well known in Hogwarts that Revan does not like muggles in the slightest. Percy while not liking the way his Mother was being spoken to, kept silent since he knew Revan could stop his plans to become Minister of magic with the influence his title grants him.
Arthur sighed wishing the muggle protection act hadn't been delayed due to Black's escape and use of Black magic. Since in the future he was certain Revan would vote against the act, and with the number of votes he has, it would go along to making sure the act didn't pass.
"Ginny's it been good seeing you again, we'll have to catch up on the express about what we've both done over the summer, but it's time Daphne and I finished getting the rest of our things," Revan said not wanting to spend any more time with the Weasleys and shoot a discreet look at David.
"Come on Revan, we've still got the rest of our shopping to do," David said understanding the look Revan had sent him that said 'time to leave'.
"I'll see you next week then Revan," Ginny said happily.
"I'm looking forward to it," Revan replied.
When the five of them were a good distance away from the Weasley's David quietly asked. "So are you good friends with Ginny then?"
"I am yes since she's not like the rest of her family," Revan said.
"I see that's good to here," David said pleased Daphne wasn't friends with a Weasley that was like the rest of her family.
After buying the rest of their supplies the five of them returned back to the manor. The following week the five of them arrived at Platform Nine and Three-Quarters. Daphne seeing Tracey and her family approached them with Revan following her.
Tracey seeing Daphne approaching her gave her a hug and said. "Daphne it's so good to see you."
"It's only been a few weeks since I last saw you, Tracey," Daphne said with a sigh.
"But you have no idea how bored I was," Tracey said.
"You make it sound like you were dying of boredom Tracey," Cassandra said with a smile.
"I was, the past week I've been stuck in my houseas since I couldn't go anywhere," Tracey complained.
"There's a demon running around the country, so of course you're going to stay where it's safe," Luke said sternly.
"I would have been fine visiting Daphne," Tracey said with a roll of her eyes.
"Don't you roll your eyes at me, young girl," Luke said.
"Of course Father," Tracey said.
"It's good to see you again Mr and Mrs Davis," Revan said politely saving Tracey from her father's reply.
"Lord le Fey," Cassandra said shocked to see Revan as he looked much better than the last time she had seen him. He had grown taller and become quite handsome since he no longer looked dead to the world.
"In the flesh," Revan said with a polite smile.
"I must say you look much better than the last time I saw you Lord le Fey. Tracey told me you were faring much better after visiting France, but I didn't expect such a drastic change like this," Luke said surprised.
"What can I say the French fresh air agreed with me," Revan replied.
"I'm sure it had nothing to do with a certain Veela I'm sure," Luke said with a teasing grin.
"I don't know what you mean," Revan said trying to not recall what Fleur and he got up to in his bedroom.
'I would prefer not to see those memories thank you very much. There are some things a Mother should never see of their child,' Morgana said with a hint of disgust in her voice.
'Sorry,' Revan replied quickly thinking of something else.
"Of course you don't," Luke said not believing him in the slightest.
"Revan," a voice said.
Turing Revan saw Draco and his parents approaching him looking like their typical high class selves.
"Draco good to see you, how was your summer?" Revan questioned glad to see his friend.
"Pretty good I've been learning everything I could from the scroll you gave me before summer though the last week was a bit boring, as I had to stay in my manor as I couldn't leave," Draco said with a frown at the end.
"With a demon being summoned for the first time in centuries in this country none the less, it isn't safe to be walking around," Narcissa said with a frown.
"I understand Mother," Draco said with a sigh.
Revan found it entertaining seeing Draco and Tracey were more alike than they would care to admit.
"You look much better than the last time I saw you Lord le Fey," Lucius commented happy to see he no longer looked so miserable.
"I visited France for a few months and got better," Revan said getting really tired of everyone commenting on his looks when they saw him.
"You mean your girlfriend helped you not France," Tracey said teasingly.
"You had a girlfriend what was her name?" Draco asked very interested to hear what his friend had been up to.
"Ex-girlfriend, and yes I'll tell you all about her on the train," Revan said not wanting to repeat the story multiple times, so he'll wait till all of his friends were in the same compartment to tell it.
"Fine," Draco said not happy that he would have to wait.
"Revan dated a Veela, and then broke up with her before he came back to Britain," Astoria said happily.
"You don't have to sound so happy about it," Revan replied annoyed.
"But now your free to date my sister, and become my actual big brother," Astoria said cutely.
Daphne blushed while Draco and Tracey teased her about getting married. Catherine shot Cassandra a smug look that she returned with a frown. Narcissa looked amused by the entire thing, while the husbands ignored their wife's plotting for their own sanity.
"Sorry little one, but I have no interest in marrying your sister," Revan said softly.
"But I want you to be my big brother," Astoria complained.
"Sorry but I can't be your big brother Astoria," Revan said sadly thinking of his own sister and how it was too painful to treat Astoria like that.
Narcissa having a good idea why Revan was sad quickly changed topics. "I think it's best if you three get on the train now if you want to find a compartment."
"That's a good idea," Revan said grateful the topic had been changed.
Revan then gave Narcissa a quick hug that made Morgana mentally frown, before leaving to board the train. Draco, Daphne and Astoria then said their goodbyes before boarding the train with Revan.
After the train had left Catherine commented. "You seem very happy Revan gave you a hug Narcissa."
"Why shouldn't I, it's the first time Lord le Fey had ever called me by my first name and initiated a hug of his own violation," Narcissa replied pleased. What she didn't mention was that she saw Revan had a look of love in his eyes that is reserved for someone's Mother, when he hugged her. She felt incredibly happy that Revan saw her as a Mother figure
"I'm sure it had nothing to do with the fact he sees you as a Mother figure," Cassandra said knowingly.
"Perhaps," Narcissa replied neutrally.
At the same time, the women were talking the men were having their own talk.
"So Malfoy heard anything from Black? After all, you did travel in the same circles," David said with a hint of scorn in his voice.
"I was forced against my will to serve the Dark Lord Greengrass you should know that, and for your information, I know nothing about Sirius Black and his use of Black magic," Lucius said as if speaking to someone below him in status.
David narrowed his eyes in displeasure but before he could reply Luke steeped in. "That's enough the two of you, we have more important things to worry about, like the demon that's currently somewhere in the country."
"Your right Davis," David said not bothering to apologise to Lucius.
"Unlike some, I've actually made an effort to catch Black and kill his pet demon," Lucius said referring to his support of the Aurors having a bigger budget. As he knew the control of a demon under someone who spent twelve years in Azkaban is only going to end in disaster.
"And how do I know that You-Know-Who didn't teach you Black magic, like he taught Sirius Black," David said annoyed.
Lucius frowned slightly at this, as there had been increased suspicion towards former Death Eaters wondering if they knew how to summon a demon. While he was a Death Eater Voldemort never even hinted that he had any knowledge of Black magic. Even if Voldemort did he would have never summoned any demons, as he knew other countries would have gotten involved in the war if he started summoning demons to fight for him.
Every wizard knows of what happened the last time an army of demons was summoned to this dimension. So they would have descended on Voldemort without an ounce of mercy, to make sure it didn't happen again.
"If the Dark Lord had any knowledge of Black magic, I'm sure he would have used it during the Blood War," Lucius said knowing Voldemort would have never stood for using demons as they couldn't be trusted.
While Voldemort did many terrible and dark things during the war, there was some things he would never do such as the torture of children. Anyone that would deliberately hurt a child was killed without mercy. The example's Voldemort made of those that had hurt children mentally scarred the Death Eaters for weeks.
Those from the sickest and darkest of backgrounds that thought they could help themselves to muggleborn and muggle women suffered an excruciating fate. Lucius had never seen Voldemort as angry as he was when he found out what some of his forces were doing. The fate the rapists had suffered made it clear why Voldemort was the darkest wizard to have ever lived.
A side effect of Voldemort punishing the rapists made Bellatrix Black even more enamoured with him, as she was always attracted to power from what Narcissa had told him. The powerful magic Voldemort used on the rapists only ended up making Bellatrix only more loyal. There was a reason Bellatrix was known as Voldemort's most loyal follower after all.
"That's true there's no way someone like You-Know-Who wouldn't have summoned an army of demons to slaughter his enemies," David said.
Lucius kept his comments to himself about how Voldemort would have never done such a thing since having such a dark reputation is incredibly useful to have, when you want people to fear you. Given that there is a slim possibility Voldemort is still alive due to the comments he made about immortality, he would need such a reputation in the future for when they take over the country to keep people in line. So he does nothing to dissuade David from thinking like that.
"I must be going now Greengrass Davis, I hope you enjoy the rest of your day," Lucius said civilly before leaving with Narcissa.
"I've got something to tell you," Narcissa said happily thinking about Revan.
"And what is that?" Lucius asked enquiringly.
xxxxx
On the Hogwarts Express Revan and his friends were sharing a compartment while Astoria had left them to find her own compartment. They all talked about what they had gotten up to during their summer when the conversation inevitably went to Sirius Black as they were nearing Hogwarts.
"Can you believe Sirius Black summoned a demon for the first time in centuries?" Pansy said who had grown up a bit over the summer and lost a lot of baby fat. While she would never be on Daphne's or Tracey's level beauty wise when she was older, she wouldn't be plain looking either.
"How did Black even know how to summon a demon, I thought all knowledge of such things was destroyed over the years," Theo said having grown a bit over the summer and from under his robes it's clear he's starting to develop some muscles.
"Perhaps he learnt it in his family library," Goyle said. He had grown bigger over the summer height and body wise. When he was an adult he would be a very large man same with Crabbe.
"From what my Dad told me the Ministry has no idea where Black got the knowledge from," Ginny said.
"Leave it to the Aurors it's not like it affects us in the slightest, with us being in Hogwarts for most of the year," Tracey said sick of hearing about Black.
'If there's one thing I'm grateful for, is that Wong can't summon an army of demons like Drac-' Revan's thoughts were cut off when the train suddenly became very cold.
Revan saw a dark figure pass their compartment before opening the door. Entering the door was a dark cloaked figure that Revan knew straight away was a Dementor, from the feeling of despair he was suddenly starting to feel.
Seeing the Dementor getting closer to him and the feelings of despair getting much worse, his instincts kicked in. Revan following his instincts stood up and somehow unleashed a wave of gold magic from his body, that made the Dementor screech in pain and quickly flee from the compartment. Revan stumbled a bit from exhaustion before Daphne caught him and helped him sit down.
"What was that?" Pansy asked scared.
"That was a Dementor," an older man's voice said.
The man had a pale and tired face and had light brown hair that had a hint of grey to it. He was wearing worn out clothes for some reason.
"What are they doing on the train?" Ginny asked clearly spooked from her experience with the Dementor.
"They were searching the train for Black," the man said handing them chocolate. "Eat this, it will help you recover."
"Thank you, by the way, who are you?" Tracey asked eating some chocolate.
"I am Professor Lupin your new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher," Lupin said.
"Thanks for the chocolate Professor," Theo said appreciatively.
"You're welcome, now perhaps you could tell me what that source of that golden light was," Lupin said looking them over.
"It was me," Revan said having regained some of his strength. 'Whatever I did really drained me of my strength.'
"And you are?" Lupin inquired curiously.
"I am Lord Revan le Fey," Revan stated needing Daphne's help to sit up straight.
Lupin recognised the name from the stories he had been told by Dumbledore. How Revan was a prodigy and top of his class, and was very dangerous, considering what he did to some of the students last year.
"It's nice to meet you Lord le Fey, and do you mind telling me what the source of that golden magic was?" Lupin asked.
"Family secret," Revan stated.
"I see that's a shame to hear," Lupin said not pushing it as he knew he would get no answers. "Keep eating that chocolate, as it will help you get better while I go and check the other compartments."
Once Lupin had left the compartment and the door was locked Daphne turned to Revan with a worried look on her face. "Are you okay Revan?"
"I'm just tired, whatever I did really drained me," Revan said relaxing against Daphne's body recovering his strength, not seeing the pleased look she had from him resting against her. Tracey did however and planned to tease Daphne mercilessly later about it.
'You unleashed a wave of powerful magic from your body, something only powerful wizards can do, and seeing as it was your first time doing such a thing, your body is exhausted from releasing so much magic in one go,' Morgana explained patiently.
'How did I do such a thing though? When I have no knowledge of such a technique?' Revan asked puzzled.
'It must have been your demigod instincts reacting to what they saw as a threat,' Morgana replied.
'But why now, I've never released a wave of magic before,' Revan said mystified.
'I can only guess that due to the nature of the Dementors, it made you unlock the ability to unleash a wave of divine magic,' Morgana said.
'Since the wave of magic was powered by powerful Divine magic, it hurt the Dementor a creature of dark magic, making it retreat,' Revan said.
'That's correct,' Morgana stated.
'Seeing as the technique I used to ward off the Dementor leaves me exhausted at the moment, I either need to learn how to use the technique without feeling exhausted afterwards, or learn the Patronus Charm, given that I doubt this will be the last time I will encounter a Dementor this year,' Revan said.
'I would suggest learning the Patronus Charm first as unleashing a wave of magic isn't something a normal wizard can do, however, if you learn the Patronus Charm people will only think you know it at your age because you're a prodigy raising less questions,' Morgana responded calmly.
'That's I good idea, though I have no doubt Lupin will tell Dumbledore about the golden light he saw,' Revan said not pleased Dumbledore will have more information about him.
'There's nothing we can do about that, we can only try and make sure Dumbledore doesn't find out your biggest secrets,' Morgana said.
"Can you move Revan? We've arrived at Hogwarts," Daphne said bringing his focus back to the present.
"Sorry," Revan said moving away from Daphne.
"What was that wave of golden light you did Revan?" Ginny asked inquisitively having never heard of something like that before.
"It was a wave of powerful magic that caused the Dementor pain, making it flee," Revan said not seeing any harm in telling his friends that.
"You know Light magic?" Ginny asked flummoxed. As only powerful light magic could hurt a Dementor, and it was surprising Revan knew light magic as he knew more about the Dark Arts than anyone else in the school except for possibly Snape.
"You hurt a Dementor," Theo said astonished as Dementors can't be killed and it's very difficult to hurt them.
"For the first question yes I know Light magic, as I don't limit my education to only the Dark Arts, and for the second question the wave of magic was very powerful causing the Dementor a bit of pain," Revan answered calmly.
Ginny couldn't wrap her head around someone like Revan who punished the students that attacked Thana severely with someone that knows Light magic. The again Revan could only study a bit of Light magic and focus more on the Dark Arts. That seems more likely to her and unknown to her the truth. To everyone else in the compartment Revan hurting a Dementor only cemented in their minds, him being the most powerful wizard of their generation.
Subsequently after taking a carriage up to Hogwarts Revan and his friends were sitting at the Slytherin table waiting for the first years to enter the Great Hall to be sorted. They didn't have to wait long for McGonagall to enter the hall with the first year's walking behind her.
"I swear they get smaller every year," Draco muttered quietly.
"They still look more impressive then you do Draco," Ginny said quietly earning small chuckles from their friends.
"Have you looked in the mirror Ginny, some of them are taller then you," Draco said not taking the insult lying down.
"I'm only a second year it's to be expected. What about you? Your two years older, yet you look as intimidating as a wet kitten," Ginny said with a smirk making their friends chuckle even louder.
"The sorting is about to start," Revan said amused having enjoyed their usual insults.
Draco and Ginny stayed quiet but kept shooting each other displeased looks. McGonagall unrolled a list and started calling out names. Revan kept an ear out for Astoria as he was interested in what house she would go in, but other than her he didn't pay much attention to who was sorted where, unless they were sorted into his house.
Revan was thinking about the training he was going to be doing tomorrow when a name he hadn't heard in a very long time, was called out by McGonagall. "Eris Frost."
'What!' Morgana exclaimed in shock
His brain froze in shock seeing someone from the orphanage he grew up in here at Hogwarts. Watching Eris walk up to the stool he noticed she had grown up a bit since the last time he had seen her. She was now taller and had her pale blond hair reached her mid back.
He couldn't believe the girl that he interacted once with at the orphanage was, in fact, a witch, what were the odds of that happening. Once the shock of seeing Eris wore off it was replaced by anger, as he was thinking about all his unpleasant memories at the orphanage, and how they celebrated the death of Stephanie.
He'll have to make sure Eris doesn't talk about his past at the orphanage to anyone especially Dumbledore, as he didn't want him to know anything about his past. One thing he has to make sure Eris understands is that she can't talk about Stephanie to anyone, as no one knows about her and he wants to keep it that way.
Revan lost in his thoughts didn't notice he was shooting Eris a look of anger, but his friends and other students did. The Slytherin students were wondering why Revan was giving the muggleborn girl a look of anger, as it couldn't be because of her blood status as Revan believes in magical purity. Given that they didn't want to piss off Revan they decided to follow whatever he did in response to the girl he mysteriously hates.
A minute later the Sorting Hat said. "Gryffindor."
McGonagall lifted the Sorting hat off Eris's head smiling since she was glad to have another lion in her house, while the other houses started clapping politely except for one. Some of the Slytherin students started clapping for Eris, but when it became clear Revan wasn't clapping and was instead shooting her an angry look they immediately stopped. Only the suicidal went against Revan and none of them wanted to suffer like the students from last year.
Eris sat down at the Gryffindor but was confused when she saw only three of the houses were clapping for her. The other houses realising Slytherin weren't clapping looked to see why and saw them all looking towards Revan for instructions.
The Professors were shooting the Slytherin table disapproving looks for not clapping for a student, but the students feared Revan more than they did the Professors. So they ignored the looks the professors were sending them and refused to clap. Eris looked in the direction everyone else was looking and her breath hitched, recognising the silver eyes of the person everyone was looking at.
"Revan," Eris said astonished with her voice carrying a hint of intelligence in it, making it clear she was a well-read person.
Due to how quiet the Great Hall was everyone heard Eris say Revan's name, and this drew questioning looks as they wondered how a muggleborn knows who Revan is. Dumbledore wondered if Eris knew Revan from his mysterious past and if she could shed some light on it.
Daphne seeing Revan wasn't responding elbowed him in the side making him snap out of his thoughts. Instead of saying anything Revan raised a finger to his lips with a dangerous look in his eyes telling Eris she should stay quiet about their shared past.
Eris was smart enough to recognise what Revan telling her and nodded her head telling him she understands the message. If Revan was anything like he was back in the orphanage she had no desire to make an enemy of him. If you don't annoy him he'll leave you alone and that's what she plans to do, though she does have some questions she wants answering at some point.
Revan calmly turned to look in McGonagall's direction like he hadn't been responsible for the sorting being delayed and gave McGonagall a look that said 'well get on with it' making her internally bristle at his audacity. However she knew better than to make a scene right now, so she decided to carry on calling names to be sorted.
Everyone in the hall kept glancing between Revan and Eris and wondering what the nature of their relationship is. They were smart enough to know asking Revan for details would only end in pain if they pissed him off enough, so they decided they would interrogate Eris instead.
After several students had their name called out it was finally Astoria's turn to be called forward. Daphne was nervous hoping Astoria gets sorted into Slytherin as she could keep an eye on her if they're in the same house. Astoria would also be the safest in Slytherin with Revan in charge as there's no telling if the other houses would bully her for having a sister in Slytherin.
"Slytherin," the sorting hat said.
Daphne clapped enthusiastically happy Astoria was sorted into the same house as her. Revan smiled at Astoria who nodded back him with her typical impish smile on her face. Once everyone had stopped clapping Daphne slumped in her seat more stressed then she realised about her sisters sorting. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Revan giving her a smile that clearly said 'I know why you were so stressed and I find it very amusing' Daphne swatted him on the arm thinking idiot.
Whilst Revan was thinking about Eris and how he'll have to talk to her as soon as possible McGonagall called out. "Charles Potter."
Walking forward was a boy that looked like an exact copy of James Potter, even down to the arrogant way he walked. In fact, Charles looked more arrogant then James did when he had met him two years ago. The sneer Snape was giving Charles made it clear he didn't like him already for his arrogant posture. Revan could already tell he would dislike Charles. Hopefully, Charles stays out of his way. If not Thana had been asking to scare more people recently.
"Gryffindor," the sorting hat said only after a second on top off Charles's head.
Charles walked over to the Gryffindor arrogantly like he was God's gift to the world. With any luck the older years will put him his place and if they don't, he has a feeling Charles will inevitable try something with him, that will only end up with him in the hospital wing.
Following the feast, the prefect's escorted everyone to their common rooms. Revan gave his usual speech to the first years telling them to follow the house rules. None of them said anything with a two and a half foot snake lying next to feet and hissing at them threateningly. Revan then dismissed them and joined his friends by the fireplace.
"So why does Eris know who you are?" Tracey asked bluntly.
Revan noticed his friends had left the first question to Tracey and couldn't help but wonder if it's because they didn't have the courage to ask, or that they thought there was more of a chance of him answering because of how close he is to Tracey.
'I suggest you tell your friends part of the truth,' Morgana commented.
'Why's that?' Revan asked wondering why she is recommending such a thing.
'Because there is a possibility Eris will not keep her silence about you growing up in an orphanage, and it would be better for you friends to hear it from you, and not from Eris or rumours,' Morgana said. Not mentioning that by him telling them of his past, it will only increase the trust and loyalty his friends have towards him.
'I see your point,' Revan responded. "I know Frost because we grew up very briefly in the same orphanage."
Most of his friends were shocked to hear he grew up in an orphanage except for Draco who he noticed was only mildly surprised.
"You don't seem that surprised Draco, that I once lived in an orphanage," Revan said.
"One of my parent's theories about your past is that you spent some time in a muggle orphanage before you ran away to claim your Lordship," Draco responded.
'That's closer to the truth then I thought it would be,' Revan thought surprised how close Draco's parents had come to guessing the truth. "That was closer to the truth then you realise. I did spend some years growing up in an orphanage before I left to claim my Lordship, though no running away was involved, I simply left."
"Why did you grow up in a muggle orphanage?" Daphne asked sad her friend suffered such a fate.
"I lived there after my parents passing," Revan said not technically lying since when the matron found him, his parents were dead at that point in time.
'He really has learnt from the best,' Morgana thought to herself proudly.
"Were Eris and you close, while you grew up in the orphanage?" Pansy asked.
"No Frost arrived at the orphanage one week before I left, and I only interacted with her once, when I stopped her from being bullied by some older orphans," Revan explained.
"I'm surprised you two remember each other then if you only knew each other for a week," Theo said.
"Frost was one of the few that I could stand at the orphanage so I ended up remembering her compared to the other orphans, as to why she remembers me I have no idea," Revan said.
His friends had a good idea why Eris remembered Revan, as he's not an easy person to forget with his unique eye colour and the aura of power he has around him, and his bearing which is that of a King.
"So why did you tell Eris to keep quiet, after she said your name," Draco said wondering if she knows some secrets of Revan's.
"Frost knows something I don't want anyone else to know about," Revan said.
"So she knows a secret of yours," Daphne stated.
"Yes and if she knows what's good for her, she will never speak of it to another living person," Revan said menacingly not wanting what happened to Stephanie to be public.
"She seems like a smart girl, I'm sure she won't do that," Pansy said evidently nervous from the way Revan speaking.
"I hope your right," Revan said before speaking more calmly. "By the way, with us having a proper place to train such as the Chamber of Secrets, I can give you more intense training starting tomorrow."
"Yes I can't wait," Draco exclaimed happily that was followed by everyone else.
"That's good to hear as tomorrow I'll be going over what I plan to do with you as it's getting late, so I'll see you guys tomorrow," Revan said getting reply's saying they'll be going to bed as well now.
While Daphne was walking to her room, she wondered since Revan grew up in an orphanage for most of his childhood than when did he meet his Mistress. As surely there was no way he met her at the orphanage, as there's no reason for a witch to be at a muggle orphanage.
She also wondered what secret Eris knew of Revan's. While she will admit she is curious she won't investigate what the secret is, as she respects her friend too much to go behind his back like that. With any luck Eris is able to keep her mouth shut, seeing as there are plenty of people in the school that would love to learn Revan's secrets, Slytherin students included.
Though with how threatening Revan can be when he wants to be. She's sure Eris will know what will happen to her if she speaks to anyone about Revan's secret. It occurs to her only a few years ago she would have been uncomfortable with Revan threatening Eris, now she doesn't really care. Perhaps it's from spending so much time around Revan and seeing him keeping people in line so often, she's become desensitised to threats.
'So what do you plan to do about Eris?' Morgana asked as soon as Revan was lying in his bed.
'I'm sure Frost will learn all about me tomorrow, from people that are interested in how we know each other, and once she learns what happens to people that displease me, she will know if she mentions Stephanie to anyone she will suffer a similar fate. So I'm sure she will keep her silence for the moment, though I will have a talk with her tomorrow, to make sure she understands not to speak to anyone about my past,' Revan thought darkly at the end.
'It's imperative you make sure Eris keeps silent about Stephanie as her existence becoming public will make people more curious about your past, and we don't need that at the moment,' Morgana said not wanting people to dig into Revan's history as that will bring up uncomfortable questions for them.
'Frost will learn to keep quiet about my past or I'll make her,' Revan responded ominously.
End Chapter
A lot of interesting developments happened in this chapter. Shendu presumes he has a way to find the rest of his talismans that Reaper has only time will tell if he's right. In a few chapters you will found out about the last time demons were summoned on Earth. So you'll have to be patient until then.
Eris Frost returns after having not been seen since Chapter 2. Is this good or bad news for Revan who knows? Though Eris's name doesn't inspire confidence does it. After all, someone named after the Goddess of discord and strife can't be good news for anyone.
The reason Charles Potter exists instead of Harry Potter is because I can never image Harry as an arrogant person like Charles is. When I read fanfiction that has Harry as arrogant as his Father I have to read something else, as it just seems wrong to me. Harry in my eyes is always a caring humble person, not an arrogant bastard. So that's why Charles exists instead of Harry. As I feel more comfortable writing Charles as someone nobody likes instead of Harry.
Another reason I'm using Charles instead of Harry is that while Charles will be around his part will be small in the story. If Harry existed I couldn't have him as a minor character, and I would have been forced to find a way to fit him into the main story. This way Charles has a small part and there aren't any complaints about Harry not being a main part of the story. I haven't decided who James Potter wife is yet, so if you have any suggestions leave it in the comments.