A Grim Tale
Disclaimer: I do not own HP. If I did, Harry and Hermoine would have ended up together.
Warning: Some sick stuff goes down in this story. You have been warned friendo. I don't want to see any crybabies in the reviews. This is a very dark story, read at your own discretion.
Chapter 2: A promise to keep
September 1, 1991
After his recent failure at making friends, Kai decided to just wait out the remainder of the trip to Hogwarts in the restroom. After a few minutes of looking through the different cabinets, he had found a magical first-aid kit. It had a number of different bandages and healing items inside but thankfully he found an instant healing salve to heal his hand.
At Least he could practice magic so he wouldn't be totally bored out of his mind the whole time. The trace only alerted the Ministry if an underage wizard did magic in a specific area. And he was almost positive that children who grew up in the Wizarding World did magic all the time. Since he was on a literal magical train, surrounded by hundreds of underage magical children. Kai decided it would be near impossible to pinpoint underage magic to a specific child. And seeing as they were technically being sent to learn magic anyway the ministry probably wouldn't care. So he took out his wand and practiced the Reparo charm he had read about.
It was a simple enough first year spell. He had already practiced the wand movements at the orphanage, just not on an actual broken object. On the first try doing the spell, he repaired all the damage to the mirror. The book had explained to him how he could repair anything even if he couldn't vividly remember the objects' previous state. He obviously didn't envision the state the mirror was in before he just did the spell and it worked. But what if he couldn't even see an object or didn't know what it looked like?
Deciding to experiment a bit, Kai closed his eyes and reached around blindly to the towel rack he knew was there from when he first entered the bathroom. After a moment of blindly grasping for a hand towel, he felt the soft texture of a towel come within his grasp. Eyes still closed, he unsheathed his dagger and ripped a line halfway down through the towel. And after setting his dagger down, Kai reached toward the spot where he remembered putting his wand on the sink. He blindly raised his wand and pointed it to where the rag was held in his other hand and cast the spell. The process in which he felt the towel mend was far slower than the mirror. When the towel stopped shifting, he waited for a few moments before opening his eyes.
He looked at the white towel in his hand and noticed that it repaired the rip he knew he made with the dagger. The towel repaired itself even though he didn't see it at all,although it was far slower. Which made sense, since he hadn't looked at it in the first place. By cutting the visualization part of magic away he was only left with the magic and intent which still worked but not as fast as when he actually saw the thing he was repairing.
The caster's magic instinctively reacted to what the caster saw and what the caster wanted. But if the caster wanted something repaired then their magic would repair it regardless if they even knew what it was that they were repairing or what it looked like. Magic truly was a fantastic thing, Kai had only done one spell and he was already learning so much.
When the train finally stopped, Kai had already been waiting to get off of the train. He was told to leave his trunk on the train by an older student wearing a silver badge. When he asked why, the student said that it would magically appear in his room after he was sorted. The student was probably kidding with him but he was in a good mood now so he decided to follow his advice.
"Firs' years over here. All firs' years follow me." A giant bearded man with a thick Irish accent boomed over the gathering crowd of first year students. The man was a behemoth, he looked like a giant or at least half of one.
Kai saw Harry, Ron and Hermoine toward the front of the group. He really didn't want to try and talk to them, he doubted they would even give him a chance to speak.
"Hey, you're that one kid my parents were looking at." Kai turned to look at the platinum haired kid he saw at the train station.
"Yeah, that was me." Kai said, glancing cautiously at the two burly boys that stood behind the blonde.
"My name is Draco Malfoy, Heir of The Noble and Most Ancient House of Malfoy." The blonde said pompously.
"Malachias Black, Heir to the House of Black." Kai really didn't feel like saying that overly long and stupid title.
"That's impossible, my mother is the last Black!" Draco said in disbelief.
"My father is Sirius Black." Kai wiggled his left hand in front of him to show off his obsidian band Black heir ring.
"I can't believe it. Sirius Black actually had a child and my mother didn't know! Where have you been all this time?" Draco asked slowly getting over his shock.
"My mother left me at an orphanage when I was born." Kai grumbled, if there was anyone he hated more than his father it was his whore of a mother.
"That's horrible! My mother is a Black, she would have taken you in. So this means we're like cousins." Draco smiles.
"Yeah, I guess we are." Kai said blandly.
"You should stick around me from now on. We could rule slytherin together. A Malfoy and a Black, no one could stop us." Draco smirked arrogantly.
Kai stared at Draco for a moment. While he didn't care for ruling any house, it would be nice to not be hated. And Slytherin was supposed to be filled with pure-blood extremists like his family. Maybe he could finally make some friends. He'd probably have to act like a nazi but atleast he wouldn't be hated by everyone.
"Yeah, that sounds like a plan, Malfoy." Kai smiled.
"Call me Draco, we're cousins after all." Draco grinned.
"Then I insist that you call me Kai." Kai said as he began walking aside the Malfoy heir.
They were led to a giant black lake and into small wooden boats, Kai had ridden with Draco and the two burly boys who he still did not know.
"So who are these two?" Kai asks Draco.
"Oh, that's Crabbe and Goyle. They protect me while I'm in school." Draco shrugged.
You could buy mini bodyguards in school!? Kai might just have to do so, he had a feeling that he might need them in the next few days.
Everyone gasped as Hogwarts came into view. It was a giant medieval castle that looked to be practically glowing with soft light. It was a beautiful castle but Kai didn't see a reason to be gaping at it like an idiot.
When they were led into the castle, he felt a warm presence envelop him. Like the castle was welcoming him. He wouldn't have been surprised if the entire castle was sentient. It was a castle for magic children after all.
"Look over there, Kai. It's Potter and Weasley." Draco's lip curled as he looked at the duo.
"You met them before?" Kai asked curiously.
"On the train, Potter was shacked up with the Weasley and a mudblood. He even disrespected my family!" Draco said angrily, looking like he wanted to go over to the two.
"Just leave them for now. There will be other times to get back at them." Kai used his ability. He didn't know if it would work, it hadn't on Harry after all, but he really didn't want to talk with them. They had made him very angry when they basically shunned him as soon as they realized who his father was. It wouldn't be a good idea to get into trouble on the first day of school.
"Yeah, you're right. Let him hangout with that blood traitor and the mudblood." Draco shrugged, looking only slightly annoyed.
Kai's ability actually seemed to do something to this time but instead of his words being taken as a command like normal, it was more of a strong suggestion. He could find a way to work with it somehow.
They were led into the Great Hall, yet again all of his fellow first years gasped at the star enchanted roof. Four long tables were set in the huge room, each already seating many older students who stared curiously at the first years. In front of the four student tables was a large table for all the teachers and staff. Kai noticed the old man sitting at the middle of the table look at him with a curious glance before focusing on someone else. Kai ignored him and observed the other teachers, they all didn't look like much if he was being honest. Except a black greasy haired man with a big nose who obviously didn't want to be at the sorting ceremony.
There was an old pointed hat that sat on a stool directly in front of the teachers. Kai would have been confused as to why a hat was just sitting there if he hadn't already read from the A History of Magic book about how students were sorted. He only wished that the book told him that it would start singing.
"Oh you may not think I'm pretty,
But don't judge on what you see,
I'll eat myself if you can find
A smarter hat than me.
You can keep your bowlers black,
Your top hats sleek and tall,
For I'm the Hogwarts Sorting Hat
And I can cap them all.
There's nothing hidden in your head
The Sorting Hat can't see,
So try me on and I will tell you
Where you ought to be.
You might belong in Gryffindor,
Where dwell the brave at heart,
Their daring, nerve, and chivalry
Set Gryffindors apart;
You might belong in Hufflepuff,
Where they are just and loyal,
Those patient Hufflepuffs are true
And unafraid of toil;
Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw,
if you've a ready mind,
Where those of wit and learning,
Will always find their kind;
Or perhaps in Slytherin
You'll make your real friends,
Those cunning folks use any means
To achieve their ends.
So put me on! Don't be afraid!
And don't get in a flap!
You're in safe hands (though I have none)
For I'm a Thinking Cap!"
The entire Great Hall exploded into applause and cheers. Kai could only stare blankly in front of him, trying to comprehend what he had just heard.
Professor McGonagall began reading names off of a list of each individual first year. The first girl whose name had been was Hannah Abbot. The brown haired girl skipped to the stool and once she sat down, Professor McGonagall placed the sorting hat on her head. It stayed on her head for a moment before the hat called out, "Hufflepuff!".
Everyone politely applauded as the girl walked to the table with a badger banner above it.
It took Kai a few moments to realize that McGonagall had been calling out students by their alphabetical last names. And his last name just so happened to be,
"Malachias Black." The noise in the hall instantly silenced. Everyone had a various array of looks on their face ranging from fear, hate, and surprisingly gleeful expressions from the Slytherin table.
"Go on, cousin. I'll join you in Slytherin shortly." Draco whispered to him from his side.
Kai straightened his posture and began to make his way through the line of first years. He could feel the eyes of every student and teacher on him. The looks of hate he was receiving from all the tables except slytherin made him want to shrink away. Why were they all so angry at him for something his father did? He'd only been a baby at the time.
Before he reached the front of the line, Kai felt someone's foot move in front of him causing him to stumble a bit. Loud laughter rang out through all the students, Kai glared behind him to see who had tripped him but it was too many students there to be sure who actually did it.
"Please hurry up, Mr. Black. We don't have all night." Professor McGonagall said archly, staring at him with a cold look.
Kai bit his tongue and walked into the stage, sitting on the stool stiffly. Professor McGonagall placed the hat onto his head blocking his vision of the hall.
'Hmm, a very interesting mind you have.' An old voice croaked into his head.
'I assume you are the sorting hat?' Kai thought curiously.
'You assume right, young man. Let's see what we have here. Hufflepuff is definitely out of the window, you don't even know the meaning of loyalty and fair play. Gryffindor is not for you either, you're only brave to an extent and chivalry is not in your vocabulary. You have cunning and are resourceful but your ambitions change on a whim. You're very intelligent, definitely value for knowledge. Yes I think you shall b-' Kai had already heard enough to know where this was going.
'No! Put me in Slytherin…please?' He hated having to beg for anything but he couldn't go anywhere but Slytherin. It was the only house that didn't absolutely hate him.
'What makes you believe you have a choice?' The Sorting hat sounded curious.
'If you put me in Ravenclaw, I will find a way to steal you and lock you away forever. Your entire existence is to be able sort the students of Hogwarts. And you are definitely sentient enough to know you have no purpose if you are locked in a trunk forever. Do you want to experience an eternity of being useless to your makers? Because that is exactly what will happen to you.' Kai promised fiercely.
The Sorting hat was silent for a long time, almost two whole minutes. Kai could hear Professor McGonagall shifting around annoyed.
'It seems that I was wrong about you, Malachias Black. Your ambitions change surely but not because you don't know what you want. It's because when you find something or someone to focus your mind on, you work relentlessly to dismantle it as fast and effectively as possible. Yes, you shall do well in his house. Goodbye Mr. Black, I hope to never be atop your head again.' The Sorting hat said, before shouting "Slytherin!".
The hat was immediately snatched off of Kai's head and he strode confidently to the Slytherin table. His new house were the only ones who were cheering loudly for him. Everyone else seemed to have expected for him to be in Slytherin. The glares from the other houses grew even more intense.
Kai took a seat at the end of the house table, he was the only first year sorted to Slytherin because he had been among the first to be called. After a while the sits around him began to fill. He watched as Harry was sorted into Gryffindor along with Ron and Hermoine. Draco had the Sorting hat on his head for barely a second before the hat put him in Slytherin. Draco arrogantly strode to the Slytherin table and sat next to Kai.
"I knew we would both be in Slytherin. This year will be ours, not even Potter can stop us!" Draco smirked at Kai, who returned his smirk with a grin.
Once the Sorting ceremony was over and the headmaster Dumbledore had said some things about the rules of the school, they all began eating their meals that had magically appeared. During this time Draco pointed out all the names of his fellow first year slytherins.
"It's nice to see a Black around here. Too many purebred houses have been dying out because of all the mudbloods joining our world." A black haired pug-faced girl, Pansy Parkinson, said haughtily.
"Yes, I suppose it is good to be around people who actually like me. No one else seems to." Kai took a sip of his pumpkin juice, a sweet beverage but one of the only ones available that didn't look like it would give him a heart attack.
"Ignore the blood traitors and mudbloods, Kai. They fear us because they know we are superior to them." Theo sat from across him.
"My father said all mudbloods should be rounded up and treated as house elves." Draco said proudly.
"Your father is right, Draco. They are only fit to lick our boots." Millicent Bullstrode, a big boned girl, sneered.
"Do all you guys talk about muggleborns in your free time?" A brown-haired girl with pigtails, Tracy Davis, sighed.
"You barely even made it into Slytherin, Davis. Mind your manners when you speak to us, half-blood." Draco sneered.
"You should mind your manners Heir Malfoy." A blonde haired girl, Daphne Greengrass said coldly. It seemed like she was friends with the half-blood girl.
"Perhaps we should focus our anger towards other sources. We wouldn't want to be seen acting like rash Gryffinndor's." Kai smiled at the arguing group. It was barely the beginning of the school year and the first year students were being split. And he really didn't want to be caught in some children's spat.
"Yes, like the new Defense against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor Quirell." Blaise Zabini, a dark skinned boy, smirked.
"I heard he was the Muggle Studies Professor last year. That old fool Dumbledore should have chosen my godfather, Professor Snape." Draco said angrily.
"Everyone is saying Professor Quirell went to Albania last summer and almost died to a vampire. Now he gets scared at his own shadow. He even keeps garlic hanging around his classroom." Pansy said disgusted.
Kai looked at the turban wearing teacher who sat nervously eating his food. The nervous glances the teacher was occasionally throwing looked completely random, but he could see two people that the professor kept glancing at constantly. Those two people were Harry and Professor Dumbledore. Why would he be looking at the both of them? Maybe he was comparing the two since like Harry, Dumbledore was also a very famous wizard. He didn't see any hint of awe,praise or adoration though. No those looks were perfectly concealed looks of hate. Did the teacher not like famous people or something? Maybe he envied the two's popularity?
Professors Quirell's eyes locked onto Kai's. And for a brief moment he saw a glint of intrigue in the man's eyes. Then the man nervously looked away from him and stared at his plate. Shaking his head, Kai decided to ignore the peculiar Professor for now.
Once dinner was over, they went through another horrid school song. If the school sung songs this horrible every night, he was positive he'd cut his own ears off by the end of the year. Kai was thanking his lucky stars when they all finally left the Great Hall. Every Slytherin made their way down to the dungeons, where the entrance to their common room was. After a few moments of traversing the cold corridors of the dungeons, the 5th year slytherin prefect that had been escorting them, walked up to a seemingly blank stone wall.
"Mudblood." All the first years around Kai looked very gleeful when they heard their common room password. He almost rolled his eyes, if anyone wanted to guess their password it wouldn't take much brains to figure it out.
The common room was actually very likeable to Kai. It was dark and dimly lighted by green shaded lamps, with a various assortment of elaborate black and green colored furniture. There was only one fireplace in the room which was currently lit with a Slytherin banner hanging proudly above it. The few older students who were still awake were doing last minute assignments quietly around the room. All in all, the room would do nicely to have a read or do assignments in peace.
"Right stairs lead to the boys dormitory, left leads to the girl's. Boys aren't allowed in the girls' dorms so don't even try anything." The 5th year prefect pointed to a wall that had a black wooden board hanging from it, "The password to the common room changes every two weeks, look at the board over there to learn the new one. Any questions?"
If anyone had a question no one said anything, and the prefect left without another word. Going up the boys dorm stairs, Kai's unsaid question about how they knew which rooms they were assigned was answered by the long hall of doorways with their names above them.
"Do all students in the school get their own room?" Kai asked a tired looking Draco.
"No, it's just because Slytherin is the greatest house in Hogwarts so we get special treatment. Goodnight, Kai." Draco yawned before walking to his labeled door.
He very much doubted this was done because Slytherin house was special. But it didn't matter because this was actually better than sharing a room with other people. Kai walked to the black door that his name had been labeled with his name and entered the room.
The room itself was not too big or too small, it had enough room to fit a sizable bed along with other pieces of furniture. A carved desk with a green lamp and a carved black and green chair, was pushed against a wall across his bed. He noticed that the entire design of Slytherin house was pretty dark and depressing. His own bedroom back in the orphanage wasn't very colorful either but it was definitely not all black and green. Just as the prefect on the train had told him, his trunk was already waiting for him on his bed.
Classes would begin tomorrow, and with it Kai's new life as a young wizard. Much had changed in his life within a span of a few months. Before coming to Hogwarts, he had hoped to just learn new interesting magics and start a new life with new friends. But when he saw the reactions of all his fellow students when his name was called, as well as being ridiculed in front of the school, a new goal opened in his mind. Kai would never be an adequate or normal wizard, his father's name would always stick to him to a piece of gum on his shoe. No, he would have to be better than his father. He would need to become such a great wizard that no one would even utter the name Sirius Black when they saw him. It was the only way to step out of the shadow his loving father had cast over him. The Sorting hat said that when he found a goal he worked relentlessly to accomplish said goal. He supposed he would know if it was right soon enough.
September 2, 1991
When Kai woke up early the next morning, the first thing he did was go to the boys dormitory showers to freshen up. It was very confusing at first because when he entered and looked through all the cabinets, there were only vials of different colored liquids. There was no bar of soap or toothpaste in sight. Thankfully, his cousin Draco explained that the different bottles of liquids were actually potions. He then quickly explained what each did. There was a green potion that instantly cleaned the body. When one drop was poured in a bath a thick layer of bubbles appeared and the water bubbled like it was boiling. When he had tentatively stepped into the bath his skin began to tingle when it contacted the water. Kai always made sure to stay very clean before but when he finished his bath, he felt more cleaner than ever before.
The Wizarding World even made an instant mouth refresher and teeth cleaner. His teeth were practically blinding after he swished a swig of the blue potion. There were also options for cleaning and changing the color of one's hair, he didn't use the hair color changer but it was tempting to try it out. Kai couldn't tell if wizards were genius's or just plain lazy. Whichever it was he was glad for their hygiene inventions, it shaved off an hour of time he'd usually use to get ready.
After he was ready, Kai along with Draco, Crabbe, Goyle, Pansy, Millicent, and Theo went down to the Great Hall for breakfast. There weren't many students in the hall, only first years because everyone else already knew there schedules. He pointedly ignored Ron's glares and Harry's uncomfortable glances as he sat at the Slytherin table.
"Why are Potter and Weasley looking at you like that?" Draco asks as he piles some bacon and eggs on his plate.
"Perhaps it's because my father got the Potter's killed." Kai shrugged as he sipped his goblet of orange juice. He wasn't about to explain his previous attempt at making friends with the boys.
"I wonder what our schedule is going to be like." Pansy cut in.
"Hopefully we don't have too many classes with Gryfinndor." Theo's lip curled in disgust.
"I for one want to have potions with the Gryffindorks. My godfather is notorious for embarrassing them and taking a lot of their house points." Draco says with a nasty smirk.
"I think we'll find that out soon enough." Kai said, looking toward the striding Professor Snape that was quickly making his way over to them.
"Good morning, Godfather!" Draco exclaimed as the greasy looking Professor Snape walked to their table.
"Good morning, Draco. Didn't your mother tell you to address me as Professor when you were in school?" Professor Snape raised an eyebrow.
"Of course, my apologies Professor." Draco said hurriedly.
"Here are all of your schedules. Slytherin house does not tolerate incompetence, so make sure you aren't late to your classes. Good day." Professor Snape handed each of them a piece of parchment with their schedule on it. He didn't wait for any questions as he went on to the next group of students.
"Oh great, why do we have so many classes with the Gryfinndorks!?" Theo cursed angrily.
"It's probably that old fool Dumbledore trying to make us like each other." Draco sneered.
As he read the schedule, Kai silently agreed with his cousin. Most of their classes were shared with the Gryffindor house.
Monday: 9:30am-10:30am, Herbology with Ravenclaw
10:45am-11:45am, Charms with Gryffindor
1:30pm-2:30pm, History of Magic with Ravenclaw
2:30pm-3:30pm Transfiguration with Gryffindor
Tuesday: 9:30am-10:30am, Herbology
10:45am-11:45am, DADA with Gryffindor
2:30pm-3:30pm, Charms with Gryffindor
Wednesday: 9:30am-10:30am, DADA
10:45am-11:45am, Potions with Gryffindor
1:30pm-2:30pm, Charms
2:30pm-3:30pm, History of Magic
12:00am-1:00am, Astronomy with Hufflepuff
Thursday: 9:30am-10:30am, DADA
10:45am-11:45am, Transfiguration
1:30pm-2:30pm, History of Magic
2:30pm-3:30pm, Flying with Gryffindor
Friday: 9:30am-10:30am, Potions with Gryffindor
10:45am-11:45am, Potions with Gryffindor
1:30pm-2:30pm, DADA
2:30pm-3:30pm, Herbology
12:00am-1:00am Astronomy
"That's unfortunate, double potions with Gryffindor on Fridays." Kai sighed, now it would be nearly impossible to ignore Harry and Ron.
"Just wait until my father hears about this! He's on the Board of Governors, I'm sure he can change the schedule around." Draco said confidently.
"We should go, we don't want to get into any trouble by being late on our first day." Kai says as they begin to put their schedules away into their book bags.
On the way out of the Great Hall, Kai almost bumped into the bushy haired girl from the express, Hermoine Granger.
"Watch where you're going, Mudblood. We don't want your dirt all on us." Draco says, as everyone starts to laugh at the girl.
"Why do they even let their kind into the school." Pansy sneered at the slowly tearing up girl.
Hermoine looked toward Kai, as if she was expecting him to say something in her defense. He didn't know why though, it's not like he was friends with the girl. She hadn't stuck up for him back on the Hogwarts express, so why would he? The first class was about to start also so this interaction needed to be cut short.
"Run along Granger, and do watch where you're walking next time." Kai said stoically, before continuing onward followed by his snickering housemates.
When the Slytherin group arrived at Herbology, Kai immediately knew this would most likely be one of his least favorite classes. The classroom was an outdoor greenhouse filled with exotic looking plants. None of the Slytherins seemed to like this class, so all the first year Slytherins stuck to the back of the classroom. After the bell chimes sounded commencing the beginning of the first class, a chunky old woman arrived and greeted them with bright smiles. After her overly enthusiastic introduction, where Kai learned the name of their new teacher, Professor Sprout, the lady began calling roll. She seemed to not be bothered by Kai's name when he was called which was surprising but the women didn't look like the type to hate little children. Or anyone for that matter, she greeted the Slytherin students as happily as the Ravenclaw ones.
Kai really wasn't interested in plants no matter if they were magical or not. But if he was going to be the best wizard to grace Hogwarts halls then he would have to soldier through it.
"For today's class we are going to be talking about the Devil's Snare. Does anyone know about this plant?" Professor Sprout asked.
The Ravenclaw students all looked around at each other cluelessly. A few Slytherins seemed to know the answer but none wanted to participate in such a class. Kai would have simply stayed silent as well if it weren't for the fact that Professor Sprout seemed content to wait for an answer.
"The Devil's Snare is a magical plant that will strangle or constrict anything that comes within reaching distance to it. It is extremely susceptible to light and fire." Kai says confidently.
"Excellent answer. Well done, Mr. Black, ten points to Slytherin." Professor Sprout beamed at him before going on to explain the Devil's Snare in more detail.
"Why are you actually participating in this horrid class?" Draco whispered heatedly to him. Kai glanced around at his fellow housemates and saw they all looked annoyed at his participation. It seemed he would need to do damage control, if he wanted to keep the favor of the only people who liked him.
"It was a chance to answer a question that not even the famed intelligence of Ravenclaw could not." Kai says, raising his voice a bit, wanting the other Ravenclaw students to hear.
And by their poisonous glares, they had definitely heard him. Before Kai had arrived at Hogwarts he had been adamant to not make any enemies but he realized it didn't matter anymore. He was already considered an enemy by the entire school except his own house, Slytherin. So he saw no reason to continue abating to fools.
"I suppose your right, Slytherin house is the smartest house after all." Draco smirked at the livid expressions of the Ravenclaw students.
All the other Slytherin first years seemed to catch on as well and they all gained smug looks. Kai had never seen such simple minded and easily influenced people. If it was going to be this easy to keep his housemates favor then he wouldn't even have to use his ability.
Their second class for the day was charms. Kai was very much looking forward to learning new charm spells and he had a feeling the very short teacher, Professor Flitwick, wouldn't disappoint. The only drawback for the class was that it was with the Gryffindor house, which meant Kai had to be in the same room as Ron and Harry.
Thankfully, the room was bigger than a regular classroom. It was built like an arena with tables and chairs set up around a center stage where their teacher stood. Each house took a different side of the room looking toward one another. Kai immediately noticed the scowls of Ron and Harry trying his best to ignore him but his glances gave him away.
"Welcome to your first charms lesson. I am Professor Flitwick, your charm's teacher." Professor Flitwick says merrily, "Today's lesson we will learn about the spell, Wingardium Leviosa. Does anyone know what this spell does?"
Hermoine's hand immediately shot up to the sky, frantically wanting to answer the question. It seemed she had already done this before, as her own housemates glared at her in annoyance. Kai also noticed that none of his own housemates actually knew the answer to the question and were staring daggers at the muggleborn witch. Deciding to gain a few popularity points, Kai used his ability to discreetly bring Professor Flitwick's attention to him.
"The Wingardium Leviosa spell is the levitation spell. It can be used to make things fly with a flick of a wizard's wand." Kai's voice rang clearly through every person's ears, even though he hadn't spoken loudly.
"Excellent answer, Mr. Black, ten points to Slytherin." Professor Flitwick congratulated him.
Hermoine glared angrily at Kai from across the room, before slowly bringing her hand down. Professor Flitwick began explaining the different variations of the levitation spell.
"Good job showing that mudblood her place, Kai." Theo snickered to his side.
"I'll be damned if I lose the house cup to Gryffindor of all houses." Kai smirked back. He didn't really care about the house cup but if it provided a good cover story.
"Now I want all of you to take out your wands and practice on these feathers." Professor Flitwick swished his wand making a large feather float in front of each of them, "Remember everyone, swish and flick!"
Everyone immediately began pointing their wands at the feather and chanting the incantation. Professor Flitwick walked around to help the different students who were having trouble. Many student's feathers barely hovered off of their desks when they did the spell. Kai watched his fellow Slytherins pointing their wands and frowning at their feathers in concentration.
"You're saying it wrong!" Hermoine's voice rang through the classroom. Kai turned to look at the trio of Gryffindors arguing about the new spell.
"Well if you're so smart, how about you do it!" Ron said angrily.
"Guys, watch this." Kai said to his surrounding friends, and pointed toward Hermoine who was about to try her luck on the spell.
Kai glanced at the Professor to make sure he wasn't looking at him before quickly drew his black and silver wand and pointed at Hermoine's feather.
"Wingardium Leviosa." Kai whispered, he discreetly swished and flicked his wand towards the girl's feather as Hermoine also pointed her wand to her feather and said the incantation clearly.
He had never tried to spell beforehand but he had already practiced the movements and incantation while he was in the boring orphanage. All that was needed was to apply the intent, imagery and magic. For a brief moment the feather seemed to struggle violently not knowing which will of the two wizards to follow. Kai had been hoping for this effect. When two wizards tried to control one object with the levitation spell, the wizard with the most magical power usually succeeded in controlling the object. Only a wizard who had more imagery and experience could overpower a naturally powerful wizard. He could feel Hermoine's magical power pressing against his, and it was surprisingly strong. Just barely a bit weaker than his. At that point, Kai knew that blood purity didn't equal magical power.
"Look at the mudbloods face, she doesn't even know what's going on." Draco snickered with the other Slytherins as Hermoine's feather continued to twitch and struggle on the desk.
Hermoine looked extremely confused at why her feather wasn't moving and glanced embarrassedly at Ron and Harry.
"I guess you aren't so smart after all." Ron said smugly.
Hermoine frowned before something instinctively told her to look toward Kai. Knowing the jig was up, Kai swiftly broke his spell and slipped his wand away with a slight smile. Hermoine's face contorted into surprise and then anger.
"Professor Flitwick, Kai is sabotaging my spellwork!" Hermoine said loudly toward their Professor.
Professor Flitwick looked at his bushy haired student in surprise before looking toward Kai.
"Mr. Black, did you hinder Ms. Granger's spell?" Professor Flitwick asked seriously.
"I have yet to actually use my wand, Professor. Perhaps, Granger is allowing her hubris to believe that she can do any spell on the first try when everyone else has barely succeeded." Kai said innocently.
"I know I can do this spell, I've read all of the instructions and practiced the wand movements." Hermoine argues.
"So have the rest of us, Granger. I myself practiced it for months in fact." Kai inwardly grinned.
"You're not me, I know I can do this spell!" Hermoine says angrily.
"Are you saying you are better than the rest of us?" Kai asked with a seemingly puzzled expression.
Hermoine immediately knew her blunder. Every student in the classroom glared at her with hate. And even Professor Flitwick frowned disappointedly.
"Not everyone can do magic as well as others, Ms. Granger. But it's not a good habit to believe that you are different from your fellow students. I'm sure someone of your background would understand this. Please do not belittle your fellow students. " Professor Flitwick chastised the brown haired girl.
"Y-yes, Professor Flitwick." Hermoine looked like someone kicked her puppy with her downcast expression as she dutifully accepted her verbal lashing.
Everyone slowly went back to practicing their levitation spells. All the Slytherins seemed to be very satisfied at the muggleborn being chastised in the middle of class.
"Nice bait, Kai." Kai turned his head to look at the blonde haired, blue eyed girl who had spoken to him.
"What do you mean, Daphne?" Kai looked at the girl, seemingly confused.
"Yeah, what are you talking about, Daphne?" Pansy asked.
"Nothing, forget I said anything." Daphne smirked knowingly at Kai for a moment before focusing on her two friends, Tracey and Blaise.
Draco and Theo looked at Kai in confusion, to which Kai only shrugged and drew his wand to begin lazily levitating his feather into the air. While he looked uncaring and oblivious on the outside, on the inside Kai's mind was very much active.
It was obvious that Daphne knew what he had done to make Hermoine embarrass herself so openly. He hadn't thought anyone would have caught on to his words but it seemed that some of the students who were in Slytherin actually lived up to its name. Kai would have to be careful about what he says around Daphne from now on. Who knows how well she could see past his lies. This annoyed Kai greatly, people rarely had ever called him out on things like this before. It was a strange and familiar twist. It reminded him of Susie when she had first arrived at the orphanage.
Flashback
An eight year old Kai stared at the new orphan girl that had arrived at his home. She was a small blonde haired little girl, with bright blue eyes and she wore a fairly worned out dark blue dress. He hadn't expected for any new orphans to join, especially not one that was already so old. Deciding to talk to the new arrival, Kai walked up to where the girl sat on the stone bench in the backyard.
"Hello, my name is Malachias. But you can call me Kai, we're friends now!" Kai greeted the little girl brightly.
"Hi, my name is Susan. I don't have a nickname." The little girl frowned a little.
"Hmm, I think I'll call you Susie. How old are you, Susie? I'm eight." Kai smiled.
"I'm six." Susie said brightly.
"You're almost the same age as me. All the other kids are too young so I couldn't play with them but we can play together now!" Kai said happily.
"Cool, what do you want to play!" Susie excitedly jumped to her feet.
"I know a lot of fun games we can play, like Marco Polo, or Tag!" Kai said with an equal amount of excitement.
"I've played Tag. We should play that, are they the same rules?" Susie asked.
"Yeah, but I made a different version to make it more interesting. I'll give you ten seconds to run and hide from me inside the house and then I'll come and find you." Kai looked around the ground for a moment before bending to pick up a thick and long stick that had fallen from one of the numerous trees in the backyard.
"Why do you need a stick?" Susie asked nervously.
"If I find you, I get to hit you with the stick." Kai grinned.
"Oh, and then we take turns after?" Susie looks at the stick with uncertainty.
"No, I'll always be the one to find you. It's much better that way." Kai says.
"But that's not how you play the game!" Susie argued.
"Yes it is, I made it like this. Trust me, the last person to play it with me said they had fun." Kai promised.
"You're lying, you said that you never played with anyone before because the other kids are too small." Susie said skeptically.
The little Kai's bright demeanor instantly disappeared. It was like a light switch turning off. He looked at the little girl with a blank look that made her nervously shift.
"We should begin now." Kai's dead voice suddenly announced.
"But I don't think I want to play-" Susie's words were cut off coldly.
"One." Kai continued to stare blankly at the blonde girl.
"Kai, can't we play another game!?" Susie pleaded.
"Two." Susie looked around nervously, the handler Ms. Binns wasn't in the house because of a meeting with the head caretaker of Susie's previous orphanage.
"Three." Susie's eyes started welling up with tears as she quickly ran back toward the house.
"Four." Kai's small knuckles whitened as he clenched the thick stick tightly. His pale cold green eyes watched the small fleeing girl with only a speck of cold fury in them.
"Five." Kai grinned as he immediately began walking to the house at a fast pace. He hated being called a liar, it brought back very unpleasant memories. And it brought back even more unpleasant emotions, ones that he would now have to take out on his new friend. Thankfully, Ms. Binns wouldn't be around to hear any of the loud cries that would start that day.
End flashback
Kai frowned thoughtfully at that memory. In the beginning Susie had been a very willful girl, just like Daphne seemed to be like. She even had blonde hair and blue eyes, although her eyes were colder and darker than Susie's. Only time would tell if she earned his ire enough to reduce her to being his new playmate. Little Daphne, certainly had a ring to it.
He was feeling very irritated when he arrived at Transfiguration, his last class of the day. The previous class, History of Magic, was an absolute waste of time. The teacher, Professor Binns, was a literal ghost. The dead man had droned on about the goblin wars for the entire time. Everyone in the class fell asleep in the first twenty minutes. Kai had almost fell asleep as well but he just barely managed to stay awake and begrudgingly take notes. That was until he realized that the ghost was speaking directly from the textbook. He couldn't possibly understand why Hogwarts would allow a ghost to teach.
By the time the long and boring class was over, Kai had a very bad temper. He had to tell his friends to go on without him so he could go to the restroom and cool off for a moment. Though a moment was really ten whole minutes. When he finally realized that he was late to his next class, he quickly gathered his things and made his way through the halls barely able to stop himself from outright running.
When Kai reached the classroom door, he saw Harry and Ron hurriedly running toward him from the opposite end of the hallway.
"Why are you out here?" Ron squints his eyes at Kai suspiciously.
"I'm late, same as you two." Kai says before opening the classroom door.
He was glad to see that Professor McGonagall wasn't present. Though oddly enough a black cat was sitting on her desk, Kai could have sworn the cat narrowed its eyes when he entered. He calmly took an empty seat next to Draco who raised a questioning eyebrow at him .
"Lost track of time." Kai shrugged, causing Draco to shake his head in amusement.
Kai noticed Hermoine was sitting in the front of the class as always but for some reason she kept sending him glares behind her back. Probably due to his little prank in charms class.
"Thank merlin Professor McGonagall isn't here yet!" Ron sighed out loudly.
As if one cue, the black cat on the desk leaped into the air and morphed into the black robed Professor McGonagall. By the scowling look on her face, she wasn't very happy with Ron's outburst.
"10 points from Gryffindor, don't be late again Mr. Weasley and Mr. Potter ." Professor McGonagall looked toward Kai, "20 points from Slytherin, Mr. Black."
"I came at the exact same time as Harry and Ron. Should I also not be deducted 10 points?" Kai asked, a little miffed.
"10 more points from Slytherin, Mr. Black. Don't talk without raising your hand." McGonagall said archly, turning toward the board.
Kai gritted his teeth but held his tongue, he would only lose more points if he talked. If McGonagall wanted to play it that way, then he would be happy to oblige.
"What is transfiguration?" Professor McGonagall asked the class.
Hermoine's hand was the only one that went right up the same as last time. Inwardly grinning, Kai began raising his hand slowly before he quickly brought it back down.
"Mr. Black , I saw your hand for a moment. Did you have an answer or no?" As Kai expected, McGonagall chose to pick him because she believed he didn't know the answer.
"Of course, I have the answer Professor. Though, Hermoine seems to want to answer it pretty badly." The class all laughed a bit as Hermoine embarrassedly retracted her hand.
"Then you should have no trouble answering, Mr. Black." McGonagall said primly.
"Transfiguration is a branch of magic that allows a caster to alter the form or appearance of an object. It works on mostly all objects and even people." Kai smiled.
"Half correct, transfiguration does not work on magical creatures." McGonagall said.
"Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe I said "mostly" Professor?" Kai gave her a puzzled look.
"Yes, I suppose so. Good job, Mr. Black." Kai waited for his well earned house points, "Today we will be practicing on turning a matchstick to a needle."
Kai scowled momentarily at the old woman knowlingly not rewarding him house points. Ever since the old woman found out what core his wand was made from, she had given him the cold shoulder. It didn't matter though, he had a goal now. And he would accomplish it no matter who was in his way.
Whipping out his wand, Kai pointed at his matchstick and began using one of the first steps to casting magic successfully, imagery. Kai imagined the form of the matchstick changing into a silver needle with a very pointed end. Then he put his intent and magic into his wand and gently flicked his wand at the match.
The match immediately began shifting and transformed into a needle and a slightly silver color that looked more gray. It wasn't as sharp and pointed as he tried to make it though. Kai looked at Draco who was concentrating intently and noticed his match hadn't changed. The he glanced around at his fellow students and saw that no one was having luck with their matchstick.
Professor McGonagall walked down his aisle and froze to stare at his needle. He held in a smirk knowing she was impressed no matter how much she tried to hide that fact.
"Well, done Ms. Granger. Ten points to Gryffindor." Professor McGonagall called out to Hermoine, who had just succeeded in turning her match into a red and slightly pointed needle. McGonagall glanced at him once more before moving on.
"How dare she give that mudblood points when you did it quicker then her!?" Draco seethed at his side.
"It's fine, Draco. Let her hold her little grudge." Kai shrugged as he got back to trying to perfect turning the match into a perfect needle.
"It's not fair though, why does she seem to hate you?" Draco asked curiously.
"Probably because of my father. She's old, she may have taught the man." Kai said distractedly.
"Oh, yeah. I wonder how Sirius Black was in school." Draco says thoughtfully.
"Probably as insane as he is now, I haven't a clue." Kai sighed.
By the time the class was over, Kai had turned his matchstick into a silver pointed needle. It was still a bit blunted at the point but no one other than Hermoine got as far as him. When he showed the Professor though he barely got any recognition. It made him almost jab his new needle in the old witches eye but Kai only smiled and thanked her for the lesson. Hermoine seemed to know that the only reason she got more points than him was because McGonagall hated him for some reason. He felt her glares on his back as he left with his friends.
Since it was the last class of the day and he still had time before dinner, Kai told his friends to go back to the common room without him because he needed to check something in the library. Thankfully, no one seemed interested in studying as they all quickly said their goodbyes and left.
Kai's plan was to find out more of his ability but when he got to the library he was overwhelmed at the massive collection of books. It even had a restricted area which he was very much interested in getting into.
Grabbing a few history books and spell theory books, Kai picked an empty table to study in piece in a secluded back corner of the library.
"If it isn't the new little Black." Kai looked up from his book to see two older looking red haired twins grinning at him. If he had to guess, they must have been related to Ron as they looked much like the red haired boy.
"I'm busy right now." Kai said briskly, not wanting to hear any of the horse shit that would inevitably spew from their mouths.
"Oh, you hear that Fred? The little Black is busy doing his schoolwork." One of the twins grinned.
"I don't know how I feel about being ignored by a Black, what about you George?" Fred grinned mischievously.
"I'm not ignoring you. I responded to your greeting and I am too busy for anything not important. So please, move along." Kai gave them a small smile before looking back down to his book.
"Colorvaria!" Kai felt a spell hit his head but it didn't seem to do any damage. When he saw the few strands of his hair in his face, he realized his hair had been turned blue. It wasn't really bad looking if he was being honest but that didn't mean he wasn't pissed at them for casting a spell at him. He stood and whipped out his wand, pointing it at one of the twins. But before he could send out a spell, another spell hit his wand hand.
"Expelliarmus!" Fred grinned as Kai's wand spun into the air and landed in his waiting hand.
"Ooh, the little firstie tried to fight back Fredski." George chuckled at the seething Kai.
"Give my wand back now." Kai growled angrily.
"This is a pretty wand you have here, Black." Fred observed Kai's wand in his hand.
"What do you two want, money? I've heard you Weasley's were practically the poorest family in the Wizarding World. Ron couldn't even buy himself a candy from the trolley on the train." Kai smiled.
"Shut it firstie or it will only get worse for you." George warned.
"Aw, are you angry Weasley? Perhaps I can spare a few galleons for a favor." Kai's smile turned downright malicious, "I think I remember Ron talking about your little sister. Ginny was it? Perhaps I may have a few coins for her, if her mouth is any good at all."
"Petrificus Totalus! Silencio!" Two white spells hit Kai and his body seized up and he fell straight on his back unable to move his body.
When he tried to move his mouth he couldn't do that so he tried to scream through his teeth but absolutely no sound came from him.
"You shouldn't have said that, Black. We were just gonna mess with you at first but now, we're going to enjoy embarrassing you." Fred smiled nastily as he raised his wand.
"Evanesco! Titillando!" Kai could feel his robes disappear leaving him in only his briefs. Then he felt a tickling sensation begin to grow all around his body. It increased until he started giggling through his teeth uncontrollably, though no sound was heard.
"Nice choice of location, no one comes all the way back here. If someone does fine you, it'll be even more embarrassing." Fred grinned, tossing Kai's wand at his side, "Have fun, Black. The spell will wear out maybe after dinner. Possibly into the middle of the night, who knows really. Maybe someone will even find you before that, best hope it's not a lady friend." The two twins snickered as they walked away, leaving a slightly twitching, wide eyed Kai.
As Kai laid on the carpet floor for god knows how long, giggling, slightly spasming beyond his control and unable to move a muscle. Deep dark thoughts permeated in his skull. He hadn't felt so defenseless since he was a little boy. Oh how he had hated this feeling. Being completely at the mercy of another, unable to do anything even as your mind is screaming at you to do something. It reminded him of his long but not forgotten past.
Flashback
"Hey, little Malachi. It's time for another game buddy." A six year old Malachias moved his long dark curls to stare up at one of his caretakers, Mr. Binns. An old man with a head full of grey hair, a rugged grey beard and a round belly.
"I don't want to play anymore, Mr. Binns." Kai said sadly.
"Don't say that, we have so much fun together. That's what you will tell isn't it?" Mr. Binns asked, the threat in his voice was obvious because Kai was already used to hearing it.
"Mhmm." Kai looked down at his feet nervously.
"Good boy, we're playing a different game today little Malachi." Mr. Binns lifts up Kai's small arms to take off his t-shirt and then proceeds to remove the rest of his clothes.
"When is Mrs. Binns coming back?" Kai shivered at the cold air wrapping around him.
"You know she's never here when we play, little Malachi. This is our little fun time together." Mr. Binns begins unbuckling his pants belt.
"I don't think I want to play this game anymore." Kai mumbles nervously.
"It's okay, little Malachi. You won't even remember it, just close your eyes, count to five and you won't feel anything." The old man lays the shivering Kai flat on the cold hardwood floor.
"B-but, Mr. Binns!" Kai protested weakly as his small lower body was lifted up.
"Just count to five, little Malachi." Mr. Binns said gruffly as he thrust forward with a grunt.
Kai's eyes poured tears as the piercing pain threatened to split him apart but he could do nothing about his current situation. What could he do? He was a defenseless child. All he could do was close his eyes tightly and count.
End Flashback
Kai saw the library lights go out and he was enveloped in darkness. Unable to see, unable to move. The silencio spell seemed to have worn out and he could hear the involuntary giggles coming through his clenched teeth. Tears began to pour out of his widened hate filled eyes before he shut them tightly.
One.
This wouldn't be the end. He would make those Weasley twins pay for doing this to him. No matter how long it took or how many spells he needed to learn to make up their age gap.
Two.
This was his father's fault. If he hadn't been a lunatic and betrayed Harry Potter's parents, he would have a good life right now.
Three.
Everyone would have accepted him with open arms instead of the hateful glares and scornful words. Even his own teacher hated him.
Four.
And for what reason? Because he's the son of a crazy man long since stuck in prison? No one wanted to see him as a friend, they only wanted to see him as an enemy. They only believed that he was incapable of being good.
Five.
So what was there to do but prove them right? He'd be a great wizard someday and he would master the gift given to him. Because he was special, different from the rest of the normal wizards. Those who ridiculed him would soon understand his pain and suffering. Kai would make sure of it.
As he opened his eyes, he no longer shed any tears. But the crazed giggles that pierced the silent darkness around him were no longer involuntary. There was nothing in his pale green eyes, except a will to do what he had to do. The Wizarding World wouldn't know what hit it once Malachias Black was finished with it.
In his determined and focused state as well the physical limitations placed on him. Kai couldn't see the glint of red eyes peering at him in the darkness.
Yay, chapter 2 is done. A little background info about Kai is revealed and what makes him so messed up in the head. I saw a review about Kai being a sexual predator and I went back and rewrote that part. You are right, it wouldn't fit the script based on how Kai's own childhood was like. Plus, I agree it was a little too much. Anyway this won't be a Mary Sue type of OC, Kai will progress through hard work and dedication. And there will be some weak points in his magic that we will find out later. And Kai will also learn about his special gift soon. Next chapter should be pretty fun to write. It will mostly be Kai setting up a fake polite mask, kinda like how Tom Riddle did but their characters are very different from each other. Professor Quirrel and Kai will also talk face to face next chapter, and who knows what might happen. Perhaps Volde might find himself a little intrigued by the little Black. Anyways, until next time!