Chapter 8
Early before the sun rose Aeneas was already outside with his familiars all huddled by fire pit keeping warm while they watched him train in his magic and physical training.
That was how Molly Weasley found him when she came down at 7am to make breakfast for everyone. Pouring herself a cut of coffee, she wrapped a blanket around her shoulders and walked outside and sat down next to the animals that moved towards her to keep her warm she stroked their heads as she watched Aeneas in awe.
Aeneas had just finished his warm up when he spotted Molly Weasley. Walking over to where she was he bent down and picked up his tunic and pulled it over his head.
"Good Morning, Mrs. Molly, I am sorry if I disturbed your routine this morning? Aw I see my familiars have kept you company and warm."
Walking back into the house with his familiars returned to their places he helped Molly make breakfast for everyone. That was how the Weasley family found them when they all came down stairs for breakfast.
Aeneas sat with Demetria around his shoulders while Aeolus lay curled up in a little basket with Ethon wrapped around him to help get rid of his tiny cold he had contracted.
Ginny came down dressed and ready to take her brothers to the train station. she saw Aeolus and scooped him up into her arms and everyone watched as the baby dragon climbed inside of her sweater's front pocket and stuck his head out so he could steal a piece of toast from her plate.
Aeneas smirked as he fed his panthers Itzal and Aysu who then returned to his wrists. Ethon also returned to his right shoulder blade. Aeneas looked over at Aeolus who was purring in sleep at the warmth from Ginny's sweater.
"Here let me take him."
He said reaching out for Aeolus.
"But he's so tired, can I keep him while he sleeps and then when it's time to leave you can take him back. Please Aeneas?"
Aeneas smirked "sure go ahead."
Ginny smiled as she returned to eating and occasionally checking on Aeolus making sure he was alright. Soon it was time to go to the train station. Aeneas having packed the night prior stood to the side with Aeolus in his arms watching the hustle and bustle of the Weasley's as they tried to get everyone out the door and into the car.
Molly was counting heads when she noticed Aeneas leaning up against the side of a tree.
"Aeneas, come along dear…"
"I'll meet you all at the station on platform 9 ¾ molly."
She nodded and got into the car. Ginny looked at him when he held out his hand and Aeolus dissolved into mist in his hands and floated down the back of his shirt and reunited with his left shoulder blade. Aeneas smirked at her and with a wave of his hand a portal appeared and he stepped through as the weasley family watched him step through the portal.
Aeneas had taken a detour. Instead of going straight to the train he stepped out of into Knockturn ally. Those who were already in the alleyway were shocked when he stepped out of the portal. Walking towards the book store he opened the door. Inside he found a man with long blonde hair and blue grey eyes speaking to the store manager.
"I'll be with you in a moment young man."
Aeneas nodded with his hands behind his back being trained by Merlin had taught him first hand not to touch anything without knowing what it was and what it did.
Luicius Malfoy watched the young man as he waited for his order. The young man wore Black robes that held a silver snake in a Celtic design on the front left breast area where a school crest would have sat. His eyes were Violet and his hair was long at his neck but he had a braid on each side of his ears that tied back the hair that held ribbon the color of green and silver braided into the braids. Dressed in black slacks and a dark green men's shirt he wore a pendent that luicius had seen only in the history books.
It can't be the pendent of Merlin!
Walking over to the young man who was looking with his eyes at the many dark tomes of books before him on the shelves around him he cleared his throat.
Arenas turned to the man and smirked, "Lord Luicius Malfoy, I presume?"
Luicius was shocked that the young man knew who he was.
"I feel bereft to not have the privilege of knowing your name young man?"
"Lord Aeneas Fáelán, my lord, but you knew me as Harry Potter the boy-who-lived, or what ever atrocious name this world has given me. I was merely a baby that a psychopathic half-blood who feared that I would destroy his kingdom of Purebloods when in fact he himself was not the very thing he tried to preserve."
Aeneas gasped as he shook his head.
"Oh, Lord Malfoy, forgive me, I let my mind take over forgive me if I offended your beliefs, I apologies."
Luicius malfoy looked at the young man who was famous in his world for getting rid of the dark lord as a baby.
"Mister Potter…."
"Lord Malfoy I have not and will not answer to the name Harry Potter as I told the ministry of magic last week I will only answer to Aeneas Fáelán, and as I am bound by Avalon law I can come and go as I please and the underage law; does not apply me. Now I must bring our conversation to an end I am sorry for I must meet my party at the Hogwarts express in 5 minutes before they send the National Guard to find me. And I dare say they would fear me if they found me in this alley."
Aeneas raised his hand and levitated 10 books to the counter where he paid for them not in their system of currency but a large emerald the size of a small journal.
"I believe this is perfect payment my good man? I hope to do business with you in the future. None shall know of my visit shall they?" "No Mr. Smith they shall not."
And with that Luicius and Henry of the dark arts book store watched as Aeneas opened a portal to the Hogwarts express and stepped through with his new books shrunk in his pocket.
Luicius Malfoy paid for his things and apperated away to the train station where he met his wife and his son. Draco Malfoy was a carbon copy of his father. Luicius pulled his son aside.
"Draco, there is a young man on that train who I want you to tell all Slytherin that no matter what house he is in, they are to protect his back at all costs. Understood?"
"Yes father, who is he?" Draco was intrigued, his father never told him to anything like which he had just asked him to do.
"Our world knew him as Harry Potter, but he does not answer to that name and does not live by our laws, he was raised on Avalon by Merlin himself and goes by the name of Aeneas Fáelán."
Draco's matching eyes grew large. "He trained under Merlin? Wow!"
Draco's mother was shocked but didn't show it as she was a malfoy and the pureblood wives never showed emotion but inside she was shocked at what he husband had just said.
That's when they were almost run over by the Weasley's with their five children. The youngest Ginny Weasley looked around franticly. "Weasley can you not keep a hand on your brood without loosing them?"
Ginny looked at luicius malfoy. "We're looking for a friend of ours if you must know ."
Suddenly a commotion drew everyone attention down the platform. The Weasley's turned and sighed with relief as Aeneas walked through the gathered crowd.
Walking towards the Weasley's and the Malfoy's Aeneas stopped before Luicius and shook his hand. "Nice to see you again lord Malfoy."
"Lord Fáelán nice to meet you again I hope your visit to gringotts was successful?"
"Yes it was quite thanking you."
Draco gasped at his father. The Weasley's looked at Luicius. "Aeneas, you know Luicius Malfoy?" "Yes I accident ran into him on my way to gringotts to make a withdrawal for the trips to Hogsmead should I need it and held a conversation with him before I said good buy."
Luicius smirked when he saw the Weasley's worried about what side Aeneas was on.
"Aeneas, look for my letter and maybe we may continue our discussion?"
"I look forward to receiving your letter lord malfoy."
With that Aeneas waked to the train where he got on only to rush back over to Ginny. "I shall write you I promise, and don't despair, you shall be at Hogwarts next year and I shall show you all the hidden passageways I find to help you get to classes faster. That's a promise."
Ginny smiled at him and hugged him.
"Have fun Aeneas."
He kissed her head and ran off to the train where he found an empty compartment. Five minutes later the door opened to Ron, Fred, George, and Percy who all sat down. Aeneas smirked at them when he looked at Ron who burst out yelling at him.
"HOW COULD YOU TALK TO LUICIUS MALFOY? HE'S A DEATH EATER YOU KNOW THE SCUM WHO WORKED FOR THE DARK LORD WHO KILLED YOUR MOTHER AND FATHER!"
Aeneas smirked. "He won't be working for Voldemort any time soon. And if he does return, Voldemort will die by my hand, it's been prophesied. And as fortunate it was my birth parents perished while I survived the attack 11 years ago I grew up with my adoptive mother although for a short while that was, I had my grandfather and my master who trained me and raised me to the mage I am today."
Ron Weasley went to yell at him again when the door opened to a young woman. She had bushy brown hair and brown eyes and was worried. "Have any of you seen a toad? A boy named, Neville's lost one."
Standing up Aeneas touched his left wrist and everyone watched as black mist floated to the ground to reveal Ethon his flame panther.
"Ethon, a toad is missing I suspect it is the young mans pet, could you locate it. Um..." he turned to the young girl. "Trevor." "Yes, Trevor for us pleases?" the panther burst into flames and race off while Aeneas held out his hand.
"Would you care to sit my lady while we wait for my familiar to locate the toad?"
The girl blushed.
"Thank you; I'm Hermione Granger by the way. I'm the first in my family to come to Hogwarts."
Aeneas smiled. "Ah, your parents are Muggle; it must be hard trying to explain to them everything about this world while also keeping its secrets from them."
Hermione looked at Aeneas when she noticed Ron with his wand out.
"Oh, are you doing magic?"
Ron looked self-conscious.
"No, I don't know any spells yet."
Fred and George smirked, "Well we'll see you all later, Aeneas, say the word and we'll help you out in a jiffy."
Nodding his head to the twins he smiled as Percy took his leave to join those in the Prefects compartment.
Ron held out his hand.
"I'm Ron Weasley."
"How do you do?"
Hermione said as she shook his hand.
Aeneas smirked and shook his head at Ron only to sigh when Hermione looked at him and saw his scar.
"Oh my gosh, you're Harry Potter!"
Aeneas sighed.
"Yes and I wish to be known as Aeneas Fáelán, as I was raised by the name and title."
Nodding her head she went to ask him a question when the door opened to Draco Malfoy and a few others Aeneas did not know of.
"Draco Malfoy, hello."
Draco nodded to Aeneas.
"I just wanted you to meet a few of the Slytherins who will always help you if you need it. This is Baisel Zambini, those are Gregory Grabb and James Goyal next to him is Pansy Parkinson and Daphine Greengrass, our families have all been in Slytherin, many dark wizards have come fro Slytherin but don't let that stop you from keeping Slytherin in your mind for a house."
Aeneas stood up and shook the hands of the young men while he kissed the hands of the ladies who both blushed at his gentlemen like gesture.
"Till the feast than?"
"I look forward to it ."
And they left.
Hermione looked at Aeneas when Ethon return with the toad in his mouth and jumped up to Hermione's lap, dropped the toad who seem to be paralyzed till it hopped on her lap. "Thanks for finding Trevor."
She stood up and watched as Aeneas got the door for her and walked out her of the compartment and kissed the back of her hand.
"Till dinner, my lady."
And she walked off. Turning around Aeneas sat and stroked Ethon's head of flames as he purred. Ron glared at Aeneas and hissed at him. "You may have everyone else fooled Fáelán but not me. Just stay away from my family and definitely my sister!"
Aeneas smirked.
"You have nothing to fear Ronald. I seek only friendship with your family and that includes your sister. And if you must know I know the identity of my intended for life. She was one of the two women I met just now I believe her name is Daphine Greengrass. Um, Merlin will love her, she's smart, beautiful and witty and I have a feeling, a descendent of his sister's."
Ron went to argue when Ethon growled at him. Laying down Aeneas covered himself with a blanket while Ethon curled up next to him and kept an eye on Ron as his master slept for the rest of the train ride.