Chapter 9
Aeneas woke to Ethon licking his face. Opening his eyes he found the train to be stopped at the train station. And the conductor was shaking his head. "Young man is there a reason why you did not get off at Hogsmead train station and are now in Romania when I know for a fact you should be at Hogwarts?" "Oh, I must have slept longer than I should have. Ron should have woken me, do not fear my good man, I can get to Hogsmead but first I will look around Romania a bit before returning to Hogwarts." the Conductor looked at Aeneas when he saw the lightning bolt scar and gasped. "You're him!"
Aeneas nodded. "Yes, I am Harry potter, but please reframe from calling me that name; I have not answered to it since I was born." "Then what do I call you?" "Aeneas Fáelán, do you know of any stores of the magical world supplies here in Romania?" "Yes I can take you to my sister's cousin's store if you like?" "Thank you." Ethon meowed and the conductor gasped. "Oh my goodness, is that a flame panther?"
"Yes, Ethon is one of my many familiars. Ethon come on." the panther at the time was grooming himself and stopped licking his paws and dissolved into red mist and the conductor watched as the panther returned to his Aeneas's wrist as a tattoo. "That is ingenious. Oh my name is Markus Flannigan." And so for the next hour Aeneas shopped with Markus in the shopping area known as the Wolves Alley.
Looking at his watch Aeneas bid farewell to Markus who told him should he need sanctuary the Wolves Alley hotel "lunna" was open to him. Aeneas opened a portal to the gates of Hogwarts and stepped through right as the students were arriving to the doors. Everyone looked at him as he walked into the school to find Minerva waiting.
"Young man, how did you bypass our wards?" "Headmistress McGonagall, I am lord Aeneas Fáelán, you may know me as Harry Potter, but I will not answer to this title, and as to my abilities to bypass your wards, my lady, I am a citizen of Avalon, no magical wards may stop me if I wish."
Minerva McGonagall was shocked at the young man before her. "You are a mage of old? How can this be? I was there when Albus left you with your aunt. I was torn in taking you to be raised by myself…" smiling up at the elder woman Aeneas smiled as he kissed the back of her hand.
"I thank you, my mother had seen your torment and knew how I would be treated by my relatives; she adopted me by blood and by magical right that night on Halloween when the veil between our worlds is the most open. I lived with my grandfather and master of magic Merlin till this year seeing as my destiny lies in the destruction of lord Voldemort. So I am here to learn what I can about my nemesis to destroy him."
Minerva was shocked at how mature Aeneas was for his young age of 11 years old. The other students who were watching the conversation were in shock at not only hearing the missing boy-who-lived's training in magic but also that he had said the dark lords name without fear.
'We shall see great things from this boy, yes great things indeed.'
Minerva thought as she watching him followed the other students into the great hall to be sorted.
Authors note:
Aeneas is Snape's potions apprentice, but should he be sorted as well?
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