^mind speak^
*Parsoultoung*
Chapter 10
The great hall was full of students who were talking about their summers and classes they couldn't wait to begin. But all talk stopped the moment Aeneas stepped into the hall.
Severus was sitting drinking coffee when he looked to the entry way of the great hall and found his new apprentice. Standing up he crossed his arms behind his back.
"Fáelán!"
Everyone watched as Aeneas smirked as Snape sneered at him.
"You're late!"
Aeneas smirked and with a twirl he vanished only to reappear next to Severus Snape dressed in his black robes with the Celtic snake.
"I do apologies master, I was not woken when the train docked at Hogsmead and ended up in Romania. Not to fear though I used a portal back to the castle entrance. It shan't happen ever again."
Severus looked at the young boy and smirked. "You can make up for the time lost by teaching Monday's lessons for the 1st, 2nd and 5th years."
Aeneas held out his hand as Severus handed him the lesson plans for the classes and smirked when he and everyone watched him sit down and proceed to read over the lesson plans that he would be teaching Monday.
Albus stood up and everyone turned to look at him.
"Welcome to a new year, as many are wondering who the young man next to Professor Snape is, that is his apprentice Harry Potter."
Aeneas jumped to his feat in anger and every flame in the room roared to life as he hissed to the headmaster.
"Dumbldore! what did I say was part of the agreement of my coming to your school?"
everyone looked at the young man who was speaking harshly to the headmaster Dumbldore the most powerful well loved and well known wizard ever.
"Mr. Potter please do sit down."
"THAT IS NOT MY NAME! NOW USE MY NAME OR I WILL LEAVE FOREVER AND NEVER RETURN!"
Severus stood up and placed a hand on Aeneas's shoulder.
"Aeneas, calm down, dumbldore just forgot the agreement for a moment isn't that right albus?"
The elder wizard looked at the angry teen.
"Of course do forgive me Aeneas, I am growing old and it slipped out I do apologies."
Aeneas closed his eyes and took several deep breaths and everyone watched as the flames from the candles, torches died down to their normal state.
"Fix what you have done old man or you will regret it. Remember I am bond by Avalon law not your worlds laws."
Albus paled then stood up.
"Forgive me children, I am an old man, Yes this young man next to professor Snape is Harry Potter but he was raised to answer to the name Lord Aeneas Fáelán, he will not be a student like you, he will be as I said before professor Snape's apprentice, but he will be sorted as a student of Hogwarts. He will attend classes with you when he is not learning under potions master Professor Snape."
Aeneas sat down and let the elder wizard continue on to say the third floor corridor was forbidden territory, as well as the Forbidden Forest and then began the sorting ceremony.
Aeneas closed his eyes when suddenly he felt a sharp pain in his head. looking around he looked over at professor Quirlle and with his violet eyes he saw the black mist floating off him in waves.
^professor, you should check Professor Quirlle for possession^
^Why do you say that Aeneas? ^
^Because he is giving off black magic vibes that when I look at him I see waves of black mist around him, master Merlin said that one who use dark arts carries a shield of black mist with them, you have a very small shield but it is still there from your past.^
^You forget your place Fáelán. ^
^I am merely pointing out the prospects of the professor being processed. ^
^I shall look into it. now stand up and go get sorted. ^\
Aeneas sighed as he got up and walked over to the stool where McGonagall stood holding the point of the worn hat in her hand and the list of names for the first years.
^Now, young mage, I need to see into your mind, and in order to do that I need you to lower your shields please I will not share your secrets with the headmaster, he can not learn about the students I sort unless it is why I choose the house I decide is best for you.^
Aeneas sighed and slowly one by the one took down his shields to let the sorting hat a glimpse of his past, his home life, and most of all who he was as a person and then closed off his mind and the sorting hat answered to him in his mind.
^ummm… difficult, very difficult, the heir of Gryffindor, Merlin, and Avalon itself. umm an heir to Slytherin I see thanks to the dark lord when he tried to kill you, ummm. a Parsoultoung too. my, my, my, we are full of surprises aren't we lord Fáelán? ^
^ All the better to stop Voldemort before he kills me. ^
^ Spoken like a true Slytherin, but you also hold the logic of Ravenclaw, but the heart of Hufflepuff but also the bravery of Gryffindor. Where to put you young mage? ^
^ Put me in Slytherin. ^
^ Really? And why pray tell do you wish for the snake pit? ^
^ I can continue to be myself as I was trained and not have interference with my life, from people around me. And if no one gives the children in that house another option they shall end up being on the battle field with their families as the enemy and die as ones or worse be sentenced to Azkaban only because they didn't have a choice. I'm here to offer them another path that means they do not have to choose Voldemort to survive. ^
the hat was silent as it went over all Aeneas had said then suddenly it proclaimed for everyone after 15 minutes…
"BETTER BE… SLYTHERIN!"
silence followed with those three words from the great sorting hat.
but severus Snape smirked a small proud sneer.