Disclaimer: Deep in the jungle, there is a magical monkey that farts every time someone is born, by the time that monkey stops farting, I will still not own Harry Potter.
Warning: Slash (yaoi), Femme-slash (yuri), AU-ish, Spoilers for DH.
AN: hey people, it's me again!
Chapter Twelve: Carpe Diem
"..The Carpe Diem Spell, or curse, however you wish to look at it, is centuries old and highly illegal to perform," explained Professor Teddy Lupin.
Rose Weasley raised her hand.
"Yes, Miss Weasley?" said Lupin, smiling fondly at the intelligent redheaded, bushy haired fifth year.
"Professor Lupin...Why exactly is it illegal? I mean, you've told us that it is a bonding spell of sorts...but if that is so, then why is it so bad?" she asked.
Teddy grinned.
"Excellent question, Rose! Five points to Gryffindor!" he said happily.
Rose beamed at the praise.
"Now, there are two versions of the Carpe Diem spell, one is a bonding spell...and one is a bonding curse. It can be a beautiful thing...if two people who are in love, but cannot be together, wish to entwine their destinies and their children's destinies together forever, so that their families will be combined one day, even if they die, then the spell will pass to their children...but instead, it is often performed on two feuding families.
"It can be performed on the Patriarchal side, Matriarchal side or both. Now, in most, if not all cases, this spell is cast on the males of pureblooded families, since it is easier to cast on the males, since their names never change, unless they choose to change it...which is very rare among old pureblooded families.
"The matriarchal side is a bit harder to cast it on, however. What this spell does is hard to explain...so I'm going to ask a couple of volunteers to come up, so that I can better explain it." he said, scanning the room for a couple of students who looked distracted.
"Misters Malfoy and Potter," he said, grinning mischievously, "please come up."
Scorpius and Albus groaned, but did as they were told.
"Now," said Teddy, "if I were to cast the spell on Mister Malfoy and Mister Potter, the male heirs to houses Malfoy and Potter, and if their families were feuding, this is how it would work; the bonding spell would attach itself to the Potter and Malfoy names, aka, the males of the families. Carpe Diem, would then grab a hold of them both, intertwining their destinies forever.
"Since these families are feuding, however, their 'bonding' would not be allowed. They would both fall in love, but be forbidden to see each other...they would then be forced to marry someone else, and create a new generation of curse victims. However...there are a few ways to break the spell...one would be to defy their families to be with their cursed counterpart, and the second way would be if the families reconciled and each living generation of Potters and Malfoys got back together.
"Nows, usually, circumstances won't let either of these things happen. A pureblood can't just defy their families without serious repercussions, such as being disowned and losing the family name. And as for the two feuding family's members to get back together, usually spouses get in the way, or for example, if a Potter of a certain generation died while the Malfoy of that same generation lived, then the curse cannot be broken until that Malfoy dies."
Scorpius raised his hand.
"Yes Mister Malfoy?" asked Teddy pleasantly.
"Can we sit down now?" whined Scorpius petulantly, irked at having been called on for something so stupid.
Teddy rolled his eyes before sighing and nodding.
Scorpius and Al both headed to their desk and sat side by side (considering they were partners in that class).
"Now, does anyone know of any cases in which the Carpe Diem spell was cast upon a feuding family?" asked Teddy.
Once again, Rose Weasley raised her hand.
"Yes, Miss Weasley?" questioned Professor Lupin pleasantly.
"Well...there was the case of the Blacks and the Weasleys (1)..." she trailed off, noticing that the whole class was staring at her.
"Go on," encouraged the intrigued professor, wondering how she knew about that.
"Well...originally, the caster placed the curse on the House of Black and the House of Weasley...so it didn't affect anyone who married into either family...but their children...it affected at least one child with Black or Weasley blood running through their veins each generation. So when the curse was cast on Arcturus Black, it didn't affect anyone but him. His wife, Lysandra, didn't feel the curse's effects, considering that she was only a Black by marriage and wasn't a member of the Weasley family. But when Lysandra and Arcturus had children, two of their three daughters fell for Septimus Weasley, who was an only child, ironically.
"Callidora was Septimus' age, the oldest of the three Black daughters, she was beautiful, with her ocean blue eyes and dark golden hair. Cedrella was the middle child, usually ignored by her parents and the most open-minded of the lot, the second most open was her elder sister. Cedrella had dark auburn red hair and chocolate brown eyes. The youngest Black daughter, Charis, was arguably the most beautiful, though, with her ivory skin, pale pale blue eyes and raven black hair. Charis became obsessed with Septimus and tried everything to gain his favor.
"Septimus, however, fell madly in love with Cedrella, whose passionate beliefs went against her family's in every way. Cedrella would escape her home often and mingle with the muggles that lived nearby. That was how she met Septimus, who also loved to meet with the muggles in that area. Cedrella, who was unaware of the fact that Septimus was a Weasley, brought him home to meet her family one day, and Arcturus, recognizing the flaming red hair and the temperament of a Weasley, threw him out and forbid a sobbing Cedrella from ever seeing the young man again.
"But Callidora, who was as open minded as her younger sister, but not quite bold enough to openly defy her parents, pulled the hysterical Cedrella into her room away from the prying ears of their youngest sister and told her she would help her. Callidora had met the young Septimus before the disastrous incident (along with Charis) and approved of his values and of his kind and virtuous behavior towards her sister. She knew that Septimus would make her beloved sister happy and take good care of her. So within a weeks' time, Callidora had prepared Cedrella to elope with Septimus. Taking whatever money she could gather, and some clothes and food for the young couple to start their lives together with, she bundled up all she could and distracted her family while Cedrella escaped with Septimus.
"The Black parents never knew of their oldest daughters' involvement, therefore, Callidora was safe from her parents wrath. Arcturus was furious when he found out his middle daughter had been stolen away, and egged on by a jealous and embittered Charis, and ignoring his wife and elder daughters' pleas to be reasonable, he blasted Cedrella's name from the Black family tree, disowning her, and that was that.
"Karma, however, favored both Callidora and Cedrella. Cedrella went on to have three children with Septimus, one of which was my grandfather, Arthur Weasley, while Callidora met and was happily married to Harfang Longbottom and had one son and one daughter with him. Fate, however, was not so kind to Charis...who ended up marrying Casper Crouch and having several children, and a had miserable marriage to him for the betrayal and cruelty she showed her sister. But because Cedrella defied her family and married Septimus Weasley, she broke the curse and saved further generations from suffering."
The whole class was silent for a few moments, enthralled with Rose's weaving of her dramatic family history, before erupting in applause.
Teddy was pleased.
"Excellent job, Miss Weasley! Thirty points to Gryffindor for a good story and another ten for knowing your family's history and connecting it to the assignment!" he cried, clapping his hands together in delight.
Rose beamed in pride and took an extravagant bow before the class to the vast amusement of the students and the professor.
"Alright, class, don't forget to bring in the essay and do your family research! You never know what you might find! So document anything interesting and bring it to me next Thursday with your results, alright? Class dismissed!!!" said Teddy, still hyped up about Rose's excellent family history lesson.
AN: Hello everybody!!! Sorry I took so long and sorry there wasn't much Scorpius and Al Sev action in this chapter, but I thought a Harry Potter family history lesson might be interesting!
BTW, everything I stated about Cedrella Weasley (née Black) being disowned for marrying Septimus Weasley are proven Harry Potter facts that I looked up myself!!! Okay?
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