"Fascinating, how did you end up with Harry Potter in your care?" Harriette asked the elder dark elf.
"Or how did you change his appearance for that matter. His eyes are red and that is most certainly not normal" Liliana chimed.
"Huh, I didn't realize that going through the portal changed our appearance. Then again I think most people would freak out seeing a dark elf here" Ryu stated and all three adults looked at him like he was crazy.
"Could you show us where platform nine and three quarters are now? Since I have a feeling that we'll have our regular appearance once we're through there" Nirek asked and the witches and wizards did so, walking through said wall that was right in front of them. This caused Ryu to curse in his very colorful language, which now expanded to include curses from dovahkiin as well.
"What language is that? I've never hear of it before" Harriette stated once the elder dark elf crossed the wall with Nirek in tow. She didn't even to bother to point out their changed appearances as she was too fascinated by the face the elder dark elf could speak a language she never heard of before. She knew how to speak at least twenty different languages so that's saying something. She learned the languages due to two factors, the first being the simple fact that she was a ravenclaw and an oddball one, according to Hikaru, and then the fact she had a time tuner and had been using it to learn all these languages and to read more. She passed said time tuner to her daughter yesterday.
"It dovahkiin, the reason you likely never heard of it before is because only those I'm related to-"
"Or that you performed the blood ritual on, like me" Nirek interrupted. Ryu glared at the younger dark elf, knowing what said dark elf was up to.
"Yes and I'll explain that" Ryu stated, seeing Lillianna and Harriette's curious looks.
"Anyway basically anyone from my family line can speak it. Though we do have to get shouted at by greybeards after absorbing a dragon soul to learn it" Ryu grumbled.
"Dad, I think that was just for you" Nirek stated.
"You're probably right, Sheogorath probably did that" Ryu sighed.
"I take offence to that comment" said prince of madness stated and Ryu groaned.
"Are you back to being a prince of madness or do you still prefer creatively inclined" Nirek asked, seeming to want to know the answer.
"My last self did decide that he wanted to be creatively inclined, didn't he? No I quite think that I am insane" Sheogorath stated.
"You know it's been longer than two months since your last visit" Nirek stated.
"And if I known he'd look in on how I was doing with you once every two months I don't know if I would have taken you in" Ryu mumbled, looking utterly annoyed.
"You know you love me, right?" Nirek asked, sounding unsure and trying to control his sniffles.
"If I was anyone else that would have worked, but you and I both know that I'm not falling for that. Also for that I might make sure no tamriel sweets make it your way when I buy some next time" Ryu stated and Nirek immediately caught on. He realized that what Ryu was saying was: there would be contracts here in the wizarding world once they were set up and if he gave away all his tricks now he might not get one sent his way.
"No! I'll stop! I'll stop!" Nirek cried out in horror. It was kinda sad that an eleven year old liked to kill people that much...
"Then you should practice you magic from home as well" Ryu pointed out and Nirek looked annoyed at the fact he would have to practice thieving.
"Fine" Nirek stated, annoyed.
"Quiet fascinating that he can cry on demand. I simply must study this" Lillianna stated, pulling out her notebook again and rapidly making notes.
"So what is this blood ritual?" Harriette inquired.
"It's a secret ritual between mages in my world that makes it to where your adopted child gains your blood and, in a sense, becomes your actual child" Ryu responded.
"Fascinating" Both Lillianna and Harriette stated at the same time. That's when the train whistle went off and Ryu and the other adults hurriedly put their children on board. All four found a compartment together and waved goodbye to their parents, with the exception of Lillianna, as the train took off.
"Goodbye! So touching!" Sheogorath stated on top of the train, blowing into a hanky and then he proceeded to jump off said moving train and disappear before he hit the ground. His mad laughter remained after a few more minutes.
"Why me" Ryu groaned, unaware that his son would be echoing the same sentiment a few minutes later.
~During the sorting~
"Harry Potter!" Mcgonagall shouted and Nirek looked annoyed as he walked to the stool.
"I go by Nirek Vareralu now since I was adopted, thank you very much" Nirek stated as the hat was placed on his head. Therefore he also couldn't see the shade of red Mcgonagall turned in embarrassment.
"Hmm, where to put you? I see you have a lot of slytherin qualities, but no ambition to speak of. You seem to value your family more than anything but you have a thirst for knowledge and you wish to remain as anonymous as you can" the hat stated and Nirek just shrugged.
"Therefore I think I'll place you in RAVENCLAW!" the sorting hat shouted and Nirek went to the table, noticing that the ravenclaws were clapping politely, most of them being too immersed in their books to care otherwise.
"Hikaru Foyer!" Mcgonagall stated and placed the hat on the blonde's head as he argued with it about something and it shouted "SLYTHERIN!" soon after with said blonde looking entirely pleased to have likely won their argument.
"Alex Woodwork!" Mcgonagall shouted and put the hat on the boy's head as he looked contemplative of what the hat was saying before the hat shouted "GRYFFINDOR!" Alex didn't know how to feel about this placement. Though he supposed that if Nirek had gone to hufflepuff he'd have argued to be placed with him, oh well.
"Lilianna...Lilianna!" Mcgonagall looked like she was glaring at the list before deciding she really didn't want to say as many names as Lillianna had. The hat was barely above her head before it shouted "RAVENCLAW!" Nirek banged his head on the table and mumbled "Why me?"