After a lovely Christmas breakfast, in which Neville kindly made sure there were vegetarian dishes for Cassius who had never mentioned his preference for such things ( showing he really paid attention, they all dived into their presents. Neville led Cassius to a large pile of stuff, eager and excited.

"I have been buying things since October!"

Cassius flushed, not used to others caring for him this much. " I only got you three things, Neville."

Neville smiled. "I get you everyday, that's more than enough."

Close to tears, he softly kissed Neville and dived into his presents, enjoying the sound of Neville's brain resetting and Augusta cackling at his stunned face. He opened his first Present, and smiled warmly. It was a book, a lovely green skinned book. "Differing magics of the past?"

Neville nodded, slowly thawing out. "It's about magic like Parsletongue, Metamorphagus powers and such other things... I found it when you mentioned my talking to plants yesterday, after you went off to buy my gifts in muggle London."

He nodded. "I cannot wait to read it!"

Augusta was gaping. "Talking to plants, Neville, no on in our bloodline has such a blessed magic! This, can you really?"

He nodded. "It started slowly, and then boom! Cassius figured it out immediately, cause he is amazing."

She sighed. "I wish I knew before, I was a fool. This is my present, one of many I got for both of my boys." She handed Cassius a letter. He opened it to great tears, his body shaking. At Neville's stunned look, she explained. "I have custody of him now, not full adoption but guardianship. He no longer has to go back to his orphanage."

Neville pulled his gran into a hug. "Thank you, so much."

"I owe you, I failed to protect you, he is good for you and you for him. I will not let him suffer, nor you... he is family."

It took twenty minutes for Cassius to stop crying. He tore through the rest of his presents, finding books on enchantment, new robes, a new plant to keep at his bedside, and a wand holster and so on from Neville. Augusta got him a new bank account, key included, and set him with an allowance. He was keyed into the wards and everything. Her final gift was three powerful dueling books and two on history.

It was Neville's turn, he was soon wearing a pretty blue hoodie and some nice muggle clothes that Neville loved. It also had Muggle Gym clothes.

"It will make working out and dueling easier and so we can blend in the muggle world. There are some amazing restaurants for you to try. An Italian restaurant to die for. You know how I feel about bread and soup! Oh and you can wear muggle clothes at Hogwarts as long as it is not during major feasts or big moments."

Neville was over the moon. "I cannot wait, Gran he got you gifts too!"

She was stunned to see that the boy bought her some clothes. She smiled, warm as the sun, as she had a pantsuit, purple. "You got my size right. I think I will love this. We will go to that restaurant tomorrow. We will need to exchange some money, but I am sure it will be amazing."

"It will be, oh it's also a Greek restaurant, their Gyros are divine."

Everyone was happy and for the first time in his entire short life, Cassius felt entirely at home...


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Love, your Ninja Overlord,

Mika.