Chapter 11

Finishing up the last potions for the day I return to home via Snape's floo and let me tell you a description just didn't do it justice it was fun if not a bit terrifying. Imagine a huge spinning tube and you were attached to the bottom right up to the time you are spat out the other side.

Exiting the fireplace at malfoy manor I go directly to mother's study. To find it empty frowning at that I call Dobby, "Dobby,where I mother she told me she'd be in the study when I return?"

"Mistress narcissa bes in the Parlour.shes be meeting with a few auror from the ministry." Dobby replied. I assure you Rowling did not exaggerate the head Bobbing. And while Dobby was not quite as broken as in canon he still wasn't as well as the black elves."mistress asks master to bes in masters room.mistress be speaking to yous after auror be leaving."

"Thank you,Dobby" I say and turn around ignore the wide eyed little thing and make for my room with a smile apparently Lucius was dead.

I went into my room and started studying about potions till mom called me. In about twenty minutes mom sent Dobby to me and called me to the study."well son apparently some no good thief attempted to rob your father at knifepoint because obviously his magic was inferior to such an upstanding pureblood from such a distinguished line." She says just as I entered the obviously trying to contain her eyeroll.

"They already started with the asskissing for future bribes and the lot?" I ask, "they seem incredibly competent at keeping their bribe money incoming,perhaps if they were as competent at their jobs they wouldn't need the bribes." I said with a snort.

"Perhaps but now we have a few tasks to carry out, the funeral for one, asking lords blacks protection will be second ,possibly retraining draco to acceptable beliefs he is after all only seven and can be easily convinced everything his father told him previously was false and the second." She says already planning for the future and now that the malfoy accounts were hers to do as she pleased I would no doubt be seeing a lot of increase in the malfoy vaults especially without lucius spending the lot of it.

"You know what you should do is to fake a threatening letter from some anti death eater person and let the people from the gathering know that it might be the cause of Lucius death and use it as a reason to lock down the wards."I replay,"maybe even put the manor under comlete lockdown and move into black manor if arcturus allows it."

"No need for the threats son,we can just let them know that lord black is training heir black for his duties in the future." She says smirking, "the minute they hear the words lord black they will stop thinking about questioning anything. Even after all this time the dark sect is still scared of arcturus."

"I can believe that he is incredibly intimidating,hope he teaches me how to glower. his glower was most impressive." I was really excited with what the future held right now.

It's been ten days since the death of Lucius and things have calmed down significantly. With his interference impossible arcturus put into motion plans to get Sirius freed. I was meeting him today to undergo the ritual to adopt me properly into the house of black. Unlike the whole blood and bones thing this was basically me asking the family magic to include me under their domain.if the magic agreed I would receive a family signet ring made purely for me which would dissipate if I was banished or when I died.

I entered arcturus's study took a seat when he indicated that I should. And he spoke "boy,you are here to ask the black family magic to grant you their protection and power. as I don't know whether you know whether you know the ritual I will explaing it to you as you do it." Saying this he walks to this cabinet in the side of the room and pulled out a bowl which had a lot of ritual markings on it and continued, "this is the bowl through which over fifteen generations of blacks have claimed lordships, families and the like. You will cut you hand using a knife and drop exactly seven drops of blood into the bowl ,and after that will say the following I, abraxus arcturus malfoy son of black throwing a daughter of black, ask the family magic of house black to accept me as one of its own. Sit familia fortior per me."

I do as he says and the moment I finish the Latin there is a flash from the bowl and the screech of bird I assume it is a raven as it is what's on the black family sigil.

"Well that's done. the family accepts you abraxus you may choose your name, as you were not born a black you do not need to have the constellation or star as part of your name but I hope at least your middle name shall follow tradition. Now bleed three more drops into the and say , I, abraxus arcturus malfoy hereby claim the name whatever you chose, may I prosper under the house of black."

Mother and I had already decided in a name for me and as I didn't want to drop the malfoy title I decided on it being black-malfoy. I cur my hand and place it over the bowl and when the three drops are done and say "I, abraxus arcturus malfoy, hereby claim the name Alexander corvus black-malfoy,may I prosper under the house of black." There is a flash signifying that I was now magically Alexander corvus black. I chose the name Alexander mostly because well it was my name in the last life so there was that.

Arcturus nodded in approval as he heard the middle name and said "Alexander is good name, a strong name named, I assume after the conquerer himself and the blacks haven't had a corvus in nearly two centuries. I hope I live long enough to see what heights you may rise to."

After the ritual bowl is put away I asked him,"grandfather, I've heard many people including my father say that the family motto toujours pur means pure of blood I was hoping you told me what it actually meant."

"Centuries ago the family black was well let's say significantly lighter than it is now , the motto back then always meant pure of intent the family did not care whether you were pure of blood or dark or light or anything but your intent. Your goals and your ambition in life was what was meant to be pure not blood or magic or anything of the sort. That is what toujours pur means." He says. And asked me "tell me boy what is your goal what is it that you want?"

"I'm seven grandfather right now there isn't much that I want but I do know that I will want something in the future so as of now what j want is knowledge, knowledge shall grant me power and power shall grant me what it is that I want." I reply .

"At least unlike most people you understand every dream need slower to be achieved, the bigger the dream the more the power needed. And your goal of knowledge is admirable, but tell me what field do you want to study will it be light or dark or both?"

"Magic is not light or dark. magic is magic it is its users who are either or both."I say with confidence which I didn't know I had.

"True,so you will learn the dark arts as well as the light boy? In that case I will train you myself. When your mother says your occlumency is acceptable enough come talk to me when you recieve your wand you will have a year after you get your wand before you go to Hogwarts and I shall train you in the meantime in various wanded subjects as I myself was trained by my father."

I was kinda surprised that he would happy mind you but surprised nonetheless. Then I remembered something my mom told me the day lucius died and I asked him "grandfather, mom told me that the dark sect was afraid of you for some reason. Can you tell me the story behind it?"

"Of course, what do you know about the Grindelwald war child?" He asked me

"In all honesty I don't know much about it just that he was active in continental Europe for around 25 years and was defeated by dumbledore back when he was a transfiguration teacher at Hogwarts." I replied

"Well the bare bones are true but what isn't well known is that I was a soldier in the war I along with dorea's further husband Charlus potter fought together on the front ranks ,me and him together actually fought Grindelwald to a standstill thrice and succeeded in driving him of twice during the war.after the war charlus was about to marry dorea when a man named triton Selwyn demanded that house black honour a contract written up by my grandfather which was intended to marry a daughter of house black to a son of house Selwyn. Obviously I refused saying that my family would not be forced into marriages and any marriage would have to occur of Thier own free will."he paused for a moment and continued "well at that Selwyn started defaming both me and dorea which Charlus wouldn't have so he goaded Selwyn and a second into a honour duel to the death. Which he accepted immediately,such duels mind you were well not uncommon back then and the ministry needed to be informed."

"The duel itself Was a rather public affair and occured in a quidditch stadium full of people of all ages, I could lie and tell you that it was an incredible duel the likes of which have not been seen again but in all honesty it was just me an charlie standing there shielding from nearly all their spell fire. when Selwyn's second a French pureblood by the name Gautier threw a killing curse both me and Charlie went on offensive and literally pulled the two apart. the sight scared the entire generation after us. There was a reason that Voldemort never tried to actually fight either of us. Oh he sent assassins and the like to kill Charlie but he never succeeded. It was only after Charlie died of dragon pox along with dorea in 1979 did he have the balls to actually attack the potters directly."

Turns out the potters unlike in cannon were traditionally warriors of the highest caliber I didn't know what a fully trained potter with knowledge surpassing that of dumbledore and Voldemort would be like. I won't lie the idea was slightly terrifying.

"You may leave now boy I am heading to the ministry to eat Sirius released as the law has been broken he will be out this time tomorrow.i plan on him spending a month or two with a mind healer before getting him custody of his god daughter." He says with certainty of being right.

In the past ten days my job level had actually reached 97 and I was soon due for a new job

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Status

Name - Alexander corvus black-malfoy

Alias - Alexander Charles black, Abraxus arcturus malfoy.

Rank - 1

Job - novice potioneer, lvl 97.

Job history -none

Skills- none

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