Chapter #13

Albus's P.O.V,

Albus casually strolls through the halls towards his office. It was time for him to meet the people who sent him those contracts through Arcturus. He mentally applauded some of them for pulling a quick one over him (Arcturus).

He knew that Arcturus was not this easy to be tricked so they all must have played on one of his weak spots… he wanted to know what it was as well! The man was persistent to a fault and Al had been tempted multiple times to read his mind but always held back as he had never taken any worrying actions.

He was a bit hopeful he could get an excuse to justify to himself mindreading him. While he was the Lord and answered to no one, at the end of the day he had to go back home and live with the decisions that he had made. He had a moral compass that he followed loosely and he tried to abide by it, only straying from it in severe cases.

He was already occupied and amused worried about Gellert and what actions he would take next. The world was currently in the process of writing the history books… WWII had already begun. The wizards were not permitted to interfere other than to stop another wizard from doing so.

Gellert had taken a masterful series of moves earlier which rendered him a little exasperated with the wizarding world. In order to stop Gellert... he would have to deal with him by either straight up defeating him when he was challenged by him or until he went public with his moves.

The second was impossible as this wasn't the average universe but one that he ruled over. Gellert was smart enough to realize that if he ever moved publicly, he would instantly be captured by him. He just lived in Germany, very close to being able to directly influence the war. The wizarding society didn't see the truth lying in plain sight in front of them.

Even he would admit though that he was slightly curious about what excuse Gellert would give him in the event being held after Eleanor's Birthday. It was in a few days at max now and he was incredibly worried as he hadn't found a meaningful gift yet.

He entered his office, it was more expanded than before due to the higher number of people and made his way to his comfortable seat. He would teleport it between locations while transfiguring its color to ensure no one would make any connection.

As he sat down, they all immediately bowed their heads for a few moments before slowly greeting him. It was something he didn't care for much, he did enjoy seeing some of them bow to him but that was just his inner sadist talking.

Albus threw the contracts given to him by Arcturus in front of them in a file and they all separated and floated in front of the families that gave them.

"Would anyone like to explain?" He calmly asked them and they would answer. Most of them had made no mistake but the few that did…

They were all sort of crowded together like children being scolded. Arcturus stepped forward to answer and Al sighed at the expected result.

"My Lord, those are contracts so that you may-" [Arcturus]

"I am well aware of what they are Arcturus. I am asking you a different question… did I not ban these contracts? Or are my words just sounds that you ignore at your convenience?"

He immediately heard the mental shutdown of everyone in the room before they all rushed to speak… a very significant difference from earlier where the air of the room matched the grim atmosphere of a grave… now it matched the seriousness of the situation as well.

Some of them were straight up insulting him… and that was simply not acceptable behavior at all. He may find Gellert struggle against him amusing, similar to how one would watch an animal struggle to free himself from an unbreakable cage but some of them were pushing it.

"Silence! I will call you to speak when I wish to hear what you have to say… but a few of you should say their final words. You aren't leaving this room alive." [Arceus]

He could immediately feel the aforementioned three stiffen in shock and fear. Good… they had realized that just because he was playing by the rules of the 'game' for a short period of time didn't mean that he couldn't freely move…

But the realization was too late and they would die all the same for it.

He called the oldest of the trio. "Rabas… step forward. Explain section 3 of your proposed contract for the hand of your… granddaughter, if I am correct?" [Arceus]

Al could feel the fear rolling off him in literal waves… he briefly turned his complete attention to his innocent audience and was amused to see them be so nonchalant about it. So blasé… they must have gotten used to him killing his incredibly stupid opposition from when he was still young. Ah… good old days… when everyone was so stupid that he had- God he was getting old… getting so nostalgic over it…

"Yes my Lord… it is for my Granddaughter. The contract states that-" [Rabas]

"I only asked for section 3." His reply was concise… and to the point. He wanted to finish this quickly so he could visit some stores for an actual gift.

The man finally began speaking in a quivering tone about how the section made it 'necessary' for the bride to obey whoever signs that contract. He hummed lightly; his mood was quite pleasant today due to the events of last night.

He spent time with almost everyone he cared about in the same room. Only 3 people were missing but it was an impromptu gathering so that was fine. Eleanor got on surprisingly well with Grace when they started talking and they both along with Ariana were already planning the shopping trip yesterday in hushed tones.

Leo and Ab just looked resigned to going and so was he. We had been trained too well unfortunately by the females in our lives… it was just Perry first but then Aunt Yao arrived and they both corrupted our innocent Ariana as well… we both, me and Ab still grieve for the adorable girl who dressed like warrior. She was so cute!

"And what have I said regarding such clauses in contracts?" [Al]

All of them corrupted my innocent cute and adorable daughter as well! And Leo used to ask me why I tried to keep them both away from meeting their grandparent and great Aunt. He had warned him not to go! But he didn't listen and they both went with Ariana to visit them… Leo came back suffering from depression. SO many memories of clothes… Albus almost shivered.

"That they are not permitted and that it- it is an unforgiveable one…" Rabas said and his voice was thick with fear for his life but Al didn't hear an apology and even heard slight challenge in his tone.

Albus wondered where they had planned to go today. It annoyed him how Eleanor had memorized the location of all the famous malls in the Wizarding World. She was happily giving them both the pros and cons of going to specific spots and branches. He had stared at her in incredulity and so did Ab.

"Yes… do you have anything to say?" Al asked him, it was as much of an opportunity as a warning and… final judgement. Rabas didn't reply but simply looked back at him challengingly.

The human brain was an incredibly fascinating artifact that he so desperately wanted to study but he was no expert at biology so he stayed away. His fort lay in science and technology, not… whatever biology was… the female brain was one of the wonders of the world.

"No? …very well then… Kneel." A stifling wave of magic spread in a wave over the room and all magical beings that were incredibly sensitive to magic felt it for a moment. Even Eleanor looked up from within the chamber of secrets.

How could anyone memorize the locations of over a 100 different malls and different branches of different brands of clothes baffled him. He could, that was true but only due to his perfect memory thanks to magic and even then he would have to focus on remembering or jogging such a useless detail…

A sharp *thud* sound was heard in the room as Rabas fell to his knees. Arceus stared blankly at him before he said, "Any last words?" But no one in the room could make a single sound in fear of attracting his attention.

Rabas could barely breathe and he so desperately wanted to open his mouth to beg for his life but as he forced himself through the breathlessness and fear and looked into the Lord's eyes… his mind was destroyed in an instant. He let out a soundless scream as he turned to ashes that disappeared like they never existed.

Albus wondered what they would have for breakfast today. He wanted some eggs today, he had woken up entirely too early to meet them all today and while it was the vacations currently, he still wanted to sleep in as he would go shopping later in the day with all the ladies… ugh… he already felt exhausted despite not even having spent 20 minutes debating the difference in dark and light blue and their contrast with Grace. Somebody kill him…

Arceus turned his gaze to the other two and gestured for them to step forward. He smiled at the rest of the people in the room and praised and applauded them for their actions regarding the clauses in the contracts. He had found most of the contracts satisfactory and liked the clause of it only activating if both parties think a marriage could work between them.

He smiled towards the two and before he spoke to them or even opened his mouth, they both were kneeling in front of him and…

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A few moments later

Arceus smiled at everyone who came today and he sincerely thanked them all for coming. He picked up a few of the contracts and destroyed them while excusing all of them and headed out himself.

Everyone who gathered walked right behind him, some of the younger ones… their body language was screaming alarm, worry and fear. The older ones like Henry seemed right at home, looking all too comfortable and at ease. As Arceus gave his farewell to all of them, no one missed the absence of 3 people from their group.

Al happily appeared in his cottage in his dimension where he slowed time to a mere fraction of what it was and slept. His body wouldn't be able to rest properly but Eleanor would come to wake him any moment now so he just needed to freshen up mentally…

Just a few hours of mental sleep or rest compressed in a few moments… he would wake up having a similar feeling to a hangover but the bath and the tea would freshen him up fine…

End Albus's P.O.V

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Eleanor's P.O.V,

Eleanor had woken up early today. She planned to use her 'gift' or ability in the chamber of secrets. She had no plans of doing so for quite some time… probably years but things were moving too fast for her to not use such an advantageous ability.

She looked at the time and sighed in relief when she saw that there was much time before she would go over to Al. She teleported to Hogwarts, and calmly made her way to the chambers. The entire place was more or less empty only having some of the professors and the orphans.

They all would celebrate together but when she was taken back or kidnapped back home by Ariana, she resigned herself to spending time together. Not that she actually had anything else to do…

She made her way to the dungeon and looked straight at the picture that had an old man with a snake on his shoulders. The picture hissed at her with the old man in the picture smiling in bemusement. Eleanor wasn't amused and hissed back at it as well. They were insulting one another before Eleanor directly ordered it to move.

The picture started to slowly move to the side and a small opening was revealed that someone could only crawl through or have crossed if they had a small animal form they could convert to. She was fortunately still physically small enough to comfortably make her way through without struggling.

She sighed as she felt her clothes get dirty and immediately threw her magic around like Albus did to clean up the small passage. It was much better now and she could even see bright emerald designs carved into the walls. They were telling a story but she wasn't interested in that…

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1st P.O.V,

I observed the carving on the walls in slight interest but they didn't attract my interest all that much… maybe if I ever wanted to know about how the founders thought, I would have a look at them.

Not right now though, I was already annoyed at having to crawl through the ground… only someone way smaller than me could actually walk through this passage and it had enough space for most animals to walk through. It was wide enough for that…

Ugh… Animagus… just thinking about that branch of magical transfiguration and human transfiguration made me disgusted. Which idiot would want to turn into some animal as if it is supposed to be something great?!

Even Al had similar thoughts regarding this as when I brought it up… he radiated slight confusion and disgust which immediately clued me in to his real thoughts.

I asked him whether he had a form and he looked annoyed at the question and replied in a controlled tone that he wasn't some 'lowly animal', the carefully controlled disdain dipping from his voice made me laugh so much that I was holding my stomach while he just stared at me with exasperated fondness and amusement.

Most wizards and witches I had met regarded human transfiguration such as self-transfiguration into an animal as something worthy of applause. None of the Arcs were like that. Arc was the name they had chosen for their family name.

When I asked if it meant something, Ab shrugged and said it sounded better while Ariana just continued cooking while commenting it sounded much nicer than Dumbledore. They were surprisingly blasé regarding it as I know from some of my followers that changing an old name to something new has many meanings.

Shame in your family name, repentance or shift of core principles and an example was the 'Potter' family. While the Peverell family married into the Potter family, they were simply a branch of the family with a different name back then. As the family died out, the Potters changed to their current name, showing that they are no longer under someone.

To see them so blasé regarding the name was a little amusing, especially with some of the reactions of the older children. When confronted with the blandness at which they treated their family name, many of them had such confused and complex faces as if they agreed but were also against it… I found it absolutely hilarious but that was probably just me…

I arrived in the chamber and immediately felt the magical wards around me… they were all incredibly weak and I observed the chamber. It was incredibly wide, a very large space that felt artificial to me for some reason and I slowly walked over to the center. I had come here once before to see if it had anything of importance but it was empty…

I had already used my magic to clean up the place properly and even brought some detergent that I used magic to replicate and use to clean. It shined brightly and ensured no annoying insect would approach the area…

My gift was something I wasn't aware that I had for the longest time and the consequences of using it were little to none. The only worry I had was that I had no clear idea on what would happen after I used it. It didn't have any explanation attached with it but I got the feeling that it would be more annoying than actually dangerous…

I sigh as I would just have to wait and see… I still in my position as I realize that I just sighed exactly like Al does… I shiver at that realization before slapping both my hands to my head and resolving myself to be careful to not be affected too much by his habits.

It simply wouldn't do for me to start sighing like some old man at every moment of the day like Al does…

I sat down on the ground in a cross-legged position and slowly reached into my soul like Al told me while we were discussing meditation. It was very relaxing and I could see my soul within me and immediately recognized the foreign object placed within. I reached out to it while mentally commanding it to activate.

I felt my magic spread from within my body and begin to concentrate in front of me. The magic from the surrounding, which was also mine from months of using this chamber also started to be swallowed into the concentrated mixture. It rushed towards me and my entire body shined a bright dark purple.

I felt my soul growing… no… transferring and a large burst of magic spread from the center. I blinked as I opened my eyes and immediately felt the difference. I was immediately overcome with joy! But I remained calm and carefully conjured a mirror and examined my reflection with deep satisfaction! I wanted to laugh loudly but I settled for whopping in joy and conjuring some fireworks…

It was probably a dumb decision but I could help myself. I was finally my proper age again! I stared happily at my reflection and examined it. The first thing I noted was the fact that I was tall. I wasn't as tall as Leo but not too far off either. My bright red eyes blinked at me in happiness and they were glowing.

I posed slightly in front of the mirror while silently admitting that I was truly beautiful. My chest wasn't ridiculously large but I found it not as annoying to look at as my younger body. I had all my features only more grown and much prettier. I picked up the cloak and jacket that had been discarded by me when I was physically aging myself.

I immediately shriek! I was naked! How did I not realize this when I looked into the mirror? No… I did and probably ignored it because no else was here. I conjured some underclothing and proper trousers for myself before wearing them and put on my cloak. It suited me much better now than it did before. It contrasted nicely with my bright red eyes that glowed with hidden magic.

It was incredible how much I could suddenly do thanks to being my proper physical age… my magic was increasing at a high rate unlike ever before. I didn't think age had much to do with the level but clearly I was wrong… my magic was increasing rapidly… I wouldn't be surprised if I broke through to level 7 within a week at this pace!

I waved one hand over my hair and it immediately fixed itself into a proper style up till my back… I was so relieved that I could finally be my proper age… I had already considered what I should do next.

My plans resolved around travelling and learning some new magics from different experts before coming back and seducing romancing Albus. I did want to know about magic and find the origin of that strange feeling I get whenever I hold Agrah… speaking of who, I call to him, "Agrah!" And behold! Here he is.

He appears with a large burst of magic and immediately tries to land on my shoulders in an experienced manner. He straight up hits my back and then he trills and squawks in utter confusion. Aww Adorable!

I pick him up and grin at him before choking hugging him! "We haven't been properly introduced Agrah! I am Eleanor! It is nice to meet you!" He stares in slight interest before examining me closely with his magic and I feel approval before he settles down on my shoulders and just trills. I enjoy it a lot as it is a very calming melody.

He expresses some worry regarding how I am going to go up like this and I laugh. I cannot go up like this which is why the gift is so helpful. The gift allows me to create a second body, an avatar that houses my soul and she is me and I am her but one is older and one is infinitely younger.

The details are quite simple and memories can be exchanged easily and proper questions can also be asked. I glow briefly once more and my younger self materializes in front of me and we both blink slightly when I witness she is fully clothed.

Both of us know what the other is thinking and it is incredibly weird which my younger self states loudly. I nod my agreement before I kneel down and hold myself into a hug and we both have that small presence inside our head, in the back of our minds of the others presence.

It is incredibly helpful and I can use it to communicate from large distances as well but that can be done in sleep as well… the plan is fool proof and I can see the differences between what I know and what I read…

I sense a large burst of magic spread immediately spread from afar and reach us in the chamber in a matter of moments… and while it has no effect on my younger self in the slightest, my body absorbs the magic as it is pure raw magic with something added in?

I feel myself breakthrough within moments to the 7th Level from the upper 4th I was initially at and stare at myself in incredulity. Is that even possible! "How is that even possible?! This is bullshit!" My younger body shouts in annoyance and I immediately snap back sharply, "Language!"

She looks back at me with undisguised bemusement and annoyance in her facial expressions and I immediately realize I was much more open than I was back on Earth… it wasn't a confusing realization but I was much happier than before and that was all that mattered… but when did I become such an adult?!

My younger self had the same question on her face and her thoughts were bleeding through our bond due to our close proximity to one another. I smiled at our collective thoughts and used an identification spell on myself to understand my physical condition.

My younger self gasped in shock at the results while I simply stared in shock. My name is Eleanor but with no second family name. My health is shown is be good and my height is displayed as well. My age is… also displayed. I am, apparently 40. 40?! What?! I am at max 30 years of age!

I sigh while resigning myself to not knowing what is happening regarding this… I see the time and realize that it's almost time to go annoy Al and wake him up. I almost head up myself before my younger self's question of where I am headed comes to my head. This is getting confusing as I don't want to keep our mind link active at all times.

I tell her, "Alright me… from now on, I am Elea and you are Eleanor, Capisce?"

End 1st P.O.V,

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Eleanor blinks as she feels the mind link closing until they can barely access one another's thoughts consciously. She sighs in relief as it was getting tricky to be one person in two bodies and think as one alone...Her older self, no, Elea smiles at her warmly as they both sit down.

The advantages are many but one of the main ones is most likely the rapid gain in magical power she has now. She advanced multiple levels within a few moments but it seems that she would have reached it on her own with time. Even she could feel the magic absorption rise in her body, a result of her soul technically being in a higher level no doubt.

They had planned for this scenario multiple times when she realized what her gift was precisely and the details that followed. The plan has been carefully made with proper consideration of what she would do and why she needed one, a second body.

The answers were making sense now. She actually had a chance to honor her words to become his equal in a few years… they would join back together when she was physically 17-18 years in this body.

Another advantage, she noted was the ring on her finger and Elea's. The ring had also split in a way and while it did not make much sense… she was thankful all the same. She tested it slightly and noted that the performance of her foci had not decreased in any way either despite her expecting it.

Her new mothering tendencies could most likely be blamed on her dealing with children for most of her time in Hogwarts. Her eyes began twitching as she remembered some of the things Ella would be dared to do and then accept.

Not to mention the other children around them. At least the orphans were more or less sane… the same could not be said about any from the ancient families. It was as if they were begging for death or to be paralyzed for life.

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1st P.O.V,

The first time one of them jumped off a tower with a broom stick I lost my mind and almost killed them myself by freezing them from jumping off the tower to stop them. In my defense I wasn't aware that wizards could cure anything. Any health issue that could be imagined could be fixed by magic.

In fact, I read a case in which a child had an entire new body created for him by Lord Arceus as his previous one was unsalvageable. With Arceus's fondness for young wizarding children apparent in all the laws he had made for their well-being and the sponsorship of orphanages run by his friend, Al and his family, the Arcs, many children were beyond sure nothing could touch them.

I had nothing to say regarding that. I could feel the constant amusement that surrounded and radiated from Albus, the Arcs, whenever they would interact with children. I was the exception, I knew that which I heard from Ariana is a result of multiple factors, none of which she elaborated on.

I had conflicting thoughts regarding such a high level of dependency on someone. Trusting people with your life was one thing but showing blatant disregard for yours because someone in a higher position cared was one dumb idea. I had probably gotten very angry because I lost control of my magic for a few moments and when I told them they weren't to do that again or anything stupid like that… they all listened.

Eventually I had started to notice that very few people in the wizarding world were proactive. Most just left things for someone else to do something about… including life and death situations. Albus was naturally an exception I had noted with fulfilled expectations. He was actually a little too proactive sometimes. Anything weird or even a simple observation that I found weird and mentioned would be noted and he would immediately act.

I wondered again if falling for someone like that was even a surprise. Especially regarding someone who adored children like me, the sheer number of emotions I sensed from him yesterday regarding his children and during their presence were astounding.

I noted the time and told Elea that I was headed up to get ready for the day as we had to go shopping and had to do much today. All of them would like at me considering from time to time and I had the feeling that I was missing something but I, for the life of me could not figure out what.

She nodded at me with complex emotions running across her face as she waved good bye for now. We had plans to separate after the vacations and until then she would stay here and explore the chambers properly. I could only clean in with magic but she could easily focus on learning advanced magic as well as any secrets that lay in this room.

I on the other hand would enjoy this school life to the fullest with children trying to find the most interesting ways to get killed. I thought that Al was joking on the first day during his speech but I had to reluctantly admit… his worry was genuine and sometimes he would be so annoyed but still fond enough to heal the stupid kid and order them to go to bed.

What Joy… I turned to see Elea laugh lightly at our shared thoughts and headed to my room.

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Albus sighed as he felt all the lights of his room light up at their brightest. He burrowed deeper into his bed as while he was mentally good to go, he was still physically tired. He groaned as he heard Eleanor humming in the room and felt honest fear strike his soul as he heard the sound of Grace and Leo laughing lightly.

He attempted to get back to sleep despite all the signals in his head screaming against it but finally gave up when he heard Ab's voice in his room. Why? Why?! What had he done to deserve this? He blinked as he felt Eleanor place her hand on his arm.

She lightly spoke, "Al? A-Are you okay? We can leave if you are not feeling well!" He felt slightly surprised at the worry in her voice but he really shouldn't have been. She had proven herself time and time again as someone special like that.

He slowly got up and leaned on his bed, his blanket still wrapped around him and waved a hand over his hair, fixing them before taking off his blanket to look at her. She was looking at him, her worry rolling off of her in waves and resolve in her features.

He logically assumed it was about leaving if he was too tired. He was no longer even bothering to disguise his fondness for her. It was slightly pathetic… to him that he was finding a closer friendship with someone so physically younger than him but maybe it was due to her mature soul.

"I am fine Eleanor." At her glare, he slightly amended his statement. "I am tired but fine Eleanor. Don't worry about me...-" He paused for a moment before taking a look at his family and her before he continued, "-For this. It is more than worth it." He smiled warmly at her with bright eyes that had black bags.

Eleanor blinked at him before rubbing her eyes for a moment and she said, "Oh God, Al. You are such a sap…" She smiled back at him, warmly and safe before asking, "Tea?" He nodded as he looked towards his children who were both sitting on a conjured, comfortable carpet, "Yes. Tea would be really nice. Yours is the best." Eleanor smiled, pleased at that before patting his shoulder and leaving to make some.

His Daughter, Sweet, bright, cunning Grace smiled at him, all teeth from Leo's lap while comfortably leaning on his chest with his arms wrapped around her, "Papa! Where are we going first?!"

He could admit that his heart and soul had melted at what she said but God… did the regret and dread not come back twice as bad after he understood what she was trying to say and remind him of. He just sighed before getting up and preparing for the day. He wouldn't get any sleep if he didn't accept his loses.

End Chapter.

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Author Notes: So… just had a conversation with bro where he expressed that he read it more as a record than actual story so wanted to know if you guys agree. (Edit: Yeah... I got it too. Probably because of the 1st P.O.V)

Anyways, we have started to move forward with the plan, make second MC OP as well… Al has proven himself to be an absolutely no chill sort of guy. No mercy, no second chances, nothing. Just an offer and when rejected… mind destroyed and physically eradicated. I didn't elaborate on all the reasons for it either yet… he ain't a psychopath yet, so keep that in mind…

Eleanor moving forward with her journey which will be mirrored with Al's in the wizarding world and the order of mystical arts. We will get there slowly but definitely. For all who enjoy this novel, thank you all for your support! Let me know what you guys think regarding Al and what happened to Elea in the comments.

To all who realized that Elea is just me trying to be lazy with writing full names… you have my applause! And a way to differentiate between the older and younger one…