Chapter 45: Magical Girls in Hogwarts

Hogwarts Castle, Somewhere in the Scottish Highlands

November 28th, 1992, 7:22 AM - Saturday

On that morning, while Erik was reading the newspaper, the headline from the front page got his attention.

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BARTEMIUS CROUCH JR FOUND ALIVE!

Father abuses power and aids son escape from Azkaban!

By Louise Line

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The article went on how Madam Bones, following Minister Fudge orders to investigate Sirius Black unlawful imprisonment, questioned Bartemius Crouch Snr, who was the Director of the DMLE during the end of the war and was now the Director of the Department of International Magical Cooperation, and got reasons to search his house. During the search at the house, Bartemius Crouch Junior was found hiding under an invisibility cloak and under the Imperius Curse. After being freed from the unforgivable, Junior, who was reported as having died in Azkaban, had the pleasure in telling the Aurors how his father had freed him from Azkaban with the help of his dying mother and two doses of Polyjuice Potion. Junior even told the Aurors that his father would cast the Imperius daily on him to keep him under control and locked at home under the care of their house-elf.

The father, Bartemius Crouch Snr, was then officially arrested with charges of helping a prisoner sentenced to life in Azkaban escape prison and multiple uses of the unforgivable Imperius. Junior was arrested again too. Both now await the next meeting of the Wizengamot to decide their futures. The article commented that Junior could be sentenced to death for his escape since he was already previously sentenced to life.

After finishing his reading of the newspaper, Erik did the same that he had done all week. He gave the newspaper to Luna, the little blonde, and got his daily big smile. Erik then went to the practice rooms '3D' and '3E', where he had told his students that he would be helping them practice spells that they were having difficulty with. He would be there until three o'clock in the afternoon, after that he would spend some time with his family.

Hogwarts Castle, Somewhere in the Scottish Highlands

November 29th, 1992, 8:32 AM - Sunday

Different than throughout the week, today Erik was having breakfast with his wives. The girls had managed to follow him out of the bed due to him staying in it for a little long. Erik had no classes today to teach, but they were expecting visitors at the castle. Selena and the girls were trading small talk while he was reading the Sunday edition of the Daily Prophet. When he finished his reading, out of habit, Erik searched for the little blonde at the table and found her seated by Selena's side. The moment that he looked at her, she looked at him and gave him a big smile. Erik smiled back at Luna and asked if she wanted to read the newspaper today.

"Hey, Luna, do you want the newspaper today?"

"Yes, Professor, please."

The little blonde answered, and Erik extended the newspaper to her, who took it from his hands and started to read it. Erik then started to do some small talk with the girls while waiting for the visitors.

As Erik's wristwatch showed that it was nine o'clock, a big blue magic circle appeared by the entrance of the Great Hall, making all students around stop eating and look at it with curiosity. Erik and his wives stood up from their seats and walked to say a little distance from the border of the circle. As the group arrived at it, the circle shone stronger and three people appeared in its middle within motes of blue light. The circle started to fade and Erik went on one knee and 'braced' himself for the little bullet that impacted him as soon as the light of the circle faded completely.

"Brother!"

The little bullet cried while hugging Erik. It was a little girl with big and curious violet eyes and mid-long straight black hair. He then hugged her back and picked her a little stronger, pulling her to his chest. Erik then got up from his kneeling position with the little girl in his arms.

"Hey Sona, how is my little sister doing?"

Erik asked the little girl in his arms.

"I am good, brother."

Sona answered cutely to Erik.

"Are you behaving at home?"

He asked the little girl while looking at her eyes and trying to show a stern face. That, for some random reason, seemed to be funny to Sona, who went into a fit of giggles. And it seems that it was a contagious thing, because his wives and the other two visitors started to giggle too. After some moments, Sona managed to answer Erik when she stopped giggling for an instant.

"Yes, brother."

"Good! Now, where is my kiss?"

Erik said after hearing his answer and asked the little bundle of joy in his arms, turning his cheek to her to facilitate. Sona gave him a big smile and kissed Erik on the cheek.

"Hmm… What a wonderful kiss."

Erik said content with his 'prize'. That got him another round of giggles from the women around. Erik then looked at the visitors. The first one, was his wife and elder sister of sona, Serafall. She had her hair in twin pigtails and chose to wear a costume of magical girl, which consisted of a sailor-like uniform in white with a blue dress, red high boots, a big red ribbon with a yellow jewel in the middle and long white gloves. And now that he noticed, Sona was wearing a very similar magical girls costume too, but her dress was in a light tone of blue and her big ribbon and boots were of the same tone of light blue. The second visitor, was a mature woman of violet eyes and black long hair, who was dressed in long dark-blue robes. She was Elleanor Sitri, his second mother-in-law. Erik, with sona still in his arms, approached the two women.

"Welcome to Hogwarts, Lady Sitri, Serafall."

Erik said to the pair of mother and daughter. Lady Sitri looked at him with a gentle smile and was the first to speak.

"Thank you, Lord Ravenclaw, for receiving us in your castle."

The elegant Lady said, while giving a short curtsy to Erik. Serafall just gave the pair an eye roll and jumped at Erik, hugging him and snuggling to his other side, the one not occupied by Sona.

"I missed you, Erik."

Serafall said while basking in Erik's aura with her face buried in his neck.

"I missed you too, Sera."

Erik replied to his wife, giving her a hug with only one arm. While they were both immersed in their 'own little world', Selena, Leona and Joan approached Lady Sitri to greet her better. Out of habit, Erik covered Serafall in his aura and noticed something out of the ordinary and froze in place. Serafall noted his sudden stiffness and turned her face to look at him. She saw Erik's face slowly morphing into one of happiness. When he noticed Serafall looking at him with a puzzled face, Erik gave her a big smile and then gave her a quick kiss on the forehead and his smile turned a little mischievous. Erik then looked to where his second mother-in-law was talking to his other wives.

"Lady Sitri."

Erik spoke, calling for the elegant woman's attention. When she turned to him, Erik continued.

"It seems that congratulations are in order, you are going to be a grandmother."

Erik said. Lady Sitri looked at Erik a little puzzled at the start, and then it came to her. She was going to be a grandmother! With a squeal that no one would expect from the elegant woman, Lady Sitri walked in an almost run fashion to where Erik was hugging Serafall and holding Sona, and enveloped Serafall in motherly hug. Serafall at the beginning, when Erik was talking to her mother was puzzled too with his congratulations, but when his mother 'squelead', it all came to her. She was pregnant! Serafal let go of her hug on Erik and put both of her hands over her tummy. She looked down, and then back to Erik's face with an inquisitorial look on her face.

"Really?"

She asked in a small voice. Erik nodded at her with a big smile on his own face. At that moment, Serafall was enveloped in her mother's hug. His other three wives, Selena, Joan and Leona, approached them. Without any prompt, Leona started to scan her sister-wife and King. After some seconds where a blue magic circle shone over Serafall's body, Leona confirmed Erik's words.

"It's true, Serafall is the second one…"

She said in a dejected voice. But soon a fire seemed to be ignited inside her eyes. The other two, Selena and Joan, had the same reaction. Dejection of a loss first, followed by a new fire being ignited.

"Erik, I think that it is better that we bring this talk to our chambers, don't you agree?"

Selena said to Erik, but was saying to everyone there. They were still in the Great Hall after all, and most of the students were talking around them. Some of the younger first-generation girls even recognized Serafall and Sona's costumes. Erik nodded his head and guided the group out of the Great Hall. Serafall was walking together with her sister-wives and her mother, and they were talking in hushed voices. Sona was still in Erik's arms, looking around full of curiosity. The castle was an environment very different from the one that she was used to seeing at home. What really got her attention were the walls full of moving paintings. As Erik walked in front of the group, he stopped in front of some of the paintings for some moments to greet their occupants and introduce them to Sona.

As the group approached their chamber's doors, the pair of armors retrieved their spears back, allowing them passage through the door that had just appeared in the wall. The armors' sudden movement got a 'eep' from Sona.

Entering the chambers, Erik took a seat in an armchair and put Sona on his lap. The little devil looked extra cute in her magical girl costume. Some years ago, during a relaxation time after a trade negotiation with the Shinto pantheon, in Japan, Serafall found and fell in love with a new sub genre of manga that had little girls as the target readers, the magical girls (maho shojo) sub genre. After that, she traveled almost weekly to Tokyo to search for new stuff on magical girls, coming back home with new mangas, new figurines and new costumes. Not that Erik was complaining, after all, Serafall did bring her new costumes to their nights in bed for some role play. She even managed to convince almost all of her sister'wives to wear one costume too at some point.

"So, Sona, which magical girl are you?"

Erik asked Sona while the other grown ups were taking their seats in the lounge area.

"Sailor Mercury!"

Said the excited little devil. Her big sister had bought a lot of gifts for her on her trips to the human world, and she had really liked the magical girls too.

"That's amazing Sona, and your big sister, who is she?"

"Sailor Moon!"

Erik asked the little girl again, and got his reply in another animated tone. As soon as everyone was seated, a full tea set appeared in the low center table with a lot of biscuits and cookies prepared for the group. Sona jumped off Erik's lap and started to attack the cookies, and Lady Sitri looked at the tea set and snacks with curiosity. Erik, noticing his mother-in-law's face, answered her unasked question.

"It's the house-elves, Elleanor. Hogwarts is attended by a small army of house-elves."

Erik said to Lady Sitri, who nodded her head in understanding, but let out a sigh.

*sigh*

"It's a shame that devil's magic is poisonous to them. They are amazing servants…"

The mature woman said. Selena was serving tea for everyone and passing the cups around. Serafall then took advantage that Sona was distracted and got up from her seat and jumped into Erik's lap, hugging and snuggling her husband.

"Hay, that's my spot!"

Sona spoke, who had abandoned the cookie's tray when she saw her big sister had sat in her big brother's lap. Serafall, in a very mature gesture, showed her tongue to Sona, which just got her furious. She was ready to yell with her big sister when her mother called for her.

"Sona. Let your big sister enjoy your big brother a little, ok?"

Elleanor said to her youngest daughter. Sona looked at her mother and pouted.

"Why should I?"

Sona said.

"Because your big sister just discovered that she is going to become a mommy too, and she wants to hug your big brother, who is going to become a daddy."

Elleanor explained to Sona. She knew that her youngest daughter had a very developed intellect and could understand stuff much more quickly than other childs of the same age (two y.o.), but she had yet to explain to her where babies come from. And that was not a conversation that she wanted to have right now too, but the time for Sona to ask was getting near.

"Ok, I will let big sister use big brother's lap. But I want to play with him later!"

Sona, in a very mature gesture for her age, let her big sister get her big brother's lap for the time being.

"Ok, sweetheart."

Elleanor said to the still pouting Sona, who changed the pout for a smile after hearing the answer. Sona then went for the second best option available to her right now, her big sister Leona's lap. And with a handful of cookies, she climbed the blonde's lap and rested her head on two big soft pillows to enjoy the cookies. After that, the room fell into a comfortable conversation where the main subject seemed to be the discovery of Serafall's pregnancy.

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