Ophiuchus Rho Potter

9 - The sixth magic (Updated)

(I have changed this chapter a bit because I realised that it is still winter so there's no way they would be playing in the lake as if it was summer)

Over the next couple of days Ophiuchus spent a couple of hours each day at the Clock Tower, with Zelretch, meditating to regain his magic as well as trying to explore and discover what the 'Sixth Magic' is.

During one such session, whilst Ophiuchus was meditating and exploring his mental landscape he saw 22 lights appear around him, if he could see it from further away he would see that they are positioned in the form of his namesake, the constellation Ophiuchus.

It's strange because he feels like he's seen this exact same thing before. But he can't quite place where.

As he continues to look around and observe the lights, smaller lights begin to appear surrounding them. The smaller lights don't shine as brightly as the first 22 but he can still tell that they are stars. Then yellow, green, blue, black and red cosmic clouds begin to filling areas within the mental landscape with their colour.

Ophiuchus could feel the power and heat behind each star, the strength and solidity of each celestial rock large and small, the coldness and emptiness of the black holes, and the wisdom and patience from the long life of all of it.

When he finally came out of his mental world Zelretch is standing right in front of him so that they are face to face. He looks down and sees that his legs are still crossed below him but he is floating in the air.

"I see that you are finally back with me." Zelretch huffed as he dusted his shoulders and looked at Ophiuchus, "We may need to find somewhere else to experiment with your powers. You've wrecked this place quite thoroughly."

Ophiuchus is shocked by the old man's words but after a quick glance around the room he understands why. All of the walls, the ceiling and the floor have cracks in them and there is large creators in each of the surfaces that looks like they were created by a large Spherical object. "Oh. Oops." He mumbles whilst giving the old man an apologetic look and a shrug.

Zelretch let's out a puff of laughter at his look and pats him on his shoulder, "No need to apologise Rho, I honestly couldn't be more impressed. It was quite the sight to see you unlocking your true magic. From what I saw, It looks like it could be cosmic magic, but it is most definitely very powerful."

Ophiuchus uncrosses his legs and slowly lowers his feet to the ground before letting out a sigh of relief when he feels the worlds gravity again. "Cosmic magic you say, why do I get the feeling that its as broken as your kaleidoscope." He grumbles whilst wiping some dust off of his hair.

Zelretch full on laughs this time. "We will experiment more next time, but now that I have a rough idea of what your magic is and also now that all of your original magic has returned I can start working on a new wand for you. It'll probably take me around a month or so since cosmic magic is without a doubt very powerful magic. I'll let you know and we can start experimenting after you've grown accustomed to the wand."

Ophiuchus nods along to the old man's words as he puts his shirt back on and buttoning it up to halfway before putting on his socks and shoes. "Understood, I'll wait for you to get in touch then." He says when the old man finishes and picks up his coat. "See you next time, old man."

Zelretch grunts and waves him off before looking back at the room that they were using and chuckles to himself whilst shaking his head.

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Ophiuchus returns to his old dorm room and uses the fireplace to floo back to Malfoy Manor.

A house Elf appears before him when he arrives and greets him before telling him that the others are outside by the lake, enjoying the snow.

Ophiuchus thanks the house Elf before heading out the door to the garden.

Once he steps out into the cold but sunny winter air he closes his eyes and takes in a deep breath, enjoying the fresh but also chilling air and the slight warmth that the sun provides. He follows the noise of children's laughter to the small lake, when he gets closer he sees Harry and Draco playing in the snow. Lucius is also playing with them and laughing at something that one of the boys did.

Ophiuchus smiles at the sight of the three and strolls over.

The kids both smile brightly and start running over to him when they notice him, both of them fling themselves at him trying to tackle him but with no success. He catches the two and squeezes them both gently in a hug making them both squeal. Before letting out his own squeal when he feels a freezing cold hand touch his skin making him drop them both into the snow.

Lucius walks over as the two boys giggle at Ophiuchus’s reaction to their cold hands and welcomes Ophiuchus back. Whilst doing this Lucius pulls the ravenette into a hug and uses it as an opportunity to snack his cold hands into his friend's shirt and place them on his back.

Ophiuchus let's out another sqeal and jumps back as shivers run up his body. "Lucy!" He yells in complaint as the blonde laughs with the kids.

Ophiuchus decides to get back at the three with a snowball fight but he ends up losing because the three all team up on him. They all stop when they're all shivering from being brenched by the cold snow.

Later after they all got changed out of their camp and freezing clothes, they all sit around the fire in the family parlour wrapped in heated blankets whilst sipping on hot chocolates.

Ophiuchus and Lucius pick the boys up as they begin to doze off and carry them over to their room. After tucking the two in Lucius invites Ophiuchus to come to his room.