Blood and Wine (Book 1)

Chapter 16

It was now the day after Christmas and (Y/N) was practicing some of his Spells in the Castle's Armoury, having set up training dummy's using old suits of armour and bags of sand, it was a good way to test out some of his spells without having to worry about the mess, though... his sisters were quite insistent on him using live targets.

"Flipendo" he said as he waved his Wand at the make-shift training dummy, there was a loud bang as the spell left his Wand in a burst of White light and it struck the chest plate of the armour, knocking it back with a loud metallic crash as the make-shift training dummy hit the wall and fell to pieces.

"Hm... yes, this spell will be most useful indeed" (Y/N) said with a smirk as he looked to his special Wand, already imagining how useful the Knockback Jinx would be for him at Hogwarts and here in the Castle.

"(Y/N)? What was that sound, my Son?" Alcina asked as she opened the door and quickly ducked through the doorway and into the Armoury, looking to her son for an explanation.

"Mother, apologies if I worried you, I was practicing a new Jinx which would be useful to me" (Y/N) explained to his Mother as he put his Wand away, standing tall and proud of his work.

"My son... could you please take a break from your practicing, your Sisters have been begging me to ask you to spend time with them, and I also want to hear about your time at this School" Lady D said to her eldest child, curious to see what he may have learned in his time at Hogwarts, but also concerned that he was doing alright away from home and surrounded by mortal children.

"Of course, Mother" (Y/N) said to her respectfully before he set down his copy of The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection and then walked with his Mother to find his Sisters, he followed her to the Castle's Library where Bela, Cassandra and Daniela were all sat together under the Skylight, when they heard the door to the room open and saw Alcina and their Brother duck through into the room with them.

"Big Brother, your finally done with your practice?" Bela asked hopefully as she closed the book on her lap, Daniela and Cassandra also looked to the new arrivals hopefully.

"Yes, my studies took up quite a bit of my time... my apologies for neglecting you all" (Y/N) said apologetically, feeling bad that he had been secluding himself away from his beloved little sisters, but he was eager to spend time with them now that he'd mastered that Jinx.

"It's okay, Big Brother, your here now at least" Cassandra said to him with a smile, as Bela and Daniela both nodded in agreement as he sat down in one of the chairs in the Library, while Alcina went to fetch one for herself to sit in.

"Now, Mother said you all wanted to hear about my time at Hogwarts, right?" (Y/N) asked as Lady D came back with a decently sized chair and set it down with her children under the Library's Skylight.

"Yes, I want to know how your time there has been, have you been doing well there? Have you been eating properly? Have you been having any troubles with any of the other students or staff? Have you had to share a room with those Children? Have you been getting enough sleep?" Lady Dimitrescu asked her Son in a tone of Motherly concern, as she sat herself down in the chair and looked to (Y/N) expectantly.

"Yes, Mother, I have been doing well in my classes, I've made sure to consume a decent amount of blood and food at meal times, there have been no great issues, though it seems the House I was sorted into is rather disliked by the other three Houses, and there are people in my House who disagree with my presence but they are too afraid to do anything, and I've been sleeping well in my own private room" (Y/N) said to his Mother, trying to reassure her that he was taking good care of himself while he was away from home.

"People don't like the House your in? Why?" Daniela asked him curiously, wondering how anyone could dislike her older Brother.

"Apparently Slytherin House has a bad reputation for creating Dark Wizard and Witches, and also because of the reputation it has because of a certain Dark Wizard who was the worst of them all so far" (Y/N) explained to his youngest Sister, though he also thought it was silly that his House had such a bad reputation just because one man went bad, like no Wizards from the other Houses hadn't ever gone bad?