Mafia's Strongest Witch

The Reveal II

"What?" Verde flatly asked the next day.

"You heard me. If you want proof..." Zephyranth took out her Elder Wand and turned the coffee table into a large sleeping panther, surprising the others.

It just yawned lazily as Viper confirmed he did not sense any Mist flames.

"Whoa. So you're a real Witch? Nothing like I imagined, kora." Colonello admitted.

"Did you expect for us to have green skin, melt from water, have a horrible cackle and ugly faces? We look like regular muggles. Tch. Stupid Grim Brothers...." Zephyranth grumbled as she turned the panther back into a coffee table, and some were weary to use it if it pounced.

"Muggles?" Lal asked.

"Term for Non-magic folk."

"Ah."

"So you kept two other wizards from attacking the mansion?" Fon asked.

"Yeah, but they were weak compared to me. Claimed they wanted revenge for their lot. You heard of terrorist attacks that occured in London around the 1990s?" They all nodded. "It's linked to that. We were in the midst of our own war at the time. Rather race it concerned blood purity. To be honest the whole skirmish started a thousand years ago. A magic school where I attended was founded by four of the greatest Wizards and Witches of the age, three of them were my ancestors. Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Salazar Slytherin. Three of them believed that purebloods, half-bloods, and muggle-borns, or wizards from non-magic families, could coexist, only one rejected the idea."

"Let me guess. It was Salazar. Kora? I mean a name like that translates to bad news. Plus it does sound like a villain name, kora." Colonello said.

Zephyranth chuckled at that before continuing. "He believed only purebloods should learn magic. Unable to sway the others, he left the school. But he built a Chamber in the School which would only be opened by his true Heir, and it contained a monstrous creature only they can command and use it to purge the school of those who, in Slytherin's view, were unworthy to study magic. But Godric was already onto him. He arranged a meeting with a powerful goblin king to fulfil the latter's debt of Gryffindor saving his son. The goblin king had made for Godric a sword made of mystical power and goblin silver which could kill the monster. It would not be until my second year at the school I faced the creature, and I was able to kill it with the sword."

"Really? What creature was it?"

".....A Basilisk. Basically a giant 60-70 foot snake that can kill just by looking its prey in the eye. But during that time, no one looked at it in the eye directly, instead they were petrified, living statues. One had a camera, another saw it through a ghost, that same ghost got the full blast, but he couldn't die again, another had a mirror, and our caretaker's cat saw its refection from the water."

They went silent from that. "Wait then how..." Mammon asked.

"I had a little help from a Phoenix that clawed its eyes out. But it still had sharp hearing. I had to be creative. I was able to kill it with the sword. Though I got one of its fangs in my forearm. I would have died from its lethal poison if the same Phoenix didn't use its tears to heal me. And if you are wondering, I was only 12 at the time."

Reborn stiffened from that.

"How did you get in that situation anyway? Couldn't your teachers have done something or your superiors?" Fon asked.

"Ha. My superiors were made up of inbred pureblood supremacists that our Ministry let off just because they had money. Others were sheeple. However, things went from bad to worse when a certain dark lord was born. He was born from a nonexistant love mainly because his mother was the daughter of a loonatic and his dad was a arrogant, but wealthy muggle. She used a love potion to have him until she thought confessing her identity was a good idea when she was pregnant. Snapping out of the spell, her 'lover' left her, and she was disowned by her father for mingling with a muggle. She wound up dying of childbirth at Wool's Orphanage. Her son, Tom Marvalo Riddle, lots of people were afraid of him. He was disturbing, kids that bullied him would get hurt or even torchered, any animals would be harmed as well. Killed even. He did not have an ounce of pity or mercy. It got worse when he learned he had magic. He took full advantage of Dark Forbidden magic. Especially when he learned who his family and ancestor was. Since then, he committed atrocity after atrocity. Even going so far as to create Horacruxes."

"Horacruxes?" Verde asked.

"Basically, it's something akin to separating your soul and attaching it to something like a book or a ring. If something happens to your body, you can remain alive even after a death experience. But it has a high cost. Sacrificing the life of an innocent." Zephyranth said surprising them.

"How many did he create?" Lal quietly said.

"7 from what I know. 3 of them belonged to 3 of the Four Founders. Helga's Golden Cup, which can turn any drink into a healing elixir, Rowena's Diadiem which contains her knowledge of 700 I.Q., and his own ancestor's, Salazar's locket that can create false illusions. Then there was his grandfather's ring, after he killed him, his uncle, and his own father. A diary which he used after a muggleborn student was killed by the Basilisk before. His familiar Nagini after the death of an elderly muggle. The last...well he did not even know it at the time.........beforehand he learned of a prophecy which a child born on the last day of July would defeat him for good. He began a crazed persecution of magic families deemed as blood traitors with children under age one with his followers. Until one Halloween night. He came to my parent's house. They were part of a group that fought against him......Dad died trying to buy mum time to get me away. And she begged for my life before he killed her. But he forgot one thing. Love is considered to be a strong magic. As she died, mum created the ultimate protection which kept Tom from harming me. Instead, his own power backfired on him and he was severely hurt. He barely escaped when backup finally came. And somehow, he unknowingly placed a Horacrux in me. But anyway. That prophecy was set. People praised me as the 'Girl Who Lived'. It took me a while to understand I became a means to protect everyone, that only I could defeat Tom. It took me 6 and a half years to learn how he was still alive, but we were able to end his reign of terror for good with the Horacrux in me gone as well. I wound up killing him at our final duel." Zephyranth said darkly as Oodaku in his small form clung to her lap as if to comfort her.

Reborn gritted his teeth. What kind of fools would make a cloud take leadership against terrorists?

"After Voldemort was gone for good, I learned I gained access to his wealth. You see we have a rule known as the Right of Conquest. If two heads of their respective families are the last heirs clash in a battle to the death, the Victor gains the loser's rights to their property and money if the latter dies or is incapacitated. Life in prison or losing your memory is as incapacitated as you can get."

"Mu. How many titles did he have?" Mammon asked.

"He was the Heir of Slytherin and Gaunt but he had four vaults for his wealth. You see he was also a Descendent of Cadimus Peverell, who happened to be the brother of my ancestor Ignotius Peverell who became the head of the family after his brothers Cadimus and Antioch died prematurely. His last vault is actually Inheritance from his absent father Riddle Sr." Zephyranth explained. "I gained a lot of vaults from my Inheritance. I'd say... 11 by heritage, 7 by will, and one by Magical Inheritance. And he's the reason they had to keep making new numbers. And thats not counting those who tried to overthrow me for killing their leader." Zephyranth sighed.

"How many wizards would be after you?" Verde asked.

"If I include the other two that tried attacking the mansion......29. All noble pureblood supremacists or traitors to the Wizarding World. But the goblins were too happy to clean out their vaults for me." Zephyranth said.

Yuni looked in amazement.

Fon's smile dropped into one of shock.

Lal had a look that screamed impressed.

One of Verde's lenses cracked.

Colonello looked like he found a new role model.

Mammon looked at Zephyranth as if he won the ultimate jackpot.

Reborn.......

Well, for probably the first time since, well, ever, was whipped.
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