Book 1- Fill the Void

Conditions.

The Malfoy and the Kaen family, with Madame Bones enter the great hall during breakfast the next morning. All the students are silent as they make their way to the former headmaster who is sitting slumped in his chair. Once they reach the old man they are silent for a few minuets.

"Children..." The Malfoy scion said.

Kobaru sighed. "Fine. Albus Dumbledore after careful consideration-"

"And a lot of nagging from our parents" Tori butted in.

"Yes, can't forget that. We have decided to reinstate you as Headmaster-"

"I am sure this was just a misunderstanding. You will need to be punished for your action, of course, but-"

"Let me finish please. We have decided to reinstate you as long as you agree to our conditions."

"Conditions? I'm sure they aren't needed-"

"You really are not in the position to refuse. Now the first condition is simple. You are to stop your actions towards my family and I. There will be no more cornering us in the hallways, nor will you try to force us to join your order. 

"Second condition is that if you do need to speak to us our head of house, Father and an Auror of our choice will be present. The Auror will be John Dawlish.

"Thirdly, when we leave on the full moon you will not in any way, shape or form so much as attempt to stop us. We leave for a reason, and if you would have asked we would have told you that we leave to do a ritual called the Tamashi no tsuyo-sa 

"What's that? Why are you doing a ritual?" Madame Umbridge asks, standing from her seat and coming around the table to join us.

"It's the Soul Strength ritual. You see my siblings only have one Creature, where as I have four. It causes a strain on the bond. This strain is lethal for those that are in close proximity. We do the ritual or risk killing those around us with the backlash from our magics losing control. This ritual needs to be done on the full moon. That is why we needed to leave last night." I let Tsubame take over.

"Why wasn't I informed of this?"

"We tried to tell you, you wouldn't listen."

"In that case it seems I owe you an apology for this grievous error."

"Go on then" I say.

"Excuse me?"

"You said you owe us an apology, so apologise."

"I believe I did."

"No. Saying you owe us an apology is not apologising."

"Quite right. Asuka, Tori, Tsubame and Kobaru, I apologise for my actions last night." 

"So, you apologize by insulting us. We keep telling you that it is considered an insult to call us by our first name without our permission, yet you insist in continuing to do so."

"I apologise, Kaen, Kaen, Kaen and Kaen."

"Apology accepted. Do you agree to out conditions?"

"It seems I have no choice."

"Yes you do. You accept and become Headmaster again or decline and start looking for a new job. Simple."

Dick-a-dore sighs and casts an imploring look at us. I can feel a compulsion hit me and can tell that the others are experiencing one too. After a few moments of waiting, Dick-a-dore deflates and accepts the terms. Once that is over we walk our parents and Madame Bones to to door and say good-bye, then return to the great hall and sit with our group of friends. It takes them thirty seconds to burst out laughing.

"That was epic" the Twins state together. We grin.