The energy started building, Pulse Shred kicking in first. The air around my arm shimmered as kinetic force layered over muscle and bone.
The air turned heavy.
Toru took a step back. "Uh, is it just me, or does this feel…"
"Lik...
2025-07-20 22:38:14 +0000 UTC
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The next day at Longbottom Manor, the mood was lighter but no less grand. The sprawling hall had fewer guests than the Potter Yule, yet somehow the event felt bigger. Neville and Fleur’s engagement had drawn together an interesting sorts of peop...
2025-07-20 22:18:43 +0000 UTC
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The four were crossing a lake. Not just any lake. Wide, still, silver-dark in the illusion's low light… looked suspiciously like the Great Lake, minus the squid. Mist clung to the surface, curling around the boat, hiding everything past the edge...
2025-07-20 14:41:55 +0000 UTC
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Cassian woke up with someone's hair in his mouth and a cramp in his lower back that made him regret all life choices, including the one that involved falling asleep in his colleague's arms on a couch not designed for overnight use. Bathsheda had s...
2025-07-20 13:25:42 +0000 UTC
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Cassian didn't dive in like the rest. He started slow, as if Hogwarts were a buffet with a wellness consultant. Bit of veg first, steamed and healthy, fibre, thank you very much. Followed by a decent portion of protein, roast lamb, a slice of chic...
2025-07-20 12:10:25 +0000 UTC
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They left in silence. The door clicked shut behind them.
Cassian waited until they were two corridors down before he spoke.
"So. Magical contraception wards."
Bathsheda didn't look at him. "Yes."
"Hogwarts is full of surpri...
2025-07-20 11:22:21 +0000 UTC
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New year started soon enough. Cassian made the tactical decision not to repeat last year's little humiliation tour, and Bathsheda, saint that she apparently was, offered to side-along Apparate him straight to Hogsmeade. Saved him the joy of anothe...
2025-07-20 09:58:07 +0000 UTC
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Rest of the summer passed in a slow, predictable crawl.
Cassian kept to himself. He did the polite thing... turned up to breakfast, nodded at the right relatives, spooned marmalade onto toast like he wasn't planning to throw himself into a c...
2025-07-20 07:41:13 +0000 UTC
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Bathsheda just held onto him and they landed a few metres from Rosier Manor's outer gates, just shy of the wards.
Cassian cleared his throat. "Well. Back to the ancestral snake pit."
Bathsheda raised an eyebrow. "Want me to walk you to...
2025-07-20 07:13:28 +0000 UTC
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Fjords sliced through rock like someone had taken a giant butter knife to the earth. Villages clung to the cliffs, all red roofs and silent windows, like they just missed a Viking raid by a few centuries.
Cassian pressed a palm to the glass,...
2025-07-19 21:09:46 +0000 UTC
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They passed a cluster of researchers, all doing a poor job of pretending not to watch. The Ministry tent had the charm of a dentist's waiting room... cold lamplight, joyless chairs, a little desk pushed into the corner. A heating charm rattled fai...
2025-07-19 20:47:03 +0000 UTC
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After the Norwegian researchers did a swift head count and confirmed no one else was trapped inside, they cordoned off the dig and sent a Patronus straight to Oslo. Ministry boots were already on their way. Cassian and Bathsheda hung back, letting...
2025-07-19 18:55:29 +0000 UTC
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I plucked the kitten off my bed. She let out a tiny squeak but didn’t fight it, curling into my hand like she owned the place already. Eri was half inside my bag by now, pulling things out like she was looking for treasure. The way my hoodie lan...
2025-07-19 16:50:16 +0000 UTC
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Halfway down, Cassian stopped. The hum was louder now. He tilted his head, straining to catch… something. Words, maybe. A whisper. Barely there. Or just the wind being dramatic again.
He risked a glance behind. Bathsheda stood silent...
2025-07-19 15:28:51 +0000 UTC
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The Portkey, a battered suitcase scarred from years of abuse, lurched violently, yanking them forward. A heartbeat later, Cassian's boots slammed onto solid ground, the sharp, frigid air of Norway biting at his face. Bathsheda landed gracefully, a...
2025-07-19 13:22:44 +0000 UTC
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Yohen Tanner didn't have a grown granddaughter helping him around the shop yet. Lorielle was probably a toddler right now… maybe not even walking. Cassian shouldn't have known that name. Worse, he shouldn't have said it.
Cassian's stomach ...
2025-07-19 12:01:04 +0000 UTC
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Year ended, and Cassian returned to Rosier Manor. He took the train from Hogsmeade with the students, not because he had to, but because Apparating was beyond him, and calling a house-elf just to fetch him home was too much effort. Besides, he lik...
2025-07-19 10:45:54 +0000 UTC
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Sitting in the Great Hall for the End of Year feast, Cassian looked up at the green banners stretched across the ceiling. Slytherin had taken both the House Cup and the Quidditch Cup, their table loud with celebration. The other houses bore it wit...
2025-07-19 07:40:07 +0000 UTC
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The rest of the year passed in a blur. Cassian went through the curriculum, covering everything from the first-year spells to subjects that weren't technically his responsibility… but if Snape got to terrify students in Potions, Cassian saw no i...
2025-07-19 07:05:11 +0000 UTC
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Days passed in much the same way. Classes, paperwork, the occasional meeting where Snape glared at him like he was some particularly stubborn bit of dirt that wouldn't scrub off. Cassian kept his lessons lively with illusions and demonstrations, a...
2025-07-19 06:09:41 +0000 UTC
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They sent spell after spell, one barrage following the next. Red, blue, and golden streaks of magic shot across the room, lighting up the air like fireworks. But Harry moved like he grown an extra set of eyes... behind his head, under his feet, ev...
2025-07-18 21:42:46 +0000 UTC
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Walking through the halls of Hogwarts, Cassian spotted a familiar figure ahead. Professor Quirinus Quirrell, the Muggle Studies professor, was heading in the same direction, a stack of books levitating beside him.
Cassian had been meaning to...
2025-07-18 20:24:48 +0000 UTC
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Winter passed, spring rolled in, and just like that, our time at the agency was up. Months of chaos, patrols, late-night bullshit, and Mirko turning every alley into her personal bedroom, and now we were heading back to school.
The night bef...
2025-07-18 19:33:22 +0000 UTC
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Cassian pulled a rough chunk of stone from his desk, placing it in front of him. Then, from his robes, he produced a small knife. Without warning, he stabbed the blade into the rock. A sharp crack echoed through the room as dust scattered from the...
2025-07-18 18:53:37 +0000 UTC
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Don’t be frightened, I won’t spam teaching chapters nor avoid them altogether. In my humble opinion, I balanced them pretty well. The first two years won’t take too many chapters either, but they will still show some of the important...
2025-07-18 15:04:07 +0000 UTC
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The following days followed a rhythm. Every class started with Cassian flicking his wand and letting Lumos Spectaculum do the heavy lifting. The walls of his classroom came alive with battles, duels, rebellions, and ancient rituals. Students who h...
2025-07-18 13:07:49 +0000 UTC
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"Who here knows why Muggles started burning witches?"
A few hands shot up.
"They thought witches were evil," a Ravenclaw girl said.
"Fear of magic," Percy added.
Cassian gave a half-shrug. "Yeah, sort of. But here is the fu...
2025-07-18 12:00:23 +0000 UTC
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He was using Lumos Spectaculum, silently, of course. The System had bumped his mastery to Maximum, so no need for incantations anymore. The moment he saw the spell, he knew exactly what to do with it… his classes.
Threads of light twisted ...
2025-07-18 10:38:28 +0000 UTC
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Cassian leaned back in his chair, offering a lazy wave as Dumbledore introduced him. "Pleasure."
The Hall responded with murmurs, whispers, and not-so-subtle nudges. He caught a few familiar expressions among the older Slytherins… recognit...
2025-07-18 07:37:59 +0000 UTC
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Harry huffed as he stepped into the corridor. His jaw tightened, and his fingers curled slightly before he shoved them into his pockets. He hadn’t said half of what he intended, and that grated. “Still not good enough,” he muttered under his...
2025-07-17 23:03:07 +0000 UTC
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