Ep. 11

A few weeks have passed since I gave the map to the twins. They have already started their pranks, though they aren't too magical yet. What did you expect from first years? However, they have been snooping around to find who their 'silver-green friend' is. Obviously, I left no evidence for them to work with, so their snooping is futile.

I mean, if the were to use their imagination, I guess that the prime suspect would be me: I am a second year, so I might have had the time to get my hands on the map, I have the entire house under control after I traumatized five seventh years, and I am not a pure-blood, so I stick out like a sore thumb. Oh, and I also have friends in other houses, including Gryffindor, so I could have easily gained access to the Common Room.

Anyway, in these weeks, I have figured out what Mythical Shapeshifting actually does: it allows me to shapeshift in any creature I drink the blood of and also those that are associated with Vampires in myths, such as fog, mist, wolves, bats, and ravens. I have also tested my physical limits. I can safely say that I can lift around 500 tons, since I used magic to manipulate gravity and lift weights. I couldn't go above that since it was the limit of my magic, but I think I might actually lift almost double that. I can run at around mach 23. My reflexes are pretty much instant, in particular if I activate my eyes. It's strange how it's like I have a 'battle mode' where I use all of my strength: usually I am not that strong or fast… Oh well, not my problem. Ah, I also checked my endurance and I can probably tank a missile or a nuke, if I were to exaggerate. Ah, I'm basically immune to magic, except the Avada Kedavra curse. Poor Extra Life. My regeneration is insane as one would expect from a Primogenitor Vampire with Ancient Mermaid, Nine-headed Hydra, and Ancient Namekian traits.

Today are the selections for the Quidditch team so, as a good friend would do, I went to spectate Katrina's try-outs. To mess with her, I actually made a banner that said: 'Go Katrina!', nothing too elaborate, but extremely embarrassing for her. The glare she sent me promised pain, but I am sure that it's just my imagination. Diggory also came to spectate, to see what it's all about. I ignored him and hung out with my other friends, who also came to spectate her try-outs. Katrina was aiming for the Beater position. Apparently she wanted to cause some concussions… What a lovely idea! I will support her with all my might. I should probably make her a personalized broom…

I must say that I was quite disappointed with the quality of the Hufflepuff team. Well, the new guys who tried to get the Beater position were quite good at flying, but were left in the dust by Katrina. So there's no question that she made the cut. There was no one I recognized among the people who tried out, so I simply ignored them. All in all, the try-outs lasted a couple of hours since the tests were quite generic: speed, handling, aim, arm strength. They were actually more meticulous than I thought.

Upon exiting the stadium, I found two over-excited redheads.

"Uhm, excuse me!" said Fred, probably Fred.

"Yes?"

"Are you familiar-" he started saying

"- with this?" finished George, probably. He was holding up the Marauder's Map

"Of course I am familiar with it. I gave it to you." I said, flashing a fanged smile.

"So it's you!"

"Why did you give this to us?"

"Well, a troublemaker can recognize other troublemakers, let's just say this. Have you tried it out?"

"We did!"

"It's awesome!"

I chuckled a little at their childishness. They are such cute children…

"Well, is there anything you wanted to know? I might not look like it, but I have the entirety of Slytherin house at my beck and call." I could hear Katrina asking 'When did that happen?', but I ignored it. It's not important.

"Nope."

"We just wanted to-"

"- know who our-"

"- silver-green friend was."

"See you!" they said together and skedaddled back to the castle.

"So you conquered Slytherin? When did that happen?" asked Christian

"Well, it was after Christmas last year. Some seventh years cornered me and wanted to teach me a lesson. Turns out they were weak, so I beat them and they got traumatized. There's something that always unites prideful students: strength. And so, I am now the uncrowned King of Slytherin. Praise me, praise me!"

"Yes, yes. Good job." said Natalie dismissing my words. How cold…

"I'm more curious about how you managed to sneak into the Gryffindor Common Room. Actually, you did that last year with the Hufflepuff Common Room!" noted Silvia

"Ah, that's easy. I hijacked the castle's wards, so I don't have any limitations to my movements. I could also enter Dumbledore's office, but he has some private wards set up that would trigger no matter what. As for the Gryff's Common Room, I just followed the firsties until the Prefect opened the door. You guys have the most difficult security measure since it's the painting that checks for your 'qualifications'." I said plainly. They were stunned when they heard that I hijacked the wards. Well, what can I say? I'm a genius!

Second year classes were a little bit more interesting than the first year ones. I knew the material, but the Professors added a little of their own experience, so they could be interesting at times. That or they were hilarious because they had a completely wrong idea about a concept.

Ah, my first familiars hatched! The two phoenixes hatched at almost the same time in the middle of the night. Luckily I didn't need to skip class. The Blood Phoenix was a deep shade of red, almost like well oxygenated blood, while the Vampiric Phoenix had some black streaks and seemed to crave blood. I gave both of them some food and some blood. Not my blood, that thing can dissolve Goblin-enchanted metal like nothing. I gave them some Phoenix blood mixed with Unicorn blood, to make sure they would both be healthy as fuck. I also gave them some water. Mother arrived while I was giving them the necessary things and setting up a miniature habitat for them.

"Az, did your eggs hatch?"

"Yup. The first two are phoenixes. They can be our familiars! This one is a Blood Phoenix, while this is a Vampiric Phoenix. Which one would you prefer?"

"I think that the Blood Phoenix would be better. From the name, I have the inkling that the Vampiric Phoenix might require a lot of blood, so it's best if you take care of it."

"Okay. They are both females, so you'll have to come up with a name. Let's see… I'll name you… Pyre." I said to my new pet. She cawed softly in response. Such cute chickens! Ah, no, Phoenixes.

I couldn't bring my pet to class, obviously, so I left a large reservoir of blood for Pyre and left her in Mother's hands. We already got bitten by the two fiery chickens, so they are officially our familiars now. That means that they respond to our calls no matter the distance. Well, they will have to grow up a little first. Mother ended up calling her Phoenix Sang, as in 'blood'.

There were a few incidents of 'mysterious pranksters' around Christmas. Apparently, the first few lessons on magic helped Fred and George get ideas for some interesting applications and the Marauder's Map surely helped them remain hidden. The prime victims were actually other Gryffs and Slytherins. I was excluded obviously and got to laugh at the expense of these snotty brats. I even passed them a few prank ideas, which included putting Muggle firecrackers in the toilets and using some transparent tape to make traps for the wizards. They would never expect this, so I even sponsored the twins with a few packets of firecrackers, a matchbox, and a few spools of transparent tape, the good one.

Needless to say, there were a series of exploding toilets, which were attributed to Moaning Myrtle, and people 'mysteriously tripping', only to find the tape at calf level. Such deviousness… They have talent! I was honestly bored, but at least I had my friends, who were always fun to be around. I recently checked my interface and nothing much changed. My magic did increase, of course, but that was the extent of it.

I decided that it was about time to change up my blood shake. I used Heroic Spirit essence, Nemean Lion blood, Chimaera blood, Thunderbird blood, Wampus cat blood, and Demiguise blood, along with some God blood. I don't know what I can gain from the God blood, but it surely can't be bad. It will substitute the Angel blood since I understood that it won't give me any advantage other than magic. I wanted 'claws' like the Nemean Lion, and possibly immunity to physical attacks, increased physical abilities and maybe improved hearing, danger sense or lightning manipulation, increased affinity with Legilimency and hypnosis, along with improved agility, invisibility and maybe some prediction ability, and finally anything I can get from the God blood. Sounds like a good mix to me.

Slowly but surely, the second year ended as well. Nothing particularly interesting happened. I brought Mother to Paris for Christmas, but we mainly stayed at home. We had a terrace with a wonderful view on the Eiffel Tower, after all. My other Familiars all hatched from their eggs and were currently growing in their artificial habitats that I built for them. Regarding schoolwork, I once again obtained O+ in all subjects. I think that the Professors didn't even grade my exams and just gave me an O+ based on faith. I feel flattered!

Ah, the greasy git approached me regarding my elective courses and wanted to hook me up with a Time-Turner to take all of them. I told him that I would just take Arithmancy and Study of Ancient Runes. His response was quite hilarious.

"So you want to be mediocre among the other graduates? It pains me to admit the you are an… Above average student, so I belive that it is a good chance. It might even allow you to get a better job upon graduating, if you obtain your O.W.L's and N.E.W.T's."

"Ah, I don't really need a job. I'm rich." I kinda wanted to copy Batfleck, but the situation isn't the same one, so I had to paraphrase.

"Tch, brat. Have it your way, it won't affect me anyway."

Hehe, that still makes me chuckle to this day. Why would I ever work if I can literally spawn in an unlimited amount of gold or whatever? Scrubs need to work, not chads like me. Ok, that's not true, but I still don't NEED to work. Want to work? Sure, I wanted to be an engineer before my death, so I can cast a few Genjutsu's on some important college here in the UK and get a degree pretty quick. Actually, I might do that if I'm bored after graduating and solving the whole snake-face situation.

I checked my interface for the last time this academic year.

[Azagareth Maleficarum

Race: Half-Vampire/Half-Veela - Vampire Primogenitor/Veela Royalty

Age: 13 years (First maturity imminent)

Location: Hogwarts, UK

Intrinsic Powers:

Subjective Reality

Infinty

Magic Core: Unlimited Arch-Mage (Tier 31; Rank 3)

Abilities:

Limit Break

Vampirism → (Perfect Absorption and Strengthening; Extreme Blood Adaptation; Impervious Maws)

Royal Primogenitor Hybrid Constitution → (Extreme Pain Resistance; Incubus' Charm; Original Veela Magic; Perfect Memory; Absolute Invisibility; Nemean Claws)

Adapt and Overcome → (Pure Basilisk's Blood; Adamantine Dragon's Hide; Ancient Mermaid's Regeneration; Nine-headed Hydra's Regeneration; Improved Namekian's Regeneration; Trained Saiyan's Battle Instincts; Improved Zenkai Boost; Primordial Titan's Strength; Frost Demon's Anaerobic Capabilities; Nemean Hide; Chimaera's Hearing; Thunderbird's Danger Sense; Demiguise's Low Prediction)

Primordial Fire Manipulation

Lightning Manipulation

Noble Phantasm: (Forming - Accelerated)

Doujustu:

Improved Rinne Sharingan

Improved Rinnegan

Magic:

Ultimate Demon's Magic Aptitude and Power

First Warlock's Magic Aptitude, Capacity, and Manipulation

Wampus Cat's Legilimency and Hypnosis Aptitude

Mythical Shapeshifting

Merlin's Magic Master

Hecate's Magic Master

François Prelati's Magic Advanced User

Techniques:

God-Slaying Spear Arts Master

Tsukahara Bokuden Sword and Spear Arts Advanced User

Hassan-i Sabbah's Arts Novice User

Demi-God Spearsmanship

Blunt Weapon Grandmaster

Grandmaster Swordsmanship

Blood Familiars:

Vampiric Basilisk

Vampiric Amphiptere

Vampiric Quetzalcoatl

Vampiric Occamy

Blood Tianlong

Blood Huanglong

Blood Fucanglong

Vampiric Phoenix

Blood Phoenix

Extra Lives: Enough]

There are several new Abilities. I have invisibility now, which must be toggleable because my friends can see me perfectly. I need to train in that. I had noticed that my fingers were becoming sharper, so I guess that Nemean Claws is a modification of my skeletal structure. Well, I need to test what I can cut using my hands. Other than that, I acquired all the abilities I wanted, increased my magic tremendously, I guess due to the God blood I drank, and I even went up a level in the Tsukahara Bokuden Arts. I am kinda peeved that I didn't reach at least Master level, but I guess that I did go easier on training this year. I did train a lot in Hassan's techniques, so I believe that it's due to my mastery that I am still considered a Novice. Well, beggars can't be choosers. and training equates me to a beggar. Actually, that's a shitty comparison and would get me in trouble with several activists and such. Eh, not like people can hear my thoughts anyway.