NOVEL NEXT Chapter 311: Wand Lore.
Loki was sitting in Snape's potion class filing away his nails to use the dust as ingredients in the potion he was making, the Oliver Head potion. A potion which caused you to sprout multiple heads from your neck.
It was so that he could understand what the Baby Totem could see and how it felt to have so many eyes.
Of course, Loki hadn't taken Snape's permission to make this potion, but it wasn't like he couldn't use illusions to hide the actual potion he was making.
Knock Knock
A young Gryffindor boy knocked on Snape's class disturbing everyone in it, even Neville who accidentally pushed a beaker full of monarch moth wings into the potion he was making.
Thankfully for everyone, Seamus, his groupmate caught the beaker from falling into the potion and causing another explosion.
Unfortunately for them, Snape saw it.
"A Ten a points from Grrryfindor." Snape said much to the amusement of the Slytherins and the disappointment of the Gryffindors who were all glaring at the young boy for helping Snape take points away.
"Yes?" Snape asked looking at the boy who hadn't spoken under the fear of doing something wrong once again and earning the ire of all the Gryffindors.
"Ah! Professor, I need Harry Potter and Loki! They've been called by the Headmaster for the Wand Weighing Ceremony."
Snape's face instantly morphed into a scowl since he hadn't finished his daily dose of torturing Harry but even with how unwilling he was he couldn't go against the Headmaster's orders.
So he turned towards Harry and said, "Get out."
Loki on the other hand just nodded at Snape and used an illusion which he sent away to follow the boy under an illusory cover.
'I'm finishing the potion I'm making first! Wand weighing be damned!'
Shortly after they set out of the class, Loki made his clone stop, prompting the boy and Harry to stop too. Loki then looked at the end of the corridor and said, "Sorry, I need to go to the washroom for a second. I'll catch up with you guys don't worry and carry on."
The boy and Harry nodded and kept walking, while Loki controlled his illusion to turn a corner and vanish.
It was only fifteen minutes later that Loki was done with his potion, so he quickly filled it in a vial and left the potions classroom.
"Huh?" The students looked at the door that just opened and closed on its own with confusion.
But then one of them said, "Must've been the wind." and everyone went back to perfecting their potions, lest Snape find a new reason to hit them or take their points.
On the other end, Loki was confused.
"Wait. Where do I go now?"
"Well let's just ask Professor McGonagall she'll probably know about it."
Loki started walking around the castle and soon arrived at Professor McGonagall's office, but knocking it and receiving no response, Loki realised she was in class.
Loki stopped and thought about it for a while before pulling out the marauder's map.
"Should've done this in the first place."
With the map in his hand, Loki made his way towards an empty classroom in the first-floor corridor where everyone was gathered.
"All the Headmasters are there.."
"And who's this? Rita Skeeter?"
"Her name sounds familiar."
"Ah! The lady Hermione hates because of her sensational headlines and news! It must be my good fortune that we're meeting. Hehehehehe~"
Suddenly an evil plan sprouted in Loki's mind that he couldn't help but show outwardly with a wide evil smile.
Loki got to the room as fast as he could and knocked politely.
The same Gryffindor boy opened the door and allowed Loki to enter.
Fleur nodded politely and Harry gave a short nod to greet him in silence since Viktor Krum was having his wand checked by Ollivander.
Loki walked silently and stood beside Harry and watched with fascination as Ollivander conjured simple things to check the magical flow of the wand and how smooth its work was.
Ollivander swung Krum's wand and caused a stream of little tweeting birds to emerge as they flew out the open window.
Next was Fleur for whom Ollivander conjured a bouquet of flowers.
He picked Harry's wand and shot out a fountain of wine with it.
Finally, it was Loki's turn.
As soon as Loki handed his wand to Ollivander, he frowned deeply and then began to examine it by bringing it close to his eyes as if he could see what was inside it without splitting it open.
"Is there something wrong Garrick?" Dumbledore asked politely.
"No! In fact, the wand has healed itself! This wand, I remember clearly when I sold it. It was old, decade- no centuries old, it had several tiny cracks and traces in it. Things that made it apparent it was losing its battle against time." Ollivander said as he examined the wand, confusing Loki.
'It was?'
'How come I've never noticed then?'
But that's when Ollivander said something else that shocked him a little.
"I have to say, have you met the dementor that this wand was made out of?"
Loki's eyes widened and he immediately nodded, not seeing any reason to hide the information.
"Yes. Last year, when Sirius Black was a convict and on the loose."
Ollivander nodded, "Only that could've fixed a wand like this. Only by bringing it closer to the source could you have activated its amortal nature."
Loki became happier because of this new information since this meant if his wand was ever damaged, he could just call the dementor to repair it fully.
'But then why didn't the Dementor simply remake its bone?'
"A fine wand for a wizard as fine as yourself.", Ollivander said with a smile and handed Loki back his wand after producing a non-corporeal patronus with it.
With his wand back with him and everyone leaving, Loki moved over to Rita Skeeter.
"Hello miss!"
Rita looked at Loki over her glasses which were on the tip of her nose, "I have to say, I don't entertain little boys."
"Oh, never mind then, I was just going to tell you about the evil deeds of the Headmaster throughout the years. Like how he hired you-know-who and well, maybe you don't wan-"
Rita grabbed Loki's hand and immediately pulled him into a broom closet, out of everyone's sight.
"What were you saying again?" Rita asked with a sweet smile as a parchment came to hover beside her with a self-writing quill.
Loki saw all this and started speaking with a smile on his face.
After a few happy minutes where only Loki's voice echoed in the room, Rita left the room with a happy smile, as if Christmas had arrived much earlier for her.
Loki left the room and to his surprise he found the Gryffindor student waiting for him outside.
"Oh? What happened? Does someone need me?"
The boy quickly shook his head and gave Loki an earnest look before bowing deeply as he spoke, almost shouting, "Could you hire me for the Hogwarts Honest Mill newspaper as a photographer please!?"
Loki frowned, unsure of what was happening but in the end, he decided to give the boy the benefit of the doubt and walked away while talking, "Well then bring me your photographs and I'll be the judge. Bring me two types of pictures, one that captured something embarrassing and another that you think is your best."
The boy immediately nodded and thanked Loki but he just waved his hand as he left.
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