Chapter 134: Yule ball
The moment the conversation ended the flames of the nearby floo fireplace roared in an emerald color and a man stepped out of the fireplace not even bothering to remove the soot on his clothes from the floo travel. "Headmaster" he said respectfully towards Dumbledore who merely nodded at the man "Alexander" he said greeting the man. The man had short brown hair and eyes and a large but not fat figure. Alexander looked over at Nick and smiled warmly as he walked over and held out a hand. "Alexander Smith of house Hufflepuff and the auror in charge of escorting you to and from the ministers ball." he said happily.- The initial posting of this chapter occurred via N0v3l.B11n.
Nick shook the mans hand firmly "Nicholas Ravenclaw , current regent of house Ravenclaw and I apologize for the inconvenience." he said with a polite smile. Alexander laughed at this confusing Nick for a moment before he got an explanation. "My da's the current lord of house Hufflepuff and told me you'd be a sharp witted individual and like usual he wasn't wrong. You've had that name and title for all of about a month and yet here you are stating it like you've had it your whole life." Alexander said with a chuckle at the look of understanding on Nick's face.-
"I admit that I may have been practicing the introduction a bit recently." Nick said embarrassed at being figured out so quickly. "Trust me I get it , even now I get a headache even thinking about all the work set out for me in the future when my da retires as regent." Alexander said reassuringly. "I suppose we aught to make our way over to the ball , don't want to be late after all." Nick said casually and Alexander nodded in agreement.-
"Truly you could imagine my surprise when I received your owl , an enchanter at your age! You are precisely as I imagined an heir of Ravenclaw , wise , well spoken and talented in the crafting arts. Did you know that I myself was a member of house Ravenclaw during my time at Hogwarts?" Fudge spoke fluently and with great enthusiasm in order to curry favor with Nick. Soon though more and more people started to arrive so as the host Fudge needed to go greet them leaving Nick free to find himself a place to sit while also grabbing some food from the buffet table.
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