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After finishing up the food at the dinner table, Ben couldn't even move, he was so stuffed that he was hardly left with any breathing space, Dorothea's food was exceptional and she had gone a few miles extra with tonight's food, Nigel too seemed to be very excited tonight, reminding Ben to pack everything on the list and talking about own first day at Hogwarts and how didn't take enough pair of socks with him and had to owl home when he lost a pair.
After the dinner, Nigel went into his bedroom and came back with something on his arm, it was a little Eagle-owl that was only beginning to grow his ear tufts. It stared at ben with its big bright orange eyes. Its golden-brown feathers with black markings beautifully shined in the light of the torches.
It let out a low-pitched call looking at Ben.
"Oohu-Oohu-Oohu"
"Ah, this little bugger, knows who his companion is, doesn't he?" Said Nigel.
"Go, on now, hold him, he's yours," said Thea.
"Really? I thought you said, I'll get one next year?" Ben asked them with confusion in his eyes as he looked at the cute little guy, the owl took off from Nigel's arm and landed on Ben's shoulder and let out a low cry as he rubbed his head on his hair.
"I didn't think you'd be able to care for one, but Thea convinced me otherwise. I have always been too protective of you, son, I was afraid of losing you too, but when I saw this little fella, I realised that just like this little guy, your place is out there. I can't protect you forever and I shouldn't hold you back either." Nigel said and the owl hooted in agreement.
"Don't worry Dad, I'll be okay," said Ben as he slowly hugged his father.
"And where's my hug, I convinced him, remember?" Thea said as she hugged them both and the cute little eagle owl too spread his wings to envelop them.
"Aww, isn't she adorable Ben? what are you going to call her? or is it him?" asked Thea, looking at the bird.
"You can't really tell can you, little fella hasn't fully grown his tufts yet, and even then it's hard to tell," said Nigel.
"I'll call her Aquila."
"Isn't that just Latin for eagle? Is it cause she's an eagle owl?" Questioned Thea with a chuckle.
"Really? I didn't know that. It's a beautiful name, and she likes it, don't you Aquila?"
"Oohu-Oohu-Oohu," she said and nodded her head in agreement.
"Aren't you the clever one, here, have this," said Ben feeding Aquila a piece of meat.
"Mom, can I go hunt some mice in the barn with her, I saw some there earlier, we'll be back quick," Aquila too hooted with excitement.
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"Okay, but you better be back here in 20 minutes."
"We'll be back in 19, won't we girl?"
"Oohu-Oohu-Oohu,"
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"Ben, come on down quick, we will be leaving for the King's Cross in 10 minutes."
"I'll be there in a jiffy," Ben replied as he looked one last time into the mirror, he quickly combed his fingers through his messy hair and roughly styled them back, he had always wanted such obedient hair, in his last life, his hair refused to listen to him at all, he had to spend a lot of time just to make sure his head didn't end up looking like a bird's nest.
As grateful as he was about his wonderful brown hair in this life, they weren't the reason for the beaming smile, stuck on his face, nor were his new clothes, that fit him perfectly despite his recent rapid growth, not even the fact that he was finally going to start his magical journey today with the Hogwarts Express, believe it or not, the reason for the smile stuck on his face was last night's rat hunt with Aquila.
Although it was fun to finally get revenge on the pests that had been stealing their grain for months, Ben's real target this time was all the junk still lying around in the Barn and also some spoilt grain. He already got rid of everything, that wouldn't be missed, from the House and the only places left were the garden and the Barn and even Ben wasn't crazy enough to touch Thea's garden.
After rummaging through the Barn, his total wealth reached 82 septims. He had just the spell in mind, Oakflesh[44] an Alteration spell that made his skin as strong as an oak. He had yet to learn any Alteration spells, and he had a feeling that something amazing was going to happen once he did.
Once he opened the spell tome with a half-dead, half-alive tree on the cover, and gained the knowledge on Alteration, his mind got flooded with even more information on Magicka and more efficient ways of Magicka flow, he suddenly knew how to use Magicka more effortlessly while performing Novice spells, he opened his STATUS and was not very surprised to see a new entry under Job.
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Name: Benedict Nigel Brown.
Species: Human[Wizard].
Age: 11 years 3 months 19 days.
Job: Novice Mage.
Title: Dragonborn[Level 1].
Vitality: 100.
Magicka: 100.
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Alteration[Level 1(Novice)]: Oakflesh.
Conjuration[Level 2(Novice)]: Bound Dagger.
Destruction[Level 1(Novice)] : Sparks.
Illusion[Level 2(Novice)]: Clairvoyance.
Restoration[Level 1(Novice)] : Healing.
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Novice Mage: You have gained some knowledge of Magicka and have taken your first steps towards becoming a full-fledged mage. Increased knowledge on Magicka flow doubles your Magicka efficiency when casting Novice spells.
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"Hot damn, this system does not care for balances at all, I'll be too OP at this rate," Ben had joked to himself, but to his surprise, Aquila too had expressed her agreement with a deep "Oohu Oohu".
Ben locked his room and made his way down while tossing a gold coin in the air and humming to himself.
"My money don't jiggle, jiggle, it folds
I'd like to see you wiggle, wiggle, for sure
It makes me wanna dribble, dribble, you know
Riding in my Fiat
You really have to see it."
But contrary to the song, his money really did go "Jiggle Jiggle" in his coin purse inside his pocket. He had about 37 septims in there plus the one in his hand, just a few more and he'll be able to buy one more spell tome, but that can wait. Right now Ben was about to start his Hogwarts Journey.
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A/N: Next station, umm.. the King Cross station. Comment who you would like the MC to interact with and also what house you'd like to see him join. I'm a Slytherin through and through and I wish that he too would join me in my grand plans.
MC: Jiggle, jiggle
I like to see you, wiggle, wiggle
Jiggle, jiggle
I like to see you, wiggle, wiggle
A/N: Maybe not, Hufflepuffs will take him in, surely.