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Andromeda nodded her head as she leaned on one of the desks, "good because while I may not have been at Hogwarts when the marauders were, I heard more than enough stories about what they got up to."
"In fact, if you hadn't said that you do not intend to use your pranks as a cover for bullying people then I would have outright forbidden it before you even started."
Magnus nodded and wisely remained silent about the fact that even if she wanted to do as such she couldn't, at least in the capacity of his guardian as it would be in breach of her contract with him.
"And don't think I didn't notice that you didn't promise to let me know about all the pranks, only the ones that you suspect I might get caught in ahead of time." Andromeda voiced after a moment watching him.
Magnus couldn't help the cheeky smirk that he got at that, it was just force of habit, "well I can't predict the future, and there will always be the chance that Harry and Nev might decide to pull a prank on their own, keeping me in the dark, so I could hardly be blamed if you got caught up in one of them."
Andromeda pinched the bridge of her nose and closed her eyes, "a technicality, but a fair point." she sighed conceding the point.
"I'll just have to be on my guard then. It really is a waste that you didn't end up in Slytherin, with a mind like yours for small details, you'd have them eating out of your palm or under your thumb in a year." She sighed.
Magnus nodded but wisely chose to say nothing more on that particular topic, knowing how itchy her wand hand could get when the subject was breached about how he believed he was being a true Slytherin by not being sorted there.
"Now, there's one more thing I need to let you know about, I meant to do so this morning but with everything that happened…" Andromeda said letting the matter drop without further comment.
"Before your Duel with Draco I sent a letter to the school board of governors, I have informed them that as of the next meeting I shall be taking up the Blacks seat on the board."
"After the revelation that was revealed about the school library not being updated in so long, I feel that it's high time that someone needs to take them to task for allowing standards to drop so low."
Magnus blinked at that, "I thought you were going to wait on that?" He asked, remembering her mention the fact that the Blacks had a seat on the board back during their meeting with Dumbledore before the duel.
"I was, but I felt that this couldn't wait any longer," Andromeda explained, "the next meeting isn't due for a few more months, but it's best to notify them beforehand so they can't say I didn't."
Magnus nodded, "well alright then, if I think of anything else or see anything that I think needs to be dealt with I'll bring the matter to you then, somehow I don't think the Headmaster will take any suggestions from a first-year student seriously."
Andromeda smirked, "no I don't suspect he would," she said as she stood up from the table, "know that you can always come to me if you need me, Magnus. You can act so serious and adult-like it's a little frightening at times, but know that you don't have to."
"You can rely on me if you ever have the need, it's what I'm here for, to answer any questions you have, okay."
That made Magnus think and pause as he realised that he had been neglecting a resource that was right in front of him all this time, while he had come to her for some things and had never told her about his, rebirth or whatever.
She would be able to answer a number of his questions, but right now there was only one that came to the forefront of his mind, one that had been bothering him.
"Actually, Aunt Andy, there is something that's been on my mind lately," Magnus started trying to think how to word it before he continued, "before my duel with Draco when I got angry and said those things..."
Andromeda smiled fondly and shook her head, "it's okay Magnus, everyone gets angry sometimes, and it all worked out, in the end, didn't it." She said not seeing what he meant.
Magnus shook his head, "it's not that auntie, all during the talk I had my occlumency shields up full, still do in fact. But during the talk with Lucius, they didn't help at all. My anger just bubbled over them, and…."
"....I know it's not my heir ring affecting me because I know what that feels like and this was something else. It came from deep inside of me, a deeper part of me."
He said, trying as best he could to explain what he had felt at the time.
Andromeda listened intently, at first thinking that it was just his emotions that Magnus hadn't understood.
But when he mentioned his shields not holding back his anger she paid closer attention when he described where it came from and that was when it clicked for her and she understood.
"Ah, I see," Andromeda said as she let out a breath, having feared for a second that some outside influence had been affecting him.
"You don't have anything to be worried about Magnus, it was just your magic reacting to your emotional state, or more precisely the family magics reacting to it." she explained.
Magnus blinked at that, "the family magics?" he asked not knowing what she meant.
Andromeda nodded, "let me guess, it felt like you had a fire in your stomach, a deep burning sensation that made you want to lash out and punch the person pissing you off." She openly guessed.
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