Rise Of House Cason

Back in England, Art was backing his bag for school. His parents were going to take him to Diagon Alley to get his second year school books and supplies. Amelia was busy at the Ministry and he didn't want to bother her. In his muggles clothes, he made his way towards Diagon Alley. Art could tell his parents were nervous as he took out his wand and tapped the right brick, causing the wall to collapse on itself. He guided them through the hole.

"This is Diagon Alley." he said, showing them the countless stores and busy streets. Taking their hands, he pulled them towards Gringotts to pull out money. This was Arts first time doing it so he was a little nervous himself.

Entering the bank, he saw a Goblin sitting at the front desk. Bella let out a small yell before calming herself down while Tim eyed the creature.

"Artland Cason, here for a withdrawal." he gave him the key Amelia gave him for his family's vault.

The goblin looked at him and took the key before calling another goblin over. "He will guide you to your vault." the goblin said in a gruff voice.

Art nodded and told his parents to stay here while he gets his money. Bella nodded but still looked a little frightened of the goblin. Art smiled and reassured her it wouldn't do anything. Getting on a tiny cart, they went deeper into the earth and passed many vaults. Going deeper and deeper they finally arrived at the Cason vault. On the outside of the vault door, was a large golden ox and a mountain lion facing each other.

"A Re'em? And a Wampus?" Art asked confused. Why would there be these two creatures be on the vault door?

Inserting the key, the door opened for the goblin. In the vault was a mountain of gold that reached the roof. It wasn't just money though, old books and valuables could be found in the vault. At the back of the vault was a large coat of arms with a Re'em and a Wampus on each side with a flame in the back. There was a motto written on the bottom 'per incendia belli vincimus'.

"Through the flames of battle… we are victorious." Art translated the latin. Was the Cason a warrior family? And why are their two beasts in their coat of arms?

With so many questions he entered the vault and put some gold into his bag. He also grabbed a few books from the vault. Getting his money, he soon left Gringotts with the Sullivans. They made their way to Flourish and Botts were he bought his second year books. He also was told to buy a Healing book and one on Occlumency. He left the store and went to buy new robes because he had grown over the last year. Passing by Ollivanders he paused before entering the store.

Same as before, a soft voice came from deep into the store, "Mr. Cason, how nice of you to visit my shop. How can I help you?"

Looking at the old man Art greeted him. "Mr. Ollivander, I have a question about my wand."

"13 inches. Red Oak and dragon heartstrings. What about it?" he asked, remembering his wand.

"Yes." Art told him the story of how the wand spread a warm feeling throughout his body and how he had strange dreams.

Hearing this, Ollivander took Art's wand and look over it. A flash of light seemed to shoot across his eyes.

"If I had to guess Mr. Cason, there are two possible reasons. One is that the wand was testing you if you are worthy of it. The other is that some of the dragon's conscience is still in the wand." Ollivander said, slowly as he handed back the wand to Art.

"Will this affect my magic?" Art asked.

"It shouldn't. You must trust your wand and in turn it will trust you."

Leaving the store, Art felt more confused than before but he but it to the back of his mind and finished buying his supplies. In a week he would be on his way back to Hogwarts. After getting home, Art started reading through the books he found in his family's vault. One was their family history which he found incredible.

Apparently his ancestor traveled the world before settling down in England. He had met incredible beasts and brought a few home with him, a Wampus and Re'em.

Re'em was a large golden ox, it's blood gave temporarily strength to the user. His ancestor drank the blood everyday for a year, causing his eyes to turn golden and give him permanent increase in strength with an increase of magical strength as well. The Wampus was gifted with hypnosis and Legilimency and found in North America. The large cat was a guardian of the family, why it was put on their coat of arms. The two beasts followed him in many battles against the family's enemies. This was a family secret that the Cason had guarded for centuries. Art carefully put the book back into his bag.

The other book was about other rituals that the family had tried in the past. Art knew that Ritual Magic banded and considered dark magic in the wizardry world. He closed the book and put it away as well. Most of the experiments ended with the family member dying or being disfigured, making them stop the rituals.

Art knew that he couldn't show anyone these books and put them back into the vault. Throwing aside those books he dove into his new books for school. Though he knew most of the spells he still wanted to read them. He also read his Healing and Occlumency books finding them interesting. He was most interested in protecting his thoughts from other people.

Art wrote letters to Fleur and Gabrielle, sending them with Gray. He made sure to tell Gray that he would be at Hogwarts by the time he returned. Soon Art was ready to go to Hogwarts. Bella and Tim drove him to King's Cross, giving him a hug he told them that he would write to them soon. Soon he was on Platform 9 ¾, he saw a bunch of red head talking loudly.

"Fred your trunk."

"I'm George mom."

"Can't even tell your sons apart."

"Oh shut up and give me a hug." the plump red haired women said.

Art walked up to them, "Fred and George, how was your summer!?"

"Art!" they said in unison, a bright smile on their face.

"Hello Mrs. Weasley, I am Artland Cason." Art introduced himself.

"Hello sweety, thank you for taking care of my sons. I know they cause trouble wherever they go." she said kindly, shooting a look at the twins.

"Not at all ma'am. They are gifted wizards." he responded kindly, not throwing them under the bus.

"Aren't you kind. You must come visit us soon." she said, ruffling his hair like his mom.

The three of them soon found Lee and boarded the train. Finding an empty compartment, they started telling each other about their summers. Charlie had got a job in Romania taking care of dragons. Lee went and saw a professional Quidditch game. Art told them he had spent some of his summer in France with his grandparents. After buying some treats, the compartment was filled with laughter as Lee ate a Dung Bomb flavoured bean.

They all changed into their robes as the train was going to arrive at Hogwarts soon. Art saw Cedric in the hallway and had a quick conversation with him. Cedric seemed to have m.a.t.u.r.ed, making him handsome and refined.

Fred grumbled as he saw Cedric, muttering 'pretty boy' under his breath. They all grabbed their stuff and exited the train. They heard the familiar voice of Hagrid calling over the first years while they loaded into the carriage.

"These carriages pull themselves?" Fred asked, sitting down.

"No they are pulled by Threstrals." Art simply stated.

"Where are they?"

"You can't see them, only people who have seen death can see them." Art said. He researched them after seeing them his first year.

"Death?" George asked shocked.

Art nodded his head and stared at the skeleton horses, memories from that horrible night surfaced but he pushed them out of his head.

"Can you see them?" Lee asked Art, who saw him staring at the empty space.

Art nodded but didn't elaborate. The Threstrals started to pull them towards Hogwarts.

A new year was starting at Hogwarts and Art was excited.