The Last Horcrux/Lestrange Manor/Library
You know that Emily’s parents have a large library of magical texts, which they in turn had inherited from other Lestranges in the long lineage of their pureblood family. Given Emily’s French and Italian heritage, there may also be books that a purely English Wizarding family would not have in their collection, although you don’t read either language. then you realise that Emily does in fact speak passable French, from visiting the Lestranges of Paris.
Whilst you are a master of Death Magic, and know more than perhaps any living magic user on the Dark Arts, there are still areas of magic you are less experienced in. For example, you never specialised in Divination, or Life based magics, and your knowledge of Temporal Mechanics, or Time based enchantments, is insufficient for you to be able to fix your broken Time Turner. You are curious that Emily is a Parseltongue, like you, and you recall that her mother also had this gift. This makes you wonder if they are also descendants of Slytherin, and if the family might know have knowledge of serpentine magic. As is reading your thoughts, your snake familiar Hastur writhes gently around your neck.
You spend a good while looking at the books in the library. There are many mundane books, written by famous Wizards and Witches, but also by muggle philosophers. There are many books on history of distant countries, which might be interesting to read at some point, and suggest that some of Emily’s ancestors in the 1800s used to travel extensively. It is the magical texts that you are most interested in however, which you find locked behind a glass door on a large shelf, set behind a grand old leather backed chair.
“Alohamora” you incant, pointing your wand at the lock. It remains stubbornly unmoved by your opening charm. Then a memory of Emily’s comes to your mind, of her mother hissing something in Parseltongue in the library.
“Open,” you hiss in the language of snakes, making Hastur writhe gently, flicking his tongue in the air.
The lock on the glass cabin shelf springs open. You noticed that the copper plated lock, all covered in verdigris from ages past, is two snakes wrapped around an apple. Very appropriate, you think to yourself.
Inside the cabinet are a number of magical texts. At first you are disappointed; there are the obvious spell tomes and magical histories that any Hogwarts student would be familiar with, as well as more advanced texts on potion making and various enchantments. There is nothing that is new or exciting here, until you reach the top shelf. The books are so high up that you have to use the leather backed chair to stand on to read the titles on their spines. You could use an Accio charm to summon them to you hand, but you decide against it as some of the books look very old and fragile.
A few texts capture your imagination from their titles. Life Magick of the Celts and ancient Britons is one you have not encountered, and intrigues you given how much European magic is dominated by Latin and occasionally Greek incantations. Wiccan Blood Rituals is another, although you have been disappointed by Wiccan magic in the past. A Primer of Magickes of Imperial China sounds particularly intriguing, and you know that your knowledge of the magic of the far East is not particularly advanced, and that the Wizards of that country tend to jealously guard their secrets. Finally, you notice a text called The Fragmented Soul. Could this book have information on Horcruxes you wonder? You have never heard of this title before, and decide that you simply must read it.
A couple of other books also catch your eye. These are books that the girl wants to read. Emily’s sexual desires seem to be insatiable, and you have to admit that the pleasures you have experienced in this vessel have been exquisite so far. She clearly wants to read a book called Saucy Tricks for Tricky Sorts, which seems to be some kind of book on sexual charms and jinxes. She also notices a couple of other books, the first is entitled, Love Potions, which you think could be amusing, and the second is called Sexus, Serpentes et Magicae Voluptatis, which means Sex, Snakes and… Orgasm magic? This spikes the interest of both you and the girl, so you decide to add this to your little collection as well.
You will have some time to begin reading one of the books tonight, but which one do you start to read first?
- Life Magick of the Celts and ancient Britons
- Wiccan Blood Rituals
- A Primer of Magickes of Imperial China
- The Fragmented Soul
- Saucy Tricks for Tricky Sorts
- Love Potions
- Sexus, Serpentes et Magicae Voluptatis
After reading for a little while, you decide that you definitely want to take these books with you to Hogwarts. Then you remember that your Extended Luggage Suite has a bookshelf and an upholstered chaise lounge inside it, which would make a perfect hidden library for you. You quickly open the silver cigarette case and enlarge it to a size you can enter, and climb down the ladder to the interior, placing the books there for later reading. Then, you climb back up, into the library, and return the trunk to its silver cigarette case size, placing it back in your pocket.
What do you do next?
- Explore the Library which has a large collection of magical texts
- Explore the cellar which has always been locked
- Retire to bed its been a long day and you are exhausted from so little sleep the night before
Inside Extended Luggage Suite
Books: Life Magick of the Celts and ancient Britons, Wiccan Blood Rituals, A Primer of Magickes of Imperial China, The Fragmented Soul, Saucy Tricks for Tricky Sorts, Love Potions, Sexus, Serpentes et Magicae Voluptatis
Magic Items Self-Writing Quill
Other Items