Chapter 24 - Union and rejection - Part 2

That smirk was the same one that Sirius had when he was doing some mischief or annoying his brother. For Andromeda there was no longer any doubt that Arcas really was the son of Sirius, sometimes an action is necessary more than words and Arcas's actions only showed that everything was true.

''I'm not clumsy! You really really think my name suit me?'' Nymphadora Asked.

''Totally. There is even stories about they changing their appearance. Your name has a great meaning. So keep being cheerful and remenber you must absoluty be proud of your name, no one can tell you is weird. If someone tell you is weird tell me and I will help you. We are family after all.'' Arcas replied while his eyes smiled but in turn had a black glow that scared both Andromeda and Ted, this made them remember that he was the heir to the Black family after all.

Still, Andromeda could see the reflection of her past interactions with Sirius, even their age differences were the same. She was sure she had had a talk like this with him in the past. The subject already forgotten but the emotions saved.

At that moment Arcas turned his head towards the door, a small smile could be seen on his face.

"Nymphadora, your parents are here for you. I guess we'll meet again some other time" he said.

Both Ted and Andromeda blushed and felt uncomfortable spying on a couple of kids. When Nymphadora saw her parents, she ran up to them and asked.

''When will we come back here again? I want to play with Arcas again''

''About that we talked with the patriarch and he offer us live here from now on. What do you thing about that possibility Dora?'' Her mother replied.

Nymphadora was beaming. She start skipping around her parents while she said.

''Yes! Then I can always play with Arcas.''

As the family laughed and Ted made fun of Nymphadora, I was finally able to relax. Entertaining a child is a bit tiring. It seems that everything went according to plan, they saw how I could cheer Nymphadora helped them convince them to return to the family. While I was distracted Ted came up to me and said.

''Hey Arcas. Nice to meet you. You can call me uncle Ted since we will be living with you.'' He was beaming with a small smile from ear to ear. While saying that, he tried to touch my head with his hand.

''Nice to finally meet you uncle Ted.'' I replied. At the same time dodge his hand with a small movement. This surprised both Ted and Andromeda, Nymphadora was not surprised but amused. She really is a free spirit and I already can tell it will be a pain to deal with her when she gets older and stronger. I could only smile to myself as I thought maybe it wasn't the best idea to bring them back to the family.

''Oh ?! Why did you dodge my hand Arcas? '' Ted said a little nervous. Before I could answer Andromeda said.

''Quit that silly game, Ted. You know that even if the patriarch didn't say anything, he must have been training Arcas. And you too Arcas do not worry with us here you will not have to deal with all that. Even if he gets angry, we won't let anything bad happen to you.''

You could see in her face that she was not just saying that to me, but to herself. It really must have been a horrible environment that he lived in with his parents. But it is obvious that they have a wrong idea of ​​what happens with me and the training that I have been under.

''Thank you for your kind words Aunt Andromeda. But you are wrong, the training I am receiving is necessary and I must do it for my own good and to bring this family back. After all, my blood is pure, a mistake could cost everyone dearly.'' I replied. The mention of pure blood obviously annoyed my aunt and uncle.

''I don't know why you said that, Arcas. But having pure blood is not so good. I know many brilliant magicians who excel in their fields and many of them even better than many nobles. Let me show you.'' Said my uncle Ted. After saying that he took his wand and point it at me while casting the incarcerous spell.

''As you can see, even if you are the heir, you must learn that everyone can do the same, many wizards cannot escape this spell, only the most powerful like Dumbledore could do something without their wands.'' My uncle said as he looked at me seriously as if I was a teacher with his pupil.