Chapter 203: Series of Events

Chapter 203: Series of Events

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9th March 2012, New York City

(Jasmine Sayre POV)

"They tried to give me a Ministry position, that I rejected. They tried getting me to join the Department of Mysteries, that I also rejected. They even tried to get me to teach at Hogwarts. I was almost tempted, but I didn't like teaching too much and I didn't see myself grading papers all day. They even tried to convince my parents to marry me off. They refused, of course, but it was nearly made into an actual law."

I frowned at her, "They tried to bind you to the Ministry so that they could use you as leverage in their international dealings, like Dumbledore did for years."

She nodded, "Exactly. I was able to get out of it, thanks to Nathan since he was the Minister at the time. But my biggest problem came at the hand of his undersecretary, Hermione Granger."

I was surprised at this, "Really? You're talking about Granger? The bookworm that followed Nathan around in his ridiculous adventures?"

Rose chuckled, "Yes. I have to admit that I didn't see her being this much of a nuisance. Unfortunately, she's a role model to all Muggleborns in the country, being the first one that had done this well in the Ministry. Never mind the fact that it was my brother who got her the job in the first place. Well, turns out that Hermione was great at organizing things which helped Nathan a lot, but it came at the cost of her somewhat extremist views."

I looked at her weirdly, "Was she biased against purebloods or something?"

I nodded, "That it can. So, where did you go after that?"

"Well, I traveled through Europe for a couple of years, visited Berlin, Paris. The Vatican was utterly fascinating."

I snorted, "You have no idea how it was back then. There was an entire light magic sect there back in the day, whose whole purpose was to kill anything magical that they deemed to be a threat to the pope. They weren't that influential outside the city, but Vampires, Werewolves, and magical creatures in general learnt to avoid that place. I'm not really sure what happened to them."

Selene interjected, "They were hunted down by a vampire coven that they angered after they killed the daughter of the leader when she was just going through the city."

"Oh, yes, I remember now. An entire army of vampires attacked the city, but they had no idea who was responsible for the girl's death only that it was a mage, so they hunted down every single wizard and witch, no matter their age, in the entire city, killed the pope, burnt down their library, and took every treasure they could find. It took the support of the Kingdom of France and the Kingdom of Italy to bring the city back to where it used to be, and even then it took a few decades to do that. They also hired warders so that no magical being could step foot in the city. The wards held for a few centuries, but after the Statute of Secrecy went up, it wasn't maintained anymore so they fell later on. Funnily enough, the vampire massacre had far reaching consequences, including an exponential rise of witch hunts, which started to even be supported by the church."

Rose looked to be very interested in that story, "So that is what happened during the dark centuries they kept babbling about. You know, sometimes I forget how old you are, Jasmine."

I gave her a bitter laugh, "I wish I could say the same, Rose. So, tell me, what did you do next?"

"Well, after that I went to Egypt, trained under a few curse breakers. I think one of the tombs was yours by the way. Then I decided to go to Asia for a bit. You haven't seen a real dragon until you've gone to a Chinese dragon reserve. I went to Japan for a while, tried to learn their paper runes. I learnt a few basic ones but didn't become a master. It was very interesting but not really useful if I was being honest. The interest was purely academic. In the end, I went to Nepal and found Kamar-Taj. I decided to go for a visit like your portrait advised me. It was nice, but I didn't have any talent for sorcery."

I nodded, "I don't expect you would. It took me centuries to learn how to use both my magic and sorcery. Using either is relatively easy but learning how to juggle multiple kinds of energy to cast magic is an entire minefield. Unless one is gifted with a prodigal understanding of both magics, then it would be almost impossible to learn both disciplines in a single lifetime, let alone master them."

"That's what the ancient one said. But imagine my surprise that while I stayed in the sanctum, I heard two young women saying that Jasmine Sayre had disappeared and that they were looking for her. I immediately knew that it was you, and I decided to follow the two of them for a while. Of course, they didn't even notice me."

I gave Jean and Wanda a very unimpressed look, and the two girls looked away and blushed in embarrassment. Rose chuckled at the byplay and continued her story, "Well, at first, I wanted to see what relation they had with you. When I heard Wanda calling you her mother, I knew that something was wrong. You could sometimes leave, yes, but you wouldn't leave someone who called you 'mum' without at least explaining why. This meant that something had happened, something you didn't see coming."

I was starting to feel guilty at her words. Did Wanda really keep searching for me across the globe. Selene should have told her that I was alive and not in this universe. Rose didn't seem to notice my feelings and continued her tale, "But until I could figure out what happened, I decided to continue following them. One of them was your daughter, which meant that she was my niece, my family, and I had to make sure that she was alright. So far, both of them were very capable, and were able to travel without being noticed or being attacked. But unfortunately, they ran into trouble that they couldn't deal with. They ran into someone who was actively hunting them down. They ran into a sorcerer called Karl Mordo."