Ministry of Magic
Ministry of Magic
The common room was still completely empty. Most of the Slytherins wouldn't return to Hogwarts until the next term is about to start which is still a bit away. Oz came over to the table at which harry was eating at to talk to him.
"Hey there Harry, early start for you isn't it?".
Oz had to wake up excruciatingly early in order to head to the ministry of magic for the day so seeing that Harry was awake at this time was a shock to him. Harry lifted his head from his food as he began to speak.
"Hey there Oz, I'm used to waking up this early in all honesty. Most years on new years day my aunt and uncle would order me to wake up in order to clean the house from a new years party...".
Hearing this, Oz felt a pang of pity for the boy. They basically treated him as if he was their house-elf.
"Well at least you can relax this year around".
Harry smiled at Oz's comment before freezing, now looking at Oz directly in the eyes.
"Oz?! What happened to your eyes! I could have sworn they were blue but now their purple?! How did that happen!".
Harry spent a long while staring at Oz's new purple eyes, he even took out his own health specs to see if there was any obvious issues with Oz which made the latter laugh.
"Its fine Harry... This is just due to err... who I am... I have to head off soon so I just wanted to have a little chat before leaving".
Harry put away the Health Specs sheepishly as he looked back to Oz.
"Where do you have to head off to?".
"Dumbledore wants me to head to the Ministry of Magic to go on some... errands. Bit of a pain in the back but not much I can do when that old man insists so much".
Harry looked at Oz in confusion, Oz realising that the former hadn't actually heard of the ministry at this point.
"The Ministry of Magic is the Wizards Government essentially. You know the muggle government? basically its that but the magical version".
Hearing this information Harry nodded, now understanding what Oz meant. Seeing that the boy was caught up to speed, Oz started to head off towards the Slytherin common rooms door. Just as he was about to exit however he turned back around and said to Harry:
"Oh I nearly forgot to say... Happy New Year Harry".
Harry grinned back.
"Happy New Year to you to Oz".
After that little interaction, Oz then left to head for the schools floo network in order to head to the ministry.
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[MINISTRY OF MAGIC]
As Oz first appeared at the ministry he coughed a bit.
'Christ I actually made the mistake of breathing in... Thankfully I didn't end up anywhere weird and kept my pronunciation right'.
Walking out into the middle of the ministry, Oz marvelled at the surroundings. Even though it was New Years Day, there were hundreds of witches and wizards walking up and down, both leaving and entering the ministry.
As Oz got to the main foyer of the ministry, he noted the huge tapestry of Cornelius Fudge.
'Its a shocker as to how such a man was made to be a minister... He even forcefully put himself into the Order of Merlin if im correct. What a shallow man...'.
After registering the sights, Oz spotted in his peripheral vision a Daily Prophet stand. Seeing as though he had time he decided to head over and buy a paper to read for a moment before heading off the get registered.
Looking through the newspaper there weren't many articles that interested Oz. The majority were just random miscellaneous articles explaining events that Oz had no interest in. However, mid-way through the paper there was an article that directly involved him.
[DUMBLEDORE'S DISCIPLE: DESCENDANT OF MERLIN]
Looking at this article, Oz sighed.
'That man certainly didn't waste any time did he?'.
When Oz first accepted the position Dumbledore offered to him, he saw this event coming from a mile away. Dumbledore sending this information into the Daily Prophet was his way of cushioning the aftermath of Harry's incident.
'Well you can have this one old man... When I've learnt all I can from you I wont stick around'.
Oz then stuffed the Daily Prophet paper into his pouch as he headed off towards the Animagus desk in the ministry.
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After what felt like hours of walking, Oz finally located the desk he needed to go to in order to register as an Animagus. Nobody was present at the desk at the moment however on the desk was a 'ring for assistance' bell, presumably magically enchanted to notify the receptionist when someone had rung it.
Walking up to the desk Oz tapped the bell a couple times before waiting. After a few moments of waiting, a woman appeared, a woman that Oz recognised.
'Nymphadora Tonks... She was here at the ministry now wasn't she... At this point in time she should still be learning under Moody. I guess she also gets given jobs like these when there's nothing for her to do...'.
Tonks swayed over to the desk before looking at Oz up and down. She froze for a moment when looking at Oz's purple eyes before smiling.
"Are you the one that rung the bell? You can't mess around here you know, this is the Animagus registration desk. I don't think I've ever heard or seen an Animagus as young as you...".
Looking at Tonks, Oz sighed and rebutted.
"Just because you haven't seen one doesn't mean that they don't exist right? I knew what I was doing when I came to this desk".
Tonks looked slightly shocked at Oz's rebuttal, smiling soon after.
"You certainly have a lot of spunk! I like that... Before we begin then I need your name".
"My name is Oz Ambrosius"
Tonks nodded at Oz's name and started noting it down.
"Okay... Oz Ambros-"
As she was writing she immediately realised who Oz was.
"Oz Ambrosius?! as in the descendant of Merlin?!".
Oz smiled as he looked at the bewildered woman.
"The very same".
Tonks did a double take of Oz again before writing down his name. After finishing writing him in she looked back up to him with an extremely curious light in her eyes.
"So you're the famous descendant ive been hearing about! I cant go anywhere in this ministry without hearing at least one witch or wizard mention you and your name, especially after news of you tutoring under Dumbledore... And now I get to do an Animagus test for that same descendant? This should be interesting!".
Looking at Tonks, Oz chuckled to himself.
'What a free spirit. Its certainly a shame that such a woman died in the original canon... thats something I will have to fix for sure'.
After quelling her excitement, Tonks coughed embarrassingly before introducing herself to Oz.
"I'm Nymphadora Tonks, its a pleasure to meet you Oz".
Oz responded with a smile.
"The pleasure's all mine. Now should we get a move on with this test?".