255 Interview with a beetle

"Think nothing of it my boy! We can all understand that a workshop is no place for guests normally." Fudge said speaking up for the other two without their opinions. Dumbledore looked amused at it but Rita had a slight twitch in her face that showed her irritation. "Do tell me how the tea is I brewed it myself." Nick said with a smile. "It's quite nice if I must say so myself , do you perhaps have any spare leaves I might have?" Dumbledore said after trying the tea. Nick shook his head "Afraid not , these leaves came from my ancestors personal store that had been under stasis charm until recently." he said with a smirk.-

All three of his guests looked stunned at this revelation and looked at the light brown liquid like it was a treasure. "Do you mean to say that Rowena Ravenclaw herself drank this tea?" Fudge asked to confirm. Nick nodded "Over a thousand years ago but yes. So while I would like to give some out I have a very limited quantity." he said honestly. "But enough about old tea leaves you are here for my most recent achievement no?" Nick said with a grin.-

Rita's face lit up when he said that and took out a clipboard and a quill that dropped to the ground when she released it. "What's going on?" she asked in surprise at this as her spellwrite quill shouldn't have any issues at all. "Ah! That must be an enchanted quill if I am not mistaken?" Nick asked and she nodded. "I am sorry to say that due to the way outside spells affect my enchantments no foreign magic functions within this room. I can provide you a normal quill to write with if you'd like?" Nick said while making a generous offer.-

Rita looked suspicious but after seeing how both Dumbledore and Fudge seemed to believe him she could only accept the lack of her favorite quill and accept Nicks offer. Nick merely gave her the quill he was using originally before he got his current phoenix feather one. She had it at the ready in an instant proving she could still write even without her enchanted quill. "To start us off with perhaps you could introduce yourself to the readers?" Rita said with a smile. "My current full name is Nicholas Iron Ravenclaw and I am an orphan as far as I am aware." Nick said calmly.-

"My memory of myself only extends to about a year and two months ago however as I woke up in an alley with terrible injuries and amnesia at that time. I was briefly placed in an orphanage during after that where I started school where I met my friend Harry. He was apparently bullied heavily before I went to the school and stood up to his main bully , his cousin. One thing led to another and soon he was also living in my orphanage with me."

"It was there that I discovered both my magical ability as well as my gift with metal. Everything after that was pretty much just my time in Hogwarts and my apprenticeship under Garrick Olivander over the summer." Nick said calmly and couldn't help but chuckle at how little of himself he actually knew beyond his heritage. Rita was furiously scribbling on the clipboards parchment even after he stopped speaking but that was to be expected from her. Fudge and Dumbledore both looked sympathetic after hearing about his amnesia though. "Did you ever try to look for your relatives?" Rita asked uncaring about emotional turmoil at all.-

Nick shook his head "No , I believe that if I was truly wanted by some relative they would have long since made some sort of move to find me and yet there is nothing on either the muggle or magical side of things. To me they are strangers and so I will not seek them out." he said calmly. "What about after your heritage was revealed and you learned you were a descendant of Rowena Ravenclaw? Surely you must have been curious as to who your parents were or if you were even pureblood to begin with?" Rita pressed without mercy.-

Nick again shook his head "I honestly don't care about it since it makes no difference either way." he said honestly and all three of them looked stunned at this answer. Rita looked excited after hearing this however as it was downright scandalous. "A rather contentious statement if I must say so , care to elaborate?" She asked eagerly. Nick chuckled but shook his head "No , we have gotten quite off topic as it is and should return to it since Minister Fudge and Headmaster Dumbledore are very busy people and surely have better things to be doing then listening to my personal beliefs." he said forcefully putting the conversation back on track using the two political hegemons in the room as pressure on Rita.