You sit down

“My name is Adolf Schmidt headmaster of Ash Forest Academy this fine institution that for the next four years will be your home.”

The old man said as he sat behind his desk

“Assuming by your look of surprise when you were attacked by your peers you have no idea what the family name Blackthorn is known for in the magical world do you?”

You simply nodded negatively

“Mr. Blackthorn I must ask do you know who your mother and father are?” the headmaster spoke softly

”Unfortunately I didn’t know who my mother was and father is in prison so I grew up in an orphanage however I do know that my father’s first name was Ambrose” you replied.

“Mr. Blackthorn in this world there are two halves the magical and the non-magical to the world the Blackthorn Family is something of a controversial family in the magical world. You see your great grandfather was responsible for the first Magnus War starting the war off killing hundreds of thousands of wizards, sorcerers, and other magical beings and creatures because he believed that the Eye of Magnus should be destroyed.”

The headmaster stopped before continuing

“I can see you're confused Mr. Blackthorn the Eye of Magnus is the core of our world separating the magical world from the non-magical world hiding the magical world and us from the non-magical world. As for your grandfather, he along with your father were responsible for the 2nd Magnus War which nearly destroyed the Eye of Magnus this time. But along with this your father also created the art of Necromancy which has long been sought after by wizards of the dark arts but has eluded them until your father came along.”

At those revelations, your head spun your breathing picked up and your hands held tightly to the chair as you let it sink in that your family was responsible for hundreds of thousands of people dying. Before the headmaster spoke again.

“Mr. Blackthorn before you go seeing yourself as a monster know that I was your father’s classmate when he attended this Academy and I can assure then that he was no monster when he was young like you. You see Mr. Blackthorn it's not the family name that defines who you are but the life you live and what you do with that life that makes you who you are and how you are remembered by history remember that always Mr. Blackthorn.”

Taking the metal pin from you the headmaster looked at it before smiling faintly

“As for your house Mr. Blackthorn a skull means that your affinity for the dark arts is higher than that of a typical Cerberus House member too high in fact. Even if I assigned you to the house of Cerberus or any house for that matter there would be a great outcry from the said house and their families. For your house, you will houseless unless you wish to create a new house for yourself as for your living situation you will be living in a dormitory in the forest alone as we have always been prepared for a situation such as yours but only today have we actually experienced this. Since you are houseless you will be given a test tomorrow to determine what section of magic you will go into as the dark arts is something that again could cause an outcry if you took with Cerberus house members.”

With those words, the headmaster motioned for you to stand pinning the metal skull to your sweater before smiling and speaking “Welcome to Ash Forest Academy Mr. Blackthorn.” The headmaster handed you the keys to your dorm and then directed you to where your dormitory would be. As you walked along you wondered what would happen now that you're houseless as without a house you couldn’t do a majority of social related activities as many things on campus was done by house.

Sighing you walked out of the headmaster’s office clutching the keys to your dorm in one hand and your metal skull pin in the other. Headed towards your dorm you weren’t hungry for dinner this evening.