Present Mixed in the Past

Chapter 29| Spilling the Tea

Snape had waited patiently; he was a spy after all. He had to be patient in order to survive for as long as he did. That summer, though, he was a bit impatient. For the summer Wizengamot meeting, he took his seat as Prince. He couldn't change his name, not completely, it was a name his mother was fond of even if it was under a lie.

The look on Dumbledore's face, as controlled as it was, told him everything. Dumbledore was a scheming bastard that was using him and most likely everyone he came into contact with. He was vile, probably more vile than Voldemort.

After getting settled, he had to listen to this pink clad toad talk and complain about the creatures. Lupin and Black frowned greatly, narrowing their eyes on her. Surprisingly, Arthur was there as well, seemed that the surprise of him housing a criminal had jarred him out from under Dumbledore's thumb. He seemed uncomfortable with what she was spouting.

When she went quiet, Snape listened to what everyone had to say about it. Many Light families, which weren't many to begin with, had decided to follow Dumbledore. The man was crafty, the Slytherin Head would give him that, sounding like he was genuinely concerned about the wellbeing of everyone and out of control creatures. It was disgusting.

"Albus." Snape drawled, bringing everyone's attention to him. "It seems you are forgetting yourself in your age. You are a proxy and the Chief Warlock, yet you make comments like that?" He shook his head carefully before focusing on the ones that had sided with him. "Tell me, have any of you thought about what this law would entail for others with similar inflictions? How bias it quickly will come? Or have you forgotten Lord Lupin?"

His tone was hard and clip, drawing slowly. He watched as all eyes turned to the stiff werewolf who was glaring at the pink toad. With everyone's attention and notice on him, he finally spoke his piece.

"The law is far too restrictive and bias already. I can give you a count of what happens on a daily basis before I took claim of my seat and House." He paused, his gold-hazel eyes shining sharply as he looked around. Waiting for someone to disagree. No one dared till they heard his story. "I was treated unfairly, what work I could find I was paid as little as possible and if I complained I would either be fired, have spells sent my way or have an Auror called on me. Some of those Aurors thought it funny to beat me an inch of my life. That is with the laws we have now. This law will make every creature loath you, Dolores. This law will cause a civil war between Wixen and Creatures. Including the Goblins."

That got the room to change tunes. If the Goblins joined a civil war, it would be chaos and so many people would be out of money and valuable heirlooms. Plus, getting a firsthand experiance from a Lord, added weight to what was being said. The pink toad didn't look that pleased. She tried to reel it in, but the vote was barely even, the law was shut down.

"I believe," Snape called, "that we should review the Creature laws already in place and either rewrite them to be truly fair or get rid of them entirely. Furthermore, I would like to offer that Hogwarts adds a new course to Defense Against the Dark Arts: Creature Inheritance."

The room quickly started buzzing with noise, families whispering to each other about it, confusion on many of their faces. All except those that were old enough to remember the days that it was taught. Which were so few.

"Unlike Lord Lupin, Creature Inheritances are natural and passed down by genetics and blood, it cannot be given by bite or mark. It must be inherited similar to how one inherits their hair or eye color. The most common types of people to have Creature Inheritances would be Purebloods and Muggleborns. They need to know before their Inheritance, or else they will become dangers."

The room began to whisper again, panic forming on everyone's faces. The laws that were once seen at helpful now were seen as dangerous. It didn't take long for a new vote to happen, all but two had decided to reinstate those classes. Of course, the board members quickly stated that Remus and Severus should teach the classes as one was a Creature himself and the other was just to please some people and to help. Though that didn't mean Severus was incompetent.

The Wizengamot meeting soon ended with Snape and Lucius talking about new plans and ideas to make a better world and to hopefully bring back the old traditions just a little way outside the door. Black and Lupin approached them with firm looks on their faces, Lupin dragging Arthur.

"We need to talk somewhere private." Was all that was needed.

The five of them eventually found themselves in Lucius's office, a number of privacy charms being thrown up. After everyone was situated, the two told them everything they knew so far, even what they found from Harry's letter. They told them their theories, speaking quickly and hurriedly as if they were worried that someone unsavory would barge in.

After everything was said, there was only silence. Lucius leaned forward, placing his head in his hands. He looked exhausted and frightened almost.

"Draco... He... He knows so many things, before they happen... He acts so much like Harry... Do... Do you think he..." He stopped, looking up at the others.

Sirus and Remus looked at each other before nodding. They understood the feeling, and it made sense to them. Harry had written that he believed it was a dream at times, seeing how different everything was for him now

"I believe they're both creatures." Snape muttered; his jaw clenched.

Everyone looked to him, confused. The greasy-haired bat took a deep breath before letting it out slowly.

"Their eyes... Every time someone interrupts a moment between the two, Draco's eyes become like molten silver... That's a trait of a very powerful Creature."

Realization crossed the two's faces before Remus spoke up.

"Harry... The Goblins allowed us to see his results... It said he was a creature, but..." He scowled, looking down.

They couldn't remember. Meaning they couldn't help.

"All we know is that it's rare, even among Creature Inheritances." Sirius supplied as helpful as he could.

Arthur gulped, taking a deep breath before nodding.

"I believe... I believe my boys are Creatures too, but I don't... I haven't..." He rubbed his face, unable to focus.

The room was tense, and everyone just felt ready to grab their wands and start firing off random spells. Huffing, Sirius and Remus stood up.

"Come on, let's get something to drink. The first two rounds on us." The dog like man huffed.

The group of tired men chuckled and nodded, following the two out. A drink definitely sounded nice at that moment. At least it would hopefully dull whatever was going on with the children. At least in their minds.