The Dark Prince Alliance

Part 2

Straight at 10 am both Lords Prince and Voldemort are led by Head Goblin Ragnuk to the warded conference at the center of Gringotts. "Thank you Ragnuk for accommodating Lord Voldemort and I on such short notice." Lord Prince says after taking his seat.

"The Prince family has been loyal customers since our inception and remained neutral during each of the Goblin Wars so the Goblin Nation is honored to assist you and Lord Voldemort in your negotiations." Ragnuk replies.

Feeling unnerved by the civility of the Head Goblin and interested in beginning the potential alliance talks Lord Voldemort says, "Yes, thank you for your assistance. Lord Prince, can we now get down to business? "

"Yes, lets. I need my daughter's muggle husband dispatched, he is abusive and I cannot allow him to continue to hurt my beloved daughter and grandson. Though I do not wish the death of all muggles, I want Tobias Snape dead. I am willing to offer not only a marital alliance between our two families but lend my considerable political power through the Wizengamot to assist you and your fellow Dark Lords in making new and changing many of the current laws in Magical Britain." Lord Prince replies.

"Laying all your cards on the table is not very Slytherin." Lord Voldemort says.

"I agree but it is just like a Ravenclaw, we gather all the facts and present our conclusions in a concise and blunt manner. As a direct descendant of Rowena Ravenclaw, it is only natural that once I spot a problem, I then do the necessary research and apply logic to find the solution with the highest percentage chance of success. My analysis says that you are the right person to remove the thorn plaguing my family, that the benefits of a marriage alliance between our two families and that an alliance between the Gray and Dark provides the most benefit to my family and Magical Britain.

"In addition, I think as a Slytherin you would prefer if I just got down to bargaining and not waste either of the others time with useless grand standing. You know what I want and what I am willing to offer, can we do business or not?" Lord Prince replies.

"I would not be here if I was not intrigued by your offer but I want to know why you don't just hire someone to eliminate your unwanted muggle son-in-law? I cannot help wondering why are you now proposing to align your family name, which has remained neutral in the various wars fought over the years, with me and my Death Eaters?" Voldemort counters.

"I would be lying if I did not admit that I have seriously considered either hiring some mercenary to eliminate the worthless heathen that my gentle Eileen married or even doing it myself. Yet, I am a scholarly man of reason and upon learning of your true heritage and childhood background, recognized how you could be the strong and powerful role model my young grandson needs to overcome his negative experiences in the muggle world and grow into the powerful wizard he is destined to be.

"As regards the issue of building a political alliance between the Grey and Dark sides, it is the conclusion of a simple cost/benefit analysis. I and my fellow Grey Lords recognize that Magical Britain is in danger from the Muggle World and though we are not willing to use violence to achieve our goals, we recognize that there are times that violence may be necessary to encourage needed change. You and your Death Eaters have demonstrated that you are willing to get your hands dirty to see your goals realized.

"Both the Grey and Dark want to protect Magical Britain from intrusion from the Muggle World. We both want to preserve the traditions passed down from our families from the time of King Arthur. We both want the contamination that has come to magical society from the muggle world eliminated. We simply have different opinions on what should be done to see that goal being achieved.

"As my letter and attached inheritance test results showed, we on the Grey side think there in another way to accomplish our goals. We see the issue of blood purity differently; we see that magic has always run in the same original families and that the "Muggleborn" children are only the descendants of the pureblooded families' squib children forced into the muggle world.

"We see that to address and eliminate the problems being suffered by the majority of the Pureblood families, which include most notably decreased fertility, madness/insanity and excessive amount of Squib children caused by too much inbreeding, we need to apply logic and reason not force and exclusion. As the evidence I provided you and the successes they have had in Magical Japan, we need to reintroduce our lost magical bloodlines and use science to reawaken the dormant magic in our squib children." Lord Prince concludes his reasons to both Lord Voldemort and Ragnuk.

"Very interesting, for how much time are you going to leave the offer open? What will you do if I do not accept your offer?" Lord Voldemort inquires.

"My patience is limited; I cannot continue to allow my daughter and grandson to be in peril. My primary concern is my family so as to the issue of a marital alliance I need your answer within the week. If I do not hear from you by this Friday evening I will take lethal action to pluck the thorn myself.

"As to the issue of an alliance between the Dark and Grey sides, I can give you and your fellow Dark Lords one months' time to examine my test results and give me your answer. If the negotiations are concluded for today I will take my leave.

"Mr. Riddle, I suggest before you leave here today you allow the Goblins to conduct full inheritance testing on you. This evidence will be needed for you to claim your title and Wizengamot seats as Lord Slytherin. As I have already offered I am willing to remove any political roadblocks to you being able to claim your rightful Wizengamot Seats as an act of good faith. Now if you two gentleman will excuse me I need to make contingency plans for my daughter and grandson." Lord Prince stands up and begins to leave when Lord Voldemort stands up and addresses him.

"You will assist me in claiming my title with or without a marital alliance?" Lord Voldemort asks.

Turning to face him, Lord Prince replies "Yes, the title rightfully belongs to a strong Wizard like you. Once you claim the title of Lord Slytherin it will open up new opportunities that benefit both the Dark and Grey."

Thinking on all that Lord Prince has said Lord Voldemort makes a decision. "I will do it. I do not yet know if I am ready for marriage but I will eliminate your family's thorn by tonight."

"Thank you, there is a meeting of the Wizengamot in three days, I look forward to introducing you to them as the new Lord Slytherin. I will make sure that my daughter and grandson will be at my manor tonight for dinner, please send word once the thorn has been destroyed. Now gentleman, please excuse me I must send word to my elves that Eileen and Severus are needed immediately at Prince Manor."