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The school had kept it's promise to allow certain students to stay in school when it hit the summer holidays.
Those who stayed where discreetly given evenlops before Summer that had timetables for summer and what would be open for summer vacation along with the teachers on campus.
Those parents who did not like their children where happy to dump them onto the school for the holiday.
When the train stopped and the students got out of train to greet their families, the difference between those who want to Lakewood and those who went to Hogwarts were startling and it wasnt just the uniforms as they mixed in with one another.
Hagrid greeted his parents with a beam smile surprising them since he didn't look relieved to see them.
"Lakewood is amazing!" He said, as his parents went to grab his bags and saw the new spider in a cage.
He seemed so happy to tell them about his friends, the inclusion he received, the books he took out of the library and the creatures he was learning about.
He was still beaming when he came home, and he wasn't the only one.
The decision to send their children to the school had turned out to the smartest thing a parent had done when they saw their child's glowing face.
The impact was even more profound to those who had younger Siblings that still went to Hogwarts and hated every minute of it or siblings who were excited to go to Hogwarts at the end of the summer.
Even one sister looked her little sister in the eyes and gave her the brutal truth.
At Hogwarts she had been bullied heartlessly and only talked Hogwarts up because it was the only school in the country and her sibling didn't have a choice.
Many older siblings had a sit down with their younger siblings and told them what Hogwarts truly was like.
Some that went to Hogwarts were already been disillusioned with Hogwarts and were wondering what the other school was like.
Those who graduated from Hogwarts and we're ready to join the work force, found their parents and families raging when they saw the lack of qualification they actually had for the Muggle world and the little jobs been offered in the Magical world.
It took them two weeks for the reality of spending so much money for something that didn't pay off to be realised, for some it was shorter than that.
They were understandably mad, but the Ministry and Hogwarts made sure to block out letters and howlers from enraged parents or former students who demanded refunds.
To add insult to injury, those who graduated from Lakewood went into the muggle workforce immediately.
Former hogwarts students discovered some of the former students of Lakewood lived near them and were already in work uniform several weeks in, while they were struggling to find jobs.
So even though they couldn't complain to Hogwarts or the ministry, they could complain to each other.
They formed a network that even those who graduated years go joined in on, those who found low paying jobs in the muggle world told their stories.
It was a tale of regret.
And the network found out the truth of working in the magical world, the people who seemed to get a worthwhile job were half-bloods, purebloods or muggle-borns who kissed somebody feet so hard that they rose in stature.
What was this?
They looked at Lakewood and many reported they could see former students in suit and ties heading to work in the morning, being able to afford things in shops, their parents that should be taken it easy weren't being forced to go back to work to take care of them like they were!
Some families, invited the other family over begging the other for help.
The familys were stunned to hear what happened to Hogwarts graduates while their child entered the work force easily.
However, without qualifications, the familys couldn't help them out at all but then a letter came by the third day sent to every Hogwarts graduate regardless of blood.
Lakewood was offering a night school for adults who can't get work and promised to give them the qualifications needed to enter the work space for a fee.
While studying they can move into the school and have their basic needs met.
To many it was God sent, while Hogwarts and the Ministry were doing nothing, Lakewood was given them a branch to stand on.
To get a job, they would happily take two more years of schooling and instantly sent letters accepting it.
And Ziggy was shocked by how many people replied wanting to attend the night school, it showed him that the qualification that Hogwarts provided didn't mean a thing to the outside world.
And the school and ministry can raise their heads, after scamming families out of cash?
He brought a normal dormitory for the adults, a dining hall, classrooms and teachers.
And then he invited each of their families to come see the grounds for themselves which was unlike what Hogwarts had ever done.
The families took him up on that offer and we're shocked and amazed by the grounds the school was built on.
Shocked to see students still in the schools despite the holiday, they met the principal and his son and were shocked by the perfect manners.
By the end of the day, they were ready to move in to the school grounds when they spoke to the highly qualified looking professionals who actually had jobs in the muggle world.
Some were former university-level teachers, while others had their own business and had already made their money.
In the holidays, Hogwarts sent out letters to students who it knew was magical while Lakeworld not only sent out a letter but a pamphlet as well.
The school even invited them to look around the grounds and talk to the teachers, there was even a place to go if they had questions.
It was no wonder eyes were drawn to the much cheaper and proven magical school, especially when they saw what became of the schools former students while Hogearts provided none of this.
What worked against Hogwarts was that it just sent out a letter telling them they got in, there was no proof of success after graduation, there wasn't somebody to talk to if they had questions and they couldn't see the schools themselves before putting money down.
Many muggle parents were very concerned by the much more expensive school that gave them zero information.
It increased when the letter kept coming while Lakewood just sent the letter and pamphlet.
Many were driven to Lakewood who promised to put a ward around them to stop the letters from coming to them.
The Summer holidays ended and the teachers for Hogwarts were happily getting ready to welcome the new first years, they beamed as the train arrived and the doors opened.
However, instead of seeing a flood of first years, it was only a trickle.
They were in shock when they saw all the first years for this year.
200 children had become 30.
What happened!?
Several teachers convinced themselves that they were all just hiding and went on the train, they opened cabin after cabin convinced that each one would be full of lots of little first years.
Every single of them was empty.
They searched for 30 minutes before they had to realise this was truly it.
For the first time, they didn't even get to use half the boats to cross the river, they saw that the group was made up of pure blood's, half-bloods and muggle-borns who's parents didn't mind paying for the more expensive option despite the lack of information.
They arrived at the castle and went to get sorted, the moment Albus Dumbledore saw the whole group and realised that was it, him and many teachers face's changed.
Some teachers even pulled out their wands to dispell what they thought was an illusion but nothing happened.
This was it.
Every staff member had every right to be alarmed.
Things got worse when the Ministry accountant looked at the money being deposited into Hogwarts this year, his smile dropped when he saw the numbers of those who had given money and even went to the ministry vault and had the goblins confirm the number was in fact correct.
By the end of dinner, the Minister of Magic was at Hogwarts doorstep demanding to know what was going on.
#Early that day on another train#
"Hello my name is Luther Maxiusm and I am a 6th Year perfect. I hope you have a wonderful time this year" said, Ziggy as he went cabin to cabin greeting the transfers and first years.
The newbies were shocked by how good looking he was, for those who had clear creature blood in them they were stunned by his caring smile and soft eyes, towards them despite convincing many that he was of pure blood.
Their siblings hadn't lied to them about him!
However unlike last year, he wasn't alone and his group of perfects introduced themselves to the newbies.
When the train got off the newbies were introduced the same way as last year transfers and everybody else went to the castle.
There was noticeable new addition to the school due to the students who had creatures needing certain things to survive and everybody immediately noticed the adult wing.
Those who knew the graduates of Hogwarts where shocked to find their upper-class people attending school when they shouldn't be.
The school didn't stop the adults blending in with the students and many asked why they were here only for the now bitter adults to tell them how much of a scam Hogwarts actually was.
A truth you don't find out about until after you graduate.
Those who learned the truth couldn't write to their friends at Hogwarts but they could meet them outside of it.
Teachers weren't there, so they had no idea the disaster that would unfold the first weekend when the transferred students told their friends and students still at Hogwarts what happened to their upper-classmen.
The students thought they were lying until they were actually allowed to visit their former upperclassmen and were shocked to hear and see the truth for themselves.
The end result was that the fellow morning, Hogwarts had learned some of the students were pulled out by their parents who only told them they were crooks and that their children would be going to Lakewood, one of them would become Severus Snapes mother.
The end result was all of Hogwarts staff in panic mode.
"Albus, we're bleeding students!" Said, one of the teachers. "Why!?"
He had previously assured them that the new school wouldn't take any of their students and even that the school would be shut before the holidays, due to lack of interest.
So what was happening now!?
Each class they taught had noticeable gaps in them and the halls were filled with students wanting to owl their parents about going to Lakewood.
The pranks in the school had skyrocketed as well, this year.
The reason for this was because the Pureblood families consider Lakewood the place to dump the Muggle-borns.
It wasn't a coincidence that pranks skyrocketed, they wanted the Muggle-borns out of their 'pure' school so that the school can return to how it should be.
And they were succeeding.
Even Albus was wondering what was going on, could it be the new school was using a spell to entrap students?
His problems were mounting since the student he was keeping an eye on was now parentless and something about the child was now very dark and very disturbing.
He got the feeling that if he didn't keep an eye on him, death would follow the child everywhere and one day it would explode and be out in the open in the worst possible way.
"For those of you who are free, please go house to house and report to me if you sense any magical spell on the parents," Said, Albus, he would have a reason to arrest the staff at that school then.
Four teachers ended up leaving and venturing to the supposed first years houses.
They knocked on each door.
Minerva McGonagall knocked on a door that she recognised as the house of a former Gryffindor and thought she would be welcomed in it.
However, when the parents who were eating saw her face, they were overcome with rage.
"You!" Said, the mother. "After what you've done to my child, you dare to show up here!?"
The witch was surprised.
"Mrs-" Minerva began.
"You have no right to be here!" said, the woman. "My oldest daughter spent 7 years under you and never once did you tell her that she had no future when she graduates because she was Muggle-born."
Minerva was stunned.
"My daughter struggled for 3 years after she graduated and all she could be was a cleaner in the muggle world!" Said, the woman. "She had a bright future but you guys took our money and ruined her. Do you know the shame having to see my own daughter go to night school just to learn things that she should have been taught!? Do you know what it's like to have a daughter who couldn't get education because her grades stopped when she was 11 so people are mocking her! Did you come to ruin my second daughter as well!?"
The woman was crying now.
Her family had to take out a massive loans to pay for the schooling believing that, their daughter would have an amazing life after graduation.
And now the loaners were knocking at their door, asking when the next instalment is when they didn't have the cash.
The man held his sobbing wife in his arms.
"I think you should leave," said, the man in a stern tone. "You aren't seeing a cent from us. We have taken steps to make sure you don't magic us to hand over the money. We've sent our second daughter to a school that has shown us that she does have a future when she leaves and if you don't get off our property, I have every right to open shoot"
He had shocked her as he closed the door.
What?
The girl she remembered from 3 years ago had become a cleaner and had to attend schooling once more to get a job?
However, as she went from house to house, many were downright hostile towards her, a man opened fire on a professor.
If this was the age of the internet, a lot of muggles would be informed that if a letter comes saying Hogwarts then its a massive scam.
Lots of former students who now had children to go Hogwarts were also hostile towards their former teachers.
They had to flee back to Hogwarts from the hatred alone.
Albus was shocked to hear what happened.
"It was must be a very powerful item to hate hogwarts," said, Albus.
"Albus...have you ever thought about what happens after the students graduate?" Said, Minerva suddenly.
"Of course, I do," said, Albus. "Some enter the ministry of magic, others start apprecientships and others things"
"And what about the rest?" Said, a man who stunned them all. "I've been wondering the alley, ministry and even village for decades and many workers are still there and haven't been replaced. We graduate at least 200 people every year, I can't be the only one who questions where my former students are. 10 years ago, I had this amazing talented student who I asked to keep in touch with and he agreed. Once he graduated, I've had nothing but silence. I thought he was too busy to respond but what if it's the complete opposite?"
He had stunned the room.
They had seen their former students with a job but they had never thought of the students that they hadn't seen.
How many amazing pupils they asked to keep in touch with after graduation, suddenly goes silent?
What about the students they had contacted bout coming in and showing the students what they were doing right now, only to go radio silent?
They thought it wasn't a big deal, but now they were hearing they had to go to school again just to get jobs?
What was that about?
"I can assure you that all those students have amazing jobs," said, Albus, with a smile. "Our world has many opportunities for the graduates. There is absolutely nothing wrong with our education, its the best in rhe country."
However, reality hit them in the Christmas exam when the two schools went head to head to see who was better academically, the principal of Lakewood got the English Government involved for the test much to the Ministry dismay.
The UK government marked it and mailed the results in a very public way.
Parents and teachers of Hogwarts faces all over, turned green when they saw the exam result proving the quality of education once and for all.
It was worse on pureblood families who demanded to know why the child scores were so low compared to Muggleborns from Lakewood.
When that happened, many students were taken out of Hogwarts and transferred by enraged parents who thought an much more expensive school would provide them with a much better education.
By the time the last year of Tom Riddel schooling rolled around, the ministry had to pass a law that if a child accepted Hogwarts they couldn't change it, only for the UK government to breath down their necks a day later, because of taking freedom away from a child.
Tom Riddel was one of the very few Muggle-borns left in Hogwarts and it was hurting the school and the Ministry.
The Ministry had to send notification to families that the next year they would be raising tuition prices to make up for the lack of students.
Nobody likes paying more, not even purebloods, many withdraw their child out of school and chose the cheaper option.
It was a shocking day when even a weasely didn't go to Hogwarts but most who jump ship took their propaganda with them.
But Lakewood was having none of that.
Those students got three warnings, and those who pushed it were shocked to told by the principle that they were expelled and they should pack their stuff and leave.
If they thought they can get away with things like they did in Hogwarts then they were given a reality check right there and then.
Those who struggled were detained and escorted to the train with the others who had been expelled.
The principal received howlers and dangerous laced letters but none of them got through the ward until they could be civil and beg him to allow them back.
However, those who had a strong pride took the disgraced heirs and paid them to be schooled by a ministry official who hated them immediately.
Ziggy 'graduated' and started training to become a teacher at the school, so now he was professor to the students, it was at that time that Tom hatred truly did explode forth and the word 'Lord Voldemort' began to be whispered in England.
However, when Lord Voldemort and Albus went to recruit people, this is where the problem began.
Those with creatures blood had several graduates from Lakewood and had been taught to think for themselves, they had been taught what propaganda was.
So those who would be death eater's, stopped and directly asked where was the proof that the so-called Dark Lord was really pureblood because they didn't see him on a tapestry.
They even went to Gringotts to find the so-called line of Slytherin and found out the line had died out some time ago.
So who was this fool who was claiming to be pureblood?
And a much smarter Weasly who was running a successful business that was doing wonders for the historically poor family financially asked Dumbledore how he did not know that an army was being raised right under him considered they extruded such hatred for Muggleborns.
The man had no answer for that.
Ziggy became a teacher at the school and taught defence, he made sure to teach them how to disarmed a death eater and even taught Muggle self-defence as well without a wand.
Some of the students took down several grown death eaters and detained them until the ministry got to them.
The ministry was shocked to find out who was under the hoods and Voldermort raged when his big backers were thrown in prison by school kids.
His revenge against the wizarding society wasnt going so well.
And scene!
Next chapter, Ziggy gets a shocking visitor at the school doorstep and she is with a baby begging for help. He changes a cannon person life and the Ministry has finally got off their high horse to beg. revieww/ fav and follow!