It's been a while since I last upated but I had to deal with some problems in my life. Hope you enjoy the chapter.


An elf popped in the room, startling the present and making the couple return to the real world.

"Milly brings Mistress potions, like Mistress ordered" she said

"Thank you Milly. Can you please ask the kitchen elves to send up some breakfast?" nodding happily the elf popped away again.

"Those are for you" Alya said to her father "They are a magic replenishing potion, a pain reliever and a pepper up. You need them" she explained at his dubious look.

He sighed once he started feeling the effects of the potions working "Did Severus supply the potions? I haven't seen him around, recently"

Alya snorted "No, thank you very much. I made them personally." She said "As for Snape, I asked Uncle Lucius to restrict his access to the manor. I didn't need Dumbledore's pet snooping around"

"What do you mean?"

"He's a double spy" she stated "But the question is: where does his loyalty lay?"

"Severus would never.." Lucius started to protest

"He wouldn't? Then why did you keep me so well hidden from him every time he would come to the manor?" she asked "You don't trust him and with good reason. Dumbledore spoke for him at the end of the war, saying that he was a spy for the light. He gave him a safe place to live and work, all in exchange of his skills as a spy of course"

"But he was a double spy in the last war too" Narcissa pointed out

"Yes, he became one when he went to Dumbledore to plead for his Lily's life" she snorted "Since then he was loyal to the light.. no, not as much as the light, as the memory of the woman he loves. The Dark Lord killed her, so he must die to avenge her. He protects Potter because he promised himself to do it when Lily died. But he's a cunning snake, doing all he can to survive. That means that his loyalties switch constantly, depending what is more convenient at the time. You can't trust such an individual"

"So, you think he's really spying on us for Dumbledore?" asked Rodolphus

"He's spying on both sides without any qualms and reporting what he thinks would be more useful for him and the situation." She sighed "He's a too wild card to allow him to roam free"

"I will not tolerate any kind of betrayal. If Snape is a traitor as she says he will pay with is life" Voldemort hissed angrily. He was not insane but he was still very much ruthless.

"Or.." Alya said drawing out the word "You can keep him in a false sense of security, make him believe that you're still the insane snake-face and feed him wrong and misleading information while pumping him of all his knowledge about the Order of the Chickens" she said daintily biting her pastry. She was famished and had no intention of waiting all this serious discussions to finish to have some food.

"I must recognize the validity of this advice" Voldemort drawled "I will think about it before deciding. For now, Lucius keep him away from the manor and inform me immediately should he try to come"

"Yes, my Lord" the blond said bowing his head

"Good"

Alya looked around before huffing "Would you lot just eat something? You're making me feel like a pig for starting alone!" she complained

Blaise chuckled, kissing her temple before serving himself some coffee and food. Everyone seemed to follow him when the Dark Lord didn't start throwing curses around.

"Eat!" Alya ordered her father "The potions are to help you feel better. But to really get better you need actual food"

Voldemort glared at her, reaching blindly for some pastry. On the inside his heart was bleeding, she had sounded so much like Regulus would when he failed to look after himself preferring to overwork. Shaking his head he vanished those traitorous thoughts. He would not accept it.

Another elf popped into the room soon after they finished eating.

"Tippy sorry to disturb" she said twisting her ears with her hands

"Stop hurting yourself" Alya ordered when Lucius failed to tell the little creature anything, throwing the man a narrowed glare "What is it?"

"Letter arrived for Missy" she said "Tippy comes because letter look important, Missy"

"Thank you very much Tippy" she said taking the letter from the elf's hand "You may go"

"Why you insist on being polite with these things I will never understand" Lucius sneered

"That's because they will be happier to serve you this way, the happier they are, the better they work to make you proud of them" she said "Plus, just because they need to be bonded to wizards to survive, it does not make them slaves. They have feelings too and should be treated well."

"Rubbish" the man scoffed

"Oh? Rubbish? Is that why Dobby was so quick to accept freedom when Potter offered to it to him?" she asked "Is that why he was so gleeful to throw you against a wall the first chance he got?"

"How do you.."

"I have my sources" she said, squeezing Blaise's hand "had you treated him well, he would have refused to betray you and he would have never dreamed of injuring you in any way"

"That's no-"

"Enough Lucius!" Voldemort interrupted him "The girl is right, it's useless to disagree"

"But.. my Lord? You.."

"What? I was insane" the man almost snorted "I treated wizards like shit, I hardly would have been polite with a creature"

"What's your take on other creatures, little Lady?" Fenrir asked curiously. After all just because she offered medical treatment to his pack, it didn't mean that she didn't want them all extinct or shipped off into a containment camp.

"Well.." she mused twirling the letter in her hands "I think Veelas shouldn't be allowed to use their allure. No that came out wrong, they should train in reigning it in better. Many young teen girls risks getting raped because they can't control their allure yet, many men think they can abuse veelas and then blame it on the allure. I think that if someone just isn't able to control it, then some way to control it for them should be created, like a medallion that suppresses it for example. But there are also those who abuse it to get what they want, there should be tests done before agreeing to a marriage or signing a contract when a veela is involved to make sure the other party is not being influenced"

"You really thought about it" Rabastan whistled

"She says the truth though" his brother said "Our great-great-great uncle fell under a veela's allure and she got him to marry her, the poor man was her puppet and no one could do anything to help him because they bonded by magic. Someway to protect both wizards and veelas should be implemented"

"What about vampires?" prodded Dolohov, amused by the conversation.

"Blood banks" she stated "They would have a way to safely feed without killing or turning anyone unwilling. They would register and be able to get donated bagged blood, be it muggle or magical, conserved in stasis. It could either be for free or at a very cheap price, depending on how it would be organized. They could even be allowed to drain criminals. Muggles put to death in the muggle world or magicals that are without doubt guilty of the worst crimes."

"You're a vicious little thing" Fenrir commented "I like you"

"Thank you. I like you too. But I guess you asked this question wishing to know my thoughts on werewolves, am I right?"
At the man's nod she continued "Well. I think they should be able to either learn how to accept their inner wolf and transform painlessly as you do or be able to buy the wolfsbane potion. I know that it is not very good for the wolf's body, but it would allow them to keep their minds and not kill or bite anyone until a better potion was invented –which I intent to research about-. And for the record I do not approve you going around terrorizing people and turning little children" she said with a small glare "I think they should be given the same rights as other magicals, be allowed to learn magic and work. They would just need a few sick days a month."

"I see" the man nodded "and for the record, I went around biting children only because their parents were pushing for a law that allowed wizards to kill werewolves on sight or experiment on them. Turning their children I stopped them from passing it"

Alya blinked "That's awful. I did not know about it. I apologize for judging you without knowing your reasons, it was wrong of me"

"No biggie, little Lady. I received worse" the man smirked shrugging

"Is there a creature you're even a little prejudiced about or you don't like?" Lucius asked with a mild tone of disgust

The girl blinked thinking hard about the question "Well.. if I really have to say it.. acromantulas"

"Acromantulas?" Dolohov asked. Of all the creatures she choose the ones that resided only in the Forbidden Forest and would probably never come in contact with.

"What?" she asked at their looks of disbelief "They're horrible! With all their little eyes, and those long creepy hairy legs…and" she shuddered "Merlin, I feel my skin crawl just thinking about it"

"Little Lady afraid of spiders?" Fenrir laughed making her pout

Blaise snorted "You don't know the half of it. Last summer she stayed at mine. One day I hear a blood curling scream coming from her room and I run there as fast I can, thinking the worse" he said "Well, she was standing on her bed, clutching her pillow like some kind of weapon and shaking like a leaf. When I ask where the danger is the points to a tiny little spider at the other side of the room." He deadpanned at the end

"It was fast though!" she tried to defend herself "And scary"

"Aww, don't worry, cara. I'll protect you from all the mean spiders" he cooed at her, petting her hair like he would to a small child.