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Dobby woke me up at 7 today morning. Then I remembered that I have go to shopping with Narcissa bloody Malfoy today. I don't want to get up, but I need robes for Ministry ball. As per custom I need to wear colors of house I was born into. I need to represent both Potter and Black houses, light purple and silver for Black house and red and gold for Potter.
Let's just get it over with and maybe I can ask bloody woman about her attitude towards me. I finish my morning ablutions and call for Mimsy to lead me to the dining room. I have not yet memorised the path from my suite to dining room.
Marvolo is already present in dining room. I kiss him lightly on cheek and wish him a Good Morning. He responds softly and we settle down for breakfast. I need a plan to get close to Marvolo if I am to have any power being his consort. I don't know much about my husband, only whatever Dumbledore and his lackeys used to sprout and I am going to take whatever they said as a grain of salt.
"What are your plans for the day?" I ask him.
"I am meeting with some wizengamot members to review current laws. As soon as Lucius becomes Minister of Magic I am going to repeal a lot of old laws and enact a few new ones." he replied with enthusiasm I have not heard in his voice before.
"Can you, please, give me some examples of changes you are thinking of making." this way maybe I can get a more accurate picture of my husband's character.
"Oh you will be happy with this one, I am repealing old werewolf law that prohibits werewolves from getting jobs in wizarding world. After new law is enacted, they will be able to get jobs as long as they take monthly dose of wolfsbane from Ministry."
"Will you be able to pass that law in wizengamot? I thought a lot of your pureblood minions did not like werewolves."
"They will vote in favour of bill if they know what is good for them."
"In that case, I will be able to hire Remus as my official tutor." I was happy that Remus won't have to leave for muggle world for his employment. Sirius has left a nice amount in his will to Remus but he still wanted a salaried job.
"What are your plans for muggleborns?" I ask dreading the answer. I may not like Hermione anymore but there were a lot of innocent muggleborns out there.
"Are you aware that muggleborns does not have family magics like purebloods?" he asks.
"Yes, I know Potters are famous for battle magics and Blacks for their ability for darkest of magics." this was one of the things that Hermione has not taken kindly to. She was not willing to accept that she can be inferior to purebloods in any way.
"I am planning on taking muggleborn children from their parents on first sign of accidental magic and have them blood adopted by pureblood families."
"I don't think that is a good idea." he made to interrupt, "No listen to my reasons first, please." at his nod I elaborated, "Inbreeding is turning out to be a huge problem for purebloods. We need diversity that muggleborns bring to gene pool. Even before blood adoption I was one of the strongest wizards of my generation and I inherited my family magics as evidenced by my skill in DADA. According to Sirius, I am stronger than my father in raw power curtsey of my mother, as everyone acknowledges her as strongest witch of her generation.
On other hand we have pureblood wizards like Draco Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle, belonging to one of the purest wizarding families as they like to boast. But in magical power they are far below muggleborns like Hermione. Now imagine child of say Crabbe with another pureblood witch. That child will definitely be lacking in brains and magical power. On the other hand child of Crabbe with a muggleborn like Hermione will inherit its mother's power and maybe fresh genes will give him some intelligence as well."
"That is only one reason. You cannot rule with fear for a long time without rebellion, so you need to be popular with public. Taking children from their parents will not help with that. Also blood adoption does not remove already existing blood and your pureblood minions will hate to have such a child in their families."
"Do you want to go into politics?" Marvolo asks me his face unreadable.
"No, I won't like the attention that comes with it." he relaxes minutely, interesting.
"So what do you suggest I do with muggleborns?" he asks.
"Well you can open a primary school which they attend let's say from 7 yrs of age. They can learn wizarding customs, etiquette and whatever pureblood children learn before Hogwarts. And you can have their parents spelt silent regarding wizarding world to preserve statue of secrecy." That sound like a reasonable deal to me and one that will earn brownie points with public.
"You will sit with me daily to review new laws." he says and hands me a money pouch, "That is connected to your consort vault." He informs me and leaves.
I get up and do a victory dance, Mimsy gives me a look that says 'You is weird' and usher me out of dining room. That could not have gone better. Now I have perfect opportunity to spend some time with my husband outside of bedroom and I have a voice in the new regime. I just need Remus to further my plans, well I will meet him at Ball.
But first I need to deal with Narcissa Malfoy, a confrontation with her is inevitable. So I can just move it to time and place of my convenience. Today sounds as good a day as any day and with this drama out of the way, maybe I can have a pleasant time shopping. I get ready for the day and ask Mimsy to bring Narcissa to my parlour when she arrives.
"Narcissa, take a seat." I order as soon as she arrives.
"I have not given you permission to use my first name, Mr. Potter." She says rudely but took the seat nonetheless.
"My name is not Mr. Potter any longer Narcissa, surely you have not forgotten my wedding so soon. As consort to your sworn Lord, I have every right to call you by your first name. And you may address me as My Lord." It feels good to have power.
"Who do you think you are, you mudblood? My Lord only needs you as a brood mare as he wants an heir of Black blood. Because of you my sister is rotting in Azkaban, My Lord discarded her as worthless piece of trash. If not my sister then one day my son would have been Consort Slytherin. You and my blood traitor cousin ruined our lives." She shouts standing up.
I draw my wand and paralyze her from neck down before she even registers what is happening. She drops like a stone. Sirius had informed me about his families affinity for darkest of magic, who better to bear a son of Dark Lord than a Black. At least now I have a motive behind Marvolo's asking for me in peace treaty.
"I have always wondered where Draco got his intelligence from, after all Lucius is rather cunning and clever person. I got my answer today." I drawled. "You seem to have forgotten the reputation my father had on battlefield. Having access to Potter family magics from his father and Black family magics from his mother, he became a legend among aurors. I too have access to both family magics. Mess with me and I will destroy your family. Now are you going to behave?"
After getting a nod, I release her and ask her to take a seat again. "Let me make something very clear, I don't give a damn about your sister, had she not been in Azkaban I would have killed her. As for your son, only reason anyone would want to marry him is for Malfoy money and prestige, none of which Marvolo needs. Now this is how it is going to work. You will accompany me whenever Marvolo orders you to, you will try to be as inconspicuous as possible when you are with me. You will be as polite as possible when talking to me and you will leave me alone whenever possible. Is that clear?"
"Yes." she says through gritted teeth.
That will do for now. No doubt I will need to enforce my message a few more times before it sinks in. I look forward to it.
"Now we are going to Mercier Clothiers in Paris to buy me a new wardrobe." Mercier Clothiers is owned by Adrien and Connine Mercier. Sirius's grandmother Melanie Black financed their shop when they opened. Hence, Blacks own 30% of their business. Sirius had always liked Mercier couple. I had sent a note to them with Dobby in morning. "We will be flooing to their shop."
Connine is waiting for us in reception room. "Welcome to our shop, Lord Slytherin. It is an honour to meet you." She greets me.
"It is a pleasure, I hope I have not inconvenienced you." I smile at her charmingly, I need to work on my people skills after all.
"Oh no My Lord, we are always free for you. I have prepared some designs for your robes for tonight's Ball, if you will have a look."
Connine and I go over her designs while Narcissa is sulking in a corner, that suits me just fine. Finally I choose a robe in light purple color with gold embroidery, it fits nicely from my shoulders to my hips and flares from hip down. It is matched with black dress pants. Design is a bit unconventional but it suits me.
One down and hundred more to go, I sigh. I need lots of new clothes befitting my station as Lord Consort Slytherin. By the time we finish, I am exhausted and hungry. I call for Dobby to take my purchases and floo home. It feels weird to call Slytherin Manor home, but it still feels more like home than 4 Privet Drive ever did. I stride to my suite without saying a word to Narcissa. I call Mimsy to ask about Marvolo and am informed that he is still busy so I ask her to bring my lunch to my room. After lunch I lie down for a nap after asking Dobby to bring me some jewellery from Potter and Black vaults.
Dobby wakes me up at 4 in evening. I have to get ready to leave in 2 hrs. Marvolo has sent me a bracelet with Mimsy. It is a Slytherin family heirloom It is an enchanted piece of a snake curling around my wrist, gold scales feel like real snake scales, snake have emeralds for eyes. It is a beautiful piece.
I chose a choker from Potter family jewellery, it is a gold piece with a griffin charm. Details of griffin are exquisite. My robes look beautiful with black dragon hide boots. Dobby styled my hair in two small braids on both sides of my face and rest of my hair in a large braid on base of my neck. He used two small and a large clasp made of unicorn horn to hold my braids. Clasps are legacy pieces from Black vaults and are beautifully detailed.
All in all I look like a typical pureblood Lord in ridiculous expensive robes and jewellery. I practise my stance and posture in front of mirror for few minutes. Now I am ready to face my first public event as Lord Consort Slytherin.