Title: Truth behind the name and the lies pt.4
Pairing: DracoxHarry, OliverxPercy, twincest?
Fandom: HP
Notes: An abused boy finds out he's a wizard and a hero; his tormented mind rebels. One person sees through the misconceptions to the real Harry and treats him the way he deserves. How does this change them both and those around them?
Chapter 6- Ministry changes
Filling the open positions for head of International Relations and Magical Sports and Games was interesting.
They were primarily the responsibility of the Minister for Magic and had the oversight of the Wizengamot.
Amelia Bones was no doubt trying to groom Shacklebolt who had replaced her as Head of Magical Law Enforcement to succeed her as Minister for Magic, had placed him as Head of International Relations. Thereby, promoting Rufus Scrimgour from Head Auror to Head of Magical Law Enforcement.
Magical Sports and Games was more challenging, finally at her wits end she had approached Beater and Captain of the Holyhead Harpies Gwenog Jones and offered it to her. Quite sure that she would be someone the Wizengamot would approve of due to her fame and she was a stickler for rules…
Lucius had watched her announce her choices for the new positions, the only person dismayed by the choices were people like Dolores Jane Umbridge.
"I am promoting Mr. Arthur Weasley to the Head of the Auror Department."
Charlie and Bill were frozen, due to their father's heading the mediocre Department of Misuse of Muggle Artefacts, which was under the umbrella of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement.
Charlie turned to Lucius, "I wasn't aware Dad was an Auror."
"He was during the war, he just wasn't like some who were into the glory of chasing down Dark Wizards like Moody. He was in it to protect the people he cared about, because he wasn't the type for self-promotion he was technically demoted to the Department of Misuse of Muggle Artefacts where he was mostly forgotten until dealing with the fake Moody and hushing up a disturbance at Moody's home, he Obliviated the Muggle Law Enforcement who arrived there. He also caught the person behind those regurgitating Muggle toilets back in the beginning of summer about the time Percy had Sean, a Willy Widdershins. He ran from delivering him to the Aurors and making his report before hurrying to welcome his third grandchild to the world." Lucius said under his breath.
"Why Arthur Weasley? He hadn't been an Auror officially since the end of the war." Umbridge said after a polite cough.
"Because unlike others he wouldn't be in this position for the glory of being Head of the Aurors. He is a hardworking man who raised five excellent sons."
"You forget he has one son, the youngest who was expelled from Hogwarts and a daughter who gained access to regulated and illegal potions." Umbridge said in a sickly sweet voice.
"Those cases are separate instances, they have nothing,"
"Begging your pardon Minister, it has everything to do with it. Your predecessor to the position of Magical Law Enforcement lost his bid for Minister of Magic due to his poor raising of his son."
Amelia glared, "I say that his five older sons who have held positions such as Prefect, Quidditch Captain, Head Boy, Curse Breakers, Dragon Keepers and Personal Assistant to a member of the Wizengamot and Hogwarts Governor as well as representative from the Hogwarts governing council to the Departments of International Relations and Magical Sports and Games is more credible. My recommendation stands, all families have someone that disgraces them. For example, we like to say that all Gryffindors are honorable and brave yet we have people like Albus Dumbledore and Peter Pettigrew."
"Peter Pettigrew didn't have a trial." Umbridge smiled sweetly.
"There was plenty of evidence, that is available for review including the confession of said Death Eater." Amelia was clearly getting angry, which was difficult for a Hufflepuff.
"But it was under Veritaserum which isn't truly admissible in court."
"I know that, his wand gave him up. That wand was under the possession of an Auror not related to the case who cast the spell prior incantato."
"I heard that Sirius Black not only was release from custody but was fined and released despite the revelation of being an unregistered animagus."
Amelia was incensed, "He spent twelve years in Azkaban, convicted without trial because of words screamed at him. There was never a real investigation into the death of the Potters."
"Why was he allowed to teach at Hogwarts? Should he not have been required to attend years of Mind Healer therapy before being put in a position of authority? Surely there is something wrong there; they have in their employ a Werewolf and a half-giant. I am surprised that you don't try to have more authority into that institution."
"I do not take kindly to being told how to do my job Madam Umbridge." Amelia said with a twitch in her cheek.
"I meant no offense" the toad-like woman smiled.
"Regardless, I believe a vote is in order. The Ministry has no control over Hogwarts and thus it shall remain." Lucius interrupted.
"A man of your lineage should protest such things."
"The hiring of instructors is under the authority of the Head of the School, if they fail to fill a position satisfactorily then the Governors can appoint a person how meets the minimal requirements. Failing that the Ministry can appoint someone in the interim." Lucius said trying not to cast anything at the obnoxious woman.
"Yes, a vote." Charlie insisted, "But due to my relationship to Arthur Weasley, I will abstain from the vote relating to the leadership of the Auror Department."
"As will I." Bill said. "It would be bad form for us to vote for our father officially, no matter how proud we would be to see him in that position."
"I thank you for your willingness to follow protocol." Amelia nodded, that alone should be in Arthur Weasley's favor. Not many sons would be willing to abstain from a vote relating to their father.
All three men were voted into positions recommended.
Amelia grinned, "I am announcing the creation of a new Department within the Department of Family Services. It came to my attention that there was not enough power within it to protect the children. From now on all orphaned children will fall under the department of the Welfare of Magical Children. They will make sure that the child is properly placed according to the wishes of the wills of the deceased parents. If possible, the child will be placed with the closest Magical relative it the godparents are unavailable or unfit due to imprisonment or mental state. It will become illegal for Muggles to raise orphaned magical children without a person legally responsible for the child's welfare to look in on the child. Squib children will also be under the protection of this Department, to make sure that they are treated like a child deserves despite a lack of magic. There will be no more abandoning of Squibs in the Muggle world alone. The persons serving in this department have the ability to summon a member of Magical Law Enforcement if needed to protect the child."
Umbridge coughed again, "Hem-Hem..."
Amelia turned annoyed to her, "Yes?"
"And who will head this ambitious Department?
Amelia smirked, "Percy Weasley. Since the department is vacant and new I have the authority to appoint without Wizengamot approval. I did not have to allow you to vote on my previous appointees, I extended a courtesy as did Lord Weasley and Lord Prewett who politely abstained from voting."
Lucius snickered silently; Percy's floo would be monitored and would become private available to only family, those of Magical Law Enforcement and those in his Department. His mail would be more strictly monitored as well.
Charlie and Bill were dumbfounded.
Lucius was pleased at the choice, between Percy's exposure to Harry, his own role as a parent and his love of the rules Percy would be a fine choice. Whoever ended up in Percy's department would find themselves doing a lot of good. They would also looking on Muggleborns like Hermione to make sure the child wasn't treated like Harry by their families due their gift. No doubt Draco and Hermione would both find themselves in that department.
"Back to the proposed Legislation," Umbridge began.
"That can wait until another time," Amelia smiled. "A time when all members or at least their representatives are present.
"With all due respect Minister it cannot. These half-breeds are running rampant in our world, we don't know who they are and the public deserves to. Why is being registered as having Creature blood any different then being a Werewolf or an animagus?" Umbridge interrupted with a sickly sweet grin on her face.
"One, too many families have creature blood in their veins." Amelia began.
"Minister if I may?" Lucius interrupted before Charlie, Severus and Bill could leap to the defense of their mates.
Amelia nodded, "Of course."
"I suppose there are those among you who are wondering why Theodore Nott was quietly expelled from school and disappeared?" Lucius asked his hands folded behind his back.
There were nods.
"Just before the arrival of Durmstrang and Beauxbatons- who coincidentally allows those with creature blood to attend their educational institution without fear, my ward Blaise Orion Zabini was attacked by a house mate outside the Slytherin dungeons."
"My goodness," Augusta Longbottom said, her hand clasped over her bosom.
"Yes indeed, an unstable son of a prominent but foolishly released Death Eater attacked the boy who is currently the consort of Lord Prewett. Because a concerned wizard who thought like Madam Umbridge here sought to inform this child that the glorious house of Slytherin was being polluted by a male Veela."
"Pah," Elphias Doge interrupted. "No such thing as a male Veela."
"You're right, Lord Doge. He is in fact a hermaphrodite but his Veela kind have always called them male because they had a phallus and a teste." Lucius tried not to snare at the man who let Dumbledore into his bed.
Tiberius Ogden snorted, "Sounds reasonable enough to me, continue Lord Malfoy."
"Of course, your lordship." Lucius bowed politely. "Young Nott thought it his place to rid his house of such 'filth' to prevent my ward from sexually assaulting his dormmates and using his allure on them. Blaise was already being courted and had no interested in any other male other then his mate. There was no danger; besides, he had no desire to inform anyone of his creature blood for fear of reactions like this. This lack of education causes fear of those with creature blood, my wife Narcissa taught Blaise that use of his allure without consent was wrong and he would never disobey the only mother he'd ever know."
"Why was he being raised by you?" Umbridge sat more rigidly, excited. "Do you have Veela blood?"
Lucius scowled, "Not that it is any of your business, but yes. It was fifteen generations ago; all that remain is the hair and perhaps, our silver eyes. The Veela native to these shores had silver eyes while French Veela have Sapphire eyes, Italian Veela are different as well."
"Is it possible that your dealings with the Dark Arts came from your creature blood?"
"Absolutely not. Blaise has never been interested in the Dark Arts. He is decent at Defense but prefers,"
"Care of Magical Creatures. He might have an affinity to them like Hagrid due to his half-breed status." Umbridge interrupted. "He was attacked?"
"He didn't fight back, not once. Because he was scared of people like you would assume because he injured his attackers he'd started the fight. He was beaten and threatened with rape! If he hadn't transformed,"
"Hah! Transformed!" Umbridge crowed.
"They might have actually hurt him, he went into shock and cocooned himself with his wings. At which point his attackers started kicking him and casting dangerous spells which were useless due to his wings shielding him." Lucius sneered, "it was the humans that proved more dangerous!" he was not admitting one of the boys involved in Blaisé's attack had Minotaur blood, nor that the great Slytherin House had housed members with Muggle lineage, Minotaur blood, troll blood and Veela ancestry…
"I see why you wouldn't want such legislation to pass, to prevent such unwarranted attacks on unsuspecting young people who can't help their ancestry. I am surprised that you would have such a person grow up in your home during the dark days of the war." Augusta said thoughtfully.
"You know the Black girls who went to school with your son, they were rather stubborn women. Though Andromeda and Narcissa put their relatives to shame, Andromeda left her family to marry a rather unique Muggleborn named Ted Tonks, who I have had the pleasure of meeting. My wife had the courage to stand up to me and tell me she was raising a half Veela infant in the middle of a Wizarding War. Though I was under the Imperious, such an incident I was never given instructions regarding and was forced to allow her to do this. I love my wife dearly and I helped hide the child's existence from the other Death Eaters; including the mad Bellatrix whose crimes most of us are familiar with." So what if some of his words weren't the complete truth? They didn't need to know the whole truth, "Blaise has saved my son's life more then once, he has been a wise friend and companion to the Boy Who Lived. I do not regret letting him into our family even with his being half-Veela."
"I still believe they need to be registered." Umbridge said firmly but sweetly.
"How many prominent families would you be willing to embarrass needlessly? Nearly every pureblood family has at least one magical creature's blood in their ancestry!"
"So yours in not the only one to sleep with monsters? Would such a liaison have resulted in those half-breeds, the centaurs?" Umbridge said distastefully.
The Wizengamot balcony was filled with cries of horror and outrage at her callousness.
"Lady Umbridge, there is no proof that humans magical or otherwise had anything to do with the existence of Centaurs, they have never given birth to a human." Elphias Doge said quickly.
"What about Fauns and satyrs?" Umbridge continued.
Charlie had enough, "Obviously, you never sat through a Care of Magical Creatures class nor studied for that N.E.W.T or you would know that they are separate creatures that have no human blood or our kind have had no influence on their development. Though a few magical creatures are capable of having relations with humans, the children born of such unions have lesser abilities then their creature forebearers. Eventually, bonding to those with more human blood thins the creature blood and genetic inheritance out."
"And you are?"
Charlie crossed his arms, "Lord Charles Prewett-Zabini, formerly Charles Weasley. I was only of the Dragon keepers for the First Task last year. I resigned to return to Britain to be near the teen I was courting."
"A courtship your own mother didn't approve of?"
"I don't know how you found that out madam but it has no bearing. I have the highest score on a Care of Magical Creature's N.E.W.T. since Newt Scamander. I have no doubt that my bonded will score higher then I did."
"Due to his creature affinity most likely."
"You are as blind as you are stubborn." Bill said shaking his head. "To judge someone without knowing them because of their blood status. What vulgar and Death Eater like notion! Something that must be changed."
"You only say that because you are under the influence of a Veela's allure."
Bill chuckled, "You once again show us your ignorance. Their allure isn't like the Imperious; it can't be used to convince you to do anything. Granted some Veela who have little contact with our world might unknowingly abuse their allure because they aren't aware of its affect on us wizards. You see it merely makes us act like lovesick fools, we brag trying to make ourselves more attractive, we want to be close to them, it's like a drug to us if we aren't aware. My mate uses it mostly as an aphrodisiac, as does I'm sure my brother's mate. We know when they are using it, as their mates we have a certain tolerance. It doesn't make us foolish."
"I had a burn caused by dragon fire which always scars and takes a long time to heal usually, healed completely by my mate the moment I met him. It had something to do with our bond." Charlie said, "my mate is protective as all young bonded couples with children can be. My children can't help their creature ancestry anymore then they could help being born with a magical core. Should the Muggles have a magical registration order? That allows them to round us up and imprison or punish us for having magic? Did we not lose many because of a similar fear? Is that not why we live apart? Because they hunted us down? I should think we had learned from the past, we are supposedly better then Muggles right? Then we should be more accepting."
"What if someone with Creature blood commits a heinous crime?" a frizzy-haired witch asked.
"Surely we wouldn't want them to use their having creature blood as an excuse to get away with a crime. Any person can be violent given the proper combination of factors. Take for instance two girls raised in a loving Muggle family, one is a witch and the other is not. That resentment boiled over when the magical sister dies, the other sister proceeds to beat and starve her nephew who comes into her care because he is different; as if beating a child could make them magical or not. This woman nearly let her nephew bleed to death because he was a wizard and she was not, her husband had no magical blood creature or otherwise and he was the crueler of the two. Do we hate all Muggles because of people like these?" Lucius said taking the time to look each person in the face.
"Who are the people in the story question?" Umbridge asked.
"The witch was Lily Evans, who became a part of the Department of Experimental Charms and the wife of James Potter, Auror and member of the Wizengamot." Lucius informed the disagreeable woman who was on a list of people he would rather see rotting in their family mausoleum.
Those who had not been a part of the Wizengamot full judicial panel at the trial of Albus Dumbledore were a little shocked.
"The Muggle woman was the one that Minister Bones, then Head of Magical Law Enforcement and a member of this August body determined was unfit to care of Harry Potter. His aunt and her husband are an example of what fear and misunderstanding as well as jealousy can cause." Lucius ended his speech.
"The subject should not be discussed without the full Wizengamot." Amelia would prefer it was given a fully informed discussion that involved every member…not that she wouldn't prefer it to go away quietly.
Augusta Longbottom raised her hand; "I move we vote on this piece of legislation as our duty as members of Wizengamot as well as a member the judicial panel due to its incendiary nature and it's likelihood to influence future causes before us. I would like to end this little spitting match now."
"I seconded the motion." Tiberius Ogden added.
Elphias Doge spoke, "I move that all parties with interest be except from the voting."
"I move that that that motion be ignored." Augusta said firmly.
"I second that motion." Oliver's father spoke up, his presence all but forgotten.
"It has been moved and seconded that due to the vote of Wizengamot on the legislation regarding mandatory registration for all witches and wizards with Creature Blood this day." Amelia said, a bit pleased, "we will now deliberate privately. All members of the Wizengamot are to vote as per the motion by Lady Longbottom and Lord Wood."
A powerful silencing charm was cast on their balcony.
After thirty long minutes the charm was ended.
"The Wizengamot has ruled. The legislation has been voted down by a clear majority." Amelia said sounded almost pleased.
Umbridge looked like a very ugly toad due to her anger.
"I move that such inflammatory legislation be ineligible to be consideration by the Wizengamot." Augusta said imperiously.
"I second that." Ogden called out standing.
"All those in favor?" Amelia called out.
A majority of the Wizengamot spoke.
"Those against?"
Only three voices dared to speak.
"Motion passes." Amelia slammed down her gavel in satisfaction. She looked at Severus Snape-Prince, Bill Weasley and Charlie Prewett-Zabini, "Now I hope you and your children can be raised without fear."
"How could you allow such a travesty Minister!"
Amelia raised an eyebrow, "Lord Belby?"
Severus chuckled silently behind his hand.
"I don't want my children attending school with filthy half-breeds!"
"Minister Lord Belby is of this mind since his elder brother who works for the Werewolf Support Services is bonded and Mated to a werewolf named Corey Martin. His brother who has been disowned is responsible for the Wolfsbane potion." Lucius said with a silky voice.
"Damocles is no brother of mine!"
"My mistake he is the head of Werewolf Support Services. He has two children."
"Nasty halfbreeds and no doubt suffering from their sire's affliction."
Severus spoke up, "Actually I had the pleasure of meeting the couple in question. Their children are as normal as you are Minister, aside from Lord Belby's nephew who hates vegetables but loves meat and sweets. Neither are subject to the moon or have ever transformed."
"I don't see the problem then."
"You are under the influence of these people Minister!"
"For the last time, I am unaffected by all forms of a mental magic!" Amelia turned and left obviously distraught.
Severus, Lucius, Percy, Arthur, Bill and Charlie left to celebrate the department headships of Arthur and Percy as well as the crushing of that awful legislation.
-POLL ENDED-
QUESTION: Two boys for George or one of each? Highest vote wins!
b/g- 10
b/b- 4
Outstanding? Exceeds Expectations? Acceptable? Troll?
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