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Severus Snape arrived back at Hogwarts. He was tired, he had been sent on another useless mission. He slowly made his way up to the Headmasters office. Since it was summer the gargoyle moved aside for him as he approached. He rode the stairs to the top and entered the office.
"Severus, my boy, lemon drop?" Albus Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts, sat down as Severus took his seat.
"No. I regret to inform you the mission was a failure. It led to nothing." Severus told him, he had been going on these leads likes this for over 5 years and he was getting tired of it. Tired of Albus in general. He was just grateful this one didn't leave him with injuries.
He heard the Headmaster sigh. "I do appreciate you looking. We will have to put that on hold for a while, as starting this term, we will be hosting His Royal Majesty King Hadrian, he will be arriving tomorrow with a small group of vampires. He will be here to help teach us some defense lessons and he is interested in working with you on potions."
Severus woke up at that. He has heard of King Hadrian, his potion work was incredible, he beat him on his Potion Mastery, become the youngest one this past summer. "So he is going to be teaching DADA?"
"No, I am wondering if you can take that job and allow me to re-hire Horace Slughorn as the Potion Professor. The King will be teaching a different type of defense, it will require spell work, but also a more physical aspect of it, I believe swords and knives were listed. The letter mentioned working with you on Defense lessons, he does have a Mastery in it like you do. He will also be attending some classes, he wants to take 6th-year Runes and Arithmancy."
"He requested to work with me?" Severus was shocked. He had heard the stories of the King and from what he had seen the King, the man was quiet, didn't seemed impressed with people fawning all over him, and at the conference usually tried to blend into the background. He knew the King was dangerous, he had seen him defend himself when three wizards had decided to attack him. He had to use a pensive to see how the King took down the three wizards in less than ten seconds. When they cast the Reducto on the King, he simply sidestepped, then with killed one with a blow to the neck with his left hand, he did a simple Confringo, casting it with his right hand killing second and killed the third with snap of the neck as he brought his hands together.
"Yes, he was most insistent on it. I opened the quarters next to yours. I also opened the lower area of the dungeons to allow the vampires to stay in there."
Severus heard something weird in Albus' tone but he dismissed it, he began to think of all the different things he might learn and wondered if his private potion ingredients had enough for them work on something different. "Do I need to do anything?" He finally asked.
"I would appreciate it if you could be part of the welcoming committee since he has expressed an interest in you."
"I would be honored." Severus was finally going to meet the King, the one person he had been wanting to meet since he saw him last year, as he presented his potion that earned him his Mastery.
"Severus, I will be placing his seat next to yours. I am asking you to give the King a chance before you dismiss him. I expect you to keep a close eye on them, especially the King." Albus said.
"I am actually looking forward to working with him. I have seen him at conferences and I have wanted to talk to him." Severus looked at Albus as his words finally hit his brain fully. Close eye on the King? What was the man thinking?
He saw Albus give a small smile. "I am glad to hear that, they are arriving at noon."
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They were at the Dragon Iron Gates, the King was due to arrive in two minutes but they hadn't seen anything even remotely indicating a group was to arrive. As it was getting closer to the time and nothing was seen, Severus was getting confused, the King was always punctual at conferences, would he be late here? Suddenly a group of nine vampires was in front of them.
"Good afternoon. I am Vlad III Drăculea, Prince of Wallachia, to my right, my brother Mircea III Dracul, to his right is my brother Vlad Călugărul, and to his right is my brother Radu cel Frumos. On my left is my cousin Mihnea cel Rău, on his left is my cousin Pătrașcu cel Bun, on his left is my nephew Petru cel Tânăr, his left is my other nephew Alexandru II Mircea, left of him is my youngest nephew, Vintilă. We represent, House of Drăculești of Basarab Dynasty, members of Order of the Dragon. We are the Royal Guard. His Majesty will arrive as soon as he can escape his council." Each stepped forward, took a bow as they were introduced and stepped back.
"I am honored to meet you, I am Headmaster Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, to my right is Minerva McGonagall, to her right is Filius Flitwick, on my left is Severus Snape, and on his left is Pomona Sprout. We have cast a spell to help protect you against the sun, so his Highness won't have to worry about it."
Severus watched their faces at Albus words, he wondered if Albus even looked up vampire customs, there was a flurry of muttering in Romanian, finally, Vlad III spoke: "we are wondering why you have cast this spell for his Majesty? We are confused by the lack of an official greeting. We are trying to avoid being insulted, as our King wants to spend time here."
Albus didn't speak and Severus realized the man was doing this on purpose. He didn't give their full names and positions, but for what reason. Severus stepped forward, bowed. "Please forgive us, your Highness, it has been such a long time since Wizards have had the honor of interacting with the Vampire Council, most seem to have forgotten the long-held customs. I am not sure why the sun spell was cast, I do believe it was to make sure nothing would damage your party."
"Potion Master Severus Tobias Snape, Professor of Potion at Hogwarts." Vlad inclined his head, Severus inclined in response. He turned back to Albus. "We have our own protection from the sun but his Majesty will remove the spell as soon as he feels like. His Majesty is a Royal Living Vampire, the sun does not bother him."
Severus closed his eyes and held back a groan, a Royal. He looked to Albus to see if he was going to fix his insult, but the man didn't move. "We offer our food, our lodging, and our fire. We open our doors to you and your family." Severus gave the official invitation.
Vlad and his family all bowed. Vlad spoke again. "We accept the honor of sharing your food, your lodging and your fire that you have extended to my and my family. His Majesty will be-"
He didn't get to finish before the King arrived. Severus thought the King was amazing from afar, up close made him realize just how right he was. He was tall, taller than his own 6 foot 2, which was saying a lot, his body reflected that fact that he worked out. His almost black hair was tied back as was custom, but it was his eyes that held him. They were an emerald green, he flashed to Lily Potter's eyes for a second, the skin was slightly tanned. He watched all the vampires go to one knee, Severus did the same and coughed to get Albus and the rest to do it, Filius and Pomona followed Severus' example.
The King looked at Albus. "Headmaster Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, I am aware I will be a student and a Professor here, however, I am wondering, do you not know of our customs."
"I am afraid I am unaware of them." Albus lied. Severus groaned. A Royal would know it for the lie it was.
At some signal Severus didn't see, the vampire rose to their feet, Severus, Pomona, and Filius follow their example. There again was a flurry of Romanian as they had been insulted again. They were clearly not happy with being lied to.
Severus moved closer to Albus. "To fix this, all of us need to kneel, like they did, we need to show our deference to the King."
"I am afraid I won't be doing that, I will not defer to someone when I am in charge of Hogwarts."
There was another flurry of Romanian. The King held up his hand and they stopped. "It is most regrettable that I must decline the offer of welcome. I will inform your Ministry. It was a pleasure to have met you. Good afternoon."
"Your Majesty, before you go, may I have some of your time?"
The King looked at him. "Potion Master Severus Tobias Snape, I had been looking forward to spending time with you in a lab. I believe tomorrow afternoon will do, as I must now take care of this new situation with the Ministry. I believe the expression is I will owl you?"
"Yes, that is correct Sire, I await your owl."
Suddenly all the vampires were gone. Severus and Minerva rounded on Albus, said at the same time. "I can't believe you."
"I couldn't kneel in deferment, it would allow him control over Hogwarts."
"No it doesn't, it was a formal custom, it doesn't allow him to control Hogwarts at all. You just might have broken the Treaty we have with them." Filius told him. "One of the reasons why the King was here was because the Treaty has been endangered for a few years. You do realize if it is broken, they can wipe us out?"
Albus looked at Filius, Minerva, Pomona, and Severus. "I am sure we can protect ourselves from vampires."
"This is why we need a real History of Magic Professor." Pomona told them, surprising them all. "The reason for the Treaty we have with them is they were killing us. The undead vampires, we had some success in killing if we weren't surprised by them. The living vampires, they are a different story, no one is aware of how to kill one. You insulted their King because you didn't bother to learn their traditions and customs."
"You knew they were coming for over a month and you didn't even bother to read anything about them did you?" Minerva asked.
"They are dark creatures, they would have found a reason to break the Treaty."
"The Treaty has been around for over 500 years if it's broken the blame will be placed at your feet." Minerva snapped. Her face a reflection of her anger and disappointment.
They didn't get to debate it for long as they heard the sounds of multiple apparitions. They turned to see Madam Bones with some Aurors. The Aurors were Tonks, Shacklebolt, and Moody. "Albus I can't believe you." Madam Bones went straight to the point. "We need you at the Ministry. We are trying to keep the Treaty from being broken because of your pride."
"We have been trying to get him to understand what he did." Minerva informed her.
"I did nothing wrong." Albus stated. "I was not going to give control of Hogwarts to their King."
"Well, I hate to ruin that fantasy, but the King owns Hogwarts." Madam Bones wanted to curse the man. "If he wants, he can close it. Do you not read anything we sent to you?"
They could see Albus looked almost faint at the information. "How bad is it Amelia?" Filius asked.
"Bad, the King is very calm actually, it's the Princes that are upset." She explained. "No one wants the Treaty broken but the Princes are gravely insulted and arguing with leaving and declaring war on us, again."
"The King?" Minerva asked.
"He appears to want to work on it, he understands both sides and seems to want to keep everyone calm. Severus, Pomona, and Filius have been invited to return, with them, to their lands, should the Treaty stay in place but the King can't come to Hogwarts."
"If he owns it, he can come to Hogwarts whenever." Minerva was confused, as she knew the others most likely were too.
"No, it's about honor, his invitation was rescinded, the lack of keeping with the traditional invitation, so he won't enter until he is invited, which is why Hogwarts is in danger of being closed. It's part of their customs." Severus said. He watched every eye turn to Albus. "What happens to Hogwarts is up to Albus."
Everyone watched to see if what Severus was saying would sink in. "I didn't mean to have him close Hogwarts, they are dark creatures, we must stand up for ourselves."
"Hate to burst that bubble you are living in. The King isn't a dark creature, the Princes yes, but not the King." Moody said. "I won't even mention the fact that the King alone could wipe us out. Regular vampires we can at least defend ourselves but the King and any of his kind, we have no defense against."
"I am more worried about the King joining He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named if this blows up in our face." Madam Bones sighed, it was going to be another long day thanks to Dumbledore.
"Can that happen?" Minerva asked.
"Yes, while we were there he received a message from him." Shacklebolt stated.
"What did he do?" Albus asked, finally realizing the danger he put them in.
"He read it, snorted, and put the message in his pocket." Tonks answered. She was impressed by the King.
"Are you sure it was from him?" Albus, his mind already revamping plans, asked.
"Yes, the crest was clear to see. There was no attempt to keep it hidden." Moody said. "The King has been very open and honest in his dealing with the Ministry. He has hidden nothing, it's not the first message he as received from him, he has not, to my knowledge, responded back, he just either hands them to someone else or ignores them by sticking them in a pocket, he doesn't even fold them."
"Now, do you understand fully what you have done?" Madam Bones asked.
"Yes, I must go and talk to the King." Albus said. "Minerva, get the quarters ready, Severus, get a private potion lab for him to use set up."
"It would be best if Snape comes with us." Moody told them.
"I am in agreement." Minerva stated. "He knows their customs and can make sure Albus doesn't step in it again."
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They arrive at the Ministry and head towards the Wizengamot courtroom 10. "Why are we heading towards the Wizengamot?" Albus asked.
"Due to the number of people and secrecy involved, we are using that courtroom."
"Full Wizengamot session?" Albus asked.
"Yes, it was called because of you, so I had to go and get you to make sure you would come. Aurors went and got everyone else." Madam Bones snapped at him. "If you blow this Albus, I will make it painful for you." She warned, she didn't want another war because of an old man's pride.
Severus heard and wanted to smirk but didn't. They entered the courtroom and could saw everyone was in their seats except in the middle of the courtroom there were about a dozen chairs, very similar to the Wizengamot seats. The King was standing in the middle of the room. It looked like they interrupted something he was saying. All eyes were on them. "Albus to fix this, you need to invite them back and kneel." Severus told him quietly.
All of the vampires are now standing behind the King, who is looking at them. The King inclined his head to Severus, who inclined it back. He realized he is now accepted.
They all watched Albus walk forward to the King. "I do apologize, I did not realize my error." Severus wanted to groan, another lie, he must not realize the King will know he is lying. Albus knelt, and so did everyone in the chamber. "We offer our food, our lodging, and our fire. We open our doors to you and your family. Hogwarts welcomes you." Albus recited the official invitation.
The King replied back. "We accept the honor of sharing your food, your lodging, and your fire you have extended to me and my family. We look forward to visiting Hogwarts."
They all rose and the King began to speak to the Princes. The members of the Wizengamot began to break into groups and Severus saw Albus, with Madam Bones, was getting a lecture. "Interesting isn't it?" Lucius said to him.
"Interesting?" Severus questioned.
"It takes Hogwarts almost being closed for him to bend his pride." Lucius answered.
"Now, Lord Lucius Abraxas Malfoy, I don't believe I said anything about closing Hogwarts when we were speaking." They turned to face the King, bowed. "Do rise, I am glad we could reach an agreement. Potion Master Severus Tobias Snape did try to honor our agreement, Lord Lucius Abraxas Malfoy."
"I have found Severus to be very knowledgeable regarding custom and traditions, your Majesty." Lucius smiled.
"Please, call me Severus." Severus said. "I believe since we are going to be working together it will make it easier."
"You may call me Harry." The King gave him a smile, as he turned to Lucius "The invitation extends to you Lord Lucius Abraxas Malfoy, you have worked very hard to make sure this day arrived."
"I thank you, Harry, please call me Lucius. It is an honor to see the King of Royal Living Vampires in Wizengamot." Lucius told him. "You will forgive the Headmaster for the slight he is doing now?"
"Yes, I do believe the man isn't aware of our customs. Two of your, I am not sure what you call them exactly, are still chastising him." The King looked at the small group around Dumbledore, his comment earned him a small smirk from Lucius and Severus, as they could see Madam Bones and Minister Fudge were indeed giving Albus an earful.
"When will be arriving back at Hogwarts, your, Harry?" Severus asked.
"As soon as this is over, Vlad and Radu will be staying with me in my quarters, the others will be returning home tomorrow. I do not wish to have all of the Princes get offended. Vlad and Radu have more experience with wizards. Do excuse me, I do need to speak to some others." They had seen one of the Princes summon him over.
Severus watched him leave, Lucius hid the small smirk as he asked, "did he really lie to the King?"
"Yes, and he did it again in here. I know he knows he was lied to." Severus wondered how he was going to keep Dumbledore from shooting himself in the foot. "I am worried he will endanger us while the King is residing in Hogwarts."
"He could."
"Did he really receive a message from our Lord?"
"Yes, he has been interested in his Majesty for a few years." Lucius answered. "I must speak to Fudge before I head back to the Manor. I will speak to you later, Severus."
"Of course, my floo is open."
Severus found a seat, started to watch the interaction around him. He noticed Albus trying to recover from political mess he created, by speaking to everyone but the vampires, he wondered if the man any idea about vampires.
"He doesn't." A voice said next to him. He turned, recognized Petru cel Tânăr, he went to rise. "Do keep sitting, they will wonder why you are standing if you get up."
Severus said, "shadow walking and shadow speaking."
"Correct, now I see why our King has accepted you. You may call me Petru."
"Severus. Accepted me?" He knew he was accepted but he could never find out what exactly it meant.
"Yes. I believe you will find it to be an interesting year for you." Petru said and then faded into the background as Severus felt another come towards him. He looked up and saw Mad-Eye Moody. "Moody?"
"Snape, I am hoping I can ask you to help, I know Albus, and I know he will try to take control over the King, while there, can you make sure he doesn't get himself killed or blow this Treaty up?"
"I believe the King is aware of the situation." Severus assured him.
"Merlin, I thought so. Don't know much about Royals, but know a regular living vampire could smell lies."
"Why doesn't he want them at Hogwarts?" Severus asked. "I didn't even know about them arriving until yesterday."
"He made a few comments at meetings, we tried to warn him but Minerva and you weren't at either one."
"He had me following another dead end." Severus told him.
"I told him that. He needs to give up the search, it's been over five years."
"We have tried to tell them that, but I think until he sees a body, nothing will stop him from looking."
"I would be surprised if a body turns up, we know how those relatives of his treated him, despite all the times Albus keeps telling us they loved him and treated like a prince." Over the last five years, Mad-Eye and Snape had developed a good friendship based on their looking for Harry Potter and discovering the awful truth about how the boy was treated.
"Is he still trying to train Longbottom?" Severus asked.
"Yes, but the boy has no talent, no power. His only gift seems to be with plants, and I don't think that is the "power he knows not". Augusta has been foaming at the mouth with all the extra training Albus has been trying to push on the boy."
"Dueling?"
"Don't ask. Granger and Weasley are still trying to get him to master the second year spells correctly."
"Albus wants me to teach DADA, the King is going to also be teaching a new defense class, I am not looking forward to having Longbottom armed in either class." Severus wondered why Dumbledore was training Longbottom, everyone knew he wasn't the prophecy child. As far as Severus was concerned it was fulfilled when the Potter baby defeated the Dark Lord.
"I don't blame you, he mangled a spell last week almost took out a wing in Hogwarts."
"He is training at Hogwarts?" Severus tried not to show his surprise.
"Yes, turns out he took out their dueling rooms at the Longbottom estate with another mangled spell. Lady Longbottom put her foot down about dueling at their estate. Didn't stop Albus, he just moved them to Hogwarts."
"I am not looking forward to having him back in a class. How did he make it into NEWT-level DADA?"
"Guess."
"You are kidding me." Severus groaned.
"No, the lack of Professors was what he used to get rid of the requirement to get into the NEWT-level DADA. The classes are going to be filled with anyone who wants to continue the class, no matter what grade they received."
"I wonder how he will keep him in it because if he blows up one bench because of a mangled spell, I won't let him stay."
"He will most likely try to pass him off to the King. I have seen that man fight, and I think he is expecting him to train Longbottom."
"Not likely, I believe I will be making sure Heir Neville Frances Longbottom is nowhere near my class." The King was standing next to them.
"Your Majesty." They bowed.
"Mr. Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody, I have heard about you." The King said.
"Don't believe everything you hear, Sire." Moody joked.
"So I am guessing the case of mixed alcohol I had sent to your house wasn't the ideal gift?" The King asked.
Moody grinned. "I do believe I am going to like you."
"You just made my day."
Severus felt his mask slip as he lets out a small smirk at the King's remark and knew the man was trying not to roll his eyes. "I do apologize, Sire, I thank you for the gift." Moody said.
"No need to apologize." He leaned forward and almost as if it's a secret between the three of them said, "my title does get in the way at times, doesn't it?"
"I believe I will stay out of that debate." Severus smirked.
"I will also remove myself." Moody added.
The King laughed. "Wise choice. I did come over here for a reason, we are ready to head back to Hogwarts and I believe my guide to my quarters is you, Severus."
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"That went exactly like you said it would go." Radu remarked as everyone began to take seats in the King's quarters.
"He never changes." The King replied. "We still have a lot of work to do."
"I must say they are an interesting lot in Wizengamot." Vlad told them.
"They are still unaware we have been watching them for the last five years." Petru said.
"Let's hear the reports." The King stated.
Vlad began. "As you requested, we played on insults to the old customs, you nailed that one right, I have no idea why they believe we are stuck in our ways. 500 years is a long time. All of the ones at Wizengamot seemed to enjoy it, however, I believe they are missing their rituals and customs. McGonagall followed his lead when it came to kneeling despite knowing the correct custom. Flitwick, Sprout, and Snape impressed us. According to Mihai Viteazul, Sprout knew the history of why there is a Treaty."
"I have to agree, they didn't want to insult us and tried to fix the old one's mistakes." Radu added, he has for years refused to call the man by his name, unless he had no choice.
"Calling him old is like calling me ancient." Vintilă laughed, being the youngest of the pure vampires in the room at over 1000 years old. The King was the youngest out of all of them.
"Only the old fool lied to us, none of them were happy with it, even in the Wizengamot." Micea told them. "Also Fudge and Umbridge, I think, the one that likes pink, seem to believe you will support whatever laws they put forth, including tougher dark creatures laws. Something about making us feel we are superior since they won't affect us. Also, they believe that crap about the werewolves."
"They think we will want to make tougher laws regarding them, and something about natural enemies?" Alexandru wondered about the natural enemies.
"Where do they come up with that stuff?" Călugărul asked.
"I am not sure, but I find it interesting how much they are willing to do to make themselves feel superior." The King answered.
"Highlight, when you got that letter from Tom, they fell for it, really believe you might join him." Radu said. "They really wanted to put all effort into making sure the old fart didn't blow the Treaty."
"What did Tom write that made you snort by the way?" Mihnea asked.
The King pulled out the note and handed it to him to read, the note got passed around.
Harry,
Is the old fart wearing orange today?
Tom
They laughed at the image, as they have seen the old man wear some colorful robes. "Snape and Moody were talking about the search and trying to get him to give up. They also know how useless the Longbottom boy is when it comes to defense, and feel he should be left alone and to develop his skills with plants."
"He is very talented in that aspect, to sweet for what they want out of him." Petru added.
"Keep an eye on him, we don't need them getting Neville killed." The King ordered.
"We have a rotation of four on him, with two more added when he is to be in training. That Granger and that Weasley boy are still being paid to be friends with him. Granger is ruining any confidence he does get. She is the reason for both explosions." Vlad told him.
"She is too bossy and likes to hit. She is a bully. She wants the poor boy to always study." Mircea stated, he really didn't like bullies. "That red hair boy is following in her steps."
"What about the female Weasley?" Radu asked.
"Still working on getting Neville interested, but Neville likes sweet little Luna." Mircea gave him a knowing look.
"They make a good match, she has been talking to us, letting us know what is going on if we miss anything." Vlad told them, all of them liked Neville and didn't want to see the boy hurt in any way.
"She seems a bit of a seer if we translate her words correctly." Pătrașcu added.
"I believe she is one." Alexandru stated. "I have spoken to her a number of times, she has provided us with warnings that have helped us keep others from being hurt. Moody almost got killed on the last mission and would have if Luna hadn't warned us."
"It seems he hasn't learned anything in five years." The King said. "I don't know why I am surprised if the last sixty years didn't teach him not to repeat his mistakes, I don't see how the last five would have improved the chances."
"Lucius needs to pull back a little, I think he might give the game away too soon." Mircea said.
"No, he did it right." Vlad said. "Snape will need his friendship and Lucius let know he would be there."
"Very true, it's going to be a shock to Snape." Mircea agreed.
"Anything else?"
"Yes, the old coot, he plans on trying to get control over you. He wants to use the teaching aspect to see if he can guide you to the light." Radu told them.
"I have a feeling he is going to be guiding himself out the door. He knows Harry owns Hogwarts, he has to know what that means." Mihnea said.
"I don't think he does. Remember he is still looking for Harry Potter, he hasn't been paying attention to the wards or even the Wizengamot. Today proved that. If he had, he would have made sure to know the customs we were going to use." The King stated, he knew the old fool would focus on finding Harry Potter and trying to prove he was a dark creature, instead of focusing on Hogwarts and what they were doing. "We have been here for five years and he still hasn't felt the changes. Some of the others have felt a slight change but they don't know what it means. If he had been doing his job, he would have felt all of the changes we have done."
"He stuck us in the dungeons." Petru reminded them. All of them felt deeply insulted by the rooms they were given.
"Not even in the good part. Snape quarters are the last good ones. He gives you this." Everyone looked around and they see the water running down some of the walls, the lack of furniture and the stuff that is in there is all mismatched, the threadbare rugs and no tables or even a desk. This was the best of the rooms and they couldn't believe Dumbledore gave it to their King.
"I am sure Kreacher will enjoy fixing it up." The King smirked. "He hasn't been happy with them using my house for their headquarters."
"I am so glad that elf was willing to stay there and spy, that woman's voice drives me bonkers." Radu shuddered at the idea of the voice. It was worse than a pack of howler monkeys.
"Yes, Molly Weasley, you should hear her howlers. Her twin sons earn enough of them, every time we see one heading towards them I believe we all fade out of the room." Vlad informed them.
"I know you said Radu and Vlad will be staying and we are leaving tomorrow, but we really aren't leaving correct, we are going to keep watching?" Vintilă asked.
"Yes, Vintilă, and please do not just focus on your mate." The King warned.
Vintilă grinned. "I know, she also knows. She said there was an emergency staff meeting called."
"I am sure she will tell us." The King smirked. "I will visit her tomorrow, it's been a bit since I have seen her."
"She does miss you." Vintilă told him. "Still calls you her adopted son."
"Figures. Nothing else?"
"I am not sure, there was something about another lead, sending the wolf out on it. I am not sure if he is using it as a lead or just looking to get the wolf killed like he did with the mutt." Călugărul sighed. "He wants to use the wolf but yet is afraid of allowing the wolf too much freedom."
"Can we keep Lupin alive? I know we tried with Black." Radu asked.
"We have saved both of them numerous times, the last time, we didn't know about until it was too late." Mihnea answered.
"Luna reminded me we can't save everyone." The King told them. He was still bothered by the senseless death of Black. "See what else you can find out, I will talk to Tom and let him know."
"Greyback might be the way to save Lupin." Mihnea reminded him.
The King looked thoughtful for a few minutes. "I do believe it might be the only option. The problem will be making Lupin see it that way."
"Isn't Greyback his alpha?" Pătrașcu asked.
"Yes, but he has spent numerous years running away from a pack and the old coot made sure to keep him grateful to him. I wonder if we can use that?" The King replied.
"If anyone can find a way to use it, you can." Vlad leaned back in his chair. "This thing is uncomfortable."
"Pătrașcu find out what you can about Lupin. The facts and shadows." Pătrașcu nodded his understanding. "Petru and Alexandru keep an eye on Luna and the Claws, Mircea, Gryffindor, Călugărul, the snakes, too many people are still targeting them. Mihnea, you have the Puffs. Vintilă, monitor Longbottom, their headquarters and fill in where needed. All of you call anyone up to aide. I am also sure the Little Death Eaters will be willing to offer information." The King ordered. "I am going to speak to Tom, while Kreacher fixes this mess. I will be there if anything arises. Kreacher."
They all disappeared to do their jobs, as Kreacher appeared in front of the King. "They actually put you here Master?" Kreacher said as he looks around.
"Yes, can you fix it?"
"Yes, Master, usual?"
"Please, anything happening at the house?"
"Meeting is called for tomorrow. Did enjoy Cat and Smells giving the old ding bat a lecture." Kreacher told him. "Think that is the only reason why the meeting wasn't tonight. Cat and Smells did inform Wolf, Voice, Red-hair menaces and the annoying moron twins what happened. You will love this, he asked the annoying moron twins to try and befriend you."
"That won't be happening. I am going to go and speak to Tom. Thank you, Kreacher." The King shadowed over to Slytherin Castle.