negotiations

Allisandra and Aries are looking at this and thought," since she is also a parent maybe she'll understand our concern and care for Marcus and let him go, if we manage to reduce her anger". James also move towards Alex and asked if he's okay?, Lily on the other hand is looking at Marcus's parents with bloodshot eyes.

the couple gulped when they watched her expression and is praying to God for Marcus's future, Lily spoke while looking at Dumbledore," today, we received a report of a student using a vicious black magic forbidden by the ministry headmaster, we are here take the student into our custody and place on a trial".

Dumbledore sighed looking at Lily's determined expression, it's clear she is not going to let Marcus go that easily, his only way is to convince the families to let this go with some negotiations and leave this matter completely, with this even the ministry won't involve if the victim gets compensated and only gave the culprit a warning and trace on his wand that'll moniter all the spells cast by him.

but now looking at Lily, she isn't even considering forgiving Marcus, he had to do something to protect a student or else the student will have to spend his rest of life in azkaban, or worse get a dementor's kiss directly for trying to kill Lily's son who saved the wizarding world from voldemort indirectly, if this news spreads then undoubtedly either of the two punishments will occur as the ministry only try to gain the public image and don't consider even if the person is a child or not and innocent or not, they'll do this to earn image in wizarding community, the only way is to convince Lily through Alex with something that'll caught his eye.

the Flint's turned pale when they heard Lily and said," lady Potter, please reconsider this, he is just a child , they may go overboard but it's their lack of common sense , please let him go this once, we'll discipline him and make sure he won't repeat this again".

Lily sneered and said," I'm not here as Lily Potter, lady of the house of Potter I'm here as the head of magical law enforcement department of Ministry, and if you're talking about the culprit being a child then forget it , he is going to be in 7th year soon and the curse he is using is one of the most dangerous and punishable ones, if that spell were to touch Alex, what would've happened Mr and Mrs Flint, what will you do if Alex is crippled by this or worse dead? tell me are you going to leave the culprit if you are in my place and your son is in the place of Alex".

the couple lowered their heads while gritting their teeth, as they couldn't reply to that question, but Alex got an idea, he heard the pure blood families having centuries of treasury with grimoires, artifacts , and even rare knowledge that is extinct in modern era. since this situation occurred how could he miss this opportunity, he will squeeze them dry of their treasury in exchange for this.

Dumbledore at this moment spoke," I understand your worries Lily, but you have to consider their concern for their child also, as parent you could understand it, please let the child go, if you're not convinced to let him go that easily you can ask the family to provide a compensation in exchange to let the Marcus boy go, please consider this from their point of view also".

Lily didn't say anything but she looked unconvinced even after she heard that, James considered this suggestion but stayed silent as he watched Lily's face unchanged , Alex on the other hand has his eyes lit up and tugged Lily's coat, she looked at him and gave a questioning look, he said in a low voice," mom can I ask you something?", Lily brought her ear near him and he said," he also a fellow student at Hogwarts, maybe we don't have to punish but in exchange we can ask for their treasury , they'll give it to us as they're desperate to save their only son, we can also squeeze their vaults dry of galleons with this, why don't we negotiate with them". Lily also whispered to Alex," it's not that honey, we have got everything in our treasury also but their family is associated with the dark forces during the war and I'm afraid they'll make a move on you".

Alex said," don't worry mom for a pure blood family, their legacy of centuries and their wealth is their power , if we remove them bothe it's like a snake without fangs what can a pure blood family without wealth , knowledge and power can do beside declining as time passes, we can also ask them to form an oath to never go against our family so this keep them from plotting against us".

Lily thought about this for a minute and asked," headmaster Dumbledore, we have something private to talk the Flint's based on their cooperation and negotiation, we'll see whether to spare their child or gave him a trail in the ministry".

Dumbledore nodded and exited his office with the other aurors, leaving only the Flint couple, and the Potter's, he isn't worried about their safety as he knew about James and Lily's capability, as soon as he exited his office, Lily asked the Flint couple to swear a magic oath to not take action until the negotiations are done, they agreed and bothe families swear the magic oath, then Lily spoke," you know the weight of your son's actions right? also what punishments he'll receive if this news spreads to the community".

the couple nodded their heads in nervousness and asked," please let him go this once, since this a negotiation we'll exchange anything in return as long as it's not our freedom". Lily replied," you misunderstood, this isn't a negotiation, this is compensation for trying to cripple my child, you anything other than your freedom right?". Lily said with a smile and the couple nodded while James is watching this with a blank face as the head of house he is the one that is supposed to handle affairs like this , Lily continued," if you want to save him, then you have to pay a huge price, don't worry it's not your lives or severe punishments that'll make people go crazy, in addition to the prize you've to swear a magic oath of you and your not to make a move against our family directly or indirectly and also not to reveal anything that happened here to anyone".

the couple nodded and Lily said," as for the price I'm talking about its your family's treasury along with your family vaults in gringotts and your assets like properties and jewellries and other valuables, don't worry we won't dry you of your resources, we'll leave some galleons enough for your family to last a few generations without work along with a mansion, we knew the Flint family hide their wealth in gringotts and in their assets, so think about it, whether to lose your fortune or to lose your only successor, of course I'll also make an magic oath that will state our family won't report this to the minister and leave this topic here until you yourselves reveal this to others, what will you say?".

the couples mouth twitched when they heard this and cursed Marcus , they are asking their fangs to defend the family along with squeezing them almost dry, but they can't reject this as the opponent isn't someone who is going to let this slide, in the end they chose Marcus as he the only child left in Flint lineage and has to bear successors to continue their bloodline, they sighed and agreed, they swear oaths and have written a magic contract to transfer all their possessions to the house of Potter and signed it with blood ,Alex smiled watching this, but James is in a daze after he heard Lily's suggestion, this will prevent their enemies from harming them in any way and also make their wealth grow at the same time, although the house potter is currently number one in wealth due to their business in the last year's more wealth isn't a bad thing.

they called the aurors and Dumbledore, told them about the contract and cancelled the arrest as the victim's parent withdrew the charges against Marcus, Dumbledore smiled and called for Snape to bring the Marcus boy.