C104 Recruiting (1)

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"You couldn't have given us a minute or two?" Tom sighs as he glares at the crowd forming around him and Druella.

"Hehe, sorry..." Newt mutters as he and everyone else feel a bit awkward. "I'm Newt by the way and this is..." he then began to list off names and everyone introduced themselves.

With another sigh, Tom and Druella separate and stand back up.

"You already heard my and Drues name earlier, I'm sure. Do you guys need something?" Tom asks as he and Druella dust themselves off.

Druellas mood has dropped significantly. The moment she was longing for was ruined. She glared hatefully at every wizard that didn't have the tact to wait until they were finished.

"Yes... I mean no, but we just wanted to say thank you. I don't know what your reason was for doing this, whether it was for that wand or not, but you've saved many lives with what you've done today." Newt says as he and everyone else nods in agreement and voices their thanks.

"Your welcome, I guess." Tom replies as if it wasn't a big deal. "If you really want to thank me, you can make an oath on your magic to keep a few secrets for me."

As Tom said this many of them looked worried and uncertain.

"What secrets?" Nagini asks as she stands beside Newt at the front of the group

"Nothing crazy." Tom waves his hands dismissively. "I just want the knowledge of the elder wand kept between us. I don't need every wannabe dark lord or anyone else trying to kill me for this thing." He says gesturing to the wand in his grasp.

"That's fair. Anything else?" Newt nods his head in agreement.

Everyone with him seems alright with that too. Some among them are staring at the wand with jealousy in their eyes, but after seeing how strong Tom is, they immediately turned their covetous gazes away.

Their jealous looks didn't go unnoticed. Tom could see the way they looked at his new wand.

"Hmm, also add that you won't pursue ownership of the wand and we're good." Tom says and many of them look hesitant to make that oath.

"Alright, I agree. I, Newt Scamander swear on my magic that I won't reveal the knowledge of Tom Riddle owning the Elder Wand, nor will I pursue ownership of said wand." Newt swears and Nagini makes her oath right after him.

That starts the landslide of oaths as everyone in the crowd does theirs one by one. Even those that truly didn't want to take the oath did it as well. Peer pressure is a beautiful thing.

Once everyone had said their oaths, they had no reason to stick around. Everyone from the crowd left via apparition beside Newt and Nagini. Tom asked them to stay behind for a moment.

"Now that the rabble is gone, you are Nagini correct?" Tom asks as he stares at the Indonesian beauty before him.

"Yes, that's me." She replies, wondering why she was asked to stay behind.

"You're cursed, right?" Tom asks as he looks her over.

He already knows this from the story, but his snake totem necklace has been acting strange since she got close to him.

It started vibrating more and more the closer the distance between them. He could tell that Manasa had some sort of connection with Nagini.

'Well, she is cursed to turn into a snake, so it makes sense, I guess.' Tom thought.

"Yes, It's a maledictus curse. I'm forever cursed to turn into a beast." She says with a resigned look on her face.

"Yes, a snake, I know." Tom says and Nagini looks at him cautiously.

"How could you tell?" Newt asks exactly what was running through her mind.

"I have a bit of a connection with snakes. If I swore to find a way to help you with it, would you be interested in swearing loyalty to me as your lord?" Tom asks, alarming both of them.

"Are you planning on becoming the next Grindelwald?" Newt asks as he grabs his wand and unclasps his briefcase.

"Yes and no." Tom says as he puts his hands up to show he doesn't mean any harm.

"What do you mean, yes and no?" Nagini asks curiously.

"I think some of what he said was correct. The muggles are advancing quickly and if we aren't careful, we could be in some serious danger." Tom explains, only worrying them further. "Although, I don't believe he went about it in the right way. Peace through enslavement is not a lasting peace."

"So, you want to what? Walk hand in hand with muggles?" Newt asked with a healthy it of skepticism. "Don't get me wrong. I have nothing against non-magical people, but that sounds a bit too good to be true."

"Obviously it won't just happen overnight. Hard work needs to be put in to change the hearts and minds of not only our society but the muggle society as well." Tom says as everyone contemplated his words.

Even Druella had no idea that Tom thought like this. She knew a bit about it but not this much.

"How would we go about changing hearts and minds?" Newt asks as his interest was peaked.

"Well, right now our society is very backward. First, we would put key officials into the right places and help move the wizarding world into this century. Laws need to be made and many need to be changed or removed. Do you know that creatures are classified as non-sentient magical animals, yet werewolves and a few other sentient beings are on the list of creatures that was put together by our government?"

"I could kidnap a werewolf baby and slaughter it in front of the Wizengamot with no repercussion. Werewolves only turn into beasts once a month, and could easily chain themselves during that one night. This is only one of the many reasons why our society is backward and our government is not working properly. If we are discovered, which will happen sooner or later, and other country's see this, we will be seen as backward savages." Tom rants about everything he found wrong about the government.

Nagini looked more than convinced. She's been persecuted for her curse all of her life. Everything Tom says is resonating with her perfectly. Before she could voice her agreement, Newt asks a question.

"Alright, I agree with you but why am I here? Do you want me to become your follower as well?"

"Yes, and I know exactly what would get you interested in helping me." Tom says and Newt leans in curiously. "Have you ever heard of the terms deforestation, climate change, or pollution?"