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Chapter 24 - Letters

Dear Slater,
I hope this letter finds you well and everything at the castle is as it should be?
I have enclosed a package containing twelve phials of potion for each person in your clan. Drink it before bed tonight; it should help you face the sun in the morning. However, this is only a temporary solution and can only last an approximate three months. Your bodies will form a natural resistance to its continued use after several doses, but because of the blood samples you gave me, I have made much progress, and I have discovered a way that will help me make a more effective potion that should have a permanent effect.
The problem is that the most important ingredient is not to be found in England but China. If you may, please select several of your clansmen to go on an ingredient hunting expedition-particularly ones with a working knowledge of plants, soil, and climate because I would like to have the plants replanted in the estate. The plant is called 'chilling grass' and can be found on Mt. Huashan in China. Please contact Marina as soon as possible; she will already have instructions to provide provisions for the journey and feel free to ask for anything else that might be needed.
As you know, not much is known about vampires since your race has been in the shadows for many centuries. If you could please provide me with information that could help me come up with a working plan that will assist us with your integration into the general society. Lifestyle, feeding habits, perception? Anything really would be appreciated, and you need not fear that the information will be misused in any way.
Once you have enjoyed the sun for a bit, please have the remaining members of your clan work on the grounds. It's vital we have planting land if the others manage to bring enough chilling grass that can be planted-it would not do to keep sending people to China every time we need chilling grass.
Please be very careful with your letters; I am being heavily monitored.
Hoping to hear from you soon. Thank you.
Draco Malfoy.

Dear Ms Edgecomb,
How have you been? I hope you are as fine as I am.
I am hoping to engage you in a task. As you well know, the cure for lycanthropy was launched just a few days ago, and I am hoping that a lot of werewolves will receive it and not have to shift next month. My task to you is in regards to this matter. The ministry strips properties and titles from werewolves and vampires amongst other magical creatures, and I would like to begin a campaign to get back what they have lost. If you can acquire a list of properties and titles stripped, it would be a great help.
I would also like you to look into cases where titles were reinstated in history, cases where there have been magical creature representation in the Wizengamot, and if there is precedence or any laws against it in history. I guess you can see my line of thought with the questions I am asking. Any information that could be of use will be greatly appreciated. Please relay it to Marina as soon as you can and do not hesitate to ask for anything you might need.
Please be very careful with our correspondence because I am being monitored. Keep in touch with Marina and only contact me when it's absolutely necessary.
Thank you.
Draco Malfoy.

Dear Professor Lupin,
I hope this letter finds you well. I am doing fine myself.
I have given much thought to what we discussed last time, and I would like to ask for your aid. Could you please introduce the werewolves to us? I am setting a plan that will lead to the werewolves recouping their lost rights and hopefully more. It is imperative that we establish good relations from the word go and any help will be greatly appreciated.
As you well know, I am being watched, and I cannot take big risks now. If you are willing to help, you can let me know the state of things by writing to Luna Lovegood; she will know how to get word to me. Otherwise, contact Bill and together with my solicitor, they should be able to manage things. Only contact me if there is no other way, I cannot risk Potter finding a letter written to me by you.
Anything you might need to carry this out will be provided, so please feel free to ask Bill or my solicitor, Marina.
Thank you.
Draco Malfoy.

Dear Bill,
I hope you are fine.
Professor Lupin may be contacting you soon about provisions and some werewolves, if he is agreeable, have him meet Marina.
No need to warn you to be careful with correspondence, keep up the good work and keep me updated as usual.
Thank you.
Draco Malfoy.

Dear Luna,
How are you?
I have several tasks for you if you are able to spare some time. First, I have asked Remus Lupin to write to you if he needs to contact me because Potter is monitoring me and I cannot risk him finding out that I am corresponding with Lupin. Please pass along any information you receive from the professor.
Second, could you do some research for me? I want to find out the capacity of Hogwarts, and the restriction to admission. Information like that, I trust you will know it when you see it. I also need to know as much as I can about chilling grass-I will also be doing this research so concentrate on the first but if you come across any information on the latter, let me know. Please send the information about Hogwarts straight to Marina; she will know what to do with it.
Third, do you think it will be possible to have article space in the Quibbler in the next coming months? I will let you know the details once a plan becomes more concrete, but it would help to have media support when we launch the campaign I am imagining. I do not trust the daily prophet, but I trust you to present the facts as they are.
If you require anything, please let me know or request it from Marina.
Thank you, Luna.
Draco Malfoy.
PS: You may be receiving information from Professor Snape, so don't be surprised.

Dear Marina,
How are you? I hope you are well rested because you are about to be very busy.
One, Slater shall be contacting you soon. I am sending a couple of the vampires on an expedition to China; please provide them with enough provisions for the trip. Could you also get them a bottomless potions' bag for carrying the ingredient I am sending them to acquire? I also need work done on the estate grounds; please see to it that they have everything needed.
Two, Bill, Lupin, Edgecomb and Luna should be contacting you with information, and you are likely to be meeting a few werewolves soon. Use all the information you get to prepare a campaign- we want the werewolves to get their properties back, we want those who lost titles to get their Lordships back, and we want the children to be given a chance for education. Do what you can and more. Speak to them and try to garner allies for us-especially any previous Lords since we need representation on the Wizengamot. Keep Luna Lovegood up to date with the proceedings; she will help with media support when we need it.
I don't have to remind you that the decisions to move forward or not to should be left to the werewolves. If they are not willing to support our agenda, let them walk away but if they are-you must act independently of Dragon World. We don't want anyone to see our hand in this before the right time. I trust your judgement on how to deal with this.
I am being monitored so be careful with correspondence. Keep me up to date.
Thank you.
Draco Malfoy.
PS: Don't be surprised when the vampires call on you during the day.

Dear Balthazar,
How are you doing?
We have begun moving, and you should be appraised of the situation once the groundwork has become more concrete.
I was wondering if you can tell me how I can get the unspeakables to put their approval on one of our products? I know you are eager to begin analysing one of my spells and I want you to begin authenticating a shield. Please make a suggestion.
I am being monitored so be careful with correspondence, contact me only when necessary.
Thank you
Draco Malfoy.

Dear Severus,
Thank you for the warning the other day. I have set things in motion, and you should be able to see results soon.
I have sent some of the vampires to China to acquire chilling grass, and while I know enough about it to know that it is vital for the potion I want to make, I still don't know nearly enough to ensure that I use it appropriately and efficiently. Any information you can provide about the ingredient will be greatly appreciated.
Also, if you can provide any obscure or not information about the holding capacity of Hogwarts School and any restrictions to admissions, please give it to Luna Lovegood, she will know how to handle it.
Be careful and thank you.
Draco Malfoy.

Dear Blaise and Pansy,
Things are in motion, and I will tell you the details as soon as I can.
Please be very careful; Potter has been tasked with monitoring me. Make sure to go to the secret base only when I am not with you because Potter has a map and an invisibility cloak that would make it easy for him to follow us in. I will devise a way for me to go there without bringing Potter with me.
Talk more soon. Thank you for everything.
Draco.

Draco was just tying the letters to Aristotle when Potter came to the sitting room of their quarters from the bedroom, rubbing sleep vigorously from his eyes. He noticed Draco and the owl right away.

"Who in the world are you owling in the middle of the night?" The boy asked, a slight frown on his face and Draco smiled.

"Only the key leaders of my grey faction." Draco answered, and Harry looked at the letters tied to the owl again.

"That many?" Harry asked, with some surprise in his voice.

"That many." Draco confirmed. "Off with you Aristotle." The bird left and Harry frowned a little but held out his hand for Draco to take.

"Let's go back to bed." He said, and Draco took the offered hand. Like every night, he let himself be held as they slept. Harry did not fall asleep right away; instead, he held Malfoy and was once again shocked that the grey faction was really a thing. Malfoy truly meant business and Harry was uneasy not knowing exactly what was being planned as he slept. He needed to seriously start trying to find out what was happening.

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