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“Yes.”

Dumbledore was silent for a moment. “Well, I never expected Hogwarts to be blessed with having two Ater Veritatis to walk through these halls, especially in this day and age.”

“But what about Draco? This will only become harder for him.”

“Yes, he will need a room of his own away from the dorms of other students so they will not find his feathers.” Dumbledore stroked Fawkes’s bright feathers as he thought.

“That’s not even half of the problem Dumbledore, and you know it.” Snape snapped. “What about Lucius? Draco won’t be able to survive without an auctor, especially throughout the Aspectus. And I doubt Lucius ever spoke to him about controlling when his wings appear, other than the ‘Malfoys don’t show emotion’ thing that the entire family should make their motto or something.”

“I know he can’t do that from Azkaban, Severus. But there are only so many rules I can bend. And Lucius Malfoy was one of the Death Eaters found at the Department of Mysteries. No one in the Ministry will be happy with just letting him walk out.”

Snape smiled slowly. “But Lucius’s Dark Mark will have faded by now.”

“What are you talking about Severus?” Dumbledore asked sharply.

“Lucius is a Veriae. Only his life mate could Mark him. His mate never did, as Lucius went through Aspectus later than most Veriae do. Voldemort happened to kill his mate, therefore no one can Mark Lucius…not even the Dark Lord. The ‘Dark Mark’ that other Death Eaters see is a complex spell that Lucius casts upon his arm to give the appearance that he is Marked. It fades after a few months or so.”

“But it will not sit well with my soul, Severus, if I hand a Death Eater a pass out of Azkaban.”

“Give him an ultimatum then.” Snape suggested. “I think you’ll find that, given the choice, Lucius would choose his son over the Dark Lord.”

“How can you be sure Severus?”

“You didn’t see Lucius after Draco was born. Lucius had followed the Dark Lord because Lucius, like all his kind, needed an auctor. It wasn’t a perfect situation, as Lord Voldemort is not a Veriae, but Lucius resigned himself to it. Then when Draco was born—”

“Lucius became the auctor.”

“Exactly. His blood will not allow him to leave his son without an auctor.”

Dumbledore nodded. “Have Draco write to him then, and I will see what I can do about having another hearing for him.”

Snape nodded, the “bastard” mask firmly back in place, and the Potions master left Dumbledore’s office, black robes flaring behind him.

Fawkes seemed to look at Dumbledore questioningly. The Headmaster sighed. “Yes, Fawkes, I know I would have worked to free Lucius even if he would have stayed a Death Eater.” He looked at the bird. “You can sense auras, can’t you feel it? I am almost certain who Draco’s mate will be.”

Fawkes let out a keening sound, the same collection of notes that he used whenever Dumbledore talked to the bird about the “Gryffindor Golden Boy”, and Dumbledore nodded.

“Yes, Fawkes. Harry Potter.”