Prologue: Harry Potter and the Mysterious Absence.
This conversation was overheard at approx. 1 week 17 hours, 32 minutes after the two Potter boys went missing.
"But-"
"We're working on it."
"It's been a week. No one lasts that long."
"Are you saying that we should call off the search?" There were two men. One was on one side of the desk, while the other sat on a modern metallic chair with a plush red cushion. The second speakers eyes flashed dangerously, but he kept his hands firmly clasped on his desk. This is evidently an office of some kind.
"Find them. I am a powerful man, and I can make your life hell if I choose to." The first speaker stood up from his chair, giving the red cushion a look of disgust. He started pacing the room, one, two, three steps in one direction, one, two three steps back. He came to a halt and started studying his carefully trimmed fingernails.
"I never knew you cared for them." The second speaker pressed, evaluating the other mans expression.
"Care for them?" he spat. "I don't care about them at all."
"Then why do you want me to find them so much?"
There was a brief silence, while our characters studied their fingernails and twiddled their thumbs. Our spy heard no talking during this time.
"My son is missing too."
A brief, shocked silence followed this statement. The second speaker looked up, his face older and more lined than our spy had ever seen him. His normally bright eyes were dull and red rimmed, indicating a lack of sleep. After a moment, the second speaker composed himself.
"We'll find them, Mr-"
"As much as I dislike this, we're in this together now. I suppose you'd better start calling me Draco."
"In that case, you can call me Harry."
They shook on it.
AN: One: This is from the POV of a spy. If you all hate it, that can be changed.
Two: I already have the plot figured out and some of the fic written. Because it's already almost ready, I'll be updating every Sunday and Thursday unless some catastrophe happens where I don't have internet access
Three: The chapters will get longer. Much longer. Well, not like 6000 words longer. Think more like 1000-2000 words.
Four: I don't have a beta. Please excuse any awful grammar. I promise, I'll keep it to a minimum.
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