Sealing Fate

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Chapter One - Problems at the Ministry

Hermione Granger sat at her desk at the Ministry of Magic doing tons of boring paper work. At the mere age of 20 she was offered the job of Mistress of Magic after the Order of the Phoenix defeated Voldemort, along with the assistance of the DA, which was of course, led by Harry. Both relatively small groups when they were started but by time it came down to the final showdown each group had at least tripled in size. Many of them had died, but with each death another Death Eater was destroyed.

After the end of the war, the Ministry finally realized that Albus Dumbledore had been telling the truth all along. But by that time it was already to late. Dumbledore had died already. Soon afterwards, the Ministry kicked Cornelius Fudge from his position as Minister and offered Hermione the position. After declining it many times she finally accepted and everything was back to smooth sailing. She had made sure that majority of the Death Eaters that weren't dead were to be put in Azkaban for life. They couldn't quite get all of them, but they got most. She had removed all Dementors and replaced them with a various types of guards. Powerful wizards, Centaurs, Goblins, and Giants to name a few.

"Mistress." A voice came from the phone on her desk. Hermione had gotten someone to install a phone system throughout the building and it was working quite nicely. There were occasions where someone would be screaming on the other end because they still didn't grasp how to use it correctly, but no matter. They'd learn eventually.

"Yes, Amanda?" Hermione replied as she organized her papers into a neat stack and placed them on the corner of her large mahogany desk.

"Fudge would like to see you down in his office A.S.A.P. Something about there being a problem concerning one of the D.E.s." Amanda replied. Hermione groaned. There were two problems with this. One, Fudge hadn't been permanently removed from the Ministry. He was now head of the Improper Use of Magic Office. Hermione found it ironic that she had the power to over rule him, but yet couldn't completely remove him from office. Oh well, she'd worry about it later. The second problem was that she had a strong hunch about the Death Eater Amanda was talking about it.

Hermione arrived at Fudge's office in no time. She opened the door and walked in. Fudge's office was smaller than hers and less cozy. She recalled that when he was Minister, his office wasn't all that cozy either. Maybe that was just the affect he had on it. After all, he was a very bitter man.

"Granger." He said, sounding annoyed.

Hermione raised an eyebrow. "That's Mistress to you, Fudge." She replied coolly. He always had a habit of treating her like some little child, unworthy to be Mistress, but she was determined not to let him get to her.

"Yes, yes, have a seat." He snapped, pointing to a black leather chair, much like the one she had in her office, in front of his desk.

Hermione shook her head. "I'd rather stand thank you. You wanted to see me?" She said, moving things along. She wanted to get their little meeting over with fast. Fudge moved some papers around. "Today, Fudge. As you see, unlike you, I have things to do." Hermione snapped.

"Very well. You are aware that we haven't captured all the Death Eaters and that some are still out their roaming around, correct?" He asked. Hermione nodded.

"Yes. Go on." Hermione said, waving a hand at him.

"Well, Potter's managed to capture the last of the Malfoys...."

Hermione shook her head. "Impossible. Narcissa and Lucius Malfoy are dead. Have been for a year now. Draco Malfoy has been imprisoned for that long as well." Fudge gave a bitter laugh that made the hair on the back of Hermiones neck stand on edge.

"That is were you're wrong, m'dear. I'd check that list of yours." Fudge said pointing to the clipboard under Hermione's left arm. She grabbed it and looked at it, flipping a couple of pages.

"Malfoy... Malfoy..." She muttered quietly. "Ah, here he is. Cell number 4795." She looked us at Fudge quizzically.

"What's the name next to Malfoy?" He asked.

She looked down at the list again and her honey colored eyes widened. "Lu-Lucius Malfoy. Surely, there must be some mistake." She said frantically flipping the pages looking for Dracos name.

"You might want to try this list." Fudge said, handing a thick list to Hermione. She took it. It was the list of all the Death Eaters that were dead. "Ninth page." Hermione flipped to the ninth page and in the middle of if, one name caught her eye. Draco Malfoy. Cornelius Fudge had been right. There was a problem concerning one of the Death Eaters. And it was a very big problem..

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