A/N: This is my first story... not really much to say after that, so sit back, relax and enjoy.
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters, and I never will.
Special thanks to DarklyLight for great beta work.
Prologue
"My Lord," the masked figure said, bowing low to the ground.
"Lucius," replied the darkest wizard the world had ever known. "I am trusting you with a mission that is of vital importance. I would like to introduce you to my apprentice, Harry Potter."
To say that Lucius Malfoy was surprised would have been an understatement. Shock seeped through his carefully schooled mask of restraint. He quickly shook the shock off, inclining his head to the Dark Lord's apprentice.
"Harry," Voldemort continued, "will be going with you on your next mission to observe your… tactics." Lucius' gaze flickered over to the young apprentice, thoroughly examining him with his eyes. Harry Potter was a very imposing figure on his own. His piercing green eyes and harsh countenance, coupled with his rather large and muscular physique, made him seem almost evil. That is, of course, if you skipped over the aura that seemed to be rippling around him. It was an aura of a demon, a demon that screamed for blood.
"Yes, My Lord." With a quick, jerky bow, Lucius Malfoy hurriedly apparated to his destination, followed closely by the young dark prodigy, Harry Potter.
As Minister of Magic, Reginald Avery was probably the worst choice for a time of war. His cowardice, inability to be decisive, and laissez-faire style of leadership had slowly but surely crippled the economy.
During his first week in office, Minister Avery had called for a very high tax increase to help improve funding for the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. However, the money mysteriously vanished one day. Speculations had risen that the minister had embezzled the funds and used them to hire his personal body guards. The talk led to investigations, and it was soon found out that the Minister's Senior Undersecretary had taken most of the funds and had run off to another continent. The vote for a new tax increase came up quickly. The public cried for rejection of the increase, but it was Lucius Malfoy who had stepped up. He asked that the Wizengamot consider taxing only the High Families, or families that had been around for more than a millennia. His alteration of the tax increase was approved.
It was later found out by one of the spies of the Order of the Phoenix- a supporter of the light led by Albus Dumbledore- that Malfoy's target had been the families supporting the light. The result had been disastrous. Only a little bit of the money had reached the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, all of it coming from the Weasleys (who had literally emptied their vault and sold many of their possessions to pay the tax), the Longbottoms, and the other light families, as well as the neutral families like the Greengrasses. The known (but not proven) dark families had failed to pay a cent. They hid behind the scandals of the last taxation to cover their tracks
That had been 14 years ago, when the war had heightened dramatically. It appeared that all hope seemed lost. The Potters then went into hiding, and were promptly wiped extinct. The Longbottoms lost both their head of house, as well as their Matriarch.
Scandals had followed Minister Avery up to his reelection seven years later, but by then the ministry had become corrupt. The Wizengamot voted for his reinstatement, a near unanimous vote that left the entirety of Britain's Wizarding World in shock and dismay.
The Matriarchs of the Seven Suns, a union comprising of the Matriarchs of the seven Ancient and Noble Families, stepped up to try and intervene. The Malfoy and Parkinson families had voted against the intervention, the Greengrass family abstained. This left only the Potter family, the Weasley family, the Longbottom family and the Prewitt family. Since the Weasley Matriarch was of both Prewitt and Weasley families, she voted two for intervention. However, the Potter family no longer had a Matriarch, and the Longbottoms successor had yet to be fully declared and sworn in by the Wizengamot, they were both forced to sustain. The split vote stopped the intervention, and Minister Avery was reinstated to office.
Unfortunately for the Death Eaters, Minister Avery refused to play a pawn. Instead, he spent his time barricaded in his office, with a team of guards outside the door and a group of whores inside.
Lucius Malfoy and Harry Potter walked swiftly into the Ministry of Magic and up to the wand check station. The security guard at the station used a quick Priori Incantatem spell, asked a few questions about the wand's wood and core, and let them through. They strode deliberately through the atrium, into the elevators and up to the Minister's offices. Harry looked around (Rule 1 was always know your surroundings), his eyes rested on the secretary. Harry felt the urge to gag. "Halfbloods," he thought to himself. This ministry was truly pathetic. Harry turned back to Malfoy, who, by then, had already greeted several of the Department heads. Harry stretched out his senses; Malfoy's heartbeat was increasing at an alarming rate. "He's nervous? That's going to make the report," Harry thought. Malfoy made his way up to the secretary, and with a flash of a money pouch, was allowed through the first checkpoint with his overseer.
Checkpoint two was going to be a challenge. The thirty plus aurors stationed between him and the minister were trained to check every person for the Dark Mark. Not only that, but if a fight did erupt in such enclosed spaces, it would be over in a heartbeat.
It seemed that the young dark wizard had noticed this, and instead of trying to get through the crowd of aurors, had instead whipped out his wand and sent a powerful cutting curse at the group. The first 30 dropped instantly, the spell tearing them apart and cleaving large gashes into the walls. The remaining few aurors were too slow, resulting in their own demises. The two remaining wizards strolled up to the doors and swung them open to a rather disturbing sight.
The minister, who had been rather slim before taking office, now resembled a walrus. His pants and underwear were bunched around his ankles. He was being "tended" to by five witches. Lucius Malfoy made a disgusted noise, alerting the minister of their presence.
"L-Lucius? What are you doing here?" The minister asked, hastily pushing the whores away from him and pulling his pants up.
"My master has decided that you are no longer needed. Avada Kedavra!" The green light of the killing curse raced towards its target. It struck dead on. The witches all screamed in horror, more lights flashed, and five bodies joined the minister's on the floor. The two men lit the fireplace just as the office doors burst open and a dozen or so aurors led by Alastor Moody came pouring in. Moody shouted at his men to stun the two Death Eaters. There was a pause, then all hell broke loose.
Multiple red lights came flying at Harry and Malfoy, which were all blocked by a protego charm from Harry. Suddenly, a red light tore through the air and hit the Dark Apprentice in the back. There was a flash of green flames, and Harry fell to the ground unconscious.
A/N The next chapter should be up by Tuesday.