Summary:
This story takes place five years after the Golden Trio and the Slytherin Prince have graduated from Hogwarts, only to venture to different parts of the globe. One thing hasn't changed though: the disdain that Draco has for each of them. To him, each one played a pivotal role in not just the demise of the Dark Lord but of his entire family and their legacy. Following the defeat of Voldemort, Draco made a promise to his dead parents that each would pay for their arrogance but he had to wait, for revenge is a dish best served cold. And this adventure would begin with the one that could destroy the other two...Hermione Granger.
Prologue:
At the end of his fifth year at Hogwarts, Draco's father was imprisoned in Azkaban and later given the Dementor's kiss for his crimes as a Death Eater. Following his sixth year at school, Aurors killed his mother while trying to help obtain information from the Department of Mysteries for Voldemort. Then, at the end of his final year, Potter and his band of merry men had defeated the Dark Lord and banished him from the mortal realm forever. All of these factors had filled Draco with a hate and loathing for the Golden Trio and the Order of the Phoenix like nothing before in history. Each event had not just altered Draco's life but his family's honor and prestige. He left Hogwarts with a small fortune and no hopes of a reputable job in magic because of all the scandal surrounding Voldemort's reign and ultimate downfall. The Malfoy name, which had instilled fear for centuries, was meaningless now and for that Draco had long since vowed to take revenge. But being one of the more brilliant wizards of his year, he knew better than to do anything too soon, as it would arouse suspicion. Instead he kept close track of the whereabouts of the Golden Trio, which wasn't too difficult since the Daily Prophet ran stories frequently on their exploits due to their fame, and waited patiently for the opportunity to present itself.
After graduation with no real viable opportunities presenting themselves, Draco had decided to head to Paris where he had heard tales of a secret organization that had its headquarters based there. The details were sketchy at best but they had great power and influence all around them as they had been in quiet existence for centuries. His father had been the first to tell him about them and their goals and it had prompted him to do some research of his own. He found most of his information in the muggle world, as they believed the brotherhood was long defunct at best or never truly existed. Started by scientists to disprove the existence of God (a religious based theory for Muggles to explain miracles or random unexplainable magical events) which Draco found to only prove the ignorance of the Muggle world. Though he never really bought into all of Voldemort's philosophies or practices, he did share the contempt for all non-magical people, places and things. However, he would never agree to join the Death Eaters as he did not take orders from anyone, especially not a Mudblood – which Voldemort was no matter how he tried to hide that fact.
While on his travels throughout France, he had met many people who had very strong beliefs one way or the other in the existence of the Priory of Sion but those beliefs seemed to be drawn upon the lines of whether the person tended to believe in God or Science. Soon Draco was spending hours upon hours in the Louvre in Paris (a famous art gallery that houses many superb works of art including the Mona Lisa) studying the paintings and inventions of Leonardo Da Vinci, who was one of the original founding fathers of the Priory. Draco discovered that, at some point in time, Da Vinci had stumbled upon the magical community and bargained to help them introduce the two worlds together. However, after meeting strong opposition from the Ministry, he joined forces with some of the influential Dark Arts families to put magic in its rightful place atop the pecking order in the hierarchy. To do this they opted to release certain theories and formulas (potions to the magical community) to the Muggle world in the interests of science and profiting by such ventures to create a proving ground for them to build a financial empire and gain world dominance. In the sixteenth century, the Priory was thought to be exterminated by the Vatican and brought a misguided sense of calm to the religious community. In truth, the Priory had gone underground to rebuild their empire but spread in out in smaller sects that were seemingly unrelated until the time of choosing to unite and promote their dominance to the world.
It was there in Paris that Draco would find solace in a member of the group that would convince Draco to drop most of his projects in the magical world and begin building his interests in the Muggle world. Soon he had amassed an enormous entrepreneur reputation and was listed as one of the worlds richest and most powerful men, rivaling the likes of Bill Gates and Donald Trump. All the while keeping a close eye on his true goal of personal dominance of the Golden Trio. His muggle exploits were noted by the Ministry, but there was nothing they could do except get one of their smartest and most resourceful of witches to look into his businesses and ascertain what his motives were in the Muggle world. That person would be Hermione Granger, and she would play into Draco's ultimate plan – to gain access to her and all her intimate knowledge of her oldest and dearest friends. The ministry had unknowingly just served her up on a silver platter to her arch nemesis to do his bidding.