I do not own Harry Potter it's all JK Rowling's :)

It was a rainy night in heart of London. Puddles quickly formed in the uneven sides of paved surfaces reflecting a neon jungle of signs that ran up and down the length of the busy area. Despite the weather people still bustled about on their Friday night shopping trips, blind dates, and bar hopping.

Lucius Malfoy lurking from the shadows looked out on the muggle populace with disgust. He had just come from a Death Eater raid on a muggle born family's home in one of the eastern boroughs of London and had no wish to return to the Manor right away as his Master would no doubt be waiting for a detailed account of their latest victory. It was exhausting to please such a megalomaniac.

So here stood the rich and powerful Lucius Malfoy, observing the world around him and soaking up all the reasons why he supported a cause that would blot out all of this idiotic existence taking place before him. A couple so obviously in love strolled by enamored with each other and completely oblivious to the world around them. A street vendor gave a hearty laugh from some nonsensical joke a customer had just told him. A group of young people strolled by with their recent trove of purchases. What made these simpletons so happy with their mundane lives? Could he be happy with such a life? Was he truly alright with the idea of being at the beck and call of a temperamental dark wizard for the rest of his life? Surely his family could supply enough happiness. Were he and Narcissa even in love anymore? Or was their love only a pretense sustained by the love of their son and mutual support of the Dark Lord? It seemed lately he'd been grappling with these types of existential questions for no good reason that he could find. He quashed this fanciful line of questioning immediately, replacing it with familiar and comforting rhetoric. He had made his choice long ago after all, and there would be no return from that commitment to the creed of a pureblood. These muggles - they were useless, lazy, filth that had to be cleansed of this earth. And mudbloods, were just the impure spawn of such useless, lazy, filth. The lot of them - worthless. All in time though, and a short while he assumed since the Dark Lord was quickly recovering his power after being resurrected . Wasting no more of his time among the throng of happy muggles Lucius rounded the corner into a dark alleyway to apparate home.

When he was a little ways down the alleyway he began to notice a strange buzzing frequency filling the air as a blue floating light ahead of him seemed to grow into a large pulsating spiral. Quickly he pulled back into the shadows against a wall drawing his wand to be ready for whatever this strange magic was.

Out of the depths of light leapt the figure of a woman who landed gracefully into a crouch. He tried to get a better look at her face but just then she whipped around away from him to face the light - apparently she hadn't noticed him yet. Good.

Standing up abruptly she called out

"Cliff."

"Yes Miss?" spoke a mans voice from no place Lucius could pinpoint.

"Close the gateway"

"Yes Miss"

"Hurry Cliff!"

Lucius narrowed his eyes at the peculiar sight that was unfolding. She had an American accent, unlike the British one she had been speaking to, and was dressed strangely in a form fitting black jumpsuit. Who on earth was this witch - for she had to be one with the ability to pop out of thin air - but with a magic so unknown to him. He decided to wait a little while longer and observe before making his presence known.

She turned back around preoccupied by fiddling with a gadget on her wrist that lit up with a similar shade of blue from the portal as the huge mass of light she came from diminished into nothingness.

She spoke again but more urgently "How much time?"

"One minute and 27 seconds before they pinpoint the jump location and their portal forms."

"And how many are we to expect?"

"Three Hunters."

"Shit. How are your power sources doing? I know we can't jump again but can you shield?

"I'm sorry Miss but I'll need at least 10 minutes to be able to have enough energy to cloak us entirely and successfully"

"Better run for it then huh?"

At this the voice man's voice paused "… I do have enough residual energy to disguise your features, and I detect a large crowd just around the corner. You could take a chance and blend"

"Your right, they weren't high level hunters so they won't have had access my signature code to track me completely. Still better run for it though. Time?"

"One minute four seconds"

"Alright do it! Now Cliff!" and at that her hair began morphing into straight black locks from their volumous brown curls, and her outfit became muggle jeans and a dark green jumper.

She broke out in a run towards the street where Lucius had come from. He stepped out of the shadows and was about to send a stunner when she crashed into his broad chest. She looked up from heavy fringed bangs at the man in question whispering frantically "no time! c'mon" and broke out into a run again pulling him along by the wrist with a surprising amount of strength. She was not going to get an innocent bystander be killed by Hunters if she could help it! She'd deal with the stranger later but now he could be prove to be a useful prop.

Lucius was in a state of momentary shock to say the least and was surprised he hadn't yet broken away from her vice like grip. This wasn't like him at all! She rounded the corner onto the main street and almost crashed into a man carrying groceries and a woman with her child.

"Shit shit shit…" she kept mumbling over and over as she ran further down the sidewalk trying to dodge every passerby.

From her wrist gadget the British man's voice came again "Aubrey their portal has successfully formed and they'll be here any moment, better blend quickly!"

"Yes Clifford I KNOW!" She saw mulling crowds up ahead. She smiled to herself. Good, more people to disappear among. She had a plan now, it was perfect.

"Aubrey…" the voice from the device was growing impatient.

"Yes yes give me a moment!"

She stopped and backed into a storefront wall pulling Lucius with her. A few seconds later she heard hurried footfalls heading their way along with a shout of "Don't lose her boys or the captain will have our head!"

Aubrey looked up at her unexpected companion and mumbled "I'm really sorry about this" before pulling him down to her lips. It was perfect really - with a bustling city like London no one would suspect a couple having a public snog on a Friday night. And they easily took the bate as the oblivious Hunters ran past her and further down the busy street without a single glance their way. The couple stayed like that a few moments longer to be on the safe side before Aubrey pulled away and patted Lucius' chest

"Thanks for … that" she laughed nervously. Now she could have a good look at her compatriot - and he was devastatingly handsome with his long hair tied back in a queue and obviously expensive tailored black clothes. His grey eyes were gorgeous and stormy and he smelled divine. She thanked the heavens that it was a Grecian god she ran into and not some lowlife drunk in the alley. Why was this beautiful person in an alleyway anyway? He was also incredibly familiar and she couldn't place it. She definitely knew this man… but from where? Oh well, it didn't matter! She was dazed and dazzled looking at his kissable lips until Cliff broke her out of her reverie instantly.

"They'll be backtracking soon ma'am and I still don't have the energy to cloak… or erase at the moment without permanent damage."

"Right then, lets see"

She looked down at the elegant black and silver flat half band around her wrist. Touching one side of it a blue holograph of a dashboard type gauge with numbers and images appeared above the band. After assessing her options she looked back at the man before her. He still hadn't said a single word, she couldn't read the expression he wore, and for the life of her she couldn't place where she knew him from! She didn't have time though, and would have to move fast. Soon.

"You never saw any of this. Forget it ever happened. And more importantly forget me. You'd be wise to keep your mouth shut" She smirked at him as his eyes narrowed. But before he could retort with words spoken from that glorious mouth she turned and ran disappearing into the crowd of people in rainy muggle London.

"What in Merlin's name just happened?" He whispered to himself.

So there is the first chapter. You know when you have a fanfic in your mind you KNOW you'd want to read but can't find any work an author has created to sate that plot craving? Well I'm no writer but I have these vignettes knocking around in my head with this character I've created interacting with Lucius, and so I'm being brave and writing it out for myself. Yes Aubrey is a strong female character but I don't think she will end up a Mary Sue - she has her own personal ghosts and faults too. At least that's what I hope. If anyone stumbles across this tell me if you like the first little chapter here.

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