A/N: On to chapter one! Please review, they keep me going and give me good insight!
Disclaimer: I do not own anything Harry Potter. Sadly.
Chapter One- It's Decided
Draco Malfoy strode through the Auror office as if he owned the place. In truth he nearly did. From the time he had been cleared of all charges around his eighteenth birthday he had thrown himself into Aruror training, and all it entailed. After a couple years of proving himself, he had been put on the biggest cases, choosing to work alone albeit what the board had suggested for years. He had brought the Malfoy name up from the pile of ashes his father had put it in so many years back.
Once the Vampires had begun showing themselves, he was the first on the case. He was the first to be put through special opps training that he himself had helped design. Draco Malfoy was highly respected in all of society, and he liked it that way.
After greeting his fellow aurors with a short nod, he continued to his office at the end of the hall, but was stopped as he was unlocking the door. "Malfoy, my office in five."
"Yes sir." Draco responded immediately, a smirk tugged at the corner of his lips as he gathered the few things necessary that he always took with him on missions. He knew this time was going to be no different from the rest, get in there, take care of it, get out. Let the evidence team take care of statements, evidence, and cleaning it up. Oh how wrong he was.
Not two minutes after he'd been told to come to his commanding officers office was he there. "Always early Malfoy. I believe I've finally learned to prepare myself to be ready not thirty seconds after I've called you." His commanding officer, Wade Thomas, said with a complete straight face. To others it would come off as rude, but Draco knew by now that what Thomas had just said was about as friendly as the man would ever get. He was ok with that.
Malfoy nodded to him, and hid the smirk he was dying to plaster on his lips. "What are my orders, sir?"
"Come with me." And with that the other man stood and strode off in the direction of the Auror board room. Draco followed, not asking questions, however much he wanted to, it was not normal protocol for a debriefing to happen in the board room. In good time. He thought to himself as he took a seat across from Thomas, Minister Shacklebolt, and the head of the Auror board, Edward Silva. Malfoy nodded in respect to each of the men across from him and waited for them to be seated before he sat down himself.
"We have a special mission for you Malfoy." Thomas started. Draco's silver eyes fixed on his as his commanding officer continued, "We need you to take prisoner number 878, and house them. They will be your partner," Thomas held up his hand before Draco could protest on the touchy matter of a partner, "And I do not want to hear any lip about it." He gave Malfoy a stern look before continuing, "The Vampire problem is getting out of hand, we are losing agents faster than when Voldemort was alive. We believe 878 had involvement in the Vampire community and so it has been decided between, Minister Shacklebolt, Mr. Silva, and myself that they will be an asset to our mission against the leeches." He paused, collecting his thoughts, "You are the best Auror we have, and we are in no way willing to lose you or any more agents, or civilians. Therefore, this operation is under wraps. No one but the four of us, soon to be five, will know of what's going on. The other Aurors and anyone who asks will be told you are on an indefinite leave of absence and it will be left at that. No one is to hear a word about this, is that clear Malfoy?" Draco nodded, watching the three men intently.
"What is the plan of retrieval of 878, sir?" Draco responded, without a second thought of whether or not he would accept his mission. There was no room for doubt, and Draco showed the three men he had no doubt to give them. Only determination to see this to the end, as per normal.
"If I am not correct your mother is currently living in France, and so the Malfoy Manor is in your hands on what will be done with it?" Thomas asked, already knowing the answer.
"Yes sir."
"You are to put up the strongest defense spells possible, not only to keep people out, but to keep 878 in." Draco nodded in understanding, "You are to pick up 878 tonight at midnight sharp, and take them to Malfoy Manor and keep them detained there until further notice. Your first objective is to get 878 in a healthy place. Set up a gym in the Manor, make sure they're fed three healthy meals a day. You know the routine Malfoy. You will hear from me within the next month of your next objective. Try to refrain from taking 878 out of the house, but I know they will be needing clothes and such, make sure it's kept under wraps and no one recognizes them." Malfoy nodded in understanding, and waited for them to continue. "You are dismissed." Draco nodded once more and began to stand and leave the room before Thomas called him back, "Oh and Draco, be careful. Read up on 878's file while you wait to go to Azkaban. There is no room for mistake in this mission."
"Yes sir." Draco replied dutifully before leaving the room, and heading down to the archives floor of the ministry to retrieve Prisoner 878's file.
Draco was sitting in a booth at a pub in down town Diagon Alley, a half eaten burger sitting next to him and a bottle of butterbeer being played with in his hands. "Relax mate, you're about to burn a hole in those papers you're glaring at." came a familiar voice.
"Zabini." Draco said looking up with a smirk on his face, he had placed an incantation on the file before him to look blank to anyone but himself so he could study it without any prying eyes. "I was hoping to see you here. Your assistant is a tight lipped braud isn't she?" He asked with an arched eyebrow.
"Yeah she is a bit tight lipped sometimes, ridiculous woman." Blaise Zabini shook his head and sat in the bench opposite Draco. "So what's going on mate? Being sent on another mission?" He asked, glancing down at the blank file Draco had been studying.
"Classified information. I am going to be on vacation indefinitely." Draco said, hiding the truth in his silver eyes like the perfect super soldier he was. Even his best friend couldn't know the truth.
"Alright, but I fully intend you to tell me the whole thing when it no longer becomes classified." He said with a wink, "Hope to see you around mate. And be careful."
Draco nodded and shook the other mans' hand before he was left with his file once more. He finished reading the file, taking in every single detail, before he downed what was left of his burger and butterbeer before leaving a generous amount of money on the table and leaving the pub, the full details of his mission firmly in mind.