[Disclaimer: I changed my name to J.K. Rowling so I could claim to own Harry Potter. But then J.K. beat me up. So I can't claim that anymore.
A/N: Lucius never went to Azkaban (duh) in this story and other facts might be disregarded
Lucius Malfoy was enjoying his morning coffee, as usual. The night before had been long with raids of Mudbloods' homes. The Dark Lord had seemed to want complete action last night, and Lucius had already been tired beyond belief. Lucius let out a small yawn. He turned his cold grey eyes towards his wife as she entered.
"Good morning, dear." Lucius smiled at Narcissa as she walked towards him.
"Good morning." Narcissa smiled and gave her husband a quick peck before heading towards the living room. Narcissa picked up the Daily Prophet and hurried back into the dining area. She began to read the Daily Prophet for any interesting scandals.
An owl flew into the Malfoy Manor and dropped a letter into Lucius' lap. He turned his head towards the letter, his pale blonde hair falling from behind his shoulder. Narcissa turned towards him in such a rush that her head became dizzy. Narcissa had become very paranoid since the Dark Lord started his new reign. Narcissa seemed to believe that Lucius was betraying in her some form, mainly adultery. Lucius had to spend many nights out late, fulfilling his Lord's requests or at his meetings. This only put fuel upon Narcissa's fire of paranoia.
"It's from Draco, dear." Lucius glanced up at Narcissa. The look of hurt and worry was quickly erased from her face. "He says he'd love for you to send him some of your infamous cooking." Lucius smirked at his wife. Narcissa's eyes still showed a bit of disbelief that it was Draco's letter and not some other woman's. "If you'd like to read the signature…" Lucius trailed off.
"Oh, no. Of course I'll make Draco something." Narcissa smiled, relieved that the letter was actually from Draco.
Lucius gave an audible gasp as he finished the letter. "Hermione Granger." He laughed out loud to himself. They're just trying to make this easy for me, aren't they?
"Wha … what?" Narcissa's expression was once again worrisome at the sound of another woman's name.
"Don't worry, sweetie." Lucius rose from his chair and walked towards his wife. "Draco's just telling me of…current events at Hogwarts." Lucius smirked as he gave his wife a kiss upon her cheek. Her expression was once again cleared of all negative emotions. A Mudblood. Ha! It seems they just don't want Potter to be safe. Lucius laughed again, causing Narcissa to turn around. "Oh, nothing, dear. I need to go send Draco an owl." And with that, Lucius left the room.
Lucius Malfoy looked around the dark dungeon. The dungeons held an eerie darkness, contributed by the late hours of the night. Several Death Eaters had been summoned to this meeting. In the crowds, he could only assume and guess at who the men were judging by their figures. Crabbe and Goyle. Just as Lucius began to decipher who more of the summoned Death Eaters were, the Dark Lord appeared. All eyes fell upon the Dark Lord.
"Lucius." the Dark Lord turned to face Lucius. "You believe to have come across some news that we would find useful?" The Dark Lord spoke as though not believing that Lucius had, indeed, discovered anything important.
Lucius stepped out from the rest of the Death Eaters and bowed to his master. "Yes, my Lord." Lucius did not continue. He awaited permission from his Lord.
"Continue, Lucius. We do not want to sit here all night." The Dark Lord sneered. "Straight to the point, Lucius."
"Oh, of course, my lord," Lucius gave another slight bow. "My lord, I may not have knowledge of where Potter is located." A few of the Death Eaters gave an evil laugh; if this is what they came for, to learn what Lucius didn't know, they did not want to be here. "But," Lucius continued, ignoring the sneers from his fellow Death Eaters, "word has reached me of someone who does." Lucius paused, as if giving this a moment to sink in.
"Who is this wizard that has discovered?" The Dark Lord was becoming annoyed with Lucius' useless gaps in his information, and Lucius could tell.
"Of course, my Lord. It's a young Mudblood witch, Hermione Granger." Lucius saw the surprise in the Dark Lord's expression. No wonder. Who in their right mind would trust a filthy Mudblood with information of that importance?
"The friend of Harry Potter's? This seems too easy," the Dark Lord mocked.
"My lord," Lucius continued. "To my knowledge, neither Hermione nor Dumbledore are aware that anyone knows she has this information. This could help tremendously in her capture."
"Thank you, Lucius." Lucius gave yet another small bow towards his lord before stepping back into the group. The Dark Lord turned to around to face another Death Eater. "Severus, the young Mudblood is at Hogwarts, I assume?"
Severus Snape stepped forward from the others in the same fashion as Lucius had done. Severus gave a quick bow before replying, "Yes, my lord. She is Head Girl in her seventh year."
"Lucius." The Dark Lord snapped his attention back towards Lucius. "I am putting you in charge of gathering this filthy Mudblood to my presence by tomorrow night."
"Of course, my Lord. May I question as to why Severus cannot do it? He is, of course, already located upon the premises." Lucius' voice quavered as he questioned his master's choice.
"And have Severus lose Dumbledore's trust? No," the Dark Lord snapped angrily. "Severus cannot know anything about your plans expect the knowledge that you are going to take her." With that, the Dark Lord vanished.
