May 1981
Dressed in his all black Death Eater robes, complete with a silver mask, Lucius walked quietly through the darkened street in muggle London; where the only sound was those of his own footsteps along with those that were walking in front of him and behind him a few feet. Tonight was his second wedding anniversary and it wasn't a happy one. Narcissa had spent a whole week arranging for Draco to stay with her parents for the weekend so that they could dine in Saliunca Alley, go sight seeing in Paris and had even bought revealing lingerie that she would only wear when they had the manor to themselves.
But as they were about to head out for their dinner reservation, Lucius had cursed loudly when he felt the mark burn on his arm. Narcissa looked rather displeased that their evening was ruined but he owled the restaurant to explain that they would be late and if they kept the reservation he would make it worth their while. The owner had replied that he would gladly keep their reservation and that had cheered Narcissa up a little, he bade his wife goodbye and apparated to his master's side.
The Dark Lord had ordered him, Bella, Rodolphus, Evan Rosier and Antonin Dolohov to go and kill some muggles who's half-blood granddaughter was rumoured to be a seer. The girl and her grandparents had been given protection from Dumbledore and the Order of the Phoenix. Voldemort had instructed them to bring the girl back to him unharmed and had given them the location of where to find the muggles and they instantly apparated into a dark alley and began to walk separately but not too far from one another. They all walked, the sound of their footsteps in unison and Bella delightedly singing: 'Bits and pieces, pieces and bits, poor old Benjy Fenwick!" and cackling at her victory.
Benjy Fenwick had been a member of the Order of the Phoenix and the fool had ran into Bellatrix. His sister in law was highly talented in the use of the unforgivable curses that she had used the imperius curse on Benjy Fenwick and lured him to a secluded and darkened part of Knockturn Alley. Knowing that nobody was around, Bella had managed to get information out of Fenwick about these muggles who were under the Order's protection and after she was satisfied with the information; she had killed him with such a powerful curse that he had been blasted into millions of pieces.
"Bellatrix, be quiet!" Lucius demanded.
They all stopped and looked at Bella, who had taken off her mask and was glaring evilly at Lucius; evidently displeased that he didn't want her to celebrate her victory which had made their master highly happy that one of the Order had been killed by one of his faithful followers.
"What makes you think I'll be quiet?" Bellatrix hissed.
"If you carry on with your ridiculous singing, you'll blow the mission!" Lucius growled.
Bellatrix stared at him through wide eyes and cackled, making her look as insane as he knew her to be.
"If it weren't for me Malfoy, we wouldn't be on this mission." Bellatrix stated.
"Yes and I admire your efforts to get us this mission, the Dark Lord is certainly pleased with you. But I fear that if you continue to boast of your conquest then we will fail to kill these filthy muggles." Lucius replied coldly.
"Jealous are we?" Bellatrix taunted.
Lucius rolled his eyes and turned to continue walking towards the house where the muggles were being hidden, with Bellatrix still continuing to sing about her conquest.
"That's enough Bella!" Rodolphus said in a harsh whisper, loud enough for all to hear.
The group stopped again, watching Rodolphus grab his wife by her shoulders; all the while Bella glaring murderously at him.
"Very well dearest, but only if you do something for me in return." Bellatrix affirmed.
Rodolphus raised an eyebrow.
"What's that?" he asked.
"When our master dismisses us for the night, I take you home and we try out those restraints." Bella replied.
Lucius rolled his eyes once more and continued to walk with Antonin and Evan, leaving Rodolphus and Bellatrix to have a little privacy. A minute hadn't even passed before the two of them caught up and they stopped outside the house, the light on in the living room with an elderly man sat on the sofa smoking a pipe.
"The fidelius charm has been broken." said Rodolphus.
Lucius nodded. With their wands raised and making sure that their masks were on securely; all five of them walked up the front steps and blasted the door open. There were screams from the elderly man's wife but she was soon silenced as Antonin sent a killing curse her way and she fell to floor, falling down the stairs as her eyes stared at the ceiling lifeless.
Two men came running through from the kitchen, ordering the elderly man to run with a little girl. The two men rushed into the hallway, wands raised and blocking spells that the five Death Eater's blasted at the them, the elderly man ran through to the kitchen with the little girl. Evan shot the killing curse at Fabian Prewett and he fell to the floor hard, Bellatrix cackled loudly in satisfaction. They continued to shoot curses at Gideon Prewett but the eldest of the Prewett brothers was determined to continue fighting.
The old man in the kitchen shoved the little girl out the back door before rummaging through the kitchen drawers. The five of them didn't notice as they were trying to weaken Gideon Prewett and although it was a slow process, they were slightly progressing. They hadn't known that Gideon Prewett would be able to fight them five against one.
It was as the old man in the kitchen pulled a strange looking object out of the kitchen drawer and with a bang something shot into Lucius's shoulder. Antonin Dolohov sent the killing curse at Gideon Prewett who crumbled to the floor just like his brother had minutes ago. Bellatrix used the cruciatus curse on the old man before sending Evan off to find the girl.
"Shit, Malfoy." said Rodolphus who was kneeling on the floor next to Lucius.
He winced in pain as Rodolphus ripped the clothing where he had been shot and dug into the wound to retrieve the bullet. Lucius looked at it curiously, he had never seen anything like it before.
"What is that thing?" asked Rodolphus
"It's called a bullet." replied Antonin.
"A bullet?" asked Rodolphus.
Antonin nodded, "Muggles have these weapons called guns and when you shoot at something, the bullet is what does the damage."
"He's bleeding." said Rodolphus.
"Get him back to my sister and send for Severus. Rod you take him back with Dolohov." Bellatrix instructed.
The two men lifted Lucius to his feet and together supported his weight as Bellatrix cast the Dark Mark over the house as Evan returned with a very frightened little girl. Lucius was going in and out of consciousness, he could barely feel the apparition and the walk up the driveway to the manor. Antonin kicked the door in and Narcissa rushed into the entrance hall, wand raised in alarm.
"It's alright Narcissa, it's only us." said Rodolphus.
Narcissa put her wand away but the look of worry never left her face, she watched as the two men lay Lucius on the sofa; still bleeding everywhere. She rushed to his side and knelt on the floor beside the sofa. She took hold of his hand, squeezing it lightly.
"What happened?" she questioned the two men.
"We were sent on a mission and he got shot." Antonin replied.
"Shot by what?" she shrieked in horror.
"A muggle weapon called a gun." said Rodolphus, , holding up the bullet.
Narcissa looked at her unconscious husband and the amount of blood that was dripping onto the carpet, it felt like Charlie all over again. She barely registered that Voldemort had entered her home with Severus. Rodolphus gently gripped her shoulder and pulled her away from Lucius, allowing Severus to examine the wound and heal Lucius. Voldemort watched as one of his faithful began to heal, smiling in satisfaction.
When Severus was done, he stood and cleared his throat.
"Well Severus, will he live?" Voldemort questioned.
Snape nodded, "Yes My Lord, the wound could have been a lot worse but he will be fine. A potion to twice daily and some rest, he'll be fine in a few days." Severus replied.
Voldemort turned to Narcissa, whose eyes were rather watery.
"Narcissa, your husband fought bravely and he shall be rewarded most generously." said Voldemort.
She nodded, "Thank you, My Lord." she replied gratefully.
"I shall have no need of him for now, I shall have Severus come to call in a few days."
"Thank you My Lord, I am grateful that you have such talented followers and I am grateful that my husband has been saved."
Voldemort nodded and then gestured for the Death Eaters to leave, Narcissa didn't get the chance to bid them all goodnight for they had already departed quickly down the driveway as the house elf shut the door.
"Dobby." she called.
Crack. The house elf appeared.
"Yes Mistress?" Dobby squeaked.
"Get your master to our bedroom and rested into bed. Do not hurt him in any way or so help me you'll be beaten with the umbrella stand!" she threatened.
The elf nodded in obedience and Narcissa went to the kitchens to get some water and a glass in case Lucius should wake up thirsty. When she returned to their bedroom, Lucius was laying on his side of the bed with a light blanket over him, she dismissed Dobby and sat on her side of the bed holding her husband's hand. It was supposed to be a lovely night for them, wining and dining in their favourite restaurant before returning to the manor and spending the night making love in the new black lacy nightgown that she had bought for the very occasion. But instead, her husband had returned home bleeding from what a muggle weapon had caused and she had had Death Eaters and the Dark Lord in attendance tonight. It wasn't exactly how she imagined spending her second wedding anniversary.
After half an hour, Lucius regained consciousness and stared around the room, giving her a small smile when he saw that he was home. That he was safe with her. But the smile faded when he realised that she didn't return his smile, her expression was angry, angrier than he could have ever remembered in the whole time they had been together.
"Darling-
"Lucius Abraxas Malfoy, you're a stupid fool!" Narcissa hissed.
He sat up a little but grunted in pain, Narcissa handed him the potion that Snape had left for her to give to him. He took the required dosage and after a few minutes the pain eased and he sat up.
"I had orders Narcissa, I had to go." Lucius stated.
"You promised me that you would always return."
"And I have returned." Lucius pointed out.
"You returned unconscious and bleeding, I thought I was going to lose you. It was like Charlie all over again." she cried.
Lucius leaned forward and stroked her cheek, she didn't bat his hand away.
"Narcissa, you've known for a long time what I am. I don't tell you about my missions but you are not stupid. I know that you know what I have to do." said Lucius.
She looked into his eyes, wishing that he didn't have to run off and come home in the state he had.
"What if you had died Lucius? I would be left a widow and a single mother! The pain I felt when Charlie died would be nothing compared to the pain of that!"
"I am fine Narcissa, you need to get over this fear." he snapped.
"You are not fine, you didn't see the state you were in." Narcissa hissed.
Lucius sighed, he didn't want to fight with her; not now. He knew that he had messed up, that it was supposed to be their wedding anniversary and that she had wanted to spend alone time with him. She had gone to so much effort and this is how he ended up.
"I do not wish to discuss this now, lay down with me." he requested.
Narcissa scoffed in disbelief but lay on her side of the bed and flicked her wand so that the lights went out. Lucius carefully lay next to her, shifting onto his side so that he could wrap an arm around her waist. She didn't nestle back into him, she didn't want to. She was furious with him. It was one thing to run off to his master's side but it was something else to come back in a state where he could've died.
"I'll make it up to you love." he promised.
Narcissa didn't turn to face him, she merely closed her eyes and allowed him to continue holding her.
"You better." she whispered.
A/N: So I hope you liked this chapter, this is my first ever attempt at Death Eater violence. I wanted this chapter to be different from the others for Lucius is leading a triple life in a sense, being at the Ministry, being a Death Eater and being a family man. So please let me know what you thought.