It was two weeks since Tom has made his promise and he was determined to keep it. He had barricaded himself in his office picking apart his plans to find their flaws and knitting them back together in order to create the perfect plan that would get create peace once and for all.
Silas did not seem to mind his Dad's work due to the new company he had created for himself within his new little family. He was never seen without Alexia, Allison or Michael. Silas was also seen in their rooms around bed time, tucking in each of his 'siblings', reading them stories and wishing them goodnight. He also turned up at various times in the night, knowing on instinct when one of them had a nightmare, soothing them and even sleeping with them to ensure they were safe for the rest of the night. All of the men could see how possessive he had become of the three of them and they knew that with these new children he would begin to heal. They had also noticed Tom from time to time, when he had ventured outside of his office, checking up on the four of them, smiling when he saw them cuddled in their sleep or playing a game together. He saw them all as his children and had been slowing coming to his decision on what to do about the three new additions.
Draco, Theo and Blaise came to the Manor constantly and they had also integrated themselves within a select few to which the attachments had grown quickly and bonds of family had forged between the children. Connor and Matthew had become particularly attached to Draco while Shane had immediately bonded with Draco who always offered the young boy comfort and blood when he needed it in an effort to make the boy's life more adjustable in the Manor.
Blaise had become closer to two sets of twins that had come from an orphanage in Oxford, two were vampires while the other two were incubus. They had attached themselves to Blaise during the first night and had yet to leave his side in everything he did. It was because of this that both Blaise's parents had considered how to deal with the sets of twins and their conditions. Although Blaise's Mother was a subscubus, the thought of various creatures in their house at once, two vampires aged seven and two incubuses aged nine was not completely appealing, especially with Blaise being fifteen. But the children's creature inheritance did not stop them from considering adopting the four, especially due to the closeness of their children. They knew that the children were not already in line for a family and they believed that due to the reliance the four boys had on Blaise that the family dynamic would not be changed and therefore would work well.
Many of the other children had found friendships and bonds while in the manor while the adults had tried to find suitable placements for the children. Many however they had found did not want to be separated and Bellatrix had volunteered to take six children, all werewolves who had joined together to form a pack and could not be separated. Of course Rodolphus had not been happy with this arrangement as he had formed a natural attachment to a little vela girl called Sophie and she did not get on well with one of the werewolves, Kale. Another trouble with the pack was Fenrir's son Clayton had formed a natural attachment to the pack and Fenrir had also formed an attachment. However Bella's closeness to Malachi who was ten, mainly due to his looks and personality being so close to Bella's, had the two at odds. Throw in Fenrir who considered the children part of his pack and there were numerous arguments and fights at various parts of the day. In addition to this, Bella and Rodolphus had tried to getRyu and Kaida to open up to them and calm them in to their new situation but the twins were more like Rodolphus and Rabastian in their mannerisms and their abilities of twin telepathy. No one else would get involved with the Lestrange Family dynamic and even Tom had decided on which action would be taken for the children. Because of this, all of the children were staying within the manor and close to each other, causing further problems of bonding and arguments.
However the children seemed to be fine with their current arrangements, somehow sensing that there was something big coming and that they all needed to be together and out of harm's way. They were right. There were multiple meetings a day with plans being formed and then thrown out in an attempt to stop the war once and for all. They had gone over different ideas numerous times but always ended up with square one. With the numerous armies that the Dark had, it would have been relatively simple to call out the Light in a full scale battle. However this was not ideal due to the death toll being high and the thought of ripping families apart once again. They had to try to peaceful method, with little blood loss, but where Tom could gain revenge on Dumbledore for what he had done to Silas.
Dumbledore was angry. How had so many muggle born children disappeared? They had all been taken by the Dark and no one could find them. Dumbledore knew that not all of the children were in fact muggle born. He himself had placed twenty six of the children, who were pureblood, in to homes that were not suitable, especially for a magical child. However he did not want those children to grow up like their parents and so having them beaten to submission would help him to keep tight control over them. In addition to that it also gave him things to play with. The only child who he had not been able to play with was Harry. He was waiting until this summer before he decided to get to the boy; after all he had been manipulating him for the past four years to do as he wanted and he had decided that he could take it further after his fourth year.
He had already gotten bored of his other toys such as Dean Thomas, Felicity Riley and Heather Grant. All had been a good toy, giving him exactly what he wanted but there was no satisfaction in what he had received. Sure they screamed, they cried and they begged but they were not as arousing or delicious as the tapes he had of Vernon and Harry. There was no satisfaction of taking the Dark Lord's only son to use to his pleasure. He knew he had to get him back. To tie him up in his private play room and keep him there as his own. But he could not do that until he got him back. Then he could boast. He could make sure that everyone from the Dark Side knew that he had Harry and they would never get him back. Never.
Tom smiled at his paper. He finally had the perfect plan to get Dumbledore out of the picture. However he had to make sure that Harry Potter died first. The inner circle had decided that the easiest route would be transfiguration but the risk of Finite had caused them to reconsider. The final idea they had chosen to go on was transfiguration with a blood bind that would keep the transfiguration even if a Finite was used. They had also chosen to use a Parseltongue spell that would only be able to be broken by another Parseltongue, also maintaining the safety of the truth remaining undiscovered. Silas had been in most of these meetings, ensuring that he knew what would happen and how so that he could comply too the story and tell his friends. Moreover Tom wanted Harry to be included in the planning and ideas so that he did not feel left in the dark about himself. They would deposit the 'body' in the middle of Diagon Alley with a note to warn the Wizarding World that only those who seek to harm the Dark Side would face the same fate.
The true warning would go to Dumbledore however.
He would be next.