Harry Potter and Voldemort's
Vengeance
Chapter Four: The Death
Eater
It was Lucius Malfoy.
"B-but, h-he can't b-be?" Fudge spluttered.
"Oh, can't he?" The auror asked, not at all surprised at the news that one of the richest members from the Ministry was a Death Eater. "He hates Muggles and you know it. Wants to wipe them out. Don't you think that he'll jump at this opportunity?"
Harry was looking from Fudge to the auror, then to Sirius and Remus, then back to Lucius. He was utterly confused but he didn't show it.
Fudge was shaking his head. Harry had the distinct feeling that he won't believe everything or anything that he sees right now. How long will it be till this guy gets it into heir head that Voldemort's back and the Death Eaters are in the hunt for me? Harry thought in frustration. We won't last long if he keep on going like this.
"No." Fudge finally said.
"What?" Harry, Sirius, Remus and the auror said altogether, their eyes wide with shock.
"He can't be a death eater."
"WHAT IN THE BLOODY HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT???" exploded the auror. "HE'S A FREAKING DEATH EATER AND YOU KNOW IT!!"
Suddenly, Dumbledore and Snape were in the compartment. It was obvious hat they just apparated.
"Sorry we couldn't come here earlier." said Dumbledore. "We had to go o Hogsmeade to apparate."
In Hogwarts grounds, no one can apparate or disapparate. It was a well known fact to anyone who read Hogwarts: A History. So only Hermione knows it.
Hermione looked at the faces around him. There was Ron and Hermione, looking too shocked to talk, Fudge, who was still shaking his head and looked in disbelief in Lucius Malfoy's body, the auror, who was breathing hard and glaring at Fudge, Sirius and Remus, both pale and Dumbledore and Snape. Dumbledore looked sombre but Snape had a look of loathing towards Lucius that was only reserved for Sirius or for Harry.
Fudge realised that Dumbledore was there and gave him a pleading look. "Dumbledore! Help! She thinks that Malfoy is a Death Eater!" he said, pointing at the Auror.
"I think that I have only one solution for this." said Dumbledore.
"Veritaserum." said Harry reading his mind.
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Snape handed the clear potion to Dumbledore. Sirius was trying not to glare a Snape, though there were instances that he couldn't help himself. Surprisingly, Snape ignored he glare and he even looked as if he didn't' notice it.
Harry, Ron and Hermione stood up from their places and stood next to Sirius and Remus. The Auror was talking to Dumbledore but Harry wasn't listening.
"Who is she?" Harry asked Remus.
"That's Victoria de Guzman." answered Remus. She's one of the best Aurors he Minisry has got. She's about the same level as Moody though she made a lot of enemies in the process, including the Malfoys. She's notorious for being furious with the Malfoys ever since they met at Hogwarts. That's why Fudge doesn't believe her."
"She was a Gryffindor." added Sirius. "Same age as us. Best friends with your mother. Never saw one without the other."
Harry stared at her. He seemed to remember seeing her once before. Then it hit him: She was in one of the pictures in his parents' wedding. So that's her. he thought. He decided that maybe he'll ask her some things ... when she has a cooler head.
Remus started talking again. "She decided to be an Auror when your parents died. Dedicated her life to hunt him down. He even asked if she could take care of you. But Dumbledore said that her life's too dangerous for you. She was already being hunted down at that time because she put three Death Eaters to Azkaban."
"She's also an Animagus." added Sirius. "Acually, she was an illegal Animagi once. When she found out that me and James and that git Peer were, she insisted that she should learn too. I turned out that she was a pretty fast learner and you'll never guess what she can turn into."
"What?" chorused Harry, Ron and Hermione.
"A baby unicorn." answered Sirius. "Very very hard to do. James wanted to do that at first, but he found that it was too hard. Then when he turned into a stag, he felt that was the animal for him."
They stopped talking because Dumbledore was forcing Lucius to open his mouth and he dropped three drops of Veritaserum in it. He mumbled "Enervate" and Lucius' eyes flicked open. His eyes were unfocused. It was Victoria the Auror who began to question him.
"What exactly were you asked to do?" she asked, her voice with a slight Spanish accent.
"I was told to kill Harry Potter and his friends, the mudblood Harry Potter and Ron Weasley."
Fudge gasped. Everyone turned to the three mentioned. Harry was disgusted with the way Voldemort can just throw lives around, Ron was too appalled to speak and Hermione whimpered with fear.
"Show us the Dark Mark." ordered Victoria.
"Lucius pulled his robes up, passed his elbow and showed them the Dark mark, shining and black, with a look of pure evil, tattooded in his left arm. "Lord Voldemort ordered e to kill Potter and his mudblood friend and muggle lover Weasley." he began to smile. "Of course I was only to happy to oblige to him since I want to get my hands on that Mudblood Granger. And I had to obey or I was going to suffer the Cruciatus curse. I wanted to kill all the mudbloods in that damned school. I wanna kill them all."
Everyone turned to Harry, Ron and Hermione again. Hermione was almost fainting and Ron was gently comforting her. Harry felt guilty because he knew he was the one that started this mess in the first place, ever since first year. If they weren't friends with him, their lives wouldn't be threatened right now.
But it will be someone else's Harry thought. It won't make a difference. You'll just attract trouble wherever you go.
"Why did you return to Voldemort?" Victoria asked.
Lucius snorted. "It would be my life if I didn't do back to him. He never spares anyone. Although he calls us his family, he'll make us suffer to any length that will be enjoyable for him. He's already planning on killing Snape."
Everyone in the room were very still. Harry looked at Snape from the corner of his eye. He looked very pale. For a minute, Harry actuallr felt sorry for him.
But Lucius started talking again. "The Dark Lord said that he was only playing with Snape. That he knows that he's the spy." He smiled evilly. "He plans to kill Snape on the next meeting of the Death Eaters."
The news was greeted by even more silence. Then Draco came in, with Crabbe and Goyle. He was paler than usual and his eyes were wide with shock.
"D-dad?" he stammered.
Lucius seem to notice that his son was there. "Draco!" he cried. "Don't come near."
Draco ignored him and approached him anyway, but Dumbledore stopped him.
"Where are you planning to meet?" Victoria asked.
"At the middle of the Forbidden Forest." answered Lucius dully. "Everybody will be there. Crabbe, Goyle, Nott, Avery..."
The first four names were a shock to Fudge, as they were all Ministry Members. Victoria immediately went out of the compartment to contact the other Aurors, to warn them so that they can easily catch the Death Eaters at the middle of the Forbidden Forest.
Minute later, she was back. Lucius was tied around with bandages and was stunned again. Draco, Crabbe and Goyle were out of the compartment but Harry had a feeling that they will be closely watched from now on along with Nott's and Avery's sons.
"The Aurors will be waiting for the Death Eaters at the Forbidden Forest. Moody will be leading them. I will follow them into the night." said Victoria. She then glared at Fudge. "You. Are. Not. To. Give. Him. The. Dementor's. Kiss. We. Need. The. Information. That. He's. Got."
Fudge took a while to recover from the small threat. "My dear woman, I am the -"
"NO ONE GIVES A FREAKING HELL EVEN IF YOU ARE THE MINISTER OF MAGIC!!" Victoria exploded.
"Victoria, please." Dumbledore said quietly, but sternly. "There are children in the compartment."
Remus approached Victoria to calm her down. She was breathing rather hard and was still glaring at Fudge. Everyone was still and quiet.
Finally Snape broke the silence. "I suppose we extract all the necessary information from hi before we send him to Azkaban?"
Everyone looked at him and Snape nodded. He tapped his wand against Lucius and he disappeared. Then Snape, Fudge and Dumbledore disapparated.
Victoria left
to contact some of the Aurors she hasn't talked to yet. Sirius and Remus
stayed in the compartment to make sure that nothing like that happens again
in the trip.