A/N: Chapter five. Sorry I haven't posted in so long, I am in a slump. ARGH! Any ways hope you like!!!! Please R&R!!!! DISCLAIMER: Sadly I own nothing.*sigh* Well the plot is mine. The characters belong to J.K Rowling and Warner Bros. blah, blah, blah.

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"Lucius."

"LUCIUS!!!"

Lucius awoke with his head pounding. He moaned. He had no idea where he was, he could barely see. The blonde realized that he was sitting a cushy chair. Suddenly he felt a burning in his throat and bent over the side of the chair. He retched then vomited.

Lucius felt a hand on his back. How had he not realized there were people here? He straightened up and wiped off his mouth and looked at the old kind face that was smiling at him.

Lucius tried to speak but his voice chose not to work. Instead s faint gurgling sound was emitted.

"Lucius, I am glad to see that you are awake," said Dumbledore, his light blue eyes glinting.

Lucius nodded and then said quietly, "Why, why am I here? Why am I not dead? Why-" Dumbledore raised a hand to quiet Lucius.

"You are not dead because I have healed your wound as much as I could. And you are here because I must ask you what happened tonight, well more importantly where Voldemort went."

Lucius sighed; he was very reluctant about telling Dumbledore what had happened. He heard some shuffling at the back of the room. Lucius turned around. Severus. There he stood in the shadows looking like some specter. Lucius saw his lip curl. Guilt and anger poured into Lucius's soul. He remembered what happened sixteen years ago.

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1979

Lucius sat there tapping the table nervously. His mask was making is face sweat and the hooded cloak he was wearing was far too hot for the middle of July.

"Would you stop that horrible tapping? It's driving me crazy Malfoy," hissed Voldemort.

Lucius stopped and looked across the room to another Death Eater. Snape. He had to lose the fact that they were friends. He hated it, pretending the only person he had called a friend to be nothing.

He sighed. He felt so horrible. When Severus had been admitted into the Death Eater it was he who had initiated him with the Cruciatus Curse. And now, after what Severus had done, he would have to do it again, but to his death.

Severus had betrayed Voldemort by going to Dumbledore, he had been offered a teaching job, and of course, he accepted.

Lucius had wished that his friend hadn't of been so stupid! Anger clouded his mind. He couldn't do it. He couldn't kill his best friend.

"It is time Lucius," said Voldemort, "for you to get rid of that piece of shit."

Lucius breathed heavily and said, "Come on Sev-I mean Snape."

Severus got up slowly and followed Lucius into a grassy courtyard. They stood face to face, about ten feet away from each other. Lucius pulled of his mask with a gloved hand, and flicked his long blonde hair from his fair face.

"I don't want to do this Severus."

"It's too late! You already lost my friendship! You ratted me out! You might as well finish the job by killing me!"

"I NEVER RATTED YOU OUT," roared Lucius. "YOU ACTUALLY WOULD THINK THAT I WOULD DO THAT TO.TO A FRIEND?" Lucius's temper was short these days, and it took only something small to set him off. But it was true; Lucius had never told Voldemort what Severus was doing. To be perfectly honest he didn't even know until Voldemort had told him that Severus was to be executed.

"Lies.all lies! Why would I believe you?"

"Because.Because.I'm your friend"

Severus smiled, "correction, you were my friend."

"Crucio"

Severus screamed and fell to all fours. Tears formed in his eyes. Lucius topped when he saw this. He didn't want to hurt him.

Lucius ran forward and dropped to his knees just in front of Snape. "Go," he whispered. "Severus Disapparate! Go now!"

Severus just looked at him and spat in Lucius's face, "I don't need your pity!"

"You have to get out of here!" He wiped the spit from his eye.

Severus gave Lucius a cold look and vanished leaving a small cloud of smoke where he was just seconds before.

"Is it done?"

Lucius looked over at Voldemort. "Yes, My Lord," he lied.

"Where is his body?"

"Um.I.I got rid of it. I used the vanishing spell."

Voldemort looks over at the small wisps of smoke. His eyes narrowed. "YOU," he pointed his wand at Lucius! "You liar!!! CRUCIO!!!"

Lucius cried and howled in pain. He gripped his head as if he was going to rip out his hair. He fell to his knees, screaming at the top of his lungs. The spell stopped and Lucius fell to all fours, twitching, and sweat falling from his brow.

Voldemort kneeled down next to Lucius and said maliciously, "you won't be lying to me anymore will you Lucius?"

Lucius groaned a response.

"What do you say to me?" Lucius said nothing. Voldemort got up and kicked Lucius in the stomach, who then curled into a frail human ball.

"YOU WON"T LIE TO ME AGAIN WILL YOU?" He kicked Lucius again.

"NO!!! No, no," whimpered Lucius, "No."

"Good now get up!!! You're going to help me find him!!!" Voldemort pulled Lucius by the neck of his robes and threw him forward. "Put that mask back on, I don't want to see your face."

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"Maybe," Severus's voice cut through Lucius's thought like a sword," you should answer the headmasters question instead of staring into space."

"Oh! Yes, well you see.Well the funny thing is I didn't see where he went. It was dark-"

"I fail to see humor in that Malfoy," said Snape, becoming angry.

Dumbledore cut in, "are you sure that you don't know where he is?"

Lucius nodded, "I have no idea where he's gone-"

"LIKE HELL YOU DON'T," cried Snape, "YOU HAVEN'T CHANGED YOU ARE STILL THE LIAR YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN!!!"

Lucius stood up, his anger was obvious. "LOOK I NEVER LIED TO YOU!! NEVER!!!"

"OH SHUT UP! YOU KNOW PERFECTLY WELL THAT YOU LIED TO ME!!!! YOU TOLD HIM!!! YOU'RE A LYING SON-OF-A-BITCH!!!"

No one heard Dumbledore's protests. Snape and Lucius's arguing became louder.

"I NEVER TOLD HIM!!! I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW!!! SO STOP BEING SUCH A BLOODY PRI- "A fist came in contact with Lucius right eye and he staggered backwards and tripped over a chair.

"Bastard." Lucius felt his brow where a cut was bleeding profusely.

"THAT IS ENOUGH," bellowed Dumbledore's deep voice. He pulled Lucius to his feet. Lucius had had enough of Snape and pounced, knocking Snape to the ground.

Soon it was a flurry of fists. Dumbledore was now furious. "IMPEDIMENTIA!!!!" Both Lucius and Severus stopped instantly, frozen as they were.

"COME NOW," said Dumbledore,"YOU ARE TWO GROWN MEN!!! THIS IS CHILDISH AND PATHETIC!!! NOW STOP THIS!!!" He waved his wand the spell ceased.

Lucius and Snape both got the feet. If looks could kill they would both be dead.

"Good," said Dumbledore, "now there are-"He was interrupted but a sharp knock the door of the office.

"Open up Dumbledore," said a gruff voice.

Dumbledore opened the door. There stood Mad-eye Moody and three other Aurors.

"Alastor to what do I owe the visit?"

"We're here to arrest Malfoy."

"What?" Lucius backed into Dumbledore's deck as the Aurors entered the room,

"Do not struggle Malfoy or we will have to use force."

"Why am I being arrested? What did I-"

"We have proof that you are a Death Eater, and for this crime you will be sent to Azkaban for the duration of your natural life," said the female Auror.

"Alastor, I believe Lucius is no more a Death Eater than I."

Severus made a noise of disagreement.

"Yes Severus," Dumbledore said quietly.

"Headmaster we have no proof that Lucius isn't a Death Eater," He gave Lucius a very nasty look.

"NO! I WON'T HAVE THIS! I AM NOT A DEATH EATER," cried Lucius who was now sweating. "Please."

"You may not be a Death Eater now," started Severus Silkily, "but you were."

Lucius's eyes widened. "DAMNIT SNAPE!!! I SAVED YOUR LIFE AND THAT IS HOW YOU REPAY ME? BY SELLING ME OUT?" Lucius stopped. He had just admitted to being a Death Eater. "Shit," he whispered to himself.

"Thank you Malfoy, that is all the proof we need, "said Moody smugly.

"NO!!!" Lucius through a random punch and hit one of the male Aurors, who fell to the floor with a thud. Lucius now was throwing more accurate punches, and hit another Auror. Moody dodged the platinum blonde's punches and slipped behind him. Mad-Eye raised his fist and slammed it hard into the back of Lucius's head.

Lucius stopped flailing his arms. He swayed on his feet and if in slow motion he fell to his stomach and saw nothing but darkness.