To Be A Malfoy
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Chapter 4: Taken
It was a week after James had been hit with the Cruciatus Curse; he was still on bad terms with his husband who did at least have the decency to feel guilty. For once.
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Late one afternoon James decided to go out for a while, to get out of the confinements of Malfoy Manor. "I'm going for a walk." He said as he headed for the door.
"When will you be back?" Asked Lucius following him, almost like an obedient dog.
As he opened the Entrance doors James looked over his shoulder in annoyance, "What's it to you?" He snapped before leaving.
Lucius sighed, I wish he would just hear me out. He shook his head in despair and headed back to his study where Draco was happily playing with his kitten.
A stray kitten had turned up at Malfoy Manor a couple of days ago and after a chat (the first civil one the Masters of the House had had since the incident), James and Lucius had decided to keep the kitten for Draco who had already grown attached to it.
"Where daddy?"
Lucius looked to his son grimly, "Eh, daddy's gone out for a while."
"Otay." Draco giggled. "Kitty!"
Lucius watched his son with a small smile on his face, although Draco looked like him, he couldn't help but notice the boy had a lot of James in him as well, like the short attention span for instance. You were hard put to keep James' mind on one thing for a long time, which was probably why he always caused so much trouble in his classes at school because he lost concentration.
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James wandered aimlessly down the road away from Malfoy Manor, he didn't know where he would go or why he was even walking, he just knew he wanted to get away from Lucius for a while and have some time to himself.
James folded his arms protectively over his stomach as he continued walking. I do love him but how can I continue to trust him if he's going to keep breaking promises?…God for all I know, he's probably having an affair…it wouldn't really surprise me though, even if it is upsetting.
As he turned the corner at the end of the street, James didn't realise he was being followed.
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"Who was he talking about?" Questioned Sirius in confusion. "I mean, the only person I can think of that fits that description and life is James. And as far as we know, Dumbledore doesn't know about him, does he?"
Remus shrugged, "I don't know Sirius. But whoever it is isn't going to be treated very kindly."
Sirius and Remus had just been at a meeting for the Order of the Phoenix and Dumbledore had mentioned a plan to catch the vulnerable spouse of a Deatheater in order to try and find out some of Voldemort's plans.
"Dumbledore is completely cracked." Said Sirius staring at the kitchen table in front of him. "I'm beginning to wonder whether we're on the right side…"
Remus went over to his lover and sat down, legs astride Sirius' lap, he linked his arms around Sirius' neck. "Let's forget about that at the moment eh? I know I want to."
Sirius smiled grimly and nodded, "Okay, it's not going to stop me worrying though."
"I know." Replied Remus; he kissed Sirius on the lips. "Maybe I can help you relax a little hm?"
Sirius wrapped his arms around Remus' thin waist; "I would like that very much." He pressed his lips back to Remus'.
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James wandered slowly through a park; he stopped momentarily to watch some children playing on the playground. He smiled faintly; playing in public with friends was something his own son wasn't able to do. It was too risky, as Lucius was on the dark side; Draco was a very good blackmail item for Albus Dumbledore.
James sighed and continued on his walk through the park, he entered a cluster of trees, he was now aware of being followed but he didn't dare look behind him to see who it was in case he got too scared.
"James!"
James stopped, Lucius. He turned around to face his husband, "What?"
"What's the matter?" Asked Lucius coming closer to the miserable dark haired man.
James leaned back against a tree and raised an eyebrow, "What's the matter? What part of your brain has missed the last week? You know full well what the matter is!" He watched curiously as Lucius came even closer to him, there was something different about his husband. "Luce?"
James was pressed right up between Lucius and the tree now and that was when he noticed it. Lucius' eyes were different, they weren't grey, they were blue.
Oh no… James tried to move but he couldn't. "Get away from me!"
"No." The impostor Lucius grabbed James' wrists with one hand and covered his mouth with another. "I am not letting you go anywhere."
And right before his eyes, James saw the impostor Lucius turn back into his real form. James couldn't remember the man's name but he knew he was one of Dumbledore's men.
"Dumbledore would like to see you."
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"I think we should warn them."
Remus pulled his mouth away from Sirius' neck in annoyance, "Okay, fine. Whatever."
Sirius nodded, he extricated himself from Remus' arms and stood up. "I'll be back later."
Remus glared at his lover as he left the living room where they had moments earlier been making out on the couch.
Sirius left their house and apparated to Malfoy Manor, he cast a charm that James had taught him that allowed him to go through the Manor wards and he headed up to the entrance doors and knocked.
A few minutes later Lucius opened the doors, "What are you doing here?"
"Such pleasantries." Commented Sirius sarcastically. "Look, this is important, can I come in?"
Lucius sighed and let Sirius in. "Is this going to take long?"
"Depends how many questions you ask when I'm done." Replied Sirius following Lucius to his study, where he had been a few times.
Lucius sat down at his desk; he glanced at Draco who was still happily playing with his kitten and then back to Sirius. "Well?"
Sirius sighed and sat down on a chair in front of the desk, "There was an Order meeting this morning and Dumbledore has a plan to capture the spouse of a Deatheater in order to find out some of Voldemort's plans." Lucius raised an eyebrow. "The only reason I'm telling you this is because the description Dumbledore gave us of who he planned to kidnap matched James. He never said when this kidnapping was going to take place though."
Lucius nodded, "Thanks for telling me." Shit…I shouldn't have let James go out on his own.
Sirius watched him curiously for a moment, "Are you all right?"
Lucius sighed, "James went out on his own earlier." Sirius raised his eyebrows. "Would they strike when he's alone?"
Sirius frowned, "If it is James, Dumbledore wants, he's hardly going to strike if you're with him is he?"
"I guess not."
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"Where are you taking me?!" Questioned James as he was forcefully led along a dirt path. He couldn't actually see as the man had blind folded him after pretty much kidnapping him.
"I am taking you to Headmaster Dumbledore." Replied the man.
James soon found himself in the office of Albus Dumbledore facing the Headmaster of Hogwarts. "Wh-why am I here?"
"Ah James, just who I was waiting for." Said Albus Dumbledore surveying the young man in front of him.
James stared at Dumbledore worriedly, "What do you want? Why the hell was I just kidnapped?!"
Dumbledore stayed calm, "As I understand James, you have been living with Lucius Malfoy for the past two or so years."
James scowled, "So what if I am? At least he cares about me, unlike my fucking parents who kicked me out of their fucking house as soon as they found out I was gay!"
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Lucius looked at the grandfather clock in his study, 7pm. James had left the Manor at 2:30pm and he was getting very worried. "Oh shit…" He was beginning to think that it was James that Dumbledore was going to kidnap. He soon got up and picked Draco up off the floor. "Come on little man, we're going for a trip."
"But kitty!"
Lucius sighed and picked the kitten up to. "Let's go." He decided to go to Sirius and Remus' and tell them that James hadn't come back after a four and a half-hour walk. He took Draco and the kitten outside the Manor wards and apparated them to the street Sirius and Remus lived on. He walked them up to their front door and rang the doorbell, he wouldn't normally converse with James' best friends without James around, but this was important and these two were both in Dumbledore's Order.
Sirius opened the door, "Well this is a surprise."
"Is he here?"
"Who?"
Lucius rolled his eyes, "James. He went for a walk nearly five hours ago."
Sirius let them in, "And he hasn't come back?"
"No." Replied Lucius, "Have you heard anything from Dumbledore?"
"What's going on?" Asked Remus appearing in the hallway yawning, he looked curiously between Lucius, Draco and the little grey kitten. "…James didn't come back did he?"
Lucius shook his head, "Look, if Dumbledore had him kidnapped where would he keep him?"
Sirius looked to Remus and then back to Lucius worriedly, "I-I don't know… Maybe at Hogwarts but it wouldn't be anywhere obvious…and I doubt it would show up on the Marauders Map." He ruffled Draco's hair. "We could find out for you?"
Lucius suddenly felt his dark mark start to burn. "Ow, eh, can you watch Draco for me?"
"Yeah sure." Remus took the tired little boy off his father and he took the kitten.
"Thanks." Lucius turned back to the door. "If you find out anything, please tell me."
Sirius nodded, "We will."
Lucius gave a small smile to them before leaving the house and apparating to the Riddle House.
Sirius turned back to Remus in slight shock; "Well…that was only slightly odd."
Remus smirked, "He does have a heart, it's just not obvious."
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Lucius was only half listening to what Voldemort was saying as he stood in the circle surrounding the Dark Lord. He was wondering whether he should let the Dark Lord know about Dumbledore's plan or not, he knew the Dark Lord would be annoyed but he also knew that James had no idea what Voldemort's plans were so there was no way he could give anything away.
Nineteen year old Severus Snape was talking at the moment, around a year ago he had gained Dumbledore's trust and was now spying for Voldemort. But Lucius knew full well that the boy had turned traitor and was now spying for Dumbledore.
Voldemort nodded, "So Dumbledore has decided to try blackmail."
"Yes my lord." Replied Severus. Lucius could tell he was nervous. "Dumbledore held another meeting a couple of hours ago to tell us that he had the victim, whose name he would not give."
"What?!" Exclaimed Lucius before he could stop himself. Black and Lupin better not have lied to me.
Voldemort turned to Lucius; "Do you have a problem with that. Lucius?"
"Eh…" Lucius hesitated. I might as well tell him. "It's just that um…I think I may know who Dumbledore kidnapped, my Lord."
Voldemort raised an eyebrow, "Care to share it with the rest of us?"
"I think it might be James." Replied Lucius regaining his composure. "Its just he never returned from a trip out today."
Voldemort nodded, "Very well, Severus I would like for you to find out as much information about Dumbledore's plan as you can. Avery, Nott, Goyle, I want you three to watch Hogwarts and any information you fail to bring to me will ultimately cause your deaths." He ordered sharply. "Macnair, I would like you to look into this at the Ministry, interrogate those whom you know are in the Order of the Phoenix. Lucius stay behind, and the rest of you can go."
After all the other Deatheaters left, Voldemort turned to Lucius who was nervously biting his lip. "You have been speaking with members of Dumbledore's Order, haven't you?"
Oh shit, he's pissed off. Lucius nodded, "Yes my Lord. James' friends, Lupin and Black."
Voldemort moved closer to Lucius, managing to intimidate the usually cold and confident Slytherin. "Do you know what I do to traitors?"
Lucius gulped audibly. "I have not turned against you, my Lord."
"Oh?" Voldemort raised an eyebrow, or at least he raised what Lucius thought was an eyebrow, it was hard to tell. "Then what business did you have with the Order?"
It was obvious that Voldemort didn't believe Lucius, in fact, the Dark Lord thought his right hand man was starting to go a bit soft.
Lucius kept eye contact with the Dark Lord, "Black came to me early this afternoon to tell me of Dumbledore's kidnapping plan, he thought it would be best if he let us know in case it was James that Dumbledore was going to kidnap."
Voldemort carefully watched Lucius' face for a few moments before nodding, "Very well. You are dismissed."
"Yes, my Lord." Lucius turned and left the Riddle House, once outside he let out a big sigh of relief. He knew he had just narrowly escaped the Cruciatus Curse off Voldemort, when Voldemort was suspicious of you he often tortured you. He did it to see how long you could withstand the torture curse in order to find out where your allegiance really lay. He had only had that happen to him a couple of times and both times it was because he had paid more attention to James than to Voldemort.
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James was scared, he knew he was still in Hogwarts but he had absolutely no idea where. He was confused as well, he thought Dumbledore was the good guy, but now he was kidnapping innocent people.
He was beginning to think Voldemort was the nicer wizard.
James sat with his legs crossed in an armchair in the room he had been locked in; he gazed around his surroundings. There was a table in one corner of the room and a bed in another corner; there was a fireplace and a three-piece suite. Through a door to his left was the small bathroom, which held a toilet, a bath and a shower.
James sniffled and rubbed his stomach, he still had his baby but it did hurt a little, he thought that it was probably from this sudden stress on top of his short time under the Cruciatus Curse last week.
I want Luce…I wish I never left the Manor…
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"What do you mean Dumbledore held another meeting?" Demanded Sirius, he didn't like being accused of things by Death Eaters. Especially when the Death Eater was Lucius Malfoy. "How would you even know anyway?"
Lucius sighed and rubbed his forehead, "Snape is spying on the Order for Voldemort, and as I gather he is also spying on Voldemort for Dumbledore. He told us at the meeting a little while ago."
Remus crossed his arms and stared at the ground in thought for a moment, "You know what this means?"
"What?" Asked Sirius and Lucius in unison.
Remus looked back up at them; "It is James that Dumbledore has. We were probably never told about this second meeting because Dumbledore knows we still have contact with James," He looked to Lucius. "And he probably knows if he tells us anything about this kidnapping then we'd tell you."
Sirius frowned in confusion, "How did he find out? James' parents never said anything about you two, and we definitely didn't so how?"
Lucius thought for a moment, "Snape probably knows and Pettigrew…They're both spying, its just Snape is the double crosser."
"…We're fucked." Commented Remus pointedly.
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James had stopped counting how many hours he had been kept locked in this room a while ago, but he figured it was around two days. He was currently curled up in the armchair scowling at Dumbledore who was trying to talk to him about his life.
"You don't get it do you?" Questioned James miserably. "I am not joining your side or the Order. I am not joining Voldemort's side either. I want nothing to do with this fucking war! I just want to live my life in the shadows with my son, at least."
Dumbledore, forever calm, nodded slowly. "You are however, still married to a Death Eater."
"What the hell do you care?!" Cried James, he got to his feet, his fists clenched at his sides. "He cares about me! Unlike my parents who were willing to let me die on the streets when they took me out of school! Lucius took me in, he gave me a home, he gave me the love I deserve and I am not for one second going to let you take that away from me!"
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Sirius ran a hand through his black hair, "Okay, so we know Dumbledore has James and we know he is hidden somewhere inside Hogwarts, its just a matter of finding him and getting him out."
Lucius sunk down further in his chair, he had lost all of his usual confident, head held high composure, that confidence was now replaced by nervousness and worry for his young husband. "Voldemort's going to kill us all if he finds out we've been talking."
"I thought he was going to leave us alone." Said Remus raising his eyebrows.
Lucius shook his head, "He was…but he's starting to distrust me, and without James around to stop him he'd kill us all in a heartbeat…and leave Draco as an orphan."
Sirius didn't know what to say, "Wh-why doesn't he trust you? Snape's the traitor in his group, not you."
Lucius stared at the his son in thought, "He must know we've been trading information…that and he's just looking for a good reason to kill disobedient Death Eaters."
Remus bit his lip; "Need I say it again?"
Sirius shook his head; "We're fucked."
…One Week Later…
Lucius paced the living area of his manor, Sirius and Remus seemed to have moved into the manor because of what had happened, they were both no longer sure of who's side to be on.
Lucius suddenly stopped pacing, he grabbed his wand off the mantle shelf and tucked it in his belt. "I've had enough, I'm going to Hogwarts."
"You can't just break in there!" Exclaimed Sirius looking up from the book he had been reading to his Godson.
Lucius raised an eyebrow; "Do I look like a man who cares?"
"Guess not." Replied Remus quietly.
"Precisely."
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James lay on his side on the bed in his prison cell; he hugged his stomach protectively and tried not to cry. All he wanted was to be allowed out of this place, Dumbledore had refused to let him go until he gave him every bit of information about Voldemort's plans as he could but James had tried telling him over and over again that he didn't know anything. But still, the old man persisted.
James buried his face in a pillow and cried, why wasn't there anything sharp in this room so he could end it all?
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Lucius stormed up the entrance hall steps of Hogwarts and to the Great Hall where he knew a dinner feast was going on, he slammed the doors open, earning him the full attention of all of Hogwarts' occupants. He stormed down the centre aisle and to the Head table, his robes billowing out behind him. He slammed his hands down on the table in front of Dumbledore when he got there, "Where the hell is he?" Dumbledore stayed silent. Lucius pulled his wand out and pointed it at one of the female Professors. "Tell me or she gets it."
Dumbledore rose from his seat, "Follow me."
Lucius gave him a suspicious look before following. No way, he gave in far too easily.
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James paced the room, how was he going to get out? Surely someone knew where he was by now!
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Lucius followed Dumbledore through a long network of tunnels, luckily for Lucius he was pretty good at remembering directions and paths like this one.
They soon stopped outside a door and Dumbledore silently put a key in the lock.
Lucius watched the old man darkly, "I swear Dumbledore, if he is hurt-"
"He is perfectly fine, Lucius."
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James stopped pacing when he heard the lock on the door click. He knew it was a normal muggle lock but he had nothing to pick it with, he wasn't strong enough to knock the door down and he had had his wand taken off him so he wouldn't have been able to escape that way either. He watched as the door opened, he sighed in disappointment when Dumbledore entered. "I suppose you've come to try and get me onto the light side again?"
"No James, I have come to let you go." Replied Dumbledore honestly.
James could hardly believe what he was hearing. Why the sudden change of heart? "Wh-" He stopped speaking when Lucius appeared from behind Dumbledore. "Luce." He rushed over to his husband and practically leapt on him in a hug. "Oh god I missed you…"
Lucius wrapped his arms protectively around James' slim waist, he kissed him on the head and glanced back at Dumbledore who was watching them both. "Don't ever come near my family again." He left the unsaid threat hanging in there as he took James' hand and led him out of the room.
Once they were just outside the castle Lucius stopped them and turned to James, he surveyed his husband. James was pale and frightened and his eyes were red from crying. Lucius kissed him on the forehead and pulled him back into a hug. "I am so sorry you had to go through that." He could feel James shaking slightly.
"I'm okay…" Replied James, he was quite obviously lying. "I just need to go home…and perhaps have a memory charm…"
Lucius pulled away from James a little so he could see that gorgeous face. "That can be arranged." James managed a weak smile. "Come on, let's go home. You have a son and a couple of canines that miss you."
James let Lucius lead him away from the school and apparate them back Malfoy Manor.
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A/N: How was that? Okay, a little change of plan, the rest of this story is going to be set a few years in the future but it will still contain flashbacks.
Next Chapter: Ten years later. The War has quietened down but it is still going on. Lucius is a School Governor and still Voldemort's right hand man. James is teaching at Hogwarts and still in a neutral position in the War. Draco has just started his third year at Hogwarts and he is in Slytherin. And what did Sirius do to get put in Azkaban?
