Fatherly Love 2

"Alright Ginny, tell me, what we got". Asked Harry as he entered the ministry auror's office.

"Right, well thank for coming Harry, I hope we haven't upset Sirius too much by this"

Harry shook his head, "No, you didn't upset him, ..I did".

Ginny looked like she was about to say something to that, but Harry spoke before she had chance. "I'll make it up to him later on, he doesn't deserve to be put second all the time, its not fair on him, …or me"

Harry sighed, yeah, he thought, I shouldn't put him second to my work all the time, next time I'll have to take him away so that we couldn't be disrupted.

With this in mind, he turned back to Ginny to start work. "Right, Ginny, how much do we know about these time-turner hackers"?

Ginny stood there for a moment wondering if she should bring up Sirius again but decided not to. "Well, these guys seem to be playing hide and seek with us at the moment, every time we track them to a location, as soon our men get there they disappear, and our intelligence team cannot re-trace them. It seems to me like they come to our time for a few minutes and then go back"

She looked up at Harry at this point to find that he was deep in concentration. Seeing that he wasn't going to say anything's to this she continued.

"Our intelligence team, run through our records all the way back to our fifth year, and came back with one possible suspect whom, it turned out, refused to state why he wanted the device, simply saying that it was confidential", looking up at Harry she finished, "it was Lucius Malfoy."

Harry looked up at this, why would Lucius Malfoy come into the future and risk changing it, even he couldn't be that stupid. "So we think that it is him, moving to and fro within time".

Ginny looked up at Harry and nodded. "We are almost certain that it is him whom is travelling time". "During our fifth year, the first of our new flight 3000 time-turner was invented, which, as you know allows the traveller more flexibility in where he goes, what he does and who he sees and who sees him, and our guys have exactly that, more flexibility".

"But Ginny, you have just said it, our problem is guys, not just one guy, you know that our new time-turners only permit one person to travel on them". Ginny nodded at this. "I know that Harry but your missing something, Lucius Malfoy did not just have one, he had two".

Back in Harry's fifth year

Albus Dumbledore sat in his office, at his desk going through his mail. He had been particularly busy recently running around everywhere, keeping the school afloat, the Order and watching Harry that he hadn't had the time to go through all his mail.

He had been sitting here for an hour before Severus Snape, the potion master at Hogwarts came in and told him that he was being called to the Dark Lords side.

"Ok, then, you must go, I shall wait for you here,…..Oh and be careful Severus".

Since then it had been another three hours and Severus wasn't back. Severus was never this late back from those meetings before, thought Albus, whom was gradually becoming very concerned.

It had been only the second week back for Severus within the death eater group and he had already been called four times. Finally, thought Albus, as he sent the last replying letter to one of his many correspondences, I'm finished.

Just as he began to relax, he heard the familiar knock on the door. Looking up Albus invited the knocker in. "Come in" The door opened very quickly and in strode Severus looking slightly nervous. "Ah Severus my boy, I'm glad your back safely, …….are you alright, do sit down"

Severus takes the seat opposite Albus and waits for his turn to speak. "What happened Severus, how did it go"? Severus shifted in his seat before he told the headmaster what he had overheard.

"Headmaster, the Dark Lords plan in not exactly what we had first thought, it appears that he is planning to send death eaters into the future with those new time-turners and bring back something in which, from speculation could help him in the war against us"

Albus whom had been sure of the Dark Lords plan, now became extremely worried, What is he planning to do in the future, that he can't do here?

"Do you have any idea of what he is looking for in that time Severus"? Severus shook his head, "I'm afraid not Headmaster, all I know is that contact with this new weapon has been established and that, Some day soon, they will take what the Dark Lords wants and bring it back to him, to this time".

Albus sat quietly in his very comfortable chair behind his desk, thinking.

He has suspected that Voldemort would do something he had not done before, he knew that Voldemort was excited about his new plan, but he didn't think that the Dark Lord was as close as he was to completing it.

"Severus you said that he had sent death eaters before into the future, do you know whom these people are"? Severus shook his head before replying. "The Dark Lord has not told us whom has gone, but my guess would be Lucius, …he is the only one whom would have easy access to the new time-turners and not be questioned".

Albus remained silent after this new information. He must really want this new weapon if he was to send Lucius to gain it. What in the name of Merlin could it be? "Headmaster" Albus broke out of his thoughts then.

"Headmaster, what should we do about this, how can we stop him"?

Albus stood up at this point, and wondered around the room "I really am not sure Severus, … however I would like you to try and find out any more about this weapon he is after, if we can find out as much about it as possible then we may be able to disrupt his plan"

"Very well Headmaster, is that all"? Asked Severus as he stood from his chair. "Yes Severus that is all, thank you, ….you go now and rest, there is only a few more hours of sleep to be gained before another day of teaching starts" said Albus whom smiled at Severus, "Goodnight my boy" said Albus.

"Goodnight Headmaster" said Severus as he made his exit form the Headmasters office.

Back to the future

Back in the future, near a small cottage just on the outside of Hogsmeades was a small wooden area. It was normally filled with wild deer's, birds, badgers and the occasional passers-by, however on this particular day, it occupied two men, dressed in heavy black robes and white masks, even through it was a hot mid-day.

"I'm ready Lucius" said one of these men. An evil smirk graced Lucius face as he looked out towards the cottage. He could hear the sounds of childish laughter within it. "Ok then, lets go, you can kill the woman …. But remember, the boy must not be harmed". They moved slowly towards the back door of the small cottage, taking out their wands as they went……..

"Why would Lucius Malfoy have two time-turners instead of just the one? What would he do with two"? Asked Harry as Ginny reviled the new information to him. "That is what we have been trying to find out for ourselves, which is why we are certain that it is him". Harry got up from his seated position and started to pace around. "Ok, lets say that it is him who has been going to and fro from our time, why in the world would he come to our time? What does he want that the Lucius we have here could not get"? he asked looking at her.

Ginny picked up a few reports on the desk near her. "We do not know exactly what he is after, but we think that it might be something for Voldemort, not for himself". She handed the reports over to Harry. "Those reports show were he has been coming in and disappearing from".

Harry looked at these reports, some of them were in London, a few near the Dursleys residence, and a handful around Hogsmeades. Harry frowned at the report, what is he doing?

Ginny watched as Harry look over the reports for a while. "What is he doing", asked Harry at last as he put down the reports. "We don't know for sure, but we think he may be looking for some….Radley, what's wrong"?

Asked Ginny, jumping up from her seated position. Harry whom had been standing moved forward and became alert.

The man called Radley had just suddenly burst into the room looking red in the face, and extremely worried. "Harry, …the time-travel guys,… they have attacked your babysitters cottage".

Before the sentence was even finished, Harry was out the door and running down the hall as fast as he could. Ginny behind him, called out for more auror's to go with Harry. But Harry had already left the building. As soon as he could, Harry apparated straight to Hogsmeades.

Seeing the cottage, Harry speeded towards it, feeling his heart hammer against his chest, filled with fear, and fresh tears fill his eyes. People in the street stopped and pointed at him, but Harry did not notice, all he could do was think about Sirius.

Oh god, please let it be a mistake, please let Sirius be alright.

He reached the door of the cottage, kicked it open and ran inside. "Sirius" Harry shouted, searched around frantically for his son, but all he saw was broken pieces of furniture and scattered childish drawings, which Sirius had done. Moving quickly through the rooms he continued to shout for Sirius. "Sirius, are you here, Sirius".

The tears were now extremely threatening to leave there place within his eyes. His heart thumping in fear for his son. "SIRIUS". He reached the kitchen, which faced the woods and found again, that the place had been turned over. He ran out into the garden and into a part of the woods. "SIRIUS!". A few moments later, Harry was interrupted from his search.

"Harry" Harry turned around and was disappointed to find that it was only Ginny. "Where is he Ginny, my son, where is he, where's my boy"? He asked helplessly. Looking around hoping to find some trace of his only beautiful son. Ginny, could see that Harry was having a hard time with this, she ran over to him and threw her arms around him, tearfully she said. "Well find him Harry, don't worry, well find him".

"Harry, Ginny, we've found the babysitter" Both pulled away at the same time and ran back towards the cottage. A group of auror's were stood behind the kitchen counter, where Harry didn't check. He moved around it and saw his trusted babysitter dead on the floor.

Oh god, he thought, as a fresh wave of fear and guilt for leaving hit him.

He bent down next to her. "I'm Sorry" He whispered painfully. As Harry went to get up he saw a folded up piece of paper lying next to her. Picking it up carefully, he opened it.

Potter

I trust by now that you have found your lovely babysitter dead, and you precious son missing. It was so helpful of you to run of to work on this day and leave your son unprotected. Much like your father, you can do nothing to prevent your sons death. The Dark Lord will have his revenge on you, by, like he did with your parents ,taking away your most prised possession, your son.

Only this time, you can reel in the pain of loss.

The Dark Lords most faithful servant

Lucius Malfoy

Harry read it over more than once. Before collapsing on the floor.

No, this can't be happening, not my son, not Sirius, no.

Unable to hold in his pain and fear any longer he did the only thing he could do. He screamed out his pain before breaking down into pieces. Crying.

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