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Chapter 2 The New World Forms
The next few months were a bit chaotic. The ministry was trying to regroup. Families were trying to put their shattered homes back together. Harry was trying to find out what life was like beyond Voldemort.
There wasn't a single wizarding family that had not been touched by the war. Hermione's family had been killed when the Death Eater's were trying to capture her. The Weasleys had been torn apart. They were totally shocked when Percy had been killed while in his Death Eater uniform. They had not known that he was truly following the dark side until his death, which happened just after he had killed his father in battle. Bill and Charlie had been killed in other battles and poor Ginny was missing. It was assumed that she was being held hostage by one of the Death Eaters. Ms. Weasley was doing her best to maintain some time of normality within the family, but it was difficult. The twins found fewer things funny and Ron was just bitter about everything. Ms. Weasley took Hermione in when her parents died. She had always thought of her as a daughter anyway.
Harry, no longer forced to live with the Dursleys, moved into the Burrow as well. Although he could have moved into Grimmauld Place, he decided he wanted to be near his "adoptive" family. The Order was still using the house anyway, tying up loose ends that come from any war.
The strain of the prior months weighed heavily on Dumbledore. He had resigned from Hogwarts to allow a new order to come in, one that could help to reconstruct the school and help the students to learn to trust again. He had led the school through the years of Voldemort and now it was time to pass on the reigns. The shocking figure to replace him was Remus Lupin, the beloved werewolf to the Order. The ministry was trying to start improving relations with all creatures, including the elves and centaurs.
Lucius just sat back and watched all the pieces fall into place. He had to be ready to testify or show the strength of a victor at any given moment. At all photo opportunities he made sure he was there, quoting praises to the "Boy Wonder." He could see the strain was getting to the boy and needed to start his next phase of the ultimate plan.
Thanks in large part to all the spying that Draco had done during the war, Lucius knew every reaction, every fault, down to the way he liked to drink his tea. He knew more about the boy than the boy even knew. The next phase was to make sure the boy began to trust him. This would be the most difficult to do, since the boy had not trusted him since that episode with Voldemort's diary. As difficult as it may seem, it would not prove to be impossible.