Lucius Malfoy was seething in rage and wanted to literally murder Arthur Weasley. He didn't even wait to knock and shouted his name as he neared the door. He felt he heard a strange moaning noise for a second before it stopped abruptly. He was about to open but heard a click to lock the door.

He shouted Arthur's name out loud once again. Getting no response for few seconds. He took out his wand from his walking stick and cast the spell "alohomora".

The door opened and he saw Hermione sitting on the chair while Arthur was sitting in the opposite end of the table in his seat. The room looked neat and organized but he felt something fishy.

Both of them looked out of breath and Hermione's hair looked like a mess. Even Arthur's hair looked like it he never combed after waking up. Hermione's olive green shirt looked a bit crumbled and Arthur's shirt was hastily tucked.

"Since when did you start locking your door Arthur?" He thundered.

Arthur glanced at Hermione furtively and she gathered the strength and retorted "since when did you think you can visit any minister without appointment?".

Lucius was taken aback. There were rumors that Hermione is spearheading the ministry and Arthur was just the public face.

"Some matters needs urgent intervention before history will blame us for not taking action "he replied.

Arthur and Hermione looked at each other. They looked sweaty. Lucius knew something is amiss but can't place it.

"I heard that you are making a muggle TV show on wizards based on that muppet prime minister's wishes "he asked.

He could see a sigh of relief from their faces. It was so unnerving that Lucius forgot his anger and was more curious about what they were hiding.

" Oh yeah, Malfoy " replied Hermione " it's based on Harry Potter and it's a baby step in the process of building a bridge between muggles and wizarding community".

Her eyebrows raised and her nostrils flared "How did you know this, Malfoy? We discussed this yesterday night and haven't even sent a report to Kingsley yet ".

"I've have my means to get the information "smiled Lucius "after all I'm a Malfoy ".

"So what you want, Lucius?" Asked Hermione "A show on Draco, the spoiled boy who got his ass kicked by Harry " she laughed at her own joke.

"You do not understand what you are getting into" said Lucius "We can't reveal ourselves to muggles just because a naive minister thinks it's a good idea. It can only lead to our annihilation".

"That's a lie we keep telling ourselves for thousands of years. Why can't we give peace a chance?" Arthur answered this time.

Lucius was so angry that he almost lunged at Arthur but realized the table between them and then banged his hands on the table in frustration.

"CHURCH...WITCHES TRIALS... BURNINGS... TORTURE" he shouted at the top of his lungs.

"The dark ages of church is over, Lucius" answered Hermione " Now they are accepting people whom they considered strange or evil. Yesterday it was the other races, today its sexuality and tomorrow it would be the wizards".

Lucius stared at Hermione but his eyes fell on the few droplets on the table. He touched it with his index finger and licked it. He could see Hermione's face tremble in fear.

"You moan a lot, Hermione. I can hear you "said Lucius. He saw how Hermione's face turned red "just like I heard you about the elfish welfare bill and shut it down ".

"You are a monster to think Elves should be enslaved" cried Hermione.

"If you think I'm a monster then you have no idea what muggles are capable of" sneered Lucius" They have enslaved and killed anyone they find different. They have done in the name of color, the language, the religion ".

"You think you will go by his prime minister's words and expose us. He will soon be voted out and new one will come. He will make us as the scapegoat for all their troubles and they will hunt us ".

He moved across to Hermione and said "I hope you know enough of their history to know what happened the last time someone did that. A war on a global scale. "

He then sniffed the air and turned to Arthur "what's wrong with this place? Did you bring a rotten fish inside?"

Now it was Arthur's turn to become red. Lucius was enjoying this.

"I know enough of history to know that the person was so similar to the one who used to worship, Lucius. You would have done the same to me had we not stopped you "replied Hermione and her face showed she was ready to fight for it.

Lucius mellowed. He put a hand on her back and said gently "Oh Hermione, we would never have done that. We were misled by voldemort into thinking of creating a better world for all of us. "

Hermione was so engrossed that she stopped noticing that his hands were slowly rubbing to feel the trace of her bra which he found was open and had to move a bit to confirm that she was wearing one.

Hermione wriggled as she tried to get out of his hands and Lucius immediately took it back before she said something.

"Parents like you teach hatred from childhood." Said Hermione "Draco would have been a better kid if he was brought up well. But at least he is wearing out it. I heard you are not happy with his fiancé Astoria ".

"Look Hermione" sneered Lucius" If you don't stop rumors about my family then I'll not spread yours ".

He looked at Arthur and said "I think you are totally enamored with the charms of Hermione that you forgot your debt to the wizarding community. I'll not stop until I make sure this TV show doesn't go on air ".

Then he walked away from the office in a fit of rage. Arthur and Hermione waited until he was out of earshot and gave a sigh of relief.

"Do you think he knows" asked Arthur.

"Not sure" replied Hermione "I think he was just fishing for some reactions from us ".

"Lucius is not the person you want to cross. After lying low for years, he has once again started his wheeling dealing "warned Arthur.

Hermione wasn't listening to him. She silently made the spell to lock the door and chanted muffliato and then sat on Arthur's lap and gave him a kiss.

"Where were we?" She asked huskily. Arthur got reminded that he was left hanging by the disruption. He kissed her back and said "Shall we go to someplace safer?"

"Yes" replied Hermione and gave a light massage to his groin "There are so many hotels in muggle area ".

To be continued