Lucius went back to the Malfoy manor with his wife and son. He stayed silent while he paced back and forth throughout the sitting room. Narcissa sat on the couch and waited for her husband to talk. After an hour of pacing, she couldn't stand the silence anyone.
"Lucius, what are we going to do?" Narcissa whispered. Lucius stopped walking and looked up into his wife's eyes. Narcissa got up and rubbed his back after seeing the tears that were silently sliding down his face.
"The Dark Lord is certainly gone by now, so it wouldn't be harmful to go to Dumbledore. Right?" Lucius said to her, looking straight into her eyes. "I-I mean I can't just let the boy stay there. What if that was Draco?"
"We must go to Dumbledore." Narcissa agreed.
"I will go. You stay here with Draco. Talk to him about Harry. Make sure he's okay." Lucius kissed his wife's forehead before heading to the fireplace. He grabbed the floo powder and said, "Albus Dumbledore's office. Hogwarts castle."
Professor Dumbledore sat behind his desk looking over the grades from the past year. He sighed as he saw some of the grades that the Gryffindor's had in potions. He needed to talk to Severus immediately. He was about to call him to his office before he heard someone in his fireplace.
"Dumbledore. We need to talk." Lucius said to him before sitting in front of his desk. Dumbledore turned towards him and had a look of surprise.
"Lucius. How are you?" Dumbledore asked.
"I don't have time for small talk, Albus." He said with a glare. "Where is Harry Potter?" Dumbledoe's eyes widenef as he was not expecting that question.
"That is not of your concern, Lucius." Dumbledore said back. "All you need to know is that he is safe and happy."
Lucius's face was beet red again as he suddenly stood up. "SAFE? HE'S SAFE? WHEN WAS THE LAST BLOODY TIME YOU HAVE SEEN THE CHILD?"
"The night of Lily and James' death." Dumbledore said, ignoring the shouting.
"You need a reality check then Dumbledore. Maybe you should pay a visit to the boy and see all the bruises and cuts all over his body!" Lucius said through gritted teeth.
Dumbledore's face went white. Arabella Figg has reported nothing bad happening to the boy. "What do you mean cuts and bruises?"
"His entire body was bruised up." Lucius said, sitting back down. His anger has resided a bit after he figuring out that Dumbledore didn't really know that Potter was getting abused.
"When did you see him and why do you care?" Dumbledore said.
"My family and I were finding somewhere private to apparate. We walked by a house in Surrey and heard crying so we stopped." Lucius said. "And I'm not some cold hearted arse, despite what you may think. I'm a different person when The Dark Lord isn't around. I was just trying to keep Narcissa and Draco alive. I didn't even agree with half of his doings."
"You could have came to me. The Order could have hid you." Dumbledore said.
"Yeah. Just like The Order hid the Potters, right? What good did that come of. Now the boy has no parents and is left to get beat up by his idiot muggle relatives." Lucius sighed. "He needs to get out of that house."
"He is most safe in that house. If and when Voldemort returns, he cannot get to Harry. Not until the boy is of age." Dumbledore said with a sigh.
"What happens when the muggles kill him? He won't even make it to 17. HE NEEDS TO LEAVE THAT HOUSE! DO YOU NOT CARE AT ALL?" Lucius screamed at him.
"Lucius sit down before someone hears you!" Dumbledore said back to him just as the door to his office slammed open. A man walked through with a surprised look on his face.
"What is going on? I heard shouting." The man said.
Lucius turned to him and sneered. "Severus." He nodded.
"Lucius. How are you?" Severus replied with a nod.
Lucius looked back at Dumbledore and sneered again. "Grand, I'm just grand."
"I don't mean to be rude but what are you doing here?" Severus asked.
"I am here to talk to Albus about Harry Potter's living situation." Lucius said.
Severus snorted. "Surely the boy is fine. Probably just as spoiled and arrogant as his father was."
"No he is not." Lucius said. "He's going through the same thing that you went through when you were a child. Except Harry doesn't get to eat as much as you did." He turned back to Dumbledore and saw his face get even more pale.
"What do you mean?" Severus asked.
Lucius ignored his question. "Someone needs to get him out of that house." He said to Dumbledore.
"Who? Certainly you wouldn't want him. I have no one to care for the boy. Maybe he can go into an orphanage." Dumbledore said as he eyed Lucius.
"I'll take him." Lucius said.
Dumbledore and Severus stared at the man. "You? Do you think you're going to just go to the house and take the boy away? You would need an okay by the minister himself." Dumbledore said.
"He isn't going to let you of all people take the boy." Severus said coolly.
Lucius stood up and slammed his fist down on the desk. "Someone needs to get him. I don't bloody care who! Severus, he was worse than you ever were. And that's saying something. Albus, why can't you take him?"
Albus' eyes widened. "Me? At my age?"
"Wait. What about Lupin. He's still around." Lucius said.
"Ah yes he is still around. Do you know Fenrir Greyback?" Dumbledore asked.
"Yes." Lucius sighed. "Well what about Black?"
"Great idea, Lucius. Then he'll surely be dead." Severus said. Lucius glared at him before turning back to Dumbledore.
"Severus is right. Besides he's in Azkaban. He's the reason Voldemort knew where James and Lily lived." Dumbledore said then looked at Severus only to see the sad look in his eyes.
"Get Black out. He wasn't the Potter's secret keeper. It was Pettigrew. He faked his death. Sirius was at the scene of the crime and they threw him into Azkaban without a trial." Lucius said.
Dumbledore looked taken back by the new information. "Are you sure?"
"Yes." Lucius replied.
"Black can't even take care of himself, let alone a small boy. He's arrogant and childish." Severs replied.
"Lupin and Black can take care of Harry together." Lucius said. "How fast can you get him a trial and get him cleared?"
"One week. Two weeks tops." Dumbledore replied.
"Good. Get on it then. Who is going to take him until then?" Lucius asked.
Dumbledore sighed. "He will have to wait there until someone can get him. I'm sure he'll be fine until then."
"WHAT?" Both Lucius and Severus yelled at him.
"You know what? I'll just go and kill those filthy muggles. Then someone will have to get him." Lucius said. He looked at Severus and gave him an 'are-you-coming?' look. Severus nodded and they both went to the door.
"Wait!" Dumbledore yelled and got up from his seat.
"Are you coming along?" Lucius asked.
"Sit down! Both of you. No one will be killing anyone tonight. Think of your family Lucius."
Lucius sighed and sat back down and Severus did the same after a few moments of thinking. Lucius had silent tears rolling down his face and looked up at Dumbledore. Dumbledore and Severus were surprised to see the man cry. "He can't stay there." Lucius said quietly.
"Listen Lucius. Did you say anything to Harry's aunt and uncle before you left?"
"Yes. I threatened them." Lucius said.
"Then Harry will be fine. Petunia and Vernon are both deadly afraid of magic. They wouldn't dare lay a hand on Harry." Dumbledore said, confidently.
"Fine. Get started as soon as you can please." Lucius said as he got up. "I'm leaving."
"Actually, Lucius." Dumbledore said. "I am going to make a few calls to Remus Lupin and Cornelius Fudge. It might help if you're here. I can wait until tomorrow if you want."
"Now." Lucius said and sat back down.
"Severus if you could please conjure up a couple more seats." Dumbledore asked. Two seats appeared out of thin air.
"Expecto Patronum!" Dumbledore yelled out with a flick of his wand. "Please come to my office as soon as possible. This is regarding Mr. Harry Potter." Dumbledore finished and two silvery Phoenix's left through the window.
A few short minutes two men appeared in the fireplace just seconds apart from each other.
"Albus. What has happened to Harry?"
So I know that Fudge wasn't the minister in 1986 but I'm just pretending that he was.
Hope you like it!!