"So what's the decision on Malfoy?"
"He's more useful outside of Azkaban, but I need to dangle something over his head to keep him… faithful to me."
"Sounds like you want him as your bitch." James replied
"He will be." Sirius replied
"What aren't you telling me?"
"I don't tell you a lot of things for your own good." Sirius replied
"Well I'm glad I'm not married to you."
"So am I, coz you said you prefer me as Padfoot and not Sirius, so I don't want to marry you anymore." Sirius replied straight faced until the smile crept through on both their faces.
"So what to do with Malfoy?"
"Use him for information."
"So you're going to trust him to go to their little gatherings, come back and spill his guts."
"Or just the information. He doesn't need to vomit." Sirius replied. "Yes, because I will have something to hold over his head, so if he doesn't return then… poof."
"Poof?"
"I'm not going to tell you what. It's better if only 1 of us know, especially since you seem to be top of the hit list."
"Yes I do seem to be quite popular with him at the moment." James mused
"How much longer has she to go?"
"Couple of weeks. She's told the healer she wants to have the baby before the next full moon. She's certain that that is what caused them to take Hailey away."
"They won't dare go near you again, especially not your child. Although the law hasn't been repealed yet, and it's going to take a while, they have to have significant cause to take a child away now, and then they have to look after it in a children's home and watch the child develop."
"I suppose with Fudge in power we can influence the ministry a bit more." James said after a while.
"And with Malfoy and his deep pockets out of there it will be a lot easier."
"Might have to replace him with other deep pockets."
"Well neither of us are lacking in that department are we."
"I suppose not." James replied. "Will you do it alone?"
"More than likely."
"Where will you take him?"
"Best if you don't know, but there will have to be a decoy."
"Easy enough."
"You think?" Sirius asked looking at his friend who was deep in thought.
"No one can get into Azkaban without written consent right?"
"Yes."
"Well then they'll think he's there when he's not. There's so many place to hide someone in there so it would be impossible for anyone to prove he wasn't as long as you can keep him out of sight. We'll make it look like he escaped custody, blame it on some inept ministry guard and then you can whisk him away to wherever but to Voldemort he's in hiding and can only do so much and to the ministry he's on the run. He'll still be part of his inner circle so there's less suspicion… I think we have him Pads."
"That was my thinking." Sirius replied
"When you going to tell Moody?"
"Tomorrow." Sirius replied
"He'll be pleased."
"Until we let him escape."
"Well sometimes we have to do things that we don't want to for the good of the people, people who won't understand right away but maybe sometime, after we've been killed they'll say we were right." James mused
"I hope so." Sirius replied resting his chin on his folded arms.
"He's what?" Moody asked
"Escaped, stunned the guards that were watching him and fled." James replied
"You have men out?"
"Yes, but he'll go to ground now." Sirius replied
"Most likely. Well constant vigilance." Moody replied. "Shame that your good work went to such a waste."
"Not a complete waste." Sirius replied
"Why?"
"He gave me a name, I don't think he realised it at the time. I had just used the cruciatus on him; I didn't want to but someone like him should not be at large."
"Quite, I'll sort that one out Black. Who was it?"
"Colin Cargill, likely a skivvy but he should be easy to break." Sirius replied
"Where were you Potter?"
"I wasn't on duty; I was catching up on some sleep." James replied
"Good idea. How is your wife?"
"Fine, bored, tired, bored but fine."
"I'm hoping it's a boy. Alastor's a strong name for a boy."
"We've already got a name picked for a boy."
"And?"
"Harry James."
"Immortalising yourself?"
"Just has a nice sound to it that's all."
"Well if you need time, let me know and I'll make Black do your work."
"You mean there's more than the 24 hours in the day I already work?" Sirius replied
"We'll work something out." Moody laughed
"Thanks Moody." James replied as they left his office
"Oh good your back." Lucius Malfoy sneered as Sirius walked into the cell in the deep dark recesses of Azkaban where he was being held
"Miss me?" Sirius asked magicikng up a tray of food and providing a jug of water. "Your escape made front page everyday this week."
"Well it was flamboyant enough."
"I've been picking pointers up from James on these things. Not bad for a first attempt I didn't think."
"What do you want?"
"You behind bars would be a pleasure to watch, but alas, I have other plans for you."
"What, pray tell, would those be?" Lucius asked folding his arms and trying to maintain his usual arrogance
"Become a spy and I can stop the nightmares, the constant terror and get you a nice bed to sleep in."
"A spy?" Lucius asked. "Why do you think I would do that?"
"I was quite surprised to see that Narcissa had managed to give you a son. Looks a lot like you, doesn't he." Sirius said pulling out a picture of Draco asleep in his crib
"Don't you dare go near him."
"I already have." Sirius replied dropping the picture next to Lucius on the stool with the tray. "I have to say well done for keeping the looks strictly your family and not Narcissa's. She's not exactly the vela of the family. You should have gone for Bella. At least you would have had the good looking one."
"You expect me to become a spy to stop having nightmares and being surrounded by Dementor's? You're pathetic."
"I wasn't thinking that at all. I was thinking more along the lines of if you don't I'll kill your wife and then your son and after you've watched that the dementor's can have you and out dies the Malfoy bloodline." Sirius replied smiling insanely at him. "It's your choice."
"You let me out of here and I'll go straight back to the dark lord."
"And I'll kill your son."
"You haven't got enough hatred to do it."
"Want to bet on that one?" Sirius asked staring Lucius dead in the eyes until Lucius looked away. "It's simple. You tell me what I want to know, when I want to know and your son might just make it to Hogwarts. Don't tell me and I will lock little Draco in here and let the dementor's have him."
"You're sick."
"So are you."
"You'd do that to a child."
"You've done it to defenceless men, women and children, babies as well. You don't discriminate, so I thought I should take a leaf from your book when dealing with you and not discriminate either. Hundreds of babies have been killed shortly after birth because of that deranged psycho half blood thinking he is something special. He's not, so to pay penance for your side of this sick and twisted little scheme, you will face losing your family everyday of your life until you cooperate with me."
"What makes you think I care that much about…? Draco."
"See, can't bring yourself to say 'it' can you?" Sirius laughed. "You are so besotted with your son that you would do whatever I say to keep him alive." Sirius said waving the picture of the sleeping child in front of Lucius's eyes
"You're very sure of yourself aren't you?" Lucius replied with a sneer though his voice was shakier than normal
"I am also very right." Sirius replied. "Just think, instead of that maggoty bread you could be eating real food, just like you're used to. All you have to do is cooperate with me and do as I say. I'll even arrange visits with your son if you behave. What will it be? Would you like some time to think about it? I'll give you some time. See you soon." Sirius said dropping the picture to the floor and making sure to stand on it with his dirty shoes as he left. He waited in the shadows and felt satisfied it was working when Lucius scrambled across the cell to pick the photo up and wipe the dirt off before sitting back and staring at it.