Luscious Malfoy sat behind his desk, going over various reports on his many family holdings, when Severus Snape walked in. Malfoy looked up and asked, to what do I owe the pleasure of your company my lord."The scowl on Snape's face darkened at the heavy sarcasm laced through Malfoy's voice.
"Your own stupidity," Snape sneered as he turned to look around. He spotted the latch to the hidden cubby right off. Snape walked along the book shelf running his fingers of the bindings of the books along his path. "What have we here?" He stopped in front of the hidden cubby and with a quite pop he released the latch. The door swung open to reveal many papers and scrolls along with gold, silver and copper coins. He reached in and pulled out the same papers that Hermione had shown him in her memories. He gave them a quick glance knowing already what they read. He made his way over to stand in front of Malfoy's desk. "Tell me Luscious what it is you were planning to do with these," and with that he slapped the papers down onto the desk in front of Malfoy's desk. He leaned in and hissed out, "I do hope that you weren't planning to hand over this information to the Auror's office."
All color drained from Malfoy's face and he stammered out, "No of course not my lord. They are for my benefit. I swear it. I would never betray you." Malfoy griped the head of his cane hard before standing and taking a step back from his desk. With a flick of his wrist Malfoy had his wand loosened from its resting place inside his cane. He trembled visible as he watched Snape thank through his words. "My lord …," he trailed off not knowing what he wanted to say. Snape snapped his arm out to the side and exposed the tip of his wand then dropped his arm back to his side and allowed his wand to fall into his hand.
"Who else knows Luscious? Who knows about these papers and about me?"He questioned stabbing his finger at the papers. Luscious squared his shoulders and flicked his hair behind ear before stepping out from behind his desk.
"No one, my lord, I haven't told anyone about you or the meetings." There was the slightest of trembles to his voice. "Not even your wife and child? You haven't told them about these papers detailing the meetings I have planned to announce my place as the new Dark Lord?" Malfoy shock his head back and forth, "No, I mean yes, my lord, I haven't told them anything about the papers, meetings or you." Snape moved closer to Malfoy and smacked him lightly on the check and sneered, "You wouldn't lie to me would you Luscious?" Malfoy swallowed hard and stuttered out, "N…na….no, s...sa...sir."
Snape waved his hand to encompass the entirety of the office and asked, "How is it, that I knew right where to find these papers? How is it I even knew you had these papers?" Malfoy took his cane in both trembling hands pulling closer to his body in act of protection. "I assure you I have no idea my lord. I have told know one nor have I shown any one. I swear it to you my lord. These papers are merely for me to keep track of my comings and goings, so that I know where and when I need to be."
A cold dark fire flared in Snape's eyes as he hissed venomously, "Your stupidity knows no bounds dose it Luscious? You kept incriminating evidence locked up were anyone could find and surprise, surprise someone did. Hermione Know-it-all Granger not only broke into your home with ease she found those right in front of you. You're only lucky that these did not contain details on who the new Dark Lord is. As it is I don't know what I am going to do to teach you a lesson."
Malfoy cringed back looking stricken. He turned pleading eyes, "Please my lord leave my family out of this they know nothing about it." Snape smirked at Malfoy's fear and then chuckled before he bit out, "I may be taking his place, but I am nothing like Riddle. The innocent will not be punished for the mistakes of others. You made your bed and you alone will lie in it." Malfoy visibly relaxed. "However, lets not forget that you must be punished." Without thought to the consequence and acting on fear Malfoy drew his wand and threw a curse at Snape. Snape dodged to the left getting hit in left shoulder and sent a curse back at Malfoy hitting him square in chest and knocking him to floor.
Snape staggered forward a stared down at Malfoy for a minute before firing an obliviate at him. With a smile that nearly reached his eyes Snape breath out in his silkiest tones, "I most thank you, Luscious, because of your blunder I will soon have everything I have ever dreamed of."
A few complex spells muttered in ancient nearly forgotten languages and half an hour of detailed instructions later and Snape apparated to Hogsmead. He had a witch in which he had to report.