A/N: Recommendation for this chapter is Dissimilis by Joyce LaKee (X-Files crossover) Also, I have a new poll up!

Lucius Malfoy, Malfoy Manor-

Sitting at his study desk, Lucius was trying to make sense of the documents Fudge had sent him. He had become Fudge's unofficial advisor behind the scenes, it was a good thing as well, Fudge was so incompetent that the country would be in a mess without him.

A sharp tapping at the window broke his concentration, and he recognized the jet-black owl hovering there to be Draco's. Nothing unexpected, as Lucius always had expected for Draco to owl him every so often with the events in Hogwarts. It was the next best thing to being there himself. Dumbledore really was totally incompetent – even if you forgot how much of a muggle lover he was, there was still other good reasons to get rid of him. Hogwarts used to be one of the safest places in the wizarding world, now it was full of danger, students constantly getting injured and killed. Draco had been attacked by a horrible hippogriff in his third year, and the hippogriff had been allowed to live, even with all his influence.

Unfolding the letter he began to scan through it, his expressions ranging from frustration to shock as he read through it:-

Father,

The first week back has not been at all satisfactory, and I felt that I should inform you about what has happened. I found out that nothing happened to Harry Potter, proving that he is exempt from the rules when he performed underage magic in a muggles house. Then, once I arrived and went to the Prefect's compartment, of course Pansy was the other Slytherin Prefect, I then discovered that for Gryffindor, the Prefect is Granger, the muggleborn who always gets higher marks than anyone else, blood purity is really going downhill.

We had our first Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson today, and our new teacher is ministry appointed, she opposes Potter, and I know that you said she would be a good influence, and appreciate pure blooded students, especially Slytherins, which would definitely mean me, since I'm the purest Slytherin, and a Prefect, but she had the nerve to give me a detention, even though I wanted tonight to get a feel for my new broom, I am of course, very grateful for that Father.

Uncle Severus has also behaved rather strangely today, again, even though you assured me that he would be here to help me. Maybe next time you talk to people, you should use different persuasion techniques. He favored Granger over me in Potions, saying my potion wasn't up to standard!

Yours sincerely,

Draco Lucius Malfoy.

Lucius sighed. There were a lot of different things in this letter, some which needed attention, and some which were just Draco being Draco. It wasn't like he could do anything about who the head of Gryffindor chose as her houses prefects. Severus was another matter, Dumbledore had probably told him to stop being so painfully obviously partial to Slytherin, he had known it wasn't a good idea to skip Draco's potions tutoring this summer. With the Dark Lord back though, a lot of things had to be put on hold.

The Ministry appointed Defence Against the Dark Arts professor was a shock however. Lucius had arranged the new professor very carefully, knowing that Hogwarts would have to accept a ministry appointed professor was too good an opportunity to pass up. He had chosen just the sort of typical Ministry person he needed, someone who would oppose Dumbledore, someone with power, someone without the dark mark and someone who appreciated the old families. Something had gone wrong, but he didn't know what, he wished he knew though.

He had received a quick floo call from Severus earlier, he had seemed quite worried about Draco, and about what Lucius would do to him. It seemed Draco had been saying things again. Writing a stern letter back to Draco would probably be the best course of action.

Opening the desk drawer, he pulled out a roll of parchment and addressed the letter. That was as far as he got before he noticed another owl. Wondering who was contacting him now, he observed that it was quite messy unlike the mail he usually received. Filled with smudges, it was written with green ink on a torn scrap of parchment. The person who had written it was obviously in a rush.

It was no surprise when he reached the end of the two line letter to see that the scrawl was Draco's. the surprise was instead in the contents as the letter simply said – "The bitch has us using blood quills – not just me but Selena and Potter as well. Get rid of her. Draco."

While Lucius didn't approve of the language, he undeniably agreed with Draco's sentiments. Although he owned a few dark artefacts including the odd blood quill, it didn't mean he wanted his son and heir being taught by a professor who used dark artefacts as punishment.

He wasn't happy. Grabbing his cloak and a handful of floo powder, he was going to Hogwarts…