A/N: Back with the Weasleys!

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Mr. Weasley and Harry were sitting outside on white painted porch chairs in the front garden of The Burrow. They had been talking about Ron, and trying to find him, which was becoming very difficult. Harry and the rest of the Order had gone out every one of the three days he had disappeared. They haven't found any trace of Ron yet, and everyone was worrying about him. It seemed that new Death Eaters were ganging up and kidnapping people, and everyone hoped that Ron wasn't their next kidnapping victim. People that Harry had gone to school with had been reported missing over the past few days, like Lavender Brown and Colin Creevey's little brother, Dennis.

The Order had gotten together and had a meeting, a meeting that no one had ever wanted to have again. They talked about trying to figure out who was in the new 'clan' of Death Eaters, with no results. All the Death Eaters from the First of Second Wizarding Wars were either dead or in Azkaban, except for the Malfoys, who had been questioned about the kidnappings. The Malfoys knew nothing about the new kidnappings, they even used Veritaserum, which the Malfoys agreed to use. It was a huge mystery for everyone, no one knew anything about what was happening, and people were beginning to start thinking that a new war was on it's way.

The only thing that the Order had to go on was that Mr. Weasley seemed to recognize the voice of the man who had interrupted Hermione's Patronus, and he had been looking through all the profiles of Death Eaters and Death Eaters' families, but Mr. Weasley wasn't able to put a face to the voice.

"Do you have any idea who-" Harry had started to say, but stopped short when he saw a small sliver of silver mist flow into the garden and over to Harry and Mr. Weasley. The small mist formed an otter, and Harry realized that it was Hermione's Patronus. He and Mr. Weasley stared at the otter waiting for it to talk, which seemed like hours.

"I'm fine, don't worry to much about me. I have some new information. One of the Death Eaters who kidnapped me says I should know him, so you all should probably know him too. Also, the leader of the new gang of Death Eaters wants to rise up and kill the survivors of the Last Battle to avenge Voldemort, starting with Harry. His name starts with Ari, but I don't know the rest of his name. Please, hid everyone, because you all were in the Last Battle, especially Harry. I love you all, and I'll contact you whenever I can."

Harry and Mr. Weasley stared at the otter, expecting someone to come in and start torturing Hermione again, but the otter just disappeared.

"Kill survivors? That explains Dennis and Lavender. Do you think…" Harry trailed off.

"That they were killed? I don't think so. They're probably being questioned about you, like… like Hermione is. Which makes me think that you need to be careful from now on. It seems that you have another gang of Death Eaters out to get you." Mr. Weasley said sternly. He looked at Harry, seeing how selfless he was. The first thought that came to his mind wasn't about his life being in danger, again, but of his friends. Harry just waved his hand at Mr. Weasley's comment about his own safety, not really caring about his safety at the moment.

"Poor Dennis…" Harry muttered under his breath. "What about this guy that kidnapped Hermione? That we all know?" He asked Mr. Weasley.

"I don't know who he might be. All the Death Eaters that we all know are either dead or in Azkaban…" Mr. Weasley trailed off, trying to think about who the mystery man might be.

"And what about this 'Ari' guy?" Harry questioned curiously.

"I don't know. Hmm… Ari…" Mr. Weasley trailed off, racking his brain for anybody he knew that's name began with A-R-I. He thought through the many family trees that he had to memorize when he joined the Order, and the people he knew personally. He thought of the people in Azkaban, and the people who had gone missing. People who had gone missing… Mr. Weasley thought as he scratched his chin.

"MERLIN! Aries! Why didn't I think of him before?"

"What?"

"Aries Malfoy!"

"Wait, a Malfoy?"

"Yes! Lucius's brother!"

"I thought the Malfoy's were huge on the whole only-one-child-who's-a-boy thing." Harry said curiously.

"Aries was an accident, though none of the Malfoys would admit it." Mr. Weasley stated.

"Oh. Wait, why have I never heard of him, then?"

"Well, the Malfoys were kind of ashamed of Aries."

"How so?"

"He did believe in the whole pure-blood-people-are-superior thing, but didn't do anything about it. He didn't join the Death Eaters, and didn't pick fights with muggleborns and halfbloods at Hogwarts."

"So what did he do to show that he did support Voldemort?"

"Nothing! He just said from time to time that he supported him."

"Why didn't he join the Death Eaters?" Harry asked, getting more excited with every answer Mr. Weasley gave him.

"Aries was a total coward. 'Fraid of his own shadow kind of guy. When Lucius got the Dark Mark, he asked Voldemort if Aries could join, hoping that Aries would join and stop 'disgracing the Malfoy name in the Dark Wizarding community.' Well, Aries said no, being the coward that he was. Then, he disappeared."

"Disappeared?" Harry asked, becoming even more curious and excited.

"No one knows what happened to him. Everyone thought that Lucius killed him, though there was no proof."

"If he was such a coward, why would he be kidnapping people and leading an army?"

"I don't know, but it's the biggest lead that we have."

"Would there be any way of finding him now?" Harry asked hopefully.

"I don't think so," Mr. Weasley said, "the records of Aries were from a really long time ago and probably lost now."

"Can we talk to Lucius?" Harry asked.

"Lucius was and is humiliated of Aries, I'm pretty sure Draco doesn't know anything about Aries, so I don't think he would talk about Aries without being forced to."

"Do you think we could try?"

"I guess so, but Lucius probably won't be too cooperative."

"It's worth a shot," Harry said.

"Alright, let's apparate to Malfoy Manor now," Mr. Weasley said, "I want to find out as soon as possible if it's possible that Aries would still be alive."

"Don't you think that the Malfoys will be a little angry with us barging in, un-announced?"

"When have you ever worried about making the Malfoys angry, Harry?" Mr. Weasley said with a teasing chuckle.

"Good point. Let's go." Harry replied with a chuckle as he grabbed Mr. Weasley's arm and they apparated to Malfoy Manor.

XxXxXx

Lucius Malfoy was sitting down in his study, doing endless paper work that he wished that he didn't have to do. He was bored out of his mind, wishing that he could leave the study and get out of his house, but he knew that if he did, the paper work would never get done.

Nracissa was in the kitchen, cooking lunch. Ever since the Ministry required that the Malfoys get rid of their house-elves, Narcissa had to cook for the family of three. She had never had to cook before, so she was still getting used to the new cooking and cleaning spells, but she wasn't half bad, at least to Lucius.

Draco was in his bedroom, reading the Daily Prophet. On the front page was a picture of Harry, Ron, and Hermione, and the article was about Hermione's disappearance. They had information about what she looked like, how Death Eater's had kidnapped her off of an airplane, and how she had been missing for about a week now. Draco was honestly sad about Hermione being missing, and he wished he could somehow help her. He had no idea who had kidnapped her, and he wished that he did. All the Death Eaters that he had known were in Azkaban, but he still kept racking his brain, trying to think of who had taken her.

It was a normal and calm day at Malfoy Manor. It was how the family of three usually spent their day, in totally different parts of their huge manor, only seeing and speaking to each other during meals.

Then, the doorbell rang, which was VERY strange. Ever since the war had ended, no one had visited Malfoy Manor. Draco guessed it was because everyone still thought that they were Death Eaters and would kill anyone who came to the door, which was not true, at least for Draco.

The sound of the doorbell made Lucius, Narcissa and Draco jump, and all three of them went to the front door to see who was there. Lucius opened the door to see Harry Potter and Arthur Weasley, looking very determined.

"Arthur, Harry, to what do we owe this… pleasure?" Narcissa asked. She was very thankful of Harry for keeping them out of Azkaban, though she still had no idea why he kept her and her family out of jail.

"We have a few questions," Mr. Weasley answered.

"Come into the living room then," she answered, leading the two visitors and her two family members into the living room. Everyone sat down, the three Malfoys on one couch, Harry and Mr. Weasley on the other.

"We actually have questions for Lucius," Mr. Weasley said when everyone was sitting down.

"I didn't take your friend, if that's what this is about," Lucius said, sounding irritated.

"We don't think that you did. We think someone else did, and we also think that you're the only one who knows where he is." Harry answered, trying hard not to roll his eyes.

"Who?" Draco asked, looking and Harry curiously.

"I don't think your dad would like me to say. That's why I think we should ask him alone," Mr. Weasley answered.

"You can ask me in front of my family. I've told them everything. No secrets." Lucius replied.

"It's about Aries." Mr. Weasley said, staring straight into Lucius' cold, grey eyes. Lucius eyes widened in surprise, not expecting to hear that name come out of Mr. Weasley's mouth.

"Draco, Cissy, I think you should leave," Lucius said, not moving his gaze from Mr. Weasley's.

"But-"

"Now, Draco."

Narcissa got up from the couch and walked toward the kitchen, and Draco quickly fallowed.

"What does Aries have to do with anything?" Lucius asked coldly.

"We think that he is one of the three new Death Eaters who took Hermione." Mr. Weasley replied.

"He's too much of a coward to kidnap anyone." Lucius spat out.

"Is there a possibility?" Mr. Weasley asked.

"I didn't kill him, if that's what you're asking," Lucius replied.

"Do you know what happened him?" Harry asked.

"Yeah." Lucius replied, trying to stall the story for as much time as possible.

"Can you tell us?" Harry asked, getting irritated.

Lucius sighed and put his face in his hands and rubbed his eyes. Then, he started the tale of his brother, Aries Malfoy.

A/N: Next chapter will be Aries/Lucius flashback and all that happened between them. Review and all that jazz, please!