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(Master to Kitten, Kitten to Master)

'Thoughts'

[Kitten speech]

Layla Talks

(Voldemort's Throne Room)

Voldemort called Layla back to the throne room. It had been four hours since the girl had gotten her mark but the dark lord was greedy for information. She was shaky as she bowed to him. She was ready for her orders. She just hoped it was to give information about the freak. She was ready to tell him everything she could.

"Tell me everything about Potter." He ordered.

"Gladly." She said, eager to talk.

She told the dark lord everything she knew about the freak, except where he lived. She certainly tried to but nothing came out. That meant that they had used the fidelis spell to hide their home from her. She did tell the dark lord where Potter went to school.

"Pharaoh's Academy?" That displeased him.

The reason he was displeased was because the school was heavily protected by gods. After an attack on the school Pharaoh Asim's great grandchild had prayed to his gods. They placed wards around the school to keep them safe. No one but a god or someone just as powerful could get into the school. There was no way he would be able to get the boy there.

"Yes my lord." Layla confirmed.

"Dammit." He hissed.

"I'm sorry my lord." She knew why he was pissed.

"Why would they have their house under the fidelis spell?" He asked her. 'Do they know?'

"To stop me." She guessed.

"I see." It was a relief that they didn't know he was back. 'There better not be a spy among us or they will dearly pay for it.'

"Sorry." She bowed.

"It's fine." He lied. 'Better than them knowing I am back.'

"Good." That was a relief.

"Now tell me about the others that hang around the child." He demanded.

Layla had listed off a bunch of names. He was surprised that the Longbottom child was a fairy. That did make it a little more difficult but he did know how to harm fairies so it was all right. He also knew how to harm nekos so he wasn't worried. The one name that Layla told him was definitely a shock.

Of all the people he had expected to hear being near Potter he wasn't expecting Severus Snape to be one of them. He had raised a non-existent eyebrow at that one. He knew that James Potter was a bully and his favorite victim was Snape. He assumed the man would hate the child. He was also surprised to learn that he was friends with his other two bullies. It didn't bode well since the man knew many of the dark lord's secrets.

'That traitor better not have told them or what I will do to him will be worse.' He thought. "So that was where Severus Snape went. That traitor really betrayed me." He said.

"He's the one that saved the freak." She informed him.

"What?" He looked at her.

"Lucas found that freak dying in a trashcan. His relatives had beaten him so badly and then threw him away. Lucas took Potter to Snape. He healed the freak and that was when he became a neko." She explained.

"I see." That really pissed him off.

"Is there anything else I can do for you?" She asked.

"No. Leave." He ordered.

"Yes my lord." She bowed and left.

"Now to plan." He smirked.

(With Lucius)

Lucius had been walking by the throne room when he heard Layla talking. He heard everything she had said. It made him panic to know that the dark lord knew about Potter. He left when he heard that woman leave. He cursed the woman as he made his way home. He quickly wrote everything down for the minister before returning to the dark lord's manor.

'I am so glad that I am here for the new potion master and not the dark lord. I don't need to talk to the deranged man.' He thought.

He had been there to drop off potion ingredients. He hoped the new recruit would give him more information on what he was brewing for the dark lord. The ingredients the man asked for could be used in several potions and that was only if he was making only one. For all the blonde knew the man could be making more than one.

'I am so glad that Potter is safe but for how long?' He wondered as he knocked on the door.

"Who is it?" The potion master asked nastily.

"It is Lord Malfoy. I have the potion ingredient you requested." He hated how he was spoken to.

"S-sorry Lord Malfoy. I thought it was my fellow new recruits. They have been so rude and keep interrupting me." He explained as he opened the door.

"Apology accepted, potion master Crabapple." He entered the lab.

"Thank you." He bowed before grabbing the ingredients.

"You're welcome."

"May I ask you for a favor?" He asked.

"You may." Lucius said to him.

"Could you ask the dark lord for a vial of spit or blood? It is required for the potion he ordered me to make. I can't restore his looks without it." He asked/explained.

"I can ask." He said, knowing why the man was scared to do it himself.

"Thank you, oh thank you so much." He sighed in relief.

"You're welcome." He said. 'I hope the ministry knows what the dark lord looked like before he delved into forbidden magic and his face turned into a snake face.'

"I shall get to that potion." He didn't look happy about it.

"I shall go to the dark lord." Lucius said, turning to leave.

"Thank you." He said once more.

"Of course." He left after that.

Lucius went to the throne room. He knocked on the door and waited. A second later he was ordered to enter, which he quickly did.

"My lord." He bowed.

"This is a surprise. What do you need, Malfoy?" Voldemort asked.

"Potion Master Crabapple asked me to get either a vial of your spit or a vial of your blood for the potion he is working on." He answered.

"Why?" He was suspicious.

"I have no idea. He just said that the potion he was working on required it." He didn't let the dark lord know that he knew the potion since the potion master would pay dearly for the slip up.

"Oh right. I know why." He said.

Lucius didn't ask any further questions. He knew better than that. Instead he stood there and waited patiently for the dark lord to talk to him. Voldemort soon looked at him.

"Was he in the lab?" He asked.

"Yes my lord." He confirmed.

"You are dismissed." He said.

"Yes my lord." He bowed and went back home.

Once there he wrote down the information he had just learned. Afterwards he started on the paperwork that was on his desk. He prayed to magic that Potter would be safe and that Voldemort wouldn't be a problem for much longer.

(With the minister)

"Shit!" The minister cursed after reading what his spy sent him.

He quickly sent a letter to Fay, requesting her presence. He then summoned Madam Bones and Shacklebolt into his office. They also needed to know what he knew. It didn't take them long to enter. He then warded the room. The two were worried.

"The dark lord knows about Potter." He revealed.

"WHAT?!" The two were shocked.

"Someone broke Layla Dreamer out of jail and took her to the dark lord. She joined him before telling him everything she knew about Potter. He knows that he is a neko, Longbottom is a fairy, where he goes to school, and those he is around." He said.

"How would this woman know all this?" Amelia asked.

"She was once Lucas Davet's girlfriend until he dumped her for cheating on him. Harry is his mate and she couldn't accept it. She was arrested for breaking into his home." He informed them.

"Damnit." Kingsley cursed.

"Indeed and that isn't all." He revealed.

"What is it?" He asked.

"The dark lord has his new potion master making a look restoration potion." He revealed.

"Damn." He cursed once more.

"Indeed. We don't even know who he was before he became the dark lord." He said.

"We know he is Slytherin's descendant." Kingsley said. "We are searching the living relatives as we speak." It had to be kept quiet so it was a slow progress.

"I see. How many?" He asked.

"There are five alive." He answered. "So far three have been cleared. One is only four and the other is the mother. They had no clue they were related to Slytherin. The third is Potter." He answered.

"So two more. Names?" He asked.

"Trevor Saltz and Thomas Riddle." He answered.

"At least that is something." Fudge said.

"Indeed it is." Amelia agreed.

"Anything else?" Kingsley asked.

"So far no." He answered.

"Good." That was a relief.

"It is." He agreed. "Well Lady Davet will be here soon." He said.

"Good luck." The other two said.

'Thank you." He was certain he would need it.

"We shall go back to our investigation." Amelia said.

"What do you want us to do about Umbridge?" Kingsley asked.

"When you leave, just complain that I am making you search for Dreamer here." Fudge answered.

"Okay." The two agreed.

Fudge removed the wards and the two left. They whispered out complaints about Dreamer and how they shouldn't have to search for a French witch. Umbridge wasted no time sending a letter. She truly believed she had them all fooled. Even if Fudge's spy never revealed she joined the dark lord, she had revealed the dark mark on several occasions.

Fay soon arrived. She was disguised as someone else so that Umbridge had no idea who was actually meeting with the minister. She may not figure out that they knew but her master sure would once she told him.