With the lack of belief of the return of the Dark Lord, the Wizarding public carried on with their everyday lives. The third Saturday of mid-August found the streets of the Triad Alleys were packed with families mulling about, attempting to shop for their children's next school year. Children on sugar highs ran from window to window, attempting to retain every possible detail of the windows. Parents trailed after them, laughing at their youthful antics and attempting to get them to enter the required shops for their shopping trips. From the look of the Alley, it seemed that everyone was oblivious to the real going on in the Wizarding World. However if one was to look with a subtle eye, they would see the various guards of the Order of Phoenix, keeping their eye on the Alley in order to ensure they could stop an attack.

Lucius Malfoy slid from the shadows with his package disillusioned. He knew that his task was the most important if they wanted the Dark to succeed. After their detailed planning he did not want to ruin the plans that they had spent hours on. Especially as Silas and Tom's happiness depended on the outcome of the plan. It had to be right. No it needed to be perfect and it definitely needed to work. Levitating the disillusioned package, Lucius directed it to the front of Gringotts bank where they had decided would be the best place to leave it, ensuring that it would be in full view of the public. Removing the disillusion charm, Lucius let the fake body drop to the floor with a thud. The blood oozing out of the body from the slashes across the skin seemed to be the first thing spotted and screams began to echo throughout the alley as people began to notice the scene before them. The body looked as though it had been mauled by a bear due to the chunks of flesh that hung by slithers of skin and the wide gashes that had been caused by a well-placed cutting curse. Various words had been cut in to the flesh such as 'whore' and 'slut' as well as the crest for the Order of the Phoenix. Their idea was to make it appear to be the Light side who had done this to the boy. It would cause mistrust within the light and would cause good publicity for the Dark side when they denied being involved and showing their own side of compassion towards children with those whom they had rescued.

To finish the job, Lucius shot the Light symbol in to the air, hovering over the body, while passers-by screamed and ran in terror. Smirking at the sight before him, Lucius removed the portkey from his pocket and activated it, whisking himself away from the alley.

"Is it done, Lucius?" Tom asked apprehensively. He had wanted to end this as soon as possible so he could spend time with his children. His children… He couldn't wait. He had the papers signed in his desk in the study and he could not wait until he could file them and then they could all be a family together. Silas had already bonded with Alexia, Allison and Michael and so he knew there would be no disagreements with them becoming family members officially. Tom already saw them as his children and the only thing that was standing in his way to officially claim them as his was his reputation of a Dark Lord and Dumbledore. He couldn't wait to see their faces when he told them. He could not wait until they would all be able to call him Dad… Silas had asked him to make them his siblings. He wanted a family, craved it. However, Tom knew that he had the same craving as Silas, to become a family and he knew that those kids may just make his family complete. While he knew that Lily was no longer here, he knew that she would be proud of him for what he was doing and for making each of those kids happy. He knew she would be proud of Silas for accomplishing so much and being able to trust and love so much despite his past. It also played on his mind however that she was not here to see it and she would never truly forgive him until he got rid of Dumbledore for good and that was exactly what he intended. But he needed to do some damage control first.

"Yes Tom. It caused mass panic like we believed and I believe it will most definitely make this evenings addition of the paper. I even fired up the Phoenix mark just to make sure that there was no doubt to who had done it. It seems like pretty damning evidence. All we need is a statement from you claiming that neither you nor your Death Eaters had any involvement and the blame will solely be placed upon Dumbledore and his merry band of chickens." Lucius explained proudly.

"Good. I want my kids safe Lucius." Tom nodded.

"As do I Tom. So kids huh? It was obvious they had grown on you. Are you going to adopt?" Lucius asked gently with a warm smile.

"They have grown on me," Tom agreed. "I have the adoption papers in my draw, signed but I cannot submit them yet as you well know."

"Ah, yes… I do believe that would cause some mild panic, don't you? The Dark Lord is going around adopting muggle born kids? Although you know as well as I do that those three little kids in there could not possibly be muggle born. They have to have had at least one magical parent if not two. There is no way that three siblings of muggle heritage could all be born magical, it's just not possible."

"I know. I need to find out how those children ended up there but that isn't my priority. Right now my only priorities are to rid the world of Dumbledore and keep my kids safe." Tom explained.

"And build a new prison." Lucius added thinking of the conversation they had a few weeks back with a group of Death Eaters.

"Yes that too… Where should we build that anyway?" Tom asked.

"Wherever the light cannot get to a I suppose." Lucius responded thoughtfully.

"Well if you would gather the Death Eaters and arrange for them to meet me in the meeting hall. I think we need to discuss some plans for the next few weeks, including getting rid of Albus Dumbledore and building a new prison." Tom stated thoughtfully. "I believe I will need to write out a statement for the Daily Prophet and then I will meet you there in twenty minutes. Will that be enough time?"

"Plenty. Good luck with the Prophet." Lucius replied with a smirk before leaving the office.

"I hate those damn Malfoy smirks!" Tom exclaimed, while he sat down at his desk in a huff and picked up a quill to begin his statement.