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Just so you are aware, it is a sequel to Back to the Past and it will be a lot easier to understand this one if you have read that one (and it would make me really, really happy). But, if you don't want to, here is a brief rundown of what happened before:
Harry and Draco are sent to their parents 7th year by an unknown spell. After telling their parents and godparents about their personal pasts they continue to live in the past, teaching Defense. Harry nearly dies again in a battle in Hogsmede. When Draco and Harry go back to their own time, the memories of those they told the truth to were wiped. Only a severe continuation of the way the things had been previously would bring their memories back.
Chapter 1
~~~5 years later~~~
Lucius shot up with a gasp. He looked over at the clock just as it flipped to 12:01 am November 1, 1981. "Harry."
He jumped out of bed, not even bothering to keep his usual Malfoy grace in place, and hurried to the nursery where he knew Narcissa was with Draco. His son had been nearly inconsolable all day and he had not known why. It made sense now though. He poked his head in, keeping quiet in case Draco was asleep, "Cissa," he began.
She just turned and nodded. "Go find Harry. I'll take care of Draco and be here when you get back." Her memories had also returned and there was no way they could let the path occur as it had before.
He nodded and strode quickly to his study, spelling his night clothes into proper robes in a deep blue silk wool blend to help combat the cold fall air. He grabbed his winter cloak and threw it on as he grabbed a Gringotts key from under the edge of his desk, something he'd always kept there since Christmas of his 7th year, though he didn't know why until now. It was to a joint vault that had been set up between himself and James Potter with the papers that they needed should the past begin to repeat itself. Even after they'd had their memories shielded, the former enemies had been civil with each other, many of the prejudices that had so pervaded the school before their sons had traveled to their time were not nearly as strong for the remainder of their year there. It was hard to change so when you'd been working with the same people, from different houses, on projects all year.
He threw a handful of Floo powder into the grate and stepped in. "The Leaky Cauldron!" he called clearly. He stepped cleanly out of the fireplace and walked through the pub, people celebrating left and right, already, the downfall of the Dark Lord. He stepped through into the alley behind the pub then into Diagon Alley itself, the normally semi-quiet alley bustling at the unusual time of night. He and Severus had not turned to the Dark Lord this time around, though they were still known to have Dark leanings, unlike in the future they were not in the Inner Circle of the Dark Lord, or even an outer circle. They'd not been marked at all. Yet, they both still had contacts among those ranks and allies in those ranks with whom they dealt regularly. For Severus, who was working on his Mastery, those contacts could get him ingredients for his experiments and research that would have been nearly impossible to get otherwise. For Lucius, for his political career, though fairly new, he could not afford to alienate any potential allies, especially this early on.
He entered the bank quickly to get out of the cold and strode quickly to the front desk. "I need to get into vault 1776," he said to the point and politely, sliding the key on the desk.
"This way, Lord Malfoy," the goblin said immediately, leading him down a hallway that he had never been down before at the end of the hall. "Have a seat, Longhorn will be in with your documents in a few minutes."
Lucius was confused, but knew that the goblins knew what they were doing. An older goblin, presumably Longhorn, entered the small conference room a few minutes later. "Lord Malfoy, here are the documents you requested from your vault. Prior to his death, Lord Potter placed his and his wife's wills also in the vault as well as filing a copy with the Ministry, ensuring that we present you with these documents as soon as we were able. In the last 3 hours, Dumbledore has claimed to have read the wills and placed the child with his last blood relatives on his mother's side. Having been 'read' the wills are now sealed until the child is of age." Longhorn slid the copies of the wills across the table with a wicked grin.
Lucius smirked. "But if there were another set of copies that came to light, kept in trust by an honorable source, then it would unseal the wills kept by the Ministry and be forced to have the Head of the DMLE to look into it more closely." He pointed to another sheet of official parchment. "May I?"
The goblin slid it closer.
It was the safeguard they had put in place during 7th year naming godparents and announcing the soul bond. "This will help my cause as well," he said softly to himself as he remembered that day clearly for the first time in a long time. "Is there anything else I need to know, Longhorn?"
"Not at this time, Lord Malfoy. You are free to go. Ironhand has set up an appointment for you with Madame Bones at 8 a.m. this morning."
"Thank you again," he said before leaving the conference room. It was with a little surer step that he made his way back out of the bank before Apparating back to Malfoy Manor. It was now playing the waiting game before they would have any information on anything to help the child. The one thing neither boy had mentioned in the past was the location of Harry's relatives. Without checking through the Ministry, there would be no way to find them.
Lucius entered the Manor from the Apparation point on the grounds and made his way back up to the nursery. Narcissa was still in there with Draco, bouncing the fussy 17 month old baby, trying to calm him down.
"How did it go?" Narcissa asked before immediately returning to muttering soothing nonsense to the blond baby.
"I have a meeting with Amelia Bones at 8 a.m. I will find out more then, but, from what I can see, everything looks in line for us to remove the boy from those Muggles." He gently took Draco from Narcissa, being sure to keep the gentle bouncing. "Go rest, Cissy. I'll take care of our Dragon tonight. Harry should be with us soon and the Dark Lord is gone, there is nothing to fear that can reach us here." He kissed her forehead. "Should Draco decide to sleep, I shall be to bed in a little while."
It was nearly 3 o'clock in the morning before Lucius crawled into bed, Draco still whimpering, even in sleep, as he lay between his parents.
The next morning, Lucius had to rush to get ready for his meeting at 8. It wasn't like he intended to get up late, but the night before had just been so exhausting all around, but this was not a meeting that he could miss. He arrived at the Department of Magical Law Enforcement just as the clock chimed 8.
"Ah, Mr. Malfoy," Madame Bones said as she came out of her office, handing a stack of folders to her secretary. "Please come in."
He did as she asked and, after letting her be seated, took a seat in the chair across from her. "Thank you for seeing me Madame on such short notice."
"Yes, well, one does not refuse the goblins anything. What do you need, Mr. Malfoy?"
"An inquiry as to the placement of the Potter child," he said bluntly, knowing she would not appreciate it if he just danced around the topic. He slid the folder he'd brought with him across the desk. "In a shared vault at Gringotts, James Potter placed a copy of his will, the one here at the Ministry was sealed, presumably by Albus Dumbledore, before anyone could have a chance to read it."
She said nothing, but took the file and began to read through the documents it contained, including birth certificates for both Harrison James Potter and Draconius Lucian Malfoy, indicating godparents, a copy of both the Potter's will and the Malfoy's current living will (should something happen to them), as well as signed notification that the babies were soul mates. She stood abruptly. "Mafalda, send for the Potter's will, immediately." She ordered through a speaker box on the edge of her desk. An affirmative reply was heard before she returned to reading.
Lucius longed to squirm under the tense silence, but knew that it would not be appreciated. Besides, Malfoy's do not squirm or fidget.
A knock on the door startled both of them out of their thoughts. The secretary, Mafalda, poked her head in. Madame Bones, the wills have been sealed and given to the Department of Mysteries for safe keeping. They said if you need them, you have to be the one to get them."
Amelia Bones sighed, though it was nearly a growl, and stood. "Come, Mr. Malfoy, if what you are saying is correct. The Boy-Who-Lived has been effectively kidnapped and we must take immediate action."
It was not until nearly 6 pm that evening that Lucius returned to Malfoy Manor. "Where is Harry?" Narcissa questioned bouncing a still fussy Draco as Lucius entered the nursery.
He kissed both his wife and son on the head before shaking his head in the negative. "Madame Bones has started an inquiry. It took nearly all day to get the record of the wills from the Ministry as well as convincing an Unspeakable to break the seals. Dumbledore showed up furious around lunch time and we had to break for nearly 2 hours while we fought the right to open the sealed wills in front of the Ministry." He took Draco comfortingly into his arms, the baby immediately snuggling into the warmth his father's broad chest provided. "Dumbledore keeps arguing Harry is in the safest place possible for him and has yet to release his location. Aurors are searching for the child now, but so far there is no luck in finding him."
"What of Severus and Remus?" she asked, knowing the two men were taking the disappearance of the toddler harder than nearly anyone.
"Also searching. Severus remembers Petunia from childhood and is seeing if any of his old contacts still have contact with her and is working through the Muggle world to see if they can find him that way. Remus is scouring Godric's Hollow to see if there are any clues as to his whereabouts there."
"And Sirius?"
"The will brought to light some things the Auror's wish to look into before they are willing to release him." He rolled his eyes in exasperation. "Apparently his court date is not on the docket for another 9 days...and that's after I got it moved up."
"He is at least at the Ministry, though, right?"
"Yes, Madame Bones assured me of that at least."
They were silent again as Lucius wrapped his arms around his wife and baby. "I love you," he whispered after a few minutes of silence. "Go to bed, I shall sit with Draco once more."
