Lucius was back in his room. He really didn�t know how he got there. The last thing he remembered was watching Harry Potter in the forest.
�So Harry Potter has joined, something. How very unlike James. It must be a fairly new group, all the members looked like they were still teenagers. Who is their leader? His voice was familiar. I know it was the same as the one in the shack, but that's not where I recognized it from. If I tell Dumbledore he will know I was following Harry. But we all know he is a target of Voldemort, so that might be over looked. But Dumbledore will ask Harry about it and he will then find out I was watching him. Where do I know that voice from? I know what I can do.�
Lucius finished his lesson plan then went to bed.
Tuesday morning, Lucius� first class was sixth year Gryffindors and Slytherins. Here was his chance to find out more about what Harry had gotten himself into.
�Good morning class. Today�s class will be short. I am assigning research papers. You may choose the topic but it must be either an evil wizard or secret organization that you are interested in. If you need any books from the restricted section of the library I will be happy to grant permission. Let me know who you have chosen before you leave the class. The paper must be 15 feet long. Now you may take some time to talk amongst yourselves as to what you will research.�
The class was speechless. They never had a teacher do such a thing. It must have been some sort of joke. Lucius looked at the class.
�Well you�d better begin deciding. I will dismiss you in twenty minutes and if you don�t have a topic you will have trouble passing this class.� This made the class immediately start thinking again. Lucius looked in Harry�s direction, watching him as he discussed his ideas with a nearby Slytherin.
Harry felt eyes on him and turned to meet Lucius� gaze. Lucius didn�t turn away, he wanted to intimidate Harry. Harry wasn�t scared by the challenge, instead he was more drawn to the new professor. Snape would always turn away quickly when Harry stared into his eyes, but Lucius never flinched.
The twenty minutes were almost up and most of the class had left for the library already. All that were left in the room were Draco, Blaise, and of course Harry. Blaise told Lucius his topic and then left the room. Draco lingered a bit more and tried to get his father to give him a topic, but Lucius was not that stupid.
Harry stood up and began walking towards Lucius. Lucius watched as the boy moved. He had a catlike grace. His body softly moved around the desks as he edged closer to the blonde headed professor. Something about the way he moved made Lucius picture James walking to him. Harry knew what he was doing, he was using his body to distract his professor. Lucius fell into the trap. Harry neared, he didn�t stop until he was a nose length away from Lucius. Lucius felt the breath of the student as he spoke.
�Professor. I am going to do my paper on Tom RIddle. Would you mind if I used you as a resource? I might have to come to your room to ask you questions. Would you mind that?�
�No, I wouldn�t mind. My room is next to Severus�,if you know where that is. I don�t have an office just yet. Feel free to see me after your last class.� Lucius remained calm, he had many years of practice from former with lovers. Harry turned away and smiled to himself. Lucius smiled inwardly.
Since James had been taken away, he was going to have the son as a replacement. �I wonder what Severus would say about this? Better not ask, he wouldn�t understand.�
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Harry�s classes had finally ended. He headed back to his dormitory to freshen up a bit before visiting Lucius. Harry had something tugging at the back of his mind. Something telling what he had to do with Lucius, and it didn�t include a good shag with the new professor. Harry had orders from a higher order and he knew what the consequences would be if he didn�t follow them. So he picked up a few items he would need and tucked them under his robe.
He made his way down the corridors of the old castle and finally found the room belonging to Lucius Malfoy.
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Lucius was in his room going over his plan for the upcoming meeting. He was going to find out what Harry had been doing in the forest that night. It wasn�t that he wanted to protect Harry, he wanted to protect James� son. Everything he did was for James, except maybe joining the deatheaters.
�So Harry Potter is interested in Tom RIddle. I wonder what made that happen??�
When the knock can Lucius answered the door to his bedchamber.
�Come in Mr. Potter.�
�Thank you professor.� Harry said. He entered the room slightly brushing Lucius� arm with his own. He was going to trap the older man. The bedchamber was large with an equally large fireplace, in which burned a bright warmth. In front of the fireplace was an oversized armchair.
�Please have a seat and we can begin.� Lucius said, motioning to the armchair. Harry sat down as Lucius brought another chair in front of the fire. �Where shall we begin?�
�Well first tell me how you know of Tom Riddle�
�He was and still is the leader of the Deatheaters. I joined when I was still young.�
�Was he the first deatheaters? And what has he contributed to the Deatheaters?�
�Yes he was the first deatheater, but when he established the Deatheaters he had changed his name to Voldemort. He has contributed a large number of spells, the ones known today are called the unforgivables. He has also contributed to the fear and hatred felt by any nonmember in the wizarding world.�
�When you said that Tom Riddle is still the leader of the deatheaters, how did you come to know this? �
�I know that He was reborn a couple of years ago. I was a witness.�
�Do you still consider yourself a deatheater?�
�I still bare the mark, but I do not wish to continue to slaughter innocent people in the name of Tom Riddle.�
�How long have you felt this way?�
�For nearly seventeen years now.�
�Well then why did you let the diary of Tom Riddle make it�s way into Hogwarts and into the hands of Ginny Weasley if you did not consider yourself still a deatheater?�
�Are we here to discuss my loyalty to the Deatheaters, or are you here to ask me about Tom Riddle?� Lucius was beginning to be agitated by the questions. For some reason he didn�t like the direction in which they were going.
�I am sorry, but it is relevant to my understanding of your feelings toward the Deatheaters and how that may effect your answers to my questions.�
�Sorry. I let the diary get in here to confirm the fear of Voldemort among the children and staff. I was barely a deatheater anymore by then. You see once you become a deatheater you remain a deatheater until Tom Riddle is dead for good and all. So I was trying to still remain in slight favor with the other Deatheaters, without harming to many people.� Harry took all he was told in. He would process the information later.
�I think that is all I need for now. Would you mind if I come back tomorrow same time?�
�Sure.� was all Lucius said. He had an odd feeling about what was happening. �Mr. Potter, would you mind if I asked you a question?�
�What is it professor?�
�Why are you so interested in Tom Riddle and the Deatheaters? And why are you so interested in my involvement with them?�
�Well, I am interested because they are a main part of my life, Tom Riddle especially. I have been hearing of them since I came to Hogwarts and they are the reason my parents were killed. I guess it is a desire to understand why my parents were killed.�
�I know why James was killed.� Lucius wished he hadn�t said that.
�You do. Would you mind telling me??�
�Not tonight. Maybe tomorrow. I am too...tired.� Harry looked at the man in front of him. Lucius now seemed lost in a dream. Lucius was again thinking of James. He stared at Harry, James� son and wished he hadn�t agreed to the meeting.
Harry and James looked very much alike. Lucius began to see James in front of him, sitting in his chair, in his room, in front of his fire. Lucius reached out to touch James� face. His hand came in contact with someone this time. He stroked James� cheek as tears escaped his eyes.
Harry was taken aback by the sudden move Lucius had made. Harry knew very little of his father, very little of his father�s school life. Harry wondered what was running through the beautiful professors mind. Harry didn�t dare push the hand away from his cheek. Lucius had begun to silently cry, Harry couldn�t bring himself to upset him more. So when Lucius leaned over and kissed him, Harry kissed back, indulging in Lucius� fantasy.
Lucius� heart broke as he kissed James. It forbidden fruit, those lips of James�. His father had severed the ties when they were little, making sure it would never happen, but it was happening now. His James had returned, the many years of silent grief overflowed and the tears came faster. Lucius pulled James into an embrace that carried all the love he had felt for the young boy. It was an embrace that no one had ever received from Lucius before, not even his wife.
Harry felt the tears of his professor on his neck as Lucius� arms enfolded him, his arms holding the older man back comforting him as he cried the past 35 years of grief away. Harry�s plans had suddenly changed, it was hard for him not to be moved by the actions of Lucius. Harry began to feel a twinge in the depths of his heart that had never been touched before.
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