Ares Cassius Malfoy was born the twin brother to Draconis Lucius Malfoy. Born as the heir to the Ancient and Noble House of Malfoy, Ares must dance around his family’s political views and change the Slytherin house for the better. His secret? This isn’t his first life!
"WHAT THE FUCK WERE YOU THINKING!?" Sirius bellowed.
I cringe at the loud voice and say, "Sirius, calm down. There's a reason-"
He cut me off fury rolling off of him, "What possible reason could you have? You've kidnapped the most politically powerful man in Britain besides Dumbledore!"
Mother spoke up in a calm tone, "Sirius I'm sure he has a good reason, but you need to calm down. Let him speak, you know Ares, he wouldn't do something like this unless it was necessary."
Sirius looked over at her and took some deep breaths before gritting out in a quieter tone, "Kreacher."
*POP*
"What can Kreacher do for, nasty Master?" Kreacher said with annoyance in his tone.
"Shut you filthy mouth you little abomination. Bring me a Calming Draught from the storeroom, and if anything is wrong with it, there will be clothes!" Sirius rounded on the Black Elf.
Kreacher straightened up at that and popped away.
*POP*
*POP*
Kreacher appeared again with the potion saying nothing. Sirius downed it and pulled out a bottle of fire whiskey. He takes a swig and says, "Alright, let's here the reasons."
I take a small breath, "I tailed Lucius today. I wanted to get some dirt on him for revenge, but he made a detour by Rita Skeeter's office. Inside, they discussed how Rita had been spying on our house and would have been spying inside if it weren't for the wards-"
"So you tailed an extremely dangerous Ex-Death Eater after I explicitly told you to do nothing, and on top of that you told me nothing of this plan and brought him here to MY HOUSE." He said yelling the last two words.
I snap back and say, "If you would let me finish, I was going to say since they couldn't get anything on me, Lucius had decided to have Rita follow you and find something incriminating so he could bribe Fudge to have him throw you back in Azkaban. You know that it wouldn't take much, and your not exactly the most careful person. He would have you in Azkaban in a month, maybe less!"
Sirius snarled and said, "As if that little swot Rita could follow me without me spotting her."
"She could if she was an animagus, and guess what she's a water beetle!" I hiss at Sirius's dismissal of the threat. That got both of their attention, becoming an animagus was a rare practice that not many would take the time to do. I let them soak in that fact then say, "With how small she is, she could be anywhere and you wouldn't know. If I take out Lucius, she loses most of her power until the baby is born and verified as a Malfoy. She'll be more cautious to attack a Noble Lord."
Mother looked pale and said, "That's how she could get all of those exclusive stories… Merlin, with her information gathering skills and Lucius' political pull they'd be unstoppable."
Sirius finally realized how close they were to being ruined and an audible gulp ran through the room. He eventually said, "That still doesn't explain why you went behind my back, you are my Heir! I can't have you taking actions without informing me, that way if something does happen I can be prepared for the fallout. Did you even think what would happen to me or your mother if you were caught? Rita would use this to destroy us."
I nod at that it was a possibility, "Yes, that could have happened, but would you have backed me if I had decided to do this and came to you? Sirius your so set in your ways, not everything is so easy as waiting for Lucius to make a move. You don't even like the doddering old fool but your still acting like he would! That's what almost lost you the war against Voldemort, reactionary tactics aren't meant to be the only tactics one uses when fighting a war." I say with a passion to make him see reason.
Sirius growled at that, "This isn't war!"
I scream at that, "OF COURSE ITS WAR! It's hasn't stopped being war! You just don't see it anymore because they've learned to hide it without there Master to bail them out. People are still dying from the Pureblood Movement, there are more Death Eaters out of Azkaban than their are in it, hell there's more on the Wizangamot than their are there!"
Sirius looked thoughtful at that, but Mother nodded along. She knew because she had a front row seat with her marriage to one.
"What do you intend to do to him? Kill him?" Sirius said in a broken tone. It hurt to see, this betrayed everything he believed in when he was younger.
I nod and say, "It needs to be done. The Wizangamot had there chance to punish him and fucked up. If he's left alive, the problems that he could cause are enormous. The financial support they would lose alone would cripple the Dark Lords followers. Not to mention what I told you of his dungeons."
Silence spread throughout the house as everyone was lost in their thoughts. Eventually, Sirius met my eyes. He stared deeply at me for a minute, taking me in like I was about to disappear. He nods his head weakly and gets up and leaves to his room and slams the door. I sigh and glance over at Mother. She nods at me and we make our way to the dungeons. The cells were in worse conditions than Malfoy Manor's, the grime has been caked with years of blood. The rustic scent permeates the air and I can't help but think of the atrocities that have been committed here, and the blood I will as to the floor soon.
Lucius is lying on the floor, dead to the world around him. I grab him and cuff him to the magic suppressing shackles on the wall. Then, getting the counter potion, and forcing it down his throat, i air for the bastard to wake. 5 minutes later he starts to come too.
"Wha-" he said delirious from the magical coma he just came out of. His eyes lock onto mine as he sees me sitting across from him with my legs crossed in a chair. He lunges for me, but the shackles catch him from moving. He starts yanking at the metal cuffs when a cool voice enters his ears.
"They won't break Husband of mine." Mother says with a ruthless look walking into his field of view.
"Narcissa… I see you've decided to make a foolish decision. You never were much without me, just a dried up cunt!" He says with a snarl like a wild beast.
"Oh no Father, this was all me." I say with a cheerful tone ignoring the murderous look he shoots me.
"So the traitorous spawn is here? Is the mini-me here too? Let's make it a family reunion!" He hatefully says, still trying to pull his hands free anyway he can.
"Dear Drake couldn't make it I'm afraid, I don't want him to see what comes later. Children can be traumatized by the smallest of things after all." I say ignoring that we're twins. I stand up and make my way to him, running my hands over all the barbaric tools the Blacks of old kept here for their…'playtime'.
"I guess it's true what they say about us Blacks. A rotten bunch the lot us, Black madness and all that jazz." I say thinking out loud. I pick up a pair of needle nose pliers and continued, "Well, I guess there's no use fighting it, you could even say it was because of my blood."
I pause a few seconds and chuckle at the absurdity of it. It was blood that caused Lucius to behave the way he did, and know it was blood coming back to bite him. The next second I bend down to pick up his foot and say mindlessly, "You used to say Mudbloods should worship us at our feet."
Lucius says nothing pale with fear, I look up and give him a smile before snapping the pliers on his big toe. His screams filled the air, I ignore him and press harder until a pop could be heard. I then sau in a calm voice, "Now take a deep breath, this'll be a bit painful."
I grab with toenail with the pliers and pull the nail clean off. His screams grew even louder as tears leaked from his eyes. I sigh and say, "What a disappointment you are. We haven't even really started and your crying already? What was it you used to tell me? 'Crying only makes me more sure that you deserve this punishment. Malfoys don't cry!'"
On the last word I break another toe as he screams again, and on it went as I broke every toe and peeled every nail of his right foot. He passed out before I could start on the left one and I said, "Now that just won't do."
"Ennevate!" I cast and he perks up into consciousness once again. He broke into loud sobs at the thought that he couldn't even escape into unconsciousness.
"Do you know how much I hate you?" I say looking him in the eyes. He didn't say anything just cried while I spoke once more, "You made my childhood miserable. Never knowing when the next time I would feel the inhumane pain from the torture curse. I remember begging you one time, just to kill me. I try not to think of that weakness now, but I know I remember the pain, you made sure I'd never forget."
A hand was on my shoulder as I looked up to see Mother with tears in her eyes. I'd never told her that before because I knew that she would do something stupid if she knew. She looked over at Lucius with the most intense hatred I'd ever seen from her. She motions for me to leave and I take a step back as she grabs a small metal mallet and starts by saying, "I still remember the only time I'd ever lain with you as a wife. You used me, and laughed at me when I cried, when you were done you said that if I wasn't pregnant you would make it ten times as bad. I don't know if it was Magic herself blessing me or what but I was so relieved at being pregnant."
She swings the hammer at his knee and a loud squelch was heard as his knee shattered from the force. She hit him over and over again on the legs. I watch her sadly at her misfortune of marrying this horrendous person. Eventually with his legs completely ruined she gave one final swing between the legs and blood poured out.
I acted fast and cast in between his legs, "Incendio!"
The smell of burning flesh filled the room and made me gag. I was mentally tired from dealing with the bastard and decided it was time to end this. We'd already been at this for two hours. I walk up and pull Lucius hair out of his face so I could see him. It seemed he'd passed out once again midway through. I sigh and cast, "Ennervate!"
The broken look that appeared on his face when he realized his hell wasn't over would stay with me for the rest of my life and I manage to say, "Lucius I've decided to end this, not that it hasn't been fun. I figure it would be poetic justice for you to experience the pain we have from your favorite curse before I kill you. Then once you have been tortured into insanity, then I will permit you to die."
I glance at Mother and hand her Arcturus's wand. She nods and stands in front of him.
"Crucio!" She yells and his last screams rang out for minutes before an ominous silence. I checked him over once more and saw his lost look. I nod to Mother who finally put it to rest.
"Avada Kedavra!" She barely whispers. Lucius' head falls forward and his heartbeat stops.
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