Bellatrix Lestrange rolled her eyes in annoyance as she overheard her husband talking to another handful of former followers of the Dark Lord. It had been almost adorable, for the first day or so, how the man went about trying to gather the cooperation of others to mount a future coup.
Adorable, up until the point it had begun pissing her off. Was he truly stupid enough to believe that a handful of third-rate duelists would be able to take down the boy who had destroyed the most powerful Dark Lord of the past century?
Based upon the excited whispering Bella decided that yes, he was.
"I'm telling you this is how it starts . Allowing a Mudblood into our ranks? His inner circle being composed of children !?"
And it was, the former Black daughter noted. Harry's friends had arrived a few hours prior, them being several, rather pretty, young girls including the blonde from the graveyard, and he had since spent his time with them and his godfathers in private conversations. It was clear that his 'inner circle' had mostly been chosen, which merely meant she had to work a bit harder to convince him that she was also worthy of being a part of it.
Interesting enough Lucius, despite being the owner of the mansion, had not been purview to several of these meetings.
Perhaps if she could convince her younger sister into starting a threesome with their new lord, and maybe giving up her idiot of a husband, he would accept her?
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"You summoned me, my Lord?"
The boy-who-lived gave a curt nod and gestured toward a chair opposite him, the Malfoy Lord immediately noticed that the rest of the teen's chosen 'inner circle' were also in the room, along with his own wife.
"We need to have a chat Lucius, about a few things that have happened recently. You see the problem I am faced with currently is how exactly to deal with you. As I have told the others I do not tolerate betrayal and you have done so several times now."
The man gulped nervously before beginning another apology, only to be silenced halfway through, "My first train of thought had been to have something dark and horrible slowly eat you alive in front of the others as an example… but it occurred to me that such a thing might be a bit traumatizing for Draco here. Next I figured I could just torture you for a few weeks until I grew bored, however the problem with this is that it would undoubtedly make you even more useless, and I have already granted you the position of Minister, despite you screwing it up. Now I could easily choose another but doing so and getting them elected would probably take me several days and quite frankly I am tired of wasting my valuable time on such things."
Nodding, the blonde's mind raced towards what his eventual punishment would be. Would he be disowned? Humiliated? Sent to Azkaban?
"After a few minutes of continued considerations I have come to a compromise. You see I realized that your betrayal was due to the notion you have that you are somehow more important than you truly are. That you are far more useful and powerful than your current status, I believe it is time to correct this error in judgment. Thus for the remainder of the summer you will be assigned the role of 'servant' to my closest allies. If they tell you to do something I expect you to do it regardless of what it may be. Now there will be certain limits such as breaking my rules or betraying me further but otherwise I expect your cooperation, and it goes without saying that these tasks will be done by you, no House Elves are to aid in this."
"B-but my Lord…" the man winced at his own, rather whiny, tone. "Surely there is something else that I can…"
The boy frowned in annoyance, "You know we can always go back to the idea of having you believe you are on fire for the next few months…"
"No! No this will be fine my Lord, thank you for your generosity."
Harry gave another nod, before rising and turning to the others, adults and teens alike, "I have matters to attend to, I am sure you all will inform Lucius of his duties hm?"
More than one devilish grin appeared as the Potter heir departed and attention shifted to the Malfoy Lord, who suddenly felt like he had become targeted by a pack of hungry predators.
"Oh Lucius darling ." Sirius Black called out, earning a sigh from the other man. "I think we should set a few ground rules before we get into the more… fun parts of the next few months."
Mentally reminding himself than any humiliation would be infinitely better than the alternatives, the Pureblood nodded and stepped forward, "And what would those be Black?"
"Well first off we need to work on this language of yours. I think that proper titles are more suitable hm? In my case you will refer to me as 'Lord Padfoot', and obviously Remus will be 'Lord Moony'. I am sure the others will have their own ideas but regardless of whom you are addressing I think that thanks is a proper response for any command we give. I mean we are saving your life after all."
" Thank you " the man practically growled out, "Lord Padfoot, for your generosity ."
The Black Lord waved him off, "You are quite welcome Lucy darling, you don't mind if I call you 'Lucy' do you? It just seems so fitting after all."
"Oooo perhaps we could find him a nice maid outfit to wear." Luna chimed in, earning a glare from the man while several others grinned.
Narcissa, in the meantime, merely tapped her finger on her face in thought, "We do have a few lying around I am sure we can enlarge… but I wonder if our little circle is going to expand when others are selected. I have seen the way my sister looks at our Lord and with her own skills, and a bit of suggestion, perhaps he will see fit to include her as well."
This had the man paling, wondering exactly what he had done to anger his wife to earn such punishment, but before he could comment the woman beat him to it, "I think the first thing I will have you do is apologize, for every wedding anniversary you forgot about and each of my birthdays you 'conveniently' schedule business trips during."
"And you know, I heard that we have quite a few summer assignments before next year." Hermione mused, earning gleams of excitement from the other teens. "Now I enjoy doing my own homework but I imagine that your son Heir Malfoy will appreciate having some extra free time."
A certain French Witch nodded as well, "And with my graduation I could use a new wardrobe, perhaps I can bring him along shopping with me, I could use a set of arms to carry my purchases."
"Oh please my dear you simply must let me join you, we will make a day out of it with the other girls, nothing like a few hours of shoe shopping to help take your mind off of a near-death tournament hm?" The Malfoy matron insisted, paling the blonde man further and further, while Remus and Sirius snickered nearby.
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