Suspicious Activity

Harry Potter's life could not be going any better. He's an excellent Auror, making his way up through the ranks with his best friend Ron Weasley. It's been five years since the war ended and almost all of the Death Eaters have been captured. His wife Ginny Potter just told him she's pregnant with their first child, and his best friend Hermione Granger is home. After nearly five years, Hermione finally returned to England.

Soon after the war ended, Hermione went to Australia to find her parents, and return their memories. While she was able to find them quickly, restoring their memories was a more complicated process than she anticipated. It took her nearly a year before she was able to return her parents' memories. With their memories restored her parents decided to stay in Australia. Hermione decided to stay there with them as she had already started working with the Australian Ministry of Magic.

They had kept in touch via letters and Hermione would occasionally come back to England to work with the Ministry. Hermione worked in the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures in Australia. Eight months ago, Harry got a letter from Hermione saying she was transferring to London in two months. It's now been six months since Hermione's been back, and Harry could not be happier to have his best friend home.

Harry and Ron are finishing lunch in Diagon Alley, when they catch a flash of blonde hair. They soon realize that the blond hair belongs to none other than Lucius Malfoy. After the war, the Wizengamot let Narcissa and Draco Malfoy go completely free due to evidence proving their unwillingness, and for the help that they provided the golden trio during the war.

Lucius on the other hand, was found guilty of associating and following Voldemort. Evidence was shown that since the incident in the Department of Mysteries, Lucius had fallen out of favor with Voldemort. Lucius had wanted to get out, but was always being watched and the last few years was kept confined to Malfoy Manor. To help prove his loyalties Lucius had given information to the Auror's to help track down other Death Eaters. With all of this, the Wizengamot sentenced Lucius to a year's house arrest and four years of probation.

While Harry was able to admit that the information that Lucius gave was invaluable, Ron argued that they could have done without the, "Death Eater Scum."

Looking back at the man in question Harry asks, "What do you think he's doing?"

"Nothing good," Ron replies while not taking his eyes off of Lucius. He starts to take a step forward, before Harry catches his arm.

"What are you doing?" Harry questions, although he has a pretty good idea of what his friend is thinking.

"What am I doing? What are you doing? We have to follow him. He's probably on his way to set up a meeting with other Death Eaters," Ron says exasperated. He wiggles out of Harry's grasp and starts walking quickly to catch up to Lucius.

Harry shook his head before catching up with Ron.

"We don't know that he's doing anything wrong, he's just in Diagon Alley. He could just be shopping for something. No one has seen him in years since his house arrest was lifted."

"Exactly, no one sees him in years and now he's back and up to something. Didn't his probation end recently?" Ron argues back.

Harry continues to follow Ron, while trying to think of a possible response to calm his friend down. Suddenly, Ron grabs his arm and points at Lucius with a look of triumph on his face. Harry follows where Ron is pointing and sees Lucius heading to Knockturn Alley.

"Okay that's a little suspicious, but does not mean anything, not everything is completely bad there." Harry tries to assure his friend but is starting to get a bad feeling. The feeling only got worse, as they see Lucius enter Borgin and Burkes.