NOVEL NEXT Chapter 56: Interview with a Death Eater
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"Dialogue"
'Thoughts'
$Parseltongue$
Chapter 56: Interview with a Death Eater
"Wait here. Close your eyes and cover your ears." Harry ordered Draco before hiding under his invisibility cloak and walking to the door that was now opening.
Narcissa Malfoy was not even able to get past the door frame before she was blasted with a stunner potent enough to send her flying backward until she landed on a nearby couch.
The two house elves appeared with a loud 'pop' noise.
"Ohh no!, Misses Malfoy!" the first house elf cried.
The other elf did not seem to care that much and just stared at the unmoving woman with a blank stare.
A red spark of light aimed at the first elf, impacted on the back of the head and she went down.
The other elf stared at Harry with adoration.
"Mister came here to kill Dobby's family?"
He asked with an expression that was hard to read.
Harry was not expecting to answer any questions before knocking out the elves.
But this was not just a random elf, but one to whom he owes a great deal. So he decided to try a different approach.
"No…okay, maybe I'll kill one of them. "
Dobby started to jump with joy.
"Yes!, the evil Master is going to leave!, Dobby must celebrate!...noo! , Dobby bad!, Dobby must go pushing himself!."
"Wait, I have to-"
"Pop" the elf disappeared before Harry could do anything.
"I guess is fine to ignore that one…"
"What is all this ruckus!" The angry voice of Lucius Malfoy could be heard coming from upstairs.
Harry placed a silencing charm on his shoes and hurried up the stairs without making any noise.
"Why aren't you answering?!, Narcissa!"
He reached the door and heard Lucius standing up from his chair and slamming his hands on the desk.
"Tabby!, Dobby!, damn it, you are going to be punishing yourselves all night if you don't answer me this instant!"
Lucius walked at a quick pace to the door.
All Harry had to do was wait.
Lucius slammed the door open and was met with Harry's wand pointing at his chest.
"Wha-"
"Depulso."
Lucius was pushed back with tremendous force and crashed against his desk, shattering a piece of it before landing on the floor with a few broken ribs.
"Let's see…your wife and one of your elves cannot answer you because they have been stunned. But you will be glad to know that your other elf is following your wish to punish himself….or maybe he is celebrating, I'm not sure."
Lucius groaned in pain and reached for something on top of his desk.
He grasped a black cane and brought it down. Lucius then proceeded to use the 'harmless' cane to support himself.
With a smooth motion he had rehearsed a million times, Lucius took his wand off the top of the can and turned around to aim it at Harry.
"Divulsa."
Harry's dark curse, cut Lucius' wand in half before it could be used. Along with two of Lucius' fingers.
Lord Malfoy screamed in agony and clutched his injured hand.
He then moved his face to look at Harry with an enraged expression.
"Drop the charade! reveal your true aspect!, who are you!" he demanded.
Harry just stared at the other man without saying a word.
"Your face looks familiar…James Potter? is that you?"
His face contorted with fury.
"You damn second-class auror!, you dare barge into my house and attack me?!, I'll have you in Azkaban by tomorrow! , and your wif-"
"Crucio."
Lucius' sentence was interrupted by his own screams.
Harry only held the curse for a few seconds. He needed the man sane enough to talk.
Lucius' body trembled like a leaf.
"N-no…" Lucius spoke between groans.
"The James P-Potter I know…would never resort to use…t-that."
" Does it matter who I am? And you would be surprised with how much can people change…after you take away what's important to them."
"What do you want!" Screamed Lucius.
"Just for you to answer a few simple questions, like…where is Voldemort and what is he up to now."
Lucius flinched at the mention of the name.
"You are looking for the Dark Lord?... I don't know anything about that..."
"Yeah, I didn't expect you to talk that easily. That's why I came prepared." Harry took out a small vial with a dark liquid inside.
"Open up."
"Veritaserum?" Lucius recognized the vial.
"Correct. This is the most reliable method to get the truth. Now open your mouth, two drops will be enough. "
Lucius continued to stare at him and refused to obey.
"Want to get the cruciatus again? don't make this harder on yourself than it needs to be…"
The Death Eater finally complied and opened his mouth.
Harry then proceeded to empty the entire vial down his throat.
Lucius started to cough violently.
"Two drops was enough! you bastard!"
"That was for wasting my time," Harry said nonchalantly.
He waited for Malfoy to recover a bit.
"Ok, let's do a control question. When is the last time you fucked your wife?"
Lucius frowned and clenched his teeth, struggling against the potion's effects. But eventually, the compulsion to answer won.
"Three years!"
"Wow…poor woman indeed." Harry lamented.
"Is it because you are attached to men?"
"No!" Screamed Lucius.
Harry looked at the empty vial with suspicion.
"Is this really working?"
He stole it from Snape's personal cabinet so it should be genuine.
"I'm going to kill you for this!" Spat Lucius.
"Fine… let's say is working. Let's try again. where is Voldemort?"
"I don't know!" he shouted.
Harry was not expecting that. If Malfoy was under some contract that prevented him from revealing that information he should have remained silent. Even the veritaserum is not powerful enough to overwrite something like a blood oath.
"You really don't know…how is that possible? When was the last time you saw him?"
Lucius had to think for a moment.
"31, October…1981."