{Main Office, Malfoy Manor, Unplottable}
{4rd Sep 1991}
{3rd Person POV}
"What happened hun, did you go somewhere, I didn't know there was supposed to be a party today," Lucius spoke as he tried to maintain a straight face. His hand reached down and grabbed a fistful of Cindy's hair, his cock throbbed, and it pulsed in her throat as he looked at Narcissa.
"I went to talk to Rita regarding the articles that she had published, did you talk to her yet?" Narcissa asked as she maintained her stoic face. Anger was slowly building up in her, but she kept on pushing it down for now. Still, her hand trembled.
"Don't worry about those rumors dear, I talked to the manager at Daily Prophet, she won't be publishing any more of those articles," Lucius replied as he slowly pushed Cindy back. The tightness of her throat was enthralling right now, and Lucius wanted to ignore Narcissa and focus on his own orgasm.
"Alright, I did get some info from Rita though, Rigel Black is the one who has something on her, so for the time being she won't be able to help us." Narcissa continued the conversation, and even though she wanted to storm out or curse her bastard husband, she needed the name right now if she wanted to make a deal with Rigel.
Lucius frowned, her attention shifted from Cindy's tight throat as he stopped pulling the muggle-born by her hair, pushing his cock deeper into her mouth. This conversation was a lot more important, he didn't know how Rigel got any information about Father's plan but at least it seems Narcissa believes it was all a hoax.
He shifted in his chair slightly and spoke, "It seems like he is as smart as you described, though how he was able to push Rita to push those false stories is a bit beyond me."
Lucius spoke, he patted Cindy's head indicating for her to stay hidden, "For now our plan remains unchanged, I'm pretty sure the Dark Lord said that the Diary could bring destruction and cleanse Hogwart of mud blood filth..." He tightened his grip on Cindy's hair causing the brown-haired teen to gulp. The sensations of pleasure overwhelmed him a little as he sat there in a daze for a moment before his eyes fell on Narcissa's stoic face.
Lucius let go of Cindy's hair as he shifted in his chair and continued, "...With Rigel now revealed as a Parselmouth it would be easy to blame him for this, I need to talk to Fudge at an appropriate time. Plus with the escape of Sirius, he's already stretched thin so some donation to the Auror department should do the job."
Lucius smiled at Narcissa and the blond nodded. Narcissa half turned away, seemingly about to go away when she paused and spoke, "Who did you ultimately plant the Diary on, If he's in Slytherin I could supplement the confundus you placed on him to target and frame Rigel whenever I go to Hogwarts. I need to go there to gather a bunch of stuff Draco left behind."
Lucius gave Narcissa a searching look before he shook his head, "He's not in Slytherin, it doesn't matter if he targets Rigel, as long as a couple of Muggle-borns are harmed you could entice the other governors to expel Rigel, and I'll do the rest."
Lucius gave Narcissa a smile at which she nodded and walked out of the room, she closed the door behind her and her stoic facade broke down. She looked back at the door in anger and frustration. It had been a bad day for her and now she was stuck. What should she do, Lucius was shutting her out of the process so it looked like the articles were true, and from the looks of things, there was nothing to be gained by confronting him. He would just turtle up and make things difficult for her. She needed an escape plan.
At least this way she could play both sides until she gets something she wants. Narcissa walked away, the thought of getting Draco on her side didn't even cross her mind as with years of manipulation, Lucius had managed to shut her off from his life completely. Though with Rigel's dressing down, Draco had calmed down so maybe there was a chance, but not enough that she would want to bank her luck on it.
At least her next option was quite clear, Lucius had lied just now when he said that the carrier of the Diary wasn't in Slytherin, so she had some information to bargain with Rigel. A seed of resentment and hatred began to bloom in her heart at the thought of Lucius blatantly making a mockery of their wedding.
'I better be prepared this time, he had taken the initiative too many times...'
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{Library, Hogwarts}
{4rd Sep 1991}
{3rd Person POV}
Rigel walked through the doors of the Library after Rita left, the reveal that the Diary of Tom Riddle was with someone made him focus all his mana sense on the students that he passed on the way there. Until now he had no luck though and other than getting an idea of the mana reserves of the school his search was futile.
'Scanning like this won't work though, I don't know how the Diary feels like to my senses, it should be similar to Harry's horcrux...' Rigel thought as he found Daphne. She was sitting with a massive tome that looked rather old though what was interesting was the name that was hovering behind her.
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[Hermione Granger lv-2]
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"What are you studying?" Rigel whispered and watched in amusement as Daphne jumped up in surprise and then turned to glare at him. Rigel put his index finger on his lips as he sat down in front of her.
"I'm just catching up on some potion ingredients and their reaction with each other," Daphne replied.
Rigel looked at the small notebook beside her that was full of notes. He looked at her curiously and asked, "How far ahead are you really?"
"I can brew most potions in Hogwarts curriculum," Daphne replied, her attention had now shifted to Rigel as he placed his backpack on the table.
"And I noticed you didn't follow the exact same instructions as described by the book," Rigel pointed out.
During the whole lecture Rigel had maintained his distance as he watched Daphne work, Potion making was a lot more interesting than he was expecting with his mana senses pinging from overload as each ingredient had in store a large amount of mana in them. With Daphne being so proficient in the subject he knew he would get more clear answers from her.
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