Dumbledore's Downfall (it'll take place, just later on): Year 1

Chapter 16

Soon Saturday came around and Lucius flooed home, curious as to what his husband had planned. He flooed to the manor and made his way to Tom's office where Barty, Remus, and Sirius were waiting. Lucius kissed his husband's cheek before sitting next to him.

"So, what have you gathered us all here for today?" Lucius said with a small smirk "Do you have some grand evil master plan." He teased his husband

Tom chuckled "Not evil. I feel it is simple. I hope anyway. I have found some rather...undesirable information about Umbridge. Information that the ministry can't ignore. My plan is to have you four go into the ministry, since I would probably be arrested on sight. Lucius, since you have the most uphold with the minister, you are going to go to him with this news." He said and handed Lucius some papers. He then turned to Remus "Remus, you and Sirius are going to go straight to Umbridge, to make sure she doesn't run away. Barty, I want you to go to Rita. I have the information for you that I am giving Lucius. Give this to her, have it come out with the evening paper. I have talked to Xenophilius. He will be publishing some things that will come out in tomorrow's Quibbler."

The four men listened to Tom's plan, all agreeing to do their part. Remus, Sirius, and Barty all left to get started on their tasks. Lucius had stayed behind, reading the information he was given, growing paler than he already was. Personally, Lucius had never liked the women. He always thought she was rather rude and snooty, but after reading this information he wanted this woman out of the ministry.

Lucius looked up from the paper. "She's really done all these horrible things?" He asked softly "I know you aren't a man to make things up, but she-she's really done all this?"

Lucius couldn't believe what he was reading. She was murdering and condemning "half-breeds" and creatures. He knew she wasn't allowing people affected by lycanthropy to get jobs, but he didn't know this. Lucius knew people still believed in pureblood supremacy, but Umbridge going as far to kill half-bloods and muggle borns made him furious. His own husbands were half-bloods and this woman wanted them dead.

Tom gently hugged Lucius. "I know love. It'll be okay. We can get her out of there, and maybe the minister as well. I believe that when all this breaks news this evening, maybe some accusations will be made against the minister. There is no way this was going on under his nose the whole time, and he didn't even know about it. You better get going love." He said and kissed his husband.

Lucius kissed Tom back and smiled "Okay. I love you and by the time we all get back, I hope that bitch is in a jail." Lucius said and left

Barty was the first to arrive about 20 minutes later. Everything on his end had gone smoothly and Rita was going to be publishing everything in the even paper tonight. About 45 minutes after Barty arrived, Lucius showed up and poured himself some firewhiskey before sitting down next to Tom.

"Remus and Sirius should be here in a little bit. Aurors were going to her office as I was leaving." He said and took a long sip from his drink. "I want the boys and Sev here tonight. Please can you go fire-call them love. I just need to sit here for a little bit." He said softly to Tom.

Tom nodded, kissing his cheek before standing and going to the other room to fire-call his husband. Soon Sirius and Remus come through the floo, both smirking.

"That bitch went out screaming." Sirius said with a smirk. "And the best part about it, nobody knew what the hell was going on. I can't wait for tonight's paper to come out. We should get going Remy. I think Lucius and Tom may want their privacy. Come on Barty. We can go drink at the Hogs Head and celebrate our accomplishments of today."

Sirius, Remus, and Barty all said their goodbyes when Tom came back and left to go drink the night away. Tom sat down next to Lucius and pulled him close

"They are on the way, love." He said softly to his husband "Don't worry. Dumbledore wouldn't act on this. He wouldn't want to look suspicious. You, Sev and the boys will be okay." He said softly.

Lucius just nodded his head as he finished off the drink he had poured himself. "I'm going to go change." He said and stood up, making his way to the bedroom.

Soon that evening the news broke about Umbridge. The evening paper had come while they were in the middle of dinner. Severus, who hadn't really heard a thing about what had happened, picked the paper up to read it, and about spit his drink out. His face grew serious, and then pale as he read the article. He looked up at Tom

"So this was your plan? Who are you getting in there to replace her?" He asked softly.

Tom looked up from his own copy of the paper and smiled, hoping to calm his husband's nerves. "I'm going to get Narcissa in there. I think with her social status, and obviously her having our beliefs it would work out well. I'm also hoping the minister will get some heat for this, causing him to step down. If that happens, I'm honestly thinking of putting Lucius in there." He said and turned to look at the blonde.

Lucius started to cough, choking on his food. He took a sip of his wine as he looked at Tom. "Excuse me? You want me in there?" He asked confused

Tom chuckled and nodded. "Yes I want you in there Lucius. I know you have classes at the school, but we could easily get someone else in to cover for you. You have a law degree Lucius and have worked at the Ministry before. I think this could really be our way in. I mean I could put Rabastan or Rodolphus in there, but I think one of them would be better replacing you, and you go in as the Minster."

Lucius thought for a second. "I mean if you really think it would work, then I'd be down to try. Are you sure the people would want me in there though? If this does really happen?"

Tom nodded, taking a sip of his wine. "Lucius, you would fit in quite nicely at the ministry, just as you have before. To get people on our side we could host a ball, but we can plan for these things if the minister does get booted out. We will have to see in the morning. Now, how about we finish our dinner. We can all go on a walk in the gardens when we are done. Does that sound good to you boys?" He asked with a smile and turned to Draco and Harry.

"That sounds like a great idea dad! I can check and see how the flowers I planted are doing." Harry replied with a smile.

Draco nodded as well as he took a sip of his water. "Yeah! I wanna see if that bird nest is still there I found earlier in the summer."

The three men smiled at the excitement of their boys. All were happy to take a little break out of the chaos that was their life. After dinner, the little family went on a walk through the gardens, enjoying the calm before the storm.