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The Ghost Of Malfoy Manor COMPLETE	By : Talented_Mrs_Lupin Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Lucius/Hermione Views: 17335 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 2
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Three days later Hermione woke up screaming in her bed. She had another nightmare about her torture, she had hoped that her nightmares were over and for the most part, they were. But recently they made their existence known yet again and she couldn’t seem to stop them. She walked in to her office for some more studying, Lucius told the college that even though the sickness was all but gone, Hermione would not be going back until next term and even then it was still up in the air. She still made sure that she got all of her school work and handed it in on time and sometimes earlier than expected.
“So glad you’re enjoying my husband” Narcissa said from her perch on the window seat across from the desk Hermione sat at “Meanwhile, I am dying all over again”
“You are not dying” Hermione muttered as she wrote down a few possible potions ingredients that had yet to be used “You’re fading”
“Maybe I don’t want to fade anymore” Narcissa said “I mean…Lucius and my marriage wasn’t filled with love or anything even resembling that and I don’t want him to suffer but…”
“You’re scared” Hermione finished for her “I understand”
“Do you?” She asked looking at her sadly “I thought that I would be happy when Lucius fell in love but I’m not. Knowing that soon he’ll express his feelings for you, court you then marry you…hurts” She looked at her hands “Knowing that in a year or more you could be swollen with his child, replacing our Draco is terrifying”
“I will never have children” Hermione assured her “And Lucius would never be able to replace Draco, he loves him too much”
“Were the men caught?” Narcissa said suddenly as if she just realized that she was dead and only now wanted to know the fate of her attackers “The men who raped and murdered me?”
“Yaxley was” Hermione answered tilting her head to the side “There wasn’t any proof that Nott was there or Daphne…” She trailed off “Where did her body go?”
“Whose body?” Narcissa asked.
“Mimsy killed her” Hermione whispered “I saw that in Draco’s mind when he attacked me. Mimsy couldn’t save him but in a fit of fear and anger she like, zapped Daphne with a bolt of magic…but they never discovered a third body”
“That’s simple, isn’t it?” Narcissa sniffed “Elf magic is different than Wizards magic. There would have been no way they would have believed that Draco killed her and then the case would have been her murdering a witch and nothing about us being murdered…hell you know the ministry, they’d probably pin the murder on her just to save themselves from having to actually do their jobs”
“Well, wherever she is” Hermione said “She’s dead and Nott was never arrested because he was smart enough to not leave any DNA behind”
“But he did leave something behind” Narcissa said putting her hand to her head and lightly shaking it “I didn’t see what it was because I was dying but I heard something drop from his pocket and land on the floor and he left too quickly to notice” She faded a little more and then blinked out of existence.
Hermione stood and left her rooms. She walked outside of Narcissa’s bedroom and paced around wondering what was on the other side. Draco told her not to enter his mothers room if she didn’t like blood but if she could find whatever Nott had dropped then he would go where he belonged…prison. She put her hand on the icy door handle but pulled it away quickly when she heard Lucius talking to Sleek. He wasn’t angry but she could tell that whatever had happened had bothered him, living with the man taught her many things about him. While he really was changing, he was no longer cut off and hiding in his rooms he was still quiet and seemed to be figuratively holding his breath. It was as if he expected something terrible to happen to take away whatever happiness he’d managed to bring back to his life. Hermione looked over the banister and down to where the elf and Lucius were standing, near the sitting room yet again.
“Sleek” Lucius said carefully “I know that you are new here but it is important that this door remain closed”
“Yes, Master” He said “But…”
“Yes?” Lucius sat down on a bench that was in the hallway “What is it?”
“Master, Sleek was with Mimsy in the kitchen making yours and Mistress Hermione’s breakfast” He answered “No one was in that room…or even in the hallways”
“Okay” Lucius said rubbing his face with one hand and running the other one through his long blonde hair “I want you and Mimsy to do a thorough and silent search of this house for any intruders”
“Even the late Master Draco’s and Mistress Narcissa’s rooms?” Sleek asked carefully.
“Yes” He answered after a moment “Even those rooms. I want you to make sure that this house is safe and that Hermione is safe”
“Yes, Master” He answered.
“Thank you” Lucius said “You may go and do that now” With the sound of a crack the elf was gone leaving the man to sit in the hallway looking at the study door.
“Good morning, Lucius” Hermione greeted as she walked down the rest of the stairs and around the corner to where he was now standing “I overheard you”
“I thought I heard you walking down the stairs” He answered with a soft smile “I hope that you slept well”
“As well as to be expected” She answered “Do you really think someone’s in the house?”
“I don’t know anymore” He said “I assume that I would feel it if someone was trying to get past my wards but then again…they’ve done it before, haven’t they?”
“Did you feel your wards being broken that night?” Hermione asked, she was skating on some thin ice as they had never really had a conversation about what happened the night Draco and Narcissa died.
“Yes” He answered, the nanny-elf brought the now two year old Scorpius to Lucius and he held him close in his arms “I ignored it. I assumed that Draco was drunk again, the wards I had set wouldn’t let him in if he wasn’t acting like a Malfoy” He snorted “It had happened before and Draco broke the wards, I had come home getting ready to kill someone and there he was completely drunk…I should have gone home this time”
“You didn’t know” Hermione said, hating herself for pressing him “Let’s close this up and have breakfast, okay?”
“Sounds great” He bounced Scorpius higher up on his hip and took her hand in his leading the way to the dining room where their meal was awaiting them “So, Remus and Teddy are coming over today”
“They are?” She asked thinking back to when he had told her that “I was going to go to Harry and Ginny’s place”
“You can” He said “I’m not going to stop you”
“I just thought you’d want me to watch the kids while you two did whatever it is that you do” Hermione said with a smile “And may I say that I think it’s great that you have given Remus a chance to prove that he is more than a werewolf”
“He’s a good man” Lucius said “I’m just happy that he’s forgiven my past transgressions enough to become my friend”
“Remus doesn’t hold things against people” Hermione said “He’s pretty awesome” She smiled at him and he merely looked at her as well then she sighed “So, you won’t need me to watch the boys…I could take them with me. They all love Scorpius and Harry would love to see Teddy, I’m sure”
“We need them” Lucius said “You see the past couple weeks Remus and I have been working on a primary school of sorts”
“A primary school?” She looked confused “Run by who…and…why?”
“Well” Lucius looked a little uncomfortable “Andromeda brought to my attention that most wizarding primary schools wouldn’t allow a child, like Teddy, to attend because of what his father is” She nodded “You know that there is no-way he’d be able to go to a muggle school because of his ability to change his hair and features. Tutors are expensive and even then with all the prejudice in the world towards werewolves, one can’t be sure they’d find one or that the child would be safe”
“So how will your school be any different?” She asked leaning back from her breakfast and crossing her legs. Lucius was momentarily lost as he watched her legs cross and one foot begin to bob up and down.
“That’s the thing” He answered “Once we get a headmaster of some sort and have our proposal written up we will present it to the ministry, as is necessary as a co-owned school. We’ll find a proper building, make it in to a school and then hire staff…I would like it to be opened by next September but all the work will have to be done this spring and summer”
“Let me know what I can do to help” Hermione said as she stood up, she tried to take his plate to bring to the kitchen but he caught her wrist.
“Are we going to talk about the kiss?” He asked boldly.
“I didn’t think there was anything to talk about” Hermione said “We were both in a vulnerable place and we acted on impulse…right?”
“I don’t know” He whispered, he was about to say more but the Floo network flared in the living room and she heard a male calling to Lucius, who stood up and left the room.
Hermione cleared the dining room and washed the dishes so that the now pregnant Mimsy didn’t need to. She wiped down the table and put away the fruit that they hadn’t eaten in a basket on top of the bread box and then walked out and in to the living room expecting to see Remus standing there. She stopped and felt as if her heart stopped completely when she came face-to-face with the person who came to visit. Tall, lean, short brown hair and a cocky look on his face…Theodore Nott stood before her.
“Hermione” Lucius said walking over to her “You know Theodore Nott, right?”
“Y-yes” She said trying to keep her face neutral as she answered “We went to school together…w-with Draco” She saw something flash before his eyes, but she also noticed that his eyes seemed to have taken in the fear evident on her face.
“We didn’t really know one another well” Nott said with a smile “I’d like to change that now, Granger”
“I…” She wasn’t sure what he was offering right now and faltered “Have to go. Harry is expecting me…if I don’t show up…” She let the sentence trail off and looked at Nott “He’ll go on the war-path” She finally finished.
“Ah yes” Lucius said, missing the strange interaction between the two “I will see you in time for dinner?”
“Yes” She smiled at him then turned to walk away only to find that there was a hand in front of her and looked at the owner, Nott.
“It was good to see you, Granger” He offered.
“Likewise” She said taking his offered hand and feeling sick to her stomach “I’m sure” She was shocked that Lucius didn’t know that Nott had been there when Narcissa and Draco had been killed, she was sure that they would have told him. As she pulled her hand away from his she noticed something that she hadn’t before. From their third year on Theodore Nott had always worn a ring on his thumb with his family crest on it. It was missing. Her eyes snapped to his and she sucked in a breath as the realization hit her like the Knight Bus, that must have been what he had dropped in Narcissa’s bedroom.
“I’ve got to go as well” He said “I was merely giving you this paperwork” He pointed at the papers in Lucius’s hand “I have work to do. I will see you later, Granger”
~~~//~~~
Hermione spent as long as she could at Harry’s without arousing suspicion. Then she came home to find only the house-elves there, Lucius and Remus were still gone. She made herself a sandwich and then went to her bedroom to read something, anything to take her mind off of how uncomfortable she felt. She felt the air get a bit colder and looked around the room finding Snape looking at the books on her bookshelf appreciatively.
“I almost feel bad for not giving you more of a chance in my classes, Granger” Snape said as he walked closer to where she was sitting.
“You seem the most…level-headed of the ghosts in this house” Hermione pointed out “How is it that Nott is still in Lucius’s life?”
“Because” He answered “No one knew that Nott was there. There was no proof that there was anyone other than Yaxley in the house at the time of the murders”
“What about Daphne?” Hermione asked “Where’s her body?” She looked around as if expecting to find it in the corner of the room or something “And better yet, where does everyone think she is?”
“Daphne was a traveler” He answered “She was thought to be on one of her travels when they were murdered and as to where her body is….now that is one thing I do not know”
“I can’t believe Nott would have the balls or the guts even to visit the house after what he did and pretend to be Lucius’s friend” Hermione said “I want to…to…punch him!”
“You think that’s gross?” Severus said as he glided through the table “The sick little fuck went to Narcissa and then Draco’s funerals and “mourned” the loss of their lives”
“That git!” Hermione started to get worked up when Draco materialized. He noted that the girl instantly attempted to hide behind Snape when she saw him which made him feel a little bad “What do you want?”
“Granger” He said in a rushed tone “You need to get the hell out of the manor, now!”
“A little late for you to be freaking out about my living arrangements, isn’t it?” Hermione asked him angrily “Especially after you tried to kill me”
“I didn’t try to kill you” He snapped “That’s not the point though…you need to go to the Floo Network in my fathers study and Floo to Potters or anywhere that isn’t here”
“Why?” She asked moving closer to him “What’s going on?”
“He’s here” Draco said and she heard his tone echo around the room she was standing in “Mum saw him come through the wards, I don’t know where father is but he got in the wards and came in through the front door and was going to the second floor when I came here”
“But…” She looked towards the door before taking a deep breath “Fine. Draco, I’m trusting you to get me out of here…”
“Just go through the Floo in my fathers study!” He demanded.
“I can’t” She snapped “He had it closed when he was mourning and then decided he liked not being bothered in his private study…I’ll have to go to the first floor”
“Bloody prefect!” He snapped “Come on then. I’ll go ahead, Snape is already down there as is my mother. Come on and be quiet”
Hermione wanted to point out that she had fought not only his aunt but the bloody dark lord as well and was still here to tell the tale but now didn’t seem like the right time. She put her trainers on as they were relatively quiet and then kept her wand by her side that at the ready. Each creak and groan of the floorboards sounded like canon fire in the silent house but she was lucky that the stairs were sturdy and didn’t make a noise. She reached the second floor in one piece and reminded herself that she still had to make it to the stairs, down them, down a hall and through the Floo. She would go to Grimmauld Place and tell Tonks, the older woman would get her partner and they could raid the house and luckily catch the bastard. However, she had to pass Draco’s bedroom and she saw that the door was opened when it shouldn’t have been. She could hear movement coming from inside and heard a males voice muttering about finding something. She knew that it was Nott and she knew what he was looking for…it was the ring and she knew that it was in Narcissa’s bedroom.
Even though Draco was yelling at her to be smart and just leave, Hermione opened Narcissa’s bedroom door and slipped in leaving it open just a little bit. She was sure that she could grab the ring when she found it and slip back out and to the Floo Network without being caught. The room was a mess, there was old blood splattered on the walls and even some on too ceiling. The mattress was covered in the huge puddle of dried blood and there were drag marks across the floor. She tried to ignore the bloody handprints on the bedpost, the bed that was pulled a few inches away from the wall and tried instead to remember where she had been told Narcissa had been found.
“Right here” Narcissa appeared on the other side of bed “Right here”
Hermione ran over to the largest amount of blood and then knelt down next to the spot, her eyes searched the area all around. She finally saw something under the bed and prayed that it wasn’t something disgusting. She reached under and clasped the ring, she stood up and made her way to the door. She looked one more time at the room and with a shudder she turned to the door only to find someone standing there.
“You found my ring” Nott said holding out his hand “Now give it here and I won’t hurt you….I’ll only take your memories”
“I don’t think so” Hermione said closing her hand around the ring.
“You know” He said “I was just going to sneak in, find my ring and leave…but I have been wanting to fuck you since I met you” He leered down at her and moved further in to the room “I’m going to make sure that you scream even louder than she did”
A/N: Cliff Hanger. What do you think? And is there something else in the house with them?
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