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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The manor house was as dark inside as it had been outside. Lucius didn’t speak as he led her through the maze like hallways, she was sure that she would get lost come morning. He stopped outside of a tall old fashion looking door and looked back at her, he tilted his head slightly towards the room. She looked at him stupidly not really understanding what he was getting at, she could tell from the sigh he issued that he was starting to lose the little patience he had.
“Do you want to sleep outside in the rain?” He asked.
“No, sir” She whispered.
“It is very late” He told her “Or maybe I should it is extremely early. If you do not want to sleep outside in the rain than I suggest you go in to this room and get to bed”
“Thank you” She whispered “Is there a bathroom?” He raised an eyebrow at her “I would like to shower, I am really cold”
“Of course” He answered “There is a bathroom on the right side of the room behind a large white door with golden handles. I shall send in a house-elf to assist you”
“You don’t have to…” He looked at her sternly and she nodded “Thank you, Mr. Malfoy”
He walked away down the hallway and stopped to look back at her when he didn’t hear the door shut. She quickly made her way inside and closed the door to appease him. The room on the other side was dark as she hadn’t thought to turn on the light, she could see bits and pieces of the room every time the lightening flashed in the windows. She walked across the floor and hit her shins on a coffee table, then stubbed her toe on an arm chair. There was a noise from near the fireplace and suddenly it lit up the entire room and she could feel the warmth almost immediately. There was a small elf standing there in a green dress and watching her closely.
“Hello” She greeted “What’s your name?”
“My name is Mimsy, Miss Granger” Greeted the tiny elf “Master says that you is wanting a shower but Mimsy is sure that Miss Granger is wanting a nice, hot bubbly bath”
“I really would…” She was going to say that she only wanted a shower but the next day was Sunday and she didn’t need to get back to sleep too soon so she smiled at the little elf “I would love a bubble bath”
“Mimsy will get it ready, Miss” Said the excited little elf. She ran out of the room and in to the bathroom where Hermione could hear the water running and a few seconds later she could smell the wonderful scent of roses and saw steam rolling out. Hermione followed the smell in and the elf presented the huge bath tub that was filled with soapy water.
“Thank you” Hermione said and the elf bowed out while she started to undress and then climbed in sighing as her muscles started to relax and the rose scent engulfed her. About thirty minutes later Hermione was exiting the bathroom wearing the towel around her. She had fallen asleep wearing her clothes and now she had nothing to wear to bed. The elf smiled at her and held up a silky white and pink nightie that stopped at her knee. Then the elf sat down behind her and started to braid her hair humming to herself as she did so.
“I’ve not worked with such beautiful hair since…” She stopped and shook her head.
“Since Narcissa” Hermione finished for her “I was sorry to hear of her passing”
“It broke the masters heart” Mimsy said sadly “And young master Draco…” She hiccupped around a sob.
“I’m sorry” Hermione said again “We didn’t get along but he didn’t deserve to die”
“Have a goodnight, Miss Granger” Mimsy said from the doorway.
“This nightie…” Hermione said and she smiled sadly yet again.
“It was the mistresses” She said “She never got the chance to wear it”
“I’m sorry again” Hermione said.
~~~//~~~
The next morning Hermione opened her eyes and looked around the unfamiliar bedroom. She had been shocked that she had fallen asleep as quickly as she had but then again she had been really relaxed and very tired. The bedroom was amazing, the bed was a canopy bed with white and gold blankets and pillows, the floor was wooden with a very plush area rug, a golden chaise and double doors that led to what she only assumed was a closet and then the bathroom which she knew was amazing. She allowed herself to lay in the bed for a few more minutes and was just using the loo when she heard the small elf in her bedroom fixing the bed and whistling to herself while she worked.
“Miss Granger” Mimsy said “Would you like to take your breakfast here in the bedroom, out on the deck, on the patio on the first floor, in the sunroom or in the dining room?”
“Oh” She looked at her reflection “Well… I guess I will have breakfast on the deck”
“Good choice, Miss Granger” She squeaked “It’s lovely outside but it is kind of cold out there, fall is definitely in the air. I shall leave out a robe for you lying on the bed and I will get your breakfast, is there anything special you would like or shall I bring you the usual breakfast that Mrs. Malfoy would usually have?”
“I guess…” Hermione looked lost “Just bring me whatever she would have liked”
“Of course” She smiled and blinked out of the room. Hermione walked in to the bedroom and found the promised robe on her bed. She put it on her and made her way to the deck to find a round table that had been recently cleaned. She sat down and the elf popped back in to existence with a tray, she set it down in front of her, poured her some fresh orange juice.
“Thank you” Hermione said and the elf nodded and left her alone. She lifted the lid to find eggs, fresh fruit and toast along with her juice she smiled and dug in.
She allowed the time to drag by and an hour or so after she sat down outside the elf returned with her clothes. She informed her that her tent was outside the front door drying out, Hermione remembered that she had just sort of stood up and walked away from it instead of putting it away properly. She thanked the elf again and once she was gone Hermione packed up her stuff and decided to go visit Harry and the others for the day. This little trip in to Malfoy Manor would remain a secret of course, Ron would freak out and Harry would give her that annoying look of disapproving. She managed, after many wrong turns, to find her way to the main staircase and down them and head for the front door when a noise from the top of the stairs made her turn. Lucius was standing there watching her, half his face was hidden in shadows but once again she could see the glitter of his eyes.
“Leaving?” He asked
“Yes” She answered fighting the urge to roll her eyes at his pointing out the obvious.
“Should I be expecting you tonight?” He asked and her eyes snapped to his, he read surprise there and maybe even a little fear “Or are you going to sleep outside again…because I cannot promise that I will wake up to save you from the rain should it return”
“I don’t…” She blushed and was really pressed against a wall here, if she said yes she’d stay she was forcing her presence on him as well as awkwardly taking advantage of his uncharacteristic kindness if she said no then she had to sleep outside and it really was becoming very cold “Well, I just…”
“If you chose to come back” He spoke over her “I am not against it” He turned to walk off.
“I have no-where to go” She said brokenly and he stopped looking over his shoulder at her “The University kicked all of the upper classmen out of the dorms because the first years wanted it…I haven’t the money saved up get an apartment…not yet, at least”
“With all the money I donated to that bloody University” He muttered “One would think they’d have enough brains to build enough dorms with it”
“One would think that but apparently they didn’t” Hermione said shaking her head, she sighed and picked up her stuff and started to turn towards the front door again.
“What are you studying?” He asked suddenly.
“Potions” She answered “Charms, Transfiguration and magical business with a few other classes thrown in there”
“Okay” He looked around awkwardly and then raised his chin “I’ll have Mimsy fix up a better bedroom for you to further use”
“But…” She started
“Unless you want to sleep outside?” He asked almost harshly.
“No” She answered softly.
“Then I will expect you back here at what time?” He asked.
“Four” She answered “I have some homework to do”
“I will see you then” He answered and was gone before she had a chance to say anything back to him.
~~~//~~~
Hermione walked up to the cute little apartment building that Harry, Ron, Luna and Ginny were renting. Her head was still spinning from the conversation with Lucius Malfoy, he was expecting her to come back and stay at his home… it was a little exciting but terrifying as well. She wanted to explore the house, to find the once famed library and read all the tomes she found there. But she wouldn’t do that without permission as it was not proper and since the torture in his sitting room the house was still haunting her dreams. Sure, Bellatrix had been killed in the war but the memories were still fresh in her mind and the thoughts of Draco and Narcissa murdered in the middle of the night by rogue Death Eaters (which had since been caught) made her weary to be there. After the last funeral, which had been Draco’s, Lucius locked himself in the huge manor and no one saw him anymore…until now that is.
“Hermione” Ginny waved her hand in front of her face bringing her back to the present “I opened the door like two minutes ago and was talking to you when I realized that you weren’t in there, are you okay?”
“Yes” She smiled and walked in with her friend “Just a lot on my mind”
“And you’re tired” Harry said “I know that look and for once I don’t think it has anything to do with over studying”
“I was awake in the middle of the night when it started raining” Hermione admitted with another blush “Sorry”
“Hermione I really wish you’d just stay here” Harry said “Please, it’s not a problem…either that or go live at Grimmauld Place, you know that Remus and Tonks won’t mind and if they do just remind them that it’s still my house”
“Harry I don’t want to have to take the Floo network to school every day” She said “I love the walk to and from school and plus…” She trailed off “I have somewhere that I’m staying at least for a little while”
“Really?” Ginny asked.
“Where and with who?” Ron demanded even though his girlfriend, Luna, was sitting right near him he was still jealous.
“Just…” She shook her head, rolled her eyes and made some sort of noise that may have sounded like actual words.
“Hermione” Ginny said sternly and gave her a ‘Molly look’ identical to her mothers “Where are you staying and with whom?”
“I’m…staying…at” She bit her lip for several seconds “Malfoy Manor”
“What the hell?” Harry said
“No, you aren’t!” Ron said at the same time while Ginny laughed. Luna, not very surprisingly, was completely silent and reading The Quibbler upside down as usual.
“Yes I am, Ronald” She snapped angrily.
“Luna” Ron said “We could use your help here, make her see reason”
“What happened?” She asked “How did you come to be living there?”
“He found me sleeping in the rain last night” Hermione answered “He came over and scared the crap out of me. He insisted I come back to the manor and sleep in one of the many extra rooms there and this morning I told him about how I came to be sleeping outside and he offered up a room…that’s all”
“It’s mental, right?” Ron asked his girlfriend.
“Why?” She asked “It’s a spare room. It would be the same if she stayed here the only difference is that she’ll be living closer and there are a million rooms there”
“How can you say all that?” Ron asked angrily “He held you hostage in a basement, they tortured you there and…and…the ministry thought he killed his wife and son!”
“They thought he did” Ginny said “But they found the Death Eater that did it, remember?” She looked from Harry to Ron “It was Yaxley and he admitted it under Veritiserum”
“Well…” Ron was grasping at straws now he looked from Harry to Ginny and then at Luna and his shoulders sagged “Whatever. If you end up dead don’t come haunting me!”
“I won’t end up dead, Ronald” Hermione said though she wasn’t entirely sure about that. Though she knew Lucius had nothing to do with the deaths of his son and wife she was a little nervous about being alone in the house with him.
A/N: Just so you know this is a story I’ve been working on all summer. A lot of the chapters have already been written but I am either adding more or rewriting some of the already existing chapters. I am writing a new chapter for Stuck By Law but I’ll admit I’m stuck on Secret Society. Either way, I am going to try having this be ended by Halloween, PLEASE REVIEW AND ENJOY.
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