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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“Miss. Granger” Lucius said, one week after the sleep over with Ginny and Luna. They had explored the house but found more locked doors than anything worth seeing. Even certain parts of the basement were locked which didn’t make sense to her but it wasn’t like she was going to ask Lucius about it.
“Yes?” She asked, she was sitting in the dining room eating the dinner that Mimsy made her. While Lucius was friendly towards her when they saw one another in the hallways he still wouldn’t dine with her, but she kept on trying.
“I am going to Italy for the weekend for business” He told her “You will be alone here. You can have friends over if you like and you have access to the pool downstairs. Please, stay out of the bedrooms on the second floor and Mimsy will be here with you all weekend”
“Thank you, sir” She told him as he turned away she couldn’t help but wonder if Ginny had been right about him wanting something from her sooner or later “Sir”
“Yes?” He turned back.
“I have no money to pay rent” She reminded him and he nodded looking a little confused “I will need to pay rent somehow…” She bit her lip nervously.
“My business here in wizarding London needs attention sometimes” He informed “I let you live here rent free for your entire life at University, let you use the library and anything else you may need and in exchange when I need something done in one of the business buildings I will send you”
“But sir” Hermione said nervously “People might…talk. They may think that you are…that we may be…”
“Let them think what they want, Miss Granger” He said “Unless you want to move out”
“No” She said quickly “Um, I need a place to be able to make some potions for classes” Lucius had been about to walk away and he stopped at her words, the ghosts that had been standing in the room watching the rare interaction saw the pained expression cross his face.
“I will think of something!” He snapped and she shrank back from his tone. Narcissa, Draco and Severus looked saddened at his tone but knew it came from hurt of the thought of someone else in Severus’s potions lab. He walked out of the room and all three ghost lazily followed him as he stopped to put on his cloak and shrink down his bags.
“Master” Mimsy said timidly and he sighed.
“Yes?” He hissed at the little creature.
“We is having a lab…” She said nervously
“She can’t use that one!” He said angrily and she shrank back “Mimsy” He softened his tone “She can’t use that one it was…”
“Master Snape’s personal potions lab” She finished with a nod “But would he be wanting it to be unused, master?”
“Probably” He smirked at the memory of how horrified the other man was when anyone entered his lab “I will be back on Sunday afternoon”
“Okay, Master” She said sadly. She was walking away going back in to the dining room to make excuses for her masters lack of manners but she didn’t go far before he swept back in.
“Miss Granger come with me!” He said almost harshly.
With wide eyes and slightly hesitant steps she followed him out of the dining room, down the hallway and then through a door and down some stone steps. They went past a few cells that made her frown and then down a narrow hallway and stopped outside of an old looking wooden door. He placed his palm against the old wood and then put his forehead against it as well before straightening up again. He turned and looked at her, he gave her a searching look as if he was trying to make sure that she was worthy of something. Then he turned and looked at the door again but this time she heard the click of the lock and then it creaked open and she was staring at a dark room. She wasn’t really sure what it was, for all she knew he was showing her some strange sex-kink room where he expected her participate in some nasty stuff. He walked in and moved to the side to let her pass, she was nervous about letting him cut off her exit but she didn’t want to anger him. Suddenly light flooded the room and she looked around realizing that it wasn’t some sordid sex room instead it was a large and amazing (and extremely dusty) potions lab.
“Oh my god” Hermione breathed as she moved further in the room. Along the wall on the right side there were cauldrons of all shapes and sizes and made by different materials. Gold ones, pewter, silver, iron and ones that she didn’t recognize at all, they were set up on shelves neatly. On the left side on shelves on the wall there were stirring rods of varying lengths, colors, depths and materials. The shelves on the long wall across from the door was dedicated to potions ingredients, most of them had already gone bad but some were placed in special jars that kept them fresh no matter what happened or however long. In the middle of the room there were long tables more like bars with areas to set up a cauldron if needed. There was parchment all over the place and quills in case someone needed to make some quick notes.
“It’s beautiful” Hermione breathed.
“It was Severus’s personal lab here” Lucius answered gruffly “It’s yours…if you want it”
“Are you sure?” She asked looking at him eagerly.
“Yes” He whispered looking at all the stuff. His eyes danced over the room and he actually thought he saw Severus standing near his favorite table looking at him. He snapped his eyes back hopefully but there was no one there other than himself and Miss. Granger.
“Thank you” She gasped and clapped her hands together looking at the room again. Severus gasped and looked at his other ghostly companions in shock, he faded a little then became solid again if a little dimmer than before “Oh, thank you, thank you so much!” Hermione flung herself in to his arms and hugged him tightly before pulling back and blushing like mad.
“You’re welcome, Miss Granger” He answered a little shocked by her display of affection.
“Please call me Hermione” She said.
“Hermione” He whispered more to himself than to her. Narcissa gasped like Severus had and she too flickered like a dying light bold and then became solid again “I really do need to get going, I will see you on Sunday”
“Yes” She said distractedly “Goodbye”
~~~//~~~
By Sunday afternoon the potions lab was cleared of all the dust that had coated it previously. She was trying to decide if she wanted to get rid of all Snape’s stuff or if she wanted to use it. Walking over to the ingredients wall Hermione noticed something strange. The ingredients that hadn’t been placed in a special container to keep it fresh had all been in horrible states of decay. The knot-grass that she’d just found was not decayed in the least nor was it fresh…in fact it was dusty. She cocked her head to the side and grabbed the jar to pull it off the shelf it bent forward but she couldn’t pick it up. Instead, the wall to the right of the jar slid inward and she found herself looking at a secret office.
“Leave it to Snape to hide his office like this” She snorted “I shouldn’t go in there” She looked longingly inside but kept herself out of it.
“I give her three minutes” Draco whispered to the other ghosts.
“She can’t go in there!” Snape hissed “It’s rude”
“I should let Mr. Malfoy go through the office” She said even as she entered the office “So spells really do die with the witch or wizard who cast them, I thought that was a myth” She stopped and put her hand to her throat to keep a sob on the inside. She may not have liked the man that much but he had died to help Harry live to make sure they all lived and his death still brought a lump to her throat.
“Miss. Granger!” The voice came from the potions lab and she screamed aloud turning to find Harry and Ron standing there laughing loudly.
“YOU JERKS!” She screamed “I thought…merlin’s beard…you guys suck!”
“I’m sorry” Harry said around his laughter “But…but…” He roared with more laughter as she fell in to the office chair taking deep soothing breaths to calm her beating heart.
“I hate you!” Hermione said as tears filled her eyes.
“Are you crying?” Harry asked instantly sobering.
“No!” She hissed and then sniffled a little “Yes!”
“Hermione” Harry started to walk in but she glared at him and rushed over pushing him hard so that he fell against one of the tables.
“Get out of here, this isn’t a room for you to enter, Potter” Hermione growled and both boys looked at her shocked, in fact even she looked shocked at what she had said and how she had said it.
“I think we should go upstairs” Luna said as she entered the lab and watched what had happened “It’s getting a bit…crowded in here, wouldn’t you say?”
“Yes” Hermione said and came out of the secret room closing it quickly “And no need to tell Mr. Malfoy about this room. I will tell him when he is ready to hear it”
“In other words” Ron said with a smirk as she locked the lab back up “She wants time to go through all that stuff for herself first”
“Shut it, Ronald” She hit him playfully in the chest “What are you doing here?”
“We were going to play Quidditch but it started raining about an hour ago” Harry said “Haven’t you looked outside?”
“Not since seven this morning” She answered and looked at her watch it was almost two and she knew that Lucius would be home soon “It’s late. You can’t stay here. Mr. Malfoy will be here soon and I don’t want him to be angry”
“You want to come to the Burrow?” Ginny asked “We were going to bully Mum in to making us something good to eat”
“Yeah” Ron said “We’re dreadfully skinny thanks to all that non-fattening college food we have to live on”
“I’m good” She said leading them to the door and opening it “Have a good night. I’ll see you tomorrow, okay?”
“Fine” Ginny muttered going out with the boys “Don’t forget that tomorrow we get to partner up for the term project in our paranormal investigations class”
“Thank you for reminding me” Hermione said “Are we to pick our partners do you suppose?”
“No” Harry guessed “It’ll most likely be him choosing. He’ll put me and Ginny together though I assume since we’re married”
“Lucky you” She grinned “Have a good night”
“You too” Ginny giggled “Wouldn’t want your husband to come home and see you have friends over”
“He is not my husband” Hermione said “And he doesn’t care if I have friends over but he has been on a business trip in Italy this weekend and I highly doubt he wants to see you guys as soon as he gets home”
“Okay, okay” Ginny laughed “Goodnight”
“Goodnight” Hermione said a little meaner than she meant to and closed the door a little harder than necessary.
“Oh Mistress, Mistress!” Mimsy came running in to the front hallway “Master is in England. He just sent word with his things, he is meeting with someone and should be here in an hour and he has the best news for me and I think I know what it is!”
“And what is that, Mimsy?” Hermione asked, she decided to file the ‘mistress’ thing for later to ask Lucius as she had never called her that before.
“A mate!” She looked overly happy “Oh, Mistress…but, but…you is having to get ready, oh you don’t know, you is muggleborn so you don’t know”
“Know what?” Hermione asked as the little elf pushed her to the stairs.
“Its customary that when a house-elves mate has arrived the whole wizarding family has dinner with said elf’s” She smiled “Of course not all families do this but the Malfoy’s have for a few years now” Hermione followed her up the steps “I will lay out a dress for you and you are to shower and I will do your hair then we will meet Master Malfoy”
“Okay” Hermione said in a slight daze. Hermione went in to the shower immediately and took care of that and minutes after she found her dress, which was a light blue spaghetti strapped flowy dress that reached her knees. The little elf hummed merrily to herself as she pulled Hermione’s hair in to a stylish pony-tail and then left her to do her make-up. Hermione stood in front of the mirror and looked at herself, she looked beautiful even she had to admit that.
“What are you trying to do to me, little elf?” She said to her reflection. She lowered her eyes to the sensible flats she talked the elf in to letting her wear for the dinner. If Mimsy had her way she would have been wearing a ball gown with spike heels and loads of make-up. She raised her eyes to the mirror again and screamed jumping back, knocking over the vanity and falling on top of it cutting her hand in the process. She dragged herself back from the ghostly figures that formed in front of her, if she had been in her right mind she would have noticed (with amusement) that the two males were arguing and the female was trying to reach for her. Hermione shrieked again before blackness closed in and she passed out.
“Miss Granger!” She heard from far away but it was getting closer and closer “Hermione…wake up, wake up” She opened her eyes and looked at Lucius, he was waving his wand over her checking for more injuries before finishing his healing on her hands.
“They were here” She whispered to him “They were”
“Who?” He whispered to her.
“Narcissa” She answered, her bottom lip quivering and tears falling from her eyes “And Draco and Snape…I saw them”
“That’s not funny” Lucius said.
“But…” She started to fight.
“That is cruel, Miss Granger!” He snapped at her “My wife and son and best friend are dead…they are not here!”
“I’m sorry” She whispered.
“Mimsy” He said and the little elf walked closer with her head down “There will be no dinner party tonight. Clean up this room, make sure that Miss Granger is healed and make sure that she goes to bed, I think she needs some rest”
“Yes, Master” She whispered with big tears filling her eyes.
“Don’t punish her because I pissed you off” Hermione pleaded.
“Good night, Miss Granger” He answered.
Hours later Hermione woke up, it had been only three when he sent her to bed like a child and now it was only eleven. She would likely not sleep for the rest of the night, she stood and looked out the window and smiled. It was lovely out there, the moon was bathing the cool mid-September night with its blueish light. Hermione walked to the door and opened it up, it was dark on the other side and though she was completely creeped out now more than before she walked in to the darkness. She had wanted to go to the potions lab but she remembered how cold and upset Mimsy had been with her earlier and instead went to the kitchen. It was empty so apologizing was out of the question, Hermione sighed and then perked up as a new idea came to her mind.
A half an hour later Hermione had pulled out loads of left overs. She rewarmed chicken, whipped up some mashed potatoes, made some more veggies, a salad and brought out all of the desserts that she could find. When she was done she ran up the stairs back to the third floor but she didn’t go back to her room instead she walked right past and went to Lucius’s bedroom and knocked loudly on the door. She waited and then knocked again, waiting and knocked again and finally the door swung open and she found herself face to chest with an irritated Lucius Malfoy. He didn’t, however, look tired so she assumed that he had been working or something and had hoped she’d go away and then got angry when she didn’t.
“What do you want, Miss. Granger?” He asked.
“We owe Mimsy that dinner” She told him.
“It’s too late to cook and I don’t know how to cook either way” He sneered.
“I already made something” She told him “Come on” She boldly took his hand and led him down the hallway, then the stairs and in to the dining room where the food was waiting “Now where does Mimsy sleep?”
“In a little bedroom in the back of the house” He answered “Now with her mate”
“I shall go knock on the door then” She announced but he shook his head and walked away to go get her himself and Hermione smiled after him. In the doorway Narcissa faded just a little more.
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