Title: The days of Aziraphale

Author: Atticus J. Finch

Warnings: Abuse, Slash

Disclaimer: Own-age by J.K.R, not me.

Chapter 12

Harry sat stiffly and tried not to look at Draco because he knew that just one glimpse of his friends face would send him into a fit of laughter. Draco and he were sitting in the back of the Malfoy's enchanted carriage and opposite of them was Draco's mother. Mr. Malfoy was back at the manor for a business conference, or at least that's what Mrs. Malfoy said. Ironically, Harry felt he would be more comfortable around the elder Malfoy right now; he had a faint inkling that Narcissa Malfoy did not like him.

Not two hours ago Harry and Draco left the train station in a long, expensive looking, white limousine. They had drove for about an hour and a half, making jokes and sharing stories, when the limo had stopped at a long gravel road. There they had gotten into the carriage where Mrs. Malfoy had been waiting and the moment she saw Harry, her face had twisted into a grimace of disgust. Harry had made a point to avoid her eyes for the rest of the trip.

It was too bad her expression marred the rest of her features, for she was extremely beautiful. She had blonde hair that seemed to flow down her back and her face and body were perfect. She was wearing a long white dress with lots of gold and diamond studded jewelry. Unfortunately Draco had saw Harry's discomfort. He knew his mom was so upper class it was intimidating and found Harry's reaction rather amusing.

Every time Harry looked at him, he took it upon himself to make a stupid face or start laughing quietly just to get Harry to start laughing. His friend just looked so uncomfortable, but now Harry was avoiding his eyes all together and no matter what, he just couldn't get Harry to meet his eyes. Just after he finished that thought, the carriage slowed to a stop. His mother stood as the door magically opened.

"Come" She said as she stepped down and began walking to a large, white, steel gate with gold M in the middle of it. The gate stretched about twenty feet high and each vertical bar had an impressive point at the end of it.

Draco smiled at Harry and motioned him to get out first. As Harry's feet touched the ground, he looked up only to see the impressive white gate begin to move. Beyond it was a smooth white sidewalk that stretched about a hundred feet. Looming above the three humans below was a magnificent mansion that Harry could never imagine having been made without ancient magic.

'It's enormous!' Harry thought dumbly in awe. Not just the house, the courtyards, the lake, the forest, and the fountain. It looked to be about three or four stories high but took up at least a little less then a square acre. It was a bleached white with midnight black trimming. Window looked out of the house everywhere and balconies stuck out at every end. There was another walkway also, but this one had a roof held up by white columns. It led to what looked like to be a smaller, normal sized house.

Harry walked up the long sidewalk with an open mouth and wide eyes. Draco laughed at his friend, but then again, Harry was his only one his age that had ever seen his house and Draco wasn't really surprised at Harry's reaction. His family loved to show off their wealth, especially his father. Draco thought the only reason his dad had gotten this house built was to intimidate the Ministry and was a symbol of the power the ancient family wielded with ease. When they finally reached the house, the doors automatically when it sensed their presence, and Lucius Malfoy was stood impassively in the opening with a smirk twisting his pale lips.

The moment Draco saw his dad he started running. Lucius opened his arms and caught his son as Draco flew in them. Narcissa walked up beside the father and son and kissed her husband on the cheek smiling for the first time since she picked the boys up. While the family reunion was going on, Harry took some time to look around the house. Some of the floor was white marble but just toward the door, the rest was a fluffy white carpet. At the other end of the room there were two large twisting stair cases. But before Harry could look around any more he saw two small house elves grab Draco and his bags and disappear. Harry -who had never seen a house elf before- was considerably startled, gaping in confusion.

Draco stepped out of his father's arms to look at his friend. Harry was backing up to the doors, looking like he was going to run at any moment.

"Harry, what's wrong?" Draco said. He stepped forward to grab Harry's arm before the boy fell out the doors.

Harry stuttered, pointing to where their bags had just been. "Th-Things j-just took our-our stuff."

Lucius just smiled and Narcissa rolled her eyes.

Draco grinned, puffing his chest out with pride in his home. "Come on Harry, I'll give you a tour of the house and explain along the way."

Draco grabbed Harry's hand and dragged him up the left stair case. Once they were out of sight Lucius pulled Narcissa into a loving kiss. She laughed and put her arms around her husband's neck. When the pulled apart, Narcissa grabbed Lucius' hand and pulled him through a door to the far right of the room with a smile on her face.

"This is the East wing, which is mostly the guest quarters and since you'll be staying in my room, then this part of the tour is completely pointless." Draco said importantly.

Harry snorted but didn't say anything.

"So I'll show you my room, it's the best!" Draco grabbed Harry's hand again and pulled him to the other side of the mansion to a hallway of finely carved red wood doors.

"This one's mine." Draco grabbed the door handle and swung the door open with a fore anyone could only imagine. The room was huge with a connecting bathroom that was just as big. The room and bathroom were the same white as the rest of the house but it was also colored with light blue and silver.

The room had a desk with a comfortable looking chair that went with it. There was a stone fireplace at the bottom of one of the walls with a white leather chair snuggled in front of it. The chair held a slightly worn hand-made quilt hanging over one of the arms, brushing its tips delicately against the carpet with barely a whisper.

There was a king sized bed with the silver and blue colors with an ungodly amount of pillows on it. The last thing Harry noticed was a book shelf that covered half the wall, with books that ranged from baby books to complicated potion books.

Draco walked into the room and jumped on the bed, laughing at Harry's awed expression.

"Not what you expected?" Draco snickered.

Harry smirked back, "I expected more from you, Draco."

"We'll just see about that Mr. Oh-my-God-it's-a-house-elf-and-it's-stealing-our-stuff." Draco started laughing before he even finished insult, but stopped laughing when Harry jumped on the bed too and tackled him.

Remus Lupin and Albus Dumbledore walked up to the Ministry building. Each had conflicting feelings; Remus was feeling as if his life was finally being put back together and was elated, but Dumbledore felt extreme guilt and sadness. He had just found out he had made the biggest mistake of his life. The pair of men walked into the building and to the front desk. A young woman was sitting back comfortably in her chair, picking her nails and smacking her bubblegum obnoxiously.

She let out an annoyed sigh when she saw them.

"Welcome to the Ministry of Magic. I need your name and reason for being here, your wand, and any other important things you might be carrying on you." She rolled her eyes as she finished.

They both got tags that had their names and 'Seeing the Minister' printed clearly on them. While Albus began emptying his pockets of all kind of trinkets, Remus just put a small cage on the woman's desk. The woman looked in the cage and sneered in disgust at the fat grey rat cowering in the corner of it.

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