The Malfoy Manor

It has been quite a cold in Wiltshire, London for an august afternoon. A wide driveway in the posh area of Wiltshire leads to the pair of impressive wrought-iron gates with the majestic pure white peacock slurring on the top of the hedge of the Malfoy Manor.

Once known for its beauty and might, Malfoy Manor had been forgotten like its masters by the wizarding world. Everyone believes that after the untimely death of the young Malfoy, the elders had been moved to France. They all know that the Manor had been unhabitated for a long time now.

But despite of this Minister of Magic, Kingsley Shacklebolt, had ordered auror department to search all the old bases of the Dark lord again as the precautionary measures. Although, the malfoy name has been cleared due to the young malfoy attempt to save the war heroine, Harry and Ron still seem quite suspicious and couldn't understand the sudden change of the heart of the malfoy. Moreover they hadn't heard about their best friend from last five years. Ginny got a letter from Hermione every year at Christmas, but never had she shared the content to them and burned them instantly after reading them. Due to this harry and Ron had decided to inspect the manor themselves. So now they are here, standing in front of the majestic manor.

Suddenly they heard a faint sound of giggling followed by a laugh from the manor gardens. But how can a laugh be heard in an abandoned manor as the wizarding world says. They entered the malfoy manor by disarming the wards of the manor. A brown bushy head of a lady came into view in the garden of malfoy manor that was chasing a five year old blonde kid oblivious to the fact that two men had entered in the Manor's premises. "Scorp, dear. Please stop. Come here and finish your lunch baby", said the brunette to the blonde kid.

As the woman chased the kid, she came face to face with Harry and Ron. They both were shocked as they look into the familiar pair of brown orbs. The women got paler almost like a vampire on the sight of the two men who had just entered into the manor somehow manage to get past the wards much to the dismay of the owner and the brunette.

"M-m-mione! Is it really you?"Came the stuttering voice of the boy who lived while the red-haired freckled boy stood there in a stance with his mouth hanging open. They both are happy but more shocked after seeing their best friend in five years nowhere but in their enemy's manor.