Hello everone! Here is the new chapter! Hope you like it!

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Lucius walked in front of Harry, leading him trough the maze that was Riddle manor. Harry was pretty sure that if he had been able to escape, he'd never found his way out and would probably have died from hunger or something.

While he walked behind the Malfoy monarch, Harry couldn't help but get fascinated by how the light played in Lucius' hair, making it shine in different variations of silver and blonde.

'I guess I'll just get used to living with him. After all, I was given to him, there's nothing I can do about the situation anyway' Harry sighed, but not loudly enough for Lucius to hear.

After a couple of minutes Lucius broke the silence.

"Potter, since you were given to me by the dark lord, I'm not going to kill or torture you and since we're going to be living in the same house from now on, I'd prefer to be able to talk normally to you."

Harry thought about it, what good could it do him to bear a grudge against the Malfoy's? They had fought for what they believed was the right thing, he had no right to judge them.

"Okay, that seems reasonable" Harry said "but I'm not sure I can just forget everything that's happened, it's going to take a while for me to get used to living with you and your family, especially since Draco and I aren't the best of friends."

Lucius nodded. "I understand, I'll talk to my son."

Harry smiled, or more like lifted the corners of his mouth a little, he didn't like the constant bickering and fighting between him and Draco. If it hadn't been for that they were on different sides in the war, Harry thought that he and Draco could've been good friends.

He stopped his musings when Lucius started to talk again.

"I hope you understand that you'll be more like a servant in my house. I want you to help me with my work, things like sorting papers or get things I need. In short, an assistant."

Now it was Harry's turn to nod, He was happy that he didn't have to wash the house or make dinner, since he'd gotten enough of that from when he lived with the Dursley's and Malfoy manor was a huge place, it would be a pain to clean it.

They finally stopped outside a small, black door. Lucius opened it and walked into the room, Harry following suit behind him.

The room was small, the only furniture was a sofa, a bookshelf and a fireplace. Lucius walked over to the fireplace and grabbed some floo powder from a little box on the floor. Harry did the same.

"You will go first. I expect you to wait for me when you get there." Lucius said in a business-like voice. Harry didn't reply, just threw the shimmering powder into the flames before walking into them, shouting 'Malfoy manor'.

Harry kept his eyes firmly closed so that he wouldn't get ash in them. He felt himself getting thrown out of the fireplace and land on a soft, white carpet. He didn't have time to study the room for very much longer, since two seconds later, Lucius stepped gracefully out of the fireplace. He raised an eyebrow to Harry, who was sitting on the floor. Harry ignored it and got to his feet.

"This room is my study. It's here you will be spending most of your day. Since you're my assistant you will get a key to this room."

Harry told him he understood, then he started watching the room. It was fairly large, with a huge, wooden desk in front of the only window in the room, an entire wall was covered in bookshelves and in front of the fireplace they just had gotten out of, there was two black, leather armchairs. Harry found the room to be quite nice.

"Anyway, I will show you to the rooms that you will use here." Lucius said and walked over to the door in the opposite end of the room.

Harry hurried after him, he was a little curious to what Malfoy manor looked like on the inside since Draco always made such a fuss about how great his house was and how his family was much better than everyone else's.

They came out in a hall, with a huge staircase leading up to the second floor. There were not much decorations, just some small, green plants at each side of the stairs and some paintings on the walls.

Lucius didn't stop, he just walked over to a door on the other side of the hall and Harry followed him into a corridor with doors on either side.

"Here" Lucius said, while making a hand gesture to one of the doors "is the living room, then comes the music room, art room and the largest bathroom."

Harry nodded to show that he understood.

They continued down the corridor and Lucius explained what they used each room for. Harry was amazed, he had never thought there could be an entire room to do something like watch flowers or make tea, but apparently it did. At least here in Malfoy manor.

At last, they stood outside of a small, black door. Lucius opened it and walked in, Harry following him.

The older man turned on the light so Harry could see what his new rooms looked like.

The room wasn't big, but not small either. A little bigger than the room he had at the Dursley's. There was a bed, a wardrobe, a lamp hanging from the roof, a bookshelf, a chair and a small table. There wasn't, however, a window. Harry guessed this was so he couldn't escape. If he had wanted to anyway...

"I hope the room is to your liking, Potter. If you need something, tell me and I'll try to get it for you." Lucius said.

Harry was a little surprised, he'd never thought Malfoy senior could be so nice. He wasn't giving Harry a small, stinking room with only a blanket to sleep on or something like that.

"Um, Mr. Malfoy?" Harry said, a little nervous. Lucius just watched him, waiting for him to continue.

"Why are you being so nice to me? I'm just a gift, a gift that you don't even need. I'm more like a nuisance to you."

Lucius sighed. "I'm not the evil, bad person Dumbledore told you I am. I know how to treat people who are guests or lives in my home." he said, a hint of annoyance in his voice.

"Anyway, I will let you rest today, but I expect you to come to my study tomorrow eight o'clock. And try not to be late." he said, before walking out of the room, leaving Harry alone.

'I wonder if I made him upset?' Harry thought while lightly chewing on his lip. 'Since he said I should use today to relax, I guess I should.' With that, Harry made his way over to the bookshelf and started to look for a book that could be interesting.

After about five minutes of looking trough the books, he found one called 'Mysterious persons or creatures trough the centuries'. He grabbed it and sat down in the chair, which turned out to be quiet comfortable.

Harry didn't know how long he sat there, probably a while since he had already read about half the book, when a house elf arrived with a sharp crack. The elf was tiny, with big, brown eyes and a small, round nose.

"Hello, Harry Potter sir. Chiri was ordered from Master Malfoy to ask you what you wanted for dinner."

'This is surprising' Harry thought 'he's even letting me choose what I want to eat!'

"Um, just a toast and some tea, if it's not too much trouble" Chiri left after telling Harry that 'it was no problem at all' and popped back half a minute later with Harry's food.

"Thank you, Chiri!" Harry said and smiled at the little creature. Chiri seemed a little dumb-founded before smiling back, bowing and then he left, leaving Harry on his own once again.

Harry rose from the chair and put the book back in the shelf, before walking over to the table where the food was. After he had eaten, he went over to the bed and sat down, the soft mattress bouncing slightly under his weight.

'I'm a little tired... I guess I should just go to bed' Harry thought. He mumbled a charm so that his wand would warm up, waking him, at seven thirty tomorrow morning. The last thing that crossed his mind before he fell asleep was; 'I wonder how Draco is going to take it?'


Okay! Thanks for reading! Hope you enjoyed! I'll try to update fast, but my exams are coming up this week, so I can't promise anything, 'kay?

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