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Chapter 2: A New Master

Lucius Malfoy paced across the cold, damp floor, and pondered. What if Amycus had proved unworthy? What if he was unable to accomplish the task that Lucius had left him to do? If all of these unanswerable "what ifs" were true, then all would be for nothing. He would end up just like his old master. Powerful, but never quite powerful enough.

Lucius pushed his doubtful thoughts away and glanced at the clock hanging crocked on the wall. It read 9:14, which is exactly 14 minutes later than Amycus was supposed to be back with Lucius's supplies. Had he been the right person to trust? Had all of this complex planning been let down to dust?

Interrupting his thoughts, Amycus finally arrived to the deserted forest island with too many bags in his arms to attempt to count. Lucuis decided that he was correct in trusting him, just as right as it was to be doing these very Dark Arts. Yes, this was going to turn out well. They just needed one more thing.

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"Potter, why the fuck would you call this place safe? Everything in this blasted house is covered with at least an inch of grime!" Malfoy exclaimed with a revolting look on his face.

Harry had not thought of the condition of the house, thinking that Kreacher would have at least attempted to clean it every now and then.

"KREACHER!" Harry shouted angrily for his unwanted house elf.

"Master called Kreacher, yes, but Kreacher does notmlike his master...filthy half-blood, how dare he claim the House of Black?" Kreacher muttered other things, but Harry was unable to make out the words.

"Now Kreacher, you need to clean at least one bedroom and the kitchen. We have a guest that will be staying here for a while." Harry himself didn't know how long Malfoy would be his houseguest, but he could at least give the stone-colored eyed man some living space.

"Kreacher will do what Master tells him, but Kreacher would much rather have the Malfoy as his master, yes, he is worthy..." And with that, Kreacher turned and left for the stairs. Harry turned his head and glanced at the clock. Fuck. He was already an hour later than Ginny usually wakes up.

"Malfoy, I have to leave, but if you leave, or tell anybody about this, I will curse your sorry arse to the Ministry." Before Malfoy could come up with a sarcastic response, Harry apparated back to his house, to get out of his pajamas and get on some decent robes. He hoped Ginny would still be asleep and in bed, not aware that Harry had been gone.

Just as he feared, Ginny was wide awake in her morning robe, leaning against the granite kitchen countertops, sipping her hot tea.

"Would you mind explaining to me just exactly where you hurried off to at six in the morning? And don't you try telling me some sorry lame excuse." Ginny seemed frustrated, but not quite surprised. She must be used to this sort of behavior from Harry. He couldn't possibly tell her about Malfoy. She stood there, tapping her foot while waiting for Harry's answer.

"I had another nightmare. I didn't want to wake you, so I slipped away and went for a walk. I got lost, and finally found a way back home." Harry prayed that his feeble explanation would convince Ginny. He walked over to her, putting his hand up to her face, pushing her bright red hair out of the way.

"I should have known." Ginny rushed to to get these couple words out before Harry pulled her into a kiss, distracting both of them from the reason of Harry's absence. He hoped that they could just stay like this all day. Calm, no pressing matters of the fate of the Wizarding World. Ginny finally broke the kiss.

"I know that you would like to stay like this all day, but I promised we would meet Hermione for lunch today." Ginny reminded him.

"Can't we just post-pone it to tomorrow? I really need some rest." Harry made a puppy-dog begging face, and Ginny agreed. They ate some breakfast, then headed straight to bed. Harry completely forgot that he had a Malfoy hiding in his house.

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