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Harry Potter was late. He didn't mean to be late, only Ron had needed desperate help with something that had taken way longer than the Weasley had advertised it to take. So here he was, nearly two hours late, at Malfoy Manor, clutching his invitation in his hands.

He didn't quite trust Malfoy; he had a bad feeling about this and he didn't want any of his friends hurt. He'd received a text from Hermione a while ago and took his phone out to reply to say he was there.

The house looked the same as it had nearly two years ago, when he, Ron and Hermione had been dragged inside by snatchers and very nearly caught. Harry was worried about Hermione; she was the one who had fared the worst in this house and Draco had been there. Suddenly, his phone began to vibrate. It was Hermione.

"Hello?" he said, walking towards the manor, the gravel crunching under his shiny black shoes.

"Hi Harry. Listen, there's something going on in this house- something dangerous and we need your help. We think Malfoy's parents are still alive to some degree in the house-"

"They're dead Mione. We were there when they died," he replied, confused. There was suddenly a brief scuffle on the other line.

"It's Malfoy," a familiar voice said. "Just come inside. I'll give you directions. The house is displacing people and we need you to find us."

"Where's the rest?" He heard Malfoy sigh.

"The house moved them to different parts of the manor. I've got a map like you had for Hogwarts for this place so I can keep an eye on them. They seem just to be angry at me for now," he said. Harry noticed how downbeat Malfoy sounded. What had his parents done?

"Okay. So you can see where I am?" Harry said, pushing open the double doors and entering the manor.

"Yeah. Okay, so take the left door and you'll be in a lounge area." Harry did as he said and found himself in a small room with a gramophone playing jazz. He also saw a white fluffy shawl on one of the armchairs. He picked it up.

"Is anyone missing a white shawl?"

"Yeah, thanks Harry!" he heard Hermione yell. He tucked it under his arm.

"Where now?"

"Right. Go out of this room and go right. You'll be in a corridor with a statue of Salazar Slytherin in it."

"Okay," Harry muttered, opening the next door. There was indeed large black marble statue of one of the founders of Hogwarts.

"Now continue through so you go down the little staircase," Malfoy said. He heard paper rustling and guessed it was the map. Harry carefully descended the stone steps, careful not to drop his phone.

"Okay. I'm in sort of a lobby now."

"Yeah, now go into the big hall now. The door will still be open on this side." Harry could see which one he meant. He had recognised this entire route; it was the way the snatchers and Bellatrix had taken them. He entered the grand hall slowly, looking around. There were dust covers over all the furniture, including the large chandelier that still lay on the floor from when Dobby had released it. Harry could see the steps down to the dungeon where him and Ron and Luna had been held. It was eerie, being back. He never would have thought he'd be back here, especially not by invite for a ball.

"Where now?" Harry asked, clearing this throat.

"Right. Now this is where we're guessing all the others got displaced so you need to be careful that the same doesn't happen to you. Keep on walking down this corridor, but do it slowly. Running will only make the manor more likely to displace you."

His heart beating quickly, Harry did as his former nemesis said, taking slow but deliberate steps down the sconce-lit corridor.

"Okay, now look to your right," Malfoy said quietly. Harry looked and gasped at the painting.

"Your parents did this?" he said lowly, running a finger down the shredded canvas.

"We think so," Malfoy said quietly.

Harry quickly made it to the study without any further complications; miraculously not getting displaced. Hermione was stood in the doorway and smiled widely when she saw her friend. Harry stepped inside and embraced the brunette, handing her the shawl.

"How come you're in here?" he asked, pulling away and looking around the spacious study. "We thought we might be able to find something to help find out how mt father's doing this."

"What about your mother?" Malfoy and Hermione exchanged glances.

"We found this notebook," Hermiome said, holding up a small leather journal, a skull and dove depicted on the front. "It seems to be some sort of diary written by Draco's father during the," Hermione paused, "erm, transformation."

Harry raised his eyebrow.

"Transformation into what?"

"We don't know exactly. Voldermort seemed to be experimenting with dark magic; ways to make his followers useful even after they were killed. So they could continue doing his bidding even after they were killed."

"And your father was what, rhe test subject?" Harry asked. Malfoy nodded. "Basically." Hermione opened the book.

"So basically Voldermort cast a whole load of spells on Lucius and gave him some potions he'd made himself, all stuff he thought might work- combining ghost sorcery with poltergist lore and some seriously dark magic. But Lucius was killed before Voldermort could finish what he had planned. It seemed he wanted his dead Death Eaters to be able to maintain a form, like ghosts can. But Lucius can't do that from what we've seen."

Harry nodded. "It sounds like we know vaguely what's going on. Can the ministry help?" Hermione shook her head.

"Technically, yes, but they'd get displaced and it would complicate things enormously for Draco. He would have nowhere to live and would raise numerous questions about Draco's involvement in it."

Draco nodded. "I don't want my father here any more than you do, but I can't go through another ordeal. I'm sorry," he said brokenly, his silver eyes shining.

"It's okay Malfoy. We can sort this," he said assuredly, not used to seeing the Slytherin in this state.

Hermione nodded. "We should get the others here. Stay in the same place."

"So how are we going to do that?"

Sorry for the slightly longer wait on this one... more of the mystery revealed!! Hope you're enjoying, remember to review / follow/ favourite! XOXO