Thank you all for following my story and encouraging me to write more and more. It's going a lot faster to write this that I thought it would. And I wish to thank you all for it, reviewers and silent readers. Thank you!

I've spent some time reading on internet about Harry mostly to catch some characteristic word, and found out that the Swedish Harry Potter and the English version seem quite different. I'm going to follow the Swedish one and some parts of the movies mostly, so if something is missing or it seems like I've changed something it's just because of that. ;)

RonHermione7: Thank you again for the review! I'm sorry if I confused you, but they are in the Malfoy Manor's, that's why Draco is hanging around the house. Hope you didn't get too disappointed by that. :) I've always pictured Draco rather shy, and that he acts so over the top to hide that part of him. Love that you love it! ;)

NegligibleNaina: I'm not sure what the 'aw' is about, but thank you anyway; it still made me happy ;)

Chapter 5

They walked across the empty lane. There were only a few groups of people walking by; all of them seemed to be in a rush. Some of the shops were closed, windows nailed shut with boards and doors hanging on their hinges. It felt cold, tough it was the 24th of June. They walked by a bright shop with the sign 'Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes', which immediately caught Alice's attention.

"The Weasley's are blood traitors, don't bother going in there", Draco said quiet enough for only Alice to hear. She took a last look over her shoulder on the shop. She couldn't quite understand what was wrong with it, but followed the Malfoy's as told. They entered a small, dampened shop with nothing more than a desk and bookcases behind it. A small, white-haired man stepped forward to the desk and looked at them

"God morning Mrs Malfoy, what can I do for you today?" the man asked. He had a gentle voice. Narcissa did not answer; she simply pushed Alice forward to the desk.

"The girl needs a wand", she then said firmly. As the old man's gaze turned to her, Alice could swear he was about to faint before he put on a forced smile.

"May I ask for your name, miss?"

"Alice Gaunt", she said with a smile. "And what is yours, sir?" He didn't seem relived at all of her answer, in fact, he seemed even more bothered.

"I am Ollivander." They stared at each other for a moment before Mr Ollivander turned around and stated looking in his bookcases. "Is this your first wand Miss Gaunt?"

"Please, Mr Ollivander, call me Alice. And yes, it is", she said. He picked out a small, oblong box and gave it to her. She opened it and took up the beautifully crafted piece of wood. Then she put it down as if it had given her an electric shock.

"Didn't feel too good I presume?" He said, and retrieved the box from her.

"No", she said with a shy smile.

"What about..." He took out another box. "This one?" He gave her the box, she opened it. "9½'', yew with a phoenix feather", he said. Alice picked it up. It gave away a warm, good feeling.

"This one feels great", she said, without letting it out of her sight.

"It is very similar to the one I once sold to your father", Mr Ollivander said in a whisper. He bent even closer to her. "You look very much like he used to."

"How did you...?" He interrupted her.

"Miss Alice, I remember every wand I've ever sold, that includes the face of the one I sold them to", he said with a smile. She smiled back at him, paid and thanked him before leaving the shop for Malfoy Manor.

Draco looked down the stairs that went to the dungeons. He could have sworn someone was down there. He closed the book in his hands together and put it on the small table beside him. He stepped down the stairs and opened the Iron Gate. Usually he avoided this part of the house.

"Hello?" The air felt wet and the darkness was insistent.

"Draco?" Draco turned around, but no one was there. The echo made it impossible to know where the sound had come from.

"Lumos", he said and the end of his wand lit. "Alice?" She turned around.

"Oh, thank god", she said utterly relieved.

"What are you doing down here?" They started walking back towards the stair.

"I thought I heard someone and then it went so dark that I lost my way", she explained.

"You shouldn't be down here, not ever!" Draco said, in a tone a bit more harsh than he'd imagined. Alice didn't answer; she just followed him to the stairs and then left his side.

"Alice?" He called after her. She stopped on the top step of the stair and turned to him. "Uhm, what are you going to do now?" He pulled his hand over his hair to make sure it was still in place – or if it was a bad habit, Alice couldn't tell.

"Your mum gave me some books with spells; I was going to read some of them. Why?" she said a bit suspiciously.

"It doesn't matter", he said so quiet Alice almost couldn't hear him. She took a few steps down. He didn't seem to notice her movement, he just picked up the book where he'd left it and started walking towards the other staircase. Alice watched him as he walked with his head bent down. There was something more wrong than just the obvious. Alice had noticed the absence of his father and reckoned it had something to do with it. Overall he seemed unease with his life situation. Then it seemed as he suddenly remembered something, he turned around and by the expression of his face he'd thought Alice had left. He looked up at her for a moment before looking the other way again.

"Why didn't you just use your wand as a torch?" He asked.

"I didn't remember that I had it", she said in surprise. "Besides, I think I left it in my room." She bit her bottom lip and prepared to be yelled at, not that she thought he'd yelled at her – she just felt like that was something you could get yelled because of.

"You shouldn't go anywhere without your wand, Alice", he said, but it sounded to be in concern. She took another few steps down the stair. Their eyes met. He had the brightest colour of gray, with small, almost unnoticeable sprays of blue, just around the black centre of the eye. He flushed and looked down in the floor with a shy smile.

"How did you do that by the way?" Alice asked.

"What did I do?"

"Make your wand glow?" He took out his wand, twitched it and said;

"Lumos." The wand lit up in the end. "Nox", he said and the wand stopped glowing.

"Wow, that is amazing", she elatedly said. "Can you show me something more?"

"Go fetch you wand and I'll show you anything", he said. She immediately turned her steps, ran to her room and fetched her wand.