The Hufflepuff and the Slytherin

Chapter 23-Back to Malfoy Manor

About another week had gone by. You and Lucius were growing close as  ever, and you were actually looking forward to heading to the Malfoy  Manor over the weekend.

Before his party last week, Lucius had  asked you to join him to go back to his ancestral home. His mother had  told him she would be staying in France with her family indefinitely,  and so with her gone from the Manor, Lucius wanted to go back to finally  be able to enjoy it; without pain, without his parents' pressure, and  without Voldemort most importantly. He wanted to go back to his first  home to revisit the good memories; of course many of them involving you.  You were excited to revisit those good memories as well.

And so  as the weekend approached, you took the mile long walk to Lucius'  mansion in London to meet him there so you could both use his main  fireplace to Floo to Malfoy Manor.

Fall was quickly approaching,  and the weather was more chilly and crisp than usual so you had paired a  cute pair of black jeans and boots with a cream colored sweater on top.  You would also surprise Lucius by wearing the necklace he had gifted  you for Christmas all those years ago; the silver snake with the bright  green emerald eye. You had never gotten rid of the beautiful piece of  jewelry and it had been stowed away in your old Hogwarts trunk for years  and years in its original velvet case. You had never had the heart to  get rid of it...or open it back up...but when you had reopened its case all  those years later, the necklace was as beautiful and shining as you had  remembered it, and you now proudly wore it around your delicate neck.

You  finally arrived at Lucius' London mansion, a place that had become  quickly like your second home. Lucius had told you not to even knock  anymore, and the door would always open at a slight tap of your wand on  the doorknob.

Stepping inside, Lucius had been walking gracefully  down the main stairs when he saw you arrive and the smile he gave you  when he greeted you was dazzling. Soon he was right in front of you and  he brought you into his arms for a warm amorous hug and an even warmer  delicious kiss.

"Mmm my Kitten. You look divine as always," he said as he caressed your cheek with his warm fingers.

"As  do you," you replied with a flushed smile. He truly did. He looked  gorgeous in his matte black robes and equally as rich black sweater and  trousers. His hair was pulled back with a black silk ribbon, and the  silver of his eyes shone brightly at you.

His beautiful eyes then looked down to your neck and seemed to shine even more as he realized what was around your neck.

"It's...,"  he began to say, seeming too choked up for words to get it all out. His  right hand came out to gently hold the snake charm in his hands as his  thumb rubbed over the smooth silver of it.

"Yes," you said as you smiled up at him, loving how he immediately noticed it.

"You never got rid of it?" He asked quietly.

"No,  I couldn't" you admitted. "It's been in my Hogwarts trunk for seven  years now. I wanted to wear it today, back to the Manor where you first  gave it to me that Christmas," you smiled.

Lucius smiled, his  silver eyes shining so brightly as he leaned in once more to kiss you,  his hands running through your hair, gripping at it gently, as he  pressed you in closer to him to kiss you deeper.

"You make me the  happiest I've ever been," he said as he then took your hand in his and  lead you upstairs into his study which had a nice sized fireplace in it.

He reached up on the mantle to grab a handful of Floo Powder from a shining black vase and turned to you. "Are you ready?"

"Yes," you said with excitement, excited to see the grand Manor you had remembered.