2 ✦ Malfoy Manor

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IMPORTANT !!

Some background and researched info before you start reading, so there aren't much questions.

Malfoy Manor is (obviously) the place where most of the events will take place (minus the Malfoys).
It is situated in Wiltshire, which is south of England.
This means it is in the Muggle world, but I quote from Wikibooks: "There is a Muggle belief that there is something magical about this area. It is possible that the Malfoy family is playing on this belief, or is the source of it, being magical themselves. Alternately, the land may in fact be magical, and the Malfoys placed their home here to make use of the magic ambiance."

Hope this will be useful. Enjoy reading!

Dedicated to: JUNIOR_ADAMS_FOSTER
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"He's handsome all right, and rude and conceited and... Oh Papa, he's not for me!"

— Belle, about Gaston
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Chapter Two: Malfoy Manor

||Lily||

"What're you doing here, toe rag?"

He stared at me, with his famous mischievous smirk. I have no idea how girls fall in love with it — he is so cheeky. And cliché.

"Just in town — nothing abnormal." James Potter grinned casually, folding his arms.

It was miraculous to see him without his troupe of apes by his side, who fortify everything that comes from Potter's potty mouth. Ironic how the name works out...

"Quite abnormal to see you in Cokesworth, it's quite small and unusual actually," My eyes squinted at him, playing to see if his words would slip.

"Well Evans, you could always be my girlfriend —"

"Not a bloody chance!" I snapped, standing up. "That has nothing to do with you being here... or does it?"

Honestly, I can't wait until I graduate Hogwarts. Despite the magic and wonders, I wanted to hold onto some muggle traditions. Travelling to the different countries, experience air travel, meet new people, lead a simple life...

James shook his head. "I'm staying at Moony's for the summer, his father is away on a business trip for the Ministry of Magic. Apparently working for the 'Department for the Regulation and Control  of Magical Creatures" is tough – whatever."

I rolled my eyes, unimpressed by his haughtiness.

"Anyways, Moony is home with his mam near here, and she invited us. As in the Marauders —"

"You're all here? Bloody wonderful." Just what I needed. More of an irritation of why I "should" date James freakin Potter. No thanks, he was obnoxious enough. By tomorrow he'll be proposing, and I'll only have the pleasure of pushing him in the mud to revel in dirt, like the pig he is.

From behind James, I could already see the rambunctious boys making their way over.

Why me?

Sirius talked in a loud, obnoxious voice to Remus, who kept pushing his sandy hair away from his face. Peter trailed from behind, trying to stick his face in and listen every now and then. A part of me felt utmost sympathy for him... but for some reason I just didn't have it in me to stick up for him. I always stuck up for Severus Snape... but that was a completely different saga. A story of my past that was finished, and not to be reopened.

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