(HP) Aurors in Wonderland

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Harry walked into the small office he shared with his partner and best mate Ron while wondering if he could take a couple of days off starting the next day. He had just gotten a call from Andromeda saying that Teddy had been bored out of his mind during his school holiday because he had no one to play with. He had asked her back where Draco was, because he usually came over to take Teddy out, but Andromeda only said Narcissa told her that Draco had been busy.

Harry felt that something was wrong. Ever since Tonks' death in the War, Draco had seemingly made it his personal goal to spend as much time with Teddy as possible, because he was one of the few family members Teddy had left. However, he knew that life as a Potions master apprentice wasn't easy, so who was he to judge if Draco was too busy to make time for his little nephew?

Harry certainly had days when he was too busy to spend time with anyone too."Why the long face, mate?" Ron asked, looking up from his paperwork.

"Do you want to take days off?" Harry asked back.

Ron looked at him curiously. "Do you?"

"I do."

"Well, I suppose I could use some time off too," Ron said with a shrug. It was an unwritten agreement between them that if one was sick or was on a leave, the other would take a leave too, simply because they didn't work well with other Aurors as their partner.

"Okay, I'll ask for the form," Harry said, turning back to walk out of the office.

"Auror Potter," Helena, the secretary of the Auror department, called as she knocked and Harry paused. "Someone's here to see you."

"Tell them to come in," Harry said as he walked around to sit at his desk.

The door opened and in came the last person he expected to walk through that door—Pansy Parkinson.

"Potter, Weasley," she greeted with a clipped tone.

"Parkinson," Harry greeted back while Ron stared at her warily. "What brings you here?"

"I'm here to ask you to find someone for me," Pansy said easily, settling down on the chair across Harry's desk like she owned the place.

"Well, I'm sorry to disappoint, but we're planning on taking a leave starting tomorrow," Harry replied nonchalantly. "I'm sure there are other Aurors who could help you find your missing person."

Harry stood up and was about to escort Pansy out of the office when her next words stopped him in his tracks.

"Even if I told you the missing person is Draco Malfoy?"

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"I'm sorry we didn't get to take a leave," Harry said as he glanced at Ron who was walking beside him up towards the Malfoy Manor.

"Nonsense," Ron said with a snort. "You were the one who wanted to take a leave, not me. It wasn't my plan that got thwarted, so you don't have to be sorry to me."

Harry offered him a grin, and they kept on walking.

After Pansy piqued Harry's interest with that sentence, she told them that she wasn't sure how Draco disappeared in the first place and suggested that they talk to Narcissa Malfoy for more details. She said that Draco had been missing for about two weeks, which served to surprise both of them as they had had no report from the Lady Malfoy yet.

Ever since the end of the War, when the Malfoy family's role as spies were made publicly known, theyhad been under constant protection by the Aurors until all the remaining Death Eaters and Voldemort supporters were captured and sent to Azkaban. Since the fall of Voldemort was made possible by them, the Death Eaters saw them as the ultimate traitors.