Labyrinth ^ A Dramione fanfiction^

14. Teal

Draco's eyes fluttered open. It took few moments for him to realize where he was. Draco's heart skipped a beat when he noticed Hermione was not on the sofa where he had seen her last night.

'Granger?Granger? He called after her. 

'Up here.'

Draco followed her voice to upstairs. He stopped climbing the stairs when he saw Hermione in the corridor.

'What are you doing?' He asked.

'I was just roaming around in the house checking if any doors or windows are opening so we can get out. I saw these rooms.' She pointed at the door she was standing in front of. 'They are all locked.' 

He took out his wand and climbed the remaining stairs. As he stood next to Hermione she realized he was almost a foot taller than her. He had grown a lot in last two years. 

'Alohamora.' The door flew open. The room was bright enough to see the surroundings. There was a cradle and some toys laying around. The wall had a magical painting of unicorn  playing in a meadow. 

'It's a kid's room.' Hermione said. 'It's someone's family house.'

She tried to open the window but no luck. She began pacing in the room,panic written all over her face. 'I have to go.'

'What?'

'I have to go Malfoy. Harry and Ron, they are trapped in the Malfoy manor  and I'm here with you. I really don't understand what happened with you. How did you find me?' 

'Potter and Weasley are safe.' He said. 

'What?' She asked, her eyebrows furrowed. 

'Dobby, my old house elf rescued them. They are not harmed. Dobby though' he stopped talking.

'What happened to Dobby?' She asked. When Draco didn't say anything, she repeated, 'What happened to Dobby, Malfoy?' 

'When they were apparating, Bellatrix threw her knife at them and ' he paused, 'I'm pretty sure Dobby was at the receiving end.' He finished.

Hermione's eyes moistened. She always had admiration towards elves. Dobby was a freind. She looked away realizing that she can't hold her tears any longer. Draco looked at her back when heard her sniff.  

'I'll um... I'll go check the other rooms.' He said and left the room.

He opened the other room. This was bigger than previous. It had huge bed. The linens were unusual combination of emerald and sapphire. He looked around and saw some photo frames on the drawer. One photo was of a beautiful witch with silver-blonde hair just like his, in next one she was holding a baby girl. Another one was of a same witch with a young wizard who looked familiar to Draco but he couldn't place it. He noticed one frame was laying on a ground upside down. He bent down and grabbed the frame.  He was in utter shock when he saw the photo of young Lucius with the same witch. The photo must have been taken years back because Lucius looked no more than 18 or 19 years old. Who is this witch? Why is his father in this photo with her? Who's house is it exactly?So many questions and no one to answer them. He took the photograph out of the frame and hid it in his pocket when he heard Hermione's voice calling him. 

'Malfoy, Hey, did you find anything?' Hermione asked entering the room. 

'Uh no.. nothing, just some old photographs. He pointed at the frames on drawer. Hermione went near and took the frame of witch in her hand. She knew she had seen her somewhere but couldn't recall. Draco began walking out of the room but turned around when he heard her gasp. 

'Its impossible. How could this be?'' She was talking to herself.

'Impossible what?' He couldn't help but ask.