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The Cat Spirit

By: tandy9evaG
folder Harry Potter › Slash - Male/Male › Harry/Draco
Rating: Adult +
Chapters: 9
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Ch. 1: The Letter

The Cat Spirit

Chapter One: The Letter




Lucius Malfoy was peacefully sipping his afternoon tea with his wife. They had been discovered as Dumbledore’s spies after Voldemort’s downfall and set free of all charges. Draco was spending the summer over his friend Zabini leaving Lucius and Narcissa alone in Malfoy manor. They were chatting about nothing important when a house-elf popped next to their couch.



“There is a letter for you, sir!” the house-elf said politely handing over said letter.

“I told you not to bother us, even with mail.” Lucius said sternly to the house-elf.

“I apologize, sir!” the house-elf said. The Malfoy’s house-elves were trained to be polite and speak clearly. “But it was urgent.” the house-elf piped out hurriedly.



“How would you know that?” Lucius asked turning the letter around in his hands. There was no other writing on it except ‘Mr. and Mrs. Malfoy’.

“The owl who brought the letter kept biting me until I came here.” the house-elf said showing his poor arms with several angry bite marks.

“Alright.” Lucius nodded looking at the letter curiously. The house-elf bowed and popped away.



“Who’s it from?” Narcissa asked when Lucius looked at the letter bewildered after noticing who it was from. He hadn’t noticed the sender’s name earlier.

“This is the most peculiar thing since I saw Snape in those pink dress ropes.” Lucius said referring to the time when Snape lost a bet with one of their school mates in Hogwarts. “Why on earth would Potter send as a letter?” he continued.

“Us?” Narcissa asked ignoring the fact that the letter was from Potter.

“It says ‘Mr. and Mrs. Malfoy’.” Lucius explained showing her the letter.



“Well we don’t know what’s it about unless we read it.” Narcissa pointed out. Lucius shrugged taking out his wand and checking the letter for curses, hexes and such thing. He concluding that it was safe to open it. Still cautiously he opened the envelope pulling the letter out. Lucius read out loud.



“Honourable Mr. and Mrs. Malfoy

I hope you are well and apologize for disturbing Your evening. There is something important I need to discuss with You that can’t be said in a letter. I can’t force You to meet me but I hope You would agree to do so.”



Lucius paused for a moment to look at his wife but continued shortly as Narcissa urged him on.



“You can set the time and place, I’ll even hand over my wand, if You wish, with one condition. You’ll make sure Draco isn’t at the meeting or knows about it.”



“Well that’s strange.” Narcissa interrupted.

“Considering their past, I don’t see why it would be strange if Potter doesn’t want to see our son.” Lucius said.

“Is there still something more in the letter?” Narcissa asked.

“Not much…” Lucius muttered.



“Please reply as soon as possible.

Sincerely Yours,

Harry James Potter.”



“Well this is indeed interesting.” Lucius mumbled after a while. “Should we meet him?” Lucius asked from his wife.

“Maybe we should.” Narcissa said. “He said it was important.”

“He did say that, didn’t he?” Lucius said thoughtfully. “Maybe it’s something about Draco since he’s not allowed to know?”



“Our son is good at getting into trouble, isn’t he?” Narcissa laughed and Lucius nodded smiling at the comment. “Hopefully it’s nothing too serious…” Narcissa mumbled quietly.

“Let’s hope not.” Lucius stated standing up and walking to the desk. He pulled out a parchment and ink in a black bottled. Lastly he took out a fine white quill. Lucius walked back to the couch and sat down.



“What do we reply?” He asked from Narcissa who concentrated for a moment.

“We don’t have anything planned for tomorrow, do we?” Narcissa asked and when Lucius confirmed it she continued. “Ask him to come here tomorrow for lunch. Might as well feed him when he’s here, you know how skinny he is.”

“Alright.” Lucius muttered starting to write. Sometimes it surprised people how motherly Narcissa could be when she wanted but Lucius was already accustomed to it.



“Read out loud.” Narcissa insisted when Lucius put down the quill. He cleared his voice before reading their reply.



“Dear Mr. Potter

We would be honoured to meet you after such a long time. If it won’t cause You any trouble, would You come to the Malfoy manor for lunch tomorrow? Our son isn’t home this summer and we would be able to converse without interruptions.

Please inform us if you are coming.

Yours,

Lucius Malfoy.”



“That sound good enough…” Narcissa agreed and sipped her tea. Lucius nodded snapping his finger to call a house-elf. The same house-elf who brought the letter popped next to him and he handed the letter to it.

“Send this to Harry Potter.” Lucius told the house-elf. “Immediately.”

“I will, sir!” the small creature said disappearing again.



“And now we wait.” Narcissa said quietly. As Lucius lifted his teacup Narcissa cast a spell to heat it up again.

“Thank you dear.” Lucius muttered relaxing against the couch. “Now we wait.” he repeated Narcissa words.



After a few hours they got a reply from Potter. It wasn’t a long letter, a simple ‘I’ll be there.’ and his signature. After reading it Narcissa hurried to the kitchen to inform the house-elves about a guest and plan the menu for lunch. Lucius chuckled watching his wife enjoying herself with the planning.
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