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Chapter #23: Adventure time, part II.

Harry couldn’t believe what he was witnessing, Malfoy, the arrogant twat was being restrained by some strange hands that came from the floor, but that was just the start, soon, another pair of hands appeared from the walls restricting his arms.

“What the fuck?!” Harry couldn’t help but say at the sight.

It’s true that Malfoy wasn’t his best friend or something, but he didn’t want him to die yet, he was too useful to get rid of, Harry looked everywhere to find a solution to this as more hands appeared and restricted more of the blonde's body.

Due to his experience with the few video games he had managed to play after he started visiting the muggle world without restrictions, he knew that this place was like a dungeon from video games like Zelda, and as such,  he knew that there must be some kind of button or a puzzle he needed to solve in order to free Malfoy.

Harry looked around the room, and there was no clue about what he needed to do to find the solution to this problem.

“Ah, Potter…Don’t abandon me, please, I’ll do anything for you, don’t let it kill me!” The blonde begged.

“That’s what I’m trying to do, don’t distract me!” Harry complained.

However, it was too late, soon, the hands sucked Malfoy, he was sucked by the floor, and now he was nowhere to be found, he couldn't believe the blonde was dead.

“No…This can’t be true, he’s gone…And I don’t even know how to feel about it, I know I should feel sad as we had become closer, but…I somehow feel relieved,” Harry said, completely in shock.

“Hey, don’t celebrate my death too soon!” Harry heard Malfoy's voice outside the home, and now the blonde was back in front of the door.

“What the…I thought you died, yay, you’re alive,” Harry said with as much happiness as he could express.

“Yeah, yeah, don’t try to pretend you weren’t happy that I was gone!” Malfoy said, a bit irritated.

“I wasn’t happy, I was relieved, you need to learn the difference, I wish you no harm, but if you disappeared from my life, I wouldn’t mind it too much,” Harry confessed, and Draco couldn’t help but massage his temple exasperatedly.

Harry decided to ignore the blonde in order to analyze the situation, if he didn’t find a way to let Draco get in, he would have to advance on his own, however, he needed some backup in case they found something dangerous lurking in the manor, if the two of them go together at least one of them could call Tonks in case things get ugly.

“I think I found what the problem is…You said your father told you that he and his friends couldn't get inside, right?” Harry questioned with a serious tone.

Draco nodded without hesitation.

“All of you have some things in common, all of you are followers of the dark lord, and all of you have dark marks on your arms…I don’t have a mark and I don’t follow the dark lord, it’s clear that this place is designed to kick out those who associate themselves with him…Very clever, to be honest,” Harry couldn’t help but admit.

“Fuck…I guess you should go by yourself…I mean, the only way I have to get inside is by chopping my arm, but…The process to glue it back is painful, also, I don’t know if you can get rid of the mark completely if you chop off your arm, at this point, the dark magic has surely invaded my whole body,” the blonde couldn’t help but shudder at the realization.

Draco couldn’t help but resent his parents right now, it was their fault that he was in this situation, Harry couldn’t help but feel pity towards him, and in the end, there was only one thing he could do.

“House, please, I know you don’t trust people like him here, but I promise you…He’s not a danger to the secrets you possess, I don’t know if you’re sentient, but I promise you…We all have the same objective, we want to destroy the dark lord,” Harry said to the house.

Malfoy just stared at him as if he had grown another head.

“Potter, that’s not going to—” Malfoy was completely annoyed, however, something suddenly interrupted his upcoming rant.

“Welcome home, Harry James Potter…You who possesses the blood of Godric Gryffindor, this house was built by him, but as time went by, the last owner was Albus Dumbledore,” a voice was heard inside the place.

It was the house.

“Your words and your heart are true and as you possess the blood of my builder, you’re allowed to order me, master, and if you want me to grant access to the one who possesses a dark mark, then so be it,” this time the hands that made Draco disappear instead of doing that, they made him get inside.

“Thank you,” Draco said awkwardly at the hands. “Thank you, house,” he added in a defeated tone.

His life since he met Potter has been nothing but chaos, long gone is his disbelieving attitude, and now it has been replaced by awe at the wonders that he sees when he’s with him.

“Your previous owner…Albus Dumbledore, he had many secrets, right? Do you know if he hid something?” Asked Harry with a curious tone.

“Yes, let me take you to his secret room, master and master’s friend,” the house said, and soon, both disappeared.

This time, it wasn’t the work of the hands they were just teleported to another room by the house.

“Wow,” Harry said with a surprised tone at the many books that were in the room, his friend Hermione would surely love this place, there were some chests too.

However, Harry tried to open one of the chests, but he was surprised to find it was locked.

“Oh, for fuck’s sake, Potter, the key is here!” Draco grabbed a small key from the desk. “I sometimes think that your brain is—” Draco couldn’t continue because the moment he inserted the key in the lock, he was electrocuted.

“You were saying?” Harry questioned him with an amused expression.

“I’m going to kill you!” Draco said to the chest.

Soon, Malfoy started firing dangerous spells at the chest, but nothing happened, the chest was intact.

“That’s not going to work, master. You need to first put your wand on the chest,” Harry did as he was told.

Something surprising appeared, just like Yaxley, the thing was asking for a password.

“House, do you know the password?” Asked the emerald-eyed wizard.

“Yes, it’s all in uppercase, the password is Ariana,” Harry once again did as the house instructed him.

The chest lit up and opened by itself.

“Well, what do we have here, magical artifacts? Gold? Precious jewels?” Malfoy wondered with an interested look.

However, to their disappointment, there was nothing but small bottles with a strange liquid.

“This is…What?” Malfoy couldn’t believe it.

Harry, on the other hand, was staring at it with a curious look, he analyzed the bottles, and then his eyes widened.

“House, are these memories?” Harry asked nonchalantly.

Draco could only roll his eyes.

“Those are nothing but potions, Potter, or maybe even liquor, let’s get drunk!” Malfoy said as he grabbed one bottle.

“Yes, master, all those bottles contain memories that you can watch on a pensieve, we have one here,” the house replied.

Soon an interesting object filled with water appeared, Harry couldn’t believe it, this was the first time he was looking at something like this, pensieves are very rare, not even the ministry owns many of them, this was going to be interesting.