King of Fools

A/N: Its been forever since i updated, and i apologize, it has been a rough year. Anyways, special thanks goes to amberBELA, BlueRose22, Apocolips, , TsukiYorusora, Jamberine, Slinkiee, Laura Whitlock, and Kissmekoga1236 for taking the time to review! Thank you so much!

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter!

Chapter 14

It had been awhile since King had taken Pandora to look around the house. He knew that King had not let her escape nor did they leave the house. The only problem was, where were they? They had been gone for nearly two hours. The fireplace flickered, as it did he stood up. It seemed he would have to go and look for them.

He didnt look far because they were in the room where King and himself stayed. Pandora lay in front of the fireplace in his room, a few books lying here and there around her. King was there with her as well, he lay wrapped around her, as if he were protecting her. King looked up at him before lying his head back down to its previous place ontop of her stomach. She was sleeping. He sighed softly.

"Keep an eye on her, ill be back by morning."

-o-

Alexander knocked on the door to Riddle Manor, waiting patiently as a man, who looked more like a rat than a man opened the door.

"Wormtail." Alexander greeted the plump little man. Wormtail grinned grotesquley, showing yellow, rat like teeth.

"He has been expecting you. Follow me." He said gesturing for the man to follow him. Alexander followed him through the twisting halls of Riddle Manor. The hallways dark and grim, covered in cobwebs looking more like a place for a vampire than anything else. The floor creaked and groaned as it was walked upon, and the portraits...what was left of them were brooding. The pair finally arrived at the study. Wormtail knocked on the door, hearing a gruff 'come in' from the other side Wormtail opened the door letting Alexader in behind him, then bowed to his lord.

"Leave Wormtail." Lord Voldemort ordered, waving a dismissive hand at him. Wormtail borwed again before dissapearing through the door, closing the door behind him. Voldemort and Lucius sat on either side of a desk, numerous potion vials sat between them. Voldemort looked the same, pale and snake like, but looking at Lucius his eyes widened slightly. Yes of course Lucius still looked as arrogant and aristocratic as ever but that is not what surprised him, it was the dull look in his eyes that surprised him. That malicous twinkle that was always in his eyes, was gone. His hair, usually silky perfect hair had lost its shimmer,and was pulled back in a simple ponytail. Dark circles were reminders of the lack of sleep the man had suffered for the past few days. His skin was paler than normal. That is when he noticed the bruises and scratches littering his body. Opening his mouth to comment, he decided against it as he noticed that both Lucius and Voldemort were sneering at him. He bowed and greeted Voldemort and Lucius. "Mi'Lord, Lucius."

Lucius nodded in acknowledgement looking at the vials in front of him, while Voldemort smirked.

"Alexander, i would like to congratuate you on a job well done. I trust she is in your capable hands?" Voldemort asked.

"Yes mi'lord."

"Very good, Take Lucius to her. He has a job to do." Voldemort said, giving Lucius four of the twelve or so vials on the desk.

"Do not fail me Lucius." He said.

"Yes, mi'lord." Lucius said bowing, before he left through the door, Alexander following behind him.

-o-

Lucius strode from the mannor, his chin up, not showing how much pain he was truely in. His lord had punished him for not completeling the task sooner than what he had ordered, and had not allowed him to heal himself.

Lucius strode up to the doors of Riddle Manor, his face had a look of determination and hope, but it was overshadowed by the cold harsh facade he put on. He knocked harshly on the door. He didnt wait long as a plump little man who looked more like a rat than a man opened the door. His beady eyes regarded Lucius carefully before he stepped aside to let Lucius enter. His name was Peter Petigrew, but now he was known as Wormtail.

"Ah Mr. Malfoy, He has been expecting you..." The man said. Lucius sneered at the man, looking down at him as though he was worthless, which in Lucius veiw he was, before striding past him, heading towards the study where he knew his "lord" would be. Wormtail scurried past him and knocked on the door of the study as they arrived.

"M-Mi'lord M-Mr. Malfoy is here.." He said. Lucius heard the familiar voice of Lord Voldemort throught the door, announcing he could come in. Wormtail opened the door, letting Lucius walk in before he closed the door behind Lucius. Lucius walked over to his 'lord' and bowed.

"Lucius i have been expecting you." The man said. Lucius stood, and soon regretted it as he was hit by a string of curses that brought him to his knees. Lucius looked up as Voldemort stood over him, looking down at him with a cold sneer on his face.

"M-mi'lord?" Lucius gasped out.

"You have once again failed to complete the required task i have assigned you." Lucius eyes widened as Voldemort once again raised his wand.

Lucius sneered as he reached the apparition point outside the manors mand wards. Alexander strode up next to him confidently.

"Well ol'friend. It has been a long time." Alexander said.

"Indeed." Lucius agreed, as he straightened out his clothes, trying to look halfway presentable.

"Dont tell me you are going to see your mate looking like that?" Alexander asked looking over Lucius. Lucius snorted indignatly.

-o-

Pandora moaned softly, snuggling into the wramth that surrounded her. Her nose wrinkled when she felt something tickle her nose. She opened her eyes, and blinked a few times, the rubbing them to get rid of the sleepiness in them. Fur? Thick, silver fur? Her eyes widened, and she gasped in surprise. It was Kings fur! She did not remeber going to sleep this close to him. The last she remembered, he was sleeping near the window. She couldnt help it, his fur looked so soft. She hesitantly reached out and began to softly stroke his fur. She giggled softly when he moved closer to her touch. She giggled again and moved to stand up.

"Where do you think you are going?" He growled looking at her.

"I-i need to go to the bathroom..." She said, making King snort.

"Follow me." He ordered standing up and walking towards the door.

He led her down the hallway and t the very end he opened the door to the right. It was a simple but cute little bathroom, and it looked as if it had recently been restored. It had a small shower, and bath, blue in color. The tile was merely a few shades darker than the paint on the walls. The tile was cold on her feet, but the thoughts of a nice, warm shower, made the coldness of the tile seem trivial.

"Wait here." King ordered, before he turned and walked out. She stood waiting as King came back a few seconds later with a towel and a pair of clothes in his mouth. He dropped them at her feet before turing away. "You have one hour." That was all he said as he dissapeared down the hallway. Pandora let her brows raise. What a strange wolf, one minute he was nice to her, then the next he was cold as ice. She sighed and shut the door of the bathroom before preceeding to rid herself of her clothes. Making sure, that when she turned on the water, it was hot she stepped in. She felt all of her muscles relax as she scrubbed away at her body.

-o-

Lucius followed Alexander through the wards to his manor. Alexander opened the door, letting Lucius in first. Alexander stepped in afterword, putting the wards he had taken down back up around the house.

"Where is she?" Lucius asked impatiently. Alexander snorted. Alexander had taken the time to clean his friend up with a bit of magic, and now he looked as though nothing had ever happened to him.

"She is in the bath." Said a voice from behind them. A giant silver wolf come to stand in front of them.

"This is my compainion King, King meet Lucius an old friend of mine from Hogwarts."

"A pleasure." King said.

"Indeed." Lucius replied, causing Alexander to sigh.

"Anyway, how did you know it was me Lucius?" Alexander asked.

"You left a feather, you are the only one who i know that would leave a clue behind as such, just so you could be found." Lucius said. Alexander chuckled.

"Couldnt have you going on a wild goose chase could we?" He teased.

"No we would not." Lucius replied with a small smirk.

"I must admit though, i do believe i scared your mate." He said, and King gave a stiff nod in agreement.

"It is understandable. I do not know of the reason why the lord would go to such measure to keep her away from him, as to hire me." Alexander stated as the mood of the conversation dropped drastically.

"Most death eaters these days would not waste any presious magic on her, instead they would use their own psyhical strength to do harm. She is not safe by herself around the Riddle Manor, nor around unwarded houses. Many do not think it wise that she -..."

"LUCIUS!" A cry came from the stairway. They all looked up to see Pandora running down the stairs and to Lucius. Nearing Lucius she jumped, wrapping her arms around him, as the sudden collision knocked Lucius from his feet and to his back, with her landing on top of him.

Lucius grunted when the impact came. He sat up slightly and wrapped his arms around the tiny girl. He looked down at her to find her crying silently, clutching to him for dear life. His brow raised as he noticed that she was in a over sized button up shirt, and a pair of make shift shorts, that just happened to be Alexanders boxers. Her hair was still damp from the bath, and she smelled of strawberrys.

"Lucius..." She whimpered nuzzling into him as she wrapped her arms around his neck gently. He stood, picking her up bridal style and held her close to him.

"Alexander, i will take my leave. Thank you for watching after her." Lucius said as he turned to the door. Alexander grinned.

"Take care ol' friend." He said waving boyishly as he watched Lucius dissapear out of sight into the forests surrounding his home.

-o-

Lucius held on to Pandora as walked to the apparition point in the forest surrounding Alexanders home. He held onto her for dear life as he apparited them back to his manor. Carrying her up to thier room, he laid her on the bed, pulling up the covers as he did so. Thinking she was asleep he made to leave the room, until he felt a sharp tug on his shirt. He turned to her. Her eyes were brimming with tears as she clutched to his sleeve.

"S-stay...with me p-please?" She asked softly, the realisation that Lucius had in fact came to get her, made her happy and so relieved.

Lucius could not deny her this request, as he swiftly tugged off his boots, traveling cloak, shirt, and tie, he crawled into bed with her. He wrapped his arms around her, her head comming to rest under his chin, he rubbed soothing circles on her back as she wrapped her arms around him. He felt something wet on his chest, he looked down to see Pandora was crying again.

"Pandora?" He asked softly as he tilted her chin up so he could look into her eyes. She looked up at him and smiled weakly.

"Im sorry...i...i.. was just scared...i didnt..." He brought her closer to his chest as he realized what she was trying to say. She was afraid he would not come to get her. She was afraid he would abandon her in a place that she did not know, with people she did not know. Just as her parents had done, leaving her with him, with no knowledge of him, nor his ways. It was sad really, how her parents had done that, but he, promised himself that he would not be that same kind of person.

"I am here. I will not leave you..." He promised, soothing her with comfoting whispers and gentle touches. It was long before he felt her shaking shoulders slowly turn into trembles and shivers, and her sobs turned into quiet hiccuping, her harsh breathing had turned soft. He looked down to find that she was asleep, clinging to him as a child would to a teddy bear.

"I promise..." He whispered, bending down to gently kiss her forehead before he too joined her in the land of sleep.

A/N: Lucius is so sweet in this chapter. I wanted to make it a little mushy this time ^_^ Please review but no flames please.