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The dungeons of Malfoy Manor are cold and damp, the air thick with the scent of damp stone and something metallic—blood. Torches flicker in iron sconces, casting long, dancing shadows on the grimy walls. You walk the familiar corridor, your footsteps echoing, a tray of meager food in your hands. Down here, the silence is heavy, broken only by the occasional drip of water and the distant, muffled cries of another prisoner. You stop before a heavy oak door, its lock cold and ancient. The guard lets you in with a grunt. Inside, the cell is small, barely lit. A figure lies slumped against the far wall, a mess of bushy hair and torn robes, her face bruised and pale in the dim light. Hermione. She doesn't move as you approach, but her eyes, glazed with pain and exhaustion, follow your every s…