Scorpius opened his eyes in confusion. For a start, everything was fuzzy, and speaking as a quidditch player, waking up with fuzzy vision was always bad.
"Ah, Mr Malfoy, you're awake" came a voice from across the room. Professor McGonagall was sat in a chair across the room with Rose Weasley and a small girl with red hair. She looks older he thought. He assumed that the small girl was one of Rose's younger cousins. She only looked about 3 years old.
"You gave us quite a scare" the Professor continued with concern. "Rose, dear, please go and fetch Healer Smith." Rose looked at McGonagall as if it was out of line asking her to leave, but nonetheless went in search of the doctor with the girl.
"What exactly did I do to give you a scare?"
"My boy, you collapsed in the middle of a lesson. You gave the 5th Years quite a shock" she explained.
"5th Years?" Scorpius asked, bewildered. Why would he be in a 5th year lesson? He started to worry as McGonagall frowned.
"Mr Malfoy, nice to see you awake" a tall man said as he walked in, Rose and the gvirl right behind him. "Now, we understand that you were hit with a curse in the middle of a lesson, but we haven't determined exactly which one. We need you to answer some questions to see which curse was fired"
"Ask away, Healer"
"Okay. Full name?"
"Scorpius Hyperion Malfoy"
"Parents?"
"Draco and Astoria Malfoy"
"Date of Birth?"
"3rd of October, 2006"
"Occupation?"
Scorpius hesitated. He wasn't sure how to answer. "Student, I guess?" he said after a moment's thought. He saw movement out of the corner of his eye. Rose had sat down rather heavily in the chair next to McGonagall, who put a hand over the younger woman's.
"Right" the Healer wrote something on a clipboard. "Age?"
"16."
The Healer raised an eyebrow, looked at his list then sighed.
"Well, that confirms our suspicions. Memory loss curse. Wipes out 5 years or so from the brain. The only cure we know at the moment is the revisit places to trigger memories. The bigger memories take longer, Miss Weasley" the Healer said, looking at Rose. For a moment, Scorpius saw confusion in her eyes. Then he watched as her look of confusion turned to one of utmost horror.
"Iris, stay here with...Scorpius a minute" she said to the girl, hesitating on his name. "Don't say anything as you might not help make things better. Minerva, can you.." she pointed to the door. McGonagall stood and left with Rose. Scorpius strained his ears. He thought he could hear shouting.
"Mr Malfoy, I'm afraid that you are not 16, but are infact 22" the Healer said calmly. "You have been a Transfiguration Professor at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for the last 4 years. We'll try to integrate you back into your life slowly, which means that Hogwarts will have to make some arrangements, but you should be able to return to teaching the moment everything has returned."
McGonagall walked back into the room. "Rose has had to return to school I'm afraid. Healer, I presume Scorpius will not be allowed to teach for a while?"
"Not until all of his memoried have returned" Smith nodded. "I would recommend that he returns to the Castle however. It may trigger more memories. Now, Minerva, may I please speak with you outside? Mr Malfoy, you wil find a bathroom with shower facilities through that door" he pointed to the fair side of the room. "If you are feeling well enough, you may return to Hogwarts his afternoon." McGonagall and the girl left with him.
Scorpius sighed. He'd forgotten over 5 years of his life. Not only did he not remember getting his dream job, he also felt the absense of a much bigger group of memories. He slowly got out of the hospital bed and trapised into the bathroom to freshen up.
"Minerva, Mr Malfoy cannot be told yet about Rose or Iris" Hr Smith said as soon as they were out of the room.
"I understand" McGonagall said, "But Rose and Iris will not be so easy to persuade. He's been their life for so long, and now you want to separate them?"
"He doesn't remember getting his teaching position at all Minerva. Telling him about events from his past will have no effect - they need to be triggered by other events. It may be that a pensieve will restore some memories for him, but I think that should be tried at Hogwarts when he is ready. The news that he is married and has a child will completely overwhelm him, and it may take him longer to recover."
"I'll take him back this afternoon" McGonagall said, "But he needs to know about Rose. They work together, their daughter lives at the school, they share living quarters for Merlin's sake! He won't be able to return to Hogwarts without finding out instantly. I will go and visit Rose and bring her back in. We will introduce them this afternoon again and then return to school. I don't think Rose minds about recovery time, Healer" McGonagall snapped before he could rebut her argument. "She just wants her husband back."
AN: So welcome back, fans! It has been a long time coming, but here is the first installment of the sequel to Child Head Girl - The Memory Hunt.
So, this story picks up the story 4 years after Rose and Scorpius' wedding. They've been happily teaching at Hogwarts for those years and of course, we also meet Iris for the first time. I hope to include flashbacks from the 4 missing years as well.
As always, review and try not to get angry about updates - it is once again exam season and they may be slower than planned. -Rxx