Loving Winter

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I – Worlds

The sun was hidden by a thick layer of clouds and the air held a faint scent of snow. The Black Lake seemed even more bottomless then it usually did. There were only a few students running to and from Care of Magical Creatures.

Winter had fallen over Hogwarts.

Albus let out a breath as he sat down on the edge of the frozen fountain in the middle of the courtyard. The only other people he saw were a couple of Hufflepuff's hurrying past him. I don't blame them, he thought with a little smile. He looked terrifying today, his wild raven hair sticking up in every direction and huge dark bags under his sleep-deprived eyes. He hadn't had the time to do his daily routine this morning because he had overslept again.

He sighed and ran a hand through his hair. He then leaned back and breathed in the cold air. Albus had always loved winter. He liked the feeling of cold air through his lungs, the feel of snow in his hands.

He smiled towards the grey sky, spotting his owl flying in circles above his head together with another bigger owl. They seemed to be friends.

Great, even my owl is more popular than me, he thought to himself.

He watched them for a short while before standing up. He had to go to the lavatory and at least do something about his horrible appearence before his free period ended.

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The fireplace was warming up the common-room, casting shadows on the walls. The thick layer of clouds darkened the grounds around Beauxbatons Academy.

Scorpius sat curled up in the chair closest to the fireplace, his nose stuck in a copy of Jane Eyre. A furry grey cat jumped up on his lap and began purring, nudging his cheek. He sighed and put the book down.

"Hello," he said with a little smile. "How are you?" He began stroking its back. The cat rolled over, stretching and showing off its stomach.

Scorpius leaned his head back and sighed. He was already tired of the evrlasting cold the winter brought. This winter was colder then usual on the south-east coast of France and the people there weren't too used to it. But Scorpius remembered the cold winters he had spent at home with his family. Every year his parents had forced him home although he'd rather just stay at the academy. To say that he didn't feel at home in England was an understatement. He had yet to find any friends there and it was cold, wet, and boring.

And then there was his cold grandmother, a strict old bat who only seemed to grow madder every day. His father wasn't the best company either, what with his emotionally frozen face. Scorpius sometimes wondered what had driven his mother to marry Draco in the first place. All they seemed to do was fight.

And sometimes it turned to more then just fighting ...

Scorpius remembered the sounds of screams and shattering plates. The raging hatred of his mother against the emotionally frozen heart of his father. He remembered seeing his mother cry in the kitchen. Her tears pained him. He felt bad for them both and he didn't understand why they couldn't just divorce. The fighting had now almost disappeared completely. They slept in seperate bedrooms and rarely looked eachother in the eye.

Scorpius hated it.

And none of them liked the fact that Scorpius attended Beauxbatons.

Scorpius didn't know why he didn't want to attend Hogwarts. Maybe it was so that he could get as far away from his family as possible. And so he had begged and pleaded his parents to let him go to France instead.

He shuddered at the memory of his angry father.

Scorpius was abruptly pulled out of his own thoughts by the big double-doors that led into the common-room. They opened to reveal a dark-haired girl with her glasses askew.

"Scorpius!" she exclaimed. Scorpius couldn't help but smile at his friend. The girl began making her way towards him, nearly falling over a pair of slippers that someone had forgotten.

"Good evening Syaz," Scorpius said as the girl fell down on the chair next to his. "What brings you here?"

"Oh Merlin you should have seen that game Scorpius! Dacian was absolutely amazing, it's a shame we didn't win. I swear Sournois' captain was cheating – seriously, I saw him having his wand out several times! And everyone from Cossu was on their side, we had to scream really loud to drown their screaming. But after the game -"

"Syaz, calm down, you're scaring Blanche."

Syaz blushed slightly, realising that she had done it again. "Sorry," she said. "Do you want me to leave you two alone?" she added jokingly.

Scorpius rolled his eyes and said, "Don't be silly. Anyways, what happened after the game?" Syaz' eyes lightened up and she grabbed a pillow from behind her back.

"Well, Dacian came up to me and asked if I would like to go for a coffee this Saturday. Can you believe it? Dacian D'Artillac asked me if I wanted to have a coffee with him!" She pressed her face onto the pillow and Scorpius could hear her squeal.

"That's great," he said and gave her one of his warmest smiles. That smile was reserved for Blanche and Syaz. It was rare that anyone else got to see it.

Syaz noticed the flicker of jealousy that flew through his eyes. She recognized it from when she had seen him watching couples walk down the corridors.

"Are you okay?" she asked softly.

His smile dropped and he moved his gaze to the fireplace. He then sighed and said, "Yeah, I'm always okay, aren't I?" He looked back at her. Syaz smiled.

"You'll find someone, I'm sure," she said.

"Oh and where is he now then? In Narnia?" Scorpius retorted. "Could you tell him I said hi? And ask him if he could please hurry because I have bread in the oven."

Syaz rolled her eyes when suddenly – she froze, her eyes going blank as a thought showed up in her head. She didn't really know where her reply came from. It just sort-of showed up in her head and she had to blurt it out, "Sitting on a frozen fountain."

"What?" Scorpius asked, raising a pale eyebrow. Syaz shook her head.

"Nothing," she said. "I don't know why I said that."

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A/N: This is just the beginning to a random idea that just popped into my head. The chapters won't be longer then 2.000 words just so you know.

Thanks to Syazween for letting me use her lovely person :3

Reviews are welcome!

- Sonny.