Albus Potter and the Fifth House of Hogwarts
DH spoilers!
"I don't like it Scorpius."
"Yes I know father, but your qualms with the Potters and the Weasley's are not mine, they are my friends." Scorpius said placidly to his father as they walked through Diagon Alley, purchasing Scorpius's school things.
"You've only been at school for a year, a year Scorpius, you're so young, why not try and make friends in your own house?" Draco continued, ignoring his son's quip. Scorpius's sneered,
"With whom? Goyle, Avery, Zambine?" Scorpius gave a bitter laugh, "No father, I don't think so, unlike you I want friends I can trust." Draco froze and turned to his son, his white blonde brows contorted.
"I am only trying to help you, getting in too thick with the Potter's and the Weasley's will not benefit you in Slytherin house." Scorpius opened his mouth to retort, but Draco grabbed his shoulders,
"Listen to me! There is a lot of resentment towards them in Slytherin, and what's more, a lot of resentment towards our family. Joining Potter, will be the same in their eyes as the highest form of treason! It's dangerous Scorpius!"
"Well it's a little late father, everyone knows I'm their friend, and I will remain their friend no matter what, I am not a coward, I am not afraid of what will happen to me."
"Then you're a fool." Draco hissed through his teeth, but released his son non-the-less, for they were attracting many stares. "Come, let us buy your robes."
The duo entered Madam Malkin's robe shop with the same arrogant stride, the same proud indifference, and haughty expressions, yet there was a significant difference in the two. The young boy of twelve held his shoulders high showing defiance and honor, whereas his father carried himself tall because he thought he was better than everyone. Anyone observing them might not have noticed the difference, but Albus Potter who was already having his robes fitted in the shop noticed immediately. Albus's father did not.
Harry Potter's green eyes found Draco's gray ones and immediatlty and he was trasported to 20 some odd years before when he, Ron, and Hermione, had entered the same shop and encountered him. Apparently the aged Madam Malkin remembered too for her voice was high and uneven when she spoke.
"Masters Malfoy! So pleased to see you, won't you wait for a moment, while I summon my daughter." And she scurried off behind a velvet curtain. Harry wondered briefly why she didn't just use a patronas charm, but figured it was probably just an excuse to leave the room. Albus, momentarily free for movement from Madam Malkin hopped down off the platform he was on and beamed at Scorpius. Scorpius beamed back, but did not approach his best friend for uncertainty of what Mr. Potter, and his father would do. Albus seemed to be thinking upon these same lines, for he next looked uneasily up at his father and Draco who were still looking steadly at each other.
"Potter." Draco said finally inclining his head slightly,
"Malfoy." Harry returned and he clapped his hand on Albus's shoulder. "Albus, here, speaks very highly of your son, they spent a lot of time together last year."
"Yes, most of it in detention I've heard." Draco replied cooly, clapping his own hand on Scorpius's shoulder. Harry smiled slightly and looked down at his son wryly.
"Yes, I've spoken to Albus about this, but we can't be too hard on them can we, after all, we spent some time together in detention too our first year, as I remember it." Harry said meeting Draco's eyes again. Draco straightened himself up to his full height which was slightly taller than Harry.
"Yes well, you know what they say, like father, like son." Scorpius looked angrily at the floor, and then apologetically at Albus, who shook his head kindly. Harry who saw all of this, was about to say something else, when the velvet curtain pushed back again, and three women came out. Madam Malkin followed by a pretty woman about Harry and Draco's age, and behind her a little girl with mousy brown hair and pretty jade eyes. She hovered behind the younger woman and looked timidly out at Albus and Scorpius. Both boys smiled at her, but she only responded by hiding completely behind the young womans robes.
"Here now, Masters Malfoy, my daughter Mallory will help you." She gestured to the young woman behind which the jaded eyed little girl was hiding. The woman immediately started helping Scorpius, and Madam Malkin returned to assisting Albus. The rest of the visit was somewhat uneventful, though Albus and Scorpius longed to talk to one another, as they hadn't spoken, but in letters, all summer. Finally 20 minutes later Albus and Harry were ready to leave.
"By, Score I'll save me a seat on the train."
"I will Al, bye." They shook hands briefly and took, Harry and Draco nodded to one another again and they were off.
Harry and Albus met up with Ginny James and Lily ten minuets later in Fortescue's ice cream pallor.
"Hey, did everything fit alright?" Ginny asked as she hugged her husband and son.
"Yes, it was fine, but guess who we ran into?"
"Who?" James asked enthused. He was eating a large double chocolate ice cream, that was running all down his hand and into his lap. Ginny frowned at him, and waved her wand to vanish the mess, James scowled.
"James try to eat your ice cream before it all melts."
"But who did you see?" James asked his father, ignoring his mother's reprimand.
"We saw Score and his dad." Albus said with a frown. Not liking where his father was going with this.
"Oh." Ginny said simply, looking uncomfortable for a minuet. "Albus what kind of ice cream would you like, and I'll get you one."
"You know I don't like ice cream, mum." Albus said distractedly, because he knew that his father and brother had just exchanged looks.
"Daddy, can I an enchanted doll house from Uncle George's?" Lily asked, taking advantage of the silence. Harry smiled at his daughter, and moved to ruffle her hair.
"You already have two enchanted doll house's, Lily. Plus don't you think you're getting a bit old for doll house's? You'll be starting Hogwarts next year."
"I know, but it's a really good doll house!" Lily said her brown eyes wide. Harry looked at Ginny, who shook her head, and mouthed the word 'Christmas'.
"Well you'll just have to put it on your Christmas list and see what happens." Lily looked momentarily downcast but then nodded and returned to her strawberry ice cream. James made a comment about the annoyance of girls and doll houses, and soon the encounter with Draco and Scorpius was forgotten by everyone but Albus, who not for the first time felt out of place in his family.
Hermione Weasley sat down at the kitchen table at the Burrow two coffee mugs clasped in her hands. She handed one to Mrs. Weasley and sat back in her chair to take a sip of her own.
"Oh, dear, you should have let Winky made these, you're tired." Mrs. Weasley said taking her own mug gingerly and taking a sip. Mrs. Weasley had finally gotten a house elf, like she had always wanted. They had named her Winky, after the elf that Harry, Ron, and Hermione had known.
"I'm alright," Hermione said smiling, "and Winky's been working all day, she's out in the garden playing with the knomes." Mrs. Weasley chuckled, chasing knomes was Winky's favorite pass time.
"I was offered the position again." Hermione said slowly after taking a draught of her coffee.
"Really?" Mrs. Weasley asked, looking intently at her daughter-in-law.
"Yes, I don't know why, I've already told them, its impossible."
"Hermione, I know you don't want to hear this, but- but, maybe it isn't impossible."
"Molly…"
"Dear, heaven knows you'd be brilliant at it, and with Hugo starting school next year, you would be around your children, you would be at the place you love best!" "But its not just that, I have a house to run, and Ron…"
"Ron wants what's best for you, I want what's best for you, you should want that too. You could go home in the evenings, you don't have to live at Hogwarts." Hermione placed her head in her hands. She had been over it a thousand times in her head, all the pro's and con's, all the reasons why she could and couldn't. God knew that she wanted the position, and every letter McGonagall sent was more persuasive. Even Ron was practically pushing her too accept, but still, she felt that she couldn't. She felt that if she went off to Hogwarts, left her job at the magical law enforcement office, that she would be abandoning her family, abandoning her work at the ministry.
"I know, it's an honor to be asked, and a wonderful opportunity but.."
"But what dear?" Mrs. Weasley asked reaching over and touching her daughter-in-law's arm.
"But, I feel like its too good to be true, that if I did it something would go wrong…and I wouldn't be here to fix it." Hermione sighed, and she felt her throat muscles tighten, she wanted to cry, but she knew she couldn't in front of Mrs. Weasley. Molly seemed to sense her emotions non-the-less and gave Hermione's arm a little squeeze.
"Take a risk Hermione, remember you can always come home." Hermione turned her coffee mug around of the table, willing herself not to look at Mrs. Weasley least she see the tears in her eyes.
"Do you really think it's a good idea?" Mrs. Weasley smiled and almost laughed
"My, dear, I think it's the best idea I've ever heard of." Hermione gave a little sniff, and found that her own lips were quivering into a smile. She covered her mouth with her sleeve, so that her next words came out muffled.
"Alright, I'll do it."
Please R/R. I promise to update as often ad possible but I'm in college so thats pretty much whenever I have spare time which is rarely. I hope you like it, I really do have a plot, so I'm not just trailing off into the abyss. Hope you like it.
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