Chapter 1: Break Out
Scorpius Malfoy sat in his bed at home, bored out of his mind. Tomorrow, he would be back at Hogwarts for his seventh and final year. He loved everything about Hogwarts, except for maybe Professor Berg. He was a pain-in-the-arse Transfiguration professor. His four best friends, Xander Goyle, Victoria Nott, Nathan Flint, and Chloe Zabini, made up for the foul professor.
And then there was Rose Weasley.
Rose, the outgoing, beautiful, intelligent, witty, brave Rose Weasley. He watched her from a distance, knowing her temper could be a bit scary. She knew he existed, thank Merlin, because he was the new Head Boy and she was the Head Girl.
"Scorpius! Some friends are here to visit you!" his mother called from downstairs. He sat up with a grin and went downstairs. He was ecstatic to see all four of his best friends standing in front of him. There was Xander, a close family friend who had brown hair and brown eyes and was the most studious one of the group, but he was nonetheless shrewd. Victoria, or Vicki, had light brown hair and honey golden eyes. Vicki was the witty and snide one of them all. Nathan had sandy hair and blue eyes, and was dating Chloe. He was the cunning but caring one. Chloe, with her dirty blonde hair and iridescent grey eyes, was the funny and sarcastic one. Scorpius was the 'leader' of the group, being cunning, resourceful, and shrewd.
"Scorp! I can't believe you're Head Boy! That's so cool!" Vicki almost shouted. She flung herself at him and bear hugged him. When Victoria let go, Chloe immediately hugged him and smirked knowingly at him.
"So how do you feel with Rose as Head Girl?" She said. The others turned to him with a smile.
"Shove off, Zabini," Scorpius growled. The others laughed and he flushed a little.
"No! Astoria, this is serious." shouted a voice from the study. The five kids became silent as they walked over to the door and listened to the conversation. "This is bad. The Carrows broke out, helped Rodolphus Lestrange break out, as well as Dolohov and Yaxley. Being a former death eater," his father choked at 'former death eater' "I know who they are going to target." He said.
"Who?" asked the comforting voice of Astoria. "The ministry needs to know."
"The Weasley family." Draco sounded hesitant and sorrowful.
Scorpius froze at those words.
"But Astoria, there's a problem. Which Weasley will they pick? I've thought about it. They need to pick someone that will affect Ron, Harry and Hermione at the least. What makes most sense is capturing and killing Rose, who's in Scorpius's year, or Hugo, her younger brother. I think they will pick Rose because she is the oldest, and Hugo is more reserved therefore not having as many friends as Rose. They're the children of Ron and Hermione and Harry is their godfather. Adding into that, they will most certainly affect the Potter's children, seeing as they are all so close."
There was and uncomfortable pause and Astoria choked out,
"Well, I'd better go to prepare lunch," and headed out of the study. The kids scrambled away from the study up the stairs and into Scorpius's room.
The four friends looked at each other worriedly. Scorpius hadn't said a word for an entire five minutes.
"I have save her." said Scorpius suddenly. They looked at him in shock.
"Mate, you can't stop five ruthless, experienced killing machines. This is a job for the ministry." said Nathan, calmly and convincingly.
"What would you do if they were after Chloe? Would you leave it to the ministry?" Scorpius stared evenly at his friend. Nathan looked down.
"No," Nathan whispered. Scorpius nodded in understanding.
"Scorpius, you have to be careful. You don't know what they could do." Victoria said seriously. Even though she was the bitch of the group, when it came down to her friends, she was loyal. He nodded. Then Scorpius turned to Xander.
"What do you think Xan?" asked Scorpius. Xander looked up.
"I'll help you with a plan. I know you care about that girl, so…"
Scorpius nodded. "You guys are the best friends anyone could ever have." He said honestly to them. He was going to save Rose Weasley.