Disclaimer – Anything familiar may not be mine.
AN – Wow nearly 2005 people, hope you all had a great Christmas and got everything you asked for and all that. This story came to me while I was watching a number of films that I got for Christmas so there's parts of all of them within it. Sorry you are all still waiting for updates and the likes but I have been so busy writing up some original stuff that I haven't had time. That will change and I promise to have some updates soon. Well all you really need to know about this one is that it's set in the summer after the 5th book. So they're going in to their 6th year.
"Of course you can kiss me," she spun to the left and then to the right checking out all angles of her reflection.
Wrinkling her nose she pulled off her ensemble.
"Far too dressy, it's a first date not an engagement dinner, yet" she giggled to herself.
Rooting around in her wardrobe she pulled out another outfit, "Of course you can kiss me."
She shook her head as she looked for another outfit.
"Yes you can kiss me."
"Sure you can kiss me."
"Yea kiss me."
Outfit after outfit began to pile themselves up on her bed.
When she looked in the mirror for the final time she smiled shyly at her reflection.
"He won't even ask."
Scarla spun round to face her mother who was standing in her open doorway.
"How long have you been standing there?" she asked her.
"Not to long," her mother replied picking up a white purse that had slipped to the floor, handing it to her daughter she finished, "long enough to know that you look beautiful."
Scarla smiled taking the purse she turned for one final look in the mirror.
As Rory approached the tall iron gates he self consciously tugged at his tie, pulling it off her threw it on to the back seat of his convertible, where it came to rest beside the most beautiful bouquet of flowers.
As the gates opened to admit him he turned of his stereo, silencing the weird sisters.
The guard came out of his booth and shone his torch directly in Rory's eyes. He squinted unable to see.
"Name?"
"Rory," he replied still squinting.
"FULL NAME!" the guard bellowed.
Rory jumped, "Oh erm Rory Joseph Maculae."
The guard consulted his clipboard. Rory tried to blink away the dots now swimming before his eyes, the torch was gone but his clear vision had not yet returned.
"ID," the guard said after a few seconds that felt like hours to the nervous Rory.
He searched through the pockets of his dinner jacket and produced his student ID card.
"I'll need those too," the guard added.
Rory followed his gaze and held up the bouquet of flowers, the guard nodded and snatched them out of his out stretched hand.
As the guard returned to his hut with the bouquet of flowers and Rory's ID card, Rory cast a nervous glance towards the building looming up ahead.
He tried to swallow the lump forming in his throat but he was far too nervous.
"Scarla, he's here."
"Thanks Lexington."
She stood on the top step and looked down in to the anxious face of her date.
"Hey Rory," she smiled
Rory looked up and forgot what he was going to say, "Wow", was all he could get out, the lump was still making talking difficult.
She walked down the stairs to meet him.
"Nice ride," she commented.
He grinned the previous events forgotten, "Thanks, I was gonna bring my broom but I figured this would be better."
He got out the car to open her door.
"Thanks Wesley."
He sat back down in his seat, beaten to it.
He picked up the flowers that had seen better days and looked at her smiling sadly, "these were for you, they would have been impressive but . . . " he didn't even bother finishing he just threw them back on to the back seat.
"No, wait," Scarla said making a grab for them, she picked up one of the remaining intact flowers, a lily, and stuck it behind her ear, her dark curls falling all around it.
"They still are, impressive I mean. They died for their country." She added after Rory shot her an unconvinced smile.
"Looks nice," he commented. "You look nice."
Scarla smiled, "You don't look to bad yourself," she grinned.
She smiled shyly as he continued to look at her in wonder, she had decided on her white gypsy skirt and a white vest top. Casual but gave of the desired effect.
Rory coughed and grinned at her, "wanna get out of here?" He asked
Scarla laughed, "More than you know."
Rory nodded and with that they were pulling away from the minister's house and driving off in to the night.
Rory waved to the guard as he opened the gates for them.
The Guard made a gesture back but Rory wasn't convinced it was a wave although Scarla assured him it was.
As they drove Rory switched the radio back on and they listened to the weird sisters as they made their way to dinner. Rory couldn't help but glance in the rearview mirror every other minute, the Ministry escort behind them was bringing back his nervous feeling.
Who knew it would be this weird and complicated dating the Ministers daughter?
"Hey if you've got a minute I would be very appreciative if you walked me out a bowl of pasta. I'm starved."
Malone laughed at no one in particular.
"Hey pretty lady mind if I join you your much to beautiful to be eating alone."
"Will you quit it?" Malone hissed.
"Ooh I like a bit of sass, well I like a bit of . . . "
"I'm stopping you right there," Malone interrupted.
Hoods grinned, "I thought you might."
Malone took a slow bite of pasta.
"Argh Bitch," Hoods muttered resulting in Malone almost choking on said pasta.
He laughed. "Karma," was all he said
"I'm glad you finally asked me out."
"Yea?"
"Yea," Scarla laughed.
Rory grinned genuinely pleased.
"It wasn't that hard now was it?"
He shook his head. "I was a little intimidated in my defense."
"Of my Father?" she asked.
Rory made to shake his head but found himself nodding instead.
"It's not every day you go out to dinner with the Minister of Magic's daughter."
She laughed, "it's no different really he wont curse you if you don't have me back by midnight and he wont have your family arrested or anything like that. He's just a normal dad and this is just a normal date," she rationalized.
"Maybe for you," Rory said looking around at all the undercover Aurors that had followed them in to the Restaurant, who knew there was a field specifically trained to keep the Minister and his family safe. Rory certainly hadn't.
Scarla laughed following his gaze, "Just act like they aren't even here."
Rory nodded he could do that, couldn't he?
"It's gonna be weird not having you around next term," Rory said breaking the silence.
Scarla nodded, "I know but my dad thinks Hogwarts is the safest place for me, you know what with everything that's happened."
Rory nodded.
"It wont be so bad I mean I'll back for holidays and stuff," she was about to slip in that he could come and see her whenever he wanted during said holidays but she never got the chance as two blonde boys came rushing up to her looking excited.
"You are her aren't you?" the taller of the two asked.
Scarla just looked at him.
"You are You are," he said excitedly hopping from one foot to the other.
The smaller of the two grabbed her hand and shook it wildly, "I'm Dennis," he practically yelled.
"Nice to meet you," Scarla said retrieving her hand before any damage was done.
"Your Minister Nixons daughter aren't you? Scarla?" The one that wasn't Dennis asked.
Scarla nodded.
He grabbed her hand and shook it just as wildly as Dennis had, "I'm Colin," he said proudly. "Colin Creevey and this is my little brother Dennis."
She smiled at them both.
Dennis looked at her in amazement and Colin looked at the large camera around his neck trying to find the right words.
Scarla sensing they could be at this all night asked him, "Would you like a picture?"
"Oh yes, yes please," he gushed thrusting the camera in to Rory's hands.
Rory stood up and waited as the brothers got themselves in to position.
"Ready?" he asked once they'd stopped fidgeting. They nodded so he took the picture.
They gushed their thanks and rushed off to wherever it was they came from.
Scarla was still seeing spots.
"How do you put up with all that?" Rory asked her.
"It's all part of the job description," she replied rubbing her eyes. "I mean my dad has never been out of the spotlight what with being Vice Minister and a Magic Council member before that. It's all I know."
He nodded and continued to eat his food.
"OH CANADA OH CANADA OH CANADA OH CANADA OH CANADA OH . . . "
"Hoods for gods sake, if your gonna sing a national anthem make sure you know all the words, or atleast more than two."
"You can't see me but I'm mooning you," Hoods laughed he wasn't really he'd just always wanted to say it.
"Yea well you can see me and this is what I'm doing," she made a very rude gesture that made Hoods gasp in mock horror.
"I told you I'll bring you some pasta when we move out."
"That could be ages yet," he whined. "I hate first dates."
"You mean you've had one?" Malone asked feigning surprise.
"Sarcasm is not an attractive quality in a woman," Hoods replied.
Malone laughed she was about to reply when four hooded youths made their way over to Scarla and Rorys table.
"I think we have a problem," she said instead.
Hoods lifted the neck of his dark jumper towards his mouth, "Be prepared people this could get ugly."
Malone watched as the boys reached the table.
"He's reaching Malone he's reaching."
"I'm on it."
Malone was on her feet as fast as lightning.
"Thought I'd make this night a little more memorable," the one reaching inside his robe said.
"MOVE IN MOVE IN MOVE IN!" Hoods yelled in to his jumper.
The kid hadn't even gotten his hand inside his pocket before he and his three companions were tackled to the ground.
Malone grabbed Scarla and pushed her behind one of the columns inside the restaurant.
Another Auror grabbed Rory and used his body to shield him from danger.
"You guys you don't know what you're doing," Scarla shrieked
Armed Aurors entered the restaurant roughly jerking the kids to their feet and escorting them outside.
Hoods rushed up to Malone and spun Scarla round to face him.
"Your ok? You're not hurt? Tell me where it hurts? Speak to me," he rushed.
Hoods and Malone had been Scarlas' personal protectors since she was born they'd had a hand in raising her and we're like her parents in their own rights.
"I'm fine," she assured him.
"Thank god," he muttered pulling her in to a hug.
"Come on," Malone said steering her towards the door. Hoods has his Van outside you can wait in there.
Hoods made to steer Rory in the same direction but he dodged his arm.
"Come on kid," Hoods said gesturing towards the door.
"I better wait," he said looking at Scarla she nodded sadly.
"Wait? What are you talking about?" Malone asked astonished at the kids' carelessness.
"Yea they're my brothers," he replied angrily stalking outside to the yelling voices.
Malone escorted Scarla to the Van outside as they walked through the doors the kids were all up against the Aurors black cars being searched.
"It was just a bloody camera," they kept saying over and over again.
Scarla made to wave at Rory but he wouldn't even look at her.
"This is just to crazy for me," she heard him mutter.
So she let Malone and Hoods bundle her in to a black car and drive her home.
Scarla was fuming. As soon as the car was outside her house, the Whitehorse, as White House was already taken, she jumped out and rushed inside without so much as a backward glance.
"Well she's a little pissed huh." Malone said once she was sure she was out of earshot.
Hoods looked at her as if she were mad.
"What?" She asked noticing said look.
"Well we did just ruin the kids date," he replied in his stating the obvious voice.
"Yea, but how were we to know that those thugs were Rorys brothers? We were sent to do a job and that job is to protect her ungrateful ass."
"She's 16, she's not ungrateful, she's a teenager."
"That may be so but the fact of the matter is there are people out there who would take a lot of pleasure in hurting her probably worse and I for one am not about to let that happen."
"No I know your not you just have to see where she's coming from."
Malone took several deep breaths. She always ended up like this after a scare.
During the danger she was fine, carried out her duty with the utmost care and precision, but when it was over.
Hoods waited as she calmed herself down when he was walking on safe ground again he said, "Listen she's home safe now, how about I get you home safe?"
Malone looked at him a smile pushing at the corners of her lips. Pressing the release button she watched, as his seatbelt became undone, his door sprang open and Hoods found himself on the pavement.
She leaned over to close the door; "How about I call you when I get there?"
Hoods nodded and leapt to his feet as Malone's car began to drive away he called out, "Your not gonna call are you?"
"Not a chance," she called back.
"It was outta my way anyway." He yelled brushing himself off.
Wesley, the Auror at the door, choked from trying not to laugh.
Hoods eyed him, "I know what you're thinking, but I still have a chance."
"Whatever you say Hoodsey." Wesley replied laughing, his self-control apparently forgotten.
Hoods scowled, "Wesley?"
"Yea?"
"Shut up and call my car."
"Right away sir." Wesley was still laughing when Hoods' car was brought around and he drove off home.
Scarla however was less than amused, she stormed right through the house to where she knew her father would be, his conference room.
Harper and Levell the two Aurors in charge of the Ministers safety and keeping people out of the room when a meeting was in progress blocked her path.
"Good night Scarla?" Harper asked.
She looked at him, "I guess not," Levell replied
"What happened?" Harper asked.
"Guys if you don't mind I'd really like to talk to my Dad." She replied.
"I'm sorry Hun he's a little busy right now."
"Well then he'll just have to become very un-busy," she answered ducking by them.
"Scarla you can't go in there." Harper called out to her, it was to late she was up the passage in the door.
Levell looked at Harper suggestively, "Uh, uh" he said shaking his head, "I aint going in there."
They retook their positions trying not to grimace.
"Daddy I can't believe you!" Scarla yelled barging through the door to her fathers' conference room.
Her father looked up as she continued to yell.
"Your Aurors completely ruined my date, everything was going really well and then your moronic employees had to ruin it for me."
Scarla spun round as a slight cough had distracted her.
There in the middle of the room in the chairs supplied were the members of the magic council.
"Scarla you know the council members."
"Hi." She said smiling weakly her fire out. "I'll talk to you about this later."
"Oh no by all means pull up a chair." Her Father said jokingly. "I mean we were discussing ways on making Fudges whereabouts known hopefully before he met up with the Dark Lord but after would be just as helpful. But honey you had a bad date lets all focus on that."
"No, no I'm really sorry for interrupting. I'll talk to you tomorrow." She said and left the room.
"Night guys." She said as she passed Levell and Harper.
"Night."
"Sweet dreams." They replied.
Scarla took herself off to bed, defeated for now.
"It's a fair request you did ruin her date."
"Exactly Daddy please. I thought about it all night and this was the best thing I could come up with."
"Ok then I don't see why not."
"Thankyou Daddy."
"Without the Aurors."
Scarla looked at her mum, "Thanks Mum, yea without the Aurors. Just me and Amber. I deserve a bit of freedom."
"Absolutely not! I am not putting my only daughters' life at risk for the sake of one ruined date. With a boy who gets barely average grades, has no aspirations of going to college and is quite intent on going home to play on his X Box, whatever one of those is, than applying himself to set himself for his future. And who is Amber?"
"Amber Cartwright. Council member Cartwright daughter."
Scarlas father nodded in acknowledgement.
Scarla nearly spat the Orange juice that was in her mouth all over her father.
"How on earth did you find all that out?" She asked she didn't even know all of what her father had just spouted.
"Harper told me," he replied.
"WHAT?" she shrieked, "You background checked my date, that is an invasion of privacy, mine and his. How could you?"
"It is not an invasion of privacy when it is the Minister of Magic's daughter and his only intentions were keeping her safe."
"I don't care what your intentions were. I don't want some guy who thinks its cool to wear sunglasses inside the house at night – no offense Harper – to go snooping around in my dates life finding out things that I haven't even found out yet."
Harper removed his shades, even though it was morning, and placed them in the top pocket of his suit, Levell smirking at him the whole time.
"Listen Honey I think you need to make this up to your daughter and if this is all she's asking then your getting off lightly." Scarlas mother noted as she buttered her toast.
Scarlas father looked disgruntled but he knew she was right, "Ok you can spend the summer in Hogsmeade on one condition."
"What's that?" Scarla asked excitedly.
"You have a chaperone party of 6 Aurors at all times."
"WHAT?" Scarla yelled.
"Absolutely not," her mother added, "One Auror."
"Two, Hoods and Malone."
"DONE." Scarla yelled, reaching across to shake her fathers' hand. "Ok so I'll go pack and I'll leave tomorrow. Meaning I get to spend two of the two and a bit weeks I have left of summer holiday in Hogsmeade with two agents, count them, one, two, (she put up her fingers to emphasize this) Hoods and Malone where I will meet up with Amber. Then I shall return here for the remaining few days and fulfill all my Ministers daughter obligations before going to Hogwarts in the fall. I can do whatever I like and stay out as long as I like, I'll be free to live life as I wish. Promise?"
"Honey never ask a politician to make a promise."
"I'm not I'm asking my Dad. Promise?"
Her father sighed. "Promise," he replied.
"Oh Thankyou, Thankyou, Thankyou Daddy." She yelled rushing at him and enveloping him in a hug. She kissed the top of his head then rushed to her mother.
"And Thankyou mum," she said doing the same.
"No problem sweetie, I guess you better go pack and I'll go make arrangements."
"Right. I better pack. Ok," she continued to squeal in delight all the way up to her room.
Her father couldn't help but think he may be making a grave mistake.
AN – So let me know what you all thought. I know non-of the trio has made an appearance yet but I assure you that is all set for next chapter. This Chapter was basically getting to know the Ministers Daughter who is one of the main Characters in this Fic. So let me know what you think and I'll update soon. Happy New year everybody.