The 'Black' Necklace

Chapter 2 'secret friendship'

Two weeks had past after coming to back to Hogwarts. Lily had still been very angry with Albus. The head master professor Hildwart had gave them a great welcome. Some professors who had been teaching Harry and Ginny where still at Hogwarts, Professor McGonagall, Professor Hagrid and some others. Now there was again a Professor Lupin teaching Defence against the Dark arts. Teddy Lupin was the youngest teacher at Hogwarts in 3 centuries. At an age of 26 he had just married Victoire Weasley and had taken this job at Hogwarts. Lily had been looking forward to get teached by her stepbrother. Lily was a very talented student in almost every subject, Defence against the Dark Arts and Poisons where her best ones. Also she had been asked in her 2nd year to join the Quidditch team as seeker.

Now it was Friday and Lily hurried herself to the Quidditch field. She got dressed in her Quidditch robes and toke out her Fire Bolt. It had been from her father but after her 2nd year she got it. The broomstick was still as shinny as when her father got it. The twigs were still perfectly strait. Lily tied her ruby red coloured hair in to a long ponytail and went on to the field. She was alone on the field and flew around the stadium. She could feel the wind and hear the applause of the students ringing in her ears as if this was a real match. She dived right towards the field. When she almost touched the ground she pulled her broom up and she floated half a meter above the ground. She could feel the high grass tickling her legs. Quickly she pulled her broom up again and circled around the rings. Suddenly she heard real applause from the stadium and looked down. Her eyes got big by seeing Scorpius sitting there. Quickly she went to him.

"What are you doing here?" she asked and a frown appeared on her face.

"Your great in flying! That's going to be hard next month." Scorpius said, not answering her question. Lily blushed a bit.

"Well thank you, but still why are you here?"

"Are you still angry with your brother?"

"ANSWER ME! WHY ARE YOU HERE?" Lily shouted. Scorpius got a hurt look on his face.

"I just wanted to make sure you were okay after the fight with your brother."

"Oh…"

Scorpius smirked.

"About what you said in the train." He said.

"Yes?"

"I don't want to be enemies either."

Lily's heart started to race. Was that true?

"R…really?"

"Yes, of course." Lily smiled happily at him. Then she saw the necklace again. "You still have it?"

"Oh the necklace you mean? Yes, well it's a family tradition as I told you." Scorpius said locking his eyes with Lily's. He did not know how or why or when he had fallen in love with Lily Potter.

Lily tried to look away but wondered why she would. Normally if guys would look at her like that she would turn away or kick them and call them a pervert but Scorpius was different. He was only looking in her eyes and for some reason she found it okay. Could it be that, that she loved Scorpius? No or… Arghh she seemed crazy. She shock her head and smiled at him.

"So, we are friends now right?"

Scorpius looked at her surprised but then there came and little smile on his face.

"Sure."

Lily laughed.

"Want to race?" She asked.

"I thought you would never ask." Scorpius said and toke out his broomstick. They flew around the field chasing each other or diving right on to the field. It was as if the time flew as well because it quickly became dark.

"Perhaps we should stop now. Albus will be worried if I am not in the Great Hall at eight and he did not hear me having detention." Lily said still laughing. Scorpius smirked.

"You getting detention?"

"Yes together with James and Fred. O, and Lyra and Martha, the twins of Neville and Luna of course." Lily said and landed on the field. Scorpius followed her. As they walked back Lily could feel herself blushing. She was walking so close to him. Suddenly something very important went through her mind.

"Um…Scorpius? Is it okay if we don't say anything to Al, Rose and Hugo about our friendship? I don't want them to kill me before the first Quidditch game." Lily said and looked Scorpius strait in the eyes.

"Sure." He said and they walked into the castle.

It was October and all the trees turned orange and yellow. The students though didn't really care about this beautiful view. The first Quidditch game of the year would start and it was Gryffindor against Slytherin. Lily though had other things on her head. She was so in love with Scorpius it seemed to drive her crazy. They had promised that they would tell about their friendship to their friends and family at the Christmas ball. Lily had tried to sneak away lots of times to hang out with Scorpius. Albus kept an eye on Lily and that made her stress even more.

"AL! STOP SPYING ON ME!" She yelled.

On the day of the game it was raining bit but nobody cared. Lily got changed. The rest of her team was hanging around in the changing rooms. Hugo was the Gryffindor keeper. Lyra and Martha were the two Beaters. Three 7 years students were the Catchers. David Wilson was their captain, a handsome guy with light brown hair. He had asked Lily before to go out with him but she had been 12 then and did not want a relationship. Now again David had lost his heart to Lily, but planned to ask her for the Christmas ball. While everybody was stressed and getting everything ready for the game, Lily quietly slipped away, looking for Scorpius. She found him standing against the wall of the changing rooms with a serious look on his face.

"Well, this is it." Lily whispered. Scorpius smiled.

"You know I am not going to be easy on you." He said and locked his eyes with hers. He would have loved to be sick this day so he could see her play instead of playing against her as the Slytherin seeker. Lily nodded.

"Of course, it's a game after all but still I want to wish you success." She said softly and before she could stop herself she kissed him on the cheek and left. Scorpius was blushing heavily and wondered if she really felt the same for him as he for her.

When Lily came back in the changing rooms David started with a speech.

"…So, we have to score as much points as we can while Lily tries to get the snitch as early as possible from that Malfoy boy." Lily baled her fists. 'Don't say anything Lily. It's okay. He will see it at the Christmas ball.' Lily thought to herself.

They got their brooms and went on the field as the applause, coming from the students, rang in their ears. Lily closed her eyes and deeply breathed in as she always did.

Madame High got all the 14 together and David and Doricus Goral, the captain of Slytherin, shock hands. There was a whistle and Lily flew up high quickly trying to see the snitch. On the other side of the field she saw Scorpius. No she could not think about him right now. This was a game. She could not let her team down. Her hair was sticking in her neck and she had to close her eyes a bit. She heard cheers but did not look away. She circled around the field trying to find the snitch. She did not pay attention on the points until she suddenly heard that Gryffindor and Slytherin stood tied with 130 points. She had to hurry up. She had no idea how long the match was going on. Suddenly she saw it. The little golden ball with wings flying 5 meters in front of her. She got speed and raced after it. Scorpius had seen it too and quickly went after her. Lily didn't hear anything except the raindrops and the wings of the snitch. It went up high, higher and higher. Lily followed as Scorpius raced after her. He put in more speed and was now flying next to her. Lily could hear students scream but didn't pay more attention. She stretched out her hand and her fingers tips were a millimetre away from the golden ball. Scorpius' hand touched hers. Suddenly something caught his eyes. One of the Beaters of his team was ready to hit a Beater to Lily. BAM! It came to her, faster and faster, right to her shoulder. Scorpius shot forward and at the moment that Lily's fingers slipped around the snitch; the Beater hit Scorpius in the ribs. Lily quickly looked beside her when she heard Scorpius yell out of pain and saw him falling, of his broomstick and his upper body cover in blood. Lily felt like fainting and with the snitch still in her hand she raced down. She heard screams of the students and some still yelling because Gryffindor won. Lily pulled out her wand and screamed:

"WINGARDIUM LEVIOSA!" and Scorpius floated an inch from the ground. Suddenly there was a stretcher that carried Scorpius away. Students came onto the field in shock. The team of Slytherin followed some professor to the hospital hall. Lily stood there, still holding that stupid snitch in her hand. He had saved her. She felt a tear coming down her face. She turned her face to see her team and practically whole Gryffindor behind her. Some were shouting in happiness and some had worried expressions on their faces. Albus and David came to her.

"Lily you did great. Malfoy was only an inch away, and you still got it. Damn I am so happy you are in my team." David said cheerful. Albus though looked worried.

"Lily, what happened to him?" He asked at saw that tears were falling from his sister's face.

"A..Al. H…he s..saved me f..from the Beater." Lily cried softly and buried her head in Albus' chest. Then suddenly Madame High stood behind her.

"Are you alright Potter?" she asked.

"Yes Madame, well actually no. Could we re-do the match. Scor…I mean Malfoy got hit by a Beater, which had actually been meant for me, but he saved me, it would not be fair if…"

"Re-do the match? I am sorry Potter, but getting hit by a Beater doesn't change the rules. You caught the snitch." Madame High said and turned around.

"No wait! Please, it is not fair to play a match like that!" Lily shouted. Madame turned around again.

"Potter even if Malfoy would not have get hit by the Beater you still would have gotten it." She said and walked away. Lily felt more tears falling.

"Lily! Are you mad? Playing the game over?" David said and toke Lily by her shoulder. "Isn't it better that Malfoy got hit instead of you?" Lily's eyes wide and she looked angry at David.

"I am not mad! Can't you really think about other people rather than yourself Wilson?" She asked and without an answer she ran away. She hid herself in the changing rooms and when everybody was gone she head, quietly towards the hospital hall. On her way she saw the Slytherin team heading back towards their common room. Lily hid the snitch that she had not given back to Madame High in her pocket. She knocked on the giant, wooden door.

"Yes?" was the voice of nurse and Lily went inside. The hospital hall was a long white room with huge windows. On all the sides of the room there were beds with blue curtains. The nurse professor Pomfrey looked surprised at Lily.

"Is something the matter dear, and couldn't you change?" Professor Pomfrey asked and looked awfully at Lily's wet, covered in mud robes.

"No there's nothing with me but I wanted to see how Scorpius was doing. May I?" Lily asked. The professor looked curious at Lily. Finally she answered.

"Yes sure. He may be sleeping but you can visit him, but no longer then 10 minutes." She said and headed back to her office. Lily walked over to a bed were blue curtains were hanging in front. Quietly she slipped inside. Scorpius was lying on the bed, with his eyes closed and his musky chest covered in bandages. She sat over at his left side and looked down on his peaceful, sleeping face. A tear dropt from her face and landed on his cheek. He slowly open his eyes and saw Lily crying next to him, although she did not know he was awake.

"I thought you would never come." He whispered. Lily looked up surprised. He smiled at her. "Are you okay?"

"Am I okay? Idiot, are you okay? You were bleeding and fell from your broom and…and…" Lily could not go on because of the snobs between her words. Scorpius stretched out his arm and wiped away her tears.

"I am okay."

"Y…you saved me."

"Yes."

"Why?"

At that point Scorpius looked Lily deeply in the eyes. He sat up a little strait and reached up far enough that his lips touched hers. Lily felt her eyes close and her face turn red. Softly she kissed him back. After a minute they broke apart. Lily blushed heavily. Scorpius fell back on his bed and his eyes were closed. Lily felt something in her pocket but did not pay attention on it and quickly got Professor Pomfrey.

"It's okay dear. He just fainted. I bet he will be okay after some weeks. You better go now." She said and Lily nodded. As she walked out of the door Professor Pomfrey looked at her. It was the first time that a Gryffindor had visit a Slytherin and being so worried. Could it be that finally things would change?

When Lily was outside she looked at what Scorpius gave her. She gasped. The black necklace was lying in her hand palm. She smiled and placed it around her neck. She suddenly felt very warm inside as she walked back to the common room.