For the rest of the day Sydney received nothing but hateful stares, and rude gestures. When she sat down for dinner, everyone at her table moved away. When she tried to ask for help, she just got sworn at.
The only person who seemed happy about the turn of event was Scorpius.
He was thrilled at the fact that he could now openly mock Sydney, and teachers wouldn't interfere.
Even Professor McGonagall now loathed her and she had practically worshiped Sydney's skills the day before. Sydney felt like crying.
There was only one person who seemed to not want to tie Sydney up and hang her by her neck until she stopped choking and that was, well nobody. Sydney was completely alone.
Nobody would ever like her again, and she just had to accept it. Sydney cried herself to sleep that night. Later, she woke up screaming.
There was a body on top of her, covering her mouth.
A boy.
A different house.
It couldn't be! Sydney thought. But it was.
Scorpius Malfoy was in the Gryffindor girls dormitory.
Covering her mouth. What was he doing here?
Sydney struggled even harder and finally managed to throw Scorpius off. He collapsed on the floor and went limp.
"Oh for the love of..." Sydney began.
Then she realized that she could've woken anybody up with all her fussing. She casted a Silencing Charm in the dormitory.
Swearing silently, Sydney realized that she would have to carry Scorpius out of the Gryffindor common room.
It was much easier done than said. First of all, he was a Slytherin. Enough said right there.
Secondly, he was Scorpiusand she hated him with all her guts.
Carefully, Sydney put her arms under Scorpius's and started to drag him down the stairs.
He made thumping sounds, and mumbled whenever he hit a step, which caused Sydney to drop him a number of times. Finally she just gave up, and gave Scorpius a mighty kick with her foot, and sent him flying down the stairs.
Sydney couldn't help but giggle when he hit the bottom.
"Lestrange... " Scorpius mumbled.
Sydney swore as Scorpius woke up. He glared at her and finally spoke. "Well, wasn't that kindof you! Here I come ready to accept you and..."
"What? Sydney shrieked, forgetting about her fellow Gryffindors. "You! Accept ME? How can you be so dense? I wouldn't ever want you to ACCEPT me, and I'm not even sure what you're talking about!"
Sydney kicked him again and this time Scorpius felt it.
"Owwwwww!" Scorpius howled, clutching his side.
He stopped instantly when he heard footsteps coming from both dormitories. He tried to get up but found he couldn't, since his side was hurting so bad.
"Oh, honestly!" Sydney groaned and quietly whispered "Wingardium Leviosa!"
She took him out of the common room just as the Gryffindors reached the bottom of the stairs.
They saw nothing except the faint crackle of the fire. Annoyed, they went back to bed.
Out in the hallway Sydney was shouting at Scorpius as quietly as she could until he slammed his hand over her mouth.
"D'you want them to catch us?" He snapped, then managed to stand. "I just thought you might want to know she's not your real mum!"
That silenced Sydney.
"What do you mean?" She replied cautiously, wondering if Scorpius was messing with her again.
He just smirked down at her.
"If you want to know, you better apologize!" He taunted.
Sydney pierced him with such a menacing glance, Scorpius wondered if she really was related to Bellatrix.
"Fine!" He surrendered. "You're adopted, that's all."
For the third time that night Scorpius found himself on the ground, only this time he was being hugged.
"Oh, thank you!" Sydney cried out. "Now I can tell everybody and I can tell Flitwick, and he can tell everybody he was wrong, and OH -"
Sydney realized who she was hugging.
Scorpius sat up, smiling for real for once. He thought it hilarious, that she had actually hugged him.
"Don't mention it." He sneered, returning back to normal. "At least now I know we're not cousins!"
And he strutted off like nothing had happened.
Sydney turned around to face the fat lady. "Hornswallop!" She declared joyfully.
The portrait wasn't as pleased. Grudgingly she let Sydney in.
5 minutes later, Sydney lay in bed, thrilled that she wasn't related to Bellatrix after all. And even though she would never ever admit it to anyone, Sydney was glad Scorpius had told her. "Good night, Scorpius." She whispered thankfully.
"Night Pansilla!" Scorpius hollered as he went up to his bed.
Kissing his girlfriend goodnight, he brushed his teeth and went to bed.
He kept trying to tell himself that he had told Sydney just to reassure himself that they weren't related. That was all it was.
But he was having a hard time convincing himself. Scorpius finally beat himself when he thought how people would view about a Slytherin and a Gryffindor together.
Instantly he fell asleep.
A/N: Well, that's chapter 2. Expect an update tomorrow, at the latest. Snapella-Hopper is continuing the story! Whoohoo!