Chapter 3- Scorpius
I had managed to make Albus forget about the bruise by making him all flustered and angry about trying to have sex with him on the train. It was just meant to be a distraction and I had never really wanted to do it to begin with, but now I was starting to wish we had. There was something more hot about having sex in a public place when we knew weren't supposed to.
I couldn't concentrate on the headmaster's speech when all of this delicious food was in front of me. As soon as he finished I dug into the turkey.
"You should slow down," Albus advised. "If you eat too fast you'll give yourself a stomach ache."
I grinned at him. "Then you can nurse me back to health. Of course I'll expect some special services."
Albus sighed. "You are so immature."
"That's why we're so compatible, baby." I laughed when I saw his mortified expression. It was always so fun teasing Albus because his reactions were so cute. I had a sadistic streak in me.
"Scorpius, have you heard the latest news?" Danny Pilgrim asked.
I frowned. "About what?"
"The Dementors! They've escaped!"
Albus choked on his pumpkin juice. "W-what!" He rasped.
During the battle with Voldemort the Dementors had sided with him and since then the Ministry of Magic had learnt their lesson and stopped using the Dementors as guards for Azkaban. They had been rounded up and placed in a cell where they wouldn't be freed. Now they were on the loose again.
"Do they know who set them free?" I asked Danny.
Danny shook his head. "There's another thing as well. There have been a lot of dead unicorns found in the Forbidden Forest, their blood drained."
I felt coldness enter my heart. I had been having the same recurring nightmare of my father drinking unicorn blood and now I was hearing about unicorns being killed in the Forbidden Forest. I wasn't thinking that I was seeing the future or something but it was just too coincidental. Normally I dismissed dreams but I kept having the same nightmare. I had to know the reason why.
"Scorpius?" Albus' voice pulled me out of my thoughts. "Are you okay?"
I nodded. I couldn't tell Albus about my dreams. He had just stopped blaming himself for what James had done to me and if I told him about the nightmares it would just burden him with guilt again. I didn't like seeing him stressed and miserable. "I'm fine. The news just kind of shocked me."
"Why would you drink unicorn blood?" Danny's tone held disgust. He really cared about creatures which was why Care of Magical Creatures was his favourite subject. He was a very compassionate person and being gay himself had made us become friends.
"I heard drinking unicorn blood can make you cursed." Albus said.
"It is not just simply being 'cursed'. Your whole life will be ruined!" Danny cried, waving his spoon about. "You will never get a moment of peace and always feel restless! Your soul will turn black!"
I got up. "I'm going to go to the dormitory."
"I'll come too." Albus got up from his seat too.
Danny eyed us both suspiciously. "If you two fuck on my bed, I'll give you buck teeth."
"We'll fuck wherever we want to." I replied.
"You bastard!"
I was already walking off.
"You shouldn't tease him like that." Albus scolded.
"I tease everyone."
"Even those you love?"
I looked at him, lightly touching his cheek with the back of my hand. "Especially those I love."
Albus' face turned tomato red. Although he wasn't as awkward with my affections as he was at the beginning, he was still trying to get used to it. I was his first for everything after all. His first relationship, his first time for sex, and we were both each other's first person we had fallen in love with.
We reach our dormitories and I flopped down on my bed, sighing in relief. It felt good to be back at Hogwarts where everything felt so familiar.
"Biter is here!" Albus immediately went over to the new owl his family had gotten for his birthday. He had named the owl 'Biter' because of the bird's habit to bite everyone's hand.
As Albus started feeding Biter my thoughts drifted back to the unicorns. It just wouldn't stop bothering me. Why would I dream about a unicorn having their blood drunk at the same time they were being slain in the Forbidden Forest? Also, why did I dream of my father doing it? Nothing made sense.
I was standing in a dark room and I couldn't see anything. Where was I?
"Come to me." A voice whispered.
"Who are you?" I demanded. "Where am I?"
"I will end your suffering." The voice hissed.
I could see a bright white light coming out from a door. I moved towards the door and pushed it open.
I seemed to be in a kitchen and there was something hanging from the ceiling. It was a body and I gasped when I saw the face. It was Albus! His stomach was ripped open, intestines dangling out. His right arm had been ripped off and stuffed into his mouth and his right eye was dangling out of its eye socket.
"You should have come to me."
I screamed and didn't stop screaming.
Once again I sat up in bed, panting. This nightmare was perhaps the worst one I had. Seeing Albus like that had terrified me and it was just too painful to see it. I looked over to Albus' bed and was glad to see that he was still intact, safe and sleeping soundly.
I couldn't fall asleep again without having Albus in my arms. I knew it sounded childish to get all worked up over a dream but I needed to be able to feel Albus safe in my arms again. I rolled out of my own bed and climbed into Albus' bed, wrapping my arms around him.
"Wha—?" Albus opened his eyes, looking bleary. "Scorpius, what are you doing?"
"Please," I whispered. "Just let me stay here."
Albus was too sleepy to argue with me so he just rested his head on my chest and drifted back to sleep.
I clutched him tightly. I was going to protect this guy no matter what and if anyone hurt him I would fucking kill them.
