Chapter 4: The Letter
Scorpius POV
Scorpius Malfoy's To-Do List:
1. Study for the Transfiguration pre-test
2. Ask Professor Dralley for an extra Potions textbook
3. Talk to Victoria about Adam Grinser's giant crush on her
4. Owl mum and dad
5. Buy a quill for Chloe's birthday
6. Ask Rose Weasley out
Scorpius sighed at his to-do list for just the second week of school. He wasn't sure how to approach Rose, and he was scared. I mean, really scared. What if she said no? What if someone already asked her out? What if he ruined their friendly relationship and-
"Scorpius?"
Scorpius jumped and hid the to-do list. Rose was standing behind him, holding the list of Prefect patrols for this week.
"Do you mind posting this by the Prefect's common room? I've got to finish my Potions homework…" she trailed off. Scorpius nodded and accepted the patrol list.
"Sure. We should get together tonight to work the Hogsmeade dates out," blurted Scorpius. Rose nodded with a small smile and walked back to her desk. Scorpius stared after her.
What did I just say?
At lunch, his friends noticed he was out of it. They knew it was Rose, and they knew he was scared to ask her out to Hogsmeade.
"I'll be out by the Black Lake," Scorpius said and gathered his things. He needed to think. With a nod, he left the Great Hall. Chloe shook her head and followed him. Chloe could always get to Scorpius.
Scorpius sped out of the castle. He knew Chloe was going to follow him, and he needed her help.
"Scorpius! Scorpius Malfoy!" shouted Chloe. He turned around and she caught up with him. She looked up at him sympathetically. "You know, you just need to ask her out. You're unsure of her feelings towards you, so the only way is to man up and talk to her. You're Scorpius! You're never afraid of girls." Scorpius stared at her dumbfounded.
"You know me so well it's scary." He breathed. She laughed.
"Come on. Let's go back to the castle," they started to walk when a piece of parchment flew into Scorpius's face, catching him off guard. They both noticed the name of the parchment:
Antonin Dolohov
Chloe and Scorpius shared a look and opened the letter.
Antonin-
We have discovered a way into the filthy school filled with mudbloods. The Weasley girl is Head Girl this year, having her own dorm. It makes the job all the easier, doesn't it? Now there won't be any distractions. The Head Boy is the spawn of the traitors, Malfoy. The Malfoy boy might be a pureblood, but his father is a traitor. We might be lucky to kill off both of them, maybe a couple of other half-bloods while we're at it. Tomorrow at seven o'clock at night, meet us at the hideous tree known as the "Whomping Willow" and we will lead you, Yaxley and Rodolphus into the school. The passage goes into the kitchens, but no problem- we can just hex the house elves. There, Amycus will cast an invisibility charm on us and we can be off to the Head's dormitories. The password is "Patronus". We plan to torture the girl as much as we can, then kill her. Remember the objective- hurt the Golden Trio and anyone else we can in the moment. We will go back through the passage out of the school and leave to Russia, where Amycus and I have found a cabin to live in. It is in the secluded area.
Owl back once you have gotten this.
-Alecto
Scorpius paled in shock and Chloe let out a breath. She was terrified, but she was thinking.
"We need to get this to the Headmistress." he whispered and grabbed Chloe's arm and led her back to the castle in a hurry.
Chloe and Scorpius watched Headmistress read the letter. She paled, and slowly lowered the letter.
"Mr. Malfoy, you said that this letter, just, flew into your face? Where is the owl then?" she asked skeptically. Chloe shook her head and shrugged, but Scorpius had a reasonable explanation.
"Perhaps the Owl crashed?" he supplied. McGonagall nodded at his reasoning. Some owls were just clumsy.
"Now, Mr. Malfoy, as Head Boy, I would like you to take Professor Nadler to the kitchens to inspect the kitchens, and seal it off. The house elves must be prepared for anything that might happen. Arm them, in other words. Ms. Zabini, I would like you to go with Mr. Malfoy. And both of you," she peered at them from over her glasses, "Keep your mouths shut. Especially to Rose. We don't want any panic." They nodded and went to fetch the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.
Alecto Carrow pulled her hair in frustration. Where was the Owl, named a ridiculously childish name of Daisy, and where was Antonin's response? She was beginning to get very irritated.
"Amycus," she screams. " Apparate to Antonin's flat, I want to know why he hasn't replied to my letter!" she growls. Her brother nodded obediently and disappeared.
Hopefully the plan would go as planned.
Amycus Carrow apparated into Antonin's temporary flat, and took him but the throat.
"Alecto is very mad right now. Why didn't you reply to her letter?" growled Amycus. Antonin looked at him, confused.
"What letter? I've been waiting for an Owl from you guys, but nothing!" he growls back. There was a brief silence. Amycus lets go of Antonin.
"If I didn't get the letter…"
"Then it has gotten lost." finished Amycus. He cursed and hexed a couple of objects in anger.
"Erm… If it's lost, where might the letter be?" asked an unsure Dolohov. Amycus sighed.
"I don't know where the letter could be; the Owl must have crashed and the letter must be on the Owl's leg still, I remember Alecto tied it to its leg. We shouldn't worry."
Little did they know.