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Lily
"Do we really have to go?" James whined
"Yes, James. It really isn't that bad." Ginny laughed.
"Is to!" argued James.
"You sound like a three year old sometimes, James." Lily told him.
"Do not!" James scowled. "It really is boring there!"
"He has a point." Albus said.
Harry laughed. "We're going." he said with finalitiy.
The five Potter's were in their mini van on their way to France. Harry and Ginny had decided, much to James, Albus, and Lily's dismay, that they were going to stop at the Dursley's for dinner. Dudley Dursley, his wife, Mary, and his two children, Mark and Amanda, were friendly enough but, they were definately... odd. Mark and Amanda were both Albus's age and were not spoiled as Dudley had been but, they had an air of superiority. James, Albus, and Lily did not enjoy spending time with them and the feeling was mutual. In fact, like most of her cousins, Amanda was some times downright mean to Lily.
"Do we have to?" Albus asked.
"Yes." Harry answered. "You should be excited, you get to see your cousins!
"Second cousins." James corrected.
Harry raised his eyebrows at him.
"Don't ask me, ask Lily she told us."
Lily blushed and glared at James. "I was just curious so, I researched it. The definition of a cousin is one of a person's, parent's, sibiling's, child. A second cousin is a person's, parent's, cousin's, child. So, Mark and Amanda are our second cousins. Not cousins."
Harry and Ginny just stared at her for a second. Then, they laughed. "You are one funny , thirteen year old girl Lily." Harry said.
"Eyes on the road!" Ginny screached saving them from crashing into a car ahead of them.
"Right. Sorry guys." Harry said sheepishly.
"To sum up this conversation, Harry needs to pay attention and WE ARE GOING." Ginny stated.
There was a collective groan from the three children.
"Harry! Ginny! Come in." Dudley welcomed. "Did you hit any traffic?"
"A little." Harry said.
James, Albus, and Lily followed their parents into the well lit foyer.
"So what's new?" Dudley asked his cousin once they had all settled around the large dining table to eat an even larger meal.
"Not much. Lily here got a dog so now we have four kids instead of three." Harry answered.
"Ew, dogs are so gross." Amanda sneered.
"Amanda!" Dudley scolded. "My aunt used to have quite a few dogs who were extremely friendly and most ceartainly not gross."
"Oh yes." Harry said sarcasticaly. "Very friendly. As friendly as its owner."
Dudley blushed. "Well, yes, you are quite right. But, my point is, I am sure Lily's dog is perfectly lovely."
"What color is he?" Mary asked.
"Black." Lily answered quitely. She really did not like talking to people. Especialy the Dursleys.
Harry noticed her shyness and changed the subject. "So, how are Vernon and Petunia these days?"
"Oh, they're fine." Dudley said. Then rather embarrased he said. "I invited them to come but, they didn't want to meet you."
"Oh, how very kind of them." Harry said drily.
The adults passed the time joking about Vernon and Petunia while the children did different things.
Albus and Amanda were in the middle of a glaring war over Amanda's comment about Snuffles. Mark was silently cheering his siter on. James and Lily were having a hushed discusion about Lucius Malfoy's trial that they were not allowed to attend.
"It's dad's case so he should be able to go to the trial." James whispered.
"I know. I mean the fact that there is an 'old prejudice' shouldn't keep him from going. And what about Scorpius? He'll be there all alone." Lily answered worriedly.
James's expression darkened. "I didn't think of that. We should tell dad."
Lily nodded worriedly. She opened her mouth to whisper something back but, she was interrupted by Ginny.
"What are you two whispering about?" she asked.
Lily blushed and looked at her shoes but, James said. "Oh, just school stuff. You know whats new."
Harry raised his eyebrow at James who sent a look at the Dursleys, which they did not see.
Harry nodded understandingly and turned the talk back to his relatives.
After dessert, the adults sent the kids into the basement to 'play' while they had an after dinner drink and some 'adult' talk.
Lily took a book from her bag and climed up onto the window sill to read it. Albus and James sat underneath the window sill playing rock, paper, scissors. Amanda and Mark just glared at their second cousins. Finaly, it seemed, Amanda got bored of glaring.
"For someone 'special' you sure are... boring." she sneered.
"Yeah," Mark agreed. "I bet 'special' means psycho."
James's shoulders tensed and Albus growled softly. Lily, however, continued to read her muggle book.
"Hey! You! Leslie or whoever you are." Amanda yelled at Lily.
"Yes Amanda?" Lily asked polietly.
"Do something!" Amanda ordered.
"I am doing something." Lily answered. "I am living and breathing. My heart is beating, I am sitting, I am talking, I am actually doing many things right now. Is there something specific you would like me to do?"
James and Albus laughed at their second cousins' dumbfound looks.
Amanda's mouth was opening and closing like a goldfish and she stood there staring at Lily. Mark on the other hand, was a lot like the younger version of Dudley. Instead of trying to comprehend something , he just charged at Lily.
Lily squeaked as he grabed her ankles and attempted to pull her off the sill. She grabbed wildly at the edge of the window managing to hold it. However, her arm was pulled in the process and her ankle was twisted when Mark let go due to a very angry James slamming into him.
James charged at Mark and punched him in the jaw. Soon, there was a full out brawl in the Dursley's basement. Albus was throwing things at Amanda, (He would never hit a girl.) who was throwing other things at him. James and Mark were punching eachother wereever they could reach while yelling at the top of there voices. Lily had curled up nursing her arm and ankle which were both throbbing painfuly. It seemed that she alone had realized what a racket they were making. Surely their parents would hear. And hear they did.
"JAMES SIRIUS AND ALBUS SEVERUS POTTER!" Ginny yelled at her boys. Her yells were mingled with Mary's yell of,
"MARKUS VERNON AND AMANDA ANN DURLSEY!
A plastic frisbee that Albus had just thrown flew threw the air and hit Amanda on the head.
"James, Albus. What the hell were you guys doing!?" Harry yelled.
"Yeah James." Mark sneered.
"Young man, if I were you I would shut up. You're in enough trouble as it is." Dudley snapped.
James, Albus, Amanda, and Mark all hung their heads.
"Lily." Harry said calmly. "As you were not fighting, please tell us what happened."
Lily proceeded to tell what had happened. "And then they were all just fighting. Albus and Amanda were throwing things and James and Mark were brawling." she finished.
"MARKUS VERNON DURSLEY!" Mary yelled. "What have we told you about your temper? You do not charge at people and hurt them because you get angry. And Lily did not even do anything!"
"I'm such a wimp! And a goody two shoes." thought Lily sourly as Mary berrated Amanda and Mark and Ginny gave James and Albus the death glare. "I was just trying to be sensible." she argued with herself. "I didn't want to fight because I don't like fighting!"
"AND YOU TWO WILL GO STRAIGHT TO YOUR ROOMS AFTER YOU CLEAN UP THIS MESS." Mary yelled.
"And you are grounded for a two weeks." Dudley added.
Harry and Ginny decided to save there berrating for the car since Lily was in need of some help. Once they were in however, Ginny's face turned bright red with anger.
"Ginny, breathe." Harry said slightly amused at his wife. Ginny glared at him but, motioned for him to handle the situation. After all he was much better at it since he did not have the Weasly temper.
"Albus," Harry started. "Why the hell did you do that?"
"Well, she chucked a plastic fire truck at me and I couldn't hit a girl so, I jut chucked it back and before I knew it we were chucking things at eachother!"
"Well, I am proud that you had enough manners to not hit a girl but, I am very disappointed in you for being so immature. You are 15 years old Albus! I expect better behavior from now."
"Yes dad." Albus said shame faced.
"But, since we are on vacation, and you didn't start the fight, I am going to let you go."
"Thanks dad!" Albus said happily.
"James," Harry said to his oldest child. "Care to explain yourself?"
"Well..." James began sheepishly. "He just charged at her, Mark at Lily, and he was hurting her and I just got angry and I suppose my brotherly instincts made me start fighting with him! I reall don't know what the hell I was doing, I suppose now, that I should have gone to you and told you Mark was hurting Lily but, then he would have kept hurting her and I just didn't know what to do!" he rushed out very quickly and in one breath.
"First of all," Harry said. "If you wrote that down the way you said it it would be a grammer teacher's worst nightmare."
"Harry!" Ginny said glaring at him.
"What? It's true!" Harry protested. But, under the influence of Ginny's glare he turned back to James.
"More importantly though, you need to learn to control your temper. What you did was very brave but, stupid. I understand that Mark would have hurt Lily and I do not want that but, it would have been better if you had just yelled and we would have come down."
"I know." James said miserably.
"But, for the same reasons I let Albus off I am letting you off the hook to."
"Excellent." James said happily.
"Lily? What's wrong?" Albus said noticing his sisters glum face.
"I know I did the right thing by not fighting," she said as they drove past Surrey. "But, I feel like such a wimp and a goody two shoes." she said.
"You are not a wimp. You are sensible!" Harry said.
"Just because you didn't fight doesn't mean you aren't capable of doing so." Ginny said soothingly. "It means you know when to fight."
"And we know you aren't a goddy two shoes based off your detention record." James laughed.
Lily mocked surprise. "Me? A detention record?" she became serious again. "It is nothing compared to yours though. Atleast I don't blow stuff up purposely."
James laughed. "True, but, you do play some excelllent pranks. That one with Smith and the biting tea cup? Excellent."
"That one was Timmy's idea." Lily admitted.
The Potters spent the next two hours of the drive talking and laughing.
"James," Harry suddenly remembered. "What were you and Lily whispering about at dinner?"
"Oh," James said. "We were talking about the trial. You know, how you aren't allowed to go to it."
"We were worried about Scorpius." Lily said. "He'll be there all alone and who knows what will happen to him when his father finds out he sold his grand father out."
Harry frowned. " I suppose I didn't really think about that. I did try to go though. The minister just won't let me!"
"It's ok." Ginny soothed. "I am sure he'll be fine."
"I hope he is." Lily said worriedly.
All her worries vanished however as they reached France. "This is going to be a great vacation." Lily said as they walked into there hotel suite.
Scorpius
Scorpius was having an extremely boring summer. He stayed in his room except for going to the dining room for meals. He barely spoke to his parents except when forced to so, his voice was hoarse from lack of use. Thankfuly, his father hadn't paid any 'visits'. Instead he had taken to ignoring Scorpius. Scorpius thought this was a huge improvment.
He had gotten many letters from Lily, Annie, and Timmy. Mostly from Lily. All her letters were cheerful and filled with details about her beach holiday in France. The English Channel sounded awesome. Annie and her parents were on holiday in Hawaii and Timmy's parents had taken him to the Bahamas.
Scorpius couldn't help but feel jealous of his friends who were all on the beach. He was also jealous that according to Lily, Frank was writing her extremely often. However, he was cheered that Lily had said it was getting annoyed.
The tria, which would tale place the next day, was a completely different matter. Scorpius was nothing short of terrified. How was he supposed to testify against his grandfather and make it through the next day alive!? He had wished that Harry could come but, apparently he was not allowed to.
"SCORPIUS! DINNER!" Astoria called from downstairs.
Scorpius walked slowly down the stairs and into the dining room. His mother smiled at him and his father ignored him. Typical.
As they ate dinner, Scorpius's mother went rambling on about random things that he barely listened to. He and his father only talked when she asked them a question. After pudding, as Scorpius was turning to head back to his room, Draco called him over.
"Scorpius, I want to have a word with you."
Scorpius slowly turned away from the stairs and walked back to his father.
"Yes."
"About tomarrows trial. You are to look presentable and stay mum."
"We're all hoping your grand father will get off." Astoria said as if he needed to know. Then, she walked into the kitchen to do the dishes.
"And by mum." his father said in a threatening tone. "I mean absolutely quite. You are not to say a word about what you may or may not have heard when you decided to spy on me at Christmas time. Is that clear!?"
"Y-yes sir." Scorpius stuttered.
"If you make so much of a peep about it, you will sorely regret it. What happened at Christmas will seem like a holiday."
Scorpius gulped. "R-right." Then, he fled to his room and began pacing. Finally he picked up his quill. He had to get help. But, who could he count on to keep his secret? No one new how bad his father treated him or what he could do.
"I'll right to Lily." Scorpius said to himself, "But, I'll leave out the details."
Dear Lily,
I can't do this Lils, I just can't. How am I supposed to testify against my grand father, and live to tell the tale!? I'm really scared. I know I have no choice but, Lily I don't know what I'm going to do! HELP!
Scorpi
Scorpius tied the letter to his barn owl's leg and tossed it out the window.
"Well, I guess I should get some sleep." Scorpius thought. He changed into his pajamas and fell onto his bed with a sigh. Within minutes he was fast a sleep.
"SCORPIUS HYPERION MALFOY! GET DOWN HERE THIS INSTANT OR ELSE!" Scorpius's father yelled.
Scorpius jumped out of bed, (Literaly.) and hurriedly got dressed and ready. He raced down the stairs and almost ran straight into his father.
"Where the hell were you boy?!" Draco yelled at his son.
"S-sorry I slepped in. I didn't mean to. Honest."
Draco snorted and casually smacked his son. It gave him great pleasure to see how terrified the boy was of him. "I don't have time for you boy. Get in the car, we're leaving."
"Yes sir." Scorpius walked outside and got in the back seat of his father's car.
"Remember, " his father warned. "Not a word."
Scorpius just wished Lily had replied.
The Malfoys arrived at the ministry ten minutes before the trial. Draco hurriedly asked someone where the trial would be held and rushed his family down to the court room.
Scorpius steeled himself for what he was about to do but, first, he had to get away.
"Er-mum?" he said quietly.
"What?" she asked.
"I'm in the loo. Ok?"
"Whatever."
"Thanks." Scorpius slipped out of the courtroom and into a small room off to the side where Harry had told him to go.
"Ah, there you are Mr. Malfoy." the judge said. "Now, I am going to give you some truth potion and collect the memory of what you saw during Christmas. Are you ready?"
"Yes sir." Scorpius answered. He drank the potion and closed his eyes, focusing hard on the memory of him spying on his father. He managed to do it without clouding his brain with fear. No one could see what his father did to him afterwards. "May I look at the memory first sir?" Scorpius asked tentively. "Make sure it's the right one."
"Of course." the judge answered. He porued the memory into a pensive and Scorpius bent over and disappeared into the memory. After he made sure it was just the memory of spying on his father, Scorpius returned and sat down in a chair in the room. The judge went off to go get Lucius.
When the judge returned he came with a man with long white-blonde hair and cold grey eyes.
"You!" Lucius snapped when he saw his grandson in the room. "You sold me out!"
Scorpius gulped. Thankfuly, a guard came and took Lucius into the court room and the judge followed him out. He sat in the room waiting untill he heard,
"We now call forth Scorpius H. Malfoy to give evidence for the prosocution of Mr. Lucius A. Malfoy."
Scorpius slowly walked into the court room. One look at his parents' livid faces made him feel sorry that he'd given the memory. Scorpius quietly answered each question. They were fairly easy to answer with a short answer.
"You are Scorpius Hyperion Malfoy of Malfoy Manor?"
"Yes sir."
"Your parents are Draco and Astoria Malfoy?"
"Yes sir."
"How are you connected to the defendent?"
"He's my grand father on my father's side."
"Has the memory you have given been tampered with in any way?"
"No sir."
"Let it be known that Mr. Malfoy has been given Veriteserum so he can not lie." The judge told the Wizengamot. "We will now view the memory provided by Mr. Malfoy."
Scorpius didn't take his eyes off his shoes through the whole memory or the rest of the trial for that matter. Being a Slytherin, he would never admit it but, he was terrified of the prospect of going home with his father.
"I now declare Lucius A. Malfoy guilty of all charges. He is hereby scentenced to five years in Noxius."
"Noxius," Scorpius thought. "Not the worst. Good."
"WHAT THE BLOODY HELL WERE YOU THINKING BOY?!" Draco yelled as soon as they were inside the house.
"I-I" Scorpius stammered.
"YOU IDIOT!" Draco yelled.
Scorpius looked at Astoria pleadingly. His eyes begged her to understand. Scorpius felt like the world was coming to an end when she glared at him and then walked away.
"ARE YOU GOING TO ANSWER ME OR WHAT!" Draco roared towering over his cowering son.
"What?" Scorpius said tentively.
Draco cuffed him on the head and he fell backwards onto the floor. It was the worst Scorpius had ever got. Thanfuly, Scorpius blacked out in around half an hour.
Scorpius woke up on the floor of his room. He gingerly tried to get on his feet and managed to. Wincing and groaning, he dragged himself over to the door and to the stairs. He looked down towards the door. Thankfuly, he didn't see anyone there. He could hear his parents yelling somewhere down stairs. His mom was probably standing up for him as usual. And like always his dad would spin some lie that would make his mom beleive him. Or Draco would distract her by taking her out or something to distract her and make her forget about Scorpius.
Scorpius groaned as he realized how much pain he was in. It seemed his father had broken a rib or two. "That is it!" Scorpius thought. "I'm done! I'm leaving!" He dragged himself back to his room and grabbed his trunk and the empty owl cage. He pulled the trunk and himself downstairs.
"Where are you going boy!" Draco yelled. Apparently he had walked into the foyer when he heard the sound of his son's trunk being dragged down the stairs.
"Away. Anywhere but here." Scorpius said. "I'm running away. And no one is stopping me."
"Bit rich coming from you as you can barely support yourself you wimp." Draco scoffed.
"Just leave me alone. I hate you!" Scorpius yelled. "Move!"
Draco just kept blocking the door and casually smacked his son. "Watch your tone. And trust me, I'm not stopping you. I've been wanting to get rid of you ever since you were born. I never wanted a child." He moved away from the door and Scorpius quickly, (as quickly as he could.) walked towards it.
Scorpius stumbled as his father shoved him roughly out the door and slammed it behind him. Scorpius just scrammed. He pulled himself as far away from his 'home' as he could. Finaly, when he was a mile away he stopped.
"Where the hell am I supposed to go?" Scorpius asked himself. "The Potter's won't be back yet and I can't write them untill Rowena gets back." Then the answer hit him. Greengrass Castle. It was an abondend property of is mother's. No one ever went there so, he'd be safe. And Rowena would find him anywhere.
Scorpius tentively held out his wand to the road.
BANG! A violently violet, tripple decker, bus appeared in front of him.
The conducter stepped out. "Welcome to the Knight Bus, emergency transport for the stranded witch or wizard. Just-"
"Yes,Yes, know!" Scorpius interupted him. "I'm really in a rush."
"Ok." the conducter said. "If you know, then what's my name?"
"Stan Shunpike." Scorpius said. "I'm sorry sir but, I really need to get out of here quickly."
"Right then. Go on, get in."
Scorpius clambered onto the bus and took a seat. Stan came it a moment later with his trunk and owl cage.
"Where to?" he asked.
"Greengrass castle, right outside of Cardiff." Scorpius answered.
"Name?"
"Scorpius Malfoy."
"Right. We just gotta drop of Madam Marsh and then we'll drop you off there."
Scorpius nodded. He felt terrible. Now that his burst of anger had receaded, he felt like he might pass out again. "NO!" he thought. "Scorpius you are not passing out yet."
He arrived outside of the large castle late at night. Apparently Madam Marsh meant Madam Marsh and fifty other people to fifty different places. Typical treatment for a Malfoy these days. Scorpius thought that might have made his father so bitter. That and the fact that Scorpius was too different.
Scorpius was now very tired. He dragged himself and his things into the dusty castle. Once he was in the front entrence he collapsed due to fatigue. A large feathery thing decended towards him. "Nice timing Rowena." Scorpius told his owl. Wincing he untied the letter.
Scorpi,
I'm guessing the trial is all ready over ARE YOU OK?! we are all really worried. Write back as soon as possible!
Lily
Scorpius couldn't muster enough strength to get ink and parchment from his trunk. Instead he tore off the bottom off Lily's letter and put some blood from one of his cuts on his finger. He rubbed the blood against the parchment and wrote three words GREENGRASS CASTLE HELP. Then he made a sloppy S.
"Get this to Lily as fast as you can girl." he mumbled weakly. The last thing he saw was Rowena flying out of the castle before he blacked out.
Lily
Lily was about to go to the beach when she saw Scorpius's barn owl, Rowena, flying towards her.
"DAD MUM! He replied!" she screamed. Harry and Ginny came running into the room. Lily untied the letter and gasped when she read it. The sight off it made her blood run cold.
"Flower?" Harry asked taking the letter.
In blood red letters the ripped piece of parchment said. GREENGRASS CASTLE HELP S.
"Harry," Ginny asked. "Is that-?"
Harry nodded. "Blood. and it's fresh. He's hurt."
"WE HAVE TO GO GET HIM!" Lily screamed.
James and Albus ran into the room.
"What happened?" James asked.
Mutely, Harry passed him the letter.
James's mouth fell open. "Is that blood?"
Lily burst into tears. "We have to go get him!"
"Where is Greengrass Castle?" Albus asked.
Harry shook his head. "I don't know. I can find out though."
He apparated to the ministry and returned ten minutes later. "Cardiff." he said. "Right on the edge of it."
"How are we going to get him out?" Ginny asked.
"Simple." James answered suprising everyone. "We apperate to the castle and get him out by side long apparation."
"Correction." Harry said. "I go there and get him out by sidelong apparation."
There was an immediate uproar from the three children.
"You'll need help!"
"He's my friend!"
"I'm almost of age!"
"I won't, No, and your almost of age. As it is only July tenth you are not of age yet. Your birthday is not untill August, James." Harry said.
All three of his children pouted. "Fine." James said grumpily.
"Just get him quickly! He's hurt!" Lily said hystericaly.
Harry apparated away.
Lily was in complete hysterics. She had come to regard Scorpius as more then just a friend. He wasn't a brother but, she wasn't sure. She supposed he was almost part of the family. Anyways, she couldn't believe it.
"HE WROTE IN HIS BLOOD!" She screamed.
"Shh. Lily he'll be fine. We'll fix him up." Ginny soothed.
"It's alright Lils." Albus said his face paper white.
James walked over and put an arm around his sobbing and hysterical sister.
He looked Lily in the eye. "Lily, He will be fine. There is no need to loose your head. It's not going to help Scorpius is it?"
Lily slowly shook her head.
"Right." James said. "We have to be strong for Scorpius. He's going to need it."
Lily nodded and slumped on the couch in their suite.
Ginny looked at James surprised. "Your good James." she admited.
James took a mock bow. "We've got a special bond. I am her favorite brother after all."
"Hey!" Albus said defiantly. He had caught on to James's efforts to distract Lily. That was James's thing. He would be funny to distract people from things. Albus hated to admit that it worked better then anything he could come up with. "We all know that I'm Lily's favorite brother."
James scoffed. "In what world?"
"This one!" Albus retorted lamely.
"That. Was. The. Worst. Come back. Ever." James stated.
Before Albus could retort, he was interrupted by a loud pop.
Lily screamed.
Harry was standing in the middle of the sitting room holding the limp and bloody body of Scorpius Malfoy.
"Ginny, he needs serious help. Right now."
Ginny lept into action.
"Harry, put him on the couch." she instructed. Harry carefuly lowered Scorpius onto the plush couch.
"James, go get some Gauze, disinfectent, and bandages from the muggle pharmacy across the street." Ginny ordered. James ran out of the room as fast as he could.
"Albus, you go get my healing book from my room. And Lily, just take deep breaths honey. He'll be fine."
Albus returned a few seconds later with the book. Ginny began to heal Scorpius the best she could. She kept muttering things like, "three broken ribs", "broken arm, and "How could he?"
Lily, Albus, and Harry just sat on the opposite couch watching. James joined them a few minutes later after returning with his arms full of muggle healing supplies. They all sat in silence only moving when Ginny asked them to get a potion. Finaly, half an hour later, Ginny announced that she was done.
"He's still unconsious but, he'll wake up soon. He was extremely beat up. I don't know how someone could do that to an inocent child." she said.
"We're not sending him back are we?" Albus asked worriedly.
"Of course not. There is no way I am letting him near those Malfoy monsters again." Ginny fumed. "If it wasn't illegal I would kill them!"
There was a moment of silence after this extraordinary proclamation from the normaly peaceful Ginny.
"He must be in a pretty bad shape if your so worked up." Harry said causing a little bit of weak laughter from his three children.
After another few minutes of silence Ginny said, "No point in sitting around here."
"Shall we go to the beach?" Harry suggested half heartedly.
"Sure." James said equally half heartedly.
"Can I stay here?" Lily asked quietly.
"Of course." Ginny said soothingly.
Harry, Ginny, James, and Albus left leaving Lily alone with Scorpius.
She sat there for a long time. After around an hour she was considering heading to the beach to meet up with her family when Scorpius stirred.
Scorpius
Once again Scorpius had no idea where he was. He groaned when he remembered what had happened.
"Scorpi?" a timid voice said. There was only one person who called him Scorpi.
"Lily!" he croaked as he quickly sat up. "You found me!"
She hurried over to him. "Of course. You think we would leave you there to die!?"
He smiled. "No. I just wasn't sure whether you would get the owl and if you would be able to find the castle."
Lily scoffed. "My dad is the head of the auror office and the minister is one of his closest friends. He can find any legaly built place. All he had to do was apperate the ministry, go to the Department of Magical Realistate and ask where Greengrass Castle was. Then he apparated to Greengrass Castle and brought you here."
"Where exactly is here?"
"Our suite in Normandy." Lily guestered around. "We can afford alot."
"Wicked. I've never been to France."
"Have you been anywhere outside the country?" Lily asked.
Scorpius blushed. "No. My parents never took me anywhere. Speaking of parents, where are yours and James and Albus?"
"They went down to the beach to try and get there mind off how much they were worrying about you." Lily answered truthfuly.
Scorpius blushed again. "They were worried about me?"
"We all were. My mum wanted to kill your parents. She called them, what was it?, oh yes, Malfoy monsters. A bit lame really but, she was angry."
Scorpius laughed and then groaned. It hurt to laugh.
Lily immediatly got worried. "What is it? Are you ok?"
"I'm fine." he assured her. "Just a little sore."
She pursed her lips. "What happened to you?" she asked.
"I'll tell you all at the same time. I don't feel like explaining more then once." Scorpius grumbled.
"Alright Scorpi."
"You know what? I need an awesome nick name for you. You call me Scorpi so, I need something to call you."
"You do don't you."
"Hmm. How about, short stuff?"
"NO! I am not that short!"
"No, of course your not your so tall. How tall are you? Five feet?"
"Five foot one and a half." Lily replied defiantly.
"Oh yes. Incredibly tall for thirteen while I'm absolutely tiny. Only six feet."
Lily through a pillow at him which he doged. "Fine. Not short stuff."
They spent the next few hours brain storming nicknames for Lily. Finaly, they settled on Red even though Lily's hair was more ginger. They both thought Ginger was not suitable for Lily.
"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL US HE WAS AWAKE!?" a soaking wet James called as he burst into the room.
Lily and Scorpius both jumped. They both fell painfuly on to the floor.
"Ow." groaned Scorpius as a new burst of pain enveloped his body.
"Sorry mate." James said helping Scorpius back onto the couch.
"Oh yeah, say sorry to him!" Lily complained getting up.
"What's all that comotion about?" Ginny yelled from somewhere.
"HE'S AWAKE!" James yelled.
Harry, Ginny, and Albus all came rushing into the room all soaking wet.
"Are you ok?" they all asked Scorpius at the same time.
Scorpius blushed. "I'm fine. Thank you." he mumbled. Seeing them all in swim wear and soaking wet had made him realize that they were on holiday and because of him they had been spending a whole day worrying when they should have been having fun. And Lily, Lily had spent most of the day with him waking for him to wake up instead of going to the beach with her family. They weren't suppossed to care about him untill a few weeks later when he came to their house. "I'm really sorry for interupting your holiday. Honestly, I didn't know what else to do. I thought I was going to die!" he could hear the plea for them to understand in his own voice.
Ginny sat down next to him and pulled him into a hug. Scorpius tensed at the contact but, quickly relaxed. He'd never been hugged like this before. In fact, he had never been hugged by anyone but his friends.
Ginny pulled away. "You didn't interupt us at all. You had no choice. We don't care about the timing as long as your all right."
"I'm fine."
"Are you hungry?" she asked him.
Scorpius nodded.
"Even if he isn't I am." James said causing everyone to laugh.
"Me too." Albus agreed. "We are half Weasly after all."
They all decided to eat dinner in the sitting room. Harry called the front desk and ordered some pizza to be sent up to their room.
After dinner the thing Scorpius had been dreading happened.
"Scorpius, could you please explain what happened to you? You were in an extremely bad shape."
"Well, I suppose you already know who did this to me."
They all nodded. "But, why?" James asked.
"I would have thought that was easy enough to figure out." Lily stated.
"What? You know?" Harry asked. "Did he already tell you?"
"No. Its just obvious." Lily turned to Scorpius. "It was the trial wasn't it?"
He nodded slowly.
"See! He testified against his grand father. Your dad must have been furious, Scorpius."
"He was." Scorpius shuddered slightly at the memory. "I-I don't really want to talk about it if that's ok."
"Of course it is." Ginny said calmly. "We just want to know how you ended up at the castle."
"I ran away. I was done with him and my mother. They don't care about me and...and I was scared."
Harry sensed the hesitation. "It's ok to be scared Scorpius. If I was in your place I would have been terrified."
This made Scorpius feel a lot better.
James opened his mouth to ask something but, Lily interupted him. "Shall we play a game? I think we should. Scorpius, do you wannt to come pick one out with me?"
"Sure." They walked out of the room, (Ginny had done very well in healing Scorpius so, he didn't have to drag himself about anymore.), and into the room Lily was staying in. "Thank you." he said gratefuly.
"No problem. James is a complete idiot sometimes. I mean honestly, it was so blatantly obvious that you didn't want to talk about it." Lily smiled at him. "Do you have any swim stuff in that trunk?"
"No. I have money though. I can buy some. Why?"
"Your an idiot too sometimes. We're at the beach Scorpi! What do you think your going to do with out swim stuff."
"You want me to join you guys?"
"You really are dense sometimes. Of course we do. We're not your stupid parents. Now, what game do you want to play?"
Scorpius smiled to himself as they picked out a game.
Lily
Lily was absolutley thrilled to have Scorpius come two weeks early. She wasn't the only on either. James and Albus couldn't have been happier. The four of them had the time of their lives on the beach. Even the family gatherings once they got back to England weren't that bad for Lily.
Minus Rose's obvious atempts to flirt with Scorpius and openly insult Lily, most of the family just ignored her instead if comparing her to people. Actualy, Lily and Scorpius found Rose's flirting comical. They would imitate her in exaggerated ways. Lily had a hilarious impression of Rose batting her long eyelashes and Scorpius would put on a high, squeaky voice and say a common pick up line of Rose's. "Why don't you let Lily spend some time with Frank and come sit with me-I mean us."
That was another thing wrong. Frank was becoming extremely pushy. He always wanted Lily to himself and , though Lily tried to ignore it, making rude comments to Scorpius about his father. One of these made Scorpius so upset that he almost cried.
It was an August night after a family quiditch game. The Potters, Weaslys, Scamanders, and Longbottoms were all having a barbeque at the Potters' house. Scorpius was talking with Albus. Lily decided to sit with Frank for a little. They were sitting on a bench eating hot dogs and corn.
"Lily." he said.
"Hmm?"
"Do you really like me?"
Lily thought for a little. "Yes."
"Good."
Lily watched as Rose walked up to Scorpius and started talking to him. It was a new trick she was trying. She would appear to ignore Scorpius while shooting glances at him to see his reaction. Scorpius just rolled his eyes and walked away.
"We should talk to him." Frank said.
"Yeah." Lily was extremely happy that her boyfriend didn't mind her being friends with another boy.
They walked over and Frank struck up a conversation. Lily wasn't really listen. She was lost in a world of happieness snuggled close to Frank. She was pulled out of her world when she heard Frank laughing and saw Scorpius avert his eyes.
"What? You afraid to go back to your daddy?" Frank taunted. "See, this is why your a stinking Slytherin. Your a wimp."
Anger blazed in Scorpius's eyes but, he didn't say anything.
Frank took a step towards Scorpius who insinctively backed away. "No one wants you here. You know that Malfoy? Your a charity case. It was damn good of the Potter's to take you in." Frank laughed. "It's funny how easy it must have been to beat you up. Isn't it Lily?"
"Lily doesn't think it's funny do you Lily?" Scorpius looked at her pleadingly.
"Of course she does. My girlfriend has my good sense of humor."
Lily didn't know what to do. She didn't want to loose Frankie but, he wasn't right. Her will for Frank over took her mind. "It is a little funny." she said.
Frank laughed. "That look on your face. Oh god, Malfoy that is priceless." Frank punched Scorpius making him fall amd then laughed again.
Lily loved the sound of Frank's laugh. She laughed too. Scorpius got to his feet and ran as fast as he could towards the house. Lily saw him disappear inside and heard the door slam.
"What did I do!?" Lily screamed at herself. The look on Scorpius's face had been one of utmost betrayal. Lily couldn't believe she had done that. She untangled herself from Frank.
"What the hell did we do!?" she shrieked.
"Its not our fault!" he protested. "He just has a rotten sense of humor!"
"Rotten sense of humor!? You-we told him he wasn' wanted! And that he was weak! How is that funny?!"
"You thought it was." he retorted.
"I don't know what I was thinking." Lily moaned.
"Come on my flower." Frank wheedled. "Let's enjoy the evening. Only a few more and then we have to go back to Hogwarts."
"I suppose we should." Lily said relaxing into his arms again.
Scorpius
Scorpius couldn't beleive what Lily just did. He watched from the guest room window as she walked around chatting and smiling with Frank.
"And you love a girl like that." Scorpius thought. "Of course I do! She's Lily!" another part of his brain protested.
"You still lover her?" he asked himself. Then he sighed. Yes, he did still love her.
Part of him couldn't help but wonder if maybe, just maybe Frank was right. He was upset when he couldn't find any evidence to prove otherwise.
"I can't believe it! I'm a charity case!" he thought. "Actually, I can beleive it. Why would they care for me? I'm just an unwanted boy. I am a wimp. Why was it so easy for my dad to hurt me? I'm supposed to be strong. There! That's it. I'm not strong. Stupid Frank is right!"
Scorpius felt like crying. He hadn't realized how late it was untill there was a timid knock on the door.
"Come in."
Lily walked into the room.
"Hi Red." Scorpius said drily. He felt empty.
"Scorpius! I'm really sorry." she gushed. "I didn't mean it. I really didn't!"
"It's alright Red. It's true anyways."
She gasped. "No, it is not true!" she ran over to the bed and hugged him causing him to wince.
Scorpius shook his head. "It is. I know it is. I don't blame you. You should go to bed. We both should."
Lily slowly got up and walked away.
Lily
Scorpius didn't talk about the incedent during the Potters' barbeque so, Lily didn't either. She did however distance herself from Frank. That was a side of him she had never seen before and she didn't like it.
Author's Note: I finaly updated. Sorry, it took so long but, at least it is a super long chapter.
Next up is the mutch awaited chapter in which Lily dumps Frank. Just saying it is probably going to be very short.
Also, I am not getting that many reviews and it makes me sad. :( Tell me whether you like the story or not. Otherwise, I suppose you don't. NO FOLLOWING OR FAVORITING WITHOUT REVIEWING! Seriously, you get virtual cookies if you review!
Lastly, If you guys have any ideas about how Lily can get revenge on Frank after she dumps him. (Not saying how that is going to happen.) Please tell me.
Thanks! R&R
~Lily Luna the Bookworm