Chapter 9

"Did you hear?" "Did you hear?" That was all Albus heard anyone talking about – Lisa Brown was in the hospital wing with "MUDBLOOD" written across her forehead. The teachers had taken them all aside for a lesson on prejudice and bullying but it was increasingly uncomfortable for Albus as his Father's name was mentioned often and he felt like everyone was staring at him. He should go talk to James, they should ask their Dad – he would know what to do about this.

James was sitting in the common room, just thinking. Thinking about what Ria had said – did he really get treated differently? Did he really receive special treatment? When he noticed Albus coming up to him James pushed all his feelings aside and said

"What's up little bro?" in a who cares attitude.

"I think we should tell Mom and Dad." Albus said bluntly and without preamble.

"About what? The hospital thing?" James asked him and Albus nodded his head. James generally had an aversion to telling authority figures anything truthful but this was actually a very serious issue and his father would definitely be able to help. But then again, maybe what Ria had said was true (why couldn't that girl stay out of his head?) maybe he did rely on his Father's status too much.

"No." He told Albus. "We'll deal with it ourselves."

"I really think we should tell our parents" said Albus with a stern voice. James knew he was probably right, but he had made up his mind and he wasn't going to change it.

"Listen, Albus sometime you're going to have to man up and do things for yourself. What do you think we've been practicing duelling for? You're always so shy and scared all the time. Grow up a little!" James knew these words would sting Albus, and as soon as he said them he wished he could take them back. But he couldn't and the words hung there, heavy in the air.

"Fine." Albus replied coolly and walked off, but James saw the look of hurt that had flashed across his face.

"Why would you say those things to Rose?" Scorpius exploded to Jenn that evening in their common room.

"I was just trying to help." Jenn replied in a falsely sweet voice. "I mean you have to let her know you like her sometime. " She said that almost bitterly but Scorpius barely noticed as he was so caught up in thoughts of Rose.

"But you made it sound like, I was insulting her and now she won't talk to me. " Scorpius accused her.

"Oh did I? Oh well." Jenn then pulled on his arm and said "Now come with me – we're going somewhere."

"Now?" Scorpius asked with a groan.

"Yes, now hurry up – it's important!"

"Why am I friends with you again?" Scorpius asked in a sarcastic tone.

Jenn just stuck out her tongue at him.

James was sitting on his four poster bed (it had the initials H.P. scratched into the headboard) and was scanning the Mauraders map. He was not – he told himself sternly – looking to see where Ria was, he was just wasting time really. James noticed that a group of about nine dots were headed towards the trophy room which was usually unoccupied, and upon closer inspection realized that most of the names he recognized as pureblood Slytherins. They could not be up to any good.

Jame's thoughts started to race at this new development. This could possibly be the reason behind the muggle-born girl in the hospital wing. At the very least he should go check it out.

James ran into the common room and looked for any Weasleys that he could find, he quickly spotted Roxanne, Albus, Rose and Albus' friend Abby. He quickly explained to them about the Slytherin gathering and they agreed to go check it out. Albus was the first to respond and James supposed that his talk had really gotten to him.

They decided that James and Roxanne would go first under the invisibility cloak since they were oldest and that Albus, Rose and Abby would stay a bit behind as back-up and if James needed them he would call out "Gryffindor!"

"Alright, let's go, I know a shortcut but we still need to hurry."

"Where are you taking me?" Scorpius whined.

"Just hold on we'll be there in a second." Jenn replied as she led him towards the Trophy room. Scorpius thought that it was rather odd they were going here – did Jenn win a trophy or something? She opened the door but had a bit of trouble closing it, and Scorpius could swear he thought he heard a voice exclaim "Ow, my toe!" But Jenn was already moving into the room and there was no time to investigate. He realized that they were not alone in the room.

There were about five other Slytherins in the room, the oldest of which was a chubby third year boy who was glaring at them all menacingly. His name was Nott something – Henry Nott if Scorpius remembered correctly.

"Nice of you to join us," he sneered at them sarcastically. Jenn blushed and sat down on the floor with the others and gestured for Scorpius to do the same. "Now that we are all here, we can begin our first official meeting of the P.B.U. – Pure Bloods United."

Scorpius looked over at Jenn in horror "A pureblood supremacist group? Why would you take me here?" he hissed at her.

"It's time for you to accept your roots." She whispered back to him.

"Not like this! What about that girl in the hospital wing?" he shot back at her.

Jenn looked slightly nervous at that "That was just a mistake." She replied uneasily.

"A mistake!" Scorpius said angrily his voice much louder now. "She had the word Mudblood tattooed across her fore-" Scorpius was cut off by a very loud cry of "GRYFFINDOR!" and a commotion in the corner as two people appeared out of nowhere and three more people appeared in the doorway. That's when chaos broke loose with spells flying everywhere and bouncing off of shiny silver and gold trophies. Everything was loud, with shouts and the pinging of spells hitting trophies.

Scorpius stood up to get out of there and came face to face with Rose Weasley, who had a look on her face of such anger and betrayal it caused him to take a step backwards. Scorpius opened his mouth to explain, when a vicious cry of "Impendimenta!" issued from fiery Rose Weasley cut him off. He was definitely in trouble with her.

A/N – I hope you are enjoying my story and the next chapter will be up very soon. Only two chapters left! I`ll love you if you review!