A/N: I don't care anymore... I'm changing the ages!
Teddy Lupin is in his 6th year and Victorie is in her 5th year. James and Louis are still in 2nd year. I'm going to make Molly and Lucy Weasley (Percy and Audrey's daughters) twins, with Molly as about three hours older, and both are in their 3rd years. And if you're upset about me changing this, then stop reading.
"That stupid snake!" Scorpius had never felt so weak and undefended. He had always been there for Scorpius, and now with him gone...
"Maybe it was for the better." Teddy reasoned. "After all, you needed me this whole time to help control him... don't you think that it's better, now that he's gone? You don't have to get me to hold him back from possessing you now..."
"But... he protected me." Scorpius didn't know why he felt so empty. He had cursed his grandfather for making him a horcrux, he had always hated it, hated the voice that always whispered in his mind, and hated that nobody else could hear him.
"Lucius Malfoy always terrified me whenever I went into your mind. I wonder what your mind looks like now that he's gone... his soul presence was always tight around your thoughts, sort of like it was strangling you, but his web was intertwined really deeply... if it suddenly disappeared, your mind might collapse." Teddy frowned. "You're feeling okay, right, Scorpius?"
"Other than I just fell down from the staircase and the only reason I survived was because of you... yeah, I feel greeeeat." Scorpius replied sarcastically.
Teddy sighed. "Why do you have to be so rude?" He asked rhetorically. "I've known you every since you came to Hogwarts... two months. Would it hurt you to be a little nicer?"
Scorpius pretended to think about it. "Yes." He finally said. "It would hurt me to be nicer to you, and I think tolerating you is already good enough for someone like you. And it's not rudeness, it's acting my rank."
"How would it hurt you? Oh, right, you're all ego. It would hurt your ego, I suppose?"
"I don't know what you're talking about."
"Stop bickering." Madame Pomphrey was suddenly behind Teddy, and the old, wrinkled nurse put a hand on her hips. "Honestly, you two were the most unlikely friends. Next thing I know, it'll rain sprinkles and sugar."
"I can arrange that." Scorpius said cheekily.
"None of that cheekiness from you, Mr. Malfoy. Now, Mr. Lupin, would you be so nice as to delve into his mind?"
The blue haired boy nodded. "I was planning on doing that anyways." He swallowed and turned to Scorpius. "Ready?"
Scorpius nodded as Teddy made eye contact.
"LEGILIMENS!"
"What... what is this?"
Ruin.
Was this what a shredded mind looked like? Webs of thought hung onto each other as lifelines, barely surviving. How could such a place exist? Everything looked like it was on the verge of collapse. Shredded bits of unidentified things lay on the ground.
If this is what his central mind looks like... what about his mindscape?
Teddy ran forwards, and approached a thin, scraggly looking shack. "This can't be happening..." He muttered as he approached it and carefully opened the door.
A wand floated in the middle of the room, and the bare, broken walls were lined with thin, muggle birthday cake candles. A few books had collapsed onto the floor, but they were skeletons, as though they had been half burned then declared too unimportant to completely destroy.
What happened to that stuck up castle that I always hated seeing? Teddy wondered. Even if I hate the guy, I wouldn't wish this type of mindscape on anybody...
A mindscape was the core of a person. It was that person's will, everything that they stood for... Teddy's own mindscape was a giant chess board, made out of black and dark gray or white and light beige photos. His mindscape focused on his memories, his loyalties, and his logical way of thinking things through.
Could do great in Ravenclaw...
Why was he even thinking about his house at such a time? Besides, I'm a Gryffindor.
Teddy never forgot a mindscape. To forget a mindscape was like telling someone that they didn't matter, that they were worthless, and Teddy would never do something unforgivable like that.
Scorpius'... it had been a grand, majestic castle that broke all the limits, it went even higher that the sky. The grand, book lined shelves had thick, medival-style torches protruding out of them, with a brilliant golden flame. Wands danced around every corner, levitating old spell books and random household objects (a child's scrawled bit of art, a fake wand that turned into a chicken when Teddy had touched it, curious about a wand levitating a wand).
Now... it had been reduced to this? A bare, unstable shack?
I need to talk to Albus about the snake...
...But that would mean revealing that he was Scorpius' friend. And to do that would mean being shunned and thought as a traitor by all of Gryffindor. Do I really want to do this for Malfoy? Teddy stared at the small shack and shook his head. What kind of friend would I be if I didn't?
"Albus..." Teddy ran forwards and grabbed Albus' wrist. It's now or never. "Um... I wanted to talk to you about... something..."
The dark haired boy turned around and tilted his head to the side. "What is it?"
"Um... your snake... it's a basilisk, right?"
"What are you talking abo-"
"It's okay. I know about it. I don't care whether you're a parseltongue or not... I'm friends with Scorpius, after all. But anyways... I need you and your snake to come to the Hospital Wing... after classes, okay? 4:00pm on Thursday."
"Wha-"
"See you there!" Teddy ran off to the Hospital Wing, and stopped when he reached Scorpius' bed. "How is he?" The blue haired boy asked Victorie.
The girl hesitated for a second, then gave Teddy a shaky, slightly scared smile. "I'm trying to repair his mind, but I need some help. I need a basilisk, and fast, or else Scorpius' mind will never return to normal..."
A/N: Dun dun dun! What do you think of my attempt at a cliffhanger? Sucky? Okay, fine... (pouts)
