A/N: I was glad that everyone enjoyed the last chapter so much. Thanks to everyone who left a review. Sorry it has taken so long to update but a bunch of things came up.

Hugo Weasley: Rose's younger brother

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter

Hugo knew he should leave the job of threatening people up to the other more intimidating members of his family.

"Louis! I need your help!" Hugo exclaimed, as he rushed into the place he always went to when he had a problem: the library.

"Help with what?" Louis asked, looking up from the book he had been reading.

"Warning Malfoy off my sister!"

"Don't you think Albus would be better suited for that?"

"Albus is still mad at Rose."

"What about Lily?"

"Lily! It can't be Lily, she's a girl." Hugo protested.

"So?"

"So? So it has to be an intimidating guy who gives the warning! "

"But you're not intimidating." Louis pointed out.

"That's only because I've never had to be intimidating before. Anyways, my mom always says the key to success for any occasion is preparation and practice, so I just need to prepare what I want to say to Malfoy and then I'll be all set."

"Hmmm. Well I suppose we could always draft some speaking points." Louis said.

45 Minutes Later

"Excellent! Now we're all set to go and confront Malfoy."

"We?" asked Louis.

"Yes we. I need you for back-up Louis."

"I think I'll pass."

"Pass? You can't just pass! This is my sister's honour at stake."

"Your sister. Therefore it's your responsibility."

"I cannot believe you! I never thought I'd say this to you Louis, but you're a coward."

"That's okay. I don't mind."

"You don't mind! How can you not mind?" Hugo asked indignantly.

"I'm a Ravenclaw. I appreciate the value of self-preservation."

"I'm a Ravenclaw too!"

"Yeah, but you're also a wannabe Gryffindor. As Ravenclaws our talents lie in solving puzzles and accumulating knowledge, not confronting people. You should accept the house you've been sorted into Hugh."

"Just because I'm a Ravenclaw doesn't mean I'm a nerdy wimp."

"No one said you were. It's just good sense though to not go and pick a fight with a guy who is four years older than you and twice your size."

"Hmmmph. Well fine. Next time you need help with something like this I'm going to say NO!"

"That's okay. I wouldn't ask for your help for something like this. I would ask Teddy or James or Fred…"

Hugo left as Louis began to list off all the people whose help he would prefer over his. Stupid tosser. He would show him.


"Hey Malfoy! I want to talk to you!" Hugo said in his most authoritative voice.

Malfoy and his mates all turned to look at Hugo from where they had been standing and talking in the hallway.

"Sure. You guys go on ahead, I'll meet up with you later." Malfoy said to his friends, giving them a wave before walking over to Hugo.

"So what is it you want to talk to me about?" Malfoy asked.

"Well you may not know who I am but—"

"I know who you are." Malfoy said, interrupting Hugo "You're Rose's brother Hugo. She talks about you all the time."

"Really what does she say about—I mean good, it's good that you know who I am."

"Yeah, I was actually hoping that I would get a chance to introduce myself to you sometime. Scorpius Malfoy." Malfoy said, holding out his hand for Hugo to shake.

Hugo put out his hand to shake Malfoy's, but then at the last moment pulled it back when he remembered that he was supposed to be threatening him. Malfoy was the enemy, not his friend.

"We're not friends Malfoy." Hugo said, pointing his finger at Malfoy.

"I never said we were?" Malfoy said, giving Hugo a confused look, "It would be nice though if we could be friends considering I'm dating your sister." He added in.

"Now listen here Malfoy—wait, you want to be friends with me? That's not what you're supposed to say."

"What was I supposed to say?" Malfoy asked.

"You're supposed to insult me or say something nasty about how you hate all Weasleys." Hugo said accusingly.

"Uh, sorry? You know I think we might have gotten off on the wrong foot and maybe we should just start over again—"

"Start over again? Yes that's a great idea! Alright, now listen here Malfoy I'm here to warn you off my sister. I don't approve of your relationship with her and personally I think you're a smarmy git and…and…umm, can you wait just hold on a second?" Hugo said halting in order to desperately scrounge around in his bag for the copy of the script he and Louis had drafted.

So far things were not going exactly as Hugo had planned. It was a lot more difficult to threaten someone in real life then it was to practice doing it in front of your mirror. Malfoy telling Hugo he wanted to be friends had not been included in any of the scenarios he and Louis had considered, and had completely thrown Hugo off track. Plus know that he had actually met Malfoy Hugo wasn't actually sure that Malfoy was a smarmy git. Focus Hugo thought to himself. This was a Malfoy he was dealing with. They were sneaky and deceptive, and probably masters at pretending to be really nice guys.

"Aha!" Hugo exclaimed in triumph as he finally found the piece of paper he had been looking for in his bag.

"Alright, now listen here Malfoy," Hugo began to read off the paper "I'm here to warn you off my sister. I don't approve of your relationship with her and personally I think you're a smarmy git and nowhere near good enough for her. And—"

"Can I interrupt you for a moment?" Malfoy, said holding up his hand.

Hugo nodded his head.

"This whole 'thing'," Scorpius said, waving his hands around, "It's because you want to threaten me and make sure I never do anything to hurt your sister right?"

Hugo nodded again.

"Let me be honest with you Hugo, this setup just isn't very intimidating." Scorpius said.

"But Louis and I we did research on how to intimidate you and even wrote a script." Hugo said in disappointment.

"Yes, well I think that might be part of the problem. I don't think this is really the type of thing you can learn how to do from books."

"I know that the start wasn't very good," Hugo said desperately "But I really think we have some better stuff later on."

Hugo shoved the script into Malfoy's hands so he could see the rest of it.

Malfoy looked over the paper quickly and then sighed.

"No, this still isn't very good. I mean like here," Malfoy said pointing towards the end of the script "Saying that you're going to hex someone off the planet it's kind of melodramatic and just isn't very scary."

"Oh," Hugo said in disappointment.

"Can I give you some advice Hugo? This whole thing just started off on the wrong foot. I mean you started off asking me if I knew who you were. If you want to intimidate somebody you don't ask if they know who you are, you tell them who you are. And then reading off a paper, that just isn't very intimidating."

"I only did that because I forgot what I was going to say!" Hugo protested.

"And then you need to work on your threats." Malfoy continued, "Instead of saying that you're going to hex me off the planet, you should say something like you're going to push me into an oven and have my house elf serve me for dinner to my parents."

Hugo considered what Malfoy said. "Hmmm. So you're saying that in order to intimidate you I need to introduce myself to you with confidence, fully memorize what I want to say, and work on the imagery for my threats."

"Well that would make things a bit better but I still don't think that—"

"Do you mind if I go and practice what you said and then come back and threaten you after dinner?" Hugo asked hopefully.

"Uhh, sure, but I think that you're misunderstanding what I'm trying—"

"Great!" Hugo exclaimed in excitement, and then ran off, eager to go to his room and put the advice Malfoy had given him to use. Malfoy's advice was way better than any of the advice Louis had given him. Ha! He'd stick that to Louis when they met for Gobstones Club tonight.

Gobstones Club!

"MALFOY!" Hugo yelled as he turned around and began to run back towards Malfoy.

"I have Gobstones Club after dinner so can I meet you at seven o'clock instead?"

"Sure. Whatever you want." Malfoy said.

"Thanks, and I just wanted to say this advice you've given me is going to be a great help. I'll see you at seven then!"


Before the wedding Hugo's dad had taken Scorpius aside in order to tell him exactly what would happen if he ever did anything to hurt Rose. So had Uncle Harry. And James. And Fred. And Albus. And Uncle Bill. And Uncle George. And Grandpa Weasley. And Aunt Ginny. And Lily. Heck, even his cousin Molly, who never had a bad thing to say about anyone, had probably taken Scorpius aside to tell him exactly what would happen if he messed this up and hurt their dear Rosie.

Just for good measure though, Hugo pulled Scorpius aside and said "If you mess this up I'm going to push you into an oven and have your house elf serve you for dinner to your parents."


Preview for next chapter (Albus Potter): Albus knew that apparently he didn't know anything.