5, April 2023 17: 04
Hogwarts: Hospital Wing
"She's sleeping." The elderly Madam Pomfrey informed the small crowd of people in the Hospital Wing.
"I gave her a potion for dreamless sleep. The baby however" the woman's voice caught "the baby has been lost." Ben was sitting shaking in a chair near Rose's bed. How had he not realized something was wrong with her? He had been so intent on getting over her; he'd purposely been spending time with other people, flirting with other girls, staying away from her.
"He's gone. I can't find Albus anywhere." Harry entered saying. "However there's something you should see." He held out a photo album to Ron.
"It's not, it's a bit disturbing" Harry said lamely. Ron took the photo book and began flipping through it, Hermione looking over his shoulder. Halfway through the book Ron got up and left. Lily could hear the sounds of her uncle throwing up.
"I found it under Albus' pillow." Harry said. Hermione's face remained expressionless as she looked through the photos of her daughter. She closed the book and handed it back to Harry.
"What is in the..." Lily began to ask gesturing to the photo album.
"Pictures taken by a very disturbed person." Ron answered coming back into the room, the smell of vomit hovering around him as he wiped his mouth with his sleeve.
"What's going on?" James came bursting into the room followed closely by Elizabeth.
"Al raped Rose repeatedly over two separate occasions and got her pregnant. However she just had a miscarriage and Al's run off" Lily summed everything up for her other brother. James blinked, looking at his sister.
"What?"
"Al did what?" Elizabeth asked, looking not shocked, but thoughtful. Elizabeth knew she should be surprised, but she had seen how Al had gotten about Rose these past few months. Obsessed. She sat down in a chair glancing absentmindedly at the boy sitting next to her. She did a double take. Scorpius Malfoy was sitting in the chair, school uniform covered with blood; with his eyes red rimmed, holding Rose Weasley's hand. Elizabeth's eyes wandered to the welts on the girl's wrists.
"How did you know we were here?" Lily asked, ignoring Elizabeth's questions.
"The M-map" James answered, eyes darting around the room. The adults all looked at James.
"What?" he asked bewildered.
"Give me the map" Harry demanded of his son. James blinked and handed the parchment over to his father. The adults all gathered around it.
"He's not on it." Ginny said eyes scanning the parchment frantically.
"Hogsmeade. He took one of the passageways." Harry dropped the map on the floor, his two best friends and wife following him out the door in search of Al. James hovered around the bed holding his cousin, biting his lip, Elizabeth watching him.
"You know" Elizabeth began to speak; the other teens looked up at her.
"I think, maybe, it might be better, if, well James you look an awful lot like your brother, maybe it would be best if you weren't here when Rose wakes up." Elizabeth said hesitantly not wanting to look at her boyfriend. James glanced at his cousin then looked at Elizabeth.
"You may be right" James admitted. He turned back to the others in the room.
"Keep me updated" The 18 year old left the room followed by his girlfriend. Ben abruptly got up and sprinted out of the room. Lily's eyes followed him; Scorpius didn't move his eyes from Rose. Lily shifted in her seat.
"Err, perhaps I should go check on Ben," Lily's voice trailed off when Scorpius didn't even acknowledge she had spoken.
"Right then," Lily got up and left the room walking into the hall. She had no idea where Ben had gone, but she needed to get out of that room. Someone had vanished the remnants of her uncle's stomach; Lily leaned against the wall breathing heavily, a sob working its way into her throat. She held her hand to her mouth, her mind racing. Why would Al… how… Lily swallowed shaking her head. She didn't understand. The girl made her way to the bathroom. She had just shut the door behind her, missing the person passing behind her, whistling.
"Get away from her."
Scorpius' head snapped up, followed by his body. He stood in front of Rose's bed protectively as Al Potter came in glaring at the blond.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Scorpius snarled holding his wand up in front of him.
"I came to see my Rose and my baby," Al said, holding out his own wand. Scorpius stepped forward.
"She's not yours, you forced yourself on her, she didn't want that, and besides, there is no baby. Not anymore." Scorpius gritted out through his teeth. Al lowered his wand.
"What? Our baby, it's gone?" A look of panic and confusion came over his face.
"Yea, remember earlier before you ran off? The bleeding was that thing being expelled from her body," Scorpius hissed at Albus.
"Scorpius," Rose murmured from the bed. Both boys turned to look at the sleeping girl.
"You see, she doesn't want you," Scorpius said triumphantly, turning back to look at Al.
"You don't know what she wants," Al snarled back making to go around Scorpius. The blond moved to block him.
"Let me see her!" Al screamed, pushing Scorpius to the side. Scorpius hit a chair, then getting up, tackled Al to the ground.
"You are going to stay away from her," Scorpius grunted out the words as he pummeled the boy. Al fought back, kicking and punching.
"Albus Severus!" Both boys halted and turned to see a very angry Harry Potter, glaring at his son.
Harry moved to make his way toward his son as Scorpius got up and stumbled back, sitting on the side of Rose's bed, touching his bruised cheek gently.
"Hey Daddy-O" Al laughed, ignoring the blood running down his face from a cut on his forehead. Harry looked at his second born, feeling nauseous as the pictures his son had in his room, flickered in his memory. Where had he gone wrong? Harry opened his mouth and then closed it, just looking at his laughing son.
"Al, I'm going to have to take you to Azkaban," the sentence increased the sick feeling Harry had in his stomach. Al looked at his father, all laughter gone.
"You are, are you?" Al asked smirking.
"I am," Harry said, closing his eyes and reopening them, summoning up his courage. He knew he had to, after what Al had done to his cousin; he had no other choice, at least until he could figure things out. Right now however, Al was very clearly dangerous to anyone who got between him and Rose.
Lily was wandering down the halls, ignoring all the other students that she passed. Her thoughts were revolving around in her head as everything that she had found out the past few hours crowded in, demanding her attention. She paused, leaning her back against a wall, breathing heavily as tears fought to make their way down her face. Her brother had raped her cousin. Repeatedly and had gotten her pregnant, before her cousin had miscarried.
"Lily," the girl turned to see her brother's friends, Matthew and Alexander, with James and Elizabeth behind them. Ben was standing apart from them, his eyes rimmed red. They all looked at each other, none of them knowing what to say.
"Uncle Harry just arrested Al and took him to Azkaban," Hugo came toward them looking unusually grave. Silence….
