Nearing closer to midnight, Albus began to stir. Continuing to regain some strength, he immediately began to start apologizing for getting Hugo involved.
"I'm so entirely sorry, Rose. He told me and James to watch out for you and when we saw you crying and screaming at him, we assumed the worst and we … we just went after him. James, I didn't even know he KNEW those spells. He must have thought that the first didn't hit him, so threw the second, which hit Hugo. Scorpius was knocked unconscious at one point but --"
"ALBUS! JUST STOP IT OKAY!" Rose yelled feeling the tears stinging her eyes again. "You were just trying to protect me. I'm not mad at you. I just want to forget about it. Go back to sleep, you need some rest."
He did just as his cousin wished and drifted silently back into his own dreamland. Soon, Rose rested her own head on the bedside table next to Hugo, and gently glided her own self into troubled dreams.
There she was, a vision in lilac standing in the Entrance Hall, ready to enter the Enchanted Ball on New Years Eve. The only thing stopping her was that she had to wait for her dates' arrival; Scorpius Malfoy. It seemed to be getting a little crowded and Scorpius was no where in sight.
"All students attending the Enchanted Ball, please find your escorts and enter the Great Hall immediately," Headmistress McGonagall spoke.
Rose was now deeper in panic then she was before. She had to find him or she wouldn't be allowed into the ball! Searching high and low, left and right for Scorpius was getting easier as her fellow students made their way into the Great Hall.
Finally, she spotted Scorpius standing just outside the Great Hall and began to make her way over to him with a pleasant smile on her face. He looked as if he was alone until the crowd thinned evermore and soon she realized that he was not as alone as she believed.
There to his right, stood a tall, blond man with a receding hairline with a smug grin on his face; a face she knew to be that of his father, Draco Malfoy. To his left was someone else Rose instantly recognized and was the last person she'd ever expect to see him with; Twilight.
Draco took a step forward and gave a malevolent grin to Rose. "You really thought I would let MY son go to the ball with YOU?! Hahahaha! You must have inherited your fathers' wit. I know you were informed that he was far better then you!"
Scorpius gave a distant smile as he said, "My father is right. You are most definitely not good enough for me, but Twilight here is." He pulled her close to him and kissed her hard on the mouth. Once the improbable pair broke apart, he led Twilight by the hand into the Great Hall.
Rose stood there absolutely stunned, unsure of what to do or say, practically in a trance until Mr. Malfoy interrupted.
"I'm warning you. Stay away from my son."
She woke in a start still in the chair beside her brother. Startled from her dream, she kissed her brothers forehead and quickly left the infirmary.