As scorpius and Rose approached the end of the passageway, toward the entrance of the whomping willow, Scorpius turned to her. "We need to figure out what we're going to do," he said.

"Well isn't that obvious?" Rose said hastily, "we go straight to Professor Mcgonagall and tell her what we heard."

"First off, do you know how much trouble we will be in for going down to the shrieking shack? "

Rose gulped. She was a perfect student, and not getting in trouble was one of her biggest priorities.

"First, let's find Albus," Scorpius said. "Then we can all figure out what we'll do."

"Okay," Rose said, unsure.

As they left the hole of the whomping willow, they didn't need to look for Albus. He was there, and he wasn't alone.

Hugo and Lily Luna Potter were looking angry, arguing with Albus.

"What are you all doing here?" Rose exclaimed, confused.

"We saw you sneak off," Hugo said, "and when we saw Scorpius do the same, we went to find you." He had said Scorpius's name with a tone of disdain, as though it were a nasty word that he would rather not say.

"I tried to stop them," Albus said.

"That's not important right now," Scorpius said, grabbing Rose by the hand and going toward the group.

For a moment, he realized that he was the only one out of this group of five that wasn't related. It made him feel like even more of an outsider than he usually felt - but he was glad he wasn't related to Rose.

Scorpius pulled on Albus's robes, "Delphi. Delphi is back," he whispered.

"No," Albus said, the color draining from his face. "That's impossible. No." He took a long look at Scorpius. They trusted each other more than anyone in this world. They were best friends, and they had never had a reason to distrust each other. Albus seemed to take some time to process the information, realizing that Scorpius would never lie to him.

They were interrupted by Hugo and Lily. Hugo was yelling, "Scorpius! What the hell did you do to Rose?"

Scorpius glanced at Rose, her face was all screwed up as though she were about to start crying.

"Look," Scorpius said, "I didn't do anything to her."

"Yeah right," Hugo got close up to him, brandishing his wand in his face. Scorpius sneered and let out a laugh. The sight of this kid trying to intimidate him was hardly threatening.

"I didn't do anything to Rose," Scorpius said calmly. "And there's something important we need to talk about." Rose and Albus were standing on either side of him now. "Will you two give the three of us a moment to talk, please?" He said. He was surprised at how cool he sounded.

"Whatever, Malfoy," Hugo said, huffing away to go stand with Lily, who was looking confused a few yards off.

Scorpius was surprised at how easily Hugo had left them to talk.

Scorpius, Albus and Rose all turned toward each other, huddled in a circle. "Are you sure it was Delphi?" Albus asked, urgency and fear in his voice.

"Yes," Scorpius replied. "It was definitely her."

"What did you hear?" Albus asked.

"It sounded like..." Rose said. "It sounded like she was trying to fix something. She sounded angry."

Albus's face became dark as he looked at the two of them. "You don't think..." He began. "You don't think she has a time-turner, do you?"

"No way," Scorpius said. "They destroyed the time-turner."

"Yeah, but... First off, how the bloody hell is she here, she's supposed to be locked up in Azkaban! And why would she be hiding out in the shrieking shack?" Albus paused. "Should we tell someone? Moreover - who should we tell?" He asked.

Hugo and Lily were walking back toward them. "Should we tell them?" Rose asked.

"No," Scorpius and Albus said in unison.

"We shouldn't scare them," Albus said.

"Yeah, let's just let them think I've been kidnapping Rose and doing horrible things to her," Scorpius laughed coldly.

"No," Rose said softly. "They know you're okay." She assured him. She reached her soft hand and brushed the tips of her slender fingers down his cheek. "I don't know why our dates keep getting ruined," she said with a laugh.

"Sorry to break up the love fest," Albus said. "Really, I am. But, we should get going." Professor Longbottom was walking toward them. All five of them saw him coming in the distance and began to hurry back toward the castle. Professor Longbottom tended to be especially easy on them, and he didn't stop them as they ran.

Authors Note: Thank you so much for reading this far! It really means a lot to me. This is my first attempt at writing fanfiction, so any comments and feedback would be incredibly appreciated! And if you feel so inclined, all the stars and comments would make my day! Thank you! I'll keep updating this regularly.