Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter and probably never will.
AN: Ok, I said I would update soon. Is this soon enough? I hope so. I originally had the whole plot for the next few chapters planned from the beginning, so I thought that typing this out would have been a breeze, but after I went through the points again, realised that it actually wouldn't work, so I had to come up with another plot which is why this post is coming at a later timing. Alright, hope you enjoy the story then:)
Huge paragraph of italics is for what Allison saw. The other bits of italics are for thoughts, or sounds.
hpswst101: To reply the question in your review, I think it should be the end of the beginning, since Scorpius hasn't actually gotten together with Rose and probably won't until the end. Thanks for reviewing:) Hope you enjoy the story:)
101-silentwhispers: Wow, you actually liked the fact that Allison was evil. You are morbid. I'm sad to say that there won't be any Lysander bashing in this story as much as I will like to and I don't plan on including any bashing for him (except if you do feel strongly for it, I can give him a tiny humiliating scene at the epilogue. Hee hee) He's really not that bad. Allison's worse. And yeah, the antagonist of the story has been transfered to Allison. So please direct your curses towards her. Got a feeling your morbidness is going to go crazy with this chapter. Though you may find the revenge plot rather weird. Anyway, thanks for the review and hope you enjoy the story!:)
blarbraXD: Have to say, I agree with you. Allison. Is. Evil. And I think everyone agrees on that. Thanks for the review. I hope you enjoy this chapter, because you are going to be seeing more of Allison's evil and I'm frankly not sure if you would like it. Still, thanks:)
Cookie-Dough-Always: Oh no. I'm not sure if you are going to like this chapter, but I seriously hope so because Allison does find out Scorpius like Rose. And thanks for the review, I really appreaciate it. Hope you enjoyed the story and will continue to enjoy it. I promise, scorpius and Rose will definitely have a happy ending.
Chapter 10: Troubles of Polyjuice and truth
Scorpius looked up from his pillow for a few moments before burying his face with a sigh. Albus watched him, disgruntled.
"Scorpius, I'm really tempted to throw my quill at you. Will you stop sighing for heaven's sake! You're making me real irritated here, and the only thing I'm doing is dreaming of what we're going to have for breakfast tomorrow!"
"Then stop listening to me sigh," he replied, his face still facing the pillow.
"What's the problem this time?"
Albus was fed up with playing the match maker. For heaven's sake, he was a guy, what did he know about relationships? So why on earth was he the one stuck with the chore of giving advice? He didn't see Sarah telling Rose to do anything, and she was a girl!
Albus reminded himself, the only reason why he had to be the cupid was because the two people who happened to be involved, happened to be his best friend and his cousin. He shook his head, sometimes, he just hated his life.
"I just broke up with Posse."
Scorpius said and Albus felt a huge question mark hovering above his head. Wasn't it a good thing that Scorpius had broken up with Posse? Now he was free to date whoever he wanted, which in this case was Rose, seeing that she was single as well.
"Isn't that a good thing?"
Scorpius flashed him a murderous glare.
"How can you call that a good thing? Now I'm not sure if I should go after Rose or if I should just sit down and do nothing and wait for the ladies to pounce on me!"
"Oh, so that is the problem," Albus said. "Isn't the solution simple? Go after Rose and tell her that you love her!"
Albus couldn't believe that Scorpius could be such an idiot seeing how much experience he had with getting girlfriends.
"Yeah, right. So I'm supposed to march up to her dormitory and say those three words and expect her to say something like 'I love you too'," Scorpius rolled his eyes.
"Well, yah, what's the problem with that?" Albus shrugged. He couldn't see why Scorpius was so reluctant to do it.
"What if she doesn't like me, most of the girls would swoon or stuff like that. She doesn't act like that and I don't know if she likes me that way," Scorpius grumbled.
"You won't know if you don't try."
"And if she doesn't, then? Try again? I think there's a higher chance that Rose would personally hex me out of her sight."
"I'm sure she likes you. I say you should just go ahead and confess to her."
"And if she does say that she likes me? What next? You expect us to kiss or walk to the classes hand in hand or something?" Scorpius exclaimed.
"Just do what you normally do with your girlfriends. You have more experience than me you know. I only have Sarah, you have countless," Albus pointed out with a shrug of his shoulder.
"Yah, countless. But those are different. I don't know what to do when it comes to a real relationship."
"Maybe you can ask her out for dinner or something like that. I mean that's like the Primary step to dating, isn't that what you said when I first asked you for tips to going out with Sarah?"
"Who knew I would actually need you to give me that same piece of advice in the future?"Scorpius said in a somewhat lighter tone.
"Thing is, Sarah and I, we got together in the end, didn't we? I'm pretty sure yours will go well. But nothing can happen if you don't bother to do a single thing!"
Albus got up to Scorpius's bedside and pulled his friend up by the sleeve of his robe.
"I know I ain't the best adviser for this kind of thing, but I know that lazing in bed is definitely not going to help you anyway."
Scorpius rose from the bed slightly, pausing momentarily to reconsider his options.
"You know what Albus, I think you're right. I'm going to find Rose right now," he stated confidently before shifting his attention to his wrist. "Just one more thing."
"Yeah?" asked Albus, his face was glowing knowing that Scorpius was finally going to have a heart to heart talk with Rose and alas, he could get back to his reveries of food and quidditch with no more worries about the duo.
"Could you like please let go of my wrist?"
***
Ten minutes had passed and Rose hadn't stepped out of the girl's dormitory. Scorpius looked around, his heart racing anxiously as he pressed his back against the wall. If she wasn't out in two minutes, he was going to bolt, his wary posture and fidgeting had caught the attention of several girls and he wanted his confession to be a private one, not one which was well broadcasted. In addition, he had Transfiguration lessons in the next ten minutes, and he wasn't about to risk being late.
He briefly debated on whether he should step in and ask if Rose was still in her room but he finally decided that it would only drag more attention to his actions and he wanted to avoid that.
He started pacing outside the dormitory again.
"Hey, you need any help, Scorpius?" a girl named Aurelia asked him.
"Looking for Posse," he lied quickly.
"Oh, you missed her, she left ages ago."
"Oh thanks."
Scorpius thanked Aurelia and pretended to head down the stairs. Once he was sure Aurelia was gone, he went back up and resumed his post beside the pillar. If only Rose could hurry up. The waiting was getting agonising for him. Not to mention that there was a familiar nagging in his mind that was telling him to scoot and vanish and Scorpius certainly wouldn't mind doing so.
After what seemed like eternity, a slim familiar figure stepped out of the doorway hastily and turned towards the stairs.
"Rose!" he called.
She whipped her head around and shot him a sheepish grin.
"Oh hi. I've got Charms lesson in like five minutes. Talk to you later. Is that fine?"
Scorpius bit his lip, he didn't want Rose to be late for her class and neither did he want to be late for his, but he was afraid that if he postponed the conversation till later, he wouldn't have the guts to say it.
"I have Transfiguration too in five minutes as well but this is really important and I promise I'll be really quick."
Rose shrugged shooting Scorpius a baffled look.
"What's all this about?"
Scorpius opened his mouth and was about to speak when he realised that he was clueless on how to drop the bombshell.
"Err… I don't know how to say it."
How smooth, he thought darkly and cleared his throat once more.
"It's going to be a little awkward," he grimaced.
"Stop beating around the bush, Scorpius." There was a small laugh playing at the tip of Rose's mouth, but Scorpius wasn't sure it would still be lingering after she heard what he said.
"Rose, I… think I like you."
***
Had Allison just conveniently forget about getting her textbook for Transfiguration class, she would have missed the whole confession. But no, her conscience had been bugging her the whole day and she had finally relented, with much reluctance. She had slipped into the girl's dormitory, and was about to get out when she spotted Scorpius lingering outside the room calling out to stop Rose. And then, she heard Scorpius confess that he liked her a few moments later.
Now, she wasn't sure she was pleased or not.
Sure, she now knew who was the girl who had stolen Scorpius's heart and could happily start plotting her revenge. But it saddened her to realise that all this time, Scorpius probably never liked her. She could tell from the anxiety Scorpius was portraying as he waited for Rose's response. Allison was sure Scorpius had never acted that way around her before.
She continued to watch them.
"What did you just say?" there was disbelief in Rose's voice.
"I don't know Rose. I think I like you."
Scorpius planted his gaze on his floor, refusing to look up and his face was the colour of ripe tomatoes. He was clearly embarrassed about what he had just said and Rose looked like she felt the same way as well.
"Scorpius…" Rose said after a while before breaking off.
"I was wondering if you would go out with me for lunch tomorrow," Scorpius blurted.
There was another awkward pause as Scorpius shut his eyes and clenched his fists while Rose remained staring at him.
"I don't know Scorpius. This is kind of sudden for me. I just broke up with Lysander, I'm not sure about this."
"Oh, ok. I get it." Disappointment was visibly written all over Scorpius's face as he nodded.
"I need time to think about it. And now isn't really the best time. We're late for our classes and we should be going right now."
"Yah, I understand. I'll give you some time to think about it. But it'll be nice if you let me know your response before ten at night."
"Yeah, sure. Erm… see you later," Rose hurried down the stairs and Scorpius's gaze trailed her for a while, then he decided to follow suit, disappearing from the corridors.
Allison swallowed the whole scene in. It took quite a bit of will for her to not burst out from behind the doors, hexing the both of them. It was tempting, but she held back. She didn't want them to know she had overheard. That would have ruined the whole point of her revenge. She was going to make sure that Rose paid for everything and Scorpius came crawling back to her.
She had a plan.
***
One hour. That was all she had. And frankly, it was all she needed.
Her revenge would be short and sweet, for her that was, unfortunately, not so for the victims. Allison couldn't resist a cackle as she imagined the amount of hurt she would have brought to the two.
They deserved it. For everything they did. Allison rubbed her hands in glee and picked up the golden goblet that sat in front of her desk.
It had been a birthday present from Scorpius to her during sixth grade and she would drink from it occasionally when there was a huge occasion. It made her feel royal, as though she was a princess and Allison was rather pleased that the goblet would be playing a role in her sweet little revenge. It was just going to be a minor role but still, it thrilled her that something Scorpius gave her would be used to deal with him.
Sweet.
A light brown liquid swirled in the goblet as she placed it to her lips. A sweet smell of roses rose to her nose and she took in the aroma with distaste. It was a Polyjuice Potion, brewed to turn her into a replica of Rose.
It would have taken her days, weeks or even months to have brewed it, and she probably wouldn't even have the know how to do it, so she came up with a simpler solution. She nicked it from her Potions master's cabinet while he wasn't around and had added a strand of Rose's auburn locks into it later on in the day. This way, there was no way anything could have gone wrong with the Potion. And she was sure that the strand of hair she had personally plucked from Rose's scalp didn't belong to a non-human, unless Rose had some other secret.
She felt the liquid trickle down her throat and a strange tingly sensation before her image changed and she found herself to be Rose. She grinned. Part one had been a success.
Now for part two.
Allison trudged out of the girls dormitory. She had fed Rose a sleeping potion so she wouldn't interfere with her plans for the next one hour and now all she had to do was find Scorpius… and a hot guy.
She strolled around Scorpius's favourite haunts and spotted him at a corner of the library.
Perfect, she thought.
He hadn't spotted her yet, and that was the way Allison wanted. Where was the fun if he saw her now? It would seem too fake and he would immediately sense a ploy in it. No, she was going to pretend to be sneaky, when the only thing she had in mind was to play a seductress and let Scorpius be the poor bystander.
She looked around for a possible target to lay her plan on. It was a good thing Rose was fairly attractive, she thought. If she had been nasty looking, that part of the plan would not have been easy. But then again, Scorpius would not have been attracted to her. Oh, never mind, Allison sighed and resumed her search.
At that moment, Craig bumped into her.
"Hey! Watch it!" he scorned.
Allison smirked, and let a seductive smile rise from her lips.
"Hey Craig, what are you doing today?" she blinked her eyelashes and edged closer towards him.
"Aren't you that goody two shoes, Rose?" Craig asked. "What are you doing?"
"Nothing. Besides, you haven't answered my question, why should I answer yours?" Allison flirted and placed her arm on Craig's sleeve.
"Dude, this is so weird. I never knew you were like this in real life. Always thought you were that namby-pamby little girl who had her head stuck in books."
"Shows to see you should never judge a book by its cover."
Allison laughed and Craig a crooked grin appeared on his face.
"Yeah. So what do you want from me?" he queried. "Girls like you don't behave like this for no rhyme or reason."
"Hmm… don't know. Just want to get back at that miser Scorpius, cheated me out of a relationship. Said he would bring me out for dinner, never did come. Feeling kind of down right now, and I could seriously use some company," Allison said.
"Scorpius, that jerk. Well, he tried to attack me during Divination class with his wand. Albus stopped him though. But I still want to get back at him as well. What do you want to do?"
"Just don't tell anyone about our meeting," she cooed and ran a finger across his jaw.
He rose his eyebrows and she smirked.
She reached her arms out tucking them underneath his and pulled him towards her so that their lips met in a tight, passionate kiss.
She held on to him, her nails digging into his skin, her tongue urging his, so that that he wouldn't back away too soon. The plan wouldn't work if it lasted too short.
She kept her ears on alert for any sign that Scorpius had witnessed everything because frankly, she wasn't in the mood to kiss any guy right then and she was sure that by now, she knew every part of Craig's mouth. It was getting boring.
After she was sure she heard a 'thump' or a gasp, she released herself from Craig and turned around.
Indeed, Scorpius was spotted them. In fact, he was staring so hard, Allison was sure his eyeballs were about to pop out of their sockets. The book in his hand had landed on the floor and he had made no attempt to pick it up or do anything else, but stare at her.
Allison could see that Scorpius's fists were trembling, and the gobsmacked expression had faded into a thunderous one.
Allison feigned shock and shrieked.
"Scorpius!"
He slammed his fist down on a shelf and stormed away, his thunderous expression still present. And Allison could see what it clearly stated, Scorpius was furious with Rose, and her plan had succeeded.
Allison allowed a tiny smirk to appear on her face.
Part two of the revenge, complete.
How many people are really furious with me now? (See a couple of hands waving like crazy in the crowd) Oh dear. Did you get the last part of the chapter? For the benefeit of those who didn't, I'll give a brief explanation. Allison, in a ploy to get her revenge, she stole Polyjuice Potion from the Potions master's cabinet and added a strand of Rose's hair so she would look like Rose. Then she went about to find Scorpius, and once she found him, she made sure that he spotted her kissing another guy so that Scorpius would get mad at Rose and she would in turn get her revenge. Is that clear enough? I should think so.
This is part one of the ending, there should be four parts in all, plus an epilogue, which I am still in the midst of debating about it. Should I include it? Please tell me in your reviews when you review. Ok, thanks for reading this chapter and hope you enjoyed it. Thanks:)