A/N: For the curious, I posted some images of faces that come to me when I write. I see many faces, but these are some of the most prominent. The tumblr where they are at is wrath-of-hera. tumblr. com (without the spaces) Enjoy! As you may have guessed by now, this story has loads of Scorpius/Lily friendship, but no that it will never develop into a romantic spark in this story.
The first Hogsmede weekend of the year was supposed to be relaxing. But Yvonne would not let Scorpius relax, at all. She let him go into Honeydukes for about fifteen minutes and then pulled him out of the shop.
"I just wanted some cauldron cake," he crossed his arms angrily. Yvonne looked at him, her eyes turning to iron grey.
"We're meeting Jasper," she hissed. Scorpius's eyes widened. They were going to see Jasper? Part of him was thrilled, and part of him was terrified. He looked at the passing teachers. Unfortunately enough, Victoire was teaching Charms. So she hadn't really left. And now she and Teddy could date again. Rex and Mimi joined them, Mimi walking over to Scorpius. She smirked up at him.
"We're going to the shrieking Shack. Come with me," Yvonne said. They followed her, but she was basically running. Her desperation to see Jasper was not containable. They reached the Shrieking Shack, but no one was there. Yvonne stretched out her hands.
"You can't apparate within Hogwarts Grounds, but Hogsmede has none of those rules," She smirked. She took Scorpius and Rex's hand. Mimi's face lit up as she grabbed Scorpius's hands.
"I didn't even get any Butterbeer," Rex sighed right before Yvonne disapparated. The squeezing and whirling sensation made Scorpius need to vomit that last piece of treacle fudge. When their feet hit the ground, Scorpius closed his eyes to fight the nausea. Mimi hovered over him worriedly. When he looked up, he saw Yvonne staring teary-eyed at a figure at the other side of the room she apparated too. She was staring at Jasper. He smiled at her, but didn't move. She looked miserable and furious but in a flash she had her arms wrapped around his neck and her lips pressed against his. Rex and Mimi helped Scorpius up.
"Think she's glad to see him?" Rex rolled his eyes. Yvonne pulled away, held Jasper's head in her hands, memorizing his face. She kissed him once more, quickly, before turning to the others. Jasper looked at them and Scorpius felt himself stand taller. When Jasper looked at Scorpius, he was no longer the popular Slytherin boy. No longer one of the pride and joys of the Slytherin Quidditch team (the other being Lily). Instead he was Jasper's protege, future Archduke and a loyal follower. Scorpius felt smothered and stifled once again. And he also felt protected, and respected.
"When are you meeting Gregor?" Yvonne asked lightly. Jasper smiled at her and kissed her forehead.
"In two weeks. I told him when in October and I told him the place. He'll get along with Nicolai, the werewolf I met. Our death total is up to five, when Nicolai is not transformed, of course," Jasper said.
"Tell him hello for us," Rex said. Jasper nodded.
"Of course. I heard you and Lily Potter are Prefects, Scorpius. I'm proud of you. Just don't get too cosy with her. Since her family is suspicious of my leave, they will probably always be against us. They disagree with our vision for the future. I've altered our original plan a little bit, but you need not worry about that now," Jasper smiled, sitting down. Yvonne sat on his lap.
"Where are we?" Mimi asked.
"We're in the French Countryside in a nice little house I borrowed from the previous owner. The owner is...dead," Jasper said cheerily. Scorpius gaped at him.
"Why are you killing so many people?" Scorpius asked casually, though the thought made his stomach churn once more. Jasper shrugged.
"First off, five is not many people. Not at all. Some were just in the way and disposable. The others may have been suspicious of us, or tried to get in our way when we were scouting," Jasper sighed, not at all remorseful.
"I'll dispose of anyone for you," Yvonne smiled down at him.
"Thank you love. I'm sure we'll all kill at some point. Many times in fact. It's the price we pay for bringing justice to this rotten world," Jasper reasoned. Scorpius paled. Killing people? Killing people just because they were 'in the way and disposable'? That sounded unfair and awful.
"Scorp, it has to be done," Mimi added. Scorpius nodded slowly. He supposed they were right. It had to be done.
When it was time to go, Yvonne lingered with Jasper.
"Let me take them back and then return. Jasper, don't make me stay there," she asked him. Jasper kissed her.
"You have to. You need to watch out for any potential opposers. And we may need to take out professor Finnegan in the near future. Darling, stay there...for me," he said. Yvonne sighed.
"Fine," she said, almost angrily. Jasper leaned in for another kiss but she walked over to Scorpius, Rex and Mimi.
"Goodb-" he was interrupted by a snap, as Yvonne disapparated. Scorpius didn't wait for the others before walking back into Hogsmede and into the Three Broomsticks to get some Butterbeer. He looked over at one of the tables to see The Potter gang. Rage boiled in him when he saw Lorcan sitting close, too close, to Rose. She laughed at something he said and Scorpius was almost seeing red. Lily caught his gaze and excused herself from the table. Without any of her family seeing her, she walked over to Scorpius.
"Good Salazar Potter, what do you want?" Scorpius let out an exasperated sigh. Lily took a sip of her butterbeer.
"I'm slightly worried about you, Malfoy. Jasper's lot isn't good company. And with you being Prefect...I don't know if those two things mix," she said.
"You don't pick my friends, thank you," Scorpius said icily. Lily didn't leave, as he'd hoped she would. In fact, she sat across from him.
"No, but I don't want to get in trouble for your bad decisions. It's bad enough that somehow you've seemed to traumatize Rose. If she didn't have us and Lorcan to lean on, she'd be hexing you every coupe of seconds. I don't need you causing anymore trouble," she said. Scorpius looked at her in shock.
"Trauma? No, wait, scratch that, Lorcan? What does she see in that buffoon?" Scorpius asked. Lily smirked.
"Envious, Malfoy?" She asked. Scorpius successfully regained composure. He took a small sip of butterbeer.
"Not in the slightest. I'm offended you'd even think so. Now if you don't mind, I was having a nice butterbeer, alone. And I'd like to return to being alone," Scorpius almost growled the last sentence. Lily nodded and left as quickly as she came, rejoining her cheery family. Scorpius looked at Rose, who rested her hand on Lorcan's for a moment to control her laughter. Her striking eyes were dancing with joy. Scorpius took an angry sip of his butterbeer. He wasn't jealous.
He couldn't be.
A/N: As cute and fluffy as Yvonne and Jasper can be, they can be malicious too, can't they? Not too much Rose/Scorpius in this chapter, but in this 'year' there's going to be loads.