AN: 8 reviews! Do you have any idea how amazing that truly is! I really wanted to publish this sooner as a gift to all of you wonderful folk, but I found this chapter insanely hard to write. I'm not completey happy with it but, it is what it is. I also have been swamped with homework. This weekend I have to read approx. 700 pages of LOTR if I want to be able to type up my huge book report on it. Still, I'm going to try to update this weekend because i am fortuantunate enough to have a four day weekend! Without further ado, Chapter 10!

Disclaimer: I lied. I have to make a disclaimer first. No, I don't own Harry Potter. If I did, I would publish a story about the next generation.

I lied again. I wanted to say a little thing about Steve Jobs. He was a visionary and he will be greatly missed. When our kids go to school, they'll learn about him being one of the greatest innovators there ever was. RIP Steve Jobs.

Chapter 10: Anchors

Rose's POV

For a moment I pushed away all feeling of overwhelming sadness and gave Scorpius a kiss I had wanted for so long. His smooth lips were so comforting and stable.

As I deepened the kiss, I couldn't help but think of what my… dead parents would say. Dad would go off in a tangent, screaming at snogging a Malfoy. Although he liked Scorpius as one of my best friend, he would have murdered him using muggle methods if he got upgraded to being my boyfriend. My mum would have absolutely loved it if Scorpius were my boyfriend. She always fawned over him and treated him like her own son. Just then did I realize that I would never see their reactions. I would never see my mum threaten to hex Uncle George for giving Hugo his latest products again. I'd never see my dad dance around with a child-like glee when the Chudley Cannons managed to pull a victory out. Never again would I be able to create memories with them.

Tears started to pour down my face as Scorpius and I broke away. We both froze for a second before he wrapped his arms around me and engulfed my sobbing figure. I cried into chest for a while, letting my emotions get the best of me. Stroking my hair, I could hear Scorpius saying something under his breath. It sounded like he was saying how long he has waited for that moment.

"Are you the Weasley/Potter clan?" A plain looking Healer asked meekly. Our heads all jerked up and we nodded vigorously. "Come with me."

We all quickly rose from the tattered couches and followed the Healer into the Critical Injuries unit of St. Mungo's, my hand intertwined with Scorpius's. By the looks of it, lots of other students were visiting their badly wounded parents. All of them were in the same condition as us: broken with tear-stained cheeks. When they saw us walk down the endless hallway, their eyes were filled with empathy. The sight almost brought me to tears again.

The Healer suddenly stopped in front of a room. "This room is occupied by Angelina Weasley. She received a nasty hex to the leg but we were able to fix her right up. She is currently resting but you may go in."

"Do you know what happened to my dad, George Weasley?" Roxanne asked hesitatingly.

After glancing at her clipboard, the Healer said, "He was a fortunate one. Doesn't have a single injury besides some cuts and scratches. He is with your mother."

Color rushed into Fred and Roxanne's faces as they learned that both of their parents were fine. Giving us a small smile, Fred took Roxanne's hand and led her into the room.

We walked with the Healer for a few more paces before she stopped in a slightly larger room. "Bill, Fleur, and Victoire Weasley. Bill Weasley had received a perfectly executed Sectumsempra. He lost a large amount of blood but is expected to make a full recovery. We believe that a curse that punctures the lungs hit Fleur Weasley. We are in the process of growing her new lungs because her old ones are beyond repair. Until we can insert her new lungs, she is unconscious with a Bubble-Head Charm placed on her. Victoire Weasley is in the worst condition out of the three. It appears as if seven extremely powerful Cruciatus's hit her at the same time. Her body couldn't handle the immense pain so she blacked out. We don't know if she will wake up. If she does wake up from her comatose state, it is very likely she will have severe brain damage. Her boyfriend is beside himself," The Healer said without expressing any emotion. Dominique and Louis look as if they are going to throw up and then pass out any minute now due to the news. The Healer practically forces them into the room and continued on her way.

Room by room, she read the fate of each family member. Uncle Percy is in great need of a blood-replenishing potion and the Healers are furiously trying to reattach Aunt Audrey's right hand after it was blasted off. The woman who held a great resemblance to Bellatrix attacked Uncle Charlie rather viscously. Though he was expected to be fine, he wouldn't be able to use his left hand for several weeks. Grandmum Weasley and Grandfather Weasley thankfully didn't get transported to the muggle playground with the rest of them. Finally, it was only the Potters, Alice, Hugo, Scorpius, and myself left waiting.

"Harry and Ginny Potter are in this room here," The Healer announces. James and Albus prepare their brave faces while Lily tries to hold back her tears.

"Ginny Potter was hit with a mixture of Stupefies and Cruciatus's at the same time. While her body was unconscious, it felt like a thousand knives were being shoved into her. Much like Victoire, her body didn't respond well to the pain and her mind shut itself off completely. Unlike Victoire, we expect her to wake up without any lasting damages. Harry Potter was hurt in a most interesting way. A dagger laced with poison was thrown into his back. So far, we haven't been able to figure out what type of poison was used. For the time being we are giving him daily bezoars to stop the poison from spreading. I can assure you though that our entire department and several highly skilled Potions Masters are working on discovering the source of the poison."

Lily was visibly shaking and Albus looked ready to crack. The only thing that was preventing him from falling to ground was Alice steadying him. Almost exactly of what Scorpius was doing with me. Slowly, Alice stated to guide Al into the hospital room. James and Lily followed right behind them.

As we walked the hallway, I tried to mentally prepare myself to see my parent's dead bodies. For the bed sheet to be pullover their faces like they do in muggle shows. Their eyes closed without a single sign of fluttering. But, one could never truly prepare to see the motionless corpses of the ones who raised you.

"Ron and Hermione Weasley are in this room here," the dull Healer told the trio of us.

"What killed them?" I asked in a barely audible whisper. While my eyes filled with tears for what must have been the hundredth time, the Healer gave me a puzzled.

"Killed them? You must be mistaken. The Weasley's are both alive. Unconscious, yes, but dead? Not under my watch," The Healer said to us with a surprising chuckle.

An uncontrollable feeling of glee washed over me. My heart swelled with happiness. In my state of joy, I threw myself into Scorpius's arms and planted a spontaneous kiss right on his lip. After a few moments, I released my lips from his and acted as if nothing just happened. Scorpius looked rather shocked but pleased at the same time. Thankfully, Hugo was still processing the new information to take notice of my display affection.

"What do you mean that they're still alive? Our Uncle Harry sent a Patronus saying that they were dead," Hugo asked.

"Well, your uncle must have been mistaken. They were on the verge of death though. Your mother, Hermione Weasley was hit with a non-verbal Killing Curse. It-"

"Isn't performing a non-verbal Killing curse impossible/" I interjected.

"I was just about to say that." The Healer said with an annoyed tone. I sheepishly looked while permitting a Weasley blush to grace my skin before she continued.

"As I was saying," she said while glaring at me, "It was thought before this occurrence that performing the killing curse non-verbally was not possible. It seems though that these new death eaters have eliminated that tough and have created a way to perform the curse without muttering a single word. Luckily for us though, this new way to perform the curse still has some technicalities and does not kill your intended target. Your mother is very lucky to be alive. She is right now unconscious but should be waking up within the next few hours. Your father is in a different. State. A foreign spell hit him and shattered his spine completely. All the methods we have tried so far haven't worked so we are growing new bones for him. He would already have his spine by now if it wasn't for some idiotic trainees.," she said with a tint of hatred. "We have unconscious right now to distract his brain from the back and the missing bones in his back."

"So they're going to make it out fine?" Scorpius spoke up for the first time.

The Healer exhaled deeply before answering. "I think so, kid. I think so." She turned on her heel and left without another word. Breathing in deeply through my mouth, I turned the doorknob and opened the little room.

My first thought of the room was that it was sickening. The walls were covered in a repulsive shade of pick and the room was decorated all cheery. The room was supposed to be for patient with life-threatening injuries. The room produced a false sense of hope that disgusted me.

Then I noticed the two tidy hospital beds that contained my mum and dad. It was the first I've seen the two of them so quiet. My mother looked like a version of the muggle princess Sleeping Beauty except that her hair was bushier. It was surprising not to see food stains on my dad's face. At the sight of them, I expected that I would burst into tears. Strange enough, no tears could come to my eyes. Knowing that my parent's were going to make it soaked up a majority of my sadness. I mostly now just felt a strong anticipation all over me, wanting to see their blue and brown eyes again. I glanced over at Hugo and I could see he wasn't taking the sight of them as well as I.

"Hugo," I began.

"I…I'm fine. Just need to take a walk around and…think." With that he bolted out of the door with terrific speed.

"You okay Flower?" Scorpius asked using the nickname he gave me in our first year. He was the only one who was allowed to call me flower besides Uncle George.

"I'm better than I thought I would be," I answered truthfully. "That's probably only because I have you with me." I smiled sweetly at him while resting my tired head on his strong shoulder.

"Everything is going to turn out fine, just wait and see," Scorpius said lovingly while gently stroking my hair.

"It seems like everything is going so fast. This is the second time in about a month I had to be here at St. Mungo's due to myself or relatives being injured, I've been attacked twice, my parent's three times, and now you kissed me" I exclaimed, mumbling the last part.

"And I'm glad I did. I knew I had to tell you sometime during the year or else I may never get the chance to. It may seem as if everything is progressing at the speed of light, but it has to be like that. If I had waited to show you how I truly felt about you, it might have been to late. Crazy times make people do crazy things Flower. And you already make me crazy," Scorpius said with a large smile. His words melted my heart into a pool of bliss and love.

"I'm glad you did too. I've been waiting since fourth year," I admitted.

"I've been waiting since third," he said with his toothy grin growing larger.

"Scorp?" I asked with a slight hesitation.

""Yes?"

"Can … can you promise me something?" I asked nervously.

"Anything," he said immediately.

"Never leave me. I don't think I would be able to handle it," I stated feeling sort of stupid. He probably thought that it was a silly thing to make him promise too.

"Not planning on it," he said softly before he sweetly kissed my cheek.

As I was giggling with happiness, I swear I saw my mum's lips creep up into a smile. I'm glad she approves because I had a feeling dad might go a little crazy when he found out who my new boyfriend was. It doesn't matter if he likes or dislikes him though. Scorpius is my anchor that's going to keep my planted on my feet during these dark times. Without him, I'd drift off into the wind, losing my sanity day by day.

AN: Not my best work but the story really starts to pick up from here. Next chapter will consist of some character's waking up and the kids going back to Hogwarts. The more reviews, the faster I update. Tell me what POV you would like for the next chapter and what couple(s) do you want to have sweetness in a lovely review.

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