As Scorpius walked down the stairs, he kept trying to empty his mind of all thoughts and feelings, which turned out impossible.

When Scorpius first entered the doorway, all he saw was a load of shadowed figures sitting around a table, before he heard a high - pitched and cold voice call out.

"Scorpius, why don't you come into the light, so that I can see you better?"

Voldemort stood up, and walked over to the mother and son. Scorpius felt frozen. He couldn't move a muscle.

Scorpius came back to his senses. He had to imply occlumency so that Voldemort didn't know his secret. It was now or never. Would the most powerful legilimens be able to see through a 14 - year old boy?

"Well, well, well."

Scorpius froze once again.

"Hiding something, little Scorpius?"

Scorpius barely made a sound.

"No"

"No? Did you sincerely think that a mere child could actually hide information from my extreme skill?"

Voldemort paused, and gave a laugh that chilled Scorpius to the bone.

"Lock him away."

The Death Eaters leapt to their feet, and advanced cautiously, wands drawn.

"What're you waiting for? Attack the boy now!"

The Death Eaters shot their spells, but for some reason, not one hit their mark. The wall behind Scorpius exploded, sending him, his mother, and even Lord Voldemort to the floor.

Harry saw Kingsley stunning about five Death Eaters, Blowing up another 7, and finally, binding the rest in snake - like ropes. He even binded Voldemort with a set of silver ropes that contracted with contact and didn't loosen.

"You ok, little buddy? Shouldn't have expected you to be able to close your mind that well. At least you can act! Follow me, quickly!"

Kingsley ran up a flight of stairs, followed by a corridor, followed by more stairs.

"Hey, you! Stop!"

Kingsley slowed to a stop, and turned to face the speaker.

"Yes?"

"Why're you here? Why aren't you helping the others?"

"Lord Voldemort's orders were simple. Take Scorpius to safety."

"Really? Because last I saw him, he was bound up, covered in rubble!"

Kingsley lashed out with a spell so fast that the man barely had time to make a noise before being actually engulfed in snakes that bound him like ropes.

Kingsley grabbed Scorpius's hand and steered him to keep running on.

A voice called out from the bound man.

"AVADA KEDAVRA!"

A jet of green light shot past Scorpius and hit Kingsley straight in the back.

Kingsley looked almost graceful as he fell forwards, eyes wide in shock.

"No! Kingsley! NO!"

Scorpius fell to the ground, grabbed Kingsley, pointed his wand at him, and shouted: "Rennervate! Rennervate! NO!"

Scorpius couldn't, wouldn't believe that Kingsley was dead. The one leader, the man that was a savior, Kingsley was dead.

Tears were falling fast from Scorpius's eyes onto Kingsley's face, making it look as though Kingsley was crying alongside Scorpius.

Scorpius weakly pointed his wand at the Death Eater who had caused this death, and faintly whispered: "Crucio."

The man screamed and screamed, but Scorpius was deaf to all of the noises outside, and all he could hear was the sound of the blood pounding in his ears.

He didn't know how long he sat there, pointing his wand at that Death Eaters, crying away all of his problems, but a shout came from the floor below that brought him back to his senses.

He lowered his wand, but the man kept screaming, his eyes empty.

Scorpius picked Kinsley up, and half carried, half dragged his body up the last set of stairs that brought him to the roof.

What was up there made Scorpius jolt.