Healed and more or less healthy, Ron and Harry walked through the streets of Godric's Hollow, but at the request of James they remained nearby the new central point they'd formed in the village. Since the most outer areas of Godric's Hollow had yet to be searched, James, as well as the others, could not risk their long lost parents finding trouble again, even though they were probably capable of fending for themselves with their new replacement wands. The two had had minimal contact with Draco and Astoria Malfoy, but the avoiding happening on each side had only put Scorpius in an even more difficult position.
Scorpius, who was clearly torn between the sets of parental figures, sat on the bed in the room Rose had assigned him to when they first arrived at Godric's Hollow. Lily now shared the room with him, and since it was a large room, a room divider had been charmed to stay in the center of the room and keep sounds on their respective sides. On the other side of the divide, Albus had his own smaller bed.
"I just don't know what to say," Scorpius admitted as he watched Lily comb out her long locks as she stood in front of the long mirror. There hadn't been enough room to move in her vanity table, and she made do with what she had. He was glad her more recent but shorter stay in Division had less of an effect on her strands, and they had retained the shine that had returned to them before she'd left the second time.
"Eventually, you'll be forced to deal with it," Lily replied as she finished tying her hair back and turned to look at him, her head tilted slightly to one side. "And you'll figure out what to say while you're at it."
"That's not helpful." Scorpius told her and she only laughed as she held out a hand to him. As he rose to his feet, he reached out and took her outstretched hand into his palm. Pressing his lips against the back of her hand, he took steps closer and closer to her, before he moved his hands to her waist. He pressed his lips against her for only a brief moment before he pulled away and peered into her eyes. They had not returned to the depth of their relationship four years prior, but both knew they were in no emotional state to be so lost in one another again. Instead, they simply enjoyed each other's company and support.
"I'm sorry. Are you going to help look though the rest of the buildings?" Lily asked curiously as she put her hands on his shoulder and let herself relax against his supportive body.
"No," Scorpius answered even though he knew Lily had wanted him to accompany her. Instead, he'd rather spend time with James and Edward with the tactical issues, mostly because he was still avoiding Draco and Harry, both whom would be helping with the search.
"Fine," Lily let out a dry laugh, but turned towards the room divider when a knock on the thin wood pulled her attention.
"Coming?" Albus asked as he looked at Lily. She nodded at her brother before she pushed herself onto her toes and put a light kiss on Scorpius' cheek. He released her from his grasp, and the siblings left the room, which was located on the top floor of what had been an abandoned building when they had first entered Godric's Hollow. One of the few families with a child stayed in the room across the hall from the younger Potter siblings, and they had agreed to allow Kate stay with them as well, since she was friends with their daughter. Albus and Lily walked down the hallway and down the stairs until they reached the bottom floor. James and Rose shared the room on the far end of the bottom floor, but they weren't in the small house at the time. In the main room the two girls played while somebody was moving about in the renovated kitchen. Without anybody noticing, Albus and Lily left the house and quickly found Rose who was organizing the attempt to finish removing inner threats located within Godric's Hollow.
"Where's Scorpius?" Draco asked as Lily and Albus neared the group. Lily held his gaze for a moment, before she shook her head.
"He's not coming." She answered simply before she turned back to Rose, who had more quickly given her cousins a location to start at than any of the others. Deciding it was safer to keep their parents together and nearby, Rose had Harry and Ron accompany Lily and Albus. Out of convenience, Draco and Astoria were to search the areas close by to the ones Lily and Albus were to search. Of course, all four elder adults knew it was a devised plan to keep them better protected, but only Astoria and Harry didn't care. Draco and Ron were desperately trying to reclaim their independence whereas Harry and Astoria were more than satisfied to see their children.
"This is a nightmare." Albus mumbled as he kicked down an old rotting door that had already been knocked off the hinges. Lily flinched as the splinters flew around them, but followed him into the house nonetheless, clutching her wand at her side. Neither were expecting anything in the old run down building.
"Not that bad." Lily commented as they peered around at the destroyed home. She had neared one of the counters attached to the wall and lifted a picture frame that had been lying down. The glass was shattered and the corner of the frame was broken, but the photo still remained. She actually smiled as she looked down at the young man and presumably his younger sister. They had actually reminded her of her and James, except the age gap between the pair in the photo was a bit bigger than the one between herself and her eldest brother.
"What is it?" Albus asked from the other side of the room, but Lily only shook her head as she replaced the photo.
"Nothing." She answered as she turned back to them but the pair froze when they heard a noise coming from down the hall. Albus nodded slowly to Lily and with wands drawn, the pair slowly moved down the hall one if front of the other. Eventually, they reached a closet door and heard another sound from behind the door. After Lily had crossed to the other side, she and Albus locked eyes before pointed his wand at the door handle and opened the door via spell.
The man instead the closet came out armed and had quickly sent Albus flying back. The old and rotting walls of the building was not strong enough to endure the pressure, and so Albus flew through the room and the wall crashed down behind him. Thankfully, the rest of the house remained standing, and in the midst of the crash, Lily had disarmed him.
"Albus?" Lily called without looking to him. Instead, she kept her eyes on the man, who now stood still at the mercy of Lily's wand.
"Yeah," Albus called back before he groaned. Lily heard the commotion of Harry and Ron coming towards Albus, and the activity had pulled the man's attention away from her. Squeezing through the blocked doorframe, a young girl, maybe just a year or two older than Kate, caught Lily's attention, and her wand quickly dropped when she recognized the pair from the photo she'd recently looked at.
"Who are you?" The man demanded as he pulled the girl back to his side and Lily narrowed her eyes at him.
"The person who could've killed you," Lily answered sharply, but the man's attention was pulled away from her when the young girl pulled on his arm.
"Look! Evan, it's them!" She yelled and Lily looked down at her confused. She was pointing out of the house, through the large hole Albus had inadvertently created, but she was focused on Astoria and Draco who had come at the sound of the crash. Lily saw Albus was on his feet and stretching as he looked to Harry and Ron.
The man, Evan, had also turned to look, but when the girl ran from his side, he remained still in his place when Lily raised her wand again. The girl had slipped through the big hole in the wall without hurting herself and ran directly towards Astoria and Draco, surprising everybody there, except perhaps Evan.
"Who are you?" Lily demanded and he forced his eyes to her.
"Evan Greengrass."
Her wand fell back to her side as she stared at him, knowing exactly which Greengrass family he was referring to. After a few moments, the young girl returned to the room, dragging Astoria by the hand. Draco was walking behind them, holding a picture frame between his hands. Though it wasn't the same frame Lily had looked at previously, it was just as broken.
"It's your sister." Draco said aloud as he turned to Astoria, but she already knew that.
"Lily!" Harry yelled, and she turned to peer through the broken wall. He was waving her over, but she turned away to look at Astoria and Draco for a moment. when they hadn't noticed her staring, she turned away and ducked through the damaged wall to approach her family on the other side. "You and Albus should go back." Harry said.
"They're Scorpius' cousins." Lily said and Harry shut his eyes tightly as he nodded sharply. He opened his eyes again as he met his adult daughter's gaze. "His cousins, Dad."
"I know, Lily," Harry replied strongly, but it had been years since the properly executed fatherly tone worked over her.
"That means he had family."
"Go back, now." Harry said strongly and Lily shook her head as she let out a breath and turned to her brother. Albus' face showed he too understood the implications of Scorpius' surviving family members.
"And tell Scorpius' what?" Lily replied, her tone taking on an edge Harry knew was also in the faces of his two youngest children.
"Could you just not be difficult, right now?" Harry asked as he put his hand on her shoulder and nudged her towards her brother. "Just take him back to get healed by Hugo."
Without arguing any further, Lily rolled her eyes and turned to Albus. He met her stare, both knowing nothing good could come from the discovery of more of Scorpius' extended family members. Nonetheless, the pair left behind the scene of the somewhat reunited family behind them as they headed in the direction of the center of Godric's Hollow.