Authors Note: So, here's another chapter. This one is very short for how I have been writing them, but I hope you enjoy. If you really want to make my day, I would love to have at least 3 review before I post another chapter letting me know your thoughts. Also I have decided to separate my notes from my story with *

Chapter 5

Hermione briskly stormed towards The Headmistress's office her wrath lending some much needed strength. Her daughter was in trouble THE FIRST NIGHT! Only Gemini could manage something as preposterous as that. Even Harry had managed to stay out of trouble the first night of terms every year he had attended. As the office drew closer Hermione noticed that the very same man she had been comparing her daughter to was leaning against the stone wall.

"Harry, I do not have time for you! Honestly you were supposed to watch over them! How on earth did this happen," Hermione barked through clenched teeth.

"Well do you not have time, or do you want answers because those are kind of contradictory statements Mione," Harry replied with a small shrug, not fazed in the slightest by her ire. Hermione had always been a little bonkers when it came to the safety of her children. Harry still wished that she would just come clean to everyone about their parentage, but Hermione stood firm that it would cause nothing but heart ache for her children and custody battles for her.

"Harry James Potter I swear to Merlin I will leave you children father less if you do not drop this flippant tone with me and tell me what the HELL happened," Hermione's hair crackled with suppressed magic and her fair skin seemed to almost glow.

"Oh, please Mione you would never do that because then you would also leave Ginny without a husband and that would mean going out every Friday night to muggle clubs with her," Harry joked trying to make her smile. When she refused Harry let out a deep sigh because he knew it wasn't going to be an easy pill for her to swallow. After Harry got to Gemini's sorting, he had to quickly cover his face to avoid Hermione's barrage of slaps. "How dare you not stand up for her! HOW DARE YOU!" Hermione was practically screeching with white-hot ferocity.

"Stop hitting me you balmy woman and let me finish my story. Also, what the hell was I supposed to do? Hmm? Was I supposed to start the clapping off? Me, the head of Gryffindor? I'm sure that would have helped her so incredibly much with her housemates believing she belonged there," Harry gripped as he attempted to catch Hermione's flail like hands.

"I am beyond disappointed in every student and every professor in this school! How dare any of you let a house make a student feel so rejected! I should just pull her and Aries out and enroll them elsewhere!" Hermione was literally shaking with rage and hurt for her daughter.

"Hermione, let's not do anything rash okay? So, she didn't get the warmest welcome please let me finish my story before you go completely off the rails ay?" Harry stated throwing his hands up in mock surrender. Hermione eyed him very carefully and then her hand shot out so fast there was no way Harry could block it. There was a swift and clear crack of skin meeting skin and Harry's head snapped to the side.

"Man, that is quite the hit Mione. I swear this term has seen more violence than any of our years," Harry stated slightly gob smacked that she had slapped him.

"Oh please! My slapping you barely constitutes as violence Harry," Hermione replied rolling her eyes at his gross exaggeration.

"No but a student knocking out another during the Great feast after a heated verbal confrontation combined with you slapping me would definitely mark this as a very volatile year," Harry grumbled as he fought down his own ire at what had transpired earlier. Hermione angled her head to the side in confusion. With another deep sigh Harry finished his account of what had happened, making sure to omit names of those involved and simply referring to Alec and Scorpius as her Slytherin friends. It wasn't that he thought Hermione would be upset by her daughter making friends with them, but he knew that knowledge would send her flying off to France faster then you could say pygmy puff. Also if she knew exactly what she was walking into Harry knew he would never see his best friend again.

As soon as he finished Hermione was off like a stunner towards McGonagall's office and Harry just leaned his head against the cool stone behind him and took a moment to collect himself. This was going to be quite the altercation. With that cheery little thought Harry pushed of the wall and started after one of his best friends because, let's be honest, He had to make sure no one got a killing curse to the chest this evening.

After Draco arrived home, he found the bane of his existence aka his wife reading over a few letters with the Hogwarts insignia on the and a look of utter disbelief etched into her elegant features. When she heard the manor door close, she whipped around like a shot to glare at him. Draco was now really cursing his drunkenness and not the same way he had been since leaving Hermione's. Dealing with Astoria sober was hard enough. He quickly walked past her to the armoire and opened his secret stash of Sober up potions. He downed the bitter tasting concoction and felt the haze of drunkenness begin to ebb from his conscious. After a deep breath he turned to face his wife.

"So, what happened now? Did Scorpius end up in Ravenclaw and are you about to start screeching like a banshee at me till I disown him? Because if that's the case you had better be prepared to go hoarse because I am not disowning my son. Period. End of discussion," Draco braced himself for a battle, but Astoria just held out the letters for him.

Her calm silence and disbelief caused a deep cavern of dread to form in his heart. Had something happened? Was Scorpius injured? Had his father found out he had been to visit Hermione? His heart began to beat furiously in his chest and his whole body seemed to shake as he reached out for the letter. Please let his son be okay. He had never done anything else remotely good, but that little boy was his heart and soul. For the love of all magic please let him be alright.

He finally grabbed the letter and began to read. The first letter was announcing that Scorpius was in Slytherin and a small smile curled the corners of Draco's mouth, but the letter went on to state that there had been an altercation during the great feast and Draco needed to come to Hogwarts. At the end of the first letter Draco just glanced up at Astoria trying to figure out what had her so upset.

"Astoria this is good news. Well slightly good news because Scor's in Slytherin and you should be beside yourself with joy. So, he got into a little bit of a scuffle and we have to see Professor McGonagall- "

Astoria cut him off by slapping her hand across his mouth. "Finish the other letter, Husband," The last word was sneered in a cold vicious tone and Draco merely rolled his eyes and began to skim the second letter. By the end of the second letter it just flitted out of his hands on to the ground.

This couldn't be real.

There was no way.

And yet there it was written on official documents

His father was free.

Lucius was coming home.

WANWANWAAAAAAN Cliffy! Lots of love Jatzogirl