Author's note: Hi peeps! How are you this evening? Mind you its 12:22am where I am so actually good morning. Disclaimer. Hope you enjoy this next chapter and yes I am switching to Hogwarts for some children angst and drama as a break from the Hermione and Draco drama. Don't hate me too much. Next chapter should be up some time tomorrow. R&R

Chapter 17

Gemini and Aries had hung out most of the night before Gemini stated she had to grow up and stop being a baby. She was going to enjoy a night in her dorm room and to protect herself she would place a protection charm around her bed to stop all potential threats. The following morning Aries woke up early and forced Albus out of bed as well.

"Come on we're going to walk Gem to breakfast. It was her first night in the dorm rooms and I want to make sure she did okay," Aries stated as he pulled off his friends blankets.

"Fine! Just so you know you may be a good brother, but you are a terrible best friend. I hate mornings and Gem does too how do you know she's even going to breakfast." Albus whined as he got dressed.

"Yea whatever man you know you would be lost without me. Also, it's breakfast and as much as Gemini hates, and I mean really hates, mornings she also loves breakfast and early morning revision. Oh, we may be sitting at the Slytherin table if things went bad for her just so you know." Aries told him and then darted out of the dorms towards the common room to avoid Albus's objections.

Albus finally dragged his grumpy butt down to the common room and the two headed out to wait for Gemini outside of the Slytherin's area. They watched as the Slytherin's eyed them with distrust. They saw the girls from potions class come out and the one who had fought with Gemini was looking very smug, too smug for Aries liking. He pulled out one of the extendable ears his uncles had left him and managed to get it close enough to hear what they were saying to each other.

"Well Elise that's the best way to start a day in my opinion," The pinched faced girl giggled. Elise looked uncomfortably back towards the entrance.

"Are you sure everything's okay? We aren't going to get in trouble right Marie?" Elise whispered looking worried.

"Please who's to say we were even the ones that did it? Besides all we did was a little- hmm altercations to her appearance. Nothing that scandalous." Marie assured her then she realized she had left her bag in the common room. "Hephaestus." She murmured and stepped through the portrait hole.

After the girls left and it seemed like most of the students had gone on to breakfast they went up to the picture of an alchemist and said "Hephaestus." The portrait sight and grumbled about students thinking they could go wherever they pleased regardless of their actual houses. As the boys entered the dorms they heard someone calling out.

"Gem hurry up! Your brother is waiting for you and I can fix whatever those dim brats did to you, okay?" Alec called up the girl's stairs.

"NO! I am not going down there. At least not until I figure out how to fix this! If you want to be helpful leave me alone or go get me a book on removing jinxes." Gemini hollered back.

"Maybe you can get through to her because something tells me we do not want to see a Gemini who doesn't eat breakfast," Alec said as he noticed Aries and Albus had entered the common room.

"Well I could go grab her a plate and a few books before classes- wait that's it!" Albus exclaimed. "Gemini Adriana Granger get your butt down here or I'm telling your mother that you're skipping classes." Albus threatened. They all heard a sharp squeak followed by a lot of scuffling and finally footsteps on the cobblestone.

"You suck Albus Severus Potter and I will get you for this," Gemini growled but the boys were too shocked by her appearance. Her normal hair was replaced by a grimy dirty dishwater color that fell in a limp greasy array around her face and her normal pale complexion looked like it had been streaked with dirt all over her face.

"It doesn't come off and I don't want to be seen like this," Gemini whimpered as she buried her face in her hands. White hot fury ripped through all of the boys around her.

"Look at me Gem- no seriously look at me," Scorpius demanded. "We're going to bring you down to Miss Pomphrey and get this fixed right away. Those three can handle crowd control and get you some breakfast while I keep you tucked against me, so no one knows its you okay?" He looked at the other guys who all nodded except for Aries who looked like he wanted to argue so Scorpius set him straight. "She's wearing Slytherin colors if she's seen snuggled up against a Gryffindor people are going to want to know who she is. It makes more sense for it to be me or Alec so how bout you pick."

"Fine you!" Aries exclaimed as he whipped around and punched a wall to get out some of his anger when the object of it was no where near him. Scorpius nodded and motioned for them to head out not even acknowledging Aries actions.

The boys made sure to keep everyone from the main corridor while Scorpius and Gemini made their way to the hospital wing. Luckily no one noticed them, and they were able to get there safely. While Madame Pomphrey tutted over Gemini's dilemma the three boys in the Great hall were planning revenge.

"You're sure it was them?" Alec asked as he snuck a glance towards Marie and Elise. Marie was watching the entrance with unmistakable glee and anticipation on her face. "That makes me sick."

Aries and Albus grunted in agreement and then they launched into how to get back at the girls and completely forgetting about grabbing food for Gemini. Scorpius got sick of waiting for the other group to arrive and gave Gemini a quick hug before heading out to get her breakfast himself. When he met up with the others and realized what they were doing he just shook his head.

"Hey maybe before we get back at whoever did this we should finish taking care of Gemini? Just maybe? Uggh you guys drive me crazy." Scorpius stated throwing up his hands as he quickly filled a plate for her.

"Wait you can't bring that to her now. You put strawberry preserves on her toast. Gemini is allergic to strawberries." Aries stated grabbing the plate and placing it in front of himself and quickly put together one with oatmeal and bananas on it. "There that should be good." And with that Aries waved Scorpius off so they could get back to revenge planning. Scorpius scoffed and headed back towards the entrance.

"Hey where are you going Scorpius? If you want you can sit with us. I don't know if Gemini is going to be coming to breakfast she said she was really tired this morning," Marie stated as she caught his arm.

"Sorry I have a lot of revisions to do so I'm just going to go back to the common room to eat." Scorpius replied as he tried to politely shake her hand off. Marie wasn't one to give in that easily.

"Well I can help you revise and then we can catch up," Marie started to drag Scorpius towards her seat and motioned for Elise to move over. Scorpius sent a 'help me' look towards Alec, Aries and Albus. They shook their heads and Alec put together another tray and gave Scorpius a salute before he headed out the great hall. Scorpius felt a sense of terror and utter aloneness fall around him as Marie started talking his ear off about last summer and her ride to Hogwarts. While Scorpius was being subjected to the mind-numbing conversation about poorly done highlights Alec was reaching the Hospital wing with Gemini's food.

"Hey pretty lady I come baring food." Alec announced as he approached her hospital bed. Her hair was about 3 shades lighter then it was and no longer appeared greasy and had some of its normal gentle curls back. Her face was now smudge free, but her eyes were red rimmed from tears and her face was blotchy. Gemini gave him a watery smile and took the tray.

"Thank you Alec. Where is everyone else?" She asked as she dug into her food.

"Well Scorpius is struggling not to be rude by listening to asinine stories from Marie after she accosted him as he was attempting to bring you food and Albus and Aries are working on ways to get back at the girls who did this to you." Alec summarized as he snatched a piece of banana from her plate.

"So guys just decided you had to get back at these girls without even checking with me?" Gemini asked in a slow slightly detached tone that put Alec on edge.

"Um, well yea. Look Mimi they hurt you, so we are going to get back at them. This isn't something you're going to be able to talk us out of it. All of us agree these girls crossed a line and you want us to what? Let them just get away with it? Or tell the professors and let them get a slap on the wrist? They made you cry Mimi and spend your morning in the Hospital Wing to fix their little prank. We are taking care of this." Alec told her with steely determination.

Gemini burst into tears again and threw herself into Alec's arms. Alec just sat there stunned and tried to figure out where he went wrong.

"You guys are amazing you know that? I mean Albus and Aries always want to protect me but their family they have to do that but you and Scorpius being willing to do all this for me…it just makes me feel so so special. Thank you and also no." Gemini said into his chest.

"Your wel- wait no? What do you mean no?" Alec asked pulling her away from him.

"I mean I will handle these girls. If you guys do it then they'll just figure out better ways at getting back at me." Gemini pointed out as she wiped the tears off her face. "Now we have classes starting soon so we better go."

"Go but your hair is still so much darker than usual don't you want to stay here till that gets sorted? I mean don't all girls care more about their hair than like anything else?" Alec asked confused.

"Hey its already a lot better and I need to show those girls that no matter what they throw at me I can handle it. Speaking of that can you walk me to my next class?" Gemini asked tossing her hair over her shoulder.

"Yea I can if you want I can grab the rest of our little posy and we could all walk you. Also, if you want my opinion you don't look bad with the darker hair. I mean it's a little strange but like a good strange if you know what I mean." Alec struggled to sound comforting and reassuring and hoped she didn't burst into tears again. His dad had been right crying girls where the worst. "Oh and I don't know if I can put a pin in your brother and Albus's plans because they've been alone scheming for quite a while for all we know they could've already gotten back at those girls."

"Yeah right. With what? It's not like they have access to a bunch of prank supplies at their fingertips. They're not my uncles Fred and George." Gemini stated with a laugh and joined Alec in heading back towards the Great Hall.

Author's questions: What will Albus and Aries do? Will they do anything at all? What is the next memory Draco's going to share? How will Hermione respond when she has the whole story? Should I include Harry and Ron at some point? Answers to all of these questions to come but feel free to throw out your own thoughts.