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Weeks Go By

SPOV

Weeks went by relatively normally and my birthday was already fast approaching. I went to class with the green-eyed twit and his two cousins, who eventually got used to the presence of Matheus and Aurora. We sat, ate and laughed with whatever houses we chose. (Except Hufflepuff… useless fools).

Al and I came and went into Ravenclaw tower since the riddle-passwords took a ridiculously minuscule amount of time to for us to solve. The Ravens made no objection because we were excellent conversation, naturally, and since the system had been designed to let in anyone smart enough to solve its puzzles.

Louis gave us free entrance to Gryffindor every time the password changed and ensured that nobody would mess with us once we were inside. Louis was indeed not to be underestimated. He could in theory keep up with Rose but thought in practice his mode of dress took precedence over studying. It was weird to think I looked like him and Cyrille but there was no denying that the three of us could pass for siblings.

I shelved the idea of pursuing the goddesses song until I had access to the massive Malfoy archives over Christmas. Father would likely have a record of the pureblood families since we were bound in blood to the vast majority of them. Classes were more than easy and Al, myself and Rosie had soon found ourselves in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places respectively.

We heard Snape had been replaced by a returned Slughorn in the normal potions classes but we continued our private lessons with the former headmaster anyway. He seemed to have developed a fondness for Al, as most people tended to and made continuous reference to the twits eyes. Aurora and Matheus made passing mention of my birthday which I bid they keep secret for their own... safety. I didn't want Al or anybody making an unnecessary fuss over it.

Al had started disappearing. He would leave our bed in the middle of the night under his cloak and not come back for hours. He spent days in the library researching very specific spellwork and was acting strangely. I had half expected he had been researching the ancient Riddle until Louis had told me it was him crafting presents for everybody for hols... which was still very far off. Al was unusually kind for a Slytherin. I hoped he hadn't found out about my birthday. I didn't want him to give me anything. It wasn't necessary.

"And then Jamie realizes its stuck to the ceiling!" Al said laughing when I noticed Louis staring out of the corner of my eye.

LPOV

I wonder if Rosie sees what I see when I look at these two. They look entirely too old for their bodies. Scorpius and Al were flawless, like me, but they thought and spoke too stuffily for eleven year olds…

Als hair is so outrageously out of control… That thought made me chuckle. What I meant to say is that Al and Scorpius look like they have known each other for years… they look like Al and Lily or me and Al. They looked like family… such a strange thing. Al is still hiding his power from Scor though…I simply know it…

Al is so terrifying sometimes. The things he would do when he got angry… we were so young and somehow… the look he had worn when he had set that child on fire… when I saw Al and how loving he could be with Scor or me or Lily or Rose or any of his family… I forgot he was ever capable of such... evil… but he was. My most beloved person was a dangerous monster… with terribly unruly hair… I added laughing to myself.

Those flames were nearly black…

I never saw anything quite so terrifying. Aside from Scors eyes which nobody else seemed to notice they all thought they were blue-grey.

"What are you daydreaming about Lou? Does Scor look improperly dressed? Because your staring." Al said humorously.

"I was thinking how similar we look thats all." I countered picking up my magazine. "When you've seen Cyrille, then you can talk." Al said laughing hysterically.

Al knows better than anyone that I am more dangerous when I am pretending to read. He once called me out on it. He noted that I use the stillness to concentrate. I become hyper-vigilant and can seemingly take in my surroundings to an abnormal degree. Part Veelas can focus on sensing vibrational energies in the air. Its one of the weirder perks of my strange blood. I can pick up on things in people that others cannot see. Well except for Al.

Al always seems to know what you are thinking or feeling. Scorpius was almost better at it than Al. He could certainly hide things more efficiently.

"So Al what do you want to do tomorrow? Have anything special in mind?" I started before my mouth sealed shut.

How dare he muffle me!

"Mmmmm… MHMHMHMHMHMH!" I tried louder. If my Veela great-grandmother were here she would shriek herself out of this muffling spell.

"Not a word any of you." Albus said smiling releasing the magic that bound my lips.

"Gods you are frightening when you don't even give us warning." I said sticking my tongue out at Al.

"Whats this about then?" Scorpius asked curiously.

"Oh nothing I suppose…" I countered, watching Al discreetly slide his finger across his throat, feigning ignorance the second Scorpius turned back towards him. Slytherin shits.

"Yeaaaaaaa… surrrrrre… Rosie whats tomorrow?" Scor asked suspiciously of Rose who had been buried head first in her book… It was so strange that Albus merely absorbed information via osmosis… he didn't need to read… he merely knew what to do and learned everything else by listening.

"Listen Snake… it's Rose not Rosie so long as you're 2nd in class and I'm 3rd…when I beat you we can reprise our regular names…" Rose said angrily. She hated being second to Al and now she hated being third. Hahahahah she would be calling him snake until they were both dead and buried. She was adorable… I bet she was already in love with him. Sweet Rosie.

"Tomorrow is Al's birthday…" She said waving her wand at Al from behind her book as he had tried to cast the same muffling spell on her.

"No… way… thats not possible…" Scor said completely flabbergasted…

"Why isn't it possible?" I asked watching Aurora and Maddy exchange glances…

"Because its Scorpius's birthday too…" Said Aurora turning to join Scorpius in staring at Al.

"Well thats cool." I finished smiling. Why did they feel strange about it… the boys looked like they… were worried about something. A shared birthday was strange among the magical communities, but it wasn't impossible.

Well for the former sons of enemies who fought in a nearly apocalyptic war in opposite roles... perhaps it was a little strange, but really how bad could it be?

"I knew your birthday was early in the school year but… I didn't know…we..." Scorpius started suddenly getting annoyed at not having been told.

Al looked equally annoyed at Scorpius for having done the same thing he had. Neither had told each other the others birthday.

"Oooo rushed presents now…" I said smiling.

"I don't want presents." the two said in perfect unison. I noticed they tended to do that on occasion. I would have to prepare something funny for every time that happened. Something muggle… the scary ghost theme! Oooooooo OOOooooooo Ooooo. It was perfect.

Rosie merely huffed at the two of them.

I bet she was pleased that she countered Albus's muffling spell… she really doesn't like that her Mother teaches Al all of her complex spellwork. She's got a little too much slytherin competitiveness in her at times. Her heart is all Gryffindor though.


Chapter 18X is basically a flashback that will appear inserted inbetween Ch18 and 19 YEARS later... its pretty epic.