Subject: Myths and Legends Task 1
Task: Write about a character with an OC twin
Event: Rowing
Prompt: A Big Loss
Chocolate Frog: Gold - Morholt - Challenge - Write about brothers
Gringotts: Sons of Anarchy S1E1 – (Action) Run; Alice in Wonderland: Tim Burton – (Plot Device) Memories; NCIS: NY S1E1 – (Action) Smiling, (Action) Crying; Sherlock: S1E1 – (Action) Running, (Word) Okay; Charmed: S1E4 – (Object) Newspaper; Charmed: S1E20 – (Word) Ghost, (Word) Spirit, (Action) Storming out of a room; The Rescuers – (Action/Plot) Crying; CSI: NY S1E1 – (Feeling) Sadness, (Word) House; CSI: NY S1E2 – (Action) Running; CSI: NY S1E3 – (Object) Newspaper, (Action) Grinning; New Girl S1E2 – (Action) Hugging; Code Breaker S1E1 – (Action) Running; Black Butler S1E1 – (Character) Mum and Dad, (Character) a ghost; Galavant S1E2 – (Location) Bedroom
Word Count: 886
His Other Half
Draco turned to look at his twin Scorpius with a broad grin on his face, to find and expression that mirrored his own.
They had both just received their Hogwarts letter after weeks of waiting with baited breath for the inevitable owl to arrive with the joyous news.
"Father look," Scorpius said quietly.
"We got our letters," Draco added.
"Aren't you proud?" Scorpius gave his father a hopeful look.
Lucius glanced up from his paper and gave his sons a look of disdain.
"Getting into Hogwarts was never in doubt. What on earth would I have to be proud of?" he asked, before turning his attention back to The Daily Prophet. "Only Hufflepuffs would ask such a ridiculous question."
Narcissa gave her husband a reproachful look.
"Well, I'm proud my darlings," she said softly, a warm smile on her face. "We shall go shopping for your Hogwarts equipment in the next couple of days."
Narcissa opened her arms; both of her sons jumped up from their chairs and embraced her tightly. She kissed the pair of them on the top of their heads.
"Stop mollycoddling them, Narcissa," Lucius snapped from his chair. "Do you want them to be in Slytherin or not?"
Both Draco and Scorpius didn't miss the glare their mother shot in their father's direction as she released them from her arms.
"Boys, why don't you go and get changed," Narcissa suggested brightly. "Your Auntie Bella will be expecting us soon."
Draco cast a sideways glance at his twin, and he knew instantly that he was thinking the same thing he was.
"Race you to the third floor," Scorpius laughed, breaking free from his mother's arms and rushing towards the door.
Everything was looking peachy for the Malfoy family, until the eve of their trip to Diagon Alley.
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"Scorpius," Draco yelled, shaking his twin on his shoulder. "Wake up. We're going to Diagon Alley today!"
Scorpius didn't move.
"Scorp," Draco said a little louder, already fearing the worst; their bond, their connection wasn't quite right. "Scorp. SCORP!"
Draco shook his twin vigorously, desperately trying to wake him and refusing to admit what his heart was telling him.
"Stop messing around," he cried, feeling his face start to get a little wet. "Dad's going to go metal if you don't wake up."
Draco collapsed onto his brother, the pain in his heart becoming too much for him to bear.
"Scorp," he whispered, allowing the tears to fall thick and fast as he finally accepted his brother, his twin, and his other half was inexplicably gone from this world.
"Do you remember that time we broke into dad's study?" Draco asked his shell of a brother. "He got so mad at us, and even though it was my idea you told him it was yours, and I selfishly allowed you take the punishment. You always were the better twin. I never deserved you as a brother."
"No, you didn't," a familiar voice whispered from behind him, "but I love you anyway."
No, it cannot be… he wouldn't have… surely he couldn't have!
Draco lifted his head off his twin's body and slowly turned around to face the direction the voice came from.
He did! But how?
"Scorpius?" Draco asked uncertainly, looking between the ghost and the bed. "Is that you?"
Please say no. Please let this just be my imagination running wild.
The ghost nodded his head slowly. "I'm sorry."
"No," Draco whispered, feeling any fleeting hope he might have had that his brother was still alive disappear.
Before Draco could say anything more, the bedroom door was flung open and in walked his mother and father.
"What's going on in here?" Narcissa asked, paling almost immediately at the sight of her son's ghostly form. Her eyes flickered over to the bed where her son slept in the vain hope that she was seeing things, and let out a scream of anguish when she saw the unmoving body of Scorpius.
"Be gone from my house," his father boomed at the spirit, casting his eyes in the same direction as his wife's.
"Lucius, he's Scorpius our son," Narcissa whispered, tears flowing thick and fast from her eyes.
"That is no son of mine," Lucius said coldly, pointing at the ghostly form. "Now go before I take care of you myself."
The wizard removed his wand from his robes and pointed it directly at Scorpius.
"Father, no, please," Draco begged, moving to stand between his twin's ghost and Lucius' wand.
"Stand aside, Draco," his father ordered. "Now."
"Draco, do as he asks," Scorpius said softly. "Don't worry, I'm going, fa—Mr. Malfoy."
The surviving twin spun around and looked at Scorpius.
"Please don't—"
"I have to, Draco, but you'll be okay," Scorpius told him with conviction.
Draco watched through bleary eyes as his twin floated away through the brick wall.
"Goodbye," he whispered, before whirling around and pushing past his mother and father. He ran into his bedroom and slammed the door hard behind him.
Draco jumped onto his still unmade bed and broke down into tears.
One thing was certainly clear: they would not be going to Diagon Alley today; shopping for school supplies wasn't important anymore, and it wouldn't be the same for Draco - in fact nothing would feel the same for him again.
