In the previous chapter…

Just as the words left his mouth, a red envelope fluttered down out of the tree above them into his lap.

"Shit, we need to leave, now" Leo said.

"That's from my dad, it's got his writing on the front" Scorpius said. He called Rose, scooped her up and ran. They ran all the way back to Leo's, the envelope getting hotter and starting to smoke in Scorpius' hand, burning him. As the door slammed close, the letter burst open.

"SCORPIUS HYPERION MALFOY, YOU HAD BETTER COME HOME RIGHT NOW AND EXPLAIN TO ME WHY I HAVE HARRY POTTER KNOCKING ON MY DOOR ASKING TO TALK TO YOU. Oh, but come to the library, nowhere near the ballroom." The envelope disintegrated in Scorpius' hand. There was a stunned silence as the three of them watched the ashes crumble to the floor, Draco Malfoy's words ringing in their ears.

"Harry Potter" Leo mumbled

"at my door" Scorpius finished. Realisation dawned on his face. "Harry Potter's at my door asking to talk to me. Ooooooh crap. Rose honey, we have to go. Leo, apparate to my room later and I'll fill you in" he rushed to say as he scooped Rose into his arms and jumped into the floo.

Harry Potter was stood by the fireplace in the Malfoy library when Scorpius and Rose flew out of the fire and straight into him.

"Uncle Harry!" Rose smiled, hugging the man that she was currently sat on.

"Sorry, Mr Potter, misjudged the floo" Scorpius muttered, picking himself off of the floor, before offering the older man a hand.

"S'fine" he smiled. "I have a few things I wanted to talk about. One of them is ministry related…"

Scorpius visibly paled.

"…and the other is Rose related. The ministry one was the reason I was sent here, so I'll start with that. Why did you use magic in front of a muggle child?"

"You did WHAT?!" Draco practically screamed.

"I used magic to prevent Rose from being killed and a muggle kid saw. I then did another tiny bit of magic to get rid of the child and told him I was a magician" Scorpius mumbled.

"Well, it was a foolish thing to do, but you did ok this time as you managed to cover your tracks. Just, don't do it again, yeah?" Harry grinned. "Which trick did you do?"

"The appearing coin trick"

"Ahhh I remember that one…" Harry started, but was interrupted by a sharp cough from Draco in the corner. "Oh yes, the other thing about Rose…"

"Is something wrong?"

"No, no, nothing is wrong, it's just that McGonagall wanted me to tell you that the potion is actually going to be ready early, and that Rose can take it and return to her rightful age on January 10th. That's the first Saturday back at school, so you will have her for just less than 2 weeks."

"That's…..great" Scorpius said, a sad smile forming on his face. "Rose can get on with her life and catch up with all the NEWT stuff before exams"

"Yes, everything will be back to normal. I do hope that she remembers this, Scorpius. You've done so much for her." Harry said, smiling reassuringly. "Anyway, her second childhood should go out with a bang – you have a ball tonight, remember"

"Yeah. Well, thanks for coming to tell us. McGonagall's office at 10am on Saturday 10th, yeah?"

"Yes. We'll talk over all the arrangements for you two catching up on studies then, and we will go down to the Hospital Wing to administer the potion. I had better be going, but I shall see you tomorrow at the ball" Harry said. He hugged Rose, said goodbye to the two Malfoys and flooed home.

Scorpius sank into a chair with Rose on his lap. 11 days. That was all he had left.

A/N: Shorter than normal, but I thought I'd give you this chapter as a promise that I am still here and still writing! Next chapter is currently being written, so keep up any faith you have in me and keep reviewing! -Rxx