In the previous chapter…

11 days. That was all he had left.

An hour later…

Rose had left with Harry to go and get ready at the Burrow with her cousins for the ball later that evening, and so Scorpius was left by himself to mope in his room. Leo found him curled up on his bed, head buried in his pillows, when he popped out of the fireplace.

"Scorp, man, what's up? "

"Potion's ready early. Only got 11 days"

"Ah. Well, that sucks a bit. But you can't be miserable tonight – Rose won't have a good time if you don't enjoy tonight, forget what's coming in the future for now, yeah?"

"Yeah, I guess."

"Rosie! It's time to get ready" Lily sung as she opened the door to her room. "Rosie!" she scolded, seeing that the small girl had decided to try out Lily's make-up without her, her face plastered in lip stick, eye shadows of many colours and a stripe of black mascara on each cheek. "Now we have to get this mess cleared up, we're gonna be late!" She slyly took her wand from her pocket and gave it a wave, the make up instantly returning to its rightful place, and all of the various colours and marks disappearing off of Rose's face. "Right, now that we're not going to be late, let's get ready for the party!"

2 hours later, Rose stood hand in hand with Hugo in front of the fireplace. They were going to floo to the Manor with Lily, Albus and a groaning James, who were also attending the Ball.

"Ready Rosie?" Hugo asked, gazing down on his older sister.

"Yeah! I wanna go to Scorp'us' ball!" she said. With that, Hugo scooped Rose up, resting her on his hip, then walked into the green flames in the grate.

"Malfoy Manor!" Rose heard him loudly say before they were surrounded by green flames that gently licked against her body. The next thing she knew, the flames fell away from them, revealing the hallway in the Manor. Rose looked around, scanning the people milling about for her dance partner, but could not spot the blond anywhere.

Scorpius stood anxiously by the fireplace, waiting for the green flames to erupt in the grate to reveal Rose. He cast a quick tempus charm, just to see that it showed 7:01, just like it had the last 4 times he had checked it. They were late. Rose was probably to blame for this, so he didn't worry a lot, but still, they were late.

Suddenly, his world went dark. He felt around to see who had covered his eyes, but found no one. He felt someone place a hand around his wrist before feeling the jerk of apparation. He fell onto something soft, and immediately felt something fasten itself around his wrists as something slightly heavier fell on top of him. His vision cleared, and he recognised his surroundings immediately. His bedroom walls seemed to close in around him, confining his to his bed, where he was pinned underneath Melody Partridge, a 7th year Slytherin who had previously been his girlfriend. Needless to say, he did not want her on top of him, especially on his bed.

"Scorpius, darling, it's been such a while since we've…..had a play date" Meldoy whispered as she snaked her hand down his chest towards his abdomen. He gasped as her cold hand slithered under his waistband, working its way down.

"Get off, Mel" he said, trying to pull his wrists free. The bonds got tighter.

"But Scorpie, we haven't had a chance to play yet" she pouted, sitting up so that she was straddling his hips.

"Melody, please get off. I have to find Rose"

"Oh please, don't tell me you actually care about the little brat? Is she just as irritating as a small child?"

"SHUT UP AND GET OFF ME!"

"Tut tut, Scorpie, where are your manners? Your parents would be very disappointed that you didn't ask nicely"

"Fine. Please shut up and get off me right now!"

"Listen to me, Malfoy" Melody suddenly growled, bending down so her face was inches from his, "you are going to play along with me until I tell you that you can return to your precious Weasley scum." A wand dug into his thigh. "and if you don't" the wand scraped up his thigh painfully so it was sitting at the very top of the inside of his leg "I can guarantee that you will never be able to have kids. Capisce?" she growled, digging the tip of her wand into his flesh.

Scorpius howled in pain. Wherever the wand had travelled, his skin split open into a deep cut, blood instantly pooling onto the fabric of his trousers and shirt, staining them red. His vision blurred again, this time from pain. He saw the door fly off its hinges with a bang, hitting the wall on the opposite side of the room. He felt Melody's body being thrown off of him, before seeing a burst of purple light. His last thought before blackness consumed him was that he was in big trouble.

Hugo heard it first. He had Rose on his shoulders as she scanned the people in the ballroom for Scorpius. Draco was just walking past him, and obviously heard it too. The sound of a man screaming in unbearable pain. They shared one look before Draco ran towards the staircase. Hugo practically threw Rose at Lily, who was luckily standing next to him, before sprinting after Draco.

"Where's Hugo going?"

"I have no idea, Rosie, we'll have to wait and see when he comes back" Lily said, just as confused as her cousin.

Draco took the stairs three at a time. He had heard his son cry out like that only once before, and that was after falling from his broom as a child when he broke all the bones in his legs and his pelvis.

Hugo was barely five steps behind. He'd known it was Scorpius the second he saw Draco's head whip round. He practically skidded into Draco as he stopped in front of a door with Scorpius engraved in it.

With a jab of his wand, Draco sent the door flying through the room. He ran towards the bed and threw the girl off of his son just as she jabbed her wand at Scorpius' face. The purple flash momentarily stunned everyone. Then the stench of blood filled his nostrils, nearly making him gag. Scorpius' shirt was half stained red, his trousers also turning brown with the colour of blood. A pool of blood soaked into the sheets around his middle. The sight was enough to make him stun the girl.

Then he saw it.

The blood poured out of Scorpius' head from the wound from earlier in the year. The curse had opened the wound again. Draco rushed to his son's side. He cast a patronus and watched it race out of the room, crashing into Hugo.

"Draco, we need to get him to Mungo's" he said, his voice shaking. He got no response, so he made his way over to the bed. He transfigured the bed sheet into a stretcher and pulled a pillow under Scorpius' head.

His head spun around as he heard a blood curdling scream from the door.

A/N: Hellooooo! Sorry for the delay in updating, i've had a hell of a few weeks. I've been so busy that writing got slightly forgotten. Oh well, here's an update for you! and it is quite a substantial length! Enjoy and don;t forget to review! Also, still looking for things to read, so if anyone wants their writing read and reviewed, ask and you shall recieve. aaaaaaaand i'm off! - Rxx