In the Previous Chapter…
"If Mr Weasley finds McLaggen, all that'll be left will be a puddle on the floor" Scorpius smirked grimly. A sudden crash came from the other side of the hall. Draco and Scorpius, who were both quite tall, stood on their tip toes and could see Ron, Harry, George, Percy, Bill, Charlie and Arthur stood up behind their table staring at McGonagall. The women at the table were a bit more gracious and were sat staring blankly with wide eyes and open mouths at the headmistress. The crashing sound had come from Ron dropping a plate onto the floor. Draco chuckled.
"Now the all Weasleys know, there's gonna be big shit when they find that boy" he laughed.
"WHAT?!" Ron practically screamed at McGonagall, who winced slightly as Ron stood up instantly, knocking a plate crashing to the floor. She quickly muttered reparo and the pate flew back onto the table completely fixed.
"Mr Weasley, Rose and Scorpius have just found me to tell me that Michael McLaggen's son is in attendance tonight. I would like you and your family to search for him and remove him from Hogwarts immediately" McGonagall tried to say quietly, so as not to draw attention to them, but that was not going to happen as suddenly all of the Weasley men were on their feet, wands in their hands.
"We'll handle this, Minerva" Harry said, grimacing. "Everyone split up. Minerva, could you pretend to make an announcement that will get everybody back to their table? It will be easier to search once everyone is sat down" he said.
"Of course." McGonagall walked briskly to the front of the hall. "Students, Guests, I hope that you are enjoying your evening so far" she said, performing a quick sonorous to raise her voice above the music, which gently dimmed to nothing. Everybody drifted back to their seats and soon enough, McGonagall had everyone's attention. "Shortly, we have a surprise in store for you, but they will not be arriving for another few minutes, so in this time, I would like to thank quite a few people.
"Firstly, I would like to thank Mr Morris and his fantastic orchestra for providing us with some wonderful music tonight." This was followed by a large applause as Mr Morris stood and bowed.
"Secondly, I would like to thank the free house elves of Hogwarts. All of the elves that have prepared your food for tonight work here of their own choice, and have done an excellent job tonight." Another applause.
"Thirdly, I would like to thank the staff of Hogwarts, who have put all of their time and skills into making the hall what it is for tonight. But they constructed this beauty under the instruction of our Head boy and Head girl, who organised the whole event from start to finish, so I would like to again congratulate Rose and Scorpius for giving us such an enjoyable evening." This was followed by a much larger applause as Rose and Scorpius smiled to their headmistress. Rose was still holding Scorpius' hand and he had his arm around her waist, supporting her, but they managed to put on a smile for a few seconds.
McGonagall saw out of the corner of her eye that Harry had located the McLaggens and was leading them all out of the hall into the entrance hall. He turned at the last minute and signalled to McGonagall that he would take the three upstairs to her office. She nodded and then continued "And finally, I would like to thank you all for coming tonight! So, would you please welcome your guest entertainment for the next hour, The Rejects!" she said, pointing towards the back door where the band appeared from. A huge roar went up from the crowd and the dance floor was soon swarming with people dancing.
McGonagall walked over to Rose and Scorpius and asked if they wanted to come and interrogate McLaggen. Scorpius said yes, whilst Rose said no, so Scorpius left Rose with Lily and Beth, who persuaded her to go and dance, and followed McGonagall up to her office, Ron and Hermione in tow.
"We think that McLaggen's parents bought him a ticket" Scorpius said. "But I can't remember selling them any tickets to be honest" he thought out loud.
"Well, we shall see how and why he is here in a second" McGonagall nodded as the four briskly walked to her office. As they neared the office, they heard a series of crashing sounds. They opened the door to find Harry stood out of breath in the centre of the room, Daniel McLaggen lying stunned on the floor, Michael McLaggen staring shocked at his son and Cho McLaggen crying into her hand.
"All under control, Minerva" Harry laughed, dusting off his robes. "Daniel decided to try and attack me, but that's where it got him" he motioned to the boy on the floor. Harry walked over to Mr and Mrs McLaggen and said softly to Mrs McLaggen "Cho, I'm really sorry but I had to stun him so that we could get this over with."
"I'm sorry Harry. I never expected him to attack you" she said, wiping a tear from her eye.
"Right, can we get on with this" Scorpius said impatiently from the side. "I'm kinda needed back downstairs."
"Of course, Mr Malfoy. Well, Mr McLaggen, can you explain to me how your son is in attendance tonight?"
"His grandmother sent us all tickets" Michael said, "and I thought that my son was entitled to come if he had a ticket." He said cockily.
"Well" McGonagall said harshly (Michael winced), "You are mistaken, Mr McLaggen, and your son is not welcome here at all. I believe that I expelled Daniel after he hospitalised Miss Weasley, so did you really think that he would be welcomed back with opened arms?" she asked.
"I told Daniel to come" Cho said, looking at McGonagall. "He was moping around the house so I thought it would perk him up a buit to be back here, even if it was for one night."
"You realise your son is a complete nutcase, right?" Scorpius said form the side. He received a glare from Mr McLaggen, but carried on. "He pushed his ex-girlfriend off of a staircase, Mr McLaggen, no sane person would do that" he said.
"He did not push her, he fell into her which caused her tragic accident" Michael grinned cockily again.
"No, he didn't. He purposely shoved Rose off of the side. You realise that she nearly died, right? You know that I sat by her bedside for over a month because she was comatose after he pushed her off of the stairs?" Scorpius yelled at Michael, whose grin faltered to a firm line. "How did you even think that your bastard son would be allowed to set a foot back in here after what he's done?" he yelled.
"Mr Malfoy, that is enough" McGonagall warned.
"No, it's not quite enough" Scorpius said. He walked over to Daniel's stunned body lying on the floor and promptly stomped his foot down on his face, smirking when he heard a satisfying crunch. "Now I've done that, the only thing left to do is get rid of him. That'll be enough" Scorpius smirked before walking out of the office and heading back down to the hall, hands in his pockets.