Disclaimer: Harry Potter, the subsequent characters, and universe belong to J. K. Rowling.

Summary: Ron suspects that Rose might be dating Scorpius Malfoy. He enlists the help of Teddy to figure out if he's right, but Teddy becomes quickly entangled in the situation. Rose/Scorpius Rose/Teddy.

Author's Note: We need more Teddy/Rose fanfiction – do your part. You know you want to…

I'd read and review it. (Oh look another promise. Will it never end?)

Chapter 11: The Escape

It wasn't supposed to go this way. Teddy was supposed to come back from this as a hero; he was going to make Harry proud. But now the Auror's would come and take away Rose and Al, and the family would be broken forever, and Harry would never really forgive him.

He slumped against the wall, ignoring the wand the younger boy had trained on his position. Even knowing what he did, he couldn't find it in himself to be afraid of Al. It was all too far from the reality he knew. His head hit the wall with a bit of a thump, but Teddy barely felt the impact. "It's too late Al, I sent the charm into the ministry once I found out it was a portkey." He studied Danny's thick fingers. They felt stranger than normal more like when he first put on this awkward skin. Maybe it came with being called Teddy again. He smiled grimly at those stranger's hands. "I thought I was protecting her." Al hadn't said anything or even moved as far as Teddy could tell.

He heard a tired sigh, but still didn't look up. "Well that complicates things, but I've planned for every possible variable."

Teddy looked up his shoulders slumped forward in a defeated position. "Then what's our next move chess master?"

Teddy leaned against the stone wall outside of the great hall. He was to wait for Rose to finish up breakfast and then explain to her the story Al had concocted to get her out of the castle. Al had gone to fill Scorpius in, to what degree Teddy was unsure, but he was pretty confident Al would get whatever response he wanted from the blonde.

Rose walked out of the hall with another girl in her year. She had changed out of her pajamas and into a pair of worn jeans and a green jumper. Teddy swallowed the dryness in his throat and called out for her, "Rose!"

She turned to look over her shoulder. She smiled warmly and waved the other girl on. "Yeah, Danny? I didn't see you or the boys at breakfast. Slytherin sleeping in this morning?"

"Rose, Albus needs to see you. Something's happened."

The smile immediately fled from Rose's face. "Is he in the hospital wing?" She stepped towards Danny grabbing his upper arm and starting towards the sick ward.

"No, it's not that. He's discovered something about a professor's murder."

"Wicks?" Her eyes went wide. "Has he told the headmaster yet?"

Teddy looked away from her and turned her in the direction of the dungeons where they would meet up with Scorpius and Albus. "I don't know. He just said it was important and that I needed to bring you."

Rose looked at him suspiciously, but didn't protest as he led her down the steps. Part of the plan meant that Teddy was going to be Danny for a good bit longer. Neither Al nor Teddy thought they could convince Rose to go with him if she found out who he really was.

"Scorpius!" Rose gasped when she saw Al and Malfoy standing in the hallway. Scorpius was frowning furiously at Al and didn't look in their direction even when Rose called out his name. Teddy noticed Al was holding a black canvas dufflebag and in the other hand what looked to be the marauders map.

Scorpius finally took a break from glaring at Al to look over at Rose. His eyes quickly taking in the broad form of Danny standing next to her. His mouth turned down even further.

He strode forward and pulled Rose into his arms. Apparently the no PDA rule had been temporarily lifted. Teddy noticed she seemed shocked and a bit stiff. "What…what's wrong?" she asked. Her voice was shaking slightly.

Scorpius kissed her hair and held her to him more tightly. Had he been crying? "Rose there's been a prophecy." His voice broke towards the end. Teddy looked towards the wall and studied the stones there.

"What kind of prophecy?" Teddy was interested to hear what Malfoy had been told. He glanced back towards the pair.

"A prophecy about the next dark wizard. It…it says that you're the only one that can stop him." A bit different than the way Teddy remembered it.

Rose stared at him blankly. Then she looked at Al and Teddy. "This has to be some kind of a joke. I mean, what could I possibly do to stop anyone?"

"Rose this isn't a joke," Scorpius said harshly. "Someone killed Wicks, because he knew about the prophecy and now they're coming after you"

"But this is Hogwarts," Rose protested.

"And Wicks was killed in Hogwarts," Teddy put in looking at Albus. Al returned his look completely unphased.

Rose had gone rather pale. "How did you know about the prophecy?"

"Professor Wicks wrote me about it." Al stepped forward placing a hand comfortingly on Rose's shoulder. "He thought Professor Trelawney had been drunk and he wrote me as a joke I think. Thought I thought it would be funny or something. But now he's gone, and now there's someone or something on the map." Rose brought a shaking hand up to her mouth in disbelief. Her eyes darted to the Marauders map clutched in Al's hand.

"At Hogwarts?" she whispered in a small voice. "We have to tell the teachers. We have to tell your parents.

For the first time Teddy noticed that Al looked slightly uncomfortable. This was the trickiest part convincing Rose she had to leave the castle now without going to any of the proper authorities.

"We've already sent notes to everyone Rose, but we don't know who can be trusted and whoever killed Wicks is here now. We're going to hold them back while you get safely out of the castle." Malfoy answered.

"We've wasted too much time already you have to go now." Al said his voice strained. "Come on. We're using the floo in this office." He grabbed Rose and pushed her into the dark room. He grabbed a fist full of green powder and shoved it into her sweating palm.

"I can't leave you to fight this," she said desperately clinging to Al's arm.

"You're going to Diagon Alley. Then Danny," he nodded in Teddy's direction will take you to his Dad's house. You should be safe there for a couple of days."

"Go Rose, quickly." Malfoy urged squeezing her arm.

"Oh Scorpius…"

"We'll see you soon," he promised her.

"I love you both." She kissed each boy on the cheek before approaching the fire. Tears were now dripping down her face. The glittering dust turned the flames green and she stepped in. "Diagon Alley." And she was gone in a flash the flames engulfing where she once stood.

"You take care of her." Malfoy directed with a shaking voice. "If she gets caught, I will hunt you down and kill you." He exited the room slamming the door on his way out.

"How much does he know?" Teddy asked eyeing Al warily.

"He knows the actual prophecy, but he doesn't know who you are yet."

"Right."

"Look after her Teddy. What Scorpius says goes for me too." Al held out the duffel bag that Teddy had noticed earlier.

Teddy looked at the boy evenly and didn't doubt his words. "We won't be caught." He said flatly. He took the bag from Al and nodded in the younger man's direction. He grabbed a fistful of floo powder and threw it into the flames.

He stepped into the fire and shouted, "Diagon Alley."

Traveling by floo was as uncomfortable and messy as ever. He shot out of the grate and fell onto Rose whom had just finished brushing most of the soot from her own journey off of herself.

"Sorry," he mumbled pushing himself off of her as fast as he could. He offered her a hand up which she accepted. She was a mess from floo travel and her eyes were red and puffy, but at least she had stopped crying.

"Where to now?" she asked wrapping her arms around herself. He noticed that she wasn't looking at him.

"A restroom first so I can change into some muggle clothes and then onto London. We'll be traveling by train. My Dad lives in the country."

"I'm sorry to involve you in all of this," Rose said without looking up at him.

"Not your fault," Teddy told her truthfully. "Don't worry my Dad's used to me bringing home strays." Not strictly true, since Teddy had never actually met Jack in person before. But it did bring a slight smile to Posey's face as she shyly looked up at him.

Diagon alley was bustling with early morning activity. Teddy needed to change immediately. He and Rose wouldn't attract any stares, but his Slytherin robes had already caught the attention of passersby. Nothing screamed cutting class quite like wearing Hogwarts robes that any British witch or wizard would recognize He didn't really want to leave Rose on her own, but he didn't have a choice at the moment. "I'm just going to pop into that café across the street and use their loo. You going to be alright on your own for a bit?"

"I'll be fine," Rose assured him.

He snuck in to the café, just incase it happened to be the kind where they only let customers use the facilities. He locked the door with a quick charm and opened up the duffle Al had handed him. There was a pair of jeans and a shirt, though they weren't Dannyboy's size they could be transfigured easily enough. Also in the duffle was some muggle money, toiletries, open ended train tickets, a looking glass, and a few other things that he didn't know the reason for yet. He also noted a sealed letter addressed to Danny. Probably further instructions from Albus…

Danny slipped on the pants and shirt adjusting their size with his wand. At least he and Rose were both of age and would be able to use their magic. He pocketed a few of the pound notes and the train tickets. The rest he left in the bag along with his school robes.

He hurried out of the café and back to Rose, who was right where he left her. He shouldn't be so surprised, since the hunt for her wouldn't really start until Harry got his letter. They had at least a day before he should start really worrying.