SWNG

Chapter 11

Siblings

"Why would muggles want to keep animals on display?" asked Scorpius looking at a parrot.

"It's so they can look at all the different species of creatures in one area." said Harry.

"Now sweetheart. You promised me there would be no 'accidents' and I'm holding you to it." said Ginny, giving Harry a stern look.

"Daddy once let some animals out of their cages." whispered Lily to Scorpius.

"He and my uncle Ron." said James.

"When dad was ten, he sent a snake on his cousin." said Albus.

"I deny that charge. I just let the snake go, I didn't sick it on anyone." said Harry with a smile, "You know, till this day, Dudley refuses to come back to the zoo.

"James." Ginny quickly turned to her son.

"I was twelve, I wont due it again." said James in a deep sigh.

"What did you do?" asked Scorpius.

"Tried feeding me to a tiger." said Albus with a giggle.

"That's the large cat with stripes, right?" asked Scorpius looking over at the Wild Cat exhibit.

"Yes and large teeth." said Lily.

"He made me drop my ice cream. I was twelve, I was angry at him." said James, with a frown.

"That's no excuse James." said Harry with a serious look at his son.

"I'm fourteen, I am not going to feed Al to a tiger over ice cream." said James with a deep sigh.

"So where do you guys want to go next?" asked Ginny with a smile.

"Can I go by myself?" said James looking around and whispering, "It's embarrassing."

"Really?" asked Harry, a smirk playing on he and Gin's face.

"I swear Dad, if you do..." James was cut off by Harry and Ginny's next action.

"SO, DID YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENED?!"

"NO, WHAT HAPPENED HONEY!?"

"JIMMY HERE GOT A GIRL..."

"Dad please, I just saw two people I actually know." said James in a panic as Albus and Lily giggled.

"Isn't that Thomas?" asked Scorpius pointing to a young girl snickering by a large tank.

"Oh god, please stop." said James in a pleading voice.

"Fine, you can go without us." said Harry with kind smile, "But, you can either go with no money or bring these three with you, with money."

"... Sometimes dad... nevermind. Come on snot-nose, wimp, and Scorpius." said James taking some money from his parents.

"Was that wise, sweetheart?" asked Ginny, looking at the kids walking away.

"Give us some alone time, doesn't it." said Harry with a smirk, causing Ginny to laugh.

It seemed to go well at first, but a half an hour in and James and Albus where arguing. Scorpius and Lily listened in from where they stood by a wax animal machine. Neither of the two non-fighting knew what had really started the fight. However it had escalated to family matters that Scorpius felt was too personal for him to know about, but Lily said it was normal sibling banter.

"Albus, why don't you go whine to mom and dad about how I'm so mean to you. You do otherwise, you sniveling brat." said James.

"I am not a brat, your the brat. Whenever you want something you have a tantrum." snapped Albus.

"But who gets what they want no matter what?" asked James, "It's ridiculous, you get everything you want."

"I do not."

"Yes you do, all you have to do is ask for something with that annoying look on your face and everyone gets it for you. I on the other hand get told that I need to grow up... and I get blamed for everything that goes wrong. Anything you do is "Oh, thank goodness he didn't get hurt," I brake something and I get grounded." growled James.

Scorpius and Lily looked at each other as the argument got heated. Apparently the fight had never escalated this far before, to the point James had now started saying some truly hurt full things. Albus just stood there his lip out and brows furrowed. Lily took a deep breath and walked in between her brothers, they hadn't said a word for a full minute and had just glared at each other.

"I hate you." whispered Albus in a slightly hurt tone.

"Good, because I wish you'd never been born." said James, now he was aiming to hurt.

Albus's eyes shot wide for a second and then returned to angry ones. He stomped passed James and went to go wait by the merry-go-round they told their parents they'd be by. Scorpius followed quickly, glaring at James as he went. James sighed, and rubbed his temples, he hadn't meant to say that. He opened his eyes to find his sister glaring at him in a way only his mother and grandmother could.

"Go apologize or I'm telling mom." said Lily, then pointed her finger towards Albus, "NOW!"

"He won't except it." sighed James.

"I don't care."

Scorpius approached Albus cautiously as he went on the merry-go-round. Albus was sitting in a two seated dragon staring at the ground. Scorpius sat next to him as the rid started to move. Scorpius wasn't sure what to do at this point, he didn't have any siblings so he'd never had to worry about this type of thing. He put a hand on Albus' shoulder causing him to jump and realize for the first time Scorpius had sat down next to him, then he sighed.

"I don't hate James." said Albus, who then started to cry, this alarmed Scorpius.

"Al, Al... ohm I'm sure James didn't mean it." said Scorpius, putting his arm around Albus in a brotherly fashion.

"Y-yes... h-he d-oes." sobbed Albus, "I k-know i-t." said Albus as the ride stopped.

Albus was sitting in a type of fetal position as Scorpius felt someone tap him on the shoulder. He looked up and saw James who titlted his head to the lion behind them. Scorpius hesitantly got up and walked to the lion, where Lily sat next to him on snake. James sat where Scorpius had been sitting and placed an arm around his brother.

"Is this normal?" asked Scorpius, thinking about the fight.

"For them, yes. I don't really get into fights with either of them. Though according to our parents... for a few years they both thought I was an evil creature that they'd brought home from the hospital instead of their baby brother they'd wanted. Such love, ey?" said Lily as the ride started, "Don't worry after this rides done, they'll be back to messing with each other again. Sometimes I wish I had sisters."

True to her word when the ride stopped, the Potter brothers where laughing about something Scorpius decided must have been a family story of a previous fight. It involved a Hippogriff and a tree house. Somehow, Scorpius didn't even want to know. Scorpius smiled and rolled his eyes. He nearly fell over as Albus jumped on him, locking his arm around the slightly taller boys shoulder.

"Thanks for trying to cheer me up." said Albus with a broad grin.

"I just told you..."

"I know, but small things help." said Albus, "So on that note... Want some cotton candy?"

"YES!" said Scorpius as he saw the snack stand.

"Thought so," laughed James from behind them.

TBC

Last Chapter is coming up, then on to other sequels.