That next Monday there was a sign posted up to announcement a few other things about the Halloween, namely that it was going to be a masquerade. Something that he thought would play well into his plan to ask someone to the dance and a big deal not being made about it. He smiled a little as he thought to himself about it. He had an off class so he decided to spend it outside while there was still time, before it got to cold out.

As he walked around the ground he could he a bit of yelling. Making a face he took off towards it. He soon found the source of the yelling and smiled shaking his head as he made his way over.

"Hello there Hagrid!"

Scorpius watched as the large man with a graying shaggy beard poked his head up and waved. Smiling he made his way to the hut. Many of the other Slytherins never got why he talked to the half giant. None really agreed with him being around, but he liked being around him. Something honestly something calming about him and the things around him.

Today it was a small puppy, but he could tell by the looks of him it wouldn't stay that way.

"Scorpius! What you doin' out here?"

Watching as he stood up straight the small puppy came bounding to him. Laughing a little he grabbed him and hoisted him up. He was pretty sure the puppy already weighed about thirty pounds. It wiggled a little as it fought to get away from him but Scorpius was able to keep a hold of him.

"I was walking till I heard you. Who's this guy?"

Hagrid smiled a little as Scorpius reached him and set the puppy down laughing a little as it went running to Hagrid.

"Well, I thought it was about time to get a puppy, I mean Fang…"

At the mere mention of his bore hound Fang he began to tear up. Scorpius never met Fang but he had heard about him from his father.

"Well I was finally ready to get pup, this is actually from the same family as he was. I'll be calling him Boris."

Scorpius nods his head as he kneels down scratching behind the pups ears smiling as he flops over on his back.

"A good name that is."

Finally after a moment he looked down to his watch shaking his head a little. He forgot that he was going to use his free period to do something important.

"I would stay around longer but I forgot I have to run and do something. How about we met up this weekend and have some tea?"

Hagrid nodded his head and picked up the puppy hauling him over his shoulder as he made his way back to his hut.

Scorpius gave a wave before making his head back to the castle to get a few things done.

It was after class and as most of the other students in Ravenclaw house Rose Weasley spent her time doing her homework. Next to her on the floor where Louis, Lorcan and Lysander. She made a face as she stared at her notes noticing a splotch of ink on an important word of her notes. Reaching in her pockets she pulled her wand and made the splotch disappear. Staring back at her work she went back to writing before she heard a bit of noise coming from the other end of the room.

She looked up and noticed one of the school owls had flown into the room. Circling for a moment before it seemed to find who it was looking for and landed right in front of her a letter in its beak. Taking the letter from the owl it stood there waiting for her. Looking at the front of it she made a bit of a face.

Please read alone.

She made a face but stood up looking to the others.

"I'll be right back."

She turned but was a bit surprised when the owl flew up to her shoulder making a clicking noise as it looked to her. Making her way to the dorm room she sat at her desk and opened the letter. She dropped in surprise when dancing bats and little pumpkins moved around her. She laughed little closing it watching them disappear and opening it again watching them poor back out.

Whoever sent her this was rather good at charms, she thought to herself. After a moment of watching them dance around still smiling she looked down to the letter.

Dear Rose,

You know who I am as I know who you are.

I would have liked to do this in person, but I think for the both of us its best not to.

All of this though is to ask you to the Halloween dance.

Now it would be bad form for us to go together but there's no one I would rather go with.

I hope that is you do not have a date you would think about going with me.

Send an answer with the owl; he'll bring it right back to me.

Also, if you do wish to go and the letter indicts that you want to go with me, I will meet you in the hall leading to you common room.

I look forward to revising your answer.

S.H.M.

She re read the note a few times thinking about it. She was unsure of who the write of the note was. She rests her head out and one of the little bats landed on an outstretched finger and giggles as the bat hung there. She stared at it for a moment longer before pulling out a bit of parchment and grabbed her quill and quickly wrote her answer. Handing it back to the owl still sitting on her shoulder she walked over to the window and watched the owl fly off.

After watching it fly away she took a breath and shut the window before making her way back down to the common room. The others looked to her for a moment a look of questioning on their face, but she did nothing more than shake her head getting back to work, a little smile now playing on her lips.

He sat at the top of the astronomy tower and waited. He leaned back again one of the stone walls and looked to the sky. He smiled a little as the starts twinkled. He stood when he heard the screech of the owl and he stood up. He smiled a little as he held his arm out and watched it as it landed on his out stretched arm.

He took the letter from the owl and gently pats it on the top of his head.

"Thank you for doing this."

The owl blinked and hooted gently before it took back off in to the air. He stared at the letter for a moment before taking a breath and opened the letter. Grinning he looked down to the answer and knew there was more work to be done. Pulling his wand he waved it and wordlessly disappeared into the night.