Chapter 11: Attack on Hogwarts.

Scorp glanced at the barmaid.

She wasn't coming round and the smoke from hogwarts was growing larger.
He tried to think. He couldn't send Al to Hogwarts while he found a Healer, he'd never forgive himself if Al was killed.

But then he couldn't send Al to find a Healer while he went to Hogwarts. Al wouldn't let him.

Al saw Scorp's face scrunched up in concentration.

"Hey, mate?"

Scorp looked up.

Al cleared his throat, "We can take her to Uncle George's. Aunt Angelina knows some healing."

Scorp's face brightened. Evidently relieved.

They lifted the barmaid together and stumbled towards Weasley's Wizard Wheezes.

Scorp having no arms free, knocked on the door with his head.

George yanked the door open, "Fred!?"

He looked down and saw Scorp and Al.

His face fell, but he quickly regained control.

"Al, Scorp. Why are you two here? You haven't seen Fred have you? He just ran off when the first explosions went off…" George trailed off as he finally saw the barmaid and the cuts all over Scorp.

Al fumbled with the barmaid's legs, "Uncle George? Is Aunt Angelina in?"

George nodded wordlessly and moved aside to let the boys in.

Angelina was at the counter counting the money from the till.

She looked up as the boys walked in.

Her face paled a little and let out a small gasp.

She got the boys to lie the barmaid down on a couch upstairs, then she started franticly pulling out potions from the cupboard until she found the one she needed.

As she treated the barmaid, George pulled Al aside.

Scorp guessed that he wanted to know what happened.

With the adrenaline now completely worn off Scorp ached everywhere,

He would have liked nothing more that to just sit down and let Angelina treat him, but he couldn't.

Not when something was going on at Hogwarts.

With George and Al in another room, and Angelina preoccupied Scorp edged himself now the stairs, careful not to make a sound.

Once he was down in the shop, he quickly ran into the basement, pulling out his wand he quickly tapped the wall.

"Dissendium!"

The wall opened to reveal some stairs.

Scorp ran up and jumped out of the One Eyed Old Crone's hump.

The first thing he noticed was the fire.

Everything was alight.

He coughed as the smoke invaded his lungs.

His eyes were forced shut by the stinging.

He shook his head.

No. He had to move forward. He had to find….

Who did he have to find?

The enemy? And then what?

With his first year knowledge defeat them? That was stupid.

The voice in the back of Scorp's head that was his Malfoy blood whispered slyly.

"Yes. That's right. You can't do anything. Run away. Leave them to burn. Survive Scorpius survive. Leave Lily and Hugo to burn. Burn."

The voice cackled madly, as if the very thought of little Lily and Hugo burning was the greatest thing ever.

Strangely enough, the voice sounded like Draco, and to him a burning Lily and Hugo would be the greatest thing ever.

But then an even louder voice filled his head.

"Come on Scorp! Believe in yourself!"

Scorp shut his eyes as he imagined Rose lying in a hospital bed. He would never hear her say those things, ever again.

God he wished he knew where she was, how she was.

Rose.

"She's fading! Damnit quickly. Where's the Healer?"

A furious woman yelled back, "He's got about a dozen other people. Bloody Hell Fitzgerald do it your self!"

The man called Fitzgerald looked nervously down at Rose, her face pale and sweaty.

"I. I can't"

"Oh for the love of God! This is no time to get squeamish! Treslirom!"

An orange light billowed from the woman's wand.

Some life began to flow back into Rose's face.

She was alive.

"Scorp…" she whispered.

Scorp's eyes flew open.

He breathed clearly, free of smoke.

She was alive!

For the first time in eleven years Scorp was grateful for his Gazing.

He ran forward, towards the Room of Requirement.

The smoke no longer hurt his eyes, or suffocated his lungs.

Scorp ran through it as if it wasn't there.

He skidded to a stop outside the room.

As usual the door revealed it's self to him.

Unlike usual the door was aflame.

He tried to touch the door nob but it burnt his hand.

He wiped out his wand and roared, "Alohamora!"

The door swung open.

Lily and Hugo were huddled in the corner, weeping.

Scorp ran to them.

"Get up!" he yelled.

Hugo nodded and pulled a weeping Lily to her feet.

Scorp smiled reassuringly, "Stay behind me, and everything will be ok."

They nodded.

They ran out of the room. Dodging the flames.

Scorp reached for his wand to cast a spell, but he fumbled and couldn't grasp it.

Cursing under his breath he ran forward.

Down the stairs, Turn right, left, right again.

The Doors to the grounds were in sigh, they were wide open

All he had to do was get the kids out, then he could go back in and find others.

Flames roared around the door, blocking the way.

He stopped and grabbed Hugo's hand. He reached for Lily and she placed her tiny hand in his.

He smiled.

"Remember running at the wall to Platform 9 and three quarters?"

They nodded.

"Do that now, but this time jump over the flames."

Hugo paled, and Lily tried to pull her hand out of Scorp's.

He looked at them, pleading.

"Please. Trust me"

He didn't wait for an answer, instead he sprinted towards the door, dragging the unwilling children behind him.

He reached then flames and leaped, pulling Hugo and Lily along with him..

They hit the ground with a thump. Rolling onto the grass.

Scorp jumped up and stared at the burning Hogwarts.

Screams issued from the towers.

The screams of the students who has not made it out.

Something crashed inside the castle.

It was now impossible to use spells.

Anything could make the whole school crash.

He pulled out his wand and the Marauder's Map, and handed them to Hugo.

"Go to Hogsmead. Find Al and give these to him. And-. And tell him thanks for being my friend, and goodbye."

Hugo nodded and took the wand and map, tears in his eyes.

He held out his hand.

Scorp laughed and took it.

"Good luck" whispered Hugo.

"You too."

Hugo lifted Lily to her feet and ran as fast as he could.

Scorp spent what felt like forever watching the two disappear.

Then he himself turned and ran into burning Hogwarts.

It was like the Three Broomsticks all over again, but bigger and this time he didn't have his wand.

Dodging falling wood he sped through Hogwarts, gathering students as he went.

He found, three Slytherins on the first floor, five Hufflepuffs on the second, eight ravenclaws on the third and one Gryffindor on the fourth.

Those how weren't injured continued on with Scorp, except for a seventh year who levitated the two injured Slytherins and three Hufflepuffs out of the castle.

Scorp made the boy swear not to come back in again.

Scorp and his gang ran on.

The Hufflepuffs lead Scorp to their common room, where they found fifteen people, all uninjured.

In the Slytherin common room they found twenty uninjured and six injured.

Two of the seventh years took the injured, as well as the fist years the group had acuminated.

The Gryffindor common room was clear, and the Ravenclaw place only had one fifth year who has stayed behind to check for others.

They spent what felt like hours checking halls, classrooms, and the teacher's offices.

Even the Headmistress's office, which the gargoyle was kind enough to let them in.

They found no one more.

What Scorp found weird was that they had found no teachers, but a Ravenclaw explained that all the teachers had rushed out of the castle for some reason, minutes before the explosions.

Once certain that there was no one, the group ran for the doors.

Scorp stopped them before they sprinted.

He counted the heads.

He frowned and recounted.

There was two less.

Damnit, how could he let this happen?

"Go on without me," he yelled, as he ran back through the way they'd come.

No one ran after him, they just headed out the door to safety.

It took him ten minutes to find the two students.

They were wandering through the halls.

A sixth year boy and a second year girl.

The sixth year boy hurried the explain, "She fell, and I bent to help her, but when I looked up you lot were gone." Scorp nodded.
The boy lifted the girl and ran after Scorp as he leaded the way out.

Outside was deserted, they had all run away.

"You go first" yelled Scorp to the boy.

He nodded and ran to the doors, leaping over the flames. He quickly ran as fast as he could away from the castle, not looking back.

Scorp wavered, feeling faint.

He shook his head, and readied himself to sprint towards the door.

There was a crash above him.

Scorp looked up, just in time to see the ceiling cave in onto of him.

A/N:

Hey! So here I am. Christmas eve in a crapping 'Comfort Inn' typing away at my sister's laptop, which has about 28 battery left.

She's going to kill me, but it was worth it.

I know, I'm sorry to leave you on a cliff hanger.

I'm evil I know!

Now I'm sorry to say that don't get your hoped up for another chapter soon.

My sister leaves in three days, so I may or may not get another chance to type the next chapter.

It all depends.

Well Merry Christmas and I'm off to go bug my cousin to let me use his computer to upload this chapter!

See you!

PS, my sister's laptop doesn't have internet and I forgot the healing spell and how to spell the spell (haha spell the spell get it?) so I guessed. Sorry about that.