A/N – Well aren't I good! Two updates in two days! I'm not entirely pleased with this chapter but want to get it up for you guys. I'm hoping this chapter will answer some questions some of you have. Enjoy.
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Before leaving the carriage I pulled my bright blue hair back into a tight bun and pulled on my woollen hat over it. The spell was due to wear off any day now so I had to keep my hair hidden until then. My parents would freak, they loved my auburn hair.
"Lily-pad!" My dad laughed opening his arms and engulfing me in a hug. I squeezed him hard and smiled as I felt him kiss me on the head through my hat.
"How is my little Defence Against the Dark Arts prodigy?" He asked smiling proudly at me.
"I'm great thanks dad, where did Mum go?" I asked noticing her absence suddenly.
"She's just talking to Aunt Hermione, should be back any second. Where are your brothers?" He asked looking towards the train.
"They are just coming, James dropped Albus's trunk and spilt it all." I explained. He nodded and I stood leaning against him as we waited for my mother and brothers.
Mum arrived first with a woollen hat pulled down over her red hair and one of grandma Weasley's knitted scarves tight around her neck.
"Mum!" I cried literally leaping into her arms. She laughed and hugged me back asking me questions about my first term back as we waited for James and Al.
We waited forever, everyone else had got off and we were now all stood in a big group waiting. Finally a bored looking James and an angry looking Albus stepped off the train.
"What took you so long boys?" asked dad as they trudged over.
"James threw my trunk and then refused to help me pick it all up the twat!" Albus snapped furiously glaring at his brother who he usually got on well with.
"Albus Severus Potter! You mind your language around the younger children." Mum barked at Al glancing at me then smacking him round the head before walking off.
"I think Lily has heard worse language than that!" He shouted over at her but she either didn't hear or pretended not to.
"Yeah you should have heard what she said in defence the other day." Albus laughed talking to no one in particular. James glanced at him suddenly looking interested again and I just walked off after Mum in search of Lucy.
I love Christmas time at The Burrow! It was only the second day of the holidays and we had already eaten too much.
It was about 7:30pm, we were all incredibly full and the snow had started to fall outside. Grandma Weasley, Mum and all my aunts were gathered in the kitchen. We could hear them gossiping eagerly. Dad, Teddy, and Uncles George, Ron, Charlie and Bill were sat spread across the two sofas and the armchair in the front room whilst me, Lucy, Fred, James, Albus, Dominique, Roxanne and Rosie filled in the spaces or lay in front of the fire. Louis and Hugo were upstairs playing chess and Molly and Victoire were somewhere else, Victoire was probably giving Molly advice on being head girl.
"Lils why are you still wearing your hat inside?" Teddy asked when he threw a piece of popcorn and it got caught in the wool.
"Yes Lily its boiling in here, your being ridiculous." My dad joined in. I frowned at them both.
"It's the fashion Dad, get with it." I said waving a hand at them. The others laughed knowing the real reason I was covering my hair.
"So guys how has your first term been?" Ron asked.
We all muttered our answers and nodded.
"Nothing much has changed really." Rose spoke.
"Yeah but Defence has become a lot more interesting!" Albus laughed. Dad looked confused.
"Whys that? You are learning new spells?"
"Nahh Dad its Lily! Since she joined the class she and Malfoy keep everyone entertained with their banter." He replied. Dads eyes widened and Uncle Ron's ears started to go red. Albus suddenly paled realizing he had really dropped me in it.
"Lily Luna Potter! Your Uncle specifically told you not to go near that boy! And now I hear you have been joking around and being all friendly with him. We have told you once and we will tell you again, that boy is nothing but trouble. Stay away from him!" Dad shouted. We all winced, my dad never shouted; he always let mum deal with that.
"Dad chill! I got placed next to him so we could work in pairs and I insulted him once. It's not like I stripped down to my underwear and gave him a fucking lap dance!" I screamed back without thinking letting the Weasley defensive temper get the best of me.
I heard the room gasp collectively, everyone but James and Teddy were looking incredibly shocked. My two eldest brothers were trying to cover ups their laughs.
"You leave this room right now! I don't want to look at you!" Dad shouted pointing towards the door where my mother and some other aunts had gathered after hearing the shouting. I glared at him before getting up and stomping out the door.
I stormed up the stairs and into my mum's old room. I slammed the door loudly and threw myself onto the bed.
Why did I get so defensive? Dad is right, Malfoy is trouble but why can't I stay away from him?
The term 'wanting what you can't have' quickly sprung to mind but I pushed it away not wanting to think about that right now.
After five minutes my breathing had slowed and I could think straight. I hadn't heard anything since I my mum and aunts had moved to sit in the large dining room so I guessed it was safe to visit the kitchen.
I silently passed the half open door of Hugo and Louis's room where they were playing chess still but Lucy had now joined them. I quietly walked down the stairs reaching the bottom and padding straight to the kitchen. In the kitchen there was a window that looked out into the front room. I could still hear everyone chatting in there and I wasn't ready to face my dad yet so I crouched down and crawled underneath the little opening.
Once I was past I sat on the counter and helped myself to a bottle of ButterBeer. Whilst I sat there I heard someone mention my name.
"Dad why don't you want Lily or anyone else talking to that Malfoy boy?" Rose asked who I presume was Uncle Ron.
"Because the Malfoy's are lying cheats and the world would be better off without them." He answered bluntly.
"Umm okay?" Rose muttered obviously put off by her dad's blunt reply.
"We might as well tell them everything Ron, they are old enough." I heard my dad's voice. Ron sighed.
"Right ask anything about the Malfoy kids?" My dad spoke again. Everyone started asking questions
"Was the media the real reason they left 10 years ago?" Fred's voice was the loudest and the only one I could make out over the noise of the rest.
"No it was not. I'll start from the beginning." My dad said when everyone was finally silent.
"As you know Draco Malfoy was a death eater during the second war. Well when the war was over I and Uncle Ron testified so that Draco would not be sent to Azkaban with the over captured death eaters. We wanted to give him a second chance. Well 13 years ago Draco got a job in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement at the ministry. It was his job to track law breakers and most importantly at they that time rogue death eaters still in hiding. He would then pass this information on to the Aurors and let us capture them. When Malfoy first started we had a couple of eaters on our wanted list and we knew where they were living. We just needed to get out there and capture them. So we went on a mission and arrived at this old abandoned warehouse where we knew were hiding but when we charged in they were gone. This happened a lot over the next 3 years, it was very confusing. Every time we knew exactly where these death eaters would be but as soon as we turned up they were gone! Finally we figured it out, Malfoy was working as a double agent, and he was sending information to known and wanted death eaters. He was sending them stuff like who was on the wanted list, what the Auror department knew about certain people, who they were tailing so the death eaters knew to relocate." My dad explains and everyone was silent.
"We confronted Malfoy about it. We told him we would tell the minister but before we could he fled the country. He had destroyed any evidence so no one would believe us!" Uncle Ron finished. I jumped off the counted and quickly returned to my room. That conversation was not meant for my ears.
I sat back down on my mum's bed. What does this have to do with Scorpius though? He would have only been 3 at the time. There is no way he was involved. Do they seriously think that Scorpius is exactly like Draco?
For the rest of the days leading up to Christmas I was very sullen and withdrawn. We would spend the morning at our houses and then gather for an evening meal at The Burrow. I was still mad at my dad for shouting at me and mad at my mum for taking his side later that evening. I stayed in my room only speaking to the boys until we left for The Burrow.
"Lily Luna Potter, stop sulking like a baby and come eat breakfast with your family on Christmas Eve!" My mum shouted up the stairs. I pulled a different hat onto my head since Malfoy's bloody spell still hadn't worn off and trudged down the stairs.
I dragged my normal seat from beneath the table and sat down not looking at my parents. We all tucked in, silence falling.
As I played around with my eggs Teddy reached over and ruffled my hair.
"Cheer up Lils, it might never happen." He joked making everyone else laugh.
"Oh but it already has, my own father had a go at me for something I didn't do!" I snapped back glaring across the table at my parents.
"Lily darling don't be silly, your father is sorry for how he over reacted but you know the Malfoy's do that to him." My mum spoke giving me the look that forced me to look at dad. He was smiling apologetically and I knew I couldn't drag this out for much longer so gave him a small smile back.
"Good now that's all sorted lets finish breakfast." Mum said clapping her hands together and smiling. "Oh and Lily please take that hat off I haven't seen you without it on once since you got off that train!" and before I could react she flicked her wand and the hat flew from my head letting my long blue hair spill out.
Mum, Dad and Teddy's mouths fell open with almost comical timing. Albus and James tried to look shocked as well but couldn't hide their smirks well enough.
"What have you done to your beautiful hair?" My mum almost wept.
"Calm down it's just a spell gone wrong that hasn't worn off yet. Don't worry I haven't permanently dyed it." I lied easily since neither James nor Albus actually knew it was Scorpius that had dyed it.
"Merry Christmas everybody!" My Uncle George shouted down the table as confetti shot out of various wands and everyone cheered.
We had floo'd over to The Burrow after the unveiling of my hair yesterday and had stayed the night ready for a huge family Christmas the next day. I hadn't worn my hat and everyone had stared at my hair. It was annoying me even more and I was starting to think the spell would never wear off.
The day wore on, gifts were exchanged and food was eaten. As it got later into the evening we split off into little groups. The adults were in the front room drinking and singing, it was all quite embarrassing. Victoire and Teddy had mysteriously disappeared, no one knew where they were but we all knew what they were doing.
Lucy, Hugo, Louis and I were all sat in a room upstairs chatting and laughing at the sound of our drunken parents downstairs.
Being with my best friend and two of my favourite cousins meant my mood was starting to change for the better. Well until I was sent downstairs for snacks and for the second time during these holidays I came upon a conversation that mentioned me.
This time it was the 'older kids' which included my brothers, Rose, Roxanne, Fred and Dominique. They were sat in the dining room and as I passed the door on my way to grab snacks I heard my name.
"James, Al do you know what's up with Lily? She's seemed so down these holidays." Rose asked in a way that told me she was concerned.
"I don't know, we think its either hormones." I could just imagine both my brothers cringing as Albus said that. "Or dad shouting at her for fraternising with the enemy." James joked about Malfoy.
The room laughed and I snuck closer, the mere mention of Scorpius's name hooking me.
"Ahh the mysterious Malfoy, I haven't heard much off of him since our little prank in the corridor." Fred boomed louder than usual letting me know that they had probably been drinking some of Uncle Charlie's muggle alcohol.
"The prank where he kicked your arses?" Rose joked.
The boys let out a chorus of excuses to why Malfoy had beaten them that day making me smirk.
"Yeah speaking of that I forgot we need to get him back for that. Boys I'm feeling like a bit of pranking is needed!" I heard Fred again and then a murmur of agreement.
"God that boy annoys me!" I heard Dominique for the first time. "Did I tell you that at Sophie Bell's party on the 7th he tried it on with me!" shocked gasps echoed through the room and even my mouth fell open.
"Yeah obviously I told him where to stuff it. and then later that night I saw him all over that slutty Ravenclaw Claudia Bennett!" she told the others who started stories of their own about things that happened at that party but I stopped listening.
I stomped back up the stairs and into an empty room. Why was I mad? Malfoy and I are not together, he could do what he wanted with who he wanted. He said it himself, us kissing and flirting is just a bit of fun.
Well it's over now, I will stop defying my family's wishes and stay away from him. I will take that metaphorical hold he has over me and throw it out the window. I'm a Potter, there is no way I'm going to be controlled by anyone let alone a Malfoy.
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