Chapter Three
As Scorpius was waiting for Lily in the prefects bathroom on Saturday night he thought back to what he had learned about the transformation process of becoming and animagi.
He read that the transformation took two months to complete and that in that time, one had to undergo the painful transformations at the same time once a week for eight weeks. After that the transformations would come as easily as walking or breathing; The witch or wizard just had to will themselves to become their animal or to turn back in to their human form. Another thing Scorpius had learned about animagi is that once you have turned into a certain animal, that is your animal for life and that you don't get to choose which animal you get to be.
Along with learning about how to transform into an animagus he pondered whether or not he should tell Lily that Rose knew about their deal. Scorpius was starting to feel guilty that Rose knew of his secret unrequited love to Lily and of his agreement with Lily and that Albus did not. He valued both of their friendships equally and didn't like keeping one of them out of the loop.
Scorpius was brought out of his musings when he saw Lily walk in. His eyes lit up and the genuine smile he reserved only for Lily was plastered on his face until he saw her anxious features. His expression quickly changed to one that was troubled.
As Lily's eyes looked up she was about to smile until she saw Scorpius' face. "What's wrong, Scorpius?" She asked gently as she reached up put her hand on his arm.
Scorpius was momentarily distracted by her touch but was quickly enough brought back to the present and to the pressing matters at hand. After a long debate with himself he decided that honesty was the best policy and so he started to tell her the truth.
"When I came back to the Heads dormitory on Thursday night Rose found out about our deal of becoming animagi together. You know how Rose is, she always knows everything. She knew that I was keeping something from her and Lily, she's one of my best friends, it would be impossible to try to keep something like this from her. I understand if you want to cut off the deal. Rose has told me that she will keep quiet about this and I will continue to too, agreement or not." Scorpius blurted out, waiting for Lily to reprimand him for his actions.
What Lily did, however, surprised him. She hugged him as if to comfort him. Once Scorpius realised what she was doing he relaxed in to her hug and wrapped his arms around her, holding her tight. He buried his nose into her hair smelling a strange yet lovely mix of vanilla and frangipani in her deep red waves.
Lily pulled away from him and Scopius mourned the loss of her in his arms. "I'm not mad at you Scorpius. In fact I'm quite the opposite. I'm glad that you told me that you told Rose. She may be my cousin but to me she is my best friend too. I too was starting to feel guilty about not letting her know." Lily then smiled contently at Scorpius as if a weight had been lifted off her chest.
Scorpius was happy that Lily was understanding but he wasn't sure that if the agreement was still on. He barely had time to see her with Head Boy duties, him being in Slytherin with Albus, her being in Gryffindor with Rose and his studies. He only had one year left of seeing her everyday and he wanted to make sure that it wasn't a year wasted.
"Thank you for understanding, Lily. Though I was wondering if this means that we still have our agreement…?" Scorpius asked hopefully.
"I was thinking about our agreement before." Lily stated. "As I said, I didn't like keeping Rose out of the loop or Albus for that matter. So I started thinking about it and thought, what if they wanted to join too? What if Albus and Rose wanted to become animagi with us? I mean, my grandfather and his three best friends could transform too. Sure, Remus Lupin was a werewolf which in turn triggered the idea for my granddad, my great-godfather Sirius Black and Peter Pettigrew to become animagi as a show of support to him. We could be the new Marauders, Scorpius!" Lily finished with her eyes lit up and her smile eager.
Scorpius' resolve was melting away fast. "Are you sure, Lily?" He was clutching at straws to hold on to his alone time with Lily.
"Yes…" Lily replied slowly. "I'm sure." She looked up to his six foot three frame that towered over her five foot three frame resolutely. "It's not that I have anything against being alone with you, if that's what's troubling you. Merlin knows that I love spending time with you Scorpius." Lily reached for Scorpius' hand which he took and interlaced her fingers with his. "But I don't have any real friends outside of my family. Others just want to be my friend purely because of the fact that I am a Potter. Believe me, I'm happy that I don't have any friends outside of my family. It's big enough and provides all the love I need which is why I'd like to include Al and Rose."
Lily looked in to his steel grey eyes and watched them thaw out to the stormy grey eyes that she adored. Scorpius sighed, both in defeat and contentment. "That sounds more than reasonable to me." Scorpius smiled to Lily tenderly. "Come on, we've got to go tell Albus and Rose of our plan."
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Lily beamed back at Scorpius and hugged him again. Unfortunately for Scorpius it was much quicker this time because she was already making her way out the door, eager and excited to tell Albus and Rose. "Come on, Scorpius!"
Scorpius laughed and chased her down the passage way. Lily squealed in delight and ran faster but not fast enough since Scorpius caught her around her waist causing Lily to scream out of surprise and laugh harder than before. The couple were soon in hysterics and were holding each other for support. That's how Albus and Rose found them.