Sorry this one is kind of short :(

Chapter 9: Albus Tells

"Scorpius, now do you believe Merope is not Voldemort's evil daughter?" asked Rose, raising her eyebrows.

"Yes I do. I'm so, so, so sorry Rose! You too Albus," Scorpius replied regrettably.

It was a little past ten o' clock and Scorpius, Rose, and Albus were the only ones left in the common room. It was a school night after all and you can't concentrate on your magic in class if you're too sleepy!

Albus had made them stay late to ensure that he wasn't heard by someone that shouldn't know.

"Well what are we going to do? We can't just let the Wizarding World perish from this Barty Crouch maniac!" Scorpius exclaimed.

"It's okay Scorpius, our parents are top Aurors! They'll punk this idiot!" laughed Rose.

Albus noticed Scorpius' warm smile on seeing Rose laugh. They were like Aunt Hermione and Uncle Ron. They, along with his mum and dad, and the rest of his humongous family, often told the many kids stories about their childhood. His aunt and uncle fought a lot, but deep down inside, always cared for and loved each other.

"Okay, well, I wasn't supposed to tell Scorpius," started Albus, unhappy at himself for breaking up the moment. "Because Uncle Ron thought that, well, Uncle Ron can hold a grudge. But the point is that you CANNOT breathe ANYTHING about this to ANYONE AT ALL! Uncle Ron told me I could tell Rose even though her mom said no. She said it was top "certain Auror" stuff," said Albus all seriously to Rose and Scorpius.

Scorpius looked as if he was going to say something, but held it back.

"Okay, we won't tell anyone Albus. You know we wouldn't anyways," replied Rose with a nod. Scorpius copied her.

"'Kay, well, you can go now, bye! 'Night!" smiled Albus.

Rose stood up and walked up the steps to the girls' dormitory.

Albus suddenly remembered that he had forgotten to ask Rose for her History of Magic homework so Scorpius and he could copy from it.

History of Magic was double torture. Double History of Magic was Quadruple torture. Rose and a few other desperately smart people were the only ones to actually manage to stay awake during the lesson. Their ghost teacher, Professor Binns', voice was so drawling, so boring; it was like his voice was made to drawl and to drawl only!

Rose had told Albus about the homework and Albus told Scorpius. (The both of them were sleeping.) They totally forgot!

"Hey, Rose, wait!" yelled Albus, but Rose was already up there. He bolted up the stairs, but all of a sudden, he hit something and slid straight back down the staircase!

"Ahhhhh!" he yelled. Luckily, Scorpius saw and threw a cushion to break Albus' landing. He fell with a soft thud. Of course, there was probably a spell for that, but that wasn't his highest concern right now.

"Oh, thanks Scorpius! Why the heck would the founders find us not trustworthy? I totally forgot about that!"

"Why'd you need to go up there anyways? The staircase block didn't actually help, did it?" asked Scorpius jokingly.

"I needed the History of Magic homework to copy! You do too you know!" smirked Albus.

"Oh yeah! It's okay, we don't have the torture class tomorrow anyway," sighed Scorpius.

Albus shrugged, and with that, the two walked up to dorm and quietly got to bed, careful not to wake the others.

Albus couldn't get to sleep though. He was thinking about Bartemius Crouch Junior.

He knew his parents told the kids nowhere near everything about their totally abnormal Hogwarts years and when they were on the run. That would just make them irresponsible. Though he thought they would at least mention something about Barty Crouch. And they said Barty Crouch Junior. That means there was just a Barty Crouch, or Barty Crouch Senior you could say. But if they didn't mention anything about him, he must be really bad!

They would deal with it though. The Golden Trio has dealt with the most powerful Dark wizard of all time and his unspeakable Dark magic! So it won't be too hard to deal with a Death Eater. Would it?

"Oh, here's Sophie!" exclaimed Scorpius as he ate his bacon. His tawny owl nipped his hand affectionately and dropped his letter at him. (It had taken two days for Scorpius to get his father's reply.)

He opened the envelope and showed the letter to Rose and Albus as he read it:

Dear Scorpius,

I'm happy to hear that you got into Gryffindor. I am quite surprised though. You are much like your distant relative, Sirius Black.

I am also happy to hear that you are friends with Albus Potter and Rose Weasley. We have raised you differently from the rest of the old generations of our families. Our ways have changed. But they will also be a good influence on you.

I would like to apologize for the reputation you have. I have stopped those ways along with your grandparents at the end of the Second Wizarding War. But I am afraid to say that the old impression does not die out in the eyes of society. But hey, being a Gryffindor helps right?

Anyway, best wishes from your mum and me. And your grandparents.

Love, Dad

Albus scoffed, "Pureblood supremacist?" Draco Malfoy definitely was a pureblood supremacist! Rose seemed to think the same.

"Oh yeah! That definitely reflect the pureblood supremacy in the writer of that letter!" said Rose sarcastically raising her eyebrows.