I'm back guys. I really don't know what to say here, other than that the next chapter will most likely be the last. Maybe if I get enough requests for it or reviews I'll do an epilogue, but I dunno. But thank you guys again for all of your support. Xo
~Dani
Year 6
"Long live all the magic we made"
"Scorpius, slow down!" I called, laughing, and even though I couldn't see him, I ran to catch up. The grass of the Hogwarts grounds tickled my feet, illuminated only by the moon and the lights pouring from the castle windows.
"No way," the boy called back, "The charms will wear off soon. We have to be far enough away from the castle before we turn visible again." From the sound of his voice, he was just over ten feet ahead of me.
"No one's going to look out the window," I complained, "And it's dark anyways."
"I just don't want to get caught," he said, "It would be bad if two Ravenclaw Prefects were caught sneaking out? Besides, it's your fault you let James have the invisibility cloak."
I huffed. "In my defense, he had some girl steal it from under my bed."
"Some girl, huh?"
I grinned into the darkness. "Yeah, one of those girls who are totally, irrationally in love with him. They do whatever he says."
"Plural?" he asked, sounding horrified, "As in there's multiple of them?"
"Terrifying, isn't it?" I said, "I worry for their state of mind."
I stopped running as I reached the lake, and I felt him do the same. We hadn't slowed to a walk for more than ten seconds before I felt a tingling sensation run through me, and I looked down to find myself visible again.
Scorpius sat down on the grass by the water, and I followed suit, sitting beside him.
"It's nice, isn't it?" he said, and I nodded, even though I wasn't quite sure what he was talking about. The weather, the lake, the break in our classes, the silence, or just the fact that we were just sitting together for the first time in what felt like a thousand years. It didn't matter. It all seemed pretty nice to me.
When he looked over at me, I could still see the little boy I met when I was eleven. The one who smirked at me like he was so much better than I was, the one never seemed to take anyone else seriously. But the spark in his eyes were warmer now, less harsh.
"Remember the first time we snuck out?" he asked me, and I nodded.
It was in third year, on a dare. James bet me that I couldn't spend a night outside the castle, then dared Scorpius to tag along. "I got Howlers for a straight week," I said, and he chuckled.
"You'd think your parents would cut you some slack, seeing as they almost got themselves expelled on numerous occasions."
"Occasions in which my father almost gave Mum a heart attack due to how close they were to expulsion," I pointed out.
As we sat, the wind started to pick up, and I hugged my knees, shivering. Scorpius cocked an eyebrow at me, "Are you cold?"
"No," I lied, and another spasm rocked through me.
He shrugged out of his coat, something that I, unfortunately, had forgotten, "Here," he said, "Take this."
"No," I insisted, "I'm not cold." Shiver.
"Is that so," he said, looking amused.
"Honest," I said. "I'm not cold-" Shiver. "-at all." Shiver.
"Your definition of honesty seems different than mine," he said, and lifted his jacket to place it over my shoulders.
Surrendering, I let him, but continued to mutter "Not cold" under my breath until the weight of his coat rested over top of my robes.
I pulled it around me, but said, "I'm really not," before he decided to gloat about being right or something equally infuriating.
He sighed, "Say what you want to hear, Rose," he said, and pulled a box out of his pocket, "But I want to show you something."
Curious, I leaned over, trying to read the words on it, "What is it?"
"I got them at a muggle shop last summer," he said, "I've been waiting to try them out. They're called fireworks."
"Fireworks," I repeated. The name sounded familiar, but, for the life of me, I couldn't remember what they were, "And a muggle shop? The great Scorpius Malfoy went shopping at a muggle store?"
"Oh please-"
"No secret magical functions? Just a plain old-"
"Rose."
I smiled, "Yes?"
He shook his head, and emptied the contents of the box into his hand. "They're loud though," he said.
"Will people in the castle hear it?"
"Most likely."
"Will we get caught?"
Pause. "Most likely."
I weighed my options. "Alright," I said finally, "Go ahead."
He smiled, and after murmuring 'Lumos' and igniting his wand, he got to work setting up. I watched over his shoulder, trying to make sense of it, but it was too dark for me to understand.
After a minute, he stood up, "There," he said, "Done." He gestured for me to stand as well, pointed to a spot just over ten feet away, "Go sit there, okay?" he said, and I nodded.
"Okay." I sat down on the grass where he had pointed and squinted through the dark at where he was still standing. Suddenly, a flash of light sparked from where he was standing and he came sprinting towards me.
Breathing hard, he sat down beside me on the ground. "Wait for it," he said, before I could ask. So I did. I waited, not quite sure what I was waiting for, but waited all the same.
As it turned out, it wasn't long before I saw what I was waiting for. Brilliant steaks of light shot up into the sky and exploded with a bang into colourful swirls and shapes. Before I could even catch my breath, it happened again. Blue. Then green. White. Red.
I felt my eyes grow with wonder, and in the back of my mind, I knew that this was surely loud enough to wake the castle. Surely someone would be here soon to haul us back to our dormitories. But for the life of me, I really couldn't care less. Let them find us. As long as this moment lasted, I'd be alright.
Scorpius's eyes were trained on mine, watching my reaction. "So what do you think?" he asked after a while.
I turned to face him, and only one word came to mind. "It's magical."
