To Lupin4Tonks: I really appreciate your honesty and agree that Zander and Scorpius come off as a little… over the top I guess, blush. No, I admit it, more than just over the top. Truth be told this fic was just blowing off some steam, but still, I get that it's definitely not as good as even I'd hoped. But anyway, thank you for taking the time to review! Again, I really appreciate that. (And I'm glad you like my writing, at least I'm not a total loss, haha) In any case, I probably won't go along with this fic much longer, kinda stalling for time while trying to get ideas for a different story. Anyway, so here goes nothing. : )
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Harry Potter characters, this is just for my own twisted entertainment.
Summary: DH SPOILER! A sequel to Brill (and The First Meeting), but you don't have to read those two to understand this one. This is set much farther in the life of the new HP gen. Scorpius Malfoy runs away from home with best friend Alexander Boyle. Scorpius/Rose
A/N: This chapter is a bit of a place-holder for the a pretty long period of time, so it will mainly consist of short scenes of the boys' experiences.
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The Hut&
"It's raining," Scorpius remarked.
"I know!" Zander grumbled, running around outside, looking for his broom.
"No, no, it's raining. Inside."
"I KNOW!" Scorpius shrugged.
Standing inside the little hut, Scorpius added, "By-the-way…"
"WHAT?"
"Your broom's right here."
Zander hollered something indecipherable into the thick curtain of rain, swearing no doubt, before kicking at a rock and storming back into the hut. Frowning, he looked up at the ceiling.
Again Scorpius shrugged, "Told you it was raining inside."
"Malfoy…"
"Yes?"
"SHUT UP." Scorpius rolled his eyes and sat cross-legged on the wet dirt floor.
"Now what?" Scorpius asked.
"Silencio!" Zander growled, and Scorpius shook his head, sitting farther back. Zander began to pace back and forth, dripping from head to toe, and occasionally glancing at the leaky roof. Scorpius lazily drew out his wand and pointed at the ceiling, and a blue shield appeared, covering the leaks.
Zander gaped, muttering, "Finito Silencium… How'd you do that?"
"Silent magic, easy really," Scorpius said with a shrug, thickening the shield, "Still can't do wandless magic though."
"Malfoy! Did it ever occur to you that I might want to learn that? Eh? As head of the HQ I-"
"Head of the HQ? You couldn't even patch the roof."
"Yes I'm head of the HQ! You're honestly saying you'd like to be the Head?"
Scorpius turned red, "You're right, you're right."
Zander sighed and sat next to Scorpius, "We need a new roof."
"You think?"
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Scorpius stood outside, wand raised, levitating a huge plank of wood, muttering, "This isn't going to work."
"Shut up Malfoy!" Zander called back from the other side of the hut, "Higher, higher… stop! Now to the left… left… you're OTHER left. Lower… and… STOP!" The plank now covered the entire roof of the little hut. Zander, at least, was pleased.
"Now, onto the next order of business…"
"You stink."
"Fine, fine, I'm off to the river then."
"Aguamenti!" A thick stream of water flew at Zander, leaving him very wet and very annoyed.
"What was that for?"
"Now you don't stink."
"You know Malfoy, sometimes I really want to set you on fire."
"Same here Boyle, same here."
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"I don't believe it!" Zander cried, playing cards shaking in his hands, both boys sitting cross-legged in the center of the hut, across from each other.
"What?"
"I'm finally going to do it! I'm going to win at Exploding Snap! HAHAHA! HAHA-"
-BOOM-
Scorpius raised an eyebrow, "You were saying?"
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"Zander, your face is red. Red red."
Zander finally let out his breath, unsquinching his eyes and lowering his wand. "How do you do it?"
"I dunno, you just sort of concentrate really hard and then… visualize the word, you know, the spell… and then it just… happens."
"You know what I think Malfoy?"
"What?"
"I think you're making it up."
Scorpius pursed his lips and closed his eyes, a stream of fire shooting out of his wand.
Zander's eyes widened, "That was bloody awesome Scorpius! Bloody- WHAT THE… !" He pointed behind Scorpius. Scorpius turned and his jaw dropped open. Their little hut was on fire.
"YOU RETARD!" Zander howled, and then both started yelling, "Aguamenti! Aguamenti! Aguamenti!"
The hut hissed in response, the fire finally dying down under the water. The hut remained upright and unharmed, for the most part. But it would forever smell of smoke.
"You, Malfoy, are the stupidest guy I know," Zander growled afterwards.
Scorpius shrugged, "You still can't do silent magic you know."
Zander glared at him, flicking his wand, and suddenly Scorpius' legs started to jump in mad tap-dancing moves.
"For the love of Merlin, what!" Scorpius gasped, trying to regain control of his legs.
"There's silent magic for you!" Zander called after him, pleased, before marching into the burned hut.
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"Oi, three fourths of a room isn't too bad, right?" Zander said with a frown, referring to the new room they were building by the side of the hut with nothing but thin planks of wood. It still needed one more wall. And a roof.
"I don't think it's three fourths. I don't think it's anything."
"Why so negative?" Zander asked, leaning against one of the finished walls, "I think this looks much better than the actual- AH!" The wall fell through, and the other one fell as well. Zander looked up from the floor, slowly rising and dusting himself off.
"You speak, you die," he muttered.
"I wasn't going to say anything… Except maybe-"
"Ah-ah-ah-ah!" Zander made a zipping motion across his own mouth, as if to say: you say one more word and I will rip you into teeny tiny little pieces and feed them to the crocodiles.
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Scorpius pointed his wand at the hollow rock in the corner of the new room, "Incendi-"
"NO."
"Huh?" he looked up; Zander had his arm stretched out, and immediately ran over to pull Scorpius' wand out of his hand.
"As the official Head of the HQ," Zander said seriously, "I say you are not allowed to make fire anywhere NEAR the hut."
"Look, just gimme my wand back. I'm not gonna set anything on fire, okay!" Scorpius snatched his wand back, "Incendio!" The flames were off by an inch or two, hitting the wall instead, which immediately caught on fire.
Zander cringed, while Scorpius ducked his head and muttered, "Oops."
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"I give it ten seconds," Scorpius said, putting down his hand of Exploding Snap.
"Huh?" Zander asked, glaring back down at his cards.
"Well, not anymore… now it's what… Seven? Six… five… four…" Zander was picking out cards madly, switching in from the deck to his hand.
"Not yet, not yet!" he hissed, "I almost got it."
"Three… two… one…"
-BOOM-
Scorpius laughed. Zander twitched.
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"So it's gonna have five rooms, right? And then this one'll be for meetings and important planning stuff… and this one''ll have a shower…" Zander was scribbling on flat rock with some coal, trying to sketch a floor plan for his headquarters, which, at the moment, had only two, very small rooms.
"Er, Zander? I think we're gonna need more than five rooms."
"Eh, whatever," Zander waved him off. Scorpius sighed and strolled back into the hut.
Peering after him, Zander shouted, "Okay then, how about six rooms? Seven? Oi, Malfoy!"
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"You know it's gonna explode again. It is, after all, Exploding Snap," Scorpius said matter-of-factly. They were nearing the end of yet another round of Exploding Snap, and Zander gripped the cards tightly. Suspiscious he peeked over his hand of cards, slowly drawing one out and placing it on the rock between them. When nothing happened he grinned. Drawing out another.
"Slowly… slowly…" he whispered, "Slowly…"
-BOOM-
"I don't get it!" Zander cried, beating away the smoke with his hands, "I just don't get it!"
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Scorpius sat back on the rock, squinting, and muttering under his breath, "I don't believe it." It was over. Most of it anyway. Ten rooms in total, not exactly what he'd had in mind, but still. He'd never expected for it to happen. Ten sturdy, secure rooms, with fire prevention charms weaved into the walls and roofs (for Scorpius') sake. Roofs that were water-proof as well. Of course they would build more when the others came. He winced. Scorpius could no longer doubt what would happen come Christmas. The small headquarters made that much clear. It wasn't cold enough for snow yet, but it was much colder than Scorpius had thought possible.
Shivering he studied the house once more, making a mental map of each and every room. There was one relatively big room for so-called "meetings" that could double as dining. There was a makeshift kitchen, three bedrooms and a "living room"/library. Future library anyway, there was nothing to store in it yet. Two small rooms for storage, brooms and empty packs and such. The other two had been built for practice of spells, so they were rather large, with charms of extra endurance for the very purpose. And that was it. The river would have to be good enough for showering, and as for bathrooms… well neither Scorpius nor Zander had really thought about it, so it was irrelevant.
"Amazing, isn't it?" Zander asked with a grin, stumbling out of the hut, if it could still be referred to as such, and scanning every wall with pride.
"Yeah, brilliant," Scorpius whispered.
"I can't believe the doors actually work."
"Yeah…"
"You wanna go inside?" The trees around were leafless, the air was cold, and the area in general dead-looking. In short, completely wrecking Zander's cheerful mood.
"Sure," Scorpius nodded, and followed Zander back in.
"Exploding Snap?" he asked as Zander closed the door behind him.
"I think not," Zander replied, but his eyes were all over the hut.
Scorpius rolled his eyes, knowing that Zander would probably obsess over the hut for as long as they lived. Oh well, he thought, at least this part is over. Now we just have to wait.
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So… like I said, this was just a little medley of scenes of the process of building their future HQ.
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