A quick glance toward the big clock on the platform told Lily that they had just minutes before they would miss the train. How could they get away from Draco Malfoy without any drama? For the first time in years, Lily Luna Potter found herself praying, 'Please, please let my dad come now. I really need his help.' As if she had said it aloud for her parents to hear, that very second her mother came through the wall, bumping into the pair of trolleys that lay abandoned in front of the barrier. 'This has to mean that Dad is coming too!' Lily thought gratefully. But when the next second passed and he didn't come, her heart sank. They were definitely in trouble now. "Well, well. Draco Malfoy." Her mom, finally tearing her eyes away from the figure before the three of them, quickly darted her eyes around the scene. Then, turning a light shade of Weasley Red, she spat, "What in the name of Merlin do you think you're doing with my daughter, Malfoy?" Taking a step toward him, she pointed a finger sharply upward at his face. Her eyes focused on the same point as her finger, going even redder, she continued, "You will stay well away from my daughter and whoever may be with her. If you lay so much as a finger or a levitation charm on Lily Luna, I will be after and finished with you faster than you can say 'Death Eater'." A few of the parents on the platform, Lily noticed, looked wildly toward them on the mention of the name Death Eater. "Go, mom," Lily muttered to no one in particular, allowing a small smile to creep across her face.
'What the bloody hell is going on…' Scorpuis Malfoy wondered to himself. When he had seen Ginny Potter come bounding through the barrier, his first thought was to hide. Not hide himself, but hide Lily's mom. He was sure that his father would destroy her. But when she stepped toward, menacingly threatening him, he realized that there was no need to worry. Keeping an eye on the clock that was dangerously near to 11:00, Scorpius stepped between Lily and Draco. "Father, I think you'd better move. We're going to miss our train." Scorpius tried his best to use an icy tone, but he feared that it came off as simply bored. However, to his surprise, his father did step aside. He bowed to the side, blocking Lily's mother from stepping forward, but allowing Scorpuis and Lily Luna to proceed toward the train.
He looked back toward the pair of parents, both red with what had to be rage, and got a sinking feeling in his stomach. While to Lily it would look like the situation was covered by her mother's rage, Scorpius knew better. He knew what his father was capable of both physically and magically, and the fear that had been washed away before came creeping back. Unsure that Ginny Potter would come out if this unscathed, Scorpuis ushered a confident Lily toward the train. Trying to distract her, Scorpius made a show of magiking their trunks and owls onto the Hogwarts Express. When he looked back, just before following the belongings into the train, he saw his father and Lily's mother stride back through the barrier heatedly. This wasn't going to be pretty, whatever was going to happen.
A quick glance toward her face told Lily Luna that her mother would be fine without her daughter's help. So Lily, first retrieving her trolley, followed Scorpius to the compartment where her cousin Hugo and brother Albus were already sitting. Allowing Scorpius to magic her trunk and owl onto the train, Lily turned to wave to her mother. But when she looked, her mother and Draco Malfoy were gone. With a shrug, she stepped onto the train. The moment she did so, the train let out a huge puff of white smoke, ad set off for the long journey to Hogwarts. Closing the door behind her, Lily slid into the compartment. Sitting down next to Scorpius again, she assessed the conditions of the room. It appeared that her friends were astonished that a Slytherin was in their room rather than in the normal car they held for themselves. Mostly though, Lily was astounded by the fact that Hugo, her best friend and favorite cousin, and Albus looked as though they were arout to fall off of their seats from trying to hold in laughter. Looking from face to face, she saw a mixture of expressions on the four other Gryffindor and Ravenclaw faces. From anger to fear, each person looked very, very uncomfortable. Elbowing Scorpius in the side, she gave the ceiling a look that she hoped Scorpius took as meaningful. "Hello, everybody! I'm Scorpius Malfoy, Lily's boyfriend." As warm and inviting as it was, Lily could have murdered him right there. Her embarrassed wail was masked by the hysteria of her cousin and brother. This was going to be a long train ride.