AUTHOR'S NOTE: People have been saying that the reprive had 'ruined the story' for them... please, don't let it! It'll get better, you'll see. But as someone must have said at one point or another, "Before it gets better, it gets worse." PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE don't not-read the story because I decided to mess with your heads! REMEMBER THE DUMBLEDORE QUOTE!

Okai, in this chapter we get to see more of Sarah and Scorpius... and some WWW action! YAY WWW! Enjoy!

Okay, now I'm stopping the title relationships, because it's hard re-modeling the chapters to fit Gryffindor...

Chapter 4.2

Lily, Indy, Jayne the Weasleys and the other Potters were lounging by the lake, enjoying the few precious days of warmth before the winter set in. Though they were bundled in jackets and maroon-and-gold scarves, nothing but the setting of the sun could sway Lily and her friends to return to the castle.

"So… d'you think there really is a Giant Squid in the lake?" Hugo said casually, but Lily detected a faint hint of fear in his tone. James laughed and shook his hair out of his face, much like his grandfather used to do. "Yeah! My dad's seen it, both your parents have too! Why, afraid it'll eat your brains?" he said, grinning. "No." Hugo said quickly, firmly, his face turning red. It only made James chuckle more.

"Yeah, well, you know Ron… he loves a good joke, doesn't he?" Lily said, defending her cousin. "But Hermione is as serious as McGonagall…" Albus started to say, but was cut off by Lily's glare.

And then, as if to settle the dilemma once and for all, an enormous, pink-orange tentacle rose out of the chilly water, almost waving to the students roaming the grounds. Hugo, Jayne and Indy fell backwards with a yell, Lily grinned, but James was on his feet and sprinting down the hill. Lily had no idea what he was intending to do – jump in? – but she got to her feet and jogged after.

She found her brother squatting by the water, a disappointed look on his face as the tentacle slid back underwater. Lily frowned. "It's just a squid." She said, but James smiled disappointedly. "But imagine Hugo's face if I could persuade it to like, crawl on land or something…"

"What were you thinking? What if it ate you?" A shrill voice demanded as they returned to the group. Indy was clutching Hugo's arm, who looked just as terrified. But he had a smug little expression as well, his eyes filled of a hidden smile. Lily looked from Indy to Hugo, and barley passed off a laugh as a cough.

Lily and James took their places back in the grass, where their bodies had made little imprints of flattened grass, and continued talking aimlessly while the pale sun shone feebly through a transparent layer of clouds. Just as the sun started to touch the Forest, Albus announced that he had homework that he would rather not put off to Sunday night, and they all realized with a chorus of groans and mutters that they were in the same situation. They were hoisted to their feet by each other, legs and butts asleep and filled with pins and needles, and started back to the castle.

Suddenly, a beam of red light zoomed over Rose's head, making everyone freeze. The smell of burning hair wisped through the air around them for a moment, the top of Rose's hair was smoking a little, and her eyes were wide. And then, another jet of red, hitting Indy full in the chest. She flew backwards at least a meter, and landed with a sickening thud on the grass a ways away, gasping for breath. Stupified.

In one fluid movement, they all had their wands out except for Jayne, who ran to help her friend up. "Who's there?" Rose called, her voice a little wobbly from shock. "Don't make us come over there!" James yelled, his tone much stronger even though no-one knew where the hex had come from. They formed a loose circle, back to back facing outwards. And then, another silver-blue hex came from over a hill near a corner of the castle. Lily shot a shield charm just in time, the petrifying hex bounced away from a shimmering, barely-there wall and fizzed out on the ground. They all turned around to face the source, and then there was a sound like a small sonic boom…

Scorpius and a number of other Slytherins came zooming over the hill on broomsticks, the fastest, sleekest, best-looking broomsticks Lily had ever seen. James bellowed in shock. "That's… that's the Firebolt 3000! How could Malfoy get his slimy hands on something that isn't even available to World Cup players yet!" he cried in disbelief and outrage. Scorpius led the others around in a wide arc, to pass right overhead again. By now, many students were watching, and quite a few poured onto the grounds to watch, including some of the staff. Scorpius leant forwards until he was nearly flat on the handle, it sped up with such acceleration that another sonic boom echoed across the grounds, making the lake water ripple and the stained-glass windows rattle in their panes.

Another sheet of hexes rained on the crowd. Most went wide, but Lily gasped as a Hufflepuff second year was hit on the head with what could only be a stupefying hex. Yet rather than collapsing like Indy had, at the point where the spell hit a shower of tiny mice exploded onto the boy's scalp, they all skittered down to the ground and disappeared from sight.

Now, the "hexes" were proving to be false, everywhere the jets of light were turning into more mice, or Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans, or even gold (Though Lily was sure it was only Leprechaun Gold). And now that Scorpius and his gang were flying closer to the ground, slowing a bit, Lily could see that the blonde leader's grin wasn't his usual malicious, pure evil, I'm-about-to-curse-you-to-oblivion smirk. It was a grin of pure fun, excitement etched in every feature on his pointed, pale face.

"SCORPIUS MALFOY! YOU GET DOWN HERE THIS INSTANT!" McGonagall's voice rang through the air, magically magnified so that it matched the still-echoing booms. Scorpius hovered in mid-air for a moment, Lily caught what could have been a little grimace, but he sank to the ground, his gang on his tail.

"WHAT – what do you think you were doing up there?" McGonagall hissed, barely keeping her voice level. "Celebration. Beginning-of-the-school-year display." Scorpius answered promptly, his mask of calm impenetrable by McGonagall's deadly glare. Lily knew that if the headmistress was looking at her that way, she would die as sure as if she was a Basilisk. "In October?" McGonagall demanded, now shaking with pent up anger. Lily swore she saw the ground at her feet smoke a little bit. More so when Scorpius nodded.

McGonagall took a steadying breath, and ploughed on, "What is this?" she asked, jabbing a finger at Scorpius' broom. "Firebolt 3000. My dad -" Scorpius started to say, but McGonagall cut him off. "Yes, I don't really care, Mr. Malfoy." She said impatiently, and was suddenly bumped from the side by a greedy Slytherin first year running to grab a piece of gold. Without even looking at the girl, McGonagall snapped, "Detention, Maclain. My office, tonight at eight." Then, she returned to Scorpius. "What were you thinking, cursing the students?"

"Technically, Professor McGonagall, we weren't. " Scorpius replied calmly, brandishing the wand in his hand. Cradling the Firebolt 3000 in the crease of his elbow, he fished in his robes to retrieve another wand, this one plain, shiny and black. "This is my wand," he explained, making sparks shoot from the black one, "And this," he waved the thick brown one, a little jet of light arced into the air, at the peak it transformed into a flock of twittering birds, "Is a product of Weasley's Wizard Wheezes."

Looking closely, Lily and McGonagall and everyone else could see the little purple logo of the twin's* joke shop embossed on the handle. McGonagall turned red, than pale, than blue, and purple, and then the colour just flushed pink, and Lily was sure she saw a hint of a smile. "Of course…" she started to say softly, but after a moment where sadness flashed over her features and Lily knew she was thinking about Fred, she returned to her sharp tone. "Detention, Mr. Malfoy, for causing havoc. I'll see you tonight at eight, along with your friend Maclain," the first year winced "and all of you." She finished, gesturing to the five others holding broomsticks.

As the crowd dispersed, the group of Gryffindors stared at each other, shocked. "If they were George's stuff, why did Indy get Stupified?" Albus asked, his mind whirring. Lily half-shrugged, Indy was massaging her collarbone where the hex had hit.

"Uhh…" said a small but painfully familiar voice. Sarah Parker stood a little way away, looking sheepish, clad in the blue and bronze of Ravenclaw. "What, Parker?" James snapped. Sarah took a deep breath, as if bracing herself, and said quietly, "I was aiming for Scorpius. Better to hex him before he could hurt anyone… but my aim…"

She couldn't finish her sentence, because Hugo had thrown himself at Sarah, forgetting his wand, he tried to hit her, but he was thrown suddenly to the side. Lily lowered her wand after an Expelliarmus, Sarah after a shield charm. Hugo got to his feet and ran at Sarah again, remembering his wand, and yelled, "How could you do-"

"Petrificus Totalus!" Lily cried, and Hugo froze, though his eyes still rolled angrily. Lily went over in four long strides, and knocked Hugo over onto his back. "It was an accident, Hugo. Lay off." She snarled, and with a twitch he was free again, scrambling away to the others, who were all looking at Lily strangely. She stood with Sarah, apart from them.

"Lills, c'mon, it's a stupid Ravenclaw…" James said. "No, Ravenclaws are geniuses, James. And there's no reason for any of you to bother Sarah, it was an accident, and an honest one at that." Lily said angrily, tightening her grip on her wand. In a quiet voice behind her, Sarah thanked her.

"NO DUELLING!" A voice rasped, and with a groan they all saw Argus Filch hobbling towards them, older than ever, a second Mrs. Norris slinking along at his feet. "It's on a list on my office, I tell ya! No dueling!" he said, triumphant at catching them in the act. But Lily was still fired up by her cousin's attack, and spoke before thinking, "It says no dueling in the corridors, and this is hardly a corridor, is it?"

There was a stunned silence, but then Filch grinned evilly. "Both of you, detention. Parker for dueling, Potter for dueling and talking back. Come on, come on, we're going to McGonagall's office. I'm sure there's room for you yet in tonight's detention…" he said gleefully, and Lily cast a wistful look at her friends and family as she loped after Filch and Sarah.

Wow, Filch sure is... old...

REVEIW!

* Twin's as in one twin, George, cause they cant really be the twins' anymore... RIP FRED! ;(

Hmm... I suppose Ron works there now too...