SCORPIUS

I was going to the Burrow for Christmas. I had told my parents I was staying at Hogwarts, so it was a little tricky getting Professor Fawcett to let me leave the castle, but since I was technically seventeen I could pretty much do whatever I wanted. Lily grabbed my hand the minute I stepped out of the fireplace. The house was already full of noise but all of it stopped when they saw who I was. It was like someone had put an extremely powerful silencing charm of everyone.

'Um Lil, did you tell anyone I was coming?' I asked feeling very nervous. I suddenly had visions of being asked to leave.

'Scorpius?' I heard a familiar voice ask.

'Vi?' My favourite cousin ran up to me and gave me a giant hug. 'What're you doing here?' She asked still not letting go of me. I hadn't seen her in a year; she had moved out of her parents' house and basically broke off all contact with them. She had never really fit into our family being the only Greengrass in Gryffindor in centuries.

'Lily and Al invited me. What about you?' I asked curiously. This was actually the last place I had expected to find her.

'I'm going out with James.' She finally let go of my waist and went to join her boyfriend.

Everyone finally started talking again and came to hug Lily, Rose and Albus. No one had except Vi had actually talked to me yet. So I figured I should make an effort. 'Thanks for having me Mrs. Weasley' I said to Lily's grandmother.

'It's no problem at all, dear' she said, smiling at me, her face softening a little. 'Come now, we have to start serving dinner or Ron gets cranky.'

'Mum' I heard the tall red haired wizard groan.

There were almost thirty people in the house so we couldn't fit into the kitchen. I helped set up the tables outside and start a fire because it was actually quite cold. The Weasleys had already cleared the snow out of their garden so it was actually really nice. We sat down at the huge tables; I had Lily on one side and Vi on the other. Noticing how nervous I was, Lily held my hand tight. 'Don't worry' she said, comfortingly, 'none of them bite.' The food was incredible and the entire family loosened up a little after James and Fred set Percy's chair on fire.

Harry Potter was sitting opposite me. It felt weird to be sharing a table with someone I had read about in books. 'So what do you plan to do after school, Scorpius?' he asked me. Okay so someone I had read about in all my history textbooks was actually talking to me. Relax Scorpius I told myself.

'Well I was thinking about doing Magical Law.'

'Law?' Ron Weasley snorted, 'that isn't something I'd ever imagine a Malfoy doing.'

'I'm not a typical Malfoy' I said looking him straight in the eye.

'Don't bother the boy, Ron' Lily's Aunt Hermione said. 'So you must be taking Arithmancy. It was one of my favourite subjects, when I was in school.' We talked about it for about ten minutes. I was amazed by how smart she was. I now knew whom Rose got her brains from.

I also got to catch up with Vi. I learnt she had been working at the Ministry for the last six months. She worked in the auror office. It was just a desk job but if she cleared her training she would become a field agent. She had been living with James ever since she left home and they seemed happy together.

'So I'm guessing, Aunt Astoria and Uncle Draco don't know you're here.' She said quietly.

'Yeah, so please don't tell them.' I said.

'Tell them? I haven't talked to anyone in our family in months. This is my family now. This is where I belong.'

'So Scorpius, are Slytherin ready to lose the Quidditch Cup to Gryffindor again?' Fred yelled.

'You wish' I said laughing. 'You Potters/Weasleys are always so overconfident; Slytherin hasn't lost a game yet.'

'Yeah well neither has Gryffindor.' Victoire Weasley said, smiling. 'We're all actually coming over for the final game of the season, better put on a good show Malfoy, we wouldn't want to come all the way to Hogwarts for a walkover.'

'You can bet on it' I said.

I played seeker for Slytherin. It was my last chance to win a Quidditch cup. The last one Slytherin had won was in my second year and my first year on the team. Since then we had consistently lost to Gryffindor. Lily's entire family (apart from Molly) was in Gryffindor. Despite being the son of an ex-Death Eater and a Slytherin to boot, I felt like I belonged here too, just like Vi.

I tried to help Mrs. Weasley clean up but she just shooed me away. 'Go on in dear. We can handle this.'

All of the kids trooped in while Lily's aunts and mum helped clean up. I swear the house was like a maze; there were so many twists and turns. All the kids (and by kids I mean everyone younger than Teddy) went to the kids' living room. Hugo pulled out his guitar and he played a song that he had written himself.

'Ahh, so that's why Nyx went for you.' I said smirking a little.

'Nyx?' Dominique said. 'Oh my, our little baby Hugo's all grown up now'

'Thanks a lot Scorpius' Hugo said grumpily.

Everyone began asking for details and I watched Hugo getting redder by the minute.

Oh crap. 'Um Lil, I forgot to put my bags in my room.'

'Don't worry about it,' she said 'Gran probably got Kreacher to get them.'

'Kreacher?' I asked quizzically.

'Yeah, our house elf. Aunt Hermione disapproves but he's devoted to dad and would be crushed if we freed him. He comes to the Burrow every Christmas to help out.'

Hugo started playing a really old muggle song by some band called 30 Seconds To Mars and Lily started singing along. I just looked at her transfixed. Her voice had a slight edge to it that I had never noticed before. Everyone had been talking but they all became silent as she launched into the chorus.

'That was beautiful.' I told her once she was done.

'It's called "From Yesterday". It was one of the only muggle songs my dad actually likes so we heard it a lot when we were growing up.'

'You're special, you know that right?' I said

'Have you seen my family? They're all pretty brilliant. I sometimes feel like I have to match up to all of them or I'll be a disappointment. But how do you match up to the Boy-Who-Lived? My father defeated the most evil wizard of all times. I can't hope to do anything even half as great. No matter what I do, I'll always be the Chosen One's daughter. Every member of my family is special; different from everyone else, they all stand out. I just feel like I'm ordinary.'

'You are one of the most special people I have ever met.' I said. 'You're warm, intelligent, funny, loyal. From what I've heard your dad was the same, he would sacrifice anything to help a friend. I can tell you're a lot like him.'

I put my arm around her and pulled her close. 'Thanks Scorpius. I'm glad you came home for Christmas.'

Everyone slowly started heading to their rooms. Al sat on my bed. 'Listen mate' he said seriously, 'I really like you and I think you're good for Lily and I think she makes you a better person, but if you screw it up I will end you.'

'There's nothing going on between me and Lily' I said firmly.

'You've been in love with her since the beginning of the year,' he said matter-of –factly. 'I know you only really made an effort to get to know me 'cause of her, and I don't mind. You're pretty cool when you aren't acting stupid and I like hanging out with you, but don't kid yourself, you love my baby sister and as much as it pains me to say it, I don't mind so much.'

'So are you giving me your permission to date your sister?' I asked, a little confused.

'Yes, but I would advise you not to try anything here, there are still twenty-four people in this house who would kill you if you do.'

'Good to know' I said.

'Well night Scorpius' he said chuckling at my discomfiture.

'Night Al.' I replied.

I pulled up the blankets and felt a sense of contentment as I drifted off to sleep.

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