Disclaimer: Merlin's pants….J.K. Rowling won't sell me Harry Potter for all the Galleons in the world. *sigh* Oh well. I guess I should be glad, because if I owned Harry Potter, then I would own Greyback. *does happy dance because of not owning Greyback* But the plot is still mine. Muahahaha
It's that time again. Yay updating!
Zana: Oui, you do need to post. Accio next chapter! *hits wand on hand* Stupid thing… Ah, yes, Greyback does need a good punching. I honestly hate him with a passion. If it wouldn't ruin the plot, I would've killed him off long ago.
Harry: You will find out what that horrible woman meant in this chapter… James has a little Hermione in him, I think…Which doesn't even make sense as they aren't blood related. Although, that could explain the brown hair thing. *ponders* Gasp! James and Albus are actually Hermione's children? Someone should really tell Ron….
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Harry took a deep breath and knocked on the door. He had only been gone a little over a day, but it still felt like forever. He shivered in the early morning light, knowing Draco would be awake; they had work.
Draco opened the door, already dressed and ready for work. "What do you want?" Draco asked coldly, glaring at Harry.
Just like old times, Harry thought. "To apologize and to tell you that you were right," he said.
"I told you," Draco said, crossing his arms.
"I'm sorry. I guess I really don't know James anymore," Harry said.
"I talked to him yesterday. It's your fault. He is doing this because of how you treated him," Draco said. "He is hurting my son because of you!"
"Do you want me to talk to him?" Harry asked.
"If you do, what's going to stop him from hurting Scorpius more?" Draco demanded. "Just leave it. I will deal with him if he doesn't stop."
Harry nodded reluctantly, hesitating before he asked the question that burned inside his mind. "What about us?"
"As far as I'm concerned, there is no 'us'," Draco said. "Not until your son leaves Scorpius alone." Draco pushed away the urge to make the depressed look on Harry's face disappear and refused to show that he missed Harry as much as Harry missed him. It's the way it has to be, he thought, watching Harry turn slowly and walk away.
~Hogwarts~
Why does Al have to be in a different house? James thought, staring at the Marauder's Map. He sighed and got up, planning on waiting outside the Slytherin dorm until Albus came out. He was so focused on Al's dot that he didn't notice when Scorpius came and sat next to him.
"Good morning," Scorpius laughed when James still didn't look up.
James jumped and turned toward Scorpius, grinning. "Sorry. I was waiting for Albus, but it's nice to see you too," he said, planting a kiss on Scorpius' cheek.
Scorpius blushed slightly, not used to James being so open in a place they could potentially be seen. "Why are you waiting for Albus?" Scorpius asked.
"I want to talk to him about the letter he sent Harry," James said.
"Would you like me to go get him?" Scorpius asked.
"If you don't mind, that would be very nice. I think you should come with us," James added. "It involves you too."
Scorpius nodded, standing up. "I will wake him up and make him get dressed."
"I'll be right here," James said, indicating the place he was sitting. He watched Albus' and Scorpius' dots as Scorpius woke Albus up. James stood up when their dots were in the common room area.
Albus was yawning as he stepped out with Scorpius following. "Where to?" Albus asked.
James lead both of them to a nearby empty classroom that Neville had told them was the Potions classroom when he went to school. "Al, Harry said you sent him a letter the other day. Why?" James asked.
"Harry?" Albus asked in confusion.
"You and Lily would know him as 'Dad'. Answer the question," James said.
"Oh…I just told him that you and Scorpius have been spending a lot of time together," Albus said.
"Did you tell him anything else?" James demanded.
"Yeah, that Scorpius looks like he's been attacked. He looks much better today though," Albus said.
"What made you tell him we've been spending a lot of time together?" James asked.
Albus shifted uneasily, looking away.
"Do you think I'm the one that hurt him?" James demanded.
"No! Of course not," Albus said, looking back at James with a startled look on his face.
"Then what is it?" James asked.
"Um, well, I could be wrong, but I was looking for you the other night, and I saw you two. You were healing Scorpius, and then it-it seemed like you two were dating, but like I said, I could be wrong…" Albus said.
"Did you tell Harry that?" James asked.
"No, I only told him you two spend a lot of time together."
"Good. Don't tell him, no matter what," James said.
"So, is what I think true? Are you two dating?" Albus asked.
James smiled and nodded. "Since a little bit after Mum died," he said.
"Not technically," Scorpius said. "We did break up."
James grimaced. "I don't want to think of that," he muttered.
"I know," Scorpius said, holding James' hand. "It's not going to happen again."
James smiled, gently squeezing Scorpius' hand.
Albus cleared his throat. "We need to get to breakfast," he mumbled.
Scorpius sighed and James reluctantly let go of Scorpius' hand.
Albus pulled the door open and the boys all filed out and went to the Great Hall.
~The Ministry of Magic~
"What are you doing here?" Draco demanded, uncomfortably aware that Harry was watching.
"I miss you," Astoria said, carefully positioning herself so that when she and Draco faced each other, Harry could see both of their faces.
"I don't miss you Astoria," Draco said flatly.
"Why not?" Astoria asked, putting a hand on his arm.
Draco stepped out of her reach. "You already know why," he muttered. "Besides, you have a boyfriend."
"Tonight is the full moon, he won't be home," Astoria purred, stepping closer to Draco than she had been before.
"Go home," Draco told her. "You're not supposed to be here, and I don't want you back."
Astoria looked up at Draco, fake tears falling down her face before she ran out of the Ministry. Draco forced himself not to look at Harry as he went back to work. Harry felt a small flare of hope as he played the confrontation in his head over and over.
~Hogwarts~
"Where is that brat?" Greyback growled, pacing in the Room of Requirement. He could sense the sun just beginning to go down.
"James, no!" Scorpius protested.
"I might as well know exactly what it is I'm supposed to pretend to be doing to you," James said, his face a light shade of green as he imagined the horrors he might witness. "I'll be under the Invisibility Cloak."
"Fine. But you are not allowed to do anything but watch until after he is gone," Scorpius said reluctantly.
"But—" James began to protest as Scorpius shook his head. "Okay," James said. He pulled the Cloak over himself and followed Scorpius to the Room of Requirement. James stood in the corner of the room, fighting nausea as he watched.
"There you are," Greyback snarled, throwing Scorpius against the wall.
Scorpius remained silent, sinking to the floor.
Greyback walked over, using his claws to rip Scorpius' clothes off.
"No," Scorpius whispered.
"We're going to try something new tonight," Greyback growled, pinning Scorpius down.
James fought the urge to vomit and glared at the floor. Suddenly James heard a scream unlike the rest of the screams he had heard from Scorpius. He looked up to see that Greyback had transformed and was now biting Scorpius. James pulled the Cloak off and carried it over to Scorpius, using his wand to fend off the werewolf. The second he managed to stun Greyback, James threw the Cloak over his unconscious boyfriend and carried him to the old Potions classroom. He carefully cleaned the neck wound, knowing there was nothing more he could do for it. He pulled off his shirt and made it into a rough bandage before finding some extra robes he had found in the room before. He laid them next to Scorpius before beginning to heal Scorpius' wounds.