Chapter 6 Knight

Scorpius couldn't believe what she had told him and why she had told him of all people and he asked her this.

"Why shouldn't I tell you you're the one who found me your my knight in shining armour" she leaned back on her hands giggling she had been through so much but was still in his mind so innocent.

"knight in shining armour?" he finally said raising an eyebrow it was something in the muggle world stories for children with princesses, damsels in distress and knights in shining armour.

"Yes you know stories like Sleeping Beauty and Snow White" she then giggled again and he just stared at her as she laughed he would have stayed sitting there if one logical thing didn't come to his mind.

"Wait a minute if Coal died when you were 12 and now its 5 years later how come the wards are still up when she died logically the magic should have died as well" she stopped laughing and rolled her eyes again.

"House elf magic is different from witches and wizards and any way there are sections where there is a gap come on I'll show you" Rose stood and lifting her skirts ran to the other side where a few trees were bunched together Scorpius struggled around the mass of trees to find a bush which went half way through the enchanted shield on either side.

"Down here" her voice said from the ground bending down he moved some branches aside only to stumble back in shock as Rose came tumbling out.

"Your face I'm not that scary I'm I" she said rolling on the ground laughing.

"Oh very funny now show me the gap" he said angrily she was so immature it was unbelievable.

"Okay, okay" she said getting to her knees and crawling through the bush him not far behind.

"Is that the only place theirs a gap then" Scorpius was inside the wards now and pacing around the whole interior his curiosity of the magic getting the better of him.

"Yes now Scorpius was it do you want some tea" Rose said going from childlike leaning casually against a tree to standing up straight being the proper little hostess.

"You are really strange" he said turning to her again while he was turned away he had pulled out his wand.

"Is that a wand oh I never got one Coal said I was fine without one can I see" her childlike curiosity was back as she scampered over to him and bringing the hand holding his wand up to look at it closer.

"Wait if you're a witch how come you never got the Hogwarts letter" the more he talked with this girl the more she fascinated him living in the forbidden forest for 12 years 7 years with a house elf and then 5 years by herself there was a gap in the wards so he didn't know why she didn't just leave.

"Hogwarts but Hogwarts isn't real are you sure you got the name right" she laughed oblivious of his shock.

"What do you mean Hogwarts isn't real what did that elf tell you" her mood changed again.

"That elf is called Coal and she protected me for my whole life and Hogwarts is part of a fairytale she told me" Scorpius stepped back from her as she came right up to him pointing her finger threateningly at him.

"I'm sorry I'm just trying to point out to you that Coal lied to you Hogwarts is real not a fairytale place" Scorpius was desperate for her to understand she was the first person he'd ever meet other then muggles who didn't recognise and therefore didn't judge him on his name.

"So Hogwarts is real" Rose asked her mood changing again and a sense of awe in her voice. Scorpius nodded.

"So what about Diagon Alley and Hogsmede..." she said nearly jumping up and down with excitement "...are they real as well?"

"Yeah of course...I could show you if you want" he said tentively he couldn't believe what he was saying he had only met her but something about her made him want to help Rose.

"No I can't" she said surprising him looking into the forest in fear then he remembered what she had told him.

"No we won't walk we'll fly" Scorpius said smiling and pointing in the direction he had left his broomstick.

"How?" he was started to get frustrated now but his anger abated as he thought of this logically she had really been cut off from the world.

"I'll show you" he said taking her hand. Minutes later Rose was clutching Scorpius around the waist as he slowly made the broom rise into the air.

"Open your eyes" Scorpius shouted over the wind Rose was shaking but still managed to find the courage to open her eyes and look down at Hogwarts many lights in the common room towers were still on and Hogwarts was lit up.

"It's beautiful" she whispered to herself all her life she had imagined what Hogwarts would look like but nothing compared to the real thing and seeing the magnificent building from the air made the experience even more special.

"I can' believe it, I can't believe it all this time it's not been far away" Scorpius and Rose were back at the hut now and Rose was exclaiming about Hogwarts while Scorpius looked on leaning on his broom smiling fondly at her.

"So you go to Hogwarts that is so amazing" Scorpius laughed and said.

"I would show you the inside but it's getting late" he then turned to leave reluctantly.

"Wait come back tomorrow ok" Rose had grabbed his arm holding him back.

"I will goodbye Miss Rose" he then took her hand and like in muggle fairytales bowed down kissing her hand.

The next day didn't go fast enough for Scorpius he was anxious to go and see Rose again but he noticed that all the jibes and glares he got didn't bother him as much today because he knew he had something to look forward to now.

"Rose, Rose!" he called getting through the gap in the ward calling for her then from in the hut he heard a bang. Striding over to the hut he pulled the door open the place was tiny a small stove sat in one corner with a table and two stools next to it a bed was in the opposite corner the wall above the bed had a long shelf on it stacked with books Rose was by the stove which had a shelf above it as well and a plate had come crashing down.

"Are you okay" Scorpius said stepping in Rose was rubbing her head.

"Yeah I'm fine stupid plate just fell"

"Reparo " he said waving his wand the plate pulled itself back together before flying back onto the shelf.

"I wish I could do that" she said longingly looking at the wand.

"Well you're in luck that's what I wanted to talk to you about" Scorpius then un-shrunk a bag from his pocket inside were all his books from first year to sixth year as well as his spare wand which his father got him saying there was no harm in being prepared. Rose and Scorpius sat into the night Scorpius teaching Rose basic spells from each year which she mastered quite quickly.