Chapter Thirteen: REVEALING THE TRUTH

Rose sat in the snow with Alden in her arms. She was in shock at what she read. Scorpius had told her once about his grandfather Lucius Malfoy and about the night he allegedly died along with his mother in a brutal duel. Rose also knew about Lucius from her parents and how he was once a Death Eater and one of the right hand men for Lord Voldemort. Rose knew right away that it was no coincidence about a supposed Death Eater uprising and this letter from Scorpius. Lucius Malfoy wasn't dead and had started a new revolution of Death Eaters.

"Rose! You should have seen it Lily almost caught the snitch, but then…"

Lily and Albus were walking up to the house when they noticed Rose sitting in the snow holding an owl. Rose didn't know how long she had been sitting outside, but she knew it must have been a long time. Lily and Albus ran up to Rose as quickly as they could.

"Rose! Rose!"

Albus was shaking Rose, but she couldn't snap out of the shock she was in. Thoughts were racing through her head. Was Lucius trying to start another Wizarding War? Why was Alden's wing broken? And what was going on at Malfoy Manor? What Scorpius okay?

"Al, we need to get Rose upstairs. Who knows how long she's been sitting here."

Albus picked up Rose by the arm and Lily carried to the shed where their Grandfather liked to experiment with muggle items. Albus sat Rose on a couch while Lily took out her want to mend Alden's wing. Twenty minutes later Rose finally warmed up. Lily had left to find something to wrap the owl's wing in and Albus was sitting across from Rose.

"Hey"

"Hi, what's going on with you? I found this letter next to you."

Rose looked intently at the letter in Albus's hand.

"Rose, what does this letter mean? Who does that owl belong to? What is going on? Lily acted like she knew something but she wouldn't tell me."

Rose looked away she couldn't look her cousin in the eye when she told him the truth.

"The owl and the letter belong to Scorpius Malfoy."

"MALFOY! What in good Merlin's name is that slick git sending you letters for?!"

Rose then spent the rest of the night telling everything leading up to the events that night. She told Albus about the night she ran into Scorpius at the Astronomy Tower, the truth about their duel, and how they now were deeply in love with each other. It was early morning as Rose finished up her story. Lily came in; it looked like she had just woken up.

"Rose. My dad, your dad, and Teddy are back. I think you need to fill your parents in."

Rose looked at her cousin and knew it was time to tell them what was going on.

Rose entered the kitchen to find her whole family besides her cousins were sitting and talking over the fight that went on with the Death Eaters. She heard parts of the conversation, about how they couldn't figure out how there could be so many Death Eaters around left to cause such a catastrophe and how they didn't know how they could get so organized so quickly without notice. Rose saw how tired that her father, Uncle Harry, and Teddy looked. She knew what they had to deal with that evening didn't out well. Rose hoped that she didn't have to give her explanation in front of everyone. Rose was about to turn around when Lily and Albus who were right behind her gave her a nudge forward.

"Hey guys. I need to talk to you all about something."

"What is it sweetie?"

Rose looked at her mother's loving eye. If any one in her family could be the most understanding I could be her. Rose went and sat next to the empty chair next to her mother and across from her father. Rose hoped that maybe if she sat closer to her mom that her dad wouldn't kill her as much.

"I think I know who is behind the Death Eater uprising."

The shock on her families was hard for Rose to look at. Even Lily and Albus had a look of surprise. They knew that Rose was going to tell them about Scorpius, but didn't know that Rose knew anything about the Death Eaters.

"Rose. What do you mean you think you know who is behind the Death Eater uprising."

Uncle Harry was intently hanging onto Rose's every word. He was practically out of his seat.

"Well, I have reason to believe that Lucius Malfoy is behind it."

Each member started talking among themselves in confusion they couldn't understand how Rose would think that he would be behind the Death Eater problem. Rose's Grandfather got up grab a cup of coffee and looked her square in the eye.

"Rose, there is no way that Lucius Malfoy can do this. The man died seven years ago."

It was getting harder for Rose pull the strength to keep going on with her story, but she took a deep breath and continued.

"I also have grounds to believe that he didn't die seven years ago like we were told."

Everyone was silent lost in their own thoughts. It was after a few minutes that Rose's father finally spoke up.

"Rose. Why do you think all these things?"

The tone in Ron Weasley's voice was very cautious. It was easy to tell that he was very worried about the outcome of Rose's answer. Rose took the last bit of courage she had as tears slow filled her eyes.

"It's because I've been seeing Scorpius Malfoy and I think he's in trouble."

Rose's father, grandfather, and Uncle Harry went ballistic when they heard the words come out of Rose's mouth. It took her mother, grandmother, and Aunt Ginny over an hour to calm them down. Once they all calmed down they began discussing everything about Rose and Scorpius, what she had learned about Lucius from him, and the last letter that she had received from him. Rose' father was unconvinced about Scorpius feelings.

"Rose Diana Weasley! What makes you think that this boy wasn't just using you!? He's a Malfoy the whole family has been up to no good for centuries!"

Rose's was on the verge of tears. Her mother placed her hands on Rose's shoulders.

"Ronald! We have to listen to our daughter and she feels this strongly for this boy then we have to trust her."

Rose looked up at her mother with gratefulness. Her father then grumbled something about how she was right but was still not happy about it and left.

Once the Rose told them everything she knew her family they began running in and out of the house going back and forth to the Ministry of Magic. They all tried to have a calm Christmas with one another, but her they knew they just couldn't sit around waiting. They had to find more information of Lucius Malfoy. Rose, Lily, Albus, Freddie, Hugo, and even Louis were the only ones who didn't leave the Burrow much, since they were still attending school.

For the rest of the Christmas vacation Rose felt a huge weight on her shoulders. Even thought all her families members other than her father, Uncle Harry, and grandfather seemed to understand her relationship with Scorpius she felt at though she had betrayed her family. They had reached the end of their vacation and they were about to leave the Burrow. Many of the Weasley clan had already left to their perspective homes. Rose was preparing her things to go back to Hogwarts, she was wondering what was going to happen when they went back. Rose hadn't heard from Scorpius since the night she told her family about them. Rose was worried that something had happened to him. Her mother tried to reassure her that he would be fine and that Lucius wouldn't harm Scorpius that they were family and didn't harm one another, but Rose wasn't so sure. Rose knew about the night that Scorpius' mother died who's to say that Lucius wouldn't do that same thing to Scorpius.

Albus, Freddie, Lily, Hugo, and Rose where heading back to Hogwarts and about to leave the Burrow. They said their goodbyes to their parents and headed out the door. As Rose walked out the front door dragging her trunk behind her, she noticed something sparkling in the snow. She dropped her trunk to inspect the glimmer. Rose walked over to the same spot that she found Alden that night a week ago. As she dug around in the snow Rose pick up a necklace. The same necklace that she had seen before the one that Scorpius held onto so dearly, Astoria Greengrass' necklace.