Like Father, Like Son

"Please, please tell me that you aren't going to go through with this!" groaned a 5th year Lily Luna Potter from her chair by the windows in the Gryffindor tower. She was draped comfortably over both arms of the plush chair but sat up sharply at the sight of her younger, but only by two months, cousin Hugo Weasley.

The tall, gangly, typically Weasley looking boy flashed her a dark look as he collapsed cross legged at her feet and pulled out a rather crumpled bit of parchment and began scanning the page as if it held the answers to eternal life.

"Hugo," Lily began again swinging her legs round so she now sat properly in the chair, "you can't be serious. They are 17, you are 15, Rose is not going to take kindly to you sticking your nose into her business! Besides what business is it of yours anyway?"

Hugo shot his cousin another dark look and levelled her with a determined gaze. "You know exactly why it's my business Lily. It is a matter of family pride! We can't have Rosie being," he shuddered, "seduced into the dark side!"

"Oh my Merlin!" she practically screeched drawing the attention of several other Gryffindors. "Hugo get your head out of our ass and listen to yourself! Draco Malfoy is a well-respected healer and friends with my dad, it's just because your dad is so stubborn that this is happening at all. Scorpius Malfoy is not and never has been a deatheater, they're both Ravenclaws for Merlin's sake."

"She needs to be protected," Hugo insisted returning his attention to the parchment in his hands.

Lily snorted and swung her legs back over the arms of the chair. "Fine, whatever. It's your funeral."

X

Hugo lay in bed that night and read the letter from his father for the millionth time. When Hugo had informed his father Ron of Rose's poor dating decisions their anger had been unanimous. His mother, Hermione, was far too forgiving and easy going so both headstrong men decided to leave her out of this but Lily had snatched the letter away from him when he had started obsessing over it so much.

Dear Hugo,
Thank you for informing me about this state of affairs involving your sister. You're right it is wrong for her and for the family and I have always believed that that boy is up to no good. I don't want him anywhere near my Rosie, poisoning her with his backwards ideals. No, we have to stop this Hugo and you are going to have to be the one to do it! Something this important can't wait until she comes home for the summer and it must be nipped in the bud before it becomes serious. Or worse, before your mother hears about it.
You must put the boy in a compromising position so that Rosie thinks she is coming to the idea all by herself. That way she won't fight it. Lock him in a broom closet with someone and then tell Rosie you saw him going in there. Then she will discover the little ferret with another woman and won't listen to him telling her that it is all a terrible mistake, she has my temper that one.
I am counting on you Hugo, you are the male representative for our family at Hogwarts and it is your duty to protect your sister, even if she doesn't want to be. Do me proud son.
Dad.

Hugo tucked the crumpled parchment back into his fist and lay down in the red and gold bed. His father was right, it was his duty and he would make his dad proud. He was a Weasley, and Weasleys just did not mix with Malfoys.

X

The next day Hugo put his plan into action. He knew that Rose would be patrolling the 5th floor tonight, and Scorpius would be patrolling the sixth. They liked to split up for patrols so it didn't look like playing favourites simply because they were dating. He chuckled darkly to himself, this would prove to be their downfall.

Hugo had bribed one of the less moral girls in his year, a pretty Hufflepuff named Daisy, to wait in the closet with him and, when the time was right, pretend that she had been making out with Scorpius. So Hugo, and Daisy, found a broom cupboard on the sixth floor and waited.

They had hidden themselves away just before curfew began, so they wouldn't actually get caught, and it proved to take some time before Scorpius reached their corridor. Hugo had thought of this though, and he had cast a charm on his ears to amplify the sounds around them so he could hear when the 7th year Ravenclaw boy approached.

Scorpius stopped outside the cupboard and listened for any sounds of misbehaving students within. He couldn't hear anything but some of them were already very good at casting silent charms so he knew that he would be forced to check anyway.

What he wasn't expecting to find though was Rose's brother launching himself at him from within the dark depths of the cupboard, and then everything went black.

X

"Rose! Rose!" Hugo called running around the corridors of the fifth floor.

"Hugo?" came the confused reply and she suddenly appeared from around the corner.

"There you are!" he declared sprinting towards her and seizing her wrist tightly. "You have to come and see this sis, or you won't believe me."

Rose frowned at him but was essentially helpless to resist as he tugged her along. Hugo had long since gained a strength and height advantage over her whilst she had remained small and delicate. "Hugo what is going on, what is so important?" she demanded but he just shook his shaggy head of hair at her and refused to answer. Tugging her ever forward.

Eventually they reached the cupboard where he had left Scorpius, unconscious due to his stunning charm and draped in the arms of young Daisy. He looked smugly at his still confused sister before throwing open the door to reveal the biggest betrayal of all.

He watched her face but was surprised to find that it remained neutral, no shock, no horror no ultimate betrayal.

"You wanted to show me Daisy Lewis alone in a cupboard?"

"Wait, what?" he asked and turned to look for himself. It was true, Daisy was sat, fast asleep on a crate. There was no sign of Scorpius anywhere. Rose woke the young Hufflepuff, docked points and sent her to bed before turning to deal with her brother.

She faced him head on, hands on hips and stance wide. He knew that he was in trouble, and that trouble only got bigger as Scorpius rounded the corner, seemingly out of nowhere, and stood behind his sister. He didn't look very pleased.

"I don't know what you think gave you the right, to try and ruin my relationship Hugo Weasley," she started, fire burning behind her chocolate eyes. "But you do not have any right. Not only did we find the letter, but did you really think that Lily would let you do this to me? To us? What kind of family member does that? And my own brother no less!"

"But dad-"

"But dad nothing Hugo! You cannot play God with people, would you really rather see me heartbroken and alone than happy with Scorpius?"

Hugo blushed and hung his head and mumbled "no."

Rose sighed, she was still annoyed but knew that her brother was too much like her father to really ever get through to him. "I sent mam a letter," she continued watching as the younger boy's head snapped up and he paled impossibly, "I'm sure you will be receiving a howler just as soon as she gets her voice back from yelling at dad. Don't ever do that again. 40 points from Gryffindor for being out after curfew and another 10 for manipulating the lives of others. Now go. And the next time you talk to me it better be to apologise, to both of us."

Hugo sighed knowing that he had been beat. He looked up, first at his sister and then, with a glare, at the stupid ferret who was with her. As Hugo slunk off to sulk in his dorms he decided on one thing.

This wasn't over.