I shot a worried glance at the surprised faces of Rose and Scorp, I rushed forward trying to get through the crowd forming around the door, I burst through the door and was startled by what I saw, Scar had Marcus Nott pushed against the wall, her wand pointing towards his throat. There was a rose pink blush on her cheeks and she was breathing heavily, a few strands of her honey brown hair were draped across her face, which was a mirror image of pure rage and hatred.
Marcus had a defiant expression on his face which was betrayed only by the faint flicker of fear in his steely eyes.
'You deserve to die, you filthy little mudblood! Just as your father did, begging for mercy. Not to mention your whore of a mother.' Marcus hissed. I clenched my hands, I wanted to go to Scar, comfort her and beat the bejeezus out of this Marcus dude.
'Scar… leave it… he's not worth it…' I began reproachfully.
'NO!' Scar shouted, 'you don't get to insult them! You don't get to say these things! Your father is a criminal, and he got what he deserved. You deserve to end up just like him, in Azkaban.' She spoke in an icy cold voice. Rose was growling in a low voice by now and I knew Scorp was furious. To him Scar was like the sister that he never had and was extremely protective of her. Hell All of were extremely protective of her and I was wondering where the others were.
'Put down your wand, you don't have the guts. If you did, you'd have hexed me by no-'BANG! The sonofabitch was hit by a force field that sent him sailing through the length of the train, right to the end of it, where he hit the wall of the control room and slumped down unconscious with a grunt.
Many people started hooting and clapping while a few of his friends rushed to help him up with smoldering glares towards Scar. Obviously we glared right back. Scar let out an unsteady breath and ran her hand through her hair. I shot a glance towards Rose, who as looking worried. She hesitated for a moment and then nodded uncertainly. Slowly I wrapped my arms around Scar from behind her; her eyes had scarily glazed over. She turned around to face me, her eyes swimming with tears.
'Come on love,' I whispered to her. She nodded and followed us to an empty compartment. Rose hugged her as soon as we entered the compartment and finally Scar broke down. We had been friends for so long and yet I had seen her cry only a few times. Scar cried for a few minutes in rose's arms as she muttered words of endearment to her. Finally when she calmed down, rose announced that we'd be there in about an hour. Rose and Scorp decided to return to the prefect's carriage since they had been instructed to do so by McGonagall. Once they left I moved to sit next to Scar. She had an anguished expression on her face and I decided that it was better if I didn't say anything. She silently laid her head down on my shoulder and I wrapped my arm around her shoulders.
Both of us had almost drifted off when we were roused by the sound of our compartment door slamming. Scar jumped because of the loud noise. The intruders were none other than a bloody looking James and Fred and a livid Lily. James was sporting a bloody nose and a purplish bruise on his cheek, while Fred had a black eye.
'Oh God guys! What the hell happened?' Scar cried out as she rushed to check their injuries.
'Marcus is such a git!' Lily exclaimed as she sat down in front of me. 'As soon as we heard what had happened we decided to ambush the sodding creeps.'
'Frank was dragged away by Professor Longbottom; he arrived when he heard the racket. It's a wonder he didn't come when you were blasting him to the next century.'
'Actually it's a wonder it was Neville who came and not Mini.' Grinned James.
'Louis was dragged away by Dom when things started to get too hot. Dom and all other missing persons were called away for one thing or another.' Said Fred while pressing a steak to his eye.
'Guys you really didn't have to do this….How much?' Scar questioned anxiously.
'Actually we got off pretty easy, three weeks detention on each Saturday, Nott and his cronies didn't get off so well. 3 months detention and 100 points each. It was worth it anyway.'
Scar hugged both of them and lightly kissed their cheeks. James winced lightly but didn't seem to care much.
'What no hug for me? I contributed too you know, I am known for my bat bogey hex…' Lily muttered. Scar gave a sunny laugh and tightly hugged Lily.
I helped Scar drag her suitcase down the train onto the station. It had started to get dark and the other two had to lead the first years so again it was just us two. We dropped off our baggage and started to walk towards the boats when we heard the familiar gruff and warm voice.
'Firs' years o'er here! This way firs' years!' Hagrid bellowed, holding a lantern gesturing towards the boats.
'Hey Hagrid! Alright?' I asked him as we walked past him.
'Al! Scarlett! How you doin'? How's Harry? And Hermione and Ron?' He asked grinning.
'All fine. See you in class!' I shouted as a large group of first years led by a scandalized looking Rose and weary Scorp. Hagrid waved his large hand as he took the first years off the prefects' hands. Rose and Scorpius left Hagrid with a wave and joined us as we walked towards the Horseless carriages.
'I could swear we weren't as cheeky in First year!' Rose exclaimed, as we rode to Hogwarts. Her cheeks were flushed and her wavy auburn hair was a little frizzy because she was running her hand through them again and again.
Scorp sat there grinning slyly. 'You're angry only because that kid ditched you for another girl after he told you that you were hot.' Scorp smirked as Scar and I stared at the growing blush on rose's cheeks.
'I- what- but- oh honestly!' Rose huffed as we laughed.
Finally the carriage lurched to a halt in front of the glorious place we call home. Hogwarts.