AN: Hello! Thank you so much for all the reviews! It's the Christmas Break now, so I will probably update more often :) Hope you like this chapter :D

Thank you to HogwartsDreamer113 for beta-ing this chapter.

Dear Rose,

Well done! I am so proud you are in Ravenclaw and I know you will do well. It doesn't matter that you aren't in Gryffindor, though Dad says to say well done to Albus. As for Scorpius, his Dad and Dad didn't really get along, -u- y-o c-n -e -r-end- don't get friendly with him!

I pause. The "don't get friendly with him." is Dad's writing, did he cross that other part out? I fold up the letter and tuck it in my pocket. I sent the letter only a few days ago using Val's western screech-owl, Delilah, who came back with this letter and this weeks prophet. I look over to Val who is listening, with a very bored expression on her face, to Lorcan and Lysander babbling about Fwoopers.

"Their song will make you go mad if you listen to it for a certain amount of time. That's why they are sold with a Silencing Charm-"

"It's just about the only thing that can shut them up!"

Val interrupted, "How do you do the Silencing Charm? Because I am gonna use it on you if you don't shut up!"

Lorcan raised his hands in defence.

"Woah, what's got your wand in a knot?"

"Rose kept talking in her sleep!"

All three heads turn to me.

"I did?" I asked, surprised. Val nods.

"It was very annoying."

"Oh..." I say, I apologise, but Val shakes it off.

"Don't be. We all have flaws."

Lorcan narrowed his eyes.

"Oh yeah? What's yours?"

Val narrowed her eyes and said coolly.

"Nothing you should know, mind your own business."

Lorcan obviously got the hint because he began talking about Horklumps...whatever they are...

After breakfast we went to Herbology. Outside on a big card sign read:

DEAR STUDENTS,

PROFESSOR LONGBOTTOM HAD TO GO THE GILLYWEED SCHOOL PRIVILEGES FOUNDATION TODAY, SO YOU HAVE THE PERIOD FREE.

I. SILSBURY

"Gillyweed School Privileges Foundation?" I heard a boy from Gryffindor say "That's a load of rubbish!"

"Most likely," Val said "But we have a free period, so what to we do?" The crowd of first years soon dispersed and soon VL, the twins, Al, Scorpius and I found ourselves in the great hall with Scorpius' chess set. The Great Hall was mostly empty apart from the odd seventh year with their head buried in a book. The twins started talking to each other about Crups while Val and Scorpius played chess.

"Queen to E5." Val whispered to her army of little black figures. The queen moved to E5 and drew her sword and slashed a bishop in half. It wasn't the most pleasant of games, but it could be worse.

"Hey! Look!" Al said pointing, an owl just flew into the Great Hall. It landed in front of Albus and dropped a scrap of paper into his hands and flew off.

"Who's it from?" Asked Scorpius curiously. Al unfolded the paper and read aloud.

"Hello, I knew you had a free period, so do you want to come down for a bit of tea? From Hagrid." Al looked up from reading "Wanna go guys?"

Val, Scorpius and I nodded, but the twins shook their heads.

"We're okay, we'll look after the chess set." Lysander piped up, while Lorcan nodded. At that the four of us went out of the school and took of down the steep hill.

Hagrid's hut was at the edge of the Forbidden Forest, so by the time we get there our cheeks were flushed red. We walked by his pumpkin patch and Al knocked on the door. We hear a loud bark which makes us jump. I hear scratches of nails on the other side of the door.

"Back, Fang...back!"

The door swung open and Hadgrid, holding a massive black dog by the collar, stared down at them smiling.

"Hiya!" He said, his eyes twinkling "C'mon on in!"

We climbed inside his wooden hut and placed ourselves on a big seat, it could hold all four of us, but only one of Hagrid. Fang bounded up to Val and rested his head on her lap. She smiled nervously, patting his head lightly.

"So," Hagrid began, pouring tea into several cup "How's your firs' week been, eh?"

"Good," Al replied "I learnt how to transfigured a rubber band in a piece of rope."

"I learnt how to levitate a feather," piped up Scorpius,

"I learnt what a Lethifold was," I say,

"I made an enemy," Val said blankly "Ebony Blackhead, a snotty girl with an unfortunate name. She called me a mudblood."

Hagrid stared at her in disbelief "That's 'orrible! Last time I 'eard someone say that was when Draco Mal - Malteasers! They're a grea' muggle sweet! Why, I have some a retired professor sent me on her holiday!" He turns quickly and lunges to the cupboard were he takes out a bright red packet.

"They're even better than rock cakes!" He exclaims as he sits down and wrestles to open the packet.

"Draco?" Scorpius repeats "That's my dad's name."

Hagrid looks up,

"What a coincidence!"

Silence fills the hut, the crackling of the sweet packet the only noise. We are thinking the same thing. Hagrid is a very bad liar. Val is first to confront him.

"You lie."

"What?!" Hagrid cries, "I am not lying!"

"Yes you are. Just spit it out, what's the big deal anyway?"

Hagrid looked tongue-tied, his facial expression half way between angry and guilty.

"I -er - um..."

"Hagrid?" Albus asked, looking concerned "What's the problem?"

Hagrid took a deep breath, "Well you see, when your parents were at school...they didn't like each other. Draco, well he was a self-conceited kid who was jealous, grew up with Death Eaters, so you can't really expect more. Anyway, he and Harry, Ron and Hermione were in the same year. In their second year, well, Draco called Hermione a you-know-what..." He trails off, nervously glancing between Scorpius and I. I turn to Scorpius, seeing him in almost a different light. What if he is actually like his father? What if he calls Val a mudblood? Scorpius looks at me guiltily I guess he didn't know that side to his father.

"I shouldn't have said that." Hagrid tells himself furiously "I should not have said that..."

"I'm not my father," Scorpius tells me "I grew up in a house were that word is banned. Honest."

I nod, "I believe you." Scorpius exhales in relief.

"Thank Merlin!" Hagrid says to us "I though' I migh' have started an argument! It's nice you to are friends, though-" He turns to Al "-I bet everyone wan's to be friends with ya! After all, everyone knows what your father has done for the world!"

Al nods slowly, "And what would be one of the things he has done...?"

"Well defeating Voldemort is pretty big! Beat the darkest wizard of the generation!-"

Al frowned slightly, but let Hagrid continue.

"-Your dad is the bravest man I've ever known! Grown up with a 'orrible family, he had."

"Why?" Val asked curiously.

Hagrid glanced at her, his eyes now looking like big sad puppy eyes.

"Because Voldemort murdered his parents."

I felt my mouth drop to the floor.

"What?!" Al cried, leaping to his feet. "Murdered?! This Voldemort man killed my grandparents?"

Hagrid nodded, "Didn't you know?"

"I didn't know anything! You just told me something I never knew before!"

The colour from the visible parts of Hagrid's face drained away.

"Y-you don't know?!"

Al shook his head vigorously. Hagrid clenched his fists.

"Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no..." Hagrid looked from Al to me than back. He began to mutter to himself.

"Must have been waiting for the right time...Um, Al I think you need to write to your dad, you write to your mum, Rosie."

"Wait." Val said, speaking at last "What are we talking about? Who's Voldemort? Why are your parents so special?"

Hagrid sat down again and told us to get comfortable. He told us what happened:

A long time ago there was a wizard war, where an evil man called Voldemort tried to take over. There was a society of good witches and wizards that lead the fight against Voldemort. Albus' grandparents, James and Lily were some of them. One night, Voldemort found out where the Potters were hiding and went to their house. He killed James, who tried to fight him off whole Lily and Harry ran. Lily got cornered upstairs, Lily begged Voldemort to kill her and leave Harry alone. He killed Lily and moved onto Harry. When he tried to kill Harry, Lily's love protected him, the curse back fired and almost killed Voldemort, who was left to die. Harry was left with a scar as a reminder of what happened.

"It all makes sense." Al whispers "People staring at my dad at the train station, shaking his hand randomly, treating him like he's a hero...he is a hero."

Val turned to me, her lip quivering "How...what? Why?"

"Huh?"

Val clenched her fists "Is the only reason you wanted to be friends with me because I was too dumb to know who you are?"

"What?" I frown "Why would you think that?"

"It all makes sense!" Val says, her tone coated with ice "No wonder why Ebony liked you...I can't believe you didn't tell me!"

"What? I didn't know!""

"Of course." She replays her voice practically dripping with sarcasm before storming out of the hut. I try to bite back to stinging tears. Hagrid clenches his fist tighter.

"I really shouldn't have said that."

Val avoided me for the rest of the day. The only time she spoke to me was to ask for some more nundu hairs in potions. When I got back to the common room, I felt very alone. The others in my dorm were chatting by the fireplace, but I didn't feel in the mood to join them, so I went to bed early. I was just sorting my things out when I found Val's book on the floor. I picked it up and skimmed through it, but something caught my eye. I opened a page fully and saw not words, but simple cartoons. There were little words and all the drawings were big and simple.

"What are you looking at?" I heard Val's voice cry from behind me, I whip round and open my mouth but no words come out, Val snatches her book from me and puts it in her suitcase.

"Don't touch my things ever again."

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