A/N: A chapter from Scorpius' POV. There probably won't be many of them (think of them as diamonds in the rough). Enjoy! The timeline is similar to the one in the last chapter.

Scorpius had to admit, having two parents around was definitely better than having just one. He had managed to get Draco to buy him new Quidditch gear, complaining that he had worn the same guards the year before. While this had seemed to tick off his mum, he didn't care. Far as he could tell, Draco owed him about seven years worth of Christmas and birthday presents. Might as well make it an even ten since he could remember being three that well.

His mum had refused to take him shopping for new robes after that, but he knew that his grandmother had already hung some in the closet for him – so even this wasn't so disappointing. The best part, Scorpius decided, in having two parents was that they usually argued over who got to take him out to dinner. It seemed like Mum was avoiding Draco, for whatever reason, but it usually meant that he got two desserts at night – definitely the best part.

Probably the worst part was that Draco wanted to spend so much time with him. Not that he minded flying with his father, because Draco was pretty good and was teaching him all sorts of tricks his mum hadn't know, but he hadn't been able to spend time in the lab with his mum in almost two weeks and that was killing him. The time they spent in the lab was kind of their bonding time. Usually it was just the two of them. Sometimes Hermione came, sometimes Theodore, but mostly it was just him and mum and that suited him just fine.

Soon enough Scorpius found himself shaking hands with the other captain and mounting his broom, darting into the air to intercept the Quaffle for the first time. He was exhilarated when the other Chaser almost got there first. At least it was going to be a challenge this time. He made a figure eight in the air, signaling his team into position and the game began.

Scorpius allowed Violet Nott to slip his hand through his hand through his arm and barely managed to keep his scowl off his face. Mother had told him to be good several times before they had gone to Grandmother's and grandmother had instructed him that it was important to make a good impression. He puffed out his chest a little – originally Mum had promised him he would escort Victoire but then Grandmother had stepped in and Aunt Fleur had moved Victoire's debut until after the Debutante ball – so here he was. AND he'd heard that he'd have to escort Victoire to that stupid Debutante ball too. Apparently that had to be done before she went to Hogwarts. Sounded lame to him.

Finally they were announced and they reached his parents. He waved to his Aunt Fleur who was already seated at a table towards the front and saw his cousin Fred off talking with Lorcan and Lysander. He rocked back and forth on the balls of his feet looking at his mum expectantly. She finally waved him off with a smile and he turned to bolt, but not fast enough. A firm hand latched onto his shoulder and he forced to turn.

"Stay out of trouble. You're at your grandmother's table for dinner. And you will dance the first dance with Miss Nott," Draco said firmly. Scorpius couldn't keep the scowl off his face, he didn't want to dance with Violet. She seemed to have this ridiculous notion that he fancied her. Blech. He hoped she didn't try to kiss him. He nodded quickly, hoping to appease his father and then slipped from under his hand and made for Fred.

"Hullo Scorp," Fred said with a grin. He was showing Lorcan and Lysander the newest cards he'd gotten. Harry and Ron.

"That's so cool that Harry and Ron are on there!" Lysander said taking the cards and reading them over. Scorpius pasted a smirk on his face.

"Harry's not so cool. He just managed to beat some dark wizard so everyone thinks he's awesome. Uncle Ron's a great Keeper though. The Falcon's won the last two years with him."

"Heard he's gonna play for the Cannon's next year," Lorcan offered. He was the quieter of the twins and seemed to take after Luna's highschool honesty. He often startled Scorpius. He didn't like being startled.

"Why would he do that. Falcon's are best in the league – after the Harpie's but they ain't been so good after Aunt Ginny left. She used to whoop Uncle Ron's –"

"I hope you weren't about to say what I think you were going to say Fred," a woman's voice interrupted and the three looked up to see Narcissa Malfoy glaring down at them.

"No ma'am," Fred said. He didn't understand how these grandmother types always seemed to catch them up to no good.

"Hello Grandmother, you look beautiful tonight," Scorpius said as he hugged his grandmother. She graced him with a rare public smile. He hadn't seen her before the ball. Ginny had gone to see her when they first got to the townhouse but Narcissa had departed after them and hadn't left her quarters to greet him. He was rather put out by this, but he didn't fail to notice that the skin around her eyes was rather drawn.

"Make sure you come find me for dinner dear, I have to go say hello to some friends," Narcissa left the boys with this and they watched her go.

"Oh look here comes Grampa and Grandmum," Fred said as the Minister and his wife made their way into the Ballroom.

"Guess that means I better go find Grandmother's table," Scorpius said with a sigh.

"Hey, how 'bout we see if we can get mum to let you guys stay over later," Lysander said mischeviously. "Did you manage to scarf anything from your dad's store?"

"Yeah some of the new fireworks you don't need a wand for," Fred said with a grin.

"We'll talk to dad. He never says no."

"Tell him Mum's been real busy with work," Scorpius said with his own smirk. "Luna loves to help her out when she's been real busy."

"We'll find you after dinner," Lysander said. Scorpius frowned.

"Gotta dance the first dance with Violet, unfortunately. I'll find you guys after."

The boys all made disgusted noises in the back of their throats and dispersed.

Scorpius was planning his night at the Scamander's when he saw Harry stride off to the dance floor and sweep his mum away from Uncle George. He frowned. When his mum didn't push him off right away he outright scowled.

"Oi, Scorp you're not paying attention," Fred said poking Scorpius in the ribs. Scorpius shook him off and made his way towards the dance floor.

"Harry's dancing with his mum," Lorcan said.

"Oh," Fred replied. He shrugged then. "Well if he wants to dance with the girls I say we go start a game of exploding snap on the terrace."

"Sounds good to me," Lysander replied following Fred out the doors onto the Balcony.

Scorpius was fine just glowering at Harry and making sure he didn't do anything inappropriate with his mother. Until he noticed Harry pull her closer. Scowling he approached the couple and tapped Harry firmly on the shoulder.

"I'd like to dance with my mum."

"I think you rather interrupted his plans," Ginny said with a soft smile at her son. He shrugged.

"You didn't look like you were having a good time, wanted to make sure you were. Plus he kept stepping on your toes."

"Harry just hasn't moved on yet love. He will though," Ginny said with a soft smile at her son. It amazed her that, at ten, her son was already a better dancer than Harry. So much so that his slightly shorter demeanor did nothing to ruin the dance for her.

When Newt tapped him on the shoulder Scorpius offered her a bow.

"I think I'll go find Grandmother for a dance," he said as he disappeared into the throngs of dancers.

"Grandmother, would you dance with me?" Scorpius asked approaching the table he had spent dinner at. Narcissa was sitting alone, sipping a glass of soda water. She smiled at her grandson and nodded.

"Of course my dear," Scorpius took her hand and led her onto the floor easily taking the lead in a somewhat more difficult dance. He loved dancing with his grandmother because she didn't insist on taking the lead away from him as many older women, like his aunts, did. She assumed that he knew the steps and let him fumble his way through them. The best part was that she was such a good dancer that his mistakes looked more like a practiced move.

"Mum said I might come spend the weekend with you after my match," Scorpius said as the music began to die down.

"I would enjoy that very much. Thank you for the dance Scorpius, your lessons are coming along well."

"Will you come to my lesson this week? It's on Wednesday afternoon?"

"Of course darling." Narcissa kissed him quickly on the cheek and gestured to the Minister's table. "I think Molly is trying to catch your attention."

Scorpius sighed and turned away from his grandmother to go find Molly. It seemed that these balls involved a lot of socializing. His mum's family was too big; socializing took up the entire night. He could understand why she slept the whole next day now.

"Hullo Grandmum," he said. Molly met his eyes with a bright smile.

"Scorpius you look handsome tonight."

"Hullo Scorpius, nice to see you," Arthur said as he took his seat at the table and offered Molly a glass of wine.

"Hullo Minister," Scorpius said. Arthur's eyes twinkled as he wagged his finger at him.

"Grandpa's fine when we're not in company son, you're part of the family and you know that." Scorpius fixed Arthur with a rare smile. As much as he knew his grandmother didn't really like the Minister or most of his family, he loved Arthur Weasley. The man always had interesting stories to tell and he didn't discriminate among his grandchildren. Plus the objects in his face were just fascinating.

"Scorpius darling, we're getting ready to leave. Did you want to come spend the night along with Fred," Luna's dreamy voice interrupted. "Oh hullo Minister, Mrs. Weasley."

"Hello dear, you look beautiful tonight."

"Thank you Molly," Luna replied with a small smile. She looked down at Scorpius who was nodding. He went around the table to give Molly a kiss on the cheek and offered his hand to Arthur.

"Good night Minister, grandmum."

Scorpius looked around for Draco and saw him dancing with a brunette toward the center of the dance floor. In fact, he noticed that a lot of people seemed to be watching the couple. When they turned slightly and he saw Hermione's face, he understood why. He saw Uncle Ron off to the side of the dance floor frowning and chuckled to himself. Following Luna, he left Draco to the wolves, and went off to find his mother.

"And you be good for the Scamanders, did you say goodbye to your father?" Ginny was asking when Scorpius finally fixed his attention back on her.

"Looked busy. Can't you tell him? Said good night to grandmother and grandmum though." He saw Ginny frown but held his hands up in defeat. She nodded and then squatted down. For a minute he was certain she was going to kiss him in front of his friends. Instead she gave him a small hug.

"Okay love, have fun. But be good."

Scorpius nodded his assent and followed the Scamanders out with Fred.