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Chapter 7
"Scren-" Albus began, but the blonde had already stormed off in the Ravenclaw table's direction. Albus was only thankful that the Hall wasn't too full. If he knew Screndus, and he really did, he knew the boy was about to make an almighty scene.
"Blaire bear!" Screndus shouted as he approached the raven haired girl. "Lukas was looking for you! He found your teddy bear, now you don't have to be scared at night anymore!"
Blaire blinked a few time as her mouth hung open. It wasn't long before a deep red blush painted her cheeks. She looked between her two new friends and Screndus, her embarrassment increasing with every second.
"You!" Blaire cried as she stood up, her face red with anger and embarrassment as the students around her began to whisper and laugh. "You arrogant, impeccable, despica-" Blaire began, listing off every word she could think of as she stepped towards Screndus, a murderous intent gleaming in her eyes.
"Alright!" Lukas exclaimed quickly as he leapt towards Blaire. Using his good arm, he pulled his sister out of the Great Hall with Roux and Albus trailing after them pulling Screndus with them. Lukas knew better than anyone not to underestimate Blaire's temper. Certainly Screndus had no idea just how dangerous she could be.
Lukas dragged Blaire as far away from the hall as he could before Blaire really lost it. She ripped her arm from his grasp and turned her heel towards Screndus with a glare.
"Apologize." Blaire spat angrily with her arms crossed.
"For what?" Screndus leaned back on the wall and snickered, "Malfoys don't apologize."
Lukas shook his head furiously at his best mate, now was not the time to be acting so cocky.
"How can someone as great as aunt Hermione have such a foul git like you as her son?" Blaire growled at him.
Screndus smirked again as he smiled sweetly at Blaire, "Actually if you ask my mom. She'll say I'm quite the angel."
"Just shake hands and make up!" Albus spoke desperately, knowing this could go on for hours. When both Blaire and Screndus ignored him he huffed throwing his hands up in the air in annoyance.
"Only if he apologizes for making fun of me in front of my friends!" Blaire said as she glared at the smirking blonde in front of her.
"What friends?" Screndus laughed, "You mean Higgs and that wimp?"
"Cory is not a wimp!" Blaire fumed, "You're the wimp here!"
"As if!" Screndus scowled, "If anything, I'm the one with wits here. Unlike wimp and Higgs"
"I said, stop making fun of my friends!" Blaire exclaimed.
Screndus frowned, "Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't know someone as boring and idiotic as you can have friends."
"Says the true idiot!" Blaire snapped, her hands balling into fists, "And in case you haven't noticed, I'm the one with the blue tie here. Smart, wits, Ravenclaw. Ring any bells?"
"Which is a clear mistake!" Screndus scoffed, "You obviously should have been in Hufflepuff."
"You slimy creature!" Blaire shrieked, "No wonder you're in Slytherin!"
"Hurtful, sis!" Lukas exclaimed, but the duo was too engaged in their argument to notice.
"For your information, Slytherins are cunning, smart and brilliant!" Screndus crossed his arms, "And I happen to have the will and courage of a Gryffindor too."
"Keep telling yourself that." Blaire rolled her eyes.
Screndus snickered, "I don't need to, because that's where the hat originally wanted to put me!"
"What?" Everyone blinked in surprise.
~Malfoy Manor~
"That was truly brave of you." Draco said lifting Scordius and Scorpius onto either side of his lap, "I'm proud of both of you."
Lucius watched as both boys grinned up at their father and hugged him. He beamed at his son, knowing that he had truly become the father he had always wished he had been for his own son.
A sombre feeling coursed though Lucius as he thought about all the times he had failed as a father. All the times he had bushed away his son's feelings and thought only of himself. How many years had Lucius spent devoting himself and his family to the dark lord, branding himself and trading everything he had.
If only he had realized sooner, how wrong he had been. He would give anything to have another chance to give his son a childhood he deserved. But even after everything Lucius had done, everything he had put his wife and child though. Draco had somehow turned out he be twice, no, three times the man Lucius would ever be.
"Father." Draco's voice spoke. Lucius broke out of his trance to see his son looking at him.
Lucius recomposed himself, "Yes, Draco?"
"Do you want to come and strengthen the wards around the manor with me?" Draco asked
"Yes." Lucius replied with a stiff nod. He may not be able to change the past, but he would do anything to protect his family now.
...
They strolled through the garden in a comfortable silence. Each taking it in turn to cast the protective enchantments around the manor.
"Draco?" Lucius spoke, breaking the calming silence.
"Yes, Father?" Draco spoke turning to him as he sighed. He had hoped to keep their silence a little longer; such strolls between father and son were rare for them.
Lucius spent most of his time locked up in his office with work or business meetings. They never really spent time with each other for no reason.
"I don't think I've ever said this but…" Lucius stopped to face his son, "I'm proud of you."
"Father?!" Draco blinked in shock.
"Forgive me for not saying this sooner." Lucius smiled at him reaching a hand to rest on his son's shoulders. "You've grown into a fine man worthy of the family name. Much more so than me."
Draco tried to think of something to say as he father smiled at him. He felt Lucius's hand gently squeeze his shoulder then disappear as he turned and continued to walk the grounds.
"Shall we continue with the wards?" Lucius spoke. Draco stared after his father as a small smile crept along his face.
~Hogwarts~
"What do you mean?"Albus exclaimed. The once empty corridor was now filling up with students heading for the great hall.
Screndus sighed and jerked his head towards one of the doors. They all stepped into an empty classroom, closing the door behind them.
"It's not a big deal." Screndus said with a shrug, "He was weighing his opinions. He thought Gryffindor would be the best for me but I thought otherwise-
Bang!
Everyone turned to find a table had soured across the room and was now blocking the door. Before anyone could speak a sinister voice escaped from the corner of the room.
"Fedeline Opsure!" It hissed.
The ground beneath them opened up and they tumbled in, falling through cob webs and eventually landing on a wet damp ground. The room around them was dark and musty. What little light there was illuminated the walls around them and there was a faint dripping noise that bounce from wall to wall.
"W-what was that!?" Lukas stood up dusting off his robes, his eyes still adjusting to the sudden darkness.
"More importantly, where are we?" Albus grunted he helped Blaire up.
The group looked around, finding themselves inside what looked like a tunnel. Each one of them silent as the cold air brushed past them.
"I don't like this place." Roux trembled as he looked around nervously, "It…it's giving me the chills"
"It's the chamber of secrets."Screndus and Blaire replied simultaneously. They both looked at each other surprised.
"Oh! Shut up Blaire!" Screndus rolled his eyes, "Stop repeating after me."
"You're the one that got us here!" Blaire frowned at him, "If you hadn't pulled us into this classroom-"
"You-"
"Will you guys quit it?" Lukas exclaimed, "We have more important things on our hands now. At least wait until we get out of here before you guys start to fight!"
"TELL HER/HIM THAT!" They exclaimed at the same time.
Screndus glared at Blaire again, "See! You're repeating after me again!"
"No! I wasn't! That was…urgh!"Blaire grunted, "You bloody idiot!"
"Well, you're a total pain to everyone!" Screndus retorted.
The rest of the group groaned as they looked at the duo arguing once more. Their voices echoing loudly against the walls.
"Am not!"
"Am too-"
"RAHHHHAH!" A loud roar froze the four of them, making them crouch down and blend into the shadows. They turned to look in front of the tunnel to find a dim light from the end of it.
"Wha-what was that?" Roux gulped.
"I thought this was empty…" Blaire whispered.
Screndus nodded, "So did everyone."
Albus walked over to the opening whilst the rest inched closer at a slower pace. Gingerly peaking his head around the corner, Albus spotted it. It was humungous, towering over them as it began to stretch it's wings out.
The large dragon flapped it's wings oncebefore slithered into a resting position. Its large yellow eye slowly closing as it's tail whipped around the room to rest under it's chin. Albus felt frozen with fear as the dragon made a low grumbling noise.
"There's a dragon down there." Albus said remarkably calmly, almost as if he didn't believe the words he was saying.
"What?" Lukas exclaimed and launched forward in excitement, "Let's check it out!"
"Get back here! You idiot!" Screndus tugged Lukas back by his collar, "Don't you know how dangerous they are?"
"We need to get out of here."Albus said quickly, the magnitude of the situation starting to catch up to him. "Come on."
"Not you too!" Screndus tugged on his collar, "Didn't Uncle Charlie teach you anything about dragons? You can't just make a dash for it, we need a plan." Screndus crawled over to the opening and studied the ground beneath them.
"Do you have a plan?" Blaire trembled when Screndus backed away from the opening. She seemed to have forgotten their argument as she grabbed the hem of his sleeve.
Screndus frowned as he, "Why don't we try the other way, it might lead us to an exit."
Albus frowned, "That will take too long and we don't even know if there's and exit that way. If we make too much noise it'll wake up and were doomed. There's a door just behind the dragon, it's our best shot."
"Albus!" Roux exclaimed, "Are you sure it's a good idea?"
Albus carefully examined the layout before him, "I think we should stick to the shadows, it probably won't see us."
But just as Albus was about to take a step towards the sleeping dragon, Screndus quickly pulled him back, "Dragons have heightened senses of smell and eye sight, are you sure you know what you are doing?"
Albus huffed, "Yes, we can just crawl behind those boulders, we'll be fine. Come on!"
With that he began to make his way down, with Roux trailing behind him.
"Seriously?" Screndus exclaimed, "Lukas, are you going to go through with this? It's insane!"
But feeling as if there was no other choice; Screndus followed his friends. His eyes never leaving the sleeping dragon. The group began to make their way towards the door, trying to make their steps as silent as possible.
Finally the group made it to the other side of the room. Albus crept over to the door and pushed it hesitantly while looking back at the dragon. The dragon showed no sign of awakening. Albus smiled as he pushed the door wider. Everything seemed to be working in their favour when the door suddenly made an almighty creak. Everyone froze and whipped their heads towards the dragon.
The dragon's eyes snapped open slowly turned towards the noise. It was as if time stopped as the amber hue of the dragons eyes stared at the group. It's mouth slowly snarled back and bared it's teeth. The growl it emitted grew as a glowing orange light appeared in the back of it's mouth.
"Wingodium Leviosa!" Screndus yelled as he lifted a boulder and flung it towards the dragon. The boulder smashed into the Dragons lower jaw causing it to lose balance as it screamed in pain.
Screndus turned away from the dragon and towards his friends, "Get to the door! Now!"
They didn't need to be told twice as they made a mad dash for the door. The dragon, regaining itself, let out a guttural roar and released a fiery molten lava from it's mouth towards Screndus.
Screndus threw himself behind a large boulder, the heat of the dragon's flames singeing the hem of his robes. He quickly pulled out his a necklace from under his shirt and yelled, "Toujours Pur."
A silver wisp of dragon flew out of the necklace and disappeared as the real dragon once again released another mass of fiery molten flames.