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"Why didn't you guys tell them?"Roux exclaimed as they exited Dumbledore's office,"they could help us! There's a bloody dragon down there!"
Albus frowned as he looked at his friend, "do you want everyone to know?"
"Yes! We should have told them!"Roux protested, "this is way out of our hands!"
Albus frowned deeper as he said, "this is only the beginning."
"what?"Roux stopped in his footsteps and frowned at his friend in confusion.
"Everything that happened tonight, it's only the start."Albus clarified.
Roux threw his hands up in the air,"Every reason more why we should tell them!"
"Roux's right." Blaire nodded in agreement with Roux, "we should alert them-"
"and Blaire, this is why you're not in Slytherin."Lukas said,"whoever's behind this has a purpose. If we end this trail now, we'll never get them."
Lukas nudged Screndus who was deep in thought, "right? Scren?"
"It was guarding something."Screndus said,"The man thought the dragon would finish us off, but its sole purpose for being there is because he was guarding something."
"But why would he want to finish us off?"Lukas asked.
˜Malfoy manor˜
Bang!
The series of clattering noises and objects breaking woke up the Malfoy couple. They both shot up in alert and ran towards the living room, where vases lay broken, books littered all over the floor, and paintings have fallen onto the ground.
"Scordius! Scorpius!"Hermione exclaimed upon seeing the twins on their brooms.
"I told you not to buy them brooms"She rubbed her face tiredly as she leaned back into her husband's arms, "…and you said twins were a gift."
"Oh, it is!"Draco nodded, "being able to produce-"
"save it."Hermione snapped tiredly at her husband, "It's way too early to listen to your inflated ego."
"That's not what you said when we were making them."Draco raised an eyebrow.
Hermione exclaimed annoyedly, "Draco!"
Draco chuckled as he slowly levitated the brooms back to the ground,"Alright Scors, sit down."
"Daddy!"Scorpius beamed, bouncing on the couch, "let's play quidditch now!It's raining outside, so let's use the living room!"
"Oh!I have a quaffle!"Scordius bounced with his twin, "daddy!catch!"with that he tossed it to Draco.
Draco caught the ball with ease as he sat down with Hermione opposite of them and sighed. That's when he noticed the spilt coffee on the table and he smacked his forehead with his hand, "what did I say about coffee?"
"That we shouldn't drink it?"Scordius blinked innocently.
"So why did you?"Draco asked as he crossed his arms and studied his son before him.
"We thought it was hot coco!"Scorpius beamed.
Draco raised an eyebrow.
Scordius pouted and looked down, "we're sorry daddy."
"we're sorry mommy."Scorpius added as he looked at Hermione.
Hermione sighed, "go back to your rooms young men."
"feel better now?"Draco asked as he layed his wife's head on the crook of his neck.
Hermione looked at the tiny blondes making their way up the stairs, "I swear they're growing up to be just like you."
"Aw, at least they didn't break the chandelier you bought last week." Draco replied as he tucked a strand of Hermione's hair behind her ear
CRASH!
"…I stand corrected."
"I'm going to check on Soteira."Hermione said as she stood up.
˜Hogwarts˜
"What are you reading?"Cory asked as he sat down next to Blaire at the Great Hall.
Blaire smiled as she look up at Cory"oh, hi Cory!It's a book about magical creatures. They're extremely fascinating. Did you know that there are over 200 different species of dragons?Though they were often seen as vile creatures, they are usually gentle and caring creatures like nargles."Blaire's eyes lit up dreamily.
"Oh! The Hungarian Deathsprite."Zach said pointing at the picture in Blaire's book while sitting down,"rare, fierce and deadly. Also armed with 2 poison spikes on its head."
"Hi Zach."Blaire smiled as she greeted him,"how did you know?"
"my um… aunt is a dragon tamer."Zach shrugged,"se teaches me stuffs when I visit."He took a bite out of his plate.
"so,Blaire" Cory asked,"what spiked your interest for such deadly creatures?"
Before the trio could carry on the conversation, they were interrupted by a cough behind them.
"Move Higgs, move whimp before I show you what's more deadly and dangerous."Screndus threatened as he send Zach the Malfoy sneer.
Blaire groaned as she turned to the familiar annoying voice she grew up with."No one has to listen to you Screndus."
Screndus raised his eyebrows at Zach who gulped and looked away uneasily, he quickly shoot up form his seat with Cory following suite.
Albus rolled his eyes as he sat down,"real mature Scren."
"Well, it's not the first day you know him"Lukas shrugged as he sat down next to his friend,he turned to his sister, "any lead?"
"well I-"Blaire started only to be cut off by Screndus,"ROR after lunch. I don't want to start my day with an empty stomach."He took an apple from Blaire's plate.
Blaire glared, "go back to your table!"
"Then how will you ever eat without my presence!"Screndus smirked as he bit down on the apple.
"I'll live"Blaire snickered, "now go away before I loose my appetite!"
˜Malfoy manor˜
Ginny and Hermione had gotten together for lunch at the Malfoy Manor to Draco's annoyance. Draco grudgingly opted to take the kids to an outing and leave Hermione to chat with her friend.
"Hermione!"Ginny smiled as she sat down next to her,"I got a letter from Albus last night. Read it!"
Dear mom,
I'm sure you're going to circulate this letter with aunt Luna, aunt Lavender and aunt Hermione, so hi aunties! You must have received your letters from James and Violet. But before you lecture me, please believe me that whatever Hames told you was fake! I wasn't the one to carry fireworks into Hogwarts ground and I wasn't the one to litter exploding maps on the field, it was all James. Oh, and mom, James even told me to piss off when I asked him for help about my homework(his exact words, mom!)Things are quite well over here and I made the quidditch team! Though I'm only a trainee at the moment but I hope I'll become a seeker soon, like daddy. The rest of the guys made the team too. Though the Slytherin head coach is quite the jerk, mine is extremely nice, called Professor Longbottom. I heard he went to school with you. Anyway, Lukas got knocked off the broom during tryout, he's alright now, well after he cried.(Don't tell him I told you this)By all means, Professor Krum is quite the jerk! But we'll manage. Besides all these, we're getting sick of Screndus failed attempts of trying to flirt with Blaire. Maybe you can ask aunt Hermione to send him a book like '101 Ways On How to Charm a Witch'.
Until next time,
Albus Severus Potter
"Isn't that adorable?"Ginny asked, "Is this how Malfoys flirt?I'm seeing some resemblance with when Draco started to try asking you out."
"They're still young."Hermione said,"and Blaise would be devastated to learn that his lost his daughter to my little blonde devil. I 'd be more worried about James following in the George and Fred's footprints. Felch is going to have another troublesome year."
"True, but that's keeping the family tradition alive."Ginny winked playfully as she read through the letter again, "but I thought Viktor would become a quidditch player or a professor in Dumstrang, why Hogwarts?"
"That's what confuses me as well. Hermione furrowed her eyebrows.
˜Hogwarts˜
"You are all a pathetic excuse as wizards."Krum spat as he waved a piles of files in his hands at the Slytherin team, "never, and I do mean never have you won the House Cup without relying on cheating! How pathetic is that?!" Taking no notice of the angry faces he continued as he flipped through his files, "1947 broke the opponent seeker's broom. 1955 drugged the opponents with stomach flu potions. 1968 installed mirrors on protective gears to blind the opponents. 1974 illegal spells to enhance abilities. 1991 pre setup rain clouds that focuses on the opponents.2006 weapons disguised as protective gears."He looked up at them, "what does that say about you all? There is never a win for the Slytherin team without cheating."
"You missed a year." a black haired boy spoke up timidly.
Viktor turned to the boy, his eyes turned into slits, challenging the boy to continue.
"The year we won without cheating."The boy continued as he trembled slightly under his glare then trailed off "the year of..."
Screndus spoke up,"1999."
"Ah yes, how could I forget."Krum hissed with venom lacing his voice as he turned to glare at Screndus. " Draco Malfoy's famous win against the great Gryffindor seeker, Harry Potter. Perhaps your great former Slytherin Captain should coach you all then."
"Sir."a 5th year girl spoke up, "If we won without cheating once, I believe we do have the ability to do so again."
"We'll see about that."Krum snapped, "McLaggen!Teach your newbies some manners and start training."
A boy with muzzled brown hair stood up, "as you all know, I AM the team captain, Caleb McLaggen."He stood up straighter, "Practice will be split up, so beater head over to Tim and Troy, chasers go to Conor, Keepers go to Spencer and seekers, you're with me. Now, MOVE IT!"
Everyone began to move into their groups.
"Seeker is a vital player on the team. We are required to have skills, speed and excellent reflexes. Now, watch."Caleb announced as he began to do a series of loops in the air. He stopped after a moment, pleased to see the shocked faces of his team. With that, he turned to Screndus,"Alright… Malfoy."Caleb smirked, "let's see if your daddy dearest taught you anything." Screndus scowled and sneered at the tall blonde haired boy smirking at him. His grandfather taught him that a Malfoy never shows his fear, so he wouldn't. His father taught him that there was courage inside everyone despite their house. His mother taught him that you can do anything if you put your heart to it. And as Screndus A. Malfoy, he'd be damned if he backed down from a challenge towards his pride.
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