Chapter 42
'now then scorpius we wanted to give you something to go to Hogwarts with' Lucius Malfoy said before continuing 'we bought your father something similar, it's a new outdoors robe with a silk green lining'. Scorpius whilst internally groaning thanked his grandparents very much. Finally dinner was over and his grandfather especially had gone, it had been a very long evening. Returning to his room he found Hedi sitting at the end of his desk, clutching his newest letter back from R.
Scorpius started on the reply almost immediately, she had become someone who scorpius could tell everything to, and she didn't judge she just tried her best to help and everytime Scorpius picked up his quill to respond to her letters words just flew out the end so easily.
He wrote
Dear R
Dinner was a disaster, I will tell you more later.
Sounds lovely, I wish our library was that nice and comforting, perhaps you could help me redecorate it sometime? That's part of the reason I usually go to the muggle library, it's a lot warmer there. That's a lot of books you seem to have too, like a wow amount of books. You are totally right by the way even the school textbooks you are able to escape into. Why do you think the book originally belonged to your mum? Does or did she work in magical law enforcement or as someone to do with the Wizengamot? Or do most of the books in your library belong to her? Sorry, I get excited about books and libraries and yours sounds almost heavenly.
Thanks for the advice, and the er... List. Your right it was very long and none of them particular good but I think I still need answers, so as much as that list makes me not want to ask I think I still will.
Thanks R, but I don't know that people would stop judging me and I'm willing to admit this to you, it sort of scares me. I'm telling you when you hear my full name even you will agree how bad it is that really is my only reasoning. Thanks, I might try your rubber band trick with the cushion and see wether it works or not. And muggleborns know a lot about muggle culture, so people will know about how villains look, but I do see your point. Thanks for agreeing to help me dye my hair.
Of course I will let you borrow it back, it is yours after all, by the way should I be slightly miffed that you think the rememberball will 'Actually get some use' if I have it? I'm kidding, you are totally right it will probably end up being one of my prized possessions with my memory.
Yes, it is wrong for you to find the fact that I vanished my arm bones impressive, no, I don't mind if you do think its impressive. Your poor broomstick, how could you do that to the poor thing? That must have really hurt though, crashing into the wall, how old were you?
Lucky you, but I can see that you would sometimes feel annoyed with them if they are that close to you, just wish I had that option. Maybe your right though, maybe they just don't know how to show it. I do honestly think I would be a disappointment to them if I don't make Slytherin House though even if I'm not yet.
Don't be daft that is still extremely impressive, wish I had one of them in my room telling me the exact time until the Hogwarts express leaves.
Question 32 answer well what you said was quite a good answer and obviously I'm looking forward to quidditch but I am looking forward to the difference, nearly everyone who goes there says that Hogwarts is there home and how amazing it is, I'm looking forward to meeting you and the muggle studies classes.
Question 33 which is your favourite spell or potion from our textbooks? Or at least which one are you most looking forward to learning?
My answer is draft of living death, I think it is one of the most unexplored potions but I don't think we learn that until Fifth year(?) so I am going to go with a heating charm - aestus estus venustas which literally means heat tide charm as it sounds really warm and nice, what do you think?
Right so dinner, first you need to know that my grandparents, my grandfather especially are still slightly stuck in their old ways.
So I was told that if I have any problems I could contact them, which sounds nice until my grandfather says (and I use his words) 'your father had a few problems there with mudbloods, even one or two of the teachers and the teaching standards, we almost sent him to Durmstrang' admittedly when he said about mudbloods everyone told him he wasn't allowed to say that but I don't know wether they meant in general or around me.
I was told to make the family proud. They also mentioned that my father was the 24 consecutive member of our family that had been in Slytherin. Beyond a shadow of a doubt they expect me to be in Slytherin and I'm sure if they knew I had a slightly muggle obsession they would be appalled.
The whole dinner was deathly boring. Well apart from the small argument we all had (well I didn't join in but still), I'm not even quite sure what it was about.
Oh and then at the end just before they left they gave me a gift, which again sounds nice but they said it was similar to something they bought my father and it was in Slytherin green, I mean don't get me wrong I like green but if it doesn't say Slytherin then I'm not sure what would, I swear I don't know what I'm going to do with it if I don't get put in Slytherin.
Anyway that was my dinner or a quick version at least, so how was yours. I'm sure it has to be better than the 4 hours I just spent.
Love from
S