Summary: Scorpius liked Angelina, she slipped him cookies when his father wasn't looking when she visited. Well, he liked her a lot more after she sneaked him off on an unexpected adventure.

Rated: K

Genre: General, Friendship

Warning Tag: n/a

Competition/Challenge Block:
Written For: Monthly Challenges for All (Year 3); Hogwarts (Term 14)

Hogwarts: Ravenclaw; A.8 - Muggle Art #2: Write about someone with a vibrant personality

MC4A: Sh Bingo (4D-Big Damn Hero); Link; Chimera; FPC (Bechdel Test; Not a Lamp; Ladylike; Persistence Still; White Dress); Star (Pocky Pockets); Fence (Machismo); ICs (Short Jog (Y); The Story Goes One (Y); Two Cakes (Y); Eating Cake (Y); Green Ribbon (Y); Rian-Russo Inversionx3; Ethnic & Presentx2 (Y); Ship Sails (Y); Zed Era (Y); Old Shoes (Y)

Word Count: 1,361

Author's Note: So, that angst-filled chapter I have been promising? This isn't it. BUT! Scorpius gets to have fun and do something sneaky, so what isn't there to love. This will overlap with when Draco, Fred, and George are at the Burrow with all the other parents.

Also, this is considered a secret birthday party, something Katie, Alicia, and Angelina planned for Molly, so their parents don't know. Don't ask me why, they just don't. I wanted to write mischievous Chaser's Delight being Aunties for a day, and this is what happened. I hope you enjoy!

Three Aunts and a Secret Adventure

October 21st, 2011

Scorpius was a little nervous being left in the care of Angelina. Though he did know her a fair bit already, along with Katie and Alicia since the three visited the flat regularly, it was still strange to think he wasn't going to be with his father for a large period of time. Angelina was especially memorable due to her always slipping him cookies when his father wasn't looking.

He was already dressed and had breakfast before she showed up to the flat alone. The twins greeted her warmly with hugs and kisses to the cheeks, while his father offered a brief handshake.

"I am trusting you with my pride and joy, Johnson, you better not disappoint me," he said, to which George chuckled at and gave him a slap on the back.

"Relax, Draco. He will be just fine. Angelina is one of the best babysitters the Weasley-Potter lot knows. Along with her two better halves," Fred assured, nudging him with an elbow.

Scorpius gave Angelina a wave when she turned her attention his way, leaning down some to be more eye-level.

"You don't need to worry about us, we will have the best of times together. Right, Scorpius?"

He only nodded, a little hesitant to reply. Hanging out in the flat wasn't what he'd call fun, especially when he already knew all the secret compartments like the slide that took you straight into the storage room from the office. Scorpius moved over to the couch while the adults went over the boring old rules for him, busying his hands with the stretchy rubber ball George gifted him a couple years ago.

The door closed and soon Scorpius was left alone with Angelina. She quickly moved to the front window that overlooked Diagon Alley, pulling the curtain open enough to peer through it. He watched her, confused as to what she was looking at, and jumped when she turned suddenly, clapping her hands.

"Can you keep a secret?"

Scorpius didn't know where this was going, but he hesitantly nodded.

"Are you up for a birthday party?"

It wasn't technically up to Scorpius to say no to, and he found himself at a large park with a miniature quidditch field on one end. He held Angelina's hand tightly, still a little wobbly from appariting there. There were at least a dozen kids already there, running around in the field and playground. A lot of them had shocks of red hair sprinkled in with an occasional blond or auburn hair-colored child. They all ranged in age, too, which had him a little nervous in meeting older kids. Scorpius could see the array of birthday decorations set up at a nearby covered picnic area. Everything was quidditch themed, from toy snitches and bludgers that flew around you and gently bumped into you—the bludgers were soft, so they didn't hurt—to paper brooms shooting all which way.

He saw Katie and Alicia standing around the buffet-like area where the food was all laid out, handing out plates of lunch and snacks to whoever came bounding up. Scorpius remained glued to Angelina for the moment, not recognizing any of the kids right off the bat. The only kids he had grown familiar with and would like to think of as friends were Rose and Albus.

"You hungry? We are going to be playing quidditch before cake, and probably after, too," Angelina said, giving Scorpius a wink.

"Sure."

He ate a modest amount of the greasy food offered to him, never really having a hamburger and hot dog before with chips. They were quite good, but there was no way he could finish. It was around this time he noticed Albus and Rose, his mood improving greatly at that. He cleared his plate to the rubbish bin and headed straight for them.

"Hey!" He said cheerfully, giving them a wave. "Are you excited for quidditch?"

"Yeah! I hope we are on the same team," Al said excitedly. "I brought my training broom."

Scorpius' smile dropped, not thinking of bringing his own. "Oh. I forgot mine."

"It's okay, Aunt Angelina, Aunt Alicia, and Aunt Katie always have a surplus of training brooms," Al assured.

"I would prefer the cake," Rose commented, appearing a little grim at the idea of quidditch. "But at least our aunties make it somewhat fun to play."

The three headed for the quidditch pitch where a bunch of the other Weasley's were gathering. It was going to take a while for him to remember everyone's names. All he knew was to make sure to not forget Molly's name, because it was her sixth birthday.

The three women the kids gathered around were all wearing smiles as they went over the simple rules for their quidditch game. No hitting, pushing, kicking, or jumping on anyone or their broom. If a bludger hits you and your fall off, you count to ten before getting back on your broom. Simple stuff. The kids were divided into two even teams of five. Scorpius had Albus, Hugo, Lily, and Dominique on their side, the other consisted of James, Molly, Rose, Lucy, and Louis.

They put on the navy vests to tell each other apart and Scorpius grabbed a spare broom to use. He was actually quite excited to play his very first game of quidditch, he only played pick-up quidditch, which didn't require any brooms and only had bean bag balls. This game had almost the real thing! They only had two chasers, a beater, seeker, and keeper per team, but that was okay.

Playing the real game was exciting, even if everyone could only fly up to a meter. Even the younger kids had a lot of fun and knew what their position meant, Scorpius tried chaser, seeker, and keeper positions and was quite fond of being chaser. Keeper was not really his thing, and found seeker to be quite boring.

After five short games of scoring five points or catching the snitch, the group breaked to sing happy birthday to Molly and have cake while she opened gifts. Scorpius felt a little bad he had nothing to offer her, only had just met her that day and coming mostly unexpectedly, but she didn't seem to notice. The cake was absolutely delicious, and he probably had one too many slices of it, but he was hyped up and ready for another couple matches of quidditch before Angelina had to bring him home.

He said his goodbyes to his new friends from the Potter-Weasley clan and left with Angelina back to the flat above Weasley Wizarding Wheezes before his father got home. The others went with Katie and Alicia back to the Burrow. Which, if Scorpius remembered, was the name of Freddie and George's childhood home.

Scorpius' mood dropped just a little bit, remembering the small cottage with the vines he once briefly lived in. It was soon forgotten once he arrived back home, feeling the second wave of a sugar rush strike him. He went and bounced on the couch, laughing as he did so, and Angelina didn't have time to stop him before Fred, George, and Draco got back home themselves.

"Looks like someone had a good time," Fred said, smirking at Scorpius leaping from the couch to run for the three.

Draco caught him first, pulling him into a hug. "I missed you."

"Father! You'llneverbelievewhatAngelina and I did!" Scorpius rattled out so fast it was difficult to understand. "We played quidditch at the park! Real quidditch! With all the other Weasley children too! It was kid friendly and somuchfun! I was a chaser!"

"And just how much sugar did you have, exactly?" Draco shifted his gaze to Angelina, who looked utterly guilty.

"Well, I better run. Nice seeing you! Glad you had fun Scorpius! Bye!" Angelina hastily said, slipping out of the flat before she could get scolded.

Scorpius really did have a blast of a day, but shortly after the wave of energy came a heaviness in his chest, and a deep yawn escaped him. He rested his head on his fathers shoulder, letting out a sigh.

"It was so much...fun."