A Stitch in Time

Chapter 20

Scorpius winced as the dormitory door flung open. His father entered with a huge smirk. "Hey Spink! You'll never believe what happened!" Draco said.

Scorpius rolled his eyes. He didn't really care what news Draco had to offer.

"Father is having a trial for that beast that tried to kill me." He said, not waiting for Scorpius to say anything.

Scorpius raised his eyebrows. "Wait, you mean gran- I mean, er, your father is Lucius Malfoy, right?"

Draco nodded proudly. "Yes. You've heard of Father, right? Of course, I haven't met anyone that wasn't familiar with him."

Scorpius rolled his eyes again. This Draco had a lot of growing up to do. "What do you mean? He didn't kill you! You just got scratched!"

"Oh, yeah? Think your so tough, eh? Maybe you should have your arm sawed off by a large rabid beast. Maybe you should try and recover that fast! Don't mess with stuff you haven't experienced, Spink."

"Wait? You said he's on trial. When is it?"

"Well you see, Father got upset that I nearly died from that brute, and Mother was so afraid I was going to die-"

Scorpius rolled his eyes. Typical Nan-Nan behavior.

"So she wants to make sure that the demon that nearly murdered me is being tried for his actions and evils."

"Oh."

"I'm trying to get Hagrid's job, but unfortunately he has Dumbledore's backing. I swear, Dumbledore is in LOVE with the Muggles, Mudbloods, and the freaks."

Scorpius wasn't really interested. "Oh, really?"

"Yes. He's going to get executed for what he did to me. Honestly, if that pathetic Hagrid thinks that he is going be able to actually save that stupid creature-"

Scorpius looked at him closely. "But it's a trial, he could still live. Besides, it wasn't even the creatures fault. You should have listened to Hagrid when you were going on the creature. Hagrid could say that, and he could still avoid execution."

Draco smirked at Scorpius, then shook his head as if to prove how incredibly stupid Scorpius' statement just was. "Not in my case."

Scorpius was getting tired of this conversation, which was going nowhere. "Yes, in your case. What makes you so special in the eyes of the law?"

Draco looked smug. "Father has a special way with the people who are doing the trial, if you get what I'm saying."

Scorpius narrowed his eyes. "Your dad, er, bribed the people?"

Draco didn't say anything, however as he left the dormitory, Scorpius thought he saw a wink.

Rose was in the library, referencing a book for her Transfiguration. Well, maybe she was waiting for the boy. Okay, so she was waiting for the boy. All right, the only reason why she had a book in her hands was so that Madam Pince wouldn't throw her out for 'loitering'. "My library is not a courtyard!" She would say, while grabbing the offending student by the collar and tossing them out.

She looked up every so often to check if he was coming. Finally, he arrived, huffing and puffing.

Rose smiled up at him.

"Hey, J-Jade," the boy wheezed. "Sorry I'm late. I had to finish homework."

"You could have finished it with me!"

"Well I had to get some help from my friend... he's really good with potions."

"If you asked I could have helped you!"