Dragon's Promise

Chapter 33

EDITED

Albus' P.O.V

Me? A huge, rare, honour? I was lying in bed in the Horned Serpent common room. Scorpius was in the bed next to mine. 

"Scorp? Are you awake?" I whispered through the darkness. No answer. I sighed and rolled over. Why did all of the houses want me? Even Wampus, the house of warriors. Maybe it was because of my bond. But then again, Scorpius was chosen by the Horned Serpent and the Horned Serpent alone. I fell asleep thinking about it, eventually tiring my mind and drifting into a deep slumber.

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"Al?" Scorpius was shaking my shoulder. "Ugh. What is it?" I groaned, sitting up and rubbing the sleep out of my eyes. He laughed and gave me a quick kiss on the lips. "Mmm... Breakfast is in five minutes. I figured you'd want to go." He teased as my stomach rumbled. I swung my legs out of bed and pulled on my robes. I caught Scorpius staring and smirked. "Like what you see Scorpy?" I said with a wink, causing him to blush a little. 

"Ooooh!" 

I looked over to see one of the Ilvermorny kids sitting on the bed by the window. He stood up and walked over, holding out a hand. I took it and shook it. "My name's Daniel. Daniel Inkman. I'm from Dallas, Oregon." He said with a smile. "Albus Wood. I'm from London, England." I replied and he snorted. "I already knew that. Everybody knows who you are. It only took a night for word to spread of the Una Omnium." The what? What in Merlin's name was that? 

"The what?" Scorpius asked, getting off the bed and walking towards us. 

"The Una Omnium. The One of All. That's what we call people who make all the houses." He explained. Jeez. There was even a special name for people like me. 

"Anyways, we'll be late for breakfast. C'mon." Daniel waved for us to follow him. We made our way down to a dining hall and sat down at the Horned Serpent table. We were eating our breakfast when a girl came and sat herself down beside me. She had dark brown hair and dark brown eyes. She had glasses with black frames that faded into white and blue flowers. "Hi. My name's Delaney. You're the Una Omnium right?" She asked with a quizzical look. "I guess so. I don't really like labels though. Call me Albus." I replied with an eye roll. 

"That's the same for me. I'm an Una Omnium too but I chose Wampus. You're from Hogwarts?" She asked. Wait she's like me? 

"Uh ya. I'm a Slytherin and I grew up in London. How about you?" She didn't answer for a second. 

"Huh. I almost went to Hogwarts but I'm from Canada so it was easier to come here. I grew up in Calgary, Alberta. God I wish I could move away from there." Canada. I've always wanted to go there, heck I've always wanted to go everywhere. 

"Why do you want to move away?" I asked. I hear it's really pretty near the mountains. She sighed. "It's boring. I want to be an Auror but there's nothing to enforce in Calgary. Not enough bad guys I guess. Unless you count drug dealers and I don't mean the muggle kind." Delaney explained. 

"I guess that makes sense. By the way, this is my boyfriend, Scorpius." I said when Scorpius nudged me. She smiled and held out her hand, which Scorpius took. "Nice to meet you Scorpius. You're the captain of the Hogwarts team right? What position do ya play?" She asked. "Yeah I am. I play seeker, how about you?" He asked and her eyes lit up. "I play seeker too! I'm also the captain of the Ilvermorny team. Hey, we have a free day today, do you want me to give you the grand tour?" Delaney asked jokingly.

I smiled and nodded. She stood and waved for us to follow her. Daniel stood with us and told us he was going back to the common room, but not before shooting Delaney a hateful glare. Scorpius gave me a confused look before Delaney sighed and explained. "I'm gonna tell you the truth. The deal with me and people is that you pretty much are friends with me or hate me. Inkman, for example, hates me. I might not seem so bad on the outside, heck I might even seem friendly, but it literally took all of my courage to go over and talk to you. That is how intraverted I am and some people don't appreciate that, so when I tell them to leave me alone or something they tend to feel hurt. It's either that or they say something rude and I make sure they regret it. Maybe not instantly but eventually." She finished and stood in front of me and Scorpius. Arms crossed and walls raised.

 "You'd make a great Slytherin I'll give you that." Scorpius said with a smile. 

She visibly relaxed and lowered her arms. "Thanks. It's my favourite house. Um- well... come on, let's continue the tour." She whirled around and headed out the large maple doors. As it was a free day we didn't have to wear our robes so I had pulled on some black jeans and a white t-shirt under my favourite brown leather jacket. Scorpius was wearing a black trench coat and a blue shirt with black jeans. I gave his hand a squeeze and shoved my other hand in my pocket. The air was chilly and frost covered the grass. We walked around all morning, Delaney showing us the sights and secret passage ways in and out of the school and me and Scorpius trying not to freeze. 

"Okay, I have a question. Do you have super human powers or something? Because it's April and it's supposed to be warm but it's freezing and you're wearing a hoodie and jeans? How are you not freezing like us? Is this a Canadian thing?" Scorpius burst out. Delaney looked at us for a solid moment before laughing. "I'm just used to it. You should have said something if you were cold! C'mon, it's almost lunch anyways." So we went inside for lunch and spent the rest of the weekend talking and exploring the school. With the occasional quidditch practice of course.

So I did some research on the other schools and put them in there. I decided we needed a new character so here ya go! And of course she's Canadian because what else would she be?! *nervous cough* Anyways, comment and vote! I'll start the tournament soon I think? I dunno, something exciting needs to happen cuz even I'm getting bored. See ya!

~Orchestral Beats