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.♥draco, .♥scorpius, :♥albus severus, :♥slytherins, chinese, fanfiction, one-shot

"Twenty Things about Scorpius Severus Malfoy" (Gen, PG-13)
I can haz AS/S ship?
Written in a fit of inspiration after I speculated about who Draco’s wife might be. Might be expanded into a fic later. (If anyone’s interested, drop me a line and run with it!) Please point out any mistakes.

Please fill out my Scorpius fanon poll on LJ.

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"Twenty Things about Scorpius Severus Malfoy" by lilian_cho

Author’s notes: Epilogue-compliant, as far as I know.
Quasi-related to "People Like Us" (Draco Gen, PG-13)
Written for the Harry Potter Random Facts Fest.
Rating: PG-13 for pre-slash innuendos
Characters/Pairing: Scorpius gen. AS/S pre-slash.
Length: 1200 words
Nitpicker: gelsey
ETA 12/20/07: Changed "cooties" to "germs" thanks to this hp_britglish post ^^;;
Archives: Here and at LJ.
Fanfic disclaimer: The nicknames "Score" and "Al" were totally lifted from mistful. Other than that, their personalities are different :-) Next!
Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by J.K. Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books, Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made, and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.


:1: Scorpius got his first name from his grandfather, his second name from his father, and his Chinese name from his mother. He was profoundly glad he was not named after a flower.

:2: Scorpius was born with dirty blond hair and light brown eyes. His father worked a spell that lightened his hair to white blond as he grew up. His mother drew the line at changing his eye color. “If you change his eyes, you might as well change his soul.” His father didn’t argue after that.

:3: When he was three and a half, Scorpius asked for a puppy. He got a baby sister instead. She was wrinkly, slept all the time and couldn’t catch a ball. Scorpius helped his mother choose a name for his sister. His first choice was Phoenix, but he thought Jade was a cool name too.
That Christmas, he noticed three red spots on Jade’s cheeks. The next morning, Scorpius woke up with dragon pox.

:4: When Scorpius was nine, his mother moved to China to fill up a research position. She took Jade and two house-elves with her. Scorpius didn’t want to leave England, but he couldn’t help feeling that his mother loved Jade more than Scorpius and his father.

:5: Scorpius became friends with Albus when he found out that they shared the same middle name. They didn’t like their first names and decided to call each other “Score” and “Al.” When they both ended up in the Quidditch team as Chasers, the other Slytherins took to calling them “S Squared.”

:6: Score was careful to only refer to Albus as “Al” in his letters home. He suspected that his father was not fooled by this shorthand. His father only asked that he apply himself in Potions. He was not a bad student, but he didn’t share his parents’ fascination with potion-making. He preferred Charms and Arithmancy instead.

:7: Every week without fail, an eagle owl delivered sweets and letters to the Slytherin table. The handmade sweets came from his grandmother; the letters were from his father and his little sister.

Jade’s letters were usually a mixture of scribbled English, spidery Chinese characters and pencil sketches of strange animals. He always cast a translation charm with a fond sigh—she always forgot that he couldn’t read Chinese (He couldn’t even write his own Chinese name).

:8: His dorm mates thought that he was writing letters to his girlfriend. Even the older boys envied him for having such a devoted girlfriend. He never bothered correcting their misconception.

:9: Whenever his mother’s work brought her to England, she would show up at Hogwarts with presents in tow—rare potions and random treasures from China. Score never told her that he would rather she bring Jade instead.

:10: Score never accepted Al’s invitation to stay at his house during the summer holidays. He only saw his sister one month out of the year, and he didn’t want to miss a single day. Score only invited Al to the Manor for Christmas holidays because he didn’t want to share his sister with his best friend, and vice versa.

:11: Al finally wised up and extended the invitation to both Score and his sister. In the end, Scorpius sent a formal letter sealed with the Malfoy crest accepting the invitation. Even with Jade to fill up the long summer days, he had to admit that he still missed Al.

:12: The Potters couldn’t get over how Jade looked nothing like a Malfoy, especially since Score was a perfect replica of his father (save for his eyes). Jade adored Al and hated James on sight. That was indisputable proof to Score that they were brother and sister.

:13: Lily was glad at the chance of playing big sister to Jade. Score didn’t mind, as long as his sister didn’t catch Gryffindor germs. He would sit in the living room watching Lily brush Jade’s glossy brown hair and put it up in elaborate braids.

:14: When Score was fifteen, he and Al received their Prefect badges. Score was excited because this meant he could look out for his sister. When she was sorted into Ravenclaw instead, Score made Rose Weasley, a Ravenclaw prefect, swear on her copy of Hogwarts, the History to look out for Jade.

:15: The Christmas of his sixth year, Scorpius and Jade stayed at Hogwarts because their parents were going on a week-long cruise. At the Christmas feast, he bumped into Rose under the mistletoe. A mere twenty minutes later, Lily ambushed him under the same mistletoe.

James threatened him for compromising his sister’s virtue, but Score wasn’t listening because Al wouldn’t look him in the eye for some reason. The next day, Jade cryptically told him that she liked Al better than Rose or Lily.

:16: Score and Jade were invited to the Potters again that summer. Al was back to his normal self, the mistletoe incident apparently forgotten. Giddy after Al’s seventeenth birthday party, Score and Al sneaked off to the magical part of Chinatown to see the night market (Al took Score in side-along Apparition because Score wasn’t seventeen yet).

Al bought a jar of fossilized dragon heart even after Score said it was probably a fake. In a firewhiskey stupor, they stumbled upon a tattoo parlor and dared each other to get a tattoo.

:17: When they apparated into Al’s bedroom at three in the morning, Mrs Potter was waiting for them with an angry scowl. Mr Potter tried to placate her, “At least they stayed away from Knockturn Alley.” Mrs Potter was not swayed, especially after she smelled alcohol in their breath. Al was grounded to stay in his room for the rest of the summer.

:18: Score stayed with Al in his room for moral support. Meanwhile, Lily sulked because they didn’t bring her along on their adventure. After Al swore James into secrecy, Al and Score showed him their matching tattoo. It was a pair of intertwined snakes—one had white scales and the other green.

:19: Jade caught a glimpse of Score’s tattoo and told their parents about it (She was secretly upset that Score and Al didn’t include her in their plans). His mother looked bemused. “Thankfully you had the sense to not get something nonsensical in Chinese.”

Father just laughed. Score thought he sounded sad. “Well, at least it’s not a snake and skull tattoo.” For the first time, Score felt guilty about sneaking off with Al. After he had his Apparition license, he refrained from breaking Al out of his room (as per their earlier plans).

:20: In seventh year, Score found himself in the much coveted Head Boy position. The Head Girl was, predictably, Rose Weasley. Since the first day of school, Al moped about, complaining that Score spent all his spare time with Rose. When Jade pointed out at dinner that he was neglecting Al, Score snapped. “We see each other in classes and at meals all the time! What more does he want? Share my room?”

That evening, Al bypassed gawking students in the corridor and moved his trunk, broom and other worldly possessions into the Head Boy room.

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Read the companion fic, "Twenty Things about Albus Severus Potter."

RP LJs: Score Malfoy, Al Potter and Jade Malfoy