Harry Potter and the annoying kids – chapter 14

'I have a most horrible father in whole fucking universe. He's the son of darkest my nightmares and Edgar Allen Poe. He's just bitter, old bastard, who would run away as soon, as someone show him one fucking bullet or drop of blood…' Malfoy the junior was thinking all his way to his marble bedroom. Scorpius never liked his bed, his room, or even this big, empty and forgotten manor. Shadows of his father's past scared him. All that blood and tears he wasted, all that promises he broke, all that people he got down. That was not the past that he could be proud of.

Scorpius passed ancient mirror, deserted dinning-room and empty pictures. It was late evening and persons in images were sleeping, reading, playing poker or watching dirty and colorless movies. The white-haired boy was whistling melody of 'the Simpsons' and suddenly saw silhouette. Dark shape appeared from bathroom and flew into Scorpius' bedroom.

The boy felt as his cold heart started beating faster. Fear shackled his thin knuckles. After long fight with himself, Scorpius took a bronze sculpture of naked woman that was lying in gloomy corridor. 'What the… Oh, gonna work out…'

He sneaked into his own room. Slowly reached for light, candle or something he could grab. Suddenly he felt deadly coldness on his wrist. That creature's fingers were blue from old age and frost. And it smelled like tobacco.

"Do you want to know the true, little boy?" asked vague silhouette. Creature didn't show the face. Scorpius was shaking from fear. He took few long sips of night's air.
"Y… Yes, sir…"
"You want to know the true? You'll get the true. About you, your father, war and misery business of souls. May I take a sit?" asked figure. "It's gonna be truly long story, my boy…"

Scorpius showed leather settee near window. Mysterious figure slowly took the position. Scorpius sat on his bed.
Figure sharply inhaled.
Boy shivered.
Toothless creature near window smiled:

"Let the story begin…"

Scorpius wavered. But it was too late. All he could do now, was close his eyes and listen peacefully.

And that was exactly what he did. He planed to do that the rest of this sleepless night…