Rewritten || Scorpius x Hermione Time Travel AU

18 | Magic is Weird

Unsurprisingly, his schoolmates were quite surprised he even thought of buying Christmas gifts for them. Also unsurprisingly, they all embarrassingly voiced out they didn't buy him anything in return.

"I figured," he said with a nonchalant shrug. "It doesn't matter."

Granted, he received numerous gifts from his so-called Slytherin friends and even from Narcissa. They were all wonderfully expensive, but none were actually quite useful for the Malfoy heir. Narcissa gave him a new set of handsome black robes for his ever-growing collection. Blaise, Crabbe, and Goyle pitched in and gave him numerous sweets. Pansy, with a hint of her bloody perfume, gave him a new set of expensive ties that could go well with his new robes. Scorpius had a sinking feeling she connived with Narcissa so that she could supplement his grandmother's gift.

Apart from their gifts, he received abundant knick-knacks from his admirers. Despite his bleak mood, Scorpius couldn't help but snort in amusement. He could already picture Al unceasingly teasing him for having his very own fan club that would never happen back in his time.

While the others were busy exchanging gifts and opening them, Scorpius excused himself and went to his room to brood until Christmas ends. He ignored Granger's worried glance and locked himself inside his room.

Scorpius was surprised to see two boxes on his bed. One was gaudy, with sickening glitters and even beads that was undoubtedly Luna. The other was a simple box wrapped in green. Scorpius chose to open the flashy box first and slightly smiled at the unmistakable Spectrespecs nestled inside.

He picked an equally gaudy card and read:

Scorpius,

This will come in handy to dispel the wrackspurts. You have plenty of them most of the time.

Luna

The Slytherin, recognising the make-believe creatures the odd Ravenclaw loved to yammer about, smiled wider and placed his gift on the bedside table. Although weird, he couldn't help but feel touched that at least one of the DA Core remembered to get him a gift on this bloody day.

Scorpius then would grab the other, less flashy gift and inspected it in every corner. A small note fell onto his bed and as he opened it, he instantly recognised the neat handwriting of Astoria.

Scorpius,

To be honest, it is hard to buy a gift for the great Scorpion King. I'm going to guess that you've received gifts more expensive than mine, but this is truly the only gift I could only think of. After all, you seemed fond of these since you never seem to run out of them.

Merry Christmas! I hope you are having a great day.

Astoria

He felt his heart seize at the thought that his mother at least remembered him on this seemingly tiring day. With slightly shaking hands, he tore the gift wrapper and opened the box. Inside were numerous Chocolate Frogs that could last him for a whole year.

The grin on his face stretched far and wide, and Scorpius was afraid his face would hurt soon. His mother never failed to pack him some Chocolate Frogs every time he left for Hogwarts and although Draco always scolded her for indulging his sweet tooth, Astoria never listened and managed to sneak a few boxes in his trunk.

'At least something good happened today,' he thought, feeling his eyes prickle as he grabbed one chocolate inside and tore the wrapper open.

As he popped the mouthwatering sweet inside his mouth, a small tear slid down from his eye.

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