jade_chan: Of Snowball Wars and Igloos (PG)
Title: Of Snowball Wars and Igloos
Author:
jade_chan
Rating: PG
Prompt Set: 100.1
Prompt: 031. Snowflakes
Word Count: 1,498
Summary: It's the first snow of the term, and time for fun in the snow for Scorpius, Albus, Rose, Lily, and the rest of the gang.
Warnings: Lots of snow? :O
Notes: This is once again in the same time-line as my other 100Quills entries. Scorpius & co. are in fifth year here. It's sad that last night I typed up all the future gen kids and assigned Houses and years.
Rose yawned widely as she stumbled out of her bed and wandered through her morning rituals. First was to check to make sure James hadn’t managed to get into Ravenclaw tower or into her dormitory.
Check. There were no obvious signs of wires or other bits of pranking paraphernalia that would lead to an unpleasant start to the morning.
Next was to scoop her hairbrush from its spot of honor on her bedside table and wander over to see what was going on outside of the dormitory window.
Rose paused with one hand pressed lightly to the glass and slowly allowed herself to grin. Outside, delicate little flakes of white were drifting past the window. Some sought a little place of refuge on the sill, but the wind carried the rest onto the grounds which were now covered in the stuff.
Snow. The first snowflakes of the year.
Fifteen minutes later showed Rose down in the common room struggling to pull her heavier cloak on over the two cloaks she’d already wrapped up in.
From his position in the chair second closest to the fire (Lysander always got the spot closest - he might nap in the oddest placed, but he was wicked fast when it came to getting a properly warm seat), Lorcan lifted one blond eyebrow and grinned. “Got enough on, Rosie?”
“What’s she doing?” Lysander wandered drowsily, lifting his head from the arm of the chair to give Rose a brief glance. “Might ‘s well take a blanket out with you. Or do a heating spell. We’re supposed to know those for our O.W.-” He broke off in a yawn and covered his mouth in an attempt to stifle it.
“-L.s,” finished Lorcan helpfully. “’Sander has a point, you know.”
Rose pulled a face at the twins, which Lorcan mimicked back and Lysander yawned at. “A coat does just as well. And I don’t have to bother casting a coat over and over, do I?”
Lorcan grinned again, ready to accept that. “Sure, sure. But at least with the spell you can move, right?”
“I can move just fine,” Rose retorted. She was ignoring that she couldn’t manage to press her arms flat against her sides.
Lorcan shook his head at her, obviously not fooled. Nevertheless, he waved one hand dismissively and prodded his brother until the other boy offered a distracted wave as well. “See you in the Great Hall later,” Lorcan said, adopting a knowing expression. “Over a hot cup of cocoa, hm? Bye, Rosie!”
“Bye, you lot,” she replied, sticking out her tongue again before hurrying out of the common room and starting down the tight, spiral staircase.
Several minutes walking showed her outside at last in the sort of crystal clear, chilly sunshine that only came when winter started to really set in. She’d chosen the courtyard for her first jaunt through the snow, and within moments discovered that this hadn’t been an exactly original thought.
“Rose!” Bundled up possibly more than Rose, Lily grinned brightly under her wool hat and fuzzy maroon earmuffs. As usual, her bright red hair clashed horribly with her Gryffindor scarf, but the second-year didn’t seem to care.
There was snow on the ground! And that was much more important than looking her best. Snowmen didn’t care how many layers she had put on to keep Albus from being as much of an overbearing big brother as James was.
“Look,” she continued, striking a pose and pointing toward the center of the courtyard to where several snow sculptures were beginning to take shape. “I made the badger. Louis and Roxie will like it, don’t you think?”
Rose… hadn’t been aware it was a badger, but she nodded and offered an affirmative answer all the same before linking arms with the younger girl and continuing over to see what else had been created while she was sleeping in, enjoying her Saturday.
Albus’ head appeared from behind what was attempting to be a life-sized igloo (one side of which had collapsed in on itself, while the other side looked merely unstable). “Hi, Rose,” he greeted, sweeping an arm out to encompass the rest of the snow creations. “What d’you think?”
“I think…” she said slowly, propping her chin on her hand. “That someone’s been busy. Is that a lion?”
“And an eagle next to it,” Lily confirmed with a hint of smugness.
Amused, Rose patted the younger girl on the head, earning a laughing, “Hey!” and the red-head ducking away from her gloved hand.
That was Lily for you, though. Hogwarts number one supporter of inter-House unity.
“I told you it needed a bit of water to stay up.”
Rose just resisted rolling her eyes at the familiar drawl. That was what you dealt with if you had Albus around, though. His best friend was almost always just round the corner.
“Hi, Malfoy,” she greeted as Albus rubbed the back of his head and scrutinized his failed masterpiece critically.
“Weasley,” Scorpius replied, and dismissed her as usual.
“I dunno… I think if I had packed it tighter, it would have worked.” Albus shook his head before gesturing helplessly.
“Oh, of course.” If sarcasm had been in the visible spectrum, it would have been crystallizing on the ground with the snow. “Let’s all believe in the impossible. That’s likely to change how things work.”
Most people would get annoyed. Most people would get angry (Rose knew she would), but Albus just smirked and shoved Scorpius’ shoulder, unbalancing the other boy and earning a scowl from his dormitory mate.
“Rubbish. Prove your way works better,” Albus challenged, shoving his glasses up his nose as he grinned.
“Let’s see it!” Lily agreed, always one for a good bet. Living with James and Al all her life had had some effect on her.
Scorpius continued to scowl for several moments, supposedly deciding whether any of this was worth his time. Usually, Rose knew, he wouldn’t bother with fun in the snow.
Usually, however, he didn’t have an audience to spread the word if he backed down from proving himself right.
Scorpius sniffed, then, with all the airs of royalty being forced into picking up rubbish from the street, the blond crouched down to scoop up a handful of snow.
“ARRRRRRRRRGH!”
Lily shrieked as Scorpius yelled, and Albus let out a startled yelp as the next snowball caught him in the face.
At first none of them could see where the assault was coming from, but then they saw Freddy spring up from behind the low wall of the courtyard to sling a snowball before diving back under cover.
“POTTER!”
“It wasn’t James this time. It was-” Albus tried to point out, only to earn another snowball straight into his mouth.
Scorpius dove behind the failed igloo as James’ voice called out a, “Heads up!”
The next thing any of them knew, it was raining snowballs - far too many for the two Gryffindors to have thrown by hand.
Retreat was the only viable option. Scorpius made it into the castle first with Albus (who was dragging Lily along by the hand) only a second behind. Rose stumbled in next, and for several moments the little group simply sat their panting, trying to get their bearings again as a puddle of melted snow spread around them.
After only a minute or two, Scorpius straightened up and tugged at the collar of his robes until they were somewhat in order.
“If you had listened to me,” he said with a certain deliberate slowness, “we would have been able to duck into the igloo.”
Albus rolled his eyes. “Maybe.”
“Which is your usual answer for when you realize how wrong you were.”
“No, Scorpius. It’s a maybe. Means that that might be tru-”
“I’m aware of what it means, Albus,” Scorpius cut in.
Albus frowned. “Yeah? Well, then quit acting like a-”
Rose and Lily stepped aside as the boys got into one of their small arguments. Scorpius and Albus may have been quite content to argue and let the snow melt on them, but the girls considered themselves to have a bit more sense.
“Rose?”
Rose paused in steadily brushing snow out of the younger girl’s red hair and lifted an eyebrow. “What?”
Lily ducked away from Lily and hit the door back outside at a run, laughing as she tripped over the very first drift of snow, but immediately getting back to her feet and sprinting back across the courtyard.
The three remaining students exchanged measured glances.
“Should we?” asked Rose.
“James is out there…” muttered Albus, but he nodded nevertheless.
“We’re not going to be surprised this time,” Scorpius pointed out with the air of one explaining things to very slow students. He pulled his wand from the pocket of his robe and smirked, lifting one pale eyebrow.
Albus grinned in reply, reaching for his own as Rose reluctantly followed suit.
“Hurry!” Lily called from outside.
And they did.
Author:
jade_chan
Rating: PG
Prompt Set: 100.1
Prompt: 031. Snowflakes
Word Count: 1,498
Summary: It's the first snow of the term, and time for fun in the snow for Scorpius, Albus, Rose, Lily, and the rest of the gang.
Warnings: Lots of snow? :O
Notes: This is once again in the same time-line as my other 100Quills entries. Scorpius & co. are in fifth year here. It's sad that last night I typed up all the future gen kids and assigned Houses and years.
Rose yawned widely as she stumbled out of her bed and wandered through her morning rituals. First was to check to make sure James hadn’t managed to get into Ravenclaw tower or into her dormitory.
Check. There were no obvious signs of wires or other bits of pranking paraphernalia that would lead to an unpleasant start to the morning.
Next was to scoop her hairbrush from its spot of honor on her bedside table and wander over to see what was going on outside of the dormitory window.
Rose paused with one hand pressed lightly to the glass and slowly allowed herself to grin. Outside, delicate little flakes of white were drifting past the window. Some sought a little place of refuge on the sill, but the wind carried the rest onto the grounds which were now covered in the stuff.
Snow. The first snowflakes of the year.
Fifteen minutes later showed Rose down in the common room struggling to pull her heavier cloak on over the two cloaks she’d already wrapped up in.
From his position in the chair second closest to the fire (Lysander always got the spot closest - he might nap in the oddest placed, but he was wicked fast when it came to getting a properly warm seat), Lorcan lifted one blond eyebrow and grinned. “Got enough on, Rosie?”
“What’s she doing?” Lysander wandered drowsily, lifting his head from the arm of the chair to give Rose a brief glance. “Might ‘s well take a blanket out with you. Or do a heating spell. We’re supposed to know those for our O.W.-” He broke off in a yawn and covered his mouth in an attempt to stifle it.
“-L.s,” finished Lorcan helpfully. “’Sander has a point, you know.”
Rose pulled a face at the twins, which Lorcan mimicked back and Lysander yawned at. “A coat does just as well. And I don’t have to bother casting a coat over and over, do I?”
Lorcan grinned again, ready to accept that. “Sure, sure. But at least with the spell you can move, right?”
“I can move just fine,” Rose retorted. She was ignoring that she couldn’t manage to press her arms flat against her sides.
Lorcan shook his head at her, obviously not fooled. Nevertheless, he waved one hand dismissively and prodded his brother until the other boy offered a distracted wave as well. “See you in the Great Hall later,” Lorcan said, adopting a knowing expression. “Over a hot cup of cocoa, hm? Bye, Rosie!”
“Bye, you lot,” she replied, sticking out her tongue again before hurrying out of the common room and starting down the tight, spiral staircase.
Several minutes walking showed her outside at last in the sort of crystal clear, chilly sunshine that only came when winter started to really set in. She’d chosen the courtyard for her first jaunt through the snow, and within moments discovered that this hadn’t been an exactly original thought.
“Rose!” Bundled up possibly more than Rose, Lily grinned brightly under her wool hat and fuzzy maroon earmuffs. As usual, her bright red hair clashed horribly with her Gryffindor scarf, but the second-year didn’t seem to care.
There was snow on the ground! And that was much more important than looking her best. Snowmen didn’t care how many layers she had put on to keep Albus from being as much of an overbearing big brother as James was.
“Look,” she continued, striking a pose and pointing toward the center of the courtyard to where several snow sculptures were beginning to take shape. “I made the badger. Louis and Roxie will like it, don’t you think?”
Rose… hadn’t been aware it was a badger, but she nodded and offered an affirmative answer all the same before linking arms with the younger girl and continuing over to see what else had been created while she was sleeping in, enjoying her Saturday.
Albus’ head appeared from behind what was attempting to be a life-sized igloo (one side of which had collapsed in on itself, while the other side looked merely unstable). “Hi, Rose,” he greeted, sweeping an arm out to encompass the rest of the snow creations. “What d’you think?”
“I think…” she said slowly, propping her chin on her hand. “That someone’s been busy. Is that a lion?”
“And an eagle next to it,” Lily confirmed with a hint of smugness.
Amused, Rose patted the younger girl on the head, earning a laughing, “Hey!” and the red-head ducking away from her gloved hand.
That was Lily for you, though. Hogwarts number one supporter of inter-House unity.
“I told you it needed a bit of water to stay up.”
Rose just resisted rolling her eyes at the familiar drawl. That was what you dealt with if you had Albus around, though. His best friend was almost always just round the corner.
“Hi, Malfoy,” she greeted as Albus rubbed the back of his head and scrutinized his failed masterpiece critically.
“Weasley,” Scorpius replied, and dismissed her as usual.
“I dunno… I think if I had packed it tighter, it would have worked.” Albus shook his head before gesturing helplessly.
“Oh, of course.” If sarcasm had been in the visible spectrum, it would have been crystallizing on the ground with the snow. “Let’s all believe in the impossible. That’s likely to change how things work.”
Most people would get annoyed. Most people would get angry (Rose knew she would), but Albus just smirked and shoved Scorpius’ shoulder, unbalancing the other boy and earning a scowl from his dormitory mate.
“Rubbish. Prove your way works better,” Albus challenged, shoving his glasses up his nose as he grinned.
“Let’s see it!” Lily agreed, always one for a good bet. Living with James and Al all her life had had some effect on her.
Scorpius continued to scowl for several moments, supposedly deciding whether any of this was worth his time. Usually, Rose knew, he wouldn’t bother with fun in the snow.
Usually, however, he didn’t have an audience to spread the word if he backed down from proving himself right.
Scorpius sniffed, then, with all the airs of royalty being forced into picking up rubbish from the street, the blond crouched down to scoop up a handful of snow.
“ARRRRRRRRRGH!”
Lily shrieked as Scorpius yelled, and Albus let out a startled yelp as the next snowball caught him in the face.
At first none of them could see where the assault was coming from, but then they saw Freddy spring up from behind the low wall of the courtyard to sling a snowball before diving back under cover.
“POTTER!”
“It wasn’t James this time. It was-” Albus tried to point out, only to earn another snowball straight into his mouth.
Scorpius dove behind the failed igloo as James’ voice called out a, “Heads up!”
The next thing any of them knew, it was raining snowballs - far too many for the two Gryffindors to have thrown by hand.
Retreat was the only viable option. Scorpius made it into the castle first with Albus (who was dragging Lily along by the hand) only a second behind. Rose stumbled in next, and for several moments the little group simply sat their panting, trying to get their bearings again as a puddle of melted snow spread around them.
After only a minute or two, Scorpius straightened up and tugged at the collar of his robes until they were somewhat in order.
“If you had listened to me,” he said with a certain deliberate slowness, “we would have been able to duck into the igloo.”
Albus rolled his eyes. “Maybe.”
“Which is your usual answer for when you realize how wrong you were.”
“No, Scorpius. It’s a maybe. Means that that might be tru-”
“I’m aware of what it means, Albus,” Scorpius cut in.
Albus frowned. “Yeah? Well, then quit acting like a-”
Rose and Lily stepped aside as the boys got into one of their small arguments. Scorpius and Albus may have been quite content to argue and let the snow melt on them, but the girls considered themselves to have a bit more sense.
“Rose?”
Rose paused in steadily brushing snow out of the younger girl’s red hair and lifted an eyebrow. “What?”
Lily ducked away from Lily and hit the door back outside at a run, laughing as she tripped over the very first drift of snow, but immediately getting back to her feet and sprinting back across the courtyard.
The three remaining students exchanged measured glances.
“Should we?” asked Rose.
“James is out there…” muttered Albus, but he nodded nevertheless.
“We’re not going to be surprised this time,” Scorpius pointed out with the air of one explaining things to very slow students. He pulled his wand from the pocket of his robe and smirked, lifting one pale eyebrow.
Albus grinned in reply, reaching for his own as Rose reluctantly followed suit.
“Hurry!” Lily called from outside.
And they did.