#delphi x albus

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Oops! I realised that I had to be more specific

- Augurlight (Delphi x Albus)

- Muggle au

- Abusive relationship

-Albus realizing that Delphi was grooming him (Flashbacks would be nice if possible)

All good! I can absolutely do that!

Augurlight Oneshot

TW/CW: Grooming, Child Predation and CSA

Albus sat in his bedroom, curtains closed, headphones blasting, homework unfinished, and food left to go cold. He wasn’t really sure what day it was, or what time it was, but he really didn’t care. He couldn’t explain the depression he had fallen into. Or maybe he could and he just didn’t want to admit it.

~

“Come on, Dad! Please!” Albus begged.

“For the hundredth time Albus, no,” his father refused him yet again. “You need to finish school.”

“Come on! The kids are mean!” Albus whined. “I passed all the necessary exams for finishing school, I have a job, I can start working more hours and even pay board!”

“I don’t care Albus, you need to complete your education,” his father tried to keep a hushed voice as they browsed the shop, looking for a specific CD for Lily’s upcoming birthday. “I’m not letting you drop out just to chase some fantasy.”

“This isn’t about music—“

“Then what is it about?”

“It’s about not having to go back to that shithole of a school!”

“Watch your language!” His father scolded. “I can’t find it. Stay here while I talk to that worker over there.”

Albus groaned and slumped against the shelf of CD’s. He was sick of that high school. Hogwarts was shit, and any wayward misfit with half a brain knew to stay far away from the preppy shitheads that wore the maroon and blue uniform. He was so sick of his classmates constantly bullying him, and he wasn’t even learning anything he could use in the career he wanted. They’d bloody cut the Music Program, the whole reason he’d even been trying to stay well enough behaved to avoid expulsion.

“Hey,” Albus turned to see a worker, with silver and blue hair and thick eyeliner. “Delphi. I couldn’t help but overhear your conversation with your Dad?”

“Oh, that,” Albus shuffled. “Sorry about that.”

“It’s fine, happens a lot,” Delphi smiled. “Hogwarts uniform?”

“Don’t worry, I won’t sue you for breathing,” Albus answered. “Not unless you breathe too loudly.”

“I’ll try not to. We get a lot of your classmates in here. Usually they’re upset that their Dad’s aren’t buying something super expensive for them.”

“Nah, I’ve got a different kind of dysfunctional family.”

“I can tell,” Delphi plucked something from Albus’ face and he felt it heat up. “Eyelash. Sorry about your Dad. Sucks when your parents don’t believe in you.”

“Well, I don’t know if he doesn’t believe in me,” Albus cleared his throat. “He just … he’s an adult, he probably knows better.”

“I don’t know,” Delphi knocked Albus’ shoulder. “You didn’t start singing the lyrics to Emo Girl when you saw me. Makes you much more mature than some of the other kids your age. It’s also not that hard to enter the music scene. I would know, my band The Augurey are doing pretty well.”

Delphi walked away as Albus saw his father approaching, Lily’s gift in hand.

~

Albus rubbed his eyes and took his earphones out. There had been a light tapping at his door, and when he pulled it open he saw his younger sister. Lily was in her soccer uniform, with dirt on her shins. She’d just got back from practice, it was afternoon.

“Just figured I’d let you know we won,” Lily grumbled. “Not that you even cared to show up.”

“Won what?” Albus asked.

“The game. The Liverpool Griffins are moving onto the semifinals.”

“You had an actual game today?”

“Yes, and you promised you’d come to this one!” Lily crossed her arms. “You’ve become a real jerk these holidays.”

“Oh my God. Lily I am so sorry. I completely forgot.”

“Yeah, I know! Couldn’t even get out of bed to say goodbye this morning.”

Lily turned and began to storm off.

“Lily wait!” Albus followed her. “I don’t even know what day it was.”

“Save it, Albus,” Lily shook her head. “I would invite you to the next one but I doubt you’d show up. Dad’s making soup for dinner, maybe you can show up for that?”

Lily slammed her bedroom door shut and Albus felt lost. How could he forget something as important as Lily’s game? It was the first one where he wouldn’t be too busy working at The Three Broomsticks to go! He’d promised to go! He hadn’t been able to go to any of her other games that year and she missed his support in the stands. And he missed cheering her on from the crowds. How could he forget something as important as that?

~

“Well, well, well, we meet again,” Albus looked up in shock to see none other than Delphi. “Studying for a test?”

“Algebra,” Albus informed her.

“God, what year?”

“Year ten.”

“Yikes,” Delphi hissed in sympathy. “So your doing all that expand and simplify bullshit with the brackets.”

“Yep,” Albus sighed. “Although, it looks more like hieroglyphics to me.”

Delphi giggled. “You’re funny. What was your name?”

“Albus,” he answered, blushing at the compliment. “I work at The Three Broomsticks just down there.”

“Oh sick, my band is performing a gig there this Friday night.”

“I’m working this Friday night.”

“Oh, so you’re getting paid to see The Augurey live. Now that’s an honour.”

Albus laughed. “What instrument do you play?”

“I’m all vocals,” Delphi clarified. “What about you?”

“Oh um, I used to do the music program at my school before they cut it,” Albus fiddled with his pencil, feeling suddenly shy under Delphi’s piercing brown eyes. “Guitar, bass, drums, piano, little bit of vocals.”

“Oh, so you are literally just a one man band?”

Albus laughed to the point of smiling very brightly. “I guess you could call me that. If you can call a fourteen year old with no released songs a one man band.”

“You’ll be a one man band eventually,” Delphi ruffled his hair. “I have faith in you.”

~

Albus closed his bedroom door and pulled out his phone. A notification popped up and he bit his lip. The Augurey’s social media. They’d posted something new.

Albus opened the app and saw the pictures. Delphi smiling with the rest of her bandmates. Pictures from whatever event they were at now. Pictures he couldn’t help but stare at. Especially the last one. The picture was technically of Rascal and Vermyn, the bassist and guitarist, but Albus was focused on the background. Delphi with some guys tongue shoved down her throat.

Albus hadn’t learnt this guys name. He appeared in many pictures. Sometimes he was even in the foreground. But Albus hadn’t learnt his name. Didn’t want to. He just wanted to know why Delphi would lead him on the way she did.

~

Albus was left to close up close up the restaurant while his manager, Rosmerta, went over the employee schedules for the next week. He found he quite enjoyed The Augurey’s live performance that night. He’d hoped to speak to Delphi at some point, but he was stuck as the dishwasher for most of the night, but the few times he had been out cleaning tables he could of sworn she’d been looking at him. He was pretty certain she’d even winked at him at some point.

“Hey Albus!” He jumped when Delphi came up behind him. “Did you enjoy the show?”

“Yeah, you guys are really good. You have a very good voice.”

“Thank you,” Delphi smiled brightly and touched Albus’ cheek. “You lose a lot of eyelashes. So, are your parents here to pick you up?”

“No, I was going to catch the bus home.”

“You’re kidding?” Delphi’s jaw dropped even further when Albus shook his head. “You can’t catch the bus home at this time of night! There are creeps and weirdos out there.”

“Aside from the creepy weirdo I’m talking to now?” Albus asked, wiping the last corner of the bench down. “It’s fine, I do it all the time.”

“It’s not fine!” Delphi sighed. “How about I drive you home?”

“What?”

“Come on! I won’t be able to sleep tonight if I don’t mKe sure you get home safe.”

Albus felt his face heat up at that. He supposed a car ride with Delphi wouldn’t be the worst thing to ever happen. “Alright, I can give you the directions.”

“Great! Let’s go.”

Albus let out a nervous breath as he followed her to her car, locking the shop door behind himself. She drove a second hand car, small and inexpensive, but the inside was decorated with plenty of gothic delights. He got into the passenger seat and told her where to go.

“So, you hate Hogwarts I take it?”

“Uh, yeah,” Albus shook his head. “Bit of an understatement really. I get bullied. Really badly. And the teachers don’t do shit about it.”

“I feel that,” Delphi sighed. “Wish there was something I could do to help.”

“It’s alright,” Albus chewed on his lip. “My house is that one.”

Delphi pulled into the driveway. “Damn, you’re families loaded.”

“Yeah, we are.”

Albus went to get out of the car but Delphi grabbed his wrist and stopped him.

“What are you—“

“My phone number,” she wrote the digits onto his palm. “Message me next time you have work late. I don’t like the thought of you catching the bus this late at night.”

“Oh,” Albus swallowed. He had her number, that was fun. And really nice of her to be so worried for his well-being.

Delphi caressed his cheek and rested her hand on his face. “Eyelash. I’ll see you later.”

“See you later.”

~

Albus threw his phone to the floor and curled up in his blanket. He really shouldn’t have been surprised. She was pretty, she was semi-famous, she was older. And they weren’t exactly on good terms at the moment either. Of course something like this would have happened.

He wanted to curl into such a small little ball it was like he didn’t exist. No one could hurt him or lead him on that way. People wouldn’t even be able to look at him, let alone talk to him.

“Albus,” he groaned when he heard his fathers voice just outside his door. “Dinners ready.”

“I’m not hungry.”

“Come on, you haven’t had dinner with us in a week,” his father answered. “I’m starting to get a little worried.”

“I’m fine.”

“Well, if you’re fine you come down to dinner. Come on, get up.”

Albus groaned, and crawled out of bed again. Why him? Why that day?

~

Albus walked out of admin with his letter, supposedly his aunt Hermione was there to pick him up for an appointment he hadn’t even known about. God, his time management skills could really use some work.

As Albus left the school gates he noticed a familiar beat up car. It didn’t belong to his aunt, her car was certainly not beat up, but it did belong to someone else he knew. Someone he was much more excited to see.

“Oh my God, you did not just get me out of school.”

“Hey,” Delphi shrugged. “I told you I wanted to do something to help. Come on, we’re going to the beach.”

“The beach? Are there even any good beaches nearby?”

“Of course there are! You just need to know where to look!”

Albus smiled brightly and got into the car with her. He hadn’t properly skipped school like this in a long time, it was exhilarating.

“Alright Eyelashes, let’s go.”

Albus came down the stairs to see the rest of his family had already started eating their soup. He approached the counter and filled up his bowl. Pumpkin soup. He plonked down at the table, feeling much like the rain that poured outside the window.

“Hoods off at the table, Albus.”

Albus groaned at his mothers words, and yanked the hood from his head before continuing to eat.

“So as I was saying, it’s a very delicate and difficult case,” his father complained about work. “Grooming is a very difficult crime to prove. Our evidence is circumstantial at best.”

Albus ripped a piece of bread and dipped it into his loaf.

“I mean, how am I even supposed to prove he did this? It’s not like he ever actually hurt her, just made it so he could.”

“What?” That confused Albus.

“What’s confusing you?”

“How could he have groomed her if he never hurt her?”

“Grooming is the process of creating an environment which enables abuse,” his father clarified. “A very common misconception people have is that you have to actually h physically hurt someone.”

“Oh.”

~

Albus flopped down onto his towel, and let the rare sunshine beat down on him, giving him a much needed tan. Delphi soon after joined him, and he tried not to look at her too much. He really should have realised that the beach entailed a certain amount of vulnerability.

“That was fun, but I think I might have to take you back to school soon.”

Albus groaned very loudly. “Please don’t.”

“What do you want me to do?” Delphi sat up. “Hold you captive here forever?”

Albus jumped when Delphi pounced on him and they began to wrestle in the sand. His leg was only slightly tangled in his towel by the time she managed to get on top of him. Oh goodness, this was a very compromising position. He only hoped she didn’t do anything to uh … provoke him, we’ll say.

“You’ve got another eyelash,” Delphi’s fingers danced across Albus face as she wiped the stray hair away.

“I swear I didn’t used to lose eyelashes this regularly,” Albus sighed, hoping to get her off from on top of him. This was not something he felt ready to deal with.

“Sure,” Delphi’s face seemed to move impossibly closer, and her breath grazed over Albus’ lips. All he’d have to do is move slightly and they’d practically be snogging.

“We should go,” Delphi got up and put her shirt back on over the top of her bikini. “Your parents will surely be mad if you aren’t home in time.”

~

Albus finished his soup and climbed the stairs before anyone could stop him. He needed some space. Desperately.

Albus opened his laptop and stared at the search engine for a moment. He began to chew on his nails, feeling his stomach roil with the unasked question still lingering in his head. What was he even supposed to do in this type of situation? What was he even supposed to look up?

He swallowed and quickly typed up his question before staring at it. The fact that he even felt the need to ask felt a bit like a confirmation, but he couldn’t be certain. He pressed enter.

How do you know if you’ve been groomed?

~

“What’s this?” Albus asked.

“It’s a birthday present,” Delphi answered.

“My birthday is in October.”

“Just open it.”

Albus smiled before tearing into the gift Delphi had gotten for him. He pulled open the box and inside there was nothing more than a business card. Riddle Studios?

“I may have pulled some strings with my manager,” Delphi clarified. “They’re going to let you record one song, and if they like it and it performs well they might take you on.”

“You’re joking.”

“No joke.”

“Oh my God! Delphi!” Albus got up. “Thank you so much! God, I could kiss you!”

“What?”

“What? Um … not actually kiss you. Just — you know it’s an expression.”

“Right,” Delphi nodded. “Well, I’ll pick you up on Saturday and drive you there.”

“Yeah,” Albus nodded excitedly.

“See you,” Delphi left a peck on Albus’ cheek before walking away.

~

Grooming is the action of attempting to form a relationship with a child or young person, which would enable you to sexually assault them or persuade them to commit some type of crime, such as drug dealing or joining a terrorist organisation.

Albus wasn’t sure that exactly applied to him. He’d been a child, he was a child, but … he didn’t — he didn’t know.

A groomed child may think they are: in a special relationship with the person hurting them, experience self-blame over the the abuse they are experiencing, be confused by the nature of the relationship, and have a fear of harmed or abandoned if they speak out or defy their groomer.

~

Albus had initiated it, but he immediately regretted it. It was stupid really. To think someone as amazing as Delphi might return his feelings. As soon as he’d kissed her he felt like he’d made some horrible mistake and that he needed to run as far away as humanly possible. Something about it just felt innately wrong. Like he’d done something he really shouldn’t have.

“I am so sorry,” Albus stepped back. “I should go. That was — sorry!”

“Albus! It’s fine,” Delphi stopped him from running away. “Nothing to be sorry for.”

Delphi pulled Albus in and this time their kiss was much more of a mutual experience. And it was nice. He’d never really kissed anyone before, so he hoped he was doing it right. Delphi was definitely much more experienced in that regard. And it showed. Delphi was very good at kissing, Albus found.

~

Well, that just didn’t apply to Albus. Right? There was no abuse to feel any guilt or self-blame over. There couldn’t be. Could there? He tried to think. Had Delphi at any point actually abused him? Sure, technically she didn’t need to abuse him for it to be grooming, but there wasn’t anything to blame himself for. Was there?

He’d admit, he had felt special, he had been a little confused by their relationship, he had done things just because he was worried she’d leave if he didn’t, but he didn’t blame himself for … okay he did. Just a little bit. But it was fine because it was technically his fault. The self-blame thing surely only applied when he hadn’t actually done anything wrong right? Because he had! He’d let her get close to him, he’d initiated their … situationship? Relationship? Their whatever! He’d been the one to start it and make it confusing. He made the choice to not defy her. It was his fault.

So, therefore, it couldn’t have actually even been grooming right? What even was the definition of sexual abuse?

~

“Why didn’t you tell me you were going on tour?” Albus asked. “I mean, I figure that’s something you tell your … friend?”

“I was going to,” Delphi got up from her seat on the couch. “But it’s not even like it’s a major tour. We’re just going around England. Nowhere too far away.”

“Right, just the other side of the country,” Albus shrugged. “Would have been nice to know.”

“What? You aren’t proud of us? After all I’ve done for you, you can’t accept that I’m also making progress?”

“That’s not it—“

“Then what is it?”

“You’re leaving…,” Albus sighed. “I just — I thought we were close enough that you’d let me know first.”

“We are that close,” Delphi came over to him and rested her hands on his shoulders. “Come with us.”

“What?”

Albus was dumbfounded. There was no way she was actually inviting him to go on tour with her.

“Come with us!” Delphi’s smile widened. “Come on, you hate school, you hate your family, leave it behind and come with us.”

Albus took a step back. “Okay, first of all, I don’t hate my family. I just don’t always get along with them. And second of all, I can’t just go with you. I have a job, other friends, and my parents are worried enough that I keep disappearing from school and the house. I can’t just runaway.”

“Sure you can!” Delphi held his face now. “Please? For me?”

Albus didn’t know what to say. Delphi kissed him to see if maybe that would be convincing. It wasn’t.

“It’ll be fun.”

“No, I’m putting my foot down,” Albus shook his head and started leaving. “I can’t go with you.”

~

Sexual assault refers to the act of intentionally touching someone in a sexual manner without consent, through either force or coercion. It’s a form of sexual violence that includes child sexual abuse, groping, rape and sexual torture.

Albus scrolled down, trying to find further explanation on what child sexual abuse might entail. He didn’t think he was abused; it was just good to make sure. He seriously doubted he encountered anything severe enough to be considered abuse. And he’d been the one to initiate their relationship in the first place. So it was probably fine.

~

Albus got up from the couch and walked over to the door. Lily was at football practice and their Dad had been the one to drive her. Their Mum was stuck at work so Albus and his older brother, James, were the only ones left at home. He had to assume James took advantage of this absence of people and invited over a couple friends.

He pulled the door open and was surprised to see Delphi of all people standing outside.

“Can we talk?”

“Uh, sure,” Albus stepped aside and let her in. “We better go up to my room, so James doesn’t see you.”

Albus brought Delphi to his bedroom, and gently closed the door behind her. He was sort of glad they were getting the opportunity to talk before she had to leave. They could sort out the argument they’d had and calm down.

“I guess we should—“

Albus was startled by Delphi just grabbing his face and beginning to snog him. They’d snogged maybe a couple times, but never like this. Albus raised his hands to her head as his back hit the wall. His head hurt a little bit, and he winced, trying to separate for at least a moment to rub where his head had hit. But he hadn’t been able to. At least, he hadn’t been the one to separate.

Delphi pulled away only momentarily before attacking his neck. Which, wasn’t really something they’d ever done. It felt a little weird, but kind of nice.

“Um, you said you wanted to talk?” Albus was a little confused now. Not upset, but definitely confused.

Delphi sighed and pulled away. Did he do something wrong?

“Just … wanted to see if maybe you’d changed your mind?”

“Well, I haven’t,” Albus slouched. “You know why I said I couldn’t go.”

“Oh, come on!” She complained. “After everything I’ve done for you, you kind of owe me!”

“Travelling around the country isn’t something I can just do, Delphi,” Albus groaned. “I already told you, my parents are worried enough about me as is. If I left with you they’d probably send a whole search party looking for me.”

“Then leave a note,” Delphi stepped closer. “Please? Can’t you just be the least bit supportive?”

Albus swallowed. He could theoretically go with her, and there was probably a scenario in which everything turned out fine. But Albus didn’t think this was that scenario. He was in enough trouble as it was for constantly sneaking out and skipping school to go see her, although his parents didn’t know about Delphi’s involvement. He didn’t want to make things worse. And Lily kept asking him to go to one of her games. He’d promised to go to one as soon as he could, he couldn’t do that if he was on tour with The Augurey.

“I am supportive, and I’m sorry but I can’t just—“

Albus gasped when Delphi’s palm hit his cheek, and stilled as the sting spread across his face. She’d slapped him. She had just slapped him. And it hurt. Really bad.

“Fine, I don’t need you there anyway,” Delphi stormed out while Albus stood frozen in disbelief.

~

Child sexual abuse (CSA) occurs when an adult or older adolescent abuses a child for sexual gratification. This can include pressuring a child into a sexual activity, indecent exposure of genitals to a child, displaying pornography to a child, sexual contact with a child, physical contact to the child’s genitals, viewing of the child’s genitals, and producing pornography of a child.

Albus wiped a tear from his eye. Did kissing count as sexual contact? Did it even matter? A month ago, if Delphi had asked, Albus probably would have done everything on that list for her. If grooming was only the process of enabling abuse, had Delphi groomed him?

“Hey Albus,” he jumped when his mother walked in without knocking, and turned to face her, “what’s—?”

Albus slammed his laptop shut before she could finish asking her questions.

“Why were you looking at the definition of sexual assault?” She asked.

“I wasn’t,” Albus answered, scratching his neck.

“What were you looking at then?”

“Nothing.”

His mother gave him a look before walking towards him. “Did something happen that I should know about?”

“No,” Albus tried to smile. “Mum, I’m fine. What did you want?”

She let out a breath through her nose. “Lily and James have both had their showers. I wanted to check if you had had yours?”

“No, I’ll go do that.”

“Albus—“

“Thanks for letting me know,” Albus grabbed his clothes and hurried towards the bathroom. He didn’t think he was in the mental state to explain everything about Delphi to his mother.

[willdarknessdivideblog]

Back with another Scorbus fic💫

artist: unknown (Pinterest)

[cursedchildsupremacy]

jealous scorpius supremacy 🙌🙌🙌🙌

[crystcllise]

some production shots of the year 7 cursed child london cast !!!

[hogwartsthenextgeneration]

Nicknames

James - When he was younger he either got called James or sometimes Jamie by his family. Once he started Hogwarts he wanted to try and separate himself from his grandfather and preferred to be called Jimmy/ Jamie or Jay.

Albus - Albus actually preferred to be called Albus but everyone usually ignored his preference and calls him Al anyway. Some of his closer friends and family call him Albie, which again, he hates.

Lily - She usually went by Lily or Lils but Harry called her Lily-Lou which she pretended to hate but secretly liked even though Teddy, James and Albus would tease her for it.

Teddy - Teddy’s a nickname anyway but some people would call him Ted and James called him Tedward from time to time. Only his Nan would ever call him Edward and that was when he was in serious trouble.

Victoire - She preferred Vic, hated Vicky and could just about deal with Toy (Dom and Louis and most of the other cousins couldn’t pronounce Victoire when they were little).

Dominique- Went by Dom since they started Hogwarts. They hated Dominique and it was very rare someone would use their full name but god help them if they did.

Louis - Didn’t mind Louis or Lou. Would hate it when people pronounced his name as “Lewis” but he would never correct them either so.

Rose - Her name is Rose and that’s that. She doesn’t like nicknames but just about allows Rosie by some of her family (her parents, grandparents and aunties and uncles).

Hugo - Honestly, he’ll answer to any Weasley name. He looks the most typically “Weasley” looking out of everyone so Ron, Charlie, Bill, Percy, Fred, George and sometimes even Ginny have all been used at one point or another by professors at Hogwarts. He’s just used to it by now.

Roxanne - Preferred to be called Rox or Roxie but she was quite easy going about it.

Fred - People usually called him Freddie, which he was cool with. Unlike some of his cousins, he loved being named after a family member, especially Fred. He knew how much it meant to his dad and he felt honoured to have Fred’s name.

Molly - Hated being called anything other than Molly but on the rare occasion someone called her Mol or Mols she would be quick to correct them. She did ease up on it the older she got though.

Lucy - Most of her friends and family called her Lu but she didn’t care if you called her Lucy or Lou. Just please don’t call her Lulu because that is foul.

Scorpius - He doesn’t like his name to be honest. He prefers to be called Scorp because at least it’s a bit shorter. Also hates it when people call him Malfoy.

Alice - Most people called her Ali and she hated it, but she would never correct them when she was younger. Once she was older and learnt to speak up people quickly started calling her Alice again.

Frank - Usually just got called Frank. Alice and some of his close friends called him Frankie but he didn’t mind.

[obsessivefreakandpartners]

Scorpius: HOW MANY OWLS HAS HE SENT YOU NOW

Delphi: straight as a circle

_________

Scorpius: I don't like this world, it's dark and plus what I really need is in my own world

People: you mean your crush,Rose?

Scorpius: ....yeah... Rose

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Scorpius: Rose smells like fresh bread, Albus smells like love and happiness, I wonder if she will go out with me

[braveclementine]

Part 19

Warnings: None. However, future chapters will contain sexual content so readers that are under the age of 18 may have to skip those chapters (However they are very few so those under the age of 18 can still read a majority of this book. However please keep note of the warnings).

Copyright: I do not own any Wizarding World characters that J.K. Rowling wrote. I do however own Elizabeth Kane (main character) and Trang Nyguen (best friend). There should be no use of these two names without my permission. Also, all of Severus and Elizabeths' childrens names are mine and mine alone. I also do not condone any copying of this.

WHITEHALL, CELLAR

🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶

Mari petted Snowball, the cat disliking being in the cellar of Whitehall. They were only a few blocks away from the Ministry of Magic where they were going to attempt to steal. . . retrieve. . . hmm, borrow (?) the time turner. 

Delphi had gotten her hands on ingredients to make Polyjuice potion, which Mari knew must've been prepared over the summer since it took a month to make the potion. She also knew from her visions that these must've been taken from the Hogwarts potion cupboard since that's what Headmistress McGonagall had noticed was gone. 

Mari wasn't sure how she felt about that, the vibes from the Delphi woman growing more untrustworthy as time went on. 

"So we just take it?" Scorpius asked, looking at the bottle in front of him. 

"Scorpius, do I really need to explain to you- ubergeek and Potions expert- what Polyjuice does? Thanks to Delphi's brilliant preparation work, we are going to take this potion and be transformed, and thus disguised we will be able to enter the Ministry of Magic." 

"Okay, two points, one, is it painful?" Scorpius asked hesitantly. 

"Very- as I understand it." Delphi said. 

"Thank you. Good to know. Second point: Do either of you know what Polyjuice tastes of? Because I've heard it tastes of fish and if it does I will just vomit it back up. Fish doesn't agree with me. Never has. Never will." Scorpius rambled on. 

Mari had read her mothers' books and knew that her Uncle Harry thought that Polyjuice Potion was the worst thing he'd ever taken, including Skelegrow. Mari had never had to take Skelegrow as she had never been active enough to break a bone. However, when Davina had broken her leg climbing a tree, she had cried when she had to take the medicine. 

All in all, Mari was not looking forwards to taking the Polyjuice Potion. 

"Consider us warned." Delphi said, before knocking back the potion in her hand. "It doesn't taste of fish. Actually it tastes quite pleasant, yum. It is painful but. . . take it back. There is a- slight-" Delphi burped before turning into Hermione Granger. "-Slight- overpowering- fishy residue." 

"Okay, that's. . . wow." Albus mumbled. 

"Double wow." Scorpius said. 

When Delphi spoke, she sounded exactly like Maris' Aunt Granger, "This really doesn't feel how I- I even sound like her! Triple wow." 

"And I'll be Quadruple wowed when we get into the Ministry, get the time-turner, and get out alive." Mari said dryly. 

"Right. Me next." Albus said quickly. 

"No. No way, José. If we're doing this, we're doing it together." Scorpius said as he put on a pair of Harrys' glasses. 

Mari dropped her mother's hair into the glass, wondering what it was going to be like, being her mother. She watched as the brown sludge turned a beautiful turquoise colour. Scorpius' turned gold while Albus' turned a dark red, almost light brown for Ron. 

"Three. Two. One." Albus counted down. Mari tossed back her drink and immediately wanted to retch. It was indeed one of the worst things she'd ever drank, tasting like a mixture of mud and sewer water. 

The taste is only drowned out by the pain of Mari changing. She shrinks down to her mothers size, her shoulder length black hair growing and lightning up. Her anorexic thin body becomes bigger, though still slender. 

Mari observed herself in the mirror, realizing that she was not perfect. She had tired bags under her eyes and she had stretch marks along her thighs and stomach. And yet, she was still beautiful- her mother that is. 

She noted how sad she made her mother look, since it was her resting face on her mother. Was this how she constantly looked? She knew she was different from the other kids. Didn't laugh or smile easily, but her life wasn't bad either. She wasn't depressed. But looking at her sadness on her normally cheerful mother made her realize something deep inside. . . she just couldn't place her finger on it. 

"This is going to be slightly weird, isn't it?" Her Uncle Rons' voice came from behind her. While she had been observing herself in the mirror, Scorpius and Albus had been looking at each other instead. 

"Go to your room. Go straight to your room. You've been an incredibly awful and bad son!" Harry/Scorpius cried out dramatically. Maris' lips twitched into a smile, which definitely looked more natural on her mothers' face, which made Mari realize another thing. 

To really pull this off, she needed to not only look like her mother, but act like her as well.

"Scorpius. . ." Albus/Ron laughed behind her as Mari looked back in the mirror, trying a larger smile. It didn't fall naturally to her, but it looked a lot better. 

"It was your idea-" Scorpius defended himself as he fixed his glasses on his face. "I be him and you be Ron! I just want to have a little fun before I-" He burped "-Okay, so that's utterly horrible." 

"You know." Albus commented as he ran his hands over his body. "He hides it well, but Uncle Ron's got a bit of a gut growing." 

"I think my mother has been hiding her stretch marks with magic." Mari commented with another smile. "She shouldn't though, I actually kind've like them." 

"Your mother is actually really hot." Scorpius said and then paused, "You know what, I think I should probably take that back." 

"Considering you're disguised as Elizabeth Potters' brother, I would agree with that." Delphi said and then added, "We should go- don't you think?" 

As they walked onto the street, Scorpius continued to backtrack his thoughts, "I said that wrong Mari. What I meant was that many guys think your mother is hot. Like you've heard them at school, right?" 

"Harry!" Mari complained, pushing his shoulder playfully. "Knock it off! I don't want to think about it." 

"Right, right, sorry Elizabeth." Scorpius coughed, holding his hands up in surrender. 

Delphi led them to the telephone box, dialing 62442. Mari almost jumped as a voice in the box spoke suddenly, "Welcome, Harry Potter. Welcome, Hermione Granger. Welcome, Ron Weasley. Welcome, Elizabeth Snape." 

Mari smiled as the box started to descend into darkness. 

Hmm. . . this smiling thing was coming more naturally with time!

[rewritingcanon]

nextgen characters and their type of “delulu”:

rose: she believes she deserves everything in life, and naturally she’ll get everything she wants bc shes awesome. like if something doesn’t go her way it’s literally never her fault. she’ll blame it on the most randomest things before she ever thinks to accept responsibility. it’s not her fault dark reunion is out to get her.

james: he’s not delulu he’s just actually delusional. about literally everything. not in the funny haha way. it’s causing him so much strife, somebody please ground this poor man.

albus: i’m sorry but he does have main character syndrome despite going on and onnn about how he doesn’t want attention and he doesn’t want people looking at him. he absolutely does want it he just doesn’t want people thinking about him as only a side character to his dad’s plot. he’s differenttttt guyssssss he’s so much more interestingggg 🙄

scorpius: king of delulu. like every type of delulu. have you ever seen any interaction with him and rose (“she told me to go eat rocks she wants me soooo bad 🤭”). do you remember the nicknames he gave himself. do you remember how his go-to plan was screeching at a newborn infant when he and al got stuck in time. and then he just carries on with his life like that all ain’t nothing. this is all such unreal levels of delusion it’s almost inspiring.

delphi: also unreal levels of delusion but it’s not inspiring it’s just concerning. i think the entire plot of hpcc would go under this.

teddy: so delulu it’s sort of sweet. and it’s for sure completely in the way young teenage girls use ‘delulu’ when talking about their crushes like he will get excited if his crush sends him one 1️⃣ look. he’s convincing himself that the celebrity they thirst over sort of looks like him kinda 🤔. he’s doing the name compatibility and zodiac compatibility and mbti compatibility tests online. he’s getting a palm reading done to see if they end up together. he’s writing “me and x are getting married” 300 times in his diary as a manifestation.

victoire: i feel like delulu is a scale in the shape of a horseshoe, stay with me yall. like on one side you have very delusional and that’s like scorpius level of goofiness. and that’s like comfortable delusion, in the clouds sort of delusion. and then on the other side, you’re so hyperaware of everything happening in life and all of your flaws and problems that i wouldn’t even call it grounded, at this point you’ve sunk through the ground and you’re just dangling there. to the point where this is also being delusional but you think you’re too aware to be it, and on that side you have james. and the people who are the least delusional are in the middle of the horseshoe and walk along the balance. and that’s victoire except she’s holding on for dear life to not get knocked either way. smiling through the pain though.

lorcan: lorcan will say the most mortifying thing imaginable or act super embarrassingly against his will to someone and as a coping mechanism he will actively convince himself that what he did wasnt that bad or he will comfort himself by thinking of scenarios where he did something different, so vividly to the point where he almost believes it.

lily: she’ll see a professional stunt artist or a oil painter with years of experience or a seasoned dragon trick rider and she won’t ever be impressed because she genuinely believes she could do all of that. “my toxic trait is that i think i can” ahhh.

lysander: if you look at him without an overly friendly expression on your face he’s going to believe you’re an opp.

hugo: he thinks he’s a good dancer bless his heart

roxanne: she genuinely thinks she’s a suave jock but she keeps tripping on air

dominique: when caught out in a lie during an argument, she immediately switched to “believe what you want to believe” and exits. she’ll still believe she was right too. #womeninmaledominatedfields

[bawbawbridgie]

HPCC year 8 performance notes:

Part 1, Act 1

Part 1, Act 2

Part 2, Act 1:

- first note is something my friend said ��i kinda forgot to pay attention because i was blinded by harrys lethal side profile’… i mean she’s not wrong!

- catherine!umbridge does these little harmless giggles then continue and turn into such an evil laugh

- not rock paper scissors for harry!scorp this time, but jazz hands when trying to do the hand thingy

- harry geeking out over snape even before talking to him and bowing towards him

- jade!hermione ‘im minister for magic’ while looking directly at snape proving him wrong

- jade ‘i am sorry what it’ll cost you’ breaking down in tears was actually the most heartbreaking thing

- ellis!albus straight away holding on to harry in the lake

- then harry literally jumping right on ellis genuinely almost drowning him

- steve!draco throwing the robe right at harrys face

- jaden!craig playing rock paper scissors by himself before he gets passed the scroll of paper

- ellis not even paying attention to debra… just directly looking at harry instead… awesome that’s so casual!

- ‘i agree it doesn’t sound good’ harry!scorp looking at ellis!albus shaking his head with 😐 face then ellis looking at him then straight away putting his head down with 😐

- eve!rose sliding away from the stairs when hermione comes in and matty!james jr making sure she is ok once they say she didn’t exist

- ‘i am… i am beginning to… understand…that…’ now what are you implying here david?

- ellis literally starring down harry when he sits down on his bed with again that look 😍

- LINE CHANGE ALERT!!!!! LINE CHANGE ALERT!!!!!

- instead of albus saying ‘did you?’ after scorp says ‘i was fighting for you’, he says ‘oh!… i mean… good!’ IM DOING JUST FINE SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN NOW WHY DID THEY CHANGE IT WHO CAUSED THIS CHANGE I WONT STOP UNTIL I FIND OUT

- maybe im going insane but in the owlery, it looked like ellis was debating on where to put his hand… ON THE STAIR OR ON HARRYS HAND YEAH KILL ME

- julia!delphi ‘the augurey??? I rather like that…’ was so good!!!

- steve!draco and david!harry eyeing each other when tom says ‘older girlfriend’… that’s normal right!!!!!!!!

- ‘just like that…. spare did.’ i see what you did there julia, she seemed rather pleased with herself when she used the term spare… wonder why x

- claire!ginny poking tom!ron with her wand after he mimicked steve in delphis room

[shrimpalbuspotter]

I'm bored, so here's a list of my favouritest harry potter ships that may or may not be in any particular order that I won't disclose

- Jeverus

- Snirius

- Snupin

- Scorbus

- Hinny

- Drastoria

- Marylily

- Dorcalene

- Rosekiller

- Princewater

- Snulciber

- Charity Burbage x Aurora Sinistra (Charora?)

- Albus x Karl Jenkins

- Prongstail

- Perciver

- Snackchaser/starbucksprince

- Rose Granger-Weasley x Polly Chapman

- Delphi Diggory x Persephone (oc I made just for her)

- Bill Weasley x Fleur Delacour

- Teddy Lupin x Victoire Weasley

-James Sirius Potter x Alice Longbottom

OK that's it and OBVS I like more than just these but... these are the ones I REALLY like. As in ilk think about them alot.

[hpshipbattles]

ROUND ONE SHIPS

(keep in mind these are all randomly created from a pool of 64 characters. we are not here to debate dark ships vs light ships, we are here for fun. Feel free to suggest ship names for anything you see)

Lysander Scamander x Remus Lupin (Remsander)

Augustus Rookwood x Elphias Doge (Rookdoge)

Pavarti Patil x Blaise Zabini (Blavarti)

Lorcan Scamander x Septimus Weasley (Septorcan)

Victoire Weasley x Cassandra Vole (Vicsandra)

Neville Longbottom x Severus Snape (Sneville)

Minerva McGonagall x Horace Slughorn (Wiseslug)

Hermione Granger x Cornelius Fudge (Fudgmione)

Nearly Headless Nick x Tom Marvolo Riddle (Brainteaser)

Penny Haywood x Fleur Delacour (Penfleur)

Ron Weasley x Petunia Evans (Rontunia)

Hannah Abbott x Kingsley Shacklebolt (Shacklebbott)

Rita Skeeter x Yann Fredericks (What if we just called these two Yeet?)

Dennis Creevey x Dolores Umbridge (Creevbridge)

Rowan Khanna x Dorcas Meadowes (Rorcas)

Nymphadora Tonks x Firenze the Centaur (Centonks)

James Potter x Marcus Flint (Jarcus)

Rose Granger-Weasley x Dobby the House Elf (Robby)

Delphi Riddle x Qui LeBlanc (Augurvamp)

Molly Weasley II x Barnaby Lee (Barnolly)

Luna Lovegood x Penelope Clearwater (Lovewater)

Harry Potter x Pansy Parkinson (Hansy)

Sebastian Sallow x Chiara Lobosca (Loballow)

Barty Crouch Jr. x Albus Dumbledore (Albarty)

Sirius Black x Tulip Karasu (Prankstar)

Lily Evans x Madam Rosmerta (Lilymerta)

Cho Chang x Helena Ravenclaw (Cholena)

Fabian Prewett x Grant Chapman (Grabian)

Hestia Jones x Regulus Black (Restia)

Draco Malfoy x Albus Severus Potter (Dralbus)

Lily Luna Potter x Scorpius Malfoy (Scorlily)

Lavender Brown x Percy Weasley (Paperseer)

My bad for jinxing us guys as I was spinning this I wondered if we were actually going to get Scorbus and then the wheel decided to do something funny. some of these ships are ships I’ve seen before and I was surprised by how many of them could probably actually be enjoyed by people. but yeah suggest ship names if you have any ideas I did put down the ship names for ones I knew or ones that I could easily come up with myself.

(rules and submitted characters)

[willdarknessdivideblog]

Back with another Scorbus fanfic🐍

artist: unknown (Pinterest)

[crystcllise]

imani jade powers, erik c. peterson, and joel meyers as delphi, scorpius and albus for cursed child broadway!!

gonna miss imani with this duo :(

[ao3feed-scorbus]

Every rose has its thorns

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/UbHc3wX by flashingflameofnoon Rose X polly fan fic. (They start the relationship 5th year bc yk, their kids for a long part of this) Rose's life is upturned when Albus is sorted into Slytherin, And now she has to make a new plan. Polly has been considering adding a new friend to her roster, and Rose seems like a good ally. Together they become best friends and face the ladder of popularity at Hogwarts. Words: 789, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Thorne & Rowling, Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: F/F, F/M, M/M Characters: Rose Weasley, Polly Chapman, Albus Severus Potter, Sorting Hat (Harry Potter), Scorpius Malfoy, Draco Malfoy, olms (Raven), Hermione Granger, Delphi (Harry Potter), Ron Weasley, Yann Fredericks, James Sirius Potter, Lily Luna Potter Relationships: Polly Chapman/Rose Weasley, Scorpius Malfoy/Albus Severus Potter Additional Tags: FUCKING A0# DELETED MY TAGS, On-Again/Off-Again Relationship, lesbians who hate gay people, i had so many good tags before..., Homophobic to everyone but eachother, Ron gets blackmaild by his girlboss daughter, thanks platonic wife friend, tim time!, Draco is so balding, harry is dumb, Bisexual Ron, Lesbians, Polly is probably bi or smth, INCERT SLURS, listening to JRWI while wrighting this, im a silly guy, Rose is such a girlboss read it on the AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/59581327

[dogwaterpoopyboy]

I saw you doing a bunch of next gen rarepairs! I remember seeing domphi, I think the fic writer called it, on wattpad and literally haven’t seen it anywhere since but Dominique and Delphi was low key kinda cute. I also remember Roxanne and Frank being a thing, I think I saw someone call them rockbottom (don’t remember who, but damn that’s a sassy shipname). I’m also obsessed with Yannpius and Karlbus but I think everyone else ships Scorbus 😭😭😭

Is Yannpius Yann x Scorpius and Karlbus Karl x Albus? Sorry I know the characters but not much about what’s happening in the fandom so I usually need people to tell me what their ships are especially if they’re rarepairs. I’m guessing based off name, of course.

I can add all to queue though :)

[fiendishfyre]

wait what if albus severus/albus percival wulfric brian???🐍🧙‍♂️

😂😂😂😂😂😂

I refuse to accept Harry naming his kids the way he did. I think it's all unfair and the names hold too much weight and shouldn't be placed in his kids. So I have to say, I pass with most next gen ships. That's just one area I'm never fully convinced in. Unless it's teddy and my oc that's Sirius son, hahaha or my oc and Delphi or Teddy X Delphi. 😂😂😂😂😂