The Elementals by Namacub95 (best book club books for discussion .txt) 📕

laps from the goalpost on one…two…THREE!" yelled Albus as he kicked off the ground and soared into the sky closely followed by Scorpius, Alice and Keith. Albus was momentarily in the lead but was quickly over taken by Alice and Scorpius who were two of the best flyers. They were the seeker for Ravenclaw and chaser for Slytherin respectively.

Alice and Scorpius were neck and neck until they got to the goalpost. Alice turned sharply and almost rammed into Scorpius because they were flying so close together. Scorpius lost his balance and fell off his broom.

"SCORPIUS!" was the collective scream and Alice quickly pulled into a dive to try and save him from his twenty foot plummet. Scorpius was falling too quickly for her to catch up with and was almost ten feet from the ground. Then something strange happened, Scorpius began to wave his arms madly and then he stopped dead in mid-air still flapping his arms like a deranged bird. Scorpius opened his eyes to see why he hadn't felt the agonizing pain that came when he made contact with the earth. He stared in shock at the ground which was about ten foot below him and then up at Alice who was hovering two foot above his head staring at him in utter shock.

"Scorpius what did you do?" Alice asked her voice and octave higher than usual.

"I-I-I I don't know!" Scorpius replied. Then to his utter amazement he began to float gently downwards as if he was wearing a parachute. When his feet touched ground again his flying friends touched down along with him and Rose had ran out of the stands and onto the pitch. None of them noticed the form of a cat slipping into the darkness from the top of the stands.

"Albus!" McGonagall called when she had returned to her office.

"Yes my dear Minerva?" Albus Dumbledore's portrait asked rubbing sleep from his eyes.

"The Air Elemental! It's Scorpius Malfoy!" She said.

"Interesting…very interesting." The portrait mused.

Chapter 4: Not So Ordinary First Day

Albus was shaken awake the next morning by Scorpius. He pretended to be in a deep sleep hoping that Scorpius would take the hint and leave but if anything it only made him shake harder.

"Al get up! We're going to be late for breakfast." Scorpius said when Albus finally opened his eyes.

"Five more minutes." Albus groaned pulling the covers over his head. Scorpius pulled the covers off Albus earning a few well chosen swear words and exclamations of how cold it was but Albus reluctantly climbed out of bed.

"Hurry up I'll be waiting for you in the Common Room." Scorpius said.

Albus got dressed slowly so he could gather his thoughts after last night's "incident" with Scorpius. After Scorpius had fell off his broom Scorpius flew up again to twenty feet and jumped again, although Rose and Alice begged him not to. He like the first time began to wave his arms and he stopped then floated down to the ground. Scorpius had been baffled by his sudden discovery of his unusual talents as most childhood magic stops when a witch or wizard gets their wand. Scorpius discovered that if he moved his arms in a certain way he could produce a large gust of air, he did this and knocked both Rose and Alice to the ground.

When Albus was finally dressed he made his way to the Common Room where Scorpius was waiting.

"C'mon Al! I'm starving!" Scorpius said and as if to affirm this his stomach gave a very audible growl.

"Let's go then." Albus said.

The two friends walked to the Great Hall in silence, last nights events lay heavily on their minds and Albus didn't know if he would look at Scorpius the same way again. When they arrived in the Great Hall Alice waved them over to the Ravenclaw table where Keith and Rose were also.

"Morning." Alice said sounding particularly cheerful "How are you?"

"Oh fine! Despite the fact that I had a near death experience last night and discovered I have these weird powers." Scorpius said as he sat down. Alice shrugged at his sour mood, to say the least Scorpius Malfoy was not a morning person.

"Have the timetables been handed out yet?" Albus asked.

"No, not yet." Answered Rose.

"Ugh! It's a Friday can we not have today off?" Keith groaned earning a death glare from Rose.

"Just because you can't be bothered about your studies." Rose muttered to herself.

"I do!"

"You do not! I practically have to elbow you in the ribs every five minutes because you've fell asleep in class!" Rose pointed out.

"I don't fall asleep in class Little Miss Know-it-all!" Keith hissed.

"This is OWL year Keith! If you want any chance of getting a good job you have to pay attention and study!" Rose said in an exasperated tone. Albus decided to stay out of this argument as the last time anyone tried to intervene they ended up in the Hospital Wing for three days. Mercifully however Professor Longbottom arrived with the timetables.

"Yes! Double potions with Professor Downes first!" Scorpius said punching the air. Albus laughed at his friend, Scorpius loved potions although Keith was best at the subject.

"What have you got?" Albus asked to the table.

"Transfiguration then Defence Against the Dark Arts." Keith and Rose read off in unison.

"I've got double Herbology then Charms with you two." Alice said pointing to Albus and Scorpius.

"Well we'll be seeing you later then." Albus said grabbing his bag and slinging it over on shoulder with Scorpius copying the move. With a wave to their friends the two Slytherins made their way down to the dungeons.

A large line of fellow Slytherins and some Gryffindors were waiting outside the classroom. Albus and Scorpius stood with Andrew and Ellesheil as they waited for Professor Downes's arrival.

"You can go in!" called Professor Downes when she had arrived, her black hair was tied up into a loose ponytail and she grinned at the class who filed into the classroom. The classroom's walls were lined with jars and containers of all kinds, shapes and sizes. The work benches were soon allocated to groups of four.

"Welcome back to potions!" Professor Downes said cheerfully. "We aren't going to be doing any practical work today I'm afraid, instead we'll just be going over some Health and Safety then over the OWL course for this year." The class gave a loud groan, practical work was always enjoyable.

The two hours passed by very slowly, at one point Albus fell asleep again and Scorpius had to elbow him three times to wake him again. When the bell rang to finally end double potions there was a mad scramble to get out. Ellesheil and Andrew waved them goodbye as they were heading for Transfiguration while Scorpius and Albus were heading to Charms with the Ravenclaws.

"Hey." Alice said when they arrived at Charms "You two are late."

"Davies isn't here yet." Scorpius said as he slid into the seat beside Alice while Albus sat on the other side of her.

"He arrived five minutes ago but McGonagall called him to her office." Alice informed them.

"What did she want?" Albus asked.

"I don't know, she never said."

"Scorpius Malfoy!" Professor Davies re-entered the room. Professor Davies was a tall golden haired young man with a small goatee and he was also Head of Hufflepuff, he was admired by most of the female population of the school. He was strict when he needed to be but he was well liked. "Professor McGonagall wants to see you in her office immediately."

Scorpius gave Albus and Alice a quick confused glance before rising from his seat and walked out of the room.

"Don't dawdle!" Professor Davies called after him.

Scorpius didn't return during Charms, he wasn't there for lunch and then dinner. Albus, Alice, Rose and Keith were all worried he had gotten himself into immense trouble for sneaking out last night or worse. Albus went to bed in the Slytherin Common Room and there was still no sign of him.

"Ow!" came a hiss in the night. Albus glanced at his watch and saw that it was half eleven.

"Scorp? That you?" Albus called in a whisper.

"Yeah." Came the reply and Albus felt a huge amount of relief.

"Where have you been all day? Rose and Alice were going mad!"

"McGonagall's Office." Answered Scorpius.

"You have to have been somewhere other than McGonagall's office all day!" Albus pointed out.

"Well I was and I'm really tired so can I go to bed now." Scorpius asked in an annoyed tone.

"What did she want?" Albus asked but he got no reply.

Chapter 5: Scorpius's Mysterious Disappearances

"Have you seen Scorpius?" Alice asked on Saturday afternoon. They were all sat near the lake as it was an unseasonably warm September day. It was two weeks after the start of term and it was difficult for Albus, Scorpius, Rose, Keith and Alice to meet up. Albus shrugged at Alice's question.

"No he was up before I was and wasn't at breakfast." He said.

"Well this sucks…he promised to help me train for Quidditch." Alice said sounding disappointed.

"There's always-" began Keith.

"The trails are tomorrow and Alan Morrison's captain this year. The man is a drill sergeant!" Alice grumbled "He thinks that if it weren't for his "amazing" chaser skills the team wouldn't win half the amount of matches! HAH! Annabeth and Jacob fly rings around him!"

"I think someone's jealous that they didn't make captain." Keith said with a smirk.

"I am not!" Alice snapped causing Keith to jump "I just think that it would be better if someone like Annabeth was captain instead of that pig headed, brainless piece of-"

"Anyway!" Albus interrupted before Alice could finish her rant "Why do you think Scorpius isn't around? I mean he's always up before anyone else, goes to bed at half eleven and is missing on the weekend."

"It's obvious isn't it?" Rose answered Albus "It's because of what happened on the quiddicth pitch."

"I don't see why he needs to be up at the crack of dawn because he can still do some childhood magic." Albus replied.

"They might be trying to squash it out of him." Keith suggested.

"They can't just "squash it out of him" Keith! Magic doesn't work like that!" Alice exclaimed.

"Sorry! Sorry! Just a thought." Keith said rising in hands in surrender.

"Well if anything he seems not to want anyone in on his "big secret". I mean he never answers any questions we ask like where he's been or what McGonagall wanted with him." Alice pointed out and Albus nodded.

"I betcha he's doing something illegal." Keith said

"Keith!" Albus, Rose and Alice yelled causing Keith to flinch.

"I was just kidding!" Keith protested.

"It's not a laughing matter Keith! This is serious!" Rose yelled. Keith grumbled something inaudible and glared at the ground.

"I think McGonagall might have told him something." Albus said "Something he's not allowed to share with anyone. That's why he doesn't answer our questions."

"If she did then why?" Rose asked.

"I dunno." Albus answered.

"I has to be something to do with the quidditch pitch. If it wasn't then she would have called other people." Alice reasoned.

"Good point. That still does explain why he can't tell us anything." Albus said.