Drabble Series: What Goes Around... (James, Al, Scorpius)

[lightofdaye]

Title: What Goes Around...
Rating: PG-13
Characters & Pairing: James Sirius Potter, Albus Severus Potter, Scorpius Malfoy
Word Count: 4 x 100
Content: Banter, Bullying, canon typical violence.
Disclaimer: The characters, settings and HP Franchise as a whole are owned by JKR and not by me. I make no profit from writing this piece of fanfiction.
Summary: By the time James and Al are at school, who gets bullied has changed but the why hasn't.
A/n: Unbeta'd. Written for hp_nextgen100's Prompt #301: "Death Eaters". I had to work to get Death Eaters in this timeframe but I like how it turned out.


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James Sirius Potter was walking up from Hogwarts' Quidditch Pitch, with his little brother by his side. Predictably he was teasing him.

"Best try out I've seen all year," James was saying. "The Hufflepuff captain would be mad not to pick you"

"Shut up" Al said without conviction.

"Would I lie?"

"Yes!"

"Who needs three chasers when you can have three bludgers on the pitch instead," James continued wryly.

"Is this routine finishing any time soon?" Al said.

"Probably not," James replied. "They definitely need a kamikaze pilot after all."

"That's really nic-" Al started. "What is all that commotion?"


A commotion was coming from a lower courtyard just inside the castle. James and Al saw three people in Slytherin green that were surrounded by a crowd of onlookers, all shouting and jeering.

"Death Eaters!" they shouted, "Death Eaters! Death Eaters!"

Even as they watched one of the boys flew into the air by his ankle.

"Hey, that's Malfoy," Al said. "From my year."

James had gone red.

"What's all this then?" He said, barging his way through the crowd. "What are you doing?"

"They're death Eaters, ain't they?" said one brick-like boy.

"How do you figure?"

"Well they're purebloods."


James glared at the other boy.

"And? They're pureblood so they must be Death Eaters?"

"His dad was and his grandfather."

"And he isn't," James said, "there aren't any, any more."

"What do you even care, James Potter?" The bully growled. "You hex people all the time."

"I prank people," James said. "I don't friggen bully them because of their blood."

The boy swung at James who dodged and thumped him in the face, hard.

A trio of other people made furious motions towards James but there was flash and a miniature roll of Thunder - Al had his wand out.


"I suggest you let him down slowly." Al said coolly, pointing his wand. "So I don't have to do it myself."

"You can't duel all of us." The bully said.

"Well no, duel means two you know." Al said. James chuckled at his brother's pedantry, even now. "But I can hex the first person who goes for their wand. Who wants to be first?"

Scorpius Malfoy dropped to the floor and the gang melted away like snow.

"You helped me." He said. "But I don't know you."

James shrugged.

"No offence, but we'd do it for anyone. That's the point."

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[lightofdaye]

Thanks so much. I started out just with James being anti-bully but I wanted to tack on the first bit to show well... he still loves to tease and prank but knows where the line is.