When fifth year Draco Malfoy is the only wizard to learn what exactly has become of Regulus Black, he makes a vow. Never will he share the traitorous Death Eater's fate. Yet every choice he makes - siding with the light, siding with the dark, siding with only himself - seems to only prod him further along that path.

Scorpius wasn't stupid - well his sense of humour could use some improvement according to Ethan and everyone he met - but he definitely wasn't stupid. So how exactly did he end up with so many problems and so little solutions? Between Albus trying to communicate with him telepathically, a maniac on the loose and a bunch of people he pissed off in various ways, he was entirely lost.