Rose

It was the first of September, Rose Weasley and her family were saying their goodbyes on Platform 9 ¾.

"Bye sweetheart," Rose's mother gave her a tight hug, "Send loads of owls, alright?"

"Sure, Mum," Rose replied, "I'll miss you." She said and meant it. This is the first time in her life she will be away from her parents, she was a bit nervous.

She gave her father a big hug as well and ran to board the train. She stood at the gate with Albus and waved to her parents. "Come on Al, let's go find a compartment," she urged her cousin.

Her and Albus found an empty compartment towards the end of the train and sat down. The train started moving and soon they were out of the platform and into the woods. Albus stared at the window gloomily. "Relax, Al!" Rose said, knowing what was bothering her best friend. "You won't be put in Slytherin even if you beg the Sorting Hat on your knees."

Albus cracked a smile, "Thanks, Ro."

Rose grabbed her copy of Beginners Transfiguration Guide and started reading. Rose was a lot like her mother with academics, she always read ahead. She could hear the chatter of the other students from the other compartments.

A few moments later, James Potter barged in with Fred Weasley. James and Fred were the pranksters of the school and always got in trouble with the professors. George Weasley keeps them gives them a regular supply of products from Weasley's Wizard Wheezes much to the dismay of Angelina and Ginny. "Hey, little brother," James greeted Albus. "Still worried about the Sorting?"

"Yeah, Al. You know they'll make you fight the trolls if you're too worried." Fred added.

Albus was trying his best to ignore the two boys. Rose spoke up wanting to rescue him, "James, Fred don't you have friends? Or do you spend all your time bullying younger students?"

"Rosie darling!" James exclaimed as if just noticing her. "Who says we only bully younger students, right Freddie?"

"Right you are, Jamie," Fred agreed. "Started reading ahead I see," he added eying her book.

Rose rolled her eyes, "Of-course."

James and Fred left right when Lorcan and Lysander Scamander came in. They are like their extended family because their mother, Luna Scamander, was the Golden Trio's close friend. They got along well with Rose and Albus. They were in their second year of Hogwarts and in Ravenclaw House. The twins both had Luna's blonde hair and soft face but their personalities differed very much. Lorcan, who inherited his mother's dreamy expression and curiosity for strange animals, was unlike Lysander who was analytical and always alert. Both were intelligent and Lysander had the highest grades in his year. Rose loved to discuss books with him and started ranting about her latest reads as soon as they came in. Albus got along well with Lorcan and started talking about nothing in particular.

"Where do you want to be?" Lysander asked her after they each told the other about their books. "Which House, I mean."

That is something Rose has been thinking about for quite some time though she refused to let herself get so worked out over it like Al. Most of her family is in Gryffindor, the only exceptions being her cousins Victoire and Molly Weasley who are in Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff respectively. "I'm not sure," Rose answered truthfully, "My first choice would actually be Ravenclaw though Gryffindor wouldn't be so bad. Honestly, I won't even mind Hufflepuff."

"Anything but Slytherin then?" Lysander inquired.

Rose nodded, "Anything but Slytherin."

Scorpius

"Look, isn't that the Golden Trio?" Scorpius' mother, Astoria Malfoy asked not unkindly.

Draco Malfoy confirmed and gave the group a nod. Scorpius stared at them in amazement. Of-course he had heard of the famous Harry Potter and his friends. He loved hearing stories about how The Chosen One defeated the Dark Lord. Even though he would never admit it to his father, Scorpius looked up to the great Harry Potter, the super hero of the Wizarding World.

Scorpius also knew the Golden Trio probably hated the Malfoys, his dad had mentioned as much with a little regret and remorse. They probably hated them as much as they did the Dark Lord, he thought sadly watching at the group. He saw their children going to the train.

"Scorp!" his mother was staring at him. He realized that she had been calling him for some time now.

"Sorry, Mum." He apologized.

"You be careful, alright?" Astoria said getting teary eyed. "Promise you'll owl every week?" she asked.

"Alright Mum, I will."

His father knelt down in-front of his son, "Listen Scorp," he started in a serious tone. "Some of those kids are going to give you a hard time, you know that don't you?"

"Yeah, I know Dad," Scorpius quickly replied. He knew what his dad was going to say and he didn't like it.

"And I want you to know that it's all my fault, mine and my father's. Be strong, right Scorp?"

Scorpius gave his dad a quick hug before Draco stood up again, "It's not your fault dad."

He gave his mother another hug and turned around to go to the train. Then he remembered something, "Dad?" he turned back around.

"Yeah?" Draco raised his eyebrows.

"Will you mind very much if I'm not put in Slytherin?" he asked with his eyes on the ground.

"Actually son," Draco smile, "I would be quite proud if you weren't."

Scorpius grinned back, "Good because I don't want to be."

Scorpius boarded the train alone. He started scouting for seats and found an empty compartment after peeking his head through at-least a dozen. He put his owl Artemis on the seat. He slid towards the window and waved to his parents as the train pulled out of the station. His mum blew him a last kiss and his father was still smiling. Their figures became smaller and smaller and slowly disappeared. Scorpius sat back in his seat and felt truly alone.

Scorpius was used to the feeling of loneliness. Being the son of an ex-Death Eater, he tended not to have many friends. After Scorpius was born, Draco moved his family to a Muggle neighborhood. Even though Draco now worked for the Ministry of Magic, the family still tended to get loads of negative criticism from other wizards. Whatever friends Scorpius had were muggles so it's not like he can owl them. He would have to write letters to his parents and ask them to give them to his friends. He will especially miss his closest friend Arya. They were neighbors and visited each other almost every day.

Scorpius also developed a habit of reading; He had already started reading his school books the day after he purchased them in Diagon Alley. He took out a book Arya had given to him as a farewell present. His parents had told them that Scorpius will be going to a boarding school in France. The book was Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl. He smiled at the cover; Roald Dahl was one of his favorite authors. He was just about to open it to read when a scrawny brown-haired boy walked into his compartment.

"Hey, do you mind if I sit here?" he asked.

Scorpius didn't mind, he shook his head. The other boy continued, "I'm Fabian Rowland," he said. "You look familiar, have I seen you before?"

"My name is Scorpius," he replied. "I don't think we've met."

"What's your surname?" the other boy asked.

Scorpius was a bit skeptical about answering that question not knowing what his views were about his family. "Malfoy…" he answered quietly.

Scorpius could see realization dawning on Fabian's face. "You can sit down," Scorpius said after a few awkward seconds, noticing the other boy hadn't sat down yet.

"Er…actually, I just remembered that I have to go greet someone," he said quickly. "It's my cousin, couldn't have him thinking I'm being rude…" he trailed off. He murmured a goodbye and darted off. Scorpius felt ashamed of himself even though he knew he did nothing wrong. He went back to staring through the window; his nervous tension was finally coming in.

A/N- I know it starts out slow but I hope you like it. Review!