This is my first HP fanfiction, my first rated M fic and my first fanfic in over a year, so please be nice. I love the dynamic of Rose and Scorpius, or at least the one I picture so I wanted to share it with you, enjoy :)
"Go to hell Weasley!" Scorpius yelled as he stormed away. The redhead behind his was undeterred by his attitude.
"I'm not leaving until you tell me how you beat me on that test!" she said. Rose Weasley was truly her mother's daughter, total brains, but she was a Gryffindor with a lion's heart. Brilliant and confident, with a strong sense of morals, she was top of her class and a star quidditch player. When her father had told her to make sure she beat Malfoy in everything, she had taken that to heart. Luckily Malfoy turned out to not be a threat, an average student, shy, and not even an athlete, Rose had never had difficulty in following her father's orders. So she had been quite annoyed when he actually beat her on a potions test.
Scorpius Malfoy was not well loved at Hogwarts. As a Slytherin he was automatically assumed to be like the rest of his family, although that was not the case. He had the looks of a Malfoy, and the wealth, but he also had a desire to be a decent person. He could be cocky, but for the most part he tried to avoid the limelight. He didn't want the kind of fame his father and grandfather had strived for, he just wanted to save the name of Malfoy.
His attempt to avoid unwanted attention had led him to becoming a loner. Most of his nights are spent alone in his room reading and studying merely because he had nothing else to do. He could've gotten O's on all of his assignments, but he knew better than to take on resident know-it-all Rose Weasley. As the daughter and niece of the Golden Trio it would award him just the type of attention he was trying to avoid.
The potions test was a mistake, he thought he had to answer all of the essays to get full credit, so he left two blank. Slughorn only changed the requirements after Malfoy had handed his test in. Scorpius was suspicious that Slughorn had figured him out, and that was almost as bad as the little red-head that had been following him for three hallways, questioning him nonstop.
Scorpius spun on the spot, surprising Rose so much that she almost fell over in her attempt not to run into him. "Look Weasley, you know as well as I do that it was a fluke. You get top grade in everything; one stupid test doesn't mean a thing. No go fuck off so I can do what I need to!"
Rose watched him stalk off. That insolent ass had never done a shred of homework, or gotten above an A on any assignment in their 5 years at Hogwarts, and yet suddenly he gets the highest score on a test. "No way, he must have cheated" she mumbled to herself, and then she set off to go have a chat with Sluggy.
"Hi Professor," she said when she got there.
"Well hello miss Weasley. Great job on that test, you consistently prove that you are your mother's daughter, and by your fiercely competitive nature on and off the quidditch pitch I can see you have a lot of your aunt and uncle in you as well."
"Thanks Professor." She already knew that Slughorn liked her mother, Aunt Ginny and Uncle Harry a lot more than he had liked her father. " I wanted to speak to you about the test actually. You see, I believe Malfoy cheated."
"I see, and what is your evidence?"
"His past performance in class is all I need as evidence. He doesn't do homework, and he's only barely passing his classes. How could he just suddenly beat out everyone on this test?" Rose responded.
"Indeed young mister Malfoy does not hand in his assignments, but I have no doubt that he does them."
"What do you mean?"
"Scorpius has never gotten a point off in this class, or any others," Slughorn added, "except that he does not complete every question. He will purposely leave off essays or problems to ensure he does not receive full credit."
"So he's just lazy!" Rose reasoned.
"Three rolls of parchment on essays that only require one is not lazy, at least not in my book. Miss Weasley, you have no concrete evidence for your accusation; I would strongly suggest you gather real evidence before you make another." Slughorn said, getting stern for the first time.
"Yes professor." Rose said. "But that's just stupid, why would anyone sabotage themselves like that?"
"That is a question you will have to ask Scorpius. No matter how many times I talk to him about it, nothing changes. But Rose, remember, he is not his father, just as you are not your mother."
She merely nodded and walked out. Scorpius's great aunt was the one who carved 'mudblood' into her mother's arm. His grandfather tried to kill her aunt Ginny when she was only 11, and his father caused no small trouble for her parents throughout their school days. Even ignoring all of the war atrocities, Weasleys and Malfoys do not mingle. Scorpius had just cursed her off for asking a question. Gryffindors and Slytherins did not get along, and unfortunately, she had no choice but to hate all snake-like blonde guys.
Maybe he wasn't his father, and maybe she wasn't her mother, but it didn't really make a difference. Rose Weasley and Scorpius Malfoy wouldnever get along. She just had to accept that she would never know why he acted stupid.
Scorpius was lying in his bed looking at the ceiling. "Stupid school" he muttered. He had wanted to go to Durmstang where he would not be identified by his family, but his mother wanted him to stay near home. His mind was racing like the first years race through the halls looking for classes. Why was he never anything but a Malfoy? People feared him, hated him, or rallied around him hoping he'll be the next you-know-who. He had no true friends.
Then there was Rose. He beats her on one test and suddenly she's fuming. It was one test, big deal, she'll still be top of the class. Then again, if he started actually trying, she'd be in for a shock. No, he didn't want the attention that would follow. Pissing off Rose would be hysterical and the most fun he's ever had at Hogwarts, but would it be worth it? Then again he already got more attention than he wanted, and at least now he'd have Weasley as a target. He smirked to himself. As a Malfoy he was cunning, handsome, and intelligent, one of those three would provoke Rose. As long as he could avoid becoming evil, maybe being a Malfoy wouldn't be all bad.
He just needed some time to plan…
Thats it for chapter one, i have at least four more ready to go, the more reviews the faster ill get the next ones up :)
