I do not own anything Harry Potter related, just this plot.
A.N.: This story begins right after Albus Potter and Rose Weasley board the train and sit down. I have a few OCs who are characters that have been created by the lovely people that I roleplay with. The characters, such as Rose Malfoy, Jason Milbourne, and Caitlyn Mitchell are characters in said roleplay and wanted to be part of the story. Yes, I do realize there was no mention of Scorpius Malfoy having a twin, but she's a very prominent character in the roleplay which this fanfiction is based off of and is a close friend OOC. With much convincing, I decided to share this story with you fine people as well as them. Anyways! On with the story!
Chapter One
I stepped onto the chaotic train with Albus, giving him an encouraging smile before sitting down in an empty compartment. He attempted to flatten his dark hair as he sat across from me.
I held back a smile as I watched him look around a bit nervously. "Al, honestly, you're going to be fine. You should be excited." I smiled. "We're finally going to Hogwarts!"
He sighed and started tapping his foot, glancing out the window. "I know, Rosie. I'm just nervous, I guess."
I pulled out the old copy of Hogwarts, A History that Mum had given me and sat it carefully on my lap. "You shouldn't be. Forget what James says, ok? You won't be in Slytherin so you don't need to worry."
His head snapped in my direction. "Dad said there's nothing wrong with Slytherin."
A bit surprised, I paused a moment. "I wasn't trying to insult you, Al… You know that…"
We were quiet for a minute before he spoke. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to snap at you."
Before I could respond, there was a quiet tap on the door. We both looked over to see the pale, blonde boy from Platform 9 ¾ standing there. His cool grey eyes washed over both of us, studying us a moment before he finally said, "Do you mind if I join you?"
Remembering what Dad had told me, I opened my mouth to tell him our compartment was full, but Albus interrupted me. "Sure!" He said in a friendly tone and patted the seat next to him.
The boy, whose name I couldn't quite remember, sat down next to Albus, the corner of his lips slightly twitched into a smile… or smirk, really. "Scorpius Malfoy." He introduced himself, extending his hand to Albus.
Albus shook his hand and smiled. "Albus Potter. And this is my cousin, Rose."
Scorpius' eyes darted my direction once more, almost looking amused. "Weasley, right? I like your hair."
I felt my face heat up and instinctively touched my frizzy red hair. Embarrassed, I crossed my arms tightly across my chest and didn't say a word.
His lips stretched into a more defined smirk and he leaned back in his seat, almost as if he was proud that he embarrassed me. "So, Albus, what house do you think you'll get into?"
Albus looked at me with his bright green eyes, clearly disapproving my less-than-friendly attitude towards Scorpius before smiling at the blonde boy. "No idea, really. Knowing me, the hat will take so long deciding that they'll decide to ship me back home." They chuckled. "What about you?"
Scorpius didn't skip a beat. "Slytherin. Like Father. Best house, you know."
I snorted and rolled my eyes. Typical Malfoy answer, as Dad would say.
He and Albus both turned their attention towards me, Albus' expression a one of warning, Scorpius' looking more like one of challenge. "Disagree, Weasley?" He asked.
I raised an eyebrow and crossed my arms tighter. "Clearly."
He narrowed his eyes. "Let me guess, you're striving to be in Gryffindor, just like Mummy and Daddy?" He asked tauntingly with a smirk.
I glared at him. "No, I strive to be in the best house, which is Gryffindor. My Mum and Dad being in that house has nothing to do with why I hope to be sorted there."
Scorpius watched me, staring at me to the point of making me uncomfortable before laughing lightly under his breath and looking at Albus. "And you're related to her?"
Albus chuckled before stopping short after receiving a sharp glare from me.
I sighed and opened my book, turning the pages until I found where I had left off and began reading, trying desperately to ignore Scorpius' agitating comments. I knew Mum would be disappointed in how quick I was to start an argument with someone I hardly knew, but I knew Dad would be very proud and probably go buy me a new broomstick if he knew I'd stood up against a Malfoy.
The trolley came and we each ordered our snacks, the boys buying an absurd amount of food and I only a couple chocolate frogs and a pack of droobles. As the boys were trading cards and stuffing their faces, the compartment door swung open, reveling two girls, one with blonde hair and the other with black.
The blonde looked around the compartment, her nose wrinkling with disgust when she met my eyes and looked over at Scorpius. "Scorp, I've been looking all over for you! I thought you'd be with Zabini."
Scorpius shrugged. "I didn't feel like sitting with him and you just disappeared so I found somewhere else."
Her eyes glanced back over to me and then to Albus. "A Weasley and a Potter. Interesting company, Twinny." She smirked, looking eerily like Scorpius before taking another step inside and kissing him on the cheek. "I'll see you when we get there, ok?" Before he could answer, she grabbed the black-haired girl's arm and walked away, snickering about red hair.
Scorpius looked a little embarrassed as he leaned back into his seat. "My sister. Her name is Rose, too." He met my eyes. "Sorry if she insulted you two. She can be like that sometimes."
Albus laughed and I immediately looked down at my book. I didn't remember seeing another child with the Malfoys on the Platform earlier. I'd prepared myself for one Malfoy, but I was certain I'd was going to have a tough time dealing with two of them.
For the rest of the train ride, the boys joked and ate and a few times tried to bring me into the conversation, but soon realized that I was perfectly content reading and left me alone. I couldn't help but feel a little jealous of Scorpius and how well he was getting along with Albus. For a moment, I imagined Albus replacing me as his best friend, but I quickly pushed that thought to the back of my mind. Albus wouldn't do that, I told myself, he's going to be sorted into Gryffindor with me and Scorpius will be sorted into Slytherin. They'll hardly see each other unless it's during lessons and we'll continue to be best friends like we have been.
When we arrived at Hogwarts, it was dark and you could only see the silhouette of the castle, the lights glowing from inside reflecting off the dark waters of the lake. Hagrid, grey bearded, stood with a giant lantern, calling all of the first years over to him. When Albus, Scorpius, and I approached him, he smiled at us with his with his beetle-like eyes. "'Ello there Rose, Albus. Was wonderin' when I'd see the two of you." He looked at Scorpius like he was trying to remember where he'd seen him but smiled at him anyhow. "And who might you be?"
I looked at Scorpius, half expecting him to ignore Hagrid completely or say something rude, but he smiled, kind of, and extended his hand politely. "Scorpius Malfoy. You're the Care of Magical Creatures teacher, aren't you?"
Hagrid looked both surprised and pleased. "Just for the firs' through fourth years. Good to meet you, Scorpius." He smiled again before herding all of the rest of the first years and giving us directions on how many people to a boat and what to do once we arrived at the castle.
Albus, Scorpius, and I immediately started walking towards a boat. I heard a loud squeal and saw Rose Malfoy and the black haired girl laughing at something. Not looking where I was going, I ran into someone and knocked his book onto the ground.
"Merlin, I'm sorry!" I quickly picked up the book and wiped it off, handing it to the boy I'd run into. He was a thin boy, with curly blonde hair. He took the book and smiled nervously. "No big deal. Don't worry about it."
I smiled kindly and gestured for him to come with me to catch up with Albus and Scorpius. "I'm Rose Weasley, by the way."
"I'm Jason Milbourne." He looked at Scorpius and Albus a little wearily and looked back at me. "You sure you want me to go with you guys? I can find another boat…"
"Of course you can join us." Albus smiled. They all greeted each other, Scorpius' a little less friendly than his greeting with Albus and Hagrid, and we all climbed into the boat, Jason and I in front.
"Try 'n not fall in!" Hagrid bellowed before the boats started floating across the surface of the lake towards the castle. I heard a few people gasp as the boats started moving on their own and other people laugh and point, talking excitedly among themselves.
I smiled, staring at the castle that would now be my home. Mum had told me about the first time she'd seen Hogwarts, as did Dad, though his account was much less descriptive. As much as I'd read about it, I'd never imagined how majestic and magical it would be. There was no way anything could ever top Hogwarts.
"Amazing!" Jason said, looking at the castle as well. He smiled at me before his eyes fell on something behind me and he screamed.
I spun around, seeing a giant tentacle slowly drift back under the water. Laughing, I glanced around at the boy's faces, each with a different degree of fright on their faces. "It's only the giant squid. There's nothing to be frightened of."
"Nothing to be frightened of? It's a giant bloody squid!" Jason eyed the water nervously.
I smiled. "He's friendly. There's a myth actually that the giant squid is really Godric Gryffindor as his animagus."
Albus sighed. "You should really put down the books every once in a while, Rosie."
I playfully stuck my tongue out at him before facing forward again and watching the castle again in awe.
"Well," Scorpius whispered behind me, "we all know which house she's getting into."
I felt myself blush a little, thankful for the darkness to help hide it. Only a little bit longer and I wouldn't have to interact with Scorpius Malfoy again.
After all of the first years had finished getting off the boats and onto the shore, Hagrid lead us all into the castle, having all of us line up outside two giant double doors. A pretty woman with long black hair and hard blue eyes watched us all carefully.
"Thank you, Hagrid." She smiled kindly to him before directing her attention back to us. "Hello first years. I am your Charms professor, Professor Drusilla." She paused a moment, seeming to be evaluating us. "Tonight before the feast, you will be sorted into your houses. Now for those of you who may not know, there are four houses at Hogwarts: Slytherin, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw. Once you enter these doors, you will all be called up one at a time, I will place the Sorting Hat on your head, and you will be directed to your proper house. Now, are there any questions?" She looked around at the silent group of eleven year olds and barely smiled. "Good, now follow me." She turned around and led us into the Great Hall. The room was decorated with all of the House flags hanging above each of the four long tables. I spotted James, Victoire, Dominique, and Molly sitting at the Gryffindor table, each giving me and Albus encouraging smiles, apart from James who was still trying to psych Albus out. Lucy, the only Weasley-Potter cousin to be sorted outside of Gryffindor thus far, whispered a "Good luck!" to us from the Ravenclaw table as we passed her.
We came to a stop in front if an old hat sitting on a wooden stool. The older students fell into silence as Professor Drusilla unrolled a scroll and picked up the old hat. One by one, the first years were called up to the front, each ranging in different levels of fright and excitement. When Rose Malfoy was called, she smiled as she walked gracefully up to the stool and sat down, seemingly unconcerned about where she was going to be placed. I glanced beside me seeing Albus biting his fingernails and Scorpius watching his sister calmly. In a few short seconds, the hat cried, "Slytherin!" and Rose skipped happily to her table.
Scorpius was called after and ignored the quiet whispers as he walked confidently to the chair. The hat spent longer on him than his sister, and each passing second, Scorpius seemed look more and more grim. Finally, the hat decided to put him into Slytherin, which judging from what Dad and what Scorpius himself had told me, wasn't much of a surprise. I watched him as he joined his sister and quickly looked to the front again before he saw me.
A quiet girl with large glasses by the name of Caitlyn Mitchell was next. She kept her head down as she shuffled to the front. She squeaked a little and then was silent until the Sorting Hat announced that she would be the first to be sorted into Gryffindor. I clapped for her, more enthusiastically than I probably should have. I saw Dominique giggle at me and wave. I smiled back and watched as Caitlyn sat down next to a really tall boy and stare at her empty plate.
There was a shuffling behind me and Roxy appeared where Scorpius was just standing. "Bloody hell, Rosie! You'd think I'd be able to find you anywhere with that red hair of yours. I've been looking for you all night!" She gave me a joking smile and glanced at Jason. "Hey stranger. Roxy Weasley. Who are you?"
Before he could answer, Professor Drusilla called his name and he turned a sickly color and looked at the floor as he made his way to the stool. The hat took a bit of time on Jason, and all I could see were jerky shakes of the head from him. It seemed the hat wanted to sort him into a house he didn't particularly want to join. With a chuckle, the Sorting Hat announced that Jason would be in Hufflepuff. Though slightly disappointed, I clapped for him as he regained the color in his face as sat under the black and yellow flag with his fellow housemates.
"Potter, Albus!" Interrupted my thoughts and Albus stiffened by my side. With a gentle nudge from me and a not so gentle push from Roxanne, he stepped forward and sat on the stool, meeting my eyes nervously as Professor Drusilla placed the Sorting Hat on his head. My stomach was in knots as the hat seemed to take forever deciding where to put Albus, each moment feeling like an eternity. People started to whisper and I looked around and glared at my fellow first years. He deserved the same respect I knew he'd give them. I turned back around, watching Albus seem to relax.
I smiled and whispered to Roxy. "Thank Merlin, that means he'll be in-"
"Slytherin!" The Hat called out. The hall was nearly silent other than many confused Slytherins clapping for him. I watched in horror as Albus took his place next to Scorpius, who patted him on the back before meeting my eyes. I ground my teeth together, glaring at him before whipping my head to the front again. I didn't know exactly how, but I knew Scorpius Malfoy must have been the reason Albus was sorted into Slytherin. There was no other explanation.
Roxy smiled at me sympathetically, clearly at a loss for words herself. I stood there with my head spinning with thoughts, only catching the black haired girl from the train, Luciana Bell, being sorted into Slytherin, and Skye Vickery, a girl with bright red hair being sorted into Gryffindor as well. It wasn't until Roxy elbowed me hard in the side did I realize that it was my turn.
I felt my face heat up in embarrassment as I felt everyone's eyes on me when I took my seat on the stool. Professor Drusilla set the Sorting Hat on my head and I was immediately greeted by a deep voice.
"Another Weasley, eh?" The voice chuckled. "Seems you have quite the mind. Though you're rather brave and ambitious, too. Interesting."
I sighed, silently wishing to be put into Gryffindor, or at very least Ravenclaw.
"You have fairly strong opinions of Slytherin, Miss Weasley. Are you sure they're accurate?"
I suppressed the urge to argue and chewed on the inside of my cheek and I thought of Gryffindor, mentally begging the hat not to put me anywhere else.
"Don't be so quick to judge, Weasley." The voice told me before shouting, "Gryffindor!"
I smiled excitedly as the Sorting Hat was taken off my head. I got up, getting a "Whoop!" from Roxy as I walked to the Gryffindor table with my head held high. James and Dom quickly scooted over to make room for me and James threw his arms around my shoulders.
"Good job, Rosie." He grinned at me, like I'd actually accomplished something.
"Yeah, welcome to the best house at Hogwarts." Dominique winked at me and laughed, causing a couple of the boys sitting around us to sigh quietly.
Vic shushed us as Roxy was sorted into Gryffindor as well and we all laughed when she fist-pumped before running over to us and sitting across from me.
"What took you so long, Rosie? That bloody hat seemed to take forever on you." Roxy said as she sat down.
"Yeah, what was it saying?" Dominique asked curiously, flipping her blonde hair over her shoulder.
"Trying to decide between Gryffindor and Ravenclaw. Just like Dad said it would." I smiled at them. Technically I wasn't telling a lie, just not the whole truth.
After Zeb Zabini was sorted into Slytherin, a pretty older woman with short blonde hair stood, calling our attention to her. "Welcome to Hogwarts first years and welcome back upperclassmen!" She smiled as there were a few cheers from the Gryffindor and Hufflepuff tables. "Before we begin our feast, I have only a few announcements. First, no student is allowed to enter the Forbidden Forest. Secondly, there will be no dueling in the hallways." She looked at James, who shrank a bit in his seat. "I know we had a bit of an issue with that last year. Lastly, classes will begin tomorrow morning. Your Head of House will give you your schedules once you get settled in your dorms." She paused a moment before waving her wand and a giant display of food that would rival Grandma Molly appeared in front of us. "Enjoy!"
Students automatically started grabbing food. Roxy and I looked around a moment before joining in. I decided to go against Mum's rules of dessert after dinner and immediately went for a slice of key lime pie.
James shook his head, his mouth too full of food to speak, and put a spoonful of carrots on my plate. I sighed, but decided that him owling Mum and telling her I wasn't eating properly wasn't the best start to the school year and ate the carrots grudgingly after a bite of the pie.
Molly nudged Vic and nodded her head towards the Slytherin table. "I can't tell if he's upset or pleased to be over there."
I looked up to see Albus laughing with Scorpius about something as they shoveled food into their mouths, meeting my eyes and giving me an apologetic smile before returning to his food.
"Forget him. I swear, Mum must have dropped him on his head as a baby." James said with his mouth full.
Dominique rolled her eyes and handed James a napkin. "Someone dropped you on your head too, Jamie."
"Yeah, then tossed him off the roof." Roxy joked.
I looked away from the Slytherin table and smiled at my cousins. I didn't need Albus and he clearly didn't need me. We all continued to joke and laugh amongst ourselves. After eating way too much dessert, the Headmistress dismissed us, telling us first years to follow the Prefects to our Dormitories.
Roxy ducked under the table and appeared next to me, looking excited. "I can't wait to see our dorms. Dom says they're great, like the beds make themselves and the bathroom counter in full of makeup and stuff!"
I frowned. "The beds don't make themselves. House elves do it. Honestly, she should make her own bed. The house elves don't get paid enough for that."
Roxy rolled her eyes and linked her arm through mine, dragging me out of the Great Hall where we'd seen the red head Skye Vickery chase after a group of first years.
"Rose!" Albus called behind me. "Rosie, wait!"
Roxy glanced behind us as I kept walking. "Um, Rose..?"
"I don't want to talk to him." I said shortly, walking quickly to catch up with Skye and the rest of the first years. I ignored her sigh as the Prefect spoke to us, giving us directions on the easiest paths to class and to be careful of the ever changing staircases. After what seemed like an eternity of climbing stairs, we reached a portrait of the Fat Lady, whom I remember Dad telling me was an awful singer.
"The passwords change," the Prefect told us, "but for now, the password is bubotuber." With that, the portrait swung open and all of us climbed inside, looking around at the red and gold common room. "Here is where most of the students hang out between and after classes." He pointed to a bulletin board of sorts. "And here is where any house or school information will be posted. Our Quidditch games are also posted there so check them often." He smiled. "Now, ladies, your dorms are just up this staircase to your right. Boys, the same on your left. I should warn you boys that it is not possible to get into the girl's dorms, so I suggest, to keep from embarrassing yourselves, you stay off the stair case."
A blonde-haired boy sighed dramatically, giving Skye a giant grin and causing her to blush and inch away from him.
The Prefect shook his head and told us to go pick our beds. We all shuffled up the stairs and Roxy shoved her way to the front of the crowd, jumping onto the bed in the very middle of the room. I walked in after her and took one of the beds beside hers that had a big window next to it, giving a great view of the Quidditch Pitch. Skye and Caitlyn both came in, each choosing the beds in the corners of the room. Skye's bed was next to mine, and Caitlyn's was farthest away from all of ours. They both decorated the walls next to their beds with posters and pictures as Roxy and I unpacked and talked excitedly to each other.
"I'm excited to start classes," I told her as I pulled my books out of my trunk. "I wonder which class we'll have first."
Roxy rolled her eyes. "Of course you're excited for the classes, Rosie. I just hope we're not stuck with boring classes because we're first years. I'm ready to get to the good stuff. I hope our first lesson is with the Hufflepuffs, though. That curly-haired boy is pretty cute.
I laughed and pulled out a picture of Albus and I smiled goofily at the camera and frowned, dropping it back inside the truck and shutting it. "Knowing my rotten luck, it'll be with the Slytherins."
And hour later, Roxy laid on her bed, groaning and complaining about my luck affecting the rest of them. "Charms with the Slytherins? Really, Rose? You just had to open your mouth and jinx us, didn't you?"
"I said I was sorry…" I repeated for the millionth time. After we'd gotten our schedules, Caitlyn and Skye hadn't made a noise. If they hadn't been so quiet before, I would have thought they were mad at me too.
Roxy held her schedule up. "At least we have Defense Against the Dark Arts with Hufflepuffs after, but then we have Care of Magical Creatures with the Slytherins again…"
"I heard they try to put Gryffindors and Slytherins together in more classes since the war," Skye said quietly from her bed. "they're hoping it will relieve some of the tension if we have to work together or something…"
"Brilliant. Just brilliant. You would have thought James or Dom would have bloody well told us that." Roxy sighed dramatically and put her schedule on the nightstand. We were all quiet for a moment before she spoke again. "I wonder how Al is doing."
I snatched the brush off my desk with unnecessary force and started working on my messy hair.
"Oh come on, Rosie." Roxie looked over at me with her dark eyes. "You can't really be mad at him. It's not like he chose to be sorted into Slytherin."
I bit my lip to keep from disagreeing. "It's not that he's in Slytherin. It's that he's friends with that prat, Scorpius Malfoy. Even after my dad's warning…"
"We all know your dad likes to exaggerate, Rosie… the kid can't be that bad."
I gave her a sharp look and pulled my hair into a fluffy ponytail. "You haven't had to speak with him yet. He was in the same compartment as me the whole train ride here and when I say he's trouble, I mean he's trouble. Albus shouldn't be associating with people like that." I set my brush back down and laid down, pulling the covers up to my neck.
"I think you're jealous, personally." Roxy said casually.
"You what? Me? Jealous- don't be ridiculous, Roxanne." I felt my face heat up again.
"Ridiculous, right." She muttered something under her breath and rolled onto her side, facing away from me. "Night, Rosie."
I sighed and stared at the canopy of my bed. "Good night, Roxy."
That night, I dreamt I was sitting on the wooden stool in the Great Hall with the Sorting Hat on my head. The lights were dimmed and it was completely silent as the Hat contemplated putting me in Slytherin.
Please, anything but Slytherin! I screamed mentally, Anything! Send me home before you put me there!
The Sorting Hat chuckled darkly before announcing to everyone that I would be the newest addition to Slytherin. No one clapped or even whispered as I walked to the Slytherin table. I glanced over at James and Dominique, both of them glaring at me like I was Voldemort's child. I quickly looked at the ground and tried not to look at anyone else.
At least Albus will be with you. I tried to comfort myself. It'll be fine, Al will be there too.
I looked up, seeing only one empty space between the Malfoy twins. I awkwardly sat there and looked around Scorpius, hoping to see an encouraging smile from my best friend, but he wasn't there. Confused, I tapped Scorpius' shoulder, receiving a cold and indifferent glare.
"Where is Albus?" I whispered.
He raised an eyebrow and smirked, looking at me like I was insane. "What planet are you on, Weasley? He's in Gryffindor, just like the rest of your family."
I quickly looked over the sea of heads and to my horror saw Albus sitting with my cousins, laughing with them and giving me an icy glare.
I sat straight up in my bed, looking around a moment before calming down when I recognized the Gryffindor colors around the room. I looked over at Roxy's bed, finding it empty, as well as Caitlyn and Skye's. After rubbing my face roughly, I pushed myself out of bed and walked over to the bathroom. I took a long, hot shower, trying to wash away the ill feeling in the pit of my stomach from the dream. After quickly getting ready, taking care in making sure my uniform looked perfect; I grabbed my bag and books and walked calmly to the Great Hall.
Most of the students seemed to already be there, eating plate after plate of pancakes, eggs, and bacon. Roxy waved at me from our table and I quickly made my way over to her, making sure not to glance in the Slytherin table's direction.
"Try the bacon. Seriously. It's to die for." Roxy told me, piling about ten pieces on my plate.
I laughed. "This food is going to kill me. I'll never be able to stop eating it."
"Eat some fruit, Rosie." James ordered from a few seats down.
I looked at him annoyed. "Since when do you care about my diet?"
He smiled cheekily. "Since Uncle Ron paid me to keep an eye on you. Besides, if you plan on trying out for the team next year, you better start eating better and training. Serious business, Quidditch is."
I looked at his plate and back up at him with an eyebrow raised. "Is that why you have nothing but bacon and sausage on your plate? There's some real nutritional value there."
He looked at his plate and frowned. "What? It's protein."
Roxy and I laughed and continued eating and discussing what we though Charms would be like.
"All I know is that I'm partnering up with you. In everything. Seriously, I've never known someone to study before school has even started."
I blushed. "I was just curious…"
She giggled, looking at the other side of the Great Hall and then back at me. "By the way, how does your head feel?"
I looked at her, confused. "My head? Fine, I suppose. Why?"
"Because Al and the Malfoy dude are staring a hole in it."
I sighed and looked over at them. Al relaxed and smiled enthusiastically at me while Scorpius' expression remained calm, his mouth barely hinting a smirk. I gave Albus a half hearted smile back, refusing to look at Scorpius again, and went back to my breakfast.
"You do realize you're going to have to talk to Albus in like twenty minutes, right? We have Charms with him, remember?" Roxy reminded me.
I suppressed the urge to say some of my father's favorite curse words. "I know, Roxy. I just don't want to deal with him right now." I looked up at her in time to see her sneer at someone. I followed her eyes to Rose Malfoy who was sitting next to her brother and now glaring at me. A little alarmed, I looked at Roxy. "What the bloody hell is that look for?"
Roxy shrugged and flipped her hair over her shoulder. "All I saw was her talking to her brother and then she started glaring over here. I don't know what her problem is."
I groaned and pushed my plate away from me. Charms was going to be fun…
Roxy and I left the Great Hall a few minutes later and made our way to the Charms class. We learned quickly not to trust upper-class boys to give proper directions, but we soon found our way and, much to Roxy's dismay, sat in the front. Student slowly entered the classroom, most trying to find a spot in the middle or the very back.
A few minutes after sitting down, I was flipping through my textbook when I felt a tap on my shoulder. When I turned around and Albus' green eyes met mine.
"Rosie, will you please talk to me?"
I sighed and shut my book, feeling both aggravated and guilty. "What do you want to talk about?"
He sat in the desk to my left and frowned. "I'm sorry I'm not in Gryffindor."
I looked down at my charms textbook. "It's fine, Al…" I said in a small voice.
"We'll still see each other all the time." He assured me. "Everyday, I promise."
I turned to look at him, offering a small smile. " I know, I was just looking forward to being with you all the time, is all. Like we've always talked about."
Roxy shifted uncomfortably beside me. I knew she wasn't one for deep conversations.
He grinned. "I know. But we'll just have to find new ways to cause trouble. Ok?"
I laughed softly. "Ok."
"Is it safe to come over or should I keep my distance?" I heard Scorpius ask from behind me. He smirked when I looked over my shoulder at him. "Hey, Princess. Not still pouting, are you?"
I glared at him. "You know, it really wouldn't hurt my feelings if you stayed in the back of the classroom, Malfoy. I'm not nearly as tempted to hex you when you're not in my face."
He chuckled and sat next to Albus, who was glancing nervously between us. "Actually, Weasley, I think you'd rather enjoy me being in your face."
I flushed bright red, feeling Roxy nudge me as she whispered for me to calm down. I took a deep breath, ready to strike back with my own witty response when Professor Drusilla walked out of her office and stepped into the front of the class. Everyone fell silent and I glared at Scorpius before turning my attention to her.
"Welcome to Charms, first years. Here I'll teach you how to make objects change color, fly, move on its own accord, and much more. Today, we'll being with the theory of the Hover spell. Now can anyone tell me the incantation for such a spell?"
I raised my hand immediately.
She looked at me with a somewhat pleased expression. "Yes, Miss…"
"Weasley, Professor. The incantation is Wingardrium Leviosa."
She nodded in agreement. "Very good, Miss Weasley. Now who can tell me a possible variation to this spell?"
I raised my hand again.
She looked in my direction, humored. "Yes, Miss Weasley?"
"Alarte Ascendare, I believe."
She smiled a little bit. "Very good. Five points to Gryffindor." She turned and started writing on the board. Roxy nudged me, giving me a huge smile. I returned it and started writing down everything she wrote on the board, ignoring the look Scorpius was giving me.
The rest of Charms passed quickly and soon it was time for lunch. Roxy and I grabbed seats next to Dominique and Vic, ignoring the boys who were staring at them and talked to one another how our classes were going.
"Transfigurations is going to be easy." Dom said, sipping on her pumpkin juice. "I was worried that Professor Tibbett's would be harder on us this year, but surprisingly he's not."
"Just you wait until you're in seventh year." Vic started grimly. "I already have a foot of parchment on vampires due for Defense Against the Dark Arts. I knew I shouldn't have gone with NEWT level…"
I glanced at the entrance hall and saw Al walk in with Scorpius and frowned.
"Looks like Al made a new friend." Dom said, following my gaze.
"Yeah, Rose really hit it off with him." Roxy giggled.
I rolled my eyes. "Hardly."
Dom laughed, "Rosie befriend a Malfoy? Uncle Ron has taught her better than that."
I looked back at my plate and bit into my bread roll a little too roughly. "He's an obnoxious prat. I want nothing to do with him."
"Not talking about me, are you?" James asked as he sat across from us,
"No, we're talking about Scorpius Malfoy." Roxy corrected, glancing at in the boy's direction.
James grimaced. "First, Al gets himself sorted into the wrong house, now he's friends with a bloody Malfoy. What's going on with him?"
I sighed and turned them out, focusing on my lunch and reading over my Charms notes. This year wasn't turning out to be the way I'd planned at all.
