AN: Hi, so this is my first attempt at a multi-chaptered fic. I guess I just wanted to write a story about what I think the Next Gen was like, because I am a HUGE ScoRose fan. I can say right now that it's going to be a long story, and while Scorpius and Rose are the main focus, it also focuses on other pairings as well. Also the prologue takes place during the first day of their first year, but the chapters afterwards will jump ahead to the gang's 6th year. But anyways, read, enjoy, and review. Thanks!
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, or any of its characters. They all belong to the flawless J.K. Rowling. Any dialogue recognizable in this chapter is from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Thursday, September 1st, 2016
King's Cross Station, London
Moving quickly through the crowded train station, a family of four headed towards platforms nine and ten.
"Hugo, darling, please keep up!" admonished the mother. "We don't want your sister to be late for the train, now do we?"
"I don't see why I can't go to Hogwarts now Mum ," whined the boy, a child of ten years old.
"Son, we've been over this. Next year you'll be off as well, just you wait," the father said, flashing back to his own first day taking the train to school.
Rushing through the crowd, they finally made it to Platform 9. Walking in-between the pillars of Platforms 9 and 10, the family stopped.
"Ron, why don't you take Rosie first, and I'll come after with Hugo."
"Sure, love," Ron nodded at his wife. Turning to his eleven year daughter, he asked, "Rosie, are you ready?"
The small red headed girl beside him looked up at her father. "Mhmm, let's go Dad," she said, smiling nervously.
Ron took his daughters hand, pushing her trolley with his other hand, and said, "Alright on the count of three. One… Two… Three!"
Squeezing her eyes tightly, Rose ran with her father towards the barrier between the platforms, bracing herself for an collision.
No impact came.
Coming out on the other side, she quickly opened her eyes. Waving her hand to clear the steam from her face, she saw a scarlet steam engine a bit ahead of her, with the words 'Hogwarts Express' printed on the front of it. The platform next to the train was packed with students swarming through the masses of families sharing tearful goodbyes.
"Hugo stop dawdling, please!" Rose heard behind her.
Turning around, she saw that her mother pulling her brother towards them.
"Come on you lot, I told Harry we'd meet them over there," her father indicated further down the platform, towards the last carriage.
Making their way down the platform, everything hit Rose at once. Finally, she was going to Hogwarts. Grinning inwardly as she walked next to her father, she tried to spot the emerald eyes and black hair that marked her best friend and cousin, Albus Potter.
"There," Hugo pointed at the front of the train, "I think that's them."
Turning around, Rose saw a family of five walking towards them. A little redheaded girl was clutching her father's arm, trailed shortly after by her mother. Behind them, were two black haired boys. The older boy looked to be teasing the younger about something, causing Rose to sigh in frustration. She knew James too well to believe that he wouldn't say some mocking remark to Albus about his first day at Hogwarts.
As they came closer, Rose saw the mother point towards them, and emerald eyes met her blue ones. Instantly, Rose saw her best friend smile in relief.
"Hi," Albus breathed, sounding immensely relieved.
Rose just beamed at him.
"Parked alright then? Ron asked Harry. "I did. Hermione didn't believe I could pass a Muggle driving test, did you? She thought I'd have to Confund the examiner."
"No I didn't," said Hermione, "I had complete faith in you."
Rose saw her father whisper something to her uncle as they lifted Al's trunk and owl onto the train, after which they both started laughing.
Turning to Al, she asked, "Are you nervous?"
"A little," Al replied hesitantly.
Turning back towards their family, she caught her father saying, "If you're not in Gryffindor, we'll disinherit you. But no pressure."
"Ron!" exclaimed her mother and Aunt Ginny.
While Hugo and Lily laughed, Rose and Albus looked solemn. Rose wasn't afraid of being sorted anywhere other that Gryffindor. She knew that her father would love her no matter what. As she looked at Al, however, she knew that it was one of his fears to be sorted into a different house from his family, and disappoint everyone.
"He doesn't mean it," Hermione and Ginny assured Rose and Albus.
Looking to her father for confirmation, Rose instead found him directing her uncle towards another family a little ways down the platform. She saw a tall, handsome blonde man standing next to a beautiful brunette woman. The woman was hugging a small child, who's hair was as blonde as his father's, but much messier. Catching sight of Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny, the blonde man nodded curtly and turned back to his son, leaning down to tell him something.
"So that's little Scorpius," Ron said under his breath. "Make sure you beat him in every test, Rosie. Thank God you inherited your mother's brains."
"Ron, for heaven's sake," said Hermione. "Don't try to turn them against each other before they've even started school!"
"You're right, sorry," said Ron. Unable to help himself, he added, "Don't get too friendly with him, though, Rosie. Granddad Weasley would never forgive you if you married a pureblood."
Rose blushed immediately, looking downwards, as her mother and aunt scolded her father.
"Hey!"
James appeared in front of the family. "Teddy's back there, just seen him! And guess what he's doing? Snogging Victoire!"
None of the adults reacted, disappointing James.
"Our Teddy! Teddy Lupin!" he continued, still looking for a reaction. "Snogging our Victoire! Our cousin! And I asked Teddy what he was doing "
"You interrupted them?" said Ginny. "You are so like Ron "
" and he said he'd come to see her off! And then he told me to go away! He's snogging her!" finished James, worried that he hadn't made himself clear.
Rolling her eyes, Rose turned her attention back to Al, as Harry and James argued over the idea of having Teddy come and live with them.
"Al, are you sure you're ok?" she asked, trying to catch his eyes.
"Yeah, Rosie, I'm fine. Just ready to get away from James, you know." he answered, giving a nervous chuckle, while avoiding her stare.
"It's nearly eleven, you'd better get on board," Harry told them all.
"See you later Al. Watch out for the thestrals," said James, turning to go find his friends.
"I thought they were invisible? You said they were invisible!"
James just laughed, let his mother kiss him, gave his father a short hug, and ran onto the train to find Fred and Louis.
Rose turned to her mother and father, as Harry assured Al that thestrals were gentle creatures.
"We'll miss you Rosie," said her father, with her mother nodding, tears quite evident in her eyes.
"I'll miss you too," Rose said as she hugged them both. "I'll write every week."
Before she could turn to him, Hugo came up and squeezed her from behind. "Rosie, if I'm a good boy, will you stay?" he asked softly.
Rose let out a small laugh. "Hugo that's not why I'm going, you know that. But you should be a good boy anyways," she smiled at her brother, patting him on the head. He grinned at her, taking his mother's hand.
Hugging her father once more, she saw Al and his father having a quiet chat further away, and made a mental note to ask Al what that was about.
Just before letting go of her father, he whispered, "I love you Rosie. And I'll be proud of you no matter what house you get into, ok?"
Smiling, she gave her father a small peck on the cheek, and nodded at him.
Getting on the train, she waited for Al to catch up. As Al jumped in the carriage, a number of faces began to turn towards his father.
"Why are they staring?" demanded Al
"Don't let it worry you," said Ron. "It's me, I'm extremely famous."
Laughing, Rose and Al waved goodbye to their parents as the train started moving. As the engine picked up speed, they turned to each other, and smiled. They were finally on their way to Hogwarts.
Thursday, September 1st, 2016
Hogwarts Express, somewhere in the English countryside
"Al, come on! We have to find a compartment."
"As long as it's no where near James, I'm fine with anywhere Rose. I'm tired of him teasing me about being in Slytherin."
"Al you really shouldn't take it to heart." Rose said, looking around for an empty compartment.
"Yeah, that's what dad says," he sighed in reply.
"Aha! I think I've found on ," Rose started. "Oh wait, that blonde bloke from the platform is in there. Do you think it's ok to go in?" she asked hesitantly.
"Why not? He couldn't be worse than James."
Sliding the door open, Albus took charge and stepped in.
Scorpius Malfoy turned away from the window to find a dark haired boy and redheaded girl standing in the doorway.
"Hello mate," began the black haired boy. "Do you mind if we sit here? Everywhere else is full."
Scorpius shook his head, and gestured towards the seats across from him.
"I'm Albus Potter, but you can call me Al. And this is my cousin Rose Weasley," Al said sticking out his hand.
Scorpius hesitated, before taking Al's hand and shaking it. "I'm Scorpius, Scorpius Malfoy" he said softly.
"Quite a mouthful," Al replied, "mind if I call you Scorp?"
Scorpius smiled and nodded. "That's what my parents call me too." Turning towards the redheaded girl, Scorpius saw that she seemed to be staring out the window in awe. He quirked an eyebrow at Al in question.
"Oh don't mind her, she's just lost in the wonder of our first day," laughed Al, easing into the situation quickly.
Scorpius nodded his head in assent.
Breaking out of her reverie, Rose turned to the blonde boy. "So what house to you want to be in, Scorpius?" she asked carefully, purposefully using his full name.
"Well most of my parent's family has been in Slytherin, except for my mum, who was in Ravenclaw." he began. "But Mum and Dad told me they didn't care what house I was sorted into, as long as I was happy, so I suppose I'll just leave it up to the hat to decide. My cousin Melanie's in Slytherin though, and she seems to like it."
Al and Rose just nodded at him, clearly surprised by his nonchalance about the sorting.
"How about you lot?"
Rose answered first. "Well our whole family has been in Gryffindor, but I hear Ravenclaws are really smart. I dunno, I suppose either of those would be acceptable."
"Ravenclaw, huh? So you're probably a book-worm then," joked Scorpius.
Rose snapped her head toward him, glaring. Not understanding that he was joking, she said, coldly, "In fact, I do like reading books. Is that a problem, Malfoy?"
Scorpius stuttered, caught off guard by her sudden attack. "N-n-no I was just sayin- "
"I know what you were saying," stated Rose, cutting him off and standing up, "and I'm not sure I like being judged by someone who doesn't even know me." Turning to Al, who was unsuccessfully trying to hide his snicker under his breath, she said, "Al I'm going to go see if I can find Lucy or Dom." And with that she stomped out of the room.
Scorpius just stared after her. "Blimey! I didn't mean anything by it," he said softly, "I was just joking."
Al turned to him with a sympathetic smile. "I know mate, don't take it to heart. Rose is known for her temper, and it can be triggered by the smallest things. I'm sure she won't hold it against you."
Little did Albus know how wrong he was.
Scorpius sighed, slumping down in his seat. "Thanks mate. So you haven't told me where you want to be sorted."
Al shifted uncomfortably. Avoiding Scorpius' eyes at first, he decided who better to tell his worries to than someone he had just met. Someone who had no affiliation with his family whatsoever.
"Well my whole family's been in Gryffindor for ages, but I'm not sure where I want to be sorted," Al started.
"Oh?" Scorpius prodded.
"Yeah. It's just my brother, James, is always teasing me about how I'm going to get sorted into Slytherin, and it used to really bother me. But then my dad took me aside before we left on the train and reassured me that Slytherin wasn't all that bad."
"What did he say? If you don't mind me asking that is."
"Just that there was nothing wrong with being in Slytherin, and one of the bravest men he ever knew was a Slytherin." Al replied, thinking back to his talk with his father.
Scorpius sat in silence for a while. Then he made a decision.
"I'm going to tell you something I've never told anyone," Scorpius confided, "not even my parents."
Al looked up from his seat and scooted forward.
"I want to be in Slytherin."
Albus raised his eyebrows in question.
"My whole family has been in Slytherin, and they always tended to have a dark reputation. So my father told me he wouldn't have any problem if I didn't want to be associated with the Slytherin house, and that I could be sorted anywhere else since the sorting hat listens to what the student wants. But instead, I've decided that I'm going to be in Slytherin and give the Slytherin Malfoys a new reputation," he ended, looking relieved to have finally confided in someone.
Al was impressed. Smiling at the boy across from him, Albus decided that if Scorpius Malfoy was the type of person that was going to be in Slytherin, maybe it wasn't such a bad place to end up.
A few hours later found Albus and Scorpius eating chocolate frogs and talking about the latest Puddlemere vs. Cannons Quidditch match.
"That ref was totally blind! How did he not see that the Puddlemere beater chucked his club at the Cannons' chaser?"
Laughing, Al agreed. "I know, it was pretty obvious that- "
Suddenly the door slammed open, interrupting Albus. Stepping into the carriage was a small brunette girl, with medium toned skin, and piercing brown eyes. Behind her was a boy with identical features.
"There you are Scorp, we've been looking everywhere for you!" cried the girl, with the boy behind her smiling.
Grinning, Scorpius greeted them. "Ella, Aiden. I've been here the entire time."
"This train is so long," Ella complained, taking a seat next to Al, who nervously scooted over. "And we got stuck behind the food trolley for twenty minutes!"
Aiden just shook his head at his sister's antics, and sat down next to Scorpius. Lifting his head to Al, he smiled, stuck out his hand, and introduced himself. "Hi, I'm Aiden, Aiden Zabini. And this drama queen over here is my sister Ella," he said indicating the girl next to Al.
Ignoring Ella's indignant cry, Al shook his hand and said, "I'm Al, Al Potter."
"Nice to meet you Al." Turning, he saw a pile of chocolate frogs next to Scorpius, and grabbed one.
"Hey!" Scorpius cried. "Those are mine!"
"Yours, mine, what the difference really?" Aiden chuckled as he unwrapped the candy, making Scorpius roll his eyes.
Turning to Al, who looked a little confused, Scorpius said, "I've known this git since we were babies, hence his complete comfort with stealing my food."
Mouth full, Aiden just smiled, chomping on the whole chocolate frog in his mouth, while Ella looked disgustedly at him.
Swallowing his candy, Aiden took the card from the wrapper and turned it over and gave a start. Staring up at him was almost a replica of the boy sitting in front of him. Looking up at Al and indicating towards the card, he said, "Is this your dad?"
Knowing who he meant, Al blushed and nodded. Suddenly he heard a laugh come from across him.
"That is brill," Aiden exclaimed. "Your dad is on a chocolate frog card!"
Al laughed nervously, and replied, "Yeah, so I've heard."
After that the boys resumed their Quidditch talk, while a bored Ella looked out the window.
Twenty minutes later the door slammed open once again, causing the first years to jump. Rose stepped into the carriage once more.
"Oh Merlin, finally, another girl," cried Ella. Jumping up, she walked over to Rose. "Hi, I'm Ella. Please save me, they've been talking about Quidditch for the last half an hour," she complained.
Amused, Rose stared at the girl in front of her for a moment, before smiling and sticking out her hand. "I'm Rose. I was gonna check in with Al, but if they're just talking about Quidditch, we can go back to my other cousins' compartment. They're all girls."
"How many cousins do you have?" asked Scorpius, to which no one replied.
"Merlin, yes please!" Ella replied to Rose. "Aiden, I'll see you at the station. Bye boys."
Without so much as a glance backward, the two girls stepped out of the carriage, leaving the boys to talk about Quidditch in peace.
Thursday, September 1st, 2016
Hogsmeade Station, Hogsmeade Village, Scotland
The Hogwarts Express arrived at Hogsmeade Station just as the sun was setting.
Stepping out onto the nearly dark platform, Al, Scorpius, and Aiden drudged towards a voice calling, "Firs' years follow me! C'mon firs' years."
Grinning, Al saw Hagrid up ahead and beckoned to the other two boys. After exchanging greetings with Hagrid, the three boys stepped into a boat, where they were joined by a boy with shaggy blonde hair.
"Lorcan, mate!" Al cried, greeting the newcomer. "I didn't see you on the train at all!"
"Sorry Al, mum had Lysander and me up most of the night looking for nargles in the garden," he groaned looking exhausted. "I swear, that woman is absolutely barmy. Lysander was fine, but I ended up finding an empty compartment and sleeping the whole way here."
Al laughed at his Aunt Luna's eccentricities, which Lorcan didn't share as much of. Turning to Scorpius and Aiden, he introduced the new addition. "Lorcan, this is Scorpius and Aiden. I met them on the train."
The boys all shook hands just as the boats started moving. Up ahead Albus saw Rose in a boat, along with Ella and two other girls. Al waved at Rose, but she was too busy staring ahead at something.
Turning his face towards what was capturing Rose's attention, Al saw what she was looking at. Suddenly nothing but the soft waves of the lake could be heard. Ahead of them was the largest castle Al had ever seen, lit up with what looked like thousands of lights, causing the sky above it to glow slightly.
They had finally arrived at Hogwarts.
Thursday, September 1st, 2016
The Great Hall, Hogwarts
Rose fidgeted nervously with her fingers. Standing next to her was Ella, who was also fidgeting. The two girls had made fast friends on the train, and had taken a boat to the castle together. Now inside the Great Hall, they were waiting to be sorted.
"Ackerly, Justin!" came the voice of Professor Longbottom.
A small blonde boy started forward nervously. Sitting down on the stool, Professor Longbottom placed the sorting hat on his head. After about a minute of silence, the Sorting Hat suddenly cried out, "RAVENCLAW!"
Applause came from the table second to the left. The boy hopped off the stool quickly and ambled over to his new table.
With the first sorting done, the rest began to move fast.
"Ackerly, Phoebe!"
"HUFFLEPUFF!"
"Boot, Amelia!"
"GRYFFINDOR!"
Thunderous applause and whistles erupted from the table decorated in red and gold as Amelia Boot, the first Gryffindor of the year, went to take her seat with her new housemates.
"Fawcett, Robert!"
"SLYTHERIN!"
Rose tried to calm herself down. Hadn't she told Al and the Malfoy boy that she didn't mind where she ended up? So why was she so nervous?
A few paces down from Rose stood Albus, with Scorpius next to him. Unlike Rose, Albus wasn't nervous at all anymore. He knew exactly where he belonged, and was determined to end up there.
"Longbottom, Emily!" called Professor Longbottom.
A short girl with blonde hair and green eyes lighter than Albus' skipped up towards the chair, a serene smile lighting up her face. Sitting on the stool, her father placed the Sorting Hat on her head. After a few moments of deliberation, the hat suddenly cried out, "GRYFFINDOR!"
Beaming, the small girl made her way over to the scarlet and gold clad table, exchanging a smile with her father. She sat down and joined the other new Gryffindors, Amelia Boot, Charlotte Jones, and Adam Caldwell.
"Malfoy, Scorpius!"
Shooting a quick smile at Albus, Scorpius walked with confidence over to the chair in the front of the Hall. As he turned around and sat down, Professor Longbottom placed the Sorting Hat on his head.
"A Malfoy eh?" whispered the Sorting Hat into Scorpius' ear. Slightly startled, Scorpius just gave a slight nod.
"Not like your father, that's for sure," continued the hat. "I barely had to be placed on his head before I knew he was a Slytherin. No, you're not like that at all. You may be ambitious, but I also sense a lot of courage, intelligence and loyalty, qualities of all the other houses."
But Scorpius already had his mind made up.
"Interesting," murmured the hat. "Well if your mind is made up… SLYTHERIN!"
Smiling inwardly, Scorpius hopped of the stool, and sent another smile at Albus before going over to the applauding Slytherin table and sitting next to the other first years. Sitting a few seats down from him across the table, he caught his cousin, Melanie Nott's, eye and received an encouraging nod from her.
A few more sortings went by before Albus' name was called.
"Potter, Albus!" came Professor Longbottom's voice.
Whistles and applause came from his family at the Gryffindor table as Albus made his way over to the front of the Hall. Sitting in the chair, he received a small wink from his parent's longtime friend before Professor Longbottom placed the hat on his messy raven hair.
"Another Potter, is it?" remarked a small voice that only Albus could hear. "Where to place you…"
As the hat deliberated, Albus looked over at Scorpius. Thinking back to the train ride and Scorpius' explanation of his choice, Albus confirmed his earlier decision.
"Well this is interesting. So similar to your father when he sat in this very spot, yet such a different choice," said the hat, referring to Harry's plea to not be placed in Slytherin. "Well if you're sure, then I suppose it had better be… SLYTHERIN!"
Silence filled the Hall for a few moments.
"We got a Potter!" came a cry, breaking the silence.
Grinning and hopping off the chair, Albus made his way over to the silver and green clad table. As if breaking out of a trance, all the Slytherins rose and began cheering, as the rest of the tables began to slowly applaud as well.
Sitting beside Scorpius, Al noticed his new friend's surprised, but pleased, expression.
"What?" asked Al, amusedly. "I figured if you were put here, it couldn't be total rubbish," he grinned, before turning to introduce himself to the other Slytherin first year, Robert Fawcett.
Scorpius gave a small chuckle before turning to face the front of the hall.
Turning toward the Gryffindor table, Al searched for his brother. Finding his familiar face, Al was surprised to see that James was staring at the front of the hall, with a neutral look on his face. A few moments later, James turned his head to meet Al's eyes. Staring at him for a split second, James gave Al a small smile, that seemed to send the message that he was surprised, but not totally disappointed.
Returning the smile, Al turned toward the sorting once more.
After a few more first years were sorted, Lorcan was finally called up to the front. After very little deliberation, the hat made it's choice.
"RAVENCLAW!" shouted the sorting hat.
Jumping of the stool, Lorcan Scamander strutted over to the Ravenclaw table.
The next few sortings went by uneventfully, with Lorcan's brother Lysander going to Hufflepuff, Ellie Robins and Max Smith joining the Slytherin table, Chris Stafford going to Gryffindor, and Ben Taylor joining Ravenclaw. Finally Rose's name was called.
"Weasley, Rose!"
Taking a deep breath, Rose made her way over to her Uncle Neville. Sitting on the stool, she shifted around a bit trying to make herself comfortable.
"Oh! Another Weasley," came a small voice. "I do love sorting Weasleys. Let's see, brave like both your parents, extremely bright like your mother, and determined to prove yourself apart from your family. I'd say you'd fit best in either Gryffindor or Ravenclaw. But where to put you…"
Rose sat patiently, waiting for the hat to make a decision. Glancing towards the Slytherin table, she saw Scorpius looking at her. The moment he caught her eye, he sent a conciliatory smile towards her, which she ignored, facing the other tables again.
Thinking back to the train, and his words about being a 'book-worm,' a momentary fleeting resistance to being put in Ravenclaw- and categorized- flitted through her head.
And that was all it took.
"Well, I suppose that decides it," said the hat suddenly. "GRYFFINDOR!"
Startled, Rose got down from the stool, and ambled over to the Gryffindor table, where her cousins all greeted her and she sat by Emily. While she was happy with her sorting, had she just been put in Gryffindor based on her fleeting worry of what Malfoy thought?
"Oh Rosie, I'm so glad you were put here too!" exclaimed Emily, interrupting Rose's thoughts. "I was afraid I wouldn't know anyone at all."
Smiling at her childhood friend, Rose gave her a hug before returning her attention to the sorting, where "Wood, Darcy" was placed in Hufflepuff.
"Zabini, Aiden!"
"RAVENCLAW!"
Seemingly surprised, but happy, Aiden strolled towards the Ravenclaw table, sitting next to Lorcan.
Finally, the last first year was called.
"Zabini, Daniella!"
Ella slowly walked up to the front, where the hat was placed on her brunette locks. After deliberating for a few minutes, the Sorting Hat yelled out, "GRYFFINDOR!"
Letting out a sigh of relief, Ella hopped off the chair, and practically ran over to the Gryffindor table to sit by Rose.
"This is wonderful, Ella, we'll be dorm mates!" Rose cried, hugging Ella. Turning to Emily, Rose introduced the two. "Ella, Emily. Emily, Ella."
The two girls smiled at each other before turning to the front where Professor McGonagall was giving the welcoming speech.
Glancing away from the Headmistress, Rose turned to the Slytherin table to try and find her best friend. Catching Al's eyes, she sent him a quick grin. He gave a slight wave back, before turning to whisper something to Scorpius, who quietly laughed in response.
Rose's smile faltered. She found herself a bit reluctant to the idea of sharing Albus with anyone else, especially after years of it being just the two of them. Hastily pushing the thought out of her head as the headmistress' speech ended, Rose clapped her hands, and turned to see the platters in front of her filling with food. Helping herself, she began to chat with the other Gryffindor first years.
After finishing dinner, Rose followed the other Gryffindors out of the hall, walking with Ella and Emily beside her.
"Devil's Snare," said the Gryffindor prefect to a portrait of a rather large lady.
"Oh, first years! How lovely," gushed the portrait, before swinging out to let them in.
Climbing into the portrait hole, the first years were told the password, given the dorm rules, and shown to where they would be living.
Afterwards, they all went to their respective dorms. The first year girl's dorm contained five girls in all; Rose, Ella, Emily, Mia Boot, and Charlotte Jones, both of who seemed to be nice girls.
Tired from the long day, the girls all clambered into their beds without unpacking. As the lights were switched off, and the dorm plunged into darkness, the last of Rose excitement died away due to exhaustion, and she closed her eyes, drifting off to sleep.
AN: Quite long for just a prologue, I know. But I wanted to give a bit of a background on everyone. Also don't judge Rose to harshly for her reaction to Scorpius' joke just yet. It sets up the start to their rocky friendship. And lastly this fic does have an 'M' rating as of right now, because of language and future chapters.
First chapter should be up pretty soon, i'm just finishing up editing. Reviews would be lovely.
-Tara
