It was during one of his breaks that he first spotted Lily, walking along the corridor carrying books in her arms while her bag seemed to be almost bursting at its seams. To the untrained eye Scorpius might have been simply glaring at her, but in reality Scorpius was watching Lily with the eyes of a hawk while at the same time trying not to make it seem so obvious, but that was quite difficult when you have a lot of people staring at you at the same time. People tend to stare at him, because of who his father was, and they weren't the happy and grateful stares that the Potter-Weasley family received…these were stares full of loathing and hatred because of what his father did. Scorpius knew that very well, as his father talked to him often about what happened when he was the same age…how stupid he had been to be roped into the Death Eater's circle, well almost, but most of all he showed remorse for all the bad things he did towards the Potter-Weasley family.

It came to no surprise then to Scorpius that during his first year his father often sent him letters to try and make friends with one or two of the Potter-Weasley family. Just to show that the Malfoy were willing to put old grudges behind, so far that hadn't worked out so well though Albus Potter seemed to be interested in a lasting friendship between the three family. A sudden sound made Scorpius snapped his head up, as he saw that Lily had tripped and scattered her books everywhere. He looked around to see if anyone would come and help her, who wouldn't after all help a Potter? But it seemed everyone was too busy trying to get from point A to point B so Scorpius went towards Lily and helped picked up her books, "Are you okay?" he asked.

The girl looked at him with fearful eyes betraying fear, "I-I'm not going to hurt your, or tease you…I just want to help you," he said hoping that it would put her fears to rest. The fear never vanished from her eyes, but she nodded in silent acknowledgement.

"T-thank you," she said in a whisper, as she looked at Scorpius, "y-you're S-Scorpius Malfoy right?"

"Yep," Scorpius said in an almost bored tone, here comes the 'your-family-is-evil-so-you-must-be-too' lecture, he was sick of hearing it all the time from the other students. Though none of the Potter-Weasley family had said anything to him even though they do kind of try to avoid him, probably thinking he was just as scathing as his father was, "look I'm-"

"Y-you're not like what dad said the M-Malfoy are," Lily said surprising Scorpius. What did Mr Potter say his family were like? He didn't know if he ever held a grudge against his father, but he probably did and he wouldn't blame him.

"Oh," was the only thing Scorpius could say, "thank you then…I guess…you're in Gryffindor right?" Scorpius asked, as he was in Slytherin himself. Big surprise there…not.

Surprisingly Lily shook her head, "H-Hufflepuff…only one to be there," she said with a small, nervous chuckle, "well only one currently at school that is…"

"Oh? That's surprising, so I guess your other siblings and cousins are in Gryffindor too?"

"N-no, w-well Albus, James and Rose are in Gryffindor, b-but Victoire is in R-Ravenclaw…she's a seventh year," Lily said with a smile.

"Oh…well shows that family isn't always everything," Scorpius said with a laugh wondering if he would have been sorted into any of the other houses if his surname wasn't Malfoy? His dad said that although he didn't do a lot of things he wasn't proud of he would try to change the name of Malfoy into something that Scorpius would be proud of and he should do the same. That was why he was trying his best in class, as well as not try to act like the world biggest prat, but that was hard when a lot of people didn't accept you.

"Y-yeah…" Lily said as the two of them remained silent. Scorpius wasn't really sure what to say, Lily had just started her education in Hogwarts this year, she probably had tons of friends by now in Hufflepuff. Scorpius on the other hand hadn't made any, there were a few children of Death Eaters and they weren't so keen on having a 'traitor' as their friend, well he would probably have to survive his school years on his own.

And speaking of friends a female, cheery voice called out, "Oi Potter!" as the two of them turned to see a fifth year Hufflepuff came up behind her, "What are you doing talking to this filth?" she asked narrowing her eyes at Scorpius as he took a step back.

"H-he was just h-helping me p-pick up my books Amara," Lily said softly.

"Yeah well I hope you'e not being too friendly with him, you do know what his family did right?" Amara asked, as Lily gave a small nod, "Good then you know better then to associate with him. Come on let's go to the library, I'll help you out with your homework," Amara said as her hand came on Lily's shoulder. Instantly he saw Lily flinched when she was touched on the shoulder, and then a grimace of pain flashed upon her face only to vanish…did he saw that right? Perhaps it was his imagination, but he definitely saw Lily flinch when Amara touched her…why would she do that? But before he could analyse further a loud male voice boomed out.

"Hey Amara, Lily," a fifth year Hufflepuff who looked he could crush him with one hand said as he glared at Scorpius, "this guy giving you trouble?"

"Oh no Jacob, we were just finishing up our little chat weren't we Malfoy?" Amara sneered.

"I-it's okay Amara," Lily said, "I-I was j-just t-talking to him…"

"Oh you don't wanna talk to him," Amara said pulling Lily towards her even though it was obvious that the girl wanted to be anywhere but near her. Eventually Lily stood next to Jacob and Amara, as the two girls began to walk away while Lily looked at Scorpius in an almost pleading way as he tried to decode what exactly was going on before a growling Jacob slammed him into the wall.

"Now listen up, I know your family, and I have to say I'm not impressed by their resume. You stay away from Lily you understand me? If not then I'm gonna make that pretty face unpretty," he threatened as Scorpius kept his cool, as he nodded, "good don't let me or Amara see you around Potter again." He then released Scorpius as he cleared his throat and straightened his robe, forgetting that people were staring at him as he picked up his books and made his way to the Slytherin common room…instinct and pride told him to forget about Lily and those Hufflepuff but his heart told him that there was something much deeper going on…and he had a very bad feeling that it was going to rock Hogwarts if it was ever exposed.