Rose Weasley stood with her entire family her untamed bushy red hair and bright blue eyes sparkling with merriment. She came here so many times before to see off her cousins and now it was finally her turn. She was going to a place of learning. Her mother told her stories of the library there and a real castle. She was finally able to climb aboard the bright red train to the best years of her life. Her grin was so wide her cheekbones began to hurt.

But her fantasy's were briefly interrupted as her own father tapped her shoulder and crouched down he smiled as he spoke to her, "See that boy over there Rosie?" He asked pointing a few sections over.

Rose turned to see a small blonde boy who's hair was slicked back he was dressed in all black and mimicked the appearance of a much older man who rose thought to be his father. The boys mother was incredibaly beautiful as she hugged her son.

"yeah what about them?" She asked back to her dad.

"Well, that's Scorpius Malfoy. Now you know I love you Rosie no matter what and where ever you end up is fine with me, but if you do one thing make sure to beat that boy in all your classes." He said grinning at her.

"You can count on it dad. I'm going to be top in ALL of my classes. I've studied for years now." She said beaming at him.

"Just like your mother you are Rosie now go get on that train." He said ruffling her bushy fire-red hair.

Rosie hugged her family and said her last good-byes to her uncles and younger cousins. Then without a word her and her closest cousin Albus Potter walked onto the red train they've been dreaming about for 11 years.

They walked until they found an empty compartment. They put their trunk's away and sat down.

Rose was the first to break the silence, "Can you believe that we're here? Finally! It seemed as if we'd never get our chance."

Albus only nodded.

"Oh come on Al… What bugging you?" Rose said rolling her eyes noticing his quiet demeanor.

"Nothing, just thinking." He shrugged and looked out the window at their family who was waving good-bye. The train started moving and their figures began to get smaller.

"Thinking about what? Come on you should be excited!"

"Just about the sorting. What if I'm not a Gryffindor? What if I let everyone down. You're obviously going into Gryffindor. What if I'm the first not to go into Gryffindor? I know my dad said not to worry that they'll still love me, but I know deep down they will be disappointed." He looked up at her his Green eyes wide with worry.

She smiled at him as she said, "Oh Al… I'm not going to be in Gryffindor."

He looked at her in disbelief and laughed.

Her face began to grow heated and she defended her earlier sentence, " I WON'T! I don't want to go to a place where I will be 'just another Weasley' I want to go somewhere to be just Rose. I want to shine. I want to stand out. I don't want to be on a team full of Weasley's and Potters. I want to stand out. I want people to notice me. Rose. For just once in my life I want the spotlight."

Albus looked at her more seriously now and his mouth hanging open. She can't possibally be talking like that. It sounds just so…. Slytherin.

"Rose… You are not seriously considering asking to be in Slytherin are you? I mean COME ON! They are the bad guys. There hasn't been a villain that didn't come from Slytherin!" Al said exasperatingly.

With that Rose became completely offended not because she wanted to be a Slytherin. Honestly she didn't care where she was put as long as it wasn't Gryffindor.

"Whats your name Al? Huh? YOUR FULL NAME WHAT IS IT?! Albus SEVERUS potter. Who are you named after? Albus Dumbledore and SEVERUS SNAPE. What was he again? A slytherin? And what does your dad say? He is one of the GREATEST wizards. But then again HE IS A SLYTHERIN." Rose Stood up as she shouted at him.

"Rose I didn't mean it like that its just…" Albus started but it was too late Rose Weasley was mad. And everyone knows you do not try to reason with rose when she's mad. Bad things happen to wizards and witches who mess with Rose when she's mad.

"JUST WHAT AL? YOU WON'T LOVE ME ANYMORE? WONT TALK TO ME AT FAMILY DINNERS?MY FAMILY WILL DISOWN ME? HUH? WHAT SO WHAT IF I TURN OUT TO BE A SLYTHERIN HUH?" She ranted on.

He opened his mouth to respond but shut it when her saw red sparks come out of her finger tips.

"YOU KNOW WHAT I DON'T EVEN WANT TO BE AROUND YOU I AM LEAVING." Rose shouted as she stomped out of the compartment and slammed the door shut. She marched across the hall and into the one directly across from hers.

It appeared empty and she sat down letting out a loud annoyed huff as she incoherently grumbled to herself.

"Um excuse me miss are you alright?" Said a smooth young voice she had never heard before.

Rose looked up and upon seeing the strangers face her anger melted on instant. The stranger had piercing silver eyes and slicked back beach blonde hair and his skin was flawless. He offered her a half smile and looked at her in mild concern.

Then it clicked. This was Scorpius Malfoy. The boy her father pointed out to her. This was the boy she was supposed to crush in all her classes. This is they boy her father appeared to not like.

Her eyes grew wide as she stared at him.

"Hey Weasley. Do you want me to go get a relative of yours or something. You look sick. Um Weasley are you going to throw up? Please don't in here." He said in a hurried mannor.

"Finally she was capable of speech again as she said, "How… How do you know my name?" She asked confused.

"Well beside from the fact your entire family is famous. My dad told me about the weasley's and their trademark hair and freckles. I took a wild guess. I don't actually know which version you are though."

She scrunched up her nose as she replied, "Version? Do you think we're made in a factory or something?"

He laughed- the most wonderful beautiful laugh she ever heard- and replied, "I don't know maybe? Would explain why every one of you ae so similar. All Gryffindor. All gingers. All absolutely sickenly perfect."

She huffed at that. Exactly why she needed to be into a different house she hated being just another weasley.

Upon noticing her annoyed response he said, "hey I was kidding. No need to get all temperamental."

"I know you were. But that's the thing you are right. It's like we are all exactly alike. For once I just want to be known as Rose. No surname. No assumptions. I want people to think of me as my own person not Ron and Hermione's precious daughter. Not just another Weasley. Not another Gryffindor. I want to be me." She let out speaking rapidly and in a huge huff.

His face changed as he said, "well then ROSE, if it helps I promise never to make another assumption of you again."

She looked up at him and chuckled shaking her head slightly.

He raised up an eyebrow her in question, "What?"

""It's just funny. I assumed you were going to be a mean selfish prat who thought they knew everything. My father just always made it seem like you Malfoys were a bunch of no good rude sarcastic slytherin prats." She told him honestly.

"Well that's true. My family is all those things. And in all honestly I probably will end up in slytherin. I sure act the part most of the time, but it doesn't mean I have to be mean… If you don't want people assuming things about you then maybe you shouldn't go around assuming things about everyone else." He told her simply and smirking the entire time.

She pondered on this for a moment and kept silent. After a while past of not speaking Scorpius chose to break the silence.

"So why exactly did you come into my compartment all angered again? You never quite explained." He asked.

Rose explained the entire argument she had with her cousin and everything she felt and how she just felt this urge to be noticed for once as someone else.

By the end of it all he said was, "Well Rose, where ever you end up. I can assure you any house would be lucky to have you. Oh and by the way, it's nice you have that little fantasy that you'll be top of your classes."

"What do you mean… fantasy?" She said suspiciously.

"Well I'm going to be top of my classes. I'm already at a 3rd year level. I've been studying as long as I can remember." He smirked at her narrowing his eyes, but she could still see the jovialness they contained.

"My dad was right. You are Bloody iratating and full of yourself. But he failed to mention you are mental as well. Like you could EVER beat me in anything." She said back playing on with this teasing game.

"Oh you'll see once classes start, WEASLEY." He said purposefully to get a rise out of her.

"Maybe I will… Maybe I won't ,MALFOY" She said throwing his last name at him as well.

He smirked once more and she did too. Then both of them began laughing. Both were unsure why they were laughing, but neither complaining. They sat there for a majority of the train ride just talking about things like their favorite books and quidditch teams, sometimes teasing each other. Then when Malfoy asked her about her family she jumped up in a hurry and squealed.

He looked at her questionably again.

"Al! He's in there all alone! I left my best friend, my cousin, on our first train ride ever. Oh ,he probably thinks I'm furious with him." She said worriedly.

"Go see him, Rose." He said smiling sincerely.

"But what about you… You'd be alone as well. Why don't you come too?" She offered him.

He shook his head and then said, "No. I like being aloen. I have a book I planned on reading. Trust me I'll be fine go see your cousin."

She nodded at him in gratitude then said teasingly, "Oh I bet you are cheering internally right now. Woo ho the weasel is finally out of my fancy gel filled hair."

"Firstly, my father made me wear it like this I hate it this way honestly it will be normal tomorrow. And Seccondly, You remind me more of an adorable energetic little mouse more than a weasel."

"But you cant call me a mouse. You'd call me a weasel to make fun of my last name." She said blankly like he was insane.

"But why cant I call you a mouse just to make fun of you?" He asked with an amused expression.

"Because it doesn't make sense." She stated.

"it does to me. Don't you have somewhere to be mouse?" He asked her with a chuckle.

"You're awfully odd Scorpius." She said shaking her head and smiling. He only shrugged and she opened the door to leave.

"Oh wait a minute mouse! Erm-Well just if you do happen to be sorted into slytherin and I do as well then-erm- I think it would be a pretty fun few years." He told her a faint rose tint to his cheeks and ears nothing like the bright tomto red weasley blush that appeared on Rose's face.

"Oh, well yeah. I agree. It would be. I really should be heading back. I-um- Bye Scorpius!" She said running out of the compartment.

"GOOD-BYE MOUSE!" He called cheerfully so she could hear him in the hall through the door.


A/N: Sooooo what do you all think? Is it worth writing another chapter? I'm excited for this story but i want to know what you all think how was this chapter? next one will be up tommorrow!