I pushed my auburn hair out of my face as I stepped on platform 9 ¾ right behind my little brother Hugo and the rest of my rather large family consisting of also the Potter's. We were a rather odd bunch, easy to spot amongst a crowd with our trade mark ginger hair still everyone knew who we were, the families that saved everyone during the war long ago. I was a mixture of both my parents, I had inherited my mother's beauty but my hair was a darker than hers, considered auburn. If it wasn't my locks that you first noticed it was the eyes like my fathers, emerald green that shone brightly. I wasn't beautiful like my cousin Lily Potter, with her ginger hair and slender figure, but I didn't mind the way I looked.

"Remember to focus this year okay Rosie, make it count" Her father, Ron Weasley said pulling her into a hug and using the nickname she had grown to hate.

"I will but honestly dad, I'm only going into my sixth year I do still have another one after this"

"I know I know, still beating that Malfoy kid at everything?"

"You bet, especially at Quidditch"

"I'm just glad you didn't get my flying skills" my mother, Hermione Weasley laughed

"As am I, I should get going now. I'll write to you over this term"

"See you at Christmas Rosie" she waved goodbye to her parents and boarded the Hogwarts Express, joining her brother and siblings in their usual compartment. She sat down next to her cousin Lily and listened to the argument between Hugo and Albus. They were fighting over Quidditch, which didn't surprise me.

"Oh I forgot to tell you this, but congratulations on getting Prefect" Lily said to me

"Thanks Lils"

"I knew you'd get it, you're most likely going to get Head Girl too" I wasn't at all surprised when she received the letter informing her of her position as a Prefect. My grades were perfect, I was top of I class in fact and was always well mannered to the Professors; I was what many called the perfect student. But even the most perfect people can have enemies, and trust me I have a few mostly from the Slytherin house.

I sighed realising what time it was, it was tradition that the prefects and the Heads had a meeting in the prefect's compartment.

"I have to go to the prefect meaning, but I'll be back just before we get to the station" without another word, I left slid open the compartment door and made my way to the front of the train. Everyone was already there, minus a few people. I sat down next to Grace Lyndon, a sixth year Ravenclaw. The head girl and also my cousin, Victoire Weasley, cleared her throat and began to address us.

"I'd like to start by thanking you all for coming to this meeting and also congratulations for getting your position as prefects…." Victoire was interrupted by the compartment door opening and Scorpius Malfoy walking in. His blonde hair was slightly messy and he had a fresh love bite on his neck just above his collar, it wasn't hard to work out what he had been doing.

"Sorry I'm late, lost track of time" he grinned not even sorry for his mistake

"Sit down Scorpius" He sat down in the seat across the aisle from Rose, next to the other Slytherin prefect who I did not know.

Scorpius Malfoy was an arrogant player, yet was one of the most popular guys at our school that every single girl drooled over. Like the rest of the Malfoy family before him, he was in Slytherin and just happened to be the one person I despised the most. Since the first year, we both hated each other. Whether it was because of our parents and their pasts, they just never got along. Every chance they got, they would throw insults at each other and sometimes even the occasional harmless hex.

"…and of course you will have access to the prefects bathroom, a privilege that should not be taken for granted" I heard Teddy Lupin, our head boy and Victorie's boyfriend say as I tuned back into the meaning having been lost in my own thoughts.

"Now we have made a list of who you will be paired with for your night patrols, and the first roster will be up on the noticeboard outside the great hall tomorrow"

Teddy began reading the names from the piece of parchment in his hands, but again Rose tuned out, not bothering to listen to the other names.

"….Rose Weasley and Scorpius Malfoy" my jaw dropped, there had to be a mistake. Everyone knew how much we hated each other so why did they get paired together. I looked over at Malfoy, who was sitting there smirking like the smug little git he was.

The meeting ended shortly after that and everyone made their way back to their compartments for the remainder of the train ride. I waited behind to talk to Victoire.

"Why the hell am I partnered with Malfoy?" I said to her

"That's just the way it happened"

"Oh no it isn't, you have an anterior motive"

"Just look at it as a way of you two finally getting along over this coming year"

"There is no way we will ever get along, I hate him!" I left the compartment and angrily made my way back to my family.

"So how'd it go?" Albus asked when I got back

"From the look on her face, I'd say not so well" James laughed, I shot him a glare.

"I'm partnered with Malfoy!"

"Oh no you got it bad cuz"

"Shut up James or I will kill you"

"Doubt it"

"Can't you change?" Lily asked

"No, I have to put up with him for the rest of the year"

Rose walked up the familiar stone steps into the entrance hall of Hogwarts. She still hadn't found her best friend, but at the moment she didn't care. It was good to be back again, Hogwarts always felt like home.

"Well well well look who it is" Rose heard the familiar voice of Malfoy as she neared the Great Hall

"Malfoy what do you want?" she finally looked at him; he was leaning casually against a wall watching her curiously in a way that she hated.

"I would say stay away from me, but that's going to be hard this year"

"For some reason I think you are enjoying the fact we are paired together"

"Remind me Weasley why would I want to be with the daughter of a mudblood and traitor?" He had hit a nerve with that remark. Rose stepped closer to him, so close she could almost feel his breath on him, and grabbed him by the collar.

"If you say that to me ever again, you're going to regret it" she lowered her grip and then left for the first feast of the year in the Great Hall