If you're a potterhead and love Shakespeare's comedies, You might enjoy this. I am neither J.K. Rowling nor the Bard so this obviously doesn't belong to me. My only credit is in the adaptation itself.

This is "Much Ado About Nothing", my favorite Shakespeare comedy, adapted to the Wizarding Universe with Rose Weasley as Beatrice and Scorpius as Benedick.

If you find any horrible mistakes, typos, or something like that please let me know. Review if you like, I would very much appreciate it. I will update every few weeks, but I will try to keep it going. I guess that's all you need to know. So please, go ahead and enjoy!

The breakfast table wherever the Potter-Weasley Clan was stationed at any given moment was always an image to behold. Amongst the chaos of dishes, food, jokes and banter, it was surprising to any outsider's eye that anything could be heard or done when they were all together. Rose Weasley pondered this while standing at the door watching her family, suitcase at her side, smiling and waiting for them to realize she had arrived. It took them about three minutes but finally her cousin Lily Potter spotted another redhead in the picture and shouted loudly enough for everyone to hear "Rose!." Lily got up and ran to hug her while everybody else stood up and created a circle of hugs, kisses and familiar touches that made her feel at home instantly.

After almost two years of having to skip family reunions for her residency at St. Mungos, she put her foot down and decided to take a very well-deserved vacation. When she learned the next Clan Escape would be in the beautiful beach of Messina she got excited and made her priority to get everything done before she left, and anyone who knew Rose Weasley knew how determined and stubborn she could be to get something done.

The last two hugs were from her loving Aunt and Uncle.

"We're so happy you're here. We've missed you," the beautiful Aunt Ginny said with her light-hearted tone.

"It's so good to see you, Rosie," Harry said, moving her to a place at the table where a plate full of pancakes and sausages had already appeared. Uncle Harry moved the chair for her to sit down. As she did, Rose noticed how strangely relax Harry seemed lately, with his worn jeans, Holyhead Harpies jersey and week-long-beard. He was always loving and caring, but without the weight of the Auror Department on his shoulders, he seemed happier.

"I know! I'm so glad to see you all. And to be quite honest this was a great excuse to get away from St. Mungos", Rose answered.

"Your parents are gonna be ecstatic too," Ginny said.

Rose's place was between Molly and Lily. and they knew to pass her the syrup and butter right away; just like when they were little girls with color coded shades of red hair. "Maybe now Dad will stop complaining about how unattached I am from the Weasleys. When are they getting here?"

"Hermione had to stay at the Ministry and…" Uncle Harry started.

"…And Dad wouldn't leave her by herself." Rose relished and envied the kind of relationship her parents had. Their love for each other hadn't faded in more than thirty years, and according to them it was because their friendship hadn't faded either. On Rose's weakest moments she wished for something like that but would never confess it out loud.

"You know them. They'll come as soon as Hermione catches a break…whenever that is," Uncle Harry shrugged and Rose smiled at him. She knew they had probably stayed behind a little longer to have some private time together, but she wouldn't give their secret away.

The hours passed fast and easy as she caught up with her relatives and answered every question they asked, from Fred and Hugo's eschatological questions to the awkward inquiries about her love life, (or lack thereof.)

She and Lily would be sharing a room, as usual, and Rose was as excited as she was worried about the situation because even though Lily was one of her closest friends and one of her favorite cousins, she could be her most annoying companion too: Lily was relentless on finding her "the perfect match."

The moment they were left alone to get Rose's suitcase upstairs and into the room Lily started the interrogation.

"So...are you seeing someone? Come on, you have to tell me! I'm the only one you can trust with these things."

"No Lily, I'm not seeing, or dating, or owling or hooking up with anyone. I barely have time to eat, let alone seeing someone."

"What?! That is no way to live! Just work and nothing else. You have to at least fancy someone."

"Nope, nobody. And... I'm gonna stop you right there. Because I know what you're thinking and I don't want you to play cupid. We know how that goes."

"All right, I accept that sending you on a blind date with Zabini was not my brightest plan. But I have learned from my mistakes. Next time I'll get you someone who's at your level, your equal."

"Lily, I'm grateful and all, but I really don't need a wizard in my life right now, he'd be just a distraction." Rose pulled out her wand and began to magically unpack her baggage while Lily sat cross legged in the bed in front of hers.

"I'm not saying you have to marry someone or that you need someone to be happy, I just think that you may be lonely. I know how I've felt since Lorcan had to go. And I just guessed that you might feel like that too…..at least sometimes."

Rose sensed the changed in Lily. She and Lorcan Longbottom had been together for three years before Lorcan had the chance to go on a specialized Auror training program to the US. They decided to stay together but in a long distance relationship while the program lasted but they hadn't seen each other in five months. They'd been very successful as far as Rose knew, but evidently the arrangement was starting to weight on Lily.

Rose put her wand aside and sat beside her cousin.

"I know you miss him and how much you love him. This must've been very hard on you both. But he only has one month left and he'll back in London before you know it. You'll be together again." Rose set her arm on Lily's shoulders and Lily sighed at the comforting gesture.

"I really can't wait to see him again, in person. But it feels like an eternity since he left. And I'm worried he may not feel the same way when he comes back."

"Has he said or done something that'd make you think that?"

"No, he's very romantic and thoughtful, and he says he misses me terribly too. I know I'm just being silly but…"

"It's okay, I think what you're feeling is normal. But he'll be back soon enough and you can start were you left of."

And like many things in the wizarding world, something changed that felt like a kind of magic.

"Girls! Come down, I have great news!" Uncle Harry shouted.

The girls shrugged and went downstairs, where they found Harry grinning like he knew the secret for the philosopher's stone, holding a letter.

"What is it, Dad?" Lily asked.

Harry cleared his throat dramatically and read out loud: "'Family! I'm happy to inform you that the Aurors in training are on our way to Messina. We finished the program so successfully that the Aurors at Macusa released us a few weeks before planned. The Longbottoms, Malfoy, me and a few others we'll be there by tomorrow afternoon. I know it's a surprise but I hope you have space because I'm really tired of sleeping in a tent. We're excited to see you all! Your favorite adopted son, Teddy Lupin.'"

"Wait! Does that mean?!" Rose and Lily said in unison, one with utter happiness and the other with utter dread.

"Yes! The Boys are joining us tomorrow and for the rest of the summer!" Uncle Harry cheered.

In another unison contradictory answer, Lily clapped and shouted "Yes!" while Rose whined a "No."

"Are we really gonna let that serpent ruin our vacation?" Rose complained and proceeded to get fire whisky, the kind that has more fire than whisky. She didn't have a plan she just knew that if she was going to deal with Malfoy she intended to keep herself hydrated.

"A serpent? What are you talking about Rose?" cousin Louis asked.

"She's talking about Scorpius Malfoy. They have this war of insults going back all the way since Hogwarts. And it seems neither time nor…..maturity has put an end to it." Uncle Harry explained.

"How can I ever shut up if he gives such good material for roasting?" Rose exclamimed proudly. "It's not my fault the leech latched itself unto our family."

"I'm confused, is he a leech or a serpent?" Lily cleverly asked.

"Take your pick. Either are disgusting slithery things so they apply."

"Rose, they've all being training really hard and they come here to relax and have some fun. Please don't make things uncomfortable for everyone. Try to be civil," Ginny pleaded. Agh the ever diplomatic Aunt Ginny, Rose thought.

Hugo, Louis and Roxy, the younger wilder cousins let themselves fell into the couch in front of Rose and Lily's feet. "Who is uncomfortable? It's hilarious to see them going at it," Hugo said.

"Yeah, like watching animals fighting," Louis seconded.

"We're actually excited to see how long it takes Rose to slap him this time." Hugo was too excited about this.

"Uuuh and who spits out the first insult?" Roxy said.

"And who stays speechless first and leaves the room?" Louis added.

"You know that's not gonna be me," Rose smiled.

"That's true….. you'd had a very nice run since you graduated." Louis agreed.

"Buuut… back in Hogwarts you were a mess. Your comebacks were shit, sis." Hugo chuckled.

Rose rolled her eyes. "That was a long time ago."

"Yes, but maybe he learned some new tricks in the US." Roxy said, with a tone a little bit too dreamy for Rose's liking.

"Yeah enough to shut up even you, Sis." Hugo seemed way to excited about this.

Rose had already finished her bottle so she elegantly stood up and before going into the kitchen, turned around to say "that's never gonna happen."

The very next day the friendly quidditch match they were having got interrupted by not one but many popping sounds of apparition. Everyone landed quickly to welcome the new guests, everyone except Rose who took her time. After all she was in no hurry to see Malfoy's face again.

However she got in time to see Lily and Lorcan's romantic reunion. The young man with an easy smile, dirty blonde hair and clear blue eyes suddenly had a petite, dainty copper redhead attached to his neck. Rose couldn't listen what they were murmuring to each other, but she could see how he dropped his bag and spun Lily around by the waist. Her cousin wouldn't stop giggling and Rose couldn't help smiling. Everyone looked on them with warmth, except for Lysander Longbottom, Lorcan's twin brother, whom Rose suspected was secretly in love with Lily and jealous of his brother all the way back from Hogwarts. Rose regarded the twins with affection, but she perceived darkness in Lysander's eyes that Lorcan didn't have. As far as she knew, Lysander was as good an auror and person as his brother, and yet she always felt a bit uneasy around him.

The rest of the squad carelessly dropped their luggage to the ground. From the group of seven young wizards Theodore Lupin, or Teddy as everyone called him, was the first to hug the family, starting of course, with Ginny and Harry. This tall, blue-haired with pale skin wizard Rose had known her whole life, bared no resemblance to the Potters, but since they were his godparents, he was as good as family to them, the only real difference being he lacked red hair and shared blood. She understood what seeing him meant for Uncle Harry. He had raised and trained Teddy to be the next Head Auror from the moment Teddy expressed his interest in the defense against the Dark Arts; and his first real leadership test had come when he was offered to be the Leader of the Ministry of Magic Aurors while they were training in the US. The fact that they had been so successful as to being rewarded with early vacations meant Teddy had proved himself the great leader Harry saw in him.

Rose was happy for both of them; but her smile became a sneer as soon as she crossed eyes with Scorpius Malfoy's grey ones. He was tall, though not as tall as Teddy, he was slim and built, though not as much as Lorcan, he was pale, though not as much as Lysander, he was blonde, and way too much for her taste, and he had an eternal smug exactly as she remembered. People often found him attractive, and she could admit ugly he was not; yet his attitude and arrogance wouldn't allow her to find any appeal in him. Scorpius had obviously saw her, but he refused to acknowledge her presence with any kind of greeting even though he was looking straight into her hazel eyes, and she decided to not concede into cordiality.

While Harry patted him in the back, Teddy smiled "I hope we won't cause any trouble, Uncle Harry. Do you have space in the house or should we resign ourselves to camping?"

"Not again!" Lorcan shouted finally lifting his face away from Lily's arms.

"Ha! Don't worry. We'll conjure some actual beds for you, lads," Harry responded.

"Does that include me?" Rose's teeth grind with the sound of the snake's voice.

"Of course, Scorpius. You're practically one of the clan now. You'll always be welcome wherever we are," Ginny kindly answered as she lead everyone back inside.

"Don't speak for everyone, Auntie" Rose crossed her arms and leaned against one of the kitchen windows.

Because they were the only people left outside, Scorpius teased loudly "Oh! How kind of you Mrs. Potter. I might just move in with you and your family then."

"Why are you still talking if nobody cares to listen to you?" Rose lunged first.

The silver-haired boy turned to her as if he hadn't notice her before. "What! If it isn't Lady Disdain, aka Thorn Weasley, ahem, Rose I mean. Scorning as usual…..hmmm…..I thought you'd die by now."

"How could Disdain die if you're still breathing? Any cordiality from a lady would wither at your presence."

"On the contrary, I know many ladies who bloomed at the sight of me." He kept bouncing a blonde eyebrow enjoying his own innuendo. "Except you, of course, but I'm not sure you are even capable of sweetness or tenderness…..or blooming" he continued, scanning her top to bottom, in what look more like an excuse to check her out than a glance of disgust. Rose was too busy rolling her eyes at him to notice.

"Indeed, I am. Just not with you. And I feel sorry for any woman who would be so stupid as to fall for your act."

"What act? This is all my natural charm, my Lady Thorn. Can't help it if the ladies can't get enough of me. You should've seen the lovely women who threw themselves at me in the States. They seem to be hopeless against an example of a prime English man, such as myself. They almost cried when I left, but I had to. If only I could find it in my heart to love any one of them. But I'll never fall in love. Or marry. How could I leave the world without his last great bachelor? That would be a tragedy." He walked with the motion of putting his baggage down right next to her, just to annoy her.

"A tragedy to the poor deluded woman who'd marry a snake, but such a triumph for women everywhere!" Rose nodded with faked excitement.

"Well, she'd be happier than the poor wanker who'd be curse to spend his life being scratched by your thorns."

"Scratches would be an improvement if it were your face."

"Ah! That permanently sharpened tongue…..like a whip. Just like good old times."

"And just like good all times, you can't get your mind out of the gutter. Seems like you never have enough blood in your upper head." She dismissed him by moving towards the house where they could hear the hustle of the house magically expanding.

"Why would I? The gutter is such a nice place to be. I guess you wouldn't know but you should try it, maybe it would loosen the poison out of you."

She had given him her back so without turning around she stood in the second step of the entrance, and with faked surprised replied "Wow….you haven't grow out of adolescence yet. When you can come up with something better than that we'll continue this conversation." And she went inside, swinging her hips just a little for good measure.

Scorpius stayed behind glaring for a second. He caught himself grinning but shook it off and follow suit.

Lorcan and Scorpius were given a tiny room with barely enough space for a bunk bed and a closet, but they were grateful anyway. After the very unfortunate places they've had to sleep in the last six months, a cozy bunk bed with a window inspired a sigh of relief.

Scorpius threw his beaten duffel bag on the top bed almost hitting Lorcan's head. "I'll take the top one!"

"Oi! Watch out!" Lorcan replied.

Scorpius jumped into the bed with his usual athletic easiness and from there he conjured the unpacking and ordering of his possessions. He noted Lorcan wasn't doing much unpacking, in fact he wasn't doing much of anything but stare at the window. Scorpius knew he would get like that when he missed Lily, but now that they were here, after seeing the two of them together, Scorpius couldn't get what could be bothering his friend.

"What do you think about Lily?" Lorcan broke his brooding silence and replaced it with nervousness.

"What do you mean with that? I've known her for almost as long as you have…..she's fine, I guess. Are you alright, mate?"

"Don't you think she's the most beautiful witch there ever was?"

"What?" Scorpius jumped of the bed to properly mock his friend's madness "No Lorcan! you're the sappy one."

"For me she is truly the most amazing, beautiful, funny, talented witch I've ever met," Lorcan rambled.

"Yeah, sure, whatever you say, mate. I mean objectively, Rose is way hotter, and she would be even more if not for her bloody character and thorns. But why are we discussing this? I hope you're not thinking something stupid like asking her to marry you or something of the sort…."He gave paused for Lorcan to deny such a ridiculous notion, but he did not, instead he chose to avoid Scorpius' judgmental look. "Lorcan….." he pressed and with a single glance from his friend Scorpius knew that's exactly what he was thinking of.

"By Merlin! You're too young; you don't even have a proper job at the Auror department yet. May I remind you that you've just finished training and you have no idea where they're going to send us? You've barely start living, why would you chained yourself to someone now?" before Scorpius could continue spitting every single con he could think of, Lorcan started to defend himself.

"Come on! It can't be this unbelievable. We've being together for a long time, and we've been friends for even longer. Yes I know we're young but our parents were too when THEY got married. And yes, I have no idea where the Ministry will send me but if I'm with her I don't really need much more, and she's a reporter so she can write from anywhere. This just feels right, Scorp. I love her; even you must understand that."

For a second they were silent standing right in front of the other. Even if Scorpius could come up with a hundred more cons, deep down he knew Lorcan love Lily Potter and that was all that mattered. But, because it was Scorpius' nature, he tried one more thing.

"What about the vow?"

"Vow? What are you…?" Lorcan looked confused and then he remembered. "Scorpius we were kids in school! We swore with butterbeer that we would never marry. You, Albus and I were shitfaced and bitter. You can't expect me to live by…"

Scorpius fully intended to keep on pushing the argument, as silly as they both knew it was but got interrupted by Teddy's entrance.

"Oi! What are you doing here when there's a table full of perfectly good food downstairs?" Teddy's relaxed tone and vibe instantly serve to calm them down.

Scorpius opened his arms fully acknowledging and pointing at the newcomer. "Here! Let's bring someone impartial into the conversation, shall we?" Lorcan shook his head discretely, Scorpius blatantly ignored him.

Scorpius strode slowly to Teddy's side challenging Lorcan to speak before him but he did not. "Captain.."

Teddy seemed amused but slightly confused by the whole situation.

"Scorpius, you know we don't use that term in…"

"Captain!" Scorpius said loudly.

"Alright…" Teddy conceded.

"Longbottom here wishes to marry Lily Potter."

Teddy's eyes widened with surprise."That is…"

"Foolish, reckless, hasty, probably regrettable."

"Amazing, mate!" Teddy smiled and opened his arms to hug Lorcan.

"What?! No! Teddy, you're supposed to advice him against it, not encourage him!" as smart as Scorpius was, he couldn't understand why he was the only outraged by the notion.

"Why would I? It's brilliant! I'm happy for you and Lily, Lorcan. I know you'll be very happy together." Teddy kept excitedly patting Lorcan's back, while Scorpius went to whine by the edge of the bed.

"Thank you. But I haven't even asked her yet. I want to find the right moment and the right way to do it."

"Of course. It has to be special. Well, has she ever mentioned something she'd like? Vicky dropped hints on her dream proposal since we first mentioned marriage. To be honest, all I had to do was following her instructions." They both laughed and Scorpius scoffed.

"No, she hasn't said anything. But we haven't seen each other in so long; I don't want her to feel pressured."

"What if you don't ask her?" Teddy wondered.

"Well, I kinda have to if I'm the one who wants to marry her."

"I mean, let me go talk to her and find out what kind of proposal she would like. That way we won't ruin the surprise when you ask her." Teddy's face glowed with the idea of being part of this. At heart, he had always being the romantic type. He wished for his friends as much happiness as he had found with Victoire; and he couldn't think of a better man for Lily than the sweet Lorcan. "I'll have the best chance to do it tonight. There's a costume party downtown and everyone is planning on going," Teddy finished.

"Ted, would you help me out?" Lorcan felt relief to found someone who was on his side.

"Sure thing, mate."

Finally, Lorcan turned to Scorpius. "See, this is the kind of support I would like from a friend."

"Scorpius, are you really not moved by your friend's love?" Teddy said.

Scorpius stopped sulking to address his case: "Affected, is what I am. Listen, Lorcan. It's not that I'm not happy for you; it's just that….I don't get the rush. You're so young, and you've only been with one girl for most of your life. You'll be missing out on so much. Why would you want to chain yourself to someone when it makes everything so difficult?"

"Of course it would be you who'd take commitment as a chain." Teddy found Scorpius resistance to love amusing, but Lorcan was a little bit worried for his friend.

Scorpius' chest puffed with pride at his statement. "Well you may try to prove me wrong, but mark my words I would be dead before I entertain the idea of getting hitched." And his friends laughed.

Teddy said: "I cannot wait to see you desperately, stupidly in love with someone."

"Yes! We'll see who the hopeless one is then. He'd probably be the worst sot of us all." Lorcan joined.

"If that happens check me for Amortentia and take me to St. Mungo's because I'm just too smart to turn into a sappy sucker like you two. But you're right about something Lupin, I don't know what we're doing here if there's food waiting for us;" with that he opened the door and fled the room whistling like he had won the argument, leaving the other two to detail their plans.

"Oh, hey Lysander." Scorpius bumped into the other Longbottom who seemed to be getting out of the room next door. What young Malfoy didn't notice was the extendable ears Lysander hid behind him. The twin just nodded and went back inside to pack the magical item.

Lysander's mind raced with anger and jealousy. He knew if Lorcan married Lily she would be forever lost to him. He hoped the distance would weaken their relationship so when they broke up, he would come back, a decorated Auror and ask Lily for a chance with someone who could truly make her happy and would never leave her side. But nothing was going according to plan. They hadn't broke up, distance hadn't help, and now Lorcan planned to ask her to marry him, and Lysander knew she would say yes because she didn't know any better, that was if he didn't do something about it.