Disclaimer: As I type this, I become so envious of the woman who created this all, JK Rowling. Thanks for giving us Harry Potter!
1
"Rose!" Hermione called. "Rose! Hurry up! We're running late as it is!"
Rose Weasley was searching her room, throwing things over her shoulders and pulling open dresser doors. Hermione walked in and was hit by a blue blouse. "Rose! What on earth are you doing?!" Rose looked over her shoulder, her face red with frustration. "My wand! I can't find my bloody wand!" She turned back and continued to shift through her room.
Hermione looked around her oldest child's bedroom. It had been clean the night before. Rose brushed her hand against her forehead and kept up the search. "Mum! I can't find it!" she wailed after another set of seconds. Hermione probed her memory for a moment and then answered, "Your father used it yesterday to clean the dishes. Remember?"
"Right!" Rose said, slapping her forehead. "He's lost his too! Thanks, Mum!" she said quickly. She ran out past her mother and slid down the banister, nearly falling over her brother Hugo. "Hey! You almost hit Fabian's cage!" he cried, clutching his owl's cage protectively. She ignored him and ran into the kitchen. Her father, Ron, was underneath the sink. "Dad!" she yelled. He jumped and hit his head underneath the sink. "Ouch! Rosie, what is it?" he said, coming up with her wand in his hand. Rose sped over and grabbed her wand. "Thank you!" Before Ron could say anything, she flew out of the kitchen and ran back upstairs. She grabbed her trunk and tucked her wand into her pocket. Then she ran back down the stairs and ran out the door. "Let's go! We're running late!" she called to her family.
Hermione came down the stairs and Hugo followed after her. "Ron! Come on! The train leaves in ten minutes!" Ron grumbled something and then followed them outside the door. After they had fit Rose and Hugo's school trunks into the back of the car, they sped out towards King's Cross Station.
Rose pulled out a compact mirror from her pocket and was constantly checking her face. This year she had turned fifteen, and everything had changed. For once, her skin was smooth and clear, and her hair was not the frizzy red it used to be. Now her natural highlights had come in, and her hair fell into curly ringlets down at her elbows. She aimed the mirror to the prefect's badge that shone proudly on her school robes. Her mother had nearly had a heart attack when the letter came in saying that she had been chosen for the role of a prefect. It was not a surprise to her though. She had had good grades since her first year at Hogwarts. She still couldn't believe that she was entering her fifth year. This was an important one, not because she now had to take on the duties of a prefect, but because O.W.L.s were this year. She looked at her brother and scowled. He was in his third year and he didn't have to worry about that exam.
King's Cross station came into view and Rose jumped out of the car before it came to a complete stop. "Rose!" Ron yelled in an irritated way. She threw open the back of the car and pulled out her trunk. She heard Fabian screech and Hugo got out slowly. "Hurry up!" she yelled, tapping her foot. Hugo jumped and then quickly gathered his things. "How much time do we have?" he asked. Ron checked his watch. "Five minutes!"
Soon they were running down the train station, passing the different platforms. They came to platforms nine and ten. "Hugo, you first!" Hugo glanced around and then ran between the two barriers, Fabian screeching before he disappeared into the wall. Rose pushed her trolley through and came out right behind him. Ron and Hermione came onto platform nine and three-quarters a second later. "Goodbye!" Hermione said and kissed her children swiftly on the head. Ron pulled them both into a hug and they grabbed their trunks and boarded the train just before it started to pull away. Once they were on, Rose looked outside the window and waved to her mother and father. They smiled and waved back. Once they were out of sight, she started to look for a compartment.
"Rosie!"
Rose turned around at the sound of her name. Her cousin Lily ran up and gave her a hug. "We've been waiting forever! Come on, we're sharing a compartment with Molly and Roxanne." Molly and Roxanne were Rosie's cousins as well. Lily grabbed Rose's trunk and they came to a compartment a second later. She threw open the door and put the trunk in one of the luggage compartments. "Hey, Rosie!" Molly called. Molly was already in her seventh year at Hogwarts. Roxanne was lounging in the seat opposite to Molly. "Where have you been?" Roxanne asked in her high feminine voice.
"We just got on the train," Rose said exhaustedly. Lily closed the door behind them and sat down. Rose fell onto the seat next to Molly. "I just want to curl up into a ball and die," Rose complained. Molly started laughing. "What happened to you?"
"Okay, first of all, I woke up late. Then I couldn't find my school robes, and then after that my wand—"
Just then, the compartment door opened up, and leaning elegantly against the doorway was none other than Scorpius Malfoy.
Before Rose had even gotten on the train for her first year at Hogwarts, her father had warned her about the Malfoy family and their son Scorpius: "Don't get too friendly with him, though, Rosie. Granddad Weasley would never forgive you if you married a pureblood." Rose had been confused at her father's words. Then, when she had gotten onto the train, she ran into Scorpius and he looked at her up and down. Smirking, he had said, "Watch it, Weasel." That day she had sworn a rivalry against her and Scorpius.
Rose came back to the present. Scorpius was wearing a smirk on his face and he asked, "Is the Weasley girl in here?"
Everyone turned their heads to him except for Lily. "Which one?" Roxanne asked.
"Are you a prefect?" Scorpius asked in a haughty way.
"No, but I am. What do you want?" Rose snapped.
Scorpius' face changed from a smirk to an astonished look. He stared at Rosie for a moment and then cleared his throat. "We have a meeting right now. You're holding us all up."
Rose groaned and stood up. "Perfect. Just what I need," she said. She turned to her cousins. "I'll be right back." Then she nudged past Scorpius and started down the hallway.
"You're going the wrong way, Weasley."
Rose stopped and turned around to glare at Scorpius. He had a smirk on his face now and pointed in the opposite direction. "The meeting is this way." Rose walked and nudged past him again. She heard him snicker and he stood in front of a compartment about eight doors down from Rose's. "Who in their right mind made you a prefect, Malfoy?" Rose asked opening up the door. Scorpius glared and pushed her in roughly.
Once they were inside, Rose looked around and her face lit up. "Albus!" she cried. Her cousin waved at her and she joyfully sat down next to him. Sitting in the seat across from her were Dana Macmillan and Oliver Finch-Fletchley, obviously the Hufflepuff prefects. On the other side of them were Heather Smith and Rose's friend Lorcan, the Ravenclaw prefects. Sitting as far away from Rose as possible was Elizabeth Greengrass, the other Slytherin prefect. Scorpius had no choice but to sit between Elizabeth and Rose. Rose flinched when his arm brushed hers and his smirk became clearer.
Rose's cousin, Dominique, had been made Head Girl this year. Dominique was her Uncle Bill and Aunt Fleur's daughter, and everywhere she walked, heads turned. Her perfect curvy figure and long, silky, blonde hair got the boys' attention. The Head Boy was Rose's other cousin, James. His brown eyes scoped the compartment, and he ran a hand through his messy dark brown hair. "Welcome to another year. Obviously you were chosen as prefects because you got the highest marks in all of your classes, and McGonagall thinks that you have leadership qualities and enough common sense. Now, before Dominiqueexplains what prefect's duties consist of, I just want to congratulate you all for being chosen for this role…and tell you that the Gryffindor quidditch team is so gonna kick everyone's—OOF!" James was pushed back by Dominique, cutting him off short. "Thank you, James. Now, prefects are required to wear these badges everyday. This is so that students know that you have higher authority. Another thing: two prefects are required to patrol the corridors each night from a certain time to another certain time to make sure students are not out of bed…"
Rose stopped listening for several reasons.
The first was that she already knew everyone there was to know about being a prefect; James had had a great time rubbing it in when he got his badge two years ago. But of course the extra knowledge did not stop her from being nervous about it.
The second reason was that she was too exhausted to listen to anything. All she wanted to do was collapse on the floor from her hectic morning.
The third was that she felt someone watching her, and that made it harder to pay attention.
She turned her head to her left and looked at Albus. He had not been watching her. He was too absorbed in Dominique's monologue about prefect duties. She turned her head the opposite way and she saw Scorpius flick his eyes immediately to Dominique.
Freak, she thought, trying to catch the end of Dominique's sentence.
"As long as you remember everything, this year should run by smoothly." She flashed a brilliant smile and Oliver looked like his bones had melted. James saw the boy's reaction and glared at him and hissed quietly, "That's my cousin!" Oliver cringed and looked away from Dominique.
"Well, now you can all leave and enjoy the rest of the train ride." Dominiqueturned to James and started to talk to him animatedly, while Oliver walked around them avoiding Dominique. Dana caught Oliver's arm and cheerfully engaged him in conversation about Charms. Lorcan stopped in front of Albus. "How was your summer?"
Albus stood up and stretched. "Fine. How are Luna and Rolf?"
Lorcan smiled. "Mum is fine. She says that she may have discovered a new species, somewhat like a niffler, but she isn't certain yet. Dad is having some trouble at the ministry. He said that a lot of the ceilings in most of the offices have been raining…"
Rose ignored their conversation and started towards the door. Scorpius jumped up and held open the door for her.
"Oh, thanks Malfoy," Rose said surprised.
Scorpius looked like he was about to say, 'Your welcome', but then he rolled his eyes. "Save your breath, Weasely. I'm also holding the door open for my cousin." Elizabeth cackled a high pitch laugh and shoved past Rose. "See you later, blood-traitor!" Elizabeth yelled. Scorpius' mouth twitched and he followed the female Slytherin out. Rose smoothed out her robes and headed towards her compartment.
She opened the door and found Roxanne laughing and rolling on the floor. Rose almost fell over her and that made Roxanne laugh even harder. Lily and Molly were bursting into a fit of giggles. "What happened?" Rose asked curiously, sitting down.
It took Lily some time to stop giggling. "Roxanne was showing us a spell and her wand slipped out of her hand. The door was open and Ly-Lysander was walking by, so it hit him in the face and made his hair turn pink!" Molly giggled harder. "Oh, you had to be there, Rosie!" she said.
Rose was too exhausted for laughter. She put her head against the window and stared at the scenery passing by. After a while, her eyelids drooped and she started to drift off to sleep.
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"Weasley, Louis."
Rose lifted up her head to see the last child timidly get up and sit on the stool in front of the Great Hall. Dominique's younger brother was a handsome male version of her with the Weasley freckle trait that showed faintly over the center of his face. Rose spied a couple of Ravenclaw girls eyeing him longingly.
The tattered hat dropped on his head and shouted, "GRYFFINDOR!"
A loud applause sounded from the Gryffindor table, and Rose whistled when Louis sat down next to her. She hugged her cousin and his face exploded into a huge grin. Roxanne and Molly each pecked him on one cheek each and James gave him a smile. Dominiquekissed his forehead and then the applause slowly faded away.
"Is it me, or is this school being infested with Weasels?" came a snide voice from behind them.
Dominique, Molly, Louis, Hugo, Roxanne, and her twin, Fred, all turned around to the voice. Rose lifted up her head weakly and spotted Elizabeth Greengrass with a smug look on her face. James, Lily, and Albus glared at her, even though they were only half Weasley. Elizabeth cackled when she saw the response. "See what I mean, Scorpius?" Scorpius smirked and Elizabeth turned her attention back to Professor Longbottom who had announced that the Sorting was over.
Rose wanted to slap the grin off of Elizabeth's face, but what she wanted to do more was eat and get the hell out of there. Then, the feast appeared before them and Fred, Albus, Hugo, Louis, and James dug in. Roxanne, Molly, Lily, Dominique and Rose made disgusted faces and ate their food a bit more civilized.
Rose then had the feeling that someone was watching her again. She twisted around in her seat and saw Scorpius Malfoy whistling a tune and filling up his plate with food. She could have sworn she saw him look at her out of the corner of his eye…
Then, Headmistress McGonagall stood up, said a few words, and then the Houses were dismissed one by one. Lily nudged Rose and she jumped up. She had been staring at Malfoy the whole time.
"Rose, you're a prefect! You have to lead everyone towards the common room." Rose groaned and stood up. Albus was waiting for her surrounded by excited and tiny first years. "Alright, just follow us and you won't get eaten by the ghosts!" Their expressions changed to horror and they started looking around anxiously. Albus laughed and Rose hit him in the arm. "Don't listen to him, he likes a laugh. The only thing a ghost could do to you is walk right through you and that is not—"
Just then, the Grey Lady Ghost of Ravenclaw accidentally floated through James. He jumped up and cursed at the spirit. Rose giggled. "See what I mean? It's like walking into an icy shower." The first years giggled at James and some girls were eyeing him with a dreamy look on their faces. Rose smiled at the way girls reacted around James. She then was reminded about the way boys acted around Dominique, and she felt pathetic. Why didn't boys look at her that way?
Albus clapped his hands together and said, "Well, now that Rose has successfully ruined my fun, follow us to the common room." He started walking out the hall and into the corridors. Rose was about to follow him, when someone pulled her back. She spun around and saw Professor Neville Longbottom leading her the opposite way. "Rosie, I need you to patrol the corridors tonight with Mr. Malfoy," he said and Scorpius was leaning casually against the Slytherin table.
NO! Rose shouted internally. Why? Why?! WHY!
"Alright," she said feigning a smile. Neville gave her a pat on the back and then strode out of the Great Hall. Rose flipped her hair over her shoulder angrily and approached Scorpius. "Malfoy," she said, greeting him the usual way. "Weasley," he answered. He shook his blonde hair out of his face and stared at Rose. "Well? Where should we begin?"
"Um…we can wait if you want…"
"Good. I'm too exhausted to do anything."
Rose gasped and answered, "Me too!"
"Really?" Scorpius asked, looking surprised. "I woke up late this morning and then my Mum was making a fit about putting on dress robes. What happened to you?"
"I couldn't find my wand…" she trailed off shocked that she was having a decent conversation with Scorpius. He looked shocked as well and then looked around the Great Hall. "We should start patrolling," he said and then started towards the entrance. Rose followed and they walked down the corridors together. He looked at her a couple of times out of the corner of his eye, smirking about something.
They rounded a couple of halls and corners, going up different staircases and going through different classrooms. Once they got separated because the staircase moved without waiting for Rose. Scorpius flicked his wand and muttered something Rose couldn't hear, and lifted her onto the same floor as him.
They rounded another corner and walked straight into a snogging couple. The girl looked surprised and pushed the boy away from her. Scorpius' smirk became more distinct and clear on his face. Rose had the urge to giggle but she controlled herself and said, "Well…let's see…" she examined the girl's uniform, which had the Ravenclaw symbol on it. The boy was an African (A/N: thank you, once again, amortentiaaa for the correction) wearing the colors of Slytherin. "Go to your common room," she said to the girl who ran off at once. Scorpius looked at the boy with a thoughtful look on his face. "You better get back to the common room, Zabini." The boy, even though his skin was dark, was turning redder and redder every second. He sprinted off the opposite way of the girl.
Rose waited until they were out of earshot and then she burst into an uncontrollable fit of giggles. She was gasping for breath and she looked up to see Scorpius laughing as well. He had a soft, musical laugh. Once they were able to control themselves, she said, "It looked like he was eating her face!" They started to walk again, and after a long period of silence (except for Rose's occasional giggle), Scorpius finally muttered, "It's funny…"
Rose looked up at him, for he was almost a head taller than she. "What?" Scorpius shook his head. "I would have thought that Zabini, as proud as he is, would have fallen for a girl in his own House…not someone like Natalie Belby…a Ravenclaw." He said the last word like it was something dirty. Rose scowled at his sudden change of behavior.
An hour later Scorpius said, "We should be heading back to our common rooms. 'Night, Weasley." Then he walked away quickly one way leaving Rose alone. "Goodnight, Scor – Malfoy," she stammered after him.
She walked up a flight of stairs until she reached the Fat Lady Portrait. With a jolt, she realized that she had never gotten the new password. "Password?" the Fat Lady asked. Rose racked her brain thinking of something completely random. "Um…Lacewing Flies?" The Fat Lady rolled her eyes. "Bernie Botts Every Flavor?" Again the portrait gave a negative response. "Oh come on!" Rose said, stomping her foot. "I never got the password! I had to patrol tonight!" The Fat Lady scowled. "The password is 'Gurdyroot' and don't forget it." She swung open letting Rose in.
Rose thankfully ran into the common room and the Fat Lady swung the door close. She ran up to her dormitory and was delighted to see that her things had been taken up. Her trunk lay perfectly at the foot of her bed, and the other girls in her dormitory were sleeping. She quietly got dressed into her nightgown and snuggled underneath her bed covers. It wasn't until she was about to fall asleep when she realized that she had almost said, "Goodnight, Scorpius."
That was a line that did not need to be crossed.
