Scorpius

Scorpius sat down in his usual compartment. He was already dressed in his robes; he was super excited to get back to Hogwarts. He looked out the window, dearching for his friends. He caught sight of Thomas telling his little sister, whose bottom lip was trembling, goodbye. On the other side of the platform, Maisie had just pushed her way through the barrier with her trunk, nearly hitting a third year girl. Even through the glass, Scorpius could hear her shouted apologies. And finally, Al was surrounded by his family. Al had a huge family, and everyone always came to platform 9 3/4 to see them off. Scorpius quite liked the Potters and had been to their house a few times, but he didn't think he'd ever get quite used to the mayhem.

Eventually, the others settled into the compartment. Maisie and Thomas sat across from him and Al.

"Had a good holiday?" Maisie chirped cheerfully as Al and Thomas set up a chess game.

Scorpius himself was rubbish at chess, so he never liked to play it. Al was the best though. He often boasted that he could beat his Uncle Ron on good days. Thomas, like Scorpius, was pants at it but he didn't mind playing.

"Alright. Glad to be going back though." Scorpius replied. He usually hated being at Malfoy Manor with it's silent halls, and cold people. Hogwarts was the only place, except maybe the Potter manor, where he felt himself.

Maisie smiled brightly at him, and grabbed her robes out of her trunk.

"I'm going to get changed. Buy me a few Bertie Botts if the trolley comes." She said and slipped out.

Thomas and Al grabbed their robes to change while she was gone.

"You'd have thought I would have stopped growing by now," Thomas remarked, pulling at his robes, " I need new ones already!"

His robes were several inches too short, and they looked a bit tight. Thomas was incredibly stocky, which was a good build for him as he was a beater on the Gryffindor Quidditch team. He was also the tallest out of the four of them.

"I wish I'd grow. I look like a fucking second year!" Al grumbled. He shouldn't have, because the compartment foor slid open revealing Molly Weasley, Al's cousin.

"Al!" She admonished, "You've got to set a better example!"

Molly was quite pretty, with her dark brown hair in a pixie cut and her large brown eyes. And although she had a Head Girl badge pinned to her chest and she'd just scolded Al, Molly was pretty cool.

"Anyway, I thought I'd let you know that Rose is in a compartment alone," she said tentatively, "Maybe you should talk to her."

Al folded his arms stubbornly. Scorpius exchanged a look with Thomas. They both knew Al would not go talk to Rose even if someone set him up on a date with Rebecca Stone, a sixth year he'd had a crush on for years.

"Okay, I just worry about her sometimes." Molly said and left. She knew a lost battle when she saw one.

Scorpius didn't know a whole lot about Rose, which was mad considering they'd been classmates for years now. He faintly recalled a time when she was really nice and bubbly in first year, when Al still talked to her. He and Rose had been best mates before Hogwarts. But during second year, she changed. Suddenly she wasn't nice, or even respectful. She started skipping classes. She became known to the whole school as that "loose Weasley cannon", and Al stopped associating with her. That didn't mean she wasn't popular. No, she was the best Quidditch player in the school, and Gryffindor had been undefeated ever since she became chaser in second year. She was top in classes, though she never showed.

That really irked him. He'd been trying, and failing, to get top marks. He always fell short, no matter how hard he studied. This year, he thought crossly, he'd beat her though. He'd make sure he got perfect grades.

Maisie returned, straightening her scarlet tie. Her and Thomas were Gryffindors, while he and Al were Ravenclaws.

"Al, I just saw your sister out in the hall." She said happily. Maisie loved Al's family as well, and his sister adored her.

"Which one?" Al asked dryly as he trapped Thomas' knight, effectively winning the game.

Al had six siblings, five of them girls. He was the second oldest, and while he loved them all dearly he also got rather annoyed frequently.

"Izzy. I do hope she gets in Gryffindor." Maisie said. This was Izzy's first year. She looked a lot like Al with her curly black hair and bright green eyes. They had been the only ones to inherit their dads eye color. Scorpius had no doubt she'd get in Gryffindor, as she was quite brave.

"Dunno. She might be in Hufflepuff with Lily and Paisley." Thomas said, putting away his chessmen.

Al groaned. Lily and Paisley were two of his sisters that had already been sorted.

"Uncle Ron always said Hufflepuff was a load of duffers," He said, and Maisie threw him a dark look. "Imagine it! Three of the Potter children in Hufflepuff!"

"No offense, but your Uncle Ron isn't exactly the sharpest tool in the shed. And you'd better stop talking bad about Hufflepuff, or I'll make sure Lily hears about it." Maisie warned.

Maisie usually got along with everyone nicely, but she did not stand up for bullying. Al rolled his eyes at Scorpius, but shut his mouth. He'd really be in for it if Lily heard.

"I think I hear the trolley," Scorpius suggested and stood up to open the compartment door.

The trolley was indeed making its way toward their compartment. He pulled out a few sickles, and bought a few chocolate frogs. He sat down as the others bought theirs. He didn't care for chocolate frogs that much, but he lived for the cards. He'd been collecting ever since he was four or five. Last year, Al had told Ron about it, and since none of his kids collected them, Ron had given his considerable collection to Scorpius. Scorpius had the largest collection at Hogwarts, but he was still missing a few like the ultra rare Regulas Black card, and the even rarer Dobby the Free Elf card. He pulled out the card and sighed in disappointment. He'd gotten Severus Snape who, according to Al, was actually a huge asshole. He already had three of him.

"Try one!" Maisie said, shoving her Bertie Botts underneath his nose.

He eyed them warily. The first time he'd tried one, it had been tar flavored. Since then, he didn't much like them.

He picked a nice pinkish one and popped it into his mouth. He wrinkled his nose.

"Ugh, salmon. I don't know why you like those, Maisie. I've never gotten a good one." He said, pushing the box away.

"That's because you never pick any good ones!" She tried a funny looking yellow one. "See! Banana!"

They spent the rest of the train ride arguing and laughing. Finally the train slowed to a stop and they climbed out. They all fit themselves into a carriage with another of Al's cousins, Lucy.

Lucy was Molly's sister, but they didn't look anything alike. Lucy had long red hair, and bright blue eyes. She was pale, where Molly was tan. She was going into her fourth year.

"I don't envy the four of you. O. this year and everything. Remember when Molly took them? She almost tore my head off." She rambled as the carriage rattled towards the castle.

At the castle, Lucy bid them a cheerful goodbye and ran to join the Hufflepuff table. Al and Scorpius made their way to the Ravenclaw table. The age-old stool was sitting in front of the staff table, and the even older Sorting Hat was sitting on top of it.

Al and Scorpius listened to their dorm mates talk about their summer for another fifteen minutes before the doors opened and Proffessor Longbottom led the first years inside. Scorpius knew several of them from summers with the Potters. He saw Samuel first. Samuel was Molly and Lucy's younger brother, with brown hair and blue eyes. Beside him was Addison, Al's Uncle Bill's youngest daughter. She had short, dark red hair and light blue eyes. Her hands were twisting her robes anxiously. Candace and Izzy were in the back of the group, Izzy beaming around at all her cousins and Candace craning her neck, probably to look for Hagrid. The first years pooled around the stool and Longbottom stood beside it. The hat stretched it's brim open and began to sing:

"Oh, I may be dirty and torn,

Old and looking quite worn,"

The hat sang its song and when it had finished, Proffessor Longbottom lifted the hat. So began the sorting. Scorpius didn't much listen until Al's bony elbow dug into his ribs.

"Potter, Isabella." Longbottom called.

Isabella sat on the stool, sending James a big wink before the hat covered her eyes. It had barely settled before it shouted "Gryffindor!" and Isabella was runnig over to the Gryffindor table. Several more people were sorted until it was only Candace, Samuel, and Addison left.

"Weasley, Addison." Neville said.

Addison joined Izzy at the Gryffindor table, and Candace was called to the stool. Candace, who was Rose's youngest sister, had straight brown hair, bright blue eyes, and crooked glasses. She also went to Gryffindor.

Neville waved Samuel forward and with a final "Gryffindor!" the sorting was over and food appeared on the plates.

"Knew Izzy would get in Gryffindor." Al said as he ate his steak and potatoes.

After dinner and after Headmistress McGonagall had given all the announcements, he and Al made their way to the Ravenclaw common room. They didn't talk much as they got dressed; they were both full and tired. Scorpius climbed into bed, and fell asleep immediately.

Author's note:

This is going to be a Scorose story! I always thought the Weasley family would be really huge, so that's why I added all the extra cousins. Victoire, Dominique, and Teddy probably won't be mentioned until the end of the year, as they've already graduated so Scorpius wouldn't see them at school. Constructive criticism is appreciated. Also, you can leave me ideas if you'd like and I might use them. Thanks so much for reading!