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A Different Kind of Beautiful

"Bye, Rosie, dear! We'll miss you!"

"Bye, Mum!"

"Don't forget to write, Hugo, honey!"

"I won't!"

With a jolt, the Hogwarts express started. Rose Weasly took one last glace at her mother, dabbing at her eyes, but waving. "I love you!" she called. It was her fourth year going to Hogwarts, and Hugo's second, and her mum still cried when they left. How embarrassing!

The train was now picking up speed. Rose watched her mother and father glide away. Another year at Hogwarts! Rose thought. Now, to find Natalie. Natalie Mellant had been Rose's best friend ever since they met on the Hogwarts express in their first year.

"Rose?" Hugo said from beside her. "Have you seen Josh?"

Rose pulled herself out of the window and sighed. Why would she have seen Josh? "No," she said flatly. Hugo scowled at her and walked away.

From down the hallway, Rose heard a shout of laughter. Knowing Natalie, she would be right in the middle of it. Rose hurried off the join the group, but was rudely interrupted by a pair of legs sticking across the entire aisle.

"Ah!" She fell hard on her knees. "Ouch! Watch it!" She looked up at the boy's face.

"Oh, sorry," he said, smiling. He held out his hand. She grabbed it and pulled herself up.

"Hey, who are you?" he asked, throwing back his hair. Rose smiled.

Man, is he cute!

"Rose," she said.

"I'm Scorpius," he responded. It was a though a brick had hit her right in the face.

Scorpius? Malfoy? That scrawny little Slytherin boy turned into this?

"Rose?" he asked.

"Sorry,Scorpius, but I have to go," she responded, and walked off.

Sure enough, Natalie had been in the middle of the group of laughing people. As she approached, Natalie ran to great her. "Hi!" she said, hugging Rose. "Who was that boy! And you just walked away from him? He was so cute!"

"Yeah, he's a Malfoy," Rose explained.

"Oh, but he was sooooo cute!"

"You know that my family's hated his for years. I can't like him."

"But he was sooooo cute!"

"Come on, Natalie. I know, he is really cute-"

"He's gorgeous!"

Rose smiled. "Yes, I know. But, like I said, he's a Malfoy."

"I really think you're missing out, Rosie." Natalie said. "I saw him. He looked like he liked you, too."

On the other end of the Hogwarts Express, Scorpius stood, leaning against a wall, with his friends. "So, who was the girl?" Sylvester asked.

"Her name's Rose," Scorpius responded.

"What did you do to her, huh? She walked right out on you."

"I know," he responded. "All I did was tell her my name and she walked away."

Scorpius and Sylvester were silent for a few moments. Then, suddenly, Sylvester stood up straight. "I've got it!"

"Got what?"

"Who Rose is!"

"Who?"

"Rose Weasly!"

Scorpius stared at him for a moment. That beautiful girl? Rose Weasley? He began to laugh. "Yeah, right, Sylvester, Rose? A Weasly?" But Scorpius knew he was right.

"She really is a Weasly, isn't she?"

Sylvester nodded.

"I guess she's a different kind of beautiful then I thought she was," he said.