Author's Notes

This story continues the one begun in "The Four Witches Go to Hogwarts," about Rose Weasley and her friends. Thus, if you have not read that story, this one will be very confusing. As before, I do not own the Harry Potter characters or Hogwarts, although there are some characters in this story who are my creations.

Chapter 1: Death and Rebirth

"Avada Kedavra!" The ominous green light struck the pretty young witch in the face. She toppled off the deserted bridge, landing on the street below. Another young woman, her dark brown hair cut short, peeked over the side. She grinned maniacally as she watched a large truck speed over the witch's corpse. The sadistic viewer then did something extraordinary. After looking around to make sure there were no witnesses, her body suddenly changed, shrinking and growing furrier until she looked exactly like a cute brown bunny rabbit. The rabbit hopped away quickly, running until she dashed through a pet door in what looked like an ordinary house. The rabbit then grew back into a human, grinning excitedly at the woman who was lounging on the couch.

"I did it, Heather! It was easy, too, the only ones around were muggles, and they're just going to think she was run over," the rabbit-woman whispered excitedly, despite the fact that the person she was addressing was the only other inhabitant of the house at the moment.

"Good. I can't believe a Slytherin like that Ashley Smooge was ever allowed to teach Ancient Runes, when a subject like that is only suited to Ravenclaw minds. I'm sure Ashley was corrupting those innocent children and filling their heads with disgusting blood purity notions," Heather declared vehemently.

"Now your husband can teach that subject, like he always wanted to, and he can help Ravenclaw rule Hogwarts," the rabbit-woman said with a satisfied smile.

A few days later, yet another Hogwarts professor was found dead. It could have been by the Killing Curse, but Orion Sparks' body was stabbed with so many knives as well. Smugly satisfied by his death, Pansy Parkinson then entered Malfoy Manor, around which she had placed many protection charms.

"WAAAAAH!" Pansy's smirk grew as she heard the baby's cry, and she watched Draco hurry down the hallway to the nursery.

"I was sure that it was the end of dirty nappies after Scorpius learned how to use the loo," she heard Draco muttering to himself. Pansy just smirked even more.

"She's going to replace Scorpius in more than just that," Pansy whispered triumphantly before heading to her room. Little Cassiopeia Malfoy, only about a week old, already looked like the perfect cross between her parents. Her features and her gray eyes resembled the Malfoy side of her family, but her dark hair signified that Pansy was her mother. Pansy felt that men were laughably easy to seduce if you just drugged them with Amortentia and the Imperius Curse, as she had done to Draco back in October, soon after Scorpius had left for Hogwarts. Several months later, Cassiopeia was born And just as Cassiopeia was going to replace Scorpius, Pansy felt that she would be the perfect replacement for Orion Sparks. What better way to make sure Slytherin didn't fall into the hands of blood traitors like Amanda Quigley than to become a teacher herself? Draco's wife Astoria wouldn't even care, given that Pansy had killed her as well. Astoria's sister Daphne was also out of the way, as she had been made into a willing servant for Pansy with the use of the Imperius Curse. All was set and ready in Pansy's world for her to make sure Hogwarts knew that the Slytherins were in charge.

Meanwhile, Amber McAngus was celebrating in Scotland while Diamond Flannery rejoiced in Ireland. Neither person knew what the other was doing, but they were both very happy about the same thing. The Arithmancy and Muggle Studies professors at Hogwarts had both left together on a long journey, and replacements would be needed for both of them. It was perfect for both Amber, who had her sights set on the Muggle Studies job, and Diamond, who wanted to teach Arithmancy. However, each of them ultimately had opposing goals. Amber felt that it was only right that Gryffindor take its place as the superior Hogwarts house, given the events of the most recent Voldemort War. As for Diamond, he believed it was time for Hufflepuff to receive glory and prove that it was better than those other elitist houses.

A few days later, unaware of the people who were planning to escalate the house rivalries at Hogwarts, Harry and Ginny Potter were taking their children to Diagon Alley to get their new school supplies for the coming year. This time, Scorpius Malfoy was accompanying them, and so was Rebecca Dursley, who had just received her Hogwarts letter recently. However, Rebecca wasn't as happy about this as she might otherwise be. For most of her life, ever since Dudley had realized his daughter was a witch, he and Rebecca had hidden her powers from Vernon and Petunia, fearing their reactions. A week ago, her secret finally was revealed when, during a visit with her grandparents, an owl flew up to the door and threw her Hogwarts letter through the mail slot. Rebecca had tried to hide it, but Vernon, thinking it was for him, took it from her anyway. Upon realizing what the letter meant, he had a heart attack and had to be rushed to the hospital. He survived, but things were very different now between Rebecca and her grandparents. They blamed her, of course, Petunia wondering if Lily's genes had corrupted Dudley's daughter. For his part, Dudley had just seemed frightened, and thus sent Rebecca to stay with the Potters until things cleared up, if they ever would.

"What house do you think you'll be in, Rebecca?" Rebecca was startled out of her angry, gloomy thoughts by James's voice.

"I hope she's in Gryffindor with us. She will have to be brave since she has evil grandparents like mine," Scorpius spoke up.

"Or she could be in Slytherin. You never know, being muggleborn doesn't exclude her. Like that werewolf girl," James pointed out.

"I don't care which house I go to. Uncle Harry told me they all have good things about them," Rebecca shrugged, "And I don't care about my stupid grandparents. They're just muggles. It's their problem if they can't see how much better the magical world is." Scorpius stared at her, horrified.

"You sound just like Father," he gasped, "People like him who looked down on muggles and muggleborns, torturing them for fun...I'm sure the muggle world is just different from ours. Like how other countries are different, but it doesn't mean we're better than them. The magical world isn't that great anyway, not all wizards are as wonderful as Harry. Not if it has people like my family in it, and I'm sure I inherited their evil too."

"You're not evil. Just because your parents are a certain way, it doesn't mean you'll be just like them. I'm living proof of that," Rebecca replied proudly. Why would she want to be like those magic-hating grandparents of hers, or like her father, who was cowardly and still feared her magic, even if he tried to be kind to her? Rebecca was not a normal Dursley, she was a witch, better than them, she felt. They stopped first at Gringotts, the wizarding bank, and James asked an unfortunate question.

"Are we going to visit the Malfoy vault too? Since Scorpius is with us, I'm sure he'd be allowed to take stuff out of there. That family's even richer than us, I'm sure he could buy everyone's stuff easily and have money left over to buy the whole Gryffindor Quidditch team new racing brooms!" James exclaimed, visions of actually winning a Quidditch game dancing in his head.

"No! It's evil money! I'm sure it was stolen from muggleborns or something!" Scorpius shouted, suddenly frightened of entering Gringotts.

"Then give it to me!" called Hugo Weasley, who was arriving with his family as well. Scorpius looked at Ron and Hermione with pleading, teary eyes.

"If it would help cleanse the evil Malfoy money, then maybe you should take it. You Weasleys deserve it much more than me, you actually worked for your money," he offered.

"What about the Gryffindor Quidditch team? Isn't that a good cause too?" James blurted out.

"Hush, James, I already promised I would get you a new racing broom. And Scorpius, are you sure you'll be allowed to use your family's money anyway?" Harry pointed out, although he did find Scorpius's generosity to be very sweet, especially towards the Weasleys.

"I don't know," Scorpius realized, unsure whether or not he was relieved or disappointed that they probably weren't going to be visiting his family's vault this year. If not, then he would have to do extra chores for Harry and Ginny to make up for them buying his books and school supplies, something Scorpius would do gladly. However, this was easier said than done, as Scorpius's former attempts at helping with the chores had usually caused more trouble than they were worth, mainly because of his clumsiness. After breaking several dishes, photo frames and managing to accidentally set the table on fire with his wand, Scorpius's attempts at helping had ended after he fell down the long staircase while carrying James and Albus's brooms and knocked himself out. Harry and Ginny finally had to tell him that while they appreciated his efforts to help, it would be better if he stopped trying to help so much, especially for his own safety.

After the trip to Gringotts, where it was revealed that Scorpius was NOT allowed to use his family's money, as Draco had forbidden it, the group headed to Ollivander's to get Rebecca her new wand. Of course, Ollivander himself was not there anymore, given that he had died a few years earlier, from old age. Padma Patil, formerly his apprentice and now the owner of the shop, was waiting for customers at the desk.

"Why hello, Harry! Who's getting a wand this time? I thought Lily wasn't going to Hogwarts until next year," Padma greeted him cheerfully.

"It's for me. My name is Rebecca Dursley."

"She's my cousin's daughter," Harry explained, "She'll be entering her first year." Padma looked at Rebecca intently, and then pulled a wand box off of a nearby shelf. This first one didn't fit, but after a few tries, Rebecca found a wand that matched her. It was 10 inches long, made of ash with a core of unicorn hair, and she smiled at it, loving the feel of the power it held. A whole new world was opening up to her, one that she could finally join.