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Scorpius was taking the time to ready himself for school in his parents' Manor. He was looking at his blond hair and pale face. Although he was his Father's spitting image, he would like others to think of him as someone separate. He knew others saw him as Draco Malfoy because he heard someone call him "Malfoy" at one Summer party hosted by the Zabinis and it annoyed him to no end. He remembered said party quite too well, some people were saying this about him :

"Did you see him, the Malfoy boy, just like his Father, Draco Malfoy."

"Yeah, pale, blond and cold silver eyes."

"Yes, so a Malfoy from top to bottom, why he even has Draco's boastfulness."

"Well, you know what they say, eh : like Father, like son."

"And like Mother, like daughter."

And this was why he was repeating to himself, again, again, again, again and again, after the party was over :

"I am not my Father, I am not Draco Malfoy, I am Scorpius Malfoy."

"You're right, Dear, you are yourself. So are you all ready?" said Astoria, coming in his room.

"Yes, just a little scared to meet my Father's enemies, Mother."

"You know sometimes, we must let go of our past differences and start anew. And besides, I think your Father has forgiven his old enemies, because they saved his life, more than twice."

"But, I don't think they are going to forgive us." He said sadly.

"You worry too much about it, child. Now hurry up, it's time for Hogwarts' express now."

"Yes Mother. I really wish I didn't have to go to Hogwarts, why can't I go to Durmstrang or some other wizarding school?"

"Because it's nearest our home, dear, give it a chance, maybe your Father's enemies have changed, who knows."

"Mother, you're always so positive."

"Are you coming or not, Astoria, Scorpius?"

"Yes, Father."

The day he got on platform 9 and 3/4, he spotted a red-haired girl with such a beautiful, flamboyant shade of red in her hair. He wanted to go to her then, but his Father stopped him :

"Don't, she's going to nasty to you, Scorpius, she's the Rose Granger Weasley, my school enemy's daughter. Plus, she's a half-blood."

"Maybe they've forgiven us, after such a long time, Draco? And half-blood? I can't believe you'd say that in public still, 10 years after the war." Astoria intervened, not wanting her son to perpetuate the feud between the Malfoy and the Weasley families. His Mother, unlike his grandmother Narcissa Malfoy, wasn't the typical Malfoy wife, she was an outspoken and free-spirited lady, not believing in the Pure-blood ideology, although she was still somewhat aristocratic.

And so he waited until his parents were gone to introduce himself to the Weasley girl, he thought she didn't mind him being a Malfoy, though boy he was wrong about it :

"Hi, I am Scorpius Malfoy and you?"

"Oh, Malfoy, isn't it? Well, I've heard lots of bad things about you, like how evil you are and everything." She said it so plainly that it got to him.

"Look Weasley, can't we be nice to each other? Can't we be friends?"

"Be friends with you? In your dreams, Malfoy. You are my enemy, nothing else and you'd do well to remember that in school."

After he was branded as "Malfoy", in her mind, it was Headmistress Mcgonagall's welcome speech and while she was speeching, he was thinking about which house he was going to be sorted in and wondered about which house Rose was going to be in. When it was his turn to put on the Sorting Hat, it shouted :

"Slytherin!"

He then went to the Slytherin table, his Housemates congratulating him and all, but he heard Rose being sorted into Gryffindor. He didn't know history was repeating itself again.

And to be sure, in school she never was nice to him, even though he didn't understand why. "Why, the war's been over for more than 10 years, and the Weasleys are still holding it against me and my family for it. I guess my Father must have done some unspeakable things to them, for her to be this way towards me."

Some nights, he was following her around, because he was curious to know why she was always this mean towards him, he caught her in deep discussion with her Weasley year old cousins, Dominique, Roxanne, Lucy, Victoire and Molly, about him :

"I think you're too mean to Malfoy, I mean, he hasn't done anything to you personally." Dominique was trying to dissuade her from being so horrible to him.

"But he's still our family's enemy, so my enemy too. I mustn't get too friendly with him, you were there when my dad said this or they'd disown me if I were."

"I think it's silly to carry on the family feud into the next generation, our parents fought and won the war because they wanted us to be free to make our own choices, I'm sure your mum won't approve of you being so horrible to Malfoy. And you know what, about your dad, Rose, I think it's just an empty threat." Her Weasley cousin Roxanne was reasoning with her.

"I know, I know, Roxie and Dom, but what can I do about it? And it's too late anyways, I've rejected his friendship offer and I'm sure he must hate me for it now." Rose said, with some sort of fatality in her voice. But she couldn't know he Scorpius Malfoy was overhearing this conversation of hers with Dominique, Lucy, Roxanne, Molly and Victoire and and he didn't think it was too late for them to be friends.

"Well, I don't think he does. I don't think it's too late for you to be friends with him. I think he wants another chance from you too and he doesn't understand why you're this way towards him." "Dominique is so damn intelligent, why isn't she in Ravenclaw?"

"I don't care, he's still my enemy. Off to sleep now, Dom, Roxie, Lu, Victoire, Molly." said Rose stubbornly.

"Think about it, Rosie. Plus, this year is going to be my last year at Hogwarts, After her older cousin Victoire said this, Molly added :

"Yes. Listen to Victoire, Rose. She and I are tired of seeing our family and theirs to be always fighting. I think it's time to move on, don't you Rose?" Her older cousin Molly was more peace-loving than her. While he was listening to her conversation with her older cousins, he was musing about them : "Even though Victoire, one year apart and physically different from Molly, they are like sisters and do everything together, and often share the same views on things. And I wish I had cousins like hers too, but Aunt Daphne isn't married yet. Not surprising, considering how selfish and self-loving she is. No man would like a woman like my Aunt. "

"Even if I could forgive him for being a Malfoy, could dad or granddad forget about what Malfoy's done to him in school and could Uncle Harry? This was quite a valid question coming from his one-sided crush.

"Yes Rose, I think with time, they will see past it." Her older cousins Molly and Victoire both answered.

"I can use Dominique, Roxanne, Lucy and Molly Weasley to get her friendship. But since Molly will be out of Hogwarts this year, she's not going to be much use for me anyway. And Rose is afraid of being friends with me because she's scared of my Father and hers. Well, I'll show her I'm not Draco Malfoy, my father and I really don't want to be her enemy."

His 1st year passed so quickly, with thrilling Quidditch matches to watch, homework and such that Scorpius had barely a chance to bump into Rose, the girl he liked at first sight. But he did his best to prove he wasn't his Father all year long, and whenever she and others called him "Malfoy", he retorted : "I am not Malfoy." But with time, he got used to being called that and so he didn't get annoyed by it anymore, but somehow it hurt him more when Rose called him by his family name with such spite.

"Well, bye Rose." He waved at her on the train back home. She completely ignored him.