A young girl with flaming red curling hair sat in a compartment with her cousin, a boy with green eyes and jet black hair.

"Rose stop fidgeting" the boy whined "you're making me wanna puke"

"Shut up Al" Rose muttered but she stopped fidgeting all the same.

Suddenly the compartment door slid open, causing the girl to jump.

"ROSE!!!"

"Umm can I sit here, everywhere else is full" a small blond boy with icy silver eyes stood sheepishly in the door way.

"'course you can" the girl smiled and the boy gave a grateful smile in return and slid into the compartment.

They sat in an awkward silence until Al, who had been scrutinising the blond boy blurted out, "You're that Malfoy kid aren't you, the one who's whole family are all death eaters"

"Al!" Rose hit him

"Yeah," the boy sighed, that was why he couldn't get anywhere to sit, no-one wanted to sit with a Malfoy.

"So I guess you'll be in Slytherin" Al pulled a disgusted face, and then cowered at the death glare Rose sent him.

"'Spose" the boy agreed grimly" though I'd rather be in another house instead"

"Like Gryffindor" It was clear which was Al favourite house"You might belong in Gryffindor,
Where dwell the brave at heart,
Their daring, nerve and chivalry
Set Gryffindors apart" he quoted proudly

"jeez Al, learning the hats words, you've just set a record for sadness" the Rose grinned playfully,"I'm Rose Weasley by the way" she said to the blond boy," and this is my cousin, Albus Potter"

The boys' eyes widened slightly at the mention of those two famous names,"Scorpius Malfoy" he muttered, not at all proud of the surname he was dumped with.

"Thought so" Rose nodded," My father mentioned you on the platform"

"My dad mentioned you too" the boy said

"Did he say to beat us up at every chance, beat us at every test, and make our lives miserable" Albus said heatedly.

"ALBUS POTTER HOW DARE YOU" Rose shrieked at her cousin, causing him to again cower from the temper she obviously got from her mother.

"Sorry" he mumbled

"Actually what he said was that your parents are good people and I'd better treat them with respect" Scorpius mumbled, causing Al to redden, "He said they deserved a happy time, after what they'd been through and I shouldn't be the one to make them miserable."

"Sorry" Albus repeated, blushing furiously.

"Its okay" Scorpius shrugged "you have a right to jump to conclusions, you're not the first" he added, thinking of a certain other boy who had.

Unfortunately, that certain boy chose to enter the compartment. James Potter stepped proudly into the compartment, "Hello my fellow Gryffindors" he grinned pulling his two relatives into a hug.

"We're not in Gryffindor yet" Rose pulled out of the hug glaring daggers at her arrogant elder cousin.

"But you will be" James turned to leave but seeing the little blond Malfoy he had tormented earlier stopped him in his tracks.

"Why are you sitting here?" he spat.

"'cause Rose said I could" Scorpius said defiantly.

James whipped round to face Rose; "Is this true?" his voice remained controlled though his eyes flashed dangerously.

"Yes" her eyes flashed in the same way.

"You allowed a Slytherin to sit with you!" he growled, anybody else would have run at his murderous face but Rose remained calm.

"Yes" she repeated "and can I remind you that he is not a Slytherin, and has even expressed a desire not to be, isn't that right Al?"

"Yeah" he muttered, avoiding his brothers eyes.

"Fine" James turned away "have it your way, you'll see I'm right in the end." And he sauntered out of the compartment.

"He let you off way to easily there Rose" Albus shook his head "you'll be pranked, be sure of it."

"Pranked?"

"James and his chumps call themselves the 'The New Marauders'" Rose rolled her eyes, answering Scorpius question, "They pull pranks at every chance, especially on those who annoyed them and Slytherins"

"Oh" Scorpius sighed "like tripping you up with the tripping hex, and causing you to spill all your stuff everywhere"

"He did that?" Rose hissed menacingly "he is sooo dead"

"Anything from the trolley?"

"FOOD!!" Albus crowed joyfully.

"Malfoy, Scorpius" McGonagall called. Rose waited anxiously as her new friend made his way up to the stool, she didn't even notice the hall had gone quiet at the sound of his name.

The hat dropped on to his head…..

"SLYTHERIN!!" The hat bellowed.

Cheers erupted from the far side of the hall whilst Gryffindor booed; they are sooo dead Rose thought angrily.

The sorting progressed, Albus going to Gryffindor, and being bundled on by his massive family. Then finally…

"Rose Weasley"

She waltzed up to the platform.

"GRYFFINDOR"

Of course….

SCREECH

A girl with flaming red hair jumped as an owl hooted at her impatiently outside her window. It was almost five years since that day and a lot of things had happened between her and that silver eyed boy…

It was still their first year, they were sitting by the lake, Rose and Scorpius laughing at something Al had said.

"Its not that funny" he complained "I'm being serious here"

"Serious?" a voice said from behind us "my little brother? Being serious, that'll only happen when he hangs out with a dirty Slytherin, oh yeah he is...silly me I forgot"

"Go away James" Rose sighed.

"How do you bare the stench?" James held his nose, "what did you do Malfoy? Use the imperious curse like your filthy father would?"

Scorpius stood up, punched James, and walked off.

From then on he refused to talk to them, never looked at them, for the whole year, and when he came back he was a Slytherin, cold, cruel, cunning and clever. And his main victim – her.

Tap tap.

Tap tap tap.

TAP TAP TAP.

Tap tap tap SCREECH.

She jumped. Then remembered the owl.

"I'm comin'" she sighed, opening the window.

She opened the annual Hogwarts letter with a bit more apprehension than usual, did she get it?

Miss Rose Weasley,

I am delighted to inform you that you have been given the position of Gryffindor Prefect at Hogwarts School Of Witchcraft And Wizardry….

A shiningred and gold badge tumbled out of the envelope emblazoned with the word Prefect

"MUM" She squealed.