Filius looked around panicked. His mother had said that she could not be there at his departure to Hogwarts, and as a eleven-year-old could be, Filius was frightened. There was no one he knew there at the busy train station, until he saw a familiar sweep of white-blonde hair.

"Scorpius!" he yelled. "Wait for me!"

Scorpius Malfoy turned and beamed. A close family friend, the Malfoys were always happy to see Filius and his kin, especially Scorpius, who had no relatives his age going to the famous school for witchcraft and wizardry.

"Filius! You made it! Let's go on the train already, I can't wait to explore! Dad told me about the Room of Requirement and what happened nineteen years ago…"

But Filius wasn't listening. He had caught the eye of a girl his age, who was surrounded by her friends and a familiar man who was warily looking this way. Scorpius had noticed this, and shoved Filius aside to explain.

"That's Harry Potter," Scorpius whispered.

"The Chosen One?" Filius said, eyes wide open. Everyone had heard of the great and mighty Harry Potter, who had defeated the Dark Lord. Filius wasn't too sure about what he did, but his mother never talked about him in the house. He remembered that one night when he brought him up.

"Mum? Who's Harry Potter?" Filius had casually asked. He'd just come back from Scorpius' house and they had spent the day looking through the family records. They'd stumbled across Harry Potter's name and history in the books, and were curious to see who he was, since the family records had strange information about him.

"Never you mind, Filius, my child. There are some things that you don't need to know about yet. I'll tell you when you're older. Off to bed," his mother had said.

"I think those are his kids. We'll talk to them when we're on the train, okay?" Scorpius smiled. "The records will have new information by the time we've come back!"

Filius grinned back as Scorpius was hugged by his father and mother, Draco Malfoy and Astoria Malfoy. "Bye, Mr and Mrs Malfoy!" he said politely before dashing off to the grand Hogwarts Express.

"Be safe, kids!" Astoria bid them goodbye.

"Don't go wandering around and behave," Draco smiled to them. He remembered his first day at Hogwarts, and it wasn't a great start, although it seemed great at the time. He really wished he'd made a good impression to Harry, so that he could have become warmer to Hermione Granger, who he'd looked up to and admired. It didn't matter now that he had Astoria, but he still missed those days…

Once they were on the train, Scorpius was dashing up and down the train, looking for the carriage he wanted. Filius swore he kept muttering 'where is she, where is she' but Scorpius said he hadn't ever fancied a girl. As they passed several empty carriages, Filius was getting impatient.

"Have you found the carriage yet? There were plenty empty or nearly empty ones we could have gone in-"

"Shut up, Filius. There's someone I want to talk to," Scorpius said, going bright red. Smiling at this new discovery, Filius shook his head and continued searching with Scorpius.

Suddenly, Scorpius stopped and took a couple steps back in order not to be seen by the people inside, and stepping on Filius' foot.

"Ow! What are you doing?" Filius yelped. "That hurt!"

"I'm watching you yelp around like a seal. Shut it and pay attention; watch and learn." Scorpius ran a hand through his gelled hair and pulled a grin. "Any good?"

"That'll scare away girls any day," Filius sighed, although he knew that he would never be like Scorpius.

Scorpius walked slowly to the door and knocked politely, with Filius poking his head over his shoulder. As soon as he saw the girl who had caught his eye, he tried to grin but instead put on a cheesy smile. Filius kicked himself and followed Scorpius into the carriage.

"Hey. Can I sit with you guys?" Scorpius said smoothly. "Oh, and this is my friend Filius. Say hi," he gestured.

Filius gulped as all eyes were on him. "Hey."

He saw the girl's eyes roll and divert back to her book. Filius loved books, but didn't feel secure enough to tell her that, mainly because Scorpius was coolly getting along with the boy he was sitting next to and making him feel even more nervous.

After a few minutes, he worked up the courage to talk to her. "Hey. My name's Filius," he trembled. The girl looked up briefly before realising he was talking to her.

"Oh. My name's Rose Granger-Weasley," she said distantly before reading more.

"What are you reading?" Filius said nervously. Who knew it could be this hard to talk to a girl?

"Hogwarts: A History. Did you know that the ceiling is enchanted to look like the sky?" she said, finally looking up to talk to him. Her blue eyes analysed him quickly and a flash of alarm washed over her face as she realised something. She glanced at Scorpius and delved quickly back into her book.

"Oh. Um, no, I never knew that," Filius said, but never got a reply, because Rose shuffled away from him.