1st September 2017
"What was your Dad saying to you back there Al?" Rose asked as they began to walk up the train, searching for a compartment.
"Oh nothing, just a bit about the sorting." Albus said evasively.
Rose snorted. "Well I bet it was nicer than mine – If you're not in Gryffindor we'll disinherit you."
He didn't mean it though. It's your Dad." Albus said, smiling slightly.
Rose sighed. "I know, bet he would be disappointed though."
"Well if you weren't it's not like you'd be the first Weasley not to – Dominique's in Ravenclaw and Molly's in Hufflepuff." Albus reasoned, still peering into compartments.
"Where do you think Lucy will be? Actually where do you think Lucy is right now?" Rose asked as they walked onto the next carriage.
"Lucy will be in Ravenclaw, all she does is read and I think she wants to be. And that's who I'm looking for, she's got to be around here somewhere hiding with her nose in a book."
He paused slightly as he looked into a carriage and Rose peered into it too. Inside she could see the blonde boy her father had pointed out on the train. He was in a compartment full of boys and was listening as one of them spoke.
"Bet he'll be a Slytherin." Rose said, thinking of her father's cold stare towards the family earlier. She had heard them talk of the Malfoys and knew they hadn't got along well at school although they never spoke about it properly in front of their children.
Albus shrugged and walked on again. Finally they stopped four compartments up. They had finally located their cousin Lucy who did indeed have her nose buried in a book as she sat in a compartment where two girls and a boy were talking animatedly. Sliding back the door they marched and stowed their luggage on the rack before taking the available seats next to Lucy who had looked up upon their arrival. The three other children had also stopped their conversation.
"Hi," Said Rose nervously. "I'm Rose … Rose Weasley."
"Michael Firth," The boy (who had dark curly hair and very light blue eyes) said, sitting up straight "You're Harry Potter's son, aren't you?" He asked, looking at Albus.
"Yes," Albus said slowly, looking at the boy warily. "I'm Albus."
"Yes my farther pointed out your family on the platform." The boy said then fell silent, looking at Albus through slightly narrowed eyes. Rose felt a dislike for him immediately
There was an awkward pause then the two girls introduced themselves as Jenny Wood and Sophie McNeil. Sophie had a short black bob and bright green eyes like Albus' and Jenny, who she deduced was the daughter of Katie and Oliver Wood who she knew were friends with her Uncle Harry, had wavy blonde hair, warm brown eyes and a light smattering of freckles across her cheeks. When they spoke they were a lot nicer than the boy and Rose warmed to them, glad they hadn't sat in a compartment full of people who were all going to stare at Albus – really he wasn't that exciting!
The train trundled northwards through the crisp sunshine of the day and Rose felt herself relaxing. Everyone was chattering happily in the compartment – well Firth kept making load boasting comments which Rose would ignore – and she found herself really liking Jenny Wood who was very sweet but had a sharp sense of humour. At lunch time they all dug into sweets from the lunch trolley and the only break in the journey up to Hogwarts was the appearance of James.
He had bounded down the corridor and slid open the door to their compartment.
"Doing alright Al, haven't managed to fall off the train yet – shame."
Albus aimed a kick at him from his seat which James dodged and threw himself in between them, nudging them both with his shoulders until he could fit in the space.
"How about you Rosie Posie?" He said, throwing an arm round her.
Rose knew that James liked to show off and joke around so she shoved him playfully in the ribs.
"Fine till you came in," She said, smirking
"Ohhh well be like that then, only trying to be nice."
Rose rolled her eyes as he stood up again and made towards the door.
"You know Al, I've had a thought. Maybe you won't get sorted into Slytherin. Maybe they just won't sort you at all and you'll just sit there for hours and hours until you have to go home."
Al aimed another kick at James but he ran off down carriage cackling.
"Stupid git," muttered Albus, employing one of her father's favourite words.
The train continued north for a few more hours until as they felt it gently slow down they all pulled their robes from their bags and threw them on. When they finally rolled into the station Rose stomach was writhing with nerves again and she felt faintly sick. She really hoped she'd be in Gryffindor.
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In general Rose loved being a Weasley but there were a few things that irritated her about her surname – one being the fact that she had never met an adult in her life who didn't compare her to one of her aunts, uncles or cousins and the other being the fact that she was always near the end of any register. She tapped her foot nervously as student after student walked up and placed the frayed hat on their head then scurried of to their new house, feeling increasingly sick by the second. Although today she at least knew that Lucy would be with her until right before she was called and Jenny Wood would have to wait until after her.
She watched as Michael Firth was made a Slytherin with a smirk and fully expected the same treatment to be given when Professor Flitwick called out -
"Malfoy, Scorpius"
Malfoy's bright blonde hair disappeared underneath the hat as he waited for his new house to be called. The students all watched as Malfoy became the longest person it was taking to sort – a couple of tense minutes ticket by until finally the brim opened and the hat called out.
"RAVENCLAW!"
Albus turned to her and raised an eyebrow, a slightly amused look on his face. Rose could just make out a few mutterings of students over the din of Ravenclaws cheering – apparently people knew the Malfoy name and were surprised.
Rose watched happily a very pleased Sophie McNeil got sorted into Hufflepuff and then …
"Potter, Albus"
A much louder outbreak of muttering began as Albus walked nervously up to the hat. It was dispelled into giggles however when a loud "Whoop whoop!" sounded through the hall. Rose knew without looking it was James and smiled.
The hat also deliberated on Albus but for no way near as long as Malfoy, then again its brim opened wide as it called out
"GRYFFINDOR!"
Rose clapped hard as Albus scurried off the stool and over the Gryffindor table.
More students went up and finally after Lucy was indeed sorted into Ravenclaw it was Rose turn. She walked up quickly and jammed the hat on. There was a heartbeat of silence then –
"Another one eh … well here I can see intelligence yes but it's not your defining factor … there's courage and a fierce loyalty coupled with your temper … I'd say you'd do best in GRYFFINDOR!"
Rose sagged with relief and hurried over to the table amidst great cheers (those loudest coming from her family). She sat next to Albus who hugged her and opposite James who ruffled her hair and felt a great swell of happiness. This increased as Jenny Wood was also sorted into Gryffindor and finally after Jeremy Zelvin was sorted into Slytherin the first night of Hogwarts began.
AN: HELLO and welcome to my ScoRose story. So one-shots have been running round my head for a while about these two so I thought I'd make a story of them all. This all stems from my story 'A Window Seat' which is three Rose/Hermione one-shots the third one being Rose telling Hermione she's dating Scorpius so I'd love it if you'd read that as well (only if you want to of course!)
There will be between 20-30 one-shots making up this story. I have quite a lot planned but there's definitely room for more so please send me your ideas/headcannons/whatever and they might be included! I hope you enjoyed this first chapter. I know it was no interaction between them but I needed to make some sort of introduction to all the characters and their houses etc. All the chapters after this will be much more ScoRose heavy - I promise!
So please review! x