A.N here it is! chapter one... I hope you all think it's okay! the usual I own nothing etc. this is just a lighthearted story by a ScoRose fan. I plan to get to work on the next chapter soon, till then I hope this is sufficient!
- brethil hwesta

Scorpius lay waiting on his bed, watching the dust as it spiraled round, catching the light, dancing through the air. The house was empty again. Well no, it was never truly empty, but the silence of both parents and the harsh ticking of the clock made the building feel like more of a lifeless shell then a home.

He blinked away the numbness of his trance and stood, clutching his head as if it could take away the aching of the stale and stuffy air. Suddenly the vast room's walls seemed to close in, all empty space absorbed by the dark shades of black and green. Without thinking Scorpius left the room and with footsteps echoing through the corridors, headed to the only place he felt at ease.

"ROSE!" Hugo's voice cut above all other sounds. She let out a frustrated sigh, a moments peace was all she wanted; was that truly so hard. "Coming." She called back before running down the stairs, almost tripping on the books and clothes that lay scattered there. "Harry, Albus and James are here!" he shouted impatiently, trying to hurry her. It worked. Rose took the steps three at a time; she hadn't seen Harry, Albus and James for weeks.

She ran into the room to see her uncle, mother and father sat talking on one side of the room, with Hugo and Albus on the other, James was hovering in the middle, as if unsure whether he was now too old to be messing around with his brother and cousin but not yet wanting to be bored by the conversation of the adults. His dark hair was longer than when she had last seen him and a heavy fringe fell into his eyes, Albus' hair had also grown in length but unlike James' straight locks, his stuck up in messily in all directions. Rose had always thought that the brothers looked incredibly similar, James being the more attractive of the two and the lanky Albus the friendlier.

After giving Harry a hug she walked over to James to save him from his indecisiveness, after the usual "how are you?"s she asked him where Lily was "Mum's decided to let her have her own owl, they've gone out to get it today." Rose didn't bother hiding her excitement; "Do you know what type she's getting?" "No." "Any name ideas?" "No." "Has she got a cage for it yet?" "No… I mean yes. But it's pretty small; Mum seems to think it will be fine but I'm not so sure." "Well maybe she'll get a small one; like a little owl, I love them there so cute!" James laughed at her choice in words, "They are!" Rose said defensively. "ROSIE!" Albus shouted while hugging her from behind, making her visibly jump and James laugh more.

Scorpius liked to draw. There was something soothing about making marks and simply not worrying about them, knowing that his gentle scribblings were secret and so no one could tease him, or tell him what he was doing was wrong. Sometimes, he would draw emotions, or add words to his work, letting the white paper listen and react to how he felt, giving the illusion of someone he could truly talk to, a wafer thin shoulder on which to cry.

By the lake he could breath. He could think. With lungs un-constricted and a mind uncontrolled. He lay back, feeling the dew soak into his clothes, knowing that here no heavy frown would stop him. The sky was a deep blue, the type you only get in autumn, and was crisp and cool. Lying in contrast stood the leaves, their warm rust and russet shades a stark contradiction, and yet, together they lay, in the perfect harmony only achieved by nature itself. Scorpius let out a long breath and drew. Not the shapes or the tones of the scene, but the colours. The colours that he loved so dearly. He laughed at himself for being so sentimental and then he laughed at himself for laughing. This, he thought with a smile playing upon his lips, was home.

The days passed; for one they were a frenzied blur of family and laughs and for the other they seemed to last forever; each second dragging its heavy feet through the thick and never ending mud of time. But soon both found themselves waiting on the platform, waiting for school, with mixed heights of nerves playing in the stomachs.

The steam appeared long before any other sign of the train; the grey smoke swirled engulfing all on the platform. Scorpuis stood pretending he could see through the thick cloud and that the nerves weren't almost unbearable. The repetitive chugging grew louder and louder until the flaking metal signs began to swing. He sat again, holding his sweaty palms in one way and then another, tongue darting out to dampen parchment dry lips. He knew it was ridiculous and he was too old to be so anxious but this changed nothing.

He told himself there was nothing to worry about as the harsh shrieking of metal on metal echoed through the station, but as it does the nagging voice at the back of his head spoke with a voice louder than all other thoughts – "The Potters."

"Come on Albus, it's nearly here!" Rose called to her cousin who had sat to put on his tie. "Hurry up or we'll get rubbish seats!" Rose always got little butterflies in her stomach at the start of a new term. It was excitement more than anything that caused it; a new school year meant new teachers, new books, new spells… she couldn't wait! "Oh hurry up Al." she let out a sigh as she turned to see Albus who was now doing up his laces at a painstakingly slow pace "Iungitus" Rose incanted wand pointed at his shoes. He jumped away as the laces magically tied together. Albus looked up smiling "Coming." he called. "Finally!" Rose smiled back.

They began to walk towards the train chatting animatedly about nothing in particular when Albus suddenly turned to her "Oh wait! I need to get my case!" Rose looked behind to see the battered red case quite a way off, it was slumped on a bench as if lonely and sad it had started to cry. "You'll have to run then." She told him as he groaned at the thought. She tried to look stern but watching the skinny boy running only made her smile, she had been joking but obviously, along with the case, Albus had forgotten the power of accio. Honestly, she thought, that boy would forget his head if it wasn't… what was it her mother said, if it wasn't… screwed on, that was it. The muggle sayings always made her chuckle. "Albus Severus Potter!" she called after him "What happened to the Remembrall I gave you?" "I forgot it!" came the shouted reply, this time Rose could do nothing but laugh.

As the train stopped before them Scorpius sighed. "Accio bag." He muttered under his breath. Feeling the comfort of something to hold, he slowly left the safety of the rusting iron bench and watched everyone else as they piled on the train. He had learnt to wait, not to get on with everyone else, unless you wanted to be crushed in the crowd, but instead to stand, be patient and board after everyone else already has.

At this rate they were going to be the last ones on. There was no one els… Rose noticed another still not on the Hogwarts express. It was Scorpius. He was alone as usual and again Rose couldn't help but feel slightly sorry for him. She shouldn't do, all his family was made up of sadistic and nasty death-eaters, but she did sometimes worry that James took things to far, was too mean. She couldn't cope with people being picked on but, she supposed that, as Scorpius was a bully too he deserved it, didn't he? Just like his father and grandfather, he was horrid to loads of people like… like… Rose tried to think of someone she had seen him being unkind to but, to be honest, she couldn't think of a time she'd ever heard him speak let alone be mean, then again if James said he was a bully then he must be, right?

She watched Scorpius board the train wondering what his voice actually sounded like; she imagined it would be fairly low and… "Rose?" panted Albus making her jump, she saw him trying to follow her gaze and quickly pulled him away "let's go." she said, dragging him along, hiding a blush which she didn't quite understand.

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