A/N Hi! This is my first story. I hope everyone who reads it enjoys it. Please review, it'll help me to keep writing. This is a Scorose (Scorpius and Rose) Fanfiction. The first few chapters will just be explaining the relationship between them. I hope you like it!
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter in any sort of way...sadly.
First Year
Rose Weasley took a shaky breath as she boarded the Hogwarts Express for the first time. She was just a little eleven year old girl who was about to embark on an adventure that her parents went on. Of course she was prepared, being Hermione Weasley, née Granger's daughter. She has read all of the textbooks that her Hogwarts letter called for.
Rose was scared about failing, not classes, not friends, but the world. If she couldn't be just as great as her parents she would have failed. She couldn't fail.
"Rosie, are you okay?" Albus Potter asked. Al was her favorite cousin, sure she loved James, and Lily, but she was just closer to Al. She blinked and realised she was still standing about to board, she had stood there like some stupid bloke. Bloody hell, this was a great start to the year, she thought.
She nodded to her cousin. "Yeah, I'm fine. Just thinking, I guess." While walking Down the long hallway, on the right compartments linking the edge, she turned around to face Albus. "No, I'm not fine, Al. I'm scared." His face fell. He gestured his head towards an empty compartment.
They placed their bags in the empty seats. "Rosie, this year will be great! We have uncle-Professor Longbottom there. And Hagrid. Everyone we know went to this school. Look at where they are now, we are only fated for great things." He gave a small smile. She gave Al a short thankful nod as she placed her head against the window just watching everything outside fly by.
The door creaked open a bit, James came in. "Oi! Mates, you may want to change." She realise James wasn't wearing the clothes she saw him wearing earlier. He was wearing his Gryffindor robes. All she had was plain black robes, no house crest just yet. James took the seat next to Albus, but preceding that, Al moved his thing off the seat and up to the top.
They had small chat, speaking of which houses they wanted to get sorted into. Of course the fledgling wizards all said Gryffindor. The other house weren't bad, Rose thought, but they weren't the best. She couldn't think of herself in any other house, it just didn't match to Rose.
A blonde head stuck it's head in the door, and with a quick mumble he asked, "May I sit here? Everyone else doesn't want to sit with me." Did they know the kid, rose thought, why would they not let him sit with them. She asked that question until the first year rose his head, she saw his striking gray eyes, perfectly cut edges around his faces, that would only get sharper as he grew.
A Malfoy. That answered the question. She saw the look of realisation hit Albus and James and before they could say no, she snatched the chance. "Yes, you change. I'm Rose, that's Albus and James. It's Scorpius, right?" He shot her a grateful look, and nodded.
"This will be an interesting year." Al muttered under his breath as Scorpius Malfoy took his rightful seat next to Rose.
"All 'irst 'ears foll'w m'." Scorpius heard the voice of Hagrid calling out to all the first years. Scorpius had never seen Hagrid before meeting him at Hogwarts, so when he saw the seven foot giant he was a little intimidated.
He turned to rose only to see a smile on her face. "Aye, Hagrid," She ran to him, Albus walking behind. They both gave the half-giant a hug. Scorpius thought James would have done the same but he had already left. "It's so good to see you again Hagrid."
"Yeah, we've missed at Christmas the past few years." Albus said. Hagrid gave a chuckle to this comment.
"Ya know tha' I do have creas'ures to care fo'" They follow Hagrid with the rest of first years. On the boats, Scorpius was on one with Al and Rose. As the boats took them to shore, he couldn't help but marvel at the beauty that was Hogwarts. All the towering towers, the quidditch pitch could barely be seen, the forbidden forest creating a dark background.
Once they got to the shore, they were meet with a new adult, one that winked at Albus and Rose. Scorpius assumed that it was Professor Longbottom or as Potter-Weasley know him as, uncle Neville. "Good evening, first years. My name is Professor Longbottom, I teach defense against the dark arts. Now we are about to head into the main hall where you will get together in the front and I'll call you name. You will sit on a stool and get sorted into your house. Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw. Now you may follow me." Professor Longbottom lead the first years to the Great Hall doors and slowly he opened the large, dark doors.
When he did, the first years were exposed to all the students and professors. Scorpius stood there, petrified of all the eyes on him. Neville walked the students through the tables until they were faced with a raggedy, brown, cut-up hat. Scorpius had heard many tales about The Sorting Hat from his father. It would tell you which house you belonged in, he begged that he wouldn't follow the rest of the family's path. In Slytherin.
Professor Longbottom took a sheet of yellowing paper that contained all the names of the students, and read a loud.
"Jennifer Austin." A small blonde girl wormed her way out of the crowd. When she got to the stool, she sat down and Neville placed the old hat onto her head. The hat sat upon her head for a short period of time before it called out "Ravenclaw!" Jennifer put on a small smile and was ushered to her table full of students clapping.
The sorting went on but Scorpius didn't pay much attention until his own name brought him out of his thoughts. He didn't want to be like his family, then everyone would think he's just like them, not saying people didn't see him that way.
He made his way up to the front of the room. He made eye contact with Rose, then Albus who was whispering to Rose giving Scorpius a side glare, Rose dismissing his comment with an eye roll.
He sat upon the stool. Longbottom carefully sat the hat on his head and took a deep breath. He could hear the hat's voice in his own head, reading his mind. O! A Malfoy. I know exactly where you belong. You'll do fabulously in Slytherin. The words sent a chill down Scorpius' back.
'Please don't put me in Slytherin, anything but Slytherin.' He could practically see the smirk on the sorting hat's face. You know, someone once said that to me, and I listened. He had never heard of this story. 'Who was it?' Scorpius thought interested.
Why, it was Harry Potter of course. Who knows, if I had put him in Slytherin, he just may have become a death eater himself...are you sure you don't want to be in Slytherin? He gave a small nod to confirm. Fine then, but when you realise I wanted what's best don't come complaining. "Gryffindor" The sorting hat shouted.
There was scattered applause. A few Gryffindors clapped, no Slytherins, half of the Hufflepuffs and a bit of Ravenclaw. He went to the crowded table and watched the rest of the sorting.
It had gotten to Albus' turn and just like the rest of his family, he followed the steps in Gryffindor. Rose was one of the last people to be sorted but no was sorted into Gryffindor as well.
Lea Jordan, a fourth year prefect stood above the crowd once the feast was done and directed the first years to the common rooms. "All first years follow me, so that I can show the way to the common room." Her voice rang out loud. Scorpius almost saw Jame nearly drool over Lea. She has long black hair with perfect bangs. She was around a normal height for a girl her age. In the muggle world she would be considered pretty, with her dark skin.
Scorpius quickly found Rose and Al and they followed Lea through the constantly changing corridors of Hogwarts. Once they got to the painting, Lea turned to face the students. "The password is 'Bloberwarts' which you're learn about soon enough." She then turned again with a smile.
The painting swing open to reveal a gryffindor coloured room. There were many couches and a wide fireplace. In the back there were a set of stairs going both ways. One to the girls and one to the boys, Scorpius assumed. "You bedroom are up the stairs, girls to the right, boys to the left. I'm sure you'll find your trunks and everything you bright there." Everyone scattered.
Albus turned in to the group. "So...a Malfoy in Gryffindor. Who were to think? Eh. I'm sure this year will be great, it's Hogwarts after all." Rose gave her cousin a confident smile.
"The beginning of our life's start now. Be best get studying now!" Al and Scorpius both laughed and Rose's excitement.
The three students soon became inseparable, you didn't see one with the other two. It took a while for people to get used to the idea of a Malfoy and the Potter-Weasley clan being friendly, but soon it just seemed crazy that people thought they would hate each other.
A/N Please review. Thanks. -Gaby