AN: I do not own any of the Harry Potter characters, or their world! They belong to J.K Rowling. I only own the plot of this story, and my personal OCs, (who's names will not be told quite yet.)
Albus was leaving for his fifth year at Hogwarts. He hugged his mum and dad, then hurried onto the train, to find his friend Scorpius. He found Scorpius in an empty compartment, and sat down across from him. The train started to move, and they were on their way.
"I can't believe that they're letting us go to Hogwarts this year...you know, after what happened last year." Said Albus nervously.
"I think it's great!" Scorpius said cheerfully, "Maybe they've finally forgotten about it! My dad actually has been smiling at me now, and he's never done that before."
Scorpius seemed to be looking on the bright side of things; something that Albus liked about his queer friend. He changed the subject.
"So...are you nervous about OWLs?" Albus really didn't know what to talk about, and immediately felt weird asking a school question. But Scorpius was already engaged in the subject.
"OWLs? Yeah! I'm almost excited for them, to be honest. Hey, maybe I'll be able to impress Rose by beating her score on one of the tests..." Albus smiled and shook his head at Scorpius' remark. Scorpius had tried and failed many times trying to impress Rose Granger-Weasley, but always ended up making a fool of himself in the process. Albus, on the other hand, had fancied a girl for a short while, but she turned out to be Voldemort's secret daughter, who planned to bring him back using a time-turner. Yeah...she wasn't really that good looking anyway.
Scorpius kept trying to plan more ways to try to get Rose to like him. Albus eventually gave in, and joined his friend in making up elaborate schemes that only had a 1% success rate. They had just switched the topic to, "Finding ways to get Albus a girlfriend," when there was a knock on the compartment door. Albus and Scorpius immediately shut up, when a girl poked her head in.
"Can I join you? Everywhere else is full." She had a sort of dream-like voice, that almost reminded Albus of his parents' friend Luna's voice, but it was different, in a sort-of unexplainable way. She looked to be about the same age as Scorpius and Albus. Her hair was dark brown, with long curls, and it came down past her shoulders. She also had large bright green glasses that made her look really geeky. Her eyes were grey, and she wore a Ravenclaw uniform.
Other than the fact that she looked completely nerdy, Albus thought that she was really pretty. He nodded, not able to say another word.
The girl sat down next to Scorpius, which slightly irritated Albus. "Thanks. I'm Astoria, by the way."
Scorpius' mood suddenly changed from happy, to depressed. Astoria could tell something was wrong.
"Are you okay?" She showed deep concern for Scorpius, even though they just met. Albus was really annoyed now.
"Your name," murmured Scorpius, "was my mother's name."
"Oh," said Astoria solemnly, "I'm sorry."
They all sat in silence for a moment.
After a few minutes had gone by, Albus spoke up. "Err, um, we didn't tell you our names. I- I'm Albus."
"I'm...Scorpius."
"So...do you guys know any good spells?" Astoria spoke awkwardly, wanting to cheer Scorpius up.
Albus immediately sat up. He pulled out his wand, ready to impress Astoria. "I know a pretty good one. Accio wand!" Albus pointed his wand at Scorpius' robes, and Scorpius' wand came flying at him. It poked him in the eye, and fell in his lap. Albus yelped in pain, while Scorpius and Astoria laughed. Albus was fuming.
Scorpius was much happier now. He decided to try a summoning spell as well. There was a small Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Bean in Albus' robe pocket. (Scorpius knew because he was the one who put it there.) He decided to do 'magic.' "Muggles made up this person called a magician who can make things appear and disappear before your very eyes without magic. Well, I'm going to do it with magic. Accio bean!"
Scorpius pointed his wand at Albus' robe pocket and the tiny bean flew out. He caught the bean in his hand, then proceeded to bow over-exuberantly as if he was in front of an audience.
Astoria watched patiently, then decided to show off her own spell. "I know a good one too." Astoria said with confidence. She pulled out her wand. "Expecto Patronum!" A white tip shot out of her wand, then a rabbit formed. It bounced around the carriage for a while, before fading away.
"Woah!" Scorpius and Albus' eyes grew as wide as saucers. They had never seen a patronus before. "Where did you learn that? What memory did you think of? Can you teach me how to do that?" Scorpius bombarded Astoria with plenty of questions.
Astoria was just pleased to see Scorpius happy again. "I learned how to do it from Professor Lovegood last year. My memory I chose was of my friend Will. I can teach you both this year, if we have any spare time. OWLs are tough, and we might just have to spend all of our free time studying."
Albus groaned, he hated studying. Scorpius, on the other hand, loved studying. Albus could tell that Astoria definitely liked Scorpius, but he seemed oblivious to it. Albus would have to really impress Astoria if he ever had a chance with her.
During Christmas holidays, Albus and Scorpius stayed at Hogwarts. Rose, Lily, Hugo and James stayed too. Their parents were going to have a big Christmas get-together like they usually did, so everyone decided to stay at the school. The students who stayed would have a mini Christmas party, and it was always a lot of fun. Lucky for Albus, Astoria stayed at school too. On December 24th, Scorpius decided to ask Rose, for the millionth time, if she would go out with him. While Scorpius failed at that, Albus decided to try to find Astoria. They hadn't talked since the train ride, but he considered himself her friend. As he made his way to the Ravenclaw common room, he literally bumped into her in the corridor.
Albus jumped to his feet, and helped her up. "Err, sorry about that. I was actually looking for you to see-"
Astoria cut him off sharply. "I'm so sorry Albus, but I'm in a really big hurry. Do you happen to know where Scorpius is? I need to tell him something."
"Oh, Scorpius?" Albus could see where this was going. "I think he's in the Great Hall."
"Really? Thanks! See you around Albus!" Astoria ran off toward the Great Hall, leaving Albus behind.
Later in the common room, Scorpius told Albus about his adventure with Rose.
"It was great! Remember the last time I tried to hug her, how she kicked me in the shin?"
"Yeah."
"Well, this time, she slapped me on the face!"
"How is that better?"
"She's moved on to facial contact. I really think she likes me Albus!"
"Did you see Astoria while Rose was slapping you?"
Scorpius thought about this for a moment. "Uh...yes. I did. She actually came up to talk to me. She even asked me out."
Albus was shocked! "And what did you say?"
"I said no. I like Rose. Well, I didn't tell her that, but-"
"You said no?! Scorpius, do you realize what you just did?"
"No..."
Albus sighed. Sometimes, even with all of his brains, Scorpius' head could be full of dragon dung. "Scorpius, you just rejected a really, really smart girl. Do you know what they're capable of?"
"I dunno."
"You could have a whole army of canaries coming after you. I know, because that's what Aunt Hermione did to Uncle Ron when he did that to her."
"Albus, It'll be fine. Trust me. No one could get that emotional."
Albus and Scorpius then went to bed. As they were falling asleep, Astoria was alone in Ravenclaw common room. Sitting in a comfy chair by the fire, she held a picture in her hand. It wasn't moving; it was a muggle photo. The picture showed a teenage boy, around fifteen years old. He looked like Scorpius, but instead of blond hair, he had light brown hair, that was combed expertly. He also had perfect teeth, bright blue eyes, and he was smiling. Something that Will never did. He was standing with a girl. Astoria. Astoria would stare at the picture every night, it started to become a habit for her. A single tear formed in Astoria's eye as she looked at the photo. It ran down her cheek, and fell onto the photo.
It's Christmas morning. Scorpius and Albus awoke to the sight of many presents at the foot of their bed. They both went through all of their presents very fast, but Scorpius ended up having one teeny box left over. It was about the size of a matchbox, and colored bright blue. There wasn't a tag, and Albus thought it could be from Astoria.
"She's mad at you Scorpius," Albus said with caution, "it's probably poisoned. Or hexed. You shouldn't open-"
Scorpius opened the lid. Inside, there was a small rabbit. It was white, with a brown spot on its nose, and blue eyes. The rabbit was sitting on a tiny note lining the bottom of the box. It hopped around in the box, and stepped all over the note. Scorpius carefully picked up the rabbit, took the note out of the box, then put the rabbit back in the box. The note was small, but could be read easily.
Patronus lessons. Tomorrow. 7:00 AM, in the Room of Requirement. DON'T YOU DARE HURT MY RABBIT OR I'LL HURT YOU SCORPIUS MALFOY.
Love,
Astoria 3
Scorpius and Albus had forgotten all about Astoria's promise to teach them how to conjure a patronus. And now he had to keep a rabbit. Scorpius made a sheepish smile. "I think she's made her point. Don't kill bunny. Don't say no to me again. I think I get it now."
Albus was hardly paying attention to what Scorpius was saying. "Scorpius! She made a rabbit! Isn't she awesome? She's the best-OW!"
Scorpius pinched Albus in the arm. "Rose is still better than her. I bet Rose could produce a patronus the first time she tried."
"You're keeping the rabbit though, right?"
"Of course I'm keeping the rabbit. It's so cute!" Scorpius and Albus spent the rest of their Christmas playing with the tiny bunny.
Thanks for reading! Just so you know, my personal OCs that I own are Astoria, (not Scorpius' mum) and Will. It's a bit short, but the next chapter should be a bit longer. This is my first fanfiction, so reviews are really needed! (I'm bad at romance, so tips on that would be great. ;))
-Bunny