Rose and Scorpius

Chapter one

Let's go to Hogwarts

Rose looked down at the two children running around in the field below. Lily and Hugo were chasing each other. Another wacky game the two had created, Rose figured. Everyone here always seemed so happy but Rose herself was always sad. Nobody really liked to hang out with her except for Albus, her cousin. He was nice but not someone to share her secrets with. When they were younger, sure, but now that they were soon going to Hogwarts everything changed. They were older and fashioned different likes. Albus took to the sport Quidditch while Rose loved to sit in a quiet room and read books that her mom would bring her from Flourish and Blotts book shop in Diagon Alley.

She had already read all the course books for the year and had only had them for a week. Her stomach had dropped when she received her letter from Hogwarts. Her father had been so excited.

"You better get into Gryffindor Rosie." He said. "I'll disown you if you don't."

What an awful thing to say to your child. Rose felt so pressured. What if she was placed into Hufflepuff or something like that? Her dad would kill her.

"Don't worry sweetie." Her mom had reassured. "I'll be pleased with you no matter what house you're in. I won't let your dad disown you. Ronald can be such an arse."

She couldn't wait until she reached Hogwarts and even Albus was going. He was freaking out lately about ending up in Slytherin. James had been bothering her about it for the past three days. That boy enjoyed torturing his brother. But today marked the day before school started. Rose sighed. Everything she needed was packed away in her trunk and her wand lay in her pocket though she didn't know how to work very strong spells. Really all she could do was shoot sparks at people. James went around reciting all these spells and preforming magic and all she could do was make him laugh with the feeble attempts of her own.

"Hey Rose!" Albus said stepping into the room.

"Hey Albus!" Rose replied turning to her cousin.

Albus waved as if to say good-bye and left the room. The light outside had completely faded. Rose's mother came into the room and told her that it was time to go to bed. Rose crawled into her bed and dimmed the light. She couldn't sleep tonight. She was thinking about everything that could go wrong in the morning. She could miss the train, she could end up not being sorted into Gryffindor and her father would disown her. Worst of all she taught about not being sorted into any house at all. Oh what would her parents say to that?

The morning came so quickly. Rose had fallen asleep at what must have been one o'clock only to be woken back up at nine o'clock. She could smell the cooking of food below by her mother. She could also hear grandfather Weasely moaning about how uncomfortable his seat was. Hugo came knocking on the door a few seconds later.

"Wake up Rosie! Wake Up! Mom says breakfast is ready." He shouted through the door.

Rose reluctantly changed into muggle clothing and went downstairs. Her mom, dad, grandfather, and brother sat at the table and watched her as she entered the room.

"Sleep well Honey?" Her mother asked.

"Yes." Rose lied and sat down at the table with the rest of her family.

"We're meeting your aunt Ginny and Uncle Harry at Kings Cross in an hour." Her father said as he threw the latest copy of the daily prophet. "I learned how to drive a muggle car isn't that exciting."

"Yeah!" Hugo burst out.

Hugo was always excited when his father worked muggle objects out. It seemed so cool and strange how they worked to the boy. But Rose wasn't so impressed. Her father had been saying the same thing for about a month. What was so special about a muggle car? For some reason Rose wasn't impressed by any muggle object. Maybe it was because she had a muggle born mother. Of course her mother's parents never came to visit and it was very rare to visit them so they never really were in touch with in their muggle routes.

"Look at the time!" Hermione gasped. "Ronald, go help Rosie carry her trunk down here and load it into the car. We have to be at Kings cross in twenty minutes."

Rose and her father ran up the stairs. Seconds later you could hear the bump bump bump of the trunk hitting the steps. Hugo ran to help but was pushed away by his sister. The trunk was successfully loaded and Rose hopped into the car with her brother and her mom and father took the seats in the front. The drive to kings cross took twenty minutes longer than it should have taken. Ron was such a careful driver Rose couldn't believe that her father hadn't been pulled over by the muggle law enforcement. The longer they were on the road the more fearful of her first day at Hogwarts Rose became.

They finally arrived at Kings Cross. The time was ten thirty five. The train would leave in less than half an hour. Rose's heart sank. Did she really have to go? Would there be any problem with her just going next year? They fazed through the barrio and found the platform covered in people. In the distance stood the Potters, Albus with fear on his face. James had obviously disappeared to meet some of his third year friends and Lily stood with tears in her eyes. If only her and Rose could switch places.

"Made it okay?" Ginny asked as the Weasely's approached.

"Yeah," Hermione said. "Ron was driving so slowly we would have been here sooner."

Ron made a face. Rose looked off into the distance. All of the students were happily saying their goodbyes. Harry took Albus away from the group and Rose spotted someone else. It was a boy who must have been a first year because he kept looking around and then glancing up at his father who looked remarkably like him. In fact they looked very alike. They both had blonde hair and the same facial structure. The only difference was that the boy was much younger.

"So that's little Scorpius." said Ron staring at Draco Malfoy and his son. "Don't act very friendly with him Rosie."

Scorpius stared at Rose than looked back at his father acting as if he hadn't seen her at all. Rose thought that it was cute. Scorpius looked nice maybe she could become friends with him. It was quite obvious that her father wouldn't like it. Maybe he has a grudge on Scorpius's father from school. But Scorpius wasn't his father.

"You better get on the train Sweetie." Hermione said.

Albus and Rose walked onto the bus and like all the others stood waving out the windows at the parents. Finally the train rolled out of the station and Albus and Rose went to find a seat. At the back of the train they stepped into one of the only empty ones. James walked in once to taunt Albus about how he'd be in Slytherine but Albus said he wouldn't mind being in Slytherin. James left scoffing and didn't return the entire ride to Hogwarts. Albus and Rose didn't seem to have much to say to each other.

"I'm getting kind of hungry." Albus said when noon rolled by.

"Yeah me too" Rose said.

It had only been an hour into their ride there and both were bored of each other. The compartment door slide open and Rose was so expecting the woman with the sweet cart to be rolling by but it wasn't. A boy with blonde hair stood in the doorway looking as if he felt awkward to be there.

"Um…excuse me" Scorpius said. "My I join you? Everywhere else is filled."

Albus looked at Rose and she returned his glance. What would Ronald Weasely say to this?

"Sure" Albus said staring at Scorpius in wonderment.

Scorpius sat down across from the two and pulled a chocolate frog container from his pocket. He offered the frog to Albus who took it without hesitation. Nervously Scorpius fumbled with the Witch and Wizard Card in his hand which Rose could tell said Harry Potter on it.

"May I see that?" She asked pointing towards the card.

"Sure" Scorpius replied handing it across to her.

Harry James Potter

His fame started when he was only a boy of one. He was called the boy who lived and sent away to live with his muggle family. He was known throughout the Wizarding world and he didn't know he was famous until he was eleven years old. Years passed the He-who-must-not-be-named rose to power again. Harry Potter defeated He-who-must-not-be-named May 2nd, 1998.

Rose passed the card to Albus who gasped as soon as he saw the picture on the front. Harry hadn't told them about why there was a battle at Hogwarts years ago. He did tell that there had been one where many people had died but never gave an explanation to why it had happened and why he was so famous.

"This is unbelievable!" Albus gasped.

"What is it?" Scorpius asked.

"That's my dad!" Albus exclaimed.

"Your dad is Harry Potter?" Scorpius asked. "My dad knew him in school. They didn't uh…get along well because my dad was in Slytherin and Yours in Gryffindor."

"So do you expect you'll be in Slytherin?" Albus asked.

Scorpius shrugged.

"I'm Scorpius Malfoy by the way." He said.

"Rose Weasely," Rose said extending her arm out to Scorpius.

"And I'm Albus Potter" Albus said throwing the card to the side. "My uncle told us not to act so Friendly to you."

"Oh I see." Scorpius said and he turned his gaze to the window where it stayed the entire ride to Hogwarts.