Disclaimer: Anything mentioned in this about HP or JKR is not mine. This is all kind of related to HP or JKR, so none of this is mine.

The Red and The Blonde

Chapter 1: An End has a Start

A girl… no, a woman with dark red hair is sitting in a crowded room full of family members. They are all happy for her, (perhaps more happy than she is for herself), as tomorrow is the day she becomes a married woman. But this story began many years ago, nine years ago to be precise, on platform 9 and ¾.

"Don't try to turn them against each other before they've even started school!" Rose Weasley, a slight girl with dark red hair and huge hazel eyes, could hear her parents joking (or maybe they were arguing, but she never could tell the difference) with each other, but a group of people were distracting her. It was a boy, who her parents were currently discussing, with striking features (light blonde hair, grey eyes and sharp cheekbones), and his parents, who were all standing on the opposite end of the platform. He was staring at her as well, with a half-smirk, while his parents were seemingly in deep conversation. She couldn't help but wonder if they were having a similar conversation to the one her parents were having.

"Rosie," she felt a sharp poke in her back from her mother, "it's rude to stare!" Rose reluctantly lowered her eyes and concentrated instead on her fingernails.

"Scorpius… Scorpius! Please listen to your father!" He flickered his eyes away from the Weasley girl and stared up at his aging father.

"Sorry, what?" Draco sighed and passed his son's owl, Thorondor (who was safely in his cage), to him.

"I said to keep your distance away from those children, especially the Potter children. They will only cause trouble for you or you will cause trouble for them… Either way -"

"Is this to do with that… uhm… war?" His father closed his eyes as if he couldn't bear to hear the word 'war' and his mother, Astoria, grabbed Draco's hand and squeezed it tightly.

"It's just better for everyone if you don't… uh… mix with them, as it will surely bring back some… bad memories." Scorpius glanced back at the Weasleys and Potters, wondering what they were actually like, when he felt his Dad's hand on his shoulder.

"You'll most likely be Slytherin anyway, so you can easily avoid them." Their eyes met for a long moment and Scorpius wondered what house Draco actually wanted him to be in. "Now you better get onto the train now. We'll see you at Christmas." He gave quick hugs to both his parents, (although his Mother tried to make the hug last longer), then dragged his bags and Thorondor to the train. Just before getting on, he glanced back at his father, who gave him a quick, reassuring nod, and then he took a deep breath and left the platform.

Rose slipped out of her compartment; she needed to escape her cousins and their silly jokes. She had told them she had gone off to find the tea trolley, as James kept going on about how delicious the sweets were. Rose gave a tiny sigh, as she passed by other compartments, which were filled were laughing students. 'Will I ever have friends like that, besides my family?'

She was starting to wish Lily and Hugo were starting at Hogwarts this year, as well. She could not remember ever feeling so scared and lonely before… Albus was a first-year too, of course, but he was talking to James about his problems and Rose couldn't bear to listen to another one of James' made-up stories about Hogwarts. She needed someone for herself. Also, there was the scary prospect of the Sorting, which made Rose feel like puking every time she thought about it. 'I don't want to be anything other than a Gryffindor… What if I'm a Slytherin? Or Grandma thinks I could be the Hufflepuff in the family!' She shook her head as a means to get the thoughts of the Sorting out of her head, as she could feel something rising in her throat.

The tea trolley was finally visible, and Rose quickened her pace to reach it in time. The tea trolley lady smiled pleasantly as she approached.

"Three Pumpkin Pasties please." She handed over the money and waited for her change and the pumpkin pasties.

"A licorice wand and Drooble's Best Blowing Gum." Rose turned her head slightly to see Scorpius Malfoy standing right next to her. The tea trolley lady was coughing to get Rose's attention, but for the second time that day Rose was distracted. The lady coughed again, and Scorpius began to look at her from the corner of his eye; this caused her to jump and she quickly grabbed the Pumpkin Pasties and the few knuts that was her change. She turned once more to Scorpius, who was now handing over his money, and she saw that same half-smirk forming on his face.

"H-hello…" She said so quietly that it was almost a whisper. He raised an eyebrow in her direction and stared into her huge eyes, but ultimately ignored her. She basically ran back down the corridor back to her own compartment to flee the scene.

'I was just trying to be nice – trying to show him we don't have to be like our parents… But clearly he doesn't want to be civilized. Fine, be like that, Malfoy… Obviously just like his father.'

She tried to catch her breath back before she entered the compartment, but realized her cousins could see her standing outside, so just entered anyway.

"Awww… I wanted a Chocolate Frog, why did you - Why are you panting?" Albus asked Rose, as she handed over the Pumpkin Pasties.

She didn't answer, but just glared at Albus, which shut him up. She continued glaring out of the window for the rest of the journey, and nearly forgot all about the Sorting…

A/N: Gah, this is my first fanfiction! I'm so sorry if it's horrible!

Just a few things:

I'm not really happy with the second half of this chapter (the stuff on the train), but I wanted to make this chapter longer, so yeah…

Uhm… I'm going to just write about important moments in the history of Scorpius and Rose, so it might jump around a bit – kind of like a flashback thing, I don't really know how to describe it! Haha

Also, I don't want people to get confused about all the staring between Rose and Scorpius and think they already like each other. They're just really interested in the other's family, but Scorpius obviously can't really interact with her.

I'm still deciding on the houses they're going to be sorted into, so if you could let me know your thoughts in the reviews, it'll be much appreciated!

PLEASE REVIEW! :D I'm really worried this sucks, so just please let me know all your thoughts on this!

Thanks,

CheeryCherry

P.S. Sorry this was such a long A/N