A/N: I will probably name each chapter after a song but that doesn't mean that the song is related to the chapter. English is not my native language so pardon me if I make spelling, grammar and punctuation mistakes. The fanfic's title comes from Kings of Leon's song The Bucket. This is the prologue. This chapter contains moments from Scorpius&Rose's early years in Hogwarts, other chapters won't be like this one.
I hope you will like it. :)
Disclaimer: I am not J.K. Rowling, obviously, so therefore I do not own The Harry Potter Universe or the characters.
Golden Fallen Heart
Chapter One: Prologue
Scorpius Malfoy can remember a shy, tiny, hidden but bright smile perfectly.
When the steam thinned out at Kings Cross Station he saw his father nod at a couple of people and then Draco Malfoy turned back and faced his son, he told him to look at the little ginger girl next to the ginger man. Scorpius looked at her and saw that she was looking at him too, before he could look away he caught a glimpse of a beautifully shy and remarkably small smile.
"Did you see her?" his father asked rather firmly.
"Yes, father."
"That's Rose Weasley." Draco stated. "Be careful with her." he meant it.
Scorpius was taught not to question his father at a very young age. He nodded looking up at his father.
"Gryffindor!" yelled out the Sorting Hat after sitting ten minutes on Rose's bright red hair. With a sigh of relief Rose walked to the Gryffindor table as James and Albus clapped and cheered with the rest of the Gryffindors. She hugged Albus and after everyone settled down she whispered to him in a proud tone of voice
"I always knew you'd be a Gryffindor." she smiled at him.
"Yeah..." Albus mumbled, his green eyes shinning with a delight of a secret, he never told it to Rose.
Rose didn't care much about the fact that everyone whispered and stared when they heard her surname, she was proud of her parents. They were her heros and she took every word they said to her seriously. Even her father's.
Hogwarts students whispers remarkably got louder that night when they heard three names:
Potter, Weasley and Malfoy.
The first lesson of the term for Rose and Albus was Defense Against The Dark Arts with Slytherins. Their professor was a grey haired, tall man. Professor Cole started the lesson with a brief explanation of the Second Wizarding War. Albus looked down, examining his finger nails during his talk and Rose's face was as red as her hair every time his father's, mother's or uncle's name was mentioned. Scorpius on the other hand was listening to the silent comments of the applauders on Albus and Rose. He felt sick that they were talking so low of his father.
"Although, Tom Riddle as know as Lord Voldemort is defeated, there is still dark arts and therefore there always will be dark wizards and you will need to know how to protect yourself." Professor Cole finished his talk and began teaching.
Whenever Rose got an answer right ,and that was very often, he looked at Scorpius and smirked at him. Father was right, he thought to himself not having an idea what his father actually meant.
Oh, how Scorpius hated them. They were so popular and loved, they were everyones absolute favorites, they were the best at everything, people were already talking that they would definitely be Gryffindor Head girl and Head boy, they were so very special. Potter and Weasley. Especially that Weasley girl, she was the miss perfect, getting highest marks in every class, earning constantly points to Gryffindor. Scorpius hated them even before their first week ended and besides that Weasley girl was obviously dangerous because his father told him to be careful. He couldn't believe that they had friends not only from Gryffindor but Ravenclaw and Hupplepuff too. Scorpius knew that Slytherins were never really liked by other houses and after the final war, he knew that Slytherins weren't liked at all and even in that not-liked Slytherin house he wasn't liked. Everyone seemed to murmur stuff when they see him or hear his name and he knew that they weren't murmuring good things about him like they do for that Weasley girl, Rose.
"He is weird." Rose rolled her eyes
"Yeah, I don't know Rose, maybe it's best if we don't pick on him." Albus said
"But dad said not to be too friendly with him." Rose said looking over at the pale faced, blonde, little boy sitting alone under a tree.
"Yeah, then we won't be friendly that doesn't mean we should go and start a fight." Albus said trying to keep his voice down so that Scorpius didn't hear them.
"You know what his father did to our parents, Al. Yuck, he is a Malfoy." Rose had said the last sentence a little too loud. Scorpius looked up at them sharply. He got up quickly and walked over to them furiously. How could they? How?
"Being a Malfoy is something to be proud of unlike being a blood-traitor and a half-blood." Scorpius was furious yet somehow his words fall out from his mouth smoothly and coolly. Albus and Rose remained silent with the shock of it as Scorpius walked away his temper rising even more. How can they? How can her? With her filthy mudblood mother and his blood-traitor father?
After the shock wearied off, Albus was squeezing his fits angrily and Rose was as red as her hair and she had angry tears in her eyes, she shouted after him.
"You filthy little insect!" her voice was high pitched and full with anger.
Scorpius heard her but he didn't turn back and continue fighting with them, instead he stormed off.
On their second year, Hugo and Lily joined James, Albus and Rose in Gryffindor and with that they had much more attention on them, they were more popular. Three Potter and two Weasley children in Gryffindor. One Malfoy, alone, in Slytherin.
"Oi, scorpion!"
"What do you want, weasel?" Scorpius sounded way more arrogant than he usually did.
Rose noticed two boys standing next to him and Scorpius was most likely to be seen alone on their first year,
"I see your father has bought you some friends." Rose said in a contemptuous tone of voice.
"Obviously, you can't make any on your own." Rose added self-satisfied when Scorpius didn't reply her insult.
Scorpius remained silent, that encouraged Rose and she went on
"Oh and congratulations on your spot on Slytherin Quidditch Team. Seeker was it? I hope it didn't cost your father much."
Rose couldn't tell if Scorpius was mad but he was, he was raging inside no matter how cold he looked.
"There are somethings that pure wizarding families can manage but I don't expect you to understand it, Weasley."
Scorpius pronounced her surname like it was an illness and the boys next to him burst into laughter while he put on a smug smile. Rose was burning up, her face was as red as her hair.
"We all know that Malfoys don't have any power on anything right now, not that they ever had." Rose spatted back.
"Like your mudblood mother does!" Scorpius was raging with anger.
"How dare you, you filthy little cockroach !" Rose run up to him, to attack him but before she could go any closer Scorpius took out his wand and pointed it to Rose. Rose was frightened, although she tried to look brave, she failed.
"Scared, are you now? All alone with out your little 'gang'. No Potter to save you, I'm not counting your little brother he is as useless as you are, at least." Scorpius was grinning with joy now but his voice slightly shook with anger.
Rose had remained silent through his speech because she was, in fact, scared but when he insulted his brother she couldn't keep her anger to herself.
"I WILL KILL YOU!" she shouted on the top of her lounges.
"Rose? Malfoy! What's going on here?" Professor Longbottom had heard them and was now running towards them. Scorpius put away his wand quickly but Professor Longbotton had seen him.
"Mr Malfoy, what do you think you're doing? 20 points from Slytherin! And I would like to see you this Friday afternoon in my office." he glared at Scorpius and then turned to Rose who was making faces to Scorpius.
"and you too Miss Weasley, you should join us this Friday afternoon." Professor Longbottom added.
Rose opened his mouth to protest but she closed it after seeing the look in Professor Longbottom's eyes.
"Would you come with me, Miss Weasley?" his voice was still firm but somewhat kinder now.
After that day, roles were changed. Scorpius was the one who bullied Rose now, who was mean and brutal. Rose never stopped bickering with him and she was rather rude when he was around but Scorpius was the one who picked up on her first. Their bickering and competing went on and on, non of them ever thought that their bickering had any other feeling than hate underneath it until their fifth year in Hogwarts.
That summer Rose and Hugo spent a lot of time in their aunt's house and Rose was staying over that night. Lily and Rose sat on their beds in Lily's room with their pajamas on.
"Oh, stop it, Rosie!" Lily burst in the middle of Rose's speech about how Scorpius was an evil, pathetic creature which had been going on for half an hour.
"What?" Rose looked confused.
"You, obviously, don't hate him." Lily rolled her eyes.
"How can you say that? I loath him. Haven't you been listening to me since our first year?" Rose looked disturbed and offended.
"Matter of fact, I have." Lily smiled at her favorite cousin. "And that is why I think you're obsessed with him."
"Lil... Wha—how-why do you think like that? Bloody hell, I'm not." Rose frowned with anger and disbelief.
"Okay, I agree with you that he is an awful, awful person, Rose but seriously, you've been talking about him every second now."
"Well, that's because he annoys me, with his smug smile on his face and the way he talks like he owns the world" Rose said in a matter-of-fact tone of voice but that only made Lily smile wider.
"Wipe that smile off your face, Lil!" Rose ordered with a frown.
"Yeah, he annoys me too and he annoys all of us but seriously, even Al, who is competing with him to catch the golden snitch every Quidditch match doesn't speak of him that low and that often." Lily pointed out.
"Okay, if I annoy you that much, I'll shut up." Rose looked offended but it didn't last. When Lily started to talk about a Ravenclaw boy who might be interested her, Rose smiled and gave her best friend advices.
Rose wasn't surprised when she was made a prefect, her parents were both prefects and in her seventh year her mother became the Head Girl but this wasn't the reason why she was made a prefect. It was because she was incredibly talented and very hard working. That year was a total success for both Weasley's and Potter's:
James Sirius Potter who was also a prefect,was made Gryffindor Quidditch Team Captain, Albus Severus Potter who was the Seeker of the Gryffindor Quidditch Team, was made a prefect too, Lily Luna Potter and Hugo Weasley were both new Gryffindor Beaters. Rose was in fact the only one who wasn't interested in Quidditch between her cousins although James constantly told her that she would make a great Keeper.
When Rose and Albus went to the first prefect meeting at the Hogwarts Express, she was horrified to see Scorpius Malfoy there. Scorpius wasn't paying any attention to them, he was very busy flirting with a blonde, thin, Slytherin girl until James Potter greeted Albus.
"Hey, little bro." James smirked.
"I told you not to call me that!" Albus exclaimed.
Rose rolled her eyes,
"Sshh, stop it." she hushed them.
"Well, well, well..." Scorpius looked at them.
"Potter and Weasley. It's not very surprising to see you two here." he said with a mocking voice.
"Well, it is to see you here, cockroach. With your grades and your attitude." Rose spatted back rather quickly.
"Do you keep a track of my grades, weasel?" he laughed "Obviously, you are obsessed with me. You don't a have a chance, darling, don't waste your time." Scorpius smirked at her and the blonde girl burst into a fake amused laughter.
Rose opened her mouth to answer but their Head boys and girls entered so she only made a face to Scorpius and hissed under her breath,
"Don't call me 'darling'."
Scorpius Malfoy was disgusted. He had his arms crossed over his chest and a frown on his face. He was leaning against a wall far from a couple collided with passion. The boy was tall and had dark brown hair, Scorpius couldn't see his face due to another face pasted on his, she had vivid red hair with long curls, she was slightly shorter then the boy, her face wasn't visible either but Scorpius didn't need to see her face to recognize her.
He knew perfectly well that she was Rose Weasley. He had been watching them with a disgusted frown on his face for a long while as far as he knew, instead of listening to his very own girlfriend.
A girl slither her arms around his waist and whispered to him.
"What's wrong, Scorp?" she sounded desperate.
Scorpius didn't even look at her
"It's non of your business." he snapped. The girl quickly backed off a couple steps from him and put her hands on her hips with a look of anger and disbelief.
Scorpius barely moved his head to look at her. "What are you waiting for?" he said in a disgusted voice
"Fuck off." he never raised his voice, he said it like a statement. The girl now had tears in her blue eyes and her blonde hair blew with the wind as she ran away, trying to hold her tears back. Scorpius couldn't care less, he turned his head back to the now hand holding couple. He continued to look at them, his stomach doing something he had never done before. He didn't like it.
That feeling in his stomach continued on to their sixth year too. He never grew to like it. Rose had broken up with her long term boyfriend, a muggle-born Gryffindor student, Matt Collins although her father and Hugo was relieved, Lily wasn't.
Lily, Hugo, Albus and Rose were walking to the Great Hall for lunch
"Why did you break up with him, Rosie?" Lily asked keen to get an answer this time because Rose had been denying to respond to that question every time it was asked.
"Sshh!" Rose opened her eyes wildly, "He might be around." she looked around anxiously.
"Well, I have to say, I'm happy that you two broke up." Hugo said. "I never like that bloke."
Rose looked at him with a frustrated look "Who would you approve of then, little bro?" Rose mocked him.
Lily wasn't happy that she still wasn't getting an answer but she knew Rose wasn't going to answer her anytime soon.
"Do you know the reason, Al?" she asked. "You seem close with Matt."
Rose looked at Albus with a don't-tell-her-anything-look on her face but Lily didn't saw her because she had her back turned on her.
"I don't know." Albus shrugged.
Lily sighed with frustration. "Don't you care about Rose?" Lily said.
"That's not what it's about!" Albus answered her quickly. Lily wasn't going to give up, she hold on to Rose's arm and asked again
"C'mon, Rosie, tell us, why did you break up with him?" but before Rose could say anything, she heard the voice she would always recognize, that smooth, cool voice of Scorpius Malfoy.
"Yeah, Rosie, why did you break up with that mudblood?" he had mocked Lily's way of saying Rose's nickname.
Rose fired quickly "Don't call him a mudblood!" she was really angry. Scorpius just laughed.
"You should make your mind, Rosie, do you still love that mudblood or would you rather obsess over someone else?" Scorpius grinned with delight. It seemed like the sentence only meant more to Scorpius and Rose then everybody else.
"Go fuck yourself." Rose spatted back.
"Wanna come watch me?" Scorpius grinned but his grin didn't last too long on his face, Hugo had punched him in the face.
"Hugo!" both Rose and Lily exclaimed and Albus got a hold of Hugo before he destroyed Scorpius's face.
"He isn't worth it!" Albus tried to calm Hugo down but he wasn't even calm himself.
Rose had tears in her eyes and she was trying hard not to meet Scorpius's eyes but it seemed like that was particularly hard right now that he was glaring at her. Professor Cole was walking towards them now and he shouted two names as usual "Malfoy! Weasley!" but this time she knew that 'Weasley' wasn't her.
A/N: As I pointed out before this the prologue so the other chapters won't be this long. Thank you for reading, a review would be lovely.
