Rose and Scorpius

Rose's father's words were still fresh in her head. Don't get too friendly with him, Were the words he spoke about Scorpius Malfoy, the son of her father's school rival. As she sat in the train compartment with her best friend, Albus Potter, son of the extremely famous Harry Potter, she repeated those words over and over in her head. It was beginning to get dark, and as she had already changed into her school robes, she figured a quick nap couldn't hurt. Just as she was beginning to fall asleep, the door to their compartment slid open. She opened her eyes, and found herself looking straight into the icy blue eyes of Scorpius. His gaze was so intense, it made her blush slightly. He noticed, and turned to look at Albus.
"I would assume that your Potter's son." He stated. Albus nodded and turned to look out of the window.
"What are you doing here?" Albus asked in a rude tone. Scorpius looked momentarily surprised, and then replied
"Well, actually, I came in to see if we could resolve the differences between our families. It was their battle, not ours." He turned back to look at Rose, and continued, "I speak to you also, as it was your parents too who were involved." Rose thought for a moment, and then spoke.
"I think that you're right. It wasn't our fight. Their differences shouldn't stop us from getting along." Albus looked as though he was about to argue the statement, but a cold glare from Rose told him otherwise, and he nodded reluctantly.
"Great," Scorpius said. "Well, I'm going to go back to my carriage. I'll see you both when we arrive at Hogwarts." He looked at Rose one last time, and smiling slightly, he departed from their carriage. As soon as Albus was sure that Scorpius wouldn't hear him, he turned to Rose.
"You realize that our parents are not going to be happy with this, don't you?" Rose closed her eyes again.
"I know. But he did have a point. It wasn't our battle, and why should I hate someone I don't even know?" Albus smiled slightly.
"Oh Rose, I can tell that you definitely don't hate him." Rose shot him a rude hand gesture, and laid her head against the window. She could tell that this was a new beginning. Minutes later, Albus spoke again. "Keep your eyes closed, I'm going to change into my robes." Rose smiled and replied,
"What does it matter, you're not hiding anything, are you?" Albus simply told her to shut up, and she laughed and started humming a random tune that had popped into her head.
"Ok, you can open your eyes now." Albus said, and as she did, she saw him stashing his Muggle clothes in his bag.
"Oh my freaking god, I can see it!" Rose shrieked as she pointed out of the window at a castle in the distance. While she and Albus were looking out of the window, Albus' brother, James, entered their carriage.
"Hello, Young Ones!" he said cheerily, even though he was only a year older than they were. "Seen the castle? Yes? Alright." He rambled on about what happened with the first years, how they were sorted, and everything of the sort. He only stopped when his friend, Zachary, came in.
"James, were about to stop. Can you please come back and get your stuff so I don't have to lug it off the train?" James laughed and nodded as he got up. As soon as he had left, Rose and Albus gathered up their stuff, and almost toppled over as the train came to a halt.

Rose was absolutely beaming as she and Albus got off of the train. When they stepped onto the platform, they saw a large man with a scraggly beard that they knew to be called Hagrid.
"You must be James' brother." Hagrid stated when he saw Albus. "And yer young Rose, right?" he asked. They nodded. "Alrigh". Firs' years!!" he called over the bustle of the crowd.
"Firs' years over here please!" When there were about 100 or so other people, about the same age as them, Albus and Rose followed Hagrid over to the dock. "On'y four to a boat." He said as he got into one by himself. Albus helped Rose into the boat, and then got in after her.
"We need two more people." Rose said, looking around.
"Maybe we can assist you there." said the now familiar voice of Scorpius. Behind him was a boy, an inch or so taller than him, that looked quite tough for their age. Rose looked at Albus, who shrugged.
"Alright," she said, "But quickly, before we get left behind." There was definitely a sense of panic in her voice. Scorpius laughed slightly.
"Don't worry, they won't." He said reassuringly. She smiled, and Albus glared at Scorpius. The boat set off, and the four of them started to talk about what houses they wanted to be in.
"Well, my whole family has been in Slytherin, but I'm hoping to break tradition. You know, help clear the family name. I'm not looking for trouble. I just want to get my education, and you know, make friends." He smiled at Rose, who blushed involuntarily. Moments later, they arrived at the doors to Hogwarts.

Hagrid opened them, and the new students walked through, admiring everything inside, especially the large paintings, which welcomed them as they filed in. The new headmistress, Professor McGonagall, told them to get into two straight lines. As soon as they had done so, she explained how they were sorted, and spoke of the four houses. She opened the doors to the Great Hall, and told them to go ahead. The nervous 11 year olds filed into the large room, looking around at all of older students. Albus caught his brother's eye. James smiled encouragingly, which made Albus smile as well. James had been sorted into Ravenclaw the year previous, as had Zachary. McGonagall explained how she read out names, placed the hat on their heads, and they were sorted into whichever house the hat chose for them. Albus and Rose waited and watched as multiple students were sorted before them.
"Malfoy, Scorpius." Professor McGonagall called. Scorpius walked calmly up onto the platform, sat upon the stool, and had the hat placed on his head. He sat there for moment, until… "Gryffindor!" Scorpius, though vaguely shocked, stood up and walked towards the applauding students of his house. "Potter, Albus." was next. He walked up, sat down, and the hat was barely on his head when it called "Ravenclaw!" Albus looked at Rose, shrugged, and sat down next to his brother. There were a few more people, then "Weasley, Rose." Nervous as she was, she walked steadily up to the stool and sat down. The hat was placed on her head, and it spoke to her.
"Hmmm." It said. "You have a lot of brains, but I see where you would like to go in life." All was silent, then "Gryffindor!" Rose sighed a breath of relief. Even if she didn't have Albus, she still had Scorpius. She got up, walked over to Gryffindor's table, and sat down next to Scorpius.
"Nice to know someone I know is in my house." He said with a bit of a smirk. She laughed and replied.
"Yes, I was thinking the same thing." After sorting, they ate dinner, and were sent up to their dormitories. Of course, it was late, and no one wanted to be late for their first class the next morning. Students filed upstairs, and some down. As she was walking up the stairs, Rose felt someone's hand on her arm. It was Scorpius.
"I just wanted to say…thank you. For accepting me." He gave her an unexpected hug and ran off to his own dorm. Smiling, Rose walked up the stairs. This, she thought, is going to be the best experience of my life.