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"Look who it is." My Uncle Harry said. We all turned to see who it was.

A man who I knew to be, Draco Malfoy was standing there with his wife and son, a dark coat buttoned up to his throat. His hair was receding somewhat, which emphasized the pointed chin. The new boy resembled Draco as much as Albus resembled my Uncle Harry. Draco caught sight of us staring and nodded curtly, and turned away again.

"So that's little Scorpius," said my Dad under his breath. "Make sure you beat him in every test, Rosie. Thank God you inherited your mother's brains."

"Ron, for heaven's sake," said my Mum said, half stern, half amused. "Don't try to turn them against each other before they've even started school!"

"You're right, sorry," said my Dad but unable to help himself, he added, "Don't get too friendly with him, though, Rosie. Granddad Weasley would never forgive you if you married a pure-blood." (AN: Taken straight of the HP7 I just tweaked so it was in Rose's prospective)

That last conversation with my parents still rang in my ears as Al and I boarded the train. We walked down the long corridors towing our pets in hand with our carry on slung over our shoulders trying to find a place to sit. Most of the compartments were already full with students chatting with their friends. It made my heart drop. I missed my friends from the muggle school I had attended. But I pushed that thought out of my mind and kept searching. I was on to bigger and better things. This was start of the days I will always look back fondly on, or so my family says.

"Hey Rose," Al called to me stopped in front the compartment I just past. "This one is full of redheads. Lets sit here." He said getting ready to slide the door open.

I shook my head at him. "Do you really want to sit with family and just be one of the bunch or would you prefer to branch out a bit? Be your own man?"

"Right," Al said, "Be your own man." He pushed his glasses further up his nose and we pressed on.

We kept walking further and further down the hall until we reached a nearly empty compartment with only a beg laying on the bench inside. I set down my cat cage on the bench with the bag and kneel down to let my cat out.

"So this is how I am going to be my own man?" Al asked as he placed his owl on the the bench across from me and sat. "Being alone with you the whole ride up?"d up at him and shook my head yet again. "You don't get it do you?" Al shook his head at me with wide eyes. "If we go sit with our families we will be just another one of the Weasley/Potter clan. But by not being in there we are different. Why be the same, when we could really be shining out."

"I guess you are right. We can be the non-conformist." Al flashed me a cheesy grin.

"Non-conformist, I like that." I tell him.

Just then the door slid open and who I assumed is the owner of the bag we found walked in. "Out." He shouts as I look up to see who walked in. It was none other that Scorpius Malfoy. The very boy my father had warned me about. "Get out of my compartment. There are no room in here for Potters and Weasleys." He sneered at at.

I get up feeling rather brave, "No room? I can surely tell. With all the friends you have piled in here."

"Rose, lets just get out of here." I hear Al mumble.

"No." I tell him. "We are not going to let him push us out. We have every right to sit in this compartment. Its not like he owns the train."

"But Rose, your Dad said-" AL started but I cut him off.

"I don't care what my Dad said. I am my own person and I can make my own decisions. I am not going to let any one push me around." I turn rounding on Malfoy. "Including gits like you."

Malfoy looked taken aback. "Fine stay." He said exasperated. "Just don't talk to me."

"Like we, would want to." I said as he moves past us to his bag. I sit back down and my cat Meeps settles himself on my lap. I give him scratch behind the ears and look up at Al who his fingers pressed firmly on his temples. "So, Al what...what are you going" I asked confused. But he didn't answer he just held up one of his hands to shh me. "Al..." I again start again.

"Not now Rose I am concentrating." He snaps at me.

I eyed him oddly, "Concentrating on what?"

His cheeks burn red and he closes his eyes tightly showing me he is annoyed with me, "If you must know, Dad told me if I ask the sorting hat not put me in Slytherin it won't, so I am trying to keep my mind pure of any Slytherin thoughts. I don't want to end up with that lot."

I hear Malfoy scoff, "Don't worry, with thoughts like that there is not a chance in Azkaban that you will be put in Slytherin. Only Hufflepuffs think like that."

"Shove it, Malfoy." I tell him. He shrugs and the compartment turns silent. I pull out my copy of Hogwarts, A History written my Bathilda Bagshot and begin to read. Out of the corner of my eye I notice Malfoy pull out a book as well but I can't see the title.

The train steams along and I barley notice the time passing until the lights flicker on in the compartment. I look down at Meeps who is sound asleep on my lap, then at the two boys. Al is laying across the bench fast asleep with his mouth open and Malfoy is still lost in his book. I lift my leg up gently and kick Al's foot to wake him. He groans at me but doesn't wake. So this time I kick him a little harder. "What?" He moans at me.

"We need to get changed. It is already dark. We will be there soon." I inform him. At this he jumps up and grabs his robes out of his bag to change.

I move Meeps gingerly back into his cage and lock him in so I can change. Malfoy must have heard me because he put his book away and started to change as well. Once changed we all sat down, not saying a word to one another. Then suddenly the wheels come to a shrieking halt. I look over at Al who looks he is going to be at Malfoy as he jumped up, "Well train rides over. Would say it was a pleasure for your company but really it was nothing of the sort." Malfoy says before grabbing his bag and walking out.

I shot him a dirty look as he left. "Well Al, its time make make of destinies." I said to him and he looked as if he was about to hurl. I grab his shoulder and give him a reassuring squeeze. "We can do this." He gives me a small smile and we walk out with our bags and pets in hand. Outside of the compartment the train was buzzing with students trying to exit. Though Al and I tried to stay together we seem to have lost each other among the hustle.

Once out of the train I place Meeps down with the pets and said my goodbyes. I heard the booming familiar voice of Hagrid an old family friend and the grounds keeper here at Hogwarts. "Firs'-years over here!" I made way past the people and walked up to him.

"Hiya Hagrid." I shout up so he can hear me.

He looks down at me with a wide smile. "'Ello Rose. Nice ter see yeh. Yeh family doing alright?"

"We are all wonderful Hagrid. Its nice to you." I tell him.

He looks around. "Where's Al?"

"Dunno, I lost him on the train." I say.

"Oh well, yeh get on the boat. He'll meet you at the school." He ushers me onto the boat. I step on to the boat and it sways at my weight. I grab on to Hagrid to steady myself. I was never really graceful.

"Steady ther, Rose." He said helping me down into the seat. I look out to sea as I wait as more first years load on and I feel someone sit next to me. I turn hoping to see Al but he not there. In fact I see none other than Malfoy. It seems as if the boy is practically stalking me. I stare into his cold grey eyes and try to think of something witty to say but alas I come of with nothing. Instead I cringe and move closer the edge of the boat. The boat dips lower to the side I move towards and Malfoy grabs a hold of my arm pulling closer to him. The nerve of him. "Take your slimy hands off of me Malfoy." I say trying to release his grip with a look of utter discuss plastered all over my my face.

"Believe me, I take no pleasure in touching you. I just don't want you to tip us over and into the lake." He sneered as he let go. I move myself away from his touch but as far this time.

In no time all the students were loaded onto the boat and the boats started to drift down the lake towards the school on their own accord. I sat up straight and leaned forward eagerly awaiting my first view of Hogwarts. I had of course seen pictures of the school but they did not do justice to the slight that lay just around the bend of the lake. Indigo sky was freckled with bright stars that seem brighter out here and there in the middle was the large castle, seven stories high all lit up. I couldn't come up with the words to describe what I was seeing. The only word that came to mind was the most cliche of all but no other word fit. Hogwarts looked simply magical.

The boat ride ended all to soon and we ushered onto the grounds. A tall blond women met us as we exited the I lost my balance yet again and nearly fell off the boat, if it weren't for Malfoy grabbing and helping ashore. I muttered a quick "Thanks." and walked away from him a choosing to stand front and center to see the women. She wore her blond hair down in waves to her shoulders and had a purple pointed hat that sat on top of her head. Her purple and gold robes with golden stars shimmering on it in the moon light flowed neatly onto the tops of her black leather, laced up, pointed boots with a heel of about four inches high. The boots gave her already tall slender frame extra height and more intimating demeanor. "Hello Students." She started in an almost sickly sweet voice when we were all off the boats. "It is my great pleasure to welcome you to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. My name is Professor Krissy. Soon you will be heading into those doors and your magical education will begin. But before that we must sort you into your house. There are four houses with in the school. Slytherin, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Gryffindor. Your house will be somewhat of an immediate family for you during your stay here. As a house you will be in competition against the other houses for the house cup. To get the cup you must have the most house points by the end of the year. Now remember your triumphs will earn you point but any rule breaking and you will lose points. Now just because you are competing for the doesn't mean we don't want to see school unity. We are all a family here at Hogwarts and I expect you to act as such. Now with that said. Make two single file lines and follow me into the castle.

When we reached the castle doors the swung open for us. The first sight I saw was enormous staircase with moving stairs I had been warned about the unpredictable stairs from my family, so it wasn't much of a shock to me but still worried me a bit. Some of the other students stood with their mouth hung open staring at them.. Professor Krissy moved us into a room just to the left side of the main stairway entrance. It wasn't a huge room but there were plenty of comfy couches for us to all sit on. "Wait here until I return." She said and shut door as she walked out.

I went around searching for Al and found him standing with a girl with shocking pink hair. "Hello" she said stretching out her hand. " Hiya there, My names Jordan Malaya. Call me that and tuen you into pulp. You may however call me Jordie. This here is Albus, just like me he said he hex yeh or whatever if you call him that. He much prefers Al. " She said nodding over to my cousin.

I shook her hand, "I know, he my cousin. My names Rose, Rose Weasley by the way."

"Pleasure." She said as we shook. "So then I guess you knew all about this funny stuff before you got your letter?" I nodded. "Right lucky you are. Went through my life not knowing why all these strange things kept happening to me. Got myself in a lot trouble, I did. Mum could never figure out out how she'd dye my hair brown at night and I would always wake up with pink hair. Now I know that its the magic."

I smiled and nodded not really knowing what to say to her. "Students follow me please." Professor Krissy opened the door relieving me of the awkward silence. The doors to what I presumed to be the Great Hall swung open and I immediately looked up to see the ceiling that was bewitched to look like the night sky and the floating candles above me. We came to a sudden stop and because I wasn't paying attention I walk right into the person in front of me who just happened to be Malfoy. Does the universe hate me that much? Apparently so.I cringe and quickly moved a away from him.

"Watch where you are going." He tells me wiping off his robes with disgust. I could Al and Jordie snicker next to me and I shot them a dirty look.

"Welcome, new students to Hogwarts. I hope you found your trip here enjoyable. I am Headmaster Mullhull." I short man with salt and pepper hair stood from the center seat at the head of the room. "Now, Dear Professor Krissy will you please bring the sorting hat front and center." Professor Krissy did as she was told and the hat broke into song. "Another year at Hogwarts had just begun but don't fret it should be lots of fun. Now let me see whats in your mind hurry now we haven't the time. Don't be a scared little mouse let me put in your house!" The Headmaster started clapping as well as the rest of the students. I look over to Al and Jordie they shrugged and we all start clapping as well. Professor Krissy cleared her throat and started to call names of students to try the hat on in alphabetical order. I didn't pay much attention. I nerves were finally starting to get the best of me. I tried to act as if I didn't care what house I was put in but I knew I was only lying to myself. I stared down at my feet until I heard Professor Krissy call out Potter. I look up to see Al with his eyes tightly closed concentration hard. He looked rather peaky as well. I reach for his hand and give it a reassuring squeeze before he walked to the stool. The hat barley touched his head before yelling "Slytherin!" I clap loudly for him glad that he was at least branching out. But the look on his face showed that he felt different. He looked as if he were about to spew right there. He just sat in the stool look sick until Professor Krissy ushered him off and over to the Slytherin table. Once back she called a few more students and they all got sorted. Meanwhile, I was back staring at my shoes. I was truly conflicted and didn't know what I wanted. I always preached that I wanted to different than the rest of the family but that moment came down to it I was scare. Al and I had always been a bit different than the rest we mainly just kept to ourselves. It was always us against the them. But now when it matters. I felt chicken. Then I hear my name called and I look up, I noticed I am the only student left to put on the hat. "Weasley." Professor Krissy calls. My heart starts pounding in my chest as I walk to to the stool. I sit down and she places the hat upon my head. "Hmm another Weasley." I hear the hat whisper in my ear. "You got your mothers brains. Perfect for Ravenclaw. But you have the bravery of you surname. I hint a need to stand out to be yourself. But you hold great loyalty to your family. I see a need to prove yourself. You have got plenty of talent. Hmm let see now...better be...SLYTHERIN!" He yelled loudly. And so began my days at Hogwarts.

A/N: Thank you for reading my story. This my first Harry Potter fic. I have written some MCR fics in past but never published them. I wrote them basically for myself and my best friend at school Lisa years ago. So tell me what you think of it. What I can improve on and what not, I would love feedback. Or just let me know what you like what you don't.

So to give you a little background on the story. I thought of this plot line a few years ago but never took the time to write it out. But it never left my head so finailly decided to give it a go. I love Scorpius/Rose FanFics so here is my contribution. This fic is going to span the entire seven years of Rose's schooling. Some years will be longer than others just depending on how exciting that year is for her and what goes on. There might be sequels to this fic as well, depending on how well writing this goes. The map out I have in my head there would be at least two more story's.

Also, you might see some names here and there that you might know but this is NOT a crossover fic.

So yeah I hope you enjoy this fic. I had fun writing this chapter at four in morning. Please Review and tell me what you think.

Thanks,

Harlow.

PS: the line "We could really be shining out." comes from the movie Sid and Nancy. As I wrote it I could here Nancy telling the sex pistols. "What are ya doin here? You're in the studio, these places cost like fifty grand a minute. You could be really shining out! But what? You're just wonking off!"