Albus sat at the Gryffindor table, watching as his friend constantly messed up his hair, attempting to remove something that the boys parents had forced into his hair in an attempt to make him look 'less messy, more proper'. Albus moved his gaze to his cousin, whose eyes were constantly flickering from the food to the door, and occasionally Scorpius or the staff table. Personally, Al thought it made her resemble a lizard watching it's prey. He wasn't going to tell her that, though. Not unless he wanted to wake up one day to find Uncle Ron's old dress robes slipped on over his own, and stuch to him with a sticking charm. It had taken three days for the last one to wear off.

"Is it out yet, mate?" Scorpius asked, his eyes flickering upwards, his face forming a scowl when he realized he couldn't actually see his hair. Much to his parents' dismay, Scorpius was the opposite of what they wanted him to be. He was a rule-breaker, had a habit of constantly messing up his hair to the point his parents slick it back and put a sticking charm in it whenever they see him, and, worst of all, a Gryfindor. The only thing his parents were proud of is the fact he was the only wizard in school who had the grades to compete with Roses, a fact that annoyed the redhead greatly.

"Geez, Scorp. You've been trying to get that out for hours. What kind of charm did they put in there?" Scorpius scowled.

"One that can't be removed by me." Suddenly his eyes lit up. "Hey, Rosie?" His head spun in the direction of Rose, who had been trying to decide what she should eat first: the treacle tart or the pumkin pastries. Rose tore her eyes away from the food and looked at Scorpius, amused.

"Yes?"

"Help me get the charm out of my hair?"

"Now why on earth would I do that?" she asked, smirking. Before Scorpius could answer a voice broke out from across the table.

"So he could-" Fred started.

"-mess it up-" Roxxy said.

"-just the way you like it!" Fred finished, both twins grinning. Al started to snicker. James looked at his twin best friends and favorite cousins. He grinned and gave them a look like 'Are you seriously trying to hook up our cousin? If so, was I not informed of this plan?'. Actually he mouthed that, too, but neither Scorpius nor Rose noticed. They both just blushed and pretended they hadn't heard. Scorpius gave Rose puppy-dog eyes.

"Fine." Rose said.

"Wait for it," Scorpius muttered.

"But, first you must admit I am smarter then you." she said smirking. Scorpius wasn't surprised. This was a game of theirs. Each time they got the other to admit that they were smarter the winner got another point. At the end of seventh year they were planning to see which of them were the grande winner. Scorpius groaned and shot Albus a 'Help me here?' look. Unfortunatelly, Al's snickering had turn into full-blown laughter, and he looked like he was about to fall of the bench, lauging so hard.

"Thanks for the help mate," Scorpius muttered. "Fine, your smarter then me, happy?" Rose grinned, before taking out her wand, muttering something, and tapping him on the head. Scorpius grinned as he ran a hand through his hair. "Thanks, Rosie!" Rose smirked slightly. "Rose:134 Scorp:27" she said under her breath.

Albus, who had recovered from his laughing fit, tapped Rose and Scorpius on the shoulder. "Hey, did anyone else notice the guy sitting at the teachers table?" They glanced up and noticed that there was, in fact, a young man sitting at the headmasters table. The man looked like he was in his early twenties. He had pale olive skin, dark hair and eyes to match.

"He's wearing Muggle clothing," Rose noted.

"Peculiar, isn't he," Scorpius said, still messing up his hair. They had no time to say anything else, though, for McGonagel had just walked through the large doors, leading 169 11-year-olds behind her. The ghosts filed in afterward. Suddenly, one of the strangest things happened. Instead of going to their respective tables, as usual, they formed a line and floated towards the head table. The line, led by the Bloody Baren, stopped in front of the strange man. The Bloody Baren bowed, muttered something then stood in front of the man, as if waiting for something. The man smirked as if he was enjoying himself and then nodded his head in a dismissing manner, and the Bloody Baren floated away to the Slytherin table. One by one, each ghost followed this routine untill all the ghosts were each at their respective tables.

"Well, you were right about one thing, Scorp." Rose muttered.

"Do you know what the crap just happened, 'O Wise Ones?" Al asked, glancing at his two best mates. Simentaniously, they shook their head.

Soon the sorting began, starting with 'Adams, Daneil'. Al noticed the strange mans eyes widen slightly when someone named Bianca was sorted into 'GRYFINDOR'. About a half hour later, Lily Luna Potter was seated on a stool, waiting for the Sorting Hat to be placed on her head. About twenty seconds later, the old, battered hat screamed out, "GRYFINDOR!" Said table broke into aplause, and Lily skipped down to the Gryfindor table, a grin on her face, and sat next to James. Lorcan and Lysander Scalmander, twin sons of Luna, were soon sorted at different tables: Lorcan to Ravenclaw, and Lysander to Gryfindor. Everyone aplauded as Hugo, Roses younger brother, was sorted into into Ravenclaw. The young boy ran to his table with a huge grin on his face, and sat himself next to Lorcan. Minerva McGonagal stood. She went through her usual speech, glancing at the Gryfindor table when she mentioned the rules. "And, as I am sure many of you have noticed, we have a guest," She motioned to the man. "This is Nico DiAngelo-"

"Weird, he kind of looks like me." Bianca said, quietly. Lily and Lysander, who she had become quick friends with, nodded.

"He looks a lot like you!" Lysander exclaimed.

"Is it possible your related?" Lily asked, looking at her new friend.

"I guess," Bianca shrugged.

"-He will be staying as a guest in the school. I would like you all to treat him with respect, just as you would treat me. He has been given special permission to wander the castle freely."

Soon the feast began. Rose began scarfing down food as soon as the Headmistress finished her speech. Al and Scorpius watched her, amused.

"It's a miracle your skinny, Rosie." Scorp told her. Rose hit him lightly and the arm.

"I say we figure out whats with that Nico guy. He has to be here for a reason, dosn't he?" Rose stopped eating long enough to nod and say "He's about Teddy's age, isn't he? We can send him a owl, see if he remembers him." Scorpius and Al exchanged grins. They knew one thing for sure: This was going to be a fun year.