2. Complicated
Professor Florence Buckley was a middle-aged woman, she had dark skin and brown hair with deep brown eyes and she not happy. It was her first year being Headmistress of Hogwarts and already something had gone wrong. Professor Buckley was informed by the previous headmistress, Professor McGonagall, that the job was not as easy as it seemed, that it was quite difficult sometimes. Now, she sits in her office with three first years in front of her, all covered in food. The three first years were none other than Albus Potter, Rose Weasley and Scorpius Malfoy.
"Would you three like to explain how this happened?" Professor Buckley looked over the children. Rose had some noodles in her large hair while Scorpius had his share of butter and sauce on his face and clothes. Poor Albus had it the worst, he was covered by all types of unknown food.
"Professor, It's a bit complicated…" Rose was the one to speak. Professor Buckley raised an eyebrow and signaled her to continue. Rose took a deep breath and went on with her story…
Rose entered the Great Hall, ready for dinner. She was exhausted, classes had worn her out today. The muggle schools her parents sent her had nothing on all the work the professors gave her. She sighed as she took a seat amongst her cousins and began piling food onto her plate. Her cousins were talking to each other, all about different things. Fred and James were debating on rather it would be a good idea to prank the teachers or not. James thought it was, Fred did not. Fred was always more logical than James. Dominique was more interested in talking to her friends, mostly about her new boyfriend.
That's when it happened. Nobody really noticed it, but somehow, food had flown all the way from the Slytherin table and landed in Rose's hair. Dominique gasped, "What the hell was that?". Rose looked over at the table and saw none other than her cousin, Albus, and Scorpius. Scorpius had his wand out and was looking at Rose with a shocked expression. Rose didn't know why she got so mad, she was usually a lot more relaxed, but today she was not having it.
Rose got a bowling of pudding and marched her way over to the two boys. Upon arrival Scorpius had began to pour out apologizes and mumbled about how Albus brought up the idea of changing the food.
"Oh," Rose glared at her cousin. "So, this was your idea?" Before Albus had the chance to defend himself Rose dumped the pudding on him. Albus jumped up in shock, knocking over a drink onto the girl next to him. Soon, people just started throwing their dinner at each other. James had yelled the words "FOOD FIGHT!" as he began to throw food at the Hufflepuff table, which made the situation even worse. In the heat of the moment, Scorpius pushed his plate of food on Rose, causing her to tackle him to the floor.
They weren't exactly sure how long it lasted, but after a while Rose was pulled off Scorpius and Albus was being held by his arm, looking very upset. With one quick glance around the room, Rose saw that food was everywhere. It had even gotten on the walls, she wasn't exactly sure how, but it happened. All of the students were being rounded up by Prefects and the Head Boy and Girl. Before she could ask any question, Rose heard the words "My office, now, all three of you.". Rose, Scorpius and Albus all made their way towards the Headmistresses office, the entire time Albus groaned about how he didn't even do anything.
"And that's how it happened, ma'am." Rose had turned a deep red while telling the story, basically admitting it was her fault. Professor Buckley sighed and turned to Scorpius.
"Do you care to explain what exactly you were doing, Mr. Malfoy?"
"Well, me and Albus were chatting over dinner, and well, we ended up on the topic of changing the food and—"
"Changing the food?" Professor Buckley asked. "Why would you want to do that, when there are plenty of options in front of you?" Scorpius blushed and looked at the ground.
"Albus and I were just wanting to experiment with some spells."
"Professor Buckley, I would like to say that I had no doing in this!" Albus protested, he looked very conflicted about being in the office to begin with.
"Oh, don't lie, Albus, you were the one who brought up the idea." Soon the three started to argue. Buckley watched as they bickered about who's fault it was and who was involved, she didn't know if she could take it much longer.
"Children!" Professor Buckley snapped, causing the three to stop their arguing. "I do not care who's idea it was— Stop complaining Mr. Potter— Or who did what. What I care about is this school staying professional and organized, not becoming a place where children run amuck. Do you understand?" Rose bit her lip and nodded along with Scorpius, while Albus huffed. "Good, now, for punishment you three will have detention this Saturday night. Meet me here and I will tell you what you will be doing. Now go to bed, it's late." The Trio mumbled "goodnight…" and left the office, the groaning from Albus started almost immediately.
"Guys," He whined. "This sucks, I'm supposed to be the good kid! James gets in trouble, I don't!" Albus huffed and leaned against the wall. Scorpius and Rose exchanged looks, they weren't quite sure what to do. Rose gestured at Albus, trying to signal Scorpius to do something. Scorpius gave her a look, showing he didn't know what to do. The two started to arguing silently with gestures and eyebrow movements until one of them caved. Sighing, Scorpius turned to try and comfort his friend.
"Its kind of inevitable, Al," Scorpius said. "You're a Potter and a Weasley, destined for trouble the lot of you."
"Shut up, Malfoy." Rose rolled her eyes, Scorpius wasn't going to get the job done, he had almost no people skills.
"C'mon, Albus, your parents probably won't even be that mad." Rose put a hand on her cousin's shoulder and smiled. It was true, after all, Ginny and Harry weren't very mean when it came to punishments. "My parents, on the other hand, will probably stroke out. Mum will, for sure. Dad will probably be more upset I'm socializing with a Malfoy." She gave Scorpius a friendly shove who smiled slightly. The three continued to walk while reassuring Albus. When they got to the Gryffindor tower Al and Scorpius said bye and continued on to the dungeons.
Rose told the Fat Lady the password before running up to her dorm, she was still extremely tired. She came in seeing only one of her roommates were there. "Where's Abigail and Natalie?" She asked the only other girl there, Xena.
"Dunno, probably in the common room. Heard you got detention." Xena raised an eyebrow and smirked. Rose laughed and explained the situation to her. "Well, that sucks. Sorry to hear it."
"Ah, it's fine," Rose smiled and changed into her pajamas. "Goodnight, Xena, see you in the morning." She said as she climbed into the bed and pulled her curtains shut. Rose released a sigh of relief as she buried herself in the blankets.
Rose woke up rather early the next morning, she hadn't intended to. Stifling a yawn, she sat up and rubbed her eyes. She pulled back her curtains to realize her roommates were still asleep. Seeing this as an opportunity, Rose grabbed her school uniform and ran to get the first shower.
When Rose exited the bathroom, two of her roommates were up and about. She said good morning and made her way down for breakfast. It was Friday, which meant the weekend was coming up and she could relax. Well, besides dentition, of course, but Rose wasn't going to let that get her down. As she entered the Great Hall, she saw a few owls had flown in to deliver messages to some of the students, including her.
The family owl, Muffin, dropped a letter by Rose before flying off. At first Rose was excited, she loved receiving letters from her parents, then she realized she had gotten in trouble the night before. Her eyes widened and she bit her lip as she opened the letter.
Dear Rose,
Me and your father are extremely upset to hear that you got in trouble! I thought you knew better than to follow your father's footsteps. All that aside, I'm glad to know it was nothing major. You'd nearly die if you went through what me, your father and your Uncle Harry went through our first year… Please stay out of trouble, sweetie. I love you deeply and want you to be on your best behavior.
Love, Mum
P.S your father wasn't happy to hear this involved the young Malfoy boy…
Rose released a breath as she read the letter, her mother took it better than she expected. She was pleased until she read the last line, then the second letter dropped. Confused as to why she received two, she looked at the handwriting on the front. Rose groaned once she realized it was her father's handwriting.
Dear Rosie…
Firstly, your mother is making me say I'm upset about your actions, but honestly it's kind of her cool (dont tell her I said that). What exactly happened? Anyway, why am I hearing this involved a Malfoy? What did I say, Rosie? Are you being friendly? You're supposed to crush him! Don't let ferret junior get you into anymore trouble.
Love you, Dad
Rose scrunched her eyebrows together, what did he mean 'Ferret Junior'? Rose studied the letter until her cousin Fred sat beside her.
"What's that?" Rose handed the letters over to him. She watched as he read and chuckled reading her dad's letter. "So, how are you going to explain it was actually you who caused the whole mess?" Rose shot her cousin a glare and sighed.
"It's just a bit complicated…"
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