Chapter 2: Sorting

Scorpius' POV

The train had just pulled up at the station and we could hear everyone hurrying to get out, it was pouring with rain outside and as much as I wasn't looking forward to getting off and leaving the warmth of the train, right now, I didn't give a shit.

Sammy, Dylan, Raven and I were all doubled over in fits of hysterical laughter. Sammy had tears flowing down in cheeks and Dylan was stuck in the foot well. I guess she wasn't that bad. For a girl.

Apparently in the muggle world, Raven was a rugby, whatever the hell that is, champion. She offered to demonstrate a rugby tackle, we volunteered Sammy for this. In less than 10 seconds she had him on the ground with his hands behind his back. After this the awkwardness between us had pretty much broken. She had after all just sat on my best friend. We talked like we'd known each other for years. It felt like we had too.

We all went in the same boat over to the school and just as we were getting out Sammy glanced at me, obviously wanting revenge for the rugby tackle he started to rock the boat. Dylan and I were already out, it was just Sammy and Raven. Sammy began to pick up speed and soon water was splashing everywhere, Raven stood at the end of the boat staring at him with a rock hard glint in her eyes. Water had started to splash her immaculate hair and she was looking more and more pissed of by the minute but she just continued glaring at him. Sammy grinning like a buffoon fell off the seat he was standing on and splashed into the water, Raven smirked slightly at this and calmly walked onto dry land.

The four of us walked up to Hogwarts school trying to catch up with everyone else, we got a horrible feeling that we were late which would give a immediate bad impression. We didn't care though, it was worth it to see Sammy walking along looking like a drowned rat, his brown hair plastered to his face, his brand new robes dripping leaving a long trail of water behind him. Raven explaining how she didn't know a drying spell so therefore she couldn't do anything about it but something about the way she said this made me think she was lying, probably revenge for trying to make her fall in. Who knows?

We entered through large doors to find the corridor empty apart from a single person who looked like a professor. BUSTED.

"Get lost did we?"

Raven piped up, " Sammy fell in Miss, we had to get back in the boat to help him," she said, with an angel like expression floating across her face whilst her dark eyes swam with feigned innocence "he can't swim, Miss we were scared." she whimpered and to all our surprize the professor put a hand on her shoulder,

"Don't worry dear, your safe now," she said softly oblivious to the laughter escaping my lips, Raven took a step back and stood on my toe, then she looked up and blinked at the professor.

"Right through that door, don't you worry you won't be in any trouble,"

Raven held her head up and walked with us following in a line behind her, the great doors opened and heads in every direction turned and stared. Raven made her way dowm to where the other first years were standing as the professor explained how Sammy nearly drowned. She looked at me then, for the first time since I saw her eyes properly on the train, the evil was gone and humour was dancing across, yes i reckon I could be friends with a girl. Sure.

The sorting had already started so we just stood there awkward and listened until I heard my name,

"Malfoy Scorpius," I sauntered forward and heard a very faint, "see you blondie,"

I turned round to see a professor poke Raven with her wand, she smiled, looked up and winked at me.

"...you have courage more than you know Mister Malfoy, yet you have ignorance of this and choose to ignore it," a voice whispered in my ear, " you have a good head on your shoulders I see but your future is cloudy, I suppose that means, you in turn will be offered evil and it is up to you whether you choose to follow it or not, that choice is entirely yours to make... SLYTHERIN," he concluded and I waltzed over to the table that clapped wildy at the thought of another Malfoy come to join them.

Sammy was next and he too was sorted into Slytherin

"Potter Albus," I saw Raven flinch slightly out of the corner of my eye.

"...Ravenclaw" the sorting hat yelled. Ravenclaw clapped and cheered heroically, why though? Yeah his Dad was one third of the golden trio, yeah he saved the world, but his son didn't, I thought to myself, why would anyone bother being friends with that? Probably stuck up anyway just like the whole of the Potter-Wealey clan, some ginger, some hero's, all famous, all stuck up. And in that moment I made a promise to myself that I would have nothing to do with any of them.

I was sitting at the table with Sammy and Dylan, there two girls left now, one of them Raven.

One girl went to Hufflepuff then.. "Weasley Rose,"

FUCK NO I groaned inwardly.

The hat covered her eyes but as she sat there her mouth went through lots of different emotions and then a broad grin spread across her face, I crossed my fingers and thought, 'Not Slytherin, please anything but Slytherin."

"...SLYTHERIN," a momuntary silence filled the air until a shock round of applause spread amongst our table, Dyl and Sam were standing up and wolf whistleing, my whole body felt numb. I felt something warm touch my right arm, "Malfoy ay?" she said looking me up and down before giving me a playful punch, "we're going to get on like a house on fire then," she grinned.

"How's that?" I asked, still shocked.

"Our families are sworn enemies, so we are like forbbiden fruit to each other, which makes me kind of need to be your friend to prove a point, after all I always do what I'm told not to," she took a bite of her chicken leg.

"Rosie?" and uncertain voice came from behind her.

I turned to see two boys with messed up chocolatey brown hair, one wearing glasses, the other who seemed a few years older with his hand on Albus Potter's shoulder.

"James, Albus," she acknowledged, " what?" she said annoyed after neither of them spoke.

"Just came to say hi," Albus said meakly

She stared, a look of disgust in her eyes, and then turned back to her chicken, Albus ran off to the doors and left the banquet, James however walked over to Rose and whispered threateningly in her ear, "Rose, don't do that, he doesn't understand,"

"Its appears no one does," she spat back and turned back to her meal, as soon as James had ran out the hall in search of Albus, Rose let of a huge sigh of relief and dropped her food and put her head on my shoulder.

Going great Scorp, not having anything to do with the Potter's or Weasley's he'd been here about an hour and he already made a good friend with Weasley and had had a close encounter with two of the Potter's, damn Grandfather Lucius would be proud.

AN I know this is different to other stuff but i thought i might aswell give it ago, I have already written some of the later chapters but any ideas are welcomed. Im knew to fanfiction and therefore i dont know if im any good. Im not promising i wont get bored of this story but I do have some amazing ideas for the rest of their seven years. Also this is the last chapter on their first year that I have planned, I might change my minds, who know :) just bear with me and I hope you enjoy and review :D

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