Chapter 2: Expect the unexpected!
So I hope the first chapter was ok! Here goes number 2 they are on the train!
Rose and Al hurried off down the train to find an empty compartment, eventually they found one near the end of the train.
"What was James teasing you about this time?" Rose asked him
"He keeps saying I'll be put in Slytherin I will be the only person in the family though!" Al moaned "I bet my dad will kill me!" Rose rolled her eyes she knew Al's dad and he would be proud of his son not like hers!
"Don't worry Al, Uncle Harry would never do that anyway there's nothing wrong with Slytherin anymore!" Just then they were interrupted by the tall blonde boy Rose recognized as the boy her dad pointed out on the platform, Scorpius Malfoy said "Umm, can I sit with you? All the other compartments are full."
Before Rose could tell him to find somewhere else to sit Al said "Yeah, of course you can! Al Potter by the way," He held his hand out for Scorpius to shake, "and this is…"
"Rose." She interrupted rather coldly to Scorpius he held his hand out; Rose shook it but held his hand very tight.
"I know, my father pointed your family out on the platform, I am Scorpius by the way. Scorpius Malfoy."
"That's funny so did mine, he told me to beat you in every test!" Rose was starting to get along with Scorpius, after all who cared what her father thought Scorpius seemed nice enough to her. "So what house would you like to be in?"
"I think I'll be put in Slytherin just because of my family but I really want to be in Gryffindor I would like to break as many family traditions as possible I don't want to be like my father he just wanted to please my grandfather I want to be my own person!" he exclaimed.
Rose and Albus just gaped at Scorpius until Rose finally said, "Really? You don't want to live up to anything?"
"Yes, I want people to realise that just because my father made a mistake in the past doesn't mean he can't change."
"Wow, I think the same but for me it's the other way around everyone's all ways like oh my god you're Harry Potter's son!" Albus joined in
"Actually you're not too bad, want to be friends?" Rose asked Scorpius,
"Yeah sure! But what if I'm put in Slytherin and you two are both in Gryffindor?" Scorpius fidgeted a bit and glanced down at the floor.
"It'll be ok, we can still be friends no matter what house we are in!" after a while the three new friends started talking animatedly with each other about which quidditch team was the best and which class sounded the most interesting.
After the children had changed into their Hogwarts robes the train pulled to a stop at Hogsmeade station where Hagrid the half giant gamekeeper was waiting for the students.
"alrigh' there Rosie, Al? And who's this little Fella'?" bellowed Hagrid.
"Hi Hagrid!" Rose and Al chorused Rose continued "and this is Scorp!"
Scorpius politely shook Hagrid's hand despite the look of confusion Hagrid shot Al and Rose.
"Alrigh' Firs' years follow me" Hagrid shouted at the dwindling crowd.
Rose, Al and Scorp followed Hagrid down a narrow path leading to a giant lake where at least twenty little oar less boats were waiting.
"No more than four to a boat," Hagrid called. Rose al and Scorp climbed in one boat as the other first years also got in. the boats magically pushed off from the bank much to the surprise of a few of the children.
When they arrived at the Hogwarts gates a man Rose immediately recognized as her uncle Neville (they were not related but he visited so much with his son frank that everyone counted him as family) addressed them all. Rose wasn't really listening she was thinking about what her dad would say if she told him she was friends with Scorp.
She felt her arm being tugged and followed Al through to the great hall. Most the first years stopped to take in the sight. Al let out a gasp while Rose and Scorp whispered identically "its bewitched I read about it in Hogwarts: a history."
They both succeeded in hiding a giggle but Rose couldn't stop the famous Weasley blush creeping into her cheeks.
Soon the sorting began and the crowd of first years was getting smaller and smaller then eventually Roses Unc- Professor Longbottom called out "Malfoy' Scorpius." The people who had been talking before this went silent to see the outcome of this particular sorting.
Scorp walked slowly up to the stool glanced quickly at Rose who smiled her support and placed the hat upon his head.
The hat remained there before it shouted
"GRYFFINDOR!" a grin lit up Scorp's face as he stepped quickly down from the stool and raced down to join the cheering Gryffindor's.
Next up was Al who looked like he was about to throw up, but al was only on the stool for around ten seconds before the hat shouted
"GRYFFINDOR!" Al looked relieved as he hopped down from the stool and gave Scorpius a high five.
There was now only Rose and around three other first years left but then Professor Longbottom called her name. She made her way up to the stool and as she placed the hat on her head she heard a voice inside her ear it said,
"Ahh, another Weasley though you seem different. You have a brilliant mind there's no doubting that but you are extremely ambitious maybe Slytherin could be the house for you definitely not hufflepuff that's for sure, I can see a lot of potential in Slytherin…." Not Slytherin I want to be with Al and Scorp, please not Slytherin Rose thought hoping the hat would hear "Not Slytherin you say well then it must be :
GRYFFINDOR!" Rose jumped down from the stool and ran to where her best friends were sitting giving them both a hug she said "What did the hat say to you?"
Scorp replied "it wanted to put me in Gryffindor how goods that!"
"Yeah same mate it said there's only one choice for you! What about you?" Al agreed
Rose didn't know what to say so she told them exactly what she had heard.