Hey guys! I am so so so so sooooo sorry for letting you all wait for such a long time; i've been completely backed up by exams and some personal stuff going on. Anyway, my computer doesn't have word anymore (and I have no idea how to fix it) so, I'm going on a whim here and just write in the copy/past-section in Doc manager. So if there's any sorts of faults, i'm sorry, but i can't get to editing before i get word back :i

Enjoy!

The steam from the train billowed out on the platform, leaving everyone in a strange mist - Rose tried spotting around for people she knew, but none seemed to be familiar.

She turned to her parents.

"Are you sure that this is okay? I just got back." Her voice trembled, and Hermione smiled.
"Yes, it's okay. We know where you are, and you've promised to write at least once a week, so it's okay. Are you sure about this? You don't need to do it, you know." Draco nodded at his wife's words.
"You can push back a year, if you'd rather want that." Rose sighed and looked nervously around the platform.
"No, it's okay. I promise I'll tell you all of something's up, okay?" Hermione smiled.
"Okay." Draco looked at his daughter - she looked so like him, and he feared her leaving. Hermione hugged her daughter with tears in her eyes.
"Promise to behave." She said sternly as she let Rose go. Rose nodded and accepted her father's hug. She turned from them and stepped on the train, waving slightly as the train started to move. She caught a glimpse of her parents and their tears before the train turned a corner and left the platform completely.

Rose moved around the train, trying to find an empty compartment, occasionally catching glimpses of happy faces and bits of conversation. Seh finally found one in the very back of the train, and sat down with a huff. Now what?

She took a book from her bag, and placed herself with her back to the window for rest, and started reading. She barely noticed the creak the sliding door made as it was pushed open - but she did feel it when someone sat down on the same seat as her. She looked up, a bit frustrated to be taken away from her book, but her words of annoyment fell silent on her lips as she saw who it was.

"Hello, Rose." He said, his black hair covering half his face, and a hint of a smirk hidden underneath it. She closed her mouth.
"Fancy running into you here, isn't it? Didn't think you'd be going to Hogwarts so soon." She finally regained her voice.
"Well, my mum told me it would be a good idea... I.. I'm sorry, but what are you doing here? I didn't even think you lived in England? I thought you tried to go.." He cut her off.
"Plan didn't go as i wished for. No relatives. Been living in an apartment on top of a bar or something for a while now." He looked at her. SHis eyes penetrated her, fiercely blue, and he looked down again.
"McGonagall wrote me a few weeks back, asking me if i wanted to go there, and I thought, why not, I don't have anywhere else to go." She nodded.

"It's going to be weird, isn't it? Being around so many people..." She sighed and closed her eyes. "Actually, i've been meaning to ask you somehing, quite embarrasing, actually.." He turned and looked at her, urging her on.
"I don't think i've ever gotten your name. You were always just... The boy or something." She blushed at his smile. He stood up, put his hands in his pockets and turned to leave.

"I'm Zach." He said with a final flick of his hair. "See you later, Rose."

Rose had been staring out of the window for the remanding time spent on the train, wondering firstly about the boy, then about Hogwarts, and the lateslt of her worries; which house she'd been in. It would be weird if she got sorte alongside the firstyears, but she didn't see any other option. When the train finally thudded to a halt, she stood up, shaking slightly and tried to blend in with the mass walking by her. She caught a glimpse of the ravenhair and the smirk, but after a few moments he was gone again. She shook her head, trying to clear it from her worries, and stepped onto the Platform in Hogsmeade.

"Rose Granger-Malfoy! Here, if you will be so kind!" A female voice called, and she turned towards the voice; an older woman stood there, waving her hand, while the other was firmly placed on Zach's shoulder. Rose moved slowly towards them.

"I'm McGonagall, but I'm sure you already know that. And this is Zacharias Sullivan, whom I'm sure you already know. Now, you two need to follow me, and we'll go to my office, where you'll both be sorted into your houses in private." She motioned with her hand, and the three of them started walking. Zach leaned closer to Rose as they were walking.
"I'm sure you don't want to get on her bad side." He whispered to Rose, who smiled slightly.

They walked for a while, until they reached a gate leading up to what looked like the backside of the Hogwarts Castle.
"I thought it would be better if you wouldn't need to go throught the great hall just yet. No need to cause a fuzz." McGonagall said. They both nodded in consent. "Now, follow me please." And she led them through the gates and towards the doors in front of them.

Again, i am sorry if there's flaws and so on, but bear with me! As always, review and make my day better :D