I know DG isn't out but I'm having serious writers block on the last 4k words of the chapter (I've re-written it about 5 times now, it's frustrating). So here, you guys can have this instead as a christmas present)


Year 1: Sorting woes

"You are sooooo going to be a snake." a boy with somewhat messy auburn hair stated with a teasing voice.

"James, leave Al alone!" a girl his size with long frizzy ginger hair replied giving him a fierce glare.

"I won't! And anyway, Dad said he named me after someone in Slytherin so they aren't that bad." a boy with very messy black hair replied.

"See, you're going to be a snake. Even dad thinks so!" he replied.

"Well if you do become one watch out. I won't withhold my pranks on Slytherins just because you're my cousin." a boy with brown skin and short hair stated. "Anyway stay away from them, Slytherins are bad news, the lot of them."

This led to a murmuring of agreement by the red haired boy, James, a straight haired ginger girl with a serious looking face, and a very pretty blonde girl with strawberry blonde hair and the ginger with frizzy hair.

"What's so bad about Slytherins?" asked the final member of the carriage. She was yet another redhead with long straight hair and glasses.

"What's so bad? They were responsible for the Second Wizarding War for merlin's sake!" James exclaimed.

"One of them tried to make my dad a werewolf." the strawberry blonde girl piped up. "You've seen the scars plenty Molly."

"Talkless of the fact that my dad's twin was killed by one." the mixed race boy chimed in.

"My Dad always says that there isn't a their isn't a bad wizard that wasn't from Slytherin." the ginger frizzy haired chimed in, her voice coming across as bossy to the rest. It elicited eye-rolling from everyone else who was in the carriage.

"Yes we know Rose, Uncle Ron has only said that to all of us about a million times. Right after preaching about how the Malfoys are scum of the earth." the brown skinned boy replied.

"Hey, maybe we should play a few pranks on the mini Malfoy then." James said his eyes lighting up.

"You don't even know him. Plus anyway he hasn't done anything to you." Rose replied.

"I don't need to know him to prank him." James replied before turning to the mixed race boy. "So you got any new products waiting to be tested out Fred?"

"Well we've been testing this powder that blinds and deafens you for a few seconds, how bout that. Should scare his pants off." Fred replied.

"I don't want any part of this." Rose stated with an air of snobbishness. "You're going to get yourselves into trouble."

"Whatever Rosie, you're just too scared to do it yourself." James taunted.

"Am not!" she replied obstinately.

"Are too." Fred replied in a taunting manner.

"Am not!" Rose repeated this time with even more emphasis. "I'm not afraid of some little prat. He looked about the size of an ant anyway."

"Really. If that's the case, 1 galleon says that you can't do it." the strawberry blonde girl said with a grin.

"Fine, Dominique, give me that 1 galleon now and I'll go do it." Rose said.

"Nuh-uh. You have to go pull the prank first Rosie." Dominique replied before turning to Fred. "So how does it work?"

Fred pulled a out a tiny see-through bag with a black powder inside with a large smile on his face. "Simple enough, throw the powder down on the ground hard and then look away and cover your ears."

"If I get in trouble I'm blaming this on you." Rose muttered as she took the black powder.

"Rose are you sure this is such a good idea? Al asked a definite note of worry in his voice.

"Don't be such a baby Albie, she'll be find, it's just a harmless prank on another Slytherin." James reprimanded.

"You don't know what house he's going to be in." Al retorted. "And don't call me Albie"

"Puh-lease. Did you see those photos of him in the daily prophet, Serverus? He's clearly so arrogant that he can't go anywhere else but into the snakes pit." Fred said.

"Like James looked any different when they took pictures of him." Rose replied. "He was busy pulling poses for the paparazzi like a buffoon."

"Hey I'm not a buffoon!" James exclaimed indignantly before letting a smirk make its way onto his face again. "Anyway don't you have a galleon to go earn?"

"Fine." Rose replied. "I'm going."

"Al, follow her." Molly looking at Al over the top of her glasses.

"Why?" Al asked.

"Just make sure she doesn't get into too much trouble. You've always been good at getting out of trouble, whilst our dear Rosie seems to fall into it time and time again." Molly replied.

"Got that right, ruddy snitch." James muttered.

"What was that?" Al asked a frown on his face.

"Nothing, get going snakey." James replied with a shooing gesture.

"Hey, I'm not going to be a Slytherin." Al protested.

"Whatever, off with you." Fred said tiredly. "Don't come back without a story of how you terrified the son of Uncle Ron's most wanted."

Al shook his head and followed his cousin who had already walked into the next carriage.


"So can any of you do any spells?" the dark skinned girl asked.

"I've no doubt Scorpius here has tried a few seeing as when we went to collect books he went out of his way to get extra textbooks that weren't on the list." Felix replied.

"So go on then. Show us one." demanded a boy with messy sandy hair. Scorpius pulled out his wand with a small smirk on his face.

"You know Kat, he looks entirely too happy when he has his wand in his hand." Felix noted with a slight shake of the head.

"Deprimo!" Scorpius chanted with a wide swish of his wand. 'First time trying this spell let's see how it goes.'

Immediately there was a large gust inside the small cabin that sent a pack of cards everywhere and robes flapping like mad.

"Wow, can I do that?" Kat asked.

"No teach me!" the sandy haired boy asked. "That's like the second spell I've ever seen done."

"Wait you a muggleborn as well Andy?" Kat asked.

"Yup." he replied. "First Thomas to ever be a wizard as far as I know. What about you Felix?"

"Oh yeah, I'm one too."

"Then how do you know Scorpius?" Kat asked.

"Oh I bumped into him when I was getting my books. He was nice enough to show me around. He even managed to get me into the newspaper." Felix replied.

Scorpius grinned at the memory of his father's face when he had seen the Daily Prophet the next day. 'Old man nearly blew his top at disobedience against his no talking to the press rule.'

"Wait is Scorpius famous or something?" Andy asked.

'Not famous, infamous.' Scorpius thought bitterly.

"Yeah. His family is like the mafia." Felix replied brightly.

"Wow, that's so cool. So I bet you're like mega-rich then."

"Well we aren't poor." Scorpius admitted. 'But we are hated. Though I guess if I befriend these muggleborns at least people will be less likely to think I care about blood-status.'

"Anyway, can you teach me that spell." Andy asked. "I can think of some uses for it already."

"Like what?" Scorpius asked. In response Andy drew his own wand and imitated Scorpius.

"Deprimo!" he chanted swishing his wand. There was a small breeze that lasted for less than a second, however this time it was directed at Kat's skirt which blew open slightly.

"Hey! You letch!" Kat threatened with her arms out. "Do that again and I'll pack you in."

"Sorry, couldn't resist." Andy replied earning a small chuckle from Felix.

"And what is so funny about that?" the girl then asked whirling around onto Felix.

"Just the way you managed to glare at him like he'd killed a kitten. It's enjoyable to watch." he replied with a bright smile.

"Oh." she replied blushing slightly.

'This one is super sly. Definite slytherin.' Scorpius noted as he watched Felix.

Just then a woman came up to the door of their carriage dragging a trolley behind her that smelled of sweets.

"Would you four care for some snacks?" the woman asked.

'Time to buy a little loyalty.' Scorpius thought.

"A little of everything." Scorpius and Felix said at the same time both pulling a pouch full of galleons out. The two boys looked at each other and shared a knowing grin.

'He's doing exactly what I'm doing.' each boy though.

"Well aren't you two generous, looking to treat your new friends." the lady replied "That will be 16 sickles."

"8 each?" Felix asked looking at Scorpius. Scorpius nodded and the two of them handed the cart lady the money. She gave the boys a bunch of sweets back which were distributed around the carriage.

"Hey, Scorpius, just what are these?" Andy asked waving around a packet that had a frog on the front.

"Those are chocolate frogs. Open it. You're in for a surprise." he replied. Andy did as instructed and opened the packet. Immediately a chocolate frog bounced out the pocket.

"Woah. What the hell is that?" Andy exclaimed at the same time Kat and Felix jumped.

"That my friends, is a chocolate frog." Scorpius replied as the rest of the carriage watched as the chocolate frog hopped around of the floor in awe.

"And you can eat that?" Kat asked incredulously.

"Yup." Scorpius replied opening his own packet and sinking his teeth into the head of a frog.

"Hey, look there is still something in the pack." Kat pointed out pulling out a pentagon card. She held it out for everyone to see. Scorpius flinched the moment he saw it. On the card was a picture of a man with long grey hair who was looking out at the group with a slight sneer on his face.

"Lucius Malfoy." Kat read out before turning it around. "Lucius Malfoy, A Death Eater that was in Voldemort's inner circle. He was well known for command of the Imperius Curse."

"Relation of yours?" Andy asked.

"What are death eaters?" Kat asked right after.

"Doesn't matter." Scorpius replied commandingly, emulating a tone that he had heard his father use plenty.

"Oooo, touchy." Andy replied. However he was met with a glare from both Scorpius and Felix.

"Okay okay, I'll shut up now." Andy replied lifting his hands up in surrender.

"Good." Felix spat before giving Scorpius a small grin.

'Definitely need to keep this guy around.' Scorpius thought. 'Proving to be more and more adept at keeping me out of trouble.

The carriage settled into a lull of silence after the incident where Kat and Felix began to nap whilst Andy stared out the window. Scorpius however pulled out a book on Charms.

'Right, enough play. I need to make sure I can perform every charm in this book by the end of the month.' he thought. 'It's lucky my wand seems to find spells easy to perform.'

Scorpius then raised his wand to perform the first charm when he noticed a flash of red. He looked over at the carriage door to see a a pale freckled face slowly walking past looking in. His eyes immediately met the girl's own. Her blue eyes me grey. The girl came to halt.

'Rose Weasley.'

The door opened.

"How can I help you?" Scorpius asked. In the corner Felix stirred slightly and then opened his eyes.

"Scorpius Malfoy right?" the girl asked, her eyes never leaving his.

"Rose Weasley right?" Scorpius replied back mimicking the same tone. This was met with a an ugly scowl on the girl's face. Scorpius watched as her hand went to her pocket.

"Hello, I don't think we've met. I'm Felix Colclough, what's your name?" Felix asked standing up.

"I believe you just heard." she replied waspishly.

"Don't be like that now." he replied, slipping a grin onto his face. "I'm just wondering why you seem to dislike a boy who you've never spoken to."

"Don't you know who he is?" the girl asked incredulously.

"Scorpius Malfoy, 11, first wizard to talk to me since I entered this strange world." Felix replied. "And so far a pretty good friend too."

"You're a muggleborn?" she then asked. Felix nodded. "You really shouldn't be around the likes of him then."

"And why is that?" Scorpius asked a deep frown making its way onto his face.

"You know why." she repied.

"No, I don't think I do. Please, spell it out for me." Scorpius replied now glaring.

"Don't play stupid with me Malfoy. Your family is known for its disdain of muggleborns." Rose replied.

"What do you know about my family?" he growled. "You've never so much as spoken one word to any of them."

"Wait is this about the death eater thing?" Andy asked.

"So you know then?" Rose asked.

"Know what? Apart from Scorpius here, we're all muggleborns." Kat replied.

"Well then let me tell you about death eaters." Rose said airily.

"Rose." Scorpius said a hint of pleading making its way into his voice. 'Father would kill me if he knew I was pleading with a Weasley.' Scorpius thought. "It was a long time ago. We're not like that anymore."

"Wait I don't understand what this is all about." Andy stated confused.

"It's simple." Felix said with a glare on his face. "Rose here has decided that she's going to hate Scorpius simply because he was born. Yes without even taking the time to know him."

"It's... it's... not like that" Rose stuttered.

"Oh it's exactly like that." Felix replied taking a step forward. "Leave him alone. He's done nothing to you."

"But he's a Malfoy!" she stressed. "Don't you know what his family did?"

"Yes but what did Scorpius do? He didn't do shit. So please take your pretentious self and fuck off." Felix replied.

"You don't even know who I am." She replied.

"That's a lie." Scorpius said stepping in. "I didn't know you before, despite how many tabloids have published things about you and your family. I didn't even know you on the platform when your family stared us down and my dad requested that I try and best you in exams. But I know who you are now. You're little judgemental princess who thinks that she knows everything because she read a few history books. So, Rose, please step out and don't return because frankly, I have much better things to do with my time than argue with a girl who is still stuck in a past that she wasn't even around for." he finished.

"You know what?" Rose said her voice thick as her eyes began to water very slightly. "I may be all of that, but you, Malfoy, are a stuck up arrogant ponce!" before turning around and exiting the compartment, slamming the door.

"Damn, you were cold there." Felix commented with a grin.

"Well I have no time for people like her." Scorpius replied coldly. 'I'll show them, every last one of them just what it really means to be a Malfoy.'


Al had been waiting outside the compartment that Rose had stepped into. At first he had been calm. And then he got a little worried, Rose had definitely been taking her time. And then he heard Rose raise her voice and then she stepped back out.

Even without the years that Al and Rose had spent growing up together he knew that something was wrong. Rose's eyes had a wet sheen to them and her face was more red than usual.

"What's wrong?" Al asked.

"Nothing." Rose replied causing Al to roll his eyes.

"Yup, nothing is wrong, you just have tears in your eyes for no reason." he replied.

"You know, sarcasm is meant to be my thing right?" she replied.

"Well, I've almost spent twelve years of my life listening to your sarcastic comebacks, I was bound to pick up a few along the way. So come on, what's up Rosie-Posie?" then he frowned. "What did Malfoy do?"

"Nothing. He's just a bastard." Rose replied waspishly. Al frowned again.

"He say something about our family?" Al asked, remembering how his Uncle Ron had often said that Draco Malfoy spent most of his time insulting Weasleys.

"I don't want to talk about it, okay." his cousin spat before walking in the opposite direction of where they had come from.

"Rose, where are you going?" Al asked. 'That girl and her dramatics.' he thought to himself.

"Away from overly nosey family members." she replied without glancing back.

Al shrugged. He was more than used to his cousin storming off. So instead he set out to go and find out precisely what had happened between Rose and Scorpius.

He opened the door to see three boys and a girl staring back at him.

"Hi." Al greeted cheerily.

"Hey." a boy with spikey brunette hair greeted back. "So who are you?"

"Al." Al replied, reluctant to give his second name. Whilst his brother was more than happy to let everyone and their dog know that he was a Potter, Al was slightly more reserved about it. With his second name came unnecessary attention and adoration that had nothing to do with him. 'If I'm going to be famous, it should be for things that I have done.' he had resolved time and again.

"Hey Al, that's Scorpius, Kat, Felix and I'm Andy." Andy stated motioning to everyone who was inside the compartment.

"You a first year then?" the dark skin girl asked.

"Yup." Al replied.

"Hey, wait. Did you see that girl who just left our compartment?" Felix asked.

"Yeah. She seemed really upset." Al replied, taking a seat opposite Scorpius so that he could watch the boy more carefully. Scorpius however at a glance seemed to have no opinion on the matter. 'It's like his face is etched in stone.' Al thought.

"She shouldn't be really." Kat said conversationally. "She was the one who tried to pick a fight with Scorpius for no reason."

"Yeah. I mean she had never even met him before and then she just came in and started insulting him and his family. Totally out of order." Andy continued.

"Anyway she won't try that again. Scorpius well and truly finished her verbally." Kat replied grinning. "That tongue of yours is sharp."

"Why, what did he say to her?" Al asked honestly curious.

"Doesn't matter." Scorpius replied his voice monotoned, his eyes fixed on Al's. "Just tell your cousin to stay away from me next time you see her."

"Wait she's your cousin?" Felix exclaimed. "So that's why you came in here." he then stated with a frown. "So lemme guess, you have some vendetta against Scorpius too?"

"No, not at all." Al replied. "Honestly, how can I. Until today I didn't know who he was past seeing a few pictures in the paper."

"Oh." Felix replied. "Sorry then for jumping down your throat."

"Honestly I would have done the same too. And I apologise for Rosie, she just has a habit of saying what is on her mind no matter how ridiculous it is." Al said.

"Doesn't excuse what's on her mind." Scorpius muttered quietly. Al however looking to make amends ignored what Scorpius muttered.

"So which houses you guys want to go into?" Al asked.

"Houses?" Kat questioned with a confused look on her face.

"You know Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin." Al replied.

"Oh, my last school had houses. I don't know anything about these ones though." Felix chimed in.

'Wait a second. None of them seem to know about Hogwarts houses. And then on top of that they didn't recognise me unlike most kids I've met.'

"Wait, are you all muggleborns?" Al asked. 'It would explain why they are comfortable to be talking to Scorpius as well.

"Yup." Felix replied. "Well all of us apart from Scorpius."

"So anyway what is so important about these houses then?" Andy asked.

"Well your house is where you live I'm guessing." Felix said. "But the fact that you are asking which ones we want to go into tell me that they aren't all that similar then. So whats the difference?"

"Ah, well basically your house gets chosen for you, based on your personality." Al stated.

"What? How can they do that?" Andy asked.

"They have a hat." Scorpius replied.

"A hat?" Kat asked with a sceptical look on her face. "They check your personality, with a hat?"

"Yes." Scorpius and Al replied at the same time.

"So what types of personalities do the houses look for then?" Felix asked.

"The brainy go to Ravenclaw, the brave to Gryffindor, the ambitious to Slytherin and the rest to Hufflepuff. Though there is a lot more to it than that." Scorpius explained.

"Well tell us then, we've probably still got another 4 hours to go on this train ride anyway." Kat said impatiently.

"You want to do it or should I?" Scorpius asked Al. "I'm thinking of telling them the story of the four founders."

"Be my guest." Al replied lazily.

"Okay so once upon a time over a thousand years ago, 2 witches and 2 wizards came together to form a school to teach young witches and wizards. They were Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw and Salazar Slytherin. Now three of them were pretty picky about whom they wanted to teach. Godric Gryffindor was all like: Gimme the most brave, daring and chivalrous students. Rowena wanted all the nerds and the witty ones. Salazar wanted the ambitious and the cunning. Helga was just like I'll teach everyone though she preferred those who were kind, loyal and hardworking. And basically there is a hat that puts you into one of those houses based on which of founders would have preferred to teach you." Scorpius explained.

"Wait how does a hat do this?" Felix asked.

"It's magic." Al replied.

"Oh. Well we're all still pretty new to this magic thing you know." Kat confessed.

"Don't worry, I am too. I've not even tried any spells yet. My cousin Rose has though." Al said with an encouraging tone. However the rest of the carriage seemed to lose their smiles the moment Rose was mentioned. 'Crap really shouldn't be talking about her here.' Al noted.

"So which house is the best?" Andy asked.

"There isn't one." Scorpius replied.

"Which house do you want to go to then?" Felix then asked.

"Slytherin I guess. My family has been in there for centuries." said with a degree of meekness that was rarely shown by him. "I wouldn't mind Ravenclaw though."

"Well my family is all in Gryffindor so that's where I would like to go." Al replied.

"Really, just how many of your family are in the school at the moment then?" Felix asked.

"Well there is Victorie, James, Fred, Dominique and Lucy who are all in Gryffindor. And then Rose, Molly and I are joining this year."

"Geez. So many. I'd hate to be in the same house if that was the case." Felix then said with a shake of his head.

"Why?" Al asked indignantly. "What's wrong with being with your family?"

"They you just become known as one of them. Wouldn't you rather stand out on your own. I know I would." Felix explained.

'He does have a point.' Al reasoned. 'It's bad enough just being known as Harry Potter's look-a-like son.'

"Well, I like the sound of Hufflepuff personally. I want to go there." Kat said decidedly.

"You'll probably end up there then. My dad said that if you want to the sorting hat would let you choose where you want to go." Al replied.

"Why would you go against what the hat says though?" Scorpius asked with a frown. "Surely a hat that has been placing pupils over a millennia now knows more about how to sort than an eleven year old."

"Well that's just what my dad said." Al replied with his hands held out in a surrender gesture.

"Wait, where did the hat want to place your dad?" Felix asked he then looked over to Scorpius who appeared to be studying the wall very closely. "Actually no need to tell me. I can guess. What's so bad about Slytherin then?"

"Nothing." Al replied. 'Well I can't really say anything bad about it when I bet these two are going to end up there.'

"So why would you want to avoid it then?" Andy asked with furrowed brow.

"I just would want to be placed with my family." Al lied 'It's not that, I just don't think I'd fit in with a house that was responsible for Voldemort.' "Anyway It was nice to meet you all. I'm off to go find Rose." Albus stated as he stood up.

"You too." Felix said as Al exited the compartment. Felix then turned to Scorpius with a smile that didn't quite reach his eyes. "Is it just me or his whole family wankers?"

Scorpius let out a snort. "You know with statements like that my dad might try and adopt you."

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Rose had been sat in a carriage alone reading Hogwarts, A History for a good 3 hours now. Alone. Only one thought was circulating her mind.

'Scorpius Malfoy and his cohorts are all fucking wankers.' she thought as she mindlessly read the history book. The door then opened to reveal her cousin and best friend looking at her.

"There you are Rosie. Been looking all over this train for you." Al said brightly. "We are just about to arrive you know."

"Good, this ride has taken far too long." Rose growled.

"Yeah it's been pretty long." Al agreed. "But what I really want to know is why are you reading on your own? Didn't you want to meet any other first years?"

"No, I'm done with that for now." Rose replied, a scowl making its way onto her face.

"This about what happened in Scorpius' carriage? Because I spoke to them too and they seemed alright to be honest." Al replied gently.

"Alright? They don't even know me and they told me to leave." Rose replied indignantly. 'Who started insulting them first?' her conscience fired back at her.

Al frowned at this.

"But Rose, you weren't exactly nice to them were you?" Al replied.

"How do you know?" Rose replied. "You weren't even there."

"I went in afterwards to find out what happened." Al stated. As he finished his sentence there was a whistle that was let off as the train began to slow.

"You're always so nosey." Rose replied with a sigh. "Still you have to agree, he's a prat. I mean you talked to him yourself."

"I don't know Rose. I mean sure, he seemed a bit snobby. But really I just got the idea that he didn't like people talking about his family." Al replied delicately.

"Well of course not. His family is full of death eaters." Rose replied with a snort. "I bet he already knows dark magic."

"Why don't we talk about something else." Al replied with a frown. He loved his cousin dearly but she had inherited a very stubborn attitude to everything Slytherin thanks to her father.

"Okay. So you planning to try out for quidditch this year?" Rose asked.

"I don't know. James said that the current seeker for Gryffindor is really good." Al replied.

"If you end up in Gryffindor." Rose said teasingly.

"I will." Al said indignantly. 'At least I hope so.' he thought. " Though, I could see you ending up in Ravenclaw though, my fair cousin."

"I won't." Rose replied with a degree of certainty.

"You will. And then Uncle Ron will disown you." Al replied. "And then you'll be the first Weasley to be in another house."

"Whatever snake." Rose replied with a scowl. 'It can't happen. It won't happen.' Rose mentally pleaded to nobody in-particular. She knew how much Gryffindor meant to her father.

The train lurched to a halt and gave another whistle.

"Come on let's get off." Al said enthusiastically opening the door. Rose stood up and followed.

"Rose, Al, there you are!" a voice exclaimed from behind as they got off.

"Why always me." Rose muttered under the bottom of her breath as she heard the dual set of footsteps headed in her direction.

"Rose, be nice." Al admonished. "You don't want your mum to ground you or something."

Rose sighed and turned around.

"Hey Lysander, Lorcan." Al greeted cheerfully. Rose rolled her eyes.

'He's just way too nice to these blithering imbeciles.' Rose thought. "Hello." was all Rose uttered as she began to look for any possible escape route away from the blonde twins.

"Hey you two. Look at what our mum gave us!" Lorcan exclaimed as Rose continued to look for an escape route. However instead she noticed three boys and a girl getting out of a carriage, she instantly scowled at the group. And as if one of the boys was psychic he turned to face her back, his steely grey eyes meeting her own with a matching scowl.

For a few seconds it was like all else ceased to exist. All that featured in Rose's reality was those grey eyes and the person to which they belonged to.

"All first years to me!" a booming voice called out. It caused Rose to snap out of the glaring contest that she had entered and to look towards the source.

"Hey look, it's Hagrid." Al said brightly before bouncing off away from the Scamander twins. Rose followed quickly, thanking Merlin himself for the fact that they happened to be born a year before herself.

"Hello Hagrid." Rose greeted the 9ft aged man with a bright grin on her face.

"Hello Rosie, finally old enough for Hogwarts I see. And you too as well Albus." he said looking down at the two of them before addressing the group of first years as a whole.

"Now you lot all follow me! When we get to the boats it's only four to a boat, yer hear me?" he called out. This was met with plenty of nods and affirmations.


"I saw you glaring at her you know." Felix stated conversationally as he hopped into a wooden boat. "I can see she's going to be a problem already."

"Got that right. I never did anything to her either." Scorpius replied stepping into the boat.

"Anything to who?" Andy asked.

"Rose, nitwit." Kat replied. "I swear, she's just like this girl that used to be in my class that picked a fight with everyone. Just ignore her Scorpius."

"Easier said than done when she has hair that looks like its been set on fire in the sun." Scorpius replied earning laughs from the rest of the boat.

"Hey look!" Andy called out pointing to the left. Silence permeated the boat and jaws dropped as the four looked upon Hogwarts for the first time.

"It's huge!" Felix exclaimed. The four of them watched as the castle drew closer in the twilight sky bathed in moonlight, giving it what looked like a rather ethereal feel.

"Hey, what's that?" Kat asked pointing towards a wooden structure that was a good distance away from the castle.

"That, would be my second home." Scorpius said with a grin. "The quidditch pitch."

"Only if the library is his first." Felix replied causing everyone else to break out into sniggers.

The rest of the short journey was spent in silence as the four continued to look at the castle which grew closer and closer. Eventually they arrived at an alcove that went underneath the castle where there was a rugged looking man in robes and a red and gold tie waiting for them.

The group of kids exited the boat and the middle aged man watched them in silence as they chattered amongst themselves. When they had finally all stepped onto the dock he turned to address them.

"Hello, I'm Professor Longbottom, Deputy Headmaster here at Hogwarts and Head of Gryffindor. Now in a minute you will all follow me into Great Hall where you shall be called forward to be sorted into your houses. Your houses dictate who you will live with for the duration of Hogwarts. You will share classes with them. Commendable behaviour will be rewarded with points for your house, unacceptable behaviour will lead to points being docked. Now if you will follow me, the sorting ceremony should be beginning." Professor Longbottom finished. He turned around and began walking.

"How the hell are we going to remember how to get anywhere around here?" Felix moaned as they began walking from corridor to corridor.

"Yeah it's huge!" Kat replied. Scorpius nodded whilst walking, looking around and trying to absorb as much information as possible.

Eventually they arrived at a door where they were stopped again.

"Right this is the side entrance to the Great Hall." Professor Longbottom stated. "When you enter you will all wait at the entrance till your name is called. At which point you will sit on the stool and The Sorting Hat will be placed upon your head to decide which house you will be put in."

As they entered the room there were gasps. All the first years looked up to the ceiling which had been replaced by the night sky with stars. Whilst levitating in the air were large candles that lit up the entire room.

"How is that possible?" Felix muttered.

"It's charmed to look like the sky outside." Scorpius replied. "I read it in Hogwarts, A History."

They then looked down to see a large group of students divided onto four tables watching them. In front was a stool on which a hat had been placed.

The hat began to jostle and move and then it began to speak.

A thousand years or more ago when I was newly sewn,
there lived four wizards of renown,
whose names are still well known:
bold Gryffindor, from wild moor,
fair Ravenclaw, from glen,
sweet Hufflepuff, from valley broad,
shrewd Slytherin, from fen.
They shared a wish, a hope, a dream,
they hatched a daring plan to educate young sorcerers thus Hogwarts School began.
Now each of these four founders formed their own house, for each did value different virtues in the ones they had to teach.
By Gryffindor, the bravest were Prized far beyond the rest;
For Ravenclaw, the cleverest would always be the best;
For Hufflepuff, hard workers were Most worthy of admission;
And power-hungry Slytherin loved those of great ambition.
While still alive they did divide Their favorites from the throng,
Yet how to pick the worthy ones When they were dead and gone?

"When I call your name, come forward please." The deputy master then called out whilst he gazed at a piece of parchment.

"Harrieta Atterson!" he called out. A dainty looking girl walked up meekly to the stool and sat down. The Sorting hat was placed on top of her head.

"1 galleon says that this one is in Hufflepuff." Felix whispered to Scorpius quickly.

"HUFFLEPUFF!" the suddenly cried out. A table to the right suddenly burst into a round of applause and the girl was beckoned over to go and join them.

"How did you know?" Scorpius asked.

"Call it intuition." Felix replied causing Scorpius to have to hide a snort behind his robes.

"Septimus Avery!" a young boy walked out calmly and gazed upon the crowd. The sat on his head for five seconds before declaring its answer.

"SLYTHERIN!" the table on the right most then burst into sporadic applause with some people clapping and others not.

'That's a little weird.' Scorpius noted.

"Alexus Bobbin!"

"This one is a Ravenclaw, just look at those glasses." Felix said, leading to another snort from Scorpius.

"RAVENCLAW."

"Merlin's beard you're good at this." Scorpius whispered back.

"Mattheus Bobbin!" A boy who looked identical to the first without glasses then walked out.

"GRYFFINDOR!" the hat decreed.

"Alicia Bullstrode!"

"SLYTHERIN!"

"Felix Colclough!" Scorpius watched as Felix stepped over to the stool and sat down. The Sorting Hat touched his head by less than a thread before it exclaimed its answer.

"SLYTHERIN."

'Well no surprise there.' Scorpius thought as much of the Slytherin table applauded. Felix walked over the table, took a seat beside Alicia and greeted the girl with a handshake. 'No surprise at all.'

"Andrew Carrol." Scorpius then watched as Andy, one of the friends he had made on his journey walked up to the hat.

"HUFFLEPUFF!"

Scorpius zoned out as the sorting continued due to nobody of importance that he knew being mentioned. Then suddenly another name caught his interest.

"Elliot Flint!" It was the boy that Scorpius had seen being called to answer questions from the ministry before him. There was a long tense pause.

"RAVENCLAW." the hat cried. There was a look of shellshock on the boy's face as he made his way slowly Ravenclaw table.

"Katrina Frenton!" was the next name that was called out. Scorpius stood and watched as his final friend from the journey made her way to the stool.

"GRYFFINDOR!"

'Great. I guess she's never going to speak to me again.' Scorpius thought sadly.

He then stood and watched as the surnames drew closer and closer to the letter M, his heart beginning to beat faster.

"Scorpius Malfoy!" this was followed by a set of hushed whispers around the hall.

'Don't show anything.' Scorpius told himself as he slipped on the emotionless mask that his father had become a master at using.

Scorpius stood up and walked over to the stool, remembering to keep his head high, without slouching as he felt all eyes focus open himself. He then took a seat and waited for the hat to be placed upon his head as he looked out into the sea of people (most of whom seemed to be frowning, if not glaring at him).

"Hmmmm. Another Malfoy. Where to put you then?" Scorpius heard the hat say.

'I didn't even realise it was a question with Malfoys.' Scorpius thought.

"Oh it's always a question with everyone." the hat replied.

"What you can read thoughts? No book said that!" Scorpius exclaimed.

"Well as long as I'm on your head I can. You're an interesting case Malfoy. An inquenchale first for knowledge. Perhaps I should put you into-"

"No." Scorpis cut off, knowing where the hat was going.

"Well, I was just about to say, that it is not this feature that defines you. No, you'd do well in Ravenclaw and perhaps it would help you initially with your goal of changing the name of Malfoy. However I feel that with such strong ambition there is only one place I can really send you."

A feeling of cool relief spread through Scorpius at this declaration.

"So for you, it's going to be SLYTHERIN!"

Where there had been clapping for everyone else, this time there was only murmuring and whispering. The hall was silent aside from this.

Ignoring the stares and muttering, Scorpius walked forward to the table and sat by Felix who was grinning widely.

"Ignore, them, they'll love you soon enough." Felix whispered brightly.

'They will.' Scorpius vowed internally.

"So Alicia, you know Scorpius?"


"See I told you that Malfoy boy was no good." Rose whispered to Al and Molly. "He got put into Slytherin."

"How come it took so long to sort him?" Molly asked quietly. "It was longer than we had to wait for anyone else."

"Obviously he was pleading with the hat to put him elsewhere." Rose said decidedly.

"Albus Potter!"

"Good luck Al." Molly whispered as Al walked over nervously to the stool.

He took a seat and the Sorting Hat was placed on his head.

"Hmmm, what have we here?" the hat murmured. "Albus Potter."

"Are you going to put me in Slytherin?" Al asked shakily.

"Slytherin? You'd fit in there well, but no. You are not best cut out for Slytherin."

"So Gryffindor then?" Al asked.

"No, I'm afraid Gryffindor doesn't really suit you best either. You're certainly chivalrous, but it certainly is not your definig trait. No with a mind like yours, questioning and curious the house that you should be place in is RAVENCLAW!"

Al felt his heart drop out. And then Ravenclaw table erupted into cheers.

"We've got Potter!" they began to chant. Al smiled shyly and made his way over to the table where one of the Ravenclaw prefects was motioning him over brightly.

'Maybe this won't be so bad.' he thought, deliberately avoiding looking over at the Gryffindor table where he was sure he would be met with disappointed looks.


"Ravenclaw?" Rose violently whispered to Molly shaking her head. "How can he end up in Ravenclaw?"

"I don't know." Molly replied.

"He's a Potter and a Weasley, we only go into Gryffindor! He's meant to be in Gryffindor with me!" she stated again.

Rose couldn't believe it. Her cousin had gone and been the first Potter or Weasley to get sorted into another house.

"Rose, it's okay." Molly said gently.

"No it's not. He's meant to be with me." Rose replied.

"Molly Weasley!"

"It will be fine." Molly said as she walked up to the stool. The hat landed on her head and a second later.

"GRYFFINDOR!" it declared. Thunderous applause Molly went over to go sit with the rest of her cousins.

"Rose Weasley!" Uncle Neville called out. Rose walked past him and sat on the stool.

"Another Weasley? Just how many of you will I have to sort in the next few years?" the hat said.

"Plenty." Rose replied snidely. "So why haven't you stuck me in Gryffindor yet?" Rose demanded.

"Gryffindor? I was thinking that you would be a perfect fit for Slytherin actually."

"What?" Rose protested nearly freezing her in place. "You can't put me in Slytherin, you just can't!"

"But that's where you would grow best." the hat replied.

"No, put me in Gryffindor." she replied obstinately.

"How about Ravenclaw?" it offered. "You would do well there too, you have a very sharp mind. But your ambition comes to the forefront, not unlike that Malfoy boy."

"Listen, I don't care what you think. Put me in Gryffindor. Uncle Harry said you can choose where you want to go and I want to go to Gryffindor! I have to go to Gryffindor!" Rose said stubbornly.

"Are you sure? I feel that you may come to regret this decision, soon enough."

"Yes."

"Fine then, I fear that you and I are making a mistake here but off you go to Gryffindor." the hat sighed, the word Gryffindor being said just loud enough that the hall could hear it.

The Gryffindor table erupted with cheers and applause.

"Over here Rosie Posie!" James yelled, patting a seat next to him.

Rose grinned and made her way over to the table.


Hoped you liked it. We'll be jumping ahead to year 2 and 3 next chapter. Really I just want to hurry us along to year 6 where the meat of the story begins. And whilst I'm too lazy to copy pasta all 57 people I have for Al/Scor/Rose's year, just know that I know them. But if you ask nicely I'll give you a list. Anyway please READ AND REVIEW. Reviews will be the BEST CHRISTMAS PRESENT to me that you can give. It will warm my body, mind and soul if you do. I welcome flames too, (I enjoy them and need them to write better). So if you don't like anything please SAY SO! So go on, press that button!