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'Hufflepuff!'

Albus watched with his heart beating fast, as his terrified and clearly unsatisfied cousin Hugo walked lazily towards the Hufflepuff's table. Although he, personally considered Hufflepuff as a nice house, he knew that his cousin had been counting on being sorted into Gryffindor. On the other hand, Al had been counting on it to, but he had ended up in Slytherin and he felt more than happy about it. He was sure, Hugo would find himself in Hufflepuff as quickly, with a small pep talk first, though. His cousin sat down next to Louis with a shiny Prefect's badge, who patted his back with pride. Dominique and James, on the other hand, were looking at him from Gryffindor's table with disappointment.

Seeing James' expression, Albus grinned. After Lilly took a seat next to Rose at the Ravenclaw table, James was surely counting that at least Hugo will join him in Gryffindor. Albus was very pleased about his sister's sorting. It was partly, because his selfish part really didn't want him to be the only non-Gryffindor person in the family, mainly to cause James to keep quiet and stop praising 'Lion's house' at every occasion.

'Disappointed?', asked Scorpius suddenly

'Why?'

'Because Hugo is in Hufflepuff'

Al laughed.

'Why would I be? It's a good house. I'm sure he'll fit in easily and he has Louis.'

Scorp side-smiled.

'What?', asked Al.

'No, nothing…', Scorp smiled wider

'Scorpius.', Al narrowed his eyes.

'Are you persuading me or yourself?', he said with a playful flash in his eyes.

'You! Although, you have a point, I'm persuading myself as well… It's just, I know how much he's been counting on Gryffindor, and I'm a bit worried…'

'What about Lily?'

'What about her?'

'Didn't he want to be in Gryffindor?'

Albus laughed again. He looked at his overjoyed sister.

'Since Rose has been sorted into Ravenclaw, Lily's been talking about nothing else…'

'C'mon Scorp!'

'No.'

'C'mon, don't make me beg you…'

'No.'

'Scoooorp…'

'No Albus, you won't talk me into this. Besides. I'd prefer to watch you…', he said and instantly flushed. Albus just smiled and shrugged.

'Oh, whatever… But you have to try it one day.', he said with a wink.

'No I don't.', answered Scorp, crossing his arms over his chest.

'We'll see. What about you, Rose? Perhaps, you're more willing?'

'Don't even start with me Al…'

'Uh… You're both such a bores… See you later then!'

He walked away, towards the rest of the Slytherin Quidditch team. It was a warm day, so Rose and Scorpius had gone out with books to watch their practice. But then Al suddenly had decided to try to persuade them into flying on a broom.

'We're lucky, that they're waiting for him, because otherwise he would never back down…', mumbled Rose, opening her History of Magic course book.

'You've really never tried?', asked Scorp

'Flying? Nope. I think I've inherited it from my mum, I deeply hate broomsticks… What about you? Your father used to play…', she asked, and although Scorp knew that she'd rather pretend that he didn't have a father, she showed little sign of being concerned by it.

'You see… Father played presumably only to have another opportunity to try to be better than everyone else. He was never especially passionate, like Al, James or their dad.

Rose nodded, and then, hesitantly, she said: 'You know… I… I think, that if your father had had a choice, he would have chosen a completely different path…'

Scorpius opened his eyes with surprise. Has Rose really just said something almost positive about Draco Malfoy?

'What…?'

'See… My point is, that he could have been a completely different person. But he didn't have a choice. Dad always used to say, how horrible your father was at school, and I believed him blindly, never really giving it a second thought. But now, I look at you… You've had a choice, and you are pretty bearable', she winked, 'And you inherited a lot from your father, for sure. So, that's why I've finally understood.', she finished with a shy smile.

'Wow… When did you get so smart?'

She hit him delicately on the shoulder and they both burst out laughing.

'I have always been smart, but never appreciated.', she said with fake indignation.

'Oh Rosie, enough with this pity party!', they suddenly heard Lily's voice.

'I'm not throwing a pity party… What's up Lils?'

'This friend of yours… Mary is looking for you… I think she's having a hard time with a homework for Slughorn…'

Rose rolled her eyes, and stood up with reluctance.

'Uh… Well, my friends, duty calls. See you later!'

'Don't you want to play?', asked Lily, when Rose walked away. He looked at her, surprised by the ease with which she was talking to him. She hadn't known him for long, after all, and she was younger. He couldn't recall himself talking to somebody with such ease, when he was her age. Well… Maybe except Albus. With Al things always seemed to be a bit different… 'Um, Scorp?'

'What? Oh, yes, sorry. No, not really my sort of interest. You?'

'Oh yes! I think it's a Potter thing – Quidditch. I would love to play for the team next year.'

'As a Seeker?'

'No… I think Al and dad sort of ran out of talent for seekers in the family.', she winked with a smile, 'And I don't want to be a Keeper like James. I thing I'll follow my mum's footsteps and become a Chaser.'

Her eyes were eagerly observing emerald spots, whizzing in the air.

'Well, good luck then.'

'Thanks.', she grinned, 'You're much more different than a typical Malfoy is supposed to be.'

Scorpius chuckled.

'Yeah… I hear that all the time lately. Is that a compliment?'

She shrugged and smiled.

'I suppose.'

Scorpius noticed that her eyes, although hidden behind rectangular glasses, had the same shade of deep green as Albus'. "Why do I think about Albus' eyes?", he thought to himself. He shook his head, banished the vision of Al from his head.

'Thank you then', he winked to her

'Are you waiting for Al to finish? I think I will be heading back, because I'm meeting Hugo in a library. I completely don't get Softening Charm! I know, I know, I'm supposed to know everything,', she added, seeing his surprise, 'But trust me, Ravenclaws also are human beings!', she finished, grinning.

Scorpius laughed.

'I know that! Don't worry, I don't think in stereotypes.'

'Good.', she winked, 'See you later then.'

Scorpius watched her walking away, her chestnut hair waving in the wind, behind her. He smiled to himself, and got back to the 'Witch hunting' chapter.