"Good morning," Lily said once she came down to the Great Hall for breakfast. The girls had come down dressed in their robes and looking good after Stella taught them each a makeup spell that her mom had taught her. The boys on the other hand, had purple bags under their eyes and still half asleep.

"I see you guys didn't sleep last night," Rose said and sat down across from them. James' hair was untidy as usual and had his head propped up on his hand, and Albus just had his head down.

"I see you did," James said.

"It was Patrick's fault!" Albus whined, suddenly bringing his head up and pointing at his red haired friend.

Lily laughed. "Anyway, I think introductions are in order."

"Stella Lovegood Horde."

"Victoria Lane."

"Patrick Finnegan."

"Dean Thomas Junior."

"Rose Weasley."

"Lily Potter."

"Albus Potter."

"James Potter."

"What's the first class? It's Herbology right?" Rose asked.

"Yeah. Thank God we get to see Neville first thing," Albus said.

"Remember, he won't go easy on us just because we know him," Lily reminded. "So you can't just sleep in class and expect to get away from it."

"Ugh!" Rose scoffed. After the others asked what was wrong, she answered, "After Herbology, we have to go down to the dungeons for Potions with Slytherin."

"Good morning Gryffindors!" a ghost said, popping up in between them in the table.

"Good morning Sir Nicholas," said one of the fifth years.

"Sir Nicholas?" Lily asked thoughtfully. "Wait a minute! You're Nearly Headless Nick!"

The rest of them started gasping among them except for Victoria.

"Wait, I don't get it," Victoria stated.

"This is nearly Headless Nick," Dean repeated. "He's the head ghost of Gryffindor."

"Oh. Well it's very nice to meet you Nearly Headless Nick," she said sweetly.

"Please, I prefer Sir Nicholas. I don't like being reminded that I can't join the Headless Hunt," he explained.

"Wait, what's the Headless Hunt?" asked Patrick. "And how can you be nearly headless?"

Sir Nicholas tipped his head over to reveal that it was only held on by a small piece of translucent flesh. "Botched decapitation," he explained. "I was beheaded by a blunt axe. It was painful because he had to cut about ninety times before I died. The Headless Hunt is a bunch of decapitated ghosts, but I'm not considered as being fully decapitated, so I can't partake in their activities." He righted his head on his shoulders.

"Poor Nicholas," Rose said sympathetically.

"Well, we need to get to class," Stella said. "Shall we head down to Herbology?" She looked at each of her new friends and when she turned her head, earrings were visible that resembled radishes.

"Okay," Victoria said and packed all of her books into her bag. She reached inside her robe to make sure her wand was in place and they left for the greenhouse together. Rose had to turn back though and get the four sleeping boys from the table and drag them along.

"Hello, my name is Professor Neville Longbottom and welcome to first year Herbology."

The first years crowded into the greenhouse with the eight up front. They chatted quietly and looked around to get an idea of what they would be learning. Pots stood empty and each had a potted plant next to it. Light shone eerily through the green glass ceiling, casting everything in a green light.

"We will just be learning basics for the time being," he said.

Lily raised her hand. "Ne- Professor Longbottom, what are those?" she asked and pointed to the pots.

"Don't worry about those for now Lily," he said. "Those are mandrakes. I have a third year class coming in after you."

"Is it true that you fainted the first time you saw a mandrake?" Albus asked.

Neville glared at him. "M-my ear protection wasn't on straight," he answered, remembering his third year at Hogwarts and looking for an excuse. "Mandrakes are deadly if you hear them, but the babies only knock you out. Anyway, on with the lesson."

Albus smiled at James and the two slapped each other silent high fives. Lily rolled her eyes. James and Albus liked to bring that up every chance they could. The four of them of course knew the truth, because it was Neville himself that had told them. But they knew he wasn't proud of how shy and awkward he was as a kid, so the boys liked to embarrass him at every chance they got.

Neville of course had caught on early and knew it was all in good fun, but he still didn't like that they made him look like he couldn't do his job properly. He shot the two boys a death glare and they settled down quickly.

"You really shouldn't have done that," Lily said once they exited the greenhouse and punched Albus in the arm. "I warned you that you couldn't get away with the same stuff as at home. Poor Neville."

"Yeah, I know," Albus said and rubbed his sore arm where his sister had hit him. "I shouldn't have done it, but nobody seemed to really say anything, so I assume they didn't care, or bought his excuse."

"So, we go to the dungeons, right?" Victoria asked.

"Yeah," Patrick answered. "I'm not entirely sure how to get there though."

"Teddy!" Rose yelled. Teddy Tonks made a detour from his way to Herbology.

"Hey guys," he said. "What's up?"

"Your hair's brown today," James pointed out.

"I liked it better with the purple tips," Lily said.

"Yeah, but I wanted to try something normal for a change."

"Wow, you must have more Lupin in you than we thought," Albus said. "Anyway, how do we get to the dungeons?"

"Oh, you just go to where the Room of Requirement was, then you just take the stairs down as far as they'll go and you'll find a really creepy room and you'll be there."

"Thanks Teddy. See you later," James waved and they walked off.

"Where's the Room of Requirement?" Patrick asked.

"What is it?" Victoria asked, just as confused.

"We can take you there," James said.

Albus smiled a huge toothy grin. "I can get you there faster," he said.

The rest of them turned and looked at him confused. Then, Lily, James, and Rose's face all lit up with horror as Albus pulled out an old, yellowed piece of parchment and his wand.

"That's not." Lily stammered.

"You didn't," James asked.

"It is, and I did," Albus said sneakily. He then unfolded the parchment and put the tip of his wand in the crease. "I solemnly swear that I'm up to no good."

"You stole the Marauder's Map off of uncle Harry?" Rose asked.

"He won't be needing it," he said simply. "Now we have it, we might as well use it." He looked at the map and after studying it for a moment, led them to the dungeons.

"Wow, this is creepy," Rose whispered once they got there. The room was split, Slytherins sneering at the Gryffinors, and Gryffindors staring at the Slytherins. Cauldrons were placed at desks large enough for two. It was very dark and there was water dripping from the ceiling in places.

"I am Professor Jacoby, the potions master." Everyone turned around to see a tall man who had appeared behind them in the room. He had blond hair and an unpleasant smile. "Everyone pair up and find a cauldron."

The students were reluctant at first, students slowly started picking partners. Rose tried to pair off with Lily, but she was taken. Then she turned to see that Victoria and Stella were partners. Eventually, all of the Gryffindors were paired off, as well as the Slytherins. Except for one.

She looked across the room at the only remaining student without a cauldron. He was blond, had blue eyes, and was scowling at everyone, and then his frown deepened when he saw her.

Scorpius Malfoy.

Rose looked at the professor, who just looked at her evilly. She looked back at Scorpius, who rolled his eyes and walked to the nearest open cauldron. She slowly followed, casting worried glances at her cousins, who could only frown sympathetically.

"Hi. You're Scorpius, right?" she said once she got to the cauldron. He just glared at her. "I'm Rose Weasley."

"You're a half-blood," he said.

"Um, yeah. My mum was Muggle-born," she explained awkwardly.

"I'm pureblood. You're just bad blood. A mix of a pureblood that dared to breed with a Mudblood," he sneered. "We will not be working together again."

She narrowed her eyes and spoke to him icily and spoke with malice. "I guarantee it. I know you're the son of Draco Malfoy. I know our parents didn't like each other. But remember this Scorpius. If my uncle Harry wouldn't have been there and wasn't a good person, your dad would have died in the final battle, and you wouldn't be here right now. So do not make fun of my parents."

"I hope you like who you are paired with because that will be your permanent seat," Professor Jacoby said, whose words felt like lightning through their hearts.

"Oh God I'm stuck with a half breed," he muttered.

Rose swallowed all of her pride and spoke, although the hatred was still evident in her voice. "Look Scorpius. If we're going to be stuck together for a while, can we at least try to get along? I'm not asking to be friends; I'm not even asking to be nice. But can we at least be civil with each other so that the year will go smoother? Please?" He was silent. "Look, what happened between our parents happened over twenty years ago. That doesn't affect us."

"Fine. I guess that would be for the best. But I am not your friend," he said, making his intentions clear.

"Of course." Then she looked away and realized for the first time that Professor Jacoby had begun the lesson.

"-which can be deadly in the wrong dosage. And when mixed with the other chemical, will cause a toxic cloud that can kill each and every one of you in this room."

"You've just killed us all," Scorpius whispered.

"What? You were talking too!" she hissed back. She turned her attention back to the front.

"Now if you will get the ingredients under your desks, place them on the tabletop and we will begin creating a simple hair growth potion."

Rose bent down and got all of the flasks and vials in the drawer and placed them next to the cauldron.

"Take the purple flask and put five drops in the cauldron," he instructed.

After looking them over, Scorpius found it first and carefully put in five drops.

"Now take the red liquid and add two tablespoons."

Rose found a measuring spoon and measured out. When she placed in the second tablespoon, it turned a bright pink, then a deep black.

"Now add the entire bag of white powder."

Scorpius dumped in a small clear bag of the fine white powder.

"Stir it with the phoenix feather."

Scorpius stirred it and the potion began to bubble, and then it calmed and turned a light blue.

"The new concoction should be a light blue. There should be a small stone in the desks. Take it and measure out three drops and drip it on the rock. If you did it correctly it should grow hair."

Rose dripped it on the rock and it almost instantly sprouted course brown hair. The rest of the class erupted in excited chatter, except at on table, which simply erupted. Everyone turned to see Patrick and Dean covered in ash standing in front of a smoking cauldron.

The teacher hung his head. "Alright, class is almost over. Everyone clean up."

"I must say I'm a bit surprised Weasley," Scorpio said while putting the ingredients in the desk, which had magically refilled.

"And why is that?" The potion disappeared with a wave of Professor Jacoby's wand and she was cleaning it out.

"Most half-bloods aren't very good at magic. Of course, I did most of the work."

"Okay one; we did an equal share of work. Two, my mother was the greatest witch of her time, and she's Muggle-born."

"Her being the greatest is debatable," he said.

"Really? The next time post goes out, ask your father about Hermione Granger. And ask how hard she can punch." She smiled and walked to the door, leaving him with his mouth wide open.

"Oh my God I'm sorry," Lily said once Rose walked over to them. "I'm sorry you had to work with Scorpius."

"I think it'll be fine," she said and adjusted the strap of her backpack on her right shoulder. "After realizing that we'd be together all year, we decided that we should at least act civil, but I don't know how well that will work."

"Well, we have Charms next, Stella said. "Just the Gryffindors."

"Albus, how do we get there?" James asked.

"Mischief managed," Albus whispered. "Just follow me."

The class was dismissed in a few minutes and Albus led them to the Charms classroom. The eight of them sat down in the front and started looking around for the teacher.

"Are you going to stop using the map once we know where we're going?" Rose asked.

"You aren't going to use it for anything else, right?" Lily asked accusingly. Albus stayed quiet.

"Okay, I don't get it," Dean said. "What is going on with the map?"

The four of them looked at each other.

"Should we?" Albus asked.

"Not quite yet," Rose advised.

"It's a map of the school," James said. "We'll explain more a little later."

A/N: So what did you guys think of the chapter? I wasn't quite sure how I should have handled the Rose/Scorpius scene. I think I did okay, but it could have been better. I'd like to know what you guys thought, so can you comment and tell me how I did or what I could have done to make it better. Every time I get a review, an angel gets its wings . Thanks! R&R