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Chapter Four: Home

The train ride seemed to go faster after Scopius' apology and Lily was happy to put both feet on the ground again. Thestrals pulled the carriages filled with students up to the castle entrance where they were greeted by Proffesor McGonagall.

She led the students to the Great Hall where they split into four groups and filled the tables designated to each house. Lily grabbed Hugo's hand, pulling him behind her as she took a seat across from James and a few of the Gryffindor girls that he must have picked up on the train.

It didn't take long for Elle and 'Manda to join them, 'Manda drooling over every move James made. This had always bothered Lily about her friend but she didn't pay any attention to it at the moment, she was too busy staring at the all-too-familiar wizard sitting in the middle seat at the faculty table in the front of the Great Hall.

Percy Weasley was sitting where the Headmaster would normally sit, overlooking the student body. Ever since Albus Dumbledore, the source of her older brother's name, had been killed and Death Eaters had taken over the castle for an entire year, Headmasters had changed after the end of each year.

Everyone just guessed that no one would really stick with the job and they had become accustomed to only looking at the head of the school as a fill-in.

Lily immediately felt knots forming in her stomach as other students realized who this years "fill-in" was bound to be. The feeling became worse when all conversations seemed to take a turn to become centered around Lily's family.

Although the Slytherin table was on the other side of the hall, Lily heard many comments revolving around special treatment. Hugo and Rose's names seemed to hiss all throughout the room.

Hugo looked like he was about to puke, Rose just pulled her rough, brown hair in front of her face.

Percy stood to his feet in front of the students and for a moment Lily was scared he was going to say something about the comments. But instead he raised his wand to his neck and pressed it against his skin lightly, "Welcome," His voice boomed over every whisper and hiss floating around in the room. "I'm sure you have figured out by now that I am your new Headmaster, and I welcome you to another fabulous year back at Hogwarts."

"What's so fucking great about it?" A male voice shouted from the Slytherin table, causing many students to snicker.

This didn't seem to shake Percy in the slightest, "This year is going to be great because you will make it great. You will push through with flying colors, making the most out of every oppurtunity offered. You will succeed in your schooling, make new friends and support your sporting teams. You will be the one that determines your future, and that future starts now."

Every voice in the Great Hall had gone silent, hanging on the first encouraging words that had been spoken to them in years. Percy looked out across the wave of students, catching eyes with as many as he could. His chin was set in a way that forced respect.

Without any warning Scorpius Malfoy stood to his feet, clapping loud dramatic claps for the new Headmaster. Lily stared at the boy in wonder, doubting every thought about him that had every crossed her mind.

Erupting in clapping, the Great Hall came back to life. Many students stood with the infamous Slytherin prodegy, including Lily.

The two teens caught eyes like they had on the train, getting lost momentarily. Lily nodded her head once at Scorpius, causing him to smile to himself and look away.

Yes she was really wrong about Scorpius Malfoy.

"Bloody hell, man! What the hell were you thinking?" Roland was laying across the bed Scorpius had claimed as his in the room reserved for the sixth year Slytherin boys.

Scorpius was rearranging the things in his trunk in order to avoid his friend's scrutenizing gaze. "What do you mean what was I thinking? All I did was give the poor guy a little encouragment. He had to of been flipping out."

Roland shot his friend a disbelieving glance, "Your father would kick your ass for that statement, and you know it."

"Well he's not here. So get get off my case, okay? Damn, you're starting to sound like him." Scorpius hated being rude, especially to the only person in his life that cared enough to treat him like a person.

The room was silent for a few moments, but Roland broke it. "You're right. I'm sorry, man. It was kind of nice, giving the poor guy a break."

Scorpius shrugged, sitting on the edge of the bed. "Thanks. I want this year to be different from the rest. Starting with the way we treat people. Deal?" He extended a hand to his best friend.

Roland grabbed it, pulling his friend against him in a quick "man-hug". "Deal."

Scorpius ran down up the empty moving staircases, dreading having to face Proffesor McGonagall's gaze when he arrived late to her class on the first day of the term. For some reason his alarm clock hadn't gone off that morning, leaving him completely asleep all through breakfast in his own private Prefect room and causing him to be at least a half an hour late to his first class of the day.

Bursting through the door to the Transfiguration room, Scorpius was trying to juggle his text books, wand and bag all at once. He wasn't very successful and to his horror his books fell out of his tan muscular arms.

Everyone in the room winced, waiting for the thuds that never came. Lily Potter had stood up from her seat, stopping the books from falling with her wand. With a flick of her wrist the books stacked on top of each other and placed themselves on the table that Scorpius had been assigned to share with Roland.

"Well, it's nice to see that you managed to join us today, Mr. Malfoy. It's lucky for you that Miss Potter has the reflexes that she does. Take a seat, please." McGonagall turned to the rest of the class, continuing on with the lesson she had begun.

Scorpius took his seat next to Roland, trying to make as little noise as possible. McGonagall finished speaking aloud to the students, letting them spend the last ten minutes of class to socialize. She was feeling generous.

Roland immediately turned on Scorpius, "Where the hell have you been? First you don't even bother to show up to breakfast and then you miss like half of the hour?"

"Why is she here? She's a fourth year. This is a sixth year class." Scorpius was oblivious to his friend's attempts to talk to him. Only concerned with why Lily Potter was in his class and why she had even bothered with helping him before.

"Who cares? She's probably like taking it so she can graduate early. She's annoying that way. Anyway, as I was saying." Roland continued to talk but Scorpius wasn't paying any attention to his best friend. This seemed to be a common thing for him lately.

"Hey, Potter!" Scorpius finally caugh up with Lily who seemed to power walk down the hallways to her next class.

Hearing her last name, Lily turned to see who was so interested in talking to her. She was surprised to find Scorpius standing behind her, "Would it kill you to call me Lily? I don't walk around calling everyone by their last name."

Scorpius' cheeks turned slightly redder under his tan, "Sorry. I just wanted to tell you thanks, you know, for back in McGonagall's class."

Lily shrugged, "It's fine. I like to think that someone would be there to do the same for me. Not to be rude, but I kind of need to get to Potions. I wouldn't want to be late on the first day of school, now would I?" She smiled up at him, obviously trying to push his buttons.

It didn't seem to work however, he just smiled down at her. "No, I would imagine it would be really embarrassing."

Lily's smile grew and she turned to the staircases. Scorpius watches as she descended to the bottom floor of the castle, eventually remembering that he needed to be getting to class also.

He definitely didn't want to be late on the first day of school. Again.

Did you like it? I can't wait for them to get together.. But I want to kind of play out their relationship.. What would you like better? To just get them together or make it grow into an amazing moment? I really like the second idea.. WBU?