They let the owls go, and went back down to the dorm, unknowing of the argument that had started after their departure.
A Few minutes after Albus and Rose had left
"Come on Scorpy, why are you even bothering with that half-blood?" Pilsha shook Scorpius' sleeve to get his attention. "Why don't you just get a nice pure-blood?"
"One, where could I possibly find a nice pure-blood girl? And two, I've told you a hundred times before, never call my Scorpy!" The blond Malfoy got a bit ticked.
"I like it though it sounds cute!" Pilsha whined.
"Never!" Scorpius raised his voice, something he personally wasn't used to.
Dinip had stood up during all this; he began following Scorpius around along with Victor Purport, and had taken over the roles as his bodyguards. They started calling him D.Q. for short. (A/N and no people it has nothing to do with the ice-cream place Dairy Queen, it's just his initials)
"But she's a half-blood; she shouldn't be here to begin with." He argued.
"Yeah, you have to respect the Slytherin house Scorpius!" Victor agreed with his new buddy, D.Q.
"You know what? I don't care, I really don't care!" Scorpius yelled more at his guards than at Pilsha.
At that moment Rose and Albus had stepped in the common room, not moving any more than the doorway itself. The cousins stood there watching the Slytherin, pure-blood rumble.
"What about her being a half-blood though?" Pilsha whined. "She doesn't belong here!"
"I told you I don't care!" Scorpius yelled again. "What about Severus? He was a half-blood!"
"Yeah, but he belonged in Slytherin! She should have been in Gryffindor! She doesn't belong here!" Victor yelled back, his fists clenched.
"Why don't you guys just drop this?" The Malfoy descendant screamed.
"Because we all know that we're right!" Pilsha was in the fight for her own gain, thinking she was on the winning side. "Why don't you just give up and admit it! Admit that we're right and you're wrong!"
"Because I'm not wrong you guys are!" Scorpius was beginning to fume, feeling that same burning feeling from the train; his fists were balling like Victor's, wanting to win the fight.
Rose had taken off in the middle of the verbal brawl, running puffy-eyed to the girls' dormitories. She ran into the bunk rooms rubbing her hands against her face, throwing herself onto the bunk with her belongings piled next to it. "I knew this was a bad idea!" She cried lightly.
"What was a bad idea?" A girl flipped upside down from her bunk above me.
"Coming to Slytherin!" Rose huffed out.
"Why? Were you not supposed to?" She asked, seemingly upset by Rose's crying display.
"I'm guessing I was supposed to be in Gryffindor or Ravenclaw or something, but… but I wanted to look after my cousin. He was so scared coming to Slytherin and his brother and I agreed… and I said I'd look after him during his time in Slytherin." Rose whined, sobs escaping during her explanation.
"Well, it sounds like you did that right thing though. I mean sticking up for a family member and all… that's really nice. I know none of my sisters would do that for me, they're all Hufflepuffs you know?" She looked to me kindly.
"Yeah I guess." Rose sniffled in. "Thanks."
"No problem." The girl smiled, she seemed too nice to be a Slytherin. "By the way, I'm Keira Zinkore."
"Rose Weasley." Rose replied. "So, do you like it here so far?" She asked, hoping to change the subject.
"Yeah I guess, it's not too bad, but then again I haven't been here long enough to really tell. I'm happy though, I got into my family house and I made a friend already. I was kind of worried that I wouldn't make any friends 'cause it was Slytherin right? So I was afraid no one would be nice to me, but a blond-haired kid said hi to me already and he talked with me for a little while. Then some blonde girl dragged him away and started arguing with him."
"You talk a lot." Rose began to laugh.
"Yeah, I do that sometimes!" Keira laughed along with Rose, and to the Slytherin Weasley the day had gotten a bit brighter.
That morning at the breakfast table
Scorpius a bit tired from his verbal fight the night before against D.Q., Victor and Pilsha. He sat away for the three to eat with Albus and Rose.
They dug through the food, stuffing down bacon, eggs and toast.
Scorpius hadn't eaten anything, only a cup of coffee in front of him.
"That stuff turns your teeth yellow, you know that right?" Keira was sitting beside Rose, Scorpius had taken a spot beside Albus.
"Nope," He took another sip of the steaming cup of caffeine. "Why? Are they turning yellow now?" He flashed his teeth.
"Not yet, they are very white though." Keira observed, leaning over the table.
The girls and Albus filled themselves on breakfast and Albus chewed on some golden brown toast.
An owl flew through an open window near the ceiling of the Great Hall. It flew across the Hufflepuff table, dropping a small parcel.
More owls fluttered in, dropping mail, parcels and newspapers. Everyone was happy to receive mail from home, a snowy owl had flown into the hall, dropping two letters onto the Slytherin table in front of Rose and Albus.
A pharaoh eagle-owl came next, landing in front of Scorpius. The blond looked to the owl, taking a sip from his coffee again before taking the letter from the owl's foot. It hooted at him happily. His owl was a golden color, with black patches across its chest and black lines around its eyes. Its large yellow eyes were watching him as he stroked its head.
"What kind of a letter is that?" Albus looked to Rose; a white, snowy owl had given him a letter.
"It's a howler." Scorpius answered. The brown owl that had given Rose her letter had hooted and took off.
A/N Hey my readin' peoples,
I decided to stop here just to be able to save all the good howler letter goodness for next chapter, so I can get it all in. In which we all find out Rose's full name (me and my sister made one for her) and Ron's opinion on the Slytherin house. And another moment for all those who wait patiently for them.
