11 year old Rory Lupin had just said goodbye to both of her parents and stood in the red Hogwarts Express next to her 17 year old brother.

As they rounded the corner, away from the platform, she spotted her Bubblegum-pink-haired mother wiping tears away from her eyes while Remus waved weakly holding onto the hand of curly and blonde haired Annie who was waving with all her might. Rory would see her father at school but she wouldn't see her mother until Christmas at least.

Rory waved back cheerfully and took a deep breath. Her brother Teddy turned to her with turquoise hair,

"Do you wanna come and sit with me and Vic?"

She grimaced slightly at the thought of sharing a compartment with two flirty teenagers. Her hair almost betrayed her, she felt her normal purple hair beginning to take on an orange tinge but she stopped it before it could.

"Nah, I think I'll find James or Al," Teddy shrugged,

"I think Al would be your best shot, James has his own friends now,"

A brief look of hurt crossed her scarred features.

"Fine, I'll find Al then,"

Teddy nodded oblivious to his sister's feelings,

"Oh and by the way, Rory, if I see anyone being mean to you about, certain things," He looked briefly over her scars and hair, "I'll beat them up. Ok?"

She grinned happily,

"Of course,"

He grinned back, waved and walked in the opposite direction to the way she was going.

Rory walked along the hallway, glancing into compartments on her way. She passed some 5th year girls, and some 6th year boys. Then she spotted James Potter.

Hearing Teddy's comment replaying in her head, she started to walk on but not before he saw her,

"Hey Rory!"

She smiled lightly,

"Hey James!"

He winked at her, "These are my friends," He said gesturing to the two boys in the compartment.

He pointed to a boy with shaggy blonde hair, green-blue eyes, a slightly glazed expression in his eyes and a lopsided grin.

"This is Aaron Wood. Sorry about him, he's kind of obsessed with Quidditch, his dad's Oliver Wood, the keeper for the Chudley Cannons. Aaron, this is Rory,"

Aaron smiled at Rory looking slightly uncertainly at her vivid hair,

"Hey,"

James next gestured to the other boy with black hair and blue eyes,

"This is Samuel Kidd,"

Samuel looked Rory up and down then scoffed,

"Really, what happened to your face and hair, ugly. Did you get run over by a train?"

James stood up,

"Wow, Sam, shut it okay?"

Rory stood staring at Samuel stonily. Her shoulder length purple hair turned long, red and curly momentarily. Aaron looked impressed, James sighed and Samuel recoiled and jumped in his seat and squealed like a little girl. She said,

"It's alright Jay, you see, I know when I'm not wanted. Nice to meet you Aaron, see you later James. Oh and Samuel, when you actually grow a pair of balls, tell me so I can kick them,"

With that she left the compartment in a flurry, before spotting an empty one, she wanted to be alone.

She knew that she looked a little strange, but it wasn't her fault that she was attacked by a werewolf, she couldn't help her uncontrollable Metamorphmagus powers.

Trying exceedingly hard to get her emotions in order, her hair remained its natural curly self, a little bit below her shoulders and purple once again.

She sat there for about a minute before a girl burst into her compartment. The girl looked terrified as she ran in. Her brown-y-blue eyes were wide and frightened and her long, straight pale blonde locks were getting slightly frizzier by the second.

She spotted Rory for the first time, not even being fazed by her looks.

"You gotta help me, I just ran into a 5th year Slytherin who threatened to stun me and I got scared so I…" She didn't continue, she just got more and more panicked.

Rory stood up and put her hands up on the petite girl's shoulders,

"So you what?"

She practically shouted,

"So I HEXED HIM!"

Rory was speechless then she started laughing hysterically. The girl looked her strangely. Rory wiped an invisible tear from her big brown eyes,

"You're brilliant, you know that right? What's your name kid?"

The girl looked up at her through thick fair lashes,

"Maria Kentworth. Muggle born. Completely normal," She said proudly.

Rory stuck out her hand,

"Rory Tonks-Lupin. Half-blood. Metamorphmagus," Maria looked confused.

"Meta-what?"

"Metamorphmagus. I can change my appearance at will," As if to prove a point, she wrinkled her nose and her nose turned into a duck nose and her hair went white before turning back.

Maria momentarily forgot that she was scared of the 5th year and looked at Rory with fascination,

"Cool,"

Rory grinned and the two laughed. Suddenly Albus strolled into the compartment,

"Hey Rory, me and Rosie were looking for you,"

Rosie walked in with all her reddy-brown haired glory. Her blue eyes analysing Maria.

"Hello Rory, who's your friend?" She asked.

Rory turned back to her new friend to see her staring dreamily at Albus. She raised an eyebrow at the small girl,

"Hey guys, sorry, this is Maria. I met her a few minutes ago," Maria shook herself out of her 'Albus trance' and smiled sweetly,

"Hello,"

Albus smiled back at her staring intently at her through green eyes,

"Hello Maria, my name's Albus," They shook hands and she blushed.

"Hi Maria, my name's Rosie. What house do you wanna be sorted in? My whole family's been in Gryffindor, so I hope I'm put there,"

Maria nodded and took in all the information that Rosie was saying at 90 miles per hour.

"Oh, well I read up on the houses and I have a feeling that I'll be in Hufflepuff 'cause I'm not cunning like Slytherin, I'm not smart like Ravenclaw, I'm definitely not brave like Gryffindor so it's either Hufflepuff or maybe I won't even be sorted," She vented.

Rory sat back on her chair and smiled lightly,

"You'll be fine. Everyone gets sorted, no matter who they are. I personally have no idea what I'll be in. You see Maria, my mum was in Hufflepuff and she's the Head of the Auror Office and my dad was in Gryffindor. I bet I'll go in Ravenclaw or something like that,"

Albus scoffed,

"No offence Rory, but you're smart but you're not really smart. I can't imagine you as a Hufflepuff. Nah, you're too brave, I reckon that you'll go in Gryffindor,"

Rosie shook her head,

"No, she'll be in Hufflepuff. She's loyal,"

"Yeah I know, but even then, she's still brave,"

"Loyal trumps brave any day,"

"Nu-uh,"

"Uh-huh,"

Rory just grinned and closed her eyes while Maria whispered to her,

"Hey Rory, are those two going out or something 'cause they bicker like a married couple?"

Rory started laughing,

"No, they're not going out, they're cousins. Her dad is his mum's brother,"

"Oh," Maria realised.

"What about you. Are you related to them too?"

"HAHA no, we're just old family friends,"

Just then another boy burst into the compartment looking frazzled.

Rory sighed,

"Oh for heaven's sake, I was in here alone a few minutes ago!"

The boy sighed dejectedly,

"Fine, I'll just go then," Rory rolled her eyes,

"I didn't say you couldn't stay. Take a seat Buddy. Let's get this over with. Okay kid, what's your name?"

The silvery blonde haired boy smiled at Rory's abrupt attitude,

"The name's Scorpius Malfoy,"

Rosie gasped and pointed a finger at him,

"Hey, it was you on the platform, my dad told me to avoid you,"

Albus and Rory had also heard of the Malfoy family. They weren't pleasant stories. They thought that he would make fun of the comment in a mean unpleasant way. But he did something completely different.

Scorpius blushed and looked down.

"Well your dad must know my family then. Sorry about that," Scorpius looked up at Rosie and they shared a look of understanding.

For the next few hours, the five kids sat laughing together eating chocolate frogs and Bertie botts every flavour beans. And soon enough, the train was slowing down.

They were almost at Hogwarts.

After the long and wet boat ride in Rory's and Albus's case, they finally arrived at the school itself.

Albus, Rosie and Rory waved franticly when they spotted professor Longbottom waiting for them and the other first years.

"Alright, hello everyone, my name is Professor Longbottom and I'm going to help you get sorted today. When we get into the Great Hall, each of your names will be called in alphabetical order and then you'll put on the sorting hat. It will tell you what house you are to be in. Alright, here we go,"

He turned and pushed the double doors open with all the first years following him up the aisle to the top of the hall.

Many people including Maria and other muggle-borns were amazed at the ceiling. Rory nudged Maria slightly and whispered,

"It's great isn't it. It's magic," They grinned at each other and continued on.

Professor Longbottom started,

"Arling, Gemma," A pretty girl with gold hair and brown eyes stepped up to the hat on a stool. She put it on and the hat almost instantly cried out,

"HUFFLEPUFF!"

Next was:

"Brack, David," was sorted into Ravenclaw.

Rory grew more nervous as the sorting went on, it reached the K's quickly.

"Kentworth, Maria,"

She walked up to the stool nervously and sat on it. The hat took a long time to discuss her fate with her. After a while it yelled out,

"GRYFFINDOR!"

She looked physically relieved as she went to sit at the cheering table.

After a few more names it came to Rory. She winced when Professor Longbottom called out her name,

"Lupin, Aurora," She mentally said, "It's Rory 'Tonks'-Lupin," She walked forward to the chair, trying to ignore the whispers and the people staring at her. She briefly linked her eyes with Teddy who nodded encouragingly then she turned her head slightly towards her father at the Head Table. He smiled at her and nodded.

When she got to the hat. She almost jumped at the sound of the hat talking in her head. Almost.

'Ah, here we go, a challenge,'

Rory scoffed mentally, 'a challenge'?

'Yes, a challenge. Now let's see you're quite the prankster which means you're cunning like a Slytherin,' Rory winced at the word Slytherin. 'You're smart like a Ravenclaw, loyal like a Hufflepuff and you're incredibly brave…hmm….Rory, you've been through a lot, those scars on your face show that you fought, that werewolf that you fought yourself, but you did it. Yes, I know where to put you, thinking about it now, only one house suits you fully…'"Gryffindor!"

Rory sighed happily and practically skipped to her seat next to Maria. Teddy sat a few seats across from her smiling proudly and she turned to Remus to see him beaming happily.

"Malfoy, Scorpius," The hat barely touched his head before it yelled out 'GRYFFINDOR". The whole crowd went into an awed silence. A Malfoy, in Gryffindor. It was a bit like when Sirius Black was sorted into Gryffindor, the Headmistress, Professor McGonagall reminisced all those years ago.

Soon after him it was, Albus. Once again the whole crowd stared at him, he looked almost exactly like Harry Potter with messy black hair and bright Green eyes. Lily's eyes.

The hat sat on his head and she was sure that she saw him mouth,

'Not Slytherin,'

Rory rolled her eyes at Albus's little insecurities and grinned as the hat called out,

"GRYFFINDOR!"

He grabbed the seat next to her, receiving a hug from her,

"Congrats Al," They smiled at each other not noticing James glaring at the closeness between the two at that moment through Hazel and green flecked eyes.

Aaron nudged him,

"James? Are you alright?" James disentangled himself from his thoughts and nodded at the blonde haired boy,

"Fine,"

After a few more sortings of Victoria Rocher (Ravenclaw), Colin and Daisy Smelts (Hufflepuff) and the newest Slytherin, William Trish. The boy had a smug, upturned look on his face which wrinkled disgustedly at the sight of Rory's hair, at Maria's muggle-born-ness and at Albus's 'not Slytherin' mouthing.

Finally, lastly came Rosie,

"Weasley, Rose,"

She nervously sat on the stool, her blue eyes darting upwards to the hat. It automatically yelled out,

"GRYFFINDOR!"

She sighed and sank into the seat next to Scorpius, opposite to Albus.

Professor McGonagall stood up and made a speech. But Rory wasn't looking there; she was looking at all the Weasleys on the Gryffindor. Fred, Roxanne, Dominique, James and Albus. Molly Weasley sat not too far on the Ravenclaw table a few people away from 15 year old prefect Victorie.

As McGonagall finished her speech the plates filled with food and all the new Gryffindors' looked up at each other happily and dug in.

The next few weeks went quickly. Rory quickly gained herself as a huge prankster, just as bad as her brother. James often joined her on her pranks and the 11 and 12 year old who were always close, were now inseparable.

Maria was actually incredibly bright, she was top of Charms.

Albus was quite good at Transfiguration and also good at Defence against the dark arts.

He was almost the top student but it was blatantly obvious that Rory was the best at DADA. Everyone knew that Rory was already on 3rd year spells in her free time.

Rosie was top at every class other than DADA and potions. She'd obviously inherited her mother's brains not her fathers. But she was 10 times more pretty than her mother was at her age. She was only 11 but already had boys fawning over her.

Scorpius was with no doubt her best friend. Who would've thought, a Malfoy and a Weasley, best friends.

They were fast friend Gryffindors and all Rory could think was,

'Here we come!'

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