How to live life

A/N: Hello! If you are reading this you probably read my first chapter already, and I thank you for taking the time to read it and for coming back to read the second.

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Albus, Rose, and Scorpius exited the Hogwarts express; then walked over to Hagrid, who was currently calling all the first years over to him.

"Albus! Rose! It's been too long, how are you guys?" Hagrid asked.

"We're good, Hagrid," Rose told Hagrid with a smile.

Once all the first years were around Hagrid, they started to make their way to lake. Once they got there they sat four to a boat. Albus, Rose, Scorpius, and Alice shared one together.

"So… are all three of you guys friends now," Alice asked the trio.

They all shrugged, not really knowing what to say. Albus then put his hand out to Scorpius and asked with a smile, "friends?"

Scorpius smiled in response, shaking Albus' hand, "friends."

"Hey Scorpius," Rose said while Scorpius turned his head to look at her, "you seem alright, what do you say, friends?"

"Of course," Scorpius said with a smile.

All three we're smiling at their newfound friendship. Alice rolled her eyes at them, "Now I feel left out! I'm already friends with you two pricks, so what do you say Scorpius, friends? I know I hardly know you, but you seem alright."

Scorpius, Rose, and Albus laughed at Alice's upfront manner. Scorpius then smiled at her, "sure."

"Scorpius, I am going to be honest with you. I thought you were going to be a big jerk, like those idiots over there," Albus pointed to a boat a little ahead of them, which had Goyle and his friends in it, "but you surprised me, I don't care what my dad and uncle say. I am glad to call you my friend," Albus finished saying.

"I'm touched, Al, and I could say the same to you," Scorpius said with a laugh as they arrived at Hogwarts.

They all got out of the boat and followed Hagrid into Hogwarts. Everyone was gazing in awe over how amazing Hogwarts was. They then met Professor Longbottom in front of the Great Hall.

"Hello first years! Welcome to Hogwarts! I am Professor Longbottom, I teach Herbology here at Hogwarts and I am also Head of Gryffindor. Now please follow me into the Great Hall for the Sorting Ceremony," Professor Longbottom told them.

"I bet I am going to call him Neville in class by accident," Albus told his friends with a sigh.

"Hey, at least he isn't your dad. It is going to be so weird having to call him Professor Longbottom, and guess what he told me? He said if I called him Dad I will get a detention! It's outrageous! Oh, he also told me to tell you and Rose that if you call him Neville, you will also get a detention. Apparently it's informal," said an outraged Alice.

"Seriously? That sucks ducks! Why detention for calling him the wrong name?" Albus told his friends.

Alice just shrugged in response as they entered the Great Hall. All the first years were amazed at the beauty of the room. They continued to stare in awe the whole way up to the front. They all gathered around as Professor McGonagall (headmistress) made her speech. The the sorting hat sang it's song, then the sorting started.

There were a lot of first years this year so the sorting took a while. There were a lot of Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs, but very few Gryffindor's and Slytherin's so far. The sorting seemed to drag on an on for Scorpius, "Uh… I'm so hungry! This thing needs to hurry up!"

Al looked at his friend and laughed, "Be patient mate."

Scorpius glared at Al while Rose laughed Scorpius, "You're appetite reminds me of my Dad."

Then the sorting hat made its way to letter L; which meant Alice was about to come up. Neville Lohengrin smiled and said, "Longbottom, Alice!"

Alice walked up to the sorting hat and sat down confidently. She was only there for about 10 seconds before the hat yelled "Gryffindor!"

Then Professor Longbottom went to the next name, making a weird face while he said, "Malfoy, Scorpius!"

Scorpius walked up confidently like Alice, but he was hiding his disappointment. He knew being a Malfoy he was probably going to get into Slytherin and lose his new friends.

Scorpius was up there for a long time, three minutes so far to be exact. Everyone was whispering about why it was taking so long. Scorpius had this look of annoyance on his face though. All Scorpius wanted to do was sit down and eat.

Scorpius had enough of this and he yelled, "Hurry up, will you! I'm hungry! Just put me in Slytherin if that's what you want!"

Everyone gasped at his outburst, everyone except Albus, Rose, and Alice, who laughed at him. Scorpius stood up and went to make his way down the stairs to the Slytherin table, when the sorting hat yelled to him, "You got some balls to say that, GRYFFINDOR!"

Everyone gasped at the fact that a Malfoy was in Gryffindor, but Scorpius had a cheeky smirk on his face as he made his way over to the Gryffindor table. He sat next to a laughing Alice who gave him a high five. Then the sorting continued, it wasn't too long until the sorting hat made its way to P, which meant Albus' time was coming. Two minutes later Neville yelled, "Potter, Albus!"

Everyone gasped at his name, seeing he was Harry Potter's son. Rose snickered in the crowd, she knew Albus hated it when people made a big deal over him being a Potter. Albus sat down and was up there for quite a while, not Scorpius long, but still a while. There was even a loud bang coming from somewhere during his sorting. Then the hat eventually yelled "GRYFFINDOR!"

Rose and Albus both let out a sigh of relief. Albus because he was relieved he wasn't in Slytherin, and Rose because she wasn't going to have to deal with a hysterical Albus. Rose had to wait a little while longer because she was one of the last ones, the last one in fact. Then Neville called "Weasley, Rose,"

Just like when Albus' name was called everyone gasped. She may have not been a Potter, but the Weasley's are war heroes too and everyone knew it.

Rose was only up there as long as Alice when it yelled, "GRYFFINDOR!"

Everyone clapped as the ceremony came to an end and the food popped up on the table ready for the feast. Scorpius was the first one to grab at the food. He was shoving his mouth as if he hadn't eaten in days. Rose looked at him in disgust, "Do you have any manners?" Rose asked with a disgusted tone in her voice.

"No," Scorpius said while his mouth was full. Rose just sighed and got back to her food.

They then all saw Frank Longbottom and Victoire Weasley making their way over to them. Victoire smiled at them, "Congrats, little cousins and Alice. See Al, you had nothing to worry about. James was only messing with you."

Al smiled back at Victoire, "Thanks Vic."

Victoire then shifted her attention to Scorpius and started to laugh, "That was some show Scorpius."

"I didn't want to cause a scene, but that was taking too long. I just wanted to eat," Scorpius said, then stuffed a piece of ham in his mouth.

"Still Scorpius, that was hilarious. Never seen anything like that in my seven years of being here," Frank sighed, "So are all four of you guys friends then?"

They all nodded then Victoire laughed, "I want to be there when you tell Uncle Ron, it will be hilarious!"

"Come on, Vic, we have to go meet Dumbledore," Frank told her, them both making their way to leave.

Soon after that it was time for them all to get to their dormitories. All the first years followed the Gryffindor prefects as they made their way to Gryffindor tower. When they got there they told them the password which was "Tapeworm" this year. Then the boys and the girls separated and made their way to their dorms and off to bed. Wondering what kind of adventures they will face in their Hogwarts years.

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Meanwhile...

"I hate patrols," Victoire whined.

"I know it's annoying, but we only have 10 minutes left," Frank told her.

Currently Frank and Victoire were doing patrols and hadn't found anyone yet. They doubted they would anyway. A smile was brought to Victoire's face when she heard Frank say, "10 minutes left." The 10 minutes went by pretty quickly and they started to make their way back to Gryffindor tower. They both didn't want to stay in the Head Dormitories because they would rather spend their last year in a dorm with their friends. When they got back they saw James Potter and the girl he could never have, Ella Smith, having an argument as usual with Fred Weasley laughing at them on a couch next to the pair. When Fred saw them he motioned for them to come over and whispered to them, "Everyday I see these two together, it makes me think how similar they are to James' grandparents, well based on how uncle Harry described their relationship, am I right?" Fred said while he kept laughing.

Victoire and Frank laughed along with him and nodded. Then Victoire said, "as Head Girl, I should probably brake this up," then walked over to James and Ella.

"What did he do this time, Ella?" Victoire asked as she wrapped an arm around her friends little sister.

"Hey! You're my cousin, you should be on my side," said an outraged James.

"Well, James, whenever you and Ella here are in an argument it is usually because of something you did. Why would I take the gits side?" Victoire explained.

"That is not true!" James said, still outraged.

"It is, Potter," Ella spat out.

"All I did was ask my Ella dearest out on a date," James said.

"And what was here response, James?" Victoire asked, even though she already knew the answer.

"I said no for the millionth time! Then I told him to stop asking me out all the time, but he said he won't! Which led to the argument you just saw," Ella explained in outrage.

"James, it's hopeless, you might as well give up. Her answer will always be no," Victoire sighed while Ella nodded in agreement.

"I will never give up," James said sternly before he stormed off to his room.

"Well I better go see if he is okay. The first rejection of the year is always the worst for him," Fred told them as he ran up to his best mate.

"And you," Victoire started to say to Ella, "you have to stop getting into arguments with him! You could have just walked up to your dorm, he can't go up there," Victoire told her.

"I know, he just gets on my nerves and I can't stop myself from yelling at him," Ella told Victoire.

"Just try to stop, okay? You should get to bed, tomorrow's the first day of classes," Victoire told Ella.

Ella nodded in response and made her way up to her dorm. Ella Smith was the younger sister of one of Victoire's best friends, Chloe Smith. Ella had long red hair and ice blue eyes. She was a pure blood from America, like her sister. "Well I better get unpacked and then off to bed, night Frank," Victoire told Frank while she made her way up to her dorm.

Victoire shares a dorm with her two best girlfriends, Chloe and Olivia, and two other girls who hated Victoire's guts, Gemma Davies and Pippa Roberts. Gemma has medium length brown hair and brown eyes, and is a half blood. Pippa has long blonde hair and green eyes, she is also a half blood. When Victoire arrived she saw her friends sitting on her bed waiting for her. Pippa and Gemma were sitting on Gemma's bed, which was at the other end of the room, looking at her in disgust. Victoire rolled her eyes at them as she made her way over to her friends and sat down. "How were rounds, boring?" Chloe asked her friend with a sympathetic smile.

"Yep, although I had a run in with your sister, Chloe. She was in an argument with James, again, because he asked her out, again," Victoire told her with a laugh.

"Poor Ella, that boy just won't give up, will he?" Chloe said with a laugh.

"Nope, and he looked really upset when I told him to give up tonight. He almost looked like he could cry," Victoire said sadly.

"Really? James cry? Wow, he has it bad for your sister, Chloe. Anyway enough about James, I have made the date for Quidittch try outs," Olivia said excitedly.

"Of course you did," Chloe said with an eye roll, Chloe never understood her friends obsession with quidittch.

"Hey, just because you don't like it does not mean you can go on me for liking it," Olivia told her friend sternly.

"Olivia, I don't hate quidittch. I just don't like playing it, but I like to watch it, there is a difference. I was not talking about that anyway, I was talking about your obsession with it! You are probably the only Quidittch Captain who already made a try out date and plans for the season already," Chloe told her friend.

"Hey, I never said I had plans," Olivia told her.

"You didn't have to, I see them right there," Chloe said as she pointed to the plans on Olivia's lap.

Olivia blushed in embarrassment while she tried to hide them, then Victoire spoke up, "Girls, it's the first day back, don't fight, let's just unpack and get to bed."

"Yeah, she's right, let's get to it," Olivia said while she and Chloe got up from Victoire's bed and went to their own to unpack.

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"Why does she hate me," James whined while he threw himself on his bed.

"Well, James, they're a bunch a reasons why. One is you ask her out all the time, which she finds annoying. Second is you always act like an idiot around her. Third-" Fred started to say until James threw a pillow in his face.

"I don't want to hear it, Fred," James said miserably.

" James, you need to hear it or you will keep annoying her. Which will lead to arguments, leading to a sad, miserable James," Fred told his friend while he crashed on his own bed.

"I don't care, Fred, you watch, she will fall for my Potter charm eventually," James said with a smirk.

"Yeah, once you change," Fred said with a laugh, getting a pillow thrown in his face by James.

"Shut up," James laughed.

"Okay, okay, then let's get to planning our back to school prank," Fred said with an evil smirk.

James returned an evil smirk and said, "let's do it,"

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Letters home from Al, Rose, and Scorpius

Dear Mom and Dad,

Guess what! I got into Gryffindor! I am so relieved, you were right, I had no reason to worry about getting into Slytherin. Rose and Alice also got into Gryffindor. And guess what? Scorpius Malfoy got into Gryffindor too! The sorting for him was so funny though! He was up there for like three minutes and Rose and I could tell he was getting anxious. Then he gets up and yells at the Sorting Hat saying that it is taking too long and he is hungry. So he told it to just put him in Slytherin. The Sorting Hat looked really taken aback at this, and this is its exact words to Scorpius after that, "you got some balls to say that, GRYFFINDOR!" It was so funny, you just had to be there. Oh and did I mention that I am friends with Scorpius? Well, I am and please don't be mad. He is actually not bad at all, nothing like how you described his father and like the sorting hat said "he got some balls." Well, anyway, all is going well so far and I am looking forward to classes tomorrow. I better wrap up this letter, Scorpius is throwing spit balls at me because he wants me to hurry up so we can sneak to the owlery with Rose to send our letters home... Talk to you later.

Al Potter

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Dear Mom and Dad,

Hey guys! I got into Gryffindor! Now you don't have to disown me Dad! Kidding, I know you were joking. Al and Alice both got into Gryffindor too. Guess what? Scorpius Malfoy got into Gryffindor too! And no I am not messing with you, he really did! The sorting was so funny too, but I am not going into detail about it, but I bet you that Al included it in his letter so just ask Uncle Harry or Auntie Ginny if you want to know. Please do not get mad about what I am about to tell you. Promise? Al, Alice, and I are friends with Scorpius. Please don't be mad! He is nothing like his father or grandparents, the sorting hat even said he has some balls! He is not a coward like the past Malfoy you know. But I really must get going, Al and Scorpius are probably waiting for me downstairs so we can sneak out to the owlery to send our letters. Talk to you guys later! Love you guys! Say hi to Hugo for me!

Rose Weasley

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Dear Mom and Dad,

I am going to make this letter short and quick because you will probably be disappointed in me. I got into Gryffindor house and I am friends with no other than Alice Longbottom, Albus Potter, and Rose Weasley. Please keep in mind I am happy in Gryffindor and I really do like my friends before you yell at me. Talk to guys later.

Scorpius Malfoy

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"I thought I was going to be waiting on you guys, but no, I was waiting on you," said an angry Rose.

"Sorry Rose, I was done a long time ago, but Al here was taking forever, but hey, isn't Alice coming?" Scorpius asked.

"No, her dad works here, remember? And he probably already told her mom everything, so she said it was pointless for her to come," Rose told him with a shrug.

"Oh yeah, I forgot, well we better get going," Scorpius said as they started to make their way to the owlery.

Albus was borrowing his fathers invisibility cloak from James tonight. He didn't even have to put up a fight because James and Fred were too busy planning a prank. They put the invisibility cloak around them and looked at the Marauders map, which Al was also borrowing from James, and made their way to the owlery. They got there and back without any problems until they saw Filch approaching the Fat Lady. He didn't stay long and soon enough passed the trio and went along on his way. The three of them then made their way back into Gryffindor tower and went their separate ways. All wondering what Hogwarts had in store for them this year.

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A/N: So what did you guys think? Was the chapter okay? I totally forgot about writing my story all week, so I just wrote it all today because I didn't want to break my promise of updating on Sunday.

~~~Lanie~~~