A/N: This is going to be Scorpius/Rose at some point but thought I would build up a friendship between them all first. Please review! Will try to update again soon but have exams right now so may be a little while.
Disclaimer: None of it belongs to me
Holidays at Hogwarts
Mum and Dad,
I've decided I'm going to stay at Hogwarts for Christmas. We have an important Potions test straight after the holidays and I promised I would help Al and Scorpius study for it. I hope you both have a great holiday. Give my love to Hugo.
Lots of love, Rosie
Mum and Dad,
James says he's staying at Hogwarts for Christmas, and I think I will stay too. Scorp is staying and so is Rose so I figured I would keep them company. Tell Lily I miss her.
Love, Al
Dad,
I know we were going to go and visit Grandad and Grandma for Christmas, but I have a really important Potions test coming up and Rose Weasley is going to help me study for it. Plus, Al is staying and I've heard Hogwarts is amazing at Christmas time. I hope you don't mind. I will try and write to Mum at some point too.
Love, Scorpius
Hermione,
Got a letter from Rose today. She wants to stay at school over Christmas and tutor Scorpius!
Ron,
How many times do I have to tell you not to send me owls at work? And I don't mind Rose staying at Hogwarts. Lots of children stay at Hogwarts over Christmas.
Yes, but with Scorpius Malfoy! She's helping Scorpius Malfoy to study. Scorpius Malfoy! As in, the son of Draco Malfoy!
Yes, Ron, I'm aware of who Scorpius Malfoy is. And for heaven's sake, relax! She's just giving him a hand with some schoolwork. It's not like she's marrying him or anything.
She's fraternising with the enemy!
Oh grow up, Ronald.
Astoria,
How is France? I think I will be coming to join you there for Christmas, as Scorpius has decided to stay at school. He says he's staying with his friend, Albus Potter, and so that Rose Weasley can help him study. I know I said I didn't mind who he made friends with, but I suppose I hoped it wouldn't be them. Why is he so unlike me? I know that's probably a good thing, and it's not like I wanted him to just turn into a replica of me, but sometimes I wish we had a little more in common. He's in Hufflepuff, and he's friends with all my old enemies' children, and he hates Quidditch and flying. And I think he's struggling with Potions, too, though he keeps trying to hide it from me. What am I supposed to talk to him about? We share nothing! I don't want to be like my father and push him into things he doesn't want to do, but I don't want him to be . . . well . . . a Hufflepuff! I'm sorry to rant on like this. I'm just very confused.
Love, Draco.
Draco,
France is wonderful, but I miss you. I'm glad you're coming over – I can't wait to see you again. And I understand it's hard, but you have to let Scorpius be himself. He is a Hufflepuff, and there's nothing you can do about it, and Hufflepuff's not such an awful house, really. It's understandable that you want him to be a little like you, and I think if you talk to him more you will realise he is a lot like you in many ways. But I do think you're going to have to make a little more effort with him, or he's going to slip away from you. I'll see you soon.
Love, Astoria
Draco,
I am writing to you because I have been told something I am hoping you will confirm is merely a rumour. I have heard, and I am sure it is no way true, that Scorpius was sorted into Hufflepuff. Now, I know this is a ridiculous lie, but I thought you should know the sort of things people are saying about your son. I hope that as soon as you receive this letter you will make it very clear to the entire wizarding world that Scorpius, like every Malfoy before him, is in Slytherin. I have no idea how people got this ludicrous notion into their heads in the first place, but you must do something about it. We cannot have people thinking Scorpius has disgraced the family in such a way.
Your father, Lucius
Astoria,
Thank you for your letter. It helped a lot. I have pulled myself together. I'm very proud of Draco, no matter what house he is in and what subjects he does well at. See you at Christmas.
Draco
Father,
You're right. My son would never be a disgrace to the family. He is in Hufflepuff, he struggles with Potions, his favourite teacher is Neville Longbottom, and I am very proud of him. I ask that you either join me in admiring your incredible grandson, or stay away from him. I will not have you filling his head with any more rubbish about us disowning him, and I certainly won't have you telling him he has disgraced the family. I think you managed that quite successfully yourself, when you got thrown in Azkaban.
Draco
Scorpius,
Don't worry, I don't think we will be going to visit Grandad and Grandma again for a while. Grandad's probably not very happy with me right now. I'm going to France instead, to see Mum. I hope you have fun at Hogwarts.
Love, Dad
Rose,
That's fine with Dad and me. If you have a test to study for then that takes priority, and I'm glad you're helping some of your friends. Dad and Hugo send their love. Have a wonderful Christmas.
Mum
Al,
Ok. I hope you have fun.
Dad
James,
Al tells me you're planning to stay at Hogwarts for Christmas. Please behave yourself. I would really rather not have a repeat of last Christmas. I have better ways to spend my Christmas than apologising endlessly to Professor Dabinett for you blowing up the Christmas tree in the Great Hall. Oh, and I still can't find my Marauder's Map. I've looked absolutely everywhere. Are you sure you haven't seen it at all?
Love, Dad
Mum and Dad,
Thanks for the new broom. It's great. Slytherin have no chance with me riding this. And, as you'll notice, I didn't blow up the Christmas tree again. That would just be boring. I can't do the same thing two years in a row. It wouldn't be funny. Oh and if you get an owl from Professor Dabinett saying something about . . . well, saying anything actually . . . don't believe a word she says. It wasn't me. Honest.
James.
Dad,
I had a great Christmas. Say thank you to Grandma for the jumper. And, Dad, your present is amazing. But . . . are you sure it should go to me? I mean, James is the eldest. Shouldn't he get it? And . . . well, I didn't think you would give it to any of us until we were a bit older. Not that I'm complaining. It was just . . . unexpected. But great. Thank you.
Love, Al
Dad,
How was Mum? Did you have a good Christmas? Sorry I haven't written before now, but I've been so busy. Me and Al and Rose were having so much fun over the holidays we kinda forgot to study, so we had to cram it all in the first week back. But I got 91% in my Potions test! Rose is such a great teacher. Al only got 82%, but I don't think he really cared. He doesn't like Potions very much. Rose got 100%. No surprises there. Did you and Grandad fight again? I wish you wouldn't. I like going to see Grandad and Grandma.
Love, Scorpius
P.S. Thanks for the presents. They're all great.
Mum and Dad,
Thank you for the Christmas presents. I hope Hugo liked his chocolate frogs. I've been very busy. The Christmas holidays were wonderful, but I did get a little behind on my schoolwork.
Lots of love, Rosie
James,
A hundred nifflers! What could possibly have made you think it was a good idea to let a hundred nifflers into the castle? And where did you get a hundred nifflers? On second thoughts, I don't even want to know. How a single person in the castle actually still likes you is beyond me. Even Fred and George wouldn't have done something like that, except perhaps the year when Umbridge was there. But that was different. There was a reason. Was there any reason for you to let a hundred nifflers into Hogwarts? You know, you're lucky I didn't send you a howler. I was going to, but your Uncle Ron persuaded me not to. However, if I get one more owl from Professor Dabinett, you are grounded for the entire summer holidays.
Mum
Scorpius,
Congratulations on your Potions score. I'm very proud of you.
Love, Dad
Al,
I'm glad you liked the present. I got it for Christmas in my first year at Hogwarts, so yes, I do think you are old enough. About James, he's avoiding all my questions, but I know perfectly well he stole my Marauders Map. I think it's fair that you get the cloak. Besides, James manages to cause enough trouble as it is without being invisible too. I will simply pass on the piece of advice I was given when I first received the cloak: use it well.
Love, Dad
Oh, and tell James his Mum really is angry this time, so he might want to be careful for a little while.
