Disclaimer: Harry Potter belongs to J.K Rowling and sadly not me.
Like father NOT like son
Chapter 3:
Albus's face was full of shock as he fell forward into the headmistress's office. He quickly got to his feet looking extremely guilty. Draco almost seemed to hiss as he recognised the boy. He took a step forward and grabbed Albus by the front of his robes.
"Your family has been interfering with mine long enough Potter. This ends now." Professor Clearwater acted quickly and pointed her wand at Draco.
"Release him at once" she said. "You are no longer welcome here. Now leave before I call for the ministry." Draco let go reluctantly and left the room shooting death glares at Albus. The Headmistress turned to face Albus and waited for an explanation.
"Well you see Professor" he started. "I was er, walking to my first class and I got lost. And umm I knew I had to go up so I got on this spirling staircase." It was obvious that he was lying but instead of responding immediately the Headmistress waved her wand and grasped the piece of paper that suddenly appeared before her. She took a moment to study it then smiled.
"I might have believed you Mr Potter if I did not have evidence to the contrary. In my hands I hold the timetable for 1st year Gryffindors and it informs me that your first class of the day is none other than Herbology, located on the castle grounds. Therefore you have not only been caught spying but have also lied to a Professor. I'll be taking 5 points from Gryffindor and you'll receive a detention." Albus ducked his head but remained silent.
"And Scorpius, I want you to know that being a Gryffindor is nothing to be ashamed of. Now take this note to excuse your lateness and hurry along to Herbology, go out the front doors and you're sure to see the greenhouses."
"Yes Professor" both boys murmured. Scorpius was humiliated. The fact that his father had threatened one of Scorpius's house mates was only helping to prove the idea that he was indeed a dark wizard.
Avoiding each other's eyes the boys made the walk to Herbology and entered the greenhouse. As soon as they stepped through the door the whole class went silent and all eyes turned to them.
"Well of course they'd stare" thought Scorpius bitterly. "A Potter and a Malfoy, one name famous, one name infamous...probably." It seemed that Albus didn't like the attention either because he ignored the class and instead walked over to Professor Longbottom. Unfortunately for Albus this only caused more stares when the professor enveloped him in a big hug. Great, it seemed that Albus would be getting O's in this subject without even having to lift a finger. Sometimes life was so unfair.
As soon as the Professor released Albus, Scorpius walked over to him and presented him with the note. He read it through and then looked up at Scorpius with uncertainty and perhaps even a hint of fear. It was only for a moment and then the emotions were gone, replaced with calm and collectivity.
"Well boys, it seems that everything is in order," said the Professor. " If you'd like to take a seat we will be learning about the properties that make up magical plants." Both boys quickly moved to opposite ends of the greenhouse and sat down.
Fifty minutes later and the lesson was over. Scorpius couldn't believe how utterly boring his first class at Hogwarts had been. He'd been hopping for a chance to learn some dazzling wand work but instead the lesson had been all theory.
He was following his house mates to their next class of the day, transfiguration, when the bushy haired girl he'd shared a boat with came to talk to him. The girl, Rose Weasley was her name, spared no time for pleasantries and instead started to lecture him.
"Now I don't care if your meant to be a Slytherin, or whatever, but I refuse to let you lose house points for Gryffindor. If you keep coming late to class and you lose us points I swear I'll report you to Victoire, and you don't want to deal with her in a bad mood. And another thing, if I ever hear that you've been mean to Albus just because he's a Potter, I'll owl Harry Potter himself and let him deal with you."
"Now If you'd let me get a word in I've got a few things to say to you," replied Scorpius, severely ticked off. "Firstly, the sorting hat placed me in Gryffindor, NOT Slytherin, right? Therefore I'm meant to be a Gryffindor. And I don't care if Albus is your boyfriend but he had absolutely no right to tell you what he'd heard. That was a private conversation."
"Albus and I are cousins actually, not that it concerns you. So you just remember what I said." And with that she stormed off, her face a violent red.
Scorpius was furious, how dare this girl assume she knew exactly what Scorpius was like. She knew nothing about him. And to think that he'd actually been considering giving Albus the benefit of the doubt. There was no way he'd be doing that now. He's father was right, he was definitely not going to be making friends with any Potters.
Despite his anger and frustrations Scorpius actually managed to enjoy the transfiguration lesson. Professor Thomas was big on demonstrations and nothing thrilled him more that to have his students request that he transfigure something. He was also an avid supporter of Gryffindor, despite being deputy headmaster, and Scorpius walked out of the classroom 20 house points richer.
"That shows you, Weasley," he thought to himself, still bitter. Despite sharing all the same classes, Scorpius managed to avoid Albus for the rest of the day. Instead he stuck with Kyle who aside from being very chatty was actually fun to be with.
That night he literally had to drag himself up to the common room and he collapsed on his bed exhausted from the days events. All in all it had definitely been an eventful first day.