This is a friendship fic, not slash. Just to let you know.

Scorpius Malfoy and Albus Potter

5. Dark Room

First-year Albus Severus Potter still hadn't gotten accustomed to the large castle that is Hogwarts. He had already gotten lost countless times in his first week. This time, it was in the fifth floor corridor by abandoned classrooms that he currently found himself. Not like he would know that, because then he wouldn't be lost. He had seen countless black classrooms zoom by in silence as he tried to sink it all in.

"Might as well get lost while I can," Al mumbled to himself. Dark room after dark room passed by as he walked. Then, Al could faintly hear the sound of sniffling. It got louder and louder until he was standing in the middle of the corridor with a door to his left and one to his right. Al chose to investigate the latter.

He turned the door handle and the door made a creeking noise. Al peeked into the classroom and there was neither movement nor sound. He closed the door and went across the corridor to the other room. Al grabbed the doorhandle and slowly turned it, pushing the door open. In there, he looked over to the left hand corner on the far side of the classroom soon enough to see someone sink into the shadows.

"Hello?" Al called. No response. He started to walk towards the corner in which he saw movement. "I know that you're in here. There's no reason to hide."

A face then poked out of the shadows. He had pale blonde hair and gray eyes rimmed with red, seemingly because of crying.

"Hi." The boy croaked out.

"Hey! You can come out. I'm not going to hurt you." Al smiled and motioned with his hand to come out. The boy came out of the shadows and gave him a faint smile.

"Scorpius Malfoy, right?" He nodded. "How come you're back here?"

Scorpius just shrugged. "Reasons."

"You can tell me, really. We're in the same house and the same year. I wouldn't tell anybody."

"Only if you tell me what everyone in your family thought about you being in Ravenclaw. Then, we're even."

"Hmm… Well, that sounds fair, but I'm going to turn on the lights first." Al walked over to the front of the classroom and flicked on the lights. He took a seat near the back of the classroom and Scorpius followed suit.

"Well, before I came here, I was afraid of being in any other house other then Gryffindor. Especially Slytherin. I thought that my whole family would hate me if I were somewhere else, but then the sorting hat told me that I would not be to my best potential in Gryffindor. So, here I am, a proud Ravenclaw. However, I still seem to get lost more than the average first year." Al chuckled. Scorpius smiled for the first time since the sorting hat came off of his head.

"You know, it's almost the same thing with me except everyone wasn't as accepting. I knew that my mom and dad would try to be as supportive as possible but my grandmother and grandfather wouldn't be too happy. I got two letters a few days after the sorting from my parents and my grandparents. My mom and dad were happy that I was being an individual, but my grandparents, or basically just my grandfather, were very angry with me."

"That's really pathetic. They can't help that you're smart enough to be in Ravenclaw."

"Thanks. I was sort of upset because my parents haven't responded to my letter yet and I was wondering if my grandparents turned them against me."

"I'm sure they didn't."

Scorpius chuckled. "If only you knew the power my grandfather has over my dad."

"Well… I've heard stories… but that doesn't matter. It's almost past dinner time, I'm hungry, and lost."

"Same."

"If you can get me out of this corridor I can show you the kitchens!"

"It's a deal!" The two boys walked out of the classroom and out into the corridor, chatting about various things like quidditch and their favorite classes.

They were both well aware that they had just made their first Hogwart's friend in a dark room.

"It's our last week here. What are we going to do tonight?" Scorpius asked Al.

"Well, Rose is off having her last girls' night… we can go to the kitchens later… How about we go to the fifth floor?" Al asked.

"You mean that room that you found me in when we were little first years?"

"Of course!"

"Why not!" The two boys came out of the common room and proceeded to take many left and right turns until they reached a dark room. They stepped inside and flicked on the light.

"Well, I guess this is it." Scorpius said.

"Yeah. I guess so."

Al began to walk around the room, touching the two chairs in the back in which they both sat on to talk about their sorting and issues.

"I'm glad you got lost that day. If you didn't, I don't know where I'd be at right now."

"Same here. And now we're both going off into the real world to become Aurors. You're going to get married, I just know it."

"I sure hope so."

"Cheers for stupid gushy thoughts!" Al and Scorpius high fived each other and started to laugh.

"Do you remember the time that we turned Rose's hair pink and it wouldn't come off until she said that I was smarter than her?"

"How can I not? She never forgot to mention it at family Christmases and even told my parents about it…"

"Only Rose."

"Hey, she's your girlfriend." Scorpius just smiled and shrugged at Al's comment. "Let's go get some dinner."

"Good idea." The two boys took one last look at the dark room and went back into the corridor. They walked down to the stairs in silence and made their way over to the Great Hall. Unpon entering, they walked over to the Ravenclaw table and sat by Rose.

"Do I even want to know what you two have been up to?" Albus and Scorpius looked at each other and looked back at Rose.

"Probably not."

"Didn't think so."

I know, I know, it has taken me forever to post something, but I've had a sport and homework and I've been tired as sin for the past few months. Reviewing makes my day. :)