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Arwengeld

Death101-Fox Version

Without further ado, CHAPTER 4

They'd been so hysteric with laughter, they hardly noticed when the train screeched to a stop. Scorpius was suddenly worried, what if it really was just a train ride, Al and Rose must have plenty of friends, what if they were just being polite?

Scorpius felt a hand on his wrist. Rose was pulling him up still grinning, Al was already at the door, tapping his foot impatiently.

"You really didn't think you'd get rid of us that quickly," said Rose, her voice dripping with false hurt. Scorpius kept up a surly expression for about ten seconds before they broke out laughing again.

As Al and Rose had changed into their school robes on the train and Scorpius had been wearing them from the start they spent most of their time trying to hoist Scorpius' trunk out of the compartment. After three stubbed toes and some creative cursing from Al and Scorpius (met with stony looks from Rose) they each had a grip on one of the corners and had made their way into the corridor.

"Bloody hell Scorp what did you pack!" Albus grunted as he glanced over his shoulder at the giggling pack of girls trotting along in front of them. Scorpius turned his head quizzically at the nickname. Al grunted frustratedly as the trunk started to slip from his sweaty fingers. He glanced back at Rose and Scorpius. "Well you have to admit, Scorpius is a bit of a mouthful. And I don't mean to be rude mate," Rose huffed indignantly at this, Al went on as though he hadn't noticed, "But it sounds a bit like some kind of foul insect."

"ALBUS!"

"What I said I didn't mean to be rude!"

"You have the tact of a teaspoon!"

"It wasn't meant to be personal!" Rose rolled her eyes at this and sniffed disapprovingly at Scorpius' grin, coughing something that sounded awfully like "boys".

Scorpius was still trying to suppress a laugh, hoisting the trunk into his hands as it started to slip. Their seemed to be an awful lot of people in the corridor he noted and they didn't seem to be moving much, in fact they were standing almost still now, shifting as though they were moving through pudding. Scorpius glanced behind him I hope no ones been hurt, he thought worriedly, and what the bloody hell are they all staring at? And then it hit him, they were looking his way. In fact they were staring at all the members of the newly formed trio. Scorpius tried not to blush, but he was so pale even the faintest pink stood out on his cheeks.

Rose however, had even less luck. She seemed to have noticed the many pairs of eyes on her and her face had turned a vicious red, which, along with her fiery hair made her look a bit like a tomato. Scorpius suddenly had a very vivid image of a plump tomato scowling and shaking a little red fist. He suppressed a laugh, he didn't need people thinking he was mad.

Albus seemed not to have caught on yet and was still muttering faint curses under his breath, several of which Scorpius noted were really quite creative. He glanced up and looked around his eyes widening comically at all the faces turned toward him. Then suddenly he leaned in to Rose and Scorpius and said in a very loud stage whisper,

"Why are they all staring?"

This was too much for Scorpius, he burst out laughing. Rose took one glance at him and started up as well. It was as if a great knot of tension in the corridor had suddenly come undone, everyone started to giggle, and then they were all laughing like lunatics, all accept Al.

"What?" He asked indignantly.

"You," Scorpius said simply, hardly breathing from laughter. Albus glanced over at Rose and quirked an eyebrow, she just shrugged. The traffic in the train had started to move again and so with much moaning they started along again, shuffling resolutely towards the exit.

As they walked along something suddenly occurred to Scorpius.

"Where are you lot's trunks?" He was a bit annoyed actually, is there some sort of service that picks up the luggage? He wondered. Albus however looked as though something was dawning on him.

"Oh yeah, they take the trunks to the Castle separately so we don't sink the boats." Al looked a little sheepish. It took a few moments for the words to sink in.

"YOU MEAN WE CARRIED THIS BLOODY THING ALL THIS WAY FOR NOTHING!?" Scorpius yelled.

"Er yeah," Al replied running a hand through his messy black hair. Rose snorted.

"Only you Al."

"What's that supposed to mean!"

But they never did find out what it meant because just then they reached the end of the compartment. Scorpius was suddenly nervous, would people hate him because of his father? His heart skipped a beat. He glanced at Rose and Al and suddenly felt braver.

"Why haven't we put the bloody thing down yet!" Scorpius snorted.

"You too have been too busy arguing." They both looked sheepish and Scorpius smiled. "On three alright?" They both nodded. "Alright one," Scorpius opened his mouth to speak, but Al cut in.

"Two," he said dragging out the "O" with a lopsided grin that made it seem like the world was tilting.

"Three," said Rose. Al promptly dropped the trunk, Scorpius lept back and it fell on an unsuspecting Rose's foot.

"OUCH!"

"Al!"

"Scorp!"

Suddenly a head popped through the door. Scorpius peered over Roses bushy hair, and was met with a pair of stunning green eyes almost exactly like Al's. The eyes belonged to a very tan boy with bright turquoise hair and a shiny gold badge pinned to his chest. Prefect, Scorpius recognized immediately, he'd seen the badge often enough on his father's mantelpiece, though the blue haired boys was admittedly much less, he wasn't sure of the word, cared for he supposed. It was pinned haphazardly to his black robes and sporting several dents, unlike Draco's which was polished so much Scorpius could use it as a mirror.

Then the boy, a gryffindor Scorpius thought peering again at his robrs, cocked his head. Scorpius blushed embarrassed at having been caught staring. Luckily the green eyed boy had turned to the other two and didn't catch Scorpius' blush. He suddenly grinned.

"Alright Al, Rosie?" Then looking a little closer, "What are you doing with a trunk? And why are you clutching your foot for Rosie?" Rose turned red again but Al smiled, family friend? Scorpius wondered.

"Hey Ted," Al answered shaking Scorpius from his thoughts. He glanced up, unsure if he should speak, he tried to send a pleading glance at Rose, but she was still looking up a Ted. The older boy seemed to notice Scorpius in the background and smiled at him.

"Who's your friend Al?" Ted asked jerking his head at Scorpius.

"Oh" Al said and sounding a bit put-off he turned to Scorpius.

"Scorp, Teddy Teddy, Scorp." Teddy smiled, his eyes gray eyes were full of warmth. Wait, Scorpius started, gray eyes? Weren't they green? He almost gasped in realization but caught himself, feeling a bit stupid.

"Teddy Lupin," the prefect stated kindly holding out his hand. Scorpius meant to say his name he really did, but instead he blurted,

"Your a Metamorphmagus!" Teddy laughed.

"Observant this one." Al's mouth had dropped open.

"How the bloody hell did you know that?" Albus gaped. Teddy Lupin gave him a stern look.

"I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that." Albus winced and muttered a quick apology.

He turned back to Scorpius, "Seriously Scorp how'd you figure it out?"

"The eyes." Albus gaped at him and then his expression became suddenley coy. He wriggled his eyebrows suggestively,

"So you were staring deeply into his stunning eyes?" Scorpius frowned for a moment and then shoved Albus.

"Git."

Suddenly Teddy cleared his throat.

"My hand's getting a bit tired you know." Scorpius blushed and hurriedly held out his arm.

"Scorpius Malfoy." Teddy's smile became momentarily fixed, but when Scorpius' eyes noticeably hardened it brightened again.

"Nice to meet you Scorpius. You lot better get moving you'll miss the boats." Rose looked horrified and Scorpius smiled, Rose had probably never been late for anything in her life.

So they waved a goodbye to Teddy, and leaving Scorpius' trunk splayed unceremoniously on the floor, they walked towards hogwarts, arm in arm.