Once again, sorry for the delay...I just didn't know what was edited and what was not edited. Here is Year IV

AN: I made an error in the last chapter: Hermione felt a bit more confident in fourth year, not sixth year.

Chapter III: Year Four Part I

Rose

The girl had to admit to herself, the awkward phase was starting to wind down. Rose Weasley looked in the mirror one last time before the train's loo, having put on her school robes. She was going to shadow a prefect this year, and wanted to be presentable. She was much like her mum in this regard, but, like her father, worried more on what others thought of her. She was also social and outgoing like Ron, but studious and serious like her mum.

Her hair was now starting to tame. The bushiness she had inherited from her mother now cascaded part way down her back into curls. Blemishes hardly made an appearance, and she had grown a few inches over the summer. The last fact had thankfully led to her parents buying a new wardrobe; nothing too fancy, just typical teen wear.

She exited the loo and made her way down the hall. The sliding door to the car opened, and in strode Scorpius Malfoy. He wasn't too much of a loner now, not since becoming a quidditch hero for his house team.

He, too, had grown, and although he now had more friends, he was walking toward her alone.

"Rose," He said politely as they crossed paths. He still hadn't forgotten the sandwich she gave him last year, and had ever since regarded her with a hello whenever they passed – well, when they were alone, that is.

"Scorpius,"

As he walked past her, Rose could not help but notice how handsome he now was. She chuckled when she heard some girls call out to him as he past their compartment.

"Ladies," she heard him say from behind her. She slowly opened the sliding door that he had just come through himself a minute ago, and turned for a second to see if he had entered their compartment. Not that she cared, of course.

He was looking back at her. He gave her a smirk, then proceeded down the compartment looking for his friends.

Yes, he had indeed changed.

Rose arrived at the prefects compartment moments later where she met with the Prefect she was assigned to, Art Zabini. He was the nephew of someone her parents knew, but that's all she knew. He was in Slytherin; her dad would not be happy to hear that bit of news. The sixth year cast a sly glance at Rose as she was given instructions by professor Longbottom. He was known to be quite the flirt, and suddenly Rose felt a bit nauseous.

"Well, shall we get started then?"

Rose looked at Art in confusion.

"I start my patrol now, with Zephyr Hatly."

"Right," Rose answered. At least Zephyr she could deal with; he was in Hufflepuff and very sweet.

Scorpius

Scorpius was with a group of 'friends' – mostly those who played on the quidditch team with him. He was still getting used to having friends to hang out with, and was already getting quite bored. He turned his attention outside the compartment, toward the walkway. He saw figures approaching and hoped it was one of his older friends.

Instead, he saw Rose walking along with Art and Zephyr.

What the bloody hell is she doing with those two gits? He thought bitterly. The two boys, of course, were wearing their Prefect badges and obviously patrolling the train. He watched as Zephyr bent his head down to whisper something in Rose's ear, and was glad that he knew how to maintain himself as he heard her laugh.

"Everything alright here?" Art asked, seeing a frown on the Malfoy boy. The others in the compartment stopped their horsing around and quickly sat down.

"Yes, sir," One of the team's chasers replied.

The two prefects nodded and then left, bringing Rose with them.

"Looks like Weasley's got a boyfriend." The chaser joked.

"Naw," another replied. "My brother said they're letting some fourth years shadow the Prefects this year. Heard she was one of them."

Now Scorpius was really angry. How come no one told him about shadowing prefects? He should have been given a chance, too!

"Mr. Malfoy," A voice suddenly brought the occupants in the compartment to a halt once more. It was Professor Pearling, head of the Ravenclaw house. "I need to speak with you a moment."

Malfoy smirked as he rose. Perhaps this was the chance he was getting. Yes, that was it…they forgot to ask him. He followed the tall, willowy brunette to the hallway.

"I apologize for not coming to you sooner, but as Head of your house I was…well, that doesn't matter. The point is, we have a position open for someone to shadow the Prefects this year, and I would like to nominate you…"

"Of course I accept, Professor."

"Good! I'll catch you up on things after you've settled in after the feast.

The young Malfoy smirked as Professor Pearling walked away. He knew her well enough to know that she did not like change, except when the Ministry was behind it, preferring the older ways of the school. Way, older ways.

Scorpius returned to his friends, the rest of their journey undisturbed.

Rose

As the students settled into their first month's return to school, Rose found herself enjoying the new lessons and duties she had with the Prefects. As it turned out, Zephyr and Art were only her first assignment; next month she would follow two other Prefects. She had been surprised to see Scorpius Malfoy at the first meeting; she had no idea he was interested in becoming a Prefect. Then again, it wasn't as if she really knew him. They'd only really spoken one time; when she gave him the sandwich.

Her thoughts played over the memory. He seemed so different then, almost shy or reserved. She thought it was more likely the latter; she had heard enough of the Malfoy family to not really think he was shy. No, reserved was more like it. Was he also arrogant? Prejudice against muggles and muggleborns as his father had been? Her mother had told her once that Draco Malfoy had changed, but her father did not believe it at all.

She had heard them argue over mum working at committee meetings in the Ministry with Malfoy, and that they often disagreed with one another.Mum said it was necessary to disagree, but father seems to think mum is wrong on that point and that point alone.

"Rose! Have you heard?" She heard one of her friends, Maya, calling to her as she entered their dormitory.

"Heard what?" Rose replied.

"They're going to have a hunt! A real hunt with…"

"I don't want any part of it. A hunt sounds dangerous, especially since I…"

"I know, I know," The other girl said with an exasperated sigh. "But it's not that kind of hunt. It's like something muggles do, a scanger…or something like that…hunt where we have a list and have to find a bunch of things."

"You mean a scavenger hunt?"

"Yes! Isn't it exciting? I heard about it from Claude." Claude was Head Boy and brother to Maya. "He said the professors are still disagreeing on whether to allow teams to consist of members from different houses, or if we must all be from the same house, or something like that. And then at the end term we're going to have a big feast!"

Rose laughed. She could just imagine her father's expression whenever the family was invited to some big event with lots of food.

"So are you going to sign up?"

"I'll wait for the announcement." Rose said quietly. She wasn't all that excited, at least not yet.

Scorpius

The announcement had been made just a week ago, and now the students finally had a chance to sign up for the event. While waiting for their evening meal, students seated at each house table were told to pass around a list and sign up if they were interested. Scorpius had the Ravenclaw list in front of him.

No one yet knew how the teams were going to be made, once news of the event had leaked out the professors decided to keep mum, not even telling the Head Boy and Head Girl.

Scorpius pretended to be deciding at the list in front of him as he glanced again at the Gryffindor table. The list had finally made its way to Rose Weasley. He watched as she paused, then, quickly seemed to be scribbling her name in. He did the same.

Two days later the teams were announced during dinner. Each team was comprised of two members of each house, making teams of eight plus a faculty representative. A cup somewhat like the one at the Triwizard Tournament his father had told him about the students were held the name of each student participating in order to select teams, and Headmistress MacGonnagal was going to pick them out in just a few moments.

Scorpius tried to think of anything…anything to make the cup give him his wish.

"The first team will be…" He listened as the names were read off for the first team. He waited.

"Second team…" He was not yet picked, but neither was Rose.

"Third team, Rose Weasley, Donovan Carpins,…" he held his breath as more names were read. "and finally, Scorpius Malfoy."

He breathed a sigh of relief. They were on the same team!

"What's the smirk for?" Dale Myers asked him. "You got Squirly Casper on your team."

"Yeah, but he's also got Rose Weasley. Her mum is said to be the brightest witch of her age," Byron Thames put in. "Probably thinks they'll win on her brains alone, although Scorpius, I hear you are second in our year so perhaps you two should lead."

"We're only fourth years," Scorpius said. "There are a couple of sixth and seventh years on our team. They'll likely fight it out."

And true enough they did, since Scorpius and Rose were the only fourth year students on the team. In fact, only fourth year students on up were allowed to enter the Scavenger Hunt.

After the teams were all announced, they were told when and where to meet the next day where their faculty representative would give them the list, instructions, and rules. Scorpius was surprised to learn that his own head of house was to lead his team, and suddenly he got a bad feeling about this.

His own head of house, Professor Pearling, who had a mad crush on his father. During the time his mother left his father, Professor Pearling had no doubt tried to put on all the moves. He remembered being home during the summer, and she visited quite frequently. Never once to see him, her own student.

Luckily, his father never took the bait, and he had heard that someone from father's Ministry work was to thank for that. Someone his father…well, he thought his father might have had a crush on this person who listened and gave him advice that in the end brought his mum home. And his parents were tighter than ever, although his mum often teased him about the friendship Draco had with this mystery woman.

Rose

A month had passed since the scavenger hunt teams had been announced and they were set for the first challenge. It was Sunday, a weekend without a quidditch match. The challenge? To find a magical creature in the forest and convince it – him or her – to give something to the team.

The team leads had met the night before to come up with a plan and were now discussing it with Rose's team. They had decided to pair everyone up and handed out a map where everyone would scout within a certain area of the forest so that they would not be far from one another.

Rose was a little taken aback to hear who her partner was going to be: Scorpius Malfoy. She thought she saw him smirk – again – when the pairs were given out. Little did she know that Scorpius had requested her to be his teammate.

They walked alongside the group after studying the map towards the area the captains figured was a great place to start. They saw other teams heading out, all together, and had no idea what the others had planned.

Moments passed by as they trudged through the brush. "You going to say anything?" Rose asked, nodding toward the others who were discussing plans with their teammates.

Scorpius shrugged. "Figured you might have it all worked out. Are you not the brightest student in our entire school?"

"What?" She stopped and turned directly at him. "I most certainly am not!"

Scorpius laughed. "Don't deny it, we all know how famous you mum was during her school days. Still is the brightest, isn't she?"

Rose started to storm off, only to hear Scorpius following her after needing to catch up at first. He had certainly not expected her to walk off without him.

"Well, maybe you don't think so, but they do say that about you."

"And who do you mean by they?"

Scorpius shrugged again. "Everyone. Everyone who knows who you are. You top all our marks…"

"That's not true; you've gotten the highest marks before."

"You noticed?" He asked her.

Well, she hadn't exactly notices; Allison had to inform her that little bit of news last summer. Why is it always Allison that points Malfoy out? She wondered.

"So you know that I have topped your marks a few times, big deal." He said solemnly. Suddenly Rose remembered that Scorpius never really had any friends, at least, not that he hung openly around with. She had always seen him alone the first few years. Now that he was a quidditch player, he seemed to have more friends. And the girls had certainly started to notice him as well. Several of her acquaintances had crushes on him.

They continued to walk, soon departing from their teammates to their specified area of searching.

"I guess this is it…" Rose said softly.

"Yeah…any idea which creatures like to hang around here?"

It was Rose's turn to shrug. "Not really, although I do remember something my mother told me once."

"What's that?"

"That to find the creatures of the forest, you have to let them find you. You can't go out searching for them."

Scorpius nodded. "Then that's what we'll do. Fancy a walk?"

Rose turned and smiled at him. "Alright, then,"

Fourth year to be continued…