Oh hey guys. I'm back. Haha. Thanks to everyone who reviewed and subscribed to this story. It means a lot. I hope I can make this story live up to your expectations. Well I'll try as hard as I can. Haha. Anyway here we go. Making this up as I go.

Griffin and I spent the rest of the trip talking and joking. We were getting comfortable with each other. And if your mind is in the gutter, it doesn't mean anything like that. Anyway, no one came to interrupt us besides a lady coming around asking if we'd like any candy. Griffin and I each bought a chocolate frog. His came with a Severus Snape card and mine came with a Hermione Granger one.

Now that I think about it, aren't there children of Hermione Granger attending this school? I wonder. Even though my dad has made amends with Hermione and the other members of the Golden Trio, its not like they're best friends. I've never met them; or their children.

After a while the train came to a stop and you could hear students getting their luggage. I was a little nervous as I got up to fetch my luggage. Now I couldn't hide in my compartment with Griffin. I'd have to come face to face with all of the bullies. This is the ultimate test to see if I can actually not just speak the words but walk the walk.

When both Griffin and I had our luggage we made it down the aisle of the train toward the closest door to get out. We had to weave through people still getting their luggage and confused and nervous first years. I remember when that was me. I was so excited to be sorted and to make friends. I guess that was the good times, when things didn't start turning bad. I blinked and shook my head. It wasn't the time to think about the bad things from the past but to keep moving forward.

Griffin looked back at me and I realized that I had stopped moving. I guess I was too caught up in my own thoughts. I ran to catch up with him. I followed him as he went down the aisle to find the closet door. Soon we found it and climbed off the train. I blinked and looked around at the Hogwarts grounds and realized how much I missed being here.

Griffin smiled, "It's great to be back isn't it?"

I nodded, "Yeah."

"Oh look who it is," I heard a loud obnoxious voice all out from behind me," little Scorpius Malfoy."

I whipped around and came face to face with one of the people who has caused so much pain in my life and my family's life. Darren Silk, 6th year Gryffindor. He was built, unlike me who was lanky, and had black hair and mean dark eyes. Behind were some other of our fellow Gryffindors that were part of this so called crew.

"Hi, Darren," I said trying to remain calm. I hoped that my voice didn't shake. This was it. This was the first step to standing up for myself. The first step to a new me. I gripped my luggage so hard that my knuckles were turning white. I felt Griffin glance at me then back at Darren and the others.

"How was your daddy? Did he send anybody to St. Mungos during break," asked Darren with a smug look. His crew chuckled behind him.

"Shut up Darren," said Griffin. I looked down at my feet. What was wrong with me? Why couldn't I just open my mouth and say anything at that moment. Even Griffin did. This was not how it was supposed to go. I prepared myself mentally for this all summer so I could say something to Darren and not just cry, yet I couldn't open my mouth.

Darren chuckled darkly and glared at Griffin then looked back at me," Think you're so cool Malfoy because you happened to make a friend," he turned to his friends. "Look he can't even say anything himself. " They all laughed.

I looked up at them with a blank expression on my face. Griffin glared at them then looked at him. "Come on Scorpius," he said, but I remained rooted in place. Griffin gave me a shove and I step forward and we both walked away. You could hear Darren and his crew laughing at us and saying some cruel things.

When we made it to the steps in front of Hogwarts we stopped. I let go of my luggage and let I just drop to the ground. My hand was numb from gripping it so hard. I sighed conflicted with myself. "That wasn't how it was supposed to go."

Griffin looked at me, "I know."

"I was supposed to at least say something to him. Not just stand there. I was supposed to say something witty or at least have a comeback, but no. I just stood there and let you talk." I groaned frustrated.

"Its fine. You'll soon be able to say something. Just wait and see. You're making progress already. You didn't show that much of a reaction to his words. You didn't cry or anything this time."

I nodded. "Yeah."

"Come on, let's drop off our luggage in our dorm," Griffin patted my shoulder.

We were making our way through the many hallways and winding staircases toward the Gryffindor dormitory, when I suddenly remembered something. I stopped walking. Seeing I had stopped Griffin did as well. I set my luggage down and slapped my forehead.

"I just remembered something," I said.

"What," asked Griffin curiously.

"We don't even know what the new password is this year."

Griffin stood there until eventually his faced turned into an expression of realization. "Are you kidding me? We're so stupid," he laughed at our failure.

"Here I'll go ask Professor Longbottum. You can go up to the Gryffindor dormitory and wait for me. You can take my luggage with you."

Griffin nodded, "Okay," he grabbed my stuff. "You better be fast because I don't want to be sitting up there forever looking like an idiot."

I laughed. "Yeah. Yeah. I'll try my best," and with that Griffin turned around and started back up again toward the Gryffindor dormitory.

I turned on my heel and started running down the hall. I was glad that not many people were around because I don't know how good I'd be at running while avoiding hitting and crashing into people. As if my thoughts controlled my body, as soon as I rounded another corner I slammed into somebody and fell on my ass.

"Oww," I heard the person groan.

I blinked open my eyes which had closed on impact. I stood up and looked down at the person I ran into. She had beautiful red hair and blue eyes. I blinked a couple of times because I felt like I knew her. He shrugged it off and offered her a hand.

She looked up at me and then stared at my hand for a little while. She eventually took and I hauled her up to her feet.

"Sorry about that," I said smiling apologetically.

She nodded and smiled lightly. "Its okay."

"Well I gotta ," I went around her and ran down the corridor. For some reason I could feel her eyes watching me as I ran away like a coward.

I ran and ran trying to be as quick as possible. Eventually I found Professor Longbottom by the Great Hall watching students and making sure they didn't cause trouble. I sigh and stopped running, glad that I found him. I walked over to him causally.

"Why hello Scorpius. How was your summer," he said when he saw me.

I grinned. Professor Longbottom had always been one of my favorite teachers even if I didn't really like Herbology. "It was fine,Professor Longbottom. How was yours?"

He smiled. "It was marvelous. My wife and I went on vacation to France. It's quite gorgeous there. You should go sometime. "

I nodded smiling. "I will make sure to go sometime in my life time. Anyway Professor I have a question."

"Yes. What is it?"

"Uhm, what is the new Gryffindor password," I said slightly embarrassed.

He let out a laugh. "Its phoenix, Scorpius."

"Thank you Professor."

"Now go put your luggage in your dormitory. You don't want to be late for the opening ceremony and the sorting."

I nodded. "Okay."

I eventually made it back to Griffin who was waiting for me by the portrait of the Fat Lady. "Sorry it took so long."

Griffin looked at me. "Its fine. Let's just head in."

I said the password and the Fat Lady let us in. We climbed up to the boys dormitory and went into our joined room. I was glad that I was rooming with someone nice. All of my past years here i had to room with some of the meanest people. It was the worst. There was no safe place here that I could hide. We set down our luggage on our beds then left. We didn't want to miss the ceremony. We sprinted down the corridors toward the Great Hall.

We just made it to the Gryffindor table when the headmaster began his speech, "I welcome you all to another year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."

Another chapter out and done. These are really short and I'm sorry.:(