Because Rose and Scorpius deserve their own epilogue too.
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It was a sunny morning at King's cross station; the autumn leaves were a golden colour which made everything red and gold. Seems like Gryffindor is still haunting me even after I leave Hogwarts. It probably has another reason too. A reason that has to do with my 11 eleven year old daughter.
"DAD!" Brett was whining from beside me. "I want to go to Hogwarts with Alice!"
"You have to be eleven to go to Hogwarts Brett. Just wait until next year; it's your turn then." I told him.
"I tried to tell him that." Rose huffed. "He wouldn't listen to me."
"You just don't like people not listening to you." I teased her.
"But I want to go!" Brett whined some more.
"Stop it Brett." Alice snapped at her brother. "You're acting like such a baby, even Jenny wouldn't do that." She indicated little Jenny who was clutching my arm tightly.
It was amazing how different the three of our children were. Alice, who was 11, looked exactly like a Malfoy; she had sleek blonde hair and grey eyes but she seemed to have a mixture of both mine and Rose's personality (mainly the good ones). Jenny, our youngest who was 7, looked exactly like a Weasley, curly red hair and gorgeous brown eyes, just like her mothers, she was just like Rose even at this young age. Brett was in between the classic Malfoy looks and Weasley looks; at 10 years old he had blondey-red hair and blue eyes which we had no idea where they had come from, although Rose suspected her Dad. Brett seemed more like me than any of the others. They were all the most beautiful things I had seen in my life, all four of them.
Today was the 1st of September and our family of 5 was making our way to Platform 9 ¾ so Alice Hermione Malfoy could board the Hogwarts express for the very first time. There were many reason's I didn't want her to go, the first and foremost one being that I would miss my little girl, the second is the thought of all the mischief she'd get up to, the third being that she might get annoyed at herself that she didn't get the same high marks that both Rose and I had got when we were at Hogwarts, the fourth reason was the situation of housing. Alice had already asked Rose and me what houses we wanted her to be in and we had tactfully changed the subject each time. She already knew, being the bright young witch that she is, that our families had been enemies, she knew that my family had been in Slytherin for generations, she knew the Weasleys had been in Gryffindor for generations and Rose and I didn't want to pressure into choosing a house just because of us.
"Dad?" Alice asks me as we are just about to reach the divide between platforms 9 and 10.
"Yes sweetie."
"What house do you want me to be in?"
"Well it's up to you cupcake. I don't mind. You'd fit perfectly into every house. I honestly don't mind."
She smirked at me. It was scary how good she was at that. Mind you, she did have parents that were experts in the art of smirking, Rose and I had done it to each other quite a bit over the years. "Ok, so maybe I'm not being the most honest person. I don't want you to be in a house just because I want you too."
"Fine then. Well since all of your side of the family has been in Slytherin for centuries I bet you would like me to be in Slytherin." She was a smart kid.
"You'd probably be right but if you are in any other house I really don't mind." I assured her. I was lying somewhat, I really wanted her to be in Slytherin but I wasn't going to get angry if she wasn't, I'd support her. We made our way through the barrier and we were now standing on Platform 9 and ¾, I hadn't been here since the end of seventh year. This was the place that Rose and I had first seen each other. Not the most romantic setting I'll admit but it was special all the same.
"What about you mum?" Alice asked Rose.
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"Well. I don't mind either. You'd be a great Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and Slytherin." I told her.
"You guys are the worst at giving advice." Alice moaned. "And you obviously want me to be in Gryffindor since every single person on your side of the family has been for centuries."
"Maybe we are, but we are trying to save you from what our parents told us." My mind flicked back to September the 1st 19 years ago when my dad uttered the words: "If you're not in Gryffindor, we'll disinherit you, but no pressure." He had also said "So that's little Scorpius, make sure you beat him in every test Rosie." My personal favourite and least favourite in some ways was: "Don't get too friendly with him, though, Rosie. Granddad Weasley would never forgive you if you married a pure-blood." Not up to my usually standard, only 1 and 3/4 out of 3. I was most definitely in Gryffindor but I only bet Scorpius in MOST of the tests, I bet him overall in every single year so that was okay. As for not getting to close to him? Well it is easy to see that I failed that one, yeah married with 3 children is a bit closer than my dad had originally wanted.
"What did they say?" Alice asked interestedly.
"Well Granddad Weasley said 'If you're not in Gryffindor, we'll disinherit you." I told her.
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"Well my dad didn't really say anything." I admitted. "It was more expected."
"Well that's not very nice." Alice pouted.
"Yeah, and that's why we don't mind what house you are in as long as you're happy." Rose told her.
"Yeah, but you can't be in Gryffindor." I joked "They're the worst."
"Gryffindors are the worst huh?" Rose smirked. "I don't think that stopped a GRYFFINDOR beating you in basically everything."
"You guys are so funny." Alice smiled. "I'm so glad you're my parents."
"Thanks Alice, but you didn't really have- BRETT GET BACK HERE AND DO NOT TELL JENNY TO JUMP OFF THE PLATFORM!" Rose started telling Alice but got interrupted by Brett and Jenny who were playing by the edge of the platform. They came back really quickly.
"I think what your mum was trying to say is that you didn't really have choice which means you're stuck with us." I whispered to her as Rose started telling the younger kids off. "Hey look, it's Vincent and Al. Let's go talk to them." I distracted Rose.
"Okay." She said happily and we made our way over to the other side of the platform where Vincent Goyle was standing with Bella Montague (well now Bella Goyle) and where Al Potter was standing with Abbey Winters (now Abbey Potter).
"Hey guys." I said as we reached them.
"Hey Scorpo!" Vincent said, clapping me on the back. "And Rose of course. How have you guys been?"
"Since last week?" I laughed. "Just grand mate, just grand. And yourself?" Rose, Bella and Abbey had just started a different conversation but Al was still listening to mine and Vince's.
"Absolutely spiffing. And you Al?"
"Glorious! Positively glorious." Al grinned.
"Know what house your little ones will be in?" Vincent asked the two of us.
"Gryffindor of course, Lauren has talked about nothing else, much less nervous than I was." Al said. "But she is right of course because Gryffindor is so much better than Slytherin." He smirked.
"Sure sure." I joked. "Because we'd all rather be brave than have smarts."
"Well Max says he is most defiantly going to be a Slytherin." Vincent told us. "What about Alice? She's in a bit of a pickle isn't she? Generations of Slytherins on one side, generations of Gryffindors on the other."
"Yeah, Rose and I have told her it doesn't matter what house she's in." I told them.
"Good on you." Al and Vincent said at the same time.
"Yeah. But on a different note, did you see that Quidditch match, the Tornadoes vs. Puddlemere United!"
"Yeah! Puddlemere was robbed. They so should have won!" Vincent said sticking up for his favourite team.
"No they shouldn't." Al countered. "Chang's Wronkski Feint was brilliant!"
We continued talking about that for a few minutes before I felt a tug on my robes.
"Dad?" I heard Alice say for the second time that day. "What house did you want to be in when you were going to Hogwarts?"
"Well Alice. I had always wanted to be in Slytherin. I had for my whole life." I said as I turned to face her.
"That's what Mum said." She confessed. "Well she used Gryffindor instead of Slytherin." She smiled.
"I thought so." I smiled.
"What would have been your second choice? If you hadn't been in Slytherin I mean?" It was more of an interested question, not an interrogation. It felt as though she was asking because she wanted to know rather than she wanted to know so she could choose a house from the one I picked.
"Probably Ravenclaw." I admitted.
"That's what Mum said." She told me. "But I suppose it's up to me right!" she finished bravely.
"Of course it is! Don't let anyone tell you what house you should be in!"
"I won't!" she said determinedly and I knew that she was going to choose a house because she wanted to, not because we wanted her too. She was a stubborn Weasley/Malfoy through and through. "Well I have just seen George so I'm going to go say hi!" and with that she rushed off to go and find George Weasley, Hugo Weasley's oldest son.
"Did she ask you about the house's too?" a smirking voice said from behind me.
"Of course she did! What did you expect really?" I smiled.
"Nothing." Rose beamed back. "What did you tell her?" her face suddenly became stern. "Because if you told her that she had to be in Slytherin, so help me Scorpius Malfoy I will-"
"Gosh Rose, chill. I didn't say anything of the sort. I told her that it was up to her and I actually think she'll make the right choice."
"Unlike us you mean." She smiled again. "We were supposed to hate each other remember?"
I was about to reply when I heard someone cry out.
"Are you a Malfoy?" my head whipped around. I saw a guy that was clearly a Zabini and looked like about a second year. He was talking to Alice.
"And your point is?" Alice said cockily. "What's it to you anyway?" Man my daughter was the coolest.
"Well wasn't that just a Weasley you were talking too?" the Zabini guy asked.
"So what if he is? Is it against the law to talk to a Weasley or something? Look I'm sorry whatever your name is but you are SO not the boss of me."
"She has some spunk." I heard Al whisper from behind us and I knew he was watching Alice too.
"Of course she does." Abbey said. "She's Rose and Scorpius's daughter after all."
"Well in case you didn't know Malfoy, Weasleys and Malfoys just don't mix." Zabini told Alice.
To my, and pretty much everyone else who was watching the pair's, surprise Alice started laughing.
Through her laughs she managed to speak the words. "You.......can.......not.......be......serious." she continued laughing.
"I'm deadly serious Malfoy. Weasleys and Malfoys have been enemies for centuries, everyone knows that. You can't just come to Hogwarts not knowing, you'll be breaking generations of hatred."
"Well I'm sorry to disappoint you, whatever your last name is since you seem to be using mine, but I am positive that Weasleys and Malfoys do mix."
"How would you know? You're a stupid first year after all."
Alice stopped laughing. I moved forward to say something to this guy but Rose pulled me back "She's fine, she can look after herself."
"How would I know? How would I know?" she said, her voice getting louder and louder. "For your information however you are, my dad is a Malfoy. Which you already know I'm sure. And he was second in his year at Hogwarts so I think some of his genes have passed onto me-"
"You can't know that Malfoy and anyways that doesn't automatically make you smart. He wasn't even first anyway."
"Could you let me finish you jerk." She said and her ears suddenly went red. A Weasley sign.
Zabini was staring open mouthed at her ears because pretty much everyone in the wizarding world knew that red ears was a Weasley sign.
"As I was saying, secondly my mum was top of her year so that pretty much destroys your stupid comment. And thirdly my mum is Rose Weasley. Yeah, so don't even try and tell me that Weasleys and Malfoys don't mix because the proof is with my parents who have been together for 19 years and are perfectly happy. So just leave me alone you bloody know-it all and don't you dare call me stupid!" and she turned on her heel and stalked back to us.
"Bloody brilliant." Al said from behind us.
"If only she knew how to conjure birds. That would be the icing on the cake!" Vincent added.
"Bet she's a Slytherin." Rose said to me. "With those comments."
"Na uh, I bet she's a Gryffindor with that courage." I told her.
"Can't wait to get to Hogwarts." Alice said cheerfully as she reached us.
"I bet you can't." I smiled. "Good job back there Alice. That was so cool. OW!" I added the last bit as Rose slapped me across the arm.
"You will not tell our daughter that her fighting with that guy was 'cool' she'll start thinking it's okay." Rose scolded me.
"You can't say that after all the fights we were in." I pointed out.
"Hmph." She huffed.
"That's okay Mum." Alice reassured her. "I won't get into fights. I just did it because he was insulting my family and telling me I couldn't be friends with George."
"You are very loyal Al." Albus said.
"Thanks Al." Alice said to Albus. That had this running joke where they called each other Al because it was shortened versions of both their names. They thought they were being funny, most people just found it annoying. I couldn't say that though because it was my daughter.
"Thanks for saying those things though Alice." I said to my daughter as the whistle blew. "Weasleys and Malfoys just do mix and don't let anyone tell you not to be friends with anyone just because of their name."
"I won't Dad." She smiled. And she gave me a massive hug. "Bye. I love you."
"I love you too cupcake. We'll see you and Christmas." I smiled.
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"Bye bye darling." I said to my daughter before she hopped onto the train for the first time, her face was already shining with excitement. "I love you so much."
"I love you too Mum." She said and she gave me a humungous hug before she got onto the train with Lauren and Max.
The train door shut and Alice poked her head out the window so she could wave at us until the train disappeared. I looked at Scorpius, Scorpius Malfoy. Who would have guessed it 19 years ago that 19 years into the future I would be married and have 3 children with Scorpius Malfoy? If Dad had known he probably wouldn't have let me on the train. I smiled at the thought. I am so glad that no one did know because at Hogwarts, where my daughter was heading to now, I met a guy that I loved and hated with every fibre of my body at the same time. Yes, Hogwarts was truly magical.
As I watched Scorpius pick up Jenny so that she could see her sister as the train slowly started to move I realised how lucky I was. Meeting Scorpius was the best thing that had ever happened to me. It had certainly made 7 very interesting years at Hogwarts and the most perfect life afterwards. I knew I loved him with everything I had, and I knew he loved me back.
So as the Hogwarts express was picking up speed and I saw Brett running to keep up the train I thought about the words my dad had told me all those years ago. The words that had seemed so true at the time but turned out to be the opposite. All the right words were there but you just had to do some tweaking and the sentence could be easily changed.
Because.....
WEASLEYS AND MALFOYS JUST DOn't MIX!
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