CHAPTER 3

THE SORTING.

The moment James and Jane sat down all the third year fourth year and some fifth year boys James. Jane received scowls throughout the girls.

"It's ridiculous all the girls that are glaring at me now. Some are even dating people themselves." Jane whispered to James who laughed loudly then whispered to her,"Awee is someone getting jealous?"

"No I just feel like I'm in a buffet and your like the Ice-cream and I'm the brocoli." She whispered back.

"I happen to like brocoli!" He chuckled out.

"Are you saying I really am the brocoli?"

"No well, Yes in a way, you're a vegetable that most people pretend they don't like but really every person really likes it and the people who don't have never tried it and the ones who hate it only hate it because they'd rather be fat and skip it, but I have no problem admitting I am completely infatuated with it." he said smiling at her.

"I didn't realise how much you liked brocoli I'll make sure to get you some for Christmas." she teased him

"I am looking forward to it."he replied

She was ready to reply and then the hall was distracted once more by the old women who was the headmistress McGonagall announcing the first years.

He decided to play with his food since he really wasn't that hungry, when he heard a name that made him regain interest in the sorting,"Malfoy, Scorpius." not too long after the hat called out,"GRYFFINDOR." in shock James let out a gasp as did the rest of the great hall.

"Why is everyone so well, shocked?"Jane(muggle-born) whispered to James.

"You know Draco Malfoy in the history books? The 16-year-old death-eater who hated my entire family?" he said. She nodded and he added,"That's his son and he is in our house. Their has never been a malfoy that wasn't a slytherin.

He began to shoot evil glares toward Scorpius .James soon lost interest at glaring at the first years and started tracing the curves of the table with his fingertips.

James didn't pay much attention until he heard,"Weasley, Rose" then shortly after heard the old tattered hat shout,"GRYFFINDOR!"

James cheered and shouted along with the last table. He glanced over to albus and mouthed, 'You might be a slytherin' albus shook his head in refusal closed his eyes and gulped nervously. Seeing his brother so scared made him laugh and Jane hit his arm saying,"Dont be so mean to him!"

They watched the other students and James became bored and decided to play with Janes hair. After what seemed like hours to James , Jane poked him and said,"Pay attention your brother's next." He glanced up and his brother who was biting his lip nervously his green eyes wide with anxiety.

"Potter, Albus" called the headmistress.

The boy walked his hands trembling the hat was placed on his head and he thought,'Not slytherin. Not slytherin. Please not slytherin.'

'I remember your father saying those words as well. He would have done well in slytherin very well, but you are not your father now are you despite your looks ah but what is this? A fear of your brother? You want a chance to be in the spotlight? you want the credit that he always gets? You want the limelight? Shy ,little, scared albus, You given your brother many ideas haven't you? I can see everything. You are consumed with greed, you are sly. You pull a prank and your brother gets in trouble, but now he has taken all the credit leaving you to be believed as innocent now. You even fooled your dad and mum. You want your turn, but you know Gryffindor won't give you that when he is there?'

' I never said... No I don't want to be a slytherin. I want to be a gryffindor, but he will make fun of me. Tease me now that he even got the girl! I don't want to be bad. I want my chance to prove I AM BETTER THAN HIM! I always have been, but he takes it all the credit everything!' Albus thought

'Those thoughts are ones of a slytherin'

'But my dad said you take into consideration what I want!'

'Ah yes. I do. But your thoughts are so powerful. Not all Slytherins are bad.. Hmm This shall be tough. Slytherin...Gryffindor...Hmm... Ah yes there is only one true place for you'

Before albus could argue at all the hat shouted,"SLYTHERIN!"

"No I asked you not to put me there my dad said..." albus stopped and realised he was now speaking aloud the great hall gasped once more. They had a Malfoy in Gryffindor and a Potter in Slytherin. To make it worse Albus didn't even have Rose to help him Through the year. This is going to be bad.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~In Gryffindor tower~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"WHAT? This is... I never thought he would really be in Slytherin I was just teasing him. I can't believe..." James was shouting to Jane, Fred, May, Maxine, Rose, Ryan, and Gordon. They were all sitting around the fire while a lonely and scared Scorpius was watching closely from a corner of the room next to a bookshelf.

"Hands off her! Gordon, we all know now!" He shot a glare at Gordon who was sitting a little too close to May. Gordon turned bright red and slid off the couch and onto the floor next to Ryan.

Jane decided to speak up,"Now James! I get your upset, but there must have been a reason he was put in 's not your fault you didn't put him there! So stop yelling and snapping at people when someone blinks and congratulate your cousin and her fellow first years into making Gryffindor!" She stormed away and walked to Rose and said,"Hi I am..."

"Jane Edwards...James talks about you all the time. I'm so happy you finally agreed to go out with him now when someone asks him about Hogwarts it will always end with the sad tale of Jane's multiple rejections..." She finished it with a small giggle. She hoped this would make Jane smile and forget she was in the middle of an argument with James.

Her plan Failed Jane just smiled slightly and turned toward the only other first year in the room.

"Scorpius Malfoy! I would like to congradulate you on being sorted into our house and..."

He cut her off and said,"Oh you must be a muggle-born. Most people of the wizarding community despise me..."

"Oh, uh, yes I am muggle-born indeed..."

"I see...and over there. That girl is Rose weasley and those are her cousins?"

"yeah what about..."

He stood up quickly and said,"She's not a...Never mind thank you." then he retreated to the boys dorm with such stealth that an image of a snake popped into Jane's head.

HOW WAS IT? GOOD? SORRY I HAVE PLANS FOR ALBUS AND SCORPIUS THATS WHAT THE WHOLE THING WAS ABOUT AND I HONESTLY DO THINK THAT SCORPIUS WOULD BE DIFFERENT THEN HIS FATHER. I THINK DRACO CHANGED SOMEWHAT AFTER THE WAR AND EVERYTHING I HONESTLY DO! I THINK THAT ALBUS WOULD HAVE SOME SLIGHT RESENTMENT TOWARDS HIS BROTHER KINDA LIKE HOW RON DID TO HIS OLDER BROTHERS ONLY A LITTLE MORE INTENSE THEN THAT... PLEASE REVIEW SORRY IT TOOK SO LONG TO UPDAT. REVIEW! REVIEW