Written for The Next Gen Competition! (Always Open).

Scor felt his heart grow cold as he looked at the Charms essay he had just been handed back. A huge 'T' was written across it, and Scor wondered why he was still being punished for what his family had done in the past.

Never mind the fact that his Charms professor was Adrian Pucey, former Slytherin and current Head of House. Actually, mind the fact. He must clearly be upset that Scor had been Sorted into Gryffindor!

Though he had given Scor ten points when finally managed to do the Accio spell correctly.

Professor Pucey was obviously an enigma wrapped inside a riddle wrapped inside a mystery.

Scor was almost positive that was how the saying went.

Scor could hear Al's sucked in breath as he saw his essay. "I'm sorry, mate. At least it's not as bad as it could have been?" He made it sound like a question.

"It's a Troll," Scorpius said.

". . . It could have been very close to a Dreadul?"

"Al?"

"Yeah?"

"Please shut up." Al, aside from Ash, was Scor's best friend in the world, but he should really stop trying to be helpful.

He wasn't very good at it.

"Are you okay?" he heard a voice say next to him. A voice that sounded a lot like Lily's.

Scor looked up into her dark blue eyes. The first Weasley or Potter in generations to be Sorted into Slytherin for generations, though both Rose and Roxanne had each gotten Sorted into another House, Rose in Hufflepuff and Roxanne in Ravenclaw, Lily Potter was not one to do the expected.

Scor thought she was one of the people in the world that seemed to understand him, mainly because of how they both knew what it was like for your family to be one thing, and then you be the complete opposite.

Scor and Lily had both been the fastest Sorting's in their respectfully.

They didn't even have a chance to ask.

"Yeah," he said miserably. "My life is just over."

Lily frowned. "It's not like one bad grade is going to get you kicked off the Quidditch team, so you don't have to worry about Molly."

The current Gryffindor Quidditch team consisted of the Keeper and Captain Molly, Scor and Al as Beaters, Ash was the Seeker, and Alexa Wood, Natasha Longbottom, and Kiernan Finnigan were the Chasers. Fred and Louis made sure to provide the commentary.

Lily was like her father in one way however. She was the first person to get onto a Quidditch team in their first year since him.

Molly, who had been looking forward to getting Lily on her team after the former Captain and Seeker Jordan Grace graduated last year, had been the one to take her Sorting the hardest. Ash was good, but Lily was the best.

Scor sighed. "Yeah, but I'm a third year! I shouldn't be having this much trouble in Charms!"

Lily laughed. "I can help you."

"You can?" Scor said, looking at Lily critically. She was smart, but this was third year.

"I've been reading all the old family textbooks this past year, since I was the only one left, and I was young enough where the Ministry would excuse underage magic, so I was able to practice a lot."

"Nerd," Al coughed behind him.

"Shut up!" they both told him, before turning back to their conversation.

"Come on, Scor!" Lily said brightly. "At the very least, how could it hurt?"

She had a very good point. "How about we meet in the Room of Requirement tonight?" he asked.

Lily grinned. "That's perfect."

When I got Scorpius, I had to feature Lily. And though she doesn't appear, Ash is Ashlynn Thomas, daughter of Dean and Lavender.