Authors notes: I am back my lovely readers. And oh my so many lovely reviews
Meegles: I am gald you like the story. Please continue reading and reviewing
Dul'mephistos: thanks for catching the mistake. When I revise I will go through ti and take it out . thanks for it and mentioning one other error. I am going to have think how to correct it. Ah Lucius don't we all hate him lol. But we will be sing a lot more of him around
Luiz4200: Lucius is a cunning Slytherin and like every Slytherin he cant be trsuted (Evil laugh)
Sydney: I agree at least Samantha is with Scorp
Everything art: here is the next chapter . Also we will not talk about the cursed child. It is not part of the cannon for me. And I guess for you this will be AU if you take cursed child as part of the cannon (but I refuse to)
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Samantha awakened to find the soft glow of the early morning sun shining on the edge of her bed. She slowly sat up yawning and stretching noisily as she sat up on her mattress.
Her first full day at Hogwarts. A grin lit up the contours of her cheeks. Somehow, she just knew it would be a great day.
"Good morning!' cam a cheery voice from the bed next to hers. Samantha glanced to the left to see one of her roommates, Bindu Patel, changing into her school robes. The short, thin girl with curly, black hair bore a grin similar to her own.
Samantha was thrilled at the prospect of her first day at the school of witchcraft and wizardry as she climbed out of bed and pulled on her cloths. Linking her arms with Bindu the two of them raced down to the great hall, giggling and laughing the entire way down.
The Great Hall was busting with a variety of voices as the first day of school began. Samantha spotted her cousin Albus sitting with Scorpius Malfoy. Dragging Bindu by her hand Samantha strolled over to them and plopped down next to Scorpius. Bindu took a seat next to Albus, who was currently digging into his bacon.
"Albus, Scorpius, this is Bindu Patel." Samantha said, mentioning to her new friend, "Bindu, this is Albus Potter, my cousin. And Scorpius-"
"-Malfoy." Bindu finished, her voice taunt as she glared at Scorpius. The boy looked back, confusion painted across his face.
"Oh, do you know each other?" Samantha asked lightly, noticing the tension in the air. She exchanged glances with Albus, who merely shrugged.
"His grandfather tortured my mom in the war against Voldermort." Bindu answered coldly. Scorpius flinched.
Samantha looked in confusion towards Albus. Albus whispered back "The Malfoy's were part of Voldemort's supporters, and Scorpius Malfoy had tortured many people during the war."
Samantha looked shocked at hearing this and turned to Bindu putting a hand on her shoulder and saying "I'm so-"
"The Malfoy's are traitors and they deserve to rot in Azkaban-" Bindu spat, rage laced through her voice. Scorpius suddenly stood and stomped away from the table. Samantha watched in shock as he stormed through the door, heading to merlin knows where. She turned back to her friend.
"Was that necessary?" She asked. Bindu's eyes widened
"His family are murderers!" she exclaimed angrily.
"That doesn't mean he is!" Samantha retorted, feeling a bit sorry for Scorpius. Being compared to his family constantly couldn't be easy.
"Its in his blood." Bindu replied. "You'll see soon enough. Why the sorting hat placed him in Hufflepuff is beyond me." With that. Samantha's room mate dug into her omelet. Samantha thought over words. She had a point.
Taking a peek over her shoulder, she saw that Scorpius hadn't returned. Sighing inwardly, she wondered whether she should go after him or not. The chap was probably having a hard time fitting into his house. Biting her lip, Samantha decided to stick her her new friend.
They soon received their schedules for that semester and Samantha was disappointed to see that their first class was potions. She had never been the one for anything that involved strict instructions. The next class, however, was charms with professor Flitwick. That sounded more like her cup of tea.
Gathering her things, Samantha took off arm-in arm with her cousin and Bindu as they headed down to the dungeon for their first class at Hogwarts.
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Scorpius tried telling himself to clam down, but it was no use. He knew it would never end. People would always compare him to his father, to the Malfoy family. He would be eternally judged for the actions of others.
He breathed in and out heavily as he paced the length of the common room. The hufflepuff common room, decorated in yellow and black. Scorpius had thought so much of this room the night before, yet now he nearly resented it. He wondered if he would be experiencing this much judgment if he were in Slytherin. He doubted it.
Scorpius ran a hand through his silver hair hair, sighing deeply. His frist day at Hogwarts hadn't even started yet and he was already feeling completely overwhelmed.
The clock above the fireplace rang out eight times, telling Scorpius classes would be starting in fifteen minutes. Biting his lip, he grabbed his book bag from where he'd thrown it on the floor and walked out of the common room.
Scorpius started to race along the hallways until he found the stairwell leading down to the dungeons for potions. Professor Horace Slughorn had just started when Scorpius burst through the entrance.
"Ah, I knew we were missing someone." Professor Slughorn remarked as Scorpius felt all eyes turn towards him. "What's your name, youngster?"
"Malfoy, sir. Scorpius Malfoy." He answered quietly as he slid into the last remaining seat in between Lysander and Samantha.
"Malfoy, eh?" professor Slughorn replied, raising his eyebrows. "very well. Ive points from Slytherin for tardiness."
"It's Hufflepuff, sir." Scorpius corrected in a resigned voice. Slughorn's eyebrows raised even higher.
"Yes, that's right. Five points from Hufflepuff."
Scorpius felt an empty feeling in his chest as most of the hufflepuff turned and gave him angry glares for costing their house points. He knew the reasoning behind their anger. In their minds, he shouldn't even be in Hufflepuff.
Slumping down in his seat, Scorpius tried his best to listen as Professor Slughorn began explaining the boil-curse potion. He took careful notes with a fresh sheet of parchment and a new quill. When it came to assign partners for the year, Scorpius nervously waited while professor Slughorn paired the students.
"Samantha Dursley and Scorpius Malfoy." He said in passing. Scorpius flet a jolt of surprise. He looked right to see an equally flummoxed look on Samantha's face. Glancing past her. He saw the irritated expression on Bindu's face.
"Alright, get with your partner and get started on the boil cure potion." Professor Slughorn ordered, returning to his desk at the front of the musty dank room.
Scorpius scooted his chair closer to Samantha and the two decided to work with his cauldron today. He felt a flash of guilt, knowing she would probably rather be with someone else.
"So, we need to crush six snake fangs into a fine powder." Samantha said idly, reading off of her notes. She was avoiding his gaze and Scorpius knew it was most likely due to her friend's comments from earlier.
"Samantha?" he asked as she pulled out the ingredients and a mortar and pestle. The girl looked up, her eyes wide.
"Yes?" she answered, finally meeting his eyes."
"if you want another partner I can ask-"
"Its fine." Samantha hastily interrupted. "Really, its not a problem." She snuck a glance at Bindu who had gotten stuck with a Slytherin. "She has no right to blame you for what happened." Samantha gave him a tight smile, then resumed pulverizing the snake fangs Scorpius believed her, but still sensed some distrust coming from her. Understandable he supposed.
"What next?" he implored when the snake fangs were properly crushed.
"Add five measures to the cauldron, then heat to 205 degrees for ten seconds."
"I have four measures" Scorpius said reading his own nose. A crease formed in the center of Samantha brow as she looked over her shoulder at his notes.
"Well, we both have an equal chance of being right." She remarked her nose twitching as she considered the options. "Lets do it my way." Scorpius was sure he had been right but didn't wish to get into a row in the middle of class.
"Very well."
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Samantha was certain she was right as she poured five measures of crushed snake fangs into her cauldron. Her silver-haired partner promptly turned the heat up to the proper temperature and Samantha waved her wand over the bubbling goo after ten seconds.
"Now we wait?" Samantha said, leaning back on her chair. Scorpius settled down in his own seat and Samantha watched as he glanced around at everyone else. His intelligent eyes roved over the room, taking everything in .
Samantha still wasn't sure whether she should pursue a friendship with him or not. He seemed alright, despite Bindu (and almost everyone else's) allusion regarding his family. Samantha didn't want to have to choose between her or Scorpius.
Her thoughts were dragged back to the present by professor slughorn as he began another lecture on the potion they were currently brewing while they waited. Samantha focused her attention on the professor, scribbling notes at a furious speed into her parchment.
Professor slughorn finished his lecture at exactly the same time they were supposed to continue with their potion. Samantha and Scorpius completed the next series of instructions while Slughorn wandered in between the student, inspecting their work carefully. When he came to them, he raised his eyebrows. But continued on without a word.
Scorpius had just finished waving his wand over the cauldron to finish the potion when a strange whistling sound came from inside. Peering over the edge. Samantha stared down curiously into the deep purple mixture.
"I don't think its supposed to be purple" Scorpius said dryly. Samantha pursed her lips as she glanced over her notes once again.
"No, its supposed to be giving off a pink smoke." She agreed.
"well, its not giving off any smoke now." Scorpius replied. Samantha glared at him.
"Yes, I can see that." She turned to slughorn, who was rows away inspecting the work of Albus and Jacob Hamilton. "Professor Slughorn!" she exclaimed raising her hand in the air."
"Yes, Miss. Dursley?" The professor answered, quickly striding over to them.
"We messed it up." Samantha admitted, her face reddening from embarrassment.
"Ah I see that." Slughorn replied, peering into the cauldron and frowning to himself. He rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "I've never seen it quite that shade of purple before-"
Before professor slughorn could continue, the whistling suddenly increased to a feverish pitch. The thick liquid inside the cauldron bubbled even louder, then abruptly exploded sending chunks of purple goo flying everywhere.
A few drops landed on the floor, some simply plopped back down into the cauldron. Most of it, however, went directly into professor Slughorns face. His entire head was dripping from the goo, his hair decorated with purple streaks. Samantha gaped in shock, too horrified to even speak. Scorpius bore a similar expression.
Professor Slughorn didn't say anything at first. He merely gazed between the two of them in a border lined disgust and amusement.
"five points from Hufflepuff." He said simply, then turned and walked back to the front of the room. Spinning around to face the crowd of silent shocked student. He cleared his throat, "let this be a lesson to us all….on how not to make the boil cure potion."
A few titters sounded form around the class, but they were quickly silenced by a glare from Slughorn.
"Class dismissed." He said, waving his hand nonchalantly at the students.
Samantha grabbed her books and bolted as quickly as she could out of the dungeons, Scorpius right behind her. As soon as they reached the hallway, they both leaned against the wall and burst out laughing. Then they headed off to charms, chuckling quietly the entire way there. In that moment, Samantha had thought.
Perhaps Potions wouldn't be so bad after all.
