Chapter 2- Surprise and Confusion part 1
Al's POV
It was the 1st September 2017 and Al didn't really know what he should feel.
Sure was very excited (why wouldn't he be?) he was going to Hogwarts after all, but at the same time he felt this damn dread.
What if James was right and Al would be in Slytherin?
Sure the Weasley's had branched out in the past years. There were for example his god-brother Teddy and his cousin Molly in Hufflepuff or his other cousin Victoire who had become the first Weasley Ravenclaw in ages, but there still hadn't been one Slytherin yet.
Yes his father had said that it wouldn't matter in which house he came but he nevertheless thought that would matter at least to half his family, especially to his uncle Ron.
His thoughts came to a sudden hold as he saw a compartment that was as good as empty.
He turned around to Rose to tell her that he found a compartment but she already showed him that she understood.
The two of them had become extremely close in the past years, so they were able to communicate with one look at each other and had even started finishing each other's sentences. Their family had started to jokingly call them twins.
Taking together all of the Gryffindor spirit that had to have inherited somewhere along the way and he opened the compartment door.
"Hi, I'm Albus", "but call him Al", "and this is my cousin Rose","Would it be okay for us to stay in here."
It wasn't until then that the boy sitting there looked up.
He had platinum blond hair, skin that seemed almost white and eyes in such a light grey blue color that they seemed almost silver with a black circle around the irises.
Al had to keep himself from gasping. The boy in front of him seem even … smaller… than himself. It wasn't as if he could see how tall the boy was but his unfortunate light coloring and thinness made him look like a paper that could be blown away by the next bout of wind.
Just as he finished his inspection of the guy when he heard Rose gasp for real.
Rose POV
Rose gasped as she recognize the boy in the compartment. It was the guy her father had pointed out at the train station.
"You are the Malfoy kid aren't you?" she just had to ask, she had to make sure.
The kid, now known as 'Malfoy', nodded.
Rose didn't really know what she should do. She looked at her cousin.
Albus usually was the one of them who thought more logically, although she had inherited her mother's brain, she mostly did what her heart told her to do.
Looking into Al's eyes she saw interest and sympathy, but, although she was fairly sure he had heard what her dad had said she couldn't see the least bit will to leave, so once again she decided to follow her heart.
"Well it is nice to meet you."
Now fully stepping into the compartment she smiled at him.
At that the boy looked up, surprise showing in his eyes. He clearly didn't expect them to stay after learning who he was.
Rose didn't want the silence in the compartment to get awkward so she continued.
"Since you didn't say anything I guess it is okay for us to stay here."
Malfoy, probably still not trusting his voice, once again nodded in response.
While Rose tried to get Malfoy to talk Al had stored away their trunks and fell into one of the seats and Rose set down next to him.
The two of them sat opposite to the blond boy who finally seemed to realize that they wouldn't leave.
Still a little shy but with more and more enthusiasm Malfoy spoke up
"You really won't leave although I am who I am?"
Rose had to hold back a laugh. She suddenly had the picture of a little dog on her mind.
Before she could say something Al said
"Of course we aren't leaving, I don't know Rose' opinion but I don't care who your family is. As far as I see it in the end you are your own person and from what I've seen so far not a bad one. I'm really different from the rest of my family so why shouldn't you.
Rose looked at him.
Usually Albus wasn't talkative with anyone but her. But while Al behave fairly out of character she still nodded approving.
A big smile spread over the young Malfoy boys' face, and it wasn't the famous Malfoy smirk, but an honest to god smile that seemed to lighten up the room.
Rose wondered if this boy had ever received so much as a nice word from someone other than his family.
Probably not seeing as the people in the wizarding world always had some kind of bias about others and being a Malfoy wasn't exactly a badge of honor now a days.
In that moment then and there Rose vowed to herself that she would be friends with him. No matter in which house they'd be sorted. She'd be there for this boy who had been judged his whole life by prejudice, just like her and Al.
One look at her cousin told her that he had made a similar decision.
"Well seeing as we all are first years…"