Scorpius waved to Teddy and the other Hufflepuffs before following Hagrid to the boats for the first years journey to the castle.

They rode across the pond with an air of awed silence before breaking off into excited squeals.

Inside the castle Scorpius was awestruck. He knew that Hogwarts was beautiful he had seen it in books on in the papers. He had even read Hogwarts: A History but nothing could have prepared him for actually being in the building itself. He looked up as a woman stood before them and gave a welcome speech, but his attention went towards the moving staircases once she headed in a different direction.

He walked in the direction of the first staircase as if in a trance when there was a hand gripping his shoulder.

"We're not supposed to go anywhere until the Headmistress comes back." The girl who spoke was almost as tall as he was. She had light brown almost caramel skin with a few freckles sprinkled across her face and she kept her wild red mane in a ponytail only leaving a few curling bits to frame her face. Scorpius blushed.

"I wasn't trying to leave, it's just I have an attention issue and the staircases move! I thought I saw someone up there- I mean, I probably did because there are moving portraits and ghosts all around. Did you know that-"

"You talk a lot when you're nervous, Malfoy," she responded before turning around. He furrowed his brows. He did not! He talked a lot all the time. Who was she to know how much he talked anyway? He just thought he'd share what he learned. He liked learning. And another thing, how'd she even know his name? He opened his mouth to ask when a huge door opened and the woman he assumed to be the Headmistress came out.

"Is everyone ready to be sorted? Of course you are. Follow me." She smiled lovingly at all the students before she turned and led the group of first years through the middle of the Great Hall. "Sheryl Ashbury?" Called the headmistress as the sorting began. A girl who looked as though she were drowning in her robes with a small button nose and huge brown eyes sat on the stool apprehensively as the hat was eased onto her head.

"SLYTHERIN!" The hat called and she smiled brighter than Scorpius would have thought possible for her tiny face before running over to the table on one side of the room almost tripping over her huge robes.

There were smiles and gasps and talking all around them as more students names were called and they were sent to their tables.

"Rose Granger-Weasley?" The girl from before pushed her way to the front and Scorpius' mouth dropped. That was Rosey? He hadn't seen her since he was- well he wasn't sure. He hadn't really seen anyone but his tutors. He never did end up going to Dumbledore Primary Wizards Academy, his father just finished homeschooling him after the incident. And that was the end of that. Rose had her eyes shut tight, but the grin on her face showed her eagerness.

"GRYFFINDOR!" She smirked as the hat came off her head and she skipped down to join her cousins at the lion table.

Once she was seated his eyes floated above her head towards the ceiling and its ever changing constellations, before he found the one he was named for and smiled. Someone pushed him and he looked over surprised.

"It's your turn, Malfoy," they whispered pushing him forward. He tried to see who it was that pushed him but there were too many unknown faces. So he turned and rushed to take his seat on the stool before giving everyone a shy smile and look at the aged woman in front of him.

"Sorry, Headmistress. The ceiling- the constellations- they're very nice." He pointed to one in particular. "That's the one I was named after."

"It's alright, Mr. Malfoy." She placed the hat on his head and once it screamed a house it was like the room held it's breath.

"RAVENCLAW!" He looked around at the surprised faces.

"Did I do something wrong?" He asked looking back up towards the woman who was speechless. "Sorry, headmistress." He stood once she removed the hat and walked sulkily towards the table covered in blue and bronze adornments.

There was random burst of laughter and the blonde looked up to see Harry Potter sitting at the teacher's table. His papa couldn't stop laughing and it just so happened to break the silence in the room causing everything to continue without a hitch. He smiled at Harry who took no time smiling back and sending him a thumbs up.

A boy across from him nudged his toe. He had black hair that fell- well everywhere- but piercing blue eyes and Scorpius couldn't help but stare.

"Well, go on, tell us how you did that then," He looked at Scorpius expectantly.

"Did what exactly?"

"You're a Malfoy right?" The boy asked.

"Yeah, what does-"

"There hasn't been a Malfoy outside of Slytherin, like ever!" squealed a girl next to him. "Everyone knows that!" She nodded across the table. "That's my brother Nick. I'm Natalie. We're Second years. It's nice to meet you, Scorpius." She smiled.

"I think you talk as much as I do," observed Scorpius. "Do people ever tell you to shut up? They tell me pretty often, but I never seem to notice. My father says I should probably stop rambling so much, but my Papa used to say I should 'embrace who I am' or something like that." He looked determinedly at Natalie. "I can never remember. Which is odd, because I have a great memory."

"You do talk a lot," Natalie nodded. "I like you." She smiled at him holding her hand out. "I can tell we're going to be great friends. Right, Nick?" Nick who had started reading something that was laid on the table looked up and gave Scorpius a half smile that he decided melted his heart on the spot.

"Sure, great friends." He looked back down at his book as Scorpius blushed.

"Is it okay if we call you Scorp or something," asked Natalie using a pencil to pin up her own dark hair.

"That's what my friends do."

"See, now we're officially friends."

They grew quiet as the final names were called, because everyone was ready for the feast.

"Jaden Pace?" Scorpius glanced away from watching the ghosts fly in and out of the tables and looked up on the stage to see a boy obviously his age with a goofy grin as he sat on the stage waiting for the sorting hat to be placed on his head.

"SLYTHERIN!" The hat called before it was removed and the boy looked more than a little happy.

"Ah man! I told my mum I wasn't gonna be in Hufflepuff like her! I'm my own man!" He jumped down and danced his way over the the Slytherin table while Scorpius laughed.

The rest of the night went by pretty quickly. After the welcome speech the feast was served and he ate with more fervor than he thought possible for himself, although he did try to keep his Malfoy manners. Once he was showed the common room then his dorm he sat at his desk and began drafting a letter to his father.

Dear Father,

I don't know if you ever got the chance to run into him, but I saw Papa-

He scratched it out and tried again for his father's sake.

I saw Mr. Potter when I was getting on the Hogwarts Express. He looked very happy to see me and I'm sure he would be happy to see you as well. Teddy says that he makes a great teacher and he even learned to cook a little bit. I've already made a few friends with some of the second years from my house. Speaking of, I got sorted into Ravenclaw! Can you believe it? Almost nobody else could. They said that a Malfoy had never been placed out of Slytherin. I hope it's okay that I did. I'm very excited about it. They have huge bookshelves in the common room and I think a few of them are on languages! Please write back soon. Love You.

- S.H Malfoy

P.S Mr. Potter was very proud that I got into the house I wanted.

He folded the parchment but stuffed it haphazardly into an envelope before sealing it and sending it to his father with his small, speckled, tawny owl. Once the letter was off he closed the window and prepared for bed. He laid down on his four poster after closing his curtains manually. He would properly meet his dorm mates in the morning when they all got their schedules. He nodded to himself.

The last thought that crossed his mind was how happy he was for everything to be working itself out then he was drifting into sleep.

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hey futher muckers

so my birthday was wednesday!
i am now an adult

guess who's psyched

ME

oh yeah also just a lil note

i do lean more towards Black Hermione canonically which is why Rose is light skin (shes mixed)

these were my biggest inspirations for how Rose looked
cause i just think it works well...

PERFECTLY

anyway i hope you guys enjoyed this chapter

love you all

-- angel janeé xoxo 💋