Cursed Child Rewrite

In The Great Hall

Soon, the first years have arrived at the station and they went to Hogwarts by rowing boats. The older students went to Hogwarts by carriages pulled by Thestrals.

The first year students were both excited and nervous. They were greeted at the entrance by Professor McGonagall.

"Greetings, first years. I am your headmistress, Professor McGonagall. In a few minutes, you will be sorted into your houses. The houses are Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. Your triumphs will earn you house points, while any rule breaking will cost you house points. At the end of the school year, the house with the most points will receive the house cup, a great honour. I hope that you will be a credit to whatever house you are in."

"I bet that I will be in Slytherin," said Scorpius. "My parents were both in Slytherin."

"I hope that I will be in Gryffindor," said Rose. "My parents were in there too."

"I don't think it matters," said Albus. "My Dad said that the sorting hat will take your choice into account."

Soon, the students were led into the Great Hall. Ewan gasped at the ceiling.

Rose noticed his surprised expression and said, "It's enchanted to look like the night sky."

"Look, there's my Dad," Marigold told Ewan. She pointed to the staff table, where a slightly plump man with blond hair (in case you're confused, apparently Neville is blond in the books) was waving at her.

After the Sorting Hat sang its song for the first years, Professor McGonagall called out the first years' names for them to be sorted.

"Jennifer Bates!"

Jennifer, a short girl with curly dark hair, sat on a stool and the hat was placed on her head.

"Ravenclaw!"

The students clapped as she went to join the Ravenclaw table.

"Ivan Campbell!"

"Gryffindor!"

"Kitty Dalton!"

"Hufflepuff!"

"Michael Fern!"

"Slytherin!"

"Rose Granger-Weasley!"

Rose went to sit down on the stool, her customary Weasley red hair flapping behind her.

After a few seconds, the Sorting Hat yelled, "Gryffindor!"

Rose beamed as she joined the other Gryffindors, which included James and some other Weasley cousins, including Fred, Roxanne, Lucy, and Molly.

"Ewan Heather!"

Ewan gasped, his face turning a pale shade of green. He went to sit on the stool, looking terrified.

After almost a minute, the Sorting Hat yelled, "Hufflepuff!"

Ewan breathed a deep sigh of relief and went to sit at the Hufflepuff table.

Jerome Hoffer became a Gryffindor as well, and there were identical triplets, Jessica, Lauren and Isabelle Lacey. Jessica became a Hufflepuff, Lauren a Slytherin and Isabelle a Ravenclaw.

"Marigold Longbottom!"

Marigold sat on the stool and the hat was put on her head.

"Ravenclaw!"

Marigold gave a big smile as she sat at the Ravenclaw table.

"Scorpius Malfoy!"

Scorpius walked up to the stool much more humbly than his father had done years earlier.

"Slytherin!"

Scorpius nodded a little and he went to the Slytherin table.

Casey Nott, Theodore Nott's daughter, became a Slytherin as well. Then Leonardo Owen became a Gryffindor.

"Albus Potter!"

Albus was visibly terrified as he sat down on the stool. He wondered where he would end up in.

"Slytherin!"

The students looked at him in surprise, but Albus was secretly thankful that he would at least be with Scorpius. He sat down next to him.

"Lorcan Scamander!"

"Hufflepuff!"

Finally, Bethany Vale was sorted into Gryffindor, and the feast had begun.

Rose felt kind of lonely at the Gryffindor table. Her older cousins didn't take much notice of her, being too busy chatting with their friends. The other Gryffindors didn't take any notice of her either.

Meanwhile, Albus and Scorpius were happily chatting with each other. Albus told Scorpius about James and Lily, which confused Scorpius a little as Albus' siblings were named after Harry's parents.

At the Ravenclaw table, Marigold made friends with Jennifer Bates, who was a Half-blood like her.

"My mother is a witch," she said. "She told my Dad during their honeymoon. Dad was very shocked, but he was fascinated by her stories."

"My Mum is a Muggle-born witch," said Marigold. "She gave me a Muggle education. Good thing she did. One of my classmates became a wizard."

Ewan was terrified and was too nervous to make eye contact with his housemates, but they were very kind and put him at ease.

"There you are Draco," Scorpius heard a voice from behind him. He gasped as he saw the ghost of a girl wearing glasses appeared. Scorpius gave a yelp and spilled his mashed potatoes down his front.

Albus gasped. "You're Moaning Myrtle."

Moaning Myrtle looked offended. "I'm not moaning, now, am I?"

"Sorry, I mean Myrtle," said Albus.

"I'm not Draco," said Scorpius. "I am his son, Scorpius."

"I thought that you looked younger," said Moaning Myrtle. "Well, at least there is a Malfoy here."

Rose looked at the Slytherin table, wishing to join Albus. She couldn't wait for the feast to be over.