Scorpius Malfoy (PJO/HP NEXT GEN STORY)

Chapter 3

Scorpius Malfoy and Albus Potter walked into the great hall with the rest of the Hogwarts students the only difference was they did not have blue hair. Scorpius and Albus made their way over to the Slytherin table carefully watching Headmistress McGonagall's face as they went. She watched the entire green student body with utter resignation. The two boys snickered and took their seats next to the other Slytherin Fifth years. Albus craned his neck to get one more look at his blue haired sparkly green friends, Rose sat at the Ravenclaw table her arms folded and her face stormy, Dom and Sam sat at the Hufflepuff table in deep conversation, they seemed to had gotten over the fact that their hair was now blue. Alice sat at the Gryffindor table arm wrestling a much larger boy. She still furiously sucked at her lolly pop as if determined to be the last one left with normal hair.

Typical Gryffindor, Albus thought. Usually Albus didn't like Gryffindor's, he thought that they were arrogant and self-centred. His brother James had been and example of that. James did love his brother but he did think that he was very insufferable at times. Alice however was different, she wasn't a show off, her bravery was much like her Fathers. Albus' Dad had told him a lot of stories about Neville Longbottom, how he went from loser to the leader of Dumblore's army, the professor who fought and killed the Horcrux, Nagini. In this respect Albus thought that Alice was very much her father's daughter, and he loved it.

"Here they come" Scorpius said as he watched the first years enter the hall. They two had not been spare from Albus and Scorpius' antics in fact one greedy first year had taken two lollies and now he had blue skin. The two boys craned their necks looking for their younger sisters. Lilly Luna Potter and Cassiopeia Malfoy would be starting their first years at Hogwarts this year and sure enough both girls stood at the front of the group. Albus felt a small pain of regret when he saw that his sisters usual red hair was now a bright blue. He knew how nervous she had been about her sorting, and he doubted having blue hair would add to her confidence.

"But if I'm not in Gryffindor? no I have to be. Mum and Dad were, so, so shall I" She had said to him that very morning.

"That's not always true" Albus had told her "Both of Sam's Dads were in Gryffindor and he's a Hufflepuff"

Lily let out a cry of despair "I'm going to be a Hufflepuff"

"There's nothing wrong with being a Hufflepuff" Albus chided her, feeling the need to defend his friend's house.

"Of course not" Lily said quickly "It's just I want to be like James, he was a Gryffindor"

"What about Slytherin?" Albus asked cautiously.

"I don't think green suits me" She replied mildly.

Albus smiled as he remembered the conversation.

"Potter, Lily" McGonagall called. The hall fell silent as it usually did when a Potter was called. Everyone watched Lily in anticipations, wondering where the next Potter would be sorted. Albus knew she would be heading straight to Gryffindor, she was just so much like their Mum but Albus secretly hoped that she would be sorted with him in Slytherin, he loved being in Slytherin but he hated being the odd one out in his family of Gryffindor's.

Albus watched as the hat was placed on her head. Lily sat on the stool uncomfortably, she clearly didn't like all the attention.

"Gryffindor!" the hat shouted and the Gryffindor table exploded with applause. Lily jumped happily off her stool and skipped over to her new house. Albus clapped loudly but he had a small sinking feeling in his stomach.

"Malfoy, Cassiopeia" McGonagall called next. Albus watched as his best friends little sister walked gracefully up the steps and sat on the stool. The sorting hat had barely touched her head when it shouted out her house.