Chapter 2: The Sorting Hat (again)

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A boy with light blond hair, silver eyes, and tan skin came up to the Compartment and asked "Can I sit here?" I realized that it was Scorpius Malfoy, the boy that we saw at the platform.  I had heard some pretty scary stories about his dad.

"Yea, of course!" Rose said moving to my seat to sit next to me.  Scorpius sat down across from us. 

"Hi.  I'm Scorpius Malfoy." he said reaching out his hand.

"Hello, I'm Rose Weasley. This is my cousin, Albus Potter." Rose said, reaching out her hand.

"Oh, I've heard of your dads." Scorpius said, coldly.

"Yea, we've heard of your dad too.  You've probably heard of our mums too." said Rose.

"Who are they?"

"My dad is Ron Weasley, and my mom is Hermione Weasley.  You probably know her as Hermione Granger." Rose said.

Scorpius nodded and turned towards me. "Oh uh, my dad is Harry Potter and my mom is Ginny Potter.  You might have heard of her, Ginny Weasley?"

"Yea I have heard about all of the Weasleys.  But mostly about your dad, Harry Potter."  Scorpius said looking away.

"So, um.  What House do you think you will be put into, Scorpius?" Rose said, obviously trying to change the subject.

"Slytherin." he simply answered.

"Why is that?" I asked, bewildered.

"Because both of my parents were put in that House, and because my dad says that is the best."

"Oh." we both said.

"Yea. Um what about you?" Scorpius asked.

"Gryffindor." we both answered.

"Let me guess, parents were put in that House, Slytherin is for the evil ones?"  Scorpius said.

We both nodded, blushing a little.  Just then, the candy cart stopped at our door.

"Anything from the trolley, dears?"  asked a really old looking woman.

"Not for me." Scorpius said. "My dad said that I'm not allowed to have candy because it is for joyful people, and I can't be joyful because of what he has gone through."

Me and Rose stared at him, cocking our heads to the side.  Scorpius's face turned bright red.

"Um, ok.  What about for you dears?" asked the lady.

"Yes, please!" said Rose. "We'll take two of everything that's on there!" 

Me and Rose gave all of our money to the lady and filled our seats up with candy.  Scorpius stared at it amazed.

"My mom is a very accomplished person." Rose explained.

"What about your dad?" asked Scorpius.

"Oh he doesn't get payed much, he has a very low spot in the Ministry of Magic."  Rose handed him some of her Every Flavor Beans.

"No thank you." said Scorpius.

"Come on. Just eat it!  Do you really want to end up like your dad?  Pale as a ghost?" said Rose staring into his eyes.

Scorpius stared back into hers and took the beans. He put one into his mouth and gagged.

"Ew! What is that?" he asked.

"Oh you must have gotten one of the bad flavors.  See when they say Every Flavor Beans, they literally mean every flavor." Rose explained.

"Yuck!"

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