The Cursed Child remimagined

Chapter 3

Remus and Rose walked along the train, both very excited about the adventures that lay ahead of them. The saw the trolley witch coming towards them, "Anything from the trolley dears?" She said. Remus looked longingly at the chocolate frogs on display; they rarely had sugar in the house, because Ginny had to eat healthily as a Quidditch player. "Come on Remus," Rose said impatiently, "We need to concentrate." "Concentrate on what?" Remus asked confused. "On who we're friends with silly. My parents and you dad met each other on this train in first year." Rose told him. "Picking your friends for life already, that's kind of scary." Remus said nervously. "On the contrary, it's exciting. I'm a Granger-Weasley, you're a Potter everyone will want to be friends with us. We can pick whoever we want." Rose replied confidently. Remus looked around at all the different compartment doors. "So how do we decide you know, which compartment to go in?" He asked. "We rate them all and then make a decision." Rose responded.

Remus picked a compartment door at random, he pushed it open. There was only one person in the compartment, and he was the most beautiful boy Remus had ever seen. Remus smiled at him shyly, and the boy smiled back. "Hi. Is this compartment..." Remus trailed off. "It's free. It's just me." The mystery boy replied. "Great. So we might just uh come in um for a bit if-if that's okay." Remus stuttered out. "That's okay. Hi by the way." The other boy said with a smile. "Remus. Remus. I'm uh my name is Remus." Remus said looking down at his feet. "Hi Scorpius. I mean, I'm Scorpius. You're Remus. I'm Scorpius, and you must be..." Scorpius said turning to look at Rose, who looked embarrassed on his behalf. "I'm Rose." She told him. "Hi Rose. Would you and Remus like some of my Fizzing Whizzbees?" "Sure." Remus replied, as Scorpius handed some to him and Rose. "My mum says sweets always help you make friends." Scorpius said blushing, "Stupid idea probably." "My mum doesn't let me have sweets, which ones are your favourite?" Remus asked politely, already liking this boy. Remus looked over at Rose who looked slightly uncomfortable, bit otherwise fine. "Easy. I've always regarded the Pepper Imp as the king of confectionery. They're peppermint sweets the make you smoke at the ears." Scorpius replied, handing some to Remus. "Wow they're brilliant." He says smoke pouring out if his ears.

Scorpius noticed Rose's uncomfortable expression, and his face fell. "You're uncomfortable because of me, aren't you?" Scorpius asked addressing Rose. "Huh?" Remus said, looking confused. Rose began looking at the ground, to avoid Scorpius' gaze. "Listen, I know who you are, so it's only fair that you know who I am." He said quietly, not daring to meet Remus' eyes. "What do you mean?" Remus asked. "You're Remus Potter. She's a Rose Granger-Weasley. I am a Scorpius Malfoy. My parents are Astoria and Draco Malfoy. Our Parents- they didn't get on." Scorpius muttered. "That's putting it mildly. Your mum and dad are Death Eaters!" Rise said angrily. Scorpius was visibly upset at her comments. "My mum wasn't. My dad was, but he had no choice. Voldemort was going to kill him and his parents." Rose looked away, uncomfortable by Scorpius' defense of his dad. "I know what the rumour is, I promise it's a lie." Rose looked slightly better after hearing this. "What I'm what is the rumour?" Remus asked, a little embarrassed that Rose knew and he didn't. "The rumour is that my parents couldn't have children. That my father and grandfather were so desperate for a powerful heir, to prevent the end of the Malfoy line, that they used a time-turner to send my mother back..." Scorpius whispered, looking close to tears. "To send her back where?" Remus asked, wanting to know more. Scorpius opened his mouth to speak, but Rise cut him off, "The rumour is that he's Voldermort's son Remus." A horrible silence filled the compartment, only broken by a muttered "Merlin." From Remus.

After several tension filled minutes, Remus looked up at the boy, who now had tears rolling down his cheeks. "That's rubbish, I mean look he had a nose." Remus said, hoping to bring a smile to Scorpius' face. Scorpius let out a laugh, successfully diffusing the situation. Scorpius gave him a small grateful smile before speaking, "And it's just like my father's! I got his nose, his hair, and his name. Not that that's great, I mean I love him, but he made mistakes you know. But I'd still rather be a Malfoy than the son of Voldemort." A look of understanding passed between Remus and Scorpius. Rose visibly relaxed at Scorpius' exclamation.

Rose stood up, "I'm just going to find James, I just hope he doesn't have his tounge in Teddy's throat." She said with a laugh, before adding, "It was nice to meet you Scorpius." Then she walked out the door. "Sorry about her, she can be a bit intense." Remus apologised. "No worries." Scorpius said, "I'm used to it.' It was when he said that, Remus realised that he had to befriend the boy.