DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the canon or semi canon characters or places that you may recognize at any given place in this story. All credit goes to the amazing J.K. Rowling. I do, however, own the non-canon characters, who I hope you like as much as I do. This prologue will not make much sense nor will the first few chapters but bear with me for a while, all of it does have a purpose.

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-PROLOGUE-

There was once a boy who everyone knew as the chosen one.

There was once another boy with a label on his hair and a family that stood out for it.

There was once yet another boy of whom everyone thought the worst but proved that people can change.

And this is a story of their children and how they came to be a lot more like their parents than any would like to admit.

Albus for his leadership skills, the ones that he had always shut off, not wanting to be known solely because of who his father was.

Rose for her loyalty and hot-temper. Not that she had ever managed to hide any of those anyway.

And Scorpius for all he truly is and had never had the guts to show, afraid to stand out too much and not live up to his name's reputation.

This is the story of how things change. For good and for bad. Of how a Scorpion and a Flower fall in love. Of how words don't really matter when all it takes is one look. One nod.

For Albus, life had never really been difficult. There had never been lack of food on his table. His family was united and happy, even though it had to go through several rough patches. The boy wasn't really the best student in his year, but it wasn't like he was complaining about it either. Of course there was the occasional fight with James, but as brothers, they always worked it out. He loved his mother and father no matter how protective they were of him and how red his cheeks turned whenever they were seen in public together.

Rose inherited her mother's attitude towards school. But her father's traits that genetics had passed onto her couldn't be missed either. Half the school shared her surname and she was as happy with it as one can get. She didn't really mind when one of her cousins told her parents things she didn't want them to know. The constant buzz of people mocking her had stopped bothering her before she had even set foot in Hogwarts. And the fact that she was –almost always- the top student in her year only seemed to make her want to try harder.

Being a Malfoy came with a lot of baggage, not that Scorpius seemed to mind that at all. He didn't mind having to live up to certain expectations as that had never proven hard to accomplish. For most part, he only had to be himself. Of course, he wasn't as bad as his father, from what he had heard, but then again, his father wasn't anything like what he had heard. He liked it that he was a great student, but didn't want to be the best there is. No, his place wasn't up high. He was just where he wanted to be.

I really hope you liked it! I know it doesn't add much to the story but it gives an insight of how this will play up. It's mostly about their 6th and 7th year and I'm not going to say anything else or it will spoil the fun! I'll be posting the next chapter hopefully in a few days. It's already written but I want to get a head start on the rest of the story before I post it. Please don't forget to review!