It would’ve been soo easy to make the Cursed Child a great story
Starts out the same, Albus and Scorpius meet on the Hogwarts Express, become fast friends.
Albus gets sorted in Slytherin, Scorpius into Gryffindor, they are both outcasts in their respective houses, bcs a Potter in Slytherin and a Malfoy in Gryffindor. They’re very close.
Albus and Scorpius are both very smart. Albus is smarter, on paper he should be the best in his year, but his spellcraft is crap (potions and herbology are his best subjects as they require significantly less wand use)
Third year comes around and Scorpius starts to become popular in Gryffindor house, he’s kind and funny ofc he becomes popular. Scorpius unintentionally leaves Albus in the shadows a little bit, they began to drift apart… (Lily and Severus style)
Fourth year, Albus and Scorpius still keep in touch over the past summer but now that class has started back up they’re basically in completely different worlds. Albus is taking every class he can (like his aunt Hermione) his wandwork is still not where it should be. During Ancient Studies class Albus discovers a secret passageway in Hogwarts, he goes down there and finds something…
Jk jk jk
He finds the personal studies of the founders, all of them have specialized locks, however he can open Salazar Slytherin’s office because it has a parseltongue lock and Albus is a parseltongue (i think it’s much more interesting if Harry is a natural parseltongue who passes that trait onto Albus). Albus discovers that while, yes, Tom Riddle was the direct descendant of Slytherin and therefore his heir, so are the Potters. Albus finds Slytherin’s wand and it claims him. Suddenly Albus is the best in class his wand-work is perfect overnight and he begins to become popular amongst his peers in Slytherin. But he’s also becoming more radical, he’s conversing with his ancestor’s spirit, his ambition is shining through. Albus wants to create equality for all magical and non-magical sentient creatures. He wants to clear the name of Salazar Slytherin, who had similar ideals to him (not the opposite of what was attributed to him but rather that the term “pure-blood” shifted meaning after Slytherin’s death.) He keeps mostly quiet about his beliefs for the remainder of his time at Hogwarts.
Fifth year rolls around and now Albus goes by “Sev” partially because they’ve come out as nonbinary partially because they’re embracing their identity as the true heir of Slytherin (though no-one know that yet). Sev continues to excel in his classes and begins taking muggle classes too. At the end of seventh year he applies and is accepted into Oxford University (amongst others, though this is the one he is attends).
Scorpius on the other hand also excels, but the gap between them feels too wide to bridge Though both are popular it’s in very different ways. Scorpius graduates with top marks, he works as an Auror for a couple of years before becoming the DADA professor at Hogwarts.
———— this is where this book would end.
Severus Potter is now known as Severus Slytherin they’re the outlaw leader of a group of abolitionists. For the first half of the book Sev is set up as the villain, because of recent violent acts, that are admittedly out of character for a group which have become criminals for using magic to save muggles and free goblins and house elves. Around the second half, Sev breaks into Hogwarts seeking help from Scorpius, there it’s revealed that Sev is being framed. The climax of the second book is a confrontation with Scorpius, Rose (who’s also a professor), Sev, and Dora (an oc who’s the child of Nuna bcs that ship was peak, and is also Sev’s righthand) and Chaddeus or some shit (a gryffindor who was a friend of Scorpius’ in school, and wants to sabatoge the union of the muggle and wizarding worlds for profit and/or to maintain the status quo.)
Post climax, they’ve (Sev dealt the final blow) killed Chaddeus Orsomeshit. Scorpius and Rose bring Sev and Dora inside (they need to patch Sev up), Sev and Scorpius have a heartfelt discussion about how they drifted apart, suddenly, the ministry is at the door, they have to leave says Dora though she looks at Rose clearly reluctant. Just as they’re about to climb out the window, Sev turns around and gives Scorpius a first goodbye kiss. Scorpius is left standing there heartbroken for what could’ve been.
———— that’s the end of that one.
If there would be a third it would be about Scorpius and Rose, joining in on Sev’s revolution, and aiding in the union of the muggle and wizarding worlds and the freeing of the goblins and house elves. Maybe it would end with rose marrying dora and sev and scorpius marrying and a flash forward to Sev and Scorpius having kids or something.
