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Finally I am on my way to the train station, but I can't help thinking back to my last morning at home.

I was still half asleep when I heard a loud crash from downstairs. "Hugo!" I mumbled. I still wanted to go back to bed. Then, all of a sudden, I realized that today was the day. Today was the day where I would leave home and go to hogwarts! I had dreamed about today since I was six years old! I darted out of bed, and ran to the bathroom. All of my clothes I had set out the night before. Once I had gotten dressed and taken care of my hair( or at least attempted to get it out of the way) I ran downstairs. What I saw almost made me wish I was not leaving . I saw my mum still in her pajamas making eggs and pancakes, while laughing and shaking her head at my dad and Hugo, who were discussing Quidditch animatedly. I realized that this was the last morning for a while with my family at home.

After we ate breakfast, I went to double check my pack list. Once I double checked my list I realized that we needed to leave or I was going to be late! Once I rounded the family into the car I took one last look at my house and I was off!

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The sharp tension of a steam whistle filled the air, interrupting my thoughts. I looked at my family, knowing it was time to say goodbye. I was nervous, but the good kind. The kind where your stomach feels like there is a swarm of butterflies ready to explode inside you.

I turned to dad, and I could already see him getting teary eyed over my imminent departure. Knowing that if I went to dad first I would not have time to say goodbye to mum and Hugo, I hugged them first. "Goodbye, Rosie," Mum said. "Study hard, I know you will do well. And send Uncle Neville our love!" "I will Mum! I love you."

Turning to Hugo, I gave him a high five. We were close in a way, but neither of us would admit it, so a high five would be all that we would be getting from eachother.

Finally I turned to Dad. He looked heartbroken and proud at the same time. He held me close and I realized how much I would miss him. He is the person who would always go and hug me because he said I needed it. "You see that family over there Rosie," he said pointing to a family consisting of just parents and a young boy around my age that had a slightly pointed chin, and white-blond hair, "avoid that little blond rodent ( referring to the boy). I love you Rosie! Don't do anything I wouldn't do! Oh, what am I kidding, you are more responsible than I am!"

Then the whistle blew again, and I had to go. Albus and I finally got on the train. I couldn't believe it! I was going to Hogwarts!

" Do you know if Alice is coming on the train? " Albus asked.

"No, I think Uncle Neville and Aunt Hannah just stayed at Hogwarts this summer."

" Oh, I guess she escaped the family car then. "

I knew Albus was disappointed. Alice Longbottom was mine and Albus' best friend. She also was a first year, and Albus had had a crush on her since he was 10. She also had a crush on him. Knowing that Albus needed a distraction, I said, "Why don't we go find the family car?"

After we found the family car, we tried to squeeze in, but due to the never ending supply of Weasleys there was no room. So Albus and I opted to go find another compartment due to the fact that neither of us were wanting to sit on the floor or on our cousins laps.

So Albus and I were walking down the train and there were no empty compartments. Finally when we came to the last car, we found a compartment that was almost completely empty except for one blond haired boy. I recognized him as the boy that Dad had pointed to on the platform, but my mum always told me to ignore my dad when he was being prejudiced, so I decided to do just that and enter the compartment despite Albus' protests. Albus was just shy. When I entered the compartment, the boy looked up and I asked him if it would be alright if we sat with him.

"It's alright with me. To be honest you are the only people I have talked to on the train ride, and I was getting worried that people were avoiding me," he said smiling at them.

" Great, my name is Rose by the way! "

"And mine is Albus."

" It is nice to meet both of you! My name is Scorpius. "

"Scorpius, that is a mouthful isn't it? I think I will call you Scorp!" said Rose.

Scorpius, though surprised at the immediate shortening of his name, seemed happy at the thought that he could have a possible friend.

"So, Scorpius, what house do you want to be in!" said Rose.

"Well, in my family Slytherin is what's expected of me, but I really think Ravenclaw is very cool."

" I know what you mean, " said Rose, " my whole family has been in Gryffindor, but now I want to be in a house that has not been defined by my family. "

"What about you Albus?" said Scorpius.

" Well, I just want to be with my friends and family. I don't think Gryffindor is the house for me, though, because even though family is there, I know that I would be following in my father's footsteps, which is what people expect from me. I do not want to be a miniature of my dad, or my brother. I just want to be Albus. So when you ask what house I want to be in, I say whatever house that will help me grow into my own person. "

"Well said, Albus," Scorpius replied, " Just out of curiosity, who is your father ? "

"Harry Potter."

" Wow, I can see how you would feel the way you do then! "

"What about you, Scorp?" said Rose.

" Draco Malfoy. I know now that you know, you probably do not want to talk with me, and I understand. I know that our parents have had history. "

" Scorp! If Albus just gave us a speech on how he doesn't want to be like our parents, the why would you think we wouldn't want to be friends? We are NOT our parents. What better way to show our difference from our parents than to be friends. Also, Scorp, you seem nice, so we will be friends, and you do not have any say in the matter. " All this Rose said quickly, and with such certainty that if Scorp ever doubted Rose ,then he was in no doubt now.

"And you say I give speeches." Albus said rolling his eyes.

"You give speeches, I give inspirational talks on moral issues." Rose said with a smirk.

Through all this Scorpius was listening attentively, and he realized that these new friends he made were going to be his friends for life. Soon Rose, Scorpius, and Albus were chattering on about anything and everything (especially Quidditch) until the Hogwarts express came rolling into the Hogsmeade Train Station.