Harry Potter 8

When darkness returns...

Authors note:

I do not own the characters and the original story. Original story belongs to J.K. Rowling. All actions and characteristics are made up because most of them are not really specified in the (final) books...

I'm also not that good in English. If you find any major spelling or grammar problems, please let me know so I can improve my writing to make it easier for you to read ;)

If you'd like to be part of the upcoming chapters, please review your name (or another name for "your" character), your age (or the age of the character), and a quick summary of your personality (can also be made up to make a nice character if you don't think your that interesting) including being a bad or a good guy. I'll do my best to get you all into the story ;)

Hope you'll enjoy the first chapter :)

Chapter 1

As the entire lot was seated in the train, the game was really on. They were on their way to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The school wasn't the same as it was in the time Harry went there. Because of the attack of Lord Voldemort, 19 years ago, the entire school was rebuild. A lot of the Great Hall is still as it was. The enchanted ceiling is back to its formal glory and the rest of hall is tidied up and with the enormously long tables, the hall looks as it was the day Harry himself set foot in it. The rest of the school is totally rebuilt. The Quidditch field had found a new look too, cause it was totally burned to the ground with the attack.

"Aren't you nervous yet?" James Serius Potter asked his little brother.

"Not yet", Albus Severus Potter replied, "but I'm wondering what it'll be like. I only know the school from dad's stories and of what you told me."

"Don't worry", Rose Weasley cut in, "mom told me it would be an awesome school and that we would all enjoy it."

"Yeah, like your mom knows everything Rosie..." James grumped.

With those words the cabin became silent. Nobody said anything anymore. Even when the lady with the candy cart came by, nobody spoke. And so the 3 went on their journey to Hogwarts. James knew what was going to happen. He himself went last year. The Sorting Hat placed him in Ravenclaw which is now lead by Luna Lovegood. After the attack and her graduation, she returned to teach Charms. She'd love to teach Defence against the Dark Arts, but because Lord Voldemort was gone, that class was no longer needed as badly as before. James was pleased he wasn't placed in Slytherin or Gryffindor. He didn't want to be with the bad guys of Slytherin and he had absolutely no intension to follow his father and mother to Gryfindor.

Halfway the train slowed down. Nobody knew why. It all happened all of the sudden and a lot of the new first years started to mumble."Why did we stop", "What's happening?", "Is it an attack?". After a few moments the conductor spoke:

"Attention everybody, there seems to be a small problem with the engine, nothing to worry about. We'll have it fixed a.s.a.p. and then we'll have this baby up and running in no time!"

"Hope this doesn't take too long", James said to open the conversations somehow.

"Guess it'll be fixed in half an hour for sure", Rose replied, "it's just the engine, can't be that hard when you use magic, can it now?"

"Guess you're right," Albus started, "but what if it takes longer?"

"Then we'll all be stuck here for a looong time!" This was no voice they recognised. All three looked at the doorway to find a blond boy standing there. The boy was in some sort of shade because the sun was setting already. All they saw was his hair and his robe. By the look of the robe, James recognised him.

"If it isn't Scorpius, the little son of Draco Malfoy", James said on a very annoyed voice.

"Well well, I guess you've all heard the stories of my father then", Scorpius replied, "He truly was a hero even if your father told you otherwise."

"Don't you dare to start about my father!" James was getting a little furious on Scorpius. The boy wasn't that tall and so he wouldn't be a match for the three of them. For the sake of himself, Scorpius left the cabin. There was no room for a smile or anything. His face was just as cold blooded as his father's was back in the old days.

"I already hate that guy", Rose began when Scorpius left the cabin.

"He's not my type either", Albus replied.

"I just hope we can GET GOING SOON!" James shouted those words as hard as he could. Somehow the train seemed to understand what he wanted. Before he had a chance to regain breath of his little outbreak, the breaks of the train let go of the steam and the entire caravan started to move again.

"Why didn't you shout that earlier?" Rose answered to his outbreak.

After that James left the cabin. He seemed furious. He couldn't take any more of Rose's constant urge to reply to everything that happened. Slamming the cabin door made even Albus a little frightened. He saw his brother in a lot of different states but this was really something...

"What did I do wrong?"

Rose seemed to be really emotional because she and James had been friends from when they were born. Just because James was able to start a year earlier didn't seem to disturb the friendship. She got letters from him and the other way around too. At Christmas last year he even came over to the Weasley's house to say hi to everybody and even have a sleepover. After the holiday he seemed to have changed somewhat. Maybe he is hitting puberty, who knows.

"He'll be alright" Albus began.

"Yeah I guess he will" Rose replied. She turned her head to the window where she had a nice look over to the mountains as she started to wisper "At least I hope he will..."

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