A/N: Ok, here's the full summary. It takes place after the epilogue of Deathly Hallows, with Harry's, Ron's, Hermione's, and Ginny's kids. Harry and Ginny Potter's second son, Albus Severus Potter, has finally begun his magical education at Hogwarts. He tries to find a suitable group to survive the first year with, but the best he can do is his fiery but intelligent cousin, Rosie Weasley, and her odd new friend, Pandora. Together, throughout their Hogwarts years, the trio becomes the best of friends since the days of Harry, Ron, and Hermione, and from one another they learn about life, love, and the truths of their world.

Chapter I

Albus Severus Potter watched and waved frantically as his father grinned back at him from Platform 9¾, his figure steadily growing smaller as the train pulled further and further away. It wouldn't have done Albus any good to deny that he was frightened; anybody could see it in his young, eleven-year-old face, the face that seemed to look so much like his father's.

The boy turned away from the window once the train had rounded the corner, and he took a deep breath. Now was the time to begin making acquaintances, friends, that sort of thing; Albus had never really been good at that. He had always been shy, even as a toddler, and very cautious as a small child. Albus knew his older brother James would never let him into his compartment; he was too busy joking around with his important, second-year Gryffindor friends.

Albus pulled a face to himself, knowing full well that he would have to find his girl cousin, Rosie, and seek shelter within her compartment, wherever she was. So he started off down the aisle, and he found himself enduring a great deal of pushing and shoving from the other older students; and at one point, he felt himself almost fall backward from the weight of another boy being thrown on him. The boy turned around, and said unpleasantly, while pointing a pale finger at Albus, "Watch out, you! You don't own these corridors, so stop prancing around like you do, Potter!"

The boy had rather unnerved Albus by displaying the fact that he knew his surname; he was pale, with white-blonde hair that was combed and styled very neatly, but it didn't look at all dorky. On the contrary, it looked cool and crisp. The boy's eyes were a very dark shade of blue, almost navy, an eye color not typically seen every day. Albus opened his mouth to respond to the boy's rude remark, but he had no comebacks; he would have borrowed one of James', but he was afraid that one of those might land him locked in a compartment with a broken nose, or possibly something else.

Instead, Albus quavered on the spot and stammered, "I'm – I'm sorry, just – just trying to find a compartment –"

"Yeah, well, find one that fits your status, you're not allowed here!" the boy sneered, backed up by a couple of laughing buffoons behind him that looked one-hundred percent certain to land in Slytherin. "What's your name, anyway?" the boy continued.

"I'm – I'm Albus Potter –"

"Yeah, thought so. You look like him, which isn't saying much..." the boys around him laughed stupidly again.

"Hey, Al!"

Albus closed his eyes. He was saved.

Rosie was running toward him, her wavy light brown hair flying around her lightly freckled face. She looked from Albus to the horrible pale boy, and she raised her eyebrows slightly. "Something wrong here, Al?" There was a note of danger in her voice.

The boy sneered at Albus once more. "Ooooooh, looks like Potter's already got himself a little girlfriend, hasn't he?" More stupid laughter echoed from behind.

Rosie's bright blue eyes, inherited from her father, narrowed in instant dislike. "Actually," she said in a quiet, dangerous voice, "I'm his cousin. And who, pray tell, might you be?"

The boy straightened his posture considerably, and he said in a pompous tone, "I'm Scorpius Abraxas Malfoy. If you're Potter's cousin, you must be that Weasley girl, the one my father told me about,"

"Rose Weasley, yes," Rosie said curtly, "Come on, Al, I've got a compartment; we shouldn't have to waste our time on people like this," and with that, she steered Albus quickly down the aisle and shoved him into a compartment. She threw one last hateful look to the Malfoy boy, and she slammed the door shut.

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