Disclaimer: J.K. Rowling owns all rights to "Harry Potter". This is just a fan fiction based in the incredible world she created.
Chapter 1
New Students
Albus Potter waved to his parents until the train went round a bend and out of sight. Then he turned to his cousin, Rose.
"Let's find somewhere to sit." She suggested, looking around.
They started walking up the carriage looking for an empty compartment.
"I can't believe we won't be home till again Christmas. It's so exciting to finally be going to Hogwarts!" Said Rose happily.
Albus looked like his father, he was small and skinny and had a thin face, his bright-green eyes shone behind his glasses and he had thick, black hair which stuck up untidily. Rose, on the other hand, had a lot of long auburn hair, which hung in gentle curls. She was, like her mother, exceedingly smart and had wasted no time reading the first few chapters of all her new schoolbooks.
They reached the end of the train and realized that there were no empty compartments left. Near the end they found a compartment where there was just one girl sitting alone.
"Um, hi." said Rose,
The girl looked over at them. She had silky, shoulder length blond hair and was sitting in a seat by the window.
"Do you mind if we join you?" Rose asked.
"No." the girl said quietly and gave Rose a quick smile.
Rose entered and Albus followed her, they sat down opposite the other girl. They shut the compartment door, feeling quite relieved to be out of the noise.
"I'm Rose Weasley, by the way, and this is my cousin, Albus Potter." said Rose. Albus smiled weakly at the girl.
"I'm Amanda White." said the girl.
"Are you in first year?" asked Rose.
Amanda nodded.
"So are we."
To ease the slightly awkward tension Rose started discussing Quiditch, the popular wizarding sport, with Albus until they noticed the blank expression on Amanda's face.
"What's Quiditch?" she asked looking confused. Rose and Albus turned to stare.
"You don't know what Quiditch is?" Asked Albus incredulously.
Amanda blushed slightly.
"Oh! Your parents are muggles aren't they?" Burst Rose.
Amanda nodded.
"My mom was muggle-born." Said Rose, "My Granddad is fascinated by muggles. He likes to take apart muggle objects and put them back together to see how they work-"
"There are loads of muggle-borns at Hogwarts, don't worry about it." Cut in Albus reassuringly, feeling that Rose was getting carried away. "Quiditch is the wizarding sport, it's played on broomsticks-" Continued Albus, happy to be getting to talk about his favorite subject.
He told Amanda all about the different types of balls, the Quaffle, the Bludgers and the Golden Snitch.
They had been in the train for half an hour when Albus decided to go to the bathroom.
He was on his way back when someone rounded the door of a compartment and ran, smack, into Albus, they bounced off and fell to the train floor. Albus looked down at the boy, he was small, even smaller than Albus himself, he had black hair, dark skin and large, brown, puppy-dog eyes.
"Sorry." they both muttered at once.
The boy scrambled to his feet. They exchanged awkward smiles and the boy stood to the side while Albus passed. Albus continued walking down the train. Then he looked back and saw the other boy looking around forlornly at the shut compartment doors around him.
"Have you nowhere to sit?" asked Albus.
The other boy shook his head.
"You can come and share my compartment." Offered Albus.
The boy's face lit up,
"Would you mind?" he asked tentatively.
"Of course not."
The boy smiled at him. He followed Albus towards his compartment.
"I'm Albus Potter. What's your name?" asked Albus.
"Philip Pai."
"If you don't mind me asking, why did you leave that other compartment?" asked Albus after a short pause.
"My brother." Philip sighed, "he threatened to jinx me if I didn't leave him alone and make some of my own friends."
Albus nodded, "I understand, I've got a brother too."
Back in the compartment Rose and Amanda were sitting together reading a magazine called the Quibbler.
Albus led the Philip in.
"This is Philip; he was looking for somewhere to sit. Philip, This is Rose and this is Amanda."
Albus slid into a seat and Philip sat down beside him.
"Play Quiditch?" was the next thing Philip said.
Albus grinned, "Yeah!"
"I support the Kenmare Kestrels and the Irish team!"
"So you're Irish then?" asked Albus,
"Half, my Dad's from the Philippines." Philip nodded, "What team do you support?"
"Puddlemere United!"
"Albus! What would your mother think if she heard you say that?" Burst Rose.
Philip looked questioningly at Albus.
"My mom played for the Holyhead Harpies for a while." He explained with exasperation, Rose loved the Holyhead Harpies, "But there's no reason why I should have to support a girls team all the time." He said making a face at Rose.
"Cool. My mom plays for the Irish team." Said Philip.
Albus's jaw dropped.
Within the next twenty minutes Albus had learned with delight that; Philip's mom had been on the Irish team for eleven years, she had played in two World Cups (one of which they won) and would be playing in the one next year as well. His brother, Rangi, also played Quiditch; he had newly been appointed the position of Gryffindor captain. Albus was in absolute awe of his new friend.
Then their compartment door slid open and a prefect with long, red hair tied back loosely, looked in.
"There you two are." She said to Rose and Albus.
"Hi Victoire." They replied.
"You should change into your robes, Al." added Victoire, "I'd better go, I'm supposed to be patrolling the carriages."
"Who was that?" Asked Philip staring after the extremely pretty prefect.
"That's Victoire. She's one of our cousins." Answered Rose.
"Do you have a lot of relatives in the school?" Asked Amanda.
"Yes, loads."
"You'll probably recognize them, they're all in Gryffindor and they all have red hair! Except for James and I. James is my brother." grinned Albus.
"What year is your brother in, Philip?" asked Rose.
"Fifth. Do you have any siblings?"
"I've a brother too but he's younger than me."
"What about you?" Albus asked Amanda.
"Oh, I don't have a brother, I'm an only child."
"Your not missing out on anything, believe me."
Hi, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. It doesn't have much to do with the plot of the story but it is an introduction to the characters. I would love to hear what you thought so please leave a review. I am always delighted to hear what you liked and curious to know what you didn't. Constructive criticism is also very welcome.
