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Chapter 1

The Beginnings of Good and Bad

"Albus..." a voice whispered down a dark cave.

The dark haired boy pushed his clubmaster glasses up his nose. Squinting his green eyes, the boy walked down the rocky pathway, but stopped when he hears the voice.

"Albus..."

His eyes wandered to a book just steps away from him. As he walked closer to the book the whispers got louder.

"Albus..."

Every step, the louder it gets.

"Albus..."

"ALBUS!"

Albus Potter's eyes jerk open to find a young redheaded girl he knows as his cousin, Rose Weasley. An almost exact copy of her mother, just with her father's temper and trademark Weasley hair. Her freckled covered forehead creased as she shaked her cousin awake.

"Albus, come on! The trains at the station, we should already be with Hagrid by now!" She said as she pulled Albus up by the arm and dragged him out of the carriage.

Albus shook her hand clutching his arm off "Oi, Rose, that hurts! I can walk on my own, you know" he said with a playful smirk.

Rose smiled brightly as they stepped out on to the platform. "I'm sorry, it's just, we're finally here! I've read Hogwarts a History so many times, I can't believe I get to see it in the flesh." Rose said gleaming. "I see Hagrid. Come on, let's go!"

Albus around the platform and saw his older brother James with his cousins Fred and Roxanne. James spotted Albus and gave him a taunting wave. This caused Albus to frown thinking back to what his father said. Could he be great in Slytherin, or was he destined to be a Gryffindor? He didn't consider himself brave, certainly not as brave as Rose. She was sure to be in Gryffindor. Albus' thoughts were interrupted when he bumped into the friendly giant, Hagrid.

"Woah there Albie! Best to watch where yer goin!" Hagrid Bellowed. "Are yeh two ready fer Hogwarts?" The two young students nod their heads, but Rose a bit more enthusiastic.

"Well then, best to hop onto the boat over there then! Ah, I'll be seein' the two of yeh at the hut soon, alright?" Hagrid smiled and nodded the two off.

Rose and Albus found an empty boat and sat in it and waited for a third person to join. They looked up when a blonde pale boy walked up to the boat. "Mind if I join you two? All the other boats are filled."

Without a second glance, the two knew that they young boy, is the son of Draco Malfoy, the only difference between the two, are the eyes. While Draco has cold grey eyes, his son inherited his mother's warm brown eyes. Those brown eyes were now glancing between the two sitting in the boat. Rose looking uncomfortable opened her mouth to answer, but Albus beat her to it. "Of course! I'm Albus and this here is my cousin, Rose."

"I'm Scorpius, Scorpius Malfoy." the blonde boy said brightly. He shook hands with Albus, and turned to Rose to do the same, but is only met with a cold nod. Albus rolls his eyes and Rose's dark brown ones move to the lake as the boat begins to move into the waters. "Right then." Scorpius says as he turns to Albus. "So, Albus, what house do you reckon you'll be in? I think I'll be in Slytherin. I don't mind though really. I feel that's just where I belong" He finishes with a smile.

"I don't know." Albus says confused. "I think I'm going to be in Gryffindor because that's where everyone in my family goes, but i don't think I'll fit there, you know." Albus then felt confused.

Scorpius turned back to Rose, and tried to include her into the conversation by asking "Well, what about you, then?"

Rose eyes looked up from the lake with a surprised expression on her face. Making a decision on how to answer, she raises an eyebrow. "I reckon that I'll be in Gryffindor, and not just because all my family is there, but because, as you said about yourself, I belong there. I feel that the house best represents me." she said stiffly.

"I second that!" Albus says with a wide smile. "She may be brilliant, but if anyone,on this boat belongs in Gryffindor, its her! Only thing she fears are spiders. Got that from Uncle Ron!" The two boys laugh as Rose slapped Albus' shoulder.

The laughter dies down and Scorpius's smile falters. He looks up a bit sad. "Your Uncle Ronald Weasley?"

Albus nods and leans forward. "I realize our parents aren't really friends, but it doesn't mean that we can't be, yeah?" Albus says with a hopeful smile.

"Good thing we aren't our parents, then." Scorpius says with a kind smile. "Friends?"

"Friends." Albus replies. The two boys then look to Rose.

Rose gives an eye roll and tries to hide her smirk. "I guess so." The three smile.

"Look! It's Hogwarts!" a boy from another boat yells.

The trio turn to the great, big castle, illuminated with yellow fire beaming off of torches. They all smile, but deep down, Albus felt as if danger was right around the corner.