Welcome to Hogwarts

Co-written by Hayya3 and P.E.E.V.S.Y.

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Chapter 1: The Beginning

Albus Severus Potter looked at his cousin, Rose Charity Catherine Molly Weasley helplessly. The train had just pulled away from the station.

"Now what?" asked Rose.

"Um," said Albus, "We can go sit down…"

They walked down the corridor, looking in the compartments. It wasn't until the very last one that they saw a place to sit, and even that one held two people: a girl (who, Albus saw, was trying to read a book that looked suspiciously like 'Hogwarts, a History') and a blond boy.

"Hi, can we sit here?" asked Rose. The boy looked us and gave them a suspicious look. "Sure," he said slowly, "She," he jerked his head toward the girl, "won't mind. Hasn't said anything since I've seen her,"

Rose and Albus dragged their trunks in and sat down.

"I'm Rose Weasley, and this is Albus Potter," Rose smiled. Albus gave his cousin an amused stare. Rose did this all the time. The boy, though, noticeably stiffened before he said, "Scorpius Malfoy."

Albus glanced toward the girl reading. "And who are you?" he asked. The girl jerked her head upward and looked at Albus in shock as if she hadn't ever been asked a question before. Next she turned scarlet and muttered, "Kilee Finnigan." Then she determinedly went back to her book, still red.

"What book is that?" asked Rose.

Kilee turned an ever brighter red and mumbled, "Hogwarts, a History: Revised."

"Oh!" exclaimed Rose, "I heard about that. My mum helped write a part of it!"

Albus groaned. "Ugh, SPEW. Don't get her started," he advised Kilee and Scorpius, "She'll go on for days, both Rose and Aunt 'Mione."

"I think house elves are icky," said Kilee, "They deserve to be enslaved."

Rose puffed up in anger. Scorpius gave Kilee an odd look. Kilee then gave an easy grin and said, "Actually, I got nothing against house elves, but please, STOP TALKING TO ME! I'm sure you're all lovely people, but I just want to read right now. If I don't, I think I'll puke."

On that note, the compartment fell into an awkward silence. Albus broke it a few minutes later by saying "Erm…which house do you hope to be in?"

"Gryffindor," Rose replied without thinking. Scorpius just scowled. Albus belatedly remembered that he was a Malfoy and that might not have been the best question to ask.

"What about you, Kilee?" Rose asked, refusing to give up on getting her to talk. Kilee turned slightly green and Scorpius immediately jumped in to save her.

"I want to be in Hufflepuff!" Scorpius announced.

"Really?" Rose asked, instantly distracted.

"Yeah, why not?" Scorpius replied, rolling his eyes. Albus gaped and Scorpius continued, "It'd be worth it just to see what my dad would do."

"I wanna be in Slytherin," said Kilee suddenly. As soon as she did, she immediately turned bright red again and hid her face in her book.

"Why?!?" asked Albus.

"Just to see what my mom and dad would do," Kilee mumbled, turning green again as she kept reading.

The rest of the train ride was uneventful except for when Kilee ran to the bathroom to throw up after Rose tried to ask where she grew up. After that, Scorpius glared at Rose and she stopped bothering her. Albus just watched all this with a slightly amused look on his face, even though he did feel bad for Kilee.

When they reached Hogwarts, Kilee, Rose, Scorpius, and Albus all shared a boat; Scorpius glared at Rose every time she attempted to talk to the now steadily growing greener Kilee.

Just as the boats were turning a corner, Rose reached over and pushed Scorpius into the water. Kilee gave Rise a horrified look and tried to pull Scorpius back into the boat. She just fell in too.

Albus sighed loudly "Now look what you did,"

He, however, did nothing to help them. The boats glided by and Rose, very curious as to what happened, saw that somebody had taken pity on Kilee (who apparently couldn't swim) and helped her into their boat.

Scorpius had swum toward the boat in front and was pulling himself out of the water. The boat, however, contained four girls who were terrified of being eaten by the giant squid. Thinking they were under attack, they screamed and jumped into the boat next to them. They missed, but Scorpius had made it into the boat. Rose, still watching the scene, cackled evilly as Scorpius attempted to help the girls back into the boat. He had succeeded, but Albus noticed that he didn't look very happy being squished between the four now giggling girls.

"That was mean, Rose," said Albus, watching Scorpius shivering in the boat.

"Who cares?" said Rose, "That was nothing compared to what I'm planning to do once we're at school."

Albus gave Rose a piercing stare he'd learned from his mother.

Rose shifted awkwardly. "What?" she asked uncomfortably.

"Rose, don't hurt Scorpius or Kilee…or me," said Albus, "You've put us all through enough."

Rose sighed. "Fine," she mumbled. The boats came to a stop and they all climbed out.

A/N from Hayya3: review please!!