I don't own Harry Potter. In this story, all characters, places, objects etc were created (or based on) the books by J.K Rowling.
"Albus, Albus!" called a voice. It was impatient, yet elegant, as if it was a lonely echo carried by the breeze along an untouched beach. He was lost. He was trapped, alone, on a long stretch of everlasting beach, drained of all colour and life. "ALBUS!"
Albus Severus Potter woke, at last, from his long undisturbed sleep. In front of him, his elder brother, James Potter, stood impatiently with his arms crossed and a raised eyebrow. Albus peered around the room he was in; as he had previously remembered the ninth carriage of the Hogwarts Express was small and rather claustrophobic.
"Wake up sleepy head. In here, guys!" James called, gesturing to a small crowd of people standing behind the glass doors of the carriage in their Gryffindor uniforms. "Do you mind if me and my mates sit with you?"
"Of course, take a seat!" answered Albus; after all, he was all by himself and had so far not made any new friends.
"Thanks Al. Meet Robbie Thomas and Jack Finnigan." The two boys stepped forwards: one was a tall mixed race boy that seemed rather large and had warmth around him, the other was short with short, combed black hair.
Albus pointed at the larger boy, "So you're Robbie Thomas, son of Dean Thomas and Katie Bell?" Robbie nodded. Albus then faced Jack, "let me guess, son of Seamus Finnigan and Lavender Brown?" Jack nodded.
Robbie, Jack and James took their seats opposite Albus. "So," Robbie said quietly, in an attempt to break the awkward silence that fell upon them, "your first year then?"
"Yeah; I'm quite nervous actually; going into a new school was going to be hard enough without it being full of wizards, goblins and centaurs!" Albus stated, followed by a chorus of laughter which was, unfortunately, broken by a restrained knock at the door to which all eyes were draw. At the
door were two more pupils: Hugo and Rose, Albus's cousins; children of Auntie Hermione and Uncle Ronald.
"Hi guys!" cried Rose excitingly, waving. "Can we come in?" With a board smile from Albus and James, Hugo and Rose entered, taking a seat next to their cousins. "Hi, everyone! You're Robbie and Jack right?"
Jack smiled, "Yep, that's us, but I'm Jack Finnigan, the handsome; more courageous and smart one. He's ... just Robbie."
Robbie laughed in disagreement: "You wish! At least I'm not the one with a mental complex; thinking that the moon is made of cheese."
"You can talk, having a stomach like a bowling ball!"Jack joked. Robbie and Jack lunged at each other, grabbed at their stomachs and trying to throw over the other as if it were a kung-fu fight before collapsing on the floor clutching to their bellies in a laughing frenzy. Before long, the rest of the carriage was doing the same.
Finally, once the dust had settled, the sweet trolley began to move along the carriage, handing out hand after hand of candies. A new lady was handing out the candy this year, Madame Trauline (a large, wart covered woman with long sausage fingers.) Once the trolley reach Albus and his friends, James poked his head out the door and with a perky tune, announced, "we'll take twenty chocolate frogs and ten packets of Bertie Bott's Every Flavoured Beans!" handing over a pile of sickles and galleons. "Sugar's up!" called James, throwing many multi-coloured candies to each person as the opened up the pockets and gobbled down the sweets.
Albus looked down at his chocolate frog pocket inquisitively. Albus wondered: why is the packet moving? Is this the sort of stuff muggles eat? "James? What ... what are these?"Albus inquired, poking at the wriggling chocolate frog packet.
"Oh God, I've not told you about chocolate frogs yet!"James cried, covering his mouth: "chocolate frogs are well ... chocolate frogs. The best part though is that they've been enchanted so they hop around; they also come with cards with famous wizards on that you can trade, our dad's on one of them I swear ... and your mum and dad (James looked at his cousins.)" James explained.
Slowly, with sweating finger tips, Albus began to open the packet. "Down worry Al, they're really tasty!"Hugo reassured Albus. Albus smiled. As he opened the packet, a large, brown frog sprung out of packet and stuck on Albus's nose, causing him to drop the pocket.
"Stop!"Cautioned Robbie stay still. Cautiously, making as small a sound as possible, Robbie raised his wand to Albus's face. "Don't move or I'll split your face open ... sectum sempra!" As if it had been slashed by a sword, the frog's leg dropped onto Albus's lap. The frog continued to hop over his face.
"Seriously, never trust him when it comes to spells," Jack declared, eating the frog leg off of Albus's lap. "Petrificus Totalus!" Jack said, seeming rather proud and heroic. However, as soon as he cast the spell, his pleased look was wiped of his face as both the frog and Albus were immobilised (as if they had been turned to stone) and slowly, Albus slid off the seat, crashing to the floor; squashing the frog under his nose.
Hugo stared, startled at Albus's body. "Rule one: despite whatever Jack says, he's always the worst at spells!" the whole carriage burst into laughter; Jack sulked. "Here, have a look at this," Hugo picked up the chocolate frog card, "em, Jack ... it's your mum." Hugo passed the card to Jack; his amber eyes narrowed into it with sorrow and grief. Jack took the card, then kissed it solemnly before reading it allowed ..."
Lavender Brown
1990-2011
Mother of Jack Neville Finnigan. Towards the end of her life, she fought in the Battle of Hogwarts and was bitten by famous werewolf, Fenrir Greyback. Lavender survived the attack for several years during which she gave birth with Seamus Finnigan's child, Jack Neville Finnigan. She died shortly after the birth.
Jack sat paralysed with grief in his seat; Robbie's arm was over his shoulder. No-one was speaking, the only sound in the room was the occasionally sniff from Jack. Albus was now beginning to move: his eyes were looking at Jack in sympathy and his toes and fingers were twitching. "Can we talk about something else?" Jack sniffed; his eyes swelling with redness. "Here, it's yours after all," Jack continued, trying to hand the card to Albus.
As if in pain, Albus struggled to his feet with a helping hand from Hugo and Rose and once he'd finally got back onto his seat, breathed, "No, you take it. It's got your mother on it; not mine."
"Thanks," Jack replied. "Come on you guys, you'd better be getting changed for Hogwarts; we'll be there within the hour."
"Come on Al, the changing carriages are down here," Rose informed as she grabbed Hugo's arm and dragged him into the corridor with Albus. Once out of earshot, Rose continued: "poor Jack; I mean I always knew that Lavender had died but still, just to see him in this state ... it's so sad, and ..." Rose was taken back as a third year with dusty blonde hair ran past throwing hexes at his friend that was running away from him whilst blocking the spells.
"Well well well. Isn't this a freak show: the daughter of a mudblood, son of a blood traitor and ickle Potter's baby Albus," sneered a tall, thin boy that stood in front of them with blonde greasy hair, combed over on a side. Albus immediately recognised him. His father, the famous Harry Potter, had warned him about the boy that was in front of him, and his family.
"Go to hell, Scorpius Malfoy!"
So did you enjoy? Lavender dead and Scorpius Malfoy has returned! You haven't even scratched the surface. Please comment and review :D