"Necessity is the mother of invention"

Muggles have always been considered inferior throughout history. While we had magic to heat up a turkey or to turn a pile of wood into a table at the tap of the wand muggles lagged behind... Or maybe not, Since the last 10 years 'telephones' have come up which could help in communication, but wait! It wasn't a 'superior' pureblood who created it, it was a muggle! Why even Harry Potter the savior of our wizarding world knows how to use muggle technology! Are we so ignorant as to dismiss them as cheap inferior goods even now? At the dawn of the 3rd millennium?

In 2015, we have the world's first ever magical and muggle technology corporation – 'Dream World'. This enigmatic corporation was formed by a council of 5 members know as 'The Crown'. While they worked for 2 years for their new innovation, they have left a message in their forums this morning declaring it was out for beta testing. Now there is no information what it is about or what it even does but we know for sure it has been titled . Rumors say that 10 people are randomly picked to actually beta test it and that 10 lucky guy are picked directly by 'The Crown'. Now why don't you good folk check your doorstep this morning for this beta edition? Who knows you might actually win one copy.

Dave Riper

The Daily Prophet

"They let anyone in The Daily Prophet these days" I announced with deep regret. Dad chucked, "Let me guess – Dave Riper?"

"Man fancy's himself as a salesmen more than a journalist" I declared with a sign.

It was always a shame for someone aspiring to be a journalist to read story written by money rather a pen.

I stared at my reflection formed in my cereal bowl, a boy with bright green eyes and messy jet black hair stared back at me.

My name is Albus, Albus Severus Potter at my 3rd year in Hogwarts I am the second son of my dad, Head of auror department, Harry Potter and-

CRASH!

Dad jumped up as he went off to investigate the noise, I sighed "Is one peaceful morning too much to ask?"

"Al, where did you hide my pink bag?" My sister demanded.

"Why would you expect me to take your pink bag?" I said imitating her voice when I said 'pink bag'. "Merlin, Lily I thought you broke something" Dad said as he let out a breath of relief.

Lily started whining about her missing pink bag and how she simply can't leave without it. "Just use another bag" I said. "No! That pink bag is special!" She looked like she was going to throw a tantrum and let me tell you something, NOBODY likes Lily when she throws a tantrum. "I-I-I'll buy you another one!" Dad, "Really?" Lily looked up hopeful. Dear lord please don't ruin my morning with a freaking tantrum. "Sure!" dad said to which Lily burst out smiling and hugged dad and skipped off happily.

"You failed as a parent, dad" I said and dad laughed weakly, "what would you have done?" I thought about it for a second, "Fair enough" I declared. Dad smiled .

"So Al, you planning to try out for the quidditch team?" Rose asked me as we manged to finally find a empty compartment. "Nope" I said. "Why? You're a decent keeper?". "I don't think Al even those anything besides studying"Scorpius my other best friend said displaying utter remorse for me. "not true!" I shouted

"Right, he has his own monster dictionary thing" Rose said as she rolled her eyes. "It's monster 101 and it isn't any ordinary dictionary it is the bible of-"

"All magical and non-magical organisms on the planet, we know Al" Scorpius said. I send him a death glare. NOBODY DARES INSULT MY MONSTER 101.

When I was a kid, dad told me how he and uncle Ron managed to beat a troll in their 1st year and I was really impressed and that made me actually collect data on various monsters and I mean EVERY POSSIBLE DATA. Anything like raw strength or intelligence or anything, I ranked them up out of 5 stars. It was the best damn monster journal money could buy. Not that I am selling it, I spend years studying in libraries and went on too many field trips to make this.

The only problem was I could never really find the 101th monster – Dementor.

"You know" Scorpius said which snapped me back to reality, "There was this whole article on this thing." "Yeah, dad told me it's going to be a book." I yawned, "ladies and gentleman I present to you the latest innovation – a book" I said in a goofy accent as Scorpius and Rose laughed. "Beta testers for a book, the world's gone mad I say" Scorpius joked. "

"No but seriously its going to wicked like it's going to be like all 3d and stuff" Rose said, "Whats 3d?" Scorpius asked, "3 dimensional thing with length, breadth and height. But, I heard there were 3d muggle movies and all but a 3d book?"

Rose laughed, "Well that's why I think its bull", I nodded. "I won't really say that" Scorpius said while looking thoughtful, "I mean you could enchant a book to direct 3d pictures." "Yeah. But how are you supposed to display a book with 3d effect? We are supposed to read it." Rose sighed, "Hey look I don't know, it looked like a book it may be something else". "Guess" Scorpius said

"Wait a second Rose." I said as it finally came to me, "How in Merlin did you see it?" Rose looked at us for a few seconds, "This conversation never happened."

Despite our best effort both Scorpius and I failed to make Rose talk and by the time we were at the Dinning hail about to watch Lily and Hugo get sorted we had given up.

"Lily Potter" old McGongcall read out

I smiled out to Lily through she didn't even glace at me for more than a second, and just as the sorting hat touched her it shouted "Slytherin!"

There was compete silence in the hall, even James my elder brother or Hugo or anyone said anything. I sighed audibly and started clapping slowly and only after about minute did anyone start clapping and burst into whispers.

Lily took it surprising well as she sat down with utter grace and smiled as thank you are sticking up for her. I still felt she would have been better if she was in Ravenclaw like me, but-

"Hugo Weasley"

Hugo walked up there and this time too just as the Sorting hat landed on him it shouted out "Slytherin". "And here I am dying to get into slytherin and these two kids beat me at it" Scorpius said, I laughed, "Oh come on Scorpius you got to be badass to get into slytherin." Rose said as she earned a glare from Scorpius, "I am badass!" He said,

After the usual routine of disusing Scorpius's badass Antics which was limited to killing cockroaches "Like a boss, everything sound better when it's done like a boss!" he had insisted. Both Scorpius and I had gone to our dorms and were almost going to sleep.

"What have you got first tomorrow?" He said as he yawned sleepily, "DADA" I said as I continued to unpack when suddenly I could hear a large audible BANG!

"What was that?" I shouted as I panicked, "What was what?" Scorpius. He was still almost asleep, how could he sleep through that near explosion?

"Scorpius this isn't the time for jokes, what the hell was that?' I hissed, no response, "Scorpius!'I said as I shook his body , "Zzz..." he was peacefully snoring away. "Fuck you" I muttered under my breath.

1 hour later and after 5 more such explosive sounds which shock my bead later I finally had no choice but to muster my courage and investigate the sound, I am what you call a natural Ravenclaw – smart and tactful but with no courage at all so you could understand how terrifying it was for a 13 year old to investigate sometimes like this in the middle of the night all alone.

After about 5 tense minutes of tracking the sound I found the source – a man or monster or thing covered with blood stood there in the Great hall looking rather emotionless.

His face was covered with a thick balaclava covered entirely with red blood. He held a butcher knife in his right hand and his wand on his right. He had a black muggle suit on and even that was stained with blood and what was the most weird about him? He had a crown on his head

"W-w-who's there?" I said as I nervously pulled out and pointed my wand, he laughed, "Would you rather worry about who I am or who I just killed" He or it said as he dropped his knife and picked up his prize a corpse of a girl with hair as red as the blood.

I staggered back in fear, as he laughed, "Do you know what happens to people who betray the council?" I tried to run but just tripped over as he walked towards me.

I jumped up screaming as Scorpius looked at me as if looking concerned, "Dear lord I am glad you finally woke up" Rose who was next to him sighed with a oblivious sign of relief. "You have been sweating and muttering random things"

"I-I-I swear I was awake for-", "It's dream Al forget about it" Rose said as Scorpius nodded in agreement, "Jesus you scared me really" he said as both he

As they left me alone I started looking around my room, interestingly I was still in my robes which means I didn't change into my pajama which was literally impossible, alright this is getting creepy real creepy.

As I started searching my dorm I found the things I had unpacked were still in my bags, how is this fucking possible? How is this? I pulled the chain off my bad side pouch inside was a note it contained 5 words and 1 question mark, enough to give me goosebumps.

They are lying aren't they?

I burnt the note.

AN: Reviews are appreciated and yes I now the plot is kind of slow right now (and short) but expect better chapters with more action and mystery in it. I hope I can manage to update it once a week unless I fell lazy or my house burns down.