Ok so this is my first try at writting anything. All the characters belong to J.K Rowling and the wonderful world she created.

I hope you enjoy!

Albus awoke to probably the most perfect weather he had ever experienced in his twelve years of life. The sun was peaking through his curtains warming his face. He rolled out of bed, padded over to his window and drew back the soft silky fabric exposing himself and his room to complete bliss. Its was a beautiful September day, the sky was the bluest he had ever seen and the puffy clouds hanging around had not even a hint of gray in them. He glanced over at the vast yard beneath the window.

Underneath a small unkept raspberry bush was a curled up fox . The fox in particular has lived in the Potters yard for about two years now and it seemed that Albus was the only one that had ever took notice of it. Albus enjoyed watching the fox when he had time to spare. It was almost as if the fox was something comforting to him, whenever something went wrong, or he was upset, or simply bored he could always come to the yard and watch the fox with its auburn coat about its business and find a sense of calm. As strange as it seemed it was the truth and nobody knew that about Albus, and he hoped to keep it that way.

He pried his eyes from the fox and went back to make his bed. He walked over to his closet and put on his muggle clothes, a pair of jeans and a plain black t shirt. He glanced in the mirror, his unruly black hair was sticking up as usual and his eyes still puffy from sleep. He was his father's son, from his body structure straight down to the exact same shade of bright green eyes. He was the spitting image of Harry with the exception that Albus did not need glasses like his father did. He glanced around his room one last time in search of things he had forgotten to pack. It seemed all he was missing was his owl which was most likely down in the living room.

Albus heaved his trunk down the stairs all the way to the front door. He heard his older brother James in the kitchen asking his mother if she had seen his left shoe.

"Honestly James do you really expect your shoe to be down here?" his mother answered him exasperated. "Accio shoe." she murmured and a black shoe with white laces came zipping down the stairs past Albus and into the kitchen. "Here, now eat your breakfast before it gets cold." She said placing the shoe down on the stool next to James. Albus began to make his way to the kitchen when a head peered out from around the corner.

"Its about time you woke up sleepyhead." Lily Potter bounced back into her chair making her deep red hair swing and grinned at her brother who just joined them for breakfast.

"Oh good, your up. Now have some breakfast... Are all your things by the door dear?" Ginny Potter asked. She had her long red hair tied up in a bun and she busled around bringing Albus a plate with eggs, bacon, toast and a glass of juice.

" I'm just missing Atticus" Albus replied as he helped himself to the toast on his plate. Just as Albus took a bite a beautiful grey owl with black spots swooped in through the kitchen window and perched at the edge of the counter.

"Your cutting it kind of close aren't you Atticus" Ginny stated with a raised eyebrow towards the owl. Albus's owl hooted in response and flew off towards the living room.

Harry appirated in the living room just as his sons owl flew by and found a perch on a nearby bookshelf.

"Are you lot almost ready? We need to hurry!" Harry said as he walked into the kitchen.

"I'm done" James responded as he slid his empty plate foward and wiped his hands on his napkin, he pushed his chair back and stood up stretching. Albus's brother was as lanky as could be, with a bright orange-red hair and freckles splashed across his face he most definitely had Weasly in him. There was almost no clue to the other side of his family with the exception that James seemed to, on occasion, have a case of Potter hair in which it would stick out in all places, however it was never anything compared the mess Albus always had. James was at least able to force his hair down with fifteen minutes of tedious combing, Albus on the other hand could never get a single strand to sit neatly on his head even with a thousand combs.

James and Albus were as opposite as day and night. As completly different people as they were they had always been close friends. Even Lily had more in common with James than Albus ever did. Albus was always the different child and Harry knew this well. It had worried him much in the past, he was afraid Albus would have problems getting along with his brother and cousins and end up shutting himself off to them. Yet as different as his youngest son was he and James always gotten along well and James always made sure to try and include Albus in as many family activities as possible. For that Harry was grateful to have a son as loving as James.

James left the kitchen to get his things together as Albus was staring dreamily out the window at the fox now sitting in a tree outside.

"You alright son?" Harry inquired.

"I'm fine." Albus kept his eyes on the fox as its tail hung over the limb it was balanced on swinging left and right. Harry gave a knowing glance towards his wife who returned it with a small frown.

"I can't believe your already off to Hogwarts! Its going to be completely impossible at home with no one to play with me" Lily whined.

"Don't worry, you'll be at Hogwarts soon enough" Albus broke his gaze to look at his sister and gave her a small grin.

"You better remember to write to me!" Lily threatened.

"I promise I will write to you Lily" Albus rose as he gave her a wink and strode out of the room to find his owl.

Albus called Atticus down from his roost on the bookshelf, got him into his cage and placed it on top of his trunk by the door.

Harry came out of the kitchen and called to James "I'm loading everything up now James, if you're not down here in five minutes we will leave without you!"

"I'm coming!!" came James voice from the stairs. He was heaving a trunk with an owl in a cage balanced on top. "This thing is extra heavy this year...arrghh!" James bounced up and down with pain from stubbing his toe. Lily giggled at the sight of him as she followed her mother into the room.

"Oh for crying out loud...locomoter trunks!" and both James and Albus's trunks levitated off the ground and followed Harry outside. Everyone followed and watched as Harry stored the trunks in the Minisrty car. "Now everybody get in" Harry ordered. All five Potters climbed into the roomy car. As they pulled away from the house Albus looked back to see the fox on top of the roof watching the car roll away.

"Goodbye...I'll see you next summer" Albus muttered under his breath. With that the fox leaped from the house and out of sight.

Well now- short chapter i know but this is my first fan fic..and homework is a female dog.

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-Wotcher :)