Harry Potter: The Next Generation

Albus waved to his family until the train rounded the corner and he could no longer see them. He turned around, ready to look for a compartment, when he saw the many pairs of eyes staring at him. One girl ran up to him and yelled "OH MY GOSH ARE YOU HARRY POTTER'S SON?"

"Um, y-y-yes?" he was starting to feel a little uncomfortable. He began making his way down the long hallway, people staring at yelling at him the whole way down. He soon became extremely confused. Why did everyone care about his dad so much?

Soon he found the compartment that Rose was sitting in and he slid into, slamming the door behind him.

"Hey!" she said, looking up from her book.

"Hi."

"What took you so long?"

"Well, there were a lot of people blocking my path…"

"What? Why?!"

"I wish I knew…so, what house do you think you'll be in?"

"Well…" she began, more into the conversation than she had been before, "my mum lent me a copy of this book called Hogwarts, A History and in it, it describes each house in detail. We know about all the houses of course, from out parents, but I like learning the background, ya know? Apparently, Slytherin house doesn't take ANY muggle borns whatsoever, can you imagine? I really hope I don't end up in there. And, of course we know Gryffindor is where all the brave ones come from, like our parents, and that Ravenclaw is where you go if you're wise, and Huffepuff if you're hard-working." Albus's head was spinning. He couldn't come up with an intelligent enough answer, and was glad when he was saved by his cousin, Fred.

"Hey scrawny, hey brainy."

"Hey, Fred." We were used to his smart-butt remarks. He was a jokester type.

"Listen, my dad told me to look out for you guys, but as I AM a prefect," he made a gagging signal, he clearly disliked the title, "it is only fair for me to show that little Malfoy git what happens when you break the rules. Tootles!"

"He can be SO obnoxious, can't he?" wondered Rose aloud.

"Well, yeah, I guess, but my dad told me something about the Sorting Hat!" he explained what Harry had said about the hat taking your choice into account.

"Are you SURE? You mean, you can just ask not to be in Slytherin and it won't put you in it?" she asked, clearly disbelieving.

"Well, yeah, he said it worked for him."

Suddenly, someone barged into their compartment. Albus looked up and saw a tall blond girl with gray eyes and a haughty look on her face looking down at him. She was very pretty, and it seemed she knew that. However, there was something about her that he didn't quite trust.

"So, the first Potter kid to come to Hogwarts," she said. Her voice was very soft, but it was the kind that could silence a pack of fighting tigers with just one word.

"Actually, he has a broth--" began Rose, but was cut off.

"Shut up, Ginger!" making Rose fall off her seat, and causing the girl and her posse to laugh maniacally, "Anyway, Potter, I would watch out for me." And with one last threatening look, she swept out of the compartment.

Sorry it's so short! I tried to leave you with a cliffhanger to make things more interesting! Review?