I do not own any of the characters in this except for the ones not in the Harry Potter series, this is not my first fanfic but is my first on this site.

~The American Mudblood~

Prologue

Albus walked around his parents' house in Godrics Hollow. His parents were away at some family reunion and his older brother, James, (he was 13) was babysitting him and his little sister Lily. He didn't like this, he was old enough to watch himself. Albus was 11, Lily 9. James was in his room trying to complete an essay he was assigned to complete over the summer holidays. He has always been a slacker since his first year, he always saves his homework for the last minute. Albus remembered his report card that was sent home, all D's and P's, Disasters and Poors. Albus was playing hide and seek with Lily. He didn't want to, but he was bored and Lily persuaded him to. Suddenly he heard their parent's bedroom door close.

"Lily, we aren't supposed to go in there!" Albus called.

He walked over to the room and started to go for the knob, he stopped. He hesitated, his hand on the knob. He wasn't sure if he should go in or not. He turned the knob and went in. His parents wouldn't be home for a while yet…hopefully they aren't apperating back already. He searched around the whole room, looking under the master bed, the closet, everywhere. Lily was nowhere to be found. Where was she? Then Albus almost slipped, he caught himself on the edge of his Dad's desk. He looked down to see what he slipped on, cursing under his breath. It was a piece of parchment. He picked it up, it was old and crumpled, there was a note attached.

"I solemnly swear that I'm up to no good" Albus read aloud. Words appeared on the paper. Albus almost dropped it. Being born to a wizard family got you use to these sort of things, but this still startled Albus.

'Messrs. Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs. Purveyors' of Aids to Magical Mischief-Makers are Proud to Present. THE MARAUDER'S MAP', the parchment read.

Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs? They must be codenames, Albus thought. What else could they be? They were such weird names. Then a map appeared. It was a map of the school James went to, the one Albus will be going to this year and Lily in two. It showed people walking around. This could be useful. Before sticking it in his back pocket he read the words the note said to say to close the map:

"Mischief Managed!"

Just the Lily's voice called out:

"Albus! I'm behind you!"

Albus spun around. "No you aren't," he was annoyed. "Where are you Lily? Stop fooling,"

Suddenly Lily appeared, a velvet cloak at her feet. Albus knelt down and picked it up. He ran the weird cloak through his fingers. It was light, soft and warm. There was a small hole in it, but decide that, it was intact, brand new.

"Invisibility Cloak" Albus breathed.

"You should bring it to school" Lily suggested.

Albus nodded and walked into his room. This could be as useful as the map. He didn't like the feeling he got though. He felt as if he was stealing from his parents. It gave him a weird feeling in the pit of his stomach.

Lily seemed to notice his discomfort. She rolled her eyes.

"Albus come on, just pack it, they will never know," she said.

"Says the troublemaker, you almost as bad as James," Albus said jokingly.

"That's me," Lily grinned.

They laughed. When they were done Lily sighed.

"I don't want to wait two years…" she trailed.

Albus smiled as he walked out of his parent's room to his. His school trunk was packed with everything he needed, from his uniform to his cauldron and books. Going to Diagon's Alley wasn't really a big deal, he went there a lot, but he did admit, getting a wand was cool. Albus shoved the map and cloak in the trunk under his uniform and snapped it close. Albus's barn Owl, Chocolate, chirped in his cage.

"Sorry Sorry" Albus said rushing to give him his food. He gave him a little treat, his favorite food, chocolate.

Suddenly a sharp Crack! Sounded from downstairs and Albus assumed that his parents had arrived home. He walked out of his room and to the top of the stairs and looked down at where his parents were.

"Harry, I'm going to go cook dinner," His Mum, Ginny, announced.

His Father, Harry, must have nodded or something. Albus wouldn't know, he wasn't down there.

Sorry it's short…