Albus Potter and the Dawn Kittens

CH.1 King's Cross

I leaned over in my seat as I bit my nails. I was going to Hogwarts for the first time! I heard all about it from my brother James, of course. But he was usually sarcastic. Now it was time to figure out for myself.

I am Albus Potter. I just turned eleven and going to Hogwarts for the first time. I hope I'm not in Slytherin! My mother, Ginevra Potter, gave me my red hair, and my father Harry Potter, my green eyes. No offense to Mom, but I don't really cherish my hair all that much. But I adore my eyes. They can practically glow in the dark like a cats'. We have a pet cat, Teabag. Her fur glows when I wake up at the break of dawn. It's almost scary. She can talk then, she usually says 'hi' to me. When it's not dawn she just meows. She only snuggles with Lily. She is soon going to have plenty of kittens, I suppose. She is very fat. But Mom says we don't have a male cat, so she couldn't be pregnant. Dad says she just eats a lot. James says that she doesn't use her litter box. Only Lily believes that she's going to have babies. And me, of course. But I will prove them wrong. Lily says five girls, one boy. She wants to keep one in her bedroom and name it Hermy, after Aunt Hermione.

Lily is my nine year old sister, who is the one who insisted on getting a pet cat. She has my red hair, but Mom's blue eyes. Don't forget: lots and lots of freckles! She is so cute! We're best friends, even if she's younger than me. We are never mean to each other. We even share a bedroom! She really enjoys boy and girl things, so we have a mixture. Her bed is white with pink polka dots, and mine is black. We both obviously love the Holyhead Harpies, the famous quidditch team Mom plays on. She has over a hundred trophies. She even gave me one. Nobody else really likes Lily. It's only me, Mom, and Dad. Whenever she does something strange, James says 'Blimey'.

James is the humorous one. He has brown hair, out of Dad and Mom, and green eyes, out of Dad. He's already thirteen, in his third year at Hogwarts. He is a great flyer, even if he always brags about it. He plays seeker on the Gryffindor team. Oh, and he has a girlfriend who's in Ravenclaw. Same year as him. Her name's Denise Blagstone, and she is the smartest girl I've ever met. Even smarter than Aunt Hermione! She's best at Charms. She's even cast Incendio on me, the warmth spell. It's just the right temperature.

I am now in the magical car, on my way to King's Cross Station. I stepped out of the car, to see a giant building, lots of taxis and cars stopping by. "Come on, Albus," said Dad. I grabbed my trunk out of the back and started rolling it to the entrance. I grabbed a trolley and let Teabag hop on for a ride. Teabag's strange. She likes me more than ever now. She doesn't mind car rides or travelling. I had to bring her to Hogwarts anyways to do Transfiguration on. I don't have an owl yet, thought I hope to get one for Christmas.

I rolled my trolley until we reached in front of the platform. Dad rolled his eyes. "Platform 9 and 3 quarters. How could I forget." "Now, Harry, positive attitude for Albus's first time. CHIN UP, Albus. Don't be nervous, dear," said Mom. All of a sudden, James started running and ran into the wall! I started crying on the spot. I was so nervous. Lily came over and gave me a pat. "Don;t worry, Albus. I'll go onto the platform with you." Mom replied, "Now, Lily, you aren't old enough to go to Hogwarts." Mom! I'm just going to go on the platform. I'll be right back."

I wiped the tears off my face and hugged Mom goodbye. "Bye, Mom," I said, blinking back tears. Why was I being such I baby? "Goodbye, sweetheart. Now hurry on, or you'll miss the train." I ran over to Dad. He nearly squished the breath out of me. Tears streamed down his face. "It's OK to cry, son. No harm." A man from the corner said, "Oh, grow up!' At least Dad didn't pull out his wand.

Me and Lily started running towards the platform, and, to my surprise, went through the wall! Lily also started to cry. She gave me a huge hug. "Bye, Albus. I'll see you at Christmas. And take good care of Teabag." She gave me one final hug, then walked back through the wall.

I let the assistant take my luggage. I then stepped on the train's step.