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Harry Potter: The Second Generation: Chapter 1: In The Beginning...

The train sped away as Albus attempted to find a seat. He passed the compartment of his third year brother, but he gave him a dismissive look. He turned around to find his cousin, Rose Weasley, looking as lost as him.

"Have you found a seat Al?" she said.

"No."

Rose looked disappointed. It seemed that she too was looking for a compartment in where to sit. The two cousins walked to the end of the train, when they saw the compartment of Victoire Weasley, their other cousin, sitting with her friends in her prefect robes. She simply looked at their sad faces, sighed, and opened the compartment. She pulled back her silvery blonde hair, as her friends looked at the two children with disgust.

"They're my cousins," Victoire said.

Her friends looked embarrassed. Immediately, they made room for the two children.

"Hi Al, Rosie," she said, trying to be friendly.

The two nodded, and stayed silent for the whole trip. A lot was going through their minds. Anxiety was the emotion that had the most power at the moment. Victoire broke the silence by striking up a conversation with her two friends. One was a tan Ravenclaw with dark, bone straight hair. The other was a Gryffindor like Victoire. Her hair was a light fuzzy brown, like Rose's mother, Hermione. The hours went by slowly, and finally, the train stopped.

"ALL FIRST YEARS TO THE BACK OF THE TRAIN!" cried a loud raspy voice. This command was not very hard, since Rose and Albus were already in the last compartment. They stepped out to see a massive man, with a grayish-brown beard. His thick mat of hair was thinning.

"I'm yer guide, Hagrid. Yer'll be needin' me ter get to the boats, yer see, the first years go on the boats," Hagrid said. Albus was delighted. He heard many stories about the half giant Hagrid from his parents and brother.

Hagrid led the forty or so first years to the boats. It was a long row to the school, yet the dark castle was sparkling with brilliant lights, it's windows completely lit up. As the boats hit the shore, Hagrid led the first years into the castle. The castle was different than Albus expected it to be. The walls were brown stone, and the blazing torches on the walls gave Albus an eery feeling. An old woman was waiting there to greet them.

"I am your headmistress, and transfiguration teacher, Professor McGonagall. If you will follow me."

The woman led them into a grand room, with four long tables. All the other students were staring at the first years. Albus saw his brother, James, staring at him. Professor McGonagall took her grand seat.

"Let the sorting begin. Alcor, Daniel"

A skinny timid boy crept up to the sorting hat. The hat was old and singed, as if it had been burnt. The hat was placed on the boy's head, and it seemed to mumble to itself. Suddenly, it made a loud cry, which shocked some of the first years.

"Hufflepuff!"

A table full of students roared in applause, as the timid boy sat down. The sorting went on. Harry had told Albus once that the sorting hat tries to get around 10 people in house per year. This worried Albus, since Gryffindor was filling up.

"Malfoy, Scorpius!"

The blond boy walked up to the hat and placed it on his head.

"Hmm, a Malfoy. Family tradition says Slytherin, but your mind says otherwise. You are noble, brave, you would make a good Gryffindor."

The boy looked like he was about to cry.

"Bah, have it your way. Slytherin!"

The furthest table roared in applause, as little Scorpius walked to them, obviously pleased with himself. He had been scared for a second that the hat might've put him in Gryffindor. That was unacceptable, his whole family was in Slytherin, and he wanted to follow that, even if Slytherin was receiving some bad publicity.

Albus was called up to the sorting hat. The second it touched his head, the hat cried, "Gryffindor!". Albus sighed with relief. His parents would be pleased, they were both in Gryffindor, Harry and Ginerva both. He approached the table filled with red robes. They were clapping. He tried to sit down next to his brother, but James gave him a look. Victoire let him sit next to her. She was very nice, Albus thought. She was a fifth year, just becoming a prefect. Her parents were pleased. She was also dating Teddy Lupin, a friend of the family. He was four years older though, and he once heard his aunt, Fleur, voice her frustrations. Something about "Prezzure".

Rose Weasley was called up. She was trembling. She wanted to be in Gryffindor, her whole family was there. She put the hat on her head.

"Ah, another Weasley. Hmm... You are different . The daughter of that smart girl. I always wished that I had chosen Ravenclaw instead of Gryffindor for her. She was brilliant, that Hermione. Ah, and so are you. I would put you in Ravenclaw, but no, another family tradition. Bah, to hell with traditions. Your parents can send the Headmistress a howler if they're so upset. Ravenclaw!"

Rose looked stunned as the Ravenclaws started cheering. She, Rose Granger Weasley, was the breaker of a family tradition that lasted generations.

After the sorting was well and done, the students followed the prefects into the common rooms. Albus was saddened, he wanted Rose to be in Gryffindor. His uncle Ron would be very upset. Once in the Gryffindor common room, Albus received sashes and a badge with the seal of Gryffindor on it. He donned the clothing, and headed downstairs into the common room.

The common room was bustling with Gryffindors greeting each other as the long summer. His brother, James, was sitting on the couch with his friends, his eyes full of lust, looking at a slender young girl at the other side of the room, chattering with her friends.


James Frederick Potter woke up after a heated dream involving Laura Burnes, the girl he was lusting for. It was morning. The other boys in his room were already up, getting dressed. James noticed that his boxers were wet. Embarrassed, he stayed in bed until the boys left the dormitory. James then put on his clothes, greased back his reddish brown hair, and proceeded downstairs. He thought about his dream involving Laura. Maybe he was in love, he thought, though he was only thirteen. James decided that instead of staring, he should persue the girl, and maybe they could become friends.

He sat down in the great hall across from Laura Burnes. She looked at him, smiled slightly, and turned to her friend. James frowned.

"H-Hi," James said, stumbling over the single word.

She raised her eyebrows. "Hello James."

"Erm...um..we have, um, transfiguration together! That's a hard class!"

Laura chuckled. She was very amused at James' attempt to talk to her. She was well aware of the stares she had been receiving. Still, it was sweet. James was a nice boy, but he was very cocky. This was the first time he talked to her without trying to show off. Still, having a conversation wouldn't hurt.

"Yes, hard class. The Headmistress still insists on teaching it."

"I know."

"She gives a lot of homework too."

"Maybe we could...erm...do it together sometime?"

Laura had a look of slight discomfort on her face.

"Erm, sure, sometime."

James left the table looking quite pleased with himself.


Harry was sitting in his bed, reading. It was late at night. Ginny was putting Lily to bed. An owl flew into the window, leaving a small envelope at the desk on the other side of the room. Harry stood up, walked to the desk, and opened the envelope.

Gryffindor

Harry smiled, but that smile was soon broken after he heard stomping and crying. Lily was throwing a tantrum again. This was getting quite ridiculous, the girl was 9 years old and still couldn't behave. Slightly annoyed, he went downstairs into Lily's room, where Ginny was trying to get her to go to bed.
Harry shouted, "LILY, BED!"

The girl went silent. Ginny made a sigh of relief and went with Harry up to their room.

"What are you reading," Ginny asked.

"Nothing much, just this book I found lying around. Al is in Gryffindor."

"Good," she sighed, and turned off the light. "You can read tomorrow."

On the following day, Harry woke up alone. He looked at the clock and realised that he was late. He threw on some clothes and ran downstairs to see Ron and Ginny talking in the living room. He proceeded to the kitchen, got a pastry, and started to heat it up. Ron walked into the kitchen.

"Rose is in Ravenclaw," he said.

"Well, I guess the tradition died with the pure blood," he joked. He then ate his pastry and ran towards the fireplace. "Sorry, I've got to go." He dissaparated.

Harry arrived in the Aurors Department in the Ministry of Magic. His job. He did it for fun, money was not an issue in the house, but it would just be dull if he sat around all day. He walked towards his desk next to his friend, Cho. He sat down. Before he said hello, an old man walked in.

"Mrs. Burnes?" said the man.

"It's going to be Chang again," Cho said, "After the divorce and everything. What do you need?"

The man threw a stack of papers onto Cho's desk.

"You've been assigned a new case. Young wizard found dead in his home, shame, he was a nice young thing. Anyway, you and...hmm...you and Mr. Potter work on it."

Harry protested. "Oliver, I'm already on a case."

"And this case is a murder, top of the list. Mrs. Burnes needs a partner. You are her partner. Go on, get." he shooed Harry and Cho, obviously implying that they work on the case immediatly. Harry opened his mouth in protest, but then closed it again. It was not wise to argue with Oliver.


End of Chapter 1. In Chapter 2 will involve the following:
a) Boring old Hogwarts business, all social plots. Rose is trying to find friends, James is trying to keep friends, Albus makes friends with a certain Slytherin boy, Victoire is feeling unfaithful.
b) Harry and Cho work on the murder case.
c) Ginny and Hermione/Lily and Hugo plot.

Yes, long chapter. I like to keep them long. I also had to introduce the characters and storyline. The other chapters won't be as long.