Hello people. This is my first attempt to write a fan fiction. I did not want to alter the basic structure so changed events accordingly. James Sirius Potter in his seventh Year goes to Ilvermorny. His best friend Dominique Weasley would be joining him as will Louis Weasley Dominique's brother.

I chose Ilvermorny because it would give me more creative freedom and different things to explore.

Feel free to review however you feel like. Enjoy

I don't own Harry Potter. J.K Rowling does. I don't own anything. Not even my soul. I sold it to the Flying Dutchman.

Chapter 1- New Horizons

"Not very big is it."

"Don't judge us so fast young man. There is another part of the school located on elsewhere", the janitor smiled.

"Yeah well that changes everything", James said sarcastically.

The janitor understood it. He said," It does not seem much at first but soon you begin to like to the place."

"Yeah well, what do you think Dom?"

"I think it is very nice, it is compact and beautiful and has some amazingly cute guys", the brunette said.

"I take it that you too are related', the janitor asked.

"Yes, we are. She is my cousin. My mother is her father's sister."

"Ok then, I will meet you guys tomorrow, for the sorting. It is quite different from the place you come from. I will tell you more about the school tomorrow. If you want you can roam around for some while then come here. I will lead you out. The term starts next week. If you need anything, you can come to me, I will be happy to help you", the old man was smiling kindly.

"Thank you sir, we will take a round, my parents will come to take us about thirty minutes later", the girl called Dom replied.

"Oh I forgot, what will be your name sir."

"There is no need to call me sir and it is Stanley Lieber."

James was standing near the fountain outside the Achievers Hall when Dominique came up to him.

"What is it?"

"Nothing just thinking about Alice and stuff", James said.

"James, we talked about this. You decided to come here. Now stick to that. I know you have left friends behind but yeah you will make new ones here", she said trying to console him.

"You know the best thing about this place. Here I am not going to be called Harry Potter's son. Here I am not bound by his legacy."

"I admire you James, you have actually grown dumber with age."

James smiled slightly.

"You are always going by bound by your father's legacy, you idiot. There is nothing you can do about it."

"Yeah, I guess you are right. Why did Louis not come with us?"

"He wanted to see the other spots with mom and dad. He is a nerd."

"You don't need to tell me."

"Can you believe it, this is my third school."

"Yeah I can, because I know you. Kicked out of Beauxbatons then left Hogwarts now her at Ilvermorny. You know that Durmstrang is all boys right."

"Nah, I think I can survive two years here."

"It is a darn shame that we have to study an extra year as compared to the rest. Can you imagine, that reduces the gap between me and Albus to one."

"Hey, what time is it?"

"2:30. Uncle Bill and Aunt Fleur would be arriving any minute now."

"We should get going then."

"Ok lets go."

They were sitting in the car. Louis was talking passionately about Ilvermorny and its history. Louis had always been like that. A big reader and a very shy boy. He would blush beetroot red if a girl smiled at him. And James personally believed that he would die if one flirted with him. Dom was pretending to listen very carefully. She occasionally made annoyed faces at James. Even though Dom continuously rambled on about how she hated listening to Louis and how big of a nerd he as James knew that she loved the boy.

"You know then she made her wand sleep and Isolt was never able to use..." Louis continued but James wasn't listening.

His thoughts were drifting. He was miles away from home. He was not going to Hogwarts again. He had decided to come to America because he did not want to go to school without Dom. At least that was what he told everybody. Only Dom knew the real reason. He did not know how to explain it but he had started to feel suffocated in Hogwarts. Everyone knew him, there was too much pressure. Everyone compared him with his father. Harry had told him that it would happen and he would have to learn to deal with it but he just never could.

Bill had been posted in Atlanta for Gringotts business. He was now the deputy president of the famous bank. The only human to ever get the post. Victoire had graduated already so Dom and Louis were left. Dom was more than happy to switch schools and Louis was too young to care. He was in his second year. Dom was in her seventh year just like James.

After several warnings, Dom had been expelled from Beauxbatons for ill behaviour. She had been caught breaking into the Headmistress's office trying to steal her famous dress. Fleur was distraught while Bill was ecstatic. He never wanted Dom to go there but Fleur had argued that since Victoire did not go Dom would have to. George had said that Fred would have been proud of her. She had come to Hogwarts in her fourth year and had been sorted into Hufflepuff. She made friends quickly and became very popular, a major reason for which was her commentary. She was one of the few people to both commentate and play Quidditch. James and Dom were already good friends before she came to Hogwarts but became almost like brother and sister. Which technically they already were. James liked Dom. She was fun loving, carefree and kind. Though she said that she did not get serious about guys, James knew her better. She became possessive very quickly and that was the reason most of her relationships ended and very sourly. She was beautiful and every boy who had the superpower –the ability to talk to talk to girls hit on her.

James had a deep seated guilt as well. He had left Albus. He knew that he had Scorpius but still he regretted leaving Albus after the whole Delphini business and Albus almost destroying the world. He knew that he had failed that the job of being a good elder brother. Other people came into his mind- Lily, Rose, Augustus, Mathew but his thoughts got stuck on Alice.

Alice Hannah Longbottom and James had been in relationship for almost two and half years. It had been intense, passionate and beautiful. James knew Alice from his childhood. He had met her at parties. She too had been sorted into Gryffindor with him and the contact had increased and slowly and slowly the mutual attraction had increased. And during the Christmas break in their fourth year, the two hit it off. They made out in the Three BroomSticks(where his father had failed), in the Prefect's Carriage, in the Prefect's Bathroom(they both were prefects).Almost everyone in the school knew about them. Neville was perfectly ok with it. This surprised James as he had thought he would never make it to his fifth year. After two and a half years, when James had told her that he was going to America, she was shattered. She did not believe Dominique was a strong enough reason to leave. She even asked him to stay for Albus and Lily. But James knew that if he did, he would never get a chance again. And a huge argument took place at the end of which both of them were in tears.

"James...", someone was almost yelling.

"Yes."

"You okay kid. You were not responding and your eyes are red," Bill said.

"No, I am fine."

"I was thinking that we could go to buy all of the stuff you guys are going to need. We should leave after the sorting is done. No problem."

"None."

"Good. You excited Louis."

"Yeah very much."

"By the way do any of you know where we get to buy your stuff from."

"It is a shop called Lucus Centrum. It is on an island called Stella Center. We get further directions from there only", the twelve year old piped.

When the car reached Bill and Fleur's place, James helped Bill carry some of the stuff. They could not use magic outside as it was a muggle apartment. Originally a three bedroom apartment had been expanded into five bedrooms. James sat in his room thinking about the stuff Stanley had told him and the prospect of exploring new things excited him and with everything that had happened and with everything that could happen, James was ready.