Albus Pov
Sitting in the train on the way to Hogwarts, was about the most nerve-wracking and excited experience of my life. As I watched many students walking along the corridors to join their friends, I had a sense of lonliness. My only friend so far was Rose, who was my cousin so she was a sense of permanet friend at Hogwarts. I looked over to her and saw that she was just as nervous as I was, she had bushy red hair, a splash of freckles across her nose and cheeks, and intelligent brown eyes. It wasnt intil the trolly came and went when a boy with blonde hair the color of straw, and had icy blue eyes opened the compartment door and slipped in. He looked shy and he looked down to his feet, "Can I join you, every where else is full." He asked quietly. I glanced at Rose and she nodded, "Sure." I told and he sat down quickly and looked terrified to be in our presence. "I am Rose Weasley and this is my cousin Albus Potter." Rose introduced, and the boy seemed to pale slightly. "I-I'm Scourpius M-Malfoy." the boy stammered, and I smirked slightly, now knowing why he was afraid to be with us. "Dont worry we wont bite." Rose laughed lightly, but her eyes were slightly wary of this boy. Scourpius gave a faint smile and lifted his head slightly, I didnt smile at him though I was still wary about this newcomer. After all his Dad was horrid to my Aunt, Uncle and father when they were at Hogwarts, so it could mean he could do the same to us. "I am not like my Dad Potter, I wont treat you as bad as he did your family." Scourpius said abruptly and Rose and I stared at him startled by his statment. "Besides, you guys are the only people I know now at Hogwarts. And I dont think starting off in my first year would be good with no friends." Scourpius said sarcastically, a slight bitterness in his vocie. And I immediatly felt sorry for Malfoy, "Oh where here Albus! Were here!" Rose squeaked excitedly and she jumped up and did a little nervous jig. I hid a laugh and smiled slightly at her, but inside my stomatch was jumping with nerves. As we got off of the train and onto the platform, we heard a booming vocie "Firs' years! Firs' years over here!" Hagrid bellowed. As soon as me and Rose walked up Hagrid's face split into a huge grin, "Hello Albus! Rose!" Hagrid boomed. Scourpius seemed to shake slightly as Hagrid gave him a slightly cold look, "Well you must be Draco Malfoy's boy eh?" Hagrid asked cooly and Scourpius nodded timidly. Hagrid snorted in contempt and turned brightly back to me and Rose. "Come on yer' lot lets get to the boats." Hagrid grinned, "FIRS" YEARS FOLLOW ME!" Hagrid bellowed and in groups all of us followeed him.
As we waited in the corridor outside of the Great hall, I was a ball of tight nervous energy and so was Scourpius and Rose. Rose and Scourpius were chittering away a mile a minute and I was getting a headache, just then Professer Neville Longbottom came out and smiled at all of us. "Were ready for you." he annouced and winked at me and Rose, "Follow me." Professer Longbottom said and we followed him in a straight line into the Great Hall. The house tables were mostly full and the hall was full of talk and excitement for the new year. But as soon as we walked in everyone fell silent in anticapation of who was going where. "As I call your names, you will come up here and the sorting hat will be placed on your head and you will be sorted into your houses." Professer Longbottom informed us, and he unrolled a long peice of parchement. "Abbot, Lila!" Longbottom cried out and a timid looking girl stepped forward and sat down on the stool, the sorting hat's brim opened wide like a mouth and shouted "HUFFLEPUFF!" Lila looked a little faint but she walked over to the cheering Hufflepuff table with a smile on her face. And thats how the sorting went intil a name caught my attention "Riddle, Snow."Longbottom annouced and at that name whispers broke out into the hall. "Quiet down now." Longbottom told the students sternly, and a girl that was behind me came up to the stool and sat down. She had pale skin, and snowy white blond hair and all the boys seemed to be captivated by her beauty even if she was only eleven. She had pale moss green eyes, and she looked straight at me and my headache increased to a burning sensation. "Ah!" I whispered and rubbed my forehead, Rose looked at me in concern, but didnt say anything. Longbottom placed the sorting hat on her head, it took about five whole minutes when "GRYFFINDOR!" the sorting hat shouted. The Gryffindor table burst into appluase and hoots and hollers, the girl smiled faintly and sat down at the table. James patted her on the back and she smiled a little more brightly, i watched her intil "Weasley, Rose." Longbottom annouced. Rose walked up there and sat on the stool and eagerly jammed the hat herslf upon her bushy hair, "GRYFFINDOR!" the sorting hat shouted and I grinned and the Gryffindor table broke into appluase and James went "Yeah Rose!". Rose sat next to the blond girl, who smiled at her in welcome. "Potter, Albus" Longbottom annouced and my stomatch errupted in butterflies, I swallowed hard as I walked up there and sat on the stool. Longbottom winked at me and put the sorting hat on my head, "Hmm difficult... just like your father i see...a thirst to prove yourself, a good heart and not a bad mind ethier...but whats this? Oh ho not Slythrien Eh? You could be great you know? I suggested the same thing to your father...No? Well then it better be GRYFFINDOR!" the sorting hat finished and I heared the last word echo through the Hall. I smiled in relief and I climbed off the stool and sat on the other side of the blond girl, she smiled at me and I blushed a deep red. She gave a tinkling laugh and gave me a even brighter grin, "Hi I'm Snow." she smiled and looked at me expectantly. "Oh uh I'm Albus." I mummered blushing deeply again, what was wrong with me? "Nice to meet you Albus." Snow said brightly and served herself some mashed potatoes. Gheesh how on earth am I such a blushing stammering idiot around her?
