Chapter 1: Dinner with the Potters

"It's very simple," Ginny told her middle son, Albus. "You just tap your frog on the back twice with your wand, then tap him one more and say Vera Verto."

Albus gives his mother a tired look. "It's not gana work! We've been trying this all week, and I still haven't gotten it! I think I'm just stupid or something."

"You're not stupid, Albus. " Ginny reassured her son. "Sweetie, I know you can do this. You just need to believe in yourself like I do."

Albus rolled his eyes.

"Al, please just try once more." Ginny pled. "Relax, take a deep breath and try again."

Albus did as his mother said he took a deep breathe. Then he tapped the frog twice on the back. Then tapped him again.

"Vera Verto" Albus said.

a light blue mist, shot out of Albus`s wand. Albus`s eyes widen with excitement, this had never happen before. The mist surrounded the frog and as the mist cleared, in the place of the frog was a clear goblet.

"It worked!" Albus shouted with joy.

Ginny hugged Albus. "I knew you could do it! I`m so proud of you!"

Just then they hear the front door creek open. Albus grabbed the goblet and ran to the door.

"Dad! Dad!" Albus called excitedly. "Guess what I did?"

"What?" Harry asked.

"I turned Mr. Froggles into to a goblet!" he said waving the goblet in the air.

"That's great, Al! I`m so proud of you!" Harry told him. Harry scooped up Albus in his arms and kissed him on his head. Albus smiled.

Then Albus`s eyes widened. "Wait is Mr. Froggle gana be like this forever?!" Albus asked. Looking back at his mom than at his dad with panicked look on his face.

Ginny and Harry laughed.

"Don't worry, he`ll be fine." Ginny smiled.

"Give me him, I`ll turn him back for you." Harry said putting out her hand.

Albus handed the goblet to his father. Harry takes his wand out of his suitcase, then tapped the left side of the glass with his wand, then the right side. Then he tapped the top of the glass.

"Surba Forma." Harry said.

A purple light bursts out of Harry`s wand. Then the goblet turned back into a frog.

Albus smiled as he sees his friend again. The frog jumps onto Albus`s shoulder.

"Thanks dad." Albus smiled.

Albus ran up the stairs and into his room to play with his pet.

"I'm worried about him, harry." Ginny confessed walking back to the living room.

"Worried? Why? "Harry asked. "He learned four spells before even stepping foot in a wizarding school."

"But James had learned 20 spell before he went to Hogwarts and Lily is only eight and has learned 9 spells already. School starts tomorrow I'm worried he`ll fall behind. And the professors may not be as patient with him as we are."

"He`ll be fine." Harry reassured her. "I didn't know one spell when I started Hogwarts."

"Yes but once you started it came easy to you. We've been training Albus since he was five and it still seems so hard for him."

Harry thinks for a moment. She was right, as usual.

"Well what do you think we should do?" Harry asked.

"Maybe we should hold back on the schooling for a year." Ginny suggested.

"You can't do that to him. He has been looking forward to going to Hogwarts all year, he`ll be crushed."

Ginny sighed. "I know but I don't want him to be made fun of or get more discouraged because of his lack of skill." Ginny is silent for a moment. "I got it! How about this, you call Headmaster McGonagall and see if maybe she could put him with some really good professors who will take it slow with him and maybe even give him private lessons. I mean your Harry Potter you saved the wizarding world you deserve a favor or two."

"We all saved the wizarding world, not just me." Harry commented. "I don't understand why I get all the credit."

Ginny rolled her eyes. "It doesn't matter. If we don't care you shouldn't care. But I really think we should try this idea. Who could say no to you?"

"I`ll try but I'm not making any promises." Harry replied.

Ginny smiles. "Thank you." Then kisses Harry`s cheek.

Ginny and Harry get dinner ready in the kitchen. As the kids where doing various things in the living room. Lily was coloring and Albus was trying to turn Mr. Froggles into a goblet again to show James.

Lily was the youngest of the three potter children. Lily is kind, outgoing, creative and very smart for her age. Lily had long straight orange hair, pale skin, brown eyes and freckles on her face cheeks. Lily wore a pink dress white a huge white bunny on it and pink girly sneakers. Lily enjoyed bugging her brothers, But Albus got along better with Lily then with his older brother, James. James was 13 years old. He was stereotypical idiotic jock. He always boasted about his abilities. James loved to pull pranks on the smart kids and the teachers he doesn't like at school. James was very gifted when it came to magic, it came so easily to him, and he didn't even have to try. He enjoyed making his brother fell like crap and also testing his pranks on Albus. James had white skin, flat black hair, green eyes and wore rectangular framed glasses. James was built like a football player, he loved to run and play quttich with his friends. Albus Potter was 11 years old. Albus was short for his age, he had messy black hair, brown eyes and white skin. He was the more mature out of his siblings, even if he wasn't the smartest. He had a big heart and loved spending time with his friends Ethan Lynn and Rose Weasley, who lived next door and across the street.

Albus tapped the back of his frog with his wand twice.

"Vera Verto." Albus said with confidence. But nothing happened. James smirked. Albus tried the spell again. Same result. Then again, same result again.

"Ha I knew you were lying." James laughed. "You're so pathetic. I learned this spell in an hour you've been working on this for a month and you still can't do it!"

"Yes I can!" Albus shouted.

Albus tried the spell once more, this time a yellow mist appeared around the frog. Albus smiled, but when the mist cleared Mr. Froggles was a weird combination between a frog and a cup.

"Ha ha ha ha ha!" James laughed. James takes the cup frog out of his brother`s hand. James looked it up and down.

"You know you would have been better off if you were a squib. " James told Albus. "At least then you would know you were pathetic and just stop trying. "

"James, what did your parents tell you about being nice to your brother?" a familiar voice said from the doorway. The three kids look toward the voice, and there was Teddy Lupin standing in the doorway.

"Teddy!" Lily and Albus shout excitedly. The two immediately jumped to their feet, and ran to hug Teddy.

James rolled his eyes. James didn't like Teddy much. He always thought Teddy was self-centered and arrogant. But really he was jealous of Teddy and how everyone including Harry and Ginny adored him. Albus on the other hand idolized Teddy. When Albus was a kid Teddy always used to play with him and teach him fun new games. He always treated Albus like a brother and protected him when he was scared. In addition, Teddy knew so many amazing spells that they didn't even teach at Hogwarts. Teddy loved to read and learned a lot from all the books he read. Teddy`s parents were Nyphadora Tonks and Remus Lupin. Both Teddy`s parents died in the battle of Hogwarts when Teddy wasn't even a year old. After his parent`s death he was put in the care of his grandmother. Harry, Teddy`s god father, and Ginny used to help Teddy`s Grandmother out by babysitting Teddy for her while she was at work (before Ginny and harry were married). Ginny and Harry became very close to Teddy throughout the years, they treat him as if he was their own son. Teddy really looked up to Harry and admired him and goes to him any time he needs help. Teddy has messy short blue hair, brown eyes and white skin color. Teddy is a Metamorphmagus like his mother, hence the blue hair. Being a Metamorphmagus simple means you can change your appearance without a polo juice potion. He wore a red long sleeve flannel shirt, dark blue jeans, converse and a small black jacket. On his back was brown and black backpack.

"Look at you both, you have to be at least 2 feet taller than the last time I saw you two." Teddy commented.

"How was your trip to the US?" Albus asked Teddy excitedly.

"It was great! We went to this muggle amusement park called Disney World. It was so fun! Victorie, her father and I went on this huge roller coaster, I can't remember what it was called, but it was wicked fast. Victorie`s dad nearly hurled."

Lily and Albus giggled.

"Then later we saw this amazing fire work show. " Teddy continued. "When the fireworks exploded they spelt out words and showed pictures. I never thought a muggle park could be so much fun."

"Did you bring us presents?" lily inquired.

Albus slapped Lily`s arm. You can't just ask that! It's so rude! Albus thought.

"Of course I did!" Teddy replied.

Lily smiled wide. Teddy takes off his red and yellow backpack and looks for the presents. He then pulled out a fair skinned doll with long red hair and blue eyes wearing a gold crown and a pink ball gown. He hands the doll to Lily.

"Hey it looks like me!" Lily said happily.

"The lady in the store said the doll is supposed to be a mermaid princess from a muggle movie called The Little Mermaid." Teddy told Lily.

Lily looks at the doll`s legs confused. "How can she be a mermaid if she has legs?"

"That's what I asked the lady and she just laughed at me for some reason." Teddy shrugged.

"Don't you have something to say, Lily?" Albus commented.

"Oh yeah! Thank you Teddy!"

Lily ran to Teddy and hugged him.

"Anything for you guys." Teddy told her.

Teddy reaches into his bag again, this time pulling out a quttich helmet with the words "The brawlers" on the side of the helmet. The helmet was green and the worlds were in orange.

"James, I got this for you. " Teddy said. "The Florida Brawlers is still your favorite team right?"

James scoffed. "The brawlers are so lame now. I wouldn't be caught dead watching one of their game. Let alone wearing there stupid helmet."

"If you don't like the brawlers, then how come you told dad you wanted to go to Florida to see one of their games?" Lily questioned.

James gave his sister a death stare look.

Teddy rolled his eyes. "And for Albus…" Teddy reached into his bag once more and pulled out two thick books. "I got you these."

the book on top`s cover read: A history of the First Wizarding War. Albus found War stories very interesting. Although his father didn't talk much about his experience in the battle of Hogwarts. Ron loved to tell stories about their adventures. Albus would always ask a million questions and Ron loved it cause he got to feel like he was a celebrity. Ron usually made himself seem braver than he was, but the story was still there. Albus hugged Teddy.

"Thanks." Albus replied.

"Don't forget about the second one. I think you`d really like it." Teddy told him.

Albus put the war book on the ground and read the title of the second book: The Life of Alan Green. Who the heck is that? Albus thought. He turned the book over and read the summary on the back. The book was about an apparent famous wizard who struggled to be able to do magic as a kid but then worked very hard and become a hero. Albus smiled. Maybe that means there's hope for me. Albus thought.

Before Albus could say anything Ginny entered the doorway of the living room.

"Dinner is ready, kids." Ginny told them. She started to walk back to the kitchen, then turned back to the kids.

"Teddy!" Ginny exclaimed with joy. "When did you get here?"

Teddy shrugged. "I don't know like 20 minutes ago. Harry let me in."

Ginny ran over to Teddy and hugged him. "It's so good to see you!"

"It's good to see you too, Ginny."

"How was your trip?" Ginny asked.

"it was great!"

"Why don't you eat with us tonight? You can tell us all about your trip over dinner." Ginny asked. "Were having steak."

"Yeah sounds good." Teddy smiled.

The three kids rush into the kitchen and to the dinner table. Steak, Albus`s favorite. Ginny cuts a piece of steak into small pieces for Lily. Albus picked the juiciest steak and places it on his plate. Albus he starts to cut the steak into smaller pieces. Then starts to eat.

"Albus Severus! You know we don't eat dinner until everyone is at the table." Ginny yelled at Albus.

Albus looks around the table and realized his father wasn't there. He looked around him then saw Harry on the phone in the hallway.

"Ugh! But mom I'm so hungry!" Albus complained.

"You're waiting."

Albus watched as his father paced back and forth. Rubbing his forehead as if he were stressed. Albus wondered who he was talking to. And what was going on?

"So Teddy are you excited to be graduating this year?" Ginny asked trying to strike a conversation.

"Yeah I can't wait. I`m so done with Hogwarts."

"I thought you liked Hogwarts?" Ginny said.

"I did but it's been 8 years of going to this place. I`m ready to move on."

"Teddy guess what?!" Albus called.

Teddy looked over to Albus. "What?"

"I`m starting at Hogwarts this year!" Albus bragged.

"Oh that's-" Teddy started.

"Teddy doesn't care, Albus. No one does, not even wants you there." James told Abu's.

"James, don't start now!" Ginny yelled at James.

"Teddy`s my friend, of course he`d care!" Albus protested.

"He`s like family he`s only nice to you cause he has to." James argued.

"James!" Ginny yelled. "Stop being mean to your brother!'

The five of them sit down at the dinner tables. Harry re-entered the kitchen and sits down with the family.

"Who was on the phone, Harry?" Ginny asked.

"Oh just someone from work." Harry replied taking a steak from the pile for himself.

"Did something bad happen?" Albus asked.

"No of course not. It was just….they need me to work late tomorrow."

Albus could tell he was lying by the tone of his voice.

"Hey Harry, did you see the quidditch match on WBBC yesterdays?" Teddy asked.

"Yeah it was unbelievable!" Harry boast. "I didn't think it was possible to catch a snitch only 30 minutes into the game!"

"I know!" Teddy agreed. "That Johnson kid is going down in history."

After dinner Albus`s two best friends Rose and Ethan showed up at the house.

"Hey you guys!" Albus said upon answering the door.

"Hey me and rose. We're getting bored playing video games at my house so we decided to see what you were doing."

Rose slaps Ethan`s arm. "You're so rude! You can't just say that!"

"Well it's true." Ethan argued.

"But you can't say that." Rose repeated.

Rose and Ethan lived across the street from the Potter`s home. Rose is the daughter of Hermione and Ron. Rose had white skin, long curly orange hair and brown eyes. She wore a green sweater, blue jeans and a pink puffy winter coat. She recently started wearing a gold necklace with a silver heart at the end of it everyday. Albus and Rose`s grandfather, Arthur Weasley, gave to her. Rose and Arthur were very close they both enjoyed learning and loved to watch movies together. Rose is very smart like her mother and kind. Ethan had brown hair that was flipped in the front and blue eyes, he had white skin and wore a red jacket, jeans and black sneakers. Rose and Albus have been friends since birth, and they had been friends with Ethan since we were eight. Ethan and Rose are the same age as Albus. Ethan had moved to Gardner Valley, where Rose and I both live, after his parents split up for a reason unknown to the three kids. Ethan`s father was born into a pure blood family and Ethan`s mother was a muggle born. Maybe they split up because of that. After the split up Ethan and his father moved in with Ethan`s grandma. Ethan used to be very shy when Albus and Rose first met him, but after a while we got to see that he was an outgoing, fun, and strong spirited guy.

"Relax rose, it fine. Do guys wana go play Dragon Slayer in the backyard?"

"Yeah!" Rose and Ethan both said at the same time.

The three kids run outside to play.

"Harry, I need to talk to you about something." Teddy told Harry and Ginny, as he helped clean up the kitchen after dinner."

"What is it?" Harry asked.

"I saw something in the woods across from my house. Victorie had dropped me off in front of my house and across the street in the woods I saw a man. He looked maybe about 30 years old. But he dressed like he was from Sir Nicholas`s time."

"Teddy it was probably just a ghost." Ginny told him.

"No it wasn't a ghost! It wasn't transparent, and its clothes and body had color in it."

"What did the man look like?" Harry asked.

"He had long wavy blonde hair and green eyes. He was a white man and was short." Teddy answered.

"We got a report at the ministry of a guy who fit that description. He was stealing an old lady`s magic. He too was dressed like he was from other time. We are almost certain he is one of the legendary magic stealers."

"But they were killed many years ago. Weren't they?" Teddy questioned.

"That's what we thought too. But who else could it be there is only two wizards in history, who had ever had the ability to steal another wizards magic."

"This is very bad." Ginny said. "Last time this happened all the victims never regained their magic back."