Albus, Rose, and James entered a compartment in the Hogwarts Express and headed to the window to wave at their parents. The train started moving shortly, still waving goodbye until their parents weren't visible anymore. The kids sat down on the seats. Albus sat next to Rose and James was sitting in the opposite seat. Albus was much more relaxed after what his father had told him.

"So Al, feeling nervous?" asked James.

Rose sat upright and crossed her arms, suspicious of James' intentions.

"Not anymore"

"Yeah, you'll get sorted into Gryffindor I'm sure of it."

Rose and Albus were surprised that James would actually say something like that.

"But there's still that small chance you'll end up in Slytherin. Just imagine the first Potter in Slytherin, think how broken-hearted Granddad and Nana would be to know that one of their beloved grandsons is on the official house of dark wizards and traitors, just ima-"

"JAMES SIRIUS POTTER! STOP IT!" Rose yelled.

"What? I'm just looking out for him, honestly!" James said.

"Cant you be serious?"

"No Rose I cant be Sirius, I'm JAMES Sirius!" James chuckled.

Albus and Rose leaned back and crossed their arms and glared and James who was laughing until he looked over to Rose and Albus.

"Tough crowd!"

At that moment Fred opened the compartment door. Fred Weasley was the spitting image of his father. He quickly greeted Al and Rose and turned to James.

"James, I just spotted Evans in the compartment next to mine!"

James' face lit up. He jolted up from his seat and left with Fred without saying a word. Rose turned to Al and asked

"Who's Evans?"

"A girl in Gryffindor in the same year as James and Fred. He's been talking about her none stop."

Albus and Rose kept talking until they were getting close to Hogwarts. Al went to change into his brand new school robes. When he came back to his compartment he saw strait through the window. They arrived at Hogwarts. Al and Rose stepped out of the train. James and Fred ran past them and yelled out.

"I'll see you inside… or not…"

Albus' stomach turned again.

"Firs' years, firs' years. Follow me and mind yer step." Hagrid yelled.

Al went on ahead without Rose, who was talking with their cousin Dominique.

"Hi Hagrid!"

"Albus! How's me favourite godson?" Hagrid said as he hugged the air out of Al

"Good." Al said breathless.

"How's yer mum n' dad?"

"They're good. They sent their love."

"Yer look so much like yer dad. It seems like only yesterday I was leading yer dad into the castle in his firs' year."

All the first years were waiting anxiously for Hagrid to take them to the castle.

"Oh! Firs' years follow me!"

They followed Hagrid into a steep and narrow path. Albus was looking around anxiously while everybody around him was talking. The narrow path opened up to reveal the edge of a big black lake.

"No more'n four per boat!"

Albus got into a boat with Rose, Dominique and a pale blond boy.

"FORWARD!" Hagrid yelled out.

The boats moved all at once. Rose and Dominique kept talking and the blond boy kept to himself in a corner of the boat. Soon after they arrived at he castle's front doors. The doors swung open revealing a man waiting for them already.

"The firs' years, professor Longbottom"

"Thank you Hagrid, I'll take it from here!"

He pulled the doors wide open and signalled the students to follow him. They reached a small chamber off the hall. Professor Longbottom faced the new students and said.

"Welcome to Hogwarts!..."

Professor Longbottom continued to explain about the banquet and the sorting ceremony.

"Wait here, you'll be sorted shortly."

He left and the students were left alone mumbling to themselves. After a few minutes Longbottom had returned and led the students into the hall in a single file. All the students were looking all over the place amazed. They stopped in front of a four-legged stool with a dirty hat on top. The hat twitched and the brim opened like a mouth as it began to sing. Albus listened closely at the hat's song. But before he knew the song ended and everybody was clapping. Professor Longbottom stepped forward with a long roll of parchment.

"When I call your name stepped forward, sit on the stool, and I'll put on the hat and you'll be sorted into your houses."

Rose and Dominique gave Albus reassuring looks.

"Weasley, Dominique."

"Good luck Dom!" Albus whispered.

She sat on the stool and Longbottom dropped the hat on her. After a short pause the hat had yelled out

"GRYFFINDOR!"

The Gryffindor table cheered and Dom got off the stool and walked over to the Gryffindor table.

"Corner, Kate."

"RAVENCLAW!"

"Finnigan, Trevor."

"GRYFFINDOR!"

"Derrick, Tom."

A pale dark haired boy stepped forward and sat on the stool. Professor Longbottom proceeded to place the hat on his head. Instantaneously after making contact with his head the hat cried out.

"SLYTHERIN!"

Albus and Rose got a bad vibe from that guy.

"Weasley, Rose."

She gave Albus a reassuring kiss on the cheek and whispered

"Good luck Al."

"You too." Al whispered to her as she made her way to the stool.

The professor had dropped the hat on her head, falling over her eyes. It began whispering in her ear

"Hmmm, smart one just like your mother. But you're as brave and courageous as her and your father. You have a Ravenclaw's brain, but without a doubt you belong in… GRYFFINDOR!" the hat yelled out.

Rose excitedly ran to the table and joined her cousins.

"Malfoy, Scorpius."

Albus recognized him as the boy sitting on the boat with him and remembered him with his dad on the train. He sat on the stool and the hat was placed on him. The hat took a while before yelling out

"SLYTHERIN!"

He jumped off the stool and went off to his table.

"Adams, Richard."

"HUFFLEPUFF!"

"Grace, Justin."

"RAVENCLAW!"

"Carter, Victoria."

"HUFFLEPUFF!"

"Dursley, Wesley"

"SLYTHERIN!"

More and more students were sorted. Albus was getting anxious.

"Potter, Albus."

The moment had come. Albus stepped forward and sat down and sooner than expected the hat was on his head. It began to whisper to him

" Difficult, very difficult. There's talent, courage, and a lot of ambition, yes but where to put you-?"

Albus remembered his father's words at the train station.

"Not Slytherin…"

"Well I'll be, history does repeat itself… your father said the same thing when he sat here in his first year. Well I see you're like him, but you don't want to live in his shadow or do you?"

Albus loved his dad, but deep down he didn't want to always be known only as Harry Potter's son.

"You can take the opportunities your father declined in his youth and make your own path instead of following your father. It's up to you Mr. Potter."

Albus was unsure of what to do.

"Tic Toc, Mr. Potter. The people are waiting. What would it be?"

"Well it seems that I'll disappoint my brother this time…"

"Then it I'll be… SLYTHERIN!"

The students from the Slytherin table cheered, but it was completely overshadowed by James Potter yelling

"WHAT! SLYTHERIN!"

Author's Note:

This was my very first start into fanfiction. I posted a few chapters of this story a while ago on . And today while I was looking for some documents on my computer I found this story and decided to make a few tweeks at it and put it up here and finish it.