The Next Generation
Chapter 1- The Letter
Albus Serverus Potter knew that his first days to Hogwarts would be a special. Ever since James started two years ago, that's all he's been hearing about and once James received his letter, Albus too has been eagerly awaiting his own. He looked up to James quite a bit. James was a bon a fide Gryffindor. He was probably the most popular wizard among all of Hogwarts: Harry Potter's "first son," and he didn't seem to mind the attention. Actually, he seem to flourish in the spotlight.
He was voted captain of his Qudditch team by his second year. That was pretty much unheard of, but he had the skills and the leadership to pull it off. As soon as he became captain, Gryffindor has yet to lose a Quidditch match, much to the dismay of the other houses.
He also was a great brother to have. He never seemed to let the attention he got go to his head. He stayed humble and showed great sportsmanship on and off the field. And for James, family came first. That was something their mother, and grandmother, emphasized on a daily basis. If Albus was having a hard time or needed someone to talk to, he knew that James would be there to listen. Albus trusted his brother with all of his secrets with confidence that they would not be shared unless he gave his permission.
So the day that Albus got his letter, James was the first to come and congratulate him with a hug. Albus knew that if he ever got into any situation, James would be the first to come and help.
Then there was Lily, his younger sister. She probably will take over the world one day, and she knows it. She is able to charm almost anyone to do pretty much anything for her. The only people who seem to resist her charms is family. That didn't bother her though because she knew that they would always be there for her.
She is only a year younger than Albus so when he got his letter, she was a little jealous of her two older brothers being able to go to the same school without her for a little, but congratulated him none the less. She knew her letter would come and Albus and James always encouraged her to look forward to that day and not cause the parents too much difficulty without them around.
The day Albus' letter arrived was a normal Sunday. He woke up to Lily jumping on him to wake him up.
"Hey sleepy head! You got a letter!" she yelled, jumping up and down.
"Okay...OKAY! OW! Stop jumping please!" Albus shifted so that Lily fell to the side of the bed. "Geez, you could've have broken my back."
"I'm not that heavy," Lily said, pulling him out of bed. "You're Hogwarts letter was owled! Mom and Dad are waiting downstairs!"
With that Lily ran out of the room and down the stairs. Rubbing the sleep out of his eyes, slowly processing what was said, James came into the room and gave him a hug and a pat on the back.
"Congrats bro! Today is finally the day!"
"Thanks..." Albus said. Slowly starting to realize what was happening, Albus' eyes lit up and he started to head downstairs with James.
In the living room, Harry and Ginny were sitting there looking at a letter on the counter.
As Albus made his way downstairs, Ginny saw him and ran to meet him at the bottom of the stairs wrapping him in a big hug.
"Albus, you're letter is finally here!" She said kissing him on the cheek. "I'm so happy and excited for you sweetie!"
"Thanks...mom...but I...can't breathe"
"Honey let him go," Harry chuckled, "we don't want to suffocate him."
"Oops!" Ginny laughed, "Sorry honey. I was just so excited! Lets have some breakfast, shall we?"
Moving to the kitchen, everyone was laughing and cheerfully making plans on going to Diagon Alley to get all of Albus' and James' materials for school. At the table, Albus opened the letter so see the words he was looking forward to for so long. He read over the letter several times and pinched himself to make sure he wasn't dreaming and effectively tuned out what his parents were saying, completely content with just himself and letter at that very moment.
Over the next few days, Albus got multiple letters from his family congratulating him on his acceptance to Hogwarts. He got a letter from Uncle Ron and Aunt Hermonine, his godbrother Teddy, Uncle George, and Grandma Molly and Grandpa Arthur.
His cousins Rose and Hugo also sent letters to him as well. Rose Weasly was his closet cousin and they shared everything together. He was excited that he would be able to spend more time with her at school. She was the brains of the family. Second only to her mother, she easily understood practically everything that she came across and seemed to always have a book thicker than head with her at all times. It seemed to Albus that the book was never the same one each time he saw her.
Albus and Rose were constantly talking to each other through letters so it wasn't surprising to Albus that she would send a letter immediately after she received her own letter. He knew that even if they weren't sorted into the same house that they would probably spend most of their times together anyways.
A week after Albus received his letter, he found himself with Rose and their respective families walking through Diagon Alley gathering the supplies they needed for school. As Harry, Ginny, Ron, and Herminone gathered the books, robes and others supplies for their children, they sent Albus and Rose to Olivanders to get receive their own wands. This was the most exciting part for Albus and as soon as it was okay for them to go, they were off running.
The wand that chose Albus was made of beautiful cedar wood. It was 12 and half inches (32 cms) in length and contained the feather of a phoenix. Olivander said it was curious that he himself would see so many phoenix feather user in his life time and said that he would be expecting great things from him like his father.
Rose's wand was 10 inches in length (25 cms) and made of dark elm wood with a unicorn core. It was an outstanding beautiful wand and Olivander said knew shew as going places beyond her imagination.
After all the supplies were gathered, Harry brought Albus aside to give him a personal present. Since Albus already had an owl, Iya, a beautiful snow owl, Harry felt as though he should give him something special.
"I got you something Albus" Harry smiled, "to keep you company." He pulled went over to the cart with all the other supplies and pulled out a small cage. "I saw you looking at him when we passed the pet store and thought it would nice to get it for you."
Harry handed over the cage and Albus saw that his Dad bought him a baby ferret. He was white like Iya but unlike her who had small dark spots along her back, he was completely white head to tail.
"He's wonderful Dad. Thank you so much." Albus gave his father a tight hug.
"Happy early birthday" Harry whispered. "I know you don't like making your birthday a big deal, and you'll be off at school so I wanted to get you something early."
Looking at the ferret, "What are you going to name him?" Harry asked.
"Alba."
Harry looked at his son curiously.
"It means 'white' in latin." Albus said. "Rose mentioned it to me one day when we were talking about Iya." Looking over at Rose. "She was reading a book in latin and just started naming colors randomly."
"Sounds like someone else I know" chuckled Harry. "Take good care of him."
"I will. Thanks again Dad"
Albus and Harry went back over to the rest of the family and together they all spent the rest of the day gathering the rest of the supplies they needed.
A/N- Hey guys, thanks for reading the first chapter of my new fic! It really means a lot. I'm working on more chapters right now but leave some reviews on how you think it is so far. I know this chapter was a little dull but I wanted to set somewhat of a foundation for some of the major characters for the future.
I intend to go through all 7 years of Hogwarts with Albus as the focus. If you guys want me to make chapters with other character focus, let me know! I'd be happy to expand it more to others.
I didn't get to introduce Scorpius in this chapter. I plan to do that next chapter as he is a central character. Just like it was Harry, Ron and Herminone, I plan to make it Albus, Rose, and Scoripus. I found this trio to be perfect for what I'm going for. I'm trying to keep the pacing good while not moving to slow but not too fast either. If you guys feel it should speed up or slow down, let me know. I'll adjust accordingly. After all, these are as much for you guys as it is for me. It'll help me develop as a writer and make it more enjoyable for you guys to read.
Also any feedback, whether its good or bad, I want to hear it all.
Thanks for reading and I'll see you guys the next update!