(I own nothing) 5th year by the way

Chapter 1: New Information

It was 3:00 AM. Albus Potter woke up to hear his fater talking to someone. He stood up to see what was going on. He went downstairs to the living room to find Harry talking to Professor McGonogall.

professor McGonogall never comes over unless it's very serious...I wonder what's going on...well maybe i'll find out soon. Last time she came, an order member was missing... I hope everyone's okay, even though we don't get along very well because i'm is Slytherin... evryone in my family is a gryffindor. They all hate Slytherin. They think we're all bad... but look at Merlin! Merlin was a slytherin! Why can't they see we aren't terrible people... most of us anyway. Things between the houses have changed since they were at hogwarts. Why can't they see we aren't like the slytherins they knew...well some of us maybe...

"what are you doing awake?" came his father's voice, waking him from his thoughts.

"oh, i just heard you talking, it woke me up. What's going on?" he asked, suspicious.

"nothing for you to worry about", McGonogall cut in, as harry was about to tell him. "Go back to bed. You must be up early tommorow to catch the hogwarts express. you need your rest.

"fine", said Albus, though he stopped halfway up the stairs to resume listening.

"now that he's back in bed, what will we do?" , came his father's voice again.

"whatever we can. We have to find it before it gets into the wrong hands. "

"but how will we-"

"we have to try. If it can cause this much destruction, we have to find it as soon as possible. "

"The sword of gryffindor always returns to true gryffindors. I wonder what's wrong."

Albus gasps at this. He's heard of the sword of gryffindor many times. He was in slytherin, but he'd always wanted to see it. It sounded so incredible, destroying horcruxes and everything. He'd always wanted to know how it would respond to a slytherin like himself. would it fly away at his touch? from what he gathered, it wouldnt , but he still wanted to see. would he be able to create the same amount of destruction with it as gryffindors though? Probably not, he thought to himself. Then he realized Harry and Professor McGonogall were staring at him from the foot of the stairs, frowning. I guess they heard me. Better get back to sleep for real now, he thinks. He gets up to leave,(he was sitting on the stairs) when Harry said "Don't even. I know you already heard. I guess you can stay. "McGonogall stares at him, clearly shocked. "I always hated being left out of the conversations with the order and such. And don't tell your friends about this, Albus."

"but I -" albus begins, but is cut of by Harry.

"no telling your friends." He gives Albus a stern look. " So your professor has come to tell me the sword of gryfindor is missing. It's not returning for anybody, as it did when needed while i was at school. we think somebody put a charm on it. "

"It doesn't make sense!" McGonogall screamed suddenly, putting her head in her hands.

"i know, but we'll figure it out. And dont even think about trying to find it yourself Albus, because it's dangerous. We think it's ben stolen or hidden, or both. We're not sure."

too bad. I was hoping to find it myself. maybe i will... but whatever my dad said, i am definitely telling scorpius. No way i'm not telling him. "okay, i guess. I'm not even a Gryffindor so i wouldn't care." Maybe i'll tell rose too. Scorpius seems to fancy her for whatever reason. She'd be interested in this too. Yeah i guess i will...

"that doesnt mean a thing. You've always been interested. " said harry.

" well, that's true, but i'm really not interested in finding it. "

"Fine. go to bed now, or you will have detention with professor McGonogall here."

"i'd rather not." albus goes upstairs for real now, and falls asleep.

back in the living room, McGonogall is preparing to leave again. "goodbye Mr. Potter and have a lovely day tommorow. "

"it'll be tough waking up to get albus to the train , then stayiing awake for the meeting..."

"which starts at midnight, exactly in my office. You may apparate with the others to hogsmeade where i shall meet you to escort you all inside. see you then. " she then steps into the now green fireplace. "my office" . She dissapears immediately.

"lovely of her creating the special floo connection just to visit...well this is a very serious matter..."

He goes upstairs to his own room and soon falls asleep.

I hope they find it soon, he thinks to himself. Or we'll all be in trouble soon...

Harry said farewell to his old professor while she left via floo. He then went back up to bed.

Albus awoke once again to find an owl hooting outside and pecking on the window. He recognized it to belong to his best friend Scorpius Malfoy. Their families had always been rivals, but they got on really well.

he took the letter from the owl along with a parcel. he opened the letter first.

Dear Albus,

I know school starts tomorrow, but I just couldn't wait to tell you. My father' s been acting weird lately. He left for a couple day to find something. he told me to obliviate him when he got back. I did. I think he hid something. I don't know what, but if you might know what it its, tell me please. Also, this year at Hogwarts, we're going to have the first triwizard tournament since your dad was in his fourth year. I'm not entering of course, but I wonder if Rose would like me more if I did. You know I fancy her. It would be so clichéd if you were picked like your father. but you're a different person. You're a Slytherin. we may not be quite as bad as the Slytherins in our parents' year including my father., but we're still very different than the other houses, and are still hated pretty much by them. I wish we could be respected. but I guess i'm fine where I am. I also included a parcel which contains something I hope you'll like. I'll see you tomorrow.

Your friend,

Scorpius

Albus put aside Scorpius's letter and picked up the parcel, ripping it was a stack of cards. As he began to toss the stack to the side wondering why his best friend got him a stack of cards, he noticed something: the cards had [ictures on them which were moving. There was someone on every card including Dumbledore, Merlin, Tonks, Lupin, Sirius, Godric Gryffindor, Helga hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, snape, and others. He also noticed they were whispering to each other. There was a note attached on which were only 4 words.

to give you advice

Albus set aside the cards and note next to the letter and went back to sleep.