Albus watched as his father waved him off, tears in his green eyes. He was finally doing it. Albus Severus Potter was finally going to Hogwarts just like his brother James and his father and mother before him. His dad had told him many stories of Hogwarts and all the adventures he'd had there. Albus knew he'd never be like his father and he'll never have adventures like his but he had a feeling his first year was going to be... Magical.

Albus walked down the aisle of the Hogwarts Express to find a compartment to sit in. He looked to his left and saw his brother sitting there, laughing with his 'cool' friends. James had always said his friends were cool, the coolest at school and for some reason, Albus believed him.

Maybe James will let me sit in here and talk with his friends, he thought. But as he was about to slide open the compartment door he locked eyes with his brother.

Don't, glared James. But instead of doing what his brother said, Albus slid open the compartment door. James and his friends starred at him.

Uh oh, thought Albus, maybe this wasn't the best idea. His brother, James glared ruthlessly at him and gave him the special I'm gonna kill you look. Albus smiled nervously.

"Who's this kid?" Asked one of James' friends.

"Hey," said another, "Isn't that your brother, James? Your a first year, right?"

Albus starred but finally managed a "Y-yeah."

"Cool." The older boy replied.

"Ok." said James, finally speaking up. "It's been real nice seeing you Albus but I'm afraid you have to leave. Bye!"

"C'mon James." said one of James' friends, "Let the kid stay. Just for a little while."

Albus sat across from James, who was still glaring at him like he had just ruined his whole day, and next to a tall, skinny kid with dirty blonde hair and brown eyes. James sat next to two people. A pretty blonde girl on his right and a burly black kid on his left. All were in Gryffindor except the pretty blonde girl, who was in Ravenclaw.

"My name's Eddie," said the black kid. "This is Fran-" he pointed to the skinny blonde guy-"And this pretty thing is Aleta or Ally." He gestured towards the pretty blonde. She smiled at Albus, her blue eyes sparkling brightly.

"What house do you think you're gonna get in and... wait... what's your name again?"

"Albus." Albus replied feeling a little more comfortable now.

"You know," said Ally. "The last headmaster, the one before Snape I mean, was named Albus. I hear he was the best headmaster of all time."

"He was." relied Albus, "At least, that's what my dad says."

"I've read some exciting and important stuff about him." reported Ally.

"Like what?" Asked James, obviously troubled that Ally and all his friends were paying more attention to his younger brother instead of him. Maybe not just his friends but definitely Ally. Albus didn't realize Ally was still talking until he gasped. Accidentally out loud. They all starred at him. Ally stopped talking.

"What?" she asked, "You didn't know that Dumbledore killed Grindelwald? Or did you not know that Dumbledore had the elder wand? Or maybe-"

"No!" Albus said quickly, he didn't want her to start a speech about Dumbledore. His dad had told him enough about Dumbledore. Ally reminded Albus of a family friend, Hermione Granger. "Nothing, sorry I just uh... Awkward well, I um... Yeah... You know. So yeah."

"Yeeaaah..." repeated James slowly. "Look, Albus, why don't you go find Rose and all the other first years."

"Yeah, okay." agreed Albus but only because his face was bright red. Albus got up and exited the compartment, happy to leave. He walked down the hall, looking left and right at all the compartments and the people sitting in them.

"Hey Potter!" cried a familiar voice. "Over here!" It was Rose, who was standing a few compartments to the right with her head hanging out, smiling. Rose was pretty and smart. She had hair the color of a carrot and striking blue eyes. She was already dressed in her Hogwarts robes. Albus smiled at her and walked into the compartment.