Rose sat down in the compartment, Albus sat next to her and looked around. A girl with bushy red hair and bright green eyes sat across from him. Albus forced his eyes away and they landed on a kid with blonde-white hair and grey eyes. His skin was pale and a tad pink tinge from the setting sun. Albus gasped loudly, his eyes widening.

"That's- you're-"

"I know who he is and so does he, Albus. But I swear that Malfoy isn't like his dad or his grandparents. He actually doesn't want anything to do with their pure-blood methods and such, do you Scorpius?"

"No," he said, finally looking up. "I don't. I like muggles. I think they're... Never mind." He blushed and looked away.

"C'mon, Malfoy!" Chided Rose, "Just tell him what you told me. It isn't hard."

He sighed, took a deep breath and looked up at Albus. "I think muggles are extraordinary." Albus raised his eyebrows dramatically.

"Really?" He pushed. "You sure about that? Because your father isn't exactly the-"

"Albus!" Rose screamed and stood up. "So what if the boy has an ugly history! It isn't even his, really! Give him a break... and a chance." She added sitting back down, her cheeks rosier than they normally are. Everyone just stared at her. She avoided eye contact with Malfoy but she looked back at Albus, and even though her face was bright red she still managed the meanest glare Albus has ever seen her or any of her family members give. She stood up, said, "Be nice," and walked out of the compartment leaving the compartment door open.

Albus looked over at the redhead girl and Malfoy. The redhead was staring at him and Malfoy was watching the compartment doors slide back and forth with the trains every bump and turn. Albus decided he didn't want to deal with Malfoy right now (plus, it was already way too awkward) so he turned to the redhead.

"Sorry," he said. "I didn't catch your name?"

"Oh!" She said, her eyes widening. "My name is Ruby Finnigan."

"Finnigan? As in your dad is Seamus Finnigan? Seamus, Seamus Finnigan?" Albus asked stupidly. She must have caught the stupidity because she raised an eyebrow. "Well?" He added to make her stop staring at him lie that.

"Yes, my father is Seamus Finnigan and my mum is Parvati Finnigan. And you're Albus Potter. Harry Potter's son. Hmm..." She added the hmm like she was trying to make Albus feel weirder than he already feels. Fortunately, a 7th year girl slid open their compartment, saving him from an awkward situation. A Head-Girl pin was sitting right next to her Hufflepuff badge.

"We're nearing Hogwarts," she informed them. "You should change into your robes now."

"Ok." Ruby replied, smiling warmly at her. The Head-Girl smiled back and waved before sliding the compartment shut. Malfoy got up, grabbed his robes and walked out of the compartment.

Albus didn't care why Malfoy left he just stood up and put on his robes. It didn't have a specific house badge on it yet since Albus hasn't been sorted.

The train came to a squealing halt and Ruby and Albus walked off the train. A sea of students surrounded them and Albus didn't know where to start looking for the boats. His father had told him first years take the boats across the lake. So of course the boats will be on the lake but... Where's the lake?

"Oi!" Called a familiar rough voice. "FIRST YEARS! FIRST YEARS THIS WAY!" Albus looked around but couldn't see the man that was talking. It was dark and raining hard so it was very cold. Then the voice called again,

"FIRST YEARS, FIRST YEARS! LAST CALL YA SQUIRTS!" Albus looked around in the darkness but didn't see anyone calling out. All he saw and felt were other students pushing against him and trying to get to the carriages.

"Wait!" Ruby's voice. "Albus! I see him!" She grabbed Albus' hand and pulled him, making him sprint behind her. She stopped abruptly causing Albus to go barreling past her and collide into a humongous man. He fell on his butt.

"Ow," he moaned.

"Watch where yer goin' there Al!" Only a few people called him by that name. Albus looked up at the half giant and smiled.

"Hello Hagrid." Hagrid was tall, as in three times Albus' size. He was wearing his usual mole-skin overcoat. He had a big, black bushy beard that covered up most of his face. The only part of his face you could see were his beetle black eyes. "How are you?"

"I'm fine. How's yerself?"

"I'm good. You're the one who's going to lead us to the castle, right?"

"Yup!" Hagrid grunted. "That's my job! Now line up right 'ere behind these other first years."

Ruby was already in line and so was Rose and... Scorpius.

"Hey Ruby, Rose... Scorpius." Rose made a face at Albus. Rose said that Scorpius is different from his family but Albus wasn't sure if he should believe that quite yet. He wasn't even sure if Rose should be believing it.

"Who's that?" Ruby asked. "How do you know him?"

"Who?" Albus' was mostly focused on Scorpius so he was confused about who she was talking about.

"The big dude with the ugly overcoat." She answered, rolling her eyes. "Duh..." She added helpfully.

"Oh, that's Hagrid. He comes over for lunch every once in a while."

"Yeah." said Rose. "He's cool. Our parents knew him when they were in Hogwarts."

"That's cool. He seems nice." said Ruby moving up with the line of first years towards the boats.

Albus looked behind him and saw James climbing on one of the carriages. James said the carriages were pulled by thestrals, magical creatures only people who have seen someone die can see. Since Albus hasn't seen anyone die but his pet hamster when he was six, he couldn't see the thestrals.

"Hop on, Al!" Hagrid called from the front of the boat. Albus noticed that the other first years were already on and waiting on him. He smiled awkwardly and climbed onto the boat. The first years began sailing towards Hogwarts where they will spend some of the greatest years of their lives.