Albus got home with two Galleons and a black rock in his pocket. Uncle Ron lead him and the others into the house. "Ginny!" Uncle Ron shouted "I won, pay up." he called out when they got inside. Ginny stormed in the room.

"Rosie, did he win?" she asked, of coarse she wouldn't believe her brother. Thats just relationships. Rose nodded and Mum took out two Galleons from her pocketbook and handed them over. Quite the opposite of Aaron's behavior. Ron thanked her and she punched him. "Oh, James, Albus, letters came." she said. Albus and James ran over to the dinning room, where they kept the mail. Two letters were there. Two letters. One for James and one for Albus. James stole his from the table and tore it open. Albus picked his up.

It was addressed to Mr. A. Potter. It also had his address. Albus tore it open to see two pieces of yellow-ish parchment. One had the thing that said you are invited. And the other,

for the supplies.

By memory, Albus knew. It was from Hogwarts.

HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY

Headmistress Minerva McGonagall

(Order of Merlin First Class, Supreme Sorc.,

Witch's Weekly Duel's Champ. Two years in a row)

Dear Mr. Potter We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary school books and equipment.

Term begins on September 1. We await your owl no later than July 31.

Yours sincerely,

Gerald Griffiths Deputy Headmaster

Albus eagerly told his parents and went on to read the other page it talked about.

HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY

UNIFORM First-year students will require:

1. Three sets of plain work robes (black)

2. One plain pointed hat (black) for day wear

3. One pair of protective gloves (dragon hide or similar)

4. One winter cloak (black, silver fastenings)

Please note that all pupils clothes should carry a name tag

COURSE BOOKS All students should have a copy of each of the following:

The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 1)

by Miranda Goshawk

A History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot

Magical Theory by Adalbert Waffling

Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration by Emeric Switch

One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi by Phyllida Spore

Magical Drafts and Potions by Arsenius Jigger

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander

The Dark Forces: a Guide to Self-Protection Quentin Trimble

OTHER EQUIPMENT

1 wand

1 cauldron

1 set glass or crystal phials

1 telescope

1 set brass scales

Students may also bring an owl OR a cat OR a toad

PARENTS ARE REMINDED THAT FIRST YEARS ARE NOT ALOUD THEIR OWN BROOMSTICKS

Albus knew that some of the books would be hand-me-downs from James because they have money, but are smart with it. Except when Mum bets Uncle Ron.

Albus just saw his father sending James s owl with the acceptance. ALbus rejoyced in his mind.

"How about we go next week, to Diagon Alley." his father said. Diagon Alley. The place you can get all your wizarding supplies. Albus has only been there once because of James's first year.

A week past, the Weasleys left, and the Potters were at their fire place mother holding up a little cup of green dust having a label on the outside saying FLOO POWDER. Floo Powder wasn't the best way to get around, but it was quick. James picked up a pile and got in the empty fireplace. Throwing it down he yelled out "Diagon Alley!" And he vanished in a green fire. Albus took a handful of the Floo Powder and walked to where James was. He threw down the powder shouting "Diagon Alley." With a little pain, but expeirience, Albus knew to keep his elbows in. In a few seconds, Albus was coughing up a bit of powder right next to James and a fireplace. In Diagon Alley.

Diagon Alley was a long street and at the end a marble building named Gringots. Diagon Alley had wands, robes, books, cauldron's almost everything. And the stuff that you couldn't find there, was not essential for Hogwarts. First years at least. Their mother and Lily were there now. And Albus slightly caught a glimbse of his Uncle George's shop.

Unfortunately, Albus wasn't aloud to buy stuff from his shop until he's a second year. Orders from parents. Other first years were aloud, though. Harry came out and they started looking at shops on their way to Gringots. The wizards' bank. Number one safest place ever since the fall of Albus Dumbledore at Hogwarts. Dumbledore was Albus's parents'

headmaster at Hogwarts. Albus was named after him and the man that killed him. Albus Severus. It was a planed kill. Dumbledore told him to, it was all a plan to kill Voldemort.

Before, people only called Voldemort You-Know-Who or He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. Dumbledore called him Tom because his name was Tom Riddle. And Dumbledore was the first wizard that Voldemort ever knew besides himself. Witch mother dead. Muggle father dead. Raised in an orphanage until September first when he was eleven.

That's the way being Muggle-born or being raised by Muggles worked. Harry was born to a wizard and witch, but they were killed by Voldemort, so he went to live with his Muggle aunt and uncle. Passing many places, goggling at each, they got to Gringots.

It was a goblin-made marble building. All gold underground. Miles under London. Inside were to long rows of desks. Each having a Goblin. Weighing, scaling, it was difficult to find a one that wasn't being surrounded by men. The Potters werre third in line in a spot. Albus noticed the boy.

"Aaron?" Albus said. Aaron turned around. Glee on his face.

"Albus! Funny we come on the same day, huh?" Albus nodded and Then Aaron and his family left. "Bye." Aaron said and Albus made sure to him that he heard it.

"We would like to go to the Potter family vault." Harry said putting a key on the desk. The goblin studied it and told another goblin to bring them.

"Grinfalt," he said taking the key. "Follow me." Grinfalt said. They went pass doors and to a metal cart with installed red velvet seats. Must be new since last year James and Harry noticed. They climbed in, kind of stuffed. They left and it became like a maze. Albus looked at his father's face to see it all confused trying to memerize the directions to the vault,

but Albus knew it was no cart was controlling itself. Grinfalt was just looking at the Potter's faces with great fun. They passed an underground lake and the cart finally stopped.

A small door sat at the wall. Lit by opened the door and the Potters stared at the amount of gold. A large pile, and three smaller piles were there. The large one was their parents'. James spent too much money and they had to make it like this. Albus took about tweny of each. And Albus muttered to himself, "A Galleon is seventeen Sickles, a Sickle is twenty-nine Knuts. Easy enough. They left and sped back up to the marble building. Running out, James went to join his friends, Mum and Lily leaving to go do stuff and Albus and his father going through his list. "And no broomstick." Albus finished. First they went to Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions to buy school robes. Then to an Apothecary, and to Eeylops Owl Emporium. Albus loved a snowy white owl, what his dad had, and a long eared owl. When he got inside, though, all he wanted was a Great Horned Owl.

Alus now had all but his books and wand. They were to meet up at the bookstore inten minutes now. Going into Ollivander's: Makers of Fine Wands Since 382 B.C. Albus saw none other than Rose inside. A pile of wands that she failed at taking. "How about this, yew, 10 3/4, pheonix tail feather." An old man that appeared to be Mr. Ollivander said happily.

Rose held up the wand. She waved it around and sparks flew and then Mr. Ollivander noticed to the Potters. "Ah, Mr. Potter." Then Rose turned around with a smile on her face and Albus smiled back. She gaven a number of money to the man and she left. Albus walked to a counter where the man is. He sent a tape measure and it measured Albus all over.

Finally, Mr. Ollivander took back it and gave Albus a wand. "Mahagony, 9 inches, dragon heart-string." Albus took the wand and barely brought it to his face before it was taken away. "Holly, 11 1/4, Unicorn hair." This one Albus brought it around feeling warmth in his hand, then spark coming out just like Rose's. "Second try, wow! First one this centuary."

Albus looked half-amazed and half-surprised. "Eleven Galleons, only the ones with unicorn hair costs that much. And mahogony makes it cost more." Albus paid for it only having enough for books. But he already had Standard Book of Spells (Grade 1). James's old one. They met up at Fourish and Blotts. Then home, the way they came.

"I won't." Albus cried in the car to Kings Cross Station. To The Hogwarts Express. James wouldn't stop calling Albus Slytherin. And it was giving Albus determination to prove him wrong. But what if he was? What would James say or do? Would he be happy then? Then the car arrived.

Albus and James were walking next to their trolleys, which were being pushed by their parents. The Great Horned Owl, Albus decided, would be called Wolfric. It was one of Albus Dumbledore's middle name. It kept making long deep hoots. Lily was crying clutching their father's arm.

"It won't be long, and you'll be going too," Harry told her.

"Two years." She cried "I want to go now!"

People stared at the owls as they wove their way to the wall of nine and ten. Albus muttered to himself "I won't! I won't be in Slytherin!" James wouldn't stop teasing him. "Give it a rest, James." their mother said.

"I only said he might be." James grinned at Albus. "There's nothing wrong with that. He might be in Slyth-" but he stopped. Albus was looking around for the Weasleys. James went through the platform barriar, and that gave Albus an opportunaty. "You'll write to me, won't you?"

"Everyday, if you want us to." his mother said.

"Not every day, James said that people only get letters from home once a month." Albus quickly said.

We wrote to Albus three times a week last year." she said.

"And you don't want to believe everything he tells you about Hogwarts." Harry put in, "He likes a laugh, your brother." But no need to tell that last part.

Side by side, they pushed the trolley through the barriar between platforms nine and ten. Albus winced but no collision arrived at the obscured cloudy platform nine and three quarters. Figures appeared and they finally saw the scarlet steam engine labeled The HOGWARTS EXPRESS. "Where are they?" Albus asked anxiausly.

"We'll find them." Ginny said reasurringly. The steam was still thick and they couldn't find anybodys faces. "I think that's them, Al." She said and Albus looked around. THe four figures appeared and the four Potters (that weren't James) drew up to them.

"Hi." Albus sounded relieved. Rose was Albus's best friend, he couldn't go to Hogwarts without her. She was already wearing her school and Uncle Ron were having a discussion about parking and Lily and Hugo about houses. When Uncle Ron interupted them. "If you're not in Gryffindor, we'll disenheirate you." This made Lily and Hugo laugh but Albus and Rose were solemn. What if they weren't? Albus's trunk and owl were on the train now.

"Look who it is," Albus heard and he saw th Malfoy family. Draco Malfoy, his wife and first year son, Scorpius. Albus couldn't see the wife, but Draco and Scorpius looked exactly the same. Blond combed back hair, thin everything. Albus looked into Scorpius's eyes, Uncle Ron said something about tests and brains somewhere far away. But Albus saw Scorpius's eyes. It wasn't a friendly look, but not a enemy look.

Then he snapped awake by James saying something about Teddy Lupin, their God Cousin and Victorie, his cousin. Uncle George had Fred and Victorie. His chirldren. "You intrupted them? You are so like Ron!' Ginny said."And said he'd see her off and told me to get away. He's snogging her!" Teddy Lupin was entrusted to the Potters. But he only comes every week or so for food. He's a werewolf under the full moon.

Lily wispered something and Harry added on. Albus looked at Rose who was troubled, then he heard James say "Yeah, he could sleep in my room, I don't care if Albus and I sleep in the same room." James and Albus made trouble together. A lot.

"No," Harry said firmly. "you and Al will share a room only when I want the house demolished." Then he checked his watch. "It's almost eleven." James nd Ginny were talking about giving Professor Longbottem love. Then Albus was kicked by James. "See you later, Al. Watch out for the thestrals." James said.

"I thought they were invisible! You said they were invisible!" But James merely laughed, permitted his mother to give him a kiss and gave his father a fleeting hug. Then he leapt onto the rapidly filling train. THer saw him wave and sprint off to a corridor to find his friends.

"Thestrals are nothing to worry 're gentle things," Harry told Albus. " Anyway, you won't be going up to school in carridges, you'll be going in the boats." Ginny kissed Albus good-bye and said "See you at Christmas."

"Bye, Al," Harry said hugging him, "Don't forget, Hagrid's invited you for tea next Friday. Don't mess with Peeves. Don't duel anyone until you learned how. And don't let James wind you up."

"What if i'm in Slytherin?" Albus wispered to his father fear was almost as terrible as James is annoyingly joking. His father croutched down so that they were almost face-to-face.

"Albus Severus." He wispered back. "You were named for two headmassterd of Hogwarts. "One of them was a Slytherin and he was probebly the bravest man I know."

"But just say-"

"Then Slytherin will have gained an excelent student, won't it? It doesb't matter to us, Al. But, if it matters to you, you can choose Gryffindor over Slytherin. The Sorting Hat takes your choice into account."

"Really?" Albus cried, he has never told anyone this.

"It did for me." Albus was now wondering beyond the point of the sorting hat. Albus jumped into a carridge and Ginny slamed the door. People kept looking at the adult Potters and Weasleys.

"Why are they all staring?" demanded Albus as he and Rose craned around to see the other students. Albus just caught a glimpse of Aaron.

"Don't let it worry you." Uncle Ron said. "It's me, i'm extremely famous." Albus, Rose Hugo, and Lily laughed. Albus was so excited to go to Hogwarts. The train started to move, and Harry walked alongside it. He kept smiling and waving. They rounded a corner and left the staion.

Everyone left the corridors and looked through for empty compartments.

Albus and Rose looked franticly through compartments to find an empty one. They went all the way back, but didn't find James to sit with him as they were told to. Then they decided to go to the front part where they found a group of three first years.

"Would you mind if we sat there?" Albus asked the two boys and girl when he opened the compartment door. They didn't seem to care so Albus sat next to the boys and Rose, to the girl.

"Jacob Bendag" a boy with brown hair said. His body was built like Albus's. Then a boy exactly like him said "Michael Bendag." Then they sang out "Twins!" The girl was asleep. Black hair, even shorter than Albus.

"Albus Potter" Albus said

"Rose Weasley."

"Really?" a twin said.

"No... wait he looks like Harry." the other said. "Oh, and that's Grace Forlonge." He said pointing to the girl that was asleep. They played wizard's chess, which Albus and Rose were no good at, and later on, they started to talk about supposed he was Ravenclaw, Michael bet he was Slytherin. Albus and Rose both guessed Gryffindor.

When Grace woke up, she said deffinately Slytherin and went back to sleep. Then a girl came over and opened the door.

"Rose Suney." she said. "I was just kicked out of my brother's compartment, I know your's is kind of full already." They let the tall black haired girl in. she was taller than Albus, like most others. But she was short enough to be a first year.

When Rose Weasley shared her name, Rose Suney said that she could be her middle name, Isabella or Belle. Bellle said she hates roses anyway.

She said that she is Muggle-born, so she wouldn't know her house, but her twelve year old brother is a Gryffindor and so is her seventeen year old brother, who's still in school here. He's the quidditch captain of Gryffindor.

Later on, the plump woman came with a trolly. Albus bought a Licorice Wand, a Cauldron Cake, and two chocolite frogs. He opened a chocolite frog and looked at the collecter's card in each. It read:

Harry Potter

1981 -

The boy who lived.

Known defeater of

Lord Voldemort.

Now Head of the

Department of the

Aurors.

This was amazing, his own father on a card. He looked at the front to see his smiling face, then it left. He quickly opened another one, but this one was black and red, unlike the other blue and green ones. THere are only fifteen black ones in the world. They had the five worst dark wizards.

Ward Silsbury

1486 - 1517

Killer of 823 wizards

and witches, and

3895 Muggles. Maker

of the Imperious Curse.

Now dead because of

Gregg Potter IV. Not

Murder.

Albus wondered why they made cards like this. "Err... Rose?" Albus asked. Two heads poped up and one fell back down. "What's your thought on this?" Albus held out Ward Silsbury's card. She was amazed. Then confused, then sad.

A twin grabbed it and shared it with his other twin. "Imperious Curse? Gregg Potter the fourth?" asked a twin.

"The Imperious Curse is one of the three unforgivible curses. It can make you do whatever the other wants, for instance, I do it to you, you do what I want, but there are people strong enoug to stop it. With their mind." Rose explained.

"And as for the Potter?" the other twin said. And all looked at Albus, except for Grace, who was still asleep.

Soonafter, Albus was releived that Victorie came in to tell them to put robes on. And the rest of the train ride was silent in their compartment. Some speaker told everyone that they would arrive at their destination in five minutes, so everyone went out into the packed hallway, the train got slower, and slower, and then it came to a complete stop.