Chapter 2: Sorting and Hagrid.
Hagrid was old, well not very old, but he was old; his hair was grayer and his eyes tired and sleepy, he didn't walk as fast as he did nineteen years ago. He pushed Albus and Rose gently along, followed by a horde of awed first years.
"Look! It's the Hogwarts Lake" Albus exclaimed pointing in front of him, "Oh, Al...I'm so happy we're here" She gave him a small hug and smiled at him. Al smiled too, all his dreams were about to come true, he was here, finally. Rose and Al didn't have a hard time finding a boat and were soon joined by two other first years. The girl seemed nervous and kept on biting her fingernails; Al thought if she keeps on going at this rate, she'll probably loose her fingers.
"Hello, I'm Rose, What's your name?" The girl looked up at Rose who had extended her hand towards her and was waiting for a reply.
"I'm Ariana," Albus looked at the girl, Ariana? Hadn't he heard that name before? He shook his heard and following his cousins lead decided to introduce himself to the boy.
"Hi, I'm Albus Potter or Al for short"
"Hey, I'm Raj Patil...you're Harry Potter's kid right?"
"Yea...wait, you're mom is Parvati Right?"
"No Parvati is my aunt, my mom is Padma"
"Oh, cool, so you're going to be a Ravenclaw right?"
"I hope" Raj smiled at him before turning away and looking at the castle in front of them, Al looked away, he could sense that him and Raj would never be best friends.
"Come on, I'll only drop ya here" Rose, Albus, Ariana and Raj stared at the luminous castle in front of them, it was over towering, empowering and absolutely delightful to be near.
"Thanks Hagrid, I'll take them from here" Albus looked up, a short man, with wild hair was standing at the entrance, he looked familiar, but he couldn't place where he had seen him before.
The first years, gladly embraced the warmth of the Castle, they horded into the little corner of new found friends and listen attentively to Prof. Flitwick. As soon as he disappeared from view, the once quiet hall, turned into a noisy zoo. From the corner of his eye, he could see Scorpius Malfoy smirking and boasting about his family history. Al didn't think, the Malfoy history was great, Mum had mentioned something about Scorpius's Grandfather landing up in Azkaban when they were in school.
"Quiet!" Professor Flitwick had returned, and Albus found himself walking into the Great Hall. It was exactly how James had described it, but even better, the ceiling was enchanted, just like Aunt Hermione had told him. The four House tables seemed huge and long, but he didn't have a chance to look at them properly, Flitwick had started to speak again.
"You'll come here and try on the hat, when I call your name".
"Zachary Abercrombie" A boy with blonde hair and green eyes gently pushed pass Albus, mouthing a small sorry and running towards the hat. Professor Flitwick merely handed him the hat and cautioned him to sit down carefully.
"GRYFFINDOR" A huge cheer erupted from the Gryffindor table and Al could finally see his cousin Victoire and his brother James. By the time, he had come back to reality, he could see that the small line of first years had diminished, and only about 10 more students were left to sort.
"Raj Patil" Raj gave Albus a small smile as he stepped over to the hat.
"RAVENCLAW" Albus felt his heart knot up in his stomach, this was it...it was either Gryffindor or Slytherin.
"Albus Potter" His heart gave a little leap, what if Dad had been wrong, what if he got to Slytherin and he dishonored him? No, no, he was going to get into Gryffindor, closing his eyes as he gently placed the hat on his head.
A/N: hey guys. So i haven't been on this site for long. 2 years to be exact and I was quite surprised I got a few reviews for my new story, of course i also got a flame, and i can only say don't hate, appreciate. Plus if you're only here to write flames, you shouldn't be here at all. So thank you for all those reviewed. And ha-ha I left you with a Cliffy! (Actually i have a ton of hw to do and it's summer. AAAGH).