Chapter 1: The Hogwarts Express

"You're going to end up in Slytherin." James taunted Albus as they slid through the barrier between King's Cross Station and Platform 9 ¾. Lily looked at her brothers, James and Albus.

"No, I won't!" Albus shouted at his brother.

"I want to go to Hogwarts!" Cried Lily, while she tugged on her mother's shirt.

"Two more years, Lily." Replied Ginny.

Albus looked up at his parents for help.

Harry looked at Albus and nodded. "Don't worry Albus, the Sorting Hat will take your opinion into count too."

"Really? I can choose what House I'll be in?" Albus's eyes sparkled with hope.

Harry pushed his glasses up. "Well, not really but if The Hat thinks you should be in a certain House, you can say that you don't want to be sorted there."

The sparkle stayed in Albus's eyes. "Really? Is that what happened to you?" Albus stood still as he waited for his father's answer.

Ginny looked at Harry with admiration. Albus did not understand why she always looked at him like this. Both of his parents led him to a bench, and they all sat down. James found a group of his friends and wandered away with them.

"I have a quick story to tell you about it." Harry said over the loud whistle of the scarlet engine. "When I was in my first year, I didn't know anything about Hogwarts. I learnt about everything when I was on the train. While I was being sorted, The Hat thought I should be in Slytherin."

At this Albus gasped. My father in Slytherin! That's unthinkable! He thought to himself, with anger in his face.

Harry and Ginny both laughed. "Now it wasn't that bad," Harry started, "I actually know that a really important person to me was in Slytherin, and someone else I know, that didn't turn out that bad, was also in Slytherin." He took a breath. "Back to the Sorting Hat. Now before this I had heard all about the bad reputation of Slytherin, so I told the Hat that I would be in any other House. So the Hat put me in Gryffindor. However, I think I could have done well in Slytherin."

The train started to billow steam, and it let out a loud whistle.

Ginny stood up and grabbed Albus's carry-on. "Here you go, dear." She handed the bag to him. "The train is about to leave, so you better get on."

Albus said a final goodbye to his mother and father. Ginny kissed him on the nose. "No matter what House you're sorted into, you'll still be our little Albus." She turned to Harry, who nodded. Albus made eye contact with his father and made a gagging gesture, which made his father laugh. "Just make sure you find friends, people who will like you for who you are. Rose will probably be in Gryffindor though. The only person I forbid you from having as a friend, is Scorpius Malfoy." Harry added.

Albus smiled, and looked confused at the same time. He couldn't forget about his cousin Rose, as she would always be a friend to him, but he didn't know what this Scorpius person looked like. He picked up his bag and got on the train, and then he saw his brother, James, walking away with his girlfriend Hana. Hana came to England all the way from Japan. She had really long, straight black hair, a nice smile, and light green eyes. James had invited her over in the summer to spend a day with the family.

Albus waved to Hana and James. They both waved back, but they joined a group of their third year friends in a compartment. Albus knew one of these people to be Sean Finnigan, a son of a friend of their father's. Albus wandered down the corridor to find a compartment of his own. He peered into a couple of them, when he saw bright red hair. He opened the door to get a better look. Sitting across from the red headed girl was another girl with short, brown hair and a boy with sandy brown hair. They all looked up at him.

"Albus!" Said the red head.

"Rose!" Replied Albus.

The brunette girl, and the sandy brown haired boy laughed. Albus and Rose gave them a look at the exact same time. Rose smiled. "Albus, I'd like to introduce you to these two. This is Alison," she said as she motioned to the brunette girl, "and this is Zach Longbottom." She said as she motioned to the sandy haired boy. Albus smiled.

Alison stood up, and shook Albus's hand. "It's nice to meet you. I've heard all about what you're father did for the Wizarding World." She smiled at him.

Albus blushed and looked at his cousin. "I didn't tell her!" Rose stated and threw her arms in the air. "She said she already read the history book that was on our list, and she found it all in there!" Albus smiled at the fact that his father was famous.

Zach stood up while Alison sat back down. He shook Albus's hand as well. "You look like a man that my father said he used to go to school with. My father was really good friends with him."

Albus took in all of what Zach had said with a smile. His father and my father were good friends. "I hope we'll get along because I know the man your father was friends with, trust me."

Zach looked at him. "Was it your father, Mr. Harry Potter?" Albus nodded his head. "I kind of thought so." Zach gave a small smirk. "I hope we get along well too." Rose and Alison stared at them. After this conversation, they decided to sit down and talk with each other.

Albus learnt that Alison came from Canada to come to Hogwarts, and that she had a younger sister that would be coming in two years. He noticed that she had dark brown eyes. Albus decided he wouldn't mind being friends with her and Zach. During the next few hours, he learnt what Zach's life from the Longbottom family was like. Everyone smiled when Zach said that his father was the Herbology teacher at Hogwarts. Zach also told them all about his parents, Hannah and Neville, and what they did as a family during the summer.

Noon rolled around extremely quickly in Albus's opinion, and he was starting to feel a bit hungry. He heard Zach's stomach growl, and they smiled at each other. Alison and Rose laughed, but then their stomachs growled too. Albus and Zach joined in the laughing. They all reached up to the shelves in their compartment to take out their lunches. A few minutes after they had started, there was a knock on their door. Before they could answer, the door was opened.

An elderly woman was pushing a trolley that was filled with all sorts of goodies. Albus looked around the compartment and saw that everyone's face was lit up.

"Anything off the trolley dears?" The elderly woman asked the four kids.

Albus could hear jingling of money as everyone was digging through their pockets. He smiled to himself and pulled out a couple of silver coins called Sickles.

They each bought a package of Drooble's Best Blowing Gum, a few Pumpkin Pasties, and a different candy from The Weasley Wizarding Wheezes. Albus thought of the fact that it was his and Rose's Uncle George who had created the business back when his twin brother Fred was still alive. Then he remembered how Uncle George and Aunt Angelina named their youngest child Fred. Maybe it was after his Uncle's brother? Albus shrugged and continued eating his lunch while everyone changed the topic to Quidditch.

An hour after they finished eating, someone opened their compartment door. A boy with platinum blonde hair, a girl with black hair, a small looking girl with blonde hair, and a buff looking boy with short black hair all walked into the compartment.

"Ah…, if it isn't Potter, and Weasley. My father has told me so much about you two." The platinum blonde said.

"And you," Rose started to say, as she stood up to face the boy, "must be Malfoy."

Malfoy gasped. "Please call me Scorpius. I don't want to go through seven years here being called the same name that my father was. Although I'm flattered you even knew my surname." Albus could hear the sarcastic tone behind his drawling voice.

Albus noticed his cousin Dominique walking by to make Prefect rounds. Her hair is only shoulder length because she had cut it in the summer without permission from her mum Fleur. Her wavy, strawberry blonde hair is bouncing as she squishes her way through Scorpius's gang.

"What's going on here?" She asks in her confident Prefect voice. Since Dominique is part Veela, the two boys just stare at her with their mouths open. The two girls in the gang however, started to pull the boys out because they saw the Prefect badge on Dominique's robes. As soon as the gang leaves, Dominique stays in the compartment and closes the door. She looks at the group in there.

"Oh hey Al!" She gives her cousin a hug. "And Rosie!" She gives Rose a hug.

"Please don't call me that." Rose says.

"Oh, right! Sorry! I hope that gang wasn't giving the four of you any trouble."

"No, I don't think they were. They sort of came in and introduced themselves. Well, at least only the Malfoy really did." Albus stated.

"Well, that's good." Dominique said, and she opened the door and left. Alison went and closed the door.