On the train to Hogwarts
Al and Rose walked on the jostling train for a while till Rose looked into a compartment and said,
"Oh Al, I just remembered, I promised to sit next to Natalie Wood on the way to school, I'm so sorry."
Al felt a little disappointed. He and Rose had talked about school, but the subject of siting together on the train together had never really come up.
"You can sit with us if you like," Rose said, sounding sorry.
"No thanks," Al responded downheartedly, he didn't like Natalie Wood, she talked too much and much to fast for his taste.
"Oh, ok," Rose said, and went on to Natalie's compartment, which was a little way further down. Al continued on his own way, looking for an empty compartment.
He found what he was looking for in the last car. There was a boy about Al's age, sitting alone, with his faced pressed to the window looking out at the country side that was whizzing by.
"Can I sit here?" Al asked, as he opened the compartment door.
The boy nodded, and Al went in and sat down. The boy looked at Al, then back out at the window.
"Are you a first year too?" Al asked, the boy just nodded and continued looking out at the window.
"My name is Albus Potter," Al said.
The boy seemed to find this funny.
"What's so funny?" Al asked, feeling hurt, Albus Severus Potter was a bit of a mouthful, but Al liked his name, nevertheless.
"Well, I've never heard a name like 'Albus' before," the boy said, smirking.
"I was named after Albus Dumbledore," Al said, trying to sound impressive.
"Who?" The boy asked.
"You mean," Al said, shocked, "you've never heard of Albus Dumbledore!"
"Nope," the boy said, "in fact, I didn't even know I was a wizard 'till about two months ago."
"Oh," Al said, "so you're a muggle-born."
"What?" The boy questioned.
"It means, your parents aren't magical," Al said.
The boy seemed to understand; he nodded and looked back out the window.
"What's you name," Al asked.
"Jacob Kirkman," the boy said, "but call me Jake."
"Ok, Jake," Al said, "but only if you call me Al."
Jake laughed, and smile at Al.
"So what do you know about Hogwarts," Jake asked, "cause I don't know anything."
Al started to explain, "Well, there are four houses, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin. We'll get sorted when we get there. My brother, James, told me that we have to battle a sphinx, and depending on what type of magic we use, that shows what house we're in."
Jake looked shocked.
"Oh, I think he was just teasing," Al said, unsure.
This didn't make either boy feel better.
The food trolley came along and Al and Jake bought enough candy to last until Christmas. About twenty minutes after the food trolley had left, the compartment door opened again. Rose and Natalie entered the compartment.
"Hi Al," Rose said, sitting down, "Had a good ride?"
"Yes," Al said
Jake didn't look to happy about the intruders in the compartment, especially Natalie. She looked Jake up and down, with a very skeptical look, then turned to Rose.
"So how did the Holyhead Harpies do in the semi-finals, I missed it,"
"Oh, they lost 150 to 230 to the Wimbourne Wasps," Rose said calmly.
"Oh," Natalie said, not sounding sorry at all. The Natalie turned on Jake,
"What's your Quiddich team?" She asked.
"My uh, what?" Jake gasped back.
"Natalie," Al said, calmly, "Jake is a muggle-born, he doesn't know about Quiddich yet."
"Oh," said Natalie, apoligeticly, "I hope, once you do pick a team, that you support Puddlemeare United."
"Sure, whatever," Jake said.
Al could tell that he and Natalie weren't going to get along very well. Al looked at Rose and was about to ask why she had come into their compartment, when a voice came over the train.
"We will be reaching Hogsmeade station in thirty minutes, please leave all personal belongings on the train, they will be taken up to the school later."
"We'd better change," Rose said calmly. Then she and Natalie waved goodbye as they left the compartment
"Bit of a git isn't she." Jake said, pulling his robes on over his head.
"Which one," Al asked.
"That one, you know," Jake complained, "The Quiddich one."
"Oh, you mean Natalie," Al groaned, "She's always like that."
The train came to a stop at Hogsmeade station and Al and Jake disembarked the train, ready to go to Hogwarts.
Hi, sorry for the long delay between chapters, but school and, you know, anyways R&R PLEASE!!!!!
