Chapter 3: Jellyfish
A loud splash erupted in on Albus' side, but his vision was too blurry to figure out the cause of the sound.
"Oh, Merlin. Is he mad?"
Rose turned to Lysander, who simply nodded in reply.
"What just happened?" Albus squinted at Rose.
"That idiot just jumped in the water!" Rose said.
"But the jellyfi-"
"Don't sting." Lysander closed his book. "They're decoration."
"But that water is bloody cold." Rose frowned. "Even if the jellyfish don't sting."
Lysander pointed to Albus. "True, but judging from his strained expression I think he really needs those glasses."
"I dropped my glasses in the water and he went to go get them?" Albus asked hazily.
"Yep."
Lysander sighed.
"Lorc doesn't make friends easily. I guess he wanted to prove himself. He must want to be your friend."
"Oh."
Al said.
"Uh, will he be okay?"
"He should be fine." Lysander shrugged. "Stuff like this happens all the time with Lorc-"
Interrupting Lysander a blond head surfaced and bobbed in the chilly water smirking and laughing at Al's bewildered expression.
"Don't just sit there, help me up will you?"
Al grasped Lorcan's hand tightly while Rose grabbed Lorcan's other hand and they pulled the boy safely back into the boat. Lysander didn't move an inch.
"That was... uh."
Al lost his thought process as he watch the sopping wet boy pull out his glasses from under his robe pockets.
"How did you find them?"
"A mermaid handed it to me." Lorcan replied. "They don't speak English, nor are they a pretty sight, but they're nice enough."
Lorcan placed the glasses on his face. "Merlin's beard you're blind! I can't see anything."
He quickly handed the glasses back to Albus.
"I'm Lorcan Scamander by the way and my grumpy brother is Lysander Scamander."
"Scamander?" Albus replied. "Are you Luna's twins?"
"Yeah our mother's name is Luna." Lysander chimed in. "You must be Albus Potter." He turned to Rose. "And judging by your bushy hair, freckles, and wit, you must be Rose Weasley."
"Albus?" Lorcan's eyes widened. "Albus Severus Potter? Wow! We've heard so much about stories of your father and how he conquered the dark lord with our mother and their friends. This is amazing!" He shook Albus' hand. Al just wanted to jump off the boat and swim to the castle himself.
"Don't scare him off." Lysander rolled his eyes. "You want to be friends right?"
"Right..." Lorcan frowned. "Sorry."
"Well." Rose smirked. "I guess your dad really is popular Al." She twirled a strand of hair around her finger. "Of course we know our parents did some cool stuff, but that was ages ago. I can't believe people still go on about it. And dad said it was him who was attracting all the attention at the train station, 'I'm famous' my arse dad! They were staring at Uncle Harry."
Albus frowned. "I just want to fit in..."
"Well, that's not going to happen. We're the children of legends."
Rose winked.
"A lot is expected out of us."
She patted him on the back softly.
Lorcan sensed Al's change in mood and gave him a light punch in the arm and a grin.
"Hey, it's okay. At least you won't be like James. I heard he loves the attention, basks in it really. He drives teachers up the walls. How he hasn't got expelled in the past two years is beyond me. He's a legend of his own."
