On to the next one! Sorry! I know it's been forever but, I am a college student and midterms have started up... so ya classes first play later. Maybe I'll get a few more reviews for this one *hint hint wink wink* ANYWAY! I don't have much to say this time around. Of course the typical thanks out to AliS256. My most faithful reviewer. And of course to all the others, what few they may be. Read, Review, but most of all, enjoy.

Disclaimer: J.K. Gets it all. But at least I have Kailee.

Chapter 4: Hate is a strong word, but I REALLY don't like her

September 1st

It was a typical morning for the beginning of September. James overslept, Lily was up way too early and Sev was somewhere in between. Thankfully, their mother had made them pack their things the night before. Sev really didn't know where they would be without her.

Right now, they were rushing to platform 9 ¾. Of course, they had plenty of time but James needed to be there early since he had made Head Boy. Sev still wasn't quite sure how that had happened, but stranger things have happened. His parents had told them enough stories for them to never doubt the "impossible". Even after nearly 20 years of marriage, his mother still found it amazing that "the Boy Who Lived" fell in love with "the Weasley girl".

As soon as Sev ran through the barrier, pushing his trolley in front of him, he started glancing around for his friends. He couldn't wait to see the look on Scorpius' face when he found out that Sev had made Prefect and Quidditch captain. Scorpius knew that Slytherin didn't stand a chance this year, especially since they're keeper had graduated the year before. Like Sev, Scorpius was a seeker. They didn't let the fact that they were on opposite teams bother them, though. The only issue that Sev had with his friend was that he had taken a liking to Sev's cousin, Rose Weasley. The two had them had had a falling out over it the year before but after Rose laid into Sev over it, they were able to put it behind them. Rose hadn't taken well to Sev challenging Scorpius to a duel in the Forbidden Forest. They never did actually duel, they were just lucky that word hadn't gotten to any of the professors, especially since Sev's aunt Aunt Alixia, Charlie's wife, held the post of Defense Against the Dark Arts Master.

Alixia Dumbledore-Weasley was an odd character to say the least. She was a distant relative of Albus and Aberforth Dumbledore and had met Bill and Charlie when they were at Hogwarts together. During Voldemort's second rise to power, she had been an auror and viewed as one of the brightest witches of their age. It's been told that she was in America, chasing down death eaters while the Battle of Hogwarts was happening, but showed up a couple of weeks later to read off the Last Wills and Testaments of Remus and Nymphadora Lupin, as well as Severus Snape. It wasn't long after that she retired from being an auror and married Charlie, then taking the post of DADA Master. With her history of inventions and record as an auror and Charlie's work with dragons, they definitely made a strange couple, but they seemed to complete each other in a way. They both had their reckless streaks, hers wider than his, and he tended to calm her down easier than anyone else. Of all of his Aunts and Uncles, Sev was closer to her than the rest. She had a habit of play the Devil's Advocate and getting him to realize things that he really didn't want to, but that was part of what he liked about her.

Glancing around the platform again, he spotted Scorpius and Kailee standing there talking. He hoped that she hadn't told him about Sev making captain (co-captain, whatever, he was still captain). He made his way over to them as soon as he had stowed his trunk on the train. As he got closer he saw that his family had met up near his friends. This was becoming a habit for his family.

"Oh, Albus!" Sev cringed as he heard his given name yelled across the station. He hated it when anyone other than his Grandmother, Molly, called him that. It always made him think he was in trouble. There was only one other person that he knew who had the nerve to call him that. As he turned in the direction where he had heard his name, sure enough, Lauren Jacobs was walking over to him.

The past year, Lauren and Sev had dated for a short time, but before long, he realized that all she was really good for was getting gossip on people. The girl didn't know when to shut her mouth over half the time and no one really liked her. Well, with the exception of her little posse that followed her around everywhere, thinking that she was Merlin's gift to wizards.

"Albus! I've missed you so much!" Lauren exclaimed, wrapping her arms around his neck. "Where have you been all summer?"

"Same place I always am, Jacobs." Sev replied, moving her arms away from him.

She pouted at him. "Why do you call me Jacobs after all the things we've shared, Albus?"

Sev had to fight to stop himself from rolling his eyes. "The only thing we've shared is a broom closet, Jacobs."

"Did last year mean nothing to you?"

Damn it, she looked like she was going to cry. Seeing a girl cry had always been his weakness. "No, it didn't. Not after you tried to shag my best friend." He couldn't let it mean anything to him after that. He really did like her for a time, but when he found out that she had tried to convince Scorpius to cheat on Rose with her, while Sev and Lauren were together, he dropped her without a second thought.

"Sev! Get over here!" He heard his older brother yell at him.

"Sorry, I've got to go." Was all he said to her before turning around and walking away.

"You'll regret this Albus Potter!" Lauren yelled after him.

"I regret you already." He murmured to himself.

Thankfully, he made it to his family and friends without any interruptions this time around. He noticed that Teddy had showed up while he had been talking to Lauren and had a bag with him. Sev raised his eyebrow at his god-brother.

"I brought a couple of things for you guys. I suppose I should have handed them over when I graduated but I was still using them." Teddy grinned at them before digging into the bag. "James, this is for you," Teddy pulled a packet of parchment out and handed it to him. "Do you know how to work this?"

"Of course I do. It's the Marauder's Map." James replied.

"Okay, good. I figured that it'll help you do your job as Head Boy better. I'm man enough to admit that I used it to catch a couple of Slytherins messing up." Teddy grinned before turning to face Sev. "The cloak is for you, Sev. And Lily, come with me! I got something for you, too!" Teddy grabbed Lily and walked down the platform before sitting down and talking to her.

"What did Jacobs want, Sev?" Scorpius asked, walking up beside his best friend.

"I don't even know. She was acting like last year didn't even happen until she realized I wasn't going to play nice." Sev rolled his eyes.

"Hate is a strong word, but I really don't like her." Kailee commented from behind them. "What did you even see in her? I mean, honestly."

Sev turned to face her. "I'm not even sure anymore. I just know that I'm never going to make that mistake again."

"Trust me, I wouldn't let you." Kailee shuddered. "It's creepy just thinking about you with that slag."

Sev was about to respond when the final whistle blew, letting the students know that it was time to board the train or get left behind. As he thought about it, what with having the invisibility cloak, being Quidditch co-captain, prefect and having Jacobs trying to act like nothing happened, this year was likely to get interesting fast, and not in the good way.

End Chapter

Alright guys. Once again, sorry it took so long, especially for not much to have happened. But at least we now know who has the cloak and map and I got to introduce a new OC! Besides there was a little bit of foreshadowing going on, what do you think it is? I hope you guys like Alixia as much as I do. You'll definitely being seeing more of her later on and in other fics. Anyway, you know the drill, read, review, enjoy! Let me know what you think.

-Rae