Endings and New Beginnings
Chapter 7 - The Long Months
Harry anxiously stared at the clock, which read 3.55. Harry sighed, waiting for the train to pull into the very crowded Platform ¾.
It had been around about four months since James had left for Hogwarts, and Harry had been eagerly counting the days until he returned, which was today. All Harry knew was that James had been sorted into Gryffindor, made lots of new friends, and beaten up a Slytherin.
Harry laughed out loud, causing afew surrounding witches to look at him strangely, next to them was Ginny, fussing over Lily and Albus. Lily, the youngest of the Potter children, had Harry's brilliant green eyes, the rest of the features were from Ginny. Albus, was basically, a Mini-Harry, he had everything of Harry's, except his scar. Harry smiled at his family.
Then suddenly, a loud CRACK echoed around the platform, causing many startled witches and wizards to jump far away from the edge. Children rushed out of the open compartments and onto the platform, bumping into each other trying to frantically find their parents. Then a familiar person jumped out of the train, grinning.
Harry ran straight towards the person, beaming, and tapped their shoulder.
"Hey Dad" James smiled, and hugged him tightly.
"Hey Son" Harry chuckled as James pulled away "Who are your friends?"
Their was three children standing in front of Harry. A girl, who had curly, black hair and was holding afew books, a boy who had medium length brown hair, and finally another boy, who had messy red hair, who looked strangely like Ron. Each of them wore a Gryffindor uniform and all stood staring at Harry with a mix of shock and curiosity.
"This is Daisy Caulderwell, she's the cleverest in our year" James announced. Harry smiled, We have a new Hermione.
"This is Dennis Vector" James pointed to the boy with brown hair, then to the red-headed boy "And this is Justin Higgs"
All the children smiled broadly at Harry, which Harry returned cheerfully. When James and Harry said goodbye to the three kids, Harry spotted a bunch of Slytherins sneering at James, which James noticed too.
"The lad with the dark brown hair Adrian Switch, the one I had a fight with" James scowled, handing his trunk to Ginny, who growled at the Slytherin bunch.
"Never change" Ginny snapped.
James had been at home only a few hours and had already been pranking Albus and Lily, until bedtime arrived, which was when he calmed down. However, Harry decided to stay up with James to talk about how school had been.
"It was so much fun" James beamed "I made loads of friends, learned alot with a bit of help from Daisy, of course, and I even did pretty well at my first flying lesson!"
"I'm proud of you, son" Harry grinned, but turned speedily around when he heard a creek, causing him to crick his neck.
"Sorry, I couldn't sleep" Albus frowned, rubbing his eyes.
"Oh, Thats ok, sit down" Harry said, rubbing his neck.
"Did you meet any girls?" Albus giggled.
"Shut up" James snapped, his ears growing red.
"That means yes" Harry chuckled "What's her name?"
"Alicia Bell" James mumbled, rubbing his neck gingerly.
"Is she pretty?" Harry stirred, his eyebrow raised.
"Yes" James hissed "Shut up will you!"
"Fine, I'll shut up" Harry raised his arms in mock-surrender "So, what's lessons like?"
"Awesome, my favourite is Herbology" James grinned.
"Cool, what's the teachers name?" Albus asked, excitedly.
"Mr Longbottom" Harry's jaw dropped, Neville?
"Neville Longbottom?" Harry asked, shocked.
"Yeah, he goes on about an Army all the time, and always goes on about You, Ron and Hermione"
"Your kidding!" Harry laughed "Bless Nev!"
"I want to go to Hogwarts, Dad" Albus said, excitedly, jumping onto Harry's lap.
"Well, I can't just send you, you need to be picked" Harry said, seriously.
"Oh" Albus moped, cupping his hands together "Will I be good enough?"
"Yeah, If your related to Me and Ginny, you'll have no problem getting in!" Harry chirped.
"He's right, Dad killed the worlds most evil wizard, and Mum can do the Bat-Bogey Hex!"
"I suppose" Albus said, though he still looked uncertain.
"You two better get to bed, Its Christmas tomorrow" Harry chuckled.
"Ok, Night Dad" James smiled, dragging his brother along with him.
"Night kids" Harry smiled.
Harry walked outside into the crisp night air, staring out at the white sheet of snow layered onto the ground, thinking about how the day went. James had friends who were like Ron and Hermione, Harry thought, then smiled as he remembered what James had said about Neville.
Long live, Dumbledores Army!
Well my dears, Chapter 7 is done, and thankyou so much for waiting. I'm so sorry, I've had alot of Homework to do, and I have drama lessons aswell so they don't help, but you've been nice and patient so heres you reward. Now, I don't know whether to end it here, or continue, but this seems like a good ending spot, as we already know about Albus, but not so much Lily... so, please tell me what you would like me to do. Thankyou again for your lovely reviews, Muchly appreciated. 3