Albus woke up in a hospital bed. Casey was there which was cool except Rose wasn't with her. Albus tried to sit up but when he shifted his weight there was a sharp pain in his side. He let out a low moan.

"Madame Pomefrey said you'd still be recovering she said you shouldn't move," Casey said. She sounded worried.

Albus looked around the room the best he could without hurting himself. There was a lot of chairs around the bed but all were empty except for the one Casey was in.

"Wh-" he started to ask but talking made the pain in his stomach return.

"School started today you've been out for a while. Rose and Scorpious wanted to skip and stay with you but they were fighting so much so I yelled at them and told them neither of them could stay because I was. Louis, Fred, James, Teddy, Dominique, Victorie, well everyone was here too. Everyone who had school was sent back to class and everyone who didn't is on the train investigating. That means your Dad and everyone," Casey explained.

Albus grit his teeth when he heard his brother's name, "Ja- mmms Sp-ed og." He said trying to ignore the pain in his gut but it was making it increasingly difficult to speak. He probably sounded like an old drunk man. At least his thoughts were clearer than his words.

Casey gave Albus a worried look, "What did James do?"

"Spiked oc ate og," Albus spat out with a lot of effort.

A look of understanding passed over Casey's face, "He spiked the frogs right. He didn't know though Al. Your dad found that box and sat all four of them down for like a criminal investigation. They said that they spiked them with your Uncle's test stuff. They said that they found a liquid in his bag that was labeled slug barfing juice. According to the label on the thing it was modeled off of a spell your uncle Ron used when they were little. They tested the vial and it was mislabeled the stuff in there was extremely toxic. Your Uncle had more of the slug stuff in his work shop, the stuff didn't match. Someone switched it and they did it on purpose. You're going to be ok though. When Scorpious went for help he ran through the entire train screaming. Professor Longbottom heard and he started treating you. You're lucky he had some strange plant with him. He made you eat it and it delayed the potion long enough so that they could get you proper care. You should be dead."

Albus stared at her like she was speaking French. He was debating saying something but his mother burst into the room before he got a chance. "Oh thank god you're awake," she said as she hurried to the chair beside her son. Aunt Hermione and Madame Pomfrey were with her.

"How do you feel?" Ginny asked

Albus shrugged not wanting to talk. It would only make his mother more worried. Madame Pomfrey handed him a vial of some discolored liquid, "Drink," she ordered.

Albus took the bottle being careful not to make any sudden painful movements. The stuff tasted like a puke flavored jelly bean or at least he imagined that was close to what the jelly bean tasted like. He had never been unlucky enough to get one. Once he had managed to get the medicine down he immediately felt better. Sitting up was painful but it was manageable pain and once he was up it went away.

His mom looked really scared still," I'm fine really mom," Albus said. His voice sounded horse but his words were coming out in one piece so that's an accomplishment. She nodded even though it didn't look like she believed him. The door to the hospital wing opened again this time Albus' dad was the one walking in. When he opened the door Albus could tell that he had his auror face on. It was rare that Albus saw him like that. Occasionally when work leaked into the home he would get really serious and businessy. Lily had started calling it his auror face when she was two and that is what everyone called it since.

Harry Potter walked over to his son's hospital bed, "How you feeling?" he asked, a little bit of worry slipped through hard expression.

"I'm fine," Albus replied wondering how many people he would have to tell that too.

His dad nodded the worry disappearing from his eyes as his auror face returned," I need to ask you some questions ok Al? You probably don't know anything but its protocol." Albus nodded, "Who did you interact with from the time that you got on the train to the time you passed out?"

"Well I passed a lot of compartments on the way to mine but it was pretty much just Rose and Scorpious. Oh and there was that woman who was pushing the trolly," Albus responded.

"Alright so walk me through your train ride. You got on the train with Rose then what?" Harry asked

"I got on the train and Rose walked me to the compartment. She left once we got there though. She and Scorpious don't get along. It's a miracle that they haven't killed each other yet. Me and Scorpious talked for a while and then the trolly lady came. I used the money you gave me and got two one for me and one for Scorpious. He didn't want his though and so I took them both. I opened the first one and the card was Dumbledore. I ate that frog then I opened the second one. That card was Uncle Ron. After I ate that frog I started feeling sick. My stomach started hurting and I got up to go to do something about it. I collapsed though once I stood up. I grabbed the box and saw the note and then passed out," Albus recounted.

Harry nodded, "James said he only spiked one and so it must have been the second one. Did anyone touch the frogs before you ate them other than you? Like Scorpious?"

Albus shook his head, "He touched the box but not the frogs. You don't think he had anything to do with it do you?" Albus asked not wanting his dad to make Scorpious into some kind of monster he wasn't.

Harry shook his head quickly, "No I just wanted to make sure he didn't pick up any of the poison by touching the frog," Harry glanced at his wife who nodded.

"Why don't we leave the boys alone Casey," she said leading Casey out of the room.

"You can't repeat this to anyone ok?" Harry whispered now that they were alone.

Albus nodded, "Promise."

"I told you about Lucius Malfoy over Christmas. He was one of the death eaters and he had commited many crimes over the years. He could have been arrested for slipping Voldemort's diary into your mothers cauldron my second year alone. Unfortunately the word of a second year doesn't mean much in a court and he wasn't put away for it. At the end of the second war though, my word was enough to put several death eaters away for a long time especially him. He disappeared though and wasn't found. We looked everywhere using every method. The man more or less fell of the face of the earth," Harry explained.

"You think he tried to kill me? Why? I mean I've never even met him and my best friend is his grandson," Albus started to ramble in a panic. This guy seemed bad like really bad and Albus was just a first year. What could he possibly do to defend himself?

"Don't worry it's just a hunch. Anything that he does is ultimately against me. From the day he met me on his life went into a downward spiral. I showed up and the dark lord showed up. He lost all of his high stance in wizard society started to fall. I made him loose his house elf in my second year. Then the dark lord returned and Lucius finds that he has even fallen from his master's grace. In my fifth year he was sent to the ministry to get the prophecy from me. He failed when I dropped it which made his position with Voldemort worse. He has a million reasons to hate me and that would be why he is after you. Not that he is it could just be me being paranoid," Harry told Albus.

Albus nodded taking the information that's when it hit him, "Does he have a cane?"

Albus could see worry pass through his father's face, "Yes. How do you know?"

Albus' mind was reeling, "It was at the first quidditch match. Slytherin vs. Gryffindor. I saw a man with long blonde hair, a black cloak, and a cane. I pointed him out to Scorpious but he had disappeared. Then later I saw a face but it didn't look solid. I thought that I must be seeing things."

Albus saw his father clench his jaw, "You saw him in the quidditch pitch. In Hogwarts?"

Albus nodded. Harry stood up, his auror face returning, "I have to go." Albus nodded and watched his father walk out the door. When he left his other family spilled in his mom, Lily, James, and Teddy namely.

James looked really guilty," I'm really sorry Al. We didn't mean anything by it," he apologized.

"It's ok," Albus replied though he still had every intention of getting his brother back. He sighed and sat through another round of how are you feeling questions. It was going to be a long day. Especially when he was sworn to secrecy on the one topic he wanted to talk about. Thus he grit his teeth and talked with his family, pushing all thoughts of Lucius Malfoy into the back of his head.


A/N I had nothing to do today, so hey, two chapters in one day. Any who I didn't want to keep everyone in suspense because as one of my reviewers said James wouldn't do something so extreme.