As promised, here's another chapter! Am I almost forgiven for making you wait so long? I surely hope so!

"Who gives a damn about the family you come from?

No giving up when you're young and you want some
We are not who you think we are
We are golden"

-Mika

Flashback

"Dad! Can I ask you something? Why do you and mum hate me?"

"Because we don't. Al, you know your mother and I love you very much; where's this coming from?"

"Ok, let's see. James Sirius Potter; named after your father, who was an awesome Quidditch player and fought in the War, and Sirius Black, who was your father's best friend that fought with Dumbledore till the end. Lily Luna Potter; named after your mother, one of the prettiest and smartest witches ever, and Aunt Luna, who is like one of the coolest people to ever roam the earth. Then you have me. Albus Severus Potter; named after Albus freaking Dumbledore, who is arguably the most brilliant wizard of all time and Severus Snape, who treated you like a mouse rat in a science experiment. I mean, one name is impossible to live up to and the other is just plain weird. Were you all trying to set me up for public humiliation?"

"Al, you were named after two of the-

"Bravest wizards you've ever known. Yeah yeah, I've heard it loads of times, it still doesn't make it any better."

"I wish I could tell you more, but it's just not the right time."

"Whatever." Nobody ever told him anything.

It was the day before they were set to start at Hogwarts and instead of packing like normal people, they were having some kind of family pow wow at The Burrow. Everyone in the family was there- minus Lily, Lucy, Hugo, and Louis- and they were all sitting opposite from Rose and Al, who sat nervously on the couch. Obviously something was about to go down, and before his dad stood up, Al went through a mental list of all the things they could possibly be in trouble for.

"Alright everyone, settle down. First of all I just want to say good luck to Al and Rosie as they start their journey at Hogwarts. We know that the two of you will make us proud. Now, I'm sure you both have realized the way other people in the wizarding world treat our family when we are out and about in London. You all begged and begged to know what's going on, and we feel that you are now old enough to hear our stories." His dad said seriously. Al snuck a look at Rose who just shrugged. "Wow, this is the 6th time I've done this and I still never know how to start-"

"Al, Rosie, your parents, along with our aunts and uncles and their friends, saved the wizarding world a few years back. Harry Potter's a legend, you guys are pretty important. The end." James interrupted. Everyone shot him glares and their mum even hit him, which she rarely ever does. "What? I just saved you loads of time."

"But still James, it wasn't your place to just blurt it out!" Vic said as she hit him twice as hard. His family sure was one for dramatics.

"Wait, that's what this is all about? You guys saving the wizarding world?" Al asked. No one said anything, but they all either nodded or looked away.

"Oh." Rose responded, "We already know."

"Know what?" her mum asked.

"Everything. The trolls, the teacher with Voldemort on his head, the Triwizard tournament, Dumbledore's Army. Everything." She replied coolly.

"But how?" Hermione asked, "We hid all the books. I hid them myself, there's no way two 11 years olds could have found them."

"They don't hide them at the bookstore. One day we were with Uncle George and he said Rose and I could go to the bookstore. When we got in there we saw about a billion books about you guys. We would have said something sooner, but we figured there had to be a reason you weren't telling us. What was that reason?" Al asked his mum.

"To protect you guys. We wanted to make sure you were at an old enough age that you would be able to handle the news."

"Oh. Well I guess that age is about 8, because that's how old Lily was when she overheard us talking about it. And of course she told everyone else so I guess everybody knows." He answered.

"Well then, do you have any questions?" Bill asked. Al knew Rose had a question, she was always wondering something.

"I do. Are we done? I have to finishing packing." Everyone was looking at the two of them like they were crazy, and it took a while for Bill to answer her question.

"Right. So nothing you want to know or talk about?"

"Not really." They responded together. They had to stop this freaky twin thing they did all the time. It was getting out of control.

"Well the family has done some really cool things and if you ever want to talk about it with any of us you can." Vic offered.

"Sure, I guess. But we're not the only people whose parents have done great things. Alexis Gardner's mum, from school, she's a surgeon. That's like a really really important muggle doctor and they cut people open and fix them…with their hands!" Rose said in her know-it-all tone. He had to agree though, the surgery stuff sounded really cool.

"Yeah, she came for parent's day last week and showed us pictures, Now her mum is cool." This statement makes everyone laugh for some reason, even though Al didn't recall saying anything funny.

"You're pretty cool too Uncle Harry, but Mrs. Gardner is like the coolest person ever, you have to meet her!"

"Way to knock the old man down a few pegs Books." James joked.

"Great. So I guess we don't have to tell you to be on your best behavior when you're at school. There are some pretty high standards for you guys to live up to, but we're confident that the two of you will be setting standards of your own in no time." His dad said as he patted him on the back.

"Does this mean this is the last time we have to do this?" Molly asked, "It gets old fast."

"Yeah, this is my fourth one of these." Teddy added. "Well family, I've got to be off. See you all tomorrow."

"Tomorrow?" Al asked, "You're going to see us off at the train station?" Al could admit that he was nervous about going to Hogwarts, but having Teddy there would make him feel better.

"Of course! What kind of brother would I be if I missed your first day? Bye, everyone!"

The whole family dispersed so that there were only a few kids left in the sitting room. Al figured this was the perfect time to ask a few questions and get some serious, non-filtered answers.

"So, what's it really like at Hogwarts? I mean, with everyone knowing about our family and stuff?" he asked.

"It's really not so bad Al." Vic answered. "At first, people are going to think it's the coolest thing ever and ask you a million questions, but once they get to know you your family history won't even matter to them anymore. Just know that your true friends will be the ones that don't treat you any differently."

"But, will there be people that don't like us?"

"There's always a possibility that someone won't get along with you, but you never know. If you're yourself all the time, there will be no reason for anyone to not like you. The less you worry about that, the better off you'll be. 9 times out of 10 your classmates will already know you from some history book or newspaper; they'll think what they want to think of you regardless of who you really are."

Al looked at Rose and could tell that they were feeling the same way about this. He had never been in a situation where people already knew who he was. He tended to go new places and just keep to himself to avoid having to meet new people. Maybe that wouldn't have to be the case at Hogwarts; this was a fresh start. He could finally relax and have fun and actually make friends. He only had to be invisible if he wanted. Suddenly, leaving for Hogwarts didn't seem scary at all.

Al couldn't wait.