Alateriel567: Thanks for another review. Yeah, I thought Jimmy hugging Harry in the end was kinda cute as well. I just felt I had to write that because Jimmy really does love his father but Harry has never been able to be quite a fatherly type like his brothers-in-law. The plotline might remember you of the books but Jimmy will not face all the things Harry had to face. He'll be having big problems with the great expectations because he is in fact Harry's son, but not as much as famous as Harry himself was when he entered Hogwarts. Well, just keep reading, I'm really enjoying writing this!


The Jimmy Potter Stories

Jimmy Goes Hogwarts

Chapter Four

"What is that?" Jimmy asked surprised.

Richard smiled. "That's not a what, Jimmy. That's a person!"

Jimmy looked even more surprised when he looked back to the giant person who kept calling: "Firs' years over here! All firs' years come with me!"

"Rubeus Hagrid, gamekeeper and Care of Magical Creatures-teacher. Go on!" Richard said. "You're supposed to follow him!"

Jimmy nodded insecure and then slowly walked towards the group of first years that had formed himself around the giant person.

"That must be Hagrid!" Nicolas said with flickering eyes. "He used to be a friend of mum and dad's when they were in Hogwarts."

"Yeah, that's Hagrid!" Jimmy said. "Richard told me!"

Lizzy looked at him. "He's enormous!" she said in a small voice.

"He looks cool!" Jessie said, with just the same look in her eyes as Nicolas.

"All righ', everybody here? Let's go then!" Hagrid said and he started walking down a muddy path.

Jimmy looked around and saw the other students getting into a whole bunch of horseless carriages. There was a flash of dark blue with yellow stripes but before Jimmy could wave to his older cousin, he disappeared from sight.

The group stopped at a lake shore, where several boats were laying in the water, probably waiting for them.

"Alrigh' everybody. Four a boat, no messin' aroun'. And watch ou' for the giant squib." Hagrid commanded.

Lizzy seemed to get a shock. "Giant s-s-s-squib?" she squeaked.

It took Jessie and Nicolas some time to get Lizzy into a boat. When she finally sat down, she made sure she kept far away from both edges while her eyes kept searching the water on both sides, looking for something that would look like a giant squib.

Jimmy however, was busy with other things. He sat down in front of the boat, and kept looking around, not wanting to miss anything. He still had that familiar ache of nervousness in his stomach, only this time, it seemed to give him an adrenaline kick.

And then, all of sudden, he saw it. Hogwarts. It looked beautiful, with at least a thousand lights as if the castle was welcoming his younglings. Behind him he heard Nicolas and Jessie gasp, probably taken away by the beauty and the enormousness of the castle. Lizzy however, was not paying attention on the castle.
Jimmy could hear a soft: "s-s-s-squib!" before he heard a thumb, meaning that Lizzy probably fainted.

When they reached the other shore, Hagrid carried Lizzy out of the boat before leading the group of firstyears towards an enormous door. He knocked three times, then turned around.
"Alrigh' then. Professor Lupin'll take yer from here. Goo' luck with the sortin'!"
He put Lizzy down on her own two feet, and Nicolas and Jessie hurried forward to make sure Lizzy wouldn't fall down again.
"Ron and Hermione Weasley send their love, Hagrid." Nicolas said with bright eyes, as if he had been waiting to say this to the giant.
"Then yer mus' be Niclas." Hagrid said. "Welcum to Hogwarts, lad."
Then Hagrid turned, and stumbled away from the group. Immediately everybody began to talk with each other.
Jimmy catched some "Harry Potter's son!" and "That's James Potter, right there!" which made him want to fall through the ground. Nicolas saw his nephew flushing red so he patted him on the shoulder.
"No worries Jim. Jess and I thought of some excellent pranks to pull around here so soon enough they'll know you as Jimmy Potter! And they'll be referring to your dad as Jimmy Potter's father!"

Jimmy smiled and wanted to reply but then the giant doors Hagrid had banged on before, opened. A man came out. He was wearing black robes and had a ponytail of white hair. He looked slightly unhealthy but his eyes were flickering with energy.

"First years!" he rumbled and everyone fell silent again. Jimmy looked up to him, he knew that face although he couldn't remember where he had seen it before.

"Welcome to Hogwarts!" the man continued. "I am Remus Lupin. I teach Defence Against the Dark Arts here at Hogwarts, and I am deputy-headmaster and Head of Gryffindor House."
He looked around and saw some confused faces.
"Let me explain about the four houses of Hogwarts. They are named after the four great founders of Hogwarts: Godric Gryffindor, Rowena Ravenclaw, Helga Huffelpuff and Salazar Slytherin, the four great wizards and witches of their age. In about five minutes, we will enter the Great Hall, where you will get sorted into their houses. The choice of your house will be based on what character skills you possess, what possible choices you make and what your ability's are." He fell silent for a moment.
"There is nothing to be afraid of. Form a line now, so we can enter the Great Hall."

The first years did as they were told. Jimmy ended up behind Nicolas, who seemed very keen on getting inside. Lizzy stood behind him, and Jimmy knew she was still a little scared. He put his hand back.
"Take my hand if you want to, Lizzy. You'll see everything will turn out fine!"
Lizzy looked a little surprised at first, but then grabbed Jimmy's hand, and squeezed it so hard Jimmy thought his bones would break.

They shuffled into the Great Hall. Jimmy got overwhelmed with what he saw. The roof seemed to be enchanted, since he saw a black heaven and loads of stars. There were a thousand candles floating in mid-air and the Hall was decorated with the four colours of the houses. When Jimmy looked to his left, he could see his cousins, all sitting at the Gryffindor table. Richard waved and winked and Jimmy smiled back at him.

The group walked down until they reached the teachers table. In front of the table stood a chair, with an old hat upon it. Professor Lupin picked it up and showed it to the first years.
"This is the Sorting Hat. You will each put it on, so it can decide in which house you belong!"

Jimmy heard Lizzy sigh with relief. Apparently she had been thinking they would have to take some kind of test before they got sorted.
Then, a loud gasp came from the group of first years. As Jimmy followed their eyes, he saw the Sorting Hat, which now at eyes, something like a nose and a big mouth.
There was a moment of silence, and then the Hat began to sing:

Another year, a new start
For some of us, who once were apart
I am the Sorting Hat, been here since the start
And let me tell you, I know all this by heart
Surely you know, the story of the great four
Who founded this place, a long time ago
Godric Gryffindor, brave and strong
Rowena Ravenclaw, smart and young
Helga Huffelpuff, simple and clean
Salazar Slytherin, scary and mean
I am the Sorting Hat, been here since the start
And let me tell you, I know all this by heart
For many years, they thought the lot
With everything they ever got
But they grew older and before they went
Great Gryffindor gave me the task present
To sort you out and fill you in
With the houses you'll fit in.
Gryffindor, Huffelpuff, Slytherin or Ravenclaw
Just put me on and you will know.
I am the Sorting Hat, I've been here since the start
And let me tell you, I know this all by heart.

The Hat fell silent again and the Great Hall erupted with applause from the four house tables.
Then professor Lupin took a role of parchment.
"I will say your name and you'll come forth!" he rumbled. "Put on the Hat, which will tell you in what House you belong. You are to sit down at the House table as soon as you are sorted."
Then he looked at the parchment and called the first name:
"Aberdeen, Billy!"

As Aberdeen, Billy walked nervously towards the Hat, Jimmy began to wonder what the Hat exactly would do. He saw Billy put it on, and the Hat got a serious, concentrated look on his face. There was a brief silence before the hat shouted:
"Ravenclaw!"

The Ravenclaw table applauded for their first new student, and a very relieved Aberdeen, Billy sat down at the table where he shook hands with certain other Ravenclaws.
Jimmy watched them do so as Adem, Johanna was called forth.

The Hat took some time with Johanna and eventually she became the first Slytherin.

"Dad says Slytherin is the darkest house within Hogwarts. They say that Lord Voldemort once was a Slytherin!" Nicolas whispered to Jimmy, as Belugio, Paolo got sorted into Ravenclaw.

Jimmy nodded. He knew about Voldemort's past within Slytherin. His own mum told him all about how his dad had defeated the Dark Lord and how she once got possessed by him, in her second year.

Jimmy was starting to feel a little insecure. He was wondering in what house he would be sorted. It would be a shame if I got sorted into Slytherin, he thought. The son of the great Harry Potter, sorted in a house that brought forth the most evil wizards and witches.

"I think we'll be Gryffindors!" Jessie whispered. "I mean, all our family are Gryffindors! That has got to count for something."

Jimmy wanted to respond but saw Jessie's theory splattered as Franklin, Herbert, became the first Gryffindor while his twin brother Danny, got sorted into Huffelpuff.

"Okay, so maybe it doesn't really look to your family!" Jessie concluded, looking a bit white.

"I think Ravenclaw could be good as well!" Lizzy whispered. "I mean, I wouldn't want to be in Huffelpuff and most certainly not in Slytherin!"

"I'll be a Huffelpuff, for sure!" Isaac Longbottom said. "I am nothing like my older brother!"

"Don't worry about it." Jessie said, casting a nasty look at Lizzy. "Even if you'll be in Huffelpuff, you'll be able to do great things!"

"The funny thing is, that my dad is Head of Huffelpuff, even though he used to be in Gryffindor!" Isaac confessed. He pointed at a slightly puffed teacher, who sat at the far end of the table. "That's my dad!"

Jimmy looked at him, and once again he got the familiar feeling he knew that man.

"I know him!" Nicolas whispered excitedly. "I saw him on old school pictures from mum and dad. He used to be a friend of my mother!"

Isaac shrugged. "I don't know really. He never really told be about his own school days."

"Longbottom, Isaac!" they heard Lupin suddenly call and Isaac flushed into a nice colour of deep purple as he walked down to the Sorting Hat. He sat down and put the Hat on which almost immediately sorted Isaac into Gryffindor.

"I knew he'd be in Gryffindor!" Jessie said as they watched Isaac sitting down with his brother Francis.

"Malfoy, Damian." Professor Lupin called and Jimmy watched as he saw a pale, blonde boy walking down the chair. With a shock he realised that the boy had been staring at him down on platform 9 ¾ earlier today.

He heard Nicolas clench his teeth. "Malfoy!" he whispered. "That must be Draco Malfoy's son then! Mum and dad have been trying to nail Malfoy for ages but that bloody guy is to slick to get caught!"

"He and his dad were staring at me down at the platform!" Jimmy said. "I didn't recognise them!" he took a better look. "So, that's how a Malfoy looks like!"

"He looks like a git to me!" Jessie said.

"I bet he'll be in Slytherin!" Lizzy added.

Lizzy was right. Damian Malfoy didn't need to put the Hat on, before it yelled: Slytherin!

With an arrogant smirk on his face, Damian Malfoy walked down to the Slytherin table.

A familiar nervous ache started zooming around Jimmy's stomach again. Professor Lupin just reached the O and as Olavson, Patrick, also got sorted into Slytherin, Jimmy watched professor Lupin reading the next name. A smile formed across his face as he said out loud: "Potter, James!"

Jimmy felt as if his feet were glued onto the ground. He saw the Great Hall looking at him when he walked forward to the chair. Professor Lupin nodded at him, probably to encourage him but it didn't really work. Jimmy still felt terrible.

He sat down and put the Hat on. Almost immediately he heard a little voice in his left ear.
"Well hello there, a new Potter in the school. It's about time, the school has been growing quiet and the Headmistress' office isn't that much fun without a Potter bustling in four or five times a year. Your father and grandfather did some great things you know! I recall the doubt I had when I was sorting your father, he could've done great in Slytherin you know."

At this point, Jimmy felt a stone falling in his stomach. The Sorting Hat wanted to put his father in Slytherin?

"Don't be surprised by hearing that, young man. Did he never tell you?" The Sorting Hat continued.
"Your father could have done great things, although he has done great things up till now! But I do believe, he would've been greater in Slytherin! But now, as for you, I see a nice pair of brains, very brave and maybe some arrogance as well. You are related to, ah, the Weasleys. Then your mother must be a Weasley! In that case, there is only one house I can think of for you!"

Jimmy took a deep breath, wondering what the Hat would say.

There was a silent moment and then the Hat bellowed:
"GRYFFINDOR!"

An enormous smile formed upon Jimmy's face as he took of the Hat and literally ran towards the Gryffindor table. He saw his cousins all standing up and cheering for him and Richard patted him on the shoulder as he said down next to him.
"Welcome to Gryffindor, Jimmy!" he said. "I told you I'd be seeing you here again!"

Jimmy smiled and watched as Sanders, Griffin became a Huffelpuff, Sherman, Diane got in Ravenclaw and Tatcher, Colin entered the Slytherin table. Vermin, Jason also joined Slytherin before the first Weasley had to come forth.
Jimmy watched Jessie walking down the chair with an air of confidence. She put on the Hat and only two seconds later the Hat shouted: "Gryffindor!"
Jessie smiled and hurried to the table where her brothers Dylan and Jonah proudly kissed her on the cheek.
Then it was Lizzy's turn. She started to look pale with some lines of green within her face as she put on the Hat. Jimmy saw how his niece started to squeeze the arms of the chair and wondered if she was going to faint again. It took some time for Lizzy to get sorted but eventually the Hat made up his mind and announced brightly that Lizzy should be in Gryffindor as well. Poor Lizzy, who had been really nervous, had enough strength to take of the Hat and hand it over to professor Lupin but then fainted and hit the floor with a loud thud. Dylan hurried forward to collect his niece from the ground. He put her down beneath the Gryffindor table and sprinkled some water in her face, which made her wake up in an instant.
At the same time, Nicolas was called forward. He looked sideways at Jimmy and gave him thumbs-up as he put on the Hat. Just like Jessie, it only took Nicolas two seconds to get sorted and soon he joined his family at the Gryffindor table.

In the end, Xavier, Marie got sorted into Huffelpuff and Zemini, Fleur joined as the last Gryffindor before professor Lupin vanished the chair and the Sorting Hat with a wave of his wand. He sat down at the teachers table and Jimmy watched how an old woman, who sat in the middle of the table, got up.

"Hem hem." She cleared her throat. "Welcome, my dear students, for another year at Hogwarts! I am professor Minerva McGonagall, Head of Hogwarts and I would like to welcome our new younglings to this school. I hope you will have a good time at this school. I have a few announcements to make too. First and foremost, the students are not allowed to enter the Forbidden Forrest, and some of our older students should remember that as well."she cast a faint smile towards Richard Weasley and Francis Longbottom.
"Mr. Filch asked me to announce that there are some objects added on the list of Forbidden Objects, which now contains some 1564 objects and is free to look at in mr. Filch' office. Quidditch try-outs will be held at the end of February but is forbidden for our younglings to enter. Also I would like a moment of silence, since today it has been five years since the beloved Albus Dumbledore was taken away from us. A moment of silence please."

Jimmy bowed his head as the Great Hall fell silent. He looked from the corner of his eye to the teachers table and saw that Hagrid had joined them, sitting next to professor Longbottom. Next to him sat very tiny man with long white hair on a pile of cushions. Jimmy figured that had to be professor Flitwick. Next to Flitwick stood professor McGonagall with professor Lupin next to her. On Lupin's left side, he recognized Oliver Wood, the old Puddlemere United Keeper, with a ghost, probably professor Binns next to him. And next to Binns, sat an old, greasy haired man with a very hooky nose. From his point of view, Jimmy was sure this man should be professor Snape, the monster, as Richard and Francis had referred to him.

"Thank you for your respect!" Professor McGonagall said. "There will be a held a ball to celebrate the things Albus Dumbledore has done, in March. We will invite a lot of our former students to come back to their school just one time." Her eyes flickered. "And now, I think it is time to eat, so I would have to say: Tuck in!"

And all of sudden their plates were filled with all kinds of food. Jimmy took some from everything and started eating while listening to the conversations around him. Richard and Francis were discussing quidditch again while Nicolas and Jessie were thinking of nicknames for the teachers, based on their looks. Donna Jones would cut in every once in a while, to give the teachers real names before Nicolas and Jessie came up with a nickname.
Jimmy was so caught up in his food, that he didn't notice how professor Lupin sat down next to him.

"Good to have you here, James." He said.

Jimmy jerked his head towards professor Lupin and his eyes looked a bit surprised.
"issjimmie!" he said, then swallowed the piece of bread. "Sorry. But my name is Jimmy!"

"Jimmy!" Professor Lupin asked slightly surprised, then grinned. "Well, that shows that you are different then your grandfather. He would kill us if we called him Jimmy. He was very proud of the name James."

"Did you know my grandfather?" Jimmy asked surprised. He knew almost nothing about his grandfather, having only seen him on pictures.

"Yes, I most certainly did. He was one of my closest friends when I was a student here." Remus Lupin admitted. "And I'm sure he would be terribly proud that James Potter junior got sorted into Gryffindor."

Jimmy started to turn red. He liked professor Lupin, being the first one who didn't start off about his father but about his grandfather.

"Well, Jimmy. I guess I'll be seeing you in my classes. I'm curious about your skills!" Lupin said, patting Jimmy on his shoulder. Then he got up and went back to the teachers table.

Jimmy followed him with his eyes until he heard a loud thud next to him. When he turned to see what happened, Lizzy apparently fainted again. When she came by, all she could mutter was "g-g-ghost!" which made Jimmy wonder if she would faint all the time in History of Magic, since the teacher was a ghost.

An hour or so later, Jimmy felt extremely full and drowsy. Professor McGonagall got up again and clapped her hands. And all of sudden the plates were plain clean again as McGonagall cleared her throut.

"Alright, now that you are all fed, I would say it is time for bed! Goodnight to all!"

And as one man, the students got up and started making their way to their common rooms.

"First years, follow me!" Jimmy heard his cousin Jonah, also a Prefect, shout and together with Nicolas, Lizzy and Jessie they followed the line of Gryffindor first years.
When they reached the door to the Gryffindor common room, Jonah turned around.
"I'd like to introduce you to The Fat Lady, she has been guarding our common room entrance for a very long time now. Every month there will be a new password to enter the common room with. Do not forget it, the Fay Lady will not let you in unless you can tell her the password."

Jimmy felt Nicolas stir next to him. He knew Nicolas wasn't that good at remembering things.

"This month's password is: Floo Powder." Jonah continued and having said the password, the portrait swung open, revealing a hole they could crawl through. Anxious to get inside, they all crumbled together, which made Lizzy faint again (she couldn't take the pressure of all those people pushing her) but when they finally got inside, Jimmy and Nicolas were again, very stunned.
Right in front of them, hang a large picture of three seventeen year old faces, looking very happy and relieved. Jimmy's mouth fell open as he looked away from the picture to Nicolas, who whispered. "Why on bloody earth would anyone put my mum, my dad and uncle Harry at that size against the wall?"

"Ah yes, Gryffindor's hero's! Saved the entire school in their seventh year!" Richard said grinning as he saw his cousins staring at the picture in disbelieve.

"Great!" Nicolas muttered. "Her eyes'll follow me everywhere I go within this bloody common room!"

Ron, Hermione and Harry kept smiling and waving from their picture while Jimmy turned away and watched Jonah giving instructions to the other first years.

"These stairs will lead to the boys dormitories. If you go to the right there, you will enter the girls dormitories. And off to bed for you now!"

Nicolas and Jimmy said goodnight to their cousins and left for the boys dormitories. When they entered it, they saw their trunks were already there and that they shared their dormitories with three other boys: Isaac Longbottom, Herbert Frankin and Darius Finnigan.

Jimmy smacked down on his bed, wondering about tomorrow morning, but was soon taken over by a deep, dreamless sleep.


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