The Chronicles of Life and Death:

A OneShot Series

"I Just Wanna Live"

Author's Note: Title Credits and Lyrics by Good Charlotte. The basic story for this is: I was listening to GC's Chronicles of Life and Death album, and "The World is Black" came on. I thought the lyrics fit the First and Second Wars against Voldemort. And now I'm thinking that I want to do a oneshot series based on every song on the album. I may or may not get every one done. The good bit is that they're oneshots, so it won't essentially matter.

Well, here's the fourth one. This follows Al Potter. The song it was based off of/inspired by is a GC single, so more people might know this.

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"Aren't you Harry Potter's son?"

He'd heard that since he could remember.

He'd always reply with a polite, "Yes, I am," wondering all the while why these people didn't stop James or Lily or Aunt Hermione or Uncle Ron, or even his mother.

It was only Albus and his father that got questioned.

His dad had a way of dealing with it. He was the one who had done all of those amazing things, after all.

But, Al? The only reason he was stopped was because he looked almost exactly like his dad.

He was grateful that he wasn't Scorpius, though. His friend got dirty looks and insults everywhere he went. Al had met Mr. Malfoy; he looked like an older version of Scorp.

Mr. Malfoy was hostile with Uncle Ron at times… but he was civil with everyone else. Mrs. Malfoy was friends with Al's mother, and she even got along with Aunt Hermione.

Sometimes Al thought that was the only reason Uncle Ron put up with Scorpius.

When James had turned eleven, the whole family went to Diagon Alley.

Everyone kept gawking at Albus and his father.

Al has been somewhat paranoid of people since.

He wanted to live his life, like Lily, James, Rose, Hugo, Molly, Lucy, Victoire, Dominique, Louis, Fred, and Roxanne. They weren't bothered. Teddy was, though, sometimes.

Because of his dad, Al and his entire family were rich and famous. The only one who really loved it was James, but Harry often said that's because he was like his namesakes.

Of course, the kids at school didn't get that the Potters all had morals. Harry and Ginny had taught their children to be kind, because everyone has something going on in their life.

Albus and Lily took that to heart, but James laughed it off.

"Really? So the slimy Slytherins have lives?"

Of course, then, James would get yelled at, and Al would laugh.

But there wasn't a day that went by when Al didn't wonder what his life would be like if his family wasn't famous.

Though, when it came down to it, he wouldn't change his family for the world.

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Author's Note: Well, the ending doesn't exactly fit the song, but, I really don't care. I'm trying to get these all done, so I'd really appreciate some reviews. I know this is getting hits, so I know people are reading this.