Pandora's Little Pithos of Preteens
A HariPo fanfiction
by mew-tsubaki
Note: These characters belong to J.K. Rowling, not me. This was done for my Pandora's Little Box of Terrors challenge found in the HPFC. You can find the challenge here (just take out the spaces!): http :/ forum. fanfiction. net/ topic/ 44309/ 27638002/ 1/ Read, review, and enjoy! And check out and join the forum challenge!
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Terror: Crime
Albus, the Doppelganger
"Aw, Al! Great job on making Seeker!"
They were empty words, though they came wholeheartedly and sincerely from Harry. He clapped his son on the back as they left King's Cross Station. James was up ahead with Lily and Ginny, giving Harry some time to talk with his youngest son.
"Remember what I told you before you parted for your first year?" Harry recalled.
Of course Al remembered. How could he forget? He had been so nervous about being Sorted into the wrong House. When he'd finally gotten up there, he'd realized the meaning of his dad's words. There wasn't a wrong House. So he'd decided to go with the Slytherin choice of the Sorting Hat. And he'd made the Quidditch team –as Seeker, no less, just like his dad in his first year.
He hadn't really meant it, though. Scorpius was a much better flier. If Al had to be on the team, he would have preferred to be a Chaser or a Beater, but…no. He'd gotten Seeker somehow.
Albus didn't want to be Seeker, though. He didn't want to be Harry Potter's son. He most certainly didn't want to be "Albus" or "Severus" or anything else. All of those things only branded him. They didn't show him for who he was. That's why he went by "Al" –there hadn't been any Als yet. Not until him.
Harry kept talking and Al kept the conversation going as needed. Really, though, Al tuned it out. It hated that he was a part of this family. Maybe it wouldn't be that big of a surprise to anyone if he decided to reveal his misgivings about carrying the Potter blood in his veins. But he didn't want to share with anyone his crime:
He didn't want anyone to sympathize with him that he was only seen as a little Harry Potter. He didn't want anyone to realize that he was slowly losing himself as "Al," that he was merely…a clone.
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Oof, heavy. I liked this, though. I rarely write Al because I tend to have a hard time with him… I change his personality so often. Here I wrote a guilty/depressed one, in another I wrote him as sly and kinda all-knowing, and in yet another work-in-progress I wrote him as bubbly and jumpy and happy. Haha, completely different! XD
Please review! Then you can read the next terror! :D
-mew! :3
Morghen! You are Beta of the Year! XD Here's you reward: *passes out Spinners with a few Craigs…one Degrassi, one Owens* ;3