Chapter 18

Family

Albus stretched sitting up right in his four-poster bed. The sun was shining through the scarlet hangings that were slightly opened. His hand pushed through these hangings searching for his glasses on the nightstand next to his bed. He stood up again stretching for his night was very restful.

"Good Morning." He yawned to Scorpius, who was already pulling on his school robes.

"Morning!" Scorpius said as if he was wide-awake.

Albus noticed that he seemed much happier then, he was last night. Al fished through his trunk for his robes, as he pulled them on the other boys in the dorm began to stir.

"Hello…" the boy with dirty blonde wavy hair said, his eyes still doping.

"Morning!" Scorpius and Al said at the same time.

As the rest of the boys woke up, they said good morning by nodding or muttering a lazy greeting. Each pulled on their school robes. When they were all awake they said proper hellos.

"Hey, I am Thomas Preston!" said the boy with wavy hair.

"Wotcher, I am Nicholas Mata!" said a boy with tan skin and dark hair.

"Good Morning! Eric Redding!" said a tall boy with long black hair.

"I am Albus Potter." Al introduced himself.

"Hey, I am Scorpius Malfoy!" Scorpius said also introducing himself.

"Potter! You are Harry Potter's son!" Eric exclaimed.

"Ummm… Yeah." Al said a little shyly.

Albus didn't really enjoy this question however; he was use to this question. Everyone who he met, everyone that was any wizard, always asked this question. When he told Scorpius, he was surprised but, more in a scared way. Al remembered his father and uncle pointing out Scorpius' father. He just thought that they knew him but, from their tone it is not a very friendly relationship. But, Scorpius seemed friendly, a little quiet at least last night.

"Well, breakfast is waiting!" Nicholas said massaging his stomach.

Al was grateful not to go have to go into detail about his family's adventures or pasts. The story was a bit old to him. Harry Potter was his father and just happened to be the Chosen One. He loved the fact that his father had saved the whole Wizarding world but, he didn't do well with attention.

The boys went down the staircases and into the common room. Rose and Isabelle were sitting on the plump armchairs.

"Good Morning!" they said together, Isabella a little quietly.

"Morning!" Albus said with Scorpius.

Each was already dressed in their school robes. Scorpius' hair was not sleek as it had been on the platform. His grey eyes gleamed as he smiled at Rose, her blue eyes shining back. Her red hair flipped over her shoulder as she looked away, its soft curls bouncing as she walked towards the portrait opening. Scorpius followed her, leaving Isabella and Albus alone in the common room. Albus smiled at her, pointing towards the portrait hole. Her vivid blue eyes twinkled as she turned away. Al wondered if his bright green eyes had done the same. He walked through the portrait hole, smiling to himself. Isabella was walking slowly behind Rose and Scorpius as they talked animatedly about something.

"I'm Albus Potter." Al said but, immediately felt stupid remembering the sorting.

"My friends call me Al." Al finished trying to recover.

"I'm Isabella Roberts but, my friends call me Bella." Isabella said.

Albus almost stopped walking from the surprise that filled him. She hadn't even said anything about his father or family in general. Scorpius had said nothing either however, he made a noise in between a hiccup and cough. Al and Bella were quiet all the way down to the Great Hall. They merely listened to Rose's and Scorpius' argument about how Tutshill Tornados were so much better than, the Canons.

They entered the Great Hall, which was filled with the aroma of bacon sandwiches, pumpkin juice, and toasted bread. All four of them sat at the Gryffindor table, next to James, Alice, and Paul.

Al looked at the table of food and decided that he wanted one of everything. Most of the first years were merely staring at the large amount of food while, the older students dug in. However, soon the first years were grabbing everything in sight.

As Albus finished his third bacon sandwich, many owls came into the Great Hall.

"Mail!" Alice said looking over her head.

A number of owls landed on the Gryffindor table. One landed right in front Albus. He recognized the brown owl as Goty, his family's owl. He grabbed the letter that was attached to his right leg. Al broke off a piece of his toast and gave it Goty.

Albus,

Hello Al! We miss you so much! Please don't be mad that we are writing to you so soon. Charlie sent us a letter saying that you and Rose were sorted into Gryffindor, we are very proud of you. Tell James and rest of the family that we miss you lot. Have a good time and please behave. Write back soon. We love you always!

Love,
Mom and Dad

"Thank you, Goty!" Al said patting the owl.

Goty pecked at his hand with love and flew out of the Great Hall. Al looked up at Rose, she too had letter. She smiled up at him seeing his letter.

"Parents!" they laughed together.

"Oi! Mom and dad send there love." Al said to no one in particular, he was use to talking to the whole family.

"Same." Rose smiled.

Isabella and Scorpius looked as if they were missing some information that everyone else knew.

"Albus, James, Fred are my cousins, along with a bunch more people but, they are in other houses." Rose answered their looks.

She waved, looking over Al's shoulder. At the Ravenclaw table, their cousins Roxanna, Victoire, and Molly were all waving back. Alexandra Thomas, a family friend, waved as well. Al waved back then, looked towards the Hufflepuff table. His cousins Dominique and Lucy were waving along with, Tracy Jordan, Alex's younger sister and Frank Longbottom, Alice's twin brother. With some strength, Albus looked at the Slytherin table, his cousin; Louis looked up at him too. Al waved at him and Louis waved back.

"Wow that is a big family." Scorpius said.

Most of the owls were exiting the Great Hall however; a pitch black owl had just entered, flying towards the Gryffindor table. It landed smoothly in front of Scorpius. In its beak was a folded red letter. The bird merely dropped the letter and flew away. Scorpius picked up the letter twisting it in his hands, wondering what it was. Rose's mouth dropped opened as she stared at the letter. Albus didn't understand her reaction mainly because he had no idea what was so surprising.

"My dad got one of those in his second year!" Rose breathed.

"What is it?" Scorpius said opening the letter.

He dropped it immediately as it began to shake violently. There was a small explosion and a booming scream came from the letter.

"Gryffindor!" a sharp aggressive voice screamed from the letter

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