Alright guys, I've been in an "I wanna write a toddler fic!" mood. Mostly on account of the Hey Arnold! Episode "Helga on the Couch." You know; the one where she goes to the therapist? Anyways, she and her classmates were adorable toddlers and it put me in a pre-school-writing mood. *giggles*

BTW Sorry for being so late! There's no excuse! D8

DISCLAIMER: Me no own HP. Just Frankie, Ella, Chan, Eric, and Lucy.

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[Frankie/Albus/Rose/Scorpious = 5, James = 6, Lily/Hugo = 3]

"Come on, Frankie," Neville smiled, "today's a pre-school day."

"But I thought Hogwarts didn't have pre-school," Frank replied.

"They don't," his father sighed, "but Mrs. Ginny is running one at her house to see how it goes."

"Oh," Frank dragged the word out as he nodded his head.

They made it to the Potter residence, where Neville took his time talking to Ginny. As the adults finished up their conversation, Neville knelt down to Frank's level and gave him a hug. He told him he loved him and to behave, to which Frank nodded to and hugged back. As his father left, Frank held back tears whilst walking into the house. He wanted to be as brave as his daddy was.

"Hi Frankie," said a red-headed girl he knew quite well. "How are you?"

"Great, Lily," Frank replied softly, "but I miss my daddy."

"Aw," she spoke quietly and sadly as she rushed into Frankie in order to give him a hug. "He'll come back, Frankie! I promise."

That little comment made him smile softly at the Potter girl. He'd always liked Lily; she was too sweet to pass up. Even as a three-year-old, Lily Potter was adorable, kind, and selfless. Frank then looked around him and saw that the room was filled with children his age. However, what seemed like twenty to him was only eleven. James, Albus, Rose, Scorpious, Hugo, Lily, and he made up seven.

And then there were the other four; Chan Andren was one of them. He was the son of Cho Chang and a muggle. The firstborn of Ernie and Hannah Macmillan, Ella, was also there. She was there with her fraternal twin sister, Lucy. Eric Days was the son of Susan Bones and the muggle she married. Suddenly, Chan Andren waltzed up to Lily and Frank as he saw they were still speaking. Chan had a crush on Lily, so he didn't approve of Frank being anywhere near her.

"Hello," Chan greeted Frank, "are you another of Mrs. Ginny's kids?"

"Uh…" Frank softly replied, "no. I-I'm Frank Longbottom."

"Well, congratulations, then," Chan huffed as he walked away.

Frank looked after him as he walked away. He had no clue whatsoever the boy could have wanted from him. Lily then ran to Lucy and Ella Macmillan, who were the same age as her. Frank took this opportunity to find Albus. It took him several moments, but he met up with him on the carpet. Albus beamed at him and patted him on the back happily.

"How have you been, Frankie?" he inquired gleefully.

"Nice, actually," he replied with a smile, "except for one thing, but I'll tell you about that later. How are you?"

"I'm very well," he stated. "My mum's about to start pre-school, so, any minute now, all those kids over there will come running to this very carpet."

"I can't wait," Frank confirmed quietly.

The second Ginny Weasley clapped her hands, every child in the room dashed to the carpet. Albus and Frank laughed as everyone pushed and shoved to get there first. Lily, Lucy, and Ella got there before everyone else. Lily seated herself next to Frank and smiled at him blissfully as she introduced the twins. He introduced himself to them with a wave and a sweet smile.

Eric Days seated himself next to James, who was next to Albus. Hugo sat next to Lucy (whom he had a slight crush on), and she smirked at him as she playfully punched him on the shoulder. Next to Hugo was Rose, and next to her, sat Scorpious (much to her disliking, of course). And last, but not least, was Chan Andren, who was gawking angrily at Frank. He couldn't help but notice this, so he tapped Albus's shoulder and pointed in Chan's direction. Albus cocked a brow as he witnessed Chan's evil eyes bore into Frank's.

"What on earth?" Albus whispered. "Why is he so angry with—?"

He was cut off by his mother (who hadn't even noticed him talking) and her smiling, happy face.

"How is everyone today?" she inquired, to which most of them answered with a "Just fine." She then continued with, "We have some new faces here today. Why don't we go around, say our names and what house you think you'll be in, ok?"

"Yes ma'am," they all replied in unison.

They all went around, stating their names; when they got to houses, only two believed they'd get into Slytherin, three wanted to be in Hufflepuff, two in Ravenclaw, and five in Gryffindor. The entire time Ginny taught them and read to them, Chan gawked at Frank like there was no tomorrow. Eventually, the school part of the day was over and everyone got to play and eat outside. While Albus finished up his lunch, Frank walked over to Chan, who was pestering Lily.

"Stop, Chan," she huffed at him. However, for Chan, that wouldn't cut it. He kept poking her and tried to hold her hand. That was when Frank approached him.

"Stop touching her," Frank challenged.

Chan scowled at him just before he jumped him. Naturally, Frank's defense traits kicked in immediately, which caused him to pin Chan to the ground. Lily beamed and cheered from behind. Suddenly, Ginny appeared and tore the two boys apart. Lily followed them the whole way back to the house and held Frank's hand as she did so, which caused him to smile. However, when he was sent to his corner, Lily was forced to leave.

Three hours later, Neville came by to pick up his son. When he saw him in the corner, he became baffled. He stopped to talk with Ginny for several moments (about two of them consisted of Frank's behavior) before he lifted his son into his arms and waved the Potter woman goodbye. He set Frank down and grasped his hand as they walked home.

"So," Neville began, "why did you go to the corner today?"

"Chan Andren," he replied in an angry tone. "He was bugging Lily! I told him to stop, but instead of listening to me, he jumped me and tried to beat me up. So, instead of punching him back, I pinned him down on the ground. Then Mrs. Ginny caught us in our argument and put us each in corners."

Neville sighed and looked at his son. He was about to scold him just for pinning Chan to the ground, but he got a look at his face. Frank was pouting at the ground and kicking a rock out of rage. He never liked when people messed with Lily; she was his, after all. Or, she basically was, anyway. Neville smirked and picked his son up. Frank was taken aback and just stared at him, losing his pout.

"Frankie," Neville snickered, "I think you've just met your rival."

Frank tilted his head to the side as he queried "What's a rival, Daddy?"

His father laughed as he placed him on his shoulders and led the way home. Frank smiled and completely disregarded his question. He chuckled as they went home with all smiles. Whatever a rival was, it wouldn't be that bad. Heck, Frank's self-defense method was a pin that could defeat most.

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Ha, Funny. :3 So, obviously, this is late. IT'S ODD, DUDE. I've got all this crap I need to do. :/ I'll try and upload a few more chapters later, but no promises.

AND YES, Chan and Frankie are rivals. XD I thought it was cute.

AND IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN AN ALBUS FIC: I'm writing a fic about Albus/FC at the moment. :3 I'm still working on it, but it has Lily and Frankie playing matchmaker, so, yeah ;D