Hi! I was a bit disappointed about the first chapter; I only got two reviews (thank you, Anthony Devon and animeviolinest001) but a good friends of mine said that his first story didn't get a lot of reviews. I guess I have to be more patient (GRR!). Lol! Anyway, all disclaimers apply. Thank you for reading my story! Enjoy.

Isis Wolf

P.S. Thank you Anthony Devon and Flowerpagoda for looking at my work again.

Trouble at the Dock

After Albus and Rosie got off the train, they saw Hagrid. He was waving his lantern about, shouting, "First years to the docks! First years come to the docks!" It was now dark out, and it was chilly. Rosie brought her robe in tighter to herself.

"Well, if it isn't Albus Potter and Rosie Wealsy!"'

"Hi, Hagrid!" greeted Albus.

The giant looked the same; just a little bit harrier and more wrinkly in the face. "Don' forgets 'bout tea on Friday. Ms. Wealsey, you're welcome to join us." The half-giant walked away, bellowing his instructions. Rosie waved, even though it was pointless. She missed him a lot, but she only saw him a week ago.

Albus walked down to the docks; Rosie close behind him. He abruptly stopped. Rosie bumped into him. "Why are you-"

"Look over there!" Albus pointed at the dock. Rosie, curious, looked.

Two heavy-weights kids had some one someone at the edge of the pier. One miss-step and the poor, blonde faced kid would go into the water. The shorter of the two heavy-weights had short black hair and was a bit chubby. The taller also had short hair, but it was a light brown. They were picking on the blonde, apparently, because the boy looked terrified. Maybe they were just bullies.

Albus looked away. He hated watching the two bullies. When he was younger, he had witnessed a poor, defenseless squirrel being attacked by two alley cats outside his window while he was trying to sleep. Albus had cried the rest of the night because he knew he couldn't do anything to stop the cats.

"Poor kid, do you think w-"Rosie didn't get to finish the sentence. Albus was making his way to the heavy-weights. Stupid, stupid, STUPID cousin!! You don't know any magic, and you're rushing into battle! Rosie thought. Oh, wait a minute- my cousin is crazy anyways. I should probably go and help. Rosie noticed that several other students were making their way through the crowd to the docks. She ran down, hoping with all her might that she would get there before Albus did something that he regretted later.

As Albus drew near, he got his wand out. He heard a bit of the conversation. The short one pushed the blonde lightly. "You're such a wimp, like your father!" the short one cried. The poor blonde whimpered pitifully.

"Tell you what. If you give us your money, we won't throw you into the lake!" The tall one said, poking him.

"Leave him alone!" Albus hissed as he drew near the three boys. The pale-faced boy looked relieved.

"Ha! A first yearling! I bet you don't even know magic." The tall one roared with laughter.

"That's not true!" Albus said fiercely. The young Potter didn't know magic, which was true. Hopefully, though, he could make them a little nervous. The short one looked a little doubtful, but at least he didn't advance to attack.

"Is this supposed to be your little savior, Scorpio? Well, he won't last long against me, the great Brutus!" the short one said with such ferocity that Albus shook a little out of fear.

"If someone messes with Brutus, they are automatically messing with Drodio." Drodio whipped out his wand. Brutus followed his taller friend's suit.

Aw, shoot!!! Albus thought. Albus noticed that behind the heavy-weights Scorpio was escaping. If only I can buy enough time…

"Albus! People are coming! Stop right now," Rosie said, out of breath as she came to a halt beside Albus. "There are people coming!" she hissed.

"Ha ha ha! You were named after Dumbledweeb? Who on earth would do that?" Drodio laughed evilly.

"You think that's funny?" demanded Rose angrily. "Dumbledore was great! And he wasn't a fatso like you!!" Drodio fell silent. His once poised wand dropped slightly. He turned a dark red.

"Ha! Did you just get served by a girl?" A boy said. He started laughing and pointing. Everyone who was watching started cracking up.

"I-I'm not fat! Just a little big- boned," Drodio started blushing. "Stop laughing!"

Soon his embarrassment turned to rage. He strode forward and grabbed Rosie. She stopped laughing. Her happy face turned serious. "You- don't- scare- me." She defiantly.

Drodio picked her up by the collar. Her legs kicked and kicked, but to no avail. "What are you going to do now, sweetheart?" he sneered as he carried her to the edge of the dock.

"What are you going to do?" she said as he held her over the water. She wasn't scared. She could swim pretty well anyway. She cocked her head with some difficulty. "Well? Are you going to answer me?" Rosie taunted.

"Rosie!" Albus cried as he ran full speed into Drodio, knocking him into the water. He let go off Rosie, who grabbed the edge of the dock. Only the bottom of her robe was wet, but she was evidently fine.

She climbed back onto the laughing dock. They were cheering for Rosie and Albus. Others were laughing at Drodio. Even Albus himself was laughing. She smiled. She got up and walked backed to the group. As she was walking, Rosie noticed that Brutus was shaking with rage. Rosie stopped walking and decided to keep an eye on him. Brutus stopped shaking and made his way towards Albus. She knew what he was going to do. "Albus, watch ou-"

"Adios, my friend." Brutus had made his way through the crowd and pushed Albus into the water for revenge. He fell in with a splash. Albus flailed his arms around in the water. "Help me! Help!! Somebody help me!" He screamed. Rosie ran towards the edge of the dock and dived in. Albus, she thought as she swam towards her cousin in the icy water, why don't you expect revenge? Why don't you ever think ahead? Someday I won't be there to save you…. Rosie had to come up for air and heard Hagrid finally arriving, shouting, "What's goin' on?? Somebody tell me!" This is an interesting first day of the first year! Rosie thought.

This is my end, isn't it? I'll never get to roam the halls of Hogwarts ever. I can't swim. It's pointless to try, Albus thought sadly. He sucked some water in. It tasted sweet, strangely. He coughed hard. Everyone stared at him as he went under. The last thing he felt was arms around him. Then he blacked out.