Flying

That first friday was their first flying lesson. All of them, minus Yana who had never been on a broom or off the ground at all really, were excited except for one thing. They were having the lesson with the Slytherins.

Al had grown up talking about Quidditch, after all his mother played for the Holyhead Harpies and his father was the youngest seeker in a hundred years. He even had his own broom, a Nimbus 2015, and was a pretty good flyer and fancied himself as a seeker like his dad while his brother and sister both wanted to be chasers like their mother. Al knew Rose was a great keeper, like her dad and he had a feeling that Scorpius would be a good flyer and, from his build, a chaser. But, before any of them could be on the team in any position they had to take flying lessons, even though they had all the flying lessons they needed from their parents and, in the case of Rose and Al, their aunts and uncles.

"This is going to be great!" Al told the others when they saw they had flying that day.

Scorpius replied, "Ya, except for the fact that we have it with the Slytherins and who knows maybe they'll try something."

Rose interjected, "Like they can do anything we have Madam Hooch and Professor Longbottom there at all times." After the incident that lead to his father being put on the Gryffindor team at least one other teacher is always present at all flying lessons. And because of the fact that it was during his free period, and because it was the Gryffindors, Professor Longbottom would be joining their class for the lesson.

Unfortunately the lesson was at the end of the day so they would have to get through the entire day before the fun begins.

As a kid Al could never sit still. He always needed to be moving in some way. He had gotten better at controlling it but whenever he had to wait for something he was either excited for or dreading the old habit came back. So, by the time lunch came around there was absolutely no way he was going to stay still for more than about a minute. The others barely calmed him down long enough for his to eat some pot pie and then to have another conversation about the upcoming lesson.

His excitability was a problem for their last class before the flying lesson was Transfiguration. With Transfiguration Al knew that he would at least have to pay attention, if not sit still, or he wouldn't learn anything at all. Luckily enough they all made it through the class and together headed down to the quidditch pitch.

Only once they had all lined up next to their brooms waiting for Madam Hooch to start the lesson did Albus remember that this lesson wasn't just them and the other Gryffindor first years but the Slytherin first years, and specifically those three bullies. After he realized this he heard the telltale hiss of the bullies, "Traitor!" Now this is really getting annoying, Albus thought as the three Slytherins came and took their places besides brooms across from Al, Rose, and Scorpius, This is the last thing that Scorp needs right now. Especially with how his father reacted to him being in Gryffindor…

Albus was ripped out of his thoughts by the sound of a whistle being blown by Madam Hooch, who was now standing besides Professor Longbottom at the top of the two rows.

"Ok. Listen up!" Madam Hooch called to all of the first years, "Place your right hand over your broom and say up. And say it with confidence and precision."

Cries of, "Up!" came from every single person, but only three brooms flew into their riders owners on the first try. Those were the brooms of Al, Rose, and Scorpius. Al looked at the other two and smiled at both of them that were already smiling at their success. When the cries of 'up' finally stopped with Yana's broom jumping into her hand he looked forward again. But, as he swung his head around he could have sworn he saw that Professor Longbottom was smiling at the three of them. After a moment of shock he brushed it aside with the thought of all the times Professor Longbottom had been at his house or at Christmas, of course he would be happy to see them so in their element.

This contemplation went quickly through his mind as he mounted his broom and Madam Hooch came around checking everyone's handhold. It thrilled him to see that almost all of the Slytherins were holding their brooms the wrong way.

"Ok. Now on the count of three push off the ground hover three feet above the ground and come back to the ground. Remember grip tightly to the broom with both your legs and hands. When you want to come back down just angle the handle of your broom slightly down. Now, on three. One. Two. Three!" Madam Hooch said and at the last word all of them kicked off the ground flying into the air. It was that sensation of almost weightless sensation that Albus loved so much. It made him feel as though all his worries were flying away with him. He soaked up that feeling and after hovering there he expertly maneuvered the broom down once again to the ground.

They did this a couple more times and by the end of it he had almost totally forgotten all about all the bad things that were going on, until the end of the lesson. At the end of the lesson Madam Hooch said, "Now if any of you want you can fly a couple of laps around the pitch. But, only at the height of six feet of the ground. Do any of you want to?" Of course Al, Rose, and Scorpius raised their hands, while Yana opted to keep her feet firmly on the ground.

So, they set off along with two of the three bullies and Thomas Abbot. Deciding to ignore the bullies, after all they couldn't do anything to Scorpius while the teachers were watching, the three of them raced each other around the pitch once, which he won, and then he slowed down to let the others catch up. He looked behind him towards the others to find Scorpius being flanked by the two bullies and one of them glance towards the ground. Al followed his gaze to see that Madam Hooch had been distracted by the third bully asking a question and Professor Longbottom seemed to be telling those on the ground a story.

Knowing what was about to happen Al swung his broom around just in time to see one of the bullies try to pull Scorpius while the other shoved him off his broom. Scorpius feel of it with a scream of, "Help!" and Albus turned into a dive to try to help his friend.

Right before Scorpius slammed into the ground Al grabbed his arm tightly and softly set his friend on his feet before pulling the broom upwards again. Those idiots thought that they could get away with that! He fumed as he heard Madam Hooch's whistle and a yell of, "Get down here!" come from Professor Longbottom, who were already over at Scorpius' side as he had fallen to his knees after being returned safely to the ground. All five of them still in the air landed and Al and Rose rushed over to Scorpius and Yana, who had ran over to him with the rest of the class.

When they reached him both Al and Rose helped Scorpius to his feet and held onto his arms as his knees started to buckle again.

Madam Hooch then started yelling at the two bullies who had forced Scorpius off his broom, "Such ignorance and blatant disobedience! Twenty points from Slytherin each! ANd we will be going to your head of house to discuss further punishment." Then she turned on Al, "And you Potter. Thank you for trying to save your friend. But, that was ridiculous. You could have both been seriously hurt! The last person to ever pull off a stunt like that was your father. Ten points to Gryffindor. It would have been twenty, but as that was very dangerous it's only ten." Turning back to the bullies she said, "Now you two come with me. Class dismissed!"

As the rest of the first years left Professor Longbottom came over to the four of them still standing there trying to let Scorpius to catch his breath and not collapse. As he got to them Professor Longbottom said, "We should get him to the hospital wing just incase." He than proceeded to take the place of Rose on the other side of Scorpius to better support him. Then as they took a step Scorpius' knees buckled again and he yelped in pain.

"What hurts?" the Professor asked.

"My ankle," Scorpius replied.

"Ok, then lean on the one of us on the good side and don't put your bad foot on the ground," Professor Longbottom instructed him. They started up to the castle again with Scorpius now putting most of his weight on Al. As they walked the Professor started talking again, "You know all three of you are really good flyers. And that move was very well executed Al. Also, Yana don't worry about how you did. I did worse than you my first time. I literally fell of my broom and broke my arm which lead to your dad, Scorpius, stealing my remembrall and your dad, Al, trying to stop him and having to pull a stunt just like that to catch it. That's how he ended up on the quidditch team. Actually I think you three should try out for the team this year. SUre first years don't usually make the team, but literally all but one of our players graduated last years so we're looking for whole new team minus a beater."

After this Professor Longbottom fell silent and Al heard Scorpius quietly say, "Thank you."

"Of course. I mean what's family for," I told him and I did truly believe that Scorpius was more than a friend, he's now my family. When Scorpius didn't say anything in response he glanced over at him. There were silent tears sliding down his face. At this Al made himself a promise that he would do anything he needs to help and protect Scorpius. His friend. His brother.

So, I know that it's been awhile since I last updated, so I'm sorry. I have a little trouble coming up with ideas for Albus chapters so it took me awhile to write this. So, I really hope you liked this. Also, I read The Cursed Child and I got to say it was a ok book, but I didn't like some of it.

* Warning- Cursed Child Spoilers ahead*

Albus and Scorpius are actually in Slytherin. UGHH! Though at least part of my ship is correct because Scorpius does like Rose, but Rose hates him. UGHH! And, Al and Scorpius aren't good at quidditch. UGHH! Though I did like that Hermione is the Minister of Magic. That's cool. Otherwise, UGHH!

Spoilers end here

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P.S. I might not be updating as often because I start school next Wednesday.