"You belong in Sly-" I screamed in my head 'NOT SLYTHERIN'

"Not Slytherin? Oh you are too much like your father! Are you sure? You could be great in Slytherin you know. No? Well then GRYFFINDOR!" I sighed with relief. James looked greatly dissapointed but Rose was jumping around cheering along with the rest of the Gryffindors. I sat at the table next to my brother, and stared into space until I heard Rose Weasley. Rose skipped up the steps totally care free.

"Another Weasley eh?" the hat said. "GRYFFINDOR!" She smiled and blushed looked at someone and mouthed 'Sorry' but then sat down next to me.

Mcgonangal clapped her hands and Oh!s were said all over the Great Hall. I wondered why and turned

"Oh.." food had appeared on the golden plates.

After the feast James got up with everyone else and headed to the Common Room. Lucky Owl. He already knew where everything was! While I had to learn! And he wasn't going to help me! That was guranteed.

All the first years were lead to the picture of a fat lady.

"Password?" she sounded upset.

"Harry Potter," I winced. Yea my dad saved the school but did they have to use his name as a password? I was honored and irritated. The picture swung aside and large hole lie behind the painting. We climbed through the portrait hole, I heard it after we were through. James sat waiting.

"Crap."

"Al! I've been waiting for you!" Everyone was staring. He gave me hug. One of those ones where you can't touch the floor. He then put me down. Grabbed my wand and ran.

"JAMES! IM GOING TO KIL-" Someone cleared their throat. The prefect. I met all the first year Gryffindors eyes. I blushed and tried to hide my face. And almost ran back to Rose. She tapped my shoulder. I looked up to see my brother floating in the air by his ankle. Everyone laughed. Even the prefect. I walked up to him and snatched my wand from his fist. I ran back to Rose and she dropped him. He got up and sprinted up the boys' dormitories stairs. Rose and I high fived.

Everyone was asleep but I was sitting against the window. I was staring at the moon when an owl stopped in front of the window.

The letter was addressed to me. I opened the window, grabbed the letter, and yanked it open.

Dear Albus,

Congrads on Gryffindor we're proud of you.

Love,

Mom and Dad

I folded the letter and went down to the common room to write back. I was at the bottom of the stairs when I saw Rose in a corner chair. Crying. I pulled a chair next to her.

"Whats up Rose?" She looked up, her eyes so red.

"I did something daddy *sniff* wouldn't approve of..." Oh no. She hadn't called uncle Ron, 'Daddy' since she was seven.

"You can tell me, I won't tell anyone," she sniffed and wiped her away her tears with her sleeve.

"Do you remember... when daddy said 'beat him in every test Rosie' when we saw Scorpious? Well when I left the compartment I went to find him to see what I was up against..." She said 'was'... what did she do?

"I realized I liked him... So I'm best friends with someone daddy hates!" She broke into a silent sob. " I haven't told him yet either."

"Aha!" James jumped out from behind the hallway wall. "I'm telling Uncle Ron!" Rose broke into another sob.

"James! C'mon! She's our COUSIN!" My pleas were to late. James had run up the stairs and locked the door. What's that spell? That unlocks doors?

"Alah mora! No. Aloh amera! No! Alohamora!" The door unlatched. "YES!" I ran in. Everyone was till asleep. But James sat on my bed and I saw his owl fly out the window.

"You IDIOT! Do realize what you've done?"

"Nope!" He got off my bed onto his own. " Revenge is sweet brother... Revenge is sweet." I turned swiftly and ran down the stairs. Rose still sat in the corner but I didn't bother going over to her. Before I left I'd taken Dad's old invisibility cloak. Dad trusted me more than James so Dad gave me the cloak before I left for Hogwarts.

I swung open the portrait hole. The fat lady asked "Whos there?" But I didn't answer. I ran through the halls sprinted down stairs. Until I reached the Slytherin common room. I walked in. No one was in there common room. Perfect. I snatched a peice of parchment and a quill.

Scorpious,

Rose wasn't supposed to be your friend.

My brother told her dad so theres no

point in ditching her now.

Albus

P.S. My Uncle's after you

I folded the note into a small bird. It flew up the stairs to float above Scorpious till morning.