After hearing that statement, Albus simple fell back against the seat. He sat in silence as the train ride progressed, the hum of the train wheels chugging along getting into his mind. The whistle scared the Hinkypunks out of him, and he clutched his heart for support.
James was already at the door, peering out along with everybody else. The train was slowing down increasingly, and Albus could see Hogwarts in the distance. I wonder why the heck we're stopping…. He thought, getting up to stand beside his brother. Looking down and up the corridor, all he saw were heads. Everybody seemed to be curious, which they had a right to be.
The train stopped, the lights went out, and everybody retreated to their cabins. That is, except for James' girlfriend, Hillary Vexen, who was as much of a braniac as he was. She had flowing black hair, a flawless face, and black-rimmed glasses that made her look sort of like a naughty librarian. Hillary was also on Gryffindor, and Albus had a feeling that they shared some good times together.
Hillary walked in, shut, latched, and barricaded the door. She plopped herself next to James, who immediately put his arm around her, which made Albus gag. James kicked him in the leg, but Albus wouldn't give him the satisfaction of knowing that it hurt him. Hillary, however, laughed.
"Oh Albus," She stated matter-of-factly, "You'll have a love someday, and then you'll see the joy in this." She started to play with James' shaggy hair, and he just smiled.
James looked at him with a hard glare, "Yeah, so why don't you run off to find some other first-years?" With a questioning look from Albus, James added, "I'll grab your stuff when we get off of the train. Now buzz off!"
He shoved Albus out of the door, and he had a feeling that those two would have a lot of fun in there. Albus looked down the empty corridor, dark with the lights out. He was walking towards the front of the train, when he heard a creak behind him. Albus turned around just in time to see a shadowy figure move into one of the cabins. He heard a girl in there scream, and he bolted for it.
Albus ran into the figure just as it was leaving the cabin. The figure slowly turned around, and he braced himself for the suck of a Dementor. Instead, he heard a female voice say, "Can I help you?"
Albus looked up and realized that the figure was just a 7th year picking on some first-year girls. Not wanting to start any trouble, he glanced around the towering girl and noticed a girl with curly blonde hair and green eyes who smiled at him. He smiled back, and was shoved out of the room before he could wave.
The lights flickered back on and the train whirred to life as he came back into his brother's cabin. He walked in to see a make-out scene, and he immediately left. Turning back towards the front of the train, he wondered if the girls would let him sit in there with them. After all, one smiled at him.
He approached the door with caution, and opened it very slowly. The girls all stopped their conversations, all five of them, and they stared at him. Albus, being shy around girls, asked, "Do you mind if I sit in here with you girls? I'm new to Hogwarts, too, and my brother is over there making out." He pointed back out into the corridor.
All of the girls giggled and one of them, an Asian with a black bob-cut, introduced herself to him, "Of course you can sit here." She extended her hand, "My name is Mai Ghung. My foster parents adopted me, not knowing that I had magical abilities." All of the girls giggled again, so Mai interjected, "Shut up!"
Albus shook her hand and introduced himself, "I'm Albus Potter, the younger son of the great Harry Potter." That stopped all of the girls from giggling. They all stared at him with disbelief.
The girl that smiled at him, which he now knew was Savannah Winship, simply stated, "No way…" She stared intently at him, and he knew that he was blushing.
She smiled again at him, and he smiled back. The girls started their conversations back up, and he joined them, noticing that Savannah kept looking at him while he wasn't. He didn't know what to think about that, so he just smiled to himself.
The train pulled into the station just as a conversation about Werewolves ended, and the screeching whistle sounded again. Everyone got up and he made his way back to his cabin to retrieve his stuff. Hillary left the cabin blushing and looking frazzled. Albus knew that couldn't be a good sign.
He walked into the cabin to see James, his hair sticking up everywhere, trying to grab Hegwig from the top. He noticed Albus and said with irritation, "Hey, stop staring at me and help me get your bloody bird down!"
Albus laughed and they gathered all of their belongings. They joined the river of students exiting the only door on the train. Looking out onto the platform, Albus's messy hair, just like Harry's, blew up off of his forehead. He breathed in the fresh air, and he took his first step into the Wizarding World.