"Wright, Dana." Albus watched as the girl Scorpius had bullied sat down and put the hat on. There was a moments pause and then, "GRYFFINDOR!" Came the shout from the hat. Dana stumbled over to the Gryffindor table. "Malfoy, Scorpius." With a wide smirk Scorpius sat down and the hat called, "SLYTHERIN!" Howard and Rose were both with in Gryffindor. They sat with Dana. "Potter, Albus." Albus' stomach did a flip-flop as he walked up to the hat and sat down. Hm interesting. Very interesting. You are just like your father unlike your brother who was like your mother. You are destined for great things in Slytherin but I presume you want to be in Gryffindor. Yes! Know this boy, you are in grave danger and your brother even more. And with that the hat called "GRYFFINDOR!" Albus felt weak with relief. For one horrible moment he thought the hat would defy him and put him in Slytherin. He sat down near Howard and waited for Professor McGonagall to say her speech. But instead she said "Beware to all students. History is replaying its self." Then she sat down. Before Albus could ponder what she'd just said food appeared before him and he found himself stuffing his mouth. He could ponder what she'd said later...
Soon the food disappeared and Albus and his friends walked up to the common room. "Listen carefully everyone," called a prefect "I am going to say the password and it is your responsibility to remember it. Petronumous." Petronicus. Albus could remember that. He trudged forward and landed flat on the bed. He fell asleep fully clothed. As Albus slpet he had a strange dream involving Scorpius, his father, James and him. When he woke up in a sweat the next morning he had forgotten what the dream was. As Albus sat down for breakfast he recieved his timetable. He was pleased to see that Howard had all the same classes as he. So did Rose and Dana. Their first class was transfiguration. Professor McGonagall took the lesson. Slytherin was sharing their class but Albus noticed that Scorpius wasn't there. "Professor" started Albus "Where is Scorpius?"
"That's none of your business, Potter. Get back to work."
"But-"
"No buts Potter." And that was that. After class Albus motioned for Howard, Rose and Dana to follow him to the common room. "Petronicus" Albus said confidently. Dana grinned and the portrait of the fat lady didn't move. Rose rolled her eyes. "Oh please Albus. The password is Petronumous." The portrait swung forward. "That's what I said" muttered Albus. Howard grinned. Once settled inside Albus cleared his throat and pulled out a piece of old yellowed parchment. "Is that the..." began Howard. Albus nodded with a mischievous grin. He pulled out his wand and pointed it at the parchment. Rose and Dana both looked confused. "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good." Rose gasped and Dana sat down heavily. "Where on Earth did you get that?" asked Rose completely perplexed. Albus' grin widened "From my dad of course."
"Do you also have the cloak?" asked Rose. Albus' grin drooped. "No James has that one."
"Why are we using the map anyway?" asked Howard. "To see where Malfoy is of course." stated Albus. The foursome studied the map but Scorpius wasn't on the map at all. "Where is he?" Howard asked confused "He can't be out of the school grounds can he?" "No..." answered Rose slowly "But he could be in the room..." "Of Requirement!" Albus finished "Of course! Let's go!" Suddenly something dawned on Albus. "Hey, Dana, do you ever talk?" Albus had realised that Dana had never said a thing since they'ed met. Dana slowly shook her head and and wrote. Malfoy cursed me. I can't talk until he lifts the curse. I don't think he ever will though. A look of sadness crossed Dana's face. "But surely we could lift or one of the teachers?" ventured Albus. Dana shook her head. No, only the person who puts the curse on can lift it. And Malfoy is in Hogsmeade with Professor Juniper. I know because I heard him tell Professor Juniper. That's why he put the curse on me. So I wouldn't tell anyone. "But how come he isn't on the map?" I forgot to tell you, Scorpius stole the cloak from James' trunk when he was unconscious so you wouldn't see him on the map. That's also why he put this curse on me. So as not to tell you what was going on. I knew too much. "But you could of written it down and shown someone." stated Rose. Dana shook her head again No-one wanted to be my friend because I never said anything. You guys just started including me. I kind of thought it was a miracle that you even included me. "Well we'd better get to Hogsmeade before next class. "This is wrong guys..." Rose began. "You're in this or not so choose." Albus turned on his heel and headed out of the common room. The others followed and after a moments hesitation Rose followed with a sullen look.
Harry smiled as he read the letter he had received from his aunt and uncle.
Dear Potter,
If you must return to our home you must. But I warn you you're aunt and I are old and we won't tolerate any hocus-pocus in our house and we are not leaving our house for any wizard even if there is a notorious wizard on the loose. Voldy- whatever his name is. I hope you understand this boy. Very well we will be seeing you soon I suppose.
Your Uncle Vernon
Harry grinned. Already Uncle Vernon had helped him remember something. He closed his eyes. Voldy. Voldy. Come on Harry think. Notorious. Evil. VOLDEMORT. He'd got it! But what did he do? Harry became frustrated. "Ginny! Do you remember who Voldemort is?" "Yeah, wasn't he the guy who wanted to kill you. He killed your parents, didn't he?" Harry quickly wrote it down as Ginny suddenly went blank. "Ginny you are a genius." He grinned at her blank expression and started to pack his bags for his aunt and uncle's house.