After Harry Potter's Age

Chapter One

        The Hogwarts Express zoomed away into the distance. Albus looked out the window in excitement. He had been waiting for this moment his whole life, and now it had finally come. I really hope I don't get in Slytherin, Albus thought. He looked over to his brother James, who was talking to some friends. Then, he turned to his cousin and friend Rose, who was Ron and Hermione's son. They chatted for a while. While they were talking, James was talking with his friends on the train. Soon, a boy walked up to Rose and Albus. 

        "Hello," he said. "I'm Scorpius. Scorpius Malfoy that is."

        "My father has told me things about your family. Your father used to be a-a-."

        "Don't insult my father in front of me! And I know what you're talking about. He WAS a death eater. Now he has even done magic to remove his mark! I don't know what your father has told you about my father, but he's a great man," replied Scorpius.

        "If you say so," said Albus. "Hey, um, Scorpius. Mind giving me one of thos Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans?

               "Sure. Can I sit here?

        Albus pondered that for a moment. Draco Malfoy, Scorpius's father, had been his father's greatest enemy during his time at Hogwarts. But he remembered his father's words before he had left: "Albus Severus, you were named for two headmasters of Hogwarts. One of them was a Slytherin and he was probably the bravest man I ever knew." Albus thought over these words and eventually Rose said, "Yes, Scorpius, you can sit here."

        Albus recieved some of Scorpius's beans while he asked, "What house do you want to be in?"

        "Slytherin or Gryffindor," he replied. "My mum was in Gryffindor and, as you probably know, my father was a Slytherin. Most people expected my father to marry a Slytherin such as my godmother Pansy Parkinson. They were dating at the time of the Battle of Hogwarts. It's just that... Pansy and my father got to be quite good friends but they stopped dating. Then my father met my mum Astoria and that was the end of Pansy and my father."

        "Oh," replied the shy Albus. Clearly this boy thinks very highly of himself. Let's see how bad he gets, or if he gets any better, thought Albus.