Trolleys clatter as swarms of Hogwarts students flood onto platform 9 and 3/4. The Potter family ascends through the magical barrier and onto the platform. Harry and James run ahead as Ginny walks behind with Lilly and Albus. Albus stops suddenly and drops to tie his shoelace. Harry peers over at Ginny who gives him a look, gesturing at Albus. 

Harry walks back over to Albus as the others go to greet the Granger-Weasley's. James runs past the others saying a quick hello before vanishing ahead into the pooling students boarding the train. He sees his friends in the distance and waves them over.
"Hey mate," shouts his friend Marcus. James high fives all of the boys happily as they continue to talk about their holidays.

"Hey Potter!," shouts a girl who wraps her arms around James and rests her head on his shoulder, "did you miss me?"
 James looks down at her and says," hey Lani, yeah of course I missed you."
 He looks into her eyes for an extended moment.

 "Why are you staring at me like that?" asks Laylani blushing.
"Oh, just you, you know you're gorgeous right?" James replies as he wraps his arms tighter around her. The girl giggles in response and releases herself from his grasp. James looks at her in confusion.
 She blushes and points over behind James. He turns and sees his family and the Granger-Weasley's hiding behind groups of students trying to get a better look at the scene.

 "How about I meet you on the train?" James suggests embarrassed, turning to look at her again. She nods and waves as she turns to say goodbye to her family. James walks back to his family who are all laughing now.
"Guys! Seriously!" James rolls his eyes annoyed.

"Oh calm down, you two are so cute," Ginny sighs and folds an arm inside Harry's.
"Ginny they're only 13..." Hermione raises a brow.
"It's not like they're kissing in public guys," Ron jumps in.

The train's whistle rings out twice, it's 10:55am.
"That's the train gotta get on board," says James, quickly checking his trolley, "Love you mum, love you dad, see you all at Christmas."

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Meanwhile:

Albus and Rose push through the chattering students that fill up the middle isle looking for a place to sit. He passes James's booth where he, Marcus Axewelp, Arthur Bellox and Braxton McLaggen are sitting in a mountain of sweets, chucking them at each other playfully. 

As Albus and Rose walk on they see other students reading school material, talking about quidditch and having fun in their booths. They reach the last booth and look inside. There is a boy with slick, platinum blonde hair sitting alone. They walk inside the booth and the boy looks up, "Hi! I'm Scorpius Malfoy! Do you want to be friends!" the boy exclaims excited though hopeful. 

"Oh sorry, wrong booth... we cant sit here...with you...we have friends....to sit with," Rose stammers as she takes Albus's hand and backs out of the booth. "Hey," says Albus retracting his hand, "Why were you so rude, look at him he probably doesn't have any friends." 

"Exactly, he is Scorpius Malfoy, your father's enemy's son."

 "So?"

 " He cant be trusted." 

"But...?" 

"Whatever Albus, you sit with him I don't care," exclaimed Rose as she turned on her heels and left. Albus entered the booth again and waved at Scorpius. "I'm gonna sit here if that's ok." "That's definitely ok, fine, great, wonderful, amazing, fantas... ."

 "Ok, ok," Albus laughs as he gestures for Scorpius to calm down, "My name is Albus by the way, Albus Potter." 

"Oh yes I know, you are Harry Potter's son aren't you?" Albus chuckles and nods his head as the trolley witch comes o the door. "Anything from the trolley dears?" she asks nicely. "Um...I'll take 3 Acid Pops, 1 Chocoball and some Sherbet Lemons," says getting a handful of money from his pocket," Do you want anything Albus?" "Uh.. I'll have the same as him," he reply's looking at the elderly witch. 

"That will be 3 galleons, 9 sickles and 15 knuts from each of you," she says passing the sweets onto the boys. "Thank you!" the boys say eagerly. As the train comes closer to the castle, students get dressed in their uniforms and crowd around the front of the train, yearning to find what awaits them at the castle.

 The train pulls up at Hogsmeade Station and the students poor out of the doors. "Oi! First years follow me," shouts Hagrid the grounds keeper at Hogwarts. As the first years (including Albus, Rose and Scorpius) disperse from the platform the other students walk towards the carriage meeting point. The threstrals (though invisible) are pulling the carriages as normal and the students hitch a ride to the school.

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