Disclaimer: I wish I was JKR, but I'm not

Summary: The sequel to the New Generation Meets its Match. They were all kids back then now they are out trying to live their own lives. They will soon realize the difference between reality and dreams.

- This may seem a bit confusing if you haven't read the New Generation Meets its Match.

Chapter 1: Wake Me Up When September Ends

If You Can Dream

By: Hugo Weasley

People dream. They dream of becoming heroes, getting married, making the winning catch in a Quidditch game, a happily ever-after, and even to make a difference. But we all have watched our dreams fall. Sometimes we feel we'll never make it close. We give up.

But that's not how our story goes. Neither of us is here to give up our dreams. We are all stubborn. We all want to be important and we all want to look back on our lives and feel that we did all we could to have the lives we have dreamed for. Well, at least get close enough.

You would probably like to guess that our lives came out to be perfect and ended with a happily ever after. If that were the case then none of us would have to carry a load of guilt on our backs. None of us would have experienced the pain, the heartache, the worry, the misery, and even the death.

Everything changes. One can say they change for a reason, but others think not. There's so much more to do and so much to look forward to. Life never ends, not here at least. We are indeed a part of a circle of life and here is where our story starts at the end of our childhood. The start of a new beginning…

The phone rang.

"Hello?" A dark voice asked.

"Ccan you come over? It's doing it again!" Rose Weasley's weak voice came through the speaker.

"Rose…" Scorpius Malfoy growled through the speaker.

"Please? Pretty Please?" She whined.

"Yeah, sure." Scorpius put the phone down rather harshly and sighed.

He grabbed his robe and walked out the door into the pouring rain.

He apparated and landed on her doorstep. He was about to knock when it opened quickly and she yanked him in.

"Really, Rose, you need to get over this." He said.

"But they say a tornado will come towering over our heads. I don't want my beautiful room to get destroyed!"

"It's just a little storm."

"A little storm? It's lightning, the jagged kind. I can't deal with that." Scorpius sighed at her antics.

"Yeah, but I'm getting sick of this. Coming over here every time a storm hits. Rose, come on you've got to get over this. You can always apparate if gets any worse. You have a huge family to shelter with."

"Not the same." Thunder crackled in the air. She pressed her ears over her ears.

"Oh sure someone may even curse you to your death, but no instead your afraid of a little lightning." Scorpius said throwing up his hands.

"I thought you were my best friend. Best friends don't make fun of each other like that." She scolded him.

"And as a best friend I can tell you when you're being just a little bit paranoid." He growled. Rose looked up at him with fire dancing in her bright blue eyes.

"You are not putting what happened to her on me, are you?" Scorpius eyes flashed with anger and turned away.

"I think I'm going to go."

"No, don't!" Rose shouted. "Sc..Please stay. I'm so lonely and you're my best friend. I need you. I know you're lonely too." Scorpius looked annoyed at her pleading and she had almost said his name. Nobody dared to say his name again.

"Look, I am Rose. I'll stay, but we're not talking about her or Jack for that matter." Rose's eyes filled with sadness. She shoved Scorpius hard.

"Stop it!" She said placing her hands hard over her ears. Scorpius rolled his eyes at her.

"Rose…" He said her name. "Rose!" He barked her name and she took her hands off her ears the nstarted talking.

"It hurts me too, you know. I'm as just as upset as you are. I've been a mess because of what happened. Ever since…" Rose said quickly.

"Don't mention the name." He warned her. She looked up at him and saw the anger in his eyes as he listened to her talk.

"Oh no, if I have to go through this then you do too! Haven't you heard Roxanne's famous saying, "Pain is life!"

"Ok, Rose. If that's how it's going to be then I hate to say this, but you really pushed below the belt. You're not wallowing in pain from the both of them, you are only blaming yourself because you were a coward. You're angry with yourself that you didn't go with Jack."

"Stop, stop, stop!" Rose said putting her hands back over her ears. "Stop saying his name."

"See, that's your problem Rose. Here you are moping and worrying about stupid things because he isn't here to keep you satisfied. Don't you see? You became weak. You need to become strong again and once you are he'll return, but there are people who will never return. I'm sure you had your moments, but you have no idea what I had to go through."

"How could you say such things?"

"As a so called best friend I have a right to say when you need to pick yourself up. I can't do it and Roxanne can't do it. Only you can. So Rose, do you really need me to stay?" He asked his cold eyes fixed in hers. Lightning struck again. Her body jumped slightly.

"What happened to you? You're so angry and fierce and…" Rose blurted out.

"Rose, answer the bloody question!" He shouted at her. She looked again and breathed out shakily.

"Ok, I…I don't need you here. I'll make it on my own." She said almost frightened of Scorpius.

"That's good to hear." He said and turned to leave.

"But…wait…" She said.

"Rose, you just said…"

"No, it's just that you didn't answer my question."

"It wasn't a question. It was a fact." He muttered. "Good night, Rose."

"But?"

"For the last time, Rose…"

"Thank you." She said. Scorpius left without a reply.

September 2029

It was the start of a new year at Hogwarts.

Headmaster Albus Potter sat in his chair observing the students as they talked about their summers and what not.

The doors opened in came his cousin, Professor Rose Weasley, leading the new first years into the Great Hall.

Albus watched as the first years exchanged looks of surprise at the wonder of Hogwarts. Rose led them up to where the sorting hat was on the stool.

"Ok, now when I call your name you will come here and sit on this stool and place the sorting hat on your head. You'll be sorted into the house that fits you the best."

Rose started to read off the list she had in front of her.

"Anderson, Anthony." She called. A small boy with big ears walked up nervously to the stool. The hat was put over his head and then the hat yelled, "HUFFLEPUFF."

He jumped up and looked confused on where to go. Rose placed her hand on his back and pointed to the yellow and black table that was awaiting his arrival. He raced off to sit with them and many congratulating him.

Rose read off another then another.

As soon as the sorting was done and Albus stood up. He raised my hands.

"Dig in!" Albus said and food appeared before their eyes. He smiled as people helped themselves and chatted happily with others at their table.

"Look." Rose nudged him. Albus watched as a Slytherin walked over and sat with a Gryffindor. They started to talk like good old buddies. "And there is nothing strange about that these days, huh?" She asked with a smile. Albus nodded sadly.

"Oh, forget I mentioned that." Rose said quickly. Rose leaned to eat the food in front of her. "Oh, mother would give a fit if she knew we were still eating off the slavery of house elves." She said. Albus smiled.

Albus reached for his knife and fork to eat the food that sat in front of him. Then his hand shook; on its own.

"Al?" Rose asked. Albus felt a hot hole beat against his chest. He pulled out the necklace he kept from long ago. It felt hot against his chest, but when he touched it, it felt cool as ice.

"What is it?" Rose asked.

"Nothing." He replied. "Just nothing. I must be hungry." Albus immediately grabbed an apple off the table and bit into it. Rose kept shooting him nervous glances, but Albus refused to meet them.

After Albus assumed that everybody was full, he stood up to talk.

"Good evening. I'm your Headmaster Albus Potter. As always I would like to point out that the Forbidden Forest is in fact forbidden unless you're being escorted by a teacher for some certain purpose, but other than that any student who enters the forest they will be punished...severely."

"Professor Weasley might have told you, but any rule breaking will cost you points in your house and I would hope that some of you will be on your best behavior or there will be punishment." Albus looked at them with a warning.

"But other than that I hope you all enjoy another year at Hogwarts and for others your last. I'll leave with the words 'Have strength.'" Albus sat back down as the familiar ringing of prefects yelled to first years to follow them to their common rooms.

"Not bad. Not your usual standard though." Rose whispered.

"At least it didn't take me five months to be able to stand in front of people and talk." Albus said coolly.

"Yeah, well now it's not so bad, huh?"

"I wouldn't know, I'm not a teacher."

"What have you been doing in all your spare time?"

"I don't twiddle my thumbs, if that's what you're getting at?" Albus looked at her.

"Well, I hope not. I'm just wondering."

"Well, ever since Scorpius stopped showing up for some time, I've been taking late night trips."

"To where?"

"Nothing that concerns you." Albus said coldly.

"Why not? I'm good friends with you and Scorpius, why won't you tell me what is going on?"

"I promised somebody it would be kept a secret. Besides, for your information Scorpius doesn't know. He has become so self-absorbed in his own work. He's like a leech."

"You don't mean that." Rose said.

"Well, no I don't, but he has been so devoted to his work that he doesn't bother to talk to his close friends anymore."

"So? He loves his work, give him a break."

"Dad says he's obsessed."

"It's good for the department." Rose said.

"That's not what I'm getting at. I think he is trying to take his mind off something. I think he hopes to try and accomplish something or to prove someone wrong. I don't know. He hasn't been himself lately."

"Have you tried to contact him?"

"Yes, but he seems to be ignoring me. I even asked Dad to pass a word or two and he hasn't said anything."

"Have you tried visiting?"

"He's always away. Dad says he's hardly in the office. He's always away on business, I suppose."

"That's a shame."

"Doesn't matter. If he doesn't want to talk to us then so be it. At least I know who my true friends are." Albus looked around the Great Hall. Nobody was left except for them. "This place has so many memories and so many things it has taught us. You would think we would hold on to those memories." Albus muttered.

"We should get going, busy day tomorrow."

"Right. See you in the morning Rose."

"See you." They departed.

(Flashback – 4 years ago)

"Hey." Lucy said as Kevin opened the door. Kevin peered over his shoulder then quickly shut it behind him.

"What are you doing here, Lucy?" He asked. Lucy looked a bit unsure of what she saw.

"You haven't returned any of my letters and you've been acting so strange. Is everything ok?" She asked.

"Yeah, everything is fine." He said slowly. A girl's voice called his name from inside. Lucy rose her eyebrows.

"Oh I see." She said and turned to leave.

"Lucy, wait. It's not what it appears to be." Lucy spun around with anger plastered everywhere on her face.

"No! Don't explain anything. I can't believe you could do this to me! I came over here to tell you I was pregnant and I find you have been cheating on me behind my back. You're the perfect example of a modeled father. Real perfect." She shouted.

"Woah, you're pregnant?" He asked surprised.

"Didn't you just hear me? Yeah, congratulations you just have been made the worst father to walk the planet. It's over Kevin!"

"No, Lucy, wait."

"I'm sick of waiting. You don't write, you don't answer, and you definitely don't care. I'm through with you. I never want to hear about you ever again! We are so getting a divorce." She took off her ring and flung it at him. It hit him in the forehead.

"Lucy, will you just wait a…" She flew down the stairs.

"LUCY!" He shouted her name. Lucy glared over her shoulder and got in the car and drove off.

(End of flashback)

"Mama…" Lucy's five-year old daughter, Alisha, asked.

"Yes, honey?" Lucy said looking down at the paper. Frustration was in her face.

"Do I have a daddy?" She asked.

"No." Lucy said.

"Why not?"

"Because…"

"But why…"

"Allie, enough!" Lucy scolded and looked up at her daughter with angry eyes.

"But mama, why don't I have one? Everybody else does."

"You don't. End of story."

"Ok." She walked up to her mother. "I made this for you." She said handing her a colored picture. Lucy took it in her hands. "Mama…"

"Yes?"

"Why are you crying?" Lucy wiped a tear from her face.

"I'm not crying. I'm…I'm just so proud of you. You painted a wonderful picture." She said to her. Alisha beamed and took her painting back to finish it more.

Lucy looked down at the Daily Prophet again.

What a coincidence…

His face was smiling happily up at her. He won the bloody lottery. Damn him.

He won the bloody lottery while his family rots back in this place.

Hugo avoided Hogs Head as much as possible. Roger had called him up a few times, but he refused to go in.

He would have resided with a new bar, but he had priorities now. Big priorities at that.

He sat down on a bench and read the Daily Prophet. It usually is a load of rubbish anyway. He scanned through the article titles hoping for something to catch his eye. Nothing did.

He flipped to the next page and looked at the puzzles that he usually did every day. His eyes slid down and focused on a section of the newspaper he normally ignored. He even forgot that they were there.

There were job ads. One memory in particular came to his mind.

(Flashback - 4 years ago)

"I think you should get a job." Aliza said to Hugo as he read the paper.

"A job?"

"Yeah, you know, a job." She took the newspaper from him and opened it to a section and pointed at the bottom where all the ads were. " All you do is go to Hogs Head and drink."

"Not recently." Hugo mumbled.

"Well, it just sounds like you could use a job." Aliza said. Hugo gave a snort.

"I could, but then they'd kick me right out."

"How do you figure that?"

"Well, at my last job. I felt weird that I didn't have any special relations with the boss. Like you know everyone always jokes around with the ol' lady and I thought I would too."

"Oh Merlin, what did you say?" She asked holding her hands to her mouth awaiting the horror.

"I said 'Don't you just love hanging around us? It makes you feel young, doesn't it?'" Aliza laughed so hard. "I mean you know how old people like to joke around like that."

"What happened?" She asked still laughing.

"She kept giving me a glare until I couldn't take it anymore and quit." Hugo explained. "She also kept making me do more labor like I was some kind of house elf."

"Probably because you looked so attractive doing so." Hugo smiled at her.

"Yeah, could be or the fact that I couldn't bring myself to put up with all her crap."

"See. That's the problem."

"What?"

"You give up on everything. You never keep going. If you want something you've got to work hard to get it."

"I'm not giving up on us."

"Well, I certainly hope not." She smiled at him. "So, when are you going to tell your parents?"

"About what?"

"You know what." She said pointedly. Hugo frowned.

"Never." Hugo said.

"Hugo! They need explanations."

"Yeah, I know, but they won't like it."

"Well, the sooner the better."

"Ok then, forget I mentioned it."

"No, you're right, I should get a job." Hugo said. She shook her head with a smile at him.

"A job that you love." She said.

"Make it even harder why don't you!" She laughed and linked her arm in his and leaned into his side.

(End of flashback)

The ad that stuck out the most to Hugo was for a desperate new editor waiting to publish an author's book.

Hugo ripped out the ad and stuffed it in his pocket. This could work. He thought humbly.

"Oh, Lorcan! Guess who is here!" Monica squealed.

"Oh, quit your squealing, Monica." Lorcan yelled at her. Monica looked hurt. Lorcan has been dating Monica for five months now.

"Hey, baby brother, guess what!" Lysander came into the backstage room. Paula was hushing Tyler. "Our record is number one on the station. How about that?" He roared. Paula and Tyler beamed at their achievement.

"That's great, real great." Lorcan mumbled. Lysander' face fell.

"That's great? It's awesome. We've been working our whole lives for this and you just think that it's great?"

"No, for bloody well sake. It's not 'we'!" Lorcan roared. "We are done with. We are over."

"Lorcan!" Paula yelled. Lysander held a surprised look.

"What do you mean, we're over? We're on the top. We keep soaring the way we do…" Lorcan stopped and looked at his twin brother.

"No, you see that's the problem. This has always been about you. This has never been about us, but you. This is your dream Ly and I don't want any part of it anymore. Not these fake girlfriends, not screaming and adoring fans, not any of it. I want out."

"Fake girlfriend?" Monica asked.

"Yeah, that means you." Lorcan snarled and slammed his door to his room shut. After a few seconds, Lysander thrust it open and grabbed his twin brother's shoulder hard.

"Why are you giving up on us?"

"Easy. It's as easy as 1, 2, 3."

"That's not fair."

"No, it's fair to you. You will do fine. I'll find you a new singer, as a farewell gift." Lorcan turned, but Lysander wouldn't allow him to go far.

"No. We need you. Now, tell me why won't you stay?"

"Because I rather do something else with my life. Our last song, the song that is playing on the station, opened my eyes. It made me see that I need to do my own thing. I can't keep living in your shadow. I love to play, but not as much as you. You'll be fine. All you need is a new singer and a guitar player to replace me."

"Yeah, but baby brother…"

"And don't call me that anymore. I may be the youngest by two seconds or so, but I will not be called baby, because I am taking a step forward. A very big step. I'm not living under you, nor Dad, nor Mum's shadow. This is my time. So, you leave me out."

"But what does this have to do with leaving the band?"

"I just can't do it anymore. I can't travel. I'm tired, I'm stressed out, and I just need a break. Maybe I'll come back, but I'm just going to take a break."

"Fine, leave. Your whole life you quit at everything. Your last year of Hogwarts you quit Quidditch. You were one of the best Beaters there and you quit. You quit at the Quibbler and the Mission Hunt with 

Dad, and now you're quitting the band. Boy, you're on a role. What's next, baby brother? You tell me, huh?" Lorcan walked away. "Must you always keep doing that? Quit and walk away. For once you've got to fight something, anything, but all you do is walk away from everything."

"Well, maybe I am meant to do something! Maybe I am meant to not be a part of this!" Lorcan slammed the door in his face. That is where everything did change for him.

(Flashback – 4 years ago)

Scorpius walked over and sat down beside her. He pulled a bundle of flowers out from behind his back.

"Lillies for my Lily." He whispered in her ear.

"Oh, thanks so much." She said cheerfully. They were all purple lilies except for the one in the middle. It was a golden one. It was so beautiful.

Before Lily could reach it, Scorpius took it out.

"This one is the most precious flower of the bunch." He said looking at the golden lily. It was so beautiful it shone right off his face. "I could search years for a flower like this."

"Scorpius, it's just a flower." Lily said smiling at him.

"I could search for something like this, but I could never search for someone like you. Lily, you are the most beautiful and precious flower of the bunch. It is you who holds the key to my heart." He offered the golden lily to her.

Lily's eyes shone bright while looking at it. She was so happy that someone like him made her feel so special.

He held the golden lily out for her to take it.

"I'll cherish it for the rest of my life!" She said holding it lose to her chest. He smiled and leaned down and they kissed. Scorpius pulled away.

"So are you ready to graduate?" He asked.

"Yes, I am. Hopefully we'll see each other once I'm out and about."

"I'll see if your father will let me off work some days."

"Should I talk to him?"

"Nah."

"Ok."

"Guess what!"

"What?"

"I may become his assistant!"

"Oh, I'm so excited for you!"

"Well, it's not permanent, but I feel like the best person for the job."

"You are so full of yourself."

"Can't help it." He grinned. "After I got landed with you, I feel like everything is great." She blushed.

"So, what will you be able to do as an assistant?"

"Well, I'll get to travel places. Not that I already do, but I get to be in charge. I never been anywhere in my whole entire life."

"Oh, I'm so jealous."

"You should come. You know with me."

"Ok, when do I sign up?" She asked. He laughed.

"When I get the position." He grinned.

"I'll be pulling for you then."

"Good." He smiled.

"Are you coming to my graduation?"

"I wouldn't miss it for the world." He said. Lily smiled.

"It's a shame that our fathers still have a grudge between our relationship." Lily frowned at her own words.

"They'll eventually get over it. If not then it really doesn't bother me what they think." He leaned into to kiss her again, but a slow beeping noise went off.

"Ughhh." He moaned and pulled out his fake galleon.

"What is it?"

"Your father is calling my name. I think he knows where I am." Lily smirked.

"You shouldn't keep him waiting then. You have to get that position, remember?" She said.

"Yeah, but I'd chose you over any day."

"Just go, Scorpius. I'll see you again." She pushed him and he chuckled.

"Ok." He kissed her real quick and jumped on his broom.

"Bye." She whispered and he nodded to her and rode off in the night. He looked behind his back and saw the Astronomy tower getting smaller and smaller. Her face had shown bright in his mind.

(End of flashback)

He turned the golden lily over and over in his hand. Remembering that moment that he shared with her. He placed the lily safely back down on her bedside table.

He made a note to himself in his head: I'll never let you down. Not this time.

A/N: Well, I couldn't make it any less confusing. Sorry, I didn't want to do people's POV this time around so I did third person instead. Hope this is a good start.

- Al, Rose, and Scorpius graduated in the year 2023. This is set 6 years prior to that or if it makes it easier, Lily and Hugo graduated in the year 2025, and this is set after 4 years prior to that. So the year now is 2029. Tell me if that is still confusing to you.