A/N: Okay, this is my first fanfiction I've done in a long while! I really wanted to explore the lives of the new HP generation! I like the canon, *spoiler* except I'm letting Severus survive. So, that's the only major change. I'd love to rescue Sirius and Lupin, but, they're survival would've changed so many things. I don't own the Harry Potter characters, they belong to Mrs. Rowling and her beautiful mind. I'm just borrowing~ Also, there's quite a few OCs, but I've tried to merge them as best possible (with familiar names or attitudes).

Oh, and... I'm going to try to present new and unused ideas! (hopefully not common in other fics). Will eventually become slash with SM/ASP. But much, much later. I'll give some warnings before.

So, I hope you enjoy!

Chapter One: The Meeting

Albus Severus Potter closed his eyes and let out a deep breath. He had finally boarded the Hogwart's Express, and everything was suddenly sinking in. James's taunts echoed in the backgrounds of his thoughts as he slowly made his way down the aisle. It looked like all the compartments were already mostly filled. He looked around nervously, he could see James sitting with his friends in one, but he didn't want to depend on his brother at school. That would be breaking some sort of unspoken rule of brothers. Albus continued on. He saw Teddy and Victorie snogging in another compartment, it looked like they were accompanied by Victorie's girl friends. He cringed, that was definitely a no. Finally, toward the very back, he found a compartment with only one occupant in it, a blond boy looking out the window. He looked sorta distant, Albus wondered why he wasn't surrounded by other people yet. He looked nice enough.

He took a moment to inhale deeply, trying to build up his courage. (He would have to have courage if he ever wanted to be a Gryffindor, and not just a shy boy). He opened the doors to the cabin slowly, and gave a shy grin to the blond boy's sudden look of shock. "Um, hi?"

"Hi." the blond didn't give an inch of his thoughts beyond the quick look of shock he let slip a moment ago.

"Can I join you?" Albus tried, hoping he wouldn't receive his first rejection at trying to make a friend. That would totally suck.

"You're a Potter, right?" the boy asked.

"Yeah, I am" Albus worried his bottom lip a moment as he paused, "but that's not what really makes me me, of course. I'm not my dad.." Albus almost whispered the last of his sentence. He was afraid this would happen. He was afraid he'd be judged by his father's reputation before he could stake his own achievements in life.

"I can understand that." the blond looked him over, looking thoughtful. What is he thinking? Albus slowly sat down across from the blond boy. "I'm Scorpius Malfoy." Malfoy! He held out his hand. Albus smiled, nonetheless, and took his hand. He quickly placed the panic at the name 'Malfoy' in the back of his thoughts; he didn't want to seem like a hypocrite.

"I'm Albus Severus Potter." They ended their handshake and then just sat there looking at each other. Scorpius was very pale complected, with dazzling grey-blue eyes. His facial features were almost perfect to a point he seemed practically feminine. His platinum blond hair fixed in wild spikes and gave him an air of coolness. Albus, on the other hand, had an unruly bunch of black locks that ran wild. Though his eyes were just as dazzling with their emerald shade. He had been told many times that his eyes gave away what he was thinking, very reflective of his emotions. Albus also sported a decent tan, but not to the severe degree of his brother James, (for Albus wasn't as hooked with Quidditch as the rest of his family).

"What house are you hoping for?" Scorpius asked, finally breaking the silence.

"Um, well.." Albus's fear resurfacing, the thoughts of James's taunts coming back to mind, "I guess I was hoping for Gryffindor, like the rest of my family, but my dad also said that Slytherin would be lucky to have me."

"All of my family is Slytherin, so I'm sure that's where I'll be." Scorpius said, turning his gaze out the window. Albus worried his bottom lip. Scorpius doesn't seem too happy.

"Well... what if you asked the Sorting Hat to put you in Gryffindor?"

"WHA-what!" Scorpius practically spit out the word, his face turning slightly pink at the suggestion. "Ask the Sorting Hat? What the hell kind of talk is that?"

"Well, my dad told me that he was able to ask the Sorting Hat to put him in Gryffindor. He said it would take our considerations into thought."

"But, why would I want to be in Gryffindor? That's just crazy." Scorpius retorted, a little too sarcastic. Albus smiled, the blond was still pink.

"For one, you'd be in the same house as me. We can both ask and get in together. I mean, we can pick our own destinies, right? We don't have to follow our fathers'." With that statement, Scorpius turned almost cherry red. He didn't answer, just turned his gaze back out the window. Albus thought he saw a small smile grace his lips just for a fraction of a second.

A/N: Okay.. what do y'all think? Short and simple for the intro.