Hi, sorry its been a while since I update, but here is the second chapter! And thanks for three reviews and two followers already! That must be a new record for a non-SYOC story for me. Anyway here is the second chapter, I hope you enjoy it and please remember to review!

Chapter 2- Goodbyes

"Mum, Mum, are we going to Diagon Alley today?" Albus asked as soon as he walked into the kitchen. It had been a week since he had recieved his letter and now that it was the weekend, they could finally go out.

"Yes Albus we are," Ginny replied.

"Yes!" Albus said excitedly. "Can we go now?"

Ginny shook her head. "No, the rest of your family isn't up yet, and we're going with the Weasley's, and you know how much Ron likes the sleep in," she said.

Albus was disappointed. "Can I go over and see Lavender at least?" He asked.

"Sure, if she's awake," Ginny replied.

"Don't worry, she'll be awake, she always gets up early," Albus said. He quickly got changed and rushed out the door to the Weasley's house next door.

He knocked on the door softly so he wouldn't wake anyone in the house. Thankfully it was Lavender who opened the door, she looked tired and he long brown hair was very messy.

"Hey Albus," she said.

"Hi Lavender, you know today we're going to Diagon Alley today! I can't wait!" Albus replied.

She nodded. "Yeah, I'm really excited to, I woke Dad up early so we could leave soon! But Remus is still in bed, stupid older brother," she said.

"Cool, so I'll see you later!" Albus said, waving to her as he headed back to his house.

By the time he got back the rest of his family were already up and eating breakfast, he joined them at the table.

"So are you excited to go to Diagon Alley?" Harry asked him.

He nodded enthusiastically. "I can't wait! I'll be able to get all my books and my cauldron and my wand! And Dad! Could I get an owl?" He asked. James had bought an owl when he went to Hogwarts and Albus really wanted one.

Harry looked at Ginny who nodded. "Okay Al, you can get an owl," he said.

"Yes!" Albus said excitedly, pumping his fist in the air and almost making his glasses fall off. He finished his breakfast quickly and rushed upstairs to get ready for the day. He pocketed some of his pocket money in case he wanted to buy something.

Then he ran back outside to meet Lavender, who was standing in front of her house impatiently. "Took your time!" She said.

"Sorry, I was busy, anyway where are we going to go? Mum said we weren't going to leave until ten and its only eight," Albus asked.

"Well Dad said I have to go check on something in his shop, then maybe we can go for a walk?" She replied.

Ron Weasley ran a branch of his older brothers shop Weasley's Wizard Wheezes. It had been a great success so they had opened up branches in Godric's Hollow and Hogsmeade. Ron ran the one in Godric's Hollow whilst their friend Luna Lovegood ran the branch in Hogsmeade as well as writing The Quibbler.

There were a lot of wizarding familes in Godric's Hollow so a while ago, The Ministry of Magic had decided to build a new section of the village concealed behind a wizarding pub, it was a lot like Diagon Alley just with more houses and less shops.

Weasley's Wizard Wheezes was by far the brightest shop on the Main Street of the wizarding part, nicknamed The Cauldron, the Main Street was the only street that had shops.

As Lavender went into the store, Albus peeked into his favourite shop next door, the Godric's Hollow's branch of Quality Quidditch Supplies. It was still closed but he could see his favourite broom, The Firebolt 1000, sitting in the window.

"Alright, that's done, now where do you want to go?" Lavender asked, walking out of the shop. Albus looked around, there was one place he wanted to go.

"Do you think we could go and see the school?" He asked.

Lavender raised an eyebrow at him, they had both attended the Muggle school in Godric's Hollow and Albus wanted to see his old school for the last time.

"Alright, I don't know why you want to go see a Muggle schoo when we're about to go to Hogwarts but sure." She said.

So they walked down the street into the small door built into a long stone wall that led to the Muggle world. The ducked through the pub and came out onto a busy Muggle street. They followed the familar route to the Muggle Primary school.

Albus stood outside the gates that led to the school, since it was holidays the gates were locked. Strangely Albus would miss that place, he had made a lot of memories there and learnt a lot about the Muggle world.

"Alright, can we go now?" Lavender asked impatiently.

Albus turned around to look at the house directly across the road, his Muggle friend Derrak lived there. Albus had told him that he would be going to boarding school but he still wanted to see him for the last time.

"Can I just go and say goodbye to Derrak?" He asked Lavender.

"Sure, I'll wait here," she said.

Albus rushed across the street and knock on the house, a brown-haired boy opened the door. "Hey Albus, I haven't seen you in ages?" Derrak said.

"Hi Derrak, this will probably be the last time I visit you before I go to boarding school, I have to go down to London today to get our school supplies," Albus said.

"Oh," Derrak said, looking sad, he was going to attend the local high school.

"But I promise I'll visit you when I come home for Christmas and Easter, and we can spend all of next holidays together." Albus said.

"Yeah I suppose, but I'm going to miss you, school won't be the same without you. Is Lavender leaving today as well?" He asked, Albus knew that he secretly had a crush on Lavender.

"Yeah she is, and I'm going to miss you too, but I'll see you soon, and I'll send you letters!" Albus said. He checked his watch. "I have to go now, so bye! And good luck!"

"Bye Al, have fun at boarding school!" He said, closing the door.

Albus swallowed the lump in his throat, he was going to miss Derrak, and he was going to miss his family as well.

"God, your took a while, come on, let's head home again," Lavender said as Albus walked out of Derrak's house, she was standing impatiently by the gate.

"Sorry! I just wanted to say goodbye," Albus said.

We began to walk back to the Wizarding part of the village in silence. "Well, I guess I'll see you later," she said as they reached her house.

"Yeah, see you soon!" Albus said.

"Albus! Where have you been? We have to leave in an hour and we need to check if you've packed everything in your trunk, we're not coming back remember?" Ginny said as soon as Albus walked inside the house.

"Sorry Mum, I went to say goodbye to Derrak," he replied.

Ginny's face softened a little. "Are you going to miss him? You two were quite close," she said.

Albus got a lump in his throat. "Yeah, I will, and I'm going to miss you too, and Dad, and Lily, and my room, and just everything!" He said, beginning to cry a little.

His mother hugged him. "Oh Al, don't worry, I know you'll miss us a bit. But you'll have heaps of fun at Hogwarts! You'll make heaps of new friends and I'm she at the end your wont even want to come home!" She said.

Albus gulped. "Maybe. I'm going to go upstairs and check I've packed everything," he said, he was beginning to feel a little better. He was going to Hogwarts after all!

He double checked his trunk which he had packed the night before, everything was in there and he was ready to go. They would be going to Diagon Alley for a couple of day's, then to The Burrow, then back to London for the train. Albus scanned his room one last time. It looked quite bare as he had packed a lot of his things, he was going to miss his room, and his bed.

There was a knock on the door. "Al, come on, are you ready to go?" It was Harry. Albus took one last look around his room before leaving.

"You're so lucky to be able to go to Hogwarts, I wish I was going," Lily said. They were standing in front of their house so Albus could say goodbye.

"Oh come on Al, cheer up, Hogwarts is great! You'll be fine and you can send owl's home everyday," James said, putting an arm around his brother.

"Thanks James, I think I'll be fine," Albus said. "Bye," he whispered to the house so no one would hear him. He knew it was stupid to as goodbye to a house, but he was going to miss it.

"You ready Al?" Harry asked. Albus nodded and turned away from his house, suddenly excited to start a new part of his life. He put his hand on Harry's arm, Lily put hers on the other and soon they disappeared from Godric's Hollow.

Well, I hope you enjoyed that! I know not much happened but the next chapter should be interesting as it is Diagon Alley!