Okay, here we go.

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This is a sequel to the original Soar Into the Sun and a part of the Legacy/After the Sun/Soar Series

See my profile for a reading order if you would like to read them all.

Firstly I need to say that all credit for these characters go to their creators who let me have them.

Will and Gwen Cornfoot: Ivegotmanynames

Echo and Anthony Bosworth and Kennedy Malfoy: AccioDraco and Tinolog

Jude Ashland: LittleMissMoonbeam

This is, for REAL

The last and final installment of the Legacy/After the Sun/ Soar series.

It's been a long winding ride.

And we have a bit longer to go.

So let's get started.

Hold on Tight

I give you.

Soaring Ever Higher: 19 Years Later

I am NOT JKR

Chapter 1

Trains, Beans, and Sorting Hats

James held Al by his shoulders and pushed him down the corridor. "Okay, Freddie and I already put both of your trunks up, and we found Ev so you're all set." He told his younger brother as Rose trailed quietly behind them. He walked them to a compartment and literally shoved Al inside.

Albus smiled widely when he saw the familiar long blonde ponytail before he was hugged and the light hair was in his face. "I MISSED YOU SO MUCH!" Everleigh squealed, hugging him tightly.

Albus laughed. "I missed you too Ev." He said, grinning as he hugged her back and she bounced slightly on the spot. "I can't believe you got to travel to all the quidditch cup games this summer. That is SOOOOOO AMAZING." He enthused as Everleigh let him go and hugged Rose.

"You mean they forced me to go, I was so bored." She whined, much to Rose's amusement. "Did he drive you nuts?" she asked, releasing Rose.

Rose laughed and nodded. "He defiantly didn't get into near as much trouble as he would have if you were here to help."

Rose and Everleigh both sat down, side by side and Al sat across from them, contentedly. "Okay, so spill…you have to tell us ALL ABOUT the matches." He said, extremely excited

Everleigh rolled her eyes. "Okay, well we started out in Italy…" Everleigh began.

0o0o0o

Freddie was looking for James, walking with Zoe, he knew that he had told him that he'd meet him around here somewhere. He wasn't quite paying attention when he ran into someone shorter than him. He stumbled back a bit but caught the smaller girl by the shoulders, her blonde hair brushing his hands.

"Hey…Sorry about that." He said, stabilizing her.

"Hey! Watch out." A boy's voice said from behind her.

Freddie raised an eyebrow and looked at the group he and Zoe had inadvertently run into, there were two little blond girls, and two blonde boys, that all looked strikingly similar. He blinked a bit. "Sorry about that…I wasn't paying attention…aren't you supposed to be in a seat?" he asked, looking at the blushing girl in front of him.

"Aren't you?" The other girl said from behind the boy that had spoken the first time. "Yes, I am…but you're between me and my seats…so I'm standing. Would you like help getting to a compartment?" he asked, brushing off the snappy replies.

The other boy, the taller one nodded once and spoke rather firmly, no hint of nerves, but not rudely either. "All of the compartments are full." He explained.

Fred glanced at Zoe who didn't look thrilled about this delay at all. "Was Ev and Al's compartment full? Or was it just the three smidgets in there?" he asked.

"Just them…these four should fit alright." She shrugged.

Freddie nodded his head. "Come on, follow me and I'll take you to one, my cousin is in there and it's not full…you're all small, you'll fit fine." He said, as if the first years were really that much smaller.

Zoe sighed and turned, leading the way since she had been behind him when he turned. "Look at you being nice and helping first years, if you keep it up you'll be a prefect." She teased.

Fred rolled his eyes. "I think they would rather close the school than ever let me be a prefect." He said as he opened the door to where he knew they had put Rose and Al's luggage. He smiled when he saw the raven headed 11 year old and two girls. He turned and took the girl he had nearly run over's chest from her, hoisting it up to the shelf, seeing him struggling the boy that had spoken to him helped him lift it.

"Thank you." The girl said softly.

Freddie nodded. "Course, anytime…Al here can help you all with the rest. Albs…this is…er…."

The taller blonde answered for them. "I'm William Cornfoot…this is my sister Gwendolyn Cornfoot and these are our cousins, Kennedy and Scorpius Malfoy." He said his voice laid back.

Albus stood and helped the other two boys lift the other trunks up onto the shelf and shove two more under the seats.

"Right…it's nice to meet you all…I'm sorry for almost running you over out there. I didn't mean to." He said smiling sincerely. "Have a good trip, and sorting. See you Rosie, Ever…be good Albsie." He called before taking Zoe's hand and pulling her from the compartment, weaving through the four blondes.

"That is a lot of blonde hair…add in you and Ever and it was crazy." He teased Zoe, still holding her arm as he pulled her along with him.

Albus looked at the four new comers with some hesitation, he looked at Everleigh and Rose and seeing their nervous expressions he sat down between the two girls. "Ah…sorry about him…he's my cousin. This is Ever…Everleigh…and this is Rosie…sorry Rose…and I'm Albus…or Al…or whatever I'm not picky. You can er…sit? If you want." He said, wiggling back into his seat.

The boy who claimed to be William took the girl that he said was his sister and pulled her by the hand and sat down across from Everleigh and Al. The other boy sat in the middle in between both of the blonde girls. "Albus as in Potter?" he asked.

Albus laughed and nodded. "Yeah, Albus as in Potter….that's me. But I'd prefer just Al." he said honestly, pushing his hand through his hair. "And it was…ah…Gwendolyn, William, Scorpius, and Kennedy? Are you all related?" he asked.

"They have the same last name Albs." Everleigh pointed out, rolling her eyes as she played with her ponytail.

"I meant like, you know what I mean." He huffed, much to Rose, Gwen, and Kennedy's amusement.

"I'm Scorpius Malfoy and this is Kennedy. We're twins." Scorpius replied as Albus, Rose and Everleigh nodded, the resemblance was obvious.

"And I'm William Cornfoot and this is Gwendolyn-" Will started to say but was cut off.

"But you can call us Will and Gwen." Gwen added quickly.

Will nodded. "Right, and we're twins, and their cousins…our mum's are sisters." He explained.

"You're all purebloods." Albus said knowingly. "But you didn't go to the academy?" he questioned.

Will and Gwen looked at one another as if they were silently speaking as Kennedy answered. "We are. But we weren't allowed to go to Dumbledore Academy." She shrugged.

"Why not?" Everleigh and Albus said in unison before looking at one another and grinning.

"Muggleborns." Rose said.

At the same moment Scorpius replied, "Mudbloods." With a shrug.

Albus wrinkled his nose at the word and Rose narrowed her eyes, Will and Gwen looked dejectedly at Scorpius, Kennedy didn't look phased.

"Don't use that word…it's not nice at all." Everleigh said, frowning.

Scorpius raised an eyebrow at her, not many people tended to confront him about anything. "Is it not?" he asked flatly.

Everleigh rolled her eyes as Albus wrapped his arm around her and pulled her against his side. "Right…well I know about you…my dad talks about your dad…I didn't know there were two Malfoy's though…I only knew about you Scorpius." He replied honestly.

Kennedy furrowed her brow and folded her arms. "Course he's the only one you know about." She grumbled, looking at the wall above Rose's head in irritation.

"I'm the only one anyone needed to know about." Scorpius said, leaning against his sister's shoulder slightly. "But I promise she's always been around." He said not giving an explanation.

Gwen glanced at Kennedy and bit her lip, offering no explanations either.

"So, what did your father say about our Uncle?" Will asked, trying to change the subject.

"Uhm…he said that your dad worked with him on something when I was a baby. And that they came to school together. Er…that he was a prefect." Albus listed.

"That's all he said?" Kennedy asked, surprised.

"He said that he saved his life while they were working together. And that we had to win the house cup." Albus replied.

"They did say that we had to beat you all at quidditch." Everleigh added with a grin.

"And any grade we ever get." Rose added.

Scorpius and Will looked at one another and grinned.

"Our family said we had to beat you too." Kennedy replied.

"At what?" Albus asked.

"Everything." Will and Scorpius said together, laughing.

Al, Rose and Scorpius all broke into laughter. "And we wish you, the very best of luck." Everleigh said, laughing.

"Because you'll need it." Albus finished for her with a cocky grin as Rose just laughed softly.

Gwen laughed lightly and bit her lip when Everleigh asked a question that she had been thinking.

"Why though?" Everleigh asked.

"Why what?" Will replied.

"Why do you have to beat us at everything?" she explained.

Will and Gwen both shrugged. "Well not so much US….we're not Malfoys." He said truthfully.

"But we are…and we're supposed to be better at everything than a Potter and a Weasley." Kennedy replied.

"That's silly." Everleigh said, rolling her eyes.

Albus shrugged. "It's just the last name thing….Dad said not to worry about it too much. He knew Scorpius was coming, he never mentioned Kennedy though. And I've only heard of Cornfoot when dad was doing business with adults, so I would guess he meant your family…but unless you went to the academy I don't really get to hang out with a lot of people that aren't family…or Ever…but she doesn't count."

"My mum said to ignore it because it's prejudice….and well…I'm not going to say what my dad said." Rose replied, her cheeks turning red as her hair.

"That's silly, you should be able to be friends with who you want to be friends with." Everleigh said firmly.

Scorpius looked at her bemused. "Ever huh?" he asked, looking at Al.

"Well…Everleigh…but I mean it's so long…so there's….Ever…Ev…Evs…Ever Never Forever. Pretty Pretty Princess Ever Never…Evy…Oh what was the paper one? Uhm…Oh Puddlemore's Quidditch Princess…that was a good one." Albus listed as everyone in the compartment laughed.

Everleigh rolled her eyes. "I don't care what you call me…as long as that silly hat remembers to call out something I'll be good." She said, her stomach twisting nervously.

"I'm going to go out on a limb and say you're all hoping for Gryffindor?" Will asked, leaning back against the window.

Scorpius rolled his eyes. "Typical." He scoffed.

Kennedy glanced at him and shrugged. "There could be worse things, red isn't so bad…it could just say nothing at all…or you know…say Hufflepuff." She pointed out.

Albus smirked. "I am a Gryffindor, there's no doubt." He said firmly, though he frowned just slightly and looked at his shoes when he said it, he leaned against Everleigh and propped his cheek on her head.

Everleigh shrugged. "I just want to go with Albs and Rosie, I don't want to be alone." She admitted before turning her head and looking out the window at the passing hills and scenery.

Gwen looked at Everleigh for a moment, she could completely understand those feelings.

"Me too." Rose said softly, fiddling with her hands.

Gwen looked at the other girl and chewed her lip before glancing nervously at her cousins and brother. She didn't want to be alone either, but it was all apparently being left up to a hat, she thought a bit bitterly as she too looked out her window to watch as the scenery passed them by as they journeyed farther away from home.

0o0o0o0o0o

James was throwing Bertie Botts across the cabin trying to get them in Freddie's mouth, he wasn't succeeding well. "And he was alright?" he asked.

Fred leaned a bit to try and catch the green one but missed. "He was fine…they all seemed to be. I mean they were breathing, there were no tears." He shrugged. "He was helping the other boys with bags when we left."

"Ever and Rose seemed quiet, but Al was fine." Zoe assured him as she dodged a bean. She picked it up and threw it at him. "Watch it!" she said as James grinned and leaned forward, catching it in mouth.

"Git." She grumbled.

"Where's Ant and Blake and Colt?" Parker asked, he was playing with chocolate frog cards with Stuart and Sasha.

"They're sitting together…Lilac is in there with them and I think Colton's little brother and Ant's little sister are as well." Sasha replied evenly as she handed Stuart a card to trade.

James nodded. "How didn't I know he had a little sister in Al's year?" James asked, turning to the side and propping his feet up on Parker's lap.

Parker pushed his feet off. "Who?" he asked, reaching out and snatching a bean from the air that was intended for Freddie and popping it in his mouth.

"That was a wicked catch!" Fred cried excitedly.

"It so was. You should try out for seeker…wait…no…then you'll be against us. Nevermind." James said, throwing another bean at Freddie. "And Ant. I didn't even know. I knew about Colton, because Trent was at the academy." He said, rolling his eyes.

"Oh, right." Parker said, remembering the dark headed little boy. "And it's because you don't listen unless we're talking about quidditch or pranks." He added.

"Fair point." Freddie said, nodding his head as he watched James climb out of his seat and begin looking for the beans that had fallen on the floor.

"What's a fair point?" he asked.

Everyone began to laugh. "Never mind James…I think you missed the point." Stuart said, shaking his head in amusement.

0o0o0o0o

As the long line of first years poured into the hall Fred got comfortable between Zoe and James, messing with his tie that was hopelessly crooked.

"His hair is all a mess." Zoe said, looking at Albus and shaking her head.

James looked at him and laughed. "It looks normal." He said, rolling his eyes. "Who's the blonde he's talking to? Is that….Is that the Malfoy kid?"

Fred looked up and shrugged. "Yeah…the taller one was William." He said as he watched Al and the other boy, messing with each other and laughing. "Looks like he made friends."

"Yeah, Slytherin type friends." James said, rolling his eyes as he realized that the whole hall had gone silent and the hat began to sing.

I am the sorting hat and I'll place you to where you belong.

Do come closer children, come listen to my song.

Four Wizards built a school for magic to be learned.

A place for a wizards or witches' title can be earned.

Rowena chose the eagle and the colours of bronze and blue,

To her house are future scholars with wits to answer on cue.

Helga chose the badger and the colours of black and yellow,

She accepts the open-minded who judge not their fellow.

Godric chose the lion and the colours of red and gold,

His students know no fear and value chivalry of old.

Salazar chose the snake and the colours of silver and green,

Accepts only the pure of blood and cunning minds so keen.

For the next seven years your house will be your home.

There you will find friends and you'll never be alone.

So put me on, be not afraid for I've never been wrong.

In your respective houses, each of you will be strong.

The entire hall burst into applause and most of the first year's looked sick. This was especially true of the group around Albus, until Scorpius nudged him in the ribs and Al fell forward, bringing one of the little blondes with him, catching her at last minute.

"I dunno, that was a pretty Gryffindor save Jamesy." Fred laughed. "She's cute."

James looked at the girl and rolled his eyes. "She's all red." He said, grinning.

"She's the one Freddie almost ran over in the hallway." Zoe said, with a laugh.

Fred nodded. "That's the one." He laughed.

Up at the front things were no where near as light hearted. Al and Scorpius had started messing about when both of them got nervous to the point of not being able to sit still. At some point on the boat ride over Kennedy had gone as silent as her cousin, her nerves getting the best of her. Rose was tugging at her sleeves and standing between Will and Everleigh. Everleigh still looked panicked from the boat ride over. She hadn't had time to recover enough to be nervous when Neville started calling out names.

"JUDE ASHLAND." He called.

At his voice every first year looked like they were going to be sick as a boy with curly brown hair walked up to the stool and sat down. The hat was dropped onto his head and less than two seconds later he was welcomed as the first new Gryffindor and the girl right after, Echo Bosworth was proclaimed a Gryffindor as well. Loud catcalls and cheers could be heard from the second years as Anthony had explained to them all that she was his little sister.

Everleigh squirmed in her spot while Albus made sure Gwen was alright.

"Sorry, you okay?" he asked quietly as he let go of her shoulders.

Gwen nodded, blushing a bit. "Yes…it's okay, really." She said.

"It was your cousin's fault." He hissed, not paying attention.

Gwen laughed. "I dunno, you pulled on his tie." She whispered.

Albus smiled and nodded. "He messed up my hair." He countered.

"It's been a mess since we met you." She said with a slight grin, making Will, Scorpius, Everleigh, Kennedy and Rose all fight to hold back laughter.

"Ahem" Neville cleared his throat. "I said, GWENDOLYN CORNFOOT."

"HEY THAT'S YOU!" Albus said in surprise, gently pushing her forward and making her trip just a bit, her brother caught her arm and stabilized her as everyone laughed at Albus' outburst. "Sorry!" he said as she sat down.

Gwen squirmed on the stool and looked at her brother a bit desperately as the hat covered her eyes. It was there for several seconds before finally calling out GRYFFINDOR.

Everyone in their group stared at the stool, stunned. Albus was pretty sure that he could have knocked Will over by just touching him. Scorpius muttered a curse word under his breath and Gwen looked ready to cry as she hopped off the stool. She didn't look at any of them as she made it to the table cheering and looked down at her lap.

Everleigh shoved Will's shoulder to get him to go next, he seemed to be dazed. He stumbled a bit up the steps, and it was obviously because he wasn't concentrating. He sat down and his eyes found his sister, they didn't leave her until the hat covered them, but it wasn't there for long before claiming him as the first new Slytherin.

It seemed to take forever before both Scorpius and Kennedy were called, and both were made Slytherins, the look of relief on their faces was obvious. Al was standing with his chin on Everleigh's shoulders and his arm around Rose when his name was called. He stood up and looked at the hat nervously before walking up to it. Neville smiled and motioned to the stool.

"After you Mr. Potter." He said.

Albus nodded and sat down, he glanced at the Slytherin table, to Scorpius, Will and Kennedy, a part of him actually no longer minded ending up there, he liked them. But he pulled his eyes to the Gryffindor table and found James face. He smiled and did a thumbs up, just because he could see the nerves on his brother's face, then the room went black and he could hear the hat and only the hat.

"Well….you're…different."

"I'm Albus. I'm a Gryffindor." Albus replied, not meaning it to be outloud, but he hadn't really thought that through.

"You're loyal….you are loyal to a fault you would fit well in Hufflepuff young Potter."

"I'm a Gryffindor." Albus replied again, again saying it outloud and making several of the students laugh, James covered his face with his hands.

"You are incredibly bright as well Albus…you might excel in Ravenclaw. You could have good friends there. But you are bold and you have enormous nerve. You will stand up for your beliefs…You protect those you love fiercely and you follow very few rules, that makes you a tremendous Gryffindor."

"Yes, I'm a Gryffindor." Albus repeated.

Most of his family now had their faces covered, and most of them were trying not to laugh. Rose groaned and hit her face in Everleigh's shoulder. Everleigh was trying not to look terrified.

"Tell that hat Potter." Scorpius yelled, not that Al could hear him.

"But…even your wand can sense the Slytherin ambition in you. It is strong it is powerful, you want to be more than the people who came before you, you want to earn your name."

"I AM A GRYFFINDOR." Albus said louder.

The hat went silent for several seconds before proclaiming loudly GRYFFINDOR!

Albus sagged in relief and nearly threw the hat at Neville in his attempt to get away from it. He hopped down the steps and hugged both Everleigh and Rose tightly before running to the loudly cheering and laughing Gryffindor table, he plopped onto the bench across from Gwen and breathed deeply.

"Hey Albie, you beat the hat." Roxxy called down the table to him.

Albus leaned forward and smiled at his cousin. "No, you just have to be smarter than the hat." He said, with a grin.

"That's a very Ravenclaw thing to say little one." Fred said, laughing.

Albus shrugged. "Where do you think it wanted to put me?" he asked, sitting back in his seat and saying no more as he looked across the table at Gwen. "Well….you're not alone." He said with a smile.

Gwen smiled at him, though she still looked half devastated as she nodded. "No, I'm not." She said softly, just as Rose was pronounced a Ravenclaw.

"WHAT NO!" Albus cried, though it was drowned out by the cheers from the Ravenclaw table.

Rose looked towards Albus, her face falling as she walked towards them, though she was fairly quickly swept up by Louis, Parker, Lucy and Dominique.

Albus' eyes shot to the front as Everleigh's name was called, she was the last one. He watched her walk up the steps, she was shaking he could see it from here. She looked directly at him when she sat down and he smiled at her just as her face disappeared, though it wasn't for long at all as within seconds she was declared the final new Gryffindor.