Albus Potter and the Year of the Badger is a next generation story by Bartimus Crotchety, occurring in the Threefold Cord timeline, in which Albus Potter, Rose Weasley, and Scorpius Malfoy are sorted into Hufflepuff. The story is preceded by the prequel AfterMagic, accompanied by the companion-pieces "Growltooth's Laws of Acquisition" and "Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Cormac," and followed by the sequel Albus Potter and the Black Badger Society.