On July 31, 1980, Lily Potter gave birth to a baby girl she and her husband James named Rose Lillian Potter. One year later, the Dark Lord, Voldemort, destroyed the little family - except he couldn't kill Shadow. She was left with a thin, lightning-shaped scar at the base of her throat, but was otherwise unharmed. Albus Dumbledore delivered her to the doorstep of her only remaining relatives, the Dursleys, where she lived with her Aunt Petunia, Uncle Vernon, and cousin Violet for ten years in ignorance of her true wizarding heritage. Albus only left a letter telling them that Shadows family was killed and told them to raise the little girl as they seen fit. If they wanted to abuse her then he was going to let them.
What know one knew except James Potter was that Rose wasn't his daughter, and her real name was Shadow Lillian Rose Potter-Snape. She was the daughter to his school enemy and Lily was his school enemies wife. Dumbledore had made James take Lily and Shadow away from the person because he was/is a Death Eater. They had modified Lilys memories making her think that she had married James and that Shadow was James' daughter. They had also modified Lilys husbands memories having him think that he had never married anyone or had a child.
James didn't want or like doing it but he was made to do it because if he didn't then Albus Dumbledore would have killed him. He was put under a charm so he wouldn't be able to tell anyone about it but that didn't mean that he couldn't write a letter which he did. He wrote two letters and asked Gringotts to deliever them on July 31, 1996 if he was dead.
A week before James and Lily had died, Lily had remembered what had happened and who Rose's really father was. She also wrote two letters and gave them to Gringotts with the same intructions as James did. She had also given them a trunk that had many different compartments init that was to go to Shadow/Rose. Lily had filled the trunk with books about Transfiguration, Charms, DADA, Herbology, Ancient Runes, Potions, CoMC, Astrology, and Astronomy. She also put some of Shadow/Rose's stuffed animals, a stag, a dog, a wolf, and 2 black panthers in the trunk. One of the panthers had green eyes while the other had black eyes. She also threw in her journels that she had wrote in while at Hogwarts.
It was the hottest day in July, at Number 4 Privte Drive Surrey. Everyone, except one person, was inside. Their was a 15 soon to be 16 year old girl outside working in the garden. She as wearing a pair of jean pants that one of her friends had gotten for her christmas last year with a black tanktop with a button up shirt over it. From being outside for hours during the week she had a sunburn. She also had some bruises on her arms from where her Unlce had grabbed her arm to throw her in her room when she got back from the Train Station where her 'Family' had picked her up at the end of school.
Rose wipped her forehead as she sat back on her heels and looked at the garden in front of her. She just finished weeding the garden. It had taken her most of the day to do it but didn't care. She loved being outside plus it meant that she didn't have to be inside with her 'relatives'. It was the weekend so everyone was at home, even Dudley since it was too hott for him to go outside, well thats what his parents had told him.
"Girl get in here. NOW." her uncle yelled.
Rose rolled her eyes as she stood up and wipped her hands off. She walked toward the door when it was jerked open. Standing in the door way was her unlce and his face was red. She knew that he was mad about somthing but wasn't sure what it was.
"Yes Unlce?" she asked as she stood in front of him.
"Get inside." he snapped as he grabbed her arms and pulled her into the house.
She winced when he had grabbed her arm and pulled her in the house. She knew he was going to do something but wasn't sure what yet.
"What do you think you were doing scarind Dudley earlier?" he asked her.
"I didn't do anything." she said even though she knew that no one was going to believe her.
"Don't lie to me. He said you were going to do that freaky stuff to him if he didn't get out of your way." Vernon said as he squeezed her arm tighter.
She knew he was leaving bruises on her arm but she was to scared to do anything to stop him. "I d..didn't do any..anything. I swear."
"DON'T LIE." he roared as he backhanded her face.
Rose fell to the ground when her Unlce backhanded her. She put her hand on her face as she tried to stand back up, but fell when her Unlce kicked her in the stomach. She curled her self into a ball to make a smaller target from her unlce as he continuted to kick her. She heard a few ribs snap after the last kick.
Her unlce grab her by the hair and dragged her so she was standing up with her arms wrapped around her stomach. She was having problems breathing but couldn't do anything about it until she could get to her room and send a letter to someone to get help. Her unlce held onto her hair as he walked her up to her bedroom and threw her on the bed.
"Your going to get exactly what you deserve." he said as he tied her hands up to the head board.
Her face drained of all color that she had when he tied her hand up to the head board. She knew what was going to happen. He had done this to her when she was younger but it had stopped when she got her first Hogwarts letter. She shook her head fercley hoping nothing would happen but knowing nothing was going to stop her uncle from rapping her.
Vernon seen the color drain out of Rose's face and then backhanded her again when she started to shake her head. He ripped off Rose's pants and shrit.
When Rose felt her shirt and pants being ripped off she retreated to the back of her mind. She learned to do this when she was younger so she would feel or hear what her uncle was doing or saying to her. She rembered the first time her Uncle had ever raped her. She was 5 at the time and it was on her brithday. Her Unlce had told her that he had a suprise for her and if she wanted it she had to go up to his room.
After what felt like hours she relized that she had passed out and her hands weren't tied up any more. She glanced down at her body and noticed that she had more cuts and bruise then she did before and her sheets where red from blood.
She stood up with a sheet and wrapped it around her. When that was done she glanced at the clock and seen that it was 11:45 pm and in 15 minutes she would turn 16. She walked over to her trunk and took out some clothes and dressed quickly. She would take a shower in the morning when no one was around. After she finished getting dressed she walked over to her desk and pulled a piece of parchament and a quill out.
Dear Professor Snape,
I know that this is a suprise to hear from me but please read this letter before throwing it out or burning it.
I want to applogize for going into your pensive. I thought I could find whatever the headmaster was keeping from me since it looked like his pensive. I hated what I had seen my father and Sirius do to you. I know what it is like to be bullied since I have been bullied since I been bullied by everyone in the muggle school I went to. Not many people know of my childhood since I don't like talking about it. I haven't told anyone about what I seen in the pensive except for confronting Sirius and Remus about it. I yelled at them also.
I also want to appologize from what my father and Sirius did to you. No one deserves what they had put you through.
Anyways their are other things that I need to talk to you about but I don't want to say it in this letter. I was hoping you could meet me at the park that is just down the road from my house tomorrow. I've tried to tell the headmaster and he said it was for my protection to stay at my Aunt's house. I'm safe from Tom Riddle but not from my Unlce and cousin.
Please meet me at the park and could you tell Remus if he wishes to come with you he can. Maybe he could help me also.
Also is their any books that will help me with Occlemency that I could read? If their is can you bring them with you please.
Sincerely
Rose Potter.
When Rose finished writing her letter she looked out the window to see a few owls coming towards it. She got up and opened the window just in time to as 7 owls flew in. She seen Hedwig, Pig (Rons owl), 2 school owls, the Weasley's family owl Errol and 2 she had never seen before. She took all the letters and packages from the owls. She opened one of the school owls first and seen that it was her O.W.L.s.
Dear Miss. Rose Potter,
Here are your O.W.L. Results.
Defense Against the Dark Arts: OO
Transfiguration: OO
Herbology: O
Charms: OO
Potions: O
Care of Magical Creatures: O
History of Magic: O
Astronomy: O
Ancient Ruines- O
We could like to congradulate you on getting the highest scores in DADA, Charms and Transfiguration.
Top Five Students-
1. Rose Potter (Gryffindor)
2. Draco Malfoy (Slytherin)
3. Hermione Granger (Gryffindor)
4. Theodore Nott (Slytherin)
5. Terry Boot (Ravenclaw)
Rose read the letter twice before smiling. She was happy that she had gotten such good grades and was happy that she had study really hard last year to get all O's. She opened the second one from School and seen that it was her school list and telling her that she was the Head Prefect, meaning that she had the same rights at the Head Boy and Girl.
The next few letters she opened were from her friends wishing her a happy birthday and telling her that she would get her presents when they picked her up in 2 days. The third to the last letter she opened was from Remus.
Dear Rose,
Happy birthday. Their are a few things that I have here that need to go to you. Your parents left them with Sirius to give to you when you turned 16. I didn't think it would have been good to send them to you just incase they were intercepted. You will get them when you get here in 2 days.
Try not blaming yourself for what happened to Sirius. It wasn't your fault and no one blames you. The ones we blame are Voldemort and Bellatrix.
I'll talk to you soon.
Love,
Moony.
