Hey!- I just wanted to do a little summary to explain the story :3 This is an AU following the schooling of a o/c called Rosie Chadwick. It's set the same period as the books. However, although all the other characters basically stay the same, there's no Harry, and I've also added some more made-up characters too. So yeah- the life of just another student in Hogwarts, she's not the chosen one or anything ;) Rosie's got two parents and a younger brother. Her dad's a wizard but her mother's a muggle. Of course basically everything is J.K's. Hope you enjoy~!


~Introduction~

The rain had been lashing at her window for most of the night and while the wind wailed through the trees and branches it caused them to tap at her window like the claws of a dark and strange creature. Of course, Rosie hadn't taken any notice of it, head buried deep in a book, the covers over her head, she was quite content. It was 3am and despite the busy day ahead of her she could never sleep, not when it was her first day back at school tomorrow.
She shut the book. If she'd been honest with herself she hadn't really been concentrating on it anyway, she'd been daydreaming about all the things that were waiting for her back at Hogwarts. She yawned and pulled the covers back over her head.

"Oh damn" she muttered, as usual she'd forgotten to draw the curtains and being a full moon tonight the pale light illuminated the room so that it almost looked like day. She turned over to face away from the window, noting the calendar next to her bed 'August' it still read. She picked it up, and before she flipped the page she scanned down the August weeks, reminiscing about her summer holiday. It had only been her thirteenth birthday three weeks prior. Rosie smiled to herself as she turned the page.

'September, 1st' it read. She looked down to see, written in big blue felt tip, the words:

'BACK TO SCHOOL!"


Year 3 ~ Chapter 1:

The rain hadn't stopped by the next morning. Unusually heavy for this time of year Rosie thought, then she smiled when she remembered that she'd be on the train to school for the next five hours anyway so it didn't matter how bad the weather was. She was going to be tucked away in the warmth and dry, probably making herself sick with the amount of sweets she be eating.

"Oh gosh Rosie, have you brought an umbrella?", her mother called from the front door of their house, wrapped in a dressing gown, taking care to keep herself dry. They'd been loading Rosie's trunks and bags into the boot of her dad's car.

"I've got it, don't worry!", her dad said, heaving another trunk into the car.

Rosie gave her mum a wave from the passenger seat. "Is Alex there?" she mouthed to her mum.

Her mum reached round from behind her, pulling Alex away from hiding in the hallway reading his book. "Yes, right, goodbye, whatever" he sulked.
She waved at Rosie again just as her dad shut the boot and clambered into the car.

"You ready pumpkin?", he asked Rosie with a proud smile, he'd once been a student at Hogwarts himself, long ago now but he could remember all too well how his daughter would be feeling today.

"Hogwarts is like my second home now dad, you don't need to worry". The first two years Rosie had felt a little nervous with each 'back to school' trip but this time something was different. She'd been feeling more confident ever since her birthday, perhaps it was something about becoming officially a teenager that gave her this new enthusiasm. Her dad started to reverse the car from their front drive, Rosie watched as her mum frantically waved back at her from the house.

"It'll feel like no time at all once you're there you know, and before you know it you'll be back home" her dad comforted.

"I know, I'm excited to go back actually", she smiled at him, and with that the pair drove away from their little home in Wiltshire, to embark on the long drive up to Kings Cross.

The hustle and bustle of the busy platform was making Rosie even more eager about going back to Hogwarts. She'd spotted her friends in a group by the bench and had skipped over to give them all a massive hug, leaving her poor dad to lug along her baggage behind her.
All of the girls took it in turns to ask each other how their summer had went, giggling and jumping around they were like excitable bunnies.

"Alright girls, you'll have plenty of time to talk on the train", Cho's mother persuaded.

The train horn sounded and after giving her dad a big hug and dragging her luggage on board, Rosie darted for the first carriage to settle and chat with her mates.

After three hours Rosie was starting to feel the effects of her lack of sleep, her eyes felt heavy and she wanted to rest but her friend Sophie hadn't stopped talking for the entire journey.

"But don't you think that's funny?", Rosie realised she hadn't been paying attention.

"Sorry?" She smiled, sitting up from her slouched position.

"Don't you think it's funny, about Jenny, about her thinking Vince fancied her? I mean she's Gryffindor and he's Slytherin- you get my point?", Sophie nodded.

"Oh yeah, yeah no I get you, that's really silly isn't it." Rosie said with a very sleepy voice. She turned to look out the window. The rain had stopped, still it was cloudy and grey but it didn't matter, the scenery was pretty whatever the weather she thought.

She closed her eyes and began to think about the soft bed that was waiting for her in her dorm.

"Oh did I tell you about what happened to me last Wednesday?", again, Sophie began yet another tale, but it was too late, it was falling on deaf ears, Rosie had completely fallen asleep.

By the time the train had pulled into Hogsmeade Rosie was in the middle of a very elaborate dream.

Cho shook Rosie awake "Wake up sleepy, we're here!".

Rosie shot awake, standing up in a hurry so that she suddenly felt dizzy. She gathered her items and rushed out the compartment. On her way out though, Pansy from Slytherin house, a rather churlish girl who loved to provoke, elbowed Rosie making her books tumble from her arms. However, since Rosie was in a bit of a dizzy mess at the time she assumed she'd been in the wrong and apologised sincerely to Pansy before dashing to pick up her books.

"Why are you apologising?" a voice said from above as she gathered another book.

Rosie looked up, and almost gasped when she saw Malfoy standing there. Not you she thought to herself, he'd always been such a antagonising child. But contrary to Rosie's assumption Malfoy just picked up the last book and gave it to her, before turned and walking out the train without another word.