I am dedicating this fan fiction to a friend who a friend who was always by my side and there is no way in this world I can thank her. Thanks for everything Sreetama. I hope this story is enough. I will always be there for you.

CHAPTER 1: THE KNOWN AND THE UNKNOWN

Rose Weasley was in one word- exhausted. She had been writing incessantly for the last three hours. Her dad told her that often auror entrance exams are far more tiring than the training itself. She had spent the last few months either locked in her room with books and notes covering every event that happened in the last hundred years- goblin rebellions, statues of secrecy, establishment of wizard laws, downfall of Voldemort, battle of Hogwarts (although this one did not take much time) or practicing the toughest of spells with her cousins in the backyard. She craned her neck to get a better view of one of her best friend's who was appearing in the auror exams as well. Scorpius Malfoy was scratching something on his parchment furiously, small beads of sweat glistening on his forehead. The pathetic weather just added to their misery. Poor thing. Rose put her mind back to part 6 of the question paper; she just had 3 answers left to write.

35. How to escape from a Devils Snare attack? Write the two most common ways.

Rose smiled to herself. Memories of her parents and uncle telling her stories of how they escaped a room jam-packed with devil snare in their first year in order to save the philosophers stone flooded her mind. It was one of her all-time favorite bed time stories. Nearly thirteen years later those stories were helping her to answer the auror exams, very weird but exceptionally sweet.

36. Write the five principle exceptions Gamps Law of elemental transfiguration.

37. Describe the effects of each of the unforgivable curses. Write about the first recorded history of the Cruciatus curse.

38. Write five main causes that lead the Golden trio leave Hogwarts and pursue the horcruxes. What are horcruxes? Explain why the making of one is illegal. List the seven horcruxes of Voldemort and the historical value of any one of them.

Rose could not believe it, she was writing an exam with questions about her family. Did no one tell the authorities that Rose Weasley was sitting for her auror theoretical and she would know much more about these things than most of the others put together? But it didn't bother her much, the better the answers the more marks she would get. Her neighbor, a blonde girl with freckles, was frantically trying to have a look into her parchment. Rose sighed and continued with her writing, auror training was going to be a very enjoyable pain in the ass, she thought.

"How was it, then" asked Albus. Scorpius, Rose and their best friend Albus Potter were sitting in a cramped bar in suburban London. Bottles of cheap beer took up most of the place on the table.

"It was not bad. Pretty good, to be absolutely honest. Just bloody lengthy. I can hardly feel my fingers anymore", replied Scorpius with a troubled sigh, cracking his knuckles resignedly.

"You signed up for it, mate" Al said slapping Scorpius on his back. "What about you Rose?"

"Same as Scar's. You know there was a girl with blonde hair and freckles sitting beside me. That dung head tried to cheat in an auror exam. I mean we were told right in the beginning that the toughest of anti cheating spells were placed on the parchments and quills. She still had the nerve to give it a try."

"The girl wearing a yellow dress?" asked Scorpius absent mindedly.

"Yep, looking like a sunflower. Were you checking her out?" Rose asked teasingly. "Believe me, Scar even considering the hopeless git you are I sure there are much better girls than Miss Sunflower Cheater for you out there". Albus suddenly choked on his beer slopping some down his front.

"Good one" he said coughing loudly. Some girls at the bar turned around with looks of disgust but instead of finding some frat guy at the table were mildly surprised to find Albus. Even though Albus and Rose were cousins she admitted that he was very good looking. One of them whispered something to the group and the entire lot giggled. Scorpius looked at them with utmost disgust but Albus checked them out with marked interest.

"Go Albus. Say hi" urged Scorpius, winking at Rose.

"Maybe I should. I like the one wearing the purple tube top".

"Yeah, lots of cleavage. Get going, Al", Rose joined in. Albus straitened his creased shirt and tried to flatten his hair which stuck up stubbornly at the back like his father.

"Wish me luck, mate", he said.

"Yeah whatever" said Scorpius insipidly. Albus made a face at him.

"Best of luck. Show her who Albus Severus Potter is, go mate", said Rose positively. He gave her a grateful look.

Albus walked up to the girl and started talking animatedly but she just kept starring at his face foolishly.

"Why is she staring at Al as if he's speaking in troll?" Scorpius asked uncertainly.

"That girls definitely a keeper. Yeah so what's with Miss Sunflower Cheater?" she continued.

"Oh nothing much. She is Blaise Zambini's daughter, Sapphire. They come over for dinner sometimes. The girl's crazy. I'm pretty sure Zambini's had give some galleons to let her appear for the exams. She asked me out for a drink while you were submitting your parchment. Thinks I'm crazy too. A drink with Sapphire is the last thing I need" he said and took another a copious swig of beer.

"Sapphire and Scorpius, doesn't sound that bad. You can give it a try", Rose said jokingly.

"Shut up Rose. Grab another beer" he said motioning the bartender for another drink

They were discussing about James and his current girlfriend, Sophia when Albus came running to the table.

"What's wrong?" Rose and Scorpius asked in unison. Albus's face was flushed.

"Do you any happen to possess something called a condom? The girl, Viola she keeps asking for one like its some life jacket and she is drowning. What's a condom?" he said skeptically, but his voice hysterical.

"Sounds more like a skin infection", Albus added with disgust

Very unfortunately, neither Rose nor Scorpius knew what a condom was….

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