Chapter 1

"You're going to be just fine, Rosie," Mum assured for about the thousandth time. "Both your father and I were prefects, so you should have no problem whatsoever."

"Yeah Rosie, even I did fine, and I was a bloody idiot," Dad said.

"I think Uncle George has you beat there, Dad," Hugo said. "Rose, if I say you'll do fine, will you stop freaking out? You're ruining the end of summer!"

I loved how they were trying to comfort me so much, but honestly they were just putting more worries on my mind. Today was the last day of summer break, and I was nervous. No, nervous was an understatement. It was more like the feeling you get after apparating- times ten. Ever since I received this summer's Hogwarts letter, along with the badge for Gryffindor prefect, the (metaphorical) nervous butterflies began to swarm. Who would the other prefects be? Would we get along? What if I do a horrible job? What will mum and dad think?

"Rose, have you finished packing yet?" Mum asked.

"Almost done, I just have to get a few more things," I answered.

In fact, I hadn't even begun to pack. Although in most ways I'm like my mum, I had the Weasley tendency to be a bit of a mess. I grabbed basically everything in my room and dumped it all into my trunk. Thank Merlin for the expanding-trunk charm, otherwise, I'd never be able to make it to school without forgetting something. I looked around my room, satisfied with my work, and I hurried downstairs.

"A letter arrived for you, I don't know who it's from though," Mum said.

I watched as a curiously dark owl gracefully soared out of our window and into the sky.

" I don't recognize the owl, maybe it's just one from the post office."

" I don't think so, that's a black barn owl. They're extremely rare and very expensive."

"Well, I'll save this for later," I said taking the letter from her. "I promised I'd meet Al and Nash in town in a few. "

Before she could protest, I was out the door and on my way to the town square, easily accessible by the portkey in our neighbor's backyard. Within a few minutes, I was in the middle of a small wizarding town called West Kenderton. I rushed to Dragon's Alcove, a quaint hole-in-the-wall restaurant, and saw the familiar black tousled hair, and long blonde hair of my two best friends.

I grew up with Albus living just a portkey away. Being cousins, we know pretty much everything about eachother. Until first year, we were inseparable, but when Albus was sorted into Slytherin, we had to make new friends. This was when I met Nash. Nash was unlike anyone I had ever met before. He was extremely laid back and free-spirited. This could be due to the fact that he was from the States, and not just any state, but California. He once told me that where he grew up, everybody learned to surf before they even learned how to crawl. Although I doubt it's true, it does explain his laid-back attitude towards life. I had hated Nash when I'd first met him. He rarely ever studied and yet he was still able to receive top marks on all of his exams, while I had to study for hours for the grades I get. Nash was my only rival from Gryffindor for grades and I loathed him for it. That was until one day third year. I was minding my own business walking down the hall when I heard someone say my name. I turned to see Callie Parker and Kimi Brown, two fifth-years, waving me over. I barely had ever talked to them, but they seemed nice enough, so I went.

"Hey Rose, we've been wanting to tell you something," Callie cooed.

I should have known right then that I was in trouble, but I, being the stupid third year that I was, decided to stay.

"Are you aware that you have a ton of blackheads all over your body?" smirked Kimi.

"Yeah, oh and Kimi try not to get too close, her hair might catch you on fire," laughed Callie.

The taunting would have probably continued if Nash hadn't have shown up. I guess I didn't see him , because I was too busy trying to keep my tears from falling in front of them.

"You're just jealous because her freckles and fiery hair makes her ten times hotter than you'll ever be."

The girls tried to laugh it off, but I could tell that it affected them, just as they had done to me. They scurried off, but when I turned to thank Nash, he was nowhere to be seen. I walked back to the common room to find Nash sitting by the fire. I decided to sit next to him, something I had never done before, and we proceeded to sit in silence for hours. It wasn't awkward, on the contrary, it was quite peaceful. It was like some invisible bond had formed then. We've been friends ever since. I never really asked why Nash had done it. I figured the answer was simply because it was the right thing to do.

"Rosie-Posey!" screamed the boys when they noticed me, snapping me out of my memories. They knew that I detested that nick-name, but at this point I didn't really care. I was too excited to see them. I ran and threw myself into a group hug. After all the stress I've been through, I needed a hug.

"So you got it then?" Al asked

I took out my new badge and I showed it to him. That caused an even tighter hug from him.

"How about you guys?" I asked.

Albus just shook his head and smiled.

"You know I'm not that good of a student, Rose."

"How about you?" I asked Nash knowing very well that his top marks made him an ideal candidate for the boy Gryffindor prefect.

Nash shook his head slowly from left to right.

"What the hell was Headmistress Knott thinking? You're easily the smartest boy in Gryffindor! You've never gotten detention. She must be insane not to ask you to be the prefect! I'm going to write a note to Daddy! He'll get you that position! Gosh I ca—."

Nash just held up his had.

"Rose, I was offered to be a prefect—" he started.

"Then why would you go scaring me like that, Nash? You're so rude sometimes. You just—"

"Rose, I turned it down," he said calmly.

"YOU DID WHAT?"

"Can you honestly see me as a prefect? I'd hate to have to snitch on everyone that did something wrong. Also, I've been a little busy with some projects, and I don't have enough time for it. Don't worry Rose; I'm sure you're going to be fine."

I couldn't believe what I was hearing. I always imagined that it would be Nash and I, not some stupid, pig-headed, cocky boy which pretty much all the other Gryffindor boys were.

"Well do you know who the boy is?"

"Not for sure, but I heard rumors that it was Silias McLagen."

Could my day get any worse? Silias was the leader of arrogant, toe-rag clan. To make matters worse, he's been after me since first year. Why does he have to like me? He has plenty of other girls after him, being the Gryffindor keeper and all. I mean I guess he's not too bad looking, but his personality completely ruins it.

Albus interrupted my thoughts, "If he comes within fifty feet of you with puckered lips I swear I will use an unforgivable curse on him and make him wish he'd never done it!"

"Thanks Al, but if he even so much as looks at me wrong, I won't think twice about doing that myself," I said.

The conversation moved on from there to how our summers were, to what classes we were

taking, to who was going to win the Quittich cup this year. After a few hours it was time to leave. We said our farewells (at least until tomorrow) and went home.

Author's Note: Hey everyone, I'm new to publishing on here so I would love if you guys to give me feedback on how my story is. Thanks so much! -Kelsey