Today was May 7th, Rose's birthday. Rose Potter, lived with Neville Longbottom and Augusta Longbottom after her parents were killed by the Dark Lord Voldemort. Neville and Rose were around the same age, Rose being older by a few months.

Rose knew not many people since Augusta actually took her in without anyone knowing except the house-elves and one of the Marauders, Remus Lupin. Remus would often visit James's daughter and compliment how her hair wasn't like her moms or her dads. That's because she dyed it slightly lightish purple at the ends of the strands creating a dreamy effect. She had dimples and long hair but her eyes were light blue, due to the contacts she wore.

Rose knew about Hogwarts, since her un-official grandma filled her in about it. She was eagerly awaiting her letter and knew about the houses. She knew she was expected to go into Gryffindor but felt like going into Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw was much better. She had her mother's brains, she would study and read every second she could spare and would often play Quidditch with the Weasleys who they would floo over to. Rose was an extraordinary Chaser but she was a natural at seeker, even Charlie Weasley, a Weasley whom was offered a position in a Official Quidditch team, said she was better than him.

Suddenly, one of the house elves arrived carrying a letter. "It's my letter!" Rose exclaimed and ran towards the elf and took the letter politely.

She quickly tore the envelope and read what was inside.

Dear Ms. Potter,

We are pleased to inform you that you have a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment.

Term beings on 1 September. We await your owl by no later than 31 July.

Yours Sincerely,

Minerva McGonagall

Deputy Headmistress

P.S

It took me a while to locate you, hope you get into Gryffindor like your parents. Also, the wizarding world thinks your gone, as in disappeared.

"I was wondering when it would arrive," Mrs. Longbottom commented. "I already have the the books I need though," Rose frowned. "Mmmm, yes, you already know how to use all these spells as well as you and Neville both were tutored. Maybe I'll write to Professor McGonagall and see if you'll go up a class," Mrs. Longbottom replied. "Oh no, that would mean I would have limited time being Prefect and miss the opportunity of being Head Girl," Rose said frowning. "As you wish," Mrs. Longbottom replied and got back to her magazine about herbs.

Soon, it was the 30th of July and it was Neville's birthday. Neville, unlike Rose, was a bit behind on the books and had just finished around half of each of the books while Rose already advanced into third year spells although having trouble with them significantly.

"Alright! I got my letter," Neville exclaimed. "Now Rose, tomorrow, we'll go to Gringotts. I want you to wear whatever those things muggle produce, make up? Is it? To cover up your scar as always," Mrs. Longbottom said sternly and Rose nodded.

August 25th 1991

"Are you ready?" Mrs. Longbottom asked. Rose had put up a bit of make-up making her extra cute while Neville was still the chubby boy like always. They both nodded and Mrs. Longbottom got the elf to teleport them to Diagon Alley.

"Alright Rose, we'll need a wand for you both and some money. The limit is 4,000 galleons, not that there is one, but I don't want Rose to spend too much on clothes," Mrs. Longbottom said slightly laughing knowing how it felt as a pre-teen and teen on spending money on clothes. Of course, Rose groaned while Neville just looked confused.

"Alright, here we are, Gringotts." Mrs. Longbottom announced. They entered the large double doors and headed for the last counter. "Hello, Miss Rose Potter would like to make a withdrawal," the elder Longbottom stated. The goblin looked down at her and then at Rose and then grinned. "Ah. Miss Potter, do you have your key?" the goblin asked. Augusta then took out a diamond crested key and gave it to the goblin. "Mmm, sneaky aren't we Madam Longbottom," the goblin gave and evil grin and then led them to the carts.

They rode for a while until they reached the Potter vaults. "There's 73 million galleons in here, while your trust vault has 200,000 galleons and it re-fills every August," the goblin informed. Mrs. Longbottom conjured 2 sacks for Rose's money as each sack had the capacity of 1,000 galleons. Rose ran off and started collecting her money when she found a box full of jewels. When she opened it, she gasped. There was a diamond butterfly hair clip and a pair of diamond water droplet shaped earrings. "I'm definitely taking these," Rose squealed and immediately wore the hair clip and then placed her earrings on.

"I see you've already found the Potter Heirloom," Augusta Longbottom said with a smile. "Yes, heirloom, you see, your mom also found these when she married your dad and entered the vault for the first time, as did many other potter women before," Augusta explained before the goblin took them to the Longbottom vault.

"The Longbottom vault has 27 million galleons and Mr. Longbottom's trust vault has 70,000 galleons which re-fills every August as well," the goblin explained. "27? wasn't there only 23 last year?" Augusta asked confused. "Yes you see, those muggle investments your father made Madam Longbottom, they proved very worthy and gained you 4 million galleons," the goblin said smirking as the bank also made some money off of it.

"Well, that's nice, toot toot, let's go to Olivander's," Mrs. Longbottom said shooing them out of the building after getting back to the lobby. They entered the old store and saw an old man dusting the wands.

"Ah. I've been wondering when I'll be seeing you Ms. Potter," Olivander smiled. "It seems just yesterday that your mother and father came in for their first wands," Olivander continued. "Mmm, let's see," he said taking out a wand and gave it Rose. She gave it a flick and a stack of papers burned into ashes. "Definitely not, let's see…. mmmm…. Unicorn Hair, 11 and 3/4 inches," Olivander said and gave it to Rose. When she gave it a flick, a feeling of warmth spread through her making her feel happy. "Very nice, now for you Mr. Longbottom," the old man continued and gave him the wand Rose failed to connect with. Neville gave it a flick and a sign showed it accepted him.

"Very nice, that would be 50 galleons," Mr. Olivander told them and they grabbed the galleons from their bags. Next, they headed to the trunk store and bought premium graded trunks which costed around 300 galleons. Since Mrs. Longbottom already bought them the books since they were 10, they didn't need to buy new ones.

Soon, it was September 1st and they had to board the Hogwarts express.

"Now Rose, have you packed all the make-up you will need?" Mrs. Longbottom asked. "Yes, I bought extra online as well as perfume," Rose squealed. She bought perfume which smelled like Roses, ironic eh.

"Alright then, Neville? You Ready?" Mrs. Longbottom asked. "Yes grandma," Neville replied while having trouble moving the trunk downstairs. "Here Neville," Rose sigh and did a spell and levitated the trunk down. "Thanks Rose," Neville beamed and they held hands. "Alright, we're going to apparate, I'm quite old so hopefully we don't lose a limb, it's been a while since I did this," Mrs. Longbottom joked which made Neville and Rose pale.

Mrs. Longbottom used her magic and they disappeared and appeared again on platform 9 and 3/4.

"Now Neville, make sure you stick to Rose, I made a promise with your father to protect you and he'll always be proud of you, your mother as well," Mrs. Longbottom said before apparating back to the Longbottom manor.

"Alright, let's go find a compartment," Rose squealed and levitated both hers and Neville's trunks into the train while trying to find a compartment.

"Ooo, this one's empty," Rose said and entered it with Neville not seeing the "C.D & Friends" plate above the door frame.

Rose immediately started reading while Neville looked at the snowy owl he got from his grandma during their visit to Diagon Alley. Rose, had gotten a familiar, a Snow Leopard, which was around 1 month old and was looking adorable. The Snow Leopard was currently sleeping on Rose's lap while Rose rubbed it's back.

Suddenly they heard noise and a couple of guys, second of third years, Rose concluded judging from their appearance. "I can't wait to play Quidditch again," a tall handsome dark haired boy said to the group. "I know… hey what are these people doing here?" another boy asked.

"Uh…. we're sitting down?" Rose asked. "Yea but this is our compartment," the boy who asked them pointed out. "Where's your name? I do re-call this being the Hogwarts Express, and I don't believe any of your names are "Hogwarts." Rose fired back. "Ooo, a fierce one, maybe you can calm her down Cedric," the boy laughed. "Ugh, we kind always sit here," Cedric said nervously, she was making him nervous, her temper was pretty much radiating off of her.

"Well we can always share can't we?" Rose asked. Cedric sighed in defeat, "I guess," he replied and sat down next to Neville. "Hey, there's a bit of dirt on your fore-head," Cedric pointed out to Rose. "Oh that's nothing," Rose replied covering her scar up. Fortunately, Magical Britain didn't really endorse make-up so not many have used it and the boys here clearly don't have a clue.

"So who are you guys?" Cedric asked. "Um, I'm Rose and this is Neville," Rose replied. "Ah ok," Cedric replied. "I'm Cedric, this is James and that's Edward," Cedric said introducing himself and his friends. "Hey is that a Snow Leopard? I didn't know you could have one." James said eyeing the predator. "He's my familiar," Rose replied. "Ooo, fierce and sneaky, probably a Slytherin," Edward piped up. "Hey I hate Slytherin ok?" Rose said suddenly, not the dreamy haired girl anymore. "Alright alright," Edward replied backing off.

"Hey is it ok if I sit with you guys?" a girl with bushy hair asked. "Sure," Rose replied much to the boy's protesting faces. Rose pulled out her wand and muttered a spell and levitated the bushy haired girl's trunk up to the compartment's trunk compartment.

"Which year are you in?" Cedric asked. "First year," Rose replied and put away her wand. "But… that spell isn't until your halfway into first year," James pointed out. "Oh I read a lot, I'm currently on third year spells but I'm having problems," Rose replied with a frowning face. "Cool, we're third years," Edward replied. "Do a spell," Cedric encouraged. "Um….." she said before muttering a spell and transfigured her Leopard into a small wooden pencil case. "Blimey, she's gonna be McGonagall's star student," Edward exclaimed. "Mmmm," Cedric and James replied agreeing with Edward's claim.

"Well, you better get dressed into your robes soon," Hermione reminded them and Cedric tore off his shirt. "Not with us in here you fool," Rose said enchanting a Lumos spell to blind her before she saw anything and quickly pulled Hermione out of the compartment.

"She's fierce," James said nervously. "Yea, she got it from her mother," Neville replied. "We use to play together, until we permanently lived together after her mother and father died," Neville added. The boys didn't put much thought as they were changing and Neville came out when they were finished. Rose and Hermione entered the compartment and got their robes out when they noticed the boys were still inside. "GET OUT," they both yelled.

"God, they're annoying," James muttered.

Once Rose and Hermione were done, they told the boys they could come back in. "So you're in Hufflepuff?" Rose asked noticing Cedric's robes. "Yea," Cedric said proudly. "Cool, I kinda wanna be in either Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw," Rose replied. "I'd be fine in any house except Slytherin," Hermione said shivering as she said the house name. "Slytherin's not really a bad house, it's for ambitious people, it's just that a few bad seeds like Voldemort came from Slytherin," Rose replied. She noticed everyone except Neville flinched when she said Voldemort. "It's not like he's gonna appear you know…" Rose sighed, it was like she was the only one not afraid of him.

About 30 minutes passed and soon, the train pulled into the station. "First Years," Hagrid yelled. Rose came down and said goodbye to Cedric and his friends before joining the other first years in the boats.

Soon, they came about the castle and went up the stairs to find a professor waiting for them.

"Good evening, you will be joining your peers shortly but before that, you will be sorted into different houses, these houses will be like family. There are Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin," the woman announced before leaving them in the corridor waiting.

"So is it true then? Rose Potter has come to Hogwarts," a blonde asked aloud. Rose didn't want to bring attention to herself so she kept quiet. "You, do you know where Rose Potter is?" the blonde asked asking Rose. "No," Rose replied. "Filthy useless witch," the blonde sneered. "HEY, leave her alone," Neville shouted but before the blonde could reply, the professor re-appeared and lead them into the hall.

"Hey Rose," the twins chittered. They also saw Ron nervously behind the group. Rose never really liked him. Ron would always question Rose about the fame which she clearly hated.

Rose gave a wave to them before turning her attention to the group again. "Now, when I call your names, you will come up and sit on this stool and I will place the hat on you. Hannah Abbott," the professor announced. A nervous girl appeared and sat on the stool and the hat was placed on her. "Mmmmmm very well….. MERLIN," the hat shouted. The hall was stunned, there was a new house? Professor McGonagall noticed the hall had expanded and in the middle was a round table with 14 seats. "I believe there is now a new house in Hogwarts," Professor Dumbledore announced as a clear warning to shush down.

"Oh yes, these people were actually handpicked by Merlin, he's actually talking to me right now," the hat added causing gasps from every table but mostly from Ravenclaw. "There's a prophecy too Professor Dumbledore, which overrules the previous one made by Professor Trelawney," the hat added stunning Dumbledore.

"Padma, Patil."

"MERLIN"

"Parvati Patil."

"GRYFFINDOR"

"Hermione Granger."

"RAVENCALW"

"Neville Longbottom," the professor announced. Rose smiled and pushed Neville up. Neville gulped as he sat down. "Mmmm, very curious, several traits which could be applied to every house…. mmmm…. ooooo…. I see…. MERLIN," the hat yelled.

After an other 15 minutes, Ron's name was called. "Ron Weasley." George and Fred, the twins whom Rose liked the most, watched Ron closely.

The hat was placed on his head and not a minute passed when it yelled "SLYTHERIN." The hall turned quiet, this was the first time a Weasley was a Slytherin.

"Rose Potter," Professor McGonagall announced. The hall broke into whispers as Rose walked up.

Cedric was stunned, this was the Rose Potter?

Malfoy looked furious knowing now that Rose Potter was the girl he questioned.

"Mmmm…. very interesting," the hat said as it explored her mind. "Developing feelings now are we?" the hat asked mentally. "What are you talking about?" Rose asked. "Nevermind then… let's see… you could be a Ravenclaw… but then….. you would be better in…. MERLIN," the hat announced. The hall was, like before when the Weasley was sorted, stunned. The few first years at the Merlin table clapped loudly and the rest of the hall followed.

"Hey Neville," Rose grinned and sat down next to him.

"Your attention please," the old witch professor whom helped them get sorted asked as she sat down. A bearded man stood up and gave a speech which Rose ignored entirely as she was extremely hungry.

"Just a few more words," Dumbledore said before saying a few food names and the hall was suddenly filled with food and the first years gasped. Rose and Neville of course, knew about this and started filling their plates immediately.

Suddenly, a paper airplane flew to Rose and she opened it. It was from Cedric.

Hey Rose, why didn't you tell us before who you were?

- Cedric.

"I'll tell you later," Rose mouthed to Cedric and he nodded understanding. "Excuse me, it seems the Merlin portrait has decided to name a few more people for resorting, Cedric Diggory, Fred and George Weasley, Susan Bones and Hermione Granger."

Cedric, Fred and George, Susan and Hermione all were stunned but got up and went towards the hat. After they all got re-sorted to Merlin, Cedric sat next to Rose while Neville sat beside her on the other side of her.

"So why didn't tell us who you were?" Cedric asked looking at Rose. "I wanted you to get to know the real me first," Rose replied looking at Cedric whom was caught staring at her dreamy light blue eyes. He blushed and turned away and started filling up his plate.

Suddenly, Professor McGonagall appeared by the table side. "Mr. Diggory, since you're the oldest on this table, your the Quidditch Captain and prefect. Your head of house is Professor Snape. Rose Potter is a prefect. Your also the Merlin's Quidditch Captain and possibly seeker although I've heard Rose has beaten Charlie Weasley. Obviously, your entire house has to be in the Quidditch team," Professor McGonagall informed him. Cedric gaped with his mouth open, his father would be so proud.

"Alright, then," Cedric replied getting himself together. "So Rose, ready for class tomorrow?" Hermione asked. "Of course, I'm on third year material remember?" Rose reminded Hermione.

"Prefects, please lead the first years to their dormitories, Merlins, you will follow Professor Snape as he has asked Merlin where the dormitory is," Professor McGonagall announced.

The Merlin table quickly ate and then went to Professor Snape whom guided them towards the Merlin Portrait.

"Alright, I see my choices have been picked, simply place your hand on that book in the painting and you'll be transported somewhere," Merlin told them.

Rose went first and placed her hand on the book. She felt herself being sucked into the painting before being spit out on the top of a mountain next to a luxurious mansion. Rose looked around. The mountain was like the Yosemite but it was near the ocean which wasn't cold but tropical. Soon, Rose noticed Cedric, Hermione, Neville and the others have already arrived and was looking around like her. Then, Professor Snape arrived and told them to follow him into the mansion.

"Merlin has told me that there is everything you could possibly need in here, magic is untraceable here to the Merlin House students and their head of house. There is also a beach house for relaxation and a small outdoor hut for book lovers to relax while others are playing in the water," Professor Snape added.

They looked down towards the ocean and saw a nice little house down there and Rose sighed, knowing Hermione would spend her time down there a lot.

"Welcome to the House Of Merlin," Professor Snape announced. He couldn't help notice Rose resembling Lily a lot, except her hair which was dyed light purple giving off a dreamy effect. He smiled, there was possibly no James Potter in here, and if there was, he would think of Lily doing those things.

They went upstairs to see a dining hall, a huge library, drawing rooms, guest rooms, but most importantly, there was a plate above a door saying "M.H Students."

"This is where you'll remain for the next seven years, I do not know the conditions of this room but it should be well taken care of if it's like the others," Professor Snape told the children before opening the door.

"WHAT?" Hermione screamed. It wasn't what they were expecting. There were comfy beds, however, the beds were in pairs and they had a small glass wall separating them. What's worse was, there was exactly 9 beds.

"Lucky the boys have to sleep together," Rose said relieved that she didn't need to see a boy sleeping next to her only to be separated by the glass wall. "That's nice," Cedric said and saw that their trunks were already delivered.

"I'm kinda hungry…" Rose groaned. "Hello student, my name's Zoey," an elf popped up with a tray of food. "I heard you ask for food, so enjoy," Zoey exclaimed before popping away.

"That was… convenient," Rose smiled and went towards the bed near the balcony. The room was a circle dome with a glass dome atop and balconies between the beds with telescopes and tables outside for students to enjoy the cold tropical air which was probably the work of Merlin.

They also noticed that there was a digital clock in the middle of the room and several electronic gadgets in which Hermione squealed when seeing them. "Oh my god I always wanted one," Hermione exclaimed. "What is it?" Cedric asked picking one up. "It's an iPhone 6 (Pretend iPhones are out).

"What does it do?" Rose asked. "Well, you could use the internet to research muggle things but since this isn't the muggle world, I'm guessing Merlin created a link which takes us to one of the knowledge books and gives us information about what we're trying to search for," Hermione replied. "Thank god, there's a note pad which actually works for quills and an alarm clock so we wake up on time," Hermione added.

"Well this should come in handy," Rose smiled. Cedric was looking at it curiously as were the others. "There's unlimited storage on this," Hermione exclaimed. She could research so much things.

"So it's basically all books in one device?" Cedric asked. "Yea," Hermione replied. "There's the iBooks thing…. you could ask Merlin about it or just search for the book," Hermione added. Just then, Professor Snape entered the room. "You should probably get to sleep, and do keep track of time, I trust you know how to set alarms using the phones. Set multiple alarms for different times," Professor Snape added before leaving. "Well this is awesome," Cedric declared. "Yup," Rose replied before unpacking and decorating her bed. She got out a lava lamp, fortunately the House Of Merlin had plugs, since they needed to charge their "iPhones."

She plugged it in and the lamp glowed. She was given this gift by Remus Lupin, one of her father and mother's friends while he was in the muggle world. "Alright, I recommend we set alarms for 8 A.M, 2 hours before classes start," Hermione recommend. "Alright," Rose replied. "Uh… how do we do this? Hermione?" Neville asked. "Well Neville, just tap on the clock icon and press alarms, and tap on the plus button," Hermione said showing him while everyone else followed what she did. "Alright, we should probably set one for dinner too," Hermione recommend and they nodded.

"Also, there's the reminders app which you could write things like hw and set a date and it'll remind you," Hermione added. She then along with Rose, headed towards the girl's shower followed closely by Susan, Hannah and Padma.

"This is awesome," Neville exclaimed. "Hello…." a voice said from above. They looked around but saw nothing. "Don't worry, I am simply the spirit of Merlin, anyways, I also added books to your iPhones which will reset every year for your needed course, just explain to your teachers what the iPhone does. Also, I take it some of you like to tend to plants," the voice asked. Neville nodded not sure if he'd get a response. "I see, Mr. Longbottom, yes, I knew your ancestors, very brave people, I have a surprise for you but that'd be for next week if you can earn 50 points by yourself by next week," the voice added. "Oh, back on topic, I added a different book for each of you. I added "Herbology, Generations On Ends," to you Mr. Longbottom. I added, "Quidditch, Tips and Trick," to you Mr. Diggory and Ms. Potter. I added "Knowledge Seeker," for Ms. Patil and Ms. Granger and both Susan and Hannah have gotten "Laws and Trials." You two though," the voice of Merlin said making everyone look at Fred and George whom were the only ones who wasn't given a book. "I'm trusting you with several books, all related to pranks, but these prank books are for uncovering the truth, some are for mischief but most are for uncovering the truth," the voice told them and they nodded almost bursting. "Oh, and I would like if boys and girls mixed beds, a boy on one side and girl on the other. Except for the twins, I don't trust them," the voice said making everyone laugh.

"What'd we miss?" Hermione asked. "Well….. Merlin just told us we got books on the "iPhones," and extra books to our delightment. However, he wants us to… sleep mixed gender," Cedric said with heated cheeks. "Rose you sleep with Diggory," Susan piped up not wanting to stare at Cedric the whole night.

"What!?" Rose said looking at Susan. "I mean, I'll sleep with Neville, and… wait a minute, there's 9 of us, and that means there's gonna be an odd person out," Susan pointed out. "I'll go out," Padma volunteered. "Alright then, but that means Hannah and Hermione are sleeping beside each other, Fred and George too," Susan reminded them and they all nodded except for Rose whom was having trouble with the idea of sleeping with Diggory.

"Students." Professor Snape said coming into the room. "Very nice, the girls have showered," Snape said gesturing to the girls and expecting the boys to follow. "Oh, your parents are here, Potter, your parents too Bones, your mom too Diggory," Professor Snape told them stunning them all. "But… our parents are dead…" Cedric replied with a sad frown. "Oh, sorry, I'm talking about these portraits," Professor Snape replied and levitated 3 portraits towards them. "CEDRIC," a portrait gasped. "Mom?" Cedric asked. "Yes it's me baby, I miss you so much, your dad too," Cedric's mom exclaimed as Snape hung the portrait over the wall.

"ROSE," a portrait shouted and Rose noticed her mom and dad. "Mom…. Dad…?" Rose asked. "It's us sweetie," Lily said smiling. "We're so proud your in Merlin," James added. "Is Sirius taking care of you?" Lily asked. "Sirius? He betrayed you so he's in Azkaban," Rose replied coldly. "That's impossible, he didn't betray us," Lily frowned. "What?" Snape said curiously. "No, our secret keeper is Peter Pettigrew," James replied. "I must talk to Madam Bones immediately," Snape said leaving the room.

"SUSAN," a portrait shrieked. "GAHHHH," another person in the portrait said surprised. "Get up you fool, it's our daughter," the portrait snapped. "Susan?" the man asked. "Mommy! Daddy!" Susan exclaimed.

After a few minutes, it was night time and curfew and they had to sleep. "Hey, what do you think your doing sleeping next to my little girl?" James asked Cedric. "Oh sorry sir, I have to sleep here, Merlin's order," Cedric replied. Cedric took off his shirt and slid under the covers and then turned over to see Rose's hair and smiled. "What are you smiling about?" James snapped. "Nothing sir…" Cedric stammered and then turned the other way. "Be nice to my son," Cedric's mom snapped.

"James… you really should be nicer to him," Lily sighed. "Well, he's 13 and he's in his teenage years, their always danger to me" James replied. "Boys," Lily sighed and watched her daughter.