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Everyone has a problem with April Rookwood.
Abraxas Malfoy has a problem with her because she just busted out his large floor to ceiling ballroom windows during an extremely important party that he and his wife were hosting. Not only was Abraxas trying to schmooze the new Minister of Magic, he was also hoping that the Cygnus and Druella Black would have reconsidered his offer. But alas, all his wife's careful planning and tedious organizing of this event was in vain because the Rookwood's obviously do not know how to properly rear a pureblood girl. Why she's wearing pants for Merlin's sake! Abraxas would love to personally wipe that little smile of the girl's face permanently but that wouldn't impress the Minister. So all Abraxas can do is look incredibly angry and make the bumbling idiot that is the girl's father pay for the damages later.
Narcissa Black has a problem with her because April is totally barbaric. All she does is think about Quidditch! She never styles her hair or puts on any make up and to top it off she wears pants. PANTS. Narcissa has known April for a very long time and still hasn't gotten used to her trollish ways. In her mind, April is the Anti-Narcissa. Rowdy, wild and loud. But that's to be expected when their family dynamics are polar opposites. Narcissa was raised with two—one, just one sister while April was raised with three older brothers. Narcissa's parents are strict and cold while from what little interaction she has had with Clyde and Esther Rookwood they seemed like loving and warm people. But the very worst she despises about April Rookwood is that she is always around boys, especially Lucius Malfoy (not that she's jealous or anything). But really would it kill her to have some female companions? No, it wouldn't. It would benefit April immensely if she became a little more feminine and hopefully people would eventually stop spreading those awful rumors that she's a lesbian (not that Narcissa started said rumors or anything). Now here the little dyke stands covered in shards of glass in half of a dress and men's pants, and she has the gall to crack a smile. Nevertheless, she laughs at the poor girl because this situation is funny and she needs a reason to smile these days.
James Potter currently has no problem with her, but that will change once the school year comes around. They aren't mortal enemies so to speak (that's reserved for Snivellus), he would say that they are rivals, intense ones at that. Gryffindor has lost the Quidditch Cup to Slytherin for six consecutive years and it's all because of April and her older brothers have been on the team. The Rookwoods never lose at Quidditch. It's a fact. Just like all Potters have black messy hair, like all Weasleys have wild red hair, like all Malfoys look like they have a stick up their arse, or like all Blacks have those eerily disturbing good looks. Every pureblood family has something unique about them. In all of the time Hogwarts has had Quidditch, if a Rookwood was a captain then their House would win the Cup. James doesn't know why, and quite frankly he doesn't care because this year is his year. He has the captain spot, plenty of great friends, shockingly good looks, and charisma that could charm a snake (not that he would ever charm a Slytherin) all he needs is the Cup and the girl and his life will be perfect. So no, James Potter doesn't have a problem with April actually he should be thanking her for livening up this drab affair his parents dragged him to. He is roaring with laughter as he watches the elder Malfoy look likes he's about to pop a blood vessel. But his warm feeling will turn cold tomorrow as he starts strategizing because that pants wearing girl is going down this year.
Augustus Rookwood doesn't have a problem his baby sister. Actually he has more of a problem with that Rabastan Lestrange who has been staring at her all night. Really the boy is 16 years old surely he has seen a girl before. Augustus, just like is younger brothers, Marcus and Julian, is fiercely overprotective of the baby of the family and he should be. There hasn't been a female Rookwood in 7 generations and it's his and his brother's duty to make sure nothing happens to her. Luckily for him, she developed into a tomboy of sorts so it was easy to keep possible suitors away seeing as how she had none. Yes, in Augustus' eyes, April was special. Any guy who wins her heart will be incredibly lucky. Of course since she just made a very dramatic entrance through the Malfoy's ostentatious giant glass windows, she doubts any respectable family would want her to marry into their family even though she's guaranteed to bear a male heir and that little brat will be given fantastic Quidditch abilities she is a Rookwood after all. The night had started out innocently enough, just a quick pick-up game that they always do at these boring parties. It wasn't April's fault, it was Lucius' for being so bloody competitive with her in the first place. Malfoy should know by now that April will do anything to win. He is momentarily horrified that he sees her lying on the ground with blood covering her face but it's just for a second because she hops up and dusts the dirt of her make shift trousers wearing the biggest grin on her face. Yes, April was special.
Rabastan Lestrange has a problem with her because he can't keep himself from staring at her. He can't decide if it's love or lust. After seeing her practically naked tonight he decides that its lust, not that any of her brothers should know this little fact. When he saw her taking off that dress in Lucius' room to make the proper adjustments so she could play with them without having to ride side saddle, Rabastan thought he was about to take her right then and there. Of course she didn't know he was watching, she had the door slightly opened but it wasn't his fault she didn't know how to shut a door. Rabastan had seen other girls naked but they never looked like April. April was muscular, not like those little frail things he usually messed around with. It kind of turned him on that she could probably hold up in a muggle fight against him and the fact that she wears pants made him want her even more. He appreciated her other features as well, wavy dirty blonde hair that reached just below her breasts, a straight nose, and green eyes. The only fault was that she looked exactly like her brothers, which was a bit of a turn off because he felt like if he tried to kiss her it would be like kissing Julian. That night had been his worse game of Quidditch yet. He kept thinking about the dirty things she could do with that broomstick and it was not helping his Keeping game at all. Yup, he was completely in lust with April Rookwood and he didn't care that she had just made herself the laughing stock of the purebloods because seeing blood smeared across her face and smiling a wide toothy grin made him decide that he was going to marry her. Besides, Lestrange men rarely married well behaved women.
Lucius Malfoy has a problem with her because she beat him out of the captain position. It amazed him how his team and Head of House had decided that she would make a better leader than him. Lucius Malfoy, the wealthy, powerful and handsome King of Slytherin had lost to a girl. What was a girl doing on a Quidditch pitch anyway? Shouldn't she be off in a corner practicing glamour charms and batting her eyelashes at him? Girls were far too delicate to be playing Quidditch, although Lucius hardly counted April as a girl, she wore pants after all. He was also a seventh year, surely that his mere seniority should have made him a likely candidate but no Slughorn and his so-called friends had picked April. Lucius had shamed his family and embarrassed himself. He was going to make sure April knew her place, even if it meant be a little rough. If she wanted to play with the big boys then she would have to be able to take the hard hits. During the pickup game, his team was losing badly. Rabastan couldn't stop a ball if his life depended on it. It was a quick decision. All he was going to do was try to corner her but she didn't take defeat that easily. She broke through his father's window, and landed with a loud thud on the marble floor. Lucius was almost gleeful for a moment, if she had died then that meant he would be captain but to his dismay she got up off the ground. The Quaffle was lying a few feet away from her but no one cared, all anyone cared about was that stupid smile on her face. Maybe she got brain damage and didn't realize she had just made a fool of herself. Lucius saw the Rookwood brothers glaring at him. It wasn't his fault the girl couldn't accept that she had almost lost. Stupid little bitch, he would mutter to himself.
Esther Rookwood née Flint has a problem with her only daughter because the young girl cannot seem to act like a proper young lady. Esther has tried time and time again to make her daughter presentable to pureblood society and just when she thought she had succeeded, April had to ruin it. Esther should have known something was going to happen as soon as she saw April and her older brothers sneaking off but how could she have known that twenty minutes later April would be standing in front of her bloody, holding her new broom and wearing the bodice of the ball gown she was wearing earlier and men's trousers. This is by far the most embarrassing moment in Esther's life. She can hear Druella Black and her two daughters sniggering and for a moment she considers turning around and hexing the wrinkles of that old hag but she doesn't. That wouldn't be very polite and would certainly not set a good example for April. All she can do now is send her daughter a scowl and a few icy words telling her to go home. If only her daughter could see that her behavior isn't very attractive to the opposite sex, that she can't go running around in trousers with all men, and that Quidditch isn't the most important thing in the world. Yes, Esther has a problem with April indeed.
Author's Note: So this story kind of came up randomly, i kind of like where it might go but I'm not sure. Thoughts?