Chapter Two- Unable to Hide
(End of Summer Holidays/ Beginning of Fifth year)
A/N: I forgot to do this last time…
Disclaimer: There is over 640,000 Harry Potter fan fictions clearly I don't own Harry Potter or anything else recognizable.
Also I know hundreds of characters all in the first chapter epically when they are OC'S can get very confusing (AKA-my friends were complaining about it) so here is a list just so you have some ideas who everyone is from the previous chapter and some new faces you will meet this chapter
Second Year
Lucy Weasley- Ravenclaw, daughter of Percy Weasley
Third Year
Lily Potter – Gryffindor, daughter of Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley, younger sister of Albus Potter and James Potter, chaser
Hugo Weasley- Gryffindor, son of Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, younger brother of Rose Weasley
Fifth Year
(In order of appearance)
Rose Weasley- Gryffindor, daughter of Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, older sister of Hugo Weasley, intelligence of her mother and excels in advanced potions, enemies with Scorpius Malfoy, prefect, Gryffindor chaser
Lexi (Alexia) Flint- Slytherin (Gryffindor- you'll find out this chapter), pureblood, Twin sister with Scarlett Flint, sister to Holly Flint and Lucas Flint, disowned by her father in the Christmas holidays in her fourth year, guardians are Ron and Hermione Weasley and lives with them, best friend with Tyler Higgs
Scorpius Malfoy- Slytherin, son of Draco Malfoy and Astoria Greengrass, cousin of Noah and Brandon Greengrass, academic rival of Rose Weasley and also enemies, prefect, chaser
Tyler Higgs- Gryffindor, half-blood but still heavily associated in pureblood society, best friends with Lexi Flint, Gryffindor Keeper
Albus Potter- Slytherin, Son of Harry and Ginny Potter, Brother to James Potter and Lily Potter, Slytherin seeker, cousin to all the Weasley's
Georgiana 'Geogrie or Anna' Prince- Slytherin, Pureblood, Werewolf, has a pureblood wizarding world disease, childhood friend of Scorpius Malfoy
Zara Morgan- Ravenclaw, newest friend to the group, known to be a little self centred
Zach Travers- Slytherin, Pureblood, Beater on the Slytherin Team
Noah Greengrass- Slytherin- Half-blood, son of Daphne Greengrass father unknown, younger brother to Brandon Greengrass, Cousins with Scorpius Malfoy, funny guy
Ellie Stevens- Gryffindor, muggle-born, used to be in the friend group till she completely isolated herself from them
Sixth Year
James Potter- Gryffindor, Eldest child of Harry and Ginny Potter, Leader of the trio of pranksters, brother to Albus and Lily Potter
Roxanne Weasley- Gryffindor, Twin of Fred Weasley, Daughter of George and Angelina Weasley, part of the Trio of Pranksters
Fred Weasley- Gryffindor, Twin of Roxanne Weasley, Son of George and Angelina Weasley , part of the trio of pranksters
Natalie Wood- Gryffindor, Daughter of Oliver Wood, Gryffindor Chaser
Seventh Year
Louis Weasley- Ravenclaw
Graduated Students
Molly Weasley- Cut herself off from the family and lives and works as a muggle
Dominique Weasley- Works in the department the regulation and control of magical creatures- Beast Division, boyfriend Brandon Greengrass
Victorie Weasley- Mediwitch
Teddy Lupin- Auror
Brandon Greengrass- Puddlemere united beater, older brother of Noah Greengrass and cousin of Scorpius Malfoy, Girlfriend Dominique Weasley
Hopefully you know all of Harry's generation because already that took too long to type up and well you should know otherwise I don't know why you are in the Harry Potter Section of Fanfiction.
*Also this isn't everyone but everyone in the first two chapters that you will hear about of come across.
Rose
I have never felt more alert, awkward, cautious and downright scared to step through the Potter's chimney. Yes my parents are here if something seriously went down along with the head of the Auror department and my practically cousin-in-law (he is getting married to Victorie next spring), Teddy Lupin. So logically I should feel safe but I don't because as I follow the usual routine by hugging people as I move down the line of Wesley's I can feel his grey eyes burning holes in the back of my head. Seriously the ferret was scary enough being a Malfoy and lurking around boasting either an evil smirk or a cold menacing look that made you forget what you were saying. Now he is also a murderer and considering the situation he has probably can use all the unforgivable curses or those five hundred other ever so pleasant ways to kill a person with a mere flick of his wand. So to sum it up, Rose Weasley was scared shitless.
As I got towards the end of the line having passed all my uncles and Aunties and I got picked up by my male cousins; Teddy, Louis who is in his last year of Hogwarts, Fred, James who I never forget to mess up his untamed hair and Albus.
I hesitated on my step when I saw him. He had got taller since last year since I was now eye level with the top of his chest so he was practically a head taller than me; he had filled out more and was the completely scrawny rat he was the years before. Clearly he had been playing qudditch every day while he was at the Potters. His hair was still white blonde wasn't slicked back anymore and instead looked softer and had that I-Spent-Half-An-Hour-Making-My-Hair-Look-Like-I-Ju st-Rolled-Out-Of-Bed look. However even with my height I couldn't escape his eyes forever and I unwilling looked up to find his eyes not full of his usual annoyance and intolerance for me but of guilt, of grief and even rage.
As we awkwardly shuffled toward each other to hug, trust me we hated it just as much as we did each other. My family despite my father whose eyes twitched and as glared at his daughter and Malfoy hug, got a kick out of us hugging because of the Weasley/Potter family rules. His arms pulled me closer than the years before so my nose was brushing against his shoulder and I could smell mint and some other wood scent which I wouldn't have recognized if I wasn't brewing potions over the summer. My arms weakly wrapped around him, barely touching his body as I twitched in his embrace as he seemed almost reluctant to let me go and I quickly scrambled to hug Noah, Malfoy's cousin, who picked me up too, avoiding Malfoy's eyes at all cost even though I could still feel his gaze on me.
Once the entertainment of hugging was done and there was not outbreak of arguments and everyone had hugged over twenty people Grandma Weasley all lead us to the magically enlarged kitchen, whose cooking only rivalled with the house elves at Hogwarts. We just don't tell my mother or Grandma Weasley about that since we would be eating outside.
It was one of the rules of attending Weasley family dinners including the hugging upon entry rule which was the first rule, which Lexi had be taught very quickly.
Second Rule, either you run to grab the first seat or wait for the cavalry to rush into the room and take whatever seats are left.
Third Rule, when everyone is seated grab what food you can see or deal with whatever is left when the rush is over.
Fourth Rule, do not steal food that is part of the annual eating contest unless you want to suffer under a minimum of four glares for the rest of the night.
Fifth Rule, Ron Weasley and Chicken wings don't mess with them- Malfoy learnt the hard way and wasn't the real highlight of Christmas in Second year.
Sixth Rule, expect some kind of prank because it's going to happen which brings to me right now.
James and Fred practically lifted me to the dinner table, dropping me in a seat between them. This can only mean trouble, as Roxy swooped in stealing the chair on the other side of James which only left odd single chairs between animated chatting groups as the last of everyone trickled to the table. As Uncle Percy and Aunty Audrey were the 'normal' ones out of us Weasley's and as they slowly sat down while all the males in my family got ready to jump out of their seats and attack the table. As Aunty Audrey pulled her seat into the table it was like someone had set off the starting gun and thirty-two pairs of hands reached in.
James and Fred, I swear if they jumped any further they would end up in the middle of the table. So instead since they piled their plates up meters high they won't and never do notice if I take a bit of their food, unless they catch me, like now.
"ROSE WEASLEY!" James yelped slapping my wrist lightly. "DO NOT STEAL A MAN'S FOOD!"
"First James you, are not a man. Second do you actually want any of your pranks to work?" I questioned with a small smirk on my face and grabbed the chicken wing off James' plate as he a look on his face somewhere in between parting with his dear chicken wing and knowing I not only I was right but he was glad that Rose Weasley, goody two shoes was really the genius behind last year's prank war with the Slytherin's.
"Speaking of which Rosie…" He said once he sat down with his plate piled so high it looked like the mini food model of the leaning tower of Pisa. "How are the potions going for back to school?"
"I was going to make the first trio of batches before mum came in for a talk and whisked me here." I grumbled.
"You didn't want to come over Rosie; you really hurt my feelings Rosie." James fake sobbed earning sympathy from Fred who copied. They were the craziest out of us all but I knew I could go to them for absolutely anything and they would protect my back and keep my secrets. They were my cousins but they felt like my brothers unlike Hugo who I frankly just argued and avoided.
"Well you can't afford for me to suffer from permanent damage from prolonged exposer to you. Who would do all your last minute homework, check and practically write your essays, which Fred copies?" I said cheekily.
"Ouch, Burn James." Roxy smiled antagonizing James further turning toward Natalie Wood, her best friend on her other side. Natalie Wood, like her father practically lived on the qudditch pitch, hell she was practically there from birth. So it was no surprise that she was Gryffindor's star chaser since her second year of Hogwarts. Usually her and James got into an argument or at least a small tiff at these events and could be seen laughing about two day later on the qudditch pitch. James, like his predecessor, had fallen in love with Natalie since they moment he laid eyes on her and being the incorrigible eleven year old he still his had no idea how to deal with feelings so he played a prank on her. James denies all these claims but everyone just raises their eyebrows until he tells us all to shut up.
"You're feisty tonight Rosie." He smiled back and attacked his plate. "So when are the potions going to get done, because we need trial run." He said his face changing for care-free to actual worry.
"Do you still have your potions set?" I asked.
"It's somewhere in my room…" he trailed off. "We'll just grab Lily's she won't mind."
"Good. How quickly can you finish that food?" I asked looking at his plate which boasted a small mound now.
"How quickly can I finish my food!? Don't you know anything about me Rosie?!" James exclaimed as he begun shovelling food into his mouth at an extremely alarming and disgusting rate.
I laughed as I got up and took my plate to join Lucy and Lily's who finished their dinner early and probably were gossiping over Witch Weekly's. As I walked back I saw James finished the last of his dinner now with the rest of the family watching him with looks of disgust and amusement. Fred followed right on his heels towards the kitchen whispering in my ear as they passed me.
"Meet in my room. We'll get the potion set." James said winking as he continued with his held high.
"Roxy already left to go get her sixth year stuff if you want to use it." Fred said.
Before I could make my escape to James' room my family stopped me. "Rose where are you going dessert is still to come in half an hour." My grandma said bringing me to everyone's attention.
"I'm a little cold. I think I left my jumper in Lilly's room last time I was over." I said looking at Grandma Weasley who conveniently was sitting near Albus who was sitting next to Malfoy. As my gaze quickly skipped over Malfoy I could see he was playing food qudditch with his leftover peas as he tried to look like it was the most interesting thing in existence. When in reality I saw him twitch and his ears perk up as I spoke. Okay maybe it wasn't a skipping glance, who didn't double check that their murdering enemy isn't trying to size them up for the best suited killing method?!
"Haven't seen you around much these holidays aside from when you've playing qudditch with the boys." Aunt Ginny commented and knew I was going to be here for at least five minutes.
"It's just been so hot; I haven't felt like getting out of the house unless it's to an air-conditioned bookstore." I lied and I heard Tyler and Lexi try to stifle their laughter with a cough and a snort.
"Could have come in the pool earlier." Albus trailed off. I knew he missed me, I knew he wanted to talk to me about what went down between me and his best friend. By avoiding Malfoy I also avoided Albus which fixed two of my problems temporarily.
"I wouldn't have burnt and looked like the tomato's in the salad. No thanks Albus." I said the light laughter.
"Oh well, next time." He said shrugging.
"Sure. " I said lying through my teeth.
"So what have you been doing this summer?"
"Hanging out with Lexi at home. Got most of my notes organised for next year-" I said before I was interrupted by an eruption of laughter.
"What!" I demanded.
"Rosie fifth year hasn't even started and you're already doing school work. Can't you wait one more week till you make us all look bad because we've all been lazy and enjoyed our summer holidays? " Noah complained teasingly.
"I wasn't aware that you cared if you looked lazy with your school work Noah." I teased back.
"Yeah, you're right." He beamed at me which earned him a look from Scorpius that I couldn't see.
"I think it's just an excuse to make sure Scorp doesn't get ahead of you in class." Lexi smirked and I glared at her as Tyler laughed.
"Even if Weasley-I mean Rose, didn't do notes in summer holidays she would still find some way to beat me in all our classes." He said quietly chuckling which shocked us to silence.
Scorpius Hyperion Malfoy had called me Rose in four years than I had fingers on my hands. I don't think he has called Rose, excluding the incident, since first year when he tried to apologize by dumping swelling solution on me during our first potions class.
"Sure." I mumbled looking at Malfoy who had the same funny look in his eyes from before when he hugged me. I dashed up the stairs not daring to look back as I left room full of silence and awkward tension, at least between all us kids who noticed unlike the adults who were drinking firewiskey and immersed in their own conversations.
I didn't stop until I felt the lightest pressure on my wrist.
"Ja-Malfoy?" I stared at him utterly shocked and bewildered.
"I just wanted to apologize."
"For…" I said retreating to my usual defensive Rose behaviour saved for when I was around Malfoy and really stupid Slytherins.
"You know what. I didn't tell anyone and from the looks of it neither did you. Thank you for not exposing my secrets." He said meeting my eyes which I refused to look at. The thing was something like that wasn't supposed to come out of Malfoy, out of a ferrets mouth. "I just thought we would eventually have to come out with it if our friends noticed that we left the room whenever the other one was there." And of course way too good to be true.
"Oh yeah sure, completely logical. I hadn't thought of it yet." I mumbled.
"I'm sure you would have eventually." He said the corners of his mouth turned up slightly.
"Yep." I said not meeting his eyes again. Gee this was awkward.
"I'm just going to go down stairs. You can hang out too." He said with a bit more of his usual smirk rather than a somewhat genuine looking smile.
"You can't tell me where and what to do when you want Malfoy" I spat at him and we both started surprised at my outburst. Frankly I just want to be left alone before the trio of pranksters come up here and interrogate me. I need to clear my head, make my potions and distract myself.
"Guess I'll see you around then, Weasley." He said falling into his old ways.
"Guess I'll have to endure you ferret." I retorted as he walked down the stairs and back to my gigantic family.
Thankfully the trio chose that moment to come up the stairs and I walked into a pigsty. I'm not actually kidding there was mud at least I hope it was mud on what James had made his new floor.
"James, Merlin's beard how do you live in this room! Or a better question, why hasn't your mum just chucked your whole room in the tip?"
"Tip?"
"A muggle rubbish dumping site."
"Oh okay." Fred and James nodded slowly not understanding me.
"Didn't you take Muggle Studies?"
"Ah no. Visiting Uncle Dudley twice a year is enough for me." James shuddered jumping on what I presumed to be James' bed. "So Rosie… how quickly can we get this potion into grandma's treacle tart?"
"How'd you know we are having treacle tart!?" My voice raising to look at my cousin's guilty faces.
"We may have stolen one small piece for later…" Fred trailed off while I glared at him. "Fine… two pieces, three pieces." He squirmed under my glare.
"He took the whole thing." Roxy said while Fred shot her an angry look. "How are you even going to get the potion done? It takes a week to brew."
"It's almost done." I smiled pulling a flask and the last remaining ingredients from a small beaded bag as the others laughed and cleared some room for me on James' floor.
"You had me going there for a second Rosie." Fred said putting his arm over my shoulder.
"So what's left to do?"
"Powdered moonstone and a few other things. You need to pick your victims." I said setting up both Lily and Roxy's potion equipment and poured Liguria potion in one and the Cupidiatas potion in the other.
"Victims?" Fred asked scratching his head. "I thought it was just whoever drunk it."
"It is." I insisted. "However unless you want them fawning over me which I certainly do not want, you better find some people for them to fawn over."
"Why Rosie of course we want them to fawn over us." James smiled and I rolled my eyes at the three of them I really should have guessed.
"Okay this won't last long since it's the trial one." I said filing three vials of Liguria and three vials of Cupidiatas. "You will each have one person under Cupidiatas influence and one under the Liguria influence to see the difference between the potions. The effects will last from half an hour to one hour from consumption of the potion.
Now like poloyjuice potion you need to sprinkle of few of your hairs in each. Put the stopper on the vial and shake the Liguria potion until it becomes a candyfloss pink-" I explained only to be interrupted by Fred.
"Candyfloss pink?"
"Very light pink. Shake the Cupidiatas potion until it turns to the colour of raspberries." I said slowly hoping they won't stuff it up.
"Now what Rose?" Fred said once there were three vials of candyfloss pink and three vials of raspberry.
"Go get me that treacle tart and go downstairs. When this gets put on the table you aren't and I repeat aren't allowed to eat any of it." I said sternly as they made their to the door.
"But Rosieee…." James wailed.
"But not Jamesie….." I said mimicking him as he stuck his tongue out at me as the treacle tart appeared in front of me and the trio left the room as to not look they had poisoned dessert which they are actually doing.
Getting out my wand I cut six equal slices like a pizza. Unstopping each vial I poured one potion over each piece of the pie so no matter who ate some treacle tart they would ultimately consume the potion too. Preforming a quick spell the treacle art returned to the Potter's kitchen while I cleaned up all of potions equipment.
The encounter with Malfoy was weird, strange. Malfoy's don't apologize. I had learnt that very early on as Malfoy apparently came to apologize to me after having a screaming war with me on the Hogwarts Express in first year. Instead I swelled up like a balloon because he tipped swelling solution all over me and Professor Parkinson who took potions for year one to five while Slughorn took only NEWT level students. In conclusion Malfoy don't ever apologize, they don't say please or thank-you and their idea of manners is only to be used as a last resort for another higher personal agenda. So why on earth did Malfoy do all those things?
Why did he thank me and apologize to me. Unless of course Malfoy has been hit with an extremely powerful confundus charm or someone is impersonating Malfoy terribly. They are seriously doing a terrible job because Malfoy and I don't hug like that. Actually we don't hug, its more stand two meters back and see if we can wrap each other arms around each other without coming in contact with the person. Why can't he just leave me alone and be his normal annoying slimy git like he was every year before. WHY IN MERLIN'S NAME DID SCORPIUS HYPERION MALFOY HAVE TO APOLOGIZE!
"Rose dessert's ready!" I heard my mother yell from downstairs and I very flustered packed up the potions kit and left them for James to give back. Though I doubted James would actually give them back and Roxy would have to go do it later for him.
I trudged down the stairs without my jumper which was my excuse to go upstairs in the first place to see the treacle tart be placed on the table. As the ear eyes of Uncle George, Natalie, Albus, Zara ,Noah, Malfoy and Zach I buried my laughs under quiet coughs. I saw Roxy smirking and James and Fred laughing ridiculously at some joke they apparently told though their eyes were looking at the treacle tart and me. Malfoy glanced up at my cousins then at me and the tart and jerked his hand away from tart looking a bit more like his usual pissed off self which was oddly a comfort for me.
"What did you do to the treacle tart, Carrot?" he said using the nickname he came up with year two because apparently my hair was the shade of carrot. It was never really carrot and I had inherited red hair more like Ginny and Lily whereas the rest of the Weasley cousins got flame orange hair.
"None of your concern, Ferret." I smiled innocently back at Malfoy as I watched the fray of six people chasing after Roxy, James and Fred laughing my head off as they got chased around the house.
Next chapter at Hogwarts!