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Ten years later
"I wish you a wonderful year." Isabella Rosier told her children, hugging both of them goodbye.
"Gwendolyn, I hope you will do well in your O.W.L.s. Not like your brother." She was looking at her son disapprovingly, but Evan just rolled his eyes. Their mother was going on about how bad he did in his O.W.L.s all summer and he was glad to go back to Hogwarts so he didn't have to listen to her rambling anymore.
"Of course mother." Gwendolyn said as Isabella released her daughter.
"Now get on the train. And do not forget to write to us. Especially you Evan."
"Yeah, yeah. See you at Christmas. Goodbye mother." Evan turned around, picked up his trunk and made his way to the crimson train. Gwendolyn followed him suit, sending one last smile towards her mother.
"And take care of your sister!" Mrs. Rosier called after them before they finally got onto the train.
"See you later." Evan said to his sister and began searching for his friends. Gwendolyn sighed before putting her trunk away and then walking down the corridor to attend her first prefect meeting. It would be a lie if Gwendolyn said she wasn't at least a bit proud to have received the badge. Even her brother hadn't.
The Head Boy and Girl were already there, as well as some of the prefects.
"Hey Gwen." A more than familiar voice said. It didn't even take Gwendolyn a second to spot the black haired boy she called her best friend. Quickly she sat down on the seat right next to him.
"How was your summer?" he asked her.
"You already know that. We've seen each other at least once a week." Gwen reminded him, smiling.
"Still. Something might've happened the last few days." He said shrugging.
"Apart from mother going on about Evan's O.W.L. results, no nothing new from here. What about you? Anything interesting?"
Regulus' smile dropped. "Mother and Sirius got into a fight. Again."
Gwendolyn looked at him sympathetically. She knew that although he never showed it, the fights between his mother and brother upset him much more than he'd admit.
Before she could reply though the Head Boy, Gwen thought his name was Matt, cleared his throat and gave a small speech, in which he only explained how much responsibility they now had and what exactly what they should do. After the meeting Gwen and Regulus were assigned to do their first patrol.
"Are you excited for the Quidditch Cup this year?" Gwen asked when they walked down the corridor. Regulus' eyes lit up at the mention of his favourite sport.
"Of course I am! I heard all of our team members have new brooms and with Evan being our new captain I'm sure we will beat the other houses with no problem-"
"I wouldn't be so sure, Reggie." A voice interrupted Regulus. He stiffened and the pair of them turned around and came face to face with Sirius and his friends, also known as the Marauders.
"Sirius." Gwendolyn greeted him.
"Hey Gwen. Nice to see you again." He smiled at her before turning back to face his brother. "You know as well as I do that it takes more than some new brooms to win a game. It actually takes skill, which your team seems to lack."
"Then why did we beat you in previous matches?" Regulus asked, his brows raised.
"That, my dear brother, was just luck and a hell lot of cheating. You Slytherins couldn't play fair to save your lives."
Gwen sensed that if they wouldn't be stopped soon it might escalate and that was something she did not want to happen at all. And since Sirius friends did not show any sign to interfere, she thought it was up to her to separate the two brothers.
"Alright Sirius" she said before Regulus could reply. "As much as we would like to stay and talk, we are on patrol now so we better get going."
"Of course Gwen. We will leave you two be then. For now." A sly smile was playing Sirius' lips as he looked at his brother.
"Come on Reg, let's go" Gwen put a hand on one of his arms made him turn around.
As they walked away they hurt Sirius and his friends snigger after Sirius made a "woosh" sound.
Regulus turned around to glare at them but Gwendolyn grabbed his arm and dragged him along (she was stronger than she looked like), which made the Marauders crack up even more.
"Just ignore them. They'll get bored of it eventually." Gwen tried to calm him down.
"You know as well as I do that he won't get tired of it." He sighed.
The rest of their patrol went by without any further incidents. The next few hours they spent in their compartment talking and playing wizard chess (Gwen won almost all of them and Regulus denied that he let her win on purpose). At some point they bought some sweets. Gwen got herself enough chocolate frogs to last for at least four weeks. Her mother never allowed her to eat too many sweets, afraid she might gain too much weight. Being able to eat as much chocolate as she wanted was only one reason why she loved going back to Hogwarts.
Finally the train slowed down and soon Gwendolyn and Regulus found themselves in a carriage with Vivienne Swanston and Rosalie Graham, two girls Gwen shared her dorm with. They were also the closest thing to female friends Gwendolyn had. Of course her parents only allowed her to interact with purebloods only, preferably who were in Slytherin as well. But those girls either thought the whole world rotated around them or they just wanted to become friends with Gwen so they could get closer to Evan. A thought that made Gwendolyn shudder. Vivienne and Rose however, didn't want anything from Evan, though they still thought they were better than ninety percent of the schools population. But at least they weren't as extreme as the other girls.
The whole way up to the castle Rose was telling them about some guy her parents introduced her to and how much she hoped that they were going to be betrothed soon. That was the thing Gwen probably feared the most: Being married off to some guy, whom she might not even know or worse, who treated her badly. She once told Viv and Rose about her concerns but they just waved it off, saying that with her bloodline she wouldn't have to worry to find the perfect husband. Gwen just hoped that they were right.
