A/N: Hey readers, I'm back with another chapter! Hope you enjoy, and also, I've gotten so many views on this story, and hardly any reviews, so I would love it if u left a quick review, even if it's short. Thanks and enjoy!
Chapter 2
As the week went on, the hype about Christmas went on and on until finally, it was time to board the train to head home. As Rose headed down the stairs with Hugo, James, Albus, and Lily, they were stopped by Hagrid.
He grabbed all five of them into a bone-crushing hug. "You kids 'ave a good 'oliday, alright? Say hi to yer folks for meh, I haven't talked to 'em in fer ever" he said.
"Hagrid…can't…breathe" James gasped as the other four groaned. Hagrid quickly let go.
"Sorry you lot," he said sheepishly.
"It's fine. You have a good holiday too!" Lily said happily as the other three bid him farewell and the four ran out the door of the castle and jumped into an empty carriage. It immediately started making its way down the hill to the train.
When it go to the bottom of the hill, the five jumped out, grabbed their trunks, and loaded onto the train. They grabbed an empty compartment together in the third card while waiting for the other kids to load on. Five minutes later, the train made its way out of the station, away from the castle, and started its journey to King's Cross.
"Finally, we get to see mum and dad!" Lily exclaimed as they all got settled in.
"Finally? Lil, come off it, you know the minute we walk into the house, mum is going to send us straight up to our rooms to clean them, clean the house, and get ready for the Christmas dinner tonight" James said.
Al groaned. "I forgot that was tonight. Why can't mum just clean the house with magic? Honestly, it will take a second! Or why can't dad do it?" he asked.
"Your mum will be too busy with all of the cooking and your dad is probably going to be doing the same as you three- following orders. I imagine mum is going to make Hugo and I clean our rooms and clean the house too with dad also following orders" Rose said.
"Um, excuse me sis? And why would we have to do that, seeing as how the dinner is at their place and not ours?" Hugo said indicating James, Albus, and Lily with his hand while looking at Rose.
"Oh, honestly Hugo, have you met mum? She is a bossy know-at-all, dad's words not mine, and she will make us do it anyways" Rose shot back.
"But- well I- why can't we just- ugh, touché" Hugo said, defeated.
The other four laughed and Hugo later joined in. Soon after, the candy trolley came by.
"Anything from the trolley dears?" the little old witch asked kindly.
"I'll take a chocolate frog and a pack of Every Flavor Beans please," Rose said as she handed the lady her money in exchange for the goods. Lily and Hugo got the same.
"Hey, I got mum!" exclaimed Hugo, as he held up his chocolate frog card. Sure enough, there was Hermione, looking as if she could kick anyone's ass.
"Wicked, I got Uncle Harry!" Rose said, holding up her card as well with Harry pointing his wand towards her.
"I got Uncle Ron!" Lily smiled as she too held up her card, Ron glaring as if to say, "Bring it the hell on".
The five chattered away happily while eating their goods and before they knew it, the train blew its whistle, signaling that they had arrived at King's Cross Station. They grabbed their trunks and ran off the train, looking through the crowd for their parents. They spotted them at the end of the platform, near a couple of empty benches.
The kids ran towards their parents, Rose reaching Ron first and Hugo reaching Hermione.
"Daddy!" Rose yelled as she hugged her father.
Ron chuckled. "Hey Rosie Posie, how are you doing?" he said as he hugged her back.
"I'm awesome and guess what? I got an O on my last Potions essay!" she said excitedly.
"That's great! Your mum will be happy to hear that. Speaking of your mum, you better head on over to her, she'll be thinking you forgot about her" Ron joked as Hugo came over to say hi to him, and they soon got into a discussion about Quidditch.
Rose ran over to Hermione. "Hi mum! Guess what? I got an O on my Potions essay!"
Hermione smiled and hugged the life out of her daughter. "That's fantastic, honey! I knew you could do it!" she said.
The Weasleys went over to the Potters. "Hey Ron, you lot can come over tonight at around six if that works" Harry said as Lily jumped on his back, almost taking him down.
"Oi, Lil! Warn me next time, you're not as light as a feather anymore, honey" Harry said in a joking manner as Lily jumped down.
"Sorry dad" she said.
"It's fine. Anyways, we're going to head out, so six o'clock Ron" Harry said as the Potters bid goodbye and disapparated, the Weasleys following shortly after.
As the Weasleys landed in front of their house, Rose overheard her parents talking about the Death Eaters as they made their way to the front door.
"Ron, this is getting crazy. We still don't know of their whereabouts, and I'm scared for Harry's family and ours" Hermione whispered to her husband.
"I know, love, me too. Let's just try to get it off of our minds for this evening. It's supposed to be a fun night. It'll be fine" Ron said as he opened the door.
Rose was going to ask her parents about it, but decided against it, knowing it was probably best not to say anything. They seemed pretty jumpy about it already. As she went inside, Hermione levitated Hugo and Rose's trunks upstairs to their rooms and made herself, Rose, Hugo, and Ron a cup of hot tea to warm themselves up. While the water was boiling, a small black kitten came trotting into the room.
"Oh, looks like she found you" Ron chuckled as the kitten jumped into Rose's lap.
"Can I really have her?" Rose said, lightly scratching behind the kitten's ears, making it purr.
"Yes, she's yours. What are you going to name her?" Hermione asked as she brought them their tea and sat down at the table with her own cup. It was very cold outside and it was fairly windy, so the tea felt great in Rose's dry throat.
"Mmm, Jinxie" Rose said.
"That's a lovely name" Hermione smiled. The kitten jumped down to go sit on her little bed in the living room.
"So kids, how was your first four months of school?" Ron asked. And so Rose and Hugo told their parents everything that had happened in the last four months, and for the next hour, the family caught up and just spent time together.
Before they knew it, it was time to head over to Ginny and Harry's.
"Rose, can you go back upstairs and put something nice on please?" Hermione said as Rose had sweatpants and a sweater on with her hair thrown up in a bun.
Rose groaned. "It's only Aunt Ginny and Uncle Harry, mum, honestly. They won't care," she said.
"This is a nice Christmas dinner, so I expect you to dress nicely. Even Hugo cleaned himself up well. Now get your butt back up those stairs and change, we are leaving in five minutes" Hermione told her daughter, pointing at the stairs.
"But mu-" Rose started.
"Listen to your mother Rosie, and I'm sure your Aunt Ginny made your cousins put something nice on too, so don't be so down in the dumps" Ron said as he walked into the kitchen.
"Yes, dad" Roes sighed as she walked back up the stairs and came down the stairs three minutes later wearing black skinny jeans, black ankle boots, a dark green top that made her hair stand out, and a black cardigan that was unbuttoned. Her hair was as natural as every, hanging down in loose waves.
"Better?" she asked as she grabbed her cell phone.
"Much better, you look lovely. Now let's go before we are late" Hermione said as she held her arm out for Rose, Ron doing the same for Hugo. They took their parents arms and suddenly felt the familiar feeling of being sucked through a tube, and second later found themselves in front of the Potters house, which was nicely decorated for the holidays, as was the Weasleys. Hugo rang the doorbell, and Albus appeared shortly after.
"Hey guys, I'm glad you're finally here, mum is going crazy in the kitchen. Aunt Hermione, she could probably use your help," he said as they came into the house.
"Of course, thanks Al" Hermione said as she hurried past them and into the kitchen. Rose and Hugo made their way into the living room with Albus while Harry and Ron went to talk about the latest Quidditch news in the den.
As the teens were talking in the living room, Hermione came in.
"Rosie honey, can you run to the store and pick up a fruit or vegetable platter for me? It would be greatly appreciated," she said.
"Oh, Hermione, she doesn't have to do that, we will be fine without one!" Ginny called from the kitchen.
"It's okay, Aunt Ginny, I don't mind" Rose called back.
"Thanks Rose!" Ginny said.
"Here's ten dollars, it should be enough and take your cell phone with you in case I need to reach you" Hermione said, handing Rose money.
"Yes mum" Rose said obediently as she went out the door and made her way onto the sidewalk. It had started snowing and was getting even colder. Rose cursed herself silently for not bringing a jacket. She wrapped her warms around herself as she turned onto the street that the store was located on.
As she was walking, she heard something behind her. She whipped around, but saw nothing. She stood for a second longer then shrugged it off, thinking it was probably just a cat or something. As she started walking again, she heard the sound even closer behind her and, not turning around fast enough, she was grabbed from behind and a hand was put over her mouth to muffle her scream. The last thing she remembered was disapparating in a cloud of black smoke.
A/N: Another cliffy! Hope you enjoyed that chapter; it was quite a long one. I have chapter 3 done as well, and I'll try to update as soon as I can, but I don't know when that will be. Sorry for any mistakes, I think I got all of them, but there are probably some I missed. When Hagrid is talking, those words are supposed to be like that, as you all probably know :P anyways, read and review!
