The Three Broomsticks. That's where Rose was led after the reaping. There were so many people with so many memories of this place. Rose's parents especially. She heard them talking about how often they had sat in the corner of this place, and talked about things, unheard by anyone but eachother. They always mentioned a friend too. Something with an A or something. That's all Rose had ever caught. Mum would often begin crying, something she never did, whenever this H was mentioned.
The place had been shut down, of course. But it was opened up for today. And today only.
The door to the room opened, and in came Mum, Dad, and Hugo. Group hug.
After the big hug, Hugo, hugged Rose seperately.
Hugo didn't understand. "Will you be back soon?"
Biting her lip, Rose nodded.
She turned to her parent, "Mum, Dad, I have a question."
Hermione looked on the verge of tears, her eyes already red from crying. "Of course."
"Before I go, I want to know, who is the childhood friend you two talk about?"
"What do you mean?" Ron asked.
"The one you two spent all your time with. With the name that starts with an A or something. The one Aunt Ginny has a picture of that you didn't want me to see, but she showed me anyway. With the black hair, and bright green eyes. The one with the scar on his forehead."
Knowing this would be the last time they spoke to their daughter, they decided to tell her.
Ron sat down by his daughter, his wife on the other side of her. "His name, was Harry Potter."
Rose listened raptly to the entire tale.
Ron continued, "I met him on the train to Hogwarts, and we were instantly friends. Us and your Mum, not so much. Until we fought a troll." Rose's face lit up as her spoke.
Around the time of the Battle of the Ministry, Hermione took over.
By the end of the tale, even Ron's eyes were glistening as he thought of his best mate. Both of them were in quite a state as the reached the story of the Battle of Hogwarts. "So, Harry went to the Forbidden Forest to confront He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named." Here, not even Rose's parents, who always used his true name, along with Aunt Ginny, Mister Malfoy, Luna, Neville, and the rest of the Hogwarts band, in what Rose now knew was a tribute to Harry, dared speak the words Lord Voldemort out loud. "He stood up to him, and he was-," her Mum couldn't go on. But Rose knew what she was about to say. Killed.