Chapter 3
The second task had been over for quite some time, and the third was approaching quickly.
"Good Morning, Professor," she said cheerfully.
"What's so good about it-- I mean-- Good Morning Miss Potter."
"What do you do for a living, outside of this?"
He looked a bit nervous.
"I'm an Auror."
She asked him questions about his personal life.
"Who's your boss?"
"Vol-- er-- Minister Fudge."
"Oh really?"
"Is it safe for the girl most wanted dead by the Dark Lord, to be poking around?"
"I'm wanted dead by Voldemort? Really? I didn't know that. If the public knew that information I would have known. How is it that you know, and Dumbledore doesn't?"
She sat with Ron and Hermione, as Harry wasn't there, he was preparing for the third task. After class, she ate dinner, and headed with Ron and Hermione to the Quidditch Pitch, which was now a maze. They sat with Mrs. Weasley and Bill. After a while, Rose fell asleep, her head on Bill's shoulder, suddenly she woke up, as Cedric and Harry grabbed the Cup.
"No," she whispered.
They disappeared. She ran down to where they had disappeared, and pushed though the crowd to the spot where they had been. Moody grabbed her around the middle, to keep her away from it. Dumbledore looked at Rose.
"Calm down Miss Potter, calm down."
She cried on McGonagall's shoulder until they popped up again. She ran to them, she hugged Harry, then looked at Cedric, and screamed, her hands over her mouth. She fainted, holding Cedric's cold hand. Hermione attempted to wake Rose up, as Harry sort of swayed. Moody went to him.
"Up ya go," he said.
Rose opened her eyes.
"Harry?" she called for her brother.
"Moody took him," said someone nearby.
"Didn't Dumbledore say not to move him?" asked Hermione.
No one answered. Rose looked at Cedric, kissing him, and closing his eyes. She turned and ran back to the castle, unable to look at his body any longer. She ran up the marble staircase, but got weaker at every step. She was almost to the top when she fainted again, hitting her head and falling down the stairs. Her life plunged in to darkness.
"Rose? Rose?" the distant voice faded in and out.
Rose opened her eyes slowly, she blinked, adjusting to the darkness. Mrs. Weasley, Bill, Fred, George, Remus, Ron, Hermione and a large black dog all looked at her in shock.
"Mornin' sunshine," said Bill.
"Potters, what am I going to do with your entire family? Well, at least I'm always on my toes," said Madam Pomfrey, sighing.
"Hey, Madam Pomfrey. What's shakin'?" said Rose, weakly, trying to grin.
Mrs. Weasley was shocked, Ron and Remus sniggered.
"I see you are awake, Rose," said Professor Dumbledore.
"I'm going back to sleep, and I pray to God I never wake up," said Rose.
"She loves to sleep, doesn't she?" asked Bill.
She faced him.
"You didn't get the meaning of that, did you?"
She rolled over and went back to sleep. Dumbledore, Ron, Hermione, Mrs. Weasley, Fred, George, Madame Pomfrey, Remus, and the black dog (Sirius, in case you aren't really awake or you're extremely dense, like me) looked at one another. Rose awoke to see Professors Dumbledore, McGonagall, and Snape in the room, McGonagall left.
"Severus, I'll need your help. Come in here," said Dumbledore.
Rose sat up.
"Awake again?" said Ron.
"I'm not in the mood, Ron."
Sirius changed back into a person. Mrs. Weasley gasped.
"Black," said Snape.
"Snape," said Sirius.
"This is not the time for childhood feuds," said Rose.
"Oh, and there's James," said Sirius.
"Sirius," said Rose, warningly.
Finally, Dumbledore got them to agree to work together. The next day, Rose had snuck out of the Hospital Wing to change before the feast. Since Cedric had died, she put on a black tank top, and black jeans. She walked downstairs, careful to stay way from the Hospital Wing.
She was almost to the Great Hall when she heard, "Rose Potter!"
Rose jumped, and turned around slowly.
"I never gave you permission to leave the Hospital Wing! I need to give you one last checkup."
"Yo, Madame Pomfrey, wuz up?" said Rose, she smiled, angelically, although the smile didn't even come close to reaching her eyes.
"Don't try that on me, missy. Your dad used the 'good friend' approach, your mother used that smile. Your dad and his friends drove me up the wall. Well, you seem to be in good health, you can go."
She continued toward the Great Hall.
"Escape the Hospital wing, Rose?" asked Seamus.
"Yup. Oh, and I developed the pictures of the Yule Ball. Dean and Jamie, Andrew and me, Harry and Ron sitting down, Seamus and Lavender, Fred and Angelina, George and Alicia, Seamus and me, Dean and me, Neville and me, Andrew and Lavender, Andrew and Jaime, Andrew and Ginny, Ginny and Neville, and Hermione and Viktor. This is one of Andrew and me in the garden with Harry and Ron in the background. Oh, and this is one of me and Cedric a few months ago."
"How did you know Cedric?" asked Hermione.
"During Christmas break I ran into him in the corridor, and we got to talking, and well, we hit it off, we ended up going out."
Someone put their hand on Rose's shoulder, she turned around, and stood up.
"Cedric told us about the two of you," said Mrs. Diggory, quietly.
"I know, he told me he told you, I'm sorry."
"For what? There's nothing you could have done," said Mr. Diggory.
Mrs. Diggory hugged Rose.
"And loving him like you did was all we'd ever ask of you," said Mrs. Diggory.
Rose smiled slightly, as Dumbledore stood up to talk to everyone. A little while later, Rose was one of the few who hadn't started to cry. After dinner, Rose went up to Gryffindor Tower and stared into the fire. Around one in the morning, she realized what she was doing. She walked up the spiral staircase to the Girl's Dorms. Rose put on her pajamas, got in bed, and only then, did she cry.
'God,' prayed Rose, 'Please take care of Cedric for us, tell him we all miss him, especially me. Oh, and tell Mum and Dad I love and miss them. And also that I'm taking care of Harry, as much as I can, and that I won't let Sirius burn down the house, when his name is cleared, which I promise, I'll try to do. Amen'
She fell asleep, crying
A/N: So, I hope y'all like this! I have nothing to say other than R/R!!!!! Please. No flames!
The second task had been over for quite some time, and the third was approaching quickly.
"Good Morning, Professor," she said cheerfully.
"What's so good about it-- I mean-- Good Morning Miss Potter."
"What do you do for a living, outside of this?"
He looked a bit nervous.
"I'm an Auror."
She asked him questions about his personal life.
"Who's your boss?"
"Vol-- er-- Minister Fudge."
"Oh really?"
"Is it safe for the girl most wanted dead by the Dark Lord, to be poking around?"
"I'm wanted dead by Voldemort? Really? I didn't know that. If the public knew that information I would have known. How is it that you know, and Dumbledore doesn't?"
She sat with Ron and Hermione, as Harry wasn't there, he was preparing for the third task. After class, she ate dinner, and headed with Ron and Hermione to the Quidditch Pitch, which was now a maze. They sat with Mrs. Weasley and Bill. After a while, Rose fell asleep, her head on Bill's shoulder, suddenly she woke up, as Cedric and Harry grabbed the Cup.
"No," she whispered.
They disappeared. She ran down to where they had disappeared, and pushed though the crowd to the spot where they had been. Moody grabbed her around the middle, to keep her away from it. Dumbledore looked at Rose.
"Calm down Miss Potter, calm down."
She cried on McGonagall's shoulder until they popped up again. She ran to them, she hugged Harry, then looked at Cedric, and screamed, her hands over her mouth. She fainted, holding Cedric's cold hand. Hermione attempted to wake Rose up, as Harry sort of swayed. Moody went to him.
"Up ya go," he said.
Rose opened her eyes.
"Harry?" she called for her brother.
"Moody took him," said someone nearby.
"Didn't Dumbledore say not to move him?" asked Hermione.
No one answered. Rose looked at Cedric, kissing him, and closing his eyes. She turned and ran back to the castle, unable to look at his body any longer. She ran up the marble staircase, but got weaker at every step. She was almost to the top when she fainted again, hitting her head and falling down the stairs. Her life plunged in to darkness.
"Rose? Rose?" the distant voice faded in and out.
Rose opened her eyes slowly, she blinked, adjusting to the darkness. Mrs. Weasley, Bill, Fred, George, Remus, Ron, Hermione and a large black dog all looked at her in shock.
"Mornin' sunshine," said Bill.
"Potters, what am I going to do with your entire family? Well, at least I'm always on my toes," said Madam Pomfrey, sighing.
"Hey, Madam Pomfrey. What's shakin'?" said Rose, weakly, trying to grin.
Mrs. Weasley was shocked, Ron and Remus sniggered.
"I see you are awake, Rose," said Professor Dumbledore.
"I'm going back to sleep, and I pray to God I never wake up," said Rose.
"She loves to sleep, doesn't she?" asked Bill.
She faced him.
"You didn't get the meaning of that, did you?"
She rolled over and went back to sleep. Dumbledore, Ron, Hermione, Mrs. Weasley, Fred, George, Madame Pomfrey, Remus, and the black dog (Sirius, in case you aren't really awake or you're extremely dense, like me) looked at one another. Rose awoke to see Professors Dumbledore, McGonagall, and Snape in the room, McGonagall left.
"Severus, I'll need your help. Come in here," said Dumbledore.
Rose sat up.
"Awake again?" said Ron.
"I'm not in the mood, Ron."
Sirius changed back into a person. Mrs. Weasley gasped.
"Black," said Snape.
"Snape," said Sirius.
"This is not the time for childhood feuds," said Rose.
"Oh, and there's James," said Sirius.
"Sirius," said Rose, warningly.
Finally, Dumbledore got them to agree to work together. The next day, Rose had snuck out of the Hospital Wing to change before the feast. Since Cedric had died, she put on a black tank top, and black jeans. She walked downstairs, careful to stay way from the Hospital Wing.
She was almost to the Great Hall when she heard, "Rose Potter!"
Rose jumped, and turned around slowly.
"I never gave you permission to leave the Hospital Wing! I need to give you one last checkup."
"Yo, Madame Pomfrey, wuz up?" said Rose, she smiled, angelically, although the smile didn't even come close to reaching her eyes.
"Don't try that on me, missy. Your dad used the 'good friend' approach, your mother used that smile. Your dad and his friends drove me up the wall. Well, you seem to be in good health, you can go."
She continued toward the Great Hall.
"Escape the Hospital wing, Rose?" asked Seamus.
"Yup. Oh, and I developed the pictures of the Yule Ball. Dean and Jamie, Andrew and me, Harry and Ron sitting down, Seamus and Lavender, Fred and Angelina, George and Alicia, Seamus and me, Dean and me, Neville and me, Andrew and Lavender, Andrew and Jaime, Andrew and Ginny, Ginny and Neville, and Hermione and Viktor. This is one of Andrew and me in the garden with Harry and Ron in the background. Oh, and this is one of me and Cedric a few months ago."
"How did you know Cedric?" asked Hermione.
"During Christmas break I ran into him in the corridor, and we got to talking, and well, we hit it off, we ended up going out."
Someone put their hand on Rose's shoulder, she turned around, and stood up.
"Cedric told us about the two of you," said Mrs. Diggory, quietly.
"I know, he told me he told you, I'm sorry."
"For what? There's nothing you could have done," said Mr. Diggory.
Mrs. Diggory hugged Rose.
"And loving him like you did was all we'd ever ask of you," said Mrs. Diggory.
Rose smiled slightly, as Dumbledore stood up to talk to everyone. A little while later, Rose was one of the few who hadn't started to cry. After dinner, Rose went up to Gryffindor Tower and stared into the fire. Around one in the morning, she realized what she was doing. She walked up the spiral staircase to the Girl's Dorms. Rose put on her pajamas, got in bed, and only then, did she cry.
'God,' prayed Rose, 'Please take care of Cedric for us, tell him we all miss him, especially me. Oh, and tell Mum and Dad I love and miss them. And also that I'm taking care of Harry, as much as I can, and that I won't let Sirius burn down the house, when his name is cleared, which I promise, I'll try to do. Amen'
She fell asleep, crying
A/N: So, I hope y'all like this! I have nothing to say other than R/R!!!!! Please. No flames!