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"I'm beautiful in my way
'Cause God makes no mistakes
I'm on the right track baby
I was born this way"

-Lady Gaga

Flashback

It had only been a week, but Hogwarts was already turning out to be Roxanne's least favorite place. She had her cousins and Teddy with her, but she still felt alone. The main problem was that people were just downright nasty to her. Apparently being different is not acceptable at Hogwarts, and all it took was one person to say something about you and then everybody else would join in as well. People would stare at her and say mean things when they walked by; all because one ignorant person had made a comment about her race. Normally she could care less about people talking about her, but it was different when you're the only person getting picked on for one particular reason. The school was full of people from different backgrounds; there were Europeans, Asians, Africans, Australians, and even Americans- not to mention the diversity that the muggleborn students added- making Hogwarts resemble some big magical melting pot. You would think everyone would be accepted here, but Roxy wasn't. The fact that she was mixed just boggled the minds of the general student body and she became a target for just about everyone. This only being her fist week, she wasn't sure how she'd make it for seven years with these people; but she didn't want to say anything to her parents because she didn't want her mum to think she was ashamed of her background. Her family had never even brought up the subject of her, Fred, or her mother's ethnicity, so she hadn't thought it a big deal before now, but clearly it was very disturbing to some of the students only thing Roxy was looking forward to this year was Quidditch. Tryouts were going to be in less than 20 minutes and even though she probably wouldn't make the team, she would love being in the air again. There was something about the feeling of flying around with everybody depending on you that she couldn't get enough of. Roxy was pulled out of her thoughts as she bumped into someone and her books went flying.

"Watch where you're going little girl" someone sneered at her as if it was her fault that he'd crashed into her. It was really too late for this, but she was already in a sour mood so she completely ignored the high road.

"Little? And just who do you think you are?" she responded. His face changed from kind of scary to shock; people must not talk back to him often. Honestly, she had no idea where that'd come from. She may be feisty, but she knew her limits; and this kid was a little too big to be getting sassy with.

"Grayson Goyle. Slytherin. And you are?"

"I'm Roxanne Weasley. Gryffindor? Is that how people introduce themselves here?" she asked. Interesting, Teddy hadn't told her that. Frankly she'd had enough of the small talk and she tried to get by, but the boy blocked her way with his huge stomach.

"A Weasley, eh? How interesting, are you adopted?" he asked with an eyebrow raised. Ugh, she didn't have time for this. Why was it that Vic could be blonde and Molly could kind of look Hispanic, but Roxy couldn't be mixed and be considered a Weasley? None of the Weasleys in school now even had the infamous red hair so it made no sense. But then again, prejudices don't ever make sense.

"Are you stupid? I'm not adopted; my mum is black and my dad is white, I'm mixed."

"You're mixed?"

"Yes, mixed; although that's really none of your business". This idiot was really starting to upset her; mean she could handle, but mean and stupid was just going to be pushing it.

"Such a big vocabulary for such an ickle firstie." he said with a small laugh.

"If you know what's good for you you'll leave me alone." she said through clenched teeth.

"And what are you going to do, talk me to death? Doesn't sound that threatening." he started laughing as he walked around her in a circle. "You're quite pretty for a hybrid, or at least you have the potential to be if you squint your eyes. So Roxy, the mixed Weasley, can you do any tricks?" he joked before doubling over in laughter. And that was her limit; she may not look like a Weasley girl but she certainly inherited the temper. Roxy was just about to reach for her wand and hex the prejudice out of him, but much to her disliking her cousins came around the corner. Perfect.

"Back off, Goyle!" she heard Teddy yell. When he reached Roxy he pushed her behind him and Vic started fussing over her, blocking her view from the confrontation.

"Well well well," Grayson drawled "If it isn't the famous Weasley brats to Roxanne's rescue." She lunged for the boy but Vic, who was surprisingly strong, held her back.

"If you so much as look at her again I'll make sure you can't speak another insult as long as your pathetic arse lives" Teddy's hair was turning a red that Roxy had never seen before. He truly looked frightening, and that was probably why Goyle walked away so fast.

"Rox, don't listen to him. You're perfect the way you are and we love you" Victoire said

"Yeah yeah yeah. Your timing was shitty, I was just about to do some serious damage to that hippopotamus." she said confidently.

"Watch your mouth." Teddy warned, "And what exactly did you think you were going to do to him anyway?"

"Well it doesn't matter now, you buffoons scared him away."

"I think you really underestimate how small you are." Molly said.

"I think you overestimate how old you are. You are exactly 50 days older than I am and maybe an inch taller; get over yourself."

"Enough!" Vic interjected, "Merlin, you two will fight about anything. Now come on, let's get to those Quidditch trials"

"And just forget about Goyle, he's not worth getting angry over." Teddy added. Fine, she would let it go; for now. But Rose has told her about this thing called karma, and she wanted to personally deliver his to him someday.

When Teddy picked her to be the Gryffindor Seeker last year, her initial reaction was to punch him in the mouth for making such a terrible joke. She hadn't even tried out for Seeker, because she wanted to be Chaser with Victoire and Molly. Teddy had insisted that her speed would make for a fair seeker, and said that if she asked him about it one more time he'd take her off the team altogether. It worked out for her though, because Alexie Thomas was clearly a better chaser than she, so at least this way she got on the team. Roxy had to toot her own horn; she WAS good. There was no doubt that she would be giving up the spot once little Albus or Lily came along, but for now it was safe to say she was one of the best. Her Uncle Harry even said she was better than him at that age, which is pretty cool coming from the 'Savior of the Wizarding World'.

Roxanne snapped out of her daze when she heard Teddy's 'angry voice'. She sighed and took a lap around the pitch to wake up. The big game was tomorrow and Teddy was a bit on edge these days. "Get your head in the game!" Teddy yelled. She snorted. When he used that phrase it reminded her of that muggle movie about the kids singing in their high school that her cousin Lucy loved. Musical High? Singing School Musical? Whatever."Roxanne!" Roxanne? Oh, he's pissed. Everybody knew Roxanne day dreamed while looking for the snitch-it was her thing-, so he really shouldn't get his knickers in a twist every practice. Oh crap, she was dazing again. She turned her attention back to the pitch to see what was going on.

Vic, Molly, and Alexie were in the middle of an intricate and fun-looking play with the quaffle, while Teddy was dodging bludgers, stopping goals, and instructing the team all at the same time. The beaters, Alaric Wood and Chase Finnegan were...um, well Roxy didn't quite know what they were doing. Maybe seeing how many teammates they could take out by the end of practice.

She was bored, so she decided to do what she did best. Teddy said she had to catch the Snitch 10 times to end practice, which is 8 more times than she usually had to. It was really stupid; you only have to catch it once in a game so why practice catching it a billion times in practice? She closed her eyes and listened for her favorite sound. She completely shut down her other senses and listened to the sounds on the pitch; nothing else mattered when she was in seeker mode. She heard the hollow sound of a quaffle being passed and Teddy blocking the goal. There was also the swoosh of beaters bats, and then she heard the sound she was looking for. She kept her eyes closed and raced toward the sound of fluttering wings. She stretched her arm out, but another sound filled her ears; it was heavy and slow, like a bludgers. She quickly made a 180 flip to avoid a collision and pushed the speed of her broom even farther. Then she found her sound again. The Snitch. She dived for it going completely upside down and had the snitch in her hands in no time, before turning at the last moment in order to avoid hitting the ground. And that makes 10.

That was one of the most amazing catches she'd ever made; and yes, she did it with her eyes closed. Everyone knew Roxy wasn't a reckless person, but Quidditch made her a little opened her eyes and smiled and the small gold ball in her hands. Well that was fun. "Roxanne! Get down here now!" Ugh, Kill Joy. She flew down to meet the team as slowly as she could without pissing Teddy off further, but showing him that she could come down whenever the heck she wanted. Once her feet reluctantly touched the ground, she walked towards him ready to face the monster. "What the hell was that?"

"It was a really spectacular catch that deserves a little praise; you're like the least encouraging captain ever." His nostrils flared at her response and his nose flared making him look like a dragon.

"How many times do I have to tell you not to go for the snitch with your eyes closed?"

"You don't have to tell me at all if you really don't feel like it. I was just having a little fun, Ted." Seriously, what was the big deal?

"A little fun? You almost got hit with a bludger right before nearly plummeting into the ground. Do you think it'll be a little fun when Uncle George is giving me an Unforgivable for not watching out for you?"

"Blah, blah, blah. I almost hit something before nearly plummeting somewhere. Neither actually happened, so I'm fine. And have you actually met my father? He couldn't hurt a fly." Roxy would have gone on but Teddy's hair was turning that shade of red that she was fiercely afraid of.

"Teddy" Victoire interjected before they could argue further. She placed a hand on his shoulder and his hair turned from his angry red to a bright blue almost instantly before going to his usual black. That's new. Had she missed something?

"Listen Rox, you're an amazing seeker. There's no need to get crazy to prove yourself to anyone." Teddy kissed her on the cheek and turned to the rest of the team, "Alright guys, this was a good practice. Rest up! See you tomorrow bright and early!"

The team went to the changing rooms and Roxy noticed that Victoire ran as if she was late for something. Again, weird. She slowly made her way to the locker rooms and couldn't help but think of how wrong Teddy was. She did have something to prove. She had to prove to everyone that her skin color and race didn't make her different. People teased her endlessly saying she needed to "pick a side". To be honest she didn't look that different, which Vic and Uncle Charlie had pointed out many times. She had caramel colored skin, but you could still see the Weasley freckles sprinkled faintly on her cheeks. Her hair was wavy and thick, but her dark brown color had a deep red tint to it like her Aunt Ginny's.

She knew what some people thought of her, and was hoping this game could turn things around. There was nothing they could say if she won Gryffindor the House Cup, with her eyes closed. Her whole family would be there watching her, and she didn't want to let her mum or dad down. She was proud to be their daughter, and wanted all the people that teased her to know she was changed she made her way to Gryffindor Tower. When she got to the portrait of the Fat Lady she saw Chase Finnegan standing against the wall with a nervous look on his face.

"You know, you can go in if you want, this being your House and all" she teased. "Waiting for someone?" He let out a strained laugh and blushed deeply. Roxy had to look behind her to check that no one else was there. Was he blushing because of her?

"Um yeah, I was wondering if you wanted to take a walk with me?" he managed to say. He was probably the shyest human being she had ever met, but he was really cute too which is why most girls ignored the shyness and just called him 'mysterious'. He really wasn't mysterious, he was more like socially awkward but girls his age are stupid.

"I don't know. Teddy will kill us both if we don't get at least 8 hours of sleep." She said.

"I promise it'll be quick, Rox." he begged.

"Well ok then." They began walking down the corridor and Roxy started getting nervous. What did a fourth year want with her? Was he going to ask her out? I mean, she was flattered but she had only just turned 13. Teddy will murder him! "So Chase, did you bring me here so we could listen to each other breathe, or were you going to ask me something?"

"Right. Well, see the thing is I kind of have this crush-" OMG. "On Molly." oh. "And I was wondering if you could probably talk to her for me and see where her head is at." Kill me now.

"Sorry, but I can't help you there." Roxanne said cutting him off.

"What? Why?"

"It's simple really. Firstly she and I aren't close enough for that to work and Molly isn't going to take too kindly to a guy that asked her little cousin to ask her out for him. She'd want a brave bloke that would do it in front of her groupie 3rd year friends and make a scene about it" she said as he gave her a scared look. He better toughen up a little; any guy who fancied Molly had to know she was one for dramatics.

"Well alright then, and what do you think Teddy would say?" Ha! You're on your own there buddy! "Come again?" he asked. Whoops, did she say that out loud?

"I don't know Finnegan, what do you think Teddy would say? Don't be a coward! Molly definitely wouldn't fancy a guy that is afraid of Teddy."

"I'm not afraid of Teddy," he said unsurely. Well you should be. "What?" She really needed to work on keeping her thoughts to herself.

"This has been a good time but I should really be getting back, you don't have to walk with me."

"Alright well, thanks." he said, heading off to wherever he was going. After that brief encounter she was glad he hadn't asked her out. She felt a bit bad for him though, because if all went well he'd be forced to put up with Princess Molly for at least a few months. Not to mention the fact that Teddy had become way too overprotective ever since he realized that almost every boy in the school fancied Vic and Molly. That wasn't her problem though. She wasn't even close to the tower and was close to breaking curfew. If her cousin/head boy/Quidditch captain caught her, she'd be dead. She was about to break into a sprint when she heard something coming from an empty room. Her Marauder genes kicked in and she silently crept to the door. She peeked in and was surprised by what she saw. Damarco Zabini had set up a date for himself and Vic. The room looked like one of those posh, French restaurants that Victoire's mum Fleur would rave on and on about. Victoire looked even more beautiful than usual if you could believe that. She decided to go a bit closer so she could hear what they were saying.

"Tori" Demarco spoke. Who is Tori? "You are the most amazing witch I have ever laid eyes on. I can't believe that you chose to be with me when you could have any guy in the world." Welcome to the club. "You've made my last year one of the happiest. I love you Victoire." Roxy gasped so loud that she thought she'd be caught, but they didn't hear it because Victoire had dropped her glass. Was she going to say it back? Oh, this is good. But she didn't say it back; in fact she didn't say anything at all. Instead, she kissed him so deeply that Roxy could have hexed herself for watching.

In a way, it looked unnatural. As if Vic was forcing herself to feel things she never could; but what did Roxanne know, she was only 13. Things were heating up even more, and she was getting extremely uncomfortable. Zabini was showering Vic with "I love you's" and kisses.

And that's when she said it.

Roxy ran as fast as she could all the way back to the common room. She really did not want to see what was going to happen next.

A/N: Dun dun dunnnnnnn! What ever did little Roxy hear to make her run like that? You'll just have to wait and see! Reviews are appreciated as always :-)
-Jazz