The Elementals

Chapter 6: Earth

I'm NOT JK Rowling and I don't own Harry Potter anything you don't recognize belongs to me!!! This is a semi-crossover with the comic W.I.T.C.H. Enjoy!

"Can anyone tell me the dates of the main battles of the Goblin Rebellion?" Asked Professor Binns. The class looked half dead and Keith was snoring softly beside Rose who raised her arm.

"Someone besides Miss Weasley." Professor Binns said and Rose scowled before lowering her hand. Rose elbowed Keith awake just as the bell rang and suddenly the half dead pupils sprang to life and were all out the door before Professor Binns could register the fact that the bell had rung.

"God that was boring!" Keith exclaimed as he and Rose walked to the Common Room for their free period. Rose shrugged

"You think every class except Potions and Defence Against the Darks Arts is boring." She pointed out.

"History of Magic takes the cake." Keith grumbled. "By the way can I borrow your Transfiguration notes?"

"What happened to your own?" Rose asked.

"It's a funny story actually." Keith said with a smirk.

"On second thoughts never mind and before you ask I'm not writing the introduction for your essay." Rose said as Keith opened his mouth.

"I wasn't even going to ask that! I just wanted to know if you were going to watch Alice's Quidditch trials this afternoon." The Quidditch trials had been cancelled the previous day by a sudden rain that forced the Ravenclaws to abandon the Quidditch pitch for the warm and dry castle.

"Yes I am and so are Albus and Scorpius." Rose answered.

"She's going mad about Alan Morrison. I think she fancies him." Keith stated with a confident look.

"Then you obviously have the emotional range of a teaspoon. If she's calling him a "flying idiot with ego problems" then she obviously doesn't like him in any sense." Rose reasoned.

"I don't pretend that I know my sister's every thought." Keith said with a shrug.

"You always said you two had twin telepathy." Rose pointed out.

"Did I?"

"You did."

"Oh…well. We do just not at the moment." Keith said.

"Whatever." Rose sighed as the stopped in front of the portrait hole.

"Password?" Asked the Fat Lady.

"Phoenix Tears." Keith answered and they stepped through the opening.

Rose flopped into a squishy armchair near the fire and Keith sat on the floor in front of it. They worked diligently for a good half an hour and by then Rose had finished her work but Keith was still trying to write the essay that his mother set the class. Rose attempted to help him but he insisted that he could do it himself. Rose became bored and decided since the weather had improved and it looked like a nice day outside.

"I'm going out ok?" Rose asked as she stood up.

"Fine by me. I'll see you at dinner." Keith said not taking his eyes of his half finished essay. Rose nodded and ran up to her dormitory to get her scarf before climbing out of the portrait hole.

She made her way down the staircase and out through the Entrance Hall into the grounds. She had been right about it looking nice outside, the sun was shining and the leaves were only just starting to change colour. She wrapped her scarf tighter around her neck as a cool breeze blew by and began to walk to the Lake.

"Hey Weasley!" Called a voice from behind Rose which made her stop dead and reach slowly for her wand. A large 7th year called Terry Dixon and he was flanked by two other 7th years who were equally huge.

Rose glared at them; she hadn't forgotten what they had done to Alice the previous year. She gave a small shudder at the memory of Alice in the hospital wing. It was worse what she said they had tried to do to her, if Albus and Scorpius hadn't shown up when they did. Keith had gone insane from fury and had sent Terry and his friends to the hospital wing as well, with Albus and Scorpius's help. Alice didn't want to tell anyone about what had happened despite their protests and thankfully although it took a very long time, she was able to move forward although she never was really the same again.

"What do you want?" Rose hissed backing away slightly. Terry's friends snickered causing her Rose to shudder.

"You." Was the answer.

"I'm not going anywhere with you!" Rose declared with as much bravery as she could muster despite feeling the exact opposite. Before Rose could say or do anything more Terry's friends began to move closer to her and she continued to back away.

"Aww, you scared Weasley?" Terry crooned.

"You wish!" Rose spat. Then with speed that Rose didn't know he possessed, one of Terry's friends had grabbed her arms. Rose let out a yell and before she knew it the other boy was behind her. She kicked out and managed to hit the boy in front of her in between the legs causing him to let go of her arms. The boy behind her then grabbed her around the waist and she elbowed him in the stomach causing him to stagger slightly and allow her to escape.

Rose ran as fast as she could with Terry and his friends at her heels. The Forbidden Forest loomed in front of her and she decided that she could lose them in the forest. She increased her speed and ran into the forest. She made a zig-zag path into the forest then hid behind a large clump of bushes.

"Where'd she go?" said heard Terry yell and he sounded close.

"I dunno." Answered one of the boys in a gruff voice.

"Well find her!" Terry hissed.

Rose prayed that she wouldn't be found as she peeked her head over the top of the bushes. The coast seemed clear and she crept out from her hiding place.

"There she is!" cried a voice and Rose began to run again. She ran and it was right into one of Terry's friends who then shoved so hard that she fell.

Rose hit the ground and began to shake with rage and it wasn't just Rose, the ground seemed to shake with rage as well. Rose balled her hands into fists and the trees swayed and their roots began to move of their own accord wrapping themselves around the boy's ankles and legs.

"W-What are you doing?!" He yelled as the roots began to twist around his waist and up his chest. Rose didn't care if the roots strangled the boy she just wanted to be left alone. The roots were winding around the boy's wrists and arms then he fell forward. Rose stood up and the earth stopped shaking as violently as when she was lying on the ground.

"Help me!" the boy cried out as the roots wrapped themselves around his upper body. Rose exhaled angrily and the roots stopped their advance. The boys began to writhe on the ground trying to free himself and Rose ran.

Rose ran on through the forest when she tripped on a root and fell on the ground right at someone's feet.

"Nice of you to join us Weasley." Terry said as she stared up at him. She tried to push herself up but Terry and his remaining friend had grabbed an arm each and dragged her to her feet.

"Let go of me!" She screamed and struggled hard against their grip she was then thrown at the base of a tree.

"I like them with a bit of fight." Terry snickered.

"Then you'll love this!" yelled a third voice. Terry was knocked aside by a blonde blur. Her rescuer was now wrestling on the ground with Terry and she got a good look at who it was.

"Scorpius!" Rose yelled in relief. Terry's other friend moved towards her and Rose glared at him. She tried to remember how she had manipulated the roots. The earth began to rumble again. A fissure began to crack the earth under the boy's feet causing him to sway unsteadily on his feet. Rose clenched her fists and the roots began to wind themselves around the boy until they had wound around his whole upper body.

"What is going on over here?!" roared a voice and a few minutes later Professor Davies emerged from the bushes. Scorpius and Terry who were still wrestling on the ground stopped instantly. Rose scrambled to her feet as Professor Davies eyes swept the scene lingering on Terry's friend who was struggling against the roots that bound him.

"I was taking a walk and I came across a boy who was trapped by roots like this boy here. Who did that?" He asked. Terry pointed at Rose and Professor Davies gave her a stern look.

"I only did it because Terry and his friends tried to…" She trailed off. Professor Davies looked murderous and he turned to glare at Terry.

"I'm taking you all to the headmistress's office." Professor Davies declared.