Hey everyone. This chapter has come quickly hasn't it? This took me a while to finish actually, because it's my longest chapter yet (over 3000 words :O). There's one more chapter after this and then I'm done, which is weird. But still, it's not over yet. I hope you like this.

When Rose finally got out of the Forbidden Forest, she couldn't believe it. She had spent almost twenty four hours in there and most of that was spent walking. Rose looked around and smiled, then she ran towards the castle. She was so hungry; the first place she'd go would be the kitchens, and then she'd go to the Room of Requirement to see her friends. The only good thing about being trapped in the Forbidden Forest was the fact that Rose had completely missed May 2nd, so her old parents would be out of Hogsmeade and…

What are Harry and Ginny doing? Why are they still here?

Rose's old aunt and uncle were running towards the Forbidden Forest with people from the Daily Prophet, Witch Weekly and other newspapers and magazines running after them, asking questions. George and Angelina were at the base of the Forbidden Forest, arguing. Rose started running up towards them so she could find out what was wrong. Were they in trouble?

CRASH!

Rose hit something in front of her, something invisible. Rose looked at her old family and tried to take a step forward, but she hit something again. Rose put her hand on it; there was definitely something there.

Then it moved. Rose fell flat on her face.

"What the hell?" Rose got up onto her feet and tried to find the barrier again. It was a little bit in front of her, but as soon as she found it, it moved. Then Rose saw why the barrier was there.

It was Ron and Hermione. They were running towards the Forbidden Forest, and Hermione was crying.

"MOM?" Rose yelled.

Why'd you do that?

Because I still care about her.

She's not your mom anymore.

Not her choice.

Hermione stopped suddenly and turned around.

"ROSE?" She yelled back. Then she started running towards Rose.

Oh no…

Rose tried running backwards, because she knew that she wouldn't be able to go near her old mom and she had no idea how this barrier worked. But she was nowhere near fast enough. For some reason, Rose was knocked over completely and was being pushed backwards, towards the castle. If Hermione kept running like she was, the castle wall would flatten Rose before she could even get the chance to stand up. Rose looked at Hermione, trying to get a breath to yell at her to stop, but Hermione finally figured out what was going on, and turned around. She looked angry, but she wasn't yelling at Rose. Unfortunately, Rose knew exactly who she wanted to be yelling at.

By the time Rose had found the strength to stand up and go after her old mom, Hermione was shouting at Ron, and Rose could hear it from where she was standing.

"…PUTTING A RESTRAINING ORDER BETWEEN ME AND MY OWN DAUGHTER WHEN THAT IS OBVIOUSLY MY OWN CHOICE! RONALD BILIUS WEASLEY, I HAVE IT WITH YOUR IDIOCY THIS YEAR." Rose could see Ron mutter something. Hermione tried to say something back, but Ginny was the one yelling at him now.

"HERMIONE DOES NOT WANT A DIVORCE YOU IDIOT!" Hermione was just talking quietly to Ron now, giving the press suspicious looks over her shoulder. There was a lot of nodding between the couple and they started to walk away from the Forest's edge. Rose didn't know why they were walking away, but she didn't care. She ran towards her old aunts and uncles.

"Oh Rose!" Ginny smiled when she saw Rose coming towards them.

"What is going on?" Rose asked, looked at the different adults one at a time. George sighed.

"We've lost our sons."

"Huh?" Rose asked. Surely she'd heard him wrong.

"James and Fred were last seen going into the Forbidden Forest and…" Rose started laughing at Angelina, which made her angry. "What are you laughing at Rose? This is serious!"

"It's just, have you met their dads? How many times did they go into the Forest when they were younger and they're perfectly fine now?" Angelina raised an eyebrow.

"She's got a point." Ginny muttered to George.

"We didn't go into the Forest for more than a couple of hours Rose; they've been gone for four hours." Rose stopped laughing immediately.

"But…But there's…They're in danger." Rose found herself caring whether her cousins were killed in that Forest, which was more than they'd ever cared about her. Angelina started crying silently and George put her arm around her.

"The thing is, they're so deep into the Forest that they don't even show up on the Marauder's Map. They could be in Aragog's hollow as we know." Harry said, scanning the map. Rose felt her jaw drop, then she heard a camera click from behind her. That gave Rose an idea. Her old relatives may not like it, but it was the best she had.

"Hey, camera guys, reporter people, listen up." Everyone's attention turned to her.

"Find James Potter and Fred Weasley in that Forest and you'll get an exclusive interview with The-Chosen-Boy-Who-Lived. Now scram." All of the journalists ran into the Forest, eager for the interview. The adults were all staring at Rose. It was starting to make her uncomfortable.

"Rose…that was genius." Ginny finally said.

"Well, it was bound to happen someday." Rose muttered.

"Do I really have to give them that interview?" Harry moaned.

"After they find your son, I think it's the least you could do." Angelina said; Rose could tell she was trying not to laugh.

"But they'll call it stuff like 'The interview of the century' and I really can't deal with that kind of pressure again." Rose felt kind of bad about using her uncle's fame to find James and Fred, but then Harry smiled. "But I can just drag James along with me." Ginny shook her head.

"You will not! He's in trouble; James is not about to be rewarded for sneaking into the Forbidden Forest." Harry was about to say something back to his wife, but Rose was beginning to think out loud.

"But that must mean that they dumped me in there, came back here for the May 2nd celebrations and then gone back if they've been gone for four hours, but what for?" The adults began staring at her again.

"Take a picture; it'll last longer." Rose muttered.

"What did you just say?" Angelina asked.

"TAKE. A. PICTURE. IT. WILL. LAST…"

"No, before that. And don't be cheeky about it." Angelina warned, making George laugh.

"I think you heard me." Rose said quietly, but Angelina heard it anyway.

"Nice one Rose."

"George!"

"What?" Angelina sighed.

"So, are you saying that James and Fred put you into the Forbidden Forest?" Harry asked. Rose raised an eyebrow at him. "Ok, yes you are. They are in serious trouble now; why would they even do that to you?" Rose decided not to answer that question.

"Look, Harry." Harry looked around to see who was talking to him, and then realised it was Rose.

"That's Uncle Harry to you."

"Nah, you're not my uncle anymore. Remember?" Everyone else started shifting from foot to foot awkwardly, but Rose didn't mind. "Anyway, I'm going to the Room of Requirement…"

"You know where that is already?" Harry asked. Rose winked.

"Of course. I have to get some rest; the last twenty-four hours have been horrible." Rose turned around, but even when she wasn't looking, she could feel Ginny getting angry.

"TWENTY-FOUR HOURS? ARE JAMES AND FRED IDIOTS? WHAT WERE THEY THINKING LEAVING THEIR FIRST-YEAR COUSIN IN THE FOREST FOR TWENTY-FOUR HOURS!" Rose walked away, ready to collapse on the floor. With everything about James and Fred going on, Rose hadn't realised just how tired she was. It was almost too much walking all the way to the Room of Requirement. When she got in there however, she found out she wouldn't be sleeping for a while.

"ROSE? Oh my god, I've been so worried. You never came back when you left a couple of nights ago and I didn't know what to do. Did I wait because you could be anywhere and there's no point me getting lost too? Did I go and tell dad because he's a teacher and he'd know what to do? I was so confused. The only thing I can figure out is how to beat you in Noughts and Crosses and that didn't come in handy so I didn't know what to do and then we heard that your parents had...oh, sorry, Ron and Hermione had heard what happened to you and they went to Flitwick's office to find out details which didn't work because Flitwick had no idea what was going on in the first place; not a very good Headmaster is he? Anyway, and then me and Simon wen to find dad because he might've known something and he was the best chance of finding you. He was really mad when we told him what had happened so he said he was going to try and find you and he was taking Simon with him. He said I should come back here just in case you came back which is such a bad way of saying 'I like Simon more than you now go away while we do something cool' which is not fair. And then…Rose, why aren't you shutting me up?" Sapphire tilted her head to the side and Rose smiled.

Nine months ago, Rose would've found that whole speech completely unbearable and annoying. Now she knew that it was Sapphire's way of showing that she cared, and Rose didn't mind a bit.

"Tired. Hungry." Rose said and Sapphire's eyes widened.

"Of course, you must be so exhausted after spending a whole day in that Forest. It's so creepy in there; I wouldn't have been able to cope. And the lack of food as well, that must've been hell. Anyway, I'll let you rest. I'll just…go and find dad and Simon; I bet they're still looking for you. See you in bit." Sapphire waved goodbye and then went running out of the Room of Requirement screaming, "SIMON! DAD!" over and over again. Rose smiled and closed her eyes.

It only seemed like a few seconds, but when Rose opened her eyes, it was dark outside and she was alone in the Room. Someone had put a blanket on her though, so at least they'd acknowledged her. Rose smiled slightly, and then noticed someone in the corner.

"Hello?" She asked quietly; they could have been sleeping.

"Rose?" It was Scorpius. Rose sat up, aware that her hair could probably scare a boggart, but found herself not caring.

"What are you still doing up?" Rose quietly hoped it was because of her.

Why would you hope for that?

Huh. Now that's a good question.

"History of Magic homework." He said. Rose took a second to be disappointed, and then went over to the study table to help him.

"You could've turned the light on." She pointed out. He shrugged his shoulders. Rose read through what he'd done so far, although why she was doing this wasn't clear to Rose, as she was currently failing in History of Magic. The only person she was better than was Sapphire, but that didn't exactly make Rose feel any better.

"Is it true that James and Fred dumped you in the Forest?" Scorpius asked.

"How'd you hear about that?" Rose put down the essay and turned to him, glad to have an excuse to put down the report on some sort of Goblin War.

"Word gets around." That was enough for the both of them. Rose didn't pick up the essay again; it was useless to try and help, but she could copy.

"D'you mind if I…"

"Go ahead." Scorpius put his head in his hands.

"If you're tired, you can…"

"Nah, no point. I won't sleep." He mumbled. His head dropped to the table and he began snoring. Rose laughed slightly and carried on writing her essay. She didn't even bother trying to change anything when copying Scorpius's to hers, Professor Binns wouldn't care as long as she handed something in. Still, Scorpius had written so much, it took her three hours to get it all down. She was on the conclusion when Scorpius woke up. He had drooled on the desk, which Rose wasn't all too thrilled about, but she did have fun laughing at him about it.

"Scorpius?" She said, trying not to laugh.

"Huh?" He mumbled.

"You're lying drool. Specifically, yours." Scorpius's head shot up immediately and he managed to clean most of it up with his wand. Rose didn't lift a finger to help. She was laughing too much, and besides, she didn't know the spell.

"Since when did you use words like specifically."

"Since I met Simon, and anyway, since when did you drool in your sleep." Scorpius blushed slightly and the pink tinge in his cheeks looked odd against his pale skin.

"I've been meaning to ask you something." Scorpius said. Rose dotted the final full stop in her essay and then looked at him.

"Yeah?"

"Why did you stun me at the beginning of the year?" Scorpius asked. Rose had been expecting it, but she didn't want to answer it yet. She wasn't even sure of the answer herself.

"I-I don't…"

"If you don't want to talk about it…" Scorpius shrugged his shoulders, but Rose could see that he was disappointed.

"No, it's just…I was jealous." Rose said quickly. She didn't want to have to go into more detail, but she knew that Scorpius would be curious.

"Really? Of what?"

"You were me." She said.

"What?"

"You were where I should've been. The popular Gryffindor whose best friends are Albus and Lysander. Who everyone looks after because they're a first year and they see them as innocent. You got along with most of my cousins and you even got along with my dad when you met him. You get really good marks and you have a little rebellious streak; exactly how my dad described me. It wasn't fair. And then I went and got kicked out of Slytherin and I was lonely for four months whilst you had all of the friends. I just…had to do…something." Rose ended her story whilst staring at the table. She pretended to take a lot of interest in her History of Magic homework, but the truth was that Rose was embarrassed. Her reasoning behind stunning Scorpius seemed silly and childish. But when Rose looked up, Scorpius was smiling.

"I figured it'd be something like that." He smiled and walked towards the door. "I'll leave you alone with your thoughts, and your hair." Rose would've hexed him right there, if she didn't completely agree with him. Rose's hair was a mess.

When Rose was trying to make her hair somewhat controllable, Victoire came up behind her.

"Hey Rose." Rose nodded in response, trying to get one knot out of her hair. When it was done, Rose felt kind of satisfied, until she saw how many more she had to untangle. "Here, let me help." Victoire pulled out her wand and before Rose could say anything, Victoire had put a spell on her hair. It was…nice. Rose's hair went just past her shoulder and it looked like it had been straightened by those irons that muggles used to keep their hair…well, straight. Rose looked like a completely different person, and she liked it. It cut one of the many ties Rose still had with her old family; she may still be ginger, but at least she didn't have 'Hermione's famous bushy hair.'

"Is this…permanent?" Rose asked.

"No, I can change it back if you don't like it…"

"No! I love it; I just mean, will I have to learn the spell to maintain it?" Rose asked. It was odd how interested she was in her hair at that moment, but she didn't care.

"Well, yeah, but it's easy. Just point your wand at your hair and say 'Recta Capillis.' It's not that hard; you should be able to do it."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Rose turned to her cousin, expecting another sarcastic remark from Victoire, but the prefect for No-House just sighed.

"It's a thank you Rose; I heard what happened on May 1st. You didn't have to go through all of that for me." Victoire looked like she'd done something wrong, and, for once, she hadn't.

"I did; you're worth it Vicky." Victoire winced at the nickname. "And I also wanted to see Teddy again, but I couldn't get out of the Forbidden Forest before he left." Victoire laughed.

"I should've expected a selfish remark from a Slytherin." Instead of being offended, Rose smiled. She knew Victoire was just kidding; she usually was. "Anyway, as well as the thank you, I have other business to talk about." Rose raised her eyebrows.

"That's a bit…posh for you."

"I'm eighteen. I've gotta grow up someday."

"Who says?" Victoire smiled.

"What I'm trying to say Rosie…" She started.

"Don't call me Rosie." Rose muttered.

"Then don't call me Vicky. Anyway, this is my last year here at Hogwarts, and that means that next year, the only people in No-House will be second years, and let's face it, there's no way it'll last like that." Rose tried to talk back, but Victoire interrupted her. "All I'm saying is, you need senior management."

"You're not going to recommend people for the job Victoire, right? I've seen your friends and I…"

"No, but guess who just got a job as the assistant in the Hospital Wing?" Rose stared, open-mouthed, at Victoire. Then the two cousins started jumping up and down with excitement. "Do you want a Head of House?"

"Duh. But when a more sensible teacher comes along and asks for the job..."

"Don't blame you one bit." Victoire laughed, and then checked her watch. "Now, we have breakfast to get to, and I can't wait until people see your new hair." The two girls smiled at each other, and then made their way down to breakfast.

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