Summary: "The daughter of brains and the son of courage will unite on the fifteenth year" - Rose and James Sirius are best friends with parents set to fulfill a prophecy. Will things work out for the best? Or will some things get in the way of true love? This is a rewrite of one of my favourite stories I've written, 'Prophecies'. I recently had a re-read of it and decided that I could do better. It is very AU, with plenty of OCs. I've changed the families and ages of Rose and James to make this story fit together. Some people may find it weird that two cousins are going to get together, but in this story, they're not cousins. The main things to remember are:
Harry Potter & Ginny Weasley – married with three children, James (14; going into fourth year in Hogwarts), Albus (12; going into third year in Hogwarts) and Lily (7; has started showing early signs of magical ability). Living in Godric's Hallow.
Hermione Granger & Jacob Davis – divorced with two children, Rose (14; starting into fourth year in Hogwarts) and Hugo (7; no signs of magical ability yet). Jacob living in New York, Hermione and kids living in London. (Story starts when Hermione and Rose are going over to London; Hugo will soon join them)
Ron Weasley – widower with four children, Jason (17; repeating final year in Hogwarts because of grades), Sierra (15; going into fifth year in Hogwarts), Sam (14; going into fourth year in Hogwarts) and Anna (9; no signs of magical ability yet). Living in Godric's Hallow, near the Potters.
Chapter 1 – The Move
"Bye Mommy. I'm gonna miss you!" My younger brother, Hugo, ran to our loving mother and gave her a hug. He was crying, which wasn't a first for him these last few weeks.
"I'll miss you too sweetie. But, don't worry; you'll be joining us in England pretty soon."
"Why can't I go now?"
I decided to intervene to save mom the hassle of breaking her son's heart all over again.
"Look, Hugo, you know you can't. You have to wait until summer. And, besides, you and Dad are going to have so much fun without two girls hanging around all the time." Hugo looked up at me, eyes still filled with tears. He was only seven, and his Mom and Dad were after getting a divorce and he was being forced to move to England and leave his Dad behind – who wouldn't be upset?
"But you get to go now, Rosie. Why can't you wait with me and Daddy?" I looked to both of my parents for some help, but I knew it was up to me to make my little brother feel better. "I can't Hugh. If I stay here, then who's going to look after Mom?" He looked at me, finally defeated.
"I guess so. You're the best big sister ever, Rosie." And then he gave me a hug. Mom and Dad stood separately as they watched the two of us say goodbye. When Hugo let go, I walked over to my father. I gave him a big hug – I was really going to miss him.
"I love you, Dad."
"I love you too, kiddo. I'll see you at Christmas."
"Come on Rose, we have to get to the airport."
I said one last goodbye to Dad and Hugo and then I walked over to Mom.
"Hermione wait!" Mom stopped mid way to the taxi.
"Let Rose stay here. I'll send her over with Hugo. Just let yourself get settled over there and when you're ready, I'll be ready to let them both go."
"Jake, we've been over this. It's the right thing to do. We have to go, we're going to miss our flight. Goodbye Jacob." She walked away, without a second glance.
I took one last look at the house I had grown up in, and one last look at my father. I was going to miss living here. I was going to miss America. I was going to miss my friends, Jenna, Beth and Dianne. But, I had so many memories to take to London with me.
It all started a few months ago, during Easter break. Mom came home from work one day and decided she had had enough. That's when the arguments started. I tried to shield Hugo from it as much as possible, but between the stubborn Hermione Granger-Davis and the loud-mouthed American Jacob Davis, there was never anything I could do to make it better. No one knew what caused these arguments, but I began to see that my parents had fallen out of love a long time ago. I knew this was the right thing to do in order for us all to be happy, but I didn't think the day would finally come when I'd be moving to England, back to where it all started for my mother, back to Hogwarts.
On the plane, Mom and I had a girl-to-girl talk. She was telling me about all her old friends we were going to see and all their children that I would eventually become friends with. I had heard all the stories before, but every time felt like the first.
"Harry and Ginny's son James is going into your year at Hogwarts. You'll get to know all the Potter children really well this summer."
"What do you mean? Won't we be too busy getting settled for most of the summer?"
"We're staying with them at Godric's Hollow until we have a house of our own."
"You mean I'm staying with Harry Potter? The Boy who Lived?"
Mom laughed at my sudden excitement and I felt slightly embarrassed. We continued talking about what I could expect from England, but I couldn't help thinking about what I would miss most from home. I must have fallen asleep, because the last thing I remember hearing mom say was "James looks like his father, I'm told."
When we finally arrived at the airport, I saw a red haired man standing beside a black haired man and a little girl clutching a sign that read: "Hermione and Rose Davis – Welcome Home!" I didn't have a clue who these people were, but Mom ran to them and grabbed the two men in a large hug, leaving me to push the trolley full of luggage.
"It's nice to see that you remember us, Hermione."
"Oh be quiet Ronald!" She gave the red-haired man a playful slap on the arm. "It's great to see you both! I should have come back sooner."
"Thanks for leaving me with the bags Mom!"
"Sorry dear. Harry, Ron, this is Rose, my eldest. Rose, this is Ronald Weasley and Harry Potter, my two best friends."
"Pleased to meet you, Rose," Harry said to me. "This is my youngest daughter, Lily. Say hi to Rose and Hermione Lily."
"Hello! My name's Lily-Luna Potter, I'm seven!"
"Hello Lily," Mom said, crouching down to the little girl's level, "I can't wait to get to know you more!"
"Enough of this formality stuff! Rose, Hermione, there's a party at the Burrow for you. Everyone's waiting there!" Ron said, taking the luggage trolley off me and leading the way to the exit.
We arrived at our destination in less than 10 minutes. I had my first experience of side-along apparation, and in three seconds, I was standing outside the weirdest looking house ever, feeling sick from the strange form of travel.
"Hermione!" A woman with auburn hair ran towards us and hugged Mom. She looked like Lily, except for her eyes, which were blue instead of green. I put two and two together and figured that she must be Ginny Potter, Harry's wife and Ron's sister.
"Ginny! It's so good to see you again! I've missed you!"
I let out a small cough, just to make sure I wasn't forgotten in the middle of all of the reunions.
"Ginny, may I introduce you to your god-daughter, Rose Davis."
After a quick hug from my god-mother and an exclamation of "look how big you've gotten" from Ginny, we were led into the house.
We walked into the kitchen to see a huge banner hanging across the ceiling: "The Golden Trio Re-United! Welcome Home Hermione and Rose!" The background was red and the letters were written in gold. There was a picture of a lion in the bottom right hand corner and a pile of silver glitter lay in the left hand side of the banner (this part was obviously an accident made by a child). I saw many red-heads in the room, adults and children. I figured that these were the Weasley clan.
"Rose, this is everyone. Now listen carefully, cause I'm only saying everyone's name once: Arthur and Molly Weasley, George, Angelina and their son Fred and their daughter Amelia, my children Jason, Sierra, Sam and Anna, and you've already met Harry, Ginny and Lily, and their sons Albus and... Where's James?" Ron had been telling me everyone's names and the one person I was most looking forward to meet wasn't even here.
"He's gone to the bathroom, dear. Welcome to our home, Rose," Mrs Weasley said ever so kindly.
"Thank you for having me," I said, as polite as I could, because Mom was giving me a look. I looked around at all of the friendly faces, excited to be starting a new life here.
"Ah, here he is! The trouble maker! Rose, this is James Sirius Potter. Jamie, this is Rose Davis. She's going to be staying with us for the summer. And, she's going to be in your year at Hogwarts."
"Hey." There he stood – the most beautiful boy I had ever laid eyes on. He had brown hair that stuck up in the back of his head, but in a cute way, and his eyes were the green with a speckle of hazel in them. He was dressed casually, in tracksuit bottoms, a red t-shirt and a navy and red checked hoody. He was smiling at me. Oh how I loved the way he smiled at me. I couldn't believe that this was the boy that Ginny had just called "trouble maker".
"Hi," was all I managed to say after I analyzed his appearance. "I guess we're going to be pretty good friends by the end of summer." He laughed.
"You'll be sick of me by the end of the week." We laughed some more and didn't notice that one of the others had joined us.
"Rose, I would like to introduce you to my best mate and cousin, Sam Weasley. He's going into fourth year too." I said hi to Sam, who had strawberry blonde hair that was combed over perfectly to the side, and bright blue eyes. He was cute, in his own way, but not my type. After a quick conversation with the two boys, I walked back over to Mom, who was talking to Sierra, Ron's daughter.
"Rosie, this is Sierra. I think you two will be great friends! Why don't you two run along and get acquainted?"
Sierra was a pretty girl, with long blonde hair tied into a ponytail. I wasn't sure if we would have anything in common, but I decided to follow her out into the hall.
"So, you're American?"
"Yeah, born and raised New Yorker."
"It must have been hard leaving your home to come here."
"Is your mom here?" I blurted this out without thinking – I just didn't want to talk about leaving everything behind.
"She died just over four years ago when I was ten. Dad's been raising us all by himself ever since. He refuses to date anyone. Everything just went downhill after the funeral. Jason is repeating seventh year because he just doesn't care anymore, Anna is late in showing her magic because she's too scared, and Sam is living under James' shadow and following him around Hogwarts like a puppy dog just hoping to be liked by everyone. Why am I telling you all this? I barely even know you!"
"You're telling me because you can see that I'm a trust-worthy person. What age is Anna?"
"She's nine, but Lily is only seven and she's already making things fly around the room whenever she gets angry. It's just not normal."
"I have a brother, Hugo. He's seven, just like Lily. His magic hasn't started showing yet, so maybe it's just that Lily is just a bit special. On my ninth birthday, I got so mad at Hugo that my cake flew into his face. That was my first signs of magic. I wouldn't worry about Anna, she's normal."
"Really? I guess you're right. I'm just over-reacting. Come and meet the other guys." Sierra grabbed my hand and dragged me into the sitting room where more people had arrived to join the party.
"Darina! Come here!" A teenage girl with long black hair started walking towards us. She was so pretty, I'd never be able to live up to any of these British girls.
"Hey Sierra. What's up?"
"This is Rose Davis. She's staying with the Potters for the summer, and going into fourth year in Hogwarts. How great is that?"
"Brilliant! I'm Darina Longbottom, sixth year. That's my twin brother Dave over there." She pointed to a cute boy sitting beside James and Sam. He looked just like Darina: same hair colour, same eyes, and same dress sense.
"Come on over. We're talking about the Professors at Hogwarts." I walked over to the couch with Darina and Sierra.
"... and then, McGonnagal gave him a detention! It wasn't even his fault!" The boys erupted with laughter and the girls joined in. I let out a quiet giggle, but I felt left out, not knowing who McGonnagal was or whose fault it was.
"Who are you talking about?" Dave Longbottom looked at me as if I had six heads. Thankfully, James saved my embarrassment by answering my question.
"McGonnagal is Headmistress of Hogwarts. Sam and I played a prank on Filch one day and Scorpius Malfoy was around at the time. So when McGonnagal got to the scene of the crime, we ran for it and let Malfoy take the blame. It was the best thing ever! He got six weeks of detention with McGonnagal herself!" Everyone started laughing again and I joined in, whole-heartedly this time. It sounded hilarious!
"So, what other Professors should I look out for?" I felt like I needed to know, seeing as I was starting there in two months.
"Well, there's Filch the caretaker, he hates every single student to walk through the school corridors. It's lucky that he's a Squib, otherwise he'd have us all hexed. Hagrid is the best Professor ever! He teaches Care of Magical Creatures, and although it is the most boring and dangerous subject, Hagrid is just such a nice guy! Being a half-giant doesn't stop him from acting like a teddy bear!" The Hogwarts students burst out into a new laughter about their friend Hagrid. "Slughorn is an old geezer. He teaches Potions – the most boring subject ever at Hogwarts. Dad teaches Defence against the Dark Arts, Neville teaches Herbology and Uncle Ron guest speaks for Defence sometimes. Luna, a family friend, teaches Divination. You'll find out the rest when you get there. So, what school did you attend in America?"
"Salem Academy. It isn't a boarding school; I went home every weekend and Wednesday evening. I liked it, but I'm looking forward to seeing what it's like to be in school all the time! Don't you ever miss your families?"
"Well, seeing as half of our parents teach there, it's just like living at home. We all meet up here for Christmas and any other special occasion. It's pretty fun!"
"And now, you're going to be part of it too!" Sierra squealed. Everyone started talking about everything that happened at Hogwarts the past year. I decided to listen but I kept getting lost in the conversation.
"Do you want a tour?" I jumped when I felt a hand on my shoulder and a whisper in my ear. I turned around and saw Sam standing behind me.
"Please." He gave me a smile and led me away from the group. I looked behind me and saw James watching us. A small smile crept across my face. We walked up the stairs to the first floor and Sam showed me all the different rooms.
"That's Aunt Ginny's room on the right. Grandma and Grandpa's room is straight ahead. There's also a small bathroom on the left." As we continued up the staircase, he started talking about his family. When he got to the subject of his mother, we were standing outside Ron's old bedroom.
"Dad says that he proposed to her in there. He hasn't been able to go inside since she died." I could tell that he was comfortable talking about it, unlike Sierra.
"Do you mind me asking, how did she die?"
"She was an auror. She was on a mission in New Zealand when we got the news. She was murdered by an out of control were wolf. When he transformed back into a human, he didn't remember anything about it. The Ministry let him off because they discovered that he was only bitten that night. He was given a warning and the recipe for Wolfsbane Potion. Dad still thinks he should have gotten some time in Azkaban or at least a Hearing." He took a breath before continuing. "Sierra looks just like her – long blonde hair and big blue eyes. It's hard sometimes, to look at my own sister without being reminded of Mum." He paused, and I knew that he didn't want to talk about it anymore. I decided to tell him about my family problem, hoping it would make him feel better.
"My mom and dad finalised their divorce last week. They started arguing a few months ago, but I think it's been brewing for a while. They fell out of love. Mom got full custody of Hugo and I. Dad asked her to leave Hugo with him until the summer. I was meant to stay until summer too, but I wanted to go with Mom and help her get sorted out with the house and everything. It's going to be hard not seeing Dad, but I'll learn to live with it."
"Bloody hell. You've got a lot going on in your life!"
We were walking back downstairs and we heard Ron say "Bloody hell!"
"What is up with you Weasleys and your 'Bloody hell'?" He laughed at my question and we walked into the kitchen to find Ron and Neville Longbottom (Sam told me who he was when we entered the kitchen) trying to put out a fire.
"Can your child not control her magic?"
"Of course she can't, Ronald, because in case you haven't noticed, she's SEVEN!" I saw Lily sitting on Harry's lap, bawling crying, while Ginny screamed at Ron.
"Maybe, we should go back into the sitting room," Sam whispered.
"I'll be there in a minute. I just want to talk to Mom." I walked over to my mother, who was sitting in a corner alone, watching everything around her. I hadn't seen her this happy in a long time.
"Hi Mom," I said, sitting down beside her and resting my head on her shoulder like I did when I was younger.
"Hi sweetie. How are you getting on with everyone?"
"Great actually! Everyone's so friendly. Sam just gave me a tour of the house and told me a bit more about everyone."
"That's lovely sweetheart. How are things going with James? Is he being nice?" I lifted my head up and looked at her with surprise. Why was she singling out James?
"He's fine. I haven't really got a chance to talk to him. He's been talking to his friends and cousins, and I didn't have a clue what was going on. Sam saw that I was getting lost in the conversation so he rescued me by bringing me on a tour."
"That's nice dear, but don't you think you should talk to James? I mean, he's going to be in your year in Hogwarts."
"So is Sam! And trust me; Sam needs a friend more than James does." I stormed away from my awe-struck mother and into the sitting room. I sat down on the ground beside Sam and listened to Sierra tell another story from Hogwarts. I never laughed so much in my life. A few hours passed by in a blur, and soon it was time to go home.
"James! Albus! Rose! We're leaving!" I got up from the ground at the exact same time as James. I said goodbye to my new friends and gave Sam a second hug. I walked out to the kitchen with James and Albus and went around the room and did another round of good byes. We walked outside and Mom told me to hold onto James' hand. I did so, but reluctantly. He grabbed Ginny's hand and Harry spun on the spot and I had my second experience of side-along apparition.
As I opened my eyes, I saw that we were standing in a small village. I quickly remembered I was holding James' hand and let go of it.
"Uh, where are we?" I asked James.
"Godric's Hollow. I guess we're walking the rest of the way to the house." He pointed to a hill and I saw that he was actually pointing to the house that was situated on it. It took ten minutes to get to the top, but I talked to James, which made the time fly. Ginny opened the door and we stepped inside. As I looked around the front hall, I thought to myself "I think I'm going to like it here!"