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very very excited over it! I shrieked like crazy and acted even more of an
insane Gryffindork that usual. My parents and sister kind of edged away. (
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The Unicorn and the Stag
Chapter Nine
Rose and the Bernard twins stood by the lake with the two other sets of twins and Ron, Hermione and Harry. They had settled on speaking only telepathically to avoid being overheard.
*Today we are going to teach you how to perform a charm related to the Rainbow Spell,* Rose said in a businesslike tone. *Although it is not nearly as difficult as the Rainbow Spell, it is still quite hard. It involves altering a Patronus. Are all of you capable of making a Patronus?*
*Yes,* they said in unison. Harry was very surprised. He had thought that he was the only student at Hogwarts who could conjure a decent Patronus.
*Good. On the count of three, I want everyone to create their best Patronus. One...two...three.*
"Expecto Patronum!"
Various shapes burst out of everyone's wands. Harry focused all of his thoughts on the happiest moment he could think of - finding out he had a sister. His stag floated out of his wand and joined the other animals on the banks of the lake. Suddenly, Harry knew what to do next. He and everyone else around him were chanting and incantation. The Patroni by the lake began to change. They shone brighter, and turned gold. Suddenly, they dove in the lake. The crowd of people on the bank continued to hold them up.
About a minute later, they came back to the shore carrying something on their backs. At first it looked like a stick, but as they got closer, Harry realized it was a wand.
Ginny's wand.
Rose ran to grab the wand before her Unisus Patronus dropped it. As soon as the wand was in her hand, all the Patronus disappeared. The ten on the shore collapsed in relief.
*We've gotten one of the only things we need for the Rainbow Spell. You all did very well. I didn't expect you to get it right on the first try. I wasn't sure how well you could receive the information I transmitted. Now go back to the castle. I want you all to rest for an hour, and have some chocolate. Or Mother will be after my blood,* Rose said.
*Which mother?* Hermione asked somberly, but you could see the smile playing at the edge of her mouth.
*Which do you think? Now I was serious. Here's the chocolate, now GO!*
The crowd hurried up the steps.
*~*~*
Rose had had more than one reason for dismissing the training session. The first she had said. She was sure that they were all exhausted. Her first pre-Rainbow had been in a much larger group, and she had blacked out after she finished. Her second reason she had not wanted to tell any of her students.
She had a date with Bill.
He had promised to take her to a fancy restaurant in Hogsmeade. He had hinted about an early birthday present for her.
She ran up to her room and changed into some nice robes, deep red satin with a gold cape. She rummaged through her jewelry chest for a few minutes, trying on several items, before she found the perfect set. She slipped on her mother's ruby and gold earrings and the necklace she had inherited when she turned fifteen. Lily Potter had worn it at her wedding. It was the one shaped like a lion. She smiled and started working on her hair. There was a complicated knot she had learned from her mother. She had used it on her first dates with all her boyfriends and on a few special ones with Bill. She had just tucked in the tip of her hair when she finished.
"Rose?"
"I'm almost finished." She grabbed her wand and slipped it into her pocket, then took the arm Bill offered her.
As they walked through the Hogwarts grounds, they talked about some of her students and debated about where Fred and George should set up the joke shop they were going to make. It took them about ten minutes to get to The Phoenix's Tail, the Hogsmeade restaurant. They placed their orders, then sat and talked about their families.
"How's Harry? Is he all right with the news?"
"He's fine. In fact, he's driving me out of my mind trying to find out who he's a Secret-Keeper for."
"Well, who is it?"
"Me. Of course. I wanted it to be Ron or Hermione, but Grandpa insisted."
"Does he know you call him that?"
"No. But Mother, Daddy, Mom, and Father know I call them those names. When I list them I have to call them that, because Mother and Mother and Daddy and Daddy sound weird. But that's what I call them most of the time."
Their order arrived, interrupting their conversation. They talked about Rose's curriculum (unfortunately dull) and students (ranging from dull to near insane), and how she was getting along with the Slytherins (badly). They talked for two hours before they left the restaurant.
After they left, they went for a walk around the edges of Hogsmeade. They found a nice little garden someone had made in the forest with a gazebo. They sat and talked some more.
"I just love the fall, don't you?"
"You know what it reminds me of?"
"What, Bill?"
"You."
"Don't be silly. Anyways, people always tell me I'm more of a summer," Rose said teasingly, toying with Bill's earring.
"Mum hates it, you know."
"The earring?"
"And the hair. She was impossibly pleased when I cut it."
"I like it," Rose said softly.
"I like your hair," Bill said. "In fact, I love it."
"Just the hair?"
"Okay, all of you."
"You haven't seen it all."
"You're teasing me."
"So what if I am?"
Bill stuck his hand into his pocket. Rose started feeling the butterflies.
"Rose?" he said softly.
"Yes?"
"You know I love you, don't you?"
"I didn't before about three seconds ago."
He pulled his hand out of his pocket. He was holding a small, scarlet velvet box. He popped it open, revealing an elaborate ring.
"Will you marry me?"
*~*~*
Hermione, watching from the forest, invisible, squealed and followed them. Harry and Ron absolutely HAD to know this!!! She bolted up through the entrance hall, up the staircases, and to the Fat Lady.
"Bursting bubotobers!" she panted. The Fat Lady opened, and Hermione tumbled in.
Ron and Harry were sitting in the common room.
"Hermione, where were you? We've been looking for you everywhere!" Ron said.
"I went down to Hogsmeade to buy a present for Rose's birthday, and I saw her and Bill going out of The Phoenix's Tail, that fancy restaurant. I followed them into the forest and - oh, Harry - he PROPOSED!"
"WHAT?!" Ron exclaimed.
"She said yes!!!" Hermione squealed.
Dead silence. Then two identical heads popped out from behind two of the chairs.
"OhmiGodJesustheVirginMaryandallthesaints!" Alex shrieked.
"I wanna see her!" Ally squealed. They bolted out of the portrait hole down to Rose's room. Harry and Ron rolled their eyes.
"That's great!" Harry said. "They really like each other. Hey, Ron, what's the matter?" Ron had a funny look on his face. It looked as if he was confused and amused at the same time.
"Harry, that makes us brothers!"
They laughed.
*~*~*
In her room, Rose was toying with the large ring on her ring finger. It was quite beautiful. It was shaped like a Unisus, with a diamond body. Its tail and mane were rubies, and it had emerald hooves. The wings were sapphires. The band was made to look like a vine of entwined gold and silver, complete with minute leaves. It had been enchanted to fly around the room when tapped. She was wondering how Bill had managed to afford it when the Bernard twins burst into her room.
"We just found out!" they shrieked. "Let us see it!" They made a wild grab for her hand, but Rose used her powers to sit on her hand just a little bit too fast.
"Oh, using your power for evil rather than good, eh?" Alice said.
"I must not be the only one if you two already know I'm engaged! Who told you?"
"Emione or whatever her name is."
"Hermione. The little...she must have followed us! I can't believe she knows how to make herself invisible!"
"When were you going to make the announcement?"
"Sunday."
"Can we use our powers for evil and zip it to Sunday so we can shriek obsessively with the Patils about it?" The Bernards had been getting along very well with both sets of twins.
"NO! They can wait!"
"They probably already know, at the volume Hermione was shrieking it."
Rose sighed. "Well, could you two please gossip tomorrow morning? I'm tired."
"Sure," they said in unison, and bounced out of the room.
Rose changed into her nightgown and collapsed onto her bed. She fell asleep almost instantly, and began to dream.
She was at her wedding with Bill. They were saying their vows. Rose looked into the crowd and saw the other Golds, and the founders of the Order. They were dressed up, and smiling at her. She smiled back and looked down, and saw she was wearing her mother's wedding gown, and Bill was in her father's suit. Tears came to her eyes. Bill and her were about to kiss, but suddenly there was a flash of light. She heard an evil laugh, and saw Harry and the other young Golds writhing with pain on the floor. "NO!" Rose screamed, but Voldemort just laughed. He pointed his wand at her, but Bill jumped in front. He fell to the floor. Voldemort pointed his wand at her again, and there was another flash of green light.
In their separate beds, Harry and Rose sat up, scars burning, breathing hard.
The Unicorn and the Stag
Chapter Nine
Rose and the Bernard twins stood by the lake with the two other sets of twins and Ron, Hermione and Harry. They had settled on speaking only telepathically to avoid being overheard.
*Today we are going to teach you how to perform a charm related to the Rainbow Spell,* Rose said in a businesslike tone. *Although it is not nearly as difficult as the Rainbow Spell, it is still quite hard. It involves altering a Patronus. Are all of you capable of making a Patronus?*
*Yes,* they said in unison. Harry was very surprised. He had thought that he was the only student at Hogwarts who could conjure a decent Patronus.
*Good. On the count of three, I want everyone to create their best Patronus. One...two...three.*
"Expecto Patronum!"
Various shapes burst out of everyone's wands. Harry focused all of his thoughts on the happiest moment he could think of - finding out he had a sister. His stag floated out of his wand and joined the other animals on the banks of the lake. Suddenly, Harry knew what to do next. He and everyone else around him were chanting and incantation. The Patroni by the lake began to change. They shone brighter, and turned gold. Suddenly, they dove in the lake. The crowd of people on the bank continued to hold them up.
About a minute later, they came back to the shore carrying something on their backs. At first it looked like a stick, but as they got closer, Harry realized it was a wand.
Ginny's wand.
Rose ran to grab the wand before her Unisus Patronus dropped it. As soon as the wand was in her hand, all the Patronus disappeared. The ten on the shore collapsed in relief.
*We've gotten one of the only things we need for the Rainbow Spell. You all did very well. I didn't expect you to get it right on the first try. I wasn't sure how well you could receive the information I transmitted. Now go back to the castle. I want you all to rest for an hour, and have some chocolate. Or Mother will be after my blood,* Rose said.
*Which mother?* Hermione asked somberly, but you could see the smile playing at the edge of her mouth.
*Which do you think? Now I was serious. Here's the chocolate, now GO!*
The crowd hurried up the steps.
*~*~*
Rose had had more than one reason for dismissing the training session. The first she had said. She was sure that they were all exhausted. Her first pre-Rainbow had been in a much larger group, and she had blacked out after she finished. Her second reason she had not wanted to tell any of her students.
She had a date with Bill.
He had promised to take her to a fancy restaurant in Hogsmeade. He had hinted about an early birthday present for her.
She ran up to her room and changed into some nice robes, deep red satin with a gold cape. She rummaged through her jewelry chest for a few minutes, trying on several items, before she found the perfect set. She slipped on her mother's ruby and gold earrings and the necklace she had inherited when she turned fifteen. Lily Potter had worn it at her wedding. It was the one shaped like a lion. She smiled and started working on her hair. There was a complicated knot she had learned from her mother. She had used it on her first dates with all her boyfriends and on a few special ones with Bill. She had just tucked in the tip of her hair when she finished.
"Rose?"
"I'm almost finished." She grabbed her wand and slipped it into her pocket, then took the arm Bill offered her.
As they walked through the Hogwarts grounds, they talked about some of her students and debated about where Fred and George should set up the joke shop they were going to make. It took them about ten minutes to get to The Phoenix's Tail, the Hogsmeade restaurant. They placed their orders, then sat and talked about their families.
"How's Harry? Is he all right with the news?"
"He's fine. In fact, he's driving me out of my mind trying to find out who he's a Secret-Keeper for."
"Well, who is it?"
"Me. Of course. I wanted it to be Ron or Hermione, but Grandpa insisted."
"Does he know you call him that?"
"No. But Mother, Daddy, Mom, and Father know I call them those names. When I list them I have to call them that, because Mother and Mother and Daddy and Daddy sound weird. But that's what I call them most of the time."
Their order arrived, interrupting their conversation. They talked about Rose's curriculum (unfortunately dull) and students (ranging from dull to near insane), and how she was getting along with the Slytherins (badly). They talked for two hours before they left the restaurant.
After they left, they went for a walk around the edges of Hogsmeade. They found a nice little garden someone had made in the forest with a gazebo. They sat and talked some more.
"I just love the fall, don't you?"
"You know what it reminds me of?"
"What, Bill?"
"You."
"Don't be silly. Anyways, people always tell me I'm more of a summer," Rose said teasingly, toying with Bill's earring.
"Mum hates it, you know."
"The earring?"
"And the hair. She was impossibly pleased when I cut it."
"I like it," Rose said softly.
"I like your hair," Bill said. "In fact, I love it."
"Just the hair?"
"Okay, all of you."
"You haven't seen it all."
"You're teasing me."
"So what if I am?"
Bill stuck his hand into his pocket. Rose started feeling the butterflies.
"Rose?" he said softly.
"Yes?"
"You know I love you, don't you?"
"I didn't before about three seconds ago."
He pulled his hand out of his pocket. He was holding a small, scarlet velvet box. He popped it open, revealing an elaborate ring.
"Will you marry me?"
*~*~*
Hermione, watching from the forest, invisible, squealed and followed them. Harry and Ron absolutely HAD to know this!!! She bolted up through the entrance hall, up the staircases, and to the Fat Lady.
"Bursting bubotobers!" she panted. The Fat Lady opened, and Hermione tumbled in.
Ron and Harry were sitting in the common room.
"Hermione, where were you? We've been looking for you everywhere!" Ron said.
"I went down to Hogsmeade to buy a present for Rose's birthday, and I saw her and Bill going out of The Phoenix's Tail, that fancy restaurant. I followed them into the forest and - oh, Harry - he PROPOSED!"
"WHAT?!" Ron exclaimed.
"She said yes!!!" Hermione squealed.
Dead silence. Then two identical heads popped out from behind two of the chairs.
"OhmiGodJesustheVirginMaryandallthesaints!" Alex shrieked.
"I wanna see her!" Ally squealed. They bolted out of the portrait hole down to Rose's room. Harry and Ron rolled their eyes.
"That's great!" Harry said. "They really like each other. Hey, Ron, what's the matter?" Ron had a funny look on his face. It looked as if he was confused and amused at the same time.
"Harry, that makes us brothers!"
They laughed.
*~*~*
In her room, Rose was toying with the large ring on her ring finger. It was quite beautiful. It was shaped like a Unisus, with a diamond body. Its tail and mane were rubies, and it had emerald hooves. The wings were sapphires. The band was made to look like a vine of entwined gold and silver, complete with minute leaves. It had been enchanted to fly around the room when tapped. She was wondering how Bill had managed to afford it when the Bernard twins burst into her room.
"We just found out!" they shrieked. "Let us see it!" They made a wild grab for her hand, but Rose used her powers to sit on her hand just a little bit too fast.
"Oh, using your power for evil rather than good, eh?" Alice said.
"I must not be the only one if you two already know I'm engaged! Who told you?"
"Emione or whatever her name is."
"Hermione. The little...she must have followed us! I can't believe she knows how to make herself invisible!"
"When were you going to make the announcement?"
"Sunday."
"Can we use our powers for evil and zip it to Sunday so we can shriek obsessively with the Patils about it?" The Bernards had been getting along very well with both sets of twins.
"NO! They can wait!"
"They probably already know, at the volume Hermione was shrieking it."
Rose sighed. "Well, could you two please gossip tomorrow morning? I'm tired."
"Sure," they said in unison, and bounced out of the room.
Rose changed into her nightgown and collapsed onto her bed. She fell asleep almost instantly, and began to dream.
She was at her wedding with Bill. They were saying their vows. Rose looked into the crowd and saw the other Golds, and the founders of the Order. They were dressed up, and smiling at her. She smiled back and looked down, and saw she was wearing her mother's wedding gown, and Bill was in her father's suit. Tears came to her eyes. Bill and her were about to kiss, but suddenly there was a flash of light. She heard an evil laugh, and saw Harry and the other young Golds writhing with pain on the floor. "NO!" Rose screamed, but Voldemort just laughed. He pointed his wand at her, but Bill jumped in front. He fell to the floor. Voldemort pointed his wand at her again, and there was another flash of green light.
In their separate beds, Harry and Rose sat up, scars burning, breathing hard.