Disclaimer: See chap. 1
Thanks to all my reviewers!
The Unicorn and the Stag
Chapter 16
Rose was happier than she had ever been. She could finally stop worrying about keeping her engagement from everybody. It looked like they all approved. Molly Weasly certainly did. To her shock, Hermione, Parvati, Lavender, Padma, Madame Pomfrey, and Minerva were also crying. And Severus was actually smiling. The last time she had seen him smile like that was when he gave Harry detention for cursing Goyle.
Ron and Harry started banging the table and chanting. "Presents! Presents!"
Rose laughed and jumped off her chair. She approached the huge pile of presents and began with the present from her old Quidditch team. It was actually two presents. She tore open the rectangular one first. It was a redwood box with all four Quidditch balls inside. The other present was much longer and thinner. She tore it open slowly. Inside was a beautiful, brand-new Firebolt. She screamed and ran to hug them. When she had settled down, she picked up the present from her godparents. It was four advance tickets to next year's Quidditch World Cup. The next present she opened was from Harry. It was a magical CD player and five CDs.
"Thanks!" she said. "My last one got ruined when I moved from America."
Hermione had given her a copy of the family history book she had given Harry and several other books. Ron had bought her an assortment of candy. The entire teaching staff chipped in to get her a new desk and bookcase. When she opened the present from Fred and George, it nearly knocked her over. They had bought her a cat!
"Is that a cat or a lion?" Bill asked, only half jokingly. It was the size of a bobcat!
The Bernards present was a ticket to the U.S. so she could visit sometime. The Patil twins bought her a beautiful ruby-and-gold collar for Heartsong and a slightly smaller one for Lily. Molly and Arthur Weasly had given her some tiny diamond hair clips. She tucked them into her braid immediately. The last present, from Lavender Brown, was a new quill and an ink bottle. She thanked everyone and handed out the presents from her. Hermione squealed and began to look through hers right away, trying to find any magical relatives. Everyone else tucked them into bags or sat them on chairs to bring up later.
Rose decided to get away from the crush for a few minutes. She grabbed her presents and ran them up to her room. She laid them on her bed and turned to go downstairs and almost ran Professor Dumbledore over.
"Oh! I'm sorry, Professor, I didn't see you there." She noticed he was holding two packages wrapped in Gryffindor lion-patterned paper. "What are those?"
"Birthday presents. One is from me. The other is from your parents." He handed her the smaller of the two first. "This one is mine." She unwrapped it slowly. It was a picture album. She opened it, and her parents, herself, and Harry waved up at her.
"That was the family portrait from the year they died," Dumbledore said. He handed her the second present. "These are some things that your parents made for you and left with me. They told me to give them to you when you turned twenty. Here's the note."
She carefully unfolded the yellowed paper and read, "Happy twentieth birthday, Princess! You look exactly your mother. James Potter." She turned the paper over and read the other note. "If you are reading this, than we couldn't get to your birthday. Keep these so you'll remember us when you get old! Happy twentieth birthday, Rosie!"
She gently unwrapped the package. There were two boxes inside. The first held two wedding rings with a ruby lion on them and a beautiful wedding dress.
"Mum's," Rose whispered.
The second was an intricately carved mahogany box. There was a ruby rose on the top and there were opal lilies along the sides. Inside the box were ten rings, each one a different color. She gasped.
"Professor, are these the rings?"
He nodded. She let her fingers brush the deep red velvet and gold satin interior of the box. To her surprise, she heard her mother's voice begin to sing the song.
When the cold of winter comes
Starless night will cover day
In the veiling of the sun
We will walk in bitter rain
But in dreams
I still hear your name
And in dreams
We will meet again
When the seas and mountains fall
And we come to end of day
In the dark I hear a call
Calling me there
I will go there
And back again
*~*~*
Back in the Great Hall, Harry could hear the song. He talked to Rose.
*Rose. What's going on? Who's singing?*
*Harry, that's Mum's voice. It's a music box Professor Dumbledore gave me.*
*I thought he gave you that desk and bookcase.*
*The music box isn't really from him. It's from Mum and Dad. He was just watching it for me. They gave me a wedding dress and wedding rings, too.*
*They had your wedding prepared when you were five?!*
"Shut up, Harry."
He whirled around. Rose had just come back in, followed by the Weasly twins and the Bernards. The Bernards dragged their dates over to the American girls to introduce them, so Harry and Rose were alone.
"The wedding dress. Was it Mum's?"
Rose nodded.
"Not good." Harry pointed at Bill and Dumbledore. Dumbledore was handing Bill a large box. "I would bet anything that's Dad's suit." Bill opened the box to reveal a suit. "What'd I tell you?"
Rose sighed. "I need to get all the Golds together. Go round up your friends; I'll get the Bernards and the Weasleys."
Harry found Ron and Hermione talking with Padma and Parvati Patil. He told them Rose wanted them for some reason. They dutifully followed him back to where she was standing with the other two sets of twins.
"Dumbledore just gave me these." She opened a large mahogany box. Inside were ten rings of different colors. "Yes, these are the Rainbow rings. Fred, you've got red, George, orange, Ally, yellow, Alex, green, Parvati, blue, Padma, purple, Ron, black, Hermione, white. Harry, you get your gold ring and I'll get my silver. Now do not put these on unless I or Harry tells you to. They are very powerful and are not to be worn as decorative jewelry. Put them somewhere safe immediately."
They ran to their various rooms to put them away. Harry decided to stat to feed his phoenix. When he went back to the Great Hall, the party was over. So he just went back to his room and fell asleep.
He, the other Golds, and Ginny were tied to trees. He tried to move, but something was blocking him. Ten Death Eaters appeared and glided towards them. But not one approached Harry. Instead, they made a path for a tall, red-eyed man in a black cloak.
Voldemort.
He glided toward Harry, who began searching in his pocket for something. The others did the same. He pulled out a large, glowing golden ring. The others pulled out other rings of different colors, but also glowing. They slipped them on, and suddenly there was a huge explosion of light.
Harry sat up in bed, his scar practically burning a hole through his head.
Thanks to all my reviewers!
The Unicorn and the Stag
Chapter 16
Rose was happier than she had ever been. She could finally stop worrying about keeping her engagement from everybody. It looked like they all approved. Molly Weasly certainly did. To her shock, Hermione, Parvati, Lavender, Padma, Madame Pomfrey, and Minerva were also crying. And Severus was actually smiling. The last time she had seen him smile like that was when he gave Harry detention for cursing Goyle.
Ron and Harry started banging the table and chanting. "Presents! Presents!"
Rose laughed and jumped off her chair. She approached the huge pile of presents and began with the present from her old Quidditch team. It was actually two presents. She tore open the rectangular one first. It was a redwood box with all four Quidditch balls inside. The other present was much longer and thinner. She tore it open slowly. Inside was a beautiful, brand-new Firebolt. She screamed and ran to hug them. When she had settled down, she picked up the present from her godparents. It was four advance tickets to next year's Quidditch World Cup. The next present she opened was from Harry. It was a magical CD player and five CDs.
"Thanks!" she said. "My last one got ruined when I moved from America."
Hermione had given her a copy of the family history book she had given Harry and several other books. Ron had bought her an assortment of candy. The entire teaching staff chipped in to get her a new desk and bookcase. When she opened the present from Fred and George, it nearly knocked her over. They had bought her a cat!
"Is that a cat or a lion?" Bill asked, only half jokingly. It was the size of a bobcat!
The Bernards present was a ticket to the U.S. so she could visit sometime. The Patil twins bought her a beautiful ruby-and-gold collar for Heartsong and a slightly smaller one for Lily. Molly and Arthur Weasly had given her some tiny diamond hair clips. She tucked them into her braid immediately. The last present, from Lavender Brown, was a new quill and an ink bottle. She thanked everyone and handed out the presents from her. Hermione squealed and began to look through hers right away, trying to find any magical relatives. Everyone else tucked them into bags or sat them on chairs to bring up later.
Rose decided to get away from the crush for a few minutes. She grabbed her presents and ran them up to her room. She laid them on her bed and turned to go downstairs and almost ran Professor Dumbledore over.
"Oh! I'm sorry, Professor, I didn't see you there." She noticed he was holding two packages wrapped in Gryffindor lion-patterned paper. "What are those?"
"Birthday presents. One is from me. The other is from your parents." He handed her the smaller of the two first. "This one is mine." She unwrapped it slowly. It was a picture album. She opened it, and her parents, herself, and Harry waved up at her.
"That was the family portrait from the year they died," Dumbledore said. He handed her the second present. "These are some things that your parents made for you and left with me. They told me to give them to you when you turned twenty. Here's the note."
She carefully unfolded the yellowed paper and read, "Happy twentieth birthday, Princess! You look exactly your mother. James Potter." She turned the paper over and read the other note. "If you are reading this, than we couldn't get to your birthday. Keep these so you'll remember us when you get old! Happy twentieth birthday, Rosie!"
She gently unwrapped the package. There were two boxes inside. The first held two wedding rings with a ruby lion on them and a beautiful wedding dress.
"Mum's," Rose whispered.
The second was an intricately carved mahogany box. There was a ruby rose on the top and there were opal lilies along the sides. Inside the box were ten rings, each one a different color. She gasped.
"Professor, are these the rings?"
He nodded. She let her fingers brush the deep red velvet and gold satin interior of the box. To her surprise, she heard her mother's voice begin to sing the song.
When the cold of winter comes
Starless night will cover day
In the veiling of the sun
We will walk in bitter rain
But in dreams
I still hear your name
And in dreams
We will meet again
When the seas and mountains fall
And we come to end of day
In the dark I hear a call
Calling me there
I will go there
And back again
*~*~*
Back in the Great Hall, Harry could hear the song. He talked to Rose.
*Rose. What's going on? Who's singing?*
*Harry, that's Mum's voice. It's a music box Professor Dumbledore gave me.*
*I thought he gave you that desk and bookcase.*
*The music box isn't really from him. It's from Mum and Dad. He was just watching it for me. They gave me a wedding dress and wedding rings, too.*
*They had your wedding prepared when you were five?!*
"Shut up, Harry."
He whirled around. Rose had just come back in, followed by the Weasly twins and the Bernards. The Bernards dragged their dates over to the American girls to introduce them, so Harry and Rose were alone.
"The wedding dress. Was it Mum's?"
Rose nodded.
"Not good." Harry pointed at Bill and Dumbledore. Dumbledore was handing Bill a large box. "I would bet anything that's Dad's suit." Bill opened the box to reveal a suit. "What'd I tell you?"
Rose sighed. "I need to get all the Golds together. Go round up your friends; I'll get the Bernards and the Weasleys."
Harry found Ron and Hermione talking with Padma and Parvati Patil. He told them Rose wanted them for some reason. They dutifully followed him back to where she was standing with the other two sets of twins.
"Dumbledore just gave me these." She opened a large mahogany box. Inside were ten rings of different colors. "Yes, these are the Rainbow rings. Fred, you've got red, George, orange, Ally, yellow, Alex, green, Parvati, blue, Padma, purple, Ron, black, Hermione, white. Harry, you get your gold ring and I'll get my silver. Now do not put these on unless I or Harry tells you to. They are very powerful and are not to be worn as decorative jewelry. Put them somewhere safe immediately."
They ran to their various rooms to put them away. Harry decided to stat to feed his phoenix. When he went back to the Great Hall, the party was over. So he just went back to his room and fell asleep.
He, the other Golds, and Ginny were tied to trees. He tried to move, but something was blocking him. Ten Death Eaters appeared and glided towards them. But not one approached Harry. Instead, they made a path for a tall, red-eyed man in a black cloak.
Voldemort.
He glided toward Harry, who began searching in his pocket for something. The others did the same. He pulled out a large, glowing golden ring. The others pulled out other rings of different colors, but also glowing. They slipped them on, and suddenly there was a huge explosion of light.
Harry sat up in bed, his scar practically burning a hole through his head.