Disclaimer: If I owned Harry Potter, then Sirius wouldn't have died. (NO!!!!)

A/N: Sorry about the wait, my laptop broke, but please READ AND REVIEW!!!!!!!! Also, in chapter 3 (Debate) The last paragraph has a mistake, Draco and Rose sat as far away from each other as possible.

Livie- lol, you are the greatest, so much fun with all the baking, bracelets, and wands. Give me my wand Tom! LOL!

Leaping off the banister and onto the floor, Rose finally saw the last thing she had wanted to see at the moment.

Harmony was standing at the bottom of the stairs, holding Aspasia by the collar and shaking with anger.

She spoke very softly and menacingly, "What is this? Did you take this dog from the race track?"

"Yes, I did," Rose said, defiance twinkling in her eyes.

By this time, Hermione, Ron, Harry, Liv, and Draco were standing uncertainly at the top of the stairs, unnoticed by Mrs. Potter and Rose.

"Why?! Why?! Don't you realize that that's illegal?! We've got to take her back right now," Mrs. Potter said, exasperated.

"No! You can't!"

"We have too! She doesn't belong to you!"

"So you would rather return her to be abused and raced until she dies?!"

"Arabella Rose Potter! That is not what I said!"

"THAT IS NOT MY NAME!" Rose was almost crimson with rage. She hated her first name, and her mother didn't get the point that she hated being called Arabella.

"Arabella is your first name. It's the name I gave you and it's the name your going to keep!"

"SHUT UP! You know what?! I don't have to take this! I'm leaving!"

Rose grabbed Aspasia from her mother and ran outside, moving towards the garage. She pulled her keys out of her pocket and threw Aspasia in the back seat of her convertible Mini Cooper. She started the car and sped down the driveway, turning onto the street and driving out of sight.

Up in the study, Rhiannon screeched loudly. The pets were all running frantically around the room.

Harmony was standing in the doorway, screaming at the retreating car.

"ARABELLA ROSE POTTER! COME BACK HERE RIGHT NOW!"

But when the car turned out of sight, she turned and looked at Liv.

"Please, Olivia, can you go get her? I don't know where she'll go…"

"Sure, Mrs. Potter, no problem. I've got my Firebird right outside. I'll be right back."

As Liv ran for the door, Draco and Harry shouted, "Wait! We're coming with you!"

They ran out the door to Liv's parked Firebird. Draco climbed into the back seat, and Harry sat shotgun. Liv started the car and raced it down the driveway, speeding up to get to Rose faster.

"I told Ron and Hermione to stay there," Harry said, to explain their absence.

"Alright," Olivia said.

"Why doesn't she like the name Arabella?" Harry queried.

"I think it's mostly because she used to be teased for it in grade school and junior high too," Liv answered, seeing Rose's car in the distance.

"They teased her for it? Why?" Draco asked unbelievingly. He thought that Arabella was a pretty good name compared to Draco, and couldn't understand why anyone would tease her for it.

"Well, you know muggles. They say the dumbest things and can be really mean too."

"Sounds like the Dursleys," Harry said, watching the small car ahead of them.

"I've never met them, but after 6th grade, Rose had exploded at anyone who had ever called her Arabella."

"Why did she hop into that little muggle thing then, that car?" Draco asked.

"Well, she's not allowed to let muggles see her use magic now is she? Besides, we both got our licenses at the beginning of the summer."

"Licenses? Like apparation licenses?" Draco questioned.

"No, driver's licenses. Oh no! I think I know where she's going," Liv said, hitting the steering wheel angrily.

"Where?!" Harry and Draco asked at the same time.

"Her tree."

"What's that?" Harry pondered.

"It's just a little ways ahead."

Rose pulled into the short gravel road and hopped out. She let Aspasia out of the back.

"Go and run around, you might as well get some exercise."

Aspasia ran down the road and back, obviously enjoying herself immensely. Rose had already started to climb the tree. She climbed to the very top, a long way from the ground. At the top, she saw Liv's red Firebird coming towards her tree, but she ignored it. She couldn't stop herself from remembering the dream again.

Olivia pulled her car in behind Rose's and jumped out. Harry and Draco climbed out the other side. Draco saw a white figure rushing towards him.

"Look, it's Aspasia," he said to Harry.

Aspasia ran over and jumped up on Draco, licking his face. Draco patted her and looked around for Rose. Then he saw her. Up at the top of the tallest tree he had ever seen sat a figure that he recognized as Rose. She was perched precariously on a branch overlooking a river. She didn't appear to notice Liv shouting at her to get down.

"Rose! Get down from there! You can't stay up there forever!"

"I can get her," Draco said, beginning to climb up the tree.

"Wait! Be careful, this tree is really hard to climb, there's lots of trick branches and stuff. Trust me, I've tried it before," Liv told him.

"I'll be alright."

He began to climb, watching out for trick branches. He ascended until he was right behind Rose.

"Rose, please come down," he pleaded, holding out his hand.

Rose started at the sound, and released her hold on the branches around her. She began falling backwards off the branch and let out a shriek. Draco shot forward, grabbing her hand and pulling her back up to the branch. Rose clung to him tightly, panting heavily and crying silently. He put his arms around her protectively and comforted her until she stopped crying.

When Rose had begun to fall, Liv screamed and hid behind her hands. Peeking through her fingers, she saw that Draco had rescued Rose and let out an immense sigh of relief.

"That was a close one," Harry said.

"Yeah, thank goodness Draco caught her."

"We ought to give them a little time to calm down. Let's sit over here," Harry offered, leading her to the base of the tree. They sat down and began to talk.

"Why haven't I ever seen you around school? You are in Gryffindor right?" Harry inquired.

"Well, actually, yes, but I mostly stay with the Ravenclaw's. I'm Luna's friend. I would've been in the DA, but my parents wouldn't let me. They were afraid of what might, well, what might happen if Voldemort attacked and I was there. But, I did get Luna to teach me some of the spells," she said looking a little embarrassed.

"Oh, that's good," Harry replied, not knowing anything else to say.

They sat in an awkward silence, neither one knowing what to say, yet both wanting to say something.

"We ought to go back, you're cold and I don't want you to get sick," Draco said to Rose, still holding her tightly, afraid that she might fall.

"I can't let her take Aspasia back! She would be killed!"

"What if your mum changed her mind? She probably won't make you take her back now. She knows what would happen. Trust me, it'll be ok."

"I…I guess I'll take your word. For now," Rose said, giving in.

Harry and Olivia watched as Draco helped Rose climb down the tree. When they reached the bottom, Rose stood there uncertainly for a minute.

"Well come, don't just stand there all day! I think it's almost time for dinner, and I'm starving. Let's go!" Liv said brightly, breaking the ice with practiced ease.

"Draco and I will go in the Mini, we'll meet you at home," Rose said, walking towards the car.

"Come on, Aspasia! We're leaving!" Rose called out.

"Whoa, what was that?! Aspasia is really loud," Draco exclaimed.

"What are you talking about?"

"Didn't you hear her bark just a second ago?"

"No… I was just calling for her to come into the car, maybe that's why I didn't hear her."

"Yeah… That must be it…," he replied.

'Though I severely doubt it, because you were standing right next to me and I didn't hear you call out… at least not in English…,' Draco thought warily.

They all hopped into their cars and drove off.

At the house, Harmony was pacing.

"Owen, what are we going to do about this? That dog is stolen! We have to return it don't we?" she pleaded.

"Well, we don't have to if they don't miss her, which they don't seem to. I know it's wrong, but Rose loves that dog a lot according to what you said, so maybe she should keep her," he replied rationally.

"I don't know I just, another pet? Why do we need another one?"

"Well it's not like she'll take up too much room, that dog will probably fit right in and we won't even notice her."

"A-Alright, but this was your idea."

At that moment, Aspasia came bounding through the door, toppling Mr. Potter head over heels.

"We won't even notice…," Harmony started to say.

"Hush dear," Mr. Potter promptly replied.

Rose, Draco, Harry, and Olivia walked in.

"Rose, we've-I've decided that you may keep the dog," Mr. Potter said.

Rose's face, which had been gloomy a second ago, lit up with joy, and she ran over to hug her father.

"Oh, thank you!" she exclaimed.

"Alright, we all had dinner while you were gone, but we left out the food so that you could eat when you got back. Go on and eat and then it's off to bed, you still have lessons tomorrow."

"Oh, I have to go home, my parents are expecting me for dinner, but I'll be back tomorrow!" Olivia said.

"Bye Liv!" everyone chorused.

After dinner, everyone went to their rooms and immediately fell asleep, except Rose, who stayed up another two hours reading When she had finished reading all of her school books, she went to bed, not suspecting that her memories would once again flood her dreams.

dream

He was close, so close, too close. He kissed her lips, keeping her from yelling out. He held her tightly, bruising her arms, pressing up against her.

"Arabella, come on Arabella," he whispered into her ear. She could smell his breath, it smelled like vodka. He had been drinking; she wanted nothing to do with this person that she didn't even know, but she couldn't stop him from what he was trying to do. He had cornered her, and he had known her name. He was smothering her.

"I like the name Arabella," he had said.

Now Rose was terrified, she was yelling out, but no one came. He was too close, still too close. He need to leave, needed to stop. All of a sudden, a falcon came out of no where and swooped down upon the man, tearing at his skin. Rose knew it must be screeching, but all she could hear were the words, "Run, go now, I've come to help."

She had no idea how she could hear these words, but she didn't care, she took off, shouting a thanks at the eagle.

She was running, running fast. It was over two miles to the car, and once she got there, she still had to drive away before the man discovered her again. But she couldn't stop, she wouldn't stop, and nothing could make her.

She was approaching the car, running towards it, and suddenly, there was no sidewalk, no anything, just darkness.

end dream

Rose woke the next morning, exhausted, although she had gotten a full night's sleep. Her legs were sore and her head was hurting, but she walked to Draco and Harry's rooms anyways.

Rose woke Harry quietly, and went to jump on Draco. She pulled out her wand and got ready to block any spells he sent towards her. Then, she jumped on his bed, making him wake with a start and once again shoot a stupefy spell at her, but this time, she blocked it with a simple blocking spell.

"Did you see that Harry?! I blocked his spell!" Rose shouted excitedly, bouncing with joy.

"Well, it looks like you passed your first Defense against the Dark Arts exam," Harry said, obviously pleased that se was catching on so quickly.

"Arg, you need to find some new way to wake me up in the morning," Draco grumbled groggily.

Rose pouted. "Spoilsport," she replied. She sighed, sounding bored and rolled off the bed. "Let's go, I want to get started on class!" she exclaimed, suddenly excited again. She had already read all the books, so all that was left for her to do was to learn the spells.

"I'll bet I can beat you to the kitchen!" Rose challenged the boys.

"I'll bet not!" Draco said.

"Uh…I'll take a pass, running isn't my thing," Harry replied.

"Okay, ready Draco? On your mark, get set, HEY! Cheater!" she yelled at Draco's back as he ran. But Rose wasn't worried, she knew she would win anyways. She was the best runner at her school, and she could tell Draco wasn't at the peak of his athletic abilities. She chased after him. She also knew that he wouldn't know how to get down the stairs quickly, giving her a double advantage. She passed him easily, jumped on the railing and slid down it. She walked the rest of the way to the kitchen, waiting for Draco to catch up. He wasn't breathing all that hard when he did, but he looked amazed.

"Wow, Rose, you're really fast," he said. He had wanted her to win anyways, but he knew now that she would've won either way.

"Thanks," Rose replied, smiling.

Everyone, including Hermione and Ron, met for breakfast and when Liv showed up, they all went down to the classroom to start lessons. When they finished with lessons, they went out to play Quidditch and then came in for dinner. After dinner, they usually went up to their rooms and either studied, read, or occupied themselves in some other way. On weekends, Rose went to the shelter, although she didn't adopt that many pets now. This schedule held for pretty much the whole summer, until another letter from Dumbledore came after Rose had finished her OWLS a week before Hogwarts started.

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore

(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock, Supreme Wugmump, International Confed. of Wizards)

Dear Miss Rose Potter,

We are pleased to inform you that you received an OWL in every test. You will now be able to join the Year 6 class as a prefect. Congratulations, and we will see you on September 1st.

Sincerely,

Minerva McGonagall

Minerva McGonagall,

Deputy Headmistress

"That's wonderful, honey!" Mrs. Potter said, teary eyed. "We're so proud of you!"

"Uh…Thanks, Ma…can we show them Chicago now? You promised that as soon as studying was over we could bring them downtown!" Rose pleaded.

"Well, I don't know, Rose, your father and I can't bring you this week, we have work, and this is the only week you'd be able to go…I don't know if I want you going by yourselves…"

"Please, please, please, please, please!" Rose said, giving Harmony the, 'I am 16 years old, for goodness sake,' look.

"Oh okay, BUT you need to call the Terranova's and inform them where you are going to be each time you move from one area to the next."

"Okay we promise. Can we go now?"

"Alright, but don't forget to check in!"

"Okay OK! I'm going to go get everyone and then we'll go."

Rose woke everyone up and when they were all ready Livi came over and they each hopped in their cars and headed for Chi-town. Rose was excited, she wouldn't stop telling Draco, the only one in the car with her because a Mini Cooper can only fit so many people, about Chicago and how much he was going to love it. Draco listened, if only to hear Rose talk, and wondered how muggles came up with these things.

'Baseball? Sounds like a bunch of muggles running around. I don't really see the point.' he thought to himself, wondering what the difference between the Cubs and the Sox was.

Rose told Liv that they were going to first go to Navy pier while the crowds were down, then they would go out on the lake in the Potter's boat, and they would eat lunch at the Cubs game, which they had miraculously gotten tickets for.

Navy Pier took half the morning, with Rose and Liv explaining all the muggle devices, such as the Ferris wheel, to Ron, Draco, Harry and Hermione, none of whom had ever seen such a thing. When they finished with Navy Pier, they parked their cars in the boat lot and went out on the water. Rose was a fair sailor and she knew well enough how to control the boat that she had no trouble on this calm day. After sailing, which wasn't all that new to any of them, although Hermione looked like she might be sick, they went to the Cubs game. Surprisingly, Draco and Harry got quite into it. They both told Rose that it was like a primitive muggle form of Quidditch. She laughed at that. When the game ended, Cubs 5, Marlins 3, they stood outside the stadium, trying to decide what to do.

"Well, we should definitely take them to the Parthenon for dinner, and after that to Synergy," Rose said.

"The dance club? Are you sure that won't be too much for their British selves to handle?" Olivia asked, knowing that Synergy was not the most "proper" dance place there was.

"Oh come on! Synergy will be fun! But the problem is where can we go before that."

"Hmm, how about we just sight see?"

"Alright I guess that could work, let me just call the Terranova's to check in," Rose replied, taking out her cell.

After she finished talking on cell, Rose and Liv brought Harry, Draco, Hermione, and Ron to all of the places they really liked in Chicago. Then, they went to the Parthenon for dinner and headed over to Synergy.