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Greetings from my travels!

See how dedicated I am? I was aiming to get out a chap before I left the country then tell you I wouldn't be back till the 8th and blah but I didn't manage to finish it and didn't want to rush anything...

Sooo I've been writing this on my phone and have had to switch to a kindle to upload it. Hope you guys appreciate all of this.

I'll be back sometime after the 8th and will write the next chap with and amazing tan.

Thanks to all of you for sticking with me. I had over a hundred visitors last time I checked! LOVE YOU ALL

BUT extra love and virtual kisses to:

Professor McGongal~ Thanks again!

And Soluneko ~ Keep being talkative! It makes me happy. As for Olivia,I'm shocked too but teens and they're emotions can be a bit crazy even magical ones. we'll find out exactly what's up soon and as for Logan. Well we'll see.. I mean, he does sound pretty hot to me ;)

Chapter 7- Tryouts and The Map

It was Saturday the 6th and four days away from Roxanne's 15th birthday. Not that Roxanne had been thinking about that; Olivia had continued to ignore Roxanne even after she had sent a note in response. Florence had been uncooperative, not focusing on any conversation with Scorpius for longer than five minutes. But Roxanne could tell he had tried to get it out of her as she could see his growing frustration at Olivia's unexplainable behaviour too. For that morning though, Roxanne was determined to forget everything and focus on the time she had off. She would have to finish a few non-OWL assignments and then finish her OWL homework. Though she had tried to complete all her work the day it had been set, like she usually did, she had found OWL work took a lot longer than fourth year work. So, naturally, some had spilled over to the weekend and would take the whole morning up. She also had to visit Albus and David before Monday to check over her DADA and Charms work to ensure she understood it all so far. The Quidditch try-outs for all the Houses would happen today too. Thankfully, Ravenclaw only needed to fill one chaser spot so Roxanne hoped it would be short.~

After breakfast that morning, Roxanne dressed quickly into her Quidditch practice kit. She couldn't understand why Lysander needed anyone other than the Chasers as there were no other free spots, but she didn't argue. She always loved Quidditch practices - even if they were unnecessary.
"LINE UP!" Lysander shouted out to the surprisingly large group of Ravenclaws gathered to try out for the spot. Ever since Roxanne's and Olivia's first year, they hadn't lost a single game. Though they'd lost the cup a couple times to Gryffindor and Slytherin due to points score, the popularity of the Ravenclaw team had risen and it was no longer a case of Gryffindor v. Slytherin for the cup. Ravenclaw stood a great chance this year, clearly other Eagles agreed.

With the potential chasers in line, Lysander introduced each member of the team to them. He then ordered them into three groups if four.

"Right! You four, you're going to be with Scorpius and Olivia. You guys, go over to Lorcan and Roxanne. You four, you're with me and Callie. Now, you're going to be put through a few drills - typical to the ones we do in practice. At the end of your twenty minute session, the players will recommend the best player on their small team and the final four will take five penalty shots against Olivia, the one with the most shots wins. Got it?" the Chasers all looked slightly bewildered at Lysander as he had spoken quite quickly to them all, eager to get started as he always was with Quidditch. Without giving them time to catch up he kicked off the ground, expecting Callie and his team to follow him into the air, which they did swiftly.~

Lorcan and Roxanne sat together in a goalpost, brooms in their hands watching their assigned group of four take five laps of the pitch as they had instructed. By the time the first two laps were over, Roxanne and Lorcan had narrowed their group down to two mentally judging on their flying abilities and ease in the air. They took the next few minutes to think up a Chaser-style drill to put them through, which they found hard considering neither Roxy nor Lorcan were Chasers. Deciding on something simple and 'Mugglish' on the ground, as they had already seen them fly, Lorcan and Roxy just sat chatting for a further minute, then when the laps were over, they signalled the candidates to descend so they could watch their landings and dismounts from above.

"Shall we?" Lorcan asked with a flutter of his hand, holding it out. She placed her free hand in his giggling and they pushed off the post together expertly holding hands as they descended landing gracefully. The four in their group clapped as they lifted their hands up and mock-bowed. After laughing along with the candidates they explained their 'Mugglish' drill and began throwing Quaffles around randomly at them to test their reactions and catching skills. Blowing the whistle, Lysander gathered his team and potential new chasers.

The candidates stood in a line in front of the team. Lysander asked Scorpius and Liv to call out the name of the best chaser from their group; he named his and Callie's agreed favourite then turned to Roxy and his twin. Lorcan nudged Roxy with his elbow and she looked up at him questioning with her eyes. Realising they hadn't had time to discuss a winner. She had a firm idea in her head but wasn't sure he agreed. Are you thinking what I'm thinking? She stared at him, raising an eyebrow trying to force the question through her eyes, he only grinned in response. She returned his grin, calling out the name of her favourite as he smiled.~

Liv hovered in front of the goal posts not entirely focused. She couldn't peel her stare away from Lorcan and Roxanne sitting in the stands together watching their candidate take off. Lorcan hit the Quaffle out to him from his seat which he caught easily and Roxanne hi-fived him, grinning as he sat. She rolled her eyes at the couple and concentrated on the boy in front of her about to take a shot.

He feinted to the right and Liv moved to block it changing direction too late as she watched the Quaffle go through the middle hoop she had just left. Damn! She thought, as she heard Roxy and Lorcan cheer loudest of all the onlookers. Liv glared at Roxanne, mentally pushing out angry thoughts and bitter feelings towards her. She knew Rox wouldn't even be able to see her face let alone feel the mental anger, but Liv felt better for it all the same.~

By the end of the trials the team had a clear new Chaser. It was the boy from Roxanne and Lorcan's team. Oliver Charles. He was a third year but great at his position, in fact he was the only one who had scored against Liv, and though she'd like to pretend she had been distracted, in truth he'd just made a great move. ~

After the morning's trials and an afternoon of studying and work, Roxanne was exhausted. She hadn't had a run in with Olivia and was slightly pleased not to have to deal with that kind of drama on a day off. She ended up outside the Gryffindor common room, hoping to catch Albus and David that evening so she could have Sunday completely free. She stood slightly embarrassed waiting outside for a Gryffindor to come out or go in.

With nothing but her own thoughts to occupy her, Roxanne she realised she'd only been in the 'Lions' Den' once. It was on her first night at Hogwarts. Fred and James had used the Map to find her in case she needed comforting about her House, and although she had felt fine with the twins and Liv, she went back to the common room with them and spent her first night in the care of her cousins and big brother. She had loved spending time with them and initially thought she would be as close as her cousins in Hogwarts as she had been outside. She had been sorely mistaken. During her first year, Roxanne had spoken to very few of her cousins. Of course she shared lessons with Hugo, Lucy and Lily, but they always sat with their Gryffindor friends instead. Roxanne had however, surprisingly spent a lot of time with her eldest cousin in the school, Dominque.

Initially, they had become close by chance during Roxanne's first week at school. She rmebered that night well.
Roxanne pulled on her slippers and picked up her wand. Slowly she crept towards the dorm room door, managing to dodge the various items strewn across the floor by the girls. Placing her hand on the door knob, she wondered if she should just wake Olivia and speak to her instead. No. She thought. She wouldn't want to disturb her for something so silly; she just wanted to spend some time with her family. She wanted her brother to comfort her like he had on the first night curled up by the fire. So, with this in mind, Roxanne left the dorm room, common room, and walked the Great Castle halls. She had been walking with her wand dimly lit for about ten minutes when she looked up and realised she was lost. She tried to backtrack but the stairs had taken her to a floor she was unfamiliar with and she didn't know how to. Overwhelmed with emotions; loneliness; fear; panic and in desperate need of comfort, the small, fragile girl collapsed against the stone wall, face buried in her hands and began to cry.

Dominique was on her first Head girl duty of the year. She was roaming the seventh floor contemplating just how she had managed to even become Head girl. She hadn't even been a prefect! And with good reason too, she had just assumed with her track record no teacher in their right mind would recommend her for the role. Not that she was bad as such, she just wasn't the best behaved. She laughed to herself- that was definitely one way to put it. Dominique Gabrielle Weasley was no walk in the park to teach. Sure she was smart, top of most of her classes in fact, but she was opinionated. And wasn't afraid to show it. She also loved pranks just as much as Fred and James did, and vowed she would teach them all she knew before her time at Hogwarts was up. She couldn't have the rest of the Weasley's all become swots like Molly. They needed to have some fun!
Caught up in her thoughts of pranks and mischief she almost missed the unmistakable sound of small sobs. Turning down the corridor on the seventh floor she came across a small figure crying. Illuminating her wand more brightly in search of the source of the sobs, she simply gave the finger to any portraits that complained - much to their disgust, not that she cared. The enchanting blonde walked over to the small girl slowly as not to frighten her. Seeing the royal blue edged robes she wondered what an Eagle was doing so far from home.
"Hey, you alright?" She asked softly. Call her a bitch all you like but Dominique Weasley was actually very caring. When she wanted to be.
The girl looked up, soft hazel eyes shimmering with tears and threw her arms around the crouched girl, unleashing a new bout of sobs into her shoulder.

"Hey, Hey. Roxy its okay. What's wrong Hun?" Roxanne could only respond in tears so with the small girl still clinging to her, Dominique stood and walked further down the corridor. Stopping to pace as she thought of what she needed. Dominique opened the doors to a room that looked very much like the Burrow's snug. She sat down on the couch by the fire with Roxanne in her lap and waited for her to let it all out.
After a few minutes Roxanne stopped crying with small hiccups, she wiped her eyes and looked around the room, eyes landing on Dominique's worried blue ones.
"Is this the Room of Requirement?" She asked in a small voice.
Dominique nodded and smiled, "Clever girl" and after a few seconds she spoke.
"Now how about you tell me what's up?"
Roxanne looked up from her clasped hands and spoke softly. "Well I was feeling homesick and I wanted to speak to Freddie but when I waved today he just waved back and kept walking. I tried to speak to Lil in Charms but she didn't pay much attention either. So I thought if I came at night, they'd have more time for me, like on the first night. Then I got lost. And well that's it really... I just- needed someone. You know?"
Roxanne trailed off looking back down at her hands, cheeks tinged with a soft picked them up and held them.
"Look at me. There's nothing wrong with missing home. We all do. I did. But I had Vic to look after me. Freddie and Lil just didn't think about how it'd be for you. They don't know what alone is like because they've always had family around them." She paused willing her cousin to trust her as she trusted the others. "Tell you what, if you ever feel like this again, just come and find me okay?" Roxanne looked up at her cousin and nodded.
"Dom, why are you being so nice to me?"
"Hey, I'm not a complete bitch you know"
"No I don't mean that. You're not a bitch Dom, Rose is a bitch" she grinned "It's just, you could've easily called Fred and then I wouldn't be your problem"
"Well, Roxy, I admire you. You're the first non-Gryffindor Weasley and I think that's pretty awesome. Plus, you're the coolest of all my little cousins, I couldn't just leave you there all alone."
Dom grinned at her and held her arms open, Roxanne returned the grin and didn't hesitate to lean in towards her. Trusting her completely.

Dominique had been the Gryffindor wild child, with the brain of a Ravenclaw, the cunning of a Slytherin and none of the kind words of a Hufflepuff. She had always said what she wanted when she wanted and Roxanne had loved her for it. She wasn't afraid to be different and didn't feel like she had anyone to please. Dominique was different, like Roxanne wanted to be and so she spent a lot of time with her. Dom had never seemed to mind her little cousin hanging around and had treated her like the little sister she never had. Roxy really did love Dom and was upset when she had left, as over the year: Roxanne's first and Dominique's last, they had become very close.
Other than Dominique, Roxanne didn't spend much time with her cousins. Lily was too busy, she hardly ever saw Lucy or Hugo and her other older cousins forgot about her completely. What was weirdest to Roxanne was the way Lily acted. In school, she spoke to her in lessons and corridors, but only briefly. Out of school, Lily continued on like they were still the best of friends they were when they were younger. Always coming over to play Quidditch or just hang out. It annoyed Roxanne that she seemed to be second choice when all her other friends were away. Not that Roxanne had ever said this. She still loved Lily and didn't want to lose her completely or upset her. The only person she'd told was Dominique, who being Dom had just advised her to tell Lily where to shove it, but of course Roxanne being Roxy hadn't.

As she was lost in thoughts of her family and how Hogwarts had changed everything, Roxanne heard Hugo's voice from down the corridor.

"Hey Roxanne!" He called out to her and came by her side. "What are you doing up here?"

"Albus was on my tutor list. Wanted him to check some work. Also a guy called David." she briefly asked the ginger who towered over her, she didn't want him to feel like he had to speak to her because they were relatives.

"Yeah sure" Hugo smiled, not noticing her reluctance, or not caring. "I'll find them for you. "Want to come in?" Hugo asked as he held open the portrait for her.

With not speaking to him much, Roxanne had forgotten just how genuinely nice Hugo was. He was always trying to help people as a child and clearly hadn't stopped. Roxanne kicked herself for not having kept in touch with him and wished she knew her own family better.~

Roxanne held the Marauders Map in one hand, wand illuminated in the other. It was after curfew. She'd run into Fred and James, more than tipsy on their way back from Hogsmead as she stepped out of the portrait. Half-drunk they'd given her the Map so she could get back unseen and collapsed into fits of laughter for no reason at all. She'd just shrugged and pushed them into the common room for their own safety. Using the Map was brilliant! She'd only used it with James or Fred or Lily if they'd felt generous but she'd never been given it to borrow. They must really be drunk, she thought.~

Sitting in the Ravenclaw Library Roxanne searched for a book on complex duplication charms. She was aiming to make her own working copy of the Map so she could use it anytime. The opportunity was just too great to pass up. After hours and hours of work, Roxanne had two sheets of parchment in front of her.

One: the actual map which marked most people in bed and a few night time couplings she never would have imagined. The second: her own map. The parchment newer and uncreased,showing the blueprints of the Castle and Hogsmead as the original did.
She had yet to find a way to have people appear on the map and was about to call it a night when, flicking through a copy of 'Nastily Exhausting Charms' did she find the Homonculos charm. According to the book "When this charm is cast onto a map it enables the user to track the moments of every person in the mapped area via a labelled marker". That was it!

With a swish of her wand, she uttered "Homenum Revelio" at the second map and was amazed as dozens of tiny little ink dots slowly appeared until the two maps looked the same in every way other than their covers and colouring. She folded the original map and placed it in her bag to return it to James the next day. She then sat for another hour, her sense of achievement awakening her, charming the map to only show itself after a certain pass phrase was whispered to it as the original Marauders had with theirs.~

Roxanne, now sat in bed curtains drawn, a small ball of magical fire floating in a jar above her head, held a blank folded piece of parchment in her hands. She tried a number of spells that would usually reveal invisible ink or secret inscriptions. Nothing. She then tried phrases whispered to it similar to her actual phrase. Nothing. Finally she whispered "Open Sesame" and grinned as the Muggle reference caused dozens of tiny ink dots to appear across the large piece of parchment, showing her to be exactly where she was. She smirked into the half-light, thinking of how much mischief she could get up to with the Map and for the second time today remembered Dom. She'd be so jealous! Roxanne couldn't count the amount of times Dominique had tried to get a hold of the Map even if only for a night. Tapping her wand to the parchment three times the images disappeared leaving a blank ink stained piece of parchment that she shrunk down considerably and placed in the inside pocket of her robes before extinguishing the light, clambering back into bed and falling into a dreamless sleep.

A/N:

Sooo, what'd you think? Yes/ no?

Hope the memory wasn't too long but I LOVE Dominique. She's so badass we'll my version of her is anyway.

And waheyyy Roxy has a Map too. Imagine all the possibilities...

I'll give you a little something to think about... Next Chapter will be called Extentable Ears and Empty Classrooms...

DFTR!

Love Cookie. See you when I get back xxx

Oh and super sorry for any spelling or grammar mistakes. Writing on your phone then trying to transfer to a Kindle gets kinda annoying after a while. But totally worth it for you guys x