The car was on autodrive for about 30 minutes before it finally slowed to a stop coming over a rickety looking wooden home. This home could only belong to the Weasley's of course.
It bumped along the gravel runway and stopped in the midst of Percy Weasley who had his arms folded in front of the car. Rose and Harry both turned red with shame and tried to slip into their seats.
Percy walked up to Fred as he got out of the car:
"You know you're barking mad, right?" He asked, "You could get yourselves expelled for this. Didn't even use an invisibility charm for Muggles- I could see your car flying away myself."
Fred rolled his eyes, where as Rose's widened at the mention of expulsion.
"Relax, Percy," George chimed in, "Honestly, we didn't put the spell on the thing ourselves so it should be fine."
The twins brushed passed Percy who looked infuriated and Rose and Harry averted eye contact as they followed the Weasley's into their home. Rose and Harry took a moment to look around. This had only been Rose's second Wizarding home that she had ever seen, and it was a little more run-down than Bridget's mystical jungle home, but nonetheless Rose could feel the warmth and love that ran deep through the crevices of this janky shack. She found herself holding George's hand again. She pulled away when she caught Harry looking at them- they hadn't really broken the news officially to anyone yet, though she assumed most people knew they were together. Anyways, she had wanted to tell people properly.
George glanced over at her when she noticed that she had pulled her hand away.
At that moment, Molly Weasley came rushing down the stairs.
"Where have you been?!" She yelled at the twins. Who both gushed. Rose stood closer to Harry. Rose had always admired Molly and the way she cared for her family despite having little. She always had a feeling that Molly Weasley and her own Mum would have gotten on really well.
Molly Weasley noticed Rose and Harry. "Oh, welcome dears." She said and then turned back to Fred and George, "You took the flying car didn't you?"
"Sure did," Percy said from the back of the room. Ron rolled his eyes. "Come off it, Percy." He muttered.
Rose had always wondered how George felt about Percy being head boy. He had told her it would get to his head sometimes. The whole family knew that Percy was headed for great things, and probably had a future job at the Ministry of Magic already secured. George was proud of his brother, but also worried that he was becoming less grounded because of all of his success.
Before Molly Weasley could respond, Arthur Weasley came rushing down the stairs. "Oh, welcome everybody!" Then he noticed Percy and Molly's expressions of dismay and he pulled back.
"Your sons took Harry with that flying car of yours, Arthur!"
Arthur's eyes widened. "Oh, we should sit down and discuss this at the table, certainly."
Rose interjected. "Are we going to get expelled?" She asked worriedly.
Arthur laughed much to Molly's disappointment at the question, "No, no, no, you may get a talking to of course, but I was the one who had enchanted the car so you'll be fine."
Robert Lane had been the one who taught Rose about the Underage Magic rule. She breathed a sigh of relief. Rose had been studying too hard just to get expelled from school now.
They had all taken their seats at the table and Rose had sat herself between George and Harry. Her and Harry had taken up a conversation about Muggle Studies and their favorite Professors at Hogwarts.
"Gosh, Snape is so vile." Rose murmured under her breath. She had a strange encounter last year with Snape insisting on calling her Lily in every class which ended up being the trigger for another outburst.
"You know, I couldn't agree more," Harry replied. Rose could feel Molly's eyes on her and George every now and then, and Rose could only assume it must be Molly assessing the status of their relationship. Rose would try and avoid eye contact.
"Well," Arthur spoke up once Ginny and everyone else had been properly seated and present at the table. "Welcome to everyone here, and good luck to a new start of the school year."
Everyone clapped warmly at the introduction.
Suddenly, Arthur Weasley turned to Rose and asked, "Rose, I'm sure you're going to learn a lot at Hogwarts this year with Professor Trelawney, I think it's wonderful you're getting tutoring from her-"
Arthur stopped abruptly when he realized that Rose hadn't heard the news yet.
"You're working with Professor Trelawney?" George asked her.
"Nope, never mind, Dumbledore will tell you." Arthur dismissed his previous comments.
Rose sighed. She did not want to work with Professor Trelawney. Everyone knew the Professor was a bit of a looney and she couldn't help but feel she could use some more useful lessons like the Dark Arts or even Herbology which she wasn't half bad at given her lack of magical powers.
"Probably looking for some work to give the woman," Fred muttered.
"Maybe it'll sharpen up the mad lady's skills elsewhere you never know," George agreed.
"You ought to let me know how that goes," Harry said.
"Oh, I'm sure swimmingly," Rose snapped at Harry who smirked, "By the end of the year I'll be able to see into a crystal ball and predict that I've utterly wasted my time."
Percy chuckled at Rose's comment from across the table.
"Oh, no time to lose," Arthur said abruptly and stood up, "Harry and Rose have to get to Hogwarts immediately."
Rose and Harry looked at each other, before she stood up she gave George a small squeeze of the hand under the table and she could feel him watching her as they went to the fireplace. They had both learned how to use floo powder last year. Together they were instructed to say the name of Dumbledore's Office and after throwing down about a pinch of floo powder, and with a flash of green light, they found themselves standing in the presence of Albus Dumbledore.