Rose strolled towards the castle the courtyard abuzz with young, bubbly first year chatter. She began to turn towards the Quidditch pit but something stopped her dead in her tracks.
There over by an icy stone bench sat none other than Ron Weasly! She screamed inwardly. Oh no! He had spotted her looking at him...
"Hey Rose!" Ron called waving.
Her cheeks burned.
"Um...oh hello Ron" she managed to force out instead of HI! I think your so fit! She scolded her self at the embarrassing thought...
"Can I show you something"? He asked fingering an object in front of him."
"Yeah sure, she replied almost a little too loud".
He held it down to her, and she looked up entranced by his brilliant blue eyes. His ginger hair was speckled with small flakes of snow that fell gently now as opposed to whirl winding from the skies. Rose shivered from something other than the freezing chill in the air.
Ron grinned his delvishly crooked smile, a Weasly trait no doubt tapping the compass like object whimsically with his wand.
"Hagrid gave it to me". He held it up to let the tiny swirls in the metal shine."He told me he no longer needed it." "And he figured the new nifflers he had purchased would go mad trying to find it..."So it was an early Happy Christmas present".
She studied the intricate little object in awe." What is its function?", she questioned running a finger over its smooth golden little dials." "It can reveal the ghosts and invisible walls, as well as creatures in the castle." Ron said elaborating excitedly. "It can also point you towards what you momentarily desire and guide you down paths when your lost ." Only things in Hogwarts that aren't heavily guarded though.
"Oh!" Rose cried "thats very interesting!." "And usefull for getting out of a fix!".
I knew you would think so", Ron smiled looking pleased.
"Do you suppose it accompainies the marauders map?", she inquired.
"I cant imagine so", he paused in thought."Otherwise surely Hagrid would have mentioned something." "
"Did you show this to Hermione?", I am sure she would be interested in it, she loves this sort of thing you know!" Rose attempted to evoke his reaction when she said Hermione.
"Course not"... he stammered. She would just probably nag me to find out what it does, or she might yell at me or tell me its dangerous, anyway." "Easy going people like you and me appreciate these things."
"Yeah." "That's the way to be."
"exactly you and I have a load of stuff in common Rose."
"Yes, we do."
She looked up and caught his eyes for a moment it seemed as if they might kiss. But he tapped the tiny compass back into looking like a pocket watch and stood". "I am going to look for Ron Harry show him!" "I bet he is with Fred and George!" He smiled." Last I heard they were working on blowing up the school as a promotion for Weasly Wizarding wheezes."
Rose stifled a laugh, "Yeah that's the twins delightfully tacky and always up to something!"
"Tell me about it", he snorted.
"See you later Ron," she called walking hurriedly towards the Great entrance. Rose smiled all the way not even a care slipping into her Holiday mind set. Little did Roseline realize there were things in her midst that would change most unfortunately very soon...
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