I wrote this as an alternate ending to a roleplay plot made by a friend of mine. I...kinda skipped a lot of exposition. If you want, I'll try to explain in the next chapter.
The basic gist: Deep within the darkest part of the Forbidden Forest, lies the Rose of Infinite Power. In that part of the forest, creatures from Greek Mythology reign. This rose can make someone the equivalent of an Olympian God, and only blooms once every 2050 years for 6 hours. So, of course Voldemort heard about it. He sent Rodolphus Lestrange with a group of Death Eaters to retrieve the rose, and they had already taken over Hogsmeade. Dumbledore and the students also found out about the rose, and set off to find it. Dumbledore wants the rose destroyed.
Fred and Cho are best friends, and dated for a while. Felix is the nickname Cho gave him when they dated, referring to the Felix Felicis potion. Fred's a wolf Animagus, and has recently been suffering from coughing fits due to accidentally inhaling spores from a puffball mushroom found in the forest. He and Rodolphus had a history together. Rodolphus used to be something of a mentor to him.
Eh, that's all I got for now.
Oh yeah! I don't own the characters, or the Rose of Infinite Power idea. The charcters belong to J.K. Rowling, and the rose thing belongs to a friend of mine who roleplays as Rodolphus.
They finally found the rose! Cho hopped off the wolf's back, and he changed back to Fred Weasley.
"So, I guess we go get it then, yeah?"
She nodded, "We should before anyone gets here."
Fred moved towards the rose, squinting his eyes at the brilliance of it. Finally, he picked the rose, ignoring the thorns. "What to do now?" he said to himself.
The winds whipped up and they both looked up in a panic to see Rodolphus Lestrange astride a roc. Looking around, they found themselves surrounded by Death Eaters.
Rodolphus jumped down from the roc, wand pointed at Fred. "Hand over the rose, boy." Clutching the rose to his chest protectively, Fred growled, "Never." Laughing darkly, he pointed the wand at Cho,"You wouldn't want her to get hurt, would you now?" Cho looked a bit frightened, but stood her ground."Don't do it, Felix. You can't let them win!"
Fred bit his lip and looked down, conflicted. "Hm. A taste of the Cruciartis Curse should fix her." Rodolphus waved his wand and prepared to cast the spell, when Fred lunged at him. "Don't you da-" Only to be caught with another coughing fit. Cho screamed,"Felix, run!"
All he could manage to choke out was a soft "Cho..." and then there was a flash of brilliant green light.
Everyone saw Fred fly back and slump to the ground, his eyes wide open.
It was quiet, then the air was pierced by a scream. "FELIX!" Cho ran over to Fred and started shaking him. "Wake up, wake up...Please..." His eyes stared forward, and there was no response. Cho broke down in tears, and Rodolphus whirled to face the Death Eater responsible.
"FOOL! What if you had damaged the rose?" He flicked his wand, "Avada Kedavra!" and watched him slump to the floor. He looked over at Fred and said, "Hmph. A death befitting a blood traitor," ignoring the small stirring in his chest.
Just then, Dumbledore burst into the clearing followed by his aurors. Cho just held Fred, shaking with sobs.
"Where is the rose, Rodolphus?" he bellowed. "Has it been destroyed?"
"Shut. Up."
Turning to Cho, he went,"Pardon?" It was then that he noticed her holding Fred's body. "Mr. Weasley...What happened here?" She screamed at him, "Shut up! Just...stop talking. This is all your fault."Rodolphus noticed that Fred still had the rose and started moving closer.
Cho looked up at Rodolphus, and held Fred closer to her. "Get away..." "Give me the rose, girl." He pointed the wand at her again. Dumbledore and his aurors pointed their wands at Rodolphus and the other Death Eaters."Stay back, Rodolphus! Miss Chang, please destroy the rose." Cho looked down sadly at the rose, and muttered brokenly, "All this for a rose..."
"Give me the rose!"
"Destroy it!"
Cho couldn't take it anymore. "Third option. How about I take it? Let's see where this power gets me..." She closed her eyes and touched the rose. Everyone watched it lost it's glow as the power flowed into her. Rodolphus and Dumbledore yelled in unison. "NO!"
Cho opened her eyes, now golden, and started laughing. "This feels great!"
"Dammit!" Rodolphus seethed. He needed that power, and now it was all taken from him by some girl? For some reason, he avoided looking at Fred's body. It...started to bring up feelings he didn't understand. Him? Sad for a blood traitor? Ridiculous... Deep down, he could remember somewhat caring for the boy, but he didn't know why.
He struggled with his anger and confusion as Cho laughed hysterically.
"Give it to me..."
Cho looked down at him. "What was that?" Rodolphus looked up, wild-eyed. "Give it to me! That power...I need it." She scoffed. "You were just going to give it to Voldemort. Why should I?"
Rodolphus didn't answer. He held his head, trying not to scream. He did know the boy, from somewhere. Why couldn't he remember? He wasn't going to give the power to Voldemort, was he? Images of his family popped up in his head, and he cried out in pain.
Well, rate/review please? I need critiques, as this is my first story.
