Chapter 1
Rose was sick of playing her little good girl role. The entertainment of manipulating people without anyone knowing had gone. She knew Albus suspected what she was doing, Ravenclaws and Slytherins are quite similar after all.
It was a warm day in the start of the year when Rose got a letter from her mother which shocked her to the core. Before she told anyone what was in it's contents she sought out her cousin for a little advice. She found him laying about lazily with Marc and Scorp under their tree.
"Al!" He looked up alarmed. His shocking emerald eyes staring out at her.
"Rose! What's wrong?" The other two looked on concernedly, they were fiercely protective of Rose, she was their closest female friend.
"I need your help, mum found something in my room when she was cleaning it and, well lets just say she is about as pissed as Uncle Bill was when he found Vicky and Teddy shagging on the bathroom door. Actually that's not an apt description, I don't think anything would describe it quite right. But you know that thing you asked me about the other day, and I told you that you were being ridiculous, I was lying and she found out about everything. This is the letter she sent me after two howlers." She was biting her lip, worrying about her best friends reaction to her confession. He read it quickly and passed it on.
Albus' face split into a big grin, "I knew I hadn't lost you Rose-thorn. Ha pay up you two, told you she wasn't such a goody two shoes. What did Aunt 'Mione mean about giving boys things but then taking them away? And mutilating your body?!" The other two looked shocked that their innocent Rosie was so, devious.
"Oh that, um nothing?" She looked down at the grass. "But anyway I need your help cause you always manage to get off scott free."
"Rose where did the hat sort you initially?" Marco asked softly.
"Slytherin." She looked away not wanting to see their faces. It wasn't like she actually spent much time with her house mates or in her dorms. She generally stayed in the Slytherin dorms. "The hat changed its mind because of dad. Thats the only reason I'm a Ravenclaw."
"Rose, I'm being serious, what did Aunt Mione mean about mutilating your body?" Rose gulped, her secret would be totally ruined but Al was using a tone he hardly ever used.
"Finite Incantatum." she whispered, the concealment charms faded. She turned and faced the boys. "I got a few piercings in fourth year and a tattoo or two and mum found out." Her nose ring and earrings were now open for them to see and a tattoo was peaking out on her collar bone. When she spoke her tongue piercing was visible.
"You're the mystery girl, the one no one remembers who she is but everyone remembers the tongue bar after she snog them. You snogged me! Thats why you were avoiding me after we beat Ravenclaw." Scorpius' voice was intense.
"Um yeah. But I honestly didn't mean to, I was a tad drunk and thought you were Lorcan and by that time the memory modification was an automatic response." She looked away trying to to blush.
"Wait did you shag McLaggen? He said you or the mystery bird shagged him and blowed him." Marc asked wrinkling his nose in disgust.
"WHAT?! NO! That fowl, evil, loathsome, little cockroach! I never even snogged him, at least not voluntarily. Argh, eww bad image, bad image, ew, ew, ew, ew, ew, ew!" Rose was pressing on her temples and the boys laughed. "Not funny, McLaggen is the girls equivalent of Pucey." They stopped laughing and shuddered.
"Wait, Red what do you mean, not voluntarily. He was drunk after the Hufflepuff party and forced himself onto me, he thought I was Lily or someone whose name sounds something like that. I couldn't force him off but when his grip loosened I managed to get free and modified his memory." she left bits out, they didn't need to know the full story. The three looked like they wanted to murder someone.
"But don't worry, I sorted it out." They looked at her curiously.
"You know Rose-pie I think we can get you resorted. Something like this has happened before and the student was resorted. What do you say, shed your wings and be a snake?" Marc said looking thoughtful. Rose looked up fast. She nodded. They got up and went to the headmistresses office. While they walked they talked about what to do about her mum.
"You could just play it off as that you didn't want to upset your 'rents but wanted to rebel against the expectation everyone has on you, being the child of Ron and Hermione Weasley comes with baggage. Just tell her that you were meant to be in Slytherin but the hat chose your safety and put you in Slytherin." Scorpius mused. They all made varying sounds of agreement and walked up to the Headmistresses door.