Months had passed and it was now three days before Christmas break. Rosa was sitting at the Gryffindor table at lunch, just stabbing the food on her plate. Thinking about everything that happened after she got her letter.

Flashback -

Rosa had been so filled with relief that she ran out of the museum after getting her Hogwarts letter and quickly ran to the apartment that she lived in with Sally, Percy, and Gabe. The moment she opened the door and walked in, she looked around. "Mama, you home?"

"In the kitchen, Rosa"

Rosa walks to the kitchen and looks at Sally, watching as the older woman did the dishes, the elder woman's long brown hair with a few streaks of grey, which due to the florescent lights stood out more than normal, brushed lightly against her back. Rosa frowned sadly, but kept it out of her voice, "I got a letter…"

Sally wipes her hands off on a towel and looks at Rosa, brushing her hair behind her ear. "What kind of letter?"

Rosa hands the letter to Sally and bites her lip. "It was delivered while my class was at the museum, by an owl."

Sally smiles and takes the letter, reading over it, her blue eyes sparkling. "I will take you to get all this stuff in the morning. You will love Hogwarts, your mother and I did."

A seven year old boy walks into the kitchen, yawning. He then spotted Rosa and tilted his head. "Sis, something wrong?"

Rosa puts a hand on the boy's head and ruffles his jet black hair. "Nothing's wrong, Percy. Sis just got accepted into a very good private school." She didn't want to be the one who told him that there was magic and that his mom was a witch from the Wizarding World or that she was accepted into a Wizarding school, that was Sally's job.

Sally kneels in front of Percy and smiles. "We're going to go to England to get Rosa's school stuff, then we'll stay with some of my friends so that we can see Rosa off to school. Would you like to have Rosa read you a story, while I pack the stuff we'll need?"

Percy nods and Rosa takes him into the living room, sitting on the couch. She then grabs a book she knew Percy loved: Robin Hood. She began to read it, smiling as she also watched Percy mouthing the words as she read them.

That was when Gabe Ugliano came storming into the apartment and glared at Rosa and Percy, he was drunk and all three of the occupants in the apartment knew what happened when he was drunk.

Rosa shuts the book and gets up, whispering to Percy as she did. "Go to your room, Percy."

Percy got up and scampered to his room, terrified of his step-father.

Gabe went to Rosa and grabbed her upper arm, beginning to drag her towards his and Sally's room.

End of Flashback-

Lily looks at Rosa and frowns, she saw the slight fear and pain in Rosa's eyes, and was worried about her friend. "You ok, Ro?"

Rosa shakes her head, to clear her head. She then shrugs and stares at her food as she plays with it, she looked like she hadn't slept in days. "I'm fine, Lil."

Sirius looks at Lily, having also seen the fear and pain in Rosa's eyes. "Let me see what I can do." He then gets up from the table and pulls Rosa up lightly by her arm.

Rosa flinches away from Sirius, shaking in fear.

Sirius lets go of Rosa's arm and frowns, grabbing her hand, then makes eye contact with Severus and motions for him to follow.

Severus gets up and follows Sirius and Rosa out of the Great Hall and to an empty classroom. He then looks at Sirius. "What's up, Black?"

Rosa looks between Severus and Sirius, wishing that she could just run to her dormitory, where only Lily would be able to talk to her and and where she could hide.

Sirius looks at Rosa and lightly squeezes Rosa's hand. "Ro, we know something's up. Tell us what's wrong…"

Rosa bites her lip and pulls her hand away from Sirius, wrapping her arms around her stomach as if to protect herself. "M-My 'stepfather' sexually abuses me…"

Sirius looks at Severus, wondering if he thought the same thing as him.

Severus looks at Rosa. "Then don't go home. Stay at Hogwarts."

Rosa shakes her head, tears forming in her eyes. "I-I can't... I-If I don't let him hurt me, he'll hurt my brother and Mama…"

Sirius goes to Rosa and makes her look at him. "How old is your brother?"

Rosa bites her lip and looks into Sirius's eyes, saddened. "H-He's 7 years old, Siri… I-I can't just let Gabe hurt him…"

Severus goes to Rosa and pulls her into a hug, rubbing her back, hoping to comfort and that she doesn't panic more. He was saddened and angry that he couldn't get Rosa out of the abuse without getting her Mother and brother hurt.

Sirius goes and punches the wall, wanting to tear Rosa's 'stepfather' a new one for harming and threatening Rosa. He then cries out in pain and cradles his hand.

Severus rolls his eyes and sneers at Sirius. "Idiot!"

Sirius glares at Severus, but doesn't reply, biting back a few choice words.

Rosa sniffles and clings to Severus, biting back sobs. "W-What do I do?"

Severus holds Rosa close to him as if protectively. "Why don't we tell Potter, Pettigrew, Lily, Marissa, and Lupin. Then we can go to Professor McGonagall and see what she can come up with to help."

Rosa looks up at Severus and shakes her head. "I-I don't want to go to any of the professors…"

"Alright, Ro. We won't go to the professors." Sirius walks to Rosa and puts a hand on her head. "We'll help as best we can, Ro."

Rosa pulls away from Severus enough to look at Sirius. "H-How can you help, Siri? I-I can't just run away…"

Severus looks down at Rosa and smiles. "We'll figure something out."

Sirius lets Severus comfort Rosa and goes to get the others, so that Lily didn't come to find them and hex him for not telling her what was wrong with their friend. When he gets to the Great Hall, he walks to Lily, Remus, James, and Peter. He then leans over so only they could hear. "Can you guys follow me?"

Lily looks up at Sirius and frowns. "What's wrong with Ro, Siri?"

Sirius shakes his head and then goes to the Ravenclaw table and whispers to Marissa. "Can you follow me? Something's wrong with Ro..."

Marissa stands up and then goes to Lily, James, Peter, and Remus, and looks at Sirius.

Sirius leads them back to the room that he left Rosa and Severus, to find them sitting on the floor, Rosa's head on Severus's shoulder and she was fast asleep.

Severus looks up at them and puts a finger to his lips, whispering. "Shh… She said she hadn't slept since she found out that she'd be going home for Christmas break…"

Marissa goes to Rosa and kneels, putting her hand on Rosa's shoulder, looking at Severus and Sirius. "What happened?"

Sirius sighs and looks at his everyone in the room. "Ro is abused…"

Lily gasps and covers her mouth with her hands, she just couldn't believe that one of her best friends could be abused without her knowing.

James clenches fists and stares at Rosa, really wanting to beat the crap out of whoever could do this to Rosa, he saw her as a little sister.

Peter just watches his friends, not really sure how to react to this news, he really wasn't as close to Rosa as the others were.

Remus growled and clenched his hand on his wand, wishing to hex whoever had hurt Rosa.

Marissa goes wide eyed and bites her lip and stares at Rosa, thinking of ways to get her away from the abuse.

Severus holds Rosa to him, wanting to make sure she was never hurt again, but didn't know how to do that.

Lily shakes her head, getting over her shock and looks at Severus. "We should take her back to Gryffindor Tower and get her into bed…"

Sirius goes to Severus and picks Rosa up, careful not to wake her and looks at James, Remus, Peter, and Lily. "You guys, Sev, and Mari go back to the Great Hall, I'm going to take Ro up and get her into the bed and then I'll come down."

Marissa nods and stands, glaring at Sirius. "You better not wake her, Sirius Orion Black, or so help me…"

Sirius nods, watching as the others left the room, before he started for Gryffindor Tower. He looked around and was glad that all the portraits on the way to Gryffindor Tower seemed to be visiting others, he didn't want them to go to one of the professors and upset Rosa. He goes to the Fat Lady's portrait and smiles, glad that she was there. "Fairy lights."

The Fat Lady swung her portrait open, allowing entrance.

Sirius walks through and carries Rosa up to the first year girls' dormitory and goes to Rosa's bed, laying her down in the bed and pulls the covers over her. He then heads back down towards the Great Hall, thinking of ways to help Rosa and her family.

Once Marissa saw Sirius walk into the Great Hall, she went straight to him and walks with him to the Gryffindor table, whispering. "What are we going to do?"

Sirius sighs and rubs his face, looking at Marissa. "I'm not sure, Mari… She can't stay with Peter, they hardly get along. She can't stay with James and she can't stay with me, my parents already hate me, I can't drag her away from an abusive home and into another."

Lily stands and goes to Sirius and Marissa, frowning. "I was thinking that maybe Rosa could stay with me…"

Marissa glances at Lily, sadness in her green eyes. "I dont think it will be that easy, Lil."

Sirius puts a hand on Marissa's shoulder and looks at Lily. "Lil, Mari has a point."