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*Three years Later*
Chapter 2; Fourth Year starts. ~Roses P.O.V.~
"Come on, hurry up, we'll be late!" Mum said as we hurried through Kings Cross station. "Calm down 'Mione" Dad said winking at me. He loved it when mum got stressed out like this, he took it as an opprotunity to provoke her. I used to worry about it, I thought maybe they didn't love each other as much anymore, but after talking to Uncle Harry and Aunt Ginny, I learned they were like that even before they fell in love.
I laughed and Hugo just rolled his eyes. He was starting his second year this year, I'd be going into my fourth. "Don't tell me to calm down Ronald." She snapped. I snickered behind my hand, I guess I loved it just as much as my dad did. "Ro, you first." She said as we reached platform nine and three-quarters. I cringed at the baby name she'd called me sense before I could remember.
I pulled my trolley around and got a running start, I closed my eyes as I went through the wall. I came out on the other side and opened my eyes. The Hogwarts Express came into view, and I sighed happily. I was going back. We still had fifteen minutes left, mum worried for nothing. Hugo came next and then my mum and dad. "Rosie!" I heard a familiar voice call from behind me. I whipped around "Scorp!" I exclaimed. I smiled when I saw him, and he grinned back. Over the last three years we'd become inseparable. I told him more than I told Artie, Lu, or Jenny. Jenny was my favorite girl friend in Gryffindor. It was me, Jenny, Scorp, and Cody Benz, another Gryffindor friend of ours who we hung out with within the house.
Over the years at Hogwarts I'd gotten a lot of friends. The only really close ones I had or talked to on a regular basis however were Al, Artie, Lu, Scorp, Jenny, Cody, Danny, Lorcan, Lysander, Pearl Thomas, who was in Ravenclaw with Lu, Don Milnt, who was in Slytherin, and Peter Flint who was also in Slytherin. We'd been through so much, my first detention was spent with Scorp. The first time me, him, Al, and Danny snuck into the forbidden forrest had been our second year. We'd finally plucked up the courage. Of course we barely put a foot in before hearing a twig break and taking off screaming. Which of course then led to another detention assigned by our least favorite teacher; Professor Ariantie. She taught potions and was the most foul creature to walk the earth. Second maybe after dementors. She even smelled horrible. She hated James, Fred and Louis too, so when we came along she just automatically hated us. or at least I'm convinced of that. Regardless, Scorp was my best friend.
As he jogged toward me, I couldn't help but notice differences in him. he was taller, and he'd seem to have lost the baby face. It even looked like he'd been working on his Quidditch skills, because his sholders were broader. I blushed as the thought crossed my mind. Me and him had gotten on the team last year. I was a chaser and he was a seeker. He reached me and engulfed me in a hug, and my feet didn't even touch the ground. Unlinke my father, it appeared I hadn't hit a growth spurt.
We hadn't seen each other as much as usual this holiday, we'd both been extremely busy. I went on vacation in Paris, and he went to Ireland. He then spent most of the rest of the holiday trapped at his grandparents house on the beach in Germany. We'd written, and he expressed his boredom, and hate for his Grandparents old fashioned ways. The way they were constantly nagging him about who he hung around with. He said he was worse with his father though, according to him "Draco had raised a softy." According to his grandfather Scorpius should be honored to be a pureblood, and not be hanging around with halfbloods like myself.
"Rosie! I've missed you! Its been so long!" He said stepping back and looking at me. "I know, It feels like forever huh?" I said flashing him a smile, thoughts from earlier tucked away.
"Huh..? Oh yeah I know." He said, and then he blushed. I raised my eyebrows at him, and he shook his head.
"Rose!" I turned around to see Al jogging towards me, Artie right behind him as always. The two of them were almost as close as me and Scorp. They both liked each other too. When one of them would just pluck up the courage and ask the other, I wasn't sure though.
"Hey Al, seen Lu or Danny?" I asked
"Yeah, Uncle Perce is fussing over her as usual. My parents and Al's walked over together then, Uncle Harry and dad were talking about work, sending dark looks around as they quietly whispered their conversation. Aunty Ginny was waving over Scorps Parents.
"Hey Rose, we didn't see you much this summer." Said Mr. Mafloy as he reached us. He gave me a one sholdered hug.
"I know, we've been so-"
"Rose! Look at you, your so grown-up!" Mrs. Malfoy interrupted us as she gave me a kiss on the cheek. I blushed.
"Oh isn't she? Ronalds in denial that his little girls growing up." Said my mum. Although my dad was now talking to Scorps dad and Uncle Harry about work, I saw his ears start to turn red.
"I'm sure you've noticed how grown up Rosie is looking right Scor?" Said Mrs. Malfoy smiling in a little too inoccently. We both blushed that time and wouldn't meet each others eyes.
"Right.." He mumbled turning redder. I saw my dads neck go red and Mr. Malfoy twitched.
There was only two things I hated about my mum and Aunt Ginny being best friends with Scorps mum. One; all three of them were under the impression me and Scorp were in love. Two; with that idea came their ruthless taunts and jabs at how attractive we found each other (Which we didn't). I couldn't look at Scorp when we weren't talking unless I was odviously head over heels for him. Scorp couldn't stick up for me against Jim Tants (our only enemy) constant obsession with me, unless he was jealous over the fact that other guys found me attractive. Even our cousins were ridiculous, Artie thought for sure Scorp liked me, and Lu was thoroughly convinced I was attracted to Scorp.
The only two who seemed to have a problem even with the thought of me and Scorp being together however, was my dad, and Mr. Malfoy. My dad liked Scorp, an Scorps dad liked me, but that didn't change the fact that there was still a little bit of dislike towards each other buried down. They got on fine now, they didn't go out of their way to sit next to each other at Christmas dinners, but they were civil.
Though it couldn't be said three years ago when I told my parents about my new friendships, that he felt the same way towards the Malfoys.
*Flashback*
It was Christmas break first year. Mum and dad had just picked me up from the platform and we were on our way to the Burrow. "So Ro, make any new friends." Asked my mum from the front seat of the car. "Yeah, quite a few actually." I said. "Like who, love?" She asked me. "Well theres Artie Zabini-" I started.
"What?" Said dad, sucking in a breath.
"Artie, shes in Slytherin with Al, she super nice, she says her parents knew you guys, but you never talked much." I said
"Hphf." My dad huffed.
"Then theres Jenny, but you guys know her, oh and Scorpius. He's like my best frie-" Again I was cut off.
"WHAT!" My dad exclaimed slamming on the breaks. I lurched forward and Hugo fell onto the floor.
"Hugo, put on your seat belt, how many times do I have to tell you?" Mum said "And Ronald, knock it off."
"Your best friends with Sorpius? Malfoy?" Dad asked, his ears turning red, which in a Weasley was never a good sign.
"Yeah, hes in Gryffindor, and hes super nice, and funny, and sweet. I'd like you to meet him." I finished.
"How in the bloody hell-" My dad started
"Ronald!" My mum said warningly
"But Mione'." He said weakly. "He's a Malfoy."
"Whats your point?" She asked
"He's probably a right foul git-"
"I'd love to meet him Ro." Said mum.
I smiled and nodded, while my dad mumbled something about 'traitors' under his breath. I giggled. He looked up into the mirror and smiled a little. "But seriously Rosie, why him?" he asked, struggling to sound calmer and not accusing.
"Hes really nice dad, trust me." I said
"Whos nice?" Asked Hugo, speaking for the first time sense we got into the car. He'd been playing some portable video game.
"Nothing Hugo, go back to sleep." Dad said rolling his eyes.
*End of Flashback"
So after working in the Auror department at the Minsitry together, and enduring countless dinners together, my father, and Draco, were more than acquaintances, but not quite friends. Uncle Harry had gotten over the childhood rivalry quite quickly, but theres something about a Weasley that makes you just a little bit more stubborn.
"Fred! James!" I heard my Aunt Angelina screech behind me. I whipped around to see what was going on. To make a long story short, Fred and James lit a fire in a paper waste bin, and Fred knocked it over, the two of them were now frantically trying to empty out their water bottles onto it before it could spread.
"James Sirius Potter-!" I heard my Aunt Ginny yell.
"Cover your ears everyone!" Interjected Uncle Goerge quickly to the group of us standing close by. Him, Roxy, Fred, and Aunt Angelina had just gotten here, and not even five minutes after James and Fred had been put into the same building, were things starting to catch on fire. Welcome to my life.
"-Your starting your fifth year you two! Its time to take some responsibility! I swear James, if me and your father receive as many letters from Professor Mcgonagall about your behavior problems this term as we did last their will-" Aunt Ginny was cut off from her rant as the train whistle blew.
"Well, looks like the shows over ehh James!" said Fred smirking
"It appears so Freddie, see you mum, not that we wouldn't love to stay and chat but Rick and Frank are looking for us." James sighed failing to look grave.
"Bye! See you at Christmas!" Fred finished and the two of them hopped onto the train and out of sight before Aunt Angelina or Aunt Ginny could continue the lecture.
I turned to my mum and dad. I gave them both a kiss on the cheek and a hug, and Hugo did the same. "See you at Christmas Ro." Said my mum getting emotional as always.
"Come on mum, its not even four months." I said patting her back.
"Ohh I know." She muttered "Just stay safe, and try and stay out of trouble."
"Come on 'Mione, you know Rose, she prefers the more laid back life." My dad said winking at me. I laughed and helped Hugo load his trunk on the train.
"Rose I'm serious though." said my mum as I stood in the doorway of the train. "You know just as well as I do its changing out there."
I nodded and the train started to pull away. I waved goodbye to my parents and the rest of the Weasley/Potter clan before they disappeared out of sight.
Of course I knew. Over the last few years or so the wizarding world has been changing. Mostly muggles, but also a few wizarding families here and there were being attacked. My parents refused to talk to us about it. Though the extendable ears often came in handy, they hardly gave much information. Of course my parents and other adult relatives had every right to know what was going on in the wizarding world when they were younger, but we weren't old enough? And my favorite: "It doesn't effect you."
So all me and my cousins knew for sure was that someone was at large, and getting more powerful. The grown-ups suspected old death eaters trying to bring the world back to what it once was. Investigations had taken place, but so few of the old death eaters were out of prison, alive, or capable of moving quickly due to old age, that the Aurors had come to a standstill. There had of course been whispers of a new 'Dark Lord'. Many families who were attacked swore the culprit was wearing a black hood, and worked alone. Many of the people attacked, weren't attacked at all. They were murdered.
My mum tells me its not quite to the point it was last time, where people wouldn't leave the house due to fear of death, but it was rapidly approaching that point. The year before Emily Richards had been removed from school after finding out her two brothers and mother had been slaughtered in their home. It wasn't safe anymore. Simple as that really. My cousins and I were no longer aloud to wander the streets of Diagon Alley alone anymore. Hogsmead trips at Hogwarts had been put under strain and were in jeoprody of being canceled all together. Mcgonagall had put up every protective spell she could think of on Hogwarts, but look how well that worked twenty years ago.
So yes I knew. I knew things were changing, that the place I once refered to as my safe haven, wasn't so safe anymore. The little girl thoughts that the world would never be as it once was were slowly but surely drifting from my mind. And the realization that everyone has to grow up eventually, was staring me straight in the face.
We'd been on the train for about three hours now. Al and Danny were pigging out to food from the trolley while me and Lorcan played wizards chess. Scorp was off with Artie seeking out Cody and Don, while lucy was most likely flirting with some fifth year boys.
The compartment door slid open and in walked James, Louis, Fred, and Roxy. "What up kids?" asked James winking at me. I rolled my eyes at him before sending my pawn to smash Lorcans knight. "Damnit!" He exclaimed while I giggle with mirthless laughter.
"What do you want James?" Asked Al, shoving more caramels into his mouth.
"Well, I've been thinking-"
"Were doomed." I muttered
"-That maybe we should restart the D.A." He said shooting me a 'Your so funny' look.
"I'm sorry?" I said dumbstruck. That was deffinetly not one of his most well thought out plans.
"You know, Dumbledores Army..our parents were in it way back-"
"I know what it is James thanks, but why would we do that?" I asked knowing the answer before I'd even asked it.
"You know why." He said quietly.
"Dumbledores dead James. " I said while Al flinched. Even though Al never knew Dumbldore, he felt close to him, just like Uncle Harry, and got uncomfortable when Dumbledores death was brought up.
"Thanks Rose, wasn't aware of that. What I mean is, we could all use some help with defensive spells." He said.
"Okay then, make your stupid club-"
"Why are you so against the D.A. Rose!" He asked, his fists clenched.
"Because...everythings fine! We don't need to know this stuff, our parents have it under control." I said, and I sounded like I was trying the convince myself more that James.
"You know damn well thats a load of dragon dung. If they have it under control, why is it both our fathers don't come him until after midnight sometimes. My fathers having trouble sleeping, he knows its impossible, but he thinks Volde-"
"Its not Voldemort. Thats not possible." I said severely.
"Your right. But are you honestly so naive you think theres no one else in this world who believes in the same mental things he did?"
"Of course not! I know its changing, but I don't think we need to do anything about it right now-"
"So you presume we do nothing now, and then when its too late we can worry about it?"
"Of course not-"
"Help me do this Rose. You know damn well you know more spells than I do. Help me teach people." He said quietly.
I looked around the compartment, no one was breathing, everyone in the compartment was just looking between me and James awestruck. Me and James didn't always see eye to eye, but we didn't dislike the other the way some cousins do either. In fact, on most occasions we got on quite well. Thats probably why Al, Danny, Louis, Roxy, Fred, and Lorcan were so shocked to see us arguing.
He wanted me to help. Thats why he came to find me. How was I suppose to help? Yeah, so I was one of the top in our year, I hardly knew any great magic they didn't. I didn't even know how to produce a corpeal patronus. Louis was going into his seventh year. Why didn't he ask him? I had excepted the fact that things weren't great in our world at the moment, but things like this happened all the time. Some prat like Tom Riddle comes into the world thinking everyone below him is unworthy of life. But the Ministry was prepared this time. They knew what they were doing, so why was it up to us to train people?
I looked around the compartment at my friends, and family and thought about the rest of my loved ones. What if something were to happen to them? How would I feel then? So before I knew what I was saying "Yeah James, I'll do it." Flowed out of my mouth.
"Yes!" He exclaimed, punching the air victoriously. "Alright, awesome..well, we start next week." And before that comment had registered with me, he was out the door with Fred and Louis on his heels.
"Wait what!" I yelled and I was right behind him.
What did I just sign up for?
A/N: Second chapter done! So I had an authors note on the last chapter, but it got cut off for some reason :( Thank you to those of you who reviewd! Please read&review. Constructive criticism is welcomed with open arms! I'm sorry I didn't update sooner, I had a German thing at school this week and I went to a football game. I know, excuses excuses. I'm hoping to upload at least once a week, and I'm also hoping to have another chapter up by Sunday, Sorry for any spelling mistakes too!
~Ace