After Harry had finished detailing Rose's training regimen, he moved on to his plans concerning her involvement in the Tri-Wizard Tournament. Rose was very hesitant when Harry told her she had to go through with the Tournament since she was in a magically binding contract. Rose became even more hesitant and was close to protesting when Harry told her that she had to win the tournament and be there when Voldemort arrived in the grave yard to use her for the ceremony. It was honestly the easiest way Harry could find to kill the Dark Lord.

Obviously, Harry couldn't kill Voldemort in his spirit form. Perhaps bind him, but Voldemort was a smart man. He would figure a way to unbind himself and they would have to kill him again. He was temporarily immortal until all of the Horcruxes were destroyed and Harry was unsure as to what would happen if Harry destroyed them all while Voldemort was in spirit form. There was a possible chance that he would forever remain an evil spirit or possibly, be forever immortal.

"So, the plan is: I'm to win the tournament at all costs and make sure I touch the port-key before any of the other Champions?" Rose asked in a hesitant voice.

"Yes, you will have to try your best to reach the port-key as quickly as possible. If everything goes according to plan, you will be port-keyed to Voldemort and the rat."

"But," Rose said looking uncomfortable. She had a bad feeling that it wouldn't really go to plan. "What if they try to…?" She trailed off, hesitant to say what was on her mind. "What if they try to…use me first?"

Harry shook his head, knowing exactly what Rose meant. He was mildly curious as to why Rose distrusted men so, but that was a question for later. "They won't." At Rose's skeptical look, he explained. "They need to blood of someone who is both an enemy and a virgin. I was both at the age of fourteen," Harry said. He looked her suspiciously. "You are a virgin right?"

Rose blushed furiously and slapped him hard on the cheek.

"Harry!" She shrieked. "Of course I'm still a virgin! I'm too young to even consider sex!" Rose said her, cheeks bright red. 'Well, maybe not that young.' She thought about her dream about Harry that morning, though Harry did not need to know about that.

Harry couldn't help but chuckle at the red head as he nursed his bruised cheek.

"Shut up, Harry!" Rose said trying to hide her flushed cheeks. She couldn't believe she was talking to a boy about her virtue. It was so embarrassing, especially to the boy who she had grown fond of. That was one of the reasons why she forgave him so quickly and easily for lying to her.

"Anyway, I'll be hiding nearby in the graveyard and, once the resurrection is completed, I will rush in and rescue you. When I appear, I'll give you an illegal port-key that would attract the Ministry's attention and…"

"Hold it!" interrupted Rose. Harry couldn't help but groan. He had an awful feeling about what Rose as going to say. "I am not letting you fight alone." There it is… "This is my fight too and if you haven't forgotten, the prophecy stated that I must kill him. Not you. So how are you going to kill him without me?"

Harry shrugged. Inwardly, he was still shocked at how easily Rose was taking all of this, including the prophecy. Perhaps it was because she was being told a year earlier, and from someone she saw as family. "I was planning on capturing him so you could deliver the final blow. In the worst possible outcome, I'll try my best to see if the prophecy is even the same once I break into the Headmaster's office."

Rose normally would have considered telling a teacher about someone trying to break into Dumbledore's office, since she looked up to the Headmaster as a grandfather, but after hearing Harry's story and seeing his cold, harsh memories, her trust and acceptance of the old man had been shattered. "No way, buster," said Rose, standing up and looking down on Harry. Harry had to stifle his laughter since she really wasn't that intimidating. "I am going to help you fight Voldemort, regardless of what you will say, end of story."

Harry couldn't help but laugh. "Rose, you saw my duel with Voldemort, you won't stand a chance."

"I'll help you take on his death eaters then!"

This time, Harry sighed in exasperation. Was he like that during his fourth year. He hoped not. "Rose, I have plans for the death eaters. I'm going to set some traps for them, so that the moment they appear, they'll be incapacitated."

"What kind of traps?" Rose asked curiously.

"There was this spell I learned in my old dimension which was hidden in Dumbledore's private library. It is a combination of charm work and rune magic, that is set around a specific radius area that freezes any person who apparates inside of the circle field the moment they appear in it. I used the spell numerous of times in my old dimension when we were ambushing Death Eaters. It's a pretty useful spell which gives me time to appear inside, save you from harm, capture Wormtail for Sirius freedom, and kill Voldemort alone without any interference." Harry explained not bothering to tell her the trap would only give him a few minutes of freedom, but it was enough time for him to take out the majority of the threat.

"But…" Rose said wanting to help.

"No buts," said Harry. "This isn't a game Rose. I don't want to make the same mistake with you that I made with Sirius. Would you risk me getting killed because you were in the way?" He said, hating to use the guilt trip.

"No," replied Rose as she knew what he was trying to say. She saw Harry's memories and knew Harry hated to see friends and comrades die because of him. "But…could I still watch the fight from afar?" She asked. She still had an uncomfortable feeling that something would go wrong in the end.

Knowing Rose as well as he knew himself, he knew that she wouldn't give up till she got her way. "Fine," he said, relenting. "I will port-key you to a safe distance from the fight where there will be a broomstick, your invisibility cloak and some potions waiting for you. Use the healing potions, get on the broomstick and watch the fight from a far under invisibility. Is that acceptable?"

Rose nodded cheerfully.

"Alright," Harry said throwing his hands in the air. "Now that we have established a goal and a plan, let's talk more about your training."

"Yeah! Training!" Rose said excitedly.

"Okay, first, we are going to get your body back in shape," Harry said looking at her appraisingly. Rose blushed again under the scrutiny. Harry knew Rose had a crush on him. He wasn't stupid. There had been many women in his old dimension that fancied him, and Harry had learned the hard way how to recognize the signs. The only real question was; did he feel the same for her? In the wizarding world, it was not unusual to see wizards marry their family as purebloods would do anything to keep their blood 'pure' and 'strong'. Add that to the fact that he didn't see Rose as much of a family member at all. She was something…more.

"I have the health potions already made. You're going to take them starting tonight; one every morning, one every afternoon, and one every evening before bed. Tomorrow morning, I want you to wake up at 4:00 A.M. and meet me back here in the shack. Don't give me that look," Harry said when he noticed Rose's frown at the early wake up time. "It's the best way for your body to stay in shape and to be fully alert. Should you oversleep, so help me god, I will march up that dormitory and drag you downstairs myself."

"But you can't go into the girl's dormitory." Rose protested weakly. "It's sealed so that…"

"Forgive me for interrupting, Rose," Harry teased. "But I can. You and I are descendants of the founders, which gives us the ability to open any door or walk any path should we use our place as rightful heirs"

Rose tried her adorable pout, which turned into a real one when she realized that it didn't work on Harry.

"Take this," Harry said giving her a small hand held box that he pulled from his enlarged trunk. "I enchanted it so it can only be opened by a parselmouth. To open it, just hiss open in parseltongue. Inside the box are all the potions you might need. Not just health potions, but I stocked it with variety of other potions as well. I spent a lot of time on those potions yesterday and today and it almost took me forever to make them. Strength potions, dreamless sleep potion, energy potions, and of course, potions from your monthly girl things." Harry said ignoring the bright blush on Rose's cheeks. "They're all protected by notice-me-not charms so that only you and I can see them, and they all have an unbreakable charm on the flasks. So you should be okay."

Rose simply nodded and tried to get her cheeks unflushed.

"The potions aren't as strong as they normally are because I cast a spell on them that addiction. So you should be safe if you want to take the dreamless sleep every night."

"I'll also be teaching you occlumency," Harry interjected in a serious voice. "Occlumency is very important Rose, especially to you. You have to learn it before we kill Voldemort because once he is dead, the scar will start to fade, but it hurts…a lot. It helps to master occlumency since the pain is mostly mental."

Rose sighed. If she really wanted to get strong, she had to start somewhere. "So how long will be the working out be?" asked Rose.

"Just thirty minutes to an hour. One of the potions I gave you is an enhanced muscle potion, something I personally designed. It lets the drinker get almost ten times the result from their physical workouts."

Rose couldn't help but stare. "Damn, you must be one hell of a Potion Master." She said, her voice laced with awe.

"You have no idea Rose flower," Harry said chuckling.

"Wait! Then why do we have to wake up so early if it's only thirty minutes of physical training?" Rose said incredulously. She still felt warm and tingly at Harry calling her Rose flower.

Harry sighed. "Training, basically. I'd like you to be able to go on as little sleep as possible. Also, it's for secrecy. Until I find a home here in Hogsmeade, we will be forced to train in a secret room called The Room of Requirement at Hogwarts. I'll show it to you tomorrow. The earlier we train, the less likely we will be discovered. Understand?" Rose nodded reluctantly. "And I'll let you lie in on the weekends…I'm not a taskmaster." He added with a laugh.

"Boy, you're smart, I wouldn't have thought of that." She said embarrassingly.

"I'm not smart Rose," Harry said shaking his head. "It's survival instincts. If I'm right, you must really be as bad at strategy and chess as I am."

She chuckled at how right he was. She was utter rubbish at chess. She didn't know why she even bothered to continue to play Chess with Ron and Ginny, since she would always lose anyway.

"So what am I'm going to do for the rest of the time after training?" asked Rose.

"I got it all planned out, here is your schedule," Harry said in his teacher voice as he handed her a slip of parchment.

Taking the piece of parchment, Rose couldn't help but groan.

Daily Morning schedule…

4:00-4:45 Physical Training

4:45-5:00 Rest

5:00-5:30 Occulmency Training

5:30-6:00 Rest & Breakfast

6:00-7:00 Study

7:00-8:00 Rest or possibly option to eat Breakfast again

Daily Night Training…

9:00 Occlumency Training and Sword Training

"Let me warn you, you will most likely start eating a lot nowadays, to restore all your energy you burn as your metabolism increases," Harry said shaking Rose out of her daze at her upcoming hard and difficult month. "Oh, I can't believe I almost forgot. While you are in class, try your best to not say the incantation of the spell out loud and try to practice on your Occulmency whenever you have time."

"Harry," Rose said, understanding the need for wordless and occlumency daily practice in classes. "It says here, on my daily night training, that I will be training occlumency again and sword training. It doesn't say how long the training will be."

"It depends. We will be using a time-turner so that you can have more sleep if you need it," Harry said surprising the red head.

"Where the hell did you get a time-turner?" Rose blurted.

Not bothered that she just cursed, Harry said in a bored voice, "Knockturn Alley. If you know where to go, you can find anything you want there, for a price that is."

"Oh," Rose said in a surprised voice.

"When will I begin my animagus training?" asked Rose.

"Probably by the beginning of December, before the Yule Ball," said Harry.

"Yule Ball?" she asked.

Harry slapped his forehead exasperatedly for giving away more that he wanted to. "Sorry, you will be having a school dance late December, as the Champions traditionally hold a Ball. You have to attend to the Ball with a dance partner, as a Champion."

"Oh no, I don't know how to dance!" Rose panicked.

"Don't worry, I'll teach you. I took the time to learn how to dance when I was invited to a Ministry ball, in celebration of the defeat of Voldemort."

Rose nodded gratefully.

"Now then, is there anything else you want to ask?" Harry said as he realized the time.

"Yes, is it possible, that on my schedule here when it says 7:00 - 8:00 Rest or possibly option to eat breakfast again, can I use the time-turner to get more sleep?"

"That ruins the whole point of trying to build up a resistance to deep sleeping and awareness Rose," Harry said as patiently as possible.

"I know," Rose said looking so miserable, it broke Harry's heart. "I just want more sleep."

Groaning at how Rose could easily manipulate him if she gave him that look every time, he spoke to her in a serious voice. "Rose, this is only for a month. I guess it'll be a waste of time for you to wake up so early after that, seeing as we're not really at war."

Rose cheered at this.

"Great, I don't fancy waking up so early actually."

Harry nodded in understanding as he was digging around in the pockets of his robes.

"Here," Harry said, pulling out a Time-Turner. "You know how to use this right?"

"Yes," Rose said in a serious voice. "Hermione had one and I had always wanted a Time-Turner."

"Okay, I won't lecture you on how to use it then, but here's a warning. Don't get caught with it and make sure no one finds you with it. I put a charm on it that prevents the fake from seeing it."

And with that, Harry and Rose hugged each other, and Harry escorted her back to the castle.