AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH You must hate me so much for waiting so long to do this!!! I'm SO SORRY, there was a problem with the chapters and all and my transferring computers and files and blah blah blah...

Sorry, but I'm reaching the end anyway. Probably next chapter or the one after that. sorry, I just wasn't in the mood anymore, really sorry. Please forgive me!!!!! Anyway...

I only own Mare/Rose, Belle, and her sister, plus any other character that doesn't exist in the real Harry Potter book.

Rose got into a compartment, contemplating, when the door slammed open.

"Maaaaaare!!!!!" Without even moving from her spot, Rose allowed Belle to give her a bone-crushing hug.

"I missed you too Belle." Rose smiled as Belle mumbled incoherent words into her back.

"So, how was your vacation, hmmm???" Belle asked wryly. "Alright I suppose." Rose said in a non-committal way.

"Something's happened. Did Mare and Sirius fight? Did he find out? What?" Belle said rapidly.

"Yes, something's happened, no and no." Rose answered with a sigh.

"What's happened though?" Belle slowly asked.

Rose sighed again and went on to explain the incident over the summer. Belle listened with un-Belle-like silence and concentration.

When she finished, she gave another sigh.

Belle stayed silent for a few minutes, then said, "Erm... So... Snape... And... uh-huh." But Rose didn't seem to be listening anymore; she was humming a tune, which wasn't supposed to be, but sounded quite dull the way she hummed it.

"Sirius, the frog's crawling away." Remus pointed out, watching a decapitated chocolate frog crawl it's way blindly up James' sleeping form.

Sirius grabbed it, accidentally waking James up in the process.

"I DIDN'T DO IT!" James screamed before looking around to find only his friends staring, amused.

"You seem to have a lot on your mind lately. What's up with Rose?" Remus asked warily.

"Who ever said anything was up?" Sirius countered. "I doubt there's anything else." Remus said with his (annoying) knack of being right.

"Fine then. Things were going civilly for the past weeks, but for the last few days, there was something wrong. She was... troubled, but I don't know why." Sirius explained.

"Maybe problems with her friends?" This was the first time Peter spoke up since giving them quiet stuttering greetings when they met up.

"Maybe. But all she did was run up to another house near hers. After a bit, she just kind of bitched me back to the apartment, then afterwards apologized, but still acted negative." Sirius said, at the same time trying to put all the facts together.

"Hmm... That's odd." Remus muttered, as James tried to keep up with the conversation, still half-asleep.

"Just ask, Sirius..." He said, falling back into sleep.

"I wish I could." Sirius muttered, looking out the train's window.

"Sleep." Rose muttered, following Belle up the stairs.

"So, what're you planning to do tonight?" Belle asked.

"Sleep." Rose repeated dully.

"Any plans with Sirius, at all?" Belle continued.

"Sleep." Rose said again.

"Is your vocabulary reduced to one word?" Belle muttered incredulously.

"No. I just want to sleep." Rose replied.

Turning the corner, Rose's hands shook from her lie as she made her way opposite the corridor leading up to the Gryffindor tower.

Soon she arrived at the library and navigated through some sections and bookshelves before spotting a limp-haired figure bent over a thick-looking book.

"Hey, so, how's it going?" She said uncertainly, twirling her shifty colored hair.

"What do you want?" He said coldly, not even looking up.

"To apologize? To ask how you've been doing? I want a lot of things, Severus." Rose said, daring to sit beside him.

"Abandoning me for years and you expect us to become the best of friends again?" Severus said.

"No, I don't expect that, but I'd like to know how you are. I mean, I don't think you'd be the sort of person to mope around for years. You should have been able to make friends, or am I wrong?" Said Rose.

She gave him a knowing look, and he blinked. "No, you're not. But I've already ruined my life enough as it is." He said quietly.

"If you think you have. I'm on the verge of ruining mine, I think. Well, if you don't want me around." Rose said with finality, getting up.

"I thought you were going to apologize." Severus said, just as she was almost out of earshot.

"Well, yes. I'm sorry for forgetting, even when I was under the delusion that I remembered you so well." She said quite sadly before leaving.

"You've improved greatly, Miss Harper. Practicing, have you?" McGonagall commented as Rose did continuous shifting from one animal to the next.

"No Professor, but I find it stress relieving." Said a white weasel dryly.

"The next thing I'll tell you is serious, so pay attention, Rose." McGonagall said.

"You said that you want a job in the Ministry, preferably the job of an auror. Well, the ministry has reviewed your... special traits, and has decided to give you a job as an auror." At this, Rose's eyes widened and she shifted into human form.

"You mean it? That's-that's great!" She said.

"There is something here, though, that you might not enjoy hearing." McGonagall continued, her face grave.

"What's that, Professor?" Rose asked, crestfallen and half hoping not to hear what she had to say.

"The job you will be required to do is urgent, and the ministry needs someone-ehem- 'ready made' for their needs. Because of this, you must take the tests before you even turn seventeen." The professor finished.

"So- So I won't be able to finish school?" Said Rose, slightly relieved that it wasn't anything worse.

"That and... You will be taking on something severely deadly, a life-threatening task. You must understand that you may not come back to the people you care for." McGonagall confessed, looking worried.

"I- I understand that, with the goings on and such about-erm- Vol-Voldemort." Rose said slowly.

"Well then... You must know that you should probably tell your friends, or whomever you wish to confide in, but it can't be made public. Choose your confidants wisely, Ms. Harper." The professor said, in a sort of strict yet motherly tone.

"Yes Professor."

"I'm the first you've told, then?" Said Severus without apparent emotion.

"Yes. And also… I was going to ask you if… You love someone here. I mean… I want to know if someone would care for you…" Rose said uncertainly. Severus raised an eyebrow.

"You never really cared before." He said.

"Exactly why I want to make sure you've got someone before… Before I say goodbye." Said Rose, her hair staying dark blue.

"Hey Harper. Where have you been this late?" Sirius greeted as she entered the Gryffindor common room.

"Save your conclusions, Sirius, I had permission from Professor McGonagall. What are you doing up?" She shot back, though half-heartedly.

"Hey, what's up?" Sirius asked with some concern, seeing the color of her hair and the expression on her face.

"Nothing." Rose said, her voice shaking.

"Rose…" Rose breathed in sharply at his mentioning her first name, and when she attempted to breathe out, tears flowed from her eyes, and she couldn't contain herself anymore.

Next thing she knew, Sirius had his arms wrapped around her and was comforting her softly. It was all wrong, and Rose knew she couldn't do anything about it.

"I'm so sorry… Sirius…" She whispered. "What?"

But she didn't reply. She tore herself away from his grip and ran up to the girl's dormitory. Sirius tried to stop her, but he had to let go, or he'd hurt her.

Funny… He's like me. I have to let go, or I'll hurt everyone. I'm so sorry, Sirius.

Well... The next chappie will have a song fic. Sorry to cut it off there... Thanks to any readers I have left too