Chapter 4: First Days. Good, Bad, and Painful
A/N: I'm back my little ones! Did you miss me? Please note that I'm writing this over the span of two hours, it is currently 10;22 and I have to be done by 12:30. joy. And I'm also converting four DVD's, listening to music, catching up on my favourite show, and trying to cram all of it in by noon. Yea, never doing that again. Well you obviously want me to get one with the story, so see you at the bottom!
DISCLAIMER: yup, I own all of this. The characters are currently outside playing Quidditch. Not. If I did own them, which I don't, there would have been whole series on the Next-Gen and the Marauders.
Rose
OK yea she loved Hogwarts. And everything in it. But that did not make up for what happened today and why she was currently hiding behind a tapestry in the fourth floor, wearing nothing but her school robes. She didn't even have her undies for crying out loud! Albus and Thomas were gonna pay. Well not Albus, she could get James to take care of him seeing as how she was his favourite cousin and what not. But Thomas? As her boyfriend, he should have stood up for, instead of laughing at her along with the rest of the school. But nooo, no one could be asked to stand up for her except Professor Longbottom who handed her a towel since she was too embarrassed to transfigure one. Maybe she should explain exactly what had happened before continuing.
She had been on her way out of the Heads room, adjusting her tie, making sure everything looked perfect for her first day of her last year. Which was why she hadn't noticed when Albus crept up behind her, and charmed a large bucket of ice cold water to fall on her. Leave it to him to use Muggle pranks. But she had never been the target before. Always her other cousins. But that didn't matter now. What matter instead was that since she hadn't pulled on her dress robes yet, and so it was her uniform that got wet. Which included her plain white shirt, which was see through if it got even the slightest wet. And she had chosen today of all days to wear the new lacy bra and underwear that her mum had gotten her for her birthday. At least her bottom was safe. She sighed. Then she screamed. "ALBUS SEVERUS POTTER! YOU ARE GOING TO PAY!" with that nice final thought she had dropped everything and chased after her her ex- favourite cousin.
She chased him into the Great Hall, which she realized ten seconds later when she was standing in the middle of it that it was a big mistake. She was frozen in her spot, unable to move as her embarrassment at the whole school seeing her in a see through shirt magnified. She saw flashes going off in the corner of her eyes, but her main focus of attention was on her "boyfriend'. He was seated at the Gryffindor table, and was not hiding his laughter at seeing her like this. In fact, he was probably enjoying the show, and thinking that there would be more to come since he was her boyfriend. Well he was wrong. He wouldn't be getting so much as a kiss on the cheek from her until he apologized. Now on to more pressing matters. Like the fact that she was standing in the middle of the Great Hall completely soaked to the bone, wearing a see through shirt that showed everyone in the room exactly what underwear she had chosen to wear that day. Her day was off to a perfect start. And then it got even better.
The tips of her shoes slowly started to disappear, then her socks. Her whole skirt was about to disappear when Professor Longbottom had rushed up and handed her a towel, looking at everything else but her. She quickly said thanks and raced out of the Great Hall, up 3 flights of stairs and behind the first tapestry she could find. She had summoned her dress robes and bag. She changed into her dress robes, and stuffed all her damp clothes into her bag. And that was where she was now. Shivering, hungry, and furious. Not a good match for her. Not at all.
She would find him. As soon as she was properly dry, fed, and had a good plan. She spread out her clothes to dry. She would have used a drying charm, but hated using those, seeing as how if they weren't on a person or mannequin, they would shrink a considerable amount, which she did not need. She transfigured some notebooks into some temporary clothes, making a mental note to change them back later. She set a charm on the tapestry so no one could come in, or know she was there. Then she finally started a fire, and set about to find some food in her bag.
She stayed there the whole day, planning, reading and sleeping. She had found some cookies in her bag, and transfigured them into some pasta for lunch. She had read over all her textbooks so she would be prepared for tomorrow. And she had come up with the most wonderful plan for getting back at her cousin and Thomas.
At around six in the evening, she heard Scorpius calling her on her wand. The two Heads shared a link so that if they ever need the other for whatever reason, they could notify them with a simple wave of their wand. It was both a curse and a blessing, but at that moment, it was the latter.
A blue light appeared at the tip of her wand and then Scorpius's voice came through.
"Rose, where are you? Your whole family except Albus is looking for you. They keep bothering me, they think I've done something with you."
"Why isn't Albus looking for me? And what about Thomas?"
"Well he thinks you're going to hurt him, so he's in hiding. And Thomas...I haven't seen him at all today. But where are you?"
"Seesh calm down. I'm in the fourth floor tapestry, the one with a picture of Hogwarts and its founders. I'll unlock it so you can come in."
She set about removing the charms for Scorpius, and a few seconds later he came in.
"wow" he remarked. "you have a whole place set up here. The only thing missing is the bed."
"Actually that's over there in the corner." She said, pointing.
They laughed at the sight of a small doll sized bed which looked as if it wouldn't even hold the tiniest 1st year.
"But moving on to business. What have I missed from classes today?" She asked.
"Nothing much, just the fact that you were supposed to be my partner in every single class!"
Rose blushed. At the end of their sixth year, they had been told that they would be assigned partners for their 7th year. And she had completely forgotten that in her embarrassment this morning.
"In so sorry Scorpius! Did you get in trouble or anything?" she asked worriedly.
"Relax Rose" he said, grinning. " We just went over our classes and got papers with an overview of this year." He handed her a pile of papers with various names.
"Wow. Thanks Scorp."
"No problem. Now about your family. Shouldn't you at least let them know where you are? I mean by now they've probably noticed that I'm gone, and have thought of even more crazy situations."
She sighed. She was still mad at them, they were her family and they had all been there that morning, yet none of them had done anything. James would have though. They were close like that. Sadly though, he had just graduated that June. Finally she spoke.
" Fine. I'll tell them where I am. But that's it. I wont do anything else. They're my family, and they should have done something this morning."
Scorpius nodded. He had heard what had happened that morning, and was furious at Albus. To think that they had ever been friends.
He helped her pack up everything, and remove the charms. They walked silently towards the Gryffindor common room.
Once they reached it, he patiently waited outside while she went in.
There was silence as she entered. Only her cousins occupied it, everyone else was gone. She spoke.
"If you're still wondering where I was, I was still in the school. I was hiding, from the school and from you. You're my family. You should have done something. Oh and Albus sweetie? Don't think you're not gonna pay. All of you will pay actually. Because from what happened this morning, I find it very hard to believe that you consider me family. Good-night." Once those last words were uttered, she turned and left.
The moment she was out of Gryffindor Tower, the tears came. Scorpius immediately took her into his arms, and together, with him guiding, they headed back to the Heads Tower.
He left her alone for a few moments in their common room while he raced to the kitchens to get her some real food. Once he got back, she had stopped crying and was staring blankly into the fire. A million thoughts were racing through her mind.
Why had Albus done that? Why hadn't her family done anything? She knew the answer to the second one. She wasn't really a Weasley. By name yes. But by blood? Scorpius was more related to them than her. She was actually the product of a former relationship between her mother and one of her schoolmates. After Hermiones' first husband had died, she had married Ron. And a few months later, Rose was born. Everyone in their family knew the story, yet no one spoke of it. She had always feared the day when her family would use it against her. It looked like that day had arrived.
Scorpius
He was furious to say the least. He couldn't believe what Rose's cousins had done to her. It was bad enough that they had laughed, he would have maybe understood that. But let her stand there, in front of the whole school in a wet see through shirt? They were lucky he had been able to hold in his anger until now. The only damage he could cause was to himself. And the mirror.
He walked over to the filled bathtub, and dived in, immersing himself in the bubbles and lukewarm water. He need to relax, to take his mind of his anger. So he switched his thoughts to Rose. 'Rose..' he thought dreamily. He wished he had been there that morning, to protect her. But no, he HAD to continue his habit of early breakfast. And he thought it was a good habit. Well, usually.
And to make matters worse, he had an excellent day. While Rose was hiding somewhere, crying her eyes out. He had gained Slytherin 50 points all by himself. And every time during break that he wanted to go off in search of Rose, one of the Weasleys or the Potter would catch up to him and question. He was only glad that he didn't have any classes with them. That right alone belonged to Rose.
Rose... He couldn't even begin to comprehend what Monday would be like. She would have no one but him. Her family seemed to have deserted her, and the rest of the school wasn't even an option. Maybe they could call in sick or something. Or maybe he could convince McG to let Rose miss classes and have Scorpius bring her her work. But even though he knew McG might go for it, Rose wouldn't. She would rather hold her head high and endure the whispers and stares than hide another day.
He shook his head and climbed out of the tub, leaving the water to drain.
He lay on his bed, willing sleep to come and allow him to forget the events of the past few days.
On mondayhe was up before Rose, and ready to go. He patiently waited for her to come down so that they could go to breakfast together.
As they entered the Great Hall, the whispers, stares and pointing started. Rose however continued to chat with him as if though nothing was going on. They sat down at the Ravenclaw table with their backs to everyone else. Rose's best friend, Ellie, who sat with them, had joined Scorpius in the worrying about Rose department. She, like him, had had breakfast early on Friday, and so had been in the library when Rose was being embarrassed. She apologized to her friend repeatedly, but Rose waved it all off, saying that she was ten times better than her cousins, since she actually apologized and tried to fix things.
Once they had finished their food, they all headed to class early, eager to avoid everyone. But they soon figured out that they should have been late instead of early. Everyone, especially the girls, would stop to say something to Rose. And it was never anything nice.
By lunchtime, the three of them where sore and in pain, the latter applying to Scorpius and Ellie. They had attacked a particularly vicious group of people, who stopped to call Rose a long list of words that should not be repeated. And the boys had been, if possible, worse. They had treated Rose like dirt, asking how much she charged per night among other things. Ellie and Scorpius had come to Rose's rescue just in time. The group of people were currently in the Hospital Wing, saying that they had all gotten in a fight over a piece of work. Scorpius had threatened them with more if they didn't say that.
Ellie had grabbed some food from the Great Hall while Rose and Scorpius waited outside by the lake.
When she got back, she said that the Weasleys had cornered her, and threatened her if she didn't tell them where Rose was. Which was why she was now sporting a black eye from one of the girls. Rose had cried at the loyalty of her best friend, and Scorpius had thanked her for keeping Rose safe. He quickly cured Ellie, and they set about to eat their lunch of hamburgers and fries.
They were heading back to the Heads Tower after dinner when Ellie, who was leading them, stopped. She waved Scorpius over and told him that she had heard a noise coming from around the corner in one of the classrooms. He alerted Rose who pulled out her wand. He motioned to Ellie and Rose to stay put will he went on ahead to see what it was.
As he turned the corner, the noises increased and seemed to be coming from the classroom at the very end of the hallway. He crept towards it, casting a charm on him so that whoever it was, wouldn't hear him coming. As he neared the classroom, he pulled out his wand. And gasped.
He was standing to the side of the door, so he could see clear inside, but so that whoever was in couldn't see him. And the people inside seemed way too busy to even bother looking at the door. For it was Roxanne Weasley and Thomas Johnson, Rose's cousin and boyfriend. And they were way to close, doing something way too intimate, to be just meeting as friends.
He called Rose on his wand, and called her to his spot. She had a right to see this, a right to know who really was on her side. What made matters worse was that they had just gone out on Saturday to Hogsmeade.
Rose, with Ellie in tow, soon reached him. He pulled Ellie forward first, so she could see what was happening. Once she had a look inside, she gasped, and nodded to him. They had to show Rose.
Ellie spoke urgently to Rose, telling her that she had to see what was going on inside. Rose paled, knowing that her friends wouldn't be acting like this if it wasn't important. She took a deep breath and looked. And then screamed. Scorpius was glad he had cast the silencing charm so they wouldn't hear her scream. But the charm didn't stop people from attacking others.
Rose had pulled out her wand, and cast spell after spell at her so called boyfriend and cousin. When she was finished about ten minutes later, she went for a physical attack. She usually believed in a fair fight, but a 6th year and a not so bright 7th year were no match for her. I'll spare you the gruesome details. Basically, by the time she was finished, Weasley had hair everywhere and completely covered in blood, couldn't speak for a week, and was bald. Johnson had grown hair everywhere, that would change colors every few seconds. He had a permanent kick me sign stuck on him which wouldn't come off until the end of the year, and had his features completely distorted. She left them there, tied up, and dared them to tell anyone of authority the truth. Or it would be a hundred times worse. And she kept her word.
Scorpius didnt feel a need to help her. He had often been the one being cursed, and so he knew how bad it could be. But as an extra precaution, he cast a spell that would not let them change until they permanently left Hogwarts. Now to take care of the rest of Rose's family. At least he had a clear shot at her now. But why bother? She would never return the feelings anyways.
A/N: Well there you have it folks. I'm so sorry that its late, but on Friday my sister was needing the computer, and I had writers block. Didn't you just love my ending? Alright maybe not. Well starting August 23, Ill be starting 9th grade, but Ill make sure to updated. Ha who am I kidding Ill be overwhelmed. But the story will be safe. :) Read, Review and get a virtual cookie! Ta-Ta!