A/N: Hey everyone! Not as long of a wait for this chapter :) There is plenty of action as well! Half the stuff in this chapter was not on my plan, honestly made it up as I went because I didn't want to go through with the other part of my plot idea. However there are still only one or two chapters left of this before I finish :( Sad. But it will be the first story, besides one-shots, that I successfully finished! Speaking of one-shots, have you checked out my newest brain fart of a one-shot I call Moonlight? No? Well it's based around Daphne and Astoria Greengrass in that fateful final year at Hogwarts. Not sure if it's entirely accurate, but I did my best. We are missing a fair bit of information on what exactly happened at the school. There is a bit of Daphne/Draco in there, followed by some Astoria/Draco and Daphne/Blaise. I think you will enjoy the story, I certainly enjoyed writing it!
Anyways, onto the chapter! Hope it's not disappointing!
Mandy had been working her team into overdrive the weeks leading up until the match. Rose felt like her skin was frozen solid with the cold weather looming over the castle. Currently she and her brother were wrapped up in blankets in the Ravenclaw common room, shivering next to the fire. Albus and Scorpius seemed unperturbed by the cold, and were chatting about the upcoming game and winter holiday with Sarah. Sarah and Scorpius were coming to the Burrow for Christmas, so it would be an exciting holiday.
Draco and Astoria Malfoy were still in hiding, but they had still managed to send his Christmas gifts to the Burrow ahead of time. Grandma complained of the massive pile of presents she'd had to stuff into the boy's room. That was another reason why Rose was excited to go to the Burrow. Over the last few months, the older Weasley's had been adding even more rooms to the teetering house. Now it would be a little less cramped and more spaced out, as she would only have to share a room with Dominique and Sarah.
December 11 was approaching faster than Rose could hope. The first game of the season had been a spiteful one between Gryffindor and Slytherin, Gryffindor only just winning by a hair. With their keeper knocked out early in the game, Slytherin was up 190 to 50, and luckily James managed to catch the snitch before Slytherin could get any more goals in, giving them a win of a margin of just 10 points.
The week before the match, Mandy held back on practise, knowing her team would be better prepared when well rested. Rose used this time wisely to hang out with Albus and Scorpius, as well as get some alone time with Scorpius, all while managing to get all of her homework up until Christmas complete.
Scorpius and Albus begged for her work to copy, but she refused. Rose had worked hard to get so far ahead, but she agreed to help them none-the-less.
The morning of the match, Rose was busy teaching her teammates the proper use of the Impervius to protect their faces from the blustering winds, Scorpius handed out Pepper-Up potions, and it seemed the Hufflepuff team was doing the same; that should prevent any of them from getting sick.
Crossing the grounds, Rose walked next to Scorpius. She worried for Hugo, as it was his first year on the team, and just generally worried herself. Hufflepuff had three seventh year chasers this year, who were all exceptional players. If Rose didn't hold her game, they could lose.
"Rose!" she heard someone call.
Turning, Rose saw Alice Longbottom attempting to catch up with them, her black and yellow knit scarf slapping her several times in the face.
"Hey Alice!" Rose said with a smile, "What's up?"
"Just wanted to wish you luck! Even though I'm in Hufflepuff, I'll be rooting for you guys secretly!" Rose grinned at Alice and waved as she ran back to her friends.
Her spell had been working for the team so far; they seemed to be able to keep their eyes open against the strong winds that whipped their robes around them like lethal weapons. Hufflepuff were not having any luck, as none of them had thought of using the charm on their faces. Ravenclaw was up 90 to 10, Rose having only let in the goal as the hood to her robe had decided at the most inopportune moment to cover her whole head, obstructing her view of the Quaffle.
It had been nearly two hours now and the teams were clearly exhausted, but they had to continue to play until the snitch was caught. Albus had been searching the entire game, tricking the other seeker, seventh year Eliza Sloper, several times into believing he had found it. Hufflepuff's beaters were brutal players though. Scorpius already sported the beginning of a black eye, Jacob's knee was bent at a funny angle, and Lorcan looked like he was going to cry from the amount of bruises he was covered in. Ravenclaw's beaters had gotten a few good shots in. Mandy had managed to break Allen McLaggen's arm, and he was furious, considering it was his throwing arm and he was their best chaser and would most probably be Captain next year as the majority of the team were seventh years.
In an effort to keep warm, Rose darted back and forth in front of the hoops.
Stopping, Rose looked to her left. That couldn't be, could it?
Luckily Albus was looking in her direction and Eliza remained oblivious, because Rose's frantic waving and pointing in the direction of the snitch would have given it away too easily.
Albus sped towards her on his broom, easily getting there before Eliza had even registered what had happened. Ravenclaw's stands began to burst into cheers as they realized what was going on. Albus' outstretched hand was only a meter or so from the snitch. Eliza tried desperately to catch up, but it was too late. His cold fingers closed around the warm, golden metal and the wings stopped beating in defeat. Ravenclaw's stands roared with cheering as the teams landed on the ground.
Ravenclaw had won, 250 to 10. Not bad at all, and it seemed Mandy agreed, as her grin couldn't have been wider.
Sarah was surprisingly the first to reach Albus, planting a huge kiss on his lips. Rose swore she saw some girls swoon or glare jealously, but that only made Rose smirk.
The crowd closed in around them, she felt James ruffle her hair, and Scorpius gave her a much-too-long-to-be-platonic hug, hanging on longer than he should have, but no one seemed to notice.
Professor Duke congratulated them on a job well done, and promised to donate twenty galleons to their first celebration party of the year, in the hopes there would be more to come. Rose took the money as the Professor winked at her and disappeared.
"Rose, should we seriously trust him? I mean a Professor just basically told you to sneak out, and gave you money and permission to do so. I thought you liked rules," Scorpius was scowling.
"Relax Scorp. I think one night of daring fun can be allowed. Come on!" Rose dragged Scorpius by the arm up to the school.
"I thought we were going to Hogsmeade?" he asked, confusion etching his face.
"Albus hasn't shown you the secret passage yet? Good Merlin that boy needs a new brain. There's a passage behind Gunhilda of Gorsemoor." Scorpius gave her a funny look. "The one-eyed witch? On the third floor?" Realization seemed to dawn on him and he smirked. Looking around, he saw no one nearby, so he grabbed Rose's hand with his and began to run. She giggled the whole way, dragging slightly behind so she could stare at his…well…behind.
It was a nice behind.
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"I can't believe they're still making us do our patrols tonight. It's the last day before Christmas holidays; of course students are going to be out of bed!" Scorpius sighed exasperatedly.
"Relax Scorpius; just think of this as some last minute alone time before having to stay with my family. It's going to be cramped, even with the newest room additions. You're still going to have to share with Albus and Hugo. I'm stuck with Sarah and Dominique. Lily's furious that she's being dumped in a room with Lucy and Roxanne. But now it will be a bit more roomier."
"Your family is big," Scorpius said with a smile.
Rose only laughed, "And could get bigger any time. With Teddy and Victoire getting married this summer…"
Rose was interrupted, however, by a loud bang from further down the hallway, followed by a string of curse words.
Scorpius glanced curiously at his patrol partner. They should investigate, they seemed to silently agree. Probably just a younger student out of bed, or a cousin up to no good - the usual.
Jogging lightly down the hall they managed to round the corner just in time to see several forms skirt around the end of the corridor into the Charms corridor. They increased their speed, hoping to catch the students who were out of bed. They probably wouldn't take points, just give them a warning.
They did not expect what they saw when they rounded the corner.
Eight or nine cloaked figures stood there, wands drawn. Rose gasped in shock, and Scorpius quickly stood in front of her in an attempt to protect her as best as he could.
"RUN!" Scorpius ordered Rose, not giving her any other option; like she would stay anyways.
The two began to run as they heard a low chuckle from behind them. No, this was not happening. Not at Hogwarts! They were supposed to be safe here! Rose's mind jumbled as she dodged hex after curse after jinx. The only place she could think of getting to was the seventh floor: the location of her tower, Gryffindor tower, Duke's office, Corner's office and the Headmistress' tower. Clearly the safest floor in the entire school, surely someone would be woken if they yelled.
Rose dragged a confused and frightened Scorpius up a stairwell to her right that she knew climbed straight to the seventh floor. The cloaked figures followed them, but they seemed to be walking eerily slow, as if they knew Rose and Scorpius would never get away, so what was the need for them to rush?
Panting, she entered the seventh floor corridor two doors down was Professor Duke's office. They would run there first, and Rose prayed to Merlin that he was working late.
Clearly Rose's luck had run out, for a minute of knocking revealed the office to be empty. Rose could hear the cloaked men at the top of the stairs, so she dragged Scorpius to their next option, Professor Corner's office. They had to run nearly to the end of the corridor before they found the oak door that led to his quarters.
No answer.
"Where are all the Professors?" Rose cried out desperately, losing hope.
"Probably tending to the situation we created outside," said an eerie voice from behind them.
Shaking, Rose turned around. There, uncloaked, stood Dolohov, senior. Tears sprung to her eyes.
"Wh-what are you talking about?" she asked bravely.
"A dead gamekeeper is quite a spectacle, isn't it?"
Rose gasped audibly. Hagrid! He couldn't be…no! Rose couldn't believe that Hagrid could be dead. Tears stung her eyes as she felt the pain of death rake through her body. But they wouldn't cross the threshold of her eyelids.
"Even the Headmistress stepped out for a moment. Pity, now you're all alone. And unprotected," he smirked lazily as if this was like taking candy from a baby.
Rose wouldn't cry, she couldn't. One of her favourite people in the world was dead, and she was probably about to join him, if not worse.
"Look, leave Rose out of this Dolohov. You already sent her to St. Mungo's once. This is about me, just get it over with!"
Dolohov wasted no time as he spat Crucio with a jab of his wand. Scorpius fell to the ground screaming with agony as he felt like needles were pricking every part of his body, and his skin was burning off of him.
"SCORPIUS!" Rose cried. Mustering up all of the courage the Sorting Hat had said she had, she sent a stinging jinx at Dolohov, grinning satisfactorily as his face began swelling to an immense size as if he'd had an allergic reaction. The curse on Scorpius stopped as Dolohov was distracted, crying out in pain.
Helping him to his feet, Rose began to run, bearing the weight of the two of them. She had to get to a Professor. Even Filch would be better than no one. Stumbling towards the stairs, she cried out as her foot stumbled over the edge and both she and Scorpius hurtled down a few flights, wincing with each new pain.
They finally seemed to stop near the second floor. Rose could feel that her ankle was clearly broken, and Scorpius' elbow was bent out of shape. Cringing, she stood up and pulled Scorpius up with her. They were only one floor up from the Hospital Wing, surely they could make it.
Bellowing laughter could be heard from above as Rose dragged her and Scorpius down another flight, limping on her bad ankle. The clack of Dolohov's shoes followed them. Tears sprung to Rose's eyes. This wasn't going to end like this. If she let Dolohov win, he would finish them off and surely attack more of her family. Other students even. No, this had to end now.
Rose shoved Scorpius into a nearby alcove, ensuring he was properly hidden behind the suit of armour, despite his protests. She put a silencing charm on him, and then a body bind curse. She then began to run further down the hall, making as much noise as she could. Her ankle was throbbing, but she ignored it. If she died, it wouldn't matter, and if she lived, well Madam Pomfrey could fix anything.
The eight or so Death Eaters were hot on her trail, and she could hear them gaining on her. Thankfully they had not spotted Scorpius; it was just them and her now.
"Come on girl, we just want to play a game!" came his deep voice. Rose shivered, she couldn't let them catch her, but she was running out of options.
Finally reaching the hospital wing, she yanked on the double doors, only to find them locked. Knocking furiously, her patience got the best of her, and she began pacing.
"Come out, come out, wherever you are!" Rose could feel the hot tears in her eyes. Her last options were to get to Filch's office, then to get outside where all the Professors seemed to be.
But it seemed Filch was gone too, and Rose relied on her last option as another spell was sent in her direction. Rose had thought that initially they were after Scorpius, but in the end, Rose guessed Dolohov was here outside of Lucius' orders to finish Rose off. Shuddering, she made it to the Entrance Hall and ran through the open front doors.
Across the field she could see the blaze that burned on Hagrid's hut.
"Crucio!" came a cry from behind her. Rose cried out in agony and fell to her knees, her throat burned as she realized she was screaming and nothing was coming out. It appeared one of the other men had silenced her.
She could feel grimy hands grasp her wand and take it from her hand, while other hands groped her sides, beginning to drag her away from the castle in the opposite direction. Now the tears flowed as she struggled against her captors. One stupidly put their hand over her mouth, even though she was silenced.
Rose's mind was running into overdrive and she did the first thing she could think of. She bit the hand over her mouth, simultaneously kicking the man that held her legs.
The men dropped her in surprise and she began to run after picking herself up. She had to get to the Professors before they got to her. She could feel every last bit of oxygen drained from her lungs as she ran, but adrenaline kept her going, the fear of passing out soon continuing to grow inside her.
Bending down fast, she grabbed a rock, and threw it as far as she could ahead of her. Luck seemed to return to her as it bounced against the Whomping Willow with a resounding crack, and the tree responded by using its large branches to hit the ground in anger, making a sufficient amount of noise. The men still tried to follow her, hoping to catch her.
McGonagall heard the disturbance behind her, and seeing a frantic Rose running, er hobbling, in her direction sent alarm through her. It was then she noticed the men chasing her. Fearing for her students, she watched in horror as they turned, heading back for the castle out of fear of the Headmistress.
McGonagall barked an order at Professor Duke to get to Rose before grabbing Professors Longbottom and Vector and chasing after the Death Eaters.
Professor Duke wrapped his arms comfortingly around the frantic fifth year, when he realized she wasn't saying anything, he got suspicious before realizing she was saying something, but there was no sound coming out.
"Finite."
Finally the sounds of Rose's sobbing could be heard, catching the other Professors' attentions. Rose then saw Hagrid's body lying on the ground ahead of her, making her sob harder into the Professor's shoulder, grasping at the protection she now had.
It was then she began blubbering about Scorpius and where she had hidden him. Professor Duke sent Madam Pomfrey and Professor Corner to look for him, intending to bring him to the Hospital Wing.
Professor Duke whispered soothing words to her. "It's OK Rose, they got them. McGonagall's got them. They can't hurt you ever again," he noticed her gaze on Hagrid, "He's fine Rose. He's not dead. Just made it out alive, he did. It's OK…shh…"
Bradley Duke had never had to deal with a crying kid before. Sure he'd seen Bill's kids cry before, but that was many years ago. Bradley was still new to Hogwarts teaching staff and hadn't had to deal with any kid other than Victoire, Dominique and Louis, and they had rarely cried.
Rose finally stopped crying a few minutes later, but Professor Duke refused to let her walk on her clearly broken, and further damaged ankle. Instead he gathered the girl up in his arms and carried her to the Hospital wing himself, Professor's Goldstein and Babbling following behind, levitating Hagrid.
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Rose was in darkness, it cloaked the area that she found herself in. She could hear voices; her mum, her dad, Uncle Harry, Mr. Malfoy, Uncle George, and so many others. Her mother's voice was clearly chastising her for her reckless behaviour, while her father and uncles praised her for her bravery. Finally Mr. Malfoy was screaming at her. Angry she had become involved with his son, forcing him to keep secrets from his family.
With each voice came another reason for Rose to be disappointed in herself. Her mother was upset, her father and Uncles gave her credit for bravery when it was clear she had none. She had only acted as anyone else would have. And she was taking Mr. Malfoy's son from him.
How could she be so selfish?
The recurring nightmares caused Rose to toss and turn in her bed. This worried Scorpius who awoke to her screams at night, and it also worried her parents, whose attempts to soothe the unconscious girl were futile.
…
Rose woke a couple of days later surrounded by the familiar sights of the Hospital Wing. It was becoming too familiar.
Scorpius lay on the bed next to her, and across and further down, taking up two beds, was Hagrid. One she hadn't expected to see was Professor Longbottom in the furthest bed down, surrounded by his wife Hannah, and their four children.
Rose's mother and Aunt Ginny were asleep beside her in squishy armchairs, while her father and Uncle Harry spoke off to the side with McGonagall, glancing constantly at both Hagrid and Uncle Neville.
Ron Weasley immediately stopped talking when he saw his daughter's head swivelling around, taking in her surroundings. Rushing to his daughter's bed, he enveloped her into a tight hug.
"Rosie! Oh thank Merlin you're OK!" Ron Weasley sobbed over his daughter, effectively waking Hermione and Ginny.
Hermione sprung forward, grasping at her daughter's form just as her husband was.
"Why is it that Hogwarts can go for nearly twenty years in peace and quiet but the moment your children arrive chaos returns?" McGonagall scolds the two, but a smile was gracing her lips.
Harry grins at the older woman, "Must be genetics…" he said, trying to lighten the mood.
Madam Pomfrey bustled over then, fussing over Rose, checking the now non-existent bruises and bumps that had covered her body, and fiddling with the ankle that had been broken.
"Your child seems to be fine now, you may take her home for the holidays," Madam Pomfrey grinned. "And Mr. Malfoy is as well, just allow him to wake on his own, and then you may leave when you please."
"How are Neville and Hagrid Poppy?" McGonagall asked.
"I've seen worse, Hagrid will do fine. But his size will require more recovery time. Give him a few days more and he'll be good as new. Neville seems to be recovering, should be awake in an hour or so. Sectumsempra can take the mickey out of someone, if you know what I mean," she said with a small smile, glancing at Uncle Harry who frowned guiltily.
Rose, curious about her Uncle's behaviour, grinned at hearing about her Professors. She had felt like her heart had plummeted into her stomach when they claimed Hagrid's death. The half-giant was a dear friend, and if he had been dead…And Uncle Neville had gotten hurt trying to capture the men who had attacked her. If he had been hurt severely…Rose wouldn't know how to forgive herself.
Scorpius seemed to take that moment to awaken, and he sat up groggily in his bed. Harry approached his bed and filled the boy in on the most recent news. It seemed that that wasn't the first time Scorpius had awoken.
Not all of the men had been captured. McGonagall, Uncle Neville and Professor Vector had managed to body-bind four of the masked men; unfortunately none of them were Dolohov. Dolohov had managed to injure both Uncle Neville and Professor Vector, but the latter had been released the day before.
The men had entered the castle through the one-eyed witch passageway, which had now been closed over to keep the students safe. Scorpius looked at Rose during this moment. It was the same passage they had used just a week and a half before to sneak out of the castle. Could someone have seen them?
Rose wouldn't dare tell her Uncle this information while her parents were in the room. Perhaps during the holiday if she could catch him alone, but not now. Her mother would think her irresponsible while her father would be upset that she hadn't been sharing her 'adventures' with him.
"We have kept this as discrete as possible. But, naturally, the whole school knows by now, I suppose. Your cousins just do not know how to keep a secret Miss Weasley," Professor McGonagall grinned at her student.
"Have they already gone home then?" Rose asked, wincing as her voice cracked. Madam Pomfrey handed her a glass of water and a small pink potion that tasted strangely of chewing gum.
"Yes, except Albus. He wouldn't leave your sides; only left an hour ago when we forced him to go get some rest in his dormitory. We'll retrieve him once you've had something to eat.
Two hours later, Rose was resting in the living room of their home, a book in her hand. Scorpius had felt renewed and had joined Albus and Hugo in the gardens for some friendly Quidditch practice. Also known as, Albus and Scorpius were going to gang up on Hugo until he begged and cried for mercy.
That would probably occur in about three minutes.
"ARGH! GET AWAY DON'T TOUCH ME WITH THAT! EWWW!"
Or three seconds.
Rose laughed, getting up from the couch proved to be a bit difficult. Even though her ankle bone was healed, it still hurt from all the excess pressure she had put on it. Standing in her back doorway she smiled as she saw Scorpius pinning Hugo down on the ground while Albus was rubbing muddy snow in Hugo's hair and on his face like tribal war paint. Giggling at their antics, Rose sat on the steps, wrapping her blanket tightly around her, and just watched the scene before her.
She missed when things were simple. This was simple; fooling around at home with her family and friends, not having to worry about a potential Death Eater attack at any moment, one who was hell-bent on killing her.
Rose shivered, not from the cold but from the memories. She knew Dolohov would stop at nothing to kill her. Her father had ensured an auror was guarding their home each time he left to ensure their protection, and her mother had put up several extra charms around their home.
Sighing, she watched as her cousin and boyfriend further tortured her brother, who was not as strong, making his attempts to fight back null and utterly useless. She wished that this would all be over with, that Dolohov would just leave them alone.
But it wasn't them he wasn't leaving alone. No. Just Rose.
But so many people were getting hurt because of her. Scorpius, Hagrid, Uncle Neville, Professor Vector…Rose knew it would only get worse.
Rose's brain began to throb with all of her thinking and she winced in pain. It seemed almost immediately that the three boys were at her side. Rose assured them she was fine, explaining that she was just over-working her brain.
It was then her mother called them in for dinner, so Rose smiled at the boys and led the way inside. The boys stared after her in worry, but followed her once the smell of dinner reached their noses.
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"I don't care what you say Rose. I swear Sacharissa Tugwood was the inventor of the Pepper-Up Potion."
"No Al, I told you it was Glover Hipworth. Sacharissa Tugwood invented beauty potions. She also discovered the use for Bubotuber pus. You should have known that one!"
"Well there goes my Outstanding in Potions," Albus groaned at his cousin.
"So you got one wrong. Big deal! I bet you answered the rest correctly! I mean you had Scorpius and I tutoring you since Christmas!"
Albus ignored his cousin, letting his forehead fall onto the surface of the table beside his mashed potatoes and gravy.
"Why so glum Potter?" Scorpius asked with a grin, "Spelled your name wrong on the exam again?"
"That was one time Scorpius! You know how tired I was, the History of Magic exam just wasn't worth my effort," Albus protested with his excuse.
"He still docked you a mark. And he's a ghost," Scorpius teased his friend, ruffling the black locks on his head. "Besides we all know you got an Outstanding on that one, just like the two of us. We had you listing off every detail of the Great Goblin War by memory before you went in. What's one mark?"
"Behave boys," Rose chastised.
"Yes mum," they replied in unison.
A pregnant moment seemed to pass before the trio burst out with long held in laughter. The relief of OWLs being completed mixed with the fact that they were finally NEWT students and it was now summer time gave them a sense of euphoria.
Just the day before they had had their final meetings with Professor Duke who had instructed them on exactly which classes they should or shouldn't continue with, and advised them on their career choices.
Rose found that her meeting had been quite informative and successful in helping her finalize her visions about her future. She was stuck between being an Auror or an Arithmancer. Both were very important jobs; one required field and desk work, the other involved working almost as a philosopher, only dealing with numbers.
Albus was hell-bent on Quidditch, although Professor Duke was adamant in convincing Albus that he needed to have a back-up plan in case he wasn't drafted. Albus had simply scoffed, but read through the offered pamphlets on curse-breaking, the Ministry of Magic departments and Obliviators, the latter seemed to grasp his interest the most.
Scorpius, on the other hand, had made up his mind. After having chatted with Rose's aunt Angelina over Christmas, he had decided being an Unspeakable was the job for him. He assured Professor Duke that he honestly wanted no other job, but filled out Auror applications as back-up.
All of them would continue on with all of their core subjects at NEWT level, as well as continuing with Care of Magical Creatures and Ancient Runes. It would only be Scorpius and Rose who took the NEWT Arithmancy though.
The three did everything together lately, not daring to leave either alone in case something else was to happen. Rose was even sent to the washroom with another female friend so the boys could "keep watch" as they so kindly put it.
There was still a week before the train ride home, the last days being allotted for the Graduation Ceremony of the older students, and for final goodbyes. James, Lucy and Fred would graduate this year. Rose knew the school wouldn't be the same with that troublesome group of cousins, and she was sad to see them go.
James had already been accepted into the Auror program, his father had never been prouder. James' training started in two weeks. Naturally, Fred planned to work with his father in the shop for several years to gain experience, as Uncle George was planning to have him run the branch in Hogsmeade. Lucy had received an internship with the Daily Prophet and would be shadowing several writers over the summer.
"Scorpius?"
"Yeah Rose?"
"After Hogwarts, even if we were to ever break up, or if we were to stay together, can you promise that we'll keep in touch?"
Rose had been having a nostalgic moment, thinking of the fact that in two years they would be putting this place behind them. Hogwarts would be a part of their past, filled with their fondest memories.
"Of course Rose!" he grasped her hand in his, "Don't go getting all upset on me now. We still have two years left to terrorize this school! You, Albus and Dominique will be the oldest Weasley/Potters in the school then! You've got to show everyone who is boss! Not to mention, live up to the legacy those three are leaving behind. You've got big shoes to fill!"
Rose giggled and hugged her friend, pulling Albus into their hug. "Good," she said with finalization.
Wiping a fake tear (or a real tear, who would know?) from her eyes, she hauled the boys from up from the bench in the Great Hall.
"Where are we going?" Albus complained as he tried grabbing one more roll to shove in his mouth, "I ha-vphhent funnushedd eatun yepht!"
Rose just laughed at her cousin's complaints. "We have work to do! I mean I need to research more on being an Arithmancer. Albus, you need to start making decisions on your back-up job. And Scorpius, well you can research more into being an Unspeakable. I bet there are some books in the library…"
"NOO!" both boys called out in protest, attempting to run from the devious girl who had their arms in a death grip. "Rose we don't want to study." Albus hissed the last word as if it were vile. "Let's go play some Quidditch!"
"Oh alright, but tomorrow you boys are going to the library, no complaints!"
Scorpius and Albus hung their heads in shame for a moment before simultaneously dragging Rose in the direction of the Quidditch Pitch.
A/N: So love it? Hate it? Sorry it's a bit shorter than usual, I couldn't continue after that nostalgic ending :) However I insist you check out my one-shot called Moonlight, and keep an eye out for a new chapter that will be up as soon as possible!