I'm back! I'm leaving for Europe in a week so I probably won't get to post for all of August. Now on to the story!

If Rose had thought things would improve once everyone got used to the idea of her as a fourth champion, she was gravely mistaken. While all the Hufflepuffs, including an excited Hannah and a quiet and unhappy Susan, had told Rose they believed her and would stand behind her, the rest of the school had quite different reactions. With Cho and Pansy leading their houses, Ravenclaw and Slytherin had both become savage against Rose, making mean comments at her in the hallway and doing other mean things which sometimes led to a full on fight between Ravenclaw and Slytherin, and Hufflepuff.

The Hufflepuffs had been enduring potions one day with the ever cruel Snape when the dungeon door opened and Colin Creevey walked in and approached Snape. "Sir? I'm supposed to take Rose upstairs." Snape glared down at Colin, who looked away nervously. "Potter has another hour of potions left. She will come upstairs when class is finished."

Colin went pink. "Sir, McGonagall wants him. All the champions are supposed to go and take photographs..."

"Very well." Snape snapped. "Potter. Leave your things here. I want you back later so we can test your antidote on your brother." Harry paled while Rose glared at Snape, but before she could respond, Colin spoke again. "Sir, she's got to take her things with her. All class work has to be-"

"Fine!" Snape said menacingly. "Get out of my sight Potter. We'll just have to test your antidote making skills on your brother another day. Now leave!" Rose grabbed her bag and, after a brief encouraging look to Harry, walked out. She ignored Colin's excited comments on her way there and was thankful when she got to the room. As she entered, she saw a small classroom empty of desks and chairs. Cho, Ivanka and Fleur were standing around talking while the headmistresses of the three schools were standing still, apparently still on bad terms since the choosing of Rose as Champion.

After Rose arrived, the Wand Weighing ceremony began. It was uneventful, at least until after when a woman named Rita Skeeter in magenta robes requested an interview with Rose and, proceeded to drag her into a broom cupboard. The lady sat down on an upside down bucket, pushing Rose onto a cardboard box, and beamed across at her, pulling out an acid green quill and placed it upright on a piece of parchment.

"Testing...This is Rita Skeeter, Daily Prophet reporter." Rose looked down at the parchment and saw it start to write:

-Attractive blonde Rita Skeeter, forty-three, whose savage quill has punctured many inflated reputations...

"Wonderful." Rita Skeeter said as she ripped off the top piece and placed it in her handbag. "So Rose, what made you want to enter the tournament?"

"Um-" Rose said as she was distracted by the quill. Even though she wasn't speaking, the quill was dashing across the parchment writing a new sentence:

-The ugly scar on her forehead ruins the otherwise beautiful face of Rose Potter, whose emerald eyes...

"Ignore the quill dear." Rita said firmly, causing Rose to look up reluctantly at her. "Now why did you decide to enter the tournament?" Rose groaned. "I didn't. I don't know how my name got in there and I certainly didn't do it myself." Rita Skeeter looked at her skeptically. "Come now, Rose, There's no need to be scared of getting into trouble. We all know you shouldn't have entered but don't worry, readers love a rebel." Rose tried to speak but was interrupted again. "How do you feel about the tasks ahead? Excited? Nervous?"

Rose shifted uncomfortably. "Um, I guess nervous yeah." Rita paused a second while the quill wrote before asking again. "Can you remember your parents at all? How do you think your parents would feel right now? Proud? Worried? Angry? And what about dear Harry..."

Rose was beginning to feel annoyed now. She glanced down at the quill as it wrote:

-Tears fill her beautiful green eyes as our conversation turns to the parents she can barely remember and Harry, the boy who-

"I'm done here! You leave my brother out of this you hag or I'll make you regret it!" Rose shouted as she stood. Rose slapped the quill away from the paper before turning and storming out of the cupboard.

The following weeks had quickly become hell for Rose. While Fleur had slipped her a note the simply said '1st Task is Dragons,' the rest of the school showed no sign of being nice to her. She also quickly discovered that angering Rita skeeter was the one thing you did not want to do. A few days after the Wand Weighing ceremony, the article had appeared in the Prophet. While officially covering all the champions of the tournament, it had somehow turned into an investigation on Rose's relationship with Harry, with the mispelled names of the the Durmstrang and Beauxbatons champions stuffed into the last lines and Cho not mentioned at all. The article involved many things that Rose couldn't remember telling Rita Skeeter.

-"I suppose my parents would be proud of me. My brother Harry seams worried. He's always so protective of me." The female Potter trails off, a dreamy look in her eyes. "I still cry sometimes when I think of my parents but he's always there to comfort me."

But Rita Skeeter had gone even farther and interviewed other people.

-It seems that Harry Potter has found love at Hogwarts in the form of a Slytherin girl named Daphne Greengrass. This writer's source, who requested to remain anonymous, had this to say: "Yes, I remember last year when Sirius Black was hiding at our school, Black tried to attack Harry. Harry was with his girlfriend Daphne and his friend Susan Bones at the time and they barely escaped. I don't think Rose even knows about Daphne to be honest." This raises questions. How will Rose react to her brother finding love? And what is Rose's true feelings for her brother and his girlfriend? This journalist intends to find out! This is Rita Skeeter, signing off.

Rose had been overwhelmed with a feeling of fury and jealousy. When she first read it, she had immediately found Harry who had calmly explained that Daphne was simply a friend. The rest of the school, however, took the article much more seriously. Daphne and Tracey had become social pariahs in their house and it was only Daphne's threat to start a blood feud with House Parkinson that stopped Pansy from retaliating. Ravenclaw had become even more vicious to Rose while Beauxbatons and Durmstrang watched the drama in Hogwarts with interest. Nobody noticed when Susan sent off a letter by owl, addressed to one Rita Skeeter.

And that's the next chapter! Read and Review! I love hearing from you! Give me your suggestions on what should happen next! See you next time!