Chapter 10: Hufflepuff's Code
After all of the commotion that night, Rose, Pip, Jamie, and Albus were ready to go back to the Common Room. Hugo said goodbye and strode off to the Slytherin Common Room. Before they could even go up the first step, a very tall second year grabbed them by the shoulders. As she pulled them away from the staircase Rose recognized her. She had long, bright red hair and wore a grin ear to ear. This could only be George's daughter, Marcie Weasley.
"Marcie!" Rose and Albus said, Rose jumping up to give her a hug.
Rose had always looked up to Marcie, and when she went off to Hogwarts, Rose had a very lonely year. Marcie was a Hufflepuff, and was wearing a smile that looked like one George once wore before he got an idea. Jamie and Pip looked confused, and ran up the steps to the Common Room.
"Do you think I scared them off, then? Marcie said, laughing loudly and sounding almost like a donkey.
"What do you need us for?" Albus said impatiently.
"Well, you see, when I was in that room, I saw the little pieces of glass had a message, and it had to do with a badger keeping the peace or somethin', " Marcie said.
Rose and Albus looked at her suspiciously, because she was laughing like a donkey again.
"We found a message about animals, too," Rose said, tugging Marcie's cloak sleeve.
While Marcie was only a year older than Rose, she was twice as tall. Marcie's laugh stopped.
"Well, that's strange," Marcie said.
"Yes, it is," Albus said sarcastically, "Now is that all?"
"Yeah, Yeah, you can go," Marcie said, as Albus rushed up the stairs.
Once he was out of earshot Marcie started laughing again.
"Well, I better go back to the Hufflepuff Common Room before I get in trouble," she said, laughing again and striding off.
Rose turned around and walked up the stairs, thinking bout what Marcie had said.
The badger, the lion, the serpent, and the bird. It all sounded familiar to Rose, who was thinking about it and had just tripped down the stairs. As she was picking up her books, she noticed her book, The Life of a Sorting Hat. Around the picture of the Sorting Hat were four animals. A badger, a lion, a serpent, and a bird.
"The lion, which is Gryffindor, must work with the serpent, which is Slytherin, and the evil bird is Ravenclaw! So, the badger, Hufflepuff, must try and keep the peace between them!" Rose said as she tried to grab her books quickly. As she grabbed them, The Daily Prophet fluttered to the ground. On the front was a picture of Alamaster, the Gold Twins, and Raya. All of their purple robes had a picture of a bird on them.