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As time continued, more and more people were suspecting Rosemary of fancying Harry potter. It didn't help that Sophia Skeeter was spreading rumours around the school. She was saying that Rosemary was always leaving Gryffindor tower and the great hall early to meet up with Harry somewhere to snog. In truth, Rosemary was in fact leaving to meet with people, and Harry would sometimes come along, but it definitely wasn't to snog!
Rosemary was meeting her band members. Before first term started, on the train to Hogwarts in their first year, the twins met Soleil Lumiére and Claire DeLune. Marie had brought her drumsticks and portable, fold-up-by-magic drum set, while rosemary brought both her portable, fold-up-by-magic grand piano and keyboard. Soleil had brought her bass guitar and Claire had brought her guitar.
Their band clicked right away. The teachers, however, didn't have full confidence in Firewind. They were reduced to singing 'happy birthday' for the teachers in the great hall. At the end of their first year, Dumbledore had given them permission to play during the feasts. Firewind didn't play at the start-of-term feast, however, because they had no time to practice over the summer. The twins live in Hogsmead, Soleil lives in London, and Claire lives in Birmingham city.
This year, the band was playing their first concert at the Halloween feast.
This was where Rosemary was going.
Everyone; teachers, students, even ghosts were excited about the feast! At every feast there was treacle tart, 14 whole roast beefs, 15 plates of chicken wings, plum pudding, punch with squirt, and many more delectable dishes.
The feast was off to a great start. The jack-o-lanterns and candles were providing light, the tables were filled with food, the band's instruments were set up and all the teachers were… 'Wait a minute, someone's missing.' Rosemary thought.
At that moment, the doors to the Great Hall slammed open, causing everyone to go mute. The only sound was the frantic footsteps of the man sprinting up the middle aisle, turban askew.
"Troll! In the dungeon!" professor Quirrel hysterically yelled at the headmaster. His trembling voice dropped to a whisper. "Thought you ought to know." He collapsed to the floor, in a dead faint, turban almost falling off. After a beat, screams rose into the air. Rosemary looked to her twin at the Slytherin table. She saw that the person freaking out the most was Draco Malfoy.
"SILENCE!" Dumbledore yelled. When his wish was granted, he continued. "Prefects, please escort your students to their houses. Teachers, please follow me to the dungeons.
His words took effect immediately. Rosemary walked with Harry and Ron, both of whom were quite scared. When they entered the courtyard, Harry suddenly cried out, "Hermione!"
A group of students passed between rosemary and the first years, and suddenly neither Harry nor Ron were there.
Rosemary searched frantically until Sophia pulled on her arm. "Come on, rosemary! Your boyfriend's probably with the rest of the first years!"
Somehow, rosemary didn't think so. However, ignoring her gut feeling, she turned and followed the herd to the Gryffindor tower.
Rosemary was awake, sitting in her usual place by the window when Harry, Ron and Hermione entered, looking slightly beaten.
Rosemary stood immediately, hands on her hips. "Where. On. Earth. Have you been?"
Harry opened his mouth to speak.
"No. you three ran off, didn't you?"
"But rose-"Harry started.
"Don't you but rose me!"
Ron and Hermione started to sneak up their stairs. "And where are you two going? This is for you two troublemakers too!"
Hermione tried to talk. "We were-"
"What? What were you doing? I'll tell you what you were doing. You were breaking the rules!" the first years looked at the floor, ashamed. "Oh my gosh, you WERE breaking the rules, weren't you! No, Harry!" Rosemary started pacing. "I refuse to be known as the one whose little brother got expelled in his first semester and—oh shit."
Ron and Hermione stared at Rosemary, open mouthed.
"Ooh, look who's breaking the rules now!" Harry taunted, but Rosemary noticed a scared look in his eye.
A/N – Mary: ha-ha, that last part was so much fun to write! You should hear me reading Rosemary's lines out loud there. And thank you, Mother, for the inspiration!
Victoria: meneh, again pretty much nothing to do with my character :)
