Chapter 2 Lost
"Rose breakfast is ready" Hermione called up the stairs and as she turned to go back into the kitchen she heard small steps running down the hallway and down the stairs.
"Mum Hugo's being annoying he nearly tripped me at the bottom of the stairs" Rose said coming into the kitchen Ron chuckled slightly behind the Daily Prophet causing Hermione to take a swipe at him with the wooden spoon she was holding.
"What was that for?" Ron said angrily rubbing the back of his head.
"For encouraging bad behaviour...Hugo come in here! Hermione said calmly and stood with her hands on her hips as a very guilty looking three year old boy wandered into the room.
"Did you try to trip Rose over?" Hugo didn't say anything but just nodded Hermione sighed trying to think of something to say but Ron said something before her.
"Hugo that was wrong you could have really hurt Rose now say sorry" Hermione smiled then going to Ron kissed him on the cheek Hugo meanwhile shuffled over to Rose and mumbled.
"Sorry" Rose smirked and said.
"I didn't hear you" Hugo glared at her and said a bit louder.
"Sorry" Rose simply shook her head and said.
"No still didn't hear you"
"SORRY!" Hugo yelled then shoved Rose in the chest meaning she retaliated by trying to hit him on the arm.
"Ok break it up!" Ron shouted as he picked up Hugo and Hermione grabbed Rose's arm before it hit Hugo.
"Oh am I barging into a nice quiet family breakfast" Ginny said laughing she was standing next to the fireplace which she had just come out of not noticed by any of them.
"Ally" Rose said her mood changing instantly jumping on her favourite cousin who stood next to Ginny.
"Gerrof" he mumbled pushing her off. Rose looked at him her Ally never was mean to her.
"Ally" she said simply at a loss what to say Al just glared at her though. Ginny not seeing the tension between the two friends said.
"Al, Rose take Lily and Hugo into the living room while the adults talk" reluctantly Al took Lily's hand and led her away while Rose grabbed onto Hugo's top and dragged him behind her.
"What's wrong" Rose said on reaching the living room and releasing Hugo who scurried over to Lily. Albus refused to reply.
"Ally!" Rose said exasperated making a sad face at him.
"We can't be friends you're a girl James said boys don't play with girls" Rose mouth stood a gape for a moment then she started laughing.
"When did you start listening to James?" she gasped out between laughter.
"SHUT UP WHY DON'T YOU JUST GO AWAY AND NEVER COME BACK!" Al shouted angrily at Rose.
"Albus Potter..." Ginny said coming in Hermione following behind "...apologise to Rose right now" Al stood there though with his arms crossed and his back to them though and anyway Rose had burst into tears and ran up the stairs the sound of a door slamming meant that she had went into her room.
"Hermione I'm so sorry" Ginny said turning to her favourite sister in law her face bright red.
"Ginny its okay there just kids" Hermione said brushing off Ginny's apology.
"Ok but I'm taking Al home he's grounded for the rest of the day can I leave Lily here though to play with Hugo" Hermione nodded the two three year olds were in their own little world playing their favourite game 'Aurors' once Ginny left Hermione left Ron with Lily and Hugo and went up the stairs.
"Rose come out" Hermione said going into her daughters room in the last year it had barely changed from when Harry and Ron decorated the room the only differences were that the crib was now a bed and more toys were scattered around the room.
"No" a mumbled reply came from under the bed.
"I bet Al didn't mean it" Hermione said kneeling next to the bed.
"I don't care I never want to see him again" Rose sobbed.
"Oh you can't mean that" Hermione said but no reply came this time.
"I got an idea why don't just you and I go to Diagon Alley you can pick out a new book" Hermione's love for books had been passed onto Rose but also Ron's love for the Chudley Cannons had been passed onto Rose as well meaning the small girl had many books about the Chudley Cannons.
"Can I wear my princess dress" Rose's voice said timidly from under the bed Hermione sighed ever since getting the dress on her birthday Rose had tried to wear it as often as she could many Sunday dinners at the burrow had seen the appearance of Princess Rose.
"Not the dress because you don't want it to get dirty but you can wear the tiara" Rose crawled out then and Hermione picking her up went downstairs to tell Ron where they were going.
"Get out, out I'm trying to run a business I won't report you but never come back" former Death Eater Jugson was thrown out onto the street by another berate shop owner he had been in hiding for many years now after running from the battle of Hogwarts and in the year gone he had been trying to find fellow death eaters to help avenge the dark lord but with no luck he had got desperate and started wandering Knockturn alley trying to get allies.
"You'll be sorry" he said to the closed door he was alone on the street not many people would dare venture down this way but he wouldn't dare venture down Diagon Alley on fear of being spotted.
Jugson an old Pureblood family was now just dwindled down to him penniless and from a distance people would mistake him for a tramp he lived in his old family home still with their ancient house elf the house was undetectable but falling apart from the inside out.
"Stupid mudblood's, stupid Potter" Jugson sat against a wall in the dark Alley dejected he didn't know what to do he couldn't get a job because he'll just be reported and carted off to the ministry and he wouldn't lower himself to go into the muggle world.
"Mummy look" Rose held Hermione's hand tightly but still jumped up and down excitedly pointing at the 'Monster Book of Monsters' in the window of Flourish and Blots Hermione shook her head.
"Oh no I warned Hagrid against those books but does he listen no" Hermione was distracted though when in the window she saw the latest addition of Gilderoy Lockhart's books Lockhart had recovered quite a bit and most of his memory was back on insistence from Ron and Harry he admitted to lying and now just write true biographies for different people his latest was for Kinsley Shacklebolt.
"Mummy look over there" Rose said pulling on her hand but Hermione stayed still having been reading the description of the book in the window.
"Mummy" Rose tried again but nothing sighing Rose dropped her hand she would only be a minute rushing over the street she knelt down in the entrance of another Alley next to a white dove it didn't fly away but stared at her.
"Hi" Rose said the bird continued to stare at her. Rose reached forward then to try and stroke the dove this seemed to scare it though and it flew low to the ground before landing out of sight in the Alley way.
"Mummy come look" Rose shouted back one more time the mass of people obscured Rose though and muffled her voice.
"Birdie come back" Rose called desperately down the dark Alley. The bird popped into view again briefly and it looked to be flying back but a cat came out of nowhere and swiped it to the ground.
"Hey let him go" Rose stood and ran into the Alley way after the disappearing cat
Sitting on the hard ground in the cold is not very comfortable and Jugson knew this he just didn't see the point of moving his placement meant that he was just on the top step of the biggest set of stairs in Knockturn Alley before it turned the corner into deeper and darker territory.
"Stupid cat" a small voice murmured from the bottom of the stairs he didn't turn his head though not until a cat darted in front of him and was grabbed by two small hands. The girl who looked about 5 got the cat and shook it Jugson chuckled 'What is she doing' he thought to himself a thud on the ground answered that a white Dove fell from the cats mouth and flew off quickly.
"No you behave yourself from now on!" the girl berated the cat making him laugh that was when she turned and saw her face.
"Who are you?" she said scared by his appearance meaning she backed up as far as she could go. Jugson didn't answer her though he couldn't believe his luck the fabled niece of Harry Potter and daughter of his best friends Rose Weasley was in front of him it was unmistakeably her the Daily Prophets he had been able to scavenge had a gossip section on the Weasley and Potter section and the last one he got a few weeks ago showed a small girl in a blue dress and tiara playing with her family in a garden.
"Come here" he said quietly standing up Rose simply shook her head though and backed up more towards the stairs.
"I won't hurt you" he lied easily she still walked backwards though but as he drew his wand it was too late she fell back down the stairs landing at the bottom and hitting her head hard. Hurrying down the steps Jugson scooped her up in the process a small tiara fell off her head and into the small pool of blood where her head had hit the ground turning on the spot he apparated Rose hanging limply from his arms.