Chapter 13 Ally

Rose lay on the edge of her bed looking down at her knight in shining armour his blonde hair was sticking up after he tossed and turned all night. Scorpius was sleeping on the floor, even though he had shared the bed with Rose before, because he had realised that he might be there a while and insisted on the floor in an act of chivalry.

"I'm sorry" Rose whispered before getting out of bed and going outside the night air was refreshing but Rose was still on a high alert as she took Scorpius' broom and trying to remember exactly how he held the broom to fly kicked off from the ground wobbling slightly as she rose slowly into the air.

"Do they ever sleep?" Katherine murmured to herself in the empty classroom that had been transformed into her temporary jail cell with two aurors on guard at all times.

"Hey you out there!" Katherine yelled but no reply came no one talked to her other then Auror Potter and Weasley who came each day asking the same question where is Rose? Katherine refused to answer still though and the imprisonment was apparently a way to get her to talk. Technically Katherine had talked she had told them how Rose was including the memory lose and memory regain and even some stories of what Rose and her had done and how close friends they were even in such a short space of time.

"Hey you girl!" one of the aurors shouted outside the door any noise outside made Katherine flatten against the door but no more noise happened after a while so Katherine exasperated lay down on the cot they had given her and fell asleep next time she woke up she looked at the clock in the classroom and saw it was morning most students would be at breakfast now.

Rose touched down next to the castle making sure it was a well shadowed wall getting off the broom she then tucked it underneath a bush nearby and then slowly made her way round the castle trying to find a door on finding one she eased her way in surprised to find it open.

"Anything?" a women's voice said making Rose panic and quickly hid behind a suit of armour.

"No nothing she just won't talk" a man replied the tone of his voice reminded Rose of someone but she couldn't think who. The couple didn't talk anymore but walked right past the suit of armour Rose was behind allowing Rose's first few of her parents in over 11 years.

The shock of seeing them and how much they'd aged because of stress and worry froze Rose in place for several minutes but eventually she found the courage to move and creep down the corridor.

"Katherine, Kat" whispered Rose even though she knew Katherine could be anywhere in the castle and wouldn't hear.

"Hey you girl!" a man shouted at Rose as she rounded the corner making her jump before running back down the way she'd came.

Crouching in a broom cupboard Rose started crying how could she have thought she could do this it had seemed so easy in her head get in, get Katherine and get out but it wasn't that simple and she knew it she needed help and thinking carefully she knew exactly what she needed to do.

"What the?" Albus said sitting up in bed after being woken by a loud crash none of his roommates had woken though sleepily Al rubbed his eyes and then lay back down a hand on his shoulder though made him sit up again.

"Ally, Ally it's me Rose" Albus sat bolt upright then and grabbing his wand lit the tip and stared into the face of the girl next to him.

"Rose, Rose your here I can't believe it how did you get away are you okay are you hurt I can't believe it" Albus just stared at Rose in disbelieve while he babbled before pulling her into a hug something he hadn't done since he was five and had missed but Rose stiffened and pushed him back.

"Ally I need your help" Rose said looking around at the other beds worriedly.

"Yeah, yeah I'll take you to Aunt Hermione and Uncle Ron straight away" Albus said starting to get out of bed but stopped at the look of horror on her face.

"No Albus no I'm not going to them" she said firmly.

"What but there your parents Rose your parents..." Albus said looking flabbergasted.

"I know and I love them but I have to help Katherine please she doesn't deserve to be locked up please help me" she was on the brink of tears now and Albus saw the look she had given him as children when she was trying to get him into another of her schemes.

"That look worked when we were kids but it won't work now because of Flints secret keeping we couldn't find you sooner no Rose I won't help her even if she wasn't a Slytherin" Rose looked at him before turning abruptly and making her way to the door only to find it blocked by Albus.

"Rose you can't go"

"I will if you don't help me" Rose stated bluntly with no emotion.

"12 years Rose, 12 years I have waited for...for..." Albus faulted.

"...for me Ally I know everyone's waited for me but a little longer won't hurt" Rose said tears starting to well up again she didn't want to be this heartless to her own cousin and her family but Katherine and Scorpius meant a lot to her as well now and Albus just didn't realise that.

"No I waited for any news about you even your cold dead body would have been something an end and then you just appeared and I thought my dreams... no the whole families dreams had come true but then you disappeared again because Malfoy took you" Albus was crying now and had stumbled to the side leaving the door unguarded but Rose didn't leave.

"Ally please help me and then...then I'll stay just let Katherine and Scorpius go I promise they'll never bother any of us again just help me" both of them hugged Albus for support and the reassurance that Rose was telling the truth and was staying and Rose because while the happiness of seeing her family and being with them again was immense the pain of having to give up her best friend and the boy she loved was still there.