Rose and Lily ran down to the gates.
"Okay." said Lily. "If we can just figure out how to undo these enchantments..."
"I doubt it will be very simple." said Rose.
"Well, maybe not." agreed Lily. "Did you bring the books?"
"Yes. There are certain spells that have always been used on the gates. But then each headmaster likes to add their own flair." explained Rose.
"Alohamora!" attempted Lily. Nothing happened.
"Well, that may have done something. But there are multiple layers of protection. I don't really think that this is the best way out." said Rose thoughtfully.
"Neither do I." said a voice behind them.
"Mr. Oliver!" exclaimed Rose, upon seeing the elderly caretaker.
"Hello!" said Lily cheerfully. "Could you unlock the gates for us?"
"I'm afraid not." replied Mr. Oliver seriously. "You're going to have to come with me girls."
They seemed to arrive at the Headmistresses office the same moment she did. She opened the door and cried out in surprise. Rose and Lily looked at each other knowingly.
"Okay, we're in." said Roxanne.
"That was easy!" said Rose. "Do you think it's smart for all the prefects to know the password to the Headmistresses office?"
Roxanne laughed. "Hopefully she keeps her valuables elsewhere. Now... Floo powder. Where do you think she stores it?"
"I don't know but I doubt we have much time." replied Rose.
"Here it is!" cried Roxanne.
Just then the door flew open. Professor Vector gasped. "What is going on here?" she demanded. "Rose! Are you really escaping? And through my office?!"
Before Rose could explain Mr. Oliver walked in, followed by Lily and Rose.
"What in the name of Merlin?" cried Professor Vector.
"Er, is it just me, or am I seeing double?" asked Mr. Oliver.
"Alright." said Professor Vector, regaining her composure. "Alright. Everybody sit down and explain yourselves."
They did. "I found these two attempting to unlock the gates." began Mr. Oliver. Before he could continue the door opened and in came Albus and Rose.
"Your family is weird." announced Rose.
"Keep your voice down." replied Albus. "You're Rose, remember?"
"Exactly my point. You guys are weird." retorted Rose.
"Okay, okay, we're almost there." said Albus. "Here we go." He stopped in front of the one-eyed witch statue.
"Where do you think you're going?" The head boy called from down the corridor. "It's almost curfew." He checked his watch. "In fact, it's past curfew. I think we should go to the Headmistresses office. She told us to keep an eye out for you Rose."
"How did you know what we were doing?" asked Rose. Albus motioned for her to keep quiet.
"No one goes down that corridor unless they're taking the passage to Honeydukes."
"I didn't think the other Prefects knew about that." replied Albus.
"They don't. So maybe I have a sweet tooth." said the head boy. "In you go."
The other two Roses were already there. Professor Vector huffed exasperatedly. "Just have a seat so we can get to the bottom of this."
"Okay so we have Rose, Rose, Rose, Lily, Roxanne, and Albus. Obviously the whole Weasley/Potter gang has teamed up to help Rose get out of here. Now, the first Rose was found at quarter to nine. It is now 9:03, so we have at least half an hour until the Polyjuice wears off. I'm thinking we can wait until then to start handing out punishments. In the meantime, I'm going to go and alert the teachers to help look for more Roses. You're in charge." she said to the head boy.
"Don't worry, I'll take the fall for this. You won't get in trouble." said Fred.
"I don't mind." said Rose. "But won't it be dangerous?"
"Not at all." said Fred. "I've never done this before, but James explained what to do."
They approached their destination. "Now, we just need a – " Fred stopped.
"Fred! Help!" exclaimed Rose.
"Arresto Momentum!" cried Fred. The branches of the Whomping Willow slowed down enough that he managed to pull Rose from their grasp and into safety.
"My hero." said Rose. She leaned towards Fred.
He jumped back. "Er, sorry, but you're my cousin."
"Oh, right. I forgot." replied Rose "Now what do we do?"
"Not so fast!" cried the head girl. "Step away from the tree."
"We were just curious." said Fred.
"Uh huh." The head girl rolled her eyes. "Well, it doesn't matter. All Roses have to report to the Headmistresses office immediately."
Hugo and Rose didn't even make it into the Room of Requirement. Neville was waiting for them.
"Hello Rose. Hugo." he nodded. "Let's go." he walked away without checking to see if they were following.
The scene in the office was rather amusing. Five Roses and their respective partners in crime were seated in a number of hastily conjured chairs. Professor Vector had returned, and she looked frazzled.
Just then the Rose who was seated beside Lily began to shake. Her hair changed slightly in shade and she grew upwards.
"Olivia Harbottle." said Professor Vector.
Rose heaved the bloody meat back onto her shoulder and followed Lucy deeper into the Forbidden Forest. "Why did we get this job? There's no way that this is safe. I'm a prefect."
"We'll be fine." called Lucy. They reached the clearing and threw down their armfuls of Thestral bait. "I got this job because I can see the Thestrals, and you got it because you didn't want to be found by the head girl or boy."
"I regret that decision already." mumbled Rose. "Are they here yet?"
"One." answered Lucy.
"Are you sure anyone's coming?" asked Rose. "If another one gets here and we don't leave, it'll look suspicious."
"Hugo will be found by now, and Professor Longbottom knows about the Thestrals. So, any minute now."
"Oy!" yelled Hagrid. "What the bloody hell do you think yer doing? Lucy Weasley! And Rose Weasley. This is the Forbidden Forest!"
"We were feeding the Thestrals." said Lucy sweetly.
"I don't care what you were doing." shouted Hagrid. "Yer in danger." He picked the two girls up by the back of their robes and carried them out of the forest. "Sorry 'bout that, but it's not safe. Yer could 'ave been killed!"
"You should probably take us to the Headmistress." suggested Lucy.
"Er, right." agreed Hagrid.
Running to keep up with Hagrid's large strides, it didn't take long to reach the office.
It seemed Hagrid hadn't in fact been notified of the night's escapades, as he exclaimed loudly. "Three Roses!"
Professor Vector ignored him for the moment. "Well, they're all here."
"No they aren't." said Hagrid. "If they're doing the thing properly there should be seven."
"What?" said Professor Vector sharply.
"Oh." said Hagrid. "That's just how, er, Harry did it."
Before Professor Vector could pounce on this new information, there was a loud noise outside, followed by several brightly coloured explosions. "What on Earth?"
"Weasley's Wildfire Whizbangs." chorused the room.
Author's Note: This chapter is just meant as a bit of comic relief. It will be explained more in the next update, but I'd love reviews about how I can improve it (or anything you want to comment on). Thanks.