Rose woke up in in near darkness. Light from the full moon was streaming through the window above her and torches were lit on the walls of the hospital wing, casting an eerie orange glow on the surroundings. Madam Hartley was also walking around, using the light from her wand to check on the few occupants in the wing. On the wooden table beside her, Rose could make out a small pile of sweets, including her favourite- chocolate wands. Rose lay in her bed, trying to piece together her memories. She could remember casting a Patronus at a Dementor, but not much after that except for a few snippets: like Professor Dippet carrying the boy. She also remembered sitting on the bed she was in now, but nothing after that, she must have fainted. She watched Madam Hartley walking around, noticing how careful she was to keep the light from her wand away from people's faces. As she came nearer to Rose, she noticed she was awake and rushed over.
"Oh good." she whispered. "You're finally awake."
"Wasn't I only out for the afternoon?" Rose asked, very confused.
"My goodness dear! You were out for a whole day and a half!"
That long! Rose thought to herself. What about the Quidditch trials! And all the work she missed out on!
"That must've been some Patronus to be so exhausted." Madam Hartley continued.
Madam Hartley could see how confused Rose was, so she sat on the chair beside Rose and began explaining, "Occasionally, when someone casts a Patronus for the first time, they can be incredibly exhausted afterwards, especially someone at your age. It was a wonder you were even able to make it back to the castle. The fact that it was a phoenix Patronus is even more astonishing."
"What's so astonishing about a phoenix Patronus?" Rose asked, puzzled.
"It's a very rare Patronus, Dumbledore had the same. It's usually a sign that someone has a very special talent with magic or is very powerful."
Rose just lay there, taking in the information. She wasn't that powerful or talented with magic.
"What about the boy that the Dementor attacked. Is he ok?"
"Oh yes yes. He was fine." Madam Hartley reassured Rose. "You scared off the Dementor before it could permanently harm him. All he needed was bit of chocolate and he was on his way."
"You must have very good friends." Madam Hartley continued. "Miss Ginter and Miss Edgecombe came in earlier today. They left some notes about school today in the draw in that bedside table. One of them said something about one of them having a list of people for the Quidditch team."Rose smiled, glad that her friends had taken the time to make sure she wouldn't miss out on her any work.
"Oh and that Malfoy boy has been in at every spare moment. It was hard to get him to leave." Madam Hartley said, standing up. "Just call if you need anything, dear." She whispered as she walked away.
Rose smiled, imagining Scorpius sitting on the chair. Rose found everything that Madam Hartley had said about her Patronus rather hard to believe. Sure she was smart and was good at magic: but she wasn't as good as Madam Hartley had made her sound.
Not feeling very tired, Rose pulled the notes out of the drawer and started reading through them. One of them had a list of people on it and a scrawled note from Jess.
Hey Rose!
I ran the Quidditch trials for you so that we can get a team together in time for the the is a list of people who showed potential. Their positions are beside them and I also made a few notes about their strengths and attitude.
Alice also gathered some info about your lessons today.
Hope to see you tomorrow.
Xoxo Jess

Rose read through the notes, but despite her long sleep, Rose's eyelids started drooping and she had to put them down. Snuggling up under the blankets, she fell into a dreamless sleep.

A/N: Hey everyone! Thanks to everyone reading. Because I haven't sted in a while I'm publishing both Chapter 14 and 15 today. Happy Reading!