Chapter 24
I do not own Harry Potter in any way.
Rosalie entered her father's office. "Daddy?" she called.
Her father came out of his back room. "How are you? You looked unwell at dinner", he said.
"It happened when Karkaroff looked at you. There was something about him. He can't be trusted", Rosalie told him.
"You are right. Karkaroff was a Deatheater back when Voldemort was in power. He was headed for Azkaban, but was released when he gave up names of other Deatheaters", her father explained.
"What do we do?" she asked.
"Nothing. Unless he steps out of line, there's nothing we can do", he said, "Go back to your common room".
"One more thing. Are the women of our family known for having visions?" Rosalie asked.
"Have you had another?" Severus asked her.
"No, but I keep getting these feelings", she told him.
"I will look into it. Goodnight Rosalie", he said.
"Goodnight daddy", she said and left.
Severus sighed. He'd have to tell Rosalie the truth and soon.
The next morning, Rosalie sat in DADA with Draco and Blaise.
"Alastor Moody. Ex-Auror", he said turning to write on the chalkboard behind him, "Ministry malcontent and your new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. I am here because Dumbledore asked me. End of story, goodbye, the end. Any questions?"
No one said anything.
"When it comes to the Dark Arts I believe in a practical approach. But first, which of you can tell me how many Unforgivable Curses there are?" Moody asked.
"Three, sir", Hermione answered.
"And they are so named?" Moody asked.
"Because they are unforgivable. The use of any one of them will…" Hermione said.
"Will earn you a one-way ticket to Azkaban, correct", Moody finished, "Now, the Ministry says you're too young to see what these curses do. I say different! You need to know what you're up against! You need to be prepared. You need to find another place to put your chewing gum besides the underside of your desk, Mr. Finnigan!"
"No way. The old codger can see out the back of his head", Seamus said.
"And hear across classrooms!" Moody yelled, chucking his piece of chalk at Seamus, "So, which curse shall we see first?"
Rosalie had had enough and got up.
"Where do you think you're going Miss Snape?" Moody asked.
"I will not sit here and be subjected to your lesson", Rosalie said.
"Ever the Gryffindor aren't we, Miss Snape?" Moody asked.
"If you have a problem with it, you can take it up with my father", she said and stalked from the classroom. She made her way to the Great Hall to watch the older students put their names in the cup.
Soon, the Golden Trio joined her.
Hermione sat next to her. "I think it's great what you did", she said, "I should've walked out too".
"Come on, Cedric. Put it in!" they heard.
A group of Hufflepuffs shoved him across the age line and Cedric put his name in the goblet.
They cheered and left the Great Hall.
The twins came running in cheering.
"Well, lads, we've done it" – "Cooked it up just this morning", the twins said.
"It's not going to work", Hermione sang.
The twins sat on either side of the girls.
"Oh, yeah?" – "And why's that, Granger?" the twins asked.
"You see this? This is an Age Line. Dumbledore drew it himself", Hermione told them.
"So?" one of them asked.
Hermione shut her book and said, "So, a genius like Dumbledore couldn't possibly be fooled by a dodge as pathetically dimwitted as an Aging Potion".
"But that's why it's so brilliant". – "Because it's so pathetically dimwitted", they said.
They swallowed the potion and jumped into the circle.
Everyone cheered, but as soon as they put their names into the cup, they were blasted out of the circle complete with white beards.
They started fighting.
Both Hermione and Rosalie rolled their eyes.
The Great Hall went silent as Viktor Krum walked in.
He placed his name in the cup and his eyes fell on the two girls.
Hermione gave him a small smile as he walked off.
"Hermione! He was totally checking you out!" Rosalie said excitedly.
"Please, he was looking at you", Hermione insisted.
"I'm sure the whole of Hogwarts, including the Dumstrang boys know that I'm Draco's and no one messes with a Malfoy", Rosalie said.
When do you think Snape is going to tell Rosalie the truth?