Everyone seemed to be congratulating Rory on his heroic efforts but Amy was still in the infirmary, too weak to speak. So Rory didn't feel like a hero just yet, not until he knew Amy was ok.
"Hey! I hear you sent a Death Eater to Azkaban!" Jack Harkness joked as he walked up to Rory and gave him a pat on the back.
"I just stupefied her. The ministry took care of the rest." Rory looked small and shy next to the 6th year Slytherin. "How's Melody?" He asked knowing they'd been spending time together.
"Still in the infirmary." River answered. "And you'll be pleased to know your little girlfriend has woken up."
"She has!" Rory's excitement made the older Slytherins chuckle. "I mean... I don't know if she's my girlfriend but..."
"You saved her life twice already. She's gotta be madly in love with you." River smiled.
Rory chuckled nervously. "Yeah... maybe.." He walked back to the infirmary with an anxious knot in his stomach. What if the effects of the potion never wore off and she never remembered him again? His worst fears were extinguished when Amy ran to him the second he stepped through the door.
"Rory!" Amy scooped him up in a hug.
"You remember me?" He smiled.
"Rory Williams, my boyfriend, how could I forget you." She kissed him right on the lips in front of everyone in the infirmary. Rory would have enjoyed it a lot more if Madame Pomfrey wasn't giving them the eye.
Mels left the infirmary to find that she'd been labeled by some as a traitor. "They know I was under some sort of trance, right?"
"The inpurius curse" River chimed in. "I've told them but they still think you're a member of the Dark Lord's Youth."
"I don't even know what that is." Melody scoffed.
"It's a group of pure blood supporters that have started recruiting kids." Jack put a friendly hand on his young friend's shoulder. "Don't worry, we know the truth."
"I say play along. Make them all scared of you and you'll be ruling the school in no time." Owen smiled.
"That is tempting" Mels smiled back. "But I do have a small shred of moral decency."
"Well then I guess I haven't been a bad enough influence on you yet." Owen winked. "Sleep well, oh mighty, dark one."
"Don't worry, Mels. The school year's nearly over." River reassured her as they walked up to her dormitory. "After everyone leaves for summer they'll come back in the fall not even remembering what happened."
"I don't even remember what happened." Mels chuckled.
Mary Denby had been listening. She wanted to get closer to Melody, she could prove useful. "She has potential, don't you think?" Mary asked her favorite professor.
"Possibly, she shows strength but she let herself be used so easily. She needed a silly little boy to protect her." Professor Saxon scoffed.
"Maybe he isn't as dimwitted as he seems." Mary was eager to find new recruits for her dear Saxon. "I hear he's been showing a lot of talent in your class."
"He seems to excel in defensive spells but he's not the sort to take an interest in the Dark Arts. And he shows an incredibly high interest in Muggle Studies." Saxon shuddered.
"Well, if he isn't with us, he's against us. We should keep an eye on him." Mary began to walk away but quickly turned back around as she remembered something. "I think I do have someone who's interested in your extracurricular activities. A sweet and curious little lamb by the name of Toshiko Sato. She was very interested in the book you gave me."
While Mary and Saxon went about recruiting students for their cause, the Gryffindor common room was abuzz at the news that Amelia Pond had survived an attack from a Death Eater. "They'll be calling you the next chosen one."
"What's that?" Amy looked puzzled.
"She's never heard of Harry Potter, Rose. She's all muggleborn remember?" Donna Noble was reclining on a big red sofa by the fireplace while her friends sat on the rug by the fire. "Years and years ago, Harry Potter survived the killing curse, only person who ever has really. He lead a fight against the Death Eaters and won."
"For the most part." Rose chimed in. She was half reading her Charms homework as she spoke. "There's still little factions trying to regain power but they're in the minority."
The next day, full of pride from being compared to 'The Chosen One', she blew everyone away a DADA class. Professor Saxon had to give her credit where it was due but she was a muggleborn, so there was nothing he hated more.
Amy Pond was slowly becoming a celebrity at the school and as proud as Rory was for his girlfriend, he was growing increasingly self conscious. He was just as good as Amy in D.A.D.A. class but there was something about her that drew more attention. It wasn't that Rory felt jealousy towards her, it wasn't her fault that she was so magnetic. It felt like the more time he stood next to her, the more invisible he became. And when Matthew came around, it was doubly so. Rory felt like the third wheel.
Even though Amy swore up and down that Rory was the one she loved, she started spending more and more of her free time with Matt. But Matt treated Rory and Amy with equal amounts of affection so it was hard for Rory to feel any animosity towards Matthew for it.
Thirteen is a strange age to find yourself in. It can make the most controlled and logical mind contemplate going against everything they once believed in. Clara Oswald saw Matthew and Rory in Potions class goofing around. It seemed obvious to Clara that Matt was sweet on Rory but it wasn't obvious to Matt that Clara was sweet on him. She wanted Matt to notice her instead and she was ready to do anything to get her way.