𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑘 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑙𝑠 ✍︎︎𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑢𝑟 𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟

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"I want to be a witch like you one day"

The soft whisper of Ariana was heard from where she stood next to Rosalind in the woods, Maximus having gone inside to think about his life choices whereas the eldest McKay twin had awoken from her nap and had heard the voice of her favourite Slytherin.

She had never been so excited to see the older girl, having thrown herself in her arms excitedly wafted she caught sight of her admiring the trees. Rosalind had a special bond with children, for some reason they all loved her right away.

"And im sure you will be a great one, better than me" Rosalind pet her hair softly, smiling down at the small child. Out of the two twins, Ariana had power radiating off of her, Rosalind could feel it and for such a small being it was extremely strong. She was going to be a very powerful witch some day.

"Oh no" Ariana all of a sudden cried out, running from where she stood with Rosalind deeper into the woods, her eyes wide in fear as she saw a butterfly fall to the ground, she knelt on the dirt and gently picked the poor creature up in her hand, her doe eyes moving to Rosalind's with worry laced in them.

Rosalind ran up next to her, looking at the withering animal in the small girls grasp. It was a pale blue with a black rimming around its wings, Rosalind couldn't help but smile slightly being reminded of her girlfriend, the periwinkle coloured wings making her think of the shade which Fleur was oh so obsessed with.

She was whipped for that girl, everything was reminding her of her and even after only seeing her just a mere twenty four hours ago she missed her presence greatly. With Fleur she felt a warmth she had never welcomed before, she allowed herself to take a break with Fleur, let the girl who adorned silver hair and wore pretty pastels look after her, hold her and comfort her like Rosalind herself did to many others. Fleur was becoming her safe place.

"Their wing is broken, here it's okay pass them to me" Ariana gently passed the small creature to Rosalind, watching as the girl held it in her palm before enclosing it with her other, the bug clasped within her hold. The raven haired girl shut her eyes and gentle whispers that couldn't be heard escaped her lips. The eldest twin gasped as the wind picked up around them, blowing their hair in different directions, leaves that lay upon the ground whipping off with the fast current of air until it came to a stop.

Rosalind beckoned her closer with a beam on her face. Watching as she opened her palm, the butterfly that lay there was fluttering in excitement it's wings all intact as Rosalind lifted her hand and let it flutter away, a twinkle being shun from its pearly blue wings whilst it circled the pair before flying off to travel a new adventure.

"Woah" the little girl was awestruck, looking up at Rosalind with so much adoration. She wanted to be just like her, she wanted to be brave and strong like she was. She wanted to help creatures and people like she did, she wanted to be just like her. The twins heard so much about Rosalind from Maximus, he rarely shut up about her and just like she was to them, she was an inspiration to him too. She proved that you have a choice in life; you can go through hell, you can lose people, suffer, face torture and still turn out good. No one is born evil and everyone has the choice on how they let trauma take over them. Rosalind didn't let the evil succumb her, she never would.

"Can we go tell mama!" She bounced on her feet excitedly, wanting to go and tell her mother about the pretty butterfly she had just seen and helped.

"Yeah, come on pumpkin"

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"Okay!" Rosalind almost spat out her coffee when Maximus came storming into the living room, the loud tone of his voice causing a fright to her, little Ariana and Elizabeth.

"What?"

"We'll do it, the Romania thing but give me some time first. At least till like, next year" Rosalind squealed excitedly and jumped on him, the taller boy wrapping his arms around her hiding his own big smile. After thinking about it, he realised he was being selfish, holding her back just because he didn't want to lose her. But when he realised he could be apart of the world she wanted to be in aswell, he decided it would be good for him. A new experience. Their time was becoming less and less, the threat of Voldemort and death awakening, they couldn't just sit around and live life like they had tomorrow because they didn't know if they did.

"Charlie will be coming to mine with the Weasleys soon, I can ask him then and introduce you two, if you want to come and stay that day" she beamed, placing her feet back onto the floor. Maximus had only seen Charlie in photographs from years ago, he had never really met the dragon tamer. He was too busy caught up in Dragons trying to torch people to meet him when he came for the first task and Rosalind didn't get the chance to introduce them as she was busy with Fleur.

"Oh don't worry he's really nice!" Seeing his unsure face she assured him that he had nothing to worry about, Maximus was an extroverted introvert, he got shy around new people.

"My babies, so grown up" turning around, they both saw Elizabeth with tears in her eyes as she watched them plan their future, the older woman thinking back to when they were just twelve years old sat in the exact same spot talking about how they would run away to 'Narnia' together. How times change but stay the same.

"Oh mum" the pair let her take them into her arms, her hugging them tightly. Elizabeth McKay was a very sensitive woman. Ariana, feeling left out, weaved herself into the hug so she was the the middle of them, Rosalind laughing before bending down to pick her up and place her on her hip so she was the same height as them.

"Me come too?"

"No my darling, you can go when you're much older"

"But I want to pet dragons! That's not fair!"

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