Rebecca Warren and The Third Wizarding War

Chapter 20: The Platform 4 Massacre

After the game, Rebecca didn't seem to have many problems from Vanessa. Perhaps it was because people stopped listening to the things she had to say about Rebecca or any of the other Brits. Even Rose had secured her spot on the Horned-Serpent team because she had scored the most goals in their game and the team apparently threatened to vote Vanessa out of her captain position if she didn't agree to keep her.

It was finally the end of the fall half of the school year. Winter had arrived and snow had fallen all over Mount Greylock. This was great weather for Rebecca though as she loved the cold, plus her birthday was the twelfth of December. She celebrated her sweet sixteen with Isabelle, Morgan, and Andrew in the great hall. They had all gotten her gifts. Andrew had given her a green quill that also came with green ink. Morgan had given her a stuffed unicorn. Rebecca secretly found them interesting so she didn't act as excited as she did on the inside. Her favorite gift though came from her sister. It was a drawing of Rebecca and her friends hanging out. Isabelle had never done a drawing of Rebecca and someone else other than her sibling. It appeared that Isabelle had seen a change in Rebecca and maybe it was because of her friends. However, Isabelle just said, "I thought it would be nice." Rebecca gave Isabelle a big hug. There were also happy birthday wishes from her fellow housemates. Back at Hogwarts, this never happened. Her birthday didn't exist. Lucy was the only one who ever knew and Lucy would make sure to get a whole stack of chocolate frogs for her. Truthfully, Rebecca didn't feel like Lucy was such a bad person sometimes. Just misunderstood. Lucy had not spoken to Rebecca all year. If it wasn't for the journal Rebecca kept, she wouldn't had remembered the day her former best friend stood up for her against Professor Stetson during the first week. Rebecca wondered why she had. It was just after Rebecca told her off.

Rebecca's thoughts were interrupted as she heard from behind, "Happy Birthday!" She turned to see Professor Scammander smiling at her. "This here is for you." He handed her a letter. It was titled To Becca, From Home. Rebecca opened it to find pictures. They were recent photos of her family. But she quickly realized there were more in the picture than her family. It was the entire Dumbledore's Army and Order of The Phoenix. It wasn't very recent though because grinning in the photo was Ron Weasley.

"Blake sent me these." Professor Scammander said. "They were taken a few days before Mr. Weasley had passed."

"Thanks." Rebecca said.

"Enjoy your holiday. Luna and I will be traveling to Florida to search for some rare creatures." Professor Scammander said.

"Oooh!" Squealed Isabelle. "If you find anything cute or fluffy, can you take pictures?"

"I'll show you every creature we find." Professor Scammander said with a grin. Isabelle was always bugging Professor Scammander about magical creatures, but he was always more than happy to talk to her about them. Rebecca was glad her sister had found a hobby she enjoyed other than art. Not that anything was wrong with that, but Rebecca figured she could make a career one day out of caring for magical beasts.

Speaking of careers, Professor Codmen, who was Head of Wampus house, was in the middle of passing out papers to fifth year students, which were encouraging them to think hard about their career after school as after Christmas break, they would be advised on their classes that relate directly to their career.

"Good afternoon, Rolph." He said to Professor Scammander as he handed the papers to Rebecca, Morgan, and Andrew.

"Good day, Jason. Any plans for break?"

"Oh, just going snowboarding. A no-maj hobby that I've come to find pleasure in. You?"

"Just going to Florida for some creature searching."