Chapter 36

I do not own Harry Potter in any way.

A/N - THE TRUTH IS FINALLY REVEALED!

The next morning, Rosalie made her way to Gryffindor tower.

"Password?" the fat lady asked.

"I don't know it, but I'm a Gryffindor", Rosalie told her.

"You wear Slytherin robes!"

"Open or I'll set you on fire!"

The fat lady gasped.

"Rosalie?" she heard.

"Oh Neville! Thank Merlin. I need to get into the common room to talk to Harry. It's really important", Rosalie told him.

"Oh sure", Neville said. He gave the fat lady the password and they entered the Gryffindor Common Room.

It went silent when the Gryffindor's saw Rosalie.

Rosalie quickly made her way up the stairs to Harry's room. She knocked on the door and Seamus answered. "Oh…umm…is Harry in there?" she asked.

"Harry, it's Rosalie", Seamus said.

Harry came out of the room.

"Harry, I…I have something to tell you", Rosalie said, "Is there somewhere private we could talk?"

"Yeah, follow me", Harry said.

As they left the common room, there were whispers.

Rosalie knew they suspected that she was now dating Harry, but that couldn't be further from the truth.

Harry led them up to the 7th floor, where a door appeared.

They went inside and Rosalie's mouth dropped open.

"It's called the Room of Requirement. It's where we've been having our meetings", Harry told her, "So what is it you wanted to talk about?"

Rosalie turned to him and said, "My father is teaching you Occulmency correct?"

"Yes, but I'm not very good at it", he told her.

"I wasn't when I first started either".

"I don't understand, what has that got to do with this?"

"Read my mind and you'll understand, I promise".

"Legilimens".

Harry was transported into Rosalie's memories. He was in his parent's house, the house where he was born. He watched as Snape picked up a baby that was sitting in a cradle.

Snape apparated and appeared in another house.

This one was darker and less friendly.

Snape looked down at the baby and said, "Little McKenzie".

Harry watched as the years passed by and the little girl grew up to be Rosalie. He was suddenly pushed out of the memory and he saw Rosalie bent forward panting.

"It's me, Harry. I'm McKenzie. Your sister", she said.

If Harry hadn't seen it with his own two eyes, he wouldn't have believed it. He stepped forward and hugged her.

Tears filled Harry's eyes as she hugged him back.

"I'm not the only one. I'm not alone", Harry said.

"No, you're not alone", Rosalie told him.

The week after was Christmas and Harry had invited Rosalie to spend it with him and the Weasley's at Grimmauld Place.

So far, the Weasley Twins, Molly, Arthur, Harry, and Sirius were the only ones who knew of her true parentage and Rosalie wanted to keep it that way.

Harry and Rosalie spent Christmas morning in their room, away from the Weasley's and Hermione.

The two siblings just wanted to spend time together.

Rosalie received packages from both her father and the Malfoy's and the Weasley's of course. Rosalie sighed and stared at the package from Draco.

"Are you not going to open it?" Harry asked her.

"What's the point? We're not together anymore anyway".

"I may not like the guy, but he made you happy".

Rosalie nodded and carefully unwrapped the package.

In the box sat a beautiful white fur scarf and a picture frame.

The picture was of her and Draco lying under the tree in the courtyard. Her head was in his lap as he stroked her hair. She was smiling and laughing at something Draco had said. She smiled.

That had been sometime last year, before everything had gone horribly wrong.

Accompanying the picture was a letter.

"Rose, are you coming downstairs?" Harry asked her.

"No, you go on", she told him, "I'll be down later".

Harry nodded and left the room.

Rosalie opened the letter and started to read it.

Dearest Rosalie,

I hope you like your present. I saw it and it reminded me of the time Moody transfigured me into a ferret. I remember how you held me in your hands and stroked my fur until McGonagall changed me back. I screwed up that day, because all I wanted to do was torment Harry. If only I had known then what I knew now, I wouldn't have done it. You of all people know I don't handle things very well and sometimes I don't think before I speak. I want to apologize for all the times I've hurt you in the past and for all the times that I know I will hurt you in the future. I wish I could tell you that I will never hurt you again, but you once told me not to make promises I can't keep. One thing I can promise you Rosalie, is that I still love you. There will never come a day when I won't love you. You were my first everything. I don't want to lose you Rosalie, but I'm afraid I may have lost you forever this time. Please tell me that isn't so. I will do anything to make it up to you.

Love,

Draco

Rosalie was in tears by the time she finished reading the letter. She picked up the fur scarf and wrapped it around her neck, burying her nose in it. She noticed that Draco had charmed it for her.

It smelled like him and made her miss him even more.

"Kenzie?" she heard. She quickly wiped her eyes and turned to Sirius. "Yes?" she asked.

"Come downstairs. You've been cooped up in this room all day", Sirius said.

Rosalie stood up and followed him downstairs, the scarf still wrapped around her neck.