Harry and Rose were soon back at Hogwarts. There were rumors of a Quidditch rematch between Gryffindor and Slytherin. All the students were hard at work. Finally, they were allowed a break on February 14th, Valentine's Day.

The school was decorated with red, pinks and whites. Hearts of all shapes and sizes danced on the walls. The heavy smell of perfume and flowers lingered through the air. There was another dance on this day. The school was in a cheery mood as they passed notes, valentines, flowers and chocolates. Whispers and giggles were a common sound in these halls.

Harry, Hermione and Ron were at breakfast when a flutter of owls flew into the Great Hall. Harry looked over at the Slytherin table to see Rose looking very astonished at the growing pile of letters in front of her. Chocolates and flowers were mixed in with the letters. A few stuffed animals also made it into the pile.

A couple of giggles from beside her were heard, but was silenced with a look from her. Finally, a large box was piled on top of the pile, which ended the fury of letters. Rose sat there with an annoyed expression on her face, but she flicked her wand and the letters and packages flew to the floor behind her.

The mass amount of mail to one person had caused quite a bit of commotion, but the receiver continued as if nothing had happened. Soon peace was regained as talk of the night's dance was at full blast.

The day floated by complete with giggles and hand holding. There was a light dinner because there was going to be refreshments at the dance. The students in their fourth year and above were invited. Students from two other schools, Beauxbatons and Durmstrang, were invited as well. When the time came, excited students, most of the girls were dressed in reds and pinks, filed into the Great Hall. The ones from the other schools arrived in their own way and they entered the hall from the main door.

The hall was dark, but the enchanted ceiling sparkled with stars and a crescent moon. Colorful lights danced around the place. The walls were decorated with hearts and red and pink ribbon. There were long tables set up near the walls. White and pink tablecloth decorated them. Food stacked on gold plates had been arranged neatly on doilies.

Harry, Ron and Hermione walked into the hall together. They met up with some friends and began to chat, but Harry's eye wandered looking for where Rose was. He finally found her sitting on a chair with a crowd of students surrounding her. She was dressed in a long, flowing, light purple, silk robe. On her head was perched an elegant yet simple tiara. Her long, black hair was down flowing and shinning like a dark sheet of ice.

She was being entertained as usual. Malfoy was there as well, but he was looking much paler than usual. Another guy was sitting next to her, who Harry realized was Viktor Krum the Seeker from Bulgaria. Rose seemed to be very good friends with Krum because she was laughing along with him in such a carefree attitude. Harry noticed Malfoy didn't seem too happy with Rose socializing with someone else.

As more people filled the hall, the music started. This time Lee Jordan didn't DJ like last time, instead the music played automatically. The air was filled with perfume and the smell of flowers. Joyful glees of laughter and chit chatter surrounded them like a heavy mist.

Harry realized that Ron was trying to get his attention.

"What?" said Harry.

"You were spacing out on us," Ron pointed out.

"Sorry."

"Well, we were talking about if you found out any information from Rose while you were staying with her," Hermione added.

" I found out you were wrong," Harry said.

"About what?" Hermione asked a bit concerned.

"She transferred from Durmstrang instead of Sunny Day School and that she transferred because her mother didn't like the headmaster of Durmstrang so she ended up here instead," Harry said knowledgeably.

"Well that was a rumor I heard," Hermione replied. "You said that she had a mother?"

"Yes, why?"

"Well, if Sirius was your legal godfather, then why did you stay with the Dursleys, instead of with Rose and her mum?"

"Well, maybe her mum didn't have permission to take care of Harry," said Ron.

"Did you find anything about her mother than?" asked Hermione.

"No, she didn't seem to want to talk about her and she wasn't at Sirius's house either."

"You have to admit that is strange," said Hermione slowly. "What else did you find out about her?"

"I did find out that she has the same birthday as mine," Harry said slowly so he could see their reaction.

Nobody spoke for a brief moment.

"That is queer," said Hermione still lost in thought.

"What is?"

"There are quite a bit of similarities between you two you know," Hermione replied slowly.

"Like what?" said Harry.

"Well, you both have black hair and green eyes…"

"So?" said Ron, not quite seeing her point.

"You both are good at Quidditch. You have the same birthday. Your godfather is her father," she said.

"Your point being?" Harry said getting a bit annoyed by her analysis.

"I didn't say it had a point," snapped Hermione, "All I was saying that it was queer for you two to have so much in common."

"Yeah, and you both 'died' in the same Quidditch game," said Ron, creating quotes with his fingers on the word "died".

"But, she was put in Slytherin," Harry said, being quite happy to find a difference.

"But," Hermione added, "The only reason you ended up in Gryffindor was because you heard how bad Slytherin was."

"Yeah," added Ron, "Maybe she didn't know about the history of people that came from Slytherin, either that or she ended up meeting Malfoy in the beginning who managed to convince her that Slytherin was good."

Harry pondered the thoughts for a moment longer before replying, "Are you saying that we're related in some unknown way?"

"No. But you think it's plain odd that you do have so many things in common," Hermione added.

"You know what?"

"What?"

"Rose said that it was strange when I mentioned my birthday," answered Harry.

"You see!" cried Hermione in triumph.

"See what?" Ron asked.

"I wasn't the only one who noticed the similarities between you two!" Hermione replied.

The conversation ended there. Harry didn't feel like telling them about the relationship between Rose and Malfoy, how Rose managed to guess who he liked or what she thought of her.

Harry looked back over at Rose. She seemed to be in a deep conversation with Krum. He looked around a bit more to try to find Malfoy. He found him looking quite jealous of Krum while sitting and talking with Crabbe and Goyle near a corner.

Harry looked around the hall for Cho. He finally found her; she was talking to Cedric about something. Harry felt a bit of jealousy rise up in him. The rest of the dance passed slowly by. Dumbledore made an announcement that Beauxbaton's and Durmstrang's students would be staying for the rest of the year as a part of the International Magical Relations unit that was started only this year. Soon the students made their way back to their common rooms, ship, or carriage.

Harry managed to drift off to sleep thinking about what he had seen at the dance, though flashbacks of Krum and Rose together and Cho and Cedric together still haunted him.