[WHO] Jocelyn Rookwood & Rabastan Lestrange [WHAT] Rabastan unexpectedly showed up to the Rookwood Estate to pay Jocelyn a visit. [WHEN] 31 July 2002 [WHERE] Starts at the Rookwood Estate in Winchester, England; progresses to an Italian restaurant [RATING] PG-13 [STATUS] Complete
The past several years had been a headache for Jocelyn. Her older brother had been away from the estate for weeks at a time with no explanation, and naturally she worried far too much. House elves and other various servants caught the brunt of her frustrations. Normally Miss Rookwood was more peaceful, but the change in her routine was very unwelcome. She wasn't ungrateful, nor did she take for granted the fact that they had come out victorious over the Order and its supporters. However, she wasn't willing to accept the sacrifice her brother and the other Death Eaters had to take to appease the Archimage. He didn't even have the audacity to show his face, and they were expected to follow him blindly? She wasn't too sure this man was legit. This individual pranced around calling his followers "The Coalition" and taking the symbol of the phoenix as his own. There was rumor circulating in polite society that he was linked to Harry Potter, another individual mysteriously unaccounted for.
Needless to say, she needed a breather. Although Jocelyn couldn't escape her thoughts, the least she could do was escape the surrounding walls. The uneasy young woman retrieved her ornate cloak from the hanging rack in the foyer before exiting onto the grounds. A walk about the garden would do her some good, hopefully...