Chapter 1
"I HAVE HAD IT!" The words rang in the girls' ears. "You two have broken every rule here and probably more!" The principal turned to the girl with the blonde hair and shook her head. "I would expect something like this from your sister, Christina!"
"It wasn't my fault though! I didn't mean to-" Christina tried to say.
"NO! What you girls have done is way out of line! I am sorry but I here by expelled from The New York School for the Magically Gifted." The girl with the blonde hair that had black highlights smiled as she and her sister were escorted out of the principal's office.
"FINALLY!" She screamed when they were way out of reach of anyone. "I'm free!" She grabbed her sister and hugged her.
"Damn it Christine!" Christina said shaking her sister off. "Why did you have to talk me in to this?! I was doing perfectly well in school and then you made me play that trick on the first years and now we're expelled!"
"Soooo..." Christine said blankly.
"SO?! SO!!! No school is going to except us if they find out what we did! We're never gonna become full witches! OMIGOD!"
"Jees sis... I think you're just worried that mom I gonna have a cow when she fins out that you were expelled!"
"BECAUSE OF YOU!" Christina screeched at the top of her lungs. Christine sighed.
"Dude... You didn't have to help me! It was all up to you! I can't make you do something you don't actually want to do!"
"You-You-YOU... BE-OTCH!!" Christina grabbed her sister and tried to tackle her. Christine side stepped, easily avoiding her sister's attack. She started laughing when Christina realized she was strangling air. Glaring at her sister they continued walking in silence. When they reached the glass doors that lead into the huge building that was their old school she took in a deep breathe. This was the last time she would ever set foot in her precious school. It isn't fair! She thought. All I did was play a little trick and they snapped my wand!
"You coming Chrissie?" Christine called. She nodded slowly. As soon as she pushed on the door a tear dripped out of her eye. This wasn't fair! She only had two more years left and she would have been out anyways! She could be working somewhere like the Ministry of Magic along side her boyfriend. Ex-Boyfriend She reminded herself. Her boyfriend, J.J., had broken up with her yesterday because of the trick. More tears fell at the thought. "CHRISSIE!" Christine yelled at her. "The car's waiting! I leave without you!" Christina broke into a run and got into the car just as it pulled away.
"Bye school..." She whispered softly. "Good-bye forever..." When Christine saw the tears falling out of her sister's chocolate brown eyes she felt bad.
"Look... We'll find a new school... Mom and Dad will make sure off that!" Christine said giving her sister a hug. "And you didn't need that J.J. jerk! If he dumped you for a stupid trick... SCREW HIM!" Christina laughed a little and took a handkerchief from her sister. She dabbed at her eyes.
"What about wands?" She asked remembering that the school had snapped theirs when they were expelled.
"Mom and Dad have plenty off cash! They can buy us some new ones!" Christine bent down and turned on the radio. The sounds of "Senorita" by Justin Timberlake filled their ears. "How can he sing like that!?!" Christine asked to know one in particular.
"I know! He sings higher then you Chris!" Christina giggled as Christine imitated Justin singing. I'm gonna be fine! She told herself.
When the song was finished the girls looked at each other and nodded. They were definitely ready for a new life!
* * * * *
"I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU GIRLS!" Kimberly Ember yelled at her daughters. "I mean EXPELLED!?! You had better believe that by the beginning of winter term you are going to be at a new school! In the mean time-" The sound of the door opening made them all hush.
"What's going on here?" Finley Ember, the twins father had just come in. "Was Christine expelled again?" He laughed. Christine had been suspended form school about seven times already.
"Worse!" Kimberly said angrily.
"Worse? What do you mean-" but then it hit him. "They weren't?" He asked his wife. She nodded. "GIRLS!! EXPLAIN! NOW!"
"Well you see it all started out as an innocent little trick and-" Christine tried to explain while Christina sat there, her face red with shame.
"I DON'T CARE IF IT WAS INNOCENT!!! YOU WERE EXPELLED! You are in BIG trouble!" He then turned his attention to Christina, who was trying to become part of the wall and disappear... "Christina... How could you?! Your mother and I trusted you to keep yourself and your sister out of trouble!" He didn't say anymore he just stared at her.
"Sorry dad..." She mumbled.
'Look, you girls are very lucky!" Their mother cut in. "I happen to have a friend who works at a school and she'd probably help you get in!"
"REALLY?!" Christina said happily.
"Oh great..." Christine mumbled angrily.
"Yes! Her name is Minerva! She works at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry!"
"Hogwarts?' Christina said interested now. "I've heard of that place! It's supposed to be great! They have qudditch there and it's in England!" Christine, who had sunk down in her chair sprang up.
"ENGLAND!?" She screamed. "Mom, you can't be serious! I mean it's so far away and-" her mother started tutting as she wrote something on a piece of paper.
"Look, Christine, I really don't care if you want to go or not! You're the one who got you and your sister expelled and I'm the one getting you into a new school! Finley will you tie this to Elvin? It's to Minerva!" Elvin was their pet barn owl.
"Now, Kimberly, dear..." Though Finley thought his daughters needed to go to school he didn't think it had to be in England! "Shouldn't we consider this first? I mean this is quite sodden isn't it?"
"No, darling, it's not." She said making Finley and Christine gape at her. "Sodden would be shipping the girls off right when they got home!"
"But... But... BUT!"
"NO!" She grabbed Elvin and tied the piece of paper to his out-stretched leg. "Take this to Minerva Elvin, and do hurry! I want my daughters at Hogwarts before the end of winter break!" she opened the window and let Elvin fly away. Christine tried to grab the owl but couldn't. "Girl's off to bed! We'll be going shopping tomorrow for some new wands and such so I want you to get plenty of sleep!" She pushed the girls up the stairs to their room.
*****
"I can't believe we're going to be going to Hogwarts!" Christina kept repeating this over and over for practically an hour. Finally Christine couldn't take it. She grabbed a silk pillow off her bed and threw it as hard as she could at Christina.
"SHUT UP!" She told her grabbing another pillow and putting it over her head.
"That wasn't very nice Chris!" Christina grabbed one of her pillows and tossed it (fairly hard) at Christine.
"FREAK!" Soon the girls were in an all out pillow war. At about one in the morning they stopped.
"Really, Chris... Can't you even consider the idea of going to Hogwarts cool?"
"OMIGOD! Not this stupid shit about Hogwarts!" Christine said pissed off again. "I don't want to go that's the end it! Got it?!" Her sister coward in fear when her Christine screamed at her.
"I get it... But you'll have to get use to the idea because we're going there!" Christina said trying to sound brave. Of the girls, Christina was the more laid back, shy, hardly ever got angry, and smart twin. Christine was much more short tempered, rebellious, spirited, and devilish twin.
"Fine! But I sweat that the minute I get there... They're gonna regret it!" Christine reached over and turned off the lap by the side of her bed and pulled the covers over her head, ending the conversation. I'll go to that school! She thought to herself as she drifted off to sleep And I'll make sure they never forget me!
"I HAVE HAD IT!" The words rang in the girls' ears. "You two have broken every rule here and probably more!" The principal turned to the girl with the blonde hair and shook her head. "I would expect something like this from your sister, Christina!"
"It wasn't my fault though! I didn't mean to-" Christina tried to say.
"NO! What you girls have done is way out of line! I am sorry but I here by expelled from The New York School for the Magically Gifted." The girl with the blonde hair that had black highlights smiled as she and her sister were escorted out of the principal's office.
"FINALLY!" She screamed when they were way out of reach of anyone. "I'm free!" She grabbed her sister and hugged her.
"Damn it Christine!" Christina said shaking her sister off. "Why did you have to talk me in to this?! I was doing perfectly well in school and then you made me play that trick on the first years and now we're expelled!"
"Soooo..." Christine said blankly.
"SO?! SO!!! No school is going to except us if they find out what we did! We're never gonna become full witches! OMIGOD!"
"Jees sis... I think you're just worried that mom I gonna have a cow when she fins out that you were expelled!"
"BECAUSE OF YOU!" Christina screeched at the top of her lungs. Christine sighed.
"Dude... You didn't have to help me! It was all up to you! I can't make you do something you don't actually want to do!"
"You-You-YOU... BE-OTCH!!" Christina grabbed her sister and tried to tackle her. Christine side stepped, easily avoiding her sister's attack. She started laughing when Christina realized she was strangling air. Glaring at her sister they continued walking in silence. When they reached the glass doors that lead into the huge building that was their old school she took in a deep breathe. This was the last time she would ever set foot in her precious school. It isn't fair! She thought. All I did was play a little trick and they snapped my wand!
"You coming Chrissie?" Christine called. She nodded slowly. As soon as she pushed on the door a tear dripped out of her eye. This wasn't fair! She only had two more years left and she would have been out anyways! She could be working somewhere like the Ministry of Magic along side her boyfriend. Ex-Boyfriend She reminded herself. Her boyfriend, J.J., had broken up with her yesterday because of the trick. More tears fell at the thought. "CHRISSIE!" Christine yelled at her. "The car's waiting! I leave without you!" Christina broke into a run and got into the car just as it pulled away.
"Bye school..." She whispered softly. "Good-bye forever..." When Christine saw the tears falling out of her sister's chocolate brown eyes she felt bad.
"Look... We'll find a new school... Mom and Dad will make sure off that!" Christine said giving her sister a hug. "And you didn't need that J.J. jerk! If he dumped you for a stupid trick... SCREW HIM!" Christina laughed a little and took a handkerchief from her sister. She dabbed at her eyes.
"What about wands?" She asked remembering that the school had snapped theirs when they were expelled.
"Mom and Dad have plenty off cash! They can buy us some new ones!" Christine bent down and turned on the radio. The sounds of "Senorita" by Justin Timberlake filled their ears. "How can he sing like that!?!" Christine asked to know one in particular.
"I know! He sings higher then you Chris!" Christina giggled as Christine imitated Justin singing. I'm gonna be fine! She told herself.
When the song was finished the girls looked at each other and nodded. They were definitely ready for a new life!
* * * * *
"I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU GIRLS!" Kimberly Ember yelled at her daughters. "I mean EXPELLED!?! You had better believe that by the beginning of winter term you are going to be at a new school! In the mean time-" The sound of the door opening made them all hush.
"What's going on here?" Finley Ember, the twins father had just come in. "Was Christine expelled again?" He laughed. Christine had been suspended form school about seven times already.
"Worse!" Kimberly said angrily.
"Worse? What do you mean-" but then it hit him. "They weren't?" He asked his wife. She nodded. "GIRLS!! EXPLAIN! NOW!"
"Well you see it all started out as an innocent little trick and-" Christine tried to explain while Christina sat there, her face red with shame.
"I DON'T CARE IF IT WAS INNOCENT!!! YOU WERE EXPELLED! You are in BIG trouble!" He then turned his attention to Christina, who was trying to become part of the wall and disappear... "Christina... How could you?! Your mother and I trusted you to keep yourself and your sister out of trouble!" He didn't say anymore he just stared at her.
"Sorry dad..." She mumbled.
'Look, you girls are very lucky!" Their mother cut in. "I happen to have a friend who works at a school and she'd probably help you get in!"
"REALLY?!" Christina said happily.
"Oh great..." Christine mumbled angrily.
"Yes! Her name is Minerva! She works at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry!"
"Hogwarts?' Christina said interested now. "I've heard of that place! It's supposed to be great! They have qudditch there and it's in England!" Christine, who had sunk down in her chair sprang up.
"ENGLAND!?" She screamed. "Mom, you can't be serious! I mean it's so far away and-" her mother started tutting as she wrote something on a piece of paper.
"Look, Christine, I really don't care if you want to go or not! You're the one who got you and your sister expelled and I'm the one getting you into a new school! Finley will you tie this to Elvin? It's to Minerva!" Elvin was their pet barn owl.
"Now, Kimberly, dear..." Though Finley thought his daughters needed to go to school he didn't think it had to be in England! "Shouldn't we consider this first? I mean this is quite sodden isn't it?"
"No, darling, it's not." She said making Finley and Christine gape at her. "Sodden would be shipping the girls off right when they got home!"
"But... But... BUT!"
"NO!" She grabbed Elvin and tied the piece of paper to his out-stretched leg. "Take this to Minerva Elvin, and do hurry! I want my daughters at Hogwarts before the end of winter break!" she opened the window and let Elvin fly away. Christine tried to grab the owl but couldn't. "Girl's off to bed! We'll be going shopping tomorrow for some new wands and such so I want you to get plenty of sleep!" She pushed the girls up the stairs to their room.
*****
"I can't believe we're going to be going to Hogwarts!" Christina kept repeating this over and over for practically an hour. Finally Christine couldn't take it. She grabbed a silk pillow off her bed and threw it as hard as she could at Christina.
"SHUT UP!" She told her grabbing another pillow and putting it over her head.
"That wasn't very nice Chris!" Christina grabbed one of her pillows and tossed it (fairly hard) at Christine.
"FREAK!" Soon the girls were in an all out pillow war. At about one in the morning they stopped.
"Really, Chris... Can't you even consider the idea of going to Hogwarts cool?"
"OMIGOD! Not this stupid shit about Hogwarts!" Christine said pissed off again. "I don't want to go that's the end it! Got it?!" Her sister coward in fear when her Christine screamed at her.
"I get it... But you'll have to get use to the idea because we're going there!" Christina said trying to sound brave. Of the girls, Christina was the more laid back, shy, hardly ever got angry, and smart twin. Christine was much more short tempered, rebellious, spirited, and devilish twin.
"Fine! But I sweat that the minute I get there... They're gonna regret it!" Christine reached over and turned off the lap by the side of her bed and pulled the covers over her head, ending the conversation. I'll go to that school! She thought to herself as she drifted off to sleep And I'll make sure they never forget me!