I was the girl in the corner who nobody saw. Not that I mind much. I hate attention. Not because I am insecure or anything along those lines. I hate attention because it requires effort on my part. I guess in that aspect, I am rather lazy. I hates social interactions. It is a waste of time; time that I could be using to read books. I'm not a bookworm or rather I don't like to think of myself as one. If I was then I would have been placed in Ravenclaw without hesitation. Although, the sorting hat was considering it, and tried convincing me that it would be a good place for me, it ultimately placed me in Slytherin. I had my heart set on Slytherin the moment I learnt about Hogwarts. Although, I knew that my heritage as a Muggle stood as a great obstacle to actually getting placed since the house seem to not be so accepting of Muggle-born witches. But to me Slytherin was the least useless house in Hogwarts.
Unlike, my sister, I wasn't too ecstatic about the prospect of attending a wizarding school. I hated school, Muggle and wizarding one alike, it's a horrendous place where they try to indoctrinate you with ideas that was made up by some idiots who think they were smart enough that most of the population. Maybe they were, since most of the populations accepted the things that they said without avail. Humans are stupid after all. I never accepted anything. I would listen and even spend time thinking about them but nothing was absolute, nothing was absolutely true.
I sat on a desk in the dark classroom, waiting. I shouldn't even agree to this. Now that I did, my sister is going to want to do this often and that would simply be a waste of time. Soon enough, the door opened and a familiar face, with facial features similar to mine looking towards me.
"Would you mind making this quick?" I requested, tersely, making it clear to her that I did not want to do this.
"I just wanted to know how you are doing?" My twin sister just happened to be the opposite of me. Overachiever, good natured, always follows the rule and do what mum and dad, and everyone else told her. She was the golden girl. I was not. That was why we were having this conversation right now; Mom and Dad told her to keep an extra eye on me.
"Fine." I snapped. "Are we done now?" I stood up.
"I don't know why you are acting like this?" Elizabeth mentioned.
"Like what, Elizabeth? Not like your perfect little sister?" I shouted. "I'm sorry. We can't be both perfect."
"That is not what I meant, and I am not perfect!" She rebutted. " Far from it, actually. I just want to make sure that you are fine."
"I'm fine." i shrugged.
"Hermione…" She pleaded.
"I won't do anything here, alright?" I offered. "I won't embarrass you."
Her sister sighed heavily. "When will you accept that I am just worried about you?"
Hardly. But I said nothing
"How did the Ancient Runes exam go?"
"I failed it for Merlin's sake. Now can I go?." I said crastly.
Elizabeth stared at me. I already knew what was coming.
"Why do you insist on doing this continually?'
"Are you implying that I failed on purpose?"
"No. But we both know that you are way smarter than me, and I got a A+. You have been doing poorly on everyone of your test lately, so tell me what is wrong?"
"It's just a stupid test, alright? Hardly anything to freak out about"
"What happened to you!" Elizabeth shouted. "I feel like I don't even know you anymore!'
"Perhaps, you never knew me at all."