"Ginny,whatever you wanted to show me,did you really have to choose it to be nearly morning?" Hermione hissed as the two made their way out the common room and down the stairs.
"Sorry,but all the other times I tried to catch you,you were reading!" Ginny pointed out. There was a clanking noise and both girls stiffened uneasily.
"What's that noise?" Asked Hermione nervously
"Only one way to find out." Ginny started walking towards where the noise was coming from.
The noise was coming from the potions classroom,both Ginny and Hermione peered round the door to see a barefooted,blonde-haired figure walking around and putting various things inside a cauldron. "Luna! What are you doing?!" Hermione whisper-shouted as she edged closer to her eccentric friend. Luna didn't answer,instead,she went to get yet another thing off the shelf,hands outstretched as though she was a zombie. Ginny crept up behind her friend and spun her round so that she was facing her and saw that Luna's eyes were closed.
"She's sleep-walking!" Before Hermione could react,the potion Luna was brewing suddenly blew up,waking Luna up and sending all three friends flying out the window after being equally drenched in the contents of the cauldron.
All of them landed with a thud in Hogsmeade as the sky started to become lighter. "Luna! What were you doing?" Hermione scolded,before realising her voice was higher."What's happened to my voice?!" She squealed. "I was sleep-walking and somehow managed to get all the way to the potions lab and started brewing an unknown potion and your voice has become higher pitched.." Luna said serenely. Ginny cast the lumos charm and stared at both her friends,then individually at Luna.
"You were brewing a deaging potion while asleep? That's actually impressive." She said.
"Oh yes,I answer riddles to get into my common room while asleep." Luna answered,sounding as though she was simply telling the time. "How old do you think we are?" asked Hermione.
"I would say we're ten,almost eleven,considering our appearances and voices." Luna replied.
"Yeah,I would agree." Ginny nodded.
"Okay,so that makes me eleven,almost twelve." Hermione raised an eyebrow.
"No,I don't think you are."Luna shook her head.
"Luna,I'm a year older than both of you." Hermione pointed out.
"No,Luna's right,you look exactly the same age as us,except without your large teeth."Ginny explained,before whipping out a mirror for her friend.
"Well,now what do we do?" asked Ginny.
"I've got an idea. Why don't we pretend to be triplet sisters and go into Hogwarts for first year,then when we're inside,aside from lessons and homework,we research for any way to get back to normal. Think,the new school year happens after the summer holidays,which starts next week,we'll have plenty of time to make sure we're admitted." Hermione suggested.
"But how do we manage to look like sisters,let alone triplets,we look nothing like each other!" Ginny pointed out. Hermione smiled,and beckoned to both of her friends,to follow her into a potion shop.
Ten minutes later,they came back out with a pink,fizzing potion,three beakers and a needles. "It's a genetic potion,if you put droplets of your blood and another does the same and you drink it,all of you,you both turn into indentical versios of you if your genetics are mixed together and its guaranteed,you would look pretty. Are you two ready?" asked Hermione. Both Luna and Ginny nodded,then Luna,who was holding the needle,calmly pricked her finger and allowed it to drip into the potion,turning it gold,before passing it to Ginny who did the same thing before finally passing it to Hermione.
After Hermione's blood was dripped into the potion,she poured the now sky-blue potion into the three beakers and passed it to Luna and Ginny,before they all drank the potion. They were surrounded by a golden light and when it lifted,the girls could see that they were completely identical.
They all had blonde hair like Luna's,except it was definitely a much brighter shade and it was in perfect ringlets so it didn't look too straggly,bright blue eyes like Ginny and a similar face to Hermione's that seemed to complement the new hair and eyes. Their overall bodies had a very petite frame.
"Who's going to be the oldest?" asked Hermione. Ginny raised her hand.
"It'll be interesting to be the oldest for once." She said simply.
"Well,I'm going to be the middle sister,which leaves you to be the youngest,Luna." Hermione looked over at the younger girl,who didn't seem to mind.
"What about names?" asked Ginny.
"Well,since we're triplets,I think our names should all start with the same letter,how abot 'M'?" offered Luna. Both Hermione and Ginny agreed.
"I'll be Megan,that screams older sister." Ginny announced.
"I'll be Mia,I just like the name." Hermione explained. Both looked over at Luna,who seemed to have come to a good name. "Maybe I could be Melody?" she offered. Both the other girls nodded. "That's a great name. Now on to phase to,tricking that book into admitting us to Hogwarts!" Hermione cheered.
"Hey kids,how 'bout you clear off or come in and buy something!" A man yelled.