Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter. I do however own some of the characters used in this story.
Chapter One
Bertram strolled down the corridors at a leisurely pace his jet black falling into his emerald green eyes. He'd just come from his Apparition class and had done well considering how nervous he was. He and Sean were currently making their way to the quidditch pitch to practice. They were beaters on the team and thoroughly enjoyed their positions. Dunstan was also on the team as a chaser and Annette was their seeker.
When they reached the quidditch pitch Annette and Dunstan were already there. "Hi guys," Annette said when she caught sight of them. "Hi," they replied.
"Where are the others?" Sean asked.
"Right here," a voice from behind them said. The four turned around and saw their teammates coming towards them. The captain gave her usual pre-practice speech and the team took to the air.
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"Lilias wait up!" Lilias stopped and waited for her Veronica and Desdamona to catch up to her.
"Sorry," she said sheepishly.
"Don't do it again," Veronica mock scowled. The three girls linked arms and carried on to their Magical Theory group. They'd picked it up in second year and found that they rather enjoyed it.
When they reached the classroom most of the students were already there. The three friends took seats in the middle row. Lilias found herself sitting next to a girl a girl with reddish brown hair and hazel eyes. She was very pretty and Lilias found herself captivated by her. Feeling eyes on her the girl turned around. When she saw Lilias she smiled at her and stuck out her hand. "Hi, I'm Hazel," she said. Lilias returned her smile and shook hands with her. "I'm Lilias," she said. Lilias took in Hazel's robes and noticed that she was a Slytherin.
Just then the teacher entered and told the students to pair up. Giving their friend a sly glance Veronica and Desdamona paired up leaving Lilias to pair up with Hazel. The teacher handed out the assignment and the students made a start. Hazel and Lilias talked quietly while they worked. From their conversation Lilias learned that Hazel was also a sixth year but had only picked up Magical Theory this year. By the end of the class Lilias felt as if she had known Hazel for years. The two said goodbye to each other then Lilias left with Veronica and Desdamona who exchanged knowing looks.
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After quidditch practice Bertram, Dunstan and Sean hit the changing rooms and then returned to Gryffindor tower. They found Jonathan sitting in an armchair by the fire reading a book. "How was practice?" he asked.
"Not too bad," Dunstan said as the boy sank into armchairs next to him. They had a potions essay to work on so they got out their texts books and writing equipment and turned to the pages that they would need. "I can't believe old Sluggy wants an a thousand word essay on the invention and uses of the Felix Felicius potion. Who are we supposed to make it that long?" Sean asked.
"Just write a load of bollocks. That's what I'm doing," Dunstan told him.
It was dinner time by the time the four Gryffindors had finished their essays. They packed their belongings away and headed down to the Great Hall. When they arrived the students were still all milling around talking and waiting for the teachers to arrive. Dunstan's eyes swept the hall and landed on his sister Lilias. She was talking to a Slytherin girl. Actually flirting was more like. She tucked her long red hair behind her ears and smiled shyly at the girl. 'Looks like Lilias has a crush,' Dunstan thought with a smile. "What are you smiling at?" Sean asked curiously. He nodded in the direction of his sister. The three boys turned it time to witness the interaction between Lilias and the Slytherin girl. "Someone's got a crush," Bertram said voicing his brother's thoughts. Emerald eyes met grey and the brothers shared a smirk. They would have fun teasing their sister about this.
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Leander was also watching Lilias as she talked to a girl he didn't know. Marcus and Donovan looked up to see what had caught their friend's attention. "Looks like your sister is talking to Hazel," Donovan said. "So that's her name," Leander said.
"Yeah," Marcus added, "she's a Slytherin sixth year. From what I've heard she's a nice girl." Emerald eyes showed their approval and Leander smiled.
After dinner Leander noticed Bertram and Dunstan talking to their sister. Lilias was blushing madly. Leander just shook his head and carried on walking towards the Ravenclaw common room. There were piles of assignment to do so Leander set work. He may have been a troublemaker but he still didn't like to leave things to the last minute and some of siblings did. He decided to start by working on his Defence Against the Dark Arts homework. It was essay detailing the use of wordless magic and its advantages. As it turned out Leander was actually quiet competent when it came to the use of silent spells. He was quite proud of himself for that.
As it was sixth year the students had been told to think seriously about what they wanted to do after finishing Hogwarts. Leander was already sure of the career he wanted. He'd read various pamphlets about curse-breaking and decided that that was what he wanted to do. He'd already gained the O.W.L he needed in Arithmancy but he still needed the N.E.W.T subjects. Fortunately he had been excepted into all the subjects he needed which were DADA, Potions, Transfiguration and Charms. He'd told his parents about wanting to be a curse-breaker and they had told him that it was a great idea. He was determined to study hard in order to achieve his goal. He had no idea what some his other siblings wanted to do all he knew was that Dustan and Bertram wanted to be quidditch players. This was also supported by his parents. Leander smiled to himself knowing that his parents would support him and his siblings no matter what they wanted to do. They were lucky to have parents like that.