The escape of the boa constrictor earned the twins their longest ever punishment; by the time they were allowed outside of it again the summer holidays had already began. Dudley was being even more horrid now that his usual punching bags were back, while Daisy had seemed to have turned over a new leaf; instead of taunting her cousins, she was often found under a tree reading a fantasy novel, critiquing Dudley in random areas when he did something wrong.

Both Potter twins were immensely relieved that school was over, but there was no escaping Dudley's gang of miscreants. Rosalie would often find herself in the unfortunate position of being held captive while her brother was used as a punching bag by the older boys. It was a day to day thing to find the huge brutes that made up the members of Dudley's gang engaging in their favorite sport; Potter Hunting.

Of course, they almost never hit Rosalie during the school year, but during summer there were no teachers to ask about a bruise, and Rosalie didn't kid herself into thinking her aunt or uncle would care if she got a black-eye, so she was often found assisting Harry in finding newer and better hiding spots and escape routes.

Now today was no different; there she was, carefully keeping watch as Harry snuck about the garden, trying to find a private spot. "Anything?" she hissed, careful not to disturb the quiet, lest Dudley discover them. "Nothing new yet," sighed Harry in disappointment as he stood up and stretched his sore arms.

"I guess we'll have to-"

"-look again tomorrow?" guessed Harry, arching one of his eyebrows. Rosalie turned to him, an identical expression on her face. "Yeah," she said, turning to go inside.

Both twins headed inside and snuck into their cupboard, aware that Dudley was asleep at the kitchen table wearing his ridiculous Smeltings uniform and that Daisy had seen them, but she ignored them, burying her nose deeper into a wizard fantasy.

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Rose sighed in exasperation as she went through their old stack of books. "I've already memorized every book we have; when are we going to the bookstore again?" she asked her brother, who was blankly rereading White Fang for the millionth time in a row.

"Whenever Dudley and Daisy feel like going; and we both know that won't be for awhile," he grumbled irritably. It had been a week and they'd both gained some new bruises, even after their best efforts to escape the gang of morons lead by their cousin.

Suddenly, there was a sharp knock on their cupboard door, and both twins blinked in astonishment when Daisy opened it slightly. "What do you want?" they both asked in their usual synchronization.

"Well," mumbled Daisy, shifting her gaze around their cupboard awkwardly. Suddenly, she shoved a small stack of books into their cupboard. "I've read them all fifty times; I may as well do something with them," she said quickly before slamming the door shut and running up the stairs to her room.

Rose gaped in astonishment, glancing at her twin to see he had an identical expression of amazement of his face. Reaching forward, Rose picked up a few of the books. They were all fantasy novels that she'd been reading for the past few weeks. "But I thought those were-" began Harry.

"-her favorite books," finished Rose, flipping one of the books open to see a small note stuck into the book. Carefully taking it out, she opened it and read aloud, "Tell Dudley and you die! By the way; thanks for the boa incident. I haven't laughed so hard in a long time."

Both twins glanced at each other in astonishment before they both burst out laughing. Their female cousin wasn't a complete waste of life after all.

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A/N: Hey, it's me! Sorry this was so short, but I was working on another story when I realized I hadn't updated this in a LONG time, so I added this. DON'T JUDGE ME! I can never focus on just one story, okay? !
-Irene