I was shaken awake the next morning only to see two red-headed look alike with devilish grins on their faces. To be honest, I nearly screamed, but they both placed their hands on my mouth so quickly I wasn't even able to let out a sound. I calmed myself, slowly waking up from my slumber and frowned at my attackers whom were both sitting by my side, towering over me. Slowly, they removed their hands only to let me whisper in a rather annoyed tone: "What the hell is wrong with you?" The both smiled in return and completely dismissed my question.

"Time to wake up Slytherin Princess, you're spending an entire day with us!" One of the two cheered in a hushed tone. I raised a brow and feigned being excited:

"Oh yay."

I looked around the room, only to see that Ginny was still asleep and thanked my brain for whispering instead of just yelling at the two. The pair got up, one of them offering me a hand to stand. I pushed it away quickly and rose to my feet on my own. "Why do you even want to spend a day with me? Have you got some horrible prank set for me?"

"You don't trust us?" One of them faked being hurt while I walked over to my trunk and picked some clean clothes out of it. Turning back to face them I smiled annoyingly.

"Uhm, let's see... No."

"Well love, we're doing it because our mother asked us to, and like you we don't want to disappoint her by telling her we want to kick the pretty little Slytherin out the window," the answer answered on a much more aggressive tone. I smirked internally. I had never seen the twins be angry or mean with anyone, they were usually the pranksters of the class and yeah, incidentally got in a lot of trouble, but they were rather polite to others. I wondered if there was a way to get them angry, and so, it became my mission for the day. I am going to press their buttons 'til they beg their mom to get me out.

Unfortunately, I was guessing that was their plan too; be insufferable so that I'd crack. Well then boys, who was going to tell the truth to Molly and Arthur Weasley first I wonder?

"Fine," I finally agreed, crossing my arms in front of my chest and looking at them.

"Really? It's that easy?"

"Well this is beneficial for the both of us, so yeah. I'm going to spend an entire day doing whatever you want, but in exchange, we'll do whatever I want tomorrow," I proposed. They turned to face one another, obviously thinking it through. It was a bold claim, I was aware of that but I was a Slytherin, and I was good at bargaining and getting people to end up doing what I wanted.

"Alright, it's a deal."

I smiled like a five year old and squeaked, making both of them jump. "Great! I'm going to take a shower, see you downstairs!" I winked as so walked past them and into the closest bathroom. Before I closed the door however I heard the both of them talking:

"So, is this like a competition now George?"

"Yes, and we're definitely going to win Fred!"

Uh, their voices were slightly different; I'll make a mental note of that.

"How marvelous!" Molly cheered at the fact that Fred, George and Myself seemed to now be a trio. Truth was that all three members of this band were completely against the idea of a 'trio'. We basically just smiled and nodded at anything she'd say, trying to get away from this overly annoying conversation. "What have you planned for Hailey today boys?"

"Well George thought we could show her around this morning," Fred explained, taking a big bite out of his omelet.

"You know, just show her around the property! Get some fresh air," George finished for his brother before also stuffing his face with the –delicious – breakfast that Molly had prepared for us. I just stared at them for a second, expression a mix of confusion and disgust. How could two almost normal beings – with decent looks—be so … I'll need to finish this sentence later.

A loud bang made me jump from my seat before turning to the window where the noise came from. Out of nowhere, an owl jumped up and landed on the windowsill groggily. I just stared at it for a second; did this owl just land into the wall?

"What an idiotic bird," Fred sighed as if this was a normal thing. Molly rushed over to the owl to get the mail and I took this opportunity to snicker and give a proud grin to the boys.

"Just like its owners I suppose…"

"Were you proud of that insult love?" George asked. I took a bite of my omelet and nodded vigorously like a three year old whom had just met Santa Claus. Seconds later, another owl flew in the window and landed gracefully beside me.

"And that's how it's done boys," I pointed to my black companion.

Shiff, was a midnight colored owl with bright yellow eyes. My parents had offered her to me on the first day of school and we immediately clicked. This bird was so magnificent, both in flight and beauty. It had a way of staring into your soul with those big round eyes. I couldn't resist her, she was just the best owl in the world. Shiff leaned over and gently placed a letter in front of my plate. Fred and George both stared at the bird in awe, making me smirk. After a brief 'thank you' – which was a small piece of my meal— the bird spread it's wings and flew back out, almost mocking the Weasley's owl on its way. The latter turned to follow, but Molly still holding the bird, he didn't go very far after spreading its wings.

I hurried a hand onto my mouth as not to laugh, but it was quite hard to contain. Fred and George resorted to both looking down into their empty plates. Anything was better than watching this chicken try to fly.

Slowly, I opened the letter. To be honest, I expected it to be from my parents and I could not say that I was that excited. Fortunately, that was not the case:

Hello Princess,
You surviving? Say while you're in there, try and get some of the Grinffindor's Quidditch strategies. You'd be the best.
Love, Marcus Flint.

I rolled my eyes. I guess it's slightly better than a letter from my parents but Marcus's politeness was to be desired. That boy –well man really—had a way with subtlety didn't he? It actually made me laugh for a second. Well, I guess I could make myself useful for our team. I quickly folded the letter and placed it in my back pocket. It wouldn't be too bad seeing the Gryffindor's lose another Quidditch match and not only because of their captain Oliver Wood's incredibly pathetic reactions. I mean, the guy tried to drown himself in a shower once. I should probably send an answer to Marcus at some point, but somehow I felt like I would not have the time today.

I looked back up to the twins and smiled innocently although I doubted they saw me as such. "Are you ready to have some fun?"

"Thought you'd never ask!"

"So you live in the middle of nowhere! That's nice…" I commented as we walked on a dirt road in between two fields. I was walking behind the pair, sighing every couple of steps and checking my surroundings for any traps they might have arranged.

"Of course not, there's a pretty cool forest up ahead," one said and even though I could see his face, I was guessing he was harboring an excited smile.

"So like I said, the middle of nowhere."

"We're sorry if this is an inconvenience to you Princess," the other said rather harshly. I stopped and looked at him innocently.

"You're the inconvenience."

To be honest, he looked rather pissed off and I was sure I had a proud smirk on my face; much like the ones Draco sends me whenever he succeeds at something I've failed in the past. That kid needs so much recognition…

"Let it go Georgie, she's toying with us," Fred said, placing a hand onto his brother's arm. George ignored him and stepped in front of me, leaning down to reach my level until his face was mere inches from mine.

"You think you're going to break us with mere insults?" the disdain rolled off his tongue. I breathed slowly and looked into his eyes. How could these two turn the tables on me so easily every time?

"You," I began, searching for a snappy comeback – which never came—"Are way too close to me."

"Hm?" A wide smile spread upon his features, all anger vanishing within a second. It was like he had just taken off a mask, like he was a total different person now. Had he been pretending to be upset? Why bother? Did he want to know how I'd react? Gosh these guys are hard to 're so... unpredictable! I can never tell what they're thinking! Are they trying to mess with my head or something? I can't lose to them! I won't lose to them.

"Back off," I pushed him away whilst stepping back. George raised a brow before looking back at Fred. They seemed to be speaking to one another just by stares, which was both rather impressive and very disturbing.

"Would you like us to show you the forest Hailey?" Fred asked nicely, completely ignoring the exchange that had just taken place. I wondered whether a cold stare was answer enough but fearing that these people were idiots I added words to the look of death:

"Not really…"

"Ah, but you don't have a choice, you have to do whatever we say!" Fred smiled wickedly. Ah yes, our idiotic and childish bet. I sighed and followed them silently as we all took off again, me trailing behind them, each step heavier than the last. Boy does time fly when you're having fun... That saying probably explains why this seems to be so damn everlasting!

"So uhm," I began uneasily. Fred and George had showed me around the entire neighborhood, and although most of it was just fields I guess it was okay? We were now walking back to their house for lunch and there was an oppressing silent floating over us. "How…" I thought of something to say, as the words I had pronounced had simply slipped out of my mouth without any particular purpose. It's almost like my brain was telling me: 'Here's an easy start, say something clever!' "How do I tell you both apart?" I mentally slapped myself. That was so lame.

"You don't know?" One of them asked, clearly amused at the idiocy of my own question. My answer was simply to remove that infuriating grin of his face:

"Well no. Honestly to me you're just idiotic red-heads with no accomplishments, so why would I ever need to tell you apart?"

"Then why did you ask?"

Idiot… Well I was simply stupid. My attempt at starting some sort of normal conversation had completely backfired making me look like a fool. And as if that wasn't enough, I was certain they had planned some sort of horrible trick for me later on during the day. I sighed and decided to be truthful.

"My brain hurts when I look at you two. You're two identical copies of one another."

"Spend some more time with us and you might just figure it out!"

"Your mother has known you since your birth and even she gets confused. I really don't want to spend my life with you two to be able to tell you apart." I answered rather quickly. The twins turned around to face me and we all stopped walking.

"You really don't like us do you?"

Well I wasn't expecting that. What do I answer to that? They haven't done anything bad to me per say, and I guess the time I spent with them this morning was okay but, I'm a Slytherin. They're Grinffindors. We aren't friends. They're annoying pranksters and they're just trying to get to me so that I'll let my guard down! Yeah that's it, did you really think I was going to fall for it?

"No."

"Why?"

I fell silent. Why? Well… Why would I need to explain myself to you?

"Just leave me alone…" And with that I pushed past them and hurried back to the house.