Daisy quietly got dressed in a gray tank top and black leggings early the next morning. It was about 5 a.m. and her roommates were all still in a deep sleep. She then tied up her trainers and pulled her hair up into a high ponytail before grabbing her iPod, wireless headphones and the sports band that her mum got her for Christmas two years ago. It was loaded with thousands of songs since the lack of electricity and internet at Hogwarts would make it impossible to get more music. Thankfully, her mother had included a sort of enchanted charger for it, so it wouldn't die while Daisy was away from home. Daisy shared her mother's love for muggle music, so the contraption was by far her most favorite Christmas gift to date outside of her Thunderbolt that she got three years ago. She often had her headphones on while working out or training alone and had a special playlist to hype her up before matches.

Stealthily, she slipped out of the dorm and down the stairs, passing quickly through the empty common room and out of Gryffindor Tower. The castle was still rather dark, but she knew the sun would be peeking out by the time she reached the courtyard.

Taking a deep breath upon reaching the main entrance, Daisy looked around the empty courtyard and did some light stretching before pulling her iPod out and tapping on the "Run" playlist. She then slipped it back into her armband and took off through the courtyard jogging as the sun started rising over Hogwarts. Fast-paced pop music blared through the headphones, setting Daisy's pace. She intended to run to the quidditch pitch, do a few laps, then run along the lakeshore and back up to the castle. She'd get back just in time to hit the showers just before everyone else woke up. Even though there was no practice this week, Daisy knew she needed to keep working out. This season was too important for her brothers and they needed her in top form to help the team. Not to mention, she was hoping to catch the eye of a few recruiters herself. There would most likely be a few seeker positions opening up by the time she graduated and it didn't hurt to get her name out there early. Though, truth be told, she and her brothers had probably long been on the scouts' radars thanks in large part to who their father was.

A look of pure determination came over Daisy's face as she picked up the pace. She was resolved to prove herself on her own. That she was just as good as her brothers and didn't need a famous father to get attention on the quidditch pitch. And she knew exactly what she would need to do, starting this year. Her mum and dad most likely would not like it - in fact her father had expressly forbad her from pulling stunts - but it was the best way to set herself apart. Not to mention, it was wicked fun.


Daisy was already seated next to Lucy at the Gryffindor table when Remus, Alan and Jamie walked in for breakfast. Jamie wasn't surprised. He knew that she would often workout or train on her own on off days. It was a habit she had started over the summer and seemed keen on keeping up with.

"Morning, Pixie," he said as they walked past her. Daisy wrinkled her nose slightly, still not quite liking the nickname their dad gave her when she was little that the triplets and most of the family had picked up. She waved at them and then turned back to her conversation with Lucy.

The triplets kept walking until they reached where most of the seventh years were gathered eating breakfast. Remus looked at Molly and then back at his brothers, raising his eyebrows. They nodded slightly and Jamie moved to sit next to her with Remus and Alan sitting across the table. Molly looked at them from her conversation with Dominique, slightly perturbed.

"What do you plonkers want?" she asked.

"Relax, just having a spot of breakfast," Jamie said. Molly studied him a moment then turned back to talking to Dominique, determining it wasn't worth her time.

"Act natural," Jamie sent them. "You're being too quiet."

Thankfully Chris sat down on the other side of Jamie right at that moment.

"You three missed out on a fairly decent first party last night," he said, grabbing a piece of toast and filling his plate with eggs and sausage.

"Is that so?" Remus asked, starting to eat. Jamie stealthily uncorked the potion, and poured a small amount into a goblet of pumpkin juice in front of Molly, who was now giggling with Dominique. He then corked it and slipped it into a secret pocket in his cloak before anyone noticed. He turned to talk to Chris about his plans for the first practice the next week.

The table was starting to fill up as more students entered the hall and sat around them. Molly reached for her cup, still talking to Dominique in French. The triplets kept eating and joking with their friends, but keeping one eye on Molly. She took a big sip of the juice and put the cup back down, still listening to Dominique. The triplets looked at each other, barely keeping themselves from sniggering. Alan started mouthing to Jamie and Remus, three, two, one…

"YOUR HAIR!" Dominique shrieked. Molly pulled a strand out from her hair, watching as it changed into bright, lime green. Her eyes went wide as she spun to face the triplets, standing.

"REMUS! JAMIE! ALAN! DID YOU SLIP ME THAT DAMN POTION AGAIN!?" she screamed. The three were laughing hysterically. Molly turned to Jamie, pointing her wand at him as her hair turned bubble gum pink. "TURN OUT YOUR POCKETS!"

Jamie stood, still laughing and pulled all his pockets inside out. She turned to Remus and Jamie. "TURN OUT YOUR POCKETS AS WELL, YOU RUDDY TRIPLETS!" Both obliged, showing their empty pockets. Molly screamed in rage. "DETENTION! ALL OF YOU!" She then stomped off with Dominique following, flashing them glares on the way. The triplets sat down, still laughing, as were most of the Gryffindor table. Jamie looked down and caught Daisy giving them a look of annoyance, though her mouth twitched as though she were trying not to smile. She looked away and turned to Lucy who was laughing in glee.

"You better be glad all you got was detention with the look on her face," Chris said, still laughing. Godrick was looking towards the door of the Great Hall where Molly had stormed out.

"Thanks you lot. Now she'll never go on a date with me," he whined.

"Trust me, worth it," Remus said.


Later that day, Daisy collapsed at the Gryffindor table next to her brothers for lunch, dropping a pile of books in front of her.

"Busy day?" Jamie asked, pausing from shoveling food into his mouth. Daisy took a deep breath.

"Grimm gave us an essay for potions as did Bridges for history. And then I've got transfiguration and charms after lunch and I'm sure to get a ton of homework for them as well," she said. She dropped her head on the pile of books. "How much detention did you lot get?"

"A week. Molly wanted to give us more, but Professor Longbottom stepped in and went easy on us considering it was the first day of class. We just have to help him weed the greenhouses before dinner, starting today," Remus said. Alan pushed a plate of food towards Daisy.

"Better eat something, Pix. From the looks of it, you'll need your strength," he said. Daisy raised her head and looked at the food. She moved her books aside, then grabbed a fork and started eating. She was soon joined by Sarah who seemed just as overwhelmed.

"How are we going to survive this year?" she moaned.

"Ah, it's not that bad. Just get through OWLS and you'll be fine," Jamie said, encouragingly. Sarah looked at him and dropped her head on the table.

"DON'T REMIND ME OF OWLS!" she groaned.

"Why are you moaning? We have quidditch and NEWTs this year," Remus said. Sarah looked up and glared at him. He quickly shoveled more food into his mouth rather than answering.

"Which house do you have transfiguration with?" Jamie asked. Daisy glared at her plate.

"Ravenclaw," she said, obviously not happy about that.

"Why's that bad? I thought they were a decent lot," he said, confused.

"It's because it means Daniel Prentiss will be there," Sarah said, finally eating. The three brothers perked up.

"Is this Daniel giving you a hard time?" Jamie asked. "Do you need us to talk to him?" Daisy glared at him.

"NO! I do not need you three stepping in every time someone so much as looks as me wonky," she said. "It's fine. He's just annoying." The three looked at each other and then back at Daisy. "I mean it." They nodded their understanding.

About 45 minutes later, Daisy was seated next to Sarah in transfiguration, browsing through her book. The professor wasn't there yet, but they did have about five minutes until class started. Lucy was seated behind them with Eliza.

"Hullo, Wood, have a good summer?" a voice said. Daisy looked up to see a tall boy with dark brown hair and chocolate brown eyes standing in front of her. She eyed him cautiously.

"Good enough, I suppose," she said, sitting up. "How was yours, Prentiss?"

"Alright," he said, sitting at the desk in front of her and turning around to grin. There were some times when Daniel Prentiss wasn't completely intolerable. However, they were few and far between. For the most part, he thought he was Merlin's gift to women. And when he wasn't bragging about himself, he was bragging about Ravenclaw. Or subtly insulting those around him (whether he knew he was doing this was often up for debate… despite being booksmart, he didn't seem to possess much common sense).

"So, father took me to the World Cup in China," he said, grinning in a way that showed off his perfect teeth. "It was amazing! I've never been to Asia before. And the teams - top notch. I've got a few extra badges from it if you'd like one, Wood."

"That's alright, I'm good," she said, barely keeping herself from rolling her eyes. Next to her Sarah couldn't help but start laughing softly.

"China was amazing… so exotic. And that Scotland-Nordic team match was brilliant...," he continued, droning on about the match and wonders of China. Daisy sighed and rested her head on her hand, wondering how long before she got incredibly annoyed and jinxed him. Part of her wished she had a bottle of her mum's silencing potion.

"I know. I went with my brothers and father," she said, cutting him off. He looked at her a moment and then smiled.

"Oh yea, that's right. Of course your dad would get tickets," he said. "I'm sure you got prime seats, with him being a top coach and all." Daisy shrugged without answering. Part of her always wondered if Daniel only showed interest because he wanted to meet her father. And because he thought her family was super rich. Granted, they were certainly well off, but not Malfoy rich by any means.

"And he set her up to train with Ashley White this summer," Sarah jumped in. Daisy scowled at her. The last thing she wanted to do was get into a one-up match with Prentiss.

"Is that so? I always thought she was one of the hottest women in the League," he said. "Though it's a shame you couldn't train with Charlie Haskell of the Tornadoes. Loads better." Daisy sat up straight and glared at him.

"Are you joking? Ashley is leaps and bounds ahead of Haskell. She outflys him AND beats him to the snitch in nearly every match up," she said, her eyes flashing. Daniel laughed.

"Oh Daisy, don't get so worked up. Sure, she's good… just that… we all know that men tend to do a bit better in quidditch, don't we?" he said, as though he was explaining something to a small child. Daisy's nostrils flared as she made a grab for her wand, but the door swung open and a young witch rushed in. They had a new transfiguration professor this year, Professor Lee. Her jet black hair flew behind her as she rushed up to the front of the class.

"So sorry I'm late," she dumped a book and some parchments on a desk and turned around to face the class. She smiled nervously. "My name is Professor Lee," she motioned towards the board, her name appearing in a pretty flourish. "And I'm your new transfiguration teacher."


"He's so annoying," Lucy said as she, Daisy and Sarah relayed the encounter with Daniel to Toby in the common room after dinner that night.

"I can't believe he thinks that men will always be better quidditch players," Daisy nearly shouted, getting worked up again. "He knows I play. Does he just… not think about the fact that he's insultin' people to their faces? And besides, Ashley's currently ranked the No. 2 seeker in the League while Haskell's only at No. 10, so he's no idea what he's bloody talking about."

Toby laughed, shaking his head.

"I feel for the bloke. It's no secret he's had a crush on you for ages. Suppose he just doesn't know how to go about it," he said. Daisy looked over at Toby, furrowing her brow.

"Why on earth would you feel sorry for that arrogant braggart?" she asked. Before he could respond, Remus and Alan were walking by dressed in identical shirts, jeans and shoes, which was odd. When outside their uniforms and cloaks, they normally dressed differently in order to help people tell them apart - not to mention they always wore a leather band on their wrists with their names on it that had been a gift from Uncle George (Iris and Oliver speculated it was so he could tell them apart at a glance). Both were conspicuously missing.

"What are you two doing?" Daisy asked suspiciously. They obviously had something up their sleeves. Remus glared at Alan.

"Alan promised Missy from Ravenclaw they could go for a walk by the lake tonight, but forgot he also promised Emily from Slytherin that he would help her with transfiguration homework… so I have to fill in," Remus said. Daisy shook her head in disdain at her brothers.

"When will you learn that that never works. Besides, Remus is horrid at transfiguration," she said.

"I couldn't let either down," Alan said. "Emily really needs the help, but I had plans with Missy first. It was an honest mistake." Remus didn't look too particularly thrilled to be playing tutor for Alan, continuing to glare at him.

"Too bad you couldn't just send Daisy, seeing as she's pretty good at transfiguration. She even tutored me last year," Toby said. "Helped me pass my OWLs." Both Alan and Remus looked at each other as the same idea popped into their heads. They turned to look at Daisy.

"How much do you love us?" Remus asked.

"Why?" she asked, before it hit her. Her eyes went wide as she sat up. "No. No. Absolutely not. I am not morphing into Alan to go on a date!"

"It's not a date!" Alan said. "I really am tutoring her. We've been meeting up to go over transfiguration since last year. No funny business at all." Daisy stared at him.

"Of course you are," she said, her voice dripping in sarcasm. "No. You know how much I hate having to pretend to be one of you. Especially you, Alan. Last time I couldn't walk 2 feet without some bird stopping me..."

"What if we paid you 20 galleons? Each?" Remus said.

"And I'll throw in a candy basket from Honeydukes next Hogsmeade weekend," Alan said. Daisy looked back and forth between her brothers. Sarah, Toby and Lucy were all watching with rapt enjoyment. The inner workings of the Wood siblings were always entertaining.

"You know you can't bribe me," she said, folding her arms in front of her chest.

"I'll let you use my broom next match," Remus said. Daisy did consider this a moment. It was a bit nicer than hers. However, it was a beater's broom and impractical for her.

"Nah… it's too heavy. Mine works better for a seeker," she said. They looked at each other a moment and nodded.

"We'll teach you that move we did last year in the final," Remus said. Daisy perked up a bit.

"Really?" she asked, slightly suspicious. Her dad said she was too young to learn it over the summer when she had begged them to show her how. Remus nodded solemnly.

"And we won't tell Dad," Alan said. Daisy looked between her brothers and sighed.

"Alright, fine," she said. She stood from the couch as Remus and Alan rushed her and gave her a bear hug, the two giants nearly squishing her. "Get off!" They stepped back grinning. "I need your bloody clothes." Remus quickly dashed up to their dorm to change.

"Really, thanks for helping me out," Alan said. "You're a gem." Daisy rolled her eyes.

"Well, I guess maybe I kinda sorta love you guys," she said, a hint of a smile. Remus rushed back, a pile of clothes in his hands, now standing in shorts and a t-shirt. Daisy took them and walked upstairs. Shortly after, she came back into the common room, tripping over the jeans and practically drowning in the shirt. Sarah and Lucy lost it then, falling over each other laughing. Daisy glared at them before closing her eyes. She suddenly grew several inches and quickly transformed into Alan, down to the little scar that most people didn't notice behind his right ear from when Remus hit him with a bludger at age 10.

"Perfect. Well, she's in the library. Hurry and get there. You're late already," Alan said before rushing off. Remus waved at Daisy.

"Thanks a lot, Pixie. We owe you," he said before turning to head back up to his dorm. Daisy turned to face her friends, who were struggling to regain control of themselves.

"One of these days, I'm going to kill them," she said, rolling her eyes. She then took a deep breath and headed out of the common room.

"Be sure to give us all the details when you get back!" Lucy shouted. Without turning around, Daisy flipped her off as she walked out.


An hour later, Daisy's face was set in a glare with her eyes flashing bright red when she stomped back into the common room as herself, hoisting the way too baggy pants up so she wouldn't fall on her face. She looked around and found her three brothers lounging in front of the fireplace with their roommates, Chris and Godrick. Growling slightly she beelined it for them. Lucy noticed her immediately and tapped Toby's arm, getting his attention.

"This'll be good - her eyes have gone red," she said as the two stood and walked closer to the action. Alan looked up and saw Daisy first.

"Hey, Pix. How did the study session go?" he asked. Jamie looked up confused.

"Study session? Why are you wearing Alan's clothes?" he asked.

"That. Was. Not. A. Study. Session," Daisy said menacingly, one hand gripping her wand while the other held the pants up as she glared at him. Alan was a bit shocked as he stood up.

"How do you mean?" he asked, confused.

"Merlin, please tell me you didn't send Daisy on a date with one of your girls because you accidentally double-booked again, Alan," Jamie said, groaning.

"All she wanted to do was snog!" Daisy said, her eyes flashing red again. "She was like an octopus! Latching on to me every second and I couldn't get her to stop! I had to dodge her tongue. For nearly TWO HOURS!" Before Alan could say anything, she started unloading jinxes on him, causing the others to jump up, while Alan attempted to hide behind Jamie.

"Seriously, Daisy! I had no idea!" he said, throwing up a shield charm. Jamie ran out of the line of fire as Chris, Remus and Godrick laughed safely from the sidelines. Daisy hit Alan with a bat-bogey jinx and turned on Remus.

"And you!" she said, charging towards him. The smile immediately fell from Remus' face as he attempted to hide behind Chris. "YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO GO, NOT ME!" She hit him with a jelly leg jinx, causing him to fall the floor.

"Daisy! Calm down!" Jamie shouted, trying and failing to keep from laughing.

"She's only ever wanted homework help in the past!" Alan shouted, as he attempted to fight off the bats flying out of his nose. Daisy breathed heavily as she looked at her two brothers.

"That is the last time I help you lot like that. I expect the candy basket, the 40 galleons AND you will teach me that trick," she declared. "And you'll take turns carrying my books to class for a week!"

"Yes! Just make it stop!" Alan screeched.

"Please!" Remus said from the floor. Daisy took a deep breath and then did the counter-jinxes. Daisy smoothed her hair and straightened her back.

"I wouldn't expect to hear from her again," she said looking at Alan. She then turned on her heel and strode purposefully - or as purposely as her oversized clothing would let her - up the stairs to the girls' dorms.

"Did you seriously think that would work?" Jamie asked, seeing what they had asked her to do in Alan's mind. He was still laughing at their expense.

"Honestly, yea. I've been helping Emily since last year, but... I mean, Daisy's always been better than the three of us put together at transfiguration. I really thought this would be no different," Alan said, rubbing his nose.

"I've never seen her eyes flash red like that," Chris said, slightly in awe of the pint-size seeker.

"If you ever see her eyes go red while she's looking at you, don't ask, don't say anything, just run," Remus said, finally pushing himself up off the ground. "Bad things always happen."

"I really thought you two had learned by now not to get on her bad side," Jamie said, shaking his head as he still laughed. Chris looked towards the dorm entry, still in a bit of awe.

"Duly noted," he said.\


Another chapter up! I'm currently doing a bit of re-writing so may not get the next chapter up as quickly. But thanks for reading and special thanks to my one follower and favorite!