A New Start Keeperoliver Chapter 7 Twins First Year
Fred and George said goodbye to their Mum, Ron, Ginny, Harry and Luna. Just starting their school years was an exciting event for them. It was hard for them to leave with what had just happened, but they did not wish to start late and be behind in class.
Selena was still locked in her room when they left, but Harry told them that she came out and Has begun to get around and take part in publishing the Paper. Harry told them she didn't want to close it down because it was Xeno's dream to see it become a success and he was just realizing it when this happened.
The twins did not want to have a heavy heart for their trip and tried putting it behind them, but seeing Luna and the state she was in hurt them more than they understood. She had become a bigger part to their lives then they realized. Both her and Harry had. They wished Harry would be joining them next year, but it would be two years. They would start the group and have it established and waiting for him to join. They decided on a name for their group, they would be called Mystique and wanted more than anything to grow bigger than the Marauders were in their day.
They just got settled in their cabin when there was a knock on the door. It slid open and a boy stuck his head in, "Do you guys have room for one more?"
"Sure, come on in. Have to warn you though, we may be talking things that could get you in trouble if word got out."
"Who are you planning on killing?" he laughed.
"OK, this is going to be better than we thought there George. By the way, I'm Fred and this is George, and we are the Weasley Twins. Masters of Mischief, Providers of Puns and Instigators of Insanity."
"Alright, I can deal with that. I'm Lee Jordan, not related to Michael."
"Is he in our class as well then?" George asked.
Lee laughed at this, "I take it you never heard of Michael Jordan?"
"No, can't say we have. Who is he?"
"The greatest basketball player to ever play the game."
"What game?"
"I just said it, basketball."
"Never heard of that either?" Fred said.
"Do you guys live out in the country? You have to for not knowing who Michael Jordan is and what Basketball is."
"I guess you could say that. We come from a little village called Ottery St. Catchpole."
"OK, I'll let it pass. So, what is it you are going to be talking about that could get me in trouble?"
"Wait Lee. We have to say goodbye to our family." Fred lowered the window and the two looked out. They saw Harry, Luna and Ginny come up to the window. Lee saw them and would wait to make a comment on the girls. Right now he just wished to watch them as they were both good looking for their age. Still young, but he could see what was to come would be spectacular.
"Harry, you take care of the girls or we will come looking for you. Make sure to keep you mind out of the gutter when you are around Ginny. Ginny, we will be sending you a toilet seat from Hogwarts. Luna, do you want one too?"
Luna laughed, "Whatever you send will be fine. Now don't you two scare off the Professors. We need them for when we get there."
"We can only try, but we can't promise anything. Until December, stay close. Love you guys. Tell mum we love her, and will do our best to keep Percy from getting in trouble. Can't promise anything with it either. You know how much he likes to get in trouble." The train started to move before those last words were said. They were never able to hear the response. But they could imagine Mum shaking her head in disbelief.
The twins sat back down to see Lee stretching his neck to see the girls as long as he could. "One of them was your sister, but what about the blond?"
"May as well be our sister. Just don't go get any ideas. Ginny, our sister won't admit it, but we think she is already taken. Harry, the guy with them is hers and she is his, They just don't know it yet. I think Luna knows though. Luna was the blond and Harry's sister. However, like we said, she may as well be our sister, so once again, watch what you say."
Lee laughed at the twins, "No harm in dreaming is there. They are young, but if you can't see where they are going to be beautiful when they are older, it is the family mental block keeping you from seeing it."
"OK, that's enough about the girls. Now, it is our intention of starting a team of prankters. We will call ourselves Mystique. Fred and I plan on approaching Professor Dumbledore and telling him our intentions. We hope this will get us in trouble right from the start. It will give us exposure and people should take notice of us. After that, who knows what will happen. We haven't planned anything yet but give us time."
"Sounds like a lot of work. What got you thinking of doing this?"
"It was because of a group of trouble makers from earlier years called the Marauders. Harry is related to two of them. We think we know who they are, but they won't admit it. We want to become bigger than they were."
"Sounds like too much to take on, but if you agree, I wouldn't mind joining your group. I was looking for something to become a part of while I was here. This is even more than I could have imagined. Sounds like it could be a fun seven years"
"We hope so to. We know it will not be boring. Maybe for a couple of years until Harry, Luna and Ginny join us it will be, but after that, things should pick up."
"So, Harry will be bringing some ideas of his own with him?"
"Not just him, but Luna and Ginny as well. Just because they are cute, doesn't mean they are dumb. Believe me, they are anything but. Luna is brilliant but a bit strange. Ginny is wicked funny. When the three of them are together, you can't help but laugh."
The three talked for the rest of the trip. Once they pulled up to Hogsmeade, they left the cabin and joined the other first years for the boat ride to the castle. This was when Fred and George first met Hagrid, and the picture of him dancing in the tutu brought the two of them to tears of laughter. Lee looked at them both. Fred had to explain what they were laughing at and soon he was laughing so hard, he had the boat rocking to the point of almost overturning. They heard Hagrid yell out, "Be careful there you four. Don't want you walkin in soaking wet now do we"
They finally made it to the shore where Hagrid led them to a double door entry, where he knocked. A minute later, they were let in by Professor Flitwick, the Charms Professor. They knew this from Bill and Charlie who were already finished with school.
They were taken to a room where they were asked to wait until the rest of the school was settled. Once that was done, they were brought into the hall and taken to a aisle where it ended with a hat sitting on a stool.
The hat started singing a song that lasted three minutes then the sorting began. Lee was the first to get sorted, and he was sorted in to Gryffindor, where the twins wanted to be sorted too. He was congratulated by the twins as he walked by, He just said, "You best be sorted here as well. I don't want to lose any friends before I even get started."
"Not to worry mate. We'll be joining you shortly."
Fred was the last one to be sorted. George was already sorted to Gryffindor. It took George longer than the rest for some reason, but he couldn't tell Fred. Once Fred was seated, he was quick to know. "So, you are the infamous twin. Have some high hopes do you? The Marauders were spectacular in their time. They were even funnier than another set of twins before their time. Your uncles to be more precise, Fabian and Gideon Pruitt. So you have some shoes to fill. Personally, I look forward to your time here. Wait, what is this, You know Harry Potter? My, this will be a wonderful time here. I may have to get Albus to set his memories in his pensieve so that I can see what you accomplish. And you wish to call yourself Mystique, how interesting. I guess you should join your brother now. Best be Gryffindor." and Fred thanked the hat before leaving to join George and Lee.
Their first letter to Ginny was going to be interesting to say the least.
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It was rough going for Selena for a few months, but she got over her loss with the help of Remus, Sirius, Harry and most of all Luna. It would have been worse if she didn't have them all here with her. She even moved into Luna's room so that Remus and Sirius could have a room of their own. Sirius had a place to go, if he wanted it, but Black Manor was a horrible place that brought bad memories. When Selena and Xeno let him stay with them, even if it was a chair and a foot stool, it was so much better than his own bed, because he was with friends. Remus was the closest he came to being a brother. Harry was the child he always wanted, and Luna was an added bonus. Her and Remus were so good together that it was as if she were his daughter.
Selena saw this as well. She was worried that Luna would go into a shell after Xeno died, but because of Harry and Remus, she wasn't allowed. If they saw her getting teary eyed, they were right there to cheer her up.
They were all sitting at the table a couple of days after the twins left, when Ginny came running up the path to their home. She knocked on the door and Luna was right there to let her in. Ginny was waving a parchment in the air. "Fred and George sent their first letter and it was to me, but they said I have to share it with you guys. So, here it is. I already read it. Oh right I guess I had to if I knew what they said. Anyway, here it is." and she gave to Selena.
Hey Gin Gin. {There are two of us, so a double greeting.}
Well, we weathered the first day here, and already we have a name. I mean we already knew it, but now, so does everyone else here.
But let's start from the beginning shall we. First off, you and Luna made quite an impression on our first friend. His name is Lee Jordan, and when he saw you there with Harry, he couldn't say anything for an hour after it with out you two being mentioned. He is our first official member from outside our initial group. He is looking forward to third year to meet Harry, but that is nothing compared to how he feels about fourth year. Gin, I can't believe you're breaking hearts already, you naughty girl you. Luna you should be ashamed of yourself for stringing people along like that.
Now, we were all sorted into Gryffindor, so things are all set up. As for the meeting with Professor Dumbledore, you won't believe what he did to us. NOTHING! Ya, he did nothing but laugh saying he hoped he would be seeing some fun things happen. He is one strange character, Gin. But you got to love the guy. Now all we have to do is get our first detention. That should be tomorrow during our first day in class.
OH, Harry, we met Hagrid. You didn't tell us he was as big as a mountain. We laughed so hard during the boat trip, we almost capsized. All we could think of was him in a tutu dancing through the Great Hall.
Anything else to say George? Oh yeah, the sorting hat wants Professor Dumbledore to put his memory of our pranks in something called a pensieve. That way the hat can see what we can come up with. He also told us of our Uncles being pranksters as well. Ask Remus and Sirius if they heard of Fabian and Gideon Pruitt. If so, then they were our uncles. If not, it doesn't change anything. They are still our uncles.
Well sis, I think we better end it here as Mum will kill us if she sees how long this is. I think we sent her a letter with about four lines.
We love you Gin. Say hello to Harry and Luna for us. The same to Selena, Remus and Sirius.
Your brothers the twins:
Fred and George
It was the first good laugh Selena had since the incident, and she appreciated it. She would be sending a letter to them thanking them for cheering her up. She would include letters from Sirius and Remus. She knew Harry and Luna would be sending their own.
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The year was going by fast,. It was already Christmas Break and the twins were headed home with all kinds of stories. Lee was joining them on break as he asked his parents and they agreed. Lee wanted to meet everyone, but especially the girls. They had been on his mind from the moment he saw them. He was also looking forward to meeting Remus and Sirius as these were the ones the twins said were the Marauders even though they wouldn't admit it.
Ginny and Luna decided to dress up for the trip to pick up the twins, Percy and Lee.
Harry couldn't believe what they were doing. He had seen Ginny just that one time in her dress, and it was for all of two minutes. Now she was dressing up for a complete stranger. He was feeling something he never experienced before, jealousy.
Luna saw this, but didn't say anything about it. She couldn't. However, she knew why Ginny was doing it. She wanted to get a reaction out of Harry. He didn't ignore her. Far from it. But he never treated her like a girl. That was what she wanted from him. Maybe this Lee Jordan can spark Harry's interest. Well, it was working better than Ginny could imagine. Harry was ready to burst at the seams.
Ginny was wearing the light green dress and a pair of one inch heels. She had her hair braided into a tail and wrapped in a coil on top of her head. She had left some loose in the back where it fell to her back.
Luna was wearing a pale pink dress Harry never saw her wear before. She was wearing a pair of open heeled flats that matched the color of the dress. Her hair was left down, but lightly curled and spiraled.
Remus saw his adopted daughter as a young lady for the first time, and told her how beautiful she was. Luna blushed from the compliment and hugged him in thanks. Sirius acted like he was jealous, "Hey, how about your other uncle, he could use some love too." Luna laughed and went to Sirius and gave him a hug as well.
Then Ginny had to go through the same thing, but had to add Harry to the list of hugs. Harry's lasted longer than the others. This was to get him to know what he was missing.
Then they were on their way to the station and wait for the arrival of the train. They were there for about ten minutes when it pulled up to the platform.
Fred and George looked out the window and saw Ginny and Luna all dressed up. "WOW, Lee, looks like you got a couple of fans out there waiting."
Lee leaned across and looked to see what they were talking about. He almost broke the window out to get outside. What he saw he wanted to get to in a hurry. Both girls were dressed up beautifully. Yes, they would be special in a few years. They were excellent now.
They left the train, and set themselves for what they knew was coming. Luna went to George and Ginny went to Fred. Then they switched and hugged them. Lee stood off to the side and watched them all. Then he was surprised when Luna left Fred and went to Lee and gave him a hug as well. Lee almost melted in the hug, then Luna left him, and she was replaced by Ginny who also hugged him. Lee felt like he died and went to heaven.
Harry stood there feeling like raging bull. He was ready to kill this Lee, when he remembered it was Luna and Ginny who went to him. He was ready to walk off when he was joined by the one he wanted there by his side. Ginny took his arm in hers and walked with him. Harry looked over at her and smiled. "I never told you Ginny, but you look magnificent."
"Thank you Harry. Luna and I both knew this would make you jealous, but I had to do something to get you to notice me as a girl, and not just another friend. Good to see it worked."
"So am I Ginny. It woke me up, and I will never treat you like just a friend anymore. Just don't expect roses or candy just yet. Well maybe the candy. After all, we have years yet before we even think of dating. By then you should be ready for the roses"
"I'll wait until then Harry. Just don't be late. Lee looks like he is ready now."
"I know. Poor Luna will have to put up with him for the Holiday."
"She will set him straight if he gets a little to close. If she doesn't, I know for a fact Remus will. He would probably put whipped cream around his mouth and send Padfoot after him. Poor Lee doesn't know what he let himself into."
"By the time they are ready to go back, he will wish he never came here."
Harry couldn't have been more wrong. Yes, Remus set him straight about Luna, but he was good about it. It was what Sirius and Remus told him and the twins. The twins then surprised them with one of their own. George pulled out a parchment that they unfolded and placed it flat on the table. Remus and Sirius knew right away what it was. The Marauders Map.
"Have you guys figured it out yet?"
"Not really. We can get it to show who it belonged to, but that's it. Now, will you tell us that you are two of the names on this thing?"
Remus looked at Sirius and he nodded his head, "OK, you got us. Sirius is Pads, and I'm Moony."
"OK, we figured you were Moony, but we don't understand where Pads comes from."
Sirius smiled, "OK I guess it's show time. Harry already knows that I am an Animagus, but I have yet to show him my form. So now is as good a time as any." and right in front of their eyes he changed into Padfoot. A large black dog that looked like he could eat a person for breakfast.
"That is so awesome. Will they be teaching us that in school?" Lee laughed.
"Ya, but not till seventh year and then you may not be able to become one. Not everyone can. I don't know why." Remus said as Sirius turned back to himself.
The talk then turned to what the twins and Lee were up to in school. They told them how they made friends with Hagrid and how he laughed when he was reminded of the tutu incident. How they found the map by accident while serving detention with Mr. Filch. How they got into a prank war with Jeeves the Poltergeist. They laughed when they said Professor Snape was hit by a stray spell and his hair turned bright green. Jeeves took off after it happened, knowing what would happen if he was caught.
Fred and George loved their first four months there and couldn't wait to get back and finish the year.
The twins thought they would add a little romance to the Holiday, so they put Mistletoe up with a special glue they created. They then stood back to watch the fun. The first to stand under it was Ginny and Harry walked by and saw what was over Ginny's head and he walked over to her and kissed her. The twins thought she was going to hit him, but became confused when Ginny kept the kiss going. Then when they broke off, she asked, "I don't know what that was for, but thank you. I may have to do that again some time."
"Well then meet me here when ever you are ready. You're standing under some mistletoe."
"I guess I will have to get me some of it and make a hat so that I will get one all the time."
"Just give me a call when ever you are ready."
"You can count on it Harry."
The twins cursed at the turn of events. The next was Remus, and when Sirius came by and saw the mistletoe he just said, "No way, buddy. I like you and all that, but I stop it at a hug. Hold on and I will bring someone back here for you."
Remus looked confused at what Pads just said. He didn't think to look up. Sirius returned with Selena and turned her loose. She looked confused as well, and then became even more confused when Sirius gave her a gentle push into Remus and he pointed up. Remus looked up with Selena, and then back down to her. He leaned forward and kissed her. Selena wanted to refuse, but it felt too good. When Remus finally ended the kiss, she stood there for a moment, and he took it as her wanting another. He gave it to her and this time she backed up and stared at him. Then she turned and glared at Sirius, "Why?"
Sirius smiled , "You both looked like you needed one. So I thought, Why Not."
Selena complained, "Well the next time find someone else for your pranks, I don't want any part of them. Sorry Remus." and Selena walked off.
Sirius was sorry he did what he did. "Remus, I'm sorry my friend. I didn't know she would be pissed about it."
"Sirius, she is still getting over Xeno. She is not looking for anything or body right now. Besides, after what I did to her in school, I would be the last one she would want to be with. Just give her some time."
The twins didn't feel to good after that one and decided it was not a good idea for the mistletoe after all. They used the solvent needed to remove the plant and threw it away before it did any more damage. They didn't see it when Selena walked behind them and removed the Mistletoe from the trash and put it in her pocket. Maybe later she could find a use for it.
The Holidays were finally over, and the three were ready to head back to school and start back up where they left off. Lee seemed different then we he arrived. He wasn't as cheery. The twins would have to talk with him to find out what was going on.
After all the goodbyes the three were back on the train taking a seat. Lee wasn't at the window with the twins and this surprised them. George then thought he knew why. Lee saw Ginny with Harry and figured she was taken, so he talked with Luna, and she said she wasn't interested.
When Lee finally was able to speak, George was close to the truth. He did feel Ginny was taken. When he asked Luna, she laughed, "Lee, I am all of what, 9 years old. I don't really know what I want right now. I appreciate your interest, but I can't commit to anything right now except my family. I hope I didn't hurt you, but it's way to early for something like that in my life right now."
Lee wasn't expecting the twins to laugh at him and felt hurt for not recognizing his own stupidity. But the twins straightened him out. "Lee, we're not laughing at you. Luna speaks her mind and can be quite frank. She never means to hurt anyone. One thing you have to know is that if she feels anything for you, she will do everything she can to show you. Don't take it as losing, take it as a minor set back."
Lee thanked the twins for the talk. It gave him a new hope. Little did he know there was no hope for him for getting Luna. Luna did not even know who she was destined for. She couldn't as she hadn't met him yet in this time line.
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On February 29, Harry had a surprise birthday party planned for Luna. He had Sirius take him to Gringotts to get some money for a gift. It was the first time for him to see his vault, and was amazed at the amount of gold he had sitting there for him. Remus explained to him that the coins were not solid gold. They were about 20% gold. The silver were solid silver and the knuts were bronze.
Harry and Sirius looked all over the Alley trying to find something for Luna's birthday gift. Nothing caught his eye, until he saw a giant eye sitting over a small shop. Eyeops pet emporium. The two walked in and Harry looked around. He was surprised when he found two things of interest. First was a beautiful snowy owl. He knew this bird had to be his, so he bought her. Then he asked about a white creature that was sitting in a cage. "That is a magical white ermine. It had a calming effect to those who hold it. It also is a fierce protector. It is fast and strong. A wonderful gift for a young lady."
Harry looked at him, "How did you know it was for a girl?"
Sirius laughed when he said, "The Ermine told me. He is also very smart."
Needless to say, Luna loved her gift and Ginny was jealous of the gift. She remembered what Harry got her for her birthday, and though it was a beautiful blouse and dress pants set, it wasn't an ermine. Harry didn't know how he did it, but he was in trouble with Ginny.
