Mexican13Chapina: I was wondering where you went! Glad to see ya.
Lovebone: TY, I like the badass side too!
DaRk AnGeL oF sOrRoW rEtUrNs: I loooove that song, and didn't realize I made Damien act like Ron lol. Maybe I'll pair the two up to cause trouble somehow. Elementals was the only thing I could come up with to think of how they have the powers they do, and I hope my explanation isn't confusing.
phhsdj: I'm working on it, sorry I didn't thank you in the last chapter for reviewing. ^_^ Thank you!
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"I'm sorry, you are what?" Draco asked dumbfounded.
"Elementals," Vanessa replied sitting down on the soft grass floor.
"What are Elementals? I've never heard of them."
"Nor has a lot of people I would suspect," said Hermione, "But we are creatures who were created by the elements." With a wave of her wand Hermione levitated a book down from her bedroom and handed it to Draco.
"How Magic Began," Draco read, "What does this have to do with anything?"
"Mione I think it was wasted effort to bring the book, not everyone is a book worm like you," Vanessa teased.
"Well honestly I don't see why people should ask for answers when they have the ability to figure it out themselves."
"Excuse me! Still confused over here!" Draco yelled.
"No need to get testy Draco Malfoy." Hermione glared at him.
"We all know there are four major elements that run the world: earth, water, fire and air. And there were four guardians, per say, of each element." Vanessa began to explain.
"Each of them were the elements in human shape, they had the ultimate control over each. They helped to shape the world, their powers were vast. Soon their powers started to have a runoff effect." Hermione interrupted.
"A leak if you will," Vanessa continued, "It all mixed together creating magic; which is when it started going into the creatures. Then they started to evolve into the centaurs, faeries, elves, and all the other magical beings. Not all evolved but still carried it in their system which humans, who had taken it in as well, ate and passed onto their children."
"Yes, yes, and then humans started possessing magic. We learn this as first years Hermione," Draco said impatiently.
"Be quiet. They may have taught that to first years but they didn't teach us everything and if you bothered to look into your own magic heritage you would know that!" Hermione snapped.
"Calm sister. Anyway, what they didn't tell you is that the elements noticed the changes in the world and knowing they caused it came up with a way to try and contain the leakage so no more ran out into the animals and humans. The four got together and created the Elementals, they looked like humans but they possessed control over all the elements. Elementals absorb all the leakage and keep it separated in the elemental forms; they are able to wield the elements without sending anymore magic back out into the world."
"Alright but how are you Elementals when your father is a wizard?"
"Honestly Draco are you really this thick? Our mother was an Elemental, a very young one by their standards. No one expected an Elemental to mate with a human." Hermione answered.
"We came into our full powers on our 17 birthday, we posses both the powers of the elements and because our father is a wizard we can channel them into either the elements or into magic." Vanessa chimed in.
"So you both have powers over all the elements," Draco said suddenly sitting down.
"Well not exactly. Identical twins are in essence one person split into two, so our powers split as well. Nes has fire and water, I have earth and air."
"Ok so you two are Elementals?"
"Correct," The twins said in unison.
"So where is your mom now? And why was Hermione raised separate?" The two girls looked at each other for a second.
"Well," Vanessa started.
"The thing is, we don't know were out mother is," Hermione finished.
"Mom fled with Hermione when we were still little, and we haven't seen or heard anything since."
"She fled?" Draco couldn't blame her, it was the Dark Lord.
"I never could figure out why she left; any of my memories of her and father's memories shows her very much in love with him." Vanessa sighed.
"Between the two of us Nes and I can't figure it out, or why it was just me she took."
Draco just stared deadpanned at the wall, his eyes glazing over. The girls figured he was having an information overload, between the two of them they got Draco up and carried him into his room. They sat him on his bed and Vanessa created a cup of tea that would stay hot and placed it on his night stand. He didn't move even after they left the room. Hermione summoned an owl and the girls started to send out invitations to the party that night, hoping Draco would be normal by then. Vanessa reminded Hermione they needed to put down it was casual wear and a nature theme. The hours went by and the twins continued to prepare food and drinks for the event.
"Do you think he's ok?" Hermione asked biting her lip.
"Aww worried about him are we? How sweet to worry about your boyfriend," Vanessa teased.
"He's not my boyfriend!"
"But you want him to be," Vanessa said knowingly. Hermione turned her head away.
"Do not."
"Do so."
"Do not."
"Do so."
"Even if I did it couldn't happen because of our fathers and you know it!" Hermione blurted out.
"What couldn't happen?" A voice called from the doorway. The girls turned to see Draco standing there. Hermione covered her mouth, blushing darkly and ran out of the room and up the stairs. Vanessa and Draco watched the stairway as they heard the door slam above.
"What couldn't happen?" Draco asked again.
"For me to know and you to find out….maybe." Vanessa smirked.
"Did anyone ever tell you that you are frustrating at times?"
"And your point is?" Vanessa retorted as she went to follow Hermione.
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"Mione?" Vanessa called slowly opening up the door. She entered the magically expanded room, the room held ever different kind of tree with each stage of season. In the center of the room was a big fire pit that roared and flickered with all different colored flames, the very back corner of the room was a small lake.
"Hermione?" Vanessa called again coming to the foot of a willow, Hermione nestled in its branches. Poor Skye paced along the bottom wanting to get up to her mistress.
"Go away," Hermione called.
"You really do like him don't you sweetie?" Vanessa stood at the base of the tree watching Hermione as she turned her face away.
"That's such an absurd thing to think Nes. Just go away!"
"Mione you are being silly he didn't even hear you. And our guests are about to arrive you want to leave it to Draco to great your friends?"
"No," she said jumping down.
"Good girl," Vanessa said smiling as the door bell rang, "Better get ready."
The twins snapped their fingers and were instantly dressed. Hermione was in a one strap knee length flowing dress in various shades of green. Vanessa was in a halter top dress the fit snugly and ended 4 inches above her knees in various shades of red and orange. The two walked out of their room, leaving Skye, and down the stairs together. Vanessa walked into the kitchen to do last minute check on the food and drinks, while Hermione answered the door.
"Alexis! So glad you could come! Where's Fred?"
"Right here Hermione," Fred replied coming out of the alley.
"How are you Fred? Will George be coming?" Hermione asked kissing Fred's cheek and letting the two in, closing the door behind them.
"Of course he's coming; right now he's closing up the joke shop."
"Hermione you guys did such a beautiful job! Do you need any help with anything?" Alexis asked.
"Yes!" Vanessa called from the kitchen, the girls laughed as Alexis dragged Fred in the direction of the kitchen to help Vanessa bring in the food.
The door bell rang again as more guests arrived. Soon the party was in full swing and most of the girls opted to go barefoot to enjoy the grass underfoot. Everyone was mingling really well; Jake and Daniel were over with Fred and George, Jake was flirting with one of the models, Harry and Ron were off to one side together and Rhys hadn't shown up yet. Hermione didn't expect Damien to show up and she was just fine with that. Hermione and Vanessa walked around the room mingling with everyone introducing each other as sisters considering no one knew about them. Draco had stayed upstairs in his room away from the party.
"Hermione!" Harry called from across the room, the twin girls drifted over.
"Harry, Ron, are you enjoying the party?"
"It's excellent but we haven't talked to you all night!" Ron pouted.
"We have more guests then just you to speak to Ronald," Vanessa scolded.
"I think you two did an amazing job setting up, and I still can't believe you have a sister let alone a twin," Harry jumped in noticing Ron getting angry.
"Thank you; it was a pleasant shock for us to be sure. So what have you been up too?"
"Quidditch practice, coming up with new plays for the year and a practice schedule." Harry replied.
"Where's your bathroom?" Ron interrupted.
"Up the stairs," the girls chorused together.
Ron left leaving Harry with the girls talking about Vanessa's work. All of a sudden there was a yell and a crash as Draco was blown to the foot of the stairs and Skye running down the stairs towards him. Everyone in the house froze.
"Draco!" Hermione gasped rushing over. Ron came down the stairs wand raised, Draco slowly stood up a cut down the side of his face. Vanessa ran over and picked up Skye when the dog tried to go after Ron. Harry came over as well wand raised at Draco.
"Are you ok Draco? Ronald what is wrong with you!" Hermione yelled, Draco raised his wand at Ron.
"Bastard hit me from behind after I got Skye from your room."
"What are you doing here Malfoy?" Ron demanded.
"Oh for goodness sake all of you put your wands away!" Vanessa sighed. Draco put his wand away, Harry lowered his and Ron kept his aimed at Draco.
"He lives here Ron," Hermione explained, Ron's jaw dropped and his wand arm fell to his side.
"You heard her Weasel, I live here." There was an explosion of yelling from the Weasely's and Harry.
"Enough!" Vanessa yelled over them, "Everyone back to the party." Slowly everyone quieted down, Vanessa grabbed the boys and Hermione took Draco into the kitchen to clean up his cut.
"What the hell is his problem?" Draco asked sitting on the bar stool.
"Well you have tortured us since first year," Hermione replied getting the first aid kit and started cleaning up the cut. Draco hissed as the rubbing alcohol touched the cut. "Oh don't be such a baby."
"I'm not a baby," Draco pouted. Hermione smiled at his childish behavior.
"There all done," she said as she put a Band-Aid over it. Draco grabbed her hand before she pulled completely away.
"Thank you," Hermione realized just how close they were. She had stood in between his legs in order to clean the cut properly and couldn't help but stare into his storm colored eyes
"You're welcome."
"Hermione? Is everything alright?" Hermione jumped back from Draco at the sudden voice and looked over at the kitchen entrance.
"Rhys! Glad you could make it, um yes everything is fine. Just a little mishap."
"Good to hear," Rhys replied smiling, his violet eyes lighting up, "Care to come dance?"
"Sure," Hermione replied walking past him out the kitchen. Rhys glared over at Draco behind her back; Draco returned the look with hard steel eyes.
"She's mine blondie," Rhys smirked as he followed after Hermione.
"You wish," Draco growled under his breath stomping back up the stairs to his room not wanting to ruin the girls' party anymore then it had been. Unbeknownst to the group someone had been watching and listening from the hall.
"Ooo this will be an interesting year won't it Skye?" Vanessa giggled to the husky, Skye licked her face happily.
