~Everything's Not What It Seems~
Alex and Justin are siblings sent to Hogwarts to learn about magic just like their father. There they meet new friends, fall in love, and find out that truly everything is not what it seems.
Disclaimer: J.K Rowling and Disney Channel own the right to all these character. I am only borrowing them :)
Alex's POV
As I head towards the great hall I can't help but see a lot more stares than I'm usually use to… even more than I got when everyone found out that Cedric and I are a couple and WAY more than yesterday when I came into the great hall. Shoot! Has everyone found out about Malfoy?
"Alex!" I turn around to see Cedric running towards me with his broom in hand. When he reaches me he plants a kiss on my cheek before pulling away and smiling. "Hey."
"Good morning, thank you for my morning kiss… though I think I prefer it on the lips." I smile before pecking him on the lips lightly. "That's better."
"Very." His smiles twists into a frown and I see a familiar expression form on his face… the expression he has when he wants to say something but doesn't know if he should.
"Is there something wrong Cedric?" I raise an eyebrow at him.
He sighs and nods. "Yes, Alex… why didn't you tell me that Harry saved you from Malfoy. I mean, not telling me it was Malfoy is one thing, not telling me that Harry was your savior is another."
How is Harry saving me relevant in any way… at all? "Why does that matter Cedric?"
He shrugs as he looks at my hand then takes it in his. He doesn't look up though, just continues to look at our hands. Dammit Cedric, stop being so… so… uggh, I don't even know what you're being! Finally he looks up and meets my eyes. "Sorry Alex, I just don't like someone else being your knight in shining armor. I'm your boyfriend; I should have been there to protect you."
Wow… just wow. Is this really how British boys are? Uggh, he's worse than an American guy, just as overprotective! It's sweet though… I hate what guys can do to me. And he has the whole advantage too… with the accent. Oh wait, he's probably waiting for me to answer.
"Cedric, you really don't have to worry about that. There will be other chances to save me; I am a screw-up when it comes to magic. Just never try to convince me out of something, then I'll do it and wa-lah! You get to save me!"
I'm relieved when I see a smile form on his face. He pulls me in and kisses me lightly on the lips before pulling away so we can head to the Gryffindor table for breakfast.
~Great Hall~
"I should have known it was Malfoy, especially after you told us it was you who did that prank on Malfoy and his friends. Is it so hard for you to stay out of trouble?" Justin looks at me with disapproval as he continues his lecture that has been going on for the last twenty minutes of breakfast.
"Truth be told, Justin. NO! You can even ask Fred and George, I practically begged them for some trouble!" I smile at him before biting into my cream cheese bagel.
"I should have known! You need to stop… wait, nevermind, what am I thinking? Telling Alex of all people to not do something. And the even stupider thing I'm doing, telling her not to hang out with other troublemakers!" Ugggghhh, does he EVER stop?
"Justin, get over it! Now can you PLEASE tell me what rumor has been going on around school that has everyone staring at me?" Justin's eyes suddenly go from anger to confusion as he realizes my questions.
"What do you mean?"
"I'll tell you." I look to my right to see Cedric put down his fork and look at us seriously. "The rumor that is going around is that Malfoy threatened you to not tell Dumbledore about him being the one to attack you. Harry was the one to save you so he heard it all and told Dumbledore. Dumbledore has punished Malfoy by giving him detention every Friday for the rest of this term with Hargrid."
Wait… no, that is ALL wrong. So everyone is looking at me because they feel bad for me, really? I groan and see Cedric and Justin look at me with a questioning look. "EVERYONE FEELS BAD FOR ME! And it's all that stupid Harry's fault, and Neville's… I'm gonna hurt that kid! It's all wrong! Malfoy did not threaten me about that; Harry only came in when Malfoy was holding onto my hands. He scratched my hands by accident… well I think it was an accident, it better be anyway… when Harry pushed him away from me. And I didn't want to tell Dumbledore because I didn't want a big deal out of this in the first place. Remember, dad wants us not to pull attention on ourselves!" I look at Cedric and Justin to see them look at me with worry. "What?"
"You sound like a complete nutcase right now, you need keep your hair on, Alex." Cedric puts his hands on my shoulder and rubs it as he looks at me with a concerned look on his face.
Keep my hair on? What the hell! "Cedric, what does that even mean?"
Chuckles, of course he'll laugh at me when I'm freaking out right now. Everyone feels bad for me! Do either of them understand this? I must look like a total wuss!
"Alex, I guess your thought was in the right place… maybe all this was blown out of proportion. You could always tell Dumbledore your side of the story." Aww Justin, good 'ole Justin… yeah that's not gonna happen.
"Nah, since he's already been punished, let him be punished. Doesn't matter to me!" I shrug and smile before continuing to eat my food. Lucky for me, that specific discussion ends as Cedric starts to talk animatedly about the quidditch match this weekend against Gryffindor. Only one problem, I don't know anything about the sport. I need to find someone who does and ask them a very important question. If I'm a Gryffindor that's dating a Hufflepuff quidditch player, do I cheer for my boyfriend or do I cheer for my house?
Justin's POV
Neville and I are walking towards Gryffindor Tower as he explains to me the rules of quidditch so I'm prepared for the upcoming match this weekend. I should probably get a book, so that I can explain the rules to Alex. She needs to know the rules since her best friends and boyfriend are all quidditch players… and since it's the favorite sport of the whole school.
"Justin, look!" I hear Neville's alarmed voice and look towards the entrance of Gryffindor Tower. There I see a crowd of Gryffindor students around Professor Dumbledore, Filch, and Percy. What's going on? I see Ginny in front of me and tap on her shoulder so she turns around.
"Ginny, what's going on?"
"It's the fat lady, she's gone!" Ginny says to me in worry.
The fat lady, how can she be gone? I look around the crowd of students to see Dumbledore touch the painting of the fat lady, which now is covered with scratches. Professor Dumbledore says something to Filch who points to a paining farther up the stairways. The crowd, Professor Dumbledore, and Filch run up the stairs and stop in front of a painting of the safari. I see the face of the fat lady appear from behind a hippo as she says something to Professor Dumbledore then hides again. What's going on? Professor Dumbledore quickly turns and says something to Filch, he looks around and stops when his eyes meet mine.
"Everyone to the great hall!" Professor Dumbledore shouts as he continues to look at me. I am about to walk on when I see him shake his head. I stand there and continue to look at Professor Dumbledore as the other Gryffindors pass by me. Finally Professor Dumbledore comes towards me, he stops when he's behind me and looks around to see no one there. "Justin, I need you to go find your sister and take her to my office. I will have Professor Snape waiting for you there to let you two in."
"But why, Professor?"
He shakes his head. "Just do as I say, don't stop and talk to anyone on the way. I believe you will find your sister in the quad with Mr. Diggory." With that Professor Dumbledore walks off after the rest of the students.
Alex's POV
"You know, your hair looks cute like this." Cedric moves closer to me as he moves a strand of hair from my face. Awww, he's so cute! I move closer to him and our lips are about to meet when Cedric's eyes go into wide and he swiftly pulls back. I turn myself around to see Justin running towards the quad in a hurry.
"Justin!" I look at Cedric to see him just as surprised as me. When I look towards Justin again, he's right in front of us. "Justin, what's wrong?"
"Cedric, everyone is to report to the great hall now, you should go." Justin looks seriously at Cedric, ignoring me entirely.
"What about you two?"
"I need to talk to my sister really briefly in private; we'll come in a while. You go so you don't get in trouble." Justin starts to pull me away from Cedric but Cedric stops us by putting a hand on his shoulder.
"I'm not leaving Alex!" Cedric takes my hand with his free one and look seriously at Justin. I look at Justin and see him biting his lip nervously. What's up? I look at Cedric and sigh.
"Cedric, go on without us. I'll see you soon." He looks at me a little hurt so I kiss him on the cheeks and give him a sorry grimace as he walks away. He looks back a few times at us before disappearing into the hall.
"What's up, Justin? Why did you totally screw up the few minutes Cedric isn't busy at Quidditch practice?" I fold my hands over my chest and look expectantly at my brother.
"Alex, something happened with the fat lady and now all students have to report to the great hall… but Professor Dumbledore told me to find you and take you to his office." What the…? Something is up, I'm sick of this! First us not being allowed to Hogsmeade, now we're being sent to Professor Dumbledore's office rather than with everyone else to the great hall?
"Justin, I really think something is being hid from us."
Justin nods. "Me too. But for now, let's just do as we're told." I nod and quietly follow Justin to Professor Dumbledore's office. As we walk I can't stop thinking about dad and how he said it would be safer for us to be at Hogwarts than in New York. Even here is our safety so important that we are sent elsewhere than everyone else, or is this an attempt to hide something from us?
Lupin's POV
I walk around the great hall a third time, still not sighting the two Gryffindor's I have been nervously looking for since I heard about what happened today. This wouldn't have happened if I didn't have to go! But I had no choice. I finally see Professor Dumbledore appear at the entrance of the great hall. I go over to him and motion him to join me privately outside.
"Albus, I don't seem to see Alex and Justin Russo anywhere." I look into Dumbledore's eyes to see no surprise at all; does he know where they are?
"They are in my office; they will stay there for the remainder of the night. I have already instructed Severus to explain to them that if asked by other students of where they were they will say that they were also in the great hall with the rest of the students." He's having them lie? This isn't right; they don't even know why they have to be apart from the rest of the students. They don't even know that the reason they are away from everyone else is so that they don't find out what's going on!
"If no one sees them here, no one will believe they were here Albus!"
"They can't argue about it, all professors have been told the same. Remus, I understand that you don't agree with any of this but you must remember that this was the choice of their father." Dumbledore gives me a knowing look.
"And what if their father has changed his decision? Sending them here will only result in them finding out something and you know it Albus!" Enough is enough, they must know!
"Well then, we must do our jobs to make sure that doesn't happen." He looks at me one last time before turning and heading back into the great hall. Your job, not mine, my job is to somehow tell them the truth!
Hey! Here's another chapter!
Yeah, again it's late, I need to explain...
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