Accusations, Potions Master, Ginger Twins - repeat
Disclaimer: Original everything belongs to J.K. (characters, themes, locations etc.)
Ever since the troll incident, Harry and Ron had befriended Hermione, and now the three were inseparable. One morning, Abby looked over and saw her brother and his two friends huddled over a big book. She was just walking past the Gryffindor table to leave the Great Hall when Hermione called her over. "Abby! Come here for a second." Abby walked over to where the three sat. Six pairs of eyes were staring at her when she finally snapped,
"What?" Hermione glanced at Harry before turning to Abby,
"The other day we were being chased by Filch because we had gone down the third floor corridor by accident. We found a room and went inside to hide from Filch. When we turned around we came face-to-face with a giant three-headed dog. I noticed that the dog was standing on a trap door so we asked Hagrid about it." Abby starred at Hermione,
"What does this have to do with me?"
"Well, um, you see, on Halloween, we noticed that when Snape came into the girl's washroom he was limping. A couple days later Harry heard him tell Filch that he was lucky that the dog hadn't bit off his entire leg." Abby started to object but Hermione interrupted her, "Remember the Quidditch match? Snape was the one making Harry's broom go crazy. I saw him; he was muttering and not blinking. I've read about curses like that, you have to be completely focused and Snape wasn't blinking!"
"You guys don't know what you're saying! Snape trying to kill Harry? That's crazy!"
"Is it Abby?" Harry asked his sister. "It's no secret that he hates me and you heard Hermione, he held perfect concentration!"
Abby laughed, "Harry, if he really wanted to kill you he would had succeeded, and you're still here, so he obviously didn't succeed." Harry shared a look with Ron and Hermione. "What?" Abby asked
"I set his robes on fire." Hermione whispered
"You did what?" Abby stood up angrily, "You don't understand how harsh that accusation is! You lot have no idea what you're talking about!"
Abby stood up and marched out her brother called after her but she ignored him. Angry tears fell down her face and without thinking she made her way to Professor Snape's office. She knocked on the door.
"Enter." Abby opened the door and when Snape looked up and saw her he rushed to her side. "Abby! What's wrong? Are you hurt?" Abby shook her head and sat down in a desk. Snape sat on the desk chair next to her and, with his eyes wide, asked what was wrong.
"Everything! I have never fought with my brother before in my life and this is the second fight we've had in no time at all." Snape got Abby a hanky and she blew her nose noisily in it. "He is so controlling and he doesn't like my friends, I know he judges me for being in Slytherin, though he doesn't say it..." And so she talked. Her tears were rough and ragged for about an hour before Snape interrupted her.
"Hogwarts has a tendency to show us each a part of ourselves that we never knew existed. Hogwarts school holds many secrets and around every corner there is something that will surprise you without a doubt. You are discovering things about yourself that you didn't know before. You are finding that you and your brother are becoming less and less close, that might not be a bad thing Abby, you've never had friends other than your brother. Maybe this is your time to discover things about yourself that you didn't know before. I recall Dumbledore telling you that this was the start of something new, he's right you know." Abby smiled at her professor and got up out of her desk chair, she gave him a hug.
"Thank you." She whispered into the black fabric of his robe. Abby pulled away from her professor and she grinned before promising to come tomorrow night for their weekly private potion lessons.
Abby let herself out of Snape's office and wandered around the school. About half-way to the Slytherin common room she walked into Fred and George Weasley. "Look Fred, a Slytherin first year. Perhaps we should curse her." Abby frowned at them.
"I remember you two from the strain station." She said, eyeing them wearily. Fred studied her with wide-eyes.
"Oh yes. You're Harry's sister right?" Abby nodded frowning,
"Glad to know that I'm known as 'Harry's Sister'"
"Well," Started George, "Harry's friends with Ron so we've seen him around. Plus, he's on the Quidditch team, so we know him. The only time I ever saw you was on the platform." Abby nodded in understanding.
"What is that?" She asked pointing to the vials and pieces of parchment in Fred's hand. Fred and George glanced at each other, a wicked gleam in their eyes.
"How do we know we can trust you? You are a Slytherin after all." Abby glared at them at slapped them each on the arm. Fred laughed.
"Fine, but you have to keep it a secret!" Abby grinned and nodded in agreement. "We've been working on something. It's sort of like exploding goo fireworks. We've planned to set them off on the second floor corridor. It will really tick Filch off, but it'll be worth it." Abby began to laugh, a wicked gleam appearing in her eyes also.
"I want to help!" Fred and George exchanged a look before grinning back at Abby,
"Count yourself in!" Abby grinned back excitedly. The three walked away, heads together discussing exactly how their plan would play out.
Three weeks later Abby was sitting in Potions class, eyes on her watch. At a quarter to 10 she raised her hand and asked to use the bathroom. She rushed out of the class and ran for the third floor corridor. Fred and George appeared and the three grinned at each other. "Remember," Fred said to Abby, "Count to 100, throw the goo in the air and then run as far away as you can. Fred, George and Abby all slapped hands and then went to their separate areas. Abby counted to 100 in her head and as soon as she reached 100 she threw the too in the air. A loud explosion appeared and Abby took off. She ran back to Snape's class room and resumed her seat beside Draco and Theo. That night at supper the Weasley twins walked over to Abby and sat beside her at the Slytherin table. Draco eyed them wearily but Abby brushed him off. Whispering to Abby Fred said,
"Everything went amazing. Filch was cleaning up goo for hours." Abby giggled along with the twins and they all silently high fived before the twins resumed their seats at the Gryffindor table.
Abby had just gone back to eating her supper when Professor Snape came up to the Slytherin table. "I need a list of people who will be staying for Christmas." Abby signed up to stay along with Theo and Blaise. Draco and Pansy would both be at home with their families for Christmas. Pansy had offered to have Abby stay with her but Abby had declined. She knew that the Wesley's would be staying and her brother, of course, would be staying behind as well.
Ever since her talk with Professor Snape, Abby had decided that she was no longer angry with her brother, but she also wasn't about to rush to apologize.
That evening in the Slytherin common room, Draco, Pansy, Blaise, Theo and Abby all claimed the arm chairs by the fire. They talked about Christmas and how excited they were to have the break from school. Draco boasted that he knew his father would be buying him the newest broomstick. Slytherin had won their game against Hufflepuff, but they still had two more games until the season was up; one against Ravenclaw, and one more against Gryffindor. Abby was looking forward to the holidays, it would be nice to have the break from school. She and Professor Snape had talked about their potion lessons and Abby had begged him to continue even during the holidays.
The next day Hermione had ran up to Abby before potions class and pulled her aside,
"We know something more about what the dog is guarding." She whispered. Abby raises her eyebrows in question, "It has something to do with Nicholas Flamel!" Hermione had whisper-shouted. Professor Snape jerked his head up and Abby pulled Hermione away from the group.
"I know that name..." Abby pondered
"That's what Harry said..." Hermione had whispered back to Abby. Together the girls made plans to research Nicholas Flamel later that evening.
After class, Snape called for Abby to stay behind. "Abby, what do you know about Nicholas Flamel?" Abby looked at him confused,
"I don't know what you mean, sir."
"Abby," started Professor Snape looking serious, "Please be careful. You don't know what you're getting yourself into." Abby stared at Professor Snape in shock. She nodded slowly and then turned to go. Abby wove through the halls trying to find her brother and Ron and Hermione. She finally spotted Harry up ahead and ran up to him.
"Harry! Maybe you're right about Snape. He knows something about Flamel and he's not talking about it, perhaps you lot were right in thinking he was trying to steal whatever the dog is guarding."