"Wake up."
"Five more minutes."
"Kirsten, come on!" Duncan shouted pulling the pillow from underneath her head and smacking her in the face.
"Hey! I'm up." She rose from her bed and looked at her brother who was smiling, "How did you get in here?"
"It doesn't matter. Now come on. Get dressed, you're coming with me. We're going to Hogsmeade." He smiled.
She gaped at him, now fully awake. "Is something wrong with you? It's…6:45 in the morning! Plus, Dumbledore told us not to leave the castle."
'Relax, I just figured we could go get a butter beer. And might I add that Snape is on his way there now?"
Kirsten jumped from her bed, threw on a spare gray sweatshirt, scrapped her hair in a messy ponytail, and threw on some jeans.
They left the common room and made their way to an exit of the castle, careful not to get caught by any teachers. When they got to the door Duncan pulled out a blanket-looking item from his satchel and held it out to Kirsten.
"I took it from Harry's trunk. It's the invisibility cloak." He whispered with a grin.
"My devious brother, what would we do without you?" she smiled back and unfolded the cloak, draping it over the both of them. They squeezed together and managed to hide every part of their bodies, but their feet; and made their way out of the castle and down the path to Hogsmeade.
…
Despite it still being winter outside, it was surprisingly warm under the cloak. They stumbled all the way to the Three Broomsticks without any problems. Kirsten pulled off the cloak, folding it and handed it to Duncan who forced it back in his satchel. When they entered the building a small fire was lit in the far corner. It wasn't crowded at all, but Kirsten didn't expect it to be since it was so early in the morning. Duncan tapped Kirsten's arm and pointed to the bar. Kirsten followed his finger which was pointing at Snape who sat in the middle of the bar. She still wasn't used to the fact that he was her dad, but she still got excited at the sight of him, something she didn't feel before. She looked at Duncan who nodded and led the way to the bar.
He pulled out a seat to the right of Snape and sat down. Kirsten did the same, but on the left. Snape looked up from his glass and looked both of them down.
"May I help you?" He asked in a tired voice.
"Wow. I figured you would bust us for being out of the school. Didn't you Kirsten?"
Kirsten nodded.
"Yes and why is it that you are out so early?"
"Welp, we figured we could talk to you. After all, you should understand us better than all the other professors." Kirsten answered, leaning her head on her hand taking in her dad. It was so weird to think of him that way.
"What could you possibly mean?" Snape asked, making it look as if he was growing bored of talking to two teenage kids.
"I think you know." Duncan said, doing the same as Kirsten by leaning his head on his hand and smiling at him.
Snape continued to look back and forth to the both of them then back at his cup.
"Come on. We've finally figured it out. We know who you are." Duncan pointed out; his smile growing bigger.
The twins looked at their dad who shot his head up from his cup and looked at Kirsten then at Duncan and he did what they didn't think was possible. He smiled. "Madam Rosmerta, get these two some butter beer."
….
It was nearly eight o'clock when they decided it was time to leave the inn. They all made their way outside, with their arms linked together and their insides warm from butter beer.
"Snape?"
Snape froze but didn't look back at the source of the question. His grip on both Kirsten and Duncan got more firm and he straightened his posture. "Hello Bellatrix." He let go of them and turned around giving them a sign to walk away, but they stayed where they were.
"What are you doing?" She eyed him, looking him up and down then gazed behind him and nodded toward the two teens straightening themselves as well, "Who are they?"
"Just students that thought it would be amusing if they left the school. I was making sure they made it back."
Kirsten watched her every move. There was something between both her and her dad. Bellatrix looked like a witch alright, with her long dress that fell to the floor, long curly black hair that was pinned up, and a wand in her hand, though not pointed at anyone.
Bellatrix nodded, though not believing a word Snape said. "I've just come to tell you that…there's a meeting." She whispered, again eying Kirsten and Duncan.
Snape nodded, "Let me take care of the juveniles and I'll be on my way."
"Very well then." She spoke, turning around and catching herself off balance, only to retain it again and stumble off into a nearby alley.
Snape turned and passed Kirsten and Duncan without word. They looked at each other and caught up with him.
"Uh, hello? Who was that?" Duncan asked motioning back to the place the conversation took place.
"None of your concern; now follow me to the castle. You shouldn't have even come out in the first place." He ordered looking ahead.
Duncan went to speak, but Kirsten brushed his arm with her own, and shook her head. The rest of the trip back was silent.