~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
Today is the day I'm FINALLY seeing my friends. YES, it's the WORLD CUP! Well… it's not like I care about the quidditch game but I DO CARE about seeing my boyfriend and my best friends! Justin has also been really anxious for this day, I wonder why… I think its cause he has a crush on someone and plans to see her then. I just wonder who the girl is. Summer wasn't much fun… Justin stayed holed up in his room when he was home and all the other times he would be out with Zeke. We talked with dad regularly; he's told us a lot about our family and filled in the gaps from what we read in mom's journal. I've spent the summer hanging out with Harper, calling Cedric, owling Harry, and working at the substation. I've saved up a lot of money, which everyone else thinks I've used up, and I'm keeping it in the bank so I can spend a summer in England. I haven't told anyone but Harper and Harry about it, I want to get an apartment there for the summer so dad can visit me or stay with me. I am thinking of telling Justin to join me, but not now… when I have the money, I don't want him insisting on paying for the whole trip… no matter how tempting that sounds.
"Alex! Justin! Max! It's time for us to go!" I hear Uncle Jerry call from the living room. I quickly grab my laptop case from beside me on the bed and my bag, then walk out of the room, as I am walking out I see Justin also leaving his room with his bags, his laptop bag also in hand.
"You sure you want to expose wizards to the laptop?" I say with a smirk as I get closer to Justin.
"Oh, hey I didn't see you there. Yeah, I need my laptop, quills are sometimes a pain and I need some access to the muggle world. How about you?" Justin looks at my laptop bag then back at me with a raised eyebrow.
"You know I can't go anywhere without it and the last year YOU didn't let me take it!" I frown towards him causing him to smile and shake his head.
"Well I will let you know this, I won't be restraining you that much this year, you have your fun little sister, just don't get into TOO MUCH trouble. Got it?" Justin stops above the stairs and gives me a serious look.
"Fine, not TOO MUCH trouble, but I can't guarantee no trouble. Can I ask the same of you big brother?" I raise an eyebrow at him, causing him to burst into laughter.
"You think I am going to get in trouble? Be real Alex, that's not going to happen! But, to make you happy, I promise you I will stay out of trouble, good? " Justin shakes his head before continuing down the stairs.
"Perfect." I smile and follow after him.
"Hey Alex, where are the rest of your stuff anyway? Your bag is too small to fit anything." Justin stops and turns toward me once we are in the living room. He looks at my arms then back at me in confusion.
"It's all shrunk and placed carefully in my bag." I smile at him proudly and pat my bag.
"Okay, as long as I don't have to carry your things this time." Justin turns around and stops in front of the fire place. Why is he going there?
"You three are going by floo today. Justin, why don't you and Alex go first?" I turn around and see Uncle Jerry and Aunt Teresa come from the spiral stairs with Max following them.
"Okay." Justin nods and extends his elbow towards me to take. I quickly give Aunt Teresa and Uncle Jerry a hug before I put my hand on Justin's elbow and watch in fascination as he takes some ashes from a bowl over the fireplace and throws it into the fireplace. I close my eyes as flames form and Justin pulls us forward, when I open my eyes, I am surprised to find myself no longer in the Russo living room.
"Where are we?" I look curiously at Justin before scanning the room.
"Alex! My dear, it's good to see you!" I turn around and am surprised to see the ginger-haired woman I saw at the train station on the first day of school, Mrs. Weasley? She runs forward and pulls me into a hug, as I feel her warm arms around me, I can't help but hug back. She pulls away after a few seconds and looks over at Justin with a smile. "And you must be Justin, Ginny's told me a lot about you!" She pulls Justin into a hug also; I can't help but snicker as I see Justin's face flush red.
"Mrs. Weasley, is this your home?"
"Yes my dear, welcome! Everyone should be down soon; we already had breakfast, you two hungry?" Justin and I shake our heads as she leads us to the living room. "You two sit, I will go call the others, Fred and George are just itching to see you Alex!" I smile as I think about my two closest friends, I missed them!
"Why don't you two sit down?" Justin smiles appreciatively and sits down, I am about to sit down when I hear someone jog down the stairs, when I look towards it I see a flustered Harry running down. When he sees me, his lips form a large smile before he runs towards me and pulls me into a hug. I hug back, now realizing how much I missed him too, even though we owled each other all summer.
"Alex! You're here!" Harry pulls away, continuing to smile towards me.
"Yeah I am." I smile back. "And here you are too, how have you been?"
He shrugs and sits down on the couch with me. "I've been good, just missing Hogwarts." He looks over at Justin with a smile. "Hello Justin!"
"Hi, you finally notice me?" Justin chuckles. I look at Harry and see his cheeks flushing red. Harry is about to open his mouth to answer when a crashing sound comes from the kitchen followed by someone coughing.
"What was that?" I look at Justin and Harry with worry. Justin and Harry stand up and walk towards the kitchen, Mrs. Weasley and I follow after them. When Justin and Harry reach the kitchen they both burst into laughter. I look over Harry's shoulder and join in on their laughter when I see a soot-covered Max on the floor of the Weasley kitchen under a bunch of luggage.
Justin's POV
As Mr. Weasley argues with Fred and George about not pranking at the World Cup, I walk with the others behind them. Alex is busy talking to Harry and Hermione about her summer and Max is talking to Ron about who knows what, so I settle to walking quietly beside Ginny. After helping Max out in the kitchen, we all came to the living room to find the remainder of the Weasley's and Hermione ready to go. We said our 'hello's,' had a snack, then everyone was ready to go. Since we've got here, I haven't said anything more than 'hi' to Ginny, why was it so much easier to talk to her on the phone and by owl but so hard to speak to her face-to-face?
"So… have you spoken to your father lately?" I snap out of thought when I hear Ginny's finally speak beside me. I look at her to see her smiling at me expectantly. I stare at her a while before I realize that she has asked me a question.
"Oh, uh right. Yes I have, we spoke just last night. We told him that we are going to the World Cup, he's happy to see us getting along so well with Harry. Also he is happy we have friends in the Weasley's, his words, 'they're good people'." I look at Ginny to see her smiling happily to herself which only makes me smile wider, I look forward, happy that my dad approves of the Weasleys.
"CEDRIC!" I look towards Alex to see her running away from Harry and Hermione towards Cedric and a man I assume is his dad. As soon as Alex reached him, they are in each other's arms. I look away, feeling like I'm invading their private moment, and turn my attention on Harry. I see the sadness in his eyes as he looks at Alex in Cedric's arms. I can't help but feel guilty for not letting them be friends at the start of last year, maybe they would be the ones that are hugging right now if I did.
"Alex seems happy." I look at Ginny to see her looking sympathetically towards Harry. She knows too. "It's obvious though that Cedric isn't the only boy that fancies her, if only she'd open up her eyes.
"I think her eyes are open, but she refuses to take in what she sees because she's afraid to hurt the one she's with." Ginny looks at me with a raised eyebrow. "Cedric is a nice guy."
"So is Harry." Ginny gives me a small smile before walking ahead to join the others. She's right, but Alex has Cedric… I sigh and walk towards Cedric.
"Hey Cedric!" I extend my hand towards Cedric and he shakes it happily with the arm that isn't around Alex.
"Hello Justin, how have you been?"
"Good, ready for the new year to start and the new adventures that come with it. And of course the OWLs, I have been…" before I can continue, Alex cuts me off.
"Come on Justin, don't bore him to death!" Alex frowns towards me while Cedric laughs.
"It's alright Alex, I don't mind. I befriended your brother because I like that he explains things clearly rather than leave me confused. Like some other people…" Cedric looks towards Max and shakes his head.
"Aww, and I thought you befriended him to get close to me." Alex winks towards Cedric causing him to flush red.
"Alright young ones, time for us to get going. Oh by the way, the name is Amos Diggory, you are Justin, Alex's brother I presume?" Mr. Diggory smiles at me as he extends his hand.
"Yes sir, it's a pleasure to meet you." I shake his hand briefly before he pulls his hand away and starts walking up the hill.
Mr. Weasley follows after him with the twins, Cedric and Alex hold hands and also follow. I look at Ginny in confusion before following Harry, Ron, Max, and Hermione after the others. After a few minutes of walking up the hill, we reach the top and everyone stops. Mr. Diggory and Mr. Weasley stand in front of an old boot and look at it admiringly.
"Why did we come all the way here for an old boot?" Alex and Harry say at the same time.
"It's not a boot. It's a port key." Fred answers, rolling his eyes.
"Grab on all of you!" Mr. Diggory says before placing his hands on the boot. I do the same, trusting that if everyone is doing it, so can I. I look at Alex and see her looking at the boot in confusion while one of her hands is touching it and the other hand is wrapped around Cedric's neck I see Cedric's arms wrapped tightly around Alex; what is about to happen?
"Harry, touch the boot!" Mr. Weasley yells as Mr. Diggory begins to count down. Harry quickly touches the boot and soon we are all spinning in the air.
We spin for a quick minute before Mr. Diggory yells for us to let go. Is he crazy? I look at Ginny and see her looking as worried as I feel, she closes her eyes and lets go, for some reason seeing her do this, I do the same. As soon as I let go, I feel myself falling. I hear the screams of the others and I'm almost absolutely sure I'm on my way to dying or at least breaking every bone in my body. Good bye world, you just lost one of the smartest, most talented, and most handsome being alive. I… OW! A pain shoots across my back and my head as I hit the ground, am I alive? I open my eyes and look around me to see Harry, Max, Hermione, Ron, Ginny, and the twins lying around me, groaning in pain. Where's Alex? I look up and see Mr. Diggorry, Mr. Weasley, and Cedric gently float down, Alex holding on tightly to Cedric who has her in his arms.
"Woah, can the boots I'm wearing now do that?" I throw my head back on the ground, ready to hit myself with a boot, any boot, as long as I don't have to explain anything to Max.
HEYY ALL!
Sorry I didn't update yesterday, I was tired ALL day and sick so I only updates 'History'
But here's this chapter :) Hope you are excited for the new year to start, we're getting closer!
And I am SOOO happy you guys liked the twist. Truth be told, I HAD NO CLUE that Dumbledore's sister was named Arianna.
I just really like that name, someone told me that and I was like... hmmmm...
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