- Monday, September 2, 1991 -
Harry awoke to the familiar feeling of someone jumping on his bed. "Ella!" he grumbled only half awake. He then remembered what had happened the night before and sat up quickly knocking into the person on his bed.
Groaning in pain, Harry rubbed his head as he scowled at the blurry figure also groaning in pain. Putting on his glasses he recognized the blurry figure as his brother Jorge.
"Jorge?" asked Harry.
"Sorry, thought you were used to that," explained Jorge.
"Well, yeah. But Mariela's smaller. Why are you here?" asked Harry grumpily.
"Here to make sure you make it to breakfast and your first class on time," explained Jorge.
"What?"
"Juan Dalmacio. On his first day at Hogwarts he overslept, missed breakfast, and was ten minutes late to Transfiguration. Professor McGonagall was furious; he lost 10 points for Gryffindor. When Julian started, Juan Dalmacio woke him up on his first day, made him eat breakfast, and then showed him the way to class. It's a Paredes tradition now."
Nodding, Harry gathered his things so that he could get dressed.
"10 minutes or I'll drag you out half-dressed!"
Tossing a pillow in his brother's direction, Harry tried to feel annoyed but all he felt was pleased.
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"Mariela," whispered a quiet voice. Opening one eye cautiously, Mariela caught sight of Padma Patil. She looked at her curiously; "Your brother, he's in the common room."
Confused, Mariela gathered her things and made her way quickly to the bathroom. After 10 minutes, refreshed and ready to go, Mariela made her way to the common room and found Julian.
"Julian?"
Smiling, Julian hugged his sister tight. "How's Ravenclaw?"
Shrugging her shoulders, Mariela headed out of the common room with Julian close behind. "Ella, what's wrong?"
She hummed to herself before responding, "They asked about Harry. They noticed that we have the same last name and they wanted to know more."
"What did you say?" asked Julian curiously.
"That he's our brother."
"That's it?" said Julian surprised.
"Do they need to know anything else?" replied Mariela dryly.
Chuckling, Julian and Mariela walked in silence to the Great Hall. When Mariela attempted to walk toward Ravenclaw table, Julian steered her toward the Gryffindor table. "Julian?"
"There's no rule that says we can't sit at different tables for meals. So we decided that you're having breakfast with us. Lunch and dinner too if you'd like - and after I'll take you to your first class," explained Julian. Mariela smiled. Perhaps her terrible feeling was wrong after all.
Author's Note: Its a short chapter but I've been trying to figure out precisely what will be happening next. Some events might be similar, some might be altered, some might not appear at all. I have a rough outline for the next few years and plenty of free time so there will be more chapters (longer chapters!) coming up.