School went by quickly and soon Samantha forgot all about her dream and hardly ever thought about the locket. She was too preoccupied with essays and her friends. When Neville was busy, she would bother Fred and George. When the twins were busy - which was most of the time - she and Neville would study and hang out.
She knew something had changed in her. She liked it.
On April 1st, Samantha waited for the twins to come down to the common room. She was due for a class but waiting for them was totally worth being late.
"Bloody hell!" she heard a voice scream.
A snicker came out of her mouth. Footsteps echoed throughout the common room and the few people were in there turned their heads toward the staircase to the boys' dorm. Giggles escaped people's mouths.
Without turning her head, she knew what they were laughing at. A proud smirk spread across her face. She felt two boys sit next to her. "Morning, boys. Happy Birthday," she said, finally turning to acknowledge them.
Fred and George's gorgeous red hair had become hot pink. Samantha found it difficult to keep her laughter inside.
"It was you," Fred muttered, looking at her in shock. She had never really been the best at pranking so it must have come as a surprise to the twins.
Samantha had studied this specific potion for quite some time. She had even got Professor Snape to help her with some of it. He had been somewhat helpful and nice. But it was Professor Snape, so he still said something snarky. Which had caused her to say something in response and caused her to lose five house points. It was worth it to see the look on Fred and George's faces.
"Took me a bit," she said, tugging a strand of Fred's hair. "You both look dashing."
"You're a demon," George said, although he was grinning like a lunatic.
Samantha shrugged. "I try. Now, I must be off. I'm already late. You two slept in." She stood up and left the common room with a swagger.
At dinner that night, Fred and George sat next to Samantha. "Is this our only birthday present?" George questioned, taking a bite of potatoes.
Samantha shrugged, trying to hide her sneaky smile. "Yes. Don't you like it?"
George narrowed his eyes suspiciously. "Yes." He nodded his head.
"Okay, good. I have to go. I'll see you two up in the common room." Before the two had a chance to say anything, Samantha left the common room after sending a few people a look.
Instead of going back to the common room, Samantha made her way down to the kitchen. Walking inside the house elves started to talk excitedly.
Pippy ran over and hopped up and down. "We is ready Miss Jonesy! And Pippy has the note!" The house elf grabbed a piece of parchment and waved it around.
Samantha grinned, looking around at all the food and drinks on the table. A pile of gifts sat in the corner. She had gotten all the twins' gifts after sending Mrs. Weasley a letter and talking to their friends. She had been wondering why they hadn't seemed more bummed out. "Great! You guys did a great job!"
Looking at the clock, Samantha took a breath. People should be showing up soon. Right at that moment, Lee Jordan, Angelina Johnson, Alicia Spinnet, and Katie Bell came into the kitchen. Lee held a bag full of something.
Samantha raised an eyebrow at him and he smiled brightly. "Got drinks!"
"This was a good idea, Jones," Angelina said, giving the first year a smile.
Samantha smiled. "Thanks. Who else is coming?"
Angelina thought for a moment. "Well, we invited most of the Gryffindors, a few Hufflepuffs, Ravenclaws. I'm pretty sure Slytherin got word so we may want to expect a few of them."
Samantha nodded. "Okay, we should have enough food." She turned to the house elves who all smiled happily. "You guys can stay if you want. And have as much food as possible."
Pippy shook her head with a smile. "Oh no, Miss Jonesy. This is your party. Pippy and the house elves will be resting. When do you want Pippy to deliver the note?"
"Sometime around eight, if you could, please," Samantha answered.
Pippy nodded and with that, the house elves all popped away.
"Man, they would have made this party way cooler," Lee muttered, setting up the drinks.
A little after seven-thirty, the kitchen was filled with people talking and laughing. Samantha stood next to Neville, whom she had dragged down here. Not very many first years were there, but she had made sure Harry, Ron, and Hermione had come.
Hermione, when she'd heard about it, threatened she would tell Professor McGonagall but Samantha noticed that she was laughing harder than Harry and Ron. Samantha smirked. The girl was a rule-breaker deep down.
"They're coming!" a boy called out, coming into the kitchen.
Within a second, Samantha dimmed all the lights and hid with Neville behind a table. Soon after that, she heard Fred and George come into the kitchen.
"Hello?" George's voice rang out.
"SURPRISE!" Samantha screamed, turning the lights back on while also lighting a small firework and setting it off. Everyone else joined in her scream.
The twins jumped in surprise before they started to laugh. "Lee! Was this your idea!" they chorused, looking at the boy.
Lee shook his head, pointing at Samantha.
She smiled at them brightly. "Surprise," she said again, doing jazz hands.
They were speechless. They looked around at everything. "You did this?" Fred asked.
"All by yourself?" George added.
"I had some help," Samantha said, motioning toward their friends.
George grinned. "Wow."
"Come on, you two! Let's have this party!" Lee cried out, throwing Fred and George a drink.