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Chapter 15

Aries and Albus laid in their hospital beds playing rock paper scissors in hopes of passing the time faster. When that failed to help due to Aries poor attitude towards loosing they wound up discussing prank ideas.

"We could sneak them some tongue twisters right before their morning classes and sneak in and put everchanging hair color in all the shower heads. That would be really funny and by doing it in their dorms we can throw suspicion off of us," Albus threw out there.

"That would definitely throw suspicion off us but it would throw suspicion on other housemates and you know who they'll think did it," Aries pointed out.

"No not if we did it in only the boys showers. James said they had an incident last year where a girl was found in a compromising position with her boyfriend in the Hufflepuff boys showers they changed the wards so only boys can get in there. And before you say it no they aren't going to throw suspicion on Zabini and Malfoy because those two come from the Sacred 28 families and that would be social suicide." Albus shot back. Aries thought about it and honestly it seemed like something easy enough to pull off as long as they did it when everyone else was at classes or at one of the meals.

"That could work and honestly I could care less if they do think its one of those two. It feels like they're stealing my sister. I know she's mad at me but seriously she's been shucking me to the side since she met them on the train. It's stupid but I'm getting madder and madder at her for it." Aries sigh rolling onto his back. "Plus, she's not being herself. Picking fights left and right and blowing up at the drop of a Knut that's not her style. She's always been better at planning things out and then going in for the kill. Like my mom actually. We were always more afraid of her when she was quiet rather than when she was yelling."

"You are crazy. Your mom is bloody terrifying when she yells. Although the time she caught us stealing cookies and rather then yell at us filled it with the ones that changed into our least favorite vegetables the minute we took a bite was not enjoyable." Albus mused.

"Nah I was thinking of when she caught the three of us stealing her jewelry for pirate treasure and she made it so whenever we touched it after that we would burst into singing and dancing," Aries chuckled at the memory of Gemini bursting out into a severely off key version of smooth criminal after grabbing their mom's favorite pearl necklace.

"What are you two just catching up on old times? Geez good thing we stopped by with treats Aye Forge?" Both boys shot up in their beds much to the displeasure of their still healing bodies, to grin at their uncles.

"Uncle Fred! Uncle George! Oh what did you bring us?!" Albus exclaimed holding out his hands for the numerous treats he knew his uncles had brought. Fred and George shook their heads and set down a get-well basket on the boys' laps and laughed as said boys dug into the baskets with glee.

"Do not get sick off of the treats now okay. I still can't believe you three. In your first year you two and Gemini have managed to cause more ruckus then any of us and the year barely started," George stated shaking his head. "Now you guys sent us an owl yesterday asking for some prank ideas and supplies and as you know we are all for helping the next generation of pranksters get off on the right start. So, we decided to give you guys what we like to call the starter kit to driving your school mates crazy," With a flourish he presented them both with a small inconspicuous box.

Albus and Aries quickly forgot the treats and grabbed the boxes. They both exchanged looks of confusion as they flipped the small card size box that was light as a feather. The uncles just grinned at their confusion. Albus looked at his uncle trying to figure out what the box could possibly contain. Aries finally decided to risk it and pulled the lid off of his box. The box suddenly expanded into a small chest and now weighted about 10-15 pounds. Aries exclaimed in pain because the placement of the box had been in a very bad spot.

"Oh yea, should've warned you to have it next to you eh? Well as you will find in there are some of our newest products. Actually, one of them is inspired by what your mom did to you with the jewelry. Its called instant musical quill ink. All you have to do is put a drop in someone's inkwell and every time they go to write with that ink they end up singing and dancing everything they were going to write on the piece of paper. Albus careful with that that's instant darkness powder. It's also banned from the school premises but if you two are really careful can get you out of so many snags," Fred gently pulled the container of pitch-black powder out of Albus's hand and placed it back in the box.

"As you two can see there are a lot of fun little trinkets in here and there is a list that will tell you what all they do but may I suggest closing them up, so Pomphrey doesn't see them. Gem's already got detention so lets keep you guys out of it so as not to give your mother a heart-attack okay?" George pointed out closing up Aries and handing the box back to him. "And another handy little trick if someone other than the two of you tries to open these all they will see is a deck of cards so don't worry about someone else finding out about them. Now we need to skiddadle Pomphrey has probably straightened out the mess we made in her medicine cabinet. Owl us if you need anything else." The last sentence was stated by both of them as they headed out of the hospital wing.

"Well looks like we have some reading to do," Aries stated with a mischievous grin that Albus mirrored.

After classes ended Gemini ran towards the hospital wing to check on her brother and Albus. She hadn't been able to focus much in class because she wanted to see with her own eyes that they were healing okay. As she entered the hospital wing she smell the distinct smell of her uncles joke shop and sped further into the room hoping to catch them.

"Uncle Fred? Uncle George?" She called out as she glanced around the empty area. All the beds were empty and Gemini started to freak out as she realized that her brother wasn't there. Had he been discharged? When? Why hadn't he been in classes? She hadn't noticed them as she walked here. Her anxiety started to spiral and just before it hit peak levels Madame Pomphrey walked in.

"Miss Granger are you hurt? Feeling poorly?" At Gemini shaking her head she continued, "Are you looking for your brother? He and Mr. Potter headed out hours ago but I had them excused from classes so they could rest."

At her words Gemini's frantic heartbeat slowed down and she felt like she could breath again. She quickly thanked Madame Pomphrey and headed out to find Aries and Albus. She knew if she could find James she could get the password to get into the Gryffindor Common room.

As she wandered the halls she found herself remembering all of the things her mom had told her of her time at Hogwarts. She decided to swing by Moaning Mertle's bathroom and say hi for her family. While she was approaching the bathroom, she heard hushed voices. She crept closer to the door to listen better.

"Look James I know you want to get back at Zabini but right at the start of the year? That just isn't smart and thanks to your cousin Gemini all the teachers are cracking down on everything. You can't be caught looking like your going to start something without a teacher or one of the ghosts warning you to move along. I can't set up a duel for you right now okay. Just let this craziness blow over first." Someone stated

"No you listen to me I am going to put that pompous jerk in his place once and for all and so I need you to draw all the teachers and I guess the ghosts as well away from the third floor corridor. Next Wednesday. And before you argue let me remind you that I helped you out last year when you needed someone to get Arissa Frank to believe her boyfriend was a cheating twat so now I get to call in the favor." James's steely tone that brokered no argument. She heard his footsteps head towards the door. She quickly darted further down the corridor where a few other students were gathered discussing study habits and watched as James stalk off the down the other side of the corridor.

Gemini just watched as James stalked away and began worrying about her friend. Why did James seem so angry at him? She was at war with herself because a part of her wanted to run after James to get the password and another part wanted to go and warn Alec. She decided to try another tactic. She waited until the other student came out and instantly recognized him. It was Elmer Lovegood and Gemini knew he would have the answer she needed.

"Hey Elmer. Did you hear how Aries and Albus got injured in potions today? Well I really want to check up on my brother so could I please with sugar sprites on top have the password to the Gryffindor common room? I heard you and Arissa were dating so I assume you know the password and I really need to check on them. Please?" Gemini through on her best puppy eyes and begged.

"Gem I can't just give that information out. For all I know you want to go prank the Gryffindors it would be a dereliction of my duty as prefect if I did that." Elmer stated trying to withstand her pleading but obviously losing the battle. "Oh fine, but only because he's your brother and he was injured. The password is Griffin, but it will only be good for another couple of hours. Arissa says they change it every evening to help cut down on pranks."

"Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!" She squealed throwing her arms around him. He turned bright pink and carefully extracted himself from her clutches and took off the same way James went. Gemini decided she would talk with Alec later that night and headed off towards the Gryffindor common room.

After she gave the password to the very agitated Fat Lady, who was insulted because Gemini refused to let her sing and instead kept yelling the password at her, she skipped into the common room and called up the stair to the boys dormitory for her brother.

"Gem what on earth are you doing here? How did you even manage to get in?" Aries asked as he descended the stairs.

"I have my ways and can't I come check on my brother after he almost blows himself up?" Gemini shoots back. "Are you still hurting or do you feel okay now?"

Aries just shrugged which in Gemini's world meant he was fine so she threw her arms around him in a giant bear hug. Aries almost tumbled over from his sister's sudden weight.

"Geez Gem its not like I almost died no need to get melodramatic." He joked even as he tightened his own hold on her. It made him feel better that she had been worried and had come to check up on her.

"Oh shut up I just wanted to make sure you weren't maimed even if it all your own fault. Although there is something else I wanted to ask you about," Gemini mentioned as she pulled away from her brother.

"Okay shoot." Aries answered motioning for her to continue.

"Well I over heard James saying he wanted to duel Alec and I wanted to know if you had heard anything about something happening between them." Gemini notice a flash of anger in Aries eyes and he quickly averted his gaze.

"Look Gem I haven't heard anything about this year but apparently James and Alec," He bite out the name like it left a bad taste in his mouth, "Have been fight since first year. Started out as meaning less pranks and somehow escalated into your friend sending James to the hospital wing with a broken collar bone. That's all I know and I don't think you should be hanging out with someone who would do that. I mean look how much you've already changed. Going off the rails at every person who irritates you and getting into fights, Gem that's just not you," Aries pointed out as he let out an agitated sigh.

"Aries are you trying to tell me who to be friends with? Because that's my decision not yours. Do you think its easy for me right now? Yea I'm on edge and snappy but that's because I don't have a welcoming house like you do. Nobody cheered for me when I was sorted. Nobody but Alec okay and the girls in my dorm are dreadful. I constantly deal with evil glares snide comments about my parentage and overall demeaning comments. I didn't get a standing ovation. I didn't get to move into a dorm with my best friend and I wouldn't even have any friends if it weren't for Scorpius and Alec. I don't know how everything works here Aries and I am totally lost as to what I am supposed to do. I miss you like crazy and there's nothing I can do about it. If I'm seen socializing with you everything gets worse for me and I get called a traitor to my own house. Mean while you have James and Albus and get to be surrounded by people who support you and want you. I am so jealous of you right now Aries. So jealous it makes my head spin. And I hate that I feel this way so yea I lash out at who ever has the misfortune of getting on my bad side. That's not due to my friends that due to this whole situation," Gemini takes a deep breath and furiously wipes away the tears that have started to trek down her cheeks.

Aries gapped at his sister. She was usually very self-assured and confident but here she was spilling to him how out of place she felt. Aries slightly shuffled his feet as he tried to figure out what to say to make her feel better but at the same time he was still slightly miffed at her for abandoning him.

"Alright Gem I know it hasn't exactly been easy for you but its not like you even like any of your housemates right now and you say that you miss me but all you tend to do is ignore me right now. I miss my sister, you know the one who promised we wouldn't let houses separate us. The one who talked about sneaking out to the astronomy tower together every night to name all the constellations we could so we could tell each other how our days were going. I miss the Gem that left on the train with me. I'm just having a hard time finding her right now." Aries confessed even as he pulled Gemini down on to the couch and settled her head on his shoulder for comfort.

"What am I supposed to tell you about huh? How much my other housemates hate me? How they all go out of their way to make me miserable and I'm terrified to go into my dorm room because Merlin only knows what they'll do to me while I'm unable to defend myself. Aries it's the first day of classes and I'm so homesick already. I thought Hogwarts had changed from when mom went here. I thought at least a few of my housemates wouldn't be total jerks and I would make friends with at least one other girl. I'm sorry I made you feel left out Ris but its hard for me because it seems like everything's been great for you and will continue to be so. I should've asked the stupid hat to put me here." Gemini grumbled the last bit and snuggled closer to her brother soaking up all the comfort she could get.

"I'm sorry too Gem. I know things are hard and we're both figuring it out but you missy have got to stop picking fights with everyone. If you don't you'll give mom a heart-attack." Aries murmured. "Hey do you want to stay here tonight? I'm sure the guys won't mind and after all you are my twin so you're practically a Gryffindor by extension."

Gemini let out a small tearfilled chuckle and then her stomach growled. And not just a light you're starting to get hungry growl but at a FEED ME NOW kind of growl.

"Well maybe we should sneak down to the kitchens first ay?" Aries asked forcing her to sit up as he stood and offered her his hand. She nodded and the two walked down towards the great hall arm in arm.

Author's questions: What kind of products do you think should be used in their prank? Did you like how the siblings made up? Will Gemini finally get her temper under control? Will I answer any of this in the next chapter? (Of course not the next chapter is back to the adults 😉) R&R