A/N: I apologize for how short this chapter is.
Chapter 3: Hagrid's Hut
Two days later, Morgan was feeling the burn of school. She didn't seem to be doing well in Charms and Transfiguration, like she had hoped. Defence Against the Dark Arts was a big joke with Lockhart 'teaching' them. Lockhart taught them by reading passages from his books. Apparently there was some incident with Cornish Pixies that had been let loose when he tried teaching the second-years, so he wasn't allowed any hands-on teaching anymore. Morgan wasn't impressed with him. Luckily her fellow first-years wasn't impressed either.
She seemed to be doing well in History of Magic, Potions, Herbology, and Astronomy, because she suspected because she didn't have to do much magic in those classes. She suspected that she did well at Herbology because she was Hufflepuff, which was something that all the Hufflepuffs did well. She was in the courtyard comparing Charms notes with Aileen and Mikayla, when Ginny came up to her with Luna.
"What is it?" asked Morgan confused.
"There's this hut that I saw Harry, Ron, and Hermione going to," said Ginny breathlessly.
"That's the groundskeeper's hut," said Aileen.
"Really?" asked Mikayla interested.
"I heard stories from older students. The Weasley twins always keep trying to sneak into the Forbidden Forest and the groundskeeper, Hagrid, always chases them away," said Aileen. She shrugged, "I don't know why you would be interested in it."
"Morgan and I never tried sneaking into the Forbidden Forest," pointed out Ginny.
"I meant the boy twins," said Aileen. "Not the Wealsey Girls."
"Is that what we're called?" asked Morgan confused.
"Yes," Mikayla stated bluntly. "The boys are called the Weasley Twins. You're the Weasley Girls."
"Come on, let's go for a quick walk before lunch," said Ginny. She linked her arm with Morgan's and took off with her, without so much as a goodbye to their friends.
As they started heading across the lawn, Ginny said, "I don't get why you're having so much trouble with your magic. When you practised with Mum's wand, you did so well."
"I don't know either," replied Morgan. "Maybe it's my wand. It doesn't seem to work well for me. Using Aileen's and Mikayla's wands give me better results." She took her wand out of her robes pocket and looked at it. It was made out of Alder and had unicorn hair. The wood was chipped and cracked. It was second-hand of course. They couldn't afford new wands, obviously. At least it was slightly better than the hand-me-down that Ron had gotten from Charlie. Ron's wand had unicorn hair poking out.
It wasn't surprising that Ginny got a new wand, since she was the first daughter born in years.
Morgan had to settle for second-rate.
She loved her family, but sometimes she wished that they would notice her. The only one who did was Percy.
She tried to see it as fair. Ginny was the first girl born in generations, so it wasn't surprising that attention was lavished on her, never mind the fact that she was Ginny's twin. In a way, it hurt, but she needed to shove that to the side. They were one big happy family, after all.
They walked down to the hut and Ginny knocked on the hut's door.
There was barking from inside and Morgan stepped back in surprise.
"Back Fang – back!" ordered a gruff voice.
The door opened a crack and the door opened. The man, who was more like half-giant stood there, holding onto the collar of a boarhound.
"Hello," greeted Ginny smiling. "My sister and I were just looking around the grounds."
"Were those pumpkins that I saw?" asked Morgan.
"We heard that you were friends with our brother, Ron," said Ginny.
Hagrid seemed to smile and let them in.
"How is Ron doing, anyway?" asked Morgan as she sat down on the chair. She looked around. There was one bed in one corner and a fire in another corner.
The boarhound went over to her and sniffed her, before resting his head on her knee.
"Ron's been good," said Hagrid. "What are yeh two doing here?"
"Like I said, we were looking round the grounds and happened to spot your hut," replied Ginny. She did lie pretty well, Morgan noticed, not that she was going to point that out.
Ginny was looking out the window.
"I see," replied Hagrid. He looked at Ginny and Morgan, "Two more Weasleys, eh?"
"Yeah," replied Morgan. "The last ones as of this generation,"
"Well, she's the last one," said Ginny. "She's younger than me by two hours."
"Time doesn't matter, since we're twins," said Morgan. "Fred and George don't care who's older."
Hagrid offered them tea. Ginny declined, but Morgan agreed to have some.
Hagrid poured her a cup of tea and handed it to Morgan.
"A Hufflepuff, eh?" said Hagrid. "I expected Gryffindor, with the others."
Ginny nodded, "I know. I was shocked too."
"That'll be the story of the ages," said Morgan. "About those pumpkins…"
"I'm growing them for the Hallowe'en feast," said Hagrid. He motioned for them to follow.
They went into the garden patch to see the pumpkins.
"You're growing them?" asked Ginny.
"Yeah, with – er – a little help," said Hagrid.
"They're a lot larger that I expect pumpkins to be," said Morgan. She crouched down and examined one. She looked at Hagrid, "You're using the Engorgement Charm on them."
Ginny nodded, "Yes. You're doing a very good job on them."
"You certainly know what you're doing," replied Morgan. "You're not making them to large to where they'll explode and they're not out of control. Congratulations."
It looked like Hagrid blushed.
"You know, I've been told that Harry comes by and visits from time-to-time," said Morgan.
Ginny shoved her, her face red, "Be quiet, Mad Morgan."
Morgan rolled her eyes.
Hagrid smiled, "From time-to-time."
Morgan nodded, "Right. Well we'll both better get going. It's time for lunch anyway. Have a good day, Hagrid." She took Ginny's arm and led her away from the hut with Hagrid wishing them to have a good day.
Ginny shoved Morgan's shoulder, "Why did you tell him that? He'll tell Harry and Ron and Hermione that I was looking for them."
Morgan shrugged, "He deserves to know the real reason for us randomly showing up. It certainly isn't to visit him."
Ginny rolled her eyes, "You're too nice for your own good, Morgan."
Morgan couldn't help but smirk at that, "That's the thing. People always mistakes niceness for weakness. That's how I'll get the upper-hand."
Ginny looked at Morgan, "With that way how you can't do magic? That's a disaster."
Morgan smacked Ginny's shoulder and Ginny took off toward the castle with Morgan chasing her. They were laughing the entire way up to the castle. It was just like old times, before getting to Hogwarts, Morgan realised with a grin. Nothing had changed between them, despite them being in separate houses.
She wished that she should've known that it would be the last time she saw her sister be happy before everything had gone to hell.
