chapter 3.
"Done."
"That wasn't hard, was it?"
"Actually, I barely felt any power leave me. Nothing like any of the other charms I've done."
"Are you sure you did it right?"
"I'm positive, Gina. Why are you worrying so much. You never used to to worry before. Has Sirius really rubbed off on you that much?"
"Shut up, Lil."
"Gladly."
* * *
A while later, Lily was sitting in the common room talking to Katrina, Gina, Remus, and Sirius in front of the fire. James had disappeared, to a teacher's office, most likely.
"Oooh! I just thought of something. I'll be right back." Lily ran out of the common room and up the girls' stairs.
"Uh, Kat," Remus said quietly, "Lily didn't curse James, did she?"
"I dunno," Kat replied. "Gina? Did you see her?"
Gina glanced at Sirius and said, "Um, yeah. She did."
"SHE WHAT!" the other three shouted.
"She cursed him. Transformation by means of a charm."
"No, no, no!" Remus exclaimed, standing up and starting to pace in front of the other three people.
"What's so bad about it?" Katrina asked. "The curse each other all the time."
"Yeah, but they use *different* hexes."
"Don't tell me--"
"Yeah."
"I'm lost," Sirius confessed. "Care to explain, lovebirds? You could be married; you already read each other's minds."
"Shut up. Anyway, Lil and James both used the Transformation yadda yadda yadda curse. At each other," Katrina said.
"So?"
"Well, when the same curse is thrown at the curser, this thing called Twindus Incantatem happens. The curser turns into the person they cursed, and vice versa."
"What a minute--that means Lil is turning into James and James is turning into Lil? This is going to be one big LAUGH!" Sirius burst out laughing. "By the way," he gasped, "how long does this Twindus thing last?"
"Forty-eight hours. It starts in ten minutes," Remus replied solemnly.
Katrina started laughing along with Sirius. "Lil and James are going to be each other for *two whole days*?"
"It's really not funny--" Gina started to say, but Remus cut her off.
"You know, when I think about it, it really is!" He joined in with the laughter.
"Oh, you guys are crazy. How are we going to tell Lil and James?" Gina asked. Everyone else shut up and stared at her.
"T-tell them?" Remus stuttered.
"We're not!" exclaimed Sirius. "We'll just see how it all--how it all unfolds!"
"I guess we can do that," Katrina agreed.
"You and Sirius agree to everything; you should be the one going out with him, not me!" Gina concluded. Suddenly, she clapped her hands over her mouth as the others looked at her.
"You--you're not going out, are you?" Remus asked.
"N-no!" Sirius exclaimed. "H-how'd you come up with that, Gina?"
"You are!" Katrina gasped.
"They're what?" Lily asked, coming back down to the common room.
At the exact same time, James climbed into the common room and said, "What're they?"
The foursome on the chairs looked at each other and burst into laughter.
* * *
[A/N you didnt think of this, now, did you? well, i did. ha HA! i mean, even i thought it would be a normal hex. but, seriously. how many of you actually read the summary? or the title? exactly. so that's why it all comes down to this. well, not this, but you know what i mean. you know what? why didn't anyone ask how Remus knew about the Twindum Incantatem thing?]
[JICUW2K: no matter what i say, if i seem crazy to you then you can (not!) beat me with a smelting stick.]
[Disclaimer: haven't you read the other two by now? i mean, this'll be pretty much the same thing. psych! hey, it was april fool's day when i wrote this. i swear! no joke. okay, here it is. I OWN EVERY STINKING CHARACTER IN THIS STORY! april fool's!]
[funny moment: today, i went to the Y(MCA) and was giving the guy at the counter my card to get a locker. behind me, this little kid said 'hey mom, it's past 2 o'clock! april fool's! hey mom, it's past 3 o'clock! april fools!' and it was really funny. it was 2:01 at the time. in the afternoon, thickheads. ron weasley is really rubbing off on me...]
"Done."
"That wasn't hard, was it?"
"Actually, I barely felt any power leave me. Nothing like any of the other charms I've done."
"Are you sure you did it right?"
"I'm positive, Gina. Why are you worrying so much. You never used to to worry before. Has Sirius really rubbed off on you that much?"
"Shut up, Lil."
"Gladly."
* * *
A while later, Lily was sitting in the common room talking to Katrina, Gina, Remus, and Sirius in front of the fire. James had disappeared, to a teacher's office, most likely.
"Oooh! I just thought of something. I'll be right back." Lily ran out of the common room and up the girls' stairs.
"Uh, Kat," Remus said quietly, "Lily didn't curse James, did she?"
"I dunno," Kat replied. "Gina? Did you see her?"
Gina glanced at Sirius and said, "Um, yeah. She did."
"SHE WHAT!" the other three shouted.
"She cursed him. Transformation by means of a charm."
"No, no, no!" Remus exclaimed, standing up and starting to pace in front of the other three people.
"What's so bad about it?" Katrina asked. "The curse each other all the time."
"Yeah, but they use *different* hexes."
"Don't tell me--"
"Yeah."
"I'm lost," Sirius confessed. "Care to explain, lovebirds? You could be married; you already read each other's minds."
"Shut up. Anyway, Lil and James both used the Transformation yadda yadda yadda curse. At each other," Katrina said.
"So?"
"Well, when the same curse is thrown at the curser, this thing called Twindus Incantatem happens. The curser turns into the person they cursed, and vice versa."
"What a minute--that means Lil is turning into James and James is turning into Lil? This is going to be one big LAUGH!" Sirius burst out laughing. "By the way," he gasped, "how long does this Twindus thing last?"
"Forty-eight hours. It starts in ten minutes," Remus replied solemnly.
Katrina started laughing along with Sirius. "Lil and James are going to be each other for *two whole days*?"
"It's really not funny--" Gina started to say, but Remus cut her off.
"You know, when I think about it, it really is!" He joined in with the laughter.
"Oh, you guys are crazy. How are we going to tell Lil and James?" Gina asked. Everyone else shut up and stared at her.
"T-tell them?" Remus stuttered.
"We're not!" exclaimed Sirius. "We'll just see how it all--how it all unfolds!"
"I guess we can do that," Katrina agreed.
"You and Sirius agree to everything; you should be the one going out with him, not me!" Gina concluded. Suddenly, she clapped her hands over her mouth as the others looked at her.
"You--you're not going out, are you?" Remus asked.
"N-no!" Sirius exclaimed. "H-how'd you come up with that, Gina?"
"You are!" Katrina gasped.
"They're what?" Lily asked, coming back down to the common room.
At the exact same time, James climbed into the common room and said, "What're they?"
The foursome on the chairs looked at each other and burst into laughter.
* * *
[A/N you didnt think of this, now, did you? well, i did. ha HA! i mean, even i thought it would be a normal hex. but, seriously. how many of you actually read the summary? or the title? exactly. so that's why it all comes down to this. well, not this, but you know what i mean. you know what? why didn't anyone ask how Remus knew about the Twindum Incantatem thing?]
[JICUW2K: no matter what i say, if i seem crazy to you then you can (not!) beat me with a smelting stick.]
[Disclaimer: haven't you read the other two by now? i mean, this'll be pretty much the same thing. psych! hey, it was april fool's day when i wrote this. i swear! no joke. okay, here it is. I OWN EVERY STINKING CHARACTER IN THIS STORY! april fool's!]
[funny moment: today, i went to the Y(MCA) and was giving the guy at the counter my card to get a locker. behind me, this little kid said 'hey mom, it's past 2 o'clock! april fool's! hey mom, it's past 3 o'clock! april fools!' and it was really funny. it was 2:01 at the time. in the afternoon, thickheads. ron weasley is really rubbing off on me...]