The Raven Sisters
Prologue
Renee sits bolt upright in her bed, and immediately wraps her coverlet around her against the chill draft of the Durmstrang fort. She rolls herself out of bed and stumbles her way across the dorm room to her twin sister's bed.
"Lenore," Renee whispers. Lenore sits up, looking quickly around the dorm, and then moves to allow Renee to sit at the foot of her bed.
"I know, Ren." Lenore says as she draws the curtains closed around them.
"Silver eyes, caduceus, and 'enemies of the Heir, beware'." Renee summarizes, her voice low so as not to wake their dorm mates.
"Snakes. Don't forget the snakes, Ren." Lenore responds quietly.
"Yes. The snakes… But where?" Renee asks.
"Salem?" Lenore suggests.
"No, Lenny. Eastern Hemisphere at least." Renee replies.
"It felt near by." Lenore adds to their clues.
"Beaubatons?" Renee suggests.
"No. People from Beaubatons are too frilly to give us that strong an image." Lenore responds.
"But that leaves…" Renee trails off.
"Yep."
"You know what that means, don't you Lenny?" Renee asks.
"Uh huh."
"What's Mom gonna say?"
"That's not what we need to worry about, Ren. It more of 'how bad is it that we need to get ourselves expelled to help out'?" Lenore corrects gloomily.
"Oh yeah. And how are we going to get accepted there? The Heads won't give us any good word and our good grades will be canceled out by our pranks." Renee agrees.
"No. Wait. The Heads will cancel our good grades, and the pranks we pull never put anyone in any real danger. Not even an allergic reaction to the spells." Lenore explains.
"True. We still have to get through Mom though, Lenny." Renee says with a weak smile. Lenore groans.
"Get back to bed. We have a few days to get everything arranged." Lenore says, and throws her covers over her head as Renee, still wrapped in her coverlet, mince steps across the very cold room.
Authoress' Note and Disclaimer: Hullo! I only own Renee Talryssa and Lenore Ophelia Raven as of yet. Although they haven't appeared yet, J.L. Matthews (the Goddess of Slytherin Rising) owns all of the following players; Luella Martin, Caitlin Tyler, Deanna Tyler, Rianne Stormosi, Melissa Lovegood, Marlie Lovegood, and her versions of Ginny Weasley (the adorable lil Slyth that she is), Severus Snape, Ron Weasley, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and anything or one I might have missed. All the rest go to the Goddess of Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling. Thank you for reading and… You know what I'm gonna say… R! E! V! I! E! W! What's that spell? (Renee and Lenore chorus, "REVIEW!") Tah now!