May sat sulking in her seat on the train. She could still hear everyone's
laughter after she had run full force into the train. She hadn't meant to,
but she had closed her eyes just as she'd hit the barrier to Platform 9 3/4
and. Well, she wasn't sure what happened. All she knew was that she had
opened her eyes just in time to see her cart hit the side of the train.
May doubted would ever be any color but red again.
Kay sat cross-legged on her seat next to May, glancing at her sister every so often. She grinned a bit and nudged May. "Pass it off like you meant to," she said softly, a mischievous grin playing across her features. "That way you can laugh too. I just wish I coulda run into it too." She grinned more widely, glancing for some sign of May cheering up.
May's lips twitched at her sister's advice, but all she could hear was the other's laughter. She turned to regard Kay with wet green eyes, "Do you think they'll hate me at school now? I don't want them to make fun of me. We're supposed to be accepted here!"
Kay shrugged lightly, "No, they won't hate you, and besides... what fun is there in being accepted? If they are going to laugh, give them something to laugh about. I bet they'd love to hear about that professor...Snape." Her smile brightened as a mischievous light filled her eyes.
May thought a moment, remembering what Harry had said about him, "Yeah! I bet they'll love that!"
She smiled brightly, the tears banished from her eyes.
Kay grinned impishly, glancing to see if anyone was in ear shot, and her smile widened as she noted there were people near enough to 'accidentally' overhear. They just had to talk loud enough. "Bet they woulda loved to see his face as that gook spilled on him," she said between laughs.
May giggled, "Yeah! And he got all green and SMELLED so bad! What did Harry say his name was again?"
Kay giggled, "Snape...I think!" Her eyes lit up, "He was sooo angry," she paused, unable to continue for a moment, "bet he almost exploded."
"Yeah," May said laughing loudly, "just from trying to hold his breath!" Her flush was now more from her laughter than from her embarrassment.
Kay, now laughing louder smiled as she pushed a tuft of raven hair back behind her ear. "And when I bit him," she smirked, "Oh boy. I think that was a baaad day for him."
"Very bad," May said nodding. Her eyes moved to glance over Kay's shoulder at some movement. A boy a little older than them with slicked back blonde hair was frowning and sauntering their way.
Kay's gaze drifted to where May's had come to rest and she too caught sight of the boy. Cocking her head ever so slightly she let a lopsided grin slip onto her face, her lip raising partially. Seems like someone was overhearing.
The boy stopped next to the twins, two other larger boys running to join him and quickly flanked him. "Who are you," he asked coldly, surveying them. "A pair of Mudbloods?"
Kay tilted her head a bit more as she looked at the, now three boys. "I'm Kay Day," she chirped annoyingly cheerfully, catching the insult in his tone, even if she didn't understand the words, but choosing to ignore it. "And you," she paused, glancing this ring leader up and down, "are?"
May raised an eyebrow in a gesture supremely unique to her in the duo as the boy replied with an evil grin, "Draco Malfoy. You're superior..."
Kay glanced back to May for a moment, "Really?" She held her hand forth as surprised excitement swept across her features. "Well pleased to meet you!" Her eyes sparkled brightly as she waited, hand extended, looking expectantly at this boy.
May's eyes narrowed, she did not like what this boy was insinuating. Perhaps he would look better with green hair? She grinned her eyes taking on an unearthly sparkle that went unnoticed by all but her sister.
The boy sniffed and slapped Kay's hand away with a frown, "Look, the Mudblood thinks she's worth dirtying my hand on." The boys behind Draco gave a snort of laughter as he chuckled evilly.
Kay looked hurt, something of a pout coming across her features. "I'm sorry," shakes her head, "for a moment I thought it was worth it... but I guess I was wrong." Her face still seemed sorrowful, penitent. She glanced to her sister then, catching the gleam in her eyes. "It seems you aren't worth even shaking hands with," she quipped then, looking back with a mischievous glint in her eyes.
May grinned and even as she did, bright neon green began to spread through each of the boy's hair from the roots. One of the two back boys gasped, "D- D-Draco!"
The former blonde, Draco, looked back at his friend quickly with annoyance seeming to radiate from his skin. "Goyle," he snapped, "Be quiet while I put the pair of--"
Suddenly he stopped as he realized that both Goyle and the remaining boy had green hair. "Crabbe, Goyle! Your hair!"
"Your hair," they exclaimed back, fear in their eyes of their leader's reactions.
May sat watching the boys and attempting to hide her giggles.
Kay also held back giggles, grinning impishly as she decided to add her own little touch to the mayham... And suddenly, the boys weren't standing anymore. They were, rather, hovering, several inches off the ground. A smirk spread across face, one that she quickly hid as she looked back to the boys, sudden shock spreading across her face as she watched them floating. "Wha," she exclaimed questioningly, on her feet in an instant. It was all she could do to not bust out laughing.
"Wow..." MAy said, pretending equal amazement now that her giggles were passing. "Wizards can fly without wings?"
Draco shot her a fearful look that held just as much contempt as ever, "Of course we can't you filthy little Mudblood! You're doing this! Put me down!"
Kay's jaw was hanging wide open and her eyes were wide. "N-no.I dun think she is. I-I've never seen anything like it," she lied, not even bothering to cross her fingers this time. "S-surely it's you," she paused, a bit of hurt anger spread across her face, "You big bully! Floating and blaming us so that you can go and laugh about it later." She sniffled, her eyes watering with amazingly realistic tears.
May stared at her sister in apparent shock, before turning back to Draco with apparent anger in her eyes and the hard set of her jaw, "You evil git! You made my sister cry!" With that she reached out and slapped Draco's foot, forcing him to spin until he was upside, his slick green hair hanging down in greasy clumps.
Kay sniffled a bit as she watched Draco spin and picked that moment to let them all fall, doing her best not to laugh as his head hit ground. Laughter, she discovered, was easiest when hidden behind fake tears. She glared at the boys, wiping tears from her eyes.
May wrapped an arm around Kay while continuing to shoot death glares worthy of Snape at the boys. Suddenly, the boys' hair turned to neon pink, much to their own horror and the amusement of their audience.
Kay's lower lip quivered as leaned against her sister, a tear rolling down her face. She didn't even notice the laughter that came from a slowly growing crowd of onlookers. It seemed everyone wanted to see these boys...humbled. She sniffled, holding back a smirk.
Draco scowled at the pair before he noticed the growing crowd of students outside the door. He clenched his teeth before standing and attempting to smooth his robes and hair. "Come on," he snapped to his cronies as he walked briskly from the room with a final look back that spoke of the mortal wounds he would inflict on the two later.
May grinned as she concentrated on their retreating backs and slowly their rear ends showed signs of becoming as pink as their hair.
As soon as the boys were out of sight, and wouldn't be able to distinguish where laughter came from, Kay practically collapsed back into her chair laughing. Though hard, her laughter only blended in with that of other students...especially after May's last shot at them. Although only Kay realized it had been her.
May grinned at her sister, pride shining from her eyes as she heard an onlooker exclaim, "Wicked!"
Kay smirked at May. "Well," she giggled, "That was fun. Let's find something else to laugh at."
May nodded frantically, her black hair flying into face. At first she thought it was only because of that that the compartment went dark, until the train began to slow and she couldn't see any better after she'd cleared her face. She could hear confused murmuring and screams from the hall outside and quickly curled into her sister's side for comfort, "What's going on, Kay Day?"
Kay shivered, pulling her sister close as she glared in the direction of the screams, fighting panic that was settling on her. She had to be strong. "I don't know May," she whispered, pushing her sister underneath the seat. "Stay there, I'm going to find out." With that she stepped forward, moving with a bravery she didn't feel. Truth be told she wanted to hide under the seat where she had pushed May.
May watched her sister run out and, taking a deep calming breath, she crawled out from under the seat and ran after her. May was scared of whatever everyone was screaming about, but she was more scared of losing her sister. She didn't notice the train coming to a stop finally and the screams intensifying, her own panic for her absent twin. She bumped into numerous people as she desperately called, "Kay Day!"
Kay's eyes widened as she looked back, suddenly hearing her sister. She focused on the sound of her voice and, shivering, ran back towards it, forcing herself to calm down as she caught sight of her.
"May," she said softly stepping closer. "Get back under the seat May, everything is going to be all right," she continued, her voice full of confidence she did not feel. "Please," she half whispered, her eyes pleading to her sister, "Just trust me." It was all she could do to not panic as well, but, somehow she kept together. Perhaps only for the sake of her sister, perhaps only worry for her prevented panic from setting in like it should.
May shook her head frantically, "No, I'm coming with you. We face this together, remember? I'm not gonna let you go alone!" Determination shone from May's eyes for a moment until a cold chill flooded through train and she saw her sister's eyes widen at something behind her. She turned and saw a dark, cloaked person moving slowly through the car with students diving into compartments frantically to escape it.
Kay nodded, eyes wide as she watched the cloak figure. "Fine...we stay together," she hissed, fear in her voice as she grabbed her sister, pulling her along at a fast run and then finally pushing her into a compartment, diving in after her, shrinking back in hope of both remaining out of sight.
May landed straight into someone's lap and looked up to see a pair of familiar be-speckled green eyes. With a little gasp, she screamed, "Harry! There's something out there!" She immediately curled up on his lap and began tugging Kay back with her, ignoring the soft protests of the boy whose lap she had confiscated.
"Harry," said a near-by red head, "who're they? You long-lost sisters?" He was immediately whacked by a blonde girl sitting next to him, but he ignored her in favor of staring at the three some more.
Kay grinned a bit despite the fear of... whatever was approaching. Well, it was better that they'd ended up in the compartment with Harry then say... Draco wasn't it?
She shivered, eyes darting about to catch in the other two. "Who're these two," she asked at scarce above a scared whisper.
Harry gave attempting to detach May with a sigh and nodded toward the red- head, "That's Ron, my best friend, she's Hermione, my other best friend," the girl seemed to puff up a bit at this, "and he's Neville." Harry nodded toward a round blonde boy sitting next to him and at the same time made another doomed attempt to shake May loose.
"Guys, this is May and Kay Day. A pair of twins I met in Diagon Alley. They're new this year."
Kay grinned impishly, eyes shining brightly as she shrugged fear aside. "I don't suppose you know what going on out there," she asked softly, gesturing the hallway with her chin before looking back to them all, bright green eyes settling on none of the four, but instead roving between them all, and coming to rest every so often on her sister.
May gasped as the dark cloaked figure appeared in the doorway. "Harry! Kay Day," she screamed as she curled into Harry. Harry didn't move until he began twitching violently and slipped to the floor with her.
"HARRY," May screamed in horror. A tall man with greying hair and patched robes stepped out from behind them in the extra large compartment, holding his wand out and straight at the cloaked figure. May couldn't hear what he said very clearly over her own sobbing, but she was very relieved when his wand spat out some silver misty stuff that seemed to scare the creature away. Harry began to still beneath her, "Harry?"
Kay's eyes went wide at the dark figure and she stood in utter shock, staring at it, shaken loose from frozen panic by the screams on her sister alone. Though still near panic herself she wrapped her arms around her sister's shoulders. Even as she did so the man who had scared the creature away moved to check on Harry.
"It'll be all right," she whispered quietly to her sister, even as she watched this man.
He stood up slowly, assured as Harry stirred that he would be all right, and then his eyes came to rest, on everyone, but mostly the Day twins. "That was a Dementor from Azkaban," he said, seeming amazingly calm to Kay. And, a few pieces of chocolate later they were once more alone in the compartment as he left to speak to the driver.
Soon the train began moving once more.
May sat munching slowly on her chocolate as the others explained what had happened to the now-awake Harry. She cuddled back with Kay and the Hermione girl that was friends with her Harry and wondered why the older children weren't eating their chocolate too. Didn't they like chocolate? And it tasted especially good this time.
Soon the nice man came back and told the rest to eat their chocolate before settling back into his seat. They all settled into a comfortable silence while Kay and May related their story of Snape in the Potions Shop and Draco Malfoy to the older students. Ron immediately took a likening to the girls while Hermione seemed torn between anger that they had broken the rules and laughter that they had broken them with whom they had. Neville seemed to almost worship the pair while Harry merely sighed and resigned himself to two more mischievous friends.
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May filed in with the rest of the students into a large hall with the sky shown clearly above them. But it was raining out and they weren't getting wet, so she knew that it had to only be a t.v. screen or window.
"Kay, look," she said, pointing it out to her sister.
Kay's gaze drifted to note the rain. Her eyes roving quickly to catch in everything they possibly could. "This is so cool," she half whispered in some semblance of awe... sort of...
May turned her attention back to her surroundings just in time to hear the tall old lady call her sister's name for sorting, "Kay Day!"
Kay's head turned abruptly and she grinned a bit impishly as she moved forward, walking a bit slowly as she moved to get this... sorting hat put on. Well, she didn't know where she was bound, but she was certain she and her sister would end up together. When the hat was put on her head she grinned a bit more widely, her eyes trying to focus on it as she bit down lightly on her lip. It wasn't long until all heard, "Gryffindor!"
She moved to join the Gryffindor group, grinning back at May and giving a thumbs up. It seemed May should be happy, it looked like they'd end up in the same house as Harry and his friends. Them and another pair of twins. She wondered. Were these the mischief twins whose throne she and her sister were out to usurp? Well, this would be fun.
May grinned happily as she watched her sister run over to the Gryffindor table with Harry and his friends. She couldn't wait to join them and was running towards the Sorting Hat almost before the lady had called her name. She plunked herself down on the stool and grinned widely as the woman dropped the hat on her head with a sparkle in her eyes, though no smile graced her lips.
'Well, well, well,' said a soft voice in May's head as soon as the hat had dropped over her eyes. 'Another Day Twin. And just as mischievous as your sister. But-- you would do better on your own.'
May's mouth dropped open as panic spread through her, "No, I wanna stay with Kay," she whisper harshly. They couldn't be separated. They had to be together. They couldn't survive apart. She remembered all the kids that had picked on them in school and Kay defending them both when it became physical. "I need her!"
'No,' the voice said again. She is of the Gryffindor mind with her bravery and stubbornness. You are of the Slytherin mind with your strategy and caution. You would be better in SLYTHERIN!" The voice ended in loud yell so that all the room could hear.
Slowly, May pulled the hat off and, first, looked at the shocked faces of her sister and the Gryffindors, then over at the Slytherin table. Panic began making her regret having eaten that chocolate on the train as her stomach began churning violently. She noticed the horrified face of the boy she had turned pink on the train and, throwing back her head, cried out on a sob, "SISTER!"
Kay stood staring in utter shock, uncertain what to do. She acted on impulse, moving to the center of the room.
"Shh, May, shh," she began softly, pulling May away and out of the main focus of attention. Surely no one would deny them this, since they were being separated into different houses. "May, it'll be alright," she whispered, "imagine what the havoc we can reek in separate houses, imagine!" Her whisper turned into something of a mischievous hiss as she went on. "Don't worry, we won't ever be too far apart."
May slipped to the floor and hugged her sister close, her mind too far gone to notice the other twin's soothing words. She continued crying noisily until she opened her eyes to notice the pair of boots right in front of them. Kay didn't seem to have noticed yet, but then her back was to them.
"Well," said a snarky voice from above them. "If it's not the brats from Diagon Alley. And one of them has been placed in my own house."
The twins tipped back their heads and stared at the pale, scowling man from the Potions Shop. Suddenly, May let out a scream, "Kay! It's the scary man again," and, as she did so, a green burst of light sent the man flying back away from them.
Kay's eyes widened and, suddenly, she giggled, unable to hold it back, though she forced herself to quiet up in a quick moment. She glared at him, forcing herself not to giggle anymore at the fact that he was now, frankly, green. It was a hilarious thought, and it was apparent that many of the other students thought so too, as much as many were trying to hide it.
She grinned back at Kay, and whispered into her ear, "I say he should be pink...bright pink." She tried to widen her smile, doing her best to cheer her sister back up. She didn't like the idea of being separated from her either, but the worst part had to be seeing May so scared.
May simply looked at her sister and sniffled before burying her head miserably into Kay's shoulder.
Kay hugged her sister softly, trying to think of something to say or do to cheer May up. "It'll be all right May," she whispered. "Honest, it will." But she could think of no more. She was out of ideas.
Dumbledore, not even attempting to hide the twinkle in his eyes, though he was a bit surprised at the power of the Slytherin Twin, leaned over to Hagrid, the large man that had brought the first years to the castle, and whispered something in his ear. The large, bushy man nodded and stood.
Quickly he made his way over and scooped up the still distraught girl. May screamed until Hagrid hunched down and so that she was able to see her sister. "I'm taking you both to the Hospital Wing, ah'ight, girls," he told her softly.
Kay looked to May, smiling softly as she nodded lightly at this giant of a man, her eyes focused on her sister the whole time. She couldn't believe this, couldn't believe that wretched hat had separated them. She glared at it a moment, wishing she could do something to it, but she couldn't, and so she let her gaze drift back to May, a reassuring smile curving at her lips. Maybe in the hospital wing she would calm down.
At Kay's nod, May calmed and curled up into the man's arms. She rather liked being held by him. He was big and strong and she felt like no one could hurt her in his arms. Bottom line: he felt safe to her.
She sniffled again as he stood and began to walk out. May reached out a small hand to her sister, terrified of losing her.
Kay took a hold of May's hand making sure to not release it as she walked beside the man who held her stster. She smiled a bit more brightly as May seemed to grow calmer.
"See," she said softly, in a brighter tone, "everything will be all right. Nothing can separate us," she paused long enough to wink, "not even being in separate houses will. I will make sure of that, trust me, May, trust me."
"Now, now," Hagrid told the small girl beside him. "Don' yeh be goin' off an' gettin' yerself into trouble. The Weasley Twins are trouble enough. An' Slytherin and Gryffindor 'ave a long standing rivalry. You'll get into double the trouble and find your way back out of here if you break the rules for each other." Hagrid absently rubbed May's back, hoping to avert another panic attack.
One of Kay's eye-brow's drifted upwards ever so slightly. "I didn't say I'd break any rules," she said softly, squeezing her sister's hand gently. "We can keep together without breaking any of them," she continued confidently, though mentally her fingers were crossed. Even if they had been in the same house they would be bound to rule breaking, let alone in different houses! "The rivalry will just be skipping over two students is all." She grinned sincerely, well, at least it seemed sincere. Only her and May knew better.
Hagrid snorted as he kicked open the door to the Hospital Wing, "That'll be a nice change. But if anyone accepts you two, it'll be the Gryffindors. Jes' don' hold your breath. The Slytherins aren't known for their kindness and Professor Snape won't be too happy with your sister after that stunt in the Great Hall."
He laid May down on one of the clean white beds and forcefully uncurled her fingers from his shirt. "I'll be right back with the Nurse, lil 'un."
Kay looked up at the giant of a man before he left and nodded, but gave no other response to his statement as she pulled a chair beside the bed on which her sister lay, holding her hand still. After he had left she spoke softly "We don't need anyone else, and it doesn't matter what the other houses think, or if we get kicked out of here. We always will have each other, no matter what distance separates us."
With those words Kay rest her head on the bed right next to May's curled now sleeping form, and her hands in May's, she too drifted to sleep.
Madame Pomfrey bustled in murmuring something about a certain professor's until she caught sight of the two sleeping sisters. "Oh, dear," she said stopping, her face momentarily softening.
"What's wrong, Madame Pomfrey," Hagrid asked as he rushed in behind her, his dark eyes searching the room for trouble over his beard.
Madame Pomfrey hurumphed and hurriedly walked over to where the girls lay, "I keep telling him. You should feed them on the train and send them to bed, not give them a feast! Poor things are exhausted."
"Cryin' does that to yeh," Hagrid agreed as he grinned at the sight. "Poor thin's didn' take well to being placed in Separate houses."
"Well, they're Muggle-born," Pomfrey said matter-of-factly. "Poor things probably were teased until they only had each other in their old schools."
"They are powerful," Hagrid agreed. "The one I carried in turned Professor Snape green and threw him into the wall."
Pomfrey looked up, startled, at the gentle giant, but he was already on his way out. She nodded at his farewell and finished tucking the girls in together. At least this way, they wouldn't panic when they woke up.
Kay sat cross-legged on her seat next to May, glancing at her sister every so often. She grinned a bit and nudged May. "Pass it off like you meant to," she said softly, a mischievous grin playing across her features. "That way you can laugh too. I just wish I coulda run into it too." She grinned more widely, glancing for some sign of May cheering up.
May's lips twitched at her sister's advice, but all she could hear was the other's laughter. She turned to regard Kay with wet green eyes, "Do you think they'll hate me at school now? I don't want them to make fun of me. We're supposed to be accepted here!"
Kay shrugged lightly, "No, they won't hate you, and besides... what fun is there in being accepted? If they are going to laugh, give them something to laugh about. I bet they'd love to hear about that professor...Snape." Her smile brightened as a mischievous light filled her eyes.
May thought a moment, remembering what Harry had said about him, "Yeah! I bet they'll love that!"
She smiled brightly, the tears banished from her eyes.
Kay grinned impishly, glancing to see if anyone was in ear shot, and her smile widened as she noted there were people near enough to 'accidentally' overhear. They just had to talk loud enough. "Bet they woulda loved to see his face as that gook spilled on him," she said between laughs.
May giggled, "Yeah! And he got all green and SMELLED so bad! What did Harry say his name was again?"
Kay giggled, "Snape...I think!" Her eyes lit up, "He was sooo angry," she paused, unable to continue for a moment, "bet he almost exploded."
"Yeah," May said laughing loudly, "just from trying to hold his breath!" Her flush was now more from her laughter than from her embarrassment.
Kay, now laughing louder smiled as she pushed a tuft of raven hair back behind her ear. "And when I bit him," she smirked, "Oh boy. I think that was a baaad day for him."
"Very bad," May said nodding. Her eyes moved to glance over Kay's shoulder at some movement. A boy a little older than them with slicked back blonde hair was frowning and sauntering their way.
Kay's gaze drifted to where May's had come to rest and she too caught sight of the boy. Cocking her head ever so slightly she let a lopsided grin slip onto her face, her lip raising partially. Seems like someone was overhearing.
The boy stopped next to the twins, two other larger boys running to join him and quickly flanked him. "Who are you," he asked coldly, surveying them. "A pair of Mudbloods?"
Kay tilted her head a bit more as she looked at the, now three boys. "I'm Kay Day," she chirped annoyingly cheerfully, catching the insult in his tone, even if she didn't understand the words, but choosing to ignore it. "And you," she paused, glancing this ring leader up and down, "are?"
May raised an eyebrow in a gesture supremely unique to her in the duo as the boy replied with an evil grin, "Draco Malfoy. You're superior..."
Kay glanced back to May for a moment, "Really?" She held her hand forth as surprised excitement swept across her features. "Well pleased to meet you!" Her eyes sparkled brightly as she waited, hand extended, looking expectantly at this boy.
May's eyes narrowed, she did not like what this boy was insinuating. Perhaps he would look better with green hair? She grinned her eyes taking on an unearthly sparkle that went unnoticed by all but her sister.
The boy sniffed and slapped Kay's hand away with a frown, "Look, the Mudblood thinks she's worth dirtying my hand on." The boys behind Draco gave a snort of laughter as he chuckled evilly.
Kay looked hurt, something of a pout coming across her features. "I'm sorry," shakes her head, "for a moment I thought it was worth it... but I guess I was wrong." Her face still seemed sorrowful, penitent. She glanced to her sister then, catching the gleam in her eyes. "It seems you aren't worth even shaking hands with," she quipped then, looking back with a mischievous glint in her eyes.
May grinned and even as she did, bright neon green began to spread through each of the boy's hair from the roots. One of the two back boys gasped, "D- D-Draco!"
The former blonde, Draco, looked back at his friend quickly with annoyance seeming to radiate from his skin. "Goyle," he snapped, "Be quiet while I put the pair of--"
Suddenly he stopped as he realized that both Goyle and the remaining boy had green hair. "Crabbe, Goyle! Your hair!"
"Your hair," they exclaimed back, fear in their eyes of their leader's reactions.
May sat watching the boys and attempting to hide her giggles.
Kay also held back giggles, grinning impishly as she decided to add her own little touch to the mayham... And suddenly, the boys weren't standing anymore. They were, rather, hovering, several inches off the ground. A smirk spread across face, one that she quickly hid as she looked back to the boys, sudden shock spreading across her face as she watched them floating. "Wha," she exclaimed questioningly, on her feet in an instant. It was all she could do to not bust out laughing.
"Wow..." MAy said, pretending equal amazement now that her giggles were passing. "Wizards can fly without wings?"
Draco shot her a fearful look that held just as much contempt as ever, "Of course we can't you filthy little Mudblood! You're doing this! Put me down!"
Kay's jaw was hanging wide open and her eyes were wide. "N-no.I dun think she is. I-I've never seen anything like it," she lied, not even bothering to cross her fingers this time. "S-surely it's you," she paused, a bit of hurt anger spread across her face, "You big bully! Floating and blaming us so that you can go and laugh about it later." She sniffled, her eyes watering with amazingly realistic tears.
May stared at her sister in apparent shock, before turning back to Draco with apparent anger in her eyes and the hard set of her jaw, "You evil git! You made my sister cry!" With that she reached out and slapped Draco's foot, forcing him to spin until he was upside, his slick green hair hanging down in greasy clumps.
Kay sniffled a bit as she watched Draco spin and picked that moment to let them all fall, doing her best not to laugh as his head hit ground. Laughter, she discovered, was easiest when hidden behind fake tears. She glared at the boys, wiping tears from her eyes.
May wrapped an arm around Kay while continuing to shoot death glares worthy of Snape at the boys. Suddenly, the boys' hair turned to neon pink, much to their own horror and the amusement of their audience.
Kay's lower lip quivered as leaned against her sister, a tear rolling down her face. She didn't even notice the laughter that came from a slowly growing crowd of onlookers. It seemed everyone wanted to see these boys...humbled. She sniffled, holding back a smirk.
Draco scowled at the pair before he noticed the growing crowd of students outside the door. He clenched his teeth before standing and attempting to smooth his robes and hair. "Come on," he snapped to his cronies as he walked briskly from the room with a final look back that spoke of the mortal wounds he would inflict on the two later.
May grinned as she concentrated on their retreating backs and slowly their rear ends showed signs of becoming as pink as their hair.
As soon as the boys were out of sight, and wouldn't be able to distinguish where laughter came from, Kay practically collapsed back into her chair laughing. Though hard, her laughter only blended in with that of other students...especially after May's last shot at them. Although only Kay realized it had been her.
May grinned at her sister, pride shining from her eyes as she heard an onlooker exclaim, "Wicked!"
Kay smirked at May. "Well," she giggled, "That was fun. Let's find something else to laugh at."
May nodded frantically, her black hair flying into face. At first she thought it was only because of that that the compartment went dark, until the train began to slow and she couldn't see any better after she'd cleared her face. She could hear confused murmuring and screams from the hall outside and quickly curled into her sister's side for comfort, "What's going on, Kay Day?"
Kay shivered, pulling her sister close as she glared in the direction of the screams, fighting panic that was settling on her. She had to be strong. "I don't know May," she whispered, pushing her sister underneath the seat. "Stay there, I'm going to find out." With that she stepped forward, moving with a bravery she didn't feel. Truth be told she wanted to hide under the seat where she had pushed May.
May watched her sister run out and, taking a deep calming breath, she crawled out from under the seat and ran after her. May was scared of whatever everyone was screaming about, but she was more scared of losing her sister. She didn't notice the train coming to a stop finally and the screams intensifying, her own panic for her absent twin. She bumped into numerous people as she desperately called, "Kay Day!"
Kay's eyes widened as she looked back, suddenly hearing her sister. She focused on the sound of her voice and, shivering, ran back towards it, forcing herself to calm down as she caught sight of her.
"May," she said softly stepping closer. "Get back under the seat May, everything is going to be all right," she continued, her voice full of confidence she did not feel. "Please," she half whispered, her eyes pleading to her sister, "Just trust me." It was all she could do to not panic as well, but, somehow she kept together. Perhaps only for the sake of her sister, perhaps only worry for her prevented panic from setting in like it should.
May shook her head frantically, "No, I'm coming with you. We face this together, remember? I'm not gonna let you go alone!" Determination shone from May's eyes for a moment until a cold chill flooded through train and she saw her sister's eyes widen at something behind her. She turned and saw a dark, cloaked person moving slowly through the car with students diving into compartments frantically to escape it.
Kay nodded, eyes wide as she watched the cloak figure. "Fine...we stay together," she hissed, fear in her voice as she grabbed her sister, pulling her along at a fast run and then finally pushing her into a compartment, diving in after her, shrinking back in hope of both remaining out of sight.
May landed straight into someone's lap and looked up to see a pair of familiar be-speckled green eyes. With a little gasp, she screamed, "Harry! There's something out there!" She immediately curled up on his lap and began tugging Kay back with her, ignoring the soft protests of the boy whose lap she had confiscated.
"Harry," said a near-by red head, "who're they? You long-lost sisters?" He was immediately whacked by a blonde girl sitting next to him, but he ignored her in favor of staring at the three some more.
Kay grinned a bit despite the fear of... whatever was approaching. Well, it was better that they'd ended up in the compartment with Harry then say... Draco wasn't it?
She shivered, eyes darting about to catch in the other two. "Who're these two," she asked at scarce above a scared whisper.
Harry gave attempting to detach May with a sigh and nodded toward the red- head, "That's Ron, my best friend, she's Hermione, my other best friend," the girl seemed to puff up a bit at this, "and he's Neville." Harry nodded toward a round blonde boy sitting next to him and at the same time made another doomed attempt to shake May loose.
"Guys, this is May and Kay Day. A pair of twins I met in Diagon Alley. They're new this year."
Kay grinned impishly, eyes shining brightly as she shrugged fear aside. "I don't suppose you know what going on out there," she asked softly, gesturing the hallway with her chin before looking back to them all, bright green eyes settling on none of the four, but instead roving between them all, and coming to rest every so often on her sister.
May gasped as the dark cloaked figure appeared in the doorway. "Harry! Kay Day," she screamed as she curled into Harry. Harry didn't move until he began twitching violently and slipped to the floor with her.
"HARRY," May screamed in horror. A tall man with greying hair and patched robes stepped out from behind them in the extra large compartment, holding his wand out and straight at the cloaked figure. May couldn't hear what he said very clearly over her own sobbing, but she was very relieved when his wand spat out some silver misty stuff that seemed to scare the creature away. Harry began to still beneath her, "Harry?"
Kay's eyes went wide at the dark figure and she stood in utter shock, staring at it, shaken loose from frozen panic by the screams on her sister alone. Though still near panic herself she wrapped her arms around her sister's shoulders. Even as she did so the man who had scared the creature away moved to check on Harry.
"It'll be all right," she whispered quietly to her sister, even as she watched this man.
He stood up slowly, assured as Harry stirred that he would be all right, and then his eyes came to rest, on everyone, but mostly the Day twins. "That was a Dementor from Azkaban," he said, seeming amazingly calm to Kay. And, a few pieces of chocolate later they were once more alone in the compartment as he left to speak to the driver.
Soon the train began moving once more.
May sat munching slowly on her chocolate as the others explained what had happened to the now-awake Harry. She cuddled back with Kay and the Hermione girl that was friends with her Harry and wondered why the older children weren't eating their chocolate too. Didn't they like chocolate? And it tasted especially good this time.
Soon the nice man came back and told the rest to eat their chocolate before settling back into his seat. They all settled into a comfortable silence while Kay and May related their story of Snape in the Potions Shop and Draco Malfoy to the older students. Ron immediately took a likening to the girls while Hermione seemed torn between anger that they had broken the rules and laughter that they had broken them with whom they had. Neville seemed to almost worship the pair while Harry merely sighed and resigned himself to two more mischievous friends.
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May filed in with the rest of the students into a large hall with the sky shown clearly above them. But it was raining out and they weren't getting wet, so she knew that it had to only be a t.v. screen or window.
"Kay, look," she said, pointing it out to her sister.
Kay's gaze drifted to note the rain. Her eyes roving quickly to catch in everything they possibly could. "This is so cool," she half whispered in some semblance of awe... sort of...
May turned her attention back to her surroundings just in time to hear the tall old lady call her sister's name for sorting, "Kay Day!"
Kay's head turned abruptly and she grinned a bit impishly as she moved forward, walking a bit slowly as she moved to get this... sorting hat put on. Well, she didn't know where she was bound, but she was certain she and her sister would end up together. When the hat was put on her head she grinned a bit more widely, her eyes trying to focus on it as she bit down lightly on her lip. It wasn't long until all heard, "Gryffindor!"
She moved to join the Gryffindor group, grinning back at May and giving a thumbs up. It seemed May should be happy, it looked like they'd end up in the same house as Harry and his friends. Them and another pair of twins. She wondered. Were these the mischief twins whose throne she and her sister were out to usurp? Well, this would be fun.
May grinned happily as she watched her sister run over to the Gryffindor table with Harry and his friends. She couldn't wait to join them and was running towards the Sorting Hat almost before the lady had called her name. She plunked herself down on the stool and grinned widely as the woman dropped the hat on her head with a sparkle in her eyes, though no smile graced her lips.
'Well, well, well,' said a soft voice in May's head as soon as the hat had dropped over her eyes. 'Another Day Twin. And just as mischievous as your sister. But-- you would do better on your own.'
May's mouth dropped open as panic spread through her, "No, I wanna stay with Kay," she whisper harshly. They couldn't be separated. They had to be together. They couldn't survive apart. She remembered all the kids that had picked on them in school and Kay defending them both when it became physical. "I need her!"
'No,' the voice said again. She is of the Gryffindor mind with her bravery and stubbornness. You are of the Slytherin mind with your strategy and caution. You would be better in SLYTHERIN!" The voice ended in loud yell so that all the room could hear.
Slowly, May pulled the hat off and, first, looked at the shocked faces of her sister and the Gryffindors, then over at the Slytherin table. Panic began making her regret having eaten that chocolate on the train as her stomach began churning violently. She noticed the horrified face of the boy she had turned pink on the train and, throwing back her head, cried out on a sob, "SISTER!"
Kay stood staring in utter shock, uncertain what to do. She acted on impulse, moving to the center of the room.
"Shh, May, shh," she began softly, pulling May away and out of the main focus of attention. Surely no one would deny them this, since they were being separated into different houses. "May, it'll be alright," she whispered, "imagine what the havoc we can reek in separate houses, imagine!" Her whisper turned into something of a mischievous hiss as she went on. "Don't worry, we won't ever be too far apart."
May slipped to the floor and hugged her sister close, her mind too far gone to notice the other twin's soothing words. She continued crying noisily until she opened her eyes to notice the pair of boots right in front of them. Kay didn't seem to have noticed yet, but then her back was to them.
"Well," said a snarky voice from above them. "If it's not the brats from Diagon Alley. And one of them has been placed in my own house."
The twins tipped back their heads and stared at the pale, scowling man from the Potions Shop. Suddenly, May let out a scream, "Kay! It's the scary man again," and, as she did so, a green burst of light sent the man flying back away from them.
Kay's eyes widened and, suddenly, she giggled, unable to hold it back, though she forced herself to quiet up in a quick moment. She glared at him, forcing herself not to giggle anymore at the fact that he was now, frankly, green. It was a hilarious thought, and it was apparent that many of the other students thought so too, as much as many were trying to hide it.
She grinned back at Kay, and whispered into her ear, "I say he should be pink...bright pink." She tried to widen her smile, doing her best to cheer her sister back up. She didn't like the idea of being separated from her either, but the worst part had to be seeing May so scared.
May simply looked at her sister and sniffled before burying her head miserably into Kay's shoulder.
Kay hugged her sister softly, trying to think of something to say or do to cheer May up. "It'll be all right May," she whispered. "Honest, it will." But she could think of no more. She was out of ideas.
Dumbledore, not even attempting to hide the twinkle in his eyes, though he was a bit surprised at the power of the Slytherin Twin, leaned over to Hagrid, the large man that had brought the first years to the castle, and whispered something in his ear. The large, bushy man nodded and stood.
Quickly he made his way over and scooped up the still distraught girl. May screamed until Hagrid hunched down and so that she was able to see her sister. "I'm taking you both to the Hospital Wing, ah'ight, girls," he told her softly.
Kay looked to May, smiling softly as she nodded lightly at this giant of a man, her eyes focused on her sister the whole time. She couldn't believe this, couldn't believe that wretched hat had separated them. She glared at it a moment, wishing she could do something to it, but she couldn't, and so she let her gaze drift back to May, a reassuring smile curving at her lips. Maybe in the hospital wing she would calm down.
At Kay's nod, May calmed and curled up into the man's arms. She rather liked being held by him. He was big and strong and she felt like no one could hurt her in his arms. Bottom line: he felt safe to her.
She sniffled again as he stood and began to walk out. May reached out a small hand to her sister, terrified of losing her.
Kay took a hold of May's hand making sure to not release it as she walked beside the man who held her stster. She smiled a bit more brightly as May seemed to grow calmer.
"See," she said softly, in a brighter tone, "everything will be all right. Nothing can separate us," she paused long enough to wink, "not even being in separate houses will. I will make sure of that, trust me, May, trust me."
"Now, now," Hagrid told the small girl beside him. "Don' yeh be goin' off an' gettin' yerself into trouble. The Weasley Twins are trouble enough. An' Slytherin and Gryffindor 'ave a long standing rivalry. You'll get into double the trouble and find your way back out of here if you break the rules for each other." Hagrid absently rubbed May's back, hoping to avert another panic attack.
One of Kay's eye-brow's drifted upwards ever so slightly. "I didn't say I'd break any rules," she said softly, squeezing her sister's hand gently. "We can keep together without breaking any of them," she continued confidently, though mentally her fingers were crossed. Even if they had been in the same house they would be bound to rule breaking, let alone in different houses! "The rivalry will just be skipping over two students is all." She grinned sincerely, well, at least it seemed sincere. Only her and May knew better.
Hagrid snorted as he kicked open the door to the Hospital Wing, "That'll be a nice change. But if anyone accepts you two, it'll be the Gryffindors. Jes' don' hold your breath. The Slytherins aren't known for their kindness and Professor Snape won't be too happy with your sister after that stunt in the Great Hall."
He laid May down on one of the clean white beds and forcefully uncurled her fingers from his shirt. "I'll be right back with the Nurse, lil 'un."
Kay looked up at the giant of a man before he left and nodded, but gave no other response to his statement as she pulled a chair beside the bed on which her sister lay, holding her hand still. After he had left she spoke softly "We don't need anyone else, and it doesn't matter what the other houses think, or if we get kicked out of here. We always will have each other, no matter what distance separates us."
With those words Kay rest her head on the bed right next to May's curled now sleeping form, and her hands in May's, she too drifted to sleep.
Madame Pomfrey bustled in murmuring something about a certain professor's until she caught sight of the two sleeping sisters. "Oh, dear," she said stopping, her face momentarily softening.
"What's wrong, Madame Pomfrey," Hagrid asked as he rushed in behind her, his dark eyes searching the room for trouble over his beard.
Madame Pomfrey hurumphed and hurriedly walked over to where the girls lay, "I keep telling him. You should feed them on the train and send them to bed, not give them a feast! Poor things are exhausted."
"Cryin' does that to yeh," Hagrid agreed as he grinned at the sight. "Poor thin's didn' take well to being placed in Separate houses."
"Well, they're Muggle-born," Pomfrey said matter-of-factly. "Poor things probably were teased until they only had each other in their old schools."
"They are powerful," Hagrid agreed. "The one I carried in turned Professor Snape green and threw him into the wall."
Pomfrey looked up, startled, at the gentle giant, but he was already on his way out. She nodded at his farewell and finished tucking the girls in together. At least this way, they wouldn't panic when they woke up.