Chapter 2- One seriously pissed off Weasley.
The morning of September the 1st saw the Finnigan twins in a state of Frenzy. It was 10.30 and the two had still not left the leaky cauldron.
"Are you ready yet?" called Seamus from the bedroom.
"No, are you?"
"No."
"Then what on earth are you asking me for."
"Well we should be ready and I thought I would subtly make that point." Seamus said through a pile of clothes he was attempting to balance whilst trying to open the bag to pack them.
Tara emerged from the bathroom toothbrush in hand and mouthful of toothpaste and looked at her bother dubiously.
It was 10.45 by the time the two finally left the leaky cauldron. They got into the taxi that Tom had called knowing that the twins would undoubtedly be in a rush to get there.
In their first and second year the two had been fine, they had been living in England at that point, however in their third year they had moved back to Ireland to live in the house that there grandmother had left their mother.
Although they loved Ireland, when they had lived in England it had been definitely less of a rush to get to Kings cross.
They arrived on the platform at 10.57 and were relieved to find the Express stood there with several other latecomers filing onto the train prepared to haggle for decent compartments and share with others.
Once on the train it did not take long for the twins to go their respective ways.
"I'll see you sis." Seamus said pecking her on the cheek.
This show of endearment was met with an icy stare, which softened as Seamus shrugged and turned his back on his Ravenclaw twin. She watched his retreating back for a moment and then shrugged to herself and set out to find her friends.
"Tara!" the voices of two suitably cheery teenage girls who don't spend all their time talking about boys and their appearance echoed around the train compartment that they currently inhabited and then a disgruntled murmur from the direction of Artis told Tara that Artis was also pleased to see her.
"Hi guys." Tara greeted her three closest friends Susan Bones, Melle Clearwater and Artis Flamel with a smile and a friendly hug each, "So, what have I interrupted?"
"The meaning of life" Susan said nonchalantly, "oh and the injustice of man."
"Not much then." Tara replied and they all shared amused smiles.
They continued to talk for the rest of the journey about this and that. Around mid-day they had heated discussion about the causes of the Second World War only to find that they were trying to get at the same thing.
Tara found all this very amusing and could not help feeling pleased to be going back to Hogwarts.
Tara saw Seamus only once during the journey and that was when he burst into the compartment with Dean Thompson and Neville Longbottom.
"Hey there sis! How u doing? No, don't answer that." Tara glared at her brother as the three boys ducked out of view from one seriously pissed off Ginny Weasley.
"Oh don't worry Seamus, you Neville and Dean are quite welcome." Tara said standing up and rounding the three boys to the door where a seething Ginny was standing hands on hips. "Quite welcome to leave."
"What kind of sister gives her own brother away?" Seamus said is mock incredulity.
"A sensible one." Tara said and handed the three boys over to Ginny with a friendly smile.
When she went back into the compartment Susie and Artis were trying to hold their laughter back as Ginny dragged the three boys up the aisle and Melle was wearing an amused smile on her face.
When the express finally reached Hogwarts station Tara and Artis still hadn't finished changing into their school robes.
"Come on guys!" Susie exclaimed. "We will be late." Tara finished first so Artis simply picked up the rest of her uniform stuffing it under her arm. A mass of wavy red hair emerged from the compartment and Artis hopped out with only her left shoe on, her hat wedged under her chin and her house tie undone.
Susan laughed at her appearance. "Want some help there dear?"
Instead of words Artis produced more of a "harrumph rumph rahhh" sound, which made Tara laugh.
The reason for this unexpected sound was that Artis had had to stuff her other sock in her mouth because of her lack of carrying space. She spat the sock out and then looked up and grinned at the other three.
"Some help would be very nice thank you Susan, just in case you don't speak sock."
The four girls made their way down to an empty carriage each holding an item of Artis' school uniform. They selected one of the last relatively respectable looking carriages but were beaten to it by a group of third year Slytherins.
"Humph!" Artis exclaimed as the last of the third years pushed past her. "Typical, no respect for their elders." Tara gave her withering look and strolled off to one of the other less preferable carriages.
The morning of September the 1st saw the Finnigan twins in a state of Frenzy. It was 10.30 and the two had still not left the leaky cauldron.
"Are you ready yet?" called Seamus from the bedroom.
"No, are you?"
"No."
"Then what on earth are you asking me for."
"Well we should be ready and I thought I would subtly make that point." Seamus said through a pile of clothes he was attempting to balance whilst trying to open the bag to pack them.
Tara emerged from the bathroom toothbrush in hand and mouthful of toothpaste and looked at her bother dubiously.
It was 10.45 by the time the two finally left the leaky cauldron. They got into the taxi that Tom had called knowing that the twins would undoubtedly be in a rush to get there.
In their first and second year the two had been fine, they had been living in England at that point, however in their third year they had moved back to Ireland to live in the house that there grandmother had left their mother.
Although they loved Ireland, when they had lived in England it had been definitely less of a rush to get to Kings cross.
They arrived on the platform at 10.57 and were relieved to find the Express stood there with several other latecomers filing onto the train prepared to haggle for decent compartments and share with others.
Once on the train it did not take long for the twins to go their respective ways.
"I'll see you sis." Seamus said pecking her on the cheek.
This show of endearment was met with an icy stare, which softened as Seamus shrugged and turned his back on his Ravenclaw twin. She watched his retreating back for a moment and then shrugged to herself and set out to find her friends.
"Tara!" the voices of two suitably cheery teenage girls who don't spend all their time talking about boys and their appearance echoed around the train compartment that they currently inhabited and then a disgruntled murmur from the direction of Artis told Tara that Artis was also pleased to see her.
"Hi guys." Tara greeted her three closest friends Susan Bones, Melle Clearwater and Artis Flamel with a smile and a friendly hug each, "So, what have I interrupted?"
"The meaning of life" Susan said nonchalantly, "oh and the injustice of man."
"Not much then." Tara replied and they all shared amused smiles.
They continued to talk for the rest of the journey about this and that. Around mid-day they had heated discussion about the causes of the Second World War only to find that they were trying to get at the same thing.
Tara found all this very amusing and could not help feeling pleased to be going back to Hogwarts.
Tara saw Seamus only once during the journey and that was when he burst into the compartment with Dean Thompson and Neville Longbottom.
"Hey there sis! How u doing? No, don't answer that." Tara glared at her brother as the three boys ducked out of view from one seriously pissed off Ginny Weasley.
"Oh don't worry Seamus, you Neville and Dean are quite welcome." Tara said standing up and rounding the three boys to the door where a seething Ginny was standing hands on hips. "Quite welcome to leave."
"What kind of sister gives her own brother away?" Seamus said is mock incredulity.
"A sensible one." Tara said and handed the three boys over to Ginny with a friendly smile.
When she went back into the compartment Susie and Artis were trying to hold their laughter back as Ginny dragged the three boys up the aisle and Melle was wearing an amused smile on her face.
When the express finally reached Hogwarts station Tara and Artis still hadn't finished changing into their school robes.
"Come on guys!" Susie exclaimed. "We will be late." Tara finished first so Artis simply picked up the rest of her uniform stuffing it under her arm. A mass of wavy red hair emerged from the compartment and Artis hopped out with only her left shoe on, her hat wedged under her chin and her house tie undone.
Susan laughed at her appearance. "Want some help there dear?"
Instead of words Artis produced more of a "harrumph rumph rahhh" sound, which made Tara laugh.
The reason for this unexpected sound was that Artis had had to stuff her other sock in her mouth because of her lack of carrying space. She spat the sock out and then looked up and grinned at the other three.
"Some help would be very nice thank you Susan, just in case you don't speak sock."
The four girls made their way down to an empty carriage each holding an item of Artis' school uniform. They selected one of the last relatively respectable looking carriages but were beaten to it by a group of third year Slytherins.
"Humph!" Artis exclaimed as the last of the third years pushed past her. "Typical, no respect for their elders." Tara gave her withering look and strolled off to one of the other less preferable carriages.