The first day of classes went relatively well for Dani. As they had planned in case they were in different houses, Dani and Erica met in the library that night. Dani's Slytherin friends sat at a table next to Dani and Erica's Gryffindor friends sat at another table next to her. It was obvious they couldn't get over the house rivalry long enough for the twins to hang out a bit.
"Have you had Snape yet?" Erica asked. Her hand was inconspicuously hidden under the table, and Julian was right beside her with an odd look on his face. Dani said, "I really don't think I can have a serious conversation with you until you take your hand off your boyfriend's leg. It's really not easy to talk while he's got that look." She made a horrible face that barely resembled Julian's and she almost started to drool when Erica laughed and took Julian's hand and they sat there like that.
"And you know, you really need to make it look like you're trying to study or Madam Pince is going to kick us out," Dani said matter-of-factly. Erica grinned and opened up the book in front of her, occasionally looking down at it as Dani had been doing the entire time they had been there. "So when's the wedding?" Dani asked nonchalantly. Julian choked and Erica just laughed and said, "Shut up Dani! He isn't supposed to know about it yet!" Julian gave her a "look" and she just shrugged and said, "It's a twin thing."
"We seem to be explaining things like that a lot lately," Dani said, once again looking down at the book. Finally Erica decided she was sick of trying to hang out with her new boyfriend in the library and her friends followed them back to the common room. Dani switched her seat around and sat with the Slytherins, who were whispering about something.
"What is it?" Dani asked curiously. Alayna grinned and said, "Well, we were just talking about Eliza and Chris." Dani gave her a confused look and asked, "Where are they anyway?"
Alexandria, who from now on decided she wanted to be known as Ria, said, "That's just it. They've found a dark corner in the common room. It seems they've started to date." Dani laughed and then stopped abruptly at the look Madam Pince was sending her.
"We're trying to think up a good joke to play on them. They're probably snogging in a corner and wouldn't expect a thing," Alayna explained. They all shared a knowing mischievous grin and snuck out of the library and into the Slytherin common room.
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Unfortunately, they never got to play the prank. They entered the common room, sneaking towards the unsuspecting couple, when they all paused to decide exactly what they were going to do. They were silently pondering when Dani overheard someone saying, "Yeah, the bloody gits won't know what hit them." She made a shushing motion with one finger so Alayna and Ria would be quiet so they could listen in on the rest of the conversation.
"But Draco, how are we going to get into the Gryffindor common room?" the whiny voice of Pansy Parkinson asked. There was a bit of laughter, obviously from Draco, and he said, "We'll just get one of the first years to tell us. Hell, I even scare -OUR- first years!" Dani peeked over the arm of the chair she was behind and saw him run a hand through his slicked-back blonde hair. "Who all are we after?" Pansy asked. Her voice was -really- starting to get to Dani. "Well, Potter, Granger, and Weasley -obviously-. Whoever else happens to be in the common room isn't our problem," Draco said with his usual smirk.
"Does that include my sister?" Dani piped up, choosing that moment to enter the conversation. Draco looked a bit surprised but turned his smirking expression to a half-glare. "If she's in the common room. How much of the conversation did you hear?" he asked. Dani shrugged and said, "I heard you calling the Gryffindors bloody gits. That's about it. I have to warn you, you better not do anything to my sister or her boyfriend. She can get pretty...well..." Dani trailed off and saw Draco's eyes lit with amusement.
"Do you think your sister scares me?" he asked, giving her a serious expression and standing in front of her. Considering she was shorter than Erica, and Draco was two years ahead of her in school, he towered over her. "Maybe not just her, but you don't know what our reputation at our old school was," Dani said, trying not to look intimidated.
"Do you think I -care-?" he asked. There was anger burning in his eyes now, but this only made Dani angrier. "You had better care you big...big..." she trailed off and growled angrily. She hadn't been this mad since the last week of fourth year when someone had tried to out-prank her by turning the Headmistress' wig into a niffler. Draco laughed bitterly and said, "Can't even finish your sentence. This prank we're planning, I'm going to go out of my way to make sure I get your sister -and- her soppy prat of a boyfriend." Dani balled up her fists. Draco backed up slightly and decided to see how far he could push her.
"You know, you're kind of cute when you're angry," he said, smirking at her again. Suddenly, as if all the anger had disappeared, Dani calmed down, sent him a mischievous look, and left the common room. "Well that was interesting," he muttered. He turned back to Pansy, Crabbe, and Goyle and said, "Let's postpone our little prank. I want to see what the scary ol' fifth year decides to do." They nodded while Alayna and Ria exchanged dark looks.
"What has she gotten herself into?" Ria hissed. Alayna shrugged, pointed at the still snogging couple in the corner, and they slowly made their way towards them...
"Have you had Snape yet?" Erica asked. Her hand was inconspicuously hidden under the table, and Julian was right beside her with an odd look on his face. Dani said, "I really don't think I can have a serious conversation with you until you take your hand off your boyfriend's leg. It's really not easy to talk while he's got that look." She made a horrible face that barely resembled Julian's and she almost started to drool when Erica laughed and took Julian's hand and they sat there like that.
"And you know, you really need to make it look like you're trying to study or Madam Pince is going to kick us out," Dani said matter-of-factly. Erica grinned and opened up the book in front of her, occasionally looking down at it as Dani had been doing the entire time they had been there. "So when's the wedding?" Dani asked nonchalantly. Julian choked and Erica just laughed and said, "Shut up Dani! He isn't supposed to know about it yet!" Julian gave her a "look" and she just shrugged and said, "It's a twin thing."
"We seem to be explaining things like that a lot lately," Dani said, once again looking down at the book. Finally Erica decided she was sick of trying to hang out with her new boyfriend in the library and her friends followed them back to the common room. Dani switched her seat around and sat with the Slytherins, who were whispering about something.
"What is it?" Dani asked curiously. Alayna grinned and said, "Well, we were just talking about Eliza and Chris." Dani gave her a confused look and asked, "Where are they anyway?"
Alexandria, who from now on decided she wanted to be known as Ria, said, "That's just it. They've found a dark corner in the common room. It seems they've started to date." Dani laughed and then stopped abruptly at the look Madam Pince was sending her.
"We're trying to think up a good joke to play on them. They're probably snogging in a corner and wouldn't expect a thing," Alayna explained. They all shared a knowing mischievous grin and snuck out of the library and into the Slytherin common room.
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Unfortunately, they never got to play the prank. They entered the common room, sneaking towards the unsuspecting couple, when they all paused to decide exactly what they were going to do. They were silently pondering when Dani overheard someone saying, "Yeah, the bloody gits won't know what hit them." She made a shushing motion with one finger so Alayna and Ria would be quiet so they could listen in on the rest of the conversation.
"But Draco, how are we going to get into the Gryffindor common room?" the whiny voice of Pansy Parkinson asked. There was a bit of laughter, obviously from Draco, and he said, "We'll just get one of the first years to tell us. Hell, I even scare -OUR- first years!" Dani peeked over the arm of the chair she was behind and saw him run a hand through his slicked-back blonde hair. "Who all are we after?" Pansy asked. Her voice was -really- starting to get to Dani. "Well, Potter, Granger, and Weasley -obviously-. Whoever else happens to be in the common room isn't our problem," Draco said with his usual smirk.
"Does that include my sister?" Dani piped up, choosing that moment to enter the conversation. Draco looked a bit surprised but turned his smirking expression to a half-glare. "If she's in the common room. How much of the conversation did you hear?" he asked. Dani shrugged and said, "I heard you calling the Gryffindors bloody gits. That's about it. I have to warn you, you better not do anything to my sister or her boyfriend. She can get pretty...well..." Dani trailed off and saw Draco's eyes lit with amusement.
"Do you think your sister scares me?" he asked, giving her a serious expression and standing in front of her. Considering she was shorter than Erica, and Draco was two years ahead of her in school, he towered over her. "Maybe not just her, but you don't know what our reputation at our old school was," Dani said, trying not to look intimidated.
"Do you think I -care-?" he asked. There was anger burning in his eyes now, but this only made Dani angrier. "You had better care you big...big..." she trailed off and growled angrily. She hadn't been this mad since the last week of fourth year when someone had tried to out-prank her by turning the Headmistress' wig into a niffler. Draco laughed bitterly and said, "Can't even finish your sentence. This prank we're planning, I'm going to go out of my way to make sure I get your sister -and- her soppy prat of a boyfriend." Dani balled up her fists. Draco backed up slightly and decided to see how far he could push her.
"You know, you're kind of cute when you're angry," he said, smirking at her again. Suddenly, as if all the anger had disappeared, Dani calmed down, sent him a mischievous look, and left the common room. "Well that was interesting," he muttered. He turned back to Pansy, Crabbe, and Goyle and said, "Let's postpone our little prank. I want to see what the scary ol' fifth year decides to do." They nodded while Alayna and Ria exchanged dark looks.
"What has she gotten herself into?" Ria hissed. Alayna shrugged, pointed at the still snogging couple in the corner, and they slowly made their way towards them...