Disclaimer: I own virtually nothing so I would appreciate it if you didn't sue me. If you wish to, then fine. I have aspirations to be on the Supreme Court of the United States and I'll see you in court!

Disclaimer2: I do not own Frank the duck. He belongs to Kala. Thanks, Kala for letting me borrow him! You're the greatest!

A/N: Ducks rule. Dedication: This is dedicated to Kala for letting me borrow Frank! THANKS AGAIN!

Classes started up again. Professor Snape was a bitter as ever. Professor Trelawney still predicted Harry's death. Cadance's classes were steadily getting crazier. About a week into the school year, Professor McGonagall came around with information for people who wished to attend the Dueling Club.

"The first meeting will be tonight at eight o'clock in the Great Hall. If any of you decide to attend tonight's meeting, please do not bring up the traumatizing experience of your last Dueling Club lest you should scare off our first years."

Harry shuddered inwardly, not at the thought of how badly that first and only Dueling Club meeting had gone, but in memory of Lockhart.

"So what do you think?" said Ron. "Do you want to try the Dueling Club this year?"

"Okay, I'm in," said Harry. "I just hope we don't have a repeat of that whole Justin Finch-Fletchy thing."

Eight o'clock approached quickly. About half the school was in the Great Hall. The tables were pushed to the front of the room. Sirius and Remus were at the door in their Auroring Robes.

"What are you doing here?" Harry asked them.

"We're here in case anything gets out of hand," said Sirius.

"Like what? We're just a bunch of kids. How out of hand can things get?"

"I suggest you turn around and see who is in charge here," said Sirius.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione looked towards the front of the room. Cadance and Cati were standing on one of the tables. Cati was twirling a wand through her fingers.

Jen was standing in the doorway and looking onward with a look of fear. "We're doomed!" exclaimed Jen. Ginny started giggling. "What are you laughing at? We're all going to die."

"Drama queen," said Sirius.

"Sergeant White-After-Labor-Day," said Jen with a mock salute.

Suddenly, Cadance's voice broke into the conversation. "Okay, let's get started!"

Everyone headed towards the front of the Great Hall. "Professor Dumbledore. the other Professor Dumbledore. doesn't seem to think that we can handle a large group of students in a mature manner so Mr. Black and Mr. Lupin are supposed to be our 'adult supervision', but as they're not a real big improvement maturity-wise than we are, they're going to be what I like to call test dummies. Basically, you're going to watch these two beat eachother up then you're going to do what they do," said Cadance.

"Wait a minute," argued Sirius. "This wasn't in the job description!"

"It never is," said Cati.

"If you look at you're Auroring contract you'll see that neither is almost getting your head blown off by Death Eaters but it happens. It actually happens far too often," added Cadance.

"We're not getting out of this, are we?" asked Sirius.

"No," said Cadance.

"Oh okay, okay," said Remus. "You win."

"Good I was afraid I'd have to use blackmail to get you two up here," said Cadance. Sirius and Remus were now climbing up on the table.

"You don't have anything on us," whispered Remus.

"Two words: karaoke bar," whispered Cadance back.

"Damn," said Sirius.

"Okay," said Cadance to the crowd of students. "First we are going to demonstrate the Inserption Charm. And when I saw we, I mean they."

"The charm will blast your opponent off their feet and levitate them into the air," said Cati. "All you do is say Inserptio. It's very simple."

"Now, are two dummies will demonstrate," said Cadance.

Remus got his wand out before Sirius. "Inserptio!" he exclaimed.

Sirius was blasted off his feet. He rose into the air and hovered there for a moment. Then he began to fall. Cadance waved her wand and pillows appeared on the ground. Unfortunately they were a little too far to the left and Sirius did not land in them. "Thank you, Cadance," said Sirius as he got up and proceeded to get back onto the table.

"You're quite welcome," said Cadance. "Let's make things interesting. We'll be coming around and pairing you up. And by we, I mean Mr. Black and Mr. Lupin again. You'll then take turns casting the spell on eachother. After a bit of practicing, we'll tell you to start and actual duel. The first person to stupefy another student is in deep trouble. As in Professor-McGonagall-on-a-bad-day-when-Professor-Trelawney-predicted-her- death-and-Gryffindor-lost-the-cup-and-you're-transfiguring-your-friend-into- a-badger trouble."

Sirius and Remus were walking around, pairing up students. Sirius got to Harry. "I'm going to pair you with Malfoy because I want to see you beat the shit out of him," he said in an undertone.

"Okay," said Harry.

Sirius paired Ron up with Crabbe and Hermione up with Millicent Bullstrode, probably for the same reason.

Malfoy and Harry faced eachother. Both had wands raised. "Inserptio!" they both exclaimed at the same time. They were both blasted off their feet. They hovered a few feet then fell.

After a few minutes, the door opened. Bill, Charlie, and Drew walked in. Cati and Cadance walked over o them, nearly getting hit with the charm twice. "What are you guys doing here?" asked Cati.

"Making sure you don't teach the students anything illegal," answered Drew.

"Why don't you join us?" asked Cadance. "We could always use some extra help. We're going to have them start Dueling each other in about five minutes and you never know what could go wrong with that."

"Okay," said Charlie. "I've got nothing better to do."

About five minutes later, Cati climbed up onto the table. "Okay, we're going to have you start dueling," said Cati. "You're going to go, one group at a time. When it's your turn, you're going to climb up here and duel with your opponent. Any questions?"

There were none, so she climbed down and the Dueling began. After a few duels, Cadance and Cati climbed back up on the table. "You guys," said Cati, "are pathetic."

"You're acting as if you're scared of your own spells," added Cadance. "I know Professor Flitwick taught you curses and hexes. Why aren't you using them?"

Someone raised their hand.

"That was a rhetorical question," said Cadance. The person put their hand down.

"Cadance, Cati, show them what they should be doing," said Sirius.

"Are you condoning us to beat each other up?" asked Cati.

"Yes."

"Okay, let's go," said Cati.

They took their positions and bowed, never taking their eyes off of one another. First, they tried to disarm each other, but their spells hit in the center and caused an explosion, knocking them both off their feet. They got up.

Bang! Cadance was on the ground again, wheezing.

Bang again! Cati was disarmed. Cati used her telekinetic powers to disarm Cadance.

They began shooting spells at each other wandlessly. The duel continued for several more minutes. After a while, Cadance got a glint in her eye. Cati recognized it immediately. Both Cadance and Cati reached their arms out to the side at the exact same time. They wandlessly performed a summoning charm. Two swords came flying through the doorway and into their hands.

"Drop those swords NOW!" exclaimed a voice from the doorway. Cadance and Cati dropped the swords with a clank and raised their arms up in the air.

"Don't shoot!" exclaimed Cati. "I'm too young to die!"

"Says the women who runs into a lion's den with her guns ablaze," said Cadance.

"Says the women who shoots first, second, and third then tries to ask questions when everyone's dead," retorted Cati.

"I only did that once!" exclaimed Cadance. "Oh all right, twice."

McGonagall summoned the swords to her and took them out of the Great Hall. Cati tapped her foot impatiently several times then stopped. "So. I guess no one won?" Cati asked.

"It would appear that way," said Cadance.

"Drats," said Cati. "Isn't that just the luck?"

"Okay," said Cadance. "Wants to give dueling a try?"

Silence.

"Nobody?"

"We'll go," said Malfoy. "Unless Potter here is too scared."

"You wish, Malfoy," said Harry.

"I have the strangest feeling of de ja vou," whispered Ron.

"All right, you two get up here," said Cadance. She and Cati hopped off and walked off to the side by Bill, Charlie, Drew, Sirius, and Remus as Harry and Malfoy got onto the table.

Charlie handed Cadance and Cati their wands. He had caught them when they had disarmed each other. "You better keep those out," said Sirius. "This might get ugly."

Ten minutes of intense wand work, three loose curses (poor Cati was hiccoughing bubbles until Bill figured out how to take off the curse), and 7 blown up chairs later, Harry was finally declared the winner.

Cadance and Cati climbed back onto the table as Harry and Malfoy hopped off. "Any one else want to go?" asked Cati.

"Not tonight, I think," said a voice from the door way (A/N: We're getting a lot of those aren't we?)

"Why not?" asked Cati as she turned around to see who was talking. It was Snape. She gave him the puppy dog lip.

"You suck that lip right back in, Missy," said Snape. "That hasn't worked in."

"Two months," finished Cadance. "When we wanted to raid your private stores for Potion ingredients."

Snape gave her the death glare and she hid behind Cati. "It's getting late," said Snape. "There students should be getting to bed."

"It's a Friday night," said Cadance. "It's not as if they have classes in the morning."

Snape turned to the students. "Get to bed NOW!" he exclaimed. The students jumped and then rushed out, keeping a safe distance between them and Snape. Jen hung back.

"Dumbledore! Get out NOW!" exclaimed Snape. Jen jumped and then looked at Cadance to see if she should obey Snape.

"Go on, Jen," said Cadance. Jen looked from Snape to Cati and Cadance then to Sirius, Remus, Bill, and Charlie off to the side. Then she walked out of the Great Hall.

"Okay, what did we do now," said Cadance. "Do tell. I'm just dieing to know."

"You've got that right," said Snape. He pulled out his wand as he walked farther into the Great Hall.

"Cati," said Cadance. "You're uncle is beginning to scare me."

"Abet Rivin!" exclaimed Snape. The table that Cadance and Cati were standing on exploded.

With Quidditch reflexes put to the test, Cadance and Cati jumped out of the way just in time.

"Don't anyone move," said Snape as he turned to the two Marauders, two Weasleys, and Drew in the corner. "Nobody moves and nobody gets hurt. Don't reach for your wands."

Nobody moved then.

"STUPEFY!"

Dumbledore and McGonagall were walking into the Great Hall, wands outstretched and eyes blazing.

"Are you all okay?" asked Dumbledore.

"No," said Cadance. She took several deep breaths. "Okay, now I'm okay. Except my butt really hurts from landing on it funny after that table exploded. What about you Cati?"

Cati and Drew were shaking (well, their uncle did just almost kill them). Sirius and Remus exchanged a look.

"Okay, something cursed. It's either my position, or the Dueling Club. I don't think it's my job though because I'm still alive. But almost getting killed by my two of my best friends' uncle is just about the weirdest thing that's ever happened to me," said Cadance.

"That's not Cati's uncle," said Dumbledore at the exact same time that Cati said, "That's not my uncle."

"Oh you figured it out?" asked Dumbledore. "Sometimes I think that I need to give you a little more credit."

"Wait, wait, wait," said Sirius. "That's not Snape?"

Dumbledore shook his head. "If my theory is correct, he's not. Jen tipped me off. She said he was acting strangely and when she walked by him his eyes looked glossy and she thought that they had flashed red."

"Which would make him-," Cati started.

"A demon," cut in Cadance. "My sister definitely has your intuition, Uncle Albus. Thank God."

"Question: if that isn't Snape, then where is he?" asked Sirius.

Everyone looked at each other. "Great," said Cadance. "Our Potion's Master is missing and there's a demon lying in the middle of the Great Hall."

"A demonic shape shifter to be exact," said Dumbledore.

"Hmmm. shape shifters," said Cadance. "I think I have a potion to vanquish those." She started naming potions as she pulled them out of her pockets. "Grimlocks. Shadow creatures. Albino Fighting Gnols. Banshees. One for making a blinding flash of light. Here Charlie, hold some of these. Oh here it is. Shape shifters." She threw it on the ground next to the shape shifter. The bottle broke and then the demonic shape shifter burst into flames and then disappeared.

"How can you tell these apart? None of them are labeled," said Charlie.

"I just can. It's not that difficult. They're just potions," said Cadance.

"Says the witch how was border-line passing Potions class," retorted Cati.

"Hey, I passed, didn't I?" asked Cadance.

"Barely," said Cati. "And you got us into trouble when we tossed those Filibuster Fireworks into the Slytherin's cauldrons. Almost as much trouble as that time you cast that spell that sent us to Middle Earth."

"When you got the Ring of Power stuck on your finger and we saw that really hot elf?" asked Cadance.

"Now, the time when we brought back their nice, pointy swords and bows and arrows," answered Cati.

"What about the time you brought back that elf and he was bound and gagged and you asked if I could keep him under my bed?" asked Charlie.

"Naw, we didn't get caught that time," said Cadance.

"It only counts if we get caught," added Cati.

"Okay," said Dumbledore. "We have to find Professor Snape now."

"Let's check the dungeons first," said Cati.

They all headed down to the dungeons. They found the door to Snape's classroom and office looked.

"Alohomora," said Dumbledore. The door still did not open.

"Would you like Cati and I to get it?" asked Cadance.

"If you can without blowing it up," said Dumbledore.

"What about setting fire to it?" asked Cadance.

"No."

"Kicking it?"

"Okay, you can kick it."

Cadance and Cati gave the door a kickboxing-like kick and it swung open. Professor Snape was tied to his chair and was not moving. Cati was next to him in a second with Drew right behind her.

"He's not-?" asked Drew.

"No, don't be silly, he's just knocked out," said Cati.

"Should we try to get him up ourselves to take him up to the hospital wing?" asked Cadance.

"Let's try it ourselves. I don't think Severus would like spending any amount of time in the Hospital Wing," said Dumbledore. "Cadance will you look to see if Professor Snape has any Revival Potions handy, please?"

Cadance walked over to the cupboard. "It's locked. I need a key," said Cadance.

"Cadance," said Sirius. "You're a witch and you need a key? Use your head."

"Oh. Right," said Cadance. She pulled out her wand. "Alohomora." The cupboard burst open, almost hitting Cadance. "Revival Potion, Revival Potion. Uh oh, fresh out."

"Go figure. We're going to have to make it ourselves," said Cati. She started to untie her uncle.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you," said Remus. "Snape'll slide right out of that chair."

"As entertaining as that would be to see," said Sirius. "He might be angry if he wakes up on the ground."

Cati nodded. "I'll go get started on that Revival Potion."

"I'll help," said Cadance. "Does anyone remember the ingredients to a Revival Potion?"

"You think we paid attention in Potions?" asked Charlie. Bill, Sirius, and Remus shook their heads in agreement.

"I didn't even pay attention in Potions and he's my uncle," said Drew.

Cati and Cadance looked over at Professor Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall.

"I haven't made a Revival Potion since my 4th year here," said McGonagall.

"Don't look at me, I just work here," said Dumbledore.

"Okay. This isn't a problem," said Cati. "We can just throw stuff in a cauldron and see if it turns out right."

"I can't believe the niece of the Potion's Master wants us to wing it," said Sirius.

"Do you have a better idea?" asked Cati.

"Yeah," said Sirius. "Consult a book. Doesn't your uncle get these potions out of a book or something?"

"No, he has them all memorized," said Cati.

"What kind of being memorizes how to make millions of Potions?!" exclaimed Sirius. "That's sick and wrong!"

"So basically, the only place we're going to find this Potion is in a student's notes?" asked Cadance.

"But who keeps their notes from year to year?" asked Sirius. "The fourth years couldn't have done Revival Potions yet."

Everyone thought in silence for a second then they all came to one answer. "Hermione," said everyone at the same time.

"I'll go ask her for her notes," said Cadance. She bounded out of the dungeons.

Cadance returned a few minutes later. There was a sheet of parchment in her hand with Hermione's tidy scrawl across it. "All right, let's get this potion done," said Cadance.

"Light the fire," said Cati as she began opening cupboards full of Potion ingredients.

"Anybody got a match?" asked Cadance.

"Yo! Blonde!" exclaimed Sirius. "Have wand, will ignite!"

"You don't even need a wand," said McGonagall. "Just set the wood on fire with a fireball."

"Oh, right," said Cadance. She pulled her arm back and throw a fireball at the wood underneath Snape's cauldron in the center of the classroom caught on fire.

Meanwhile, Professor Dumbledore was taking Snape's pulse. "I don't mean to be the bearer of bad news but we have to get a Revival Potion in him soon," he said.

"All right let's go then," said Cadance. "Pickled Frog's eyes!"

"Pickled Frog's eyes!" answered Cati, tossing a jar at Cadance who tossed it to Drew who put some in the cauldron then set he jar on the table.

"Spider legs!"

"Spider legs!"

"Cat's eyes!"

"Oh, c'mon! That's cruel and unusual!" protested McGonagall.

"Cat's eyes!" responded Cati.

"Mandrake Roots!"

"Mandrake Roots!"

"Cricket blood!"

"Cricket blood!"

"Grasshopper heart!"

"Grasshopper heart?" repeated Cati. "Since when is that a Potion ingredient?"

"Since it says so on this paper," replied Cadance.

"Let me see that," said Charlie. He took the paper off her. "She's right, it does say heart. That is, if heart was spelled h-e-a-d. Put on your glasses, you far sighted vegetable."

"I love you, Charlie," said Cadance.

"Bite me."

"Cadance catch," said Cati she tossed her a jar of grasshopper heads. "What's next?"

"Charlie, what's this word, I can't read it," said Cadance.

Charlie pulled Cadance's glasses out of her robe pockets and put them on her head. They were shaped liked half-moons like her uncle's were. "Is that better?"

"Oh my god! I can read!" exclaimed Cadance. "Fish scales!"

"Fish scales!"

"All right, that's it," said Cadance. "Now we have to wait for it to simmer and turn a goldish color."

The potion was currently a green color but was slowly changing. Cati tapped her foot impatiently. "Change, you stupid potion, change!"

"Cati what was the first thing we learned in Potions Class?" asked Cadance.

"Never let you throw fireballs in class," said Cati.

"No, after that," said Cadance.

"I don't know," said Cati. "What?"

"Talking to your potion does not make it change colors," said Cadance

"We never learned that," said Cati.

"Well, we should have," said Cadance.

"Is the potion ready yet?" asked Dumbledore.

"Patience is a virtue," said Cadance.

"We don't have time to be patient," said Dumbledore. "Severus needs that potion in him now."

"Why does my uncle need the potion now?" asked Cati. "Is there something you're not telling me?"

"Catalin-," said Dumbledore.

"No, don't say Catalin. The only time people call me Catalin is when they're going to give me bad news, they're upset, or I did something really bad."

"He's not going to last much longer like this," said Dumbledore.

"Okay, I have an idea," said Cadance. "Well, if a watched pot never boils then that could hold true for brewing potions; a watched potion never brews. So everyone turn around or close your eyes or something, but DO NOT look at the Potion," said Cadance.

Everyone looked at her as if pixies were crawling out of her eye sockets. Then Charlie shrugged. "It's worth a try," said Charlie.

"Oh, I cannot believe I'm doing this," said McGonagall, turning her back to the potion.

After about two minutes, Dumbledore said, "Cadance, check the potion now. It might be ready."

Cadance glanced behind her and saw that the potion was now a gold color. "See! I told you!"

"Wow! You were right for once," said Charlie.

"Why do you doubt my theories? They're almost always right," said Cadance.

Meanwhile, Cati had scooped out some of the Revival Potion and put it into a potion bottle. "Heads up, Professor Dumbledore," she said. She tossed the bottle over to him. He was bending down and inspecting Snape again. Dumbledore reached up and snatched the bottle out of the air without even looking.

"Thank you, Cati," said Dumbledore.

Cati, along with everyone else, just stared at him. Dumbledore pulled the top off the potion bottle and fed the potion to Snape. "He's coming around. Cati, untie him."

Cati was still standing dumfounded and staring at Dumbledore. Cadance smacked her in the back of the head. "Oh. Right. Of course," said Cati.

She walked over and knelt behind the chair. She began fumbling with the knots. Cadance pulled something out of her pocket. "Here, Cati. This'll help," she said. She tossed what was she pulled out of her pockets and it stuck into the back of the chair.

"Thank you, Cadance," said Cati.

"I thought I confiscated all of your throwing knives after that incident at the Ministry last year," said Remus.

"There is this nice little skill I know of. It's called Transfiguration. Maybe you heard of it," said Cadance.

Remus looked over at McGonagall. "Whoa, wait, don't look at me, I didn't teach her that," protested McGonagall. Sirius whistled innocently and looked at the ceiling.

Snape, meanwhile, had been slowly regaining consciousness. Right after Cati had untied him, he rubbed his head. "What happened?" he asked.

"Shape shifters," said Cadance. "What do you want us to do with this left over potion?"

"What left over potion?" asked Snape.

"The one that Drew, Cati, and I just made," said Cadance. "What do you want us to do with it?"

"And that's what you fed me to pull me back into consciousness?"

"Yes," said Cadance. "What do you want us to do with the left-over potion?"

"Are you sure it wasn't poison?" asked Snape.

"Hey, that's not fair!" argued Cati.

"I'm familiar with your Potion grades from when you were in school," said Snape.

"Of course you are," said Cadance. "What do you want us to do with the left-overs?"

"Where did you get the recipe for a-what did you use? A Revival Potion?"

"Yes," said Cati. "We got it from Hermione Granger. She kept her notes."

Cadance walked over and knelt next to Snape. She grabbed his face. "Do I have your attention? Good. What do you want us to do with the left over potion?"

"I'll take care of it," said Snape.

"Okay, thank you," said Cadance slowly. She let go of his face and patted his shoulder twice before getting up and walking over to Charlie.

"Well, I'm getting out of here before anyone else says or does anything crazy," said Charlie.

"I like ducks," said Cadance. "Ducks are cool."

"Oh dear Lord," said Charlie

"Now, cows are slightly less cool than ducks, but way cooler than pigs," said Cadance.

"That's it, I'm outta here," said Charlie walking out of the dungeons. Cadance took a sheet of parchment and a quill out of her pocket. She put a tally on the parchment then put it back into her pocket.

* * * Weeks passed and Halloween neared. There were two more Dueling Club meetings, but none were as entertaining or eventful as the first two. It was the Friday before Halloween. The students of Hogwarts had the afternoon off, as they did every Friday. The 6th Year Gryffindors finished Defense Against the Dark Arts, their last class of the day. Harry, Ron, and Hermione were walking down the hallway when they ran into Cati and Charlie.

"Geez, Charlie, you spend more time here now then when you were in school. Don't you have a job to do?" asked Ron.

"No, they gave me the rest of the day off because I got a new burn. Wanna see?"

"Ewww! No! Not again!" exclaimed Cati. "It's really gross!"

"What are you doing here?" asked Ron.

"Well, since Charlie has the day off, and Drew and I have the day off, and Bill gets off work in an hour, we're going to kidnap Cadance and reinstate and old tradition," said Cati.

"We'll tell, McGonagall that we haven't seen you," said Harry.

"Thanks," said Charlie. He and Cati continued on towards Cadance's classroom. Charlie opened the door. Cadance had her feet up on her desk and was balancing her chair on two legs. She was reading Witch Weekly. Suddenly she flipped backwards off her chair.

"Swift," said Cati.

Cadance looked over at them. "Look, look, look," she said getting up and rushing over to them. "Read this." She straightened her glasses.

Cati grabbed the magazine. "Oh my. Gilderoy Lockhart got his memory back. I hate him. He kept coming into the Auroring Department and tried to tell us how to do our job."

"Ugh that jerk," said Cadance. She punctuated her last sentence by throwing her hands down. There was a poof and then all of the desks turned into ducks.

"Ducks!" exclaimed Charlie. "Not the ducks!"

"Uh oh," said Cadance. "Help me get these out of here. That's the third time today I lost control of my powers and Minerva is already mad at me for the other two times."

"Okay, I have an idea. Everyone grab some ducks," said Charlie. Cadance, Cati, and Charlie rounded up all the ducks. "Okay, follow me," said Charlie.

Cadance and Cati followed Charlie down the Hallway. They slunk past the Great Hall where everyone else was eating lunch. They went to McGonagall's office. Charlie opened the window and looked down into the lake. "Okay, duckies! Fly!" He threw one out. It fell all the way down into the lake where it floated contently in the water. "I said fly, you stupid animal!"

"Charlie! That's cruelty to ducks! You can't just throw them out the window!" exclaimed Cadance.

"Why not? I throw you out the window and I like you more," said Charlie as he began to toss out more ducks. "C'mon, it's fun."

Cadance and Cati shrugged and began tossing the ducks out the window. Eventually, they were all out of McGonagall's office and all in the lake.

Just then, the door opened and McGonagall entered. "What are you doing?" she asked.

"Nothing," said Cadance. She put her hands on Cati and Charlie's shoulder and pushed them out the window. She started walking towards the door, then stopped. "Oh, I need more desks in my classroom. The old ones kind of disappeared." She continued on out the door.

McGonagall walked to the window and looked out. Cati and Charlie were dragging themselves out of the lake amid a flock of ducks. "That girl is going to send me to an early grave," said McGonagall as she shook her head.

Meanwhile, Cadance was heading down the hallway. Cati and Charlie met her. They were sopping wet and Cati held a duck under her arm.

"What was that for?" asked Cati.

"I dunno," said Cadance. "It seemed like a good idea at the time."

"Really? Because I didn't think so," said Cati. "But that's okay. I forgive you. Because we're going to have fun tonight."

"What's tonight and what is that duck doing under your arm?" asked Cadance.

"Oh yeah," said Cati. "We're all going to do a repeat of Christmas break in our 5th Year. And this is Frank."

"Christmas break of our 5th Year? Isn't that when we all went Mini-Golfing and then went back to Drew's house and spent the night? And it became a tradition for, like, three years."

"Yes," said Charlie. "And Drew, Bill, and I were already out of school so we had to take off work and we used the excuse that we were planning to be sick that day and our bosses bought it."

"Oh yeah," said Cadance. "Okay, it'll be fun but this time let's do it without sneaking out. The other times Cati's and my uncle thought we were kidnapped by demons again and they had the Ministry out looking."

"You get kidnapped once and they think you're kidnapped every time you turn up missing," said Cati.

Just then, Drew turned the corner and into the corridor. "What are you guys waiting for? Let's go," said Drew.

"Bill's not here yet," said Charlie. "He's late as usual."

Cati looked at Drew then smacked him on the head. "What was that for?!" exclaimed Drew rubbing his head. "I didn't say anything!"

"Yeah, but you were thinking it," said Dati.

"Well now I'm going to say it then," said Drew. "You and Bill are-" But Drew didn't get a chance to finish his sentence. Cati dropped Frank and tackled him. They began an all-out fight. They were rolling around on the ground. Cati was trying to strangle Drew. Drew was trying unsuccessfully to pull his kid sister off of him. He rolled over on top of her and pinned her to the ground. "What is your problem?" asked Drew. She twisted out of his hold and tried to bring him down again.

"I got my money on Cati," said Charlie. Just then, Sirius rounded the corner.

"Whoa, what is going on?" asked Sirius.

"Well, first Cati tackled Drew because he was going to say that she and Bill love each other and now they're tying to strangle one another," explained Cadance joyfully.

"Cool. Bitch fight," said Sirius.

The scene froze. Cati had finally pinned Drew to the ground. She had her hands around Drew's throat and he had his hands around her wrists. "Sirius, a bitch fight is between two women," said Charlie.

"I know," said Sirius slyly.

"Did you just call me a woman?" asked Drew.

But before Sirius could make some witty reply in the affirmative, a voice rang through the hallway. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?"

They all turned to see Professor McGonagall. "Catalin Marie Nuperson and Andrew Joseph Nuperson, how many times do I have to catch you fighting in the hallway?"

They were about to answer when Bill stepped into the now-crowded hallway. "Whoa, Cati, what are you doing? Trying to add Drew to the endangered species list?" he asked.

"I think this is my cue to exit," said Sirius. He turned around and headed back down the hallway.

"Well, what happened was-" began Cadance until Charlie clamped and hand over her mouth.

"I want you all out of this hallway and out of my sight until I can find a rule that allows me to punish former students!" exclaimed McGonagall.

"Oh oh oh!" said Cati. "You are so going to love our plans for the rest of the day." She climbed off her brother.

"We're going to get out of here," said Charlie. "We won't be back until tomorrow."

"Make sure you're back early," said McGonagall. "Gryffindor Quidditch Tryouts are tomorrow and Fred, George, Angelina, Alicia, and Katie are coming in for the day and Cadance is supervising because there's no way in heck I'm doing it by myself."

"And you think having Cadance there is going to make the situation better?" asked Charlie.

"Okay, get out of here," said McGonagall. "The sooner you get out of here, the sooner I get to relax."

"Oh, you'll miss us," said Cati.

"Like the plague," said McGonagall. "Now shoo."

The five ran down the hallway in case McGonagall got an inkling to throw fireballs. Frank was waddling after them. "Don't forget the duck!" called McGonagall.

"Frank!" exclaimed Cati as she scooped up Frank.

"You are not bringing that duck miniature golfing with us," said Drew.

"Want to bet?" asked Cati as the continued on down the corridor.

"I think he's a sweet duck," said Cadance patting Frank's head affectionately.

"Yeah, well you know what they say about birds of a feather," said Charlie.

"Are you saying I have webbed feet?" asked Cadance.

"What?"

"Never mind."

They reached the entrance to Cadance and McGonagall's Common Room. "Fawkes," said Cadance and the Portrait swung aside. They went in and into Cadance's room. "Ooooooh," said Charlie eying a shelf full of potion bottles. "Look at all the glassware. How much damage do you think we can do in five minutes?"

"While you're looking at those," said Cadance tossing Charlie a small duffle bag, "put any of the bottles with a green lid in this bag and don't touch the ones with a red."

"Why not?" asked Charlie.

"Because," said Cadance as she tossed some clothes and her Auroring uniform in another duffle bag. "They're the ones that blow holes in walls and incinerate flesh."

"Oh," said Charlie as he started putting potion bottles in the bag. "Why're you bringing these?"

"Because you never know when a demon's going to attack," said Cadance. She was zipping up her bag.

"Paranoid," said Charlie.

Cadance stuck her tongue out at him and then slung her bag across her shoulder and took the other bag off of Charlie. "Okay, let's go," said Cadance. They headed out the door and down to Hogsmeade with Cati and Drew arguing about Frank the whole way.

When they got to Hogsmeade, the Apparated to Drew's living room. "Okay. Break out the magic closet so we can change into muggle clothes and do the some miniature golfing," said Charlie.

"Ohhhhh," said Bill. "The magic closet. This is my favorite part of Drew's house."

Drew walked over to one wall. He pulled out his wand and tapped it twice. A door materialized in the wall. "Ladies first," said Drew swinging the door open.

"No way," said Cati.

"Nice try," said Cadance. "Last time you said that, Cati went in and it turned out to be a regular closet and you locked her in there and you know how claustrophobic she is."

"Put Charlie in there first," said Cati.

"Oh all right," said Charlie. "I'll go first." He walked into the magic closet and closed the door behind him. The next second the door opened and Charlie cam e out wearing normal muggle clothing.

"Cati?" asked Drew. "Satisfied?"

"Very," said Cati.

"Okay then, you next."

"Oh all right," said Cati. "But if the walls start closing in again, your butt is mine." She walked in, closed the door, then opened it again. She walked out and she was wearing jeans and a t-shirt and her hair was pulled back.

"Bill, you go next," said Drew.

The process repeated itself and Bill came out in muggle clothing.

"Cadance, go," said Drew.

Cadance walked into the closet and when she walked out she was wearing a red dress and heels.

"Cadance, the magic closet put you in a dress," said Charlie.

Cadance looked down at what she was wearing then rolled her eyes. "Be right back," she said. She turned around and walked back into the closet. There was a series of thuds and crashes then Cadance walked out brushing her hands together. She was wearing black pants, a black t-shirt, and a leather jacket.

"Whoa, I didn't know the magic closet had a leather jacket," said Drew. He walked in and out and was wearing muggle clothes. "Okay, let's go." There was a few faint pops as they Apparated to a miniature golf course.

They played the first 12 holes with no irregularities. They were alone on the course because, let's face it, nobody plays mini golf at 1:00 in the afternoon. Then, Cadance and Cati got bored with the regular rules of mini golf. They decided to make up new rules. Their favorite was the "bank it" rule where you had to bank the ball off something before it goes into the hole. They were banking it off of each other's feet.

Cadance got up and hit her ball hard. "A bit off, Cadance," said Cati.

"Wasn't aimin' for the hole," said Cadance as the ball hit off the tree and changed direction. It hit Charlie in the forehead.

"Cadance!" reprimanded Charlie.

"Hehehehe," laughed Cadance evilly.

"Dude, you have, like, a big red mark in the middle of your forehead," said Drew.

"Cadance!" repeated Charlie.

"Sorry, Charlie," said Cadance. "Does anyone have a mirror so Charlie can see his lovely red mark?"

"I do," said Drew as he took a small mirror out of his pocket. Everyone looked at him strangely. "What?" He handed Charlie the mirror.

"Drew, you're a girly man!" exclaimed Cadance.

"What? I need to keep up my studly appearance," said Drew brushing his hair back.

"Drew?" asked Cadance.

"What?"

"Never mind," said Cadance. "Let's just keep playing."

They finished playing mini golf then they went back to Drew's.

"Drew?" asked Cadance again.

"Yes, Cadance?"

"Nothin', Drew," said Cadance.

"Cadance?"

"Yes, Drew?" answered Cadance.

"You're weird."

"Thank you, Drew."

"Drew, where the hell did you hide my archery stuff?" asked Cati.

"It's in the backyard in the shed," said Drew. Cadance and Cati looked at each other. In a flash they were out the door.

"Oh dear Lord," said Charlie.

They went into the kitchen for a drink. Then they walked out the back door. Cadance and Cati were shooting arrows at targets. "Oh no," said Bill. "We're doomed."

"Look on the bright side," said Drew. "At least they're not wearing tights and running through the forest like when they were nine and were convinced it was Sherwood."

"Very true," said Charlie.

"Hey, Cati?" said Cadance as she drew and arrow and fit it to her bow.

"Yes, Cadance?" answered Cati.

"Do you ever wonder why Legolas never runs out of arrows in The Lord of the Rings books?" asked Cadance.

"No, not really," said Cati.

"Oh okay," said Cadance. "I was just curious." She released the arrow. "What happens when we run out of arrows?"

"We go bug Bill, Charlie, and Drew," said Cati fitting an arrow to her bow and drawing it back.

"I noticed you mentioned Bill first," said Cadance as she drew another arrow.

"Do you want me to shoot you in the head?" asked Cati.

"Okay, okay. Sorry," said Cadance. "I was just mentioning it."

"Ladies!" called Drew from the patio where he and Bill and Charlie were standing. "You really should wear your wrist guards when you're shooting arrows."

"Oh, c'mon, Drew!" argued Cati. "We haven't hurt ourselves yet!"

"Put them on or we're having Frank for dinner!"

"NO!" exclaimed Cati. "YOU CAN'T COOK FRANK!"

"Then go get your wrist guards," said Drew. Cadance and Cati trudged into the shed and came back out with their wrist guards on. "Good girls." He, Bill, and Charlie walked back inside and sat around the kitchen table.

"Really, they're like children," said Drew.

"Thos two are definitely like children," agreed Bill.

"But they're just so powerful," said Charlie. "I mean no just with their sorceress powers but sword fighting, knife throwing, archery; anything defensive really. They're like two killing machines."

"Two killing machines with no past," said Bill.

"At least one that they don't talk about much," said Charlie.

"They're traumatized," said Drew.

"It's understandable. I mean, yours and Cati's parents and Cadance's parents both died that same night," said Charlie.

"And they didn't really have a childhood," said Bill. "With your mother and Cadance's father gone there was no one else to vanquish the demons. So of course they had to grow up early."

"But only during a battle," said Drew. "At any other time they're-"

"Like kids," finished Charlie.

"And Cadance has that little secret," said Bill.

"Don't say it," said Drew. "If any demons are listening in it could be signing Cadance's death certificate. Jen's too. And she doesn't know yet."

Bill nodded. "I'm surprised that no demon's figured it out yet. I mean, in her line both girls and boys will inherit the powers. But in almost every other sorceress/sorcerer lineage, it's either the boys or the girls, not both."

"Well, I suppose that's why Cadance and Cati have managed to vanquish so many," said Drew.

"Uhhhhh. Drew?" asked Charlie. "Isn't Cati afraid of fire?"

"Yeah, why?" asked Drew.

"I think she's overcome her fear," answered Charlie. He was looking out the window. Bill and Drew followed his gaze. Cadance and Cati were now shooting flaming arrows at the targets. "Should we stop them?"

"Nah, they're shooting away from the house," said Drew.

"They're going to get themselves killed one of these days," said Charlie.

"That's what I'm afraid of," said Drew.

"I think I'm more scared of them taking a mission into Voldemort's lair. It's practically a suicide mission," said Bill.

"No, the Death Eaters inside are in more danger than they are. At least until they get to ol' Moldy Voldie himself," said Drew.

Just then the backdoor flung open and Cadance and Cati came running in. "Where're you going?" asked Drew. They continued out of the kitchen and they could be heard thundering up the stairs.

Just then the doorbell rang. All three boys got up to answer it. Drew opened the door. Standing there was a frumpy old woman with gray hair. "Mrs. Bunkerman," said Drew. "What are you doing here?"

"Andrew, your sister and her little friend are menaces to society. Can't you keep them locked in the house?"

"What have they done now, Mrs. Bunkerman?" asked Drew.

"Those two little horrors shot flaming arrows into my yard!" exclaimed Mrs. Bunkerman. "There's something fishy going on here. Don't think I haven't noticed the strange people that come around here! They're wearing the oddest clothes and they frighten my poor cat!"

"Good bye, Mrs. Bunkerman," said Charlie shutting the door as Mrs. Bunkerman began another rant. Drew turned to look at Bill and Charlie. They were trying really hard not to laugh.

"Catalin Marie Nuperson and Cadance Rose Dumbledore, get your butts down here this instant!" exclaimed Drew.

Cati and Cadance appeared at the top of the stairs. "Hey, the only person who can use our middle names is Professor McGonagall! She has papers to prove it and she can take you to court!" argued Cati.

"Just get your butts down here," said Drew.

Cati and Cadance leaned forward and simultaneously looked left, then right. "Is Elmira gone? Did someone drop a house on her?" asked Cadance.

"She's gone," said Drew.

"Okay," said Cati. "Can we play with the ruby slippers?"

"I'm counting to three," said Drew.

Cadance and Cati looked at each other and then froze Drew. "Yeah, we're really scared of you, Drew," said Cati as she and Cadance walked down the stairs. She patted her brother's still head as she passed on her way to the kitchen.

A few hours later, after Cati had unfrozen Drew and they had eaten dinner, the five young people were sitting on the floor of Drew's living room, waiting for a movie to come on television.

"Drew?" asked Cadance.

"Yes, Cadance?" answered Drew.

"Nevermind," said Cadance.

"Cadance, just spit it out! You've been doing this all afternoon," said Drew.

"Drew," said Cadance very seriously. "Are you gay?"

"Yes, and I'm madly in love with Sirius."

"Okay, now I know you're joking because there is no way you could be in love with Sirius," said Cadance.

"Is that a stab at Sirius while he's not here to defend himself?" asked Cati.

"Yes," said Cadance. "You should hear what we say about you when you're not around."

"What!" exclaimed Cati. She launched a pillow at Cadance. Cadance launched it back.

"Shh," said Drew. "The movie's starting."

"Charlie's Angels!" exclaimed Cadance and Cati at the same time. "Yes!"

"Anybody want something to drink?" asked Drew as he got up off the floor.

"No thanks," said Bill and Charlie at the exact same time.

"Something with caffeine-" said Cati.

"-And lots of sugar-" added Cadance.

"-yeah sugar-" added Cati.

"-but no alcohol-"

"-yes alcohol," said Cati. "Cadance, I swear I'm going to get you drunk one of these days."

"Drew, no alcohol," said Cadance. "Or else we might have to hear Cati sing those rousing choruses of show tunes with Bill and Charlie as back-up singers again."

"Oh, that was fun," said Cati. "Drew, I want alcohol. Just don't give any to Cadance."

"Caffeine and sugar," said Cadance.

"Yes, lots of caffeine and sugar," said Cati.

"Okay, that's it," said Drew. "Unsweetened Iced Tea for the both of you."

"Drew!" argued Cadance and Cati.

"Oh all right," said Drew. "But if I get in trouble for serving alcohol to underaged people, I'm going to kick your butts."

"Drew, first off, we're not underaged. And second of all, if you put even a drop of alcohol in mine I'll get a bit tipsy."

"What are you the rest of the time?" asked Charlie. Cadance threw a pillow at him.

7 hours later, Cati and Cadance were jumping up and down on the couch. Bill and Charlie had had a few drinks and were prepared to join in, should Cati begin singing. Drew was the only one acting sane. Then, Robin Hood Men in Tights came on television. Cati began singing along with the rappers in the beginning.

"Cadance, Cati, how 'bout another drink?" asked Drew.

"NO!" argued Charlie. "No more for them!" He and Bill were beginning to get a headache.

"Yeah!" exclaimed Cadance. "Just one more!" She held up two fingers. Cati had switched snuck alcohol in a few of her drinks so was now a little more than tipsy.

Drew went back into the kitchen. Cati got down off the couch and spun in circles in the middle of the living room.

A few minutes later, Drew came back in. Cati stopped spinning as he handed her a drink. Cadance stopped jumping but stood standing on the couch as she took a drink. Cati collapsed and Bill caught her. "Whoa."

"Cadance, I'd come down from that couch if I was you," said Drew.

"What did you do?" asked Cadance as Charlie helped her off the couch. Then, she too, collapsed. Charlie caught her.

"Very, very strong sleeping potion," said Drew.

"Good work," said Bill shaking Cati slightly. He and Charlie placed Cati and Cadance on the floor.

"Uh oh," said Drew. "Mrs. Bunkerman called the police. Quick, turn out all the lights, lay on the floor and pretend you're asleep!"

"Stop, drop and roll!" exclaimed Bill as he dove onto the floor.

"Okay, you've definitely had a few too many," said Drew as he turned off the light.

* * * The next morning, Professor McGonagall walked to the Order of the Phoenix Meeting Room to Apparate to Drew's house (But it was not because she missed Cadance, Cati, Drew, Bill, and Charlie. Well, okay it was, but she won't admit it.). She Apparated into Drew's living room. Four of them were sleeping on the floor.

"Cati, stop poking the gorilla," mumbled Cadance as she rolled over.

"Only if you stop throwing cheese," mumbled Cati.

"Why don't he two of you shut up so I can hear the goat sing?" mumbled Bill.

"That's not a nice thing to say about the pig," said Charlie.

Just then, Drew peaked his head in from the kitchen. "Professor, what are you doing here?" he asked in a whisper.

She was about to make up something when she was hit in the back of the head with a pillow. "Sorry, about that, Professor. Cati has been throwing pillows in her sleep all night.

"Have they been sleep talking all night?" asked McGonagall.

"Oh yeah," said Drew. "They were carrying on conversations. Do you want some coffee?"

"No, that's okay," said McGonagall.

"Well, let's go in the kitchen," said Drew. "I don't want to wake them up. I'm tape recording everything they say in their sleep. I intend to use it as blackmail later." He and McGonagall walked into the kitchen and sat at the table.

They had just sat down when Bill and Charlie walked in, yawning. "Well, good morning," said Drew.

"I trust you slept well," said McGonagall. "What time did you all go to bed?"

"Well, Cadance and Cati were bouncing off the walls and then they took another drink and they were ducks and the rain was hitting the boat and then Cati started poking the gorilla and Cadance was throwing cheese and then Bill called the pig a goat and then I woke up," said Charlie.

"You were drinking last night, weren't you?" asked McGonagall.

"Just a little," said Charlie.

Just then, there were two pops and Dumbledore and Snape were standing in the kitchen. "Good morning," said Dumbledore cheerfully.

"Mmm hmm," said Charlie nodding as he took a sip of coffee.

"Where're the girls?" asked Dumbledore

"They're still sleeping," said Bill.

"We need to wake them up," said Dumbledore. "They're wanted at the Ministry."

"Now?" asked Charlie.

"As soon as possible," said Dumbledore. "Severus and I will get them up. You just stay here and enjoy your coffee."

He and Snape walked out of the kitchen. Dumbledore bent over Cadance and shook her shoulders. "Cadance, wake up," he said.

"Just five more minutes," said Cadance. "The monkey isn't done teaching Algebra and Cati's lost in the basement."

"What in the name of Merlin is she talking about?" asked Dumbledore.

"She's sleep talking, Uncle Severus," said Drew. He was standing in the doorway to the kitchen. "She and Cati have been doing it all night."

"Catalin," said Snape in Cati's ear. "Catalin."

"I promise I already did my Potion's homework," mumbled Cati.

"See? They were carrying on whole conversations with Bill and Charlie earlier. It's funny, though. Bill and Charlie talk in their sleep all the time, but I've never heard Cadance and Cati do it," said Drew.

Snape looked at Drew and it was obvious his brain was working in full gear.

Dumbledore tried to wake up Cadance again. "Cadance, wake up. You're wanted at the Ministry," he said.

"I didn't do it," responded Cadance as she rolled over.

"Andrew," said Snape. "Sleep talking is a side-effect of several kinds of sleeping potions."

"Really? How very interesting," said Drew.

"Andrew Nuperson," said Snape sternly. "Did you sneak sleeping potion in their drinks again?"

"No," said Drew quickly. "Oh okay, yes."

"Severus, he can hardly be blamed. I suspect it was very, very late and they were still very, very active," said Dumbledore.

"Exactly," said Drew.

"Well, I suppose there's only one way to wake them up," said Dumbledore.

"Which is?" asked Drew.

Dumbledore winked at him. "Cadance, Catalin, there's a giant, arrow- shooting, sword-wielding, knife-throwing demon in the dungeons and he would like to speak to you."

Cadance and Cati's eyes popped open and they hopped up. "Okay, okay, we're up," said Cadance.

"Good," said Dumbledore. "Because you're wanted at the Ministry."

"Right after we go vanquish the demon," said Cadance.

"There is no demon. I lied," said Dumbledore. "Well, sort of. You'll see when you get to the Ministry. Now get out of those muggle clothes and get to the Ministry."

Cadance and Cati grabbed their bags off a chair in the corner and Cadance went into the bathroom to change while Cati went upstairs to Drew's room.

"Hurry," Dumbledore called after them.

Barely two minutes later, Cadance and Cati were hobbling into the living room in their Auroring robes and pulling on their Auroring boots. "Damn Auroring boots," said Cati. "How do they expect us to battle Death Eaters in high-heeled boots. And, if the opportunity ever presents itself, how are we supposed to slink around Voldemort's lair in blindingly white robes!? Oh, I know! Let's all go hide in the shadows in robes that are so white you could find a knut on the floor of a pitch-black room using only the robes to light your way! We should wear black. Those Death Eaters are so stupid but at least they're smart enough not to try to sneak up on people in white robes!"

"Are you done?" asked Cadance.

"Yeah, we can go now," said Cati. They Apparated to the Auroring Department.

Everyone was talking excitedly. "They're here!" someone called. A second later, Bob Reynolds, Head Auror, was hurrying up to them.

"Finally," he said. "Come into my office."

Cadance and Cati followed him into his office. "We have a situation," he said. "A demonic one. And there are only three sorceresses on the squad and Minerva refuses to take part in anything involving demons. So that leaves you two."

"Okay, Bob, chill out. You're going to start hyperventilating if you don't calm down. Breathe!" exclaimed Cati.

"Now," said Cadance. "There is nothing demonic that Cati and I can't handle."

"It's big, it's mean, it's ugly, but it hasn't tried to kill anyone yet," said Bob. Cadance and Cati each raised an eyebrow.

"You had us woken up at the ungodly hour of 7 AM for a docile demon!" exclaimed Cati.

"No, no, you don't understand. He's mean and ill-tempered and he's demanding to see the Minister," said Bob.

"Well, what does Mr. Weasley have to say about it?" asked Cadance.

"He's not here yet," said Bob. "We contacted him, but his wife is making him eat breakfast before he leaves."

"Pancakes?" asked Cati.

"Where's the demon now?' asked Cadance.

"We've got him locked in an empty office," said bob. "He says he's got a message for Mr. Weasley."

"From who?" asked Cati.

"I'll give you three guesses at who and the first two don't count," said Cadance.

"Oh, right," said Cati.

"Okay, okay, I've got an idea and it's completely rational and not a bit crazy, stupid, or half-baked," said Cadance.

"That's a first," said Cati.

END CHAPTER

Well, Please Review! By the way, it's my one year anniversary of writing this story today, December 19, 2002. It's also Kassy's Birthday! Happy Birthday!