Our Hogwarts Experience
A/N: Yup… Second chapter, folks! I guess by now you have noticed a distinct difference between Andrew and my own writing…oh well! AHAHA!
Disclaimer: Yadda yadda… (see First chapter: Referral of)
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Nadine and Andrew sat parallel from each other in the spacious compartment, taking in the scenery outside while not making a sound. Then Andrew coughed. He wanted to speak.
"Uh Nadine… you want to see what I brought, I kind of, well you know, picked it up at Kam Alley while you were taking FOREVER in the bathroom," She glared at him, "And well…I guess I 'forgot' to keep it in my room…' He grinned evilly. She looked at him like he was some kind of god. He pulled out a small bag from his pocket. It was a blue colour, bound in yellow cord. He unraveled the cord and slowly leaned the bag forward for her to see. It was a powdery substance. She reached her hand to touch it, but he slapped it sharply, and she withdrew shocked.
"You don't really want to touch this… I mean… unless you want to be making a fool out of yourself, well, more than you already do..." He trailed off as she kicked him in the shins.
"I don't ever make a fool of myself! So… what is this stuff called?"
"Silius Powder. All you have to do is get even a teaspoon on you and you will be doing whatever the person who put it on you thinks you to do!"
"WOAH! COOL!" Nadine said, awestruck at such a precious thing, well, in her opinion at least. Professor McGonagall came by their compartment, and Nadine and Andrew silenced immediately as he stuck the bag in his pocket.
"Hello, Mr. And Ms. Albarn, since the trolley witch wasn't really necessary for two students and the teachers only, I have brought you something to eat." She opened the sack she was carrying and pulled out many sweets. She handed a few to Andrew and a few to Nadine. They said thank you quickly, almost as to persuade her to leave. Once she did, they sat quietly for a moment innocently licking their chocolate frogs (Andrew ripped off the head and it was now twitching, Nadine ripped off the arms, poked the frogs eyes and then just licked) until they were certain she was gone.
"Ok, well anyways, getting back to this powder-" Andrew was cut short by the screeching of the brakes. They were arriving in a station.
"We'll talk about the powder later, I believe we'll be staying in one of the unoccupied teacher's chambers until the rest of the school arrives." Andrew said, stuffing the powder he had just taken out back in his pocket. They got up when they heard McGonagall, magically amplified, telling them to get off the doors in front of them and that a tall man would be there to greet them.
Just as she said, they got off to an EXTREMELY large man with a shaggy beard and long moleskin coat. He smiled warmly at them, and they waved at him. He cringed. Nadine chuckled. Andrew nudged her ribs. She shoved his shoulder. And it went on. Hagrid, seeing their 'predicament' walked over and separated them easily. They looked embarrassed, and even a little angry still. Then Andrew, wanting to win, said,
"Nadine, don't chuckle about people behind their backs!" He got a smug grin as she gasped loudly and started stuttering, trying to tell Hagrid he was wrong and that she was laughing at something she had heard earlier. Every couple seconds through her speech there was a 'pfft' or 'yah right' from Andrew. She glared at Andrew as the man turned around and starting to walk away, beckoning them to follow. Andrew stuck out his tongue. They quickened their pace to keep up with the giant. Finally, Andrew asked,
"Excuse me sir, what may I ask is your name?"
"My name's Hagrid, and yer… hang on… Nadine an' Andrew, righ'?"
"Yes, that would be us." Nadine said, still a little pink from Andrew's mischief causing.
"Well, Dumbledore asked me ter explain ev'rythin' ter ya'. You'll be stayin' in an empty teacher chamber, until the rest o' tha school arrives, then ya will be sorted at the annual sortin' ceremony. Yer to live in yer house and continue classes with them. Maybe you'll be in Hufflepuff, my old house!" He swelled with pride at this. They nodded and kept walking up the path through Hogsmeade until they reached two broomsticks.
"Yer gonna' ride these up ter the castle, Dumbledore will be waitin' fer ya." With that, the man kept walking. He obviously knew they could ride, and they saw that these were their broomsticks.
"Wow, they got our broomsticks here already? I wonder where all our other stuff is…" Nadine trailed off as Andrew shook his shoulders unknowingly and said,
"Who cares, as long as it gets there in one piece, I'll be happy." Just then, he mounted his broomstick and hovered in the air above her. She had her hands on her hips, frowning up at him.
"But aren't you worried about our stuff? I mean-" Just then, Andrew said,
"Race you."
"You're on!" Nadine then mounted her broomstick as well, catching Andrew off guard as she zoomed forward. He pressed forward, as she zoomed in and out of trees. He skimmed over the trees, so he could get a little more speed. He eventually passed her, intent on stopping her, knowing at her speed she would win, and dropped into a nose dive to her level and halted his broom about 10 meters in front of her, horizontally in the air, as opposed to her being vertical. She squealed and quickly stopped her broom. They stared at each other, Andrew with a smug look on his face, and Nadine looking like she was about to have a heart attack. Then she pointed behind him. He looked back, and saw they were at the castle, Dumbledore was slowly walking towards them. They slowly and quietly zoomed down to the ground, dismounted, and waited, unsure of what he would say, on the grassy field standing before the magnificent castle. They could of stood for hours staring at it, if they weren't so sure they were going to get in trouble.
"Well well, it seems we have two quidditch naturals here."
"There's that blasted word again!" Nadine shouted, shooting her arms in the air and shaking her head.
Andrew gave her a look as to say 'shut up!' She immediately did.
"I'm sure, in Hogwarts you'll soon be so knowledgeable about Quidditch you'll mistake your team for your family" Dumbledore said.
"What makes you so sure we'll be on the teams, sir?" Nadine asked.
"Well, Nadine, you have remarkable flying abilities. I watched you zoom through those trees, still keeping that incredible speed. And Andrew, you darted in front of her so carefully, without being afraid of getting hurt. You two are so natural, I'll bet by the end of this term your brooms will be like pieces of clothing!" He chuckled, and they both smiled a little. It seems they weren't in trouble after all. He proceeded to take them inside.
Later that evening, once everything of theirs was settled, Nadine was folding her clothes into her suitcase, when an owl came through the open window and dropped on her shoulder. She opened the letter, once the shock of an owl flying through the window had ceased. She continued to read:
To Mr. And Ms. Albarn (Relation by siblings)
You will be beginning your kwikspell course tomorrow. There will be a lot of work to be done, believe me, and you won't be as accustomed to magic as the other fifth years, but you can always get help along the way. Please feel free to ask any of the staff questions about magic during your 2 months before school. Enclosed is your timetable, which will be the same for everyday of the week (excluding Saturday and Sundays, weekends):
9:00 Transfiguration
10:20 Potions
11:40 Herbology
1:00 LUNCH
1:30 Defense Against the Dark Arts
2:50 History of Magic
These will be all the courses you will be taking for the next two months. Of course, your timetable will change once the regular term has begun.
Nadine rushed over to show Andrew.
On the night of the feast, when the rest of the school arrived, Nadine and Andrew sat bored on the steps of the entrance to the hall, waiting for the school to arrive. They now knew most of what every fifth year knew, they had many good **and mostly bad from Snape** experiences learning what they now knew. Finally, a bustling group of first years erupted the silent hallways. McGonagall was leading them. Nadine and Andrew stood up, and waited by the doors, quietly. McGonagall faced the children.
"They will be ready shortly, Andrew, Nadine," She turned to face them now, "You will be sorted first. Best of luck, come along" She now opened the doors, with the gaze upon mostly Andrew and Nadine, the people wondering why two fifth years they had never seen were doing among the group. They stopped in front of the teacher's table, with the stool and the hat Nadine had read about.
"Albarn, Andrew" McGonagall called. This was the moment of truth. Andrew nervously approached the stool, worrying what house he would get in. He had listened to Nadine ranting and raving, and now he couldn't get her stupid lectures out of his head. He sat down, as she placed the hat on his head. He looked over the sea of hats, their owners all intently focused on him. Then he heard the voice.
I see that you could be in any of the houses. I think Slytherin is a good place for you.
"I don't want to be in Slytherin. That head of house person looks like a greasy ugly evil person."
Well I suppose you could be in Gryffindor.
"No Gryffindor is weird and too much is expected of me."
Well you could go into either Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff I see you are wise-
"OK, I don't care about being wise. I think that Hufflepuff will do just fine. It seems like a good house."
Fine then HUFFLEPUFF! Andrew got up, took the hat off and put it on the stool, then punched it off. It fell to the floor.
"Finally you gay retarded hat. Never touch my head again! I hate you, you moronic stupid thing."
He turned crimson red when he noticed he had just SCREAMED everything out loud. But he felt a little better knowing Nadine was making a fool out of herself too. She was making the only noise in the whole hall, laughing hysterically, and clutching a stitch in her side.
"Uh…Andrew… you may sit down with the Hufflepuffs now…" McGonagall said, a little frightened.
"Albarn, Nadine" She called, then was heard muttering something about 'let's hope she's not as…exuberant… as her brother. Nadine slid on the stool, still chuckling.
Ahh… so you are the twin of the first one. I would ask you to please stop laughing.
I'll stop laughing when I want…
Alright, here we go… hmm, courage, plenty of it, but you're smart, either Gryffindor or Ravenclaw.
COME ON! RAVENCLAW MUST OF MISSED WHEN SHE GAVE YOU SOME OF HER BRAINS, I THOUGHT YOU WERE **GOOD**?
Perhaps you're less able intelligence-wise as me…
LOSER!
Nadine ripped off the hat and threw it to the ground. She began to stomp on it repeatedly, until McGonagall quickly took it from under her foot and placed it back on her head, much to Nadine's disgust, long enough for it to announce 'Ravenclaw!' And then, it said something else to Nadine, which made her boil with rage. She started screaming and flailing wildly for the hat. She was then told to leave by a rather perturbed transfiguration professor.
And at that, they all sat down to enjoy the spectacular feast, Nadine and Andrew talking excitedly with their new houses, happy to (finally) be placed in them.
(A/N the lines are messed due to computer malfunctions)
Andrew was talking to a one Justin Finch-Fletchy, while Nadine was blabbering on to a one Padma Patil. And therefore they didn't hear the rest of the Sorting Ceremony. All of a sudden Nadine only heard herself and Andrew talking. They both continued for about five minutes and then realized that Professor Dumbledore had stood up and asked for quiet. They were quiet instantly.
"I think we may have a few blabber mouths on our hands." A greasy looking man in what looked to be layers upon layers of robes said sneering at the two of them. They knew him to be Snape, the Potions master. Dumbledore just stood and looked at them with laughter in his eyes.
"As usual I have a few start of term announcements...Like all years before, the forest at the edge of the yard is strictly forbidden and go there only if you are in search of a most painful and horrifying death." When he said this, he seemed to be staring directly at the Albarn twins. "Our new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher is Natalie McDithers who we all hope will last longer than one year." Everyone laughed slightly nervously as they all knew the problems with each different teacher and the circumstances that made each only last one year. There was only one of the four teachers that weren't trying to kill a few people or hurt them in any way, but that one happened to be a werewolf. "Also, as you saw we have two new students that are entering their fifth year here at Hogwart's. They have only this year entered our world and we should be as nice to them as to each other. I see they have already found someone to talk to. Now Googenslaf." Food then appeared on the before empty plates.
Nadine and Andrew began eating, but since they had been at Hogwart's for two months they didn't shovel things into their mouths like a few people were doing.
Andrew looked over to Nadine's table and saw she was pulling her famous line.
"Food goes here and here." She said to Padma while pointing to both her mouth and her stomach. Padma and a few other girls that had been talking to had burst out laughing. Andrew was stunned at how she always could get people laughing. Andrew had been asking Justin unending questions about exactly what Quidditch is. He had been told that the old Seeker for Hufflepuff had died the year before and there was an open Seeker space due to that and that there was an open Keeper space due to the fact that he had graduated.
At that exact point in time Nadine was being told by the Ravenclaw captain, Cho Chang that there was an open space as a chaser on the Ravenclaw team due to one of the old chasers graduating.
They were both so excited they at the same time yelled, "Are you SERIOUS?" Everyone had heard them and the room went quiet and looked their way. They turned red and muttered apologies. The room slowly made it's way back up to the normal clamor. The twins were both quiet for a while as were their talking friends.
"Well, I think I should introduce you to Wayne Hopkins. He is the Hufflepuff Quidditch captain." Justin gestured to the guy sitting across the table from them. "Oi! Wayne, as you know this is Andrew Albarn and Andrew this is Wayne. He is a Chaser and captain so he will decide who makes it, and who doesn't."
"Hi! I'm gonna be there to try out for that Keeper space, so when is it?" Said Andrew as if he expected to just be told that he didn't have to try out.
"Well it will be the day after the Ravenclaws. So that is three days from now, in the morning, before classes start." He told Andrew. "The Ravenclaws' is at night after supper a week after tomorrow."
"I see, and you're in what year?" Asked Andrew
"I'm in fifth year, so I will be sharing your dorm. And we will be going to some classes together. I hope we don't have to spend almost EVERY class with the Ravenclaws." He said turning back to his buddy, Craig Polmfin.
"He always says that. We always get stuck with the Ravenclaws anyways. We have most classes shared with the Ravenclaws and a lot of us want a change." Explained Justin.
"Yeah, it sounds kind of boring." Andrew said, although inside he was wondering how he was going to deal with all this. He and his sister had yet to be separated and this would be their first experience without each other to lean on.
At the Ravenclaw table
"Well Nadine, I must go over there," She pointed to a group of Ravenclaws, who were talking excitedly over a one Harry Potter and how he filled out, or so Nadine heard.
"Now that Miss. Prissy pants is gone, I can introduce you to my group of Ravenclaw friends." She gestured to a tall, skinny blonde girl who she introduced as Sarah Harris. She then pointed to a boy her age named Kyle Costa. She was warned that Kyle liked to hear himself speak. She was introduced then to the last of the little group, Alicia Sutton. They were all in her year. She was happy to have been wrong about fitting in. They were so nice.
"Hufflepuff is beginning to grate on my nerves. They are ALWAYS in like all our classes. I think I would even rather being in the same class as Slytherin instead of always Hufflepuff." Complained Kyle.
"Yeah, I suppose everyone would like a change of people." She said this just so that she could get Kyle to stop talking. Inside (although she didn't know it) she was mirroring Andrew's sense of dread about the being apart thing. Sure they always argued, but they would always be there, never a whole castle away. She continued to keep with the conversation until they had to go up to their commons and hence to bed. Professor Flitwick led his class to a trap door opening with a trick latch that lets you open into a cove where a small miniature raven sat. You gave him the password "Wiser than intelligent is the Ravenclaw way" and he would slide aside to reveal a stepladder into the common room. It was done all in a blue and bronze decor with a fire burning brightly in the hearth. Professor Flitwick informed them to get their timetables from their first class teacher. They were to have Ancient Runes without an accompanying class. Nadine was slightly worried, what would happen if what Kyle hoped would happen did? She had no time to think. They filed to their dormitories and found their four-poster beds. Nadine's was the one directly across the room from the door. Around in the circle from the left of the door went: Padma, Alicia, Jenny (whom Nadine had yet to really meet yet), Nadine, Sarah, Brittany (another as of yet un-met girl), and Amanda (un-met, but had already turned out to be a huge snob to Nadine).
That night Nadine slept fitfully and rolled around. For the first time in her life, Andrew wasn't in the same room as her. About an hour after all the other girls were asleep Nadine went into her robes that she had thrown into her trunk. She grabbed her wand, went behind her curtains and cast a silencing charm on the small-enclosed area of the bed. Unseen, unheard, and utterly alone she wept.
Before they went upstairs
Andrew had been trying to concentrate on the conversation. He had developed quite an interest in Quidditch, but not even that subject could entertain him for long. He was suddenly jerked out of his thoughts by Justin poking him and telling him to stand. They were lead away by Professor Sprout and taken to a picture of an old man stooped with age. He of course was moving, if slowly and feebly. They were to tell him the password "Loyalty is worthiness", climb into a portal then tap a stone, two from the left and three up from the bottom. They went into the common room. Andrew saw that it was very nicely decorated. It had armchairs, desks, a huge hearth, plush carpets and the crest of Hufflepuff hung over the hearth. Done in yellow and black below the crest read, "Remain loyal and there will be a place for you". It was extravagant...Andrew saw none of this through the grief that nearly was overwhelming him. They go to their dorms. Andrew's four-poster was two from the right of the door. From the left to the right of the door: Justin, Craig (un-met but seemly friendly), Josh (un-met and seemed to be aloof from everyone else), Dexter (apparently full of himself due to his grades), Wayne, Andrew, and Chris (he was on the Quidditch team as a chaser and he was so full of himself Andrew thought he might burst any second). Andrew just got into his normal sleep attire, boxers and a tee shirt, climbed into his bed and waited until he heard the sleep snores of six people. He grabbed his wand from the bedside table, and transfigured the bed into a sound proof material. Inside of this haven he wept and contemplated why he hadn't chosen Ravenclaw like his sister. Maybe what Wayne had said to Craig had been wrong. Maybe this year they wouldn't have ANY classes with Ravenclaw. He wept long into the night. At around three in the morning he transfigured the curtains back and fell asleep. His dreams were troubled by the thought of never seeing Nadine again.
(A/N I would like to take this opportunity to explain that we may be going back as we must cover two main characters from two different houses. If you get confused then just see which twin isn't there.)
All too soon he was awakened by Justin shaking him awake. He had fallen asleep and he could remember his last dream so well. He had been killing people and Nadine got in the way. He had murdered his sister. But it was only a dream. "Andrew! You're going to miss our first class if you don't get up! You already don't have time for either a shower OR breakfast. Get up! Our first class is transfiguration with the Gryffindors! Get UP!" At the last word Justin flipped Andrew onto the floor. Andrew face-planted and got up looking like he had been run over by a train.
"Ugh." That was all he could say. He dressed and grabbed his wand and his bag. He stuffed his transfiguration book into it and practically ran with Justin to their class so they wouldn't be late. Even running they had just sat down when the bell rang.
The class noted Professor in her cat form. She quickly changed and began speaking, "I know the holidays were hard. I expect you did you summer homework." She looked at the class who were all worried. Everyone that is except Andrew and a bushy haired girl, Andrew had yet to meet. They all handed in what they HAD done. The only complete hand-ins were from Andrew and the bushy haired girl. Andrew smiled at her and introduced himself.
"I'm Andrew Albarn. I don't think we've met." He said with a smile on his face.
"Well that is the first time someone else other than me has actually finished their homework. I'm impressed, but I noticed you got the last question wrong. It should be: You turn the goblet into a bird THEN the bird into a rat then finally into a cat. And my name is Hermione Granger." She said.
"Actually, you turn the goblet into a rat THEN the bird and then the cat. You always go up in size. If you went your way, sure you could do it, but my way is the easier, faster and not to mention smarter way." He replied with a SMIRK!
"Miss. Granger, I'm sorry to say that Mr. Albarn is correct. Although still able to be done, it is harder and a waste of energy." Said Professor McGonagall before Hermione could open her mouth to respond. At this Hermione went red and muttered her apologies, in the midst of the disagreement she had forgotten they had been in front of the entire class. They took their seats and Andrew noticed the girl trying to glare a hole through him. If looks could kill he would have been dead a hundred times over. He noticed that her hair was slightly wild and unkempt. What made her keep it that way? She should really be introduced to a hair dresser. He had been so intent on staring at Hermione's hair that he hadn't noticed that Professor McGonagall had asked Hermione a question.
"Ahem! Miss. Granger! What is the most difficulty in becoming an animagus?" Andrew had heard the question, but had not noticed that it was not directed at him. Unfortunately, for him he answered unbidden.
"The difficulty is the fact that if you mess it up in the very middle, you will stay half animal and half human forever. There has yet to be found a counter spell for this." As he said this everyone turned to him. He had just answered a question that Hermione had to think over. Hermione was glaring at him, the rest of the class stared awed, while Professor McGonagall had a smile on her lips. The smile erased quickly as it had appeared leaving Andrew to wonder whether it had even been there in the first place.
"Mr. Albarn, as much as I appreciate right answers, I would like to ask you to not speak out of turn again." She reprimanded him although without any force. She was trying to hold back laughter from the rivalry between Hermione and Andrew for Transfiguration. She couldn't wait to hear what Flitwick said about Nadine and Hermione. It was nearly the only reason they were ever in Hermione's class.
The lesson went on that way all class. The only problem is that during the practical part, Hermione and Andrew were paired together. They argued over whether it was done one way or the other. They had to change a rat into a cat, but they had to change it into something else first.
"Hermione if you change it into anything inanimate it will be harder to change it into a cat. We should change it into a bird then a cat." He suggested.
"No! If we do that it will be harder. Turn it into an inanimate object that is nearly as big as a cat and then we go with your size theory that proved to be right." She said in a huff. Finally Andrew just pointed his wand at the rat and changed it into a bird then into a cat.
"Now there won't be any more arguing. We are done and you were wrong." He gave her the raspberries.
"OH! I don't think that I ever want to talk to you again!" And with that she was quiet.
"Aw, come on, now don't be like that. Nothing is EVER going to get accomplished that way. Just talk to me please." He begged with her. She couldn't help it she risked a glance over her shoulder. He had these deep ocean blue eyes. To Hermione they seemed to have no depths and right now they looked like they were swirling, as if they were creating a whirlpool. She couldn't help herself. She couldn't take her eyes away from those bottomless pools. She stared into them and lost herself.
She had looked into his eyes. He could see that hers were a rich chocolate brown, and they were staring straight into his. His mind was telling him to look away, he tried, but it was as if something was holding his head in place. He continued to stare, as did she.
They were still staring when Professor McGonagall came around to check their work she smiled to herself. Ron is going to have some competition. She cleared her throat and nothing happened. She tried again and she got the same response as the last time. She looked over at Ron's table and he was shaking he was so mad. She decided to try one last time and this time she got a response. It wasn't the one she had been expecting...
He was lost in the eyes so richly coloured they were almost almonds. She was lost in the ocean of his eyes, and the whirlpool effect wasn't helping. Did he hear something? No they were alone. Weren't they? There it was again maybe he was beginning to hear things, or maybe there IS someone there. Nothing it is gone. Wait no there it is again. At the third time, as if a bell rang in their heads they moved closer together still absorbed in the others' eyes. Their lips met. Her lips were as nothing he had ever tasted before. It was like something went off in his head then. They were in CLASS. He tried to break away, but she had made his knees too weak.
She was staring when she heard a noise, was it a noise. They were alone weren't they? They had to be. All she could see or think of was his oceanic eyes. There was that infernal noise again. She couldn't look away. She was for Ron wasn't she? Ron, not these eyes. But if she was she would be able to look away, and she couldn't. At the third noise she couldn't help herself. She leaned forward as he did. Their lips met. His lips sent shivers through her spine. His arm snaked around her and rested on the nape of her neck, lifting it slightly upwards. Wait! They weren't alone! They were right in the middle of class! She tried to break away, but his arm wouldn't let her go. She hadn't really put up a fight either. She didn't want to leave this. She realized he tried to pull away at the same time as he sought to deepen the kiss. She could feel his tongue parting her lips. She let it enter and just as she touched the tongue they were pulled away from each other...
Justin had Andrew and Ron was holding Hermione possessively. They both fought their restrainers. "Mr. Albarn and Miss. Granger, I expected more out of you two. Please stop snogging in my class." They stopped fighting. They didn't look sorry or mad they looked completely happy. They were separated and Ron took Hermione into a part of the class and starting yelling at her. She started yelling back at him. Justin just took Andrew to the other side of the classroom. "The bell is going to ring soon, so clear up your stuff and I will hand out your class schedules.
Andrew got his and saw that he had Divination next, then Herbology with the Gryffindors. They then had Potions with the Ravenclaws. He couldn't wait until third period. He could see Hermione again.
The bell rang and they left the class. Professor McGonagall called Hermione and Andrew to stay for a few minutes. Justin told Andrew that he would wait, because Professor Trelawny's classroom was hard to find. Andrew told Justin he had been there and he could make it. Hermione and Andrew walked up to the front. When they got there their hands just found each others'. Professor McGonagall saw this and inwardly smiled.
"Well I hope that there won't be anymore snogging during classes. I admit that I don't frown on romance, but please keep it on your own time. I am going to be talking to Professor Sprout telling her that you are not to be snogging during your Herbology class." They both muttered a "yes professor" and walked out of the class and at the door Ron jumped on Andrew.
"Don't touch my girl!" He was on Andrew's back trying to beat him in the head. The first blow didn't strike. Andrew had thrown him off his back with a gesture. He grabbed Hermione's hand again and kissed her, but just a peck and then Andrew went off to his next class. He heard running footsteps behind him and a "Ron NO!" Andrew turned around put his hand palm facing outward at Ron. Ron was frozen. Andrew stared at Ron, or so Hermione thought.
I can do this over and over again. Please don't make me. I don't appreciate having to display my powers. I don't like using my powers, unless absolutely necessary. He had been talking inside of Ron's head. But how that just wasn't possible. Andrew snapped his fingers and Ron was free. "I have to go to class, and I will be going. Until third period." He waved, turned then left.
He got to Trelawny's class without another attack. Unfortunately for him, he was 10 minutes late. "Mr. Albarn please remember to be on time tomorrow."
"Yes I will and don't forget to tell the substitute teacher tomorrow about the fact that we must take the pink tea cups off of the shelf before they fall and smash to bits." He replied.
"Ah! I'm not surprised you saw that too. Well class I would like to tell you why all of you are here not in specific classes. Well due to not enough people having the Sight they dropped out of this class, so now we have twelve people and so we are all in the same class." Andrew took his seat and noticed that there were more people that he recognized from his last class than not. Andrew leaned over to a girl he knew as Lavender Brown from his last class.
"When he dumps you, you can always cry on my shoulder." She looked at him afraid of him, or so he thought that was what it was. The class went nicely and no cups were broken. They had to re-take tea leaves for a week then they would move on. Andrew's tea leaves told him that he would find love sometime soon and that it could still end horribly. "Hmm, you read that sign wrong. That is actually the cat of the dark not light. Well that's good. If it had been of light I was going to wonder how much trouble I would get in. Now I know I won't get caught." He began laughing knowing which class was going to have a prank pulled on it. Professor Trelawny came to inspect what was so funny. She looked at the tea leaves and said
"Ah, the cat of light. I wonder what you're going to do."
"Actually professor like I had been telling my partner Justin it is the cat of the dark. It has two different ears not the same." He explained.
"So it does. Well being proven wrong usually gets me mad, but for some reason I am happy that you proved me wrong." The class was over after a while and a few more shows of Andrew's use of the Sight. He went to his dorm and threw his stuff on his four-poster. He went down to lunch hoping to see Hermione there. He walked in and looked to the Gryffindor table and spotted Hermione. Ignoring the fact that most people sat at their house tables he walked over and plopped himself down beside Hermione.
"Hey there beautiful." Hermione looked to him and saw his mouth going coming closer to her. Their lips met and this time they were allowed to deepen the kiss. His tongue parted her lips and entered the inner sanctum. They stayed like that until they HAD to come up for air. He said, "You send my heart a flutter. It's too bad I'm in Hufflepuff." A slightly younger girl with red hair and freckles came up to them.
"What is this? Hermione did you find a BOYFRIEND?" She sat down on the other side of Hermione and laughed.
"Hello Ginny and yes I did this is Andrew Albarn. He is in Hufflepuff and he sends shivers down my spine." She didn't even turn red at her bluntness. Andrew was slightly taken aback at Hermione calling him her boyfriend. He was flattered, as he felt the same way.
"I had fun in Divination. I proved Trelawny wrong." He said this with a smile on his face.
"All that is a load of horseshat!" She told him in no uncertain terms.
"Not really, watch I can do that too. The next person to walk in that door will be my sister. She will be laughing and when she goes to sit down she will miss the bench and fall flat on her ass." Hermione was about to say something until she saw Nadine enter laughing. Sure enough she walked over to the bench and fell.
"How did you do that?" Asked Hermione.
"Well I have the Sight. Trelawny has it too, but not very much. She could barely be called a seer. I have only joined your world and I have been able to see as much as her. I heard that even at her age she has only had two true visions. A true seer by her age would have at least ten not a measly two." He explained this all in a voice that told her that he wasn't mad or perturbed by what she had said.
"Oh. Well I don't believe in any of it. I won't critsize you though it is your opinion." Her voice brooked no argument.
"Well I'm glad you found one who can explain things without getting all mad, unlike my brother." Ginny piped in.
"Wait, is your brother Ron Weasley?" He asked noticing that she looked a lot like the Ron that had assaulted him. Ginny nodded. Andrew just laughed telling her, "Well I'm glad you're a lot nicer than your brother. He attacked me for kissing Hermione." Ginny looked mad.
"How dare him! He never made a move. All you two did was argue like mad. It was row after row." She got up intent on going to find Ron.
"Ginny sit down. I can handle it myself. Thanks though, but I have a plan. Hermione do you want to get him back? You too Ginny." He smiled an evil smile. They both nodded. "Well I say we send him a howler from us three. I heard that if three voices go into one howler the person goes temporarily deaf after the message. He will only stay that way for about five minutes, but I think it's a good idea." They both mirrored his evil smile and nodded. "OK, after classes we go to the library, write it then send it." They began laughing. This was going to be fun. Andrew finally realized that Gryffindor people were glaring at him. "What! Is it just because I'm sitting here? If it is there is no point that I leave. They are only there as a suggestion. You can really sit anywhere you want. If I wanted to I could go over and sit on the Slytherin table." The people who he was talking to him turned back to their food.
"Well Hermione I think you got a keeper. Speaking of which I heard you were trying out for Hufflepuff keeper have fun. I hope you get it." Said Ginny.
"Hello I'm right here. Don't say things like I'm not here it irritates me. My sister ALWAYS did that with Blame-y that stanky loser. He was her muggle boyfriend like I had Tear as my muggle girlfriend. That is all in the past now. I got my 'Mione." He said this as he put his arm around her. She just smiled back.
"Hey Hermione, what class do you have next?" Asked Ginny.
"I have Herbology with the Hufflepuffs." She said this with the biggest of big smiles on her face. As she said this she snuggled closer to Andrew. Instead of being uncomfortable he kissed the top of her head, which was resting on his chest. Ginny was starting to become like a third wheel until Justin came over.
"Hey Andrew don't you think that this is going a little fast?"
"Um, not really no. Why do you ask?" At this Hermione snuggled even closer and Andrew put his other arm around her. Justin noticing this sat down beside Andrew.
"Well you basically just met Hermione and you don't know all about her."
"Nothing you say can make me let go of her. Say what you have to say though. See she also doesn't know everything about me." Hermione was beginning to get scared. What could Justin know?
"Same here." She said. Andrew squeezed for a second and then released.
"Well she used to have bad teeth and then was cursed so that they hung below her chin and Madam Pomfrey magiked them back and she made them go normal for normal not for her." He said. He actually didn't know much about her.
"So, she wanted normal teeth. If that's the best you have then I beat that. I have noticed that she likes teachers. At my muggle school we would always insult them and prank on them." He said truthfully. Hermione didn't move for a moment. He got worried. Maybe she could stop just like that. After a few seconds she went back to letting Andrew hold her.
"Well, well, well there is um, oh, never mind. If you want to know her ask her." Justin said and he stomped over to the Hufflepuff table. He sat down beside Craig and Wayne.
"Well is there anything about you that I might actually care to know?" Andrew asked. She went rigid.
"My parents are both muggles." She thought he might let go and leave.
"So, who really cares who your parents are? They could be murderers and it wouldn't change you." At this Ginny got up and left leaving them alone for this. "Well you know about what happened to my school and you saw what I can do when Ron attacked me. I can do that all the time. Are you scared of me?" She didn't even react to this. She just replied,
"All the better to protect me. People always call me a know-it-all and arrogant and that I'm ugly."
"Well, the know-it-all part suits me just fine. I will need help in all things. Well except with Transfiguration. I don't find you at all arrogant and it doesn't matter. And you are as far from ugly as a rose in full bloom. If you had been born they would have named them Hermiones instead of roses." He kissed the top of her head again, and got a glance at his watch. "Um, Hermione I think we had better get ready for Herbology. We have fifteen minutes to get ready and out there." They got up and kissed one last time before they had to go their separate ways.
It took ten minutes for Andrew to get down to the greenhouses. They were to be in the third one. He waited outside until Hermione arrived. She took not much longer than him. They shared a long kiss and at the very last minute they went into the class. They went to adjacent workstations. There was a guy his age beside him on his right then beside that kid there was Ron. Ron was getting red already.
"Now Ron, stop this it is childish." He turned to Andrew, "Hello my name is Harry Potter." Andrew just extended his hand and shook Harry's hand. Harry was slightly startled. Andrew hadn't made a fool out of himself or looked for his scar. Justin was to Andrew's left and across from Andrew was Wayne and to Wayne's left (across from Hermione) was Craig and to Wayne's right was Dexter. Professor Sprout came in and said,
"Alright class we will be beginning our work and study of the monstratee. Before we begin, I would like to teach you a spell to make them stop trying to eat you. If you did your homework then you would know that yes monstratees DO eat humans. Anyways, the spell goes "cooleus calm"". A red beam shot out of her wand and hit the wall. "I want to see all of you get that same kind of red light to come out of your wands." Everyone tested it out and no one messed it up. "Well then I will open this door and you must all take one monstratee." She walked over to the side of the class and opened a door. Inside of the door was about 30 monstratees. "OK, I will be going in alphabetical order. Don't forget to cast your spell. OK, Albarn, Andrew."
Andrew went up to the door and he hadn't lifted his wand yet. The monstratees started yelling and he just continued to walk. He seemed to have gone into a sort of trance. He was within reach of the monstratees and they stopped snapping and looked at him. He took two more steps, put his hand out and stroked the closest monstratee. It made a noise that sounded suspiciously like a purr. The rest of the monstratees tried to get petted too. He gave them all a pat and then took the one that he had petted first. He got back to his station and blinked a few times not realizing that he had already gone up and gotten himself a monstratee until he saw the creature. He continued to absently pet it while people got over their shock. Hermione was the first person to talk.
"I thought you were going to be eaten. I was so scared." She said this and hugged him then kissed him to make sure that he was really there and it wasn't just an illusion.
"Miss. Granger please refrain from snogging during class. I must continue. Next time Mr. Albarn please do the spell so we don't have to see over shows of emotions." She began calling names again. Until she got to the Ls it went well. But then she said "Longbottom, Neville." A brown-haired boy Andrew's age went up and pulled out his wand. He continued walking trying to get the words right. He had gotten too close. It happened so fast; Andrew ran, grabbed Neville and got bit instead of Neville. It had bitten his arm and a tooth stuck in. Andrew looked at the monstratee and it backed down.
"Neville, you should be more careful. These things are poisonous." He said pulling out the tooth. He put his wand to the cut, and mouthed an incantation. Green ooze started to flow out of the cut. "If you treat it right away it is fine, but after a while you pass out and then they eat you." He explained this to Neville not realizing that everyone was watching. Hermione ran over and kissed him again.
"Don't DO that! You scared me. I thought you were going to die." Hermione gave him another kiss before she remembered where she was.
"Miss. Granger I just told you not to do that. Andrew although I'm happy that everyone is okay, please refrain from getting yourself bit again. Fifty points to Hufflepuff for the sacrifice Andrew made and ten points from Gryffindor for Hermione's disregard for my rules. Next time leave it at a hug please?" She charmed the monstratee and gave it to Neville. Eventually they all got a monstratee without further problems. "What we are to do is to collect some of its venom. As Mr. Albarn told us, the venom of a monstratee is extremely poisonous, but with the right ingredients, it becomes a very powerful headache cure. We must be very careful, thought, as sometimes the spell may wear off and it may try to bite you. They get very angry because of being put under a spell." She went on to explain and show them how to collect the venom in a jar. Only once did a monstratee wake up, but the person working on it was quick to react. Points were awarded or taken due to the venom collected and then the class ended. Not once did Andrew ever put his monstratee under enchantment.
Finally the end of class rolled around and they were to put their monstratees back and place the jars on Professor Sprout's desk. Hermione and Andrew walked out together and went to the doors of Hogwart's. They kissed until they had no choice, but to come up for air.
"I would gladly die, if it be in your arms."
"As I you. I would stay here all class, but I just have to have Snape next. I will see you at dinner. I have Potions and through it all you will be in my mind." Andrew said as he kissed her again. They held each other and then they reluctantly parted. "I must go." They went their separate ways and Andrew found his way to the dungeons.
[before classes began]
She had been awakened by Padma only five hours after she had removed the Silencing Charm and fallen asleep. Lucky for Nadine that she still had time to eat and have a shower.
"Wake UP!" Padma tried to wake her and finally accomplished the magnificent feat.
"URGH! Stupid alarm!" She tried to bang on Padma who she thought was an alarm clock.
"Nadine it's Padma!" Padma nearly hit Nadine when a flying fist had almost hit her in the head.
"OH, Padma I'm SO sorry!" She apologized as soon as she figured out that the alarm was talking.
"Uh, huh well anyways as I was trying to say, if you don't get up now you will not have time to eat AND have a shower." This said Nadine jumped out of bed and ran into the bathroom. She jumped into the shower and had a quick ten minute clean. She went into the bedroom and rifled through her clothes until almost half of the contents of her trunk were everywhere, even on Padma. "Cleneio" Muttered Nadine and her clothes all whoshed into her trunk all nicely folded.
"Sarah and the others have gone down to breakfast already and told me to bring you down there when I could finally manage to wake you up. I had a bucket of near-frozen water that I was about to dump on you." Padma admitted.
"Oh, well next time just push me off the bed. OK?" She said noting the bucket of water that looked like it still had pieces of ice floating around in it.
"Yes Okay now let's get going." The raced down to the Great Hall and took their seats next to Kyle, Sarah and Alicia.
"I see you finally managed to wake Sleeping Beauty. Did you have to resort to the water?" Sarah asked.
"No I didn't she eventually woke up although she tried to beat me." She said this in a teasing way so Nadine thought nothing of it and just piled food onto her plate. She began to shovel the food in her mouth.
"Nadine slow down and CHEW!" Said Alicia. Nadine tried to answer, but all that came out was food and gurgling noises.
"OK, considering how gross that just was, I suggest that we don't ask her questions until she is done eating." Said Kyle.
"Agreed." Replied the girls that weren't Nadine. After about five minutes Nadine had finished a full plate of food. The others just looked on with looks of grossed-out horror.
"Well I think I should probably get ready for my Ancient Runes class." The others having lost their appetite, followed her to the common room and grabbed their stuff. Sarah and Alicia had Ancient Runes with her next, but Kyle and Padma had Care of Magical Creatures.
They walked down to the Ancient Runes classroom which was on the second floor nearly right above the Great Hall. They were on time with a few minutes to spare so they decided to hand in their summer homework to Professor Stone a handsome, young man, probably only about thirty or so. He had the look of a man you didn't want to break the rules around though.
"Ah, I see you all decided to do your summer homework. I get too many people not doing their runes and then they have no clue as to what I'm doing. It seems the rest of the class is arriving, sit, sit." The girls took seats together and watched the rest of the class file in and like Professor Stone said, only two other people actually had summer homework to hand in, Chris Tate who had the look of a Quidditch player and Jenny Lopid.
"As I see only five of you actually handed in your summer homework I had better go over the Egyptian runes that were on your homework." He began to draw symbols in the air with his wand. Nadine got slightly bored after a while, as she already knew this. She drifted off eventually and was woken up by Alicia poking her. Instead of asking what she got up and mumbled,
"No, I don't think I want pancakes today." She had started to walk around by now, when Sarah made water burst forth from her wand and hit Nadine right in the face, she yelled, "COLD!"
"Well thank you Ms. Harris. Now Nadine do you think you can stay awake, or at least not jump up and walk around?" He asked kindly.
"I-I-I think so professor." She stuttered out her answer. For the rest of the class she just kept herself awake and ready for answering a question, as Professor Stone seemed to ask people who he thought weren't paying attention. The class didn't take all THAT long, but it was long enough. Nadine had nearly fallen asleep when the bell rang. Sarah, Alicia and Nadine nearly ran out the door and to their next class, Charms.
When they sat down they realized that they never got their schedules. They told Professor Flitwick and he told them that ONE of them goes and gets all three. Alicia went and Sarah and Nadine sat down near the front. She knew this was going to be fun, she was in her element. Alicia came back in about five minutes and she wasn't even the last person to enter. Alicia sat beside Sarah and then three Gryffindors walked in. two boys and one girl. One boy had jet black hair and the other had red hair, freckles and was red in the face. The girl had bushy hair and was red in the face also, although she seemed to have a smile on her face. The girl sat beside Nadine and then the black haired boy with the red haired boy beside him. The girl introduced herself to Nadine as Hermione Granger and the black haired boy was Harry Potter. She deliberately "forgot" to mention who the red haired boy was and Nadine didn't ask.
Professor Flitwick explained the oddity of Gryffindors having Charms with the Ravenclaws as Gryffindors never have classes with Ravenclaws and Professor Dumbledore thought that it was time that all houses had classes with each other. He went on to say that they had to get working and he shouldn't have been babbling.
"Now we have to start preparing you for your O.W.Ls, so I want us to re-do all of the charms we have learned from first year to fourth year within the month. Now I will be separating you into partners. Each set of partners will be one Ravenclaw and one Gryffindor. Now...." He went on to place sets of partners. Nadine went with Hermione, Alicia went with the red haired boy and Sarah went with Harry.
Hermione and Nadine were doing really well when all of a sudden Hermione messed up on a charm. Nadine caught the quill that went flying near her head.
"Hermione do you want to be a little more careful with these things they can hurt sometimes." During this whole lecture Nadine hadn't looked up once.
"Oh, yeah and who do you think YOU are?!"
"Oh, right I'm sorry I forgot to tell you my name. It's Nadine Albarn." At the name Albarn Hermione made a little squeak and Ron started shaking. "Did I do something wrong?"
"Oh, no it's just we had our transfiguration lesson with the Hufflepuffs and your brother was there." Hermione leaned in to whisper to Nadine, "We, uh began snogging during class." Nadine burst out laughing and noticed the small red tinge that came to Hermione's face, and the fact that Ron was now nearly having a seizure standing up.
"I take it that red haired boy doesn't like my brother, well he wouldn't be the first. And you how did you do that? He never just meets someone and all of a sudden starts kissing them and in class of all things." By now Nadine was yelling and flailing her arms around. Everyone had stopped to stare at the screaming girl.
"Well it was just such a magical moment." Hermione was getting slightly nervous.
"Oh, HA HA very funny what did you do PUT A CHARM ON HIM?!" She was now getting very mad, and before Hermione could answer she spoke again, "Wait, how could you manage that if you can't manage a few simple charms. You disgust me. You AND your bushman eyebrows." Nadine slapped Hermione. Hermione just stood there, but the red haired boy pointed his wand at Nadine. She noticed, "I wouldn't if I were you." Nadine put her hand out as if to catch something and Ron's wand flew to her hand. Professor Flitwick coming out of a shocked state began getting order.
"Now, Nadine, give Ron back his wand and Ron no spells." They did as they were told. "Now to prevent happenings like that again, Nadine your new partner is Lavender Brown and Kyle go with Hermione." They did as they were told. "Now no more fighting." They continued with their charms and the bell rang about twenty minutes later. Padma and her little gang caught up with Nadine and asked exactly the little show was all about.
"Well that little WITCH - excuse the pun - was snogging MY brother within their FIRST CLASS! There is no way that he snogs people within the first hour of meeting them and he NEVER kisses or snogs during CLASS! She HAD to have done SOMETHING!" She completed her tirade only five feet from the entrance to the Ravenclaw house.
"Well, uh maybe your brother did something to her or that nothing was done to anyone and it just, well happened. Do you think?" Said Alicia, being the voice of reason here.
"Please don't try to reason with me I just need time to be mad." They entered the commons and the girls went to their dorm. "Hitting a pillow usually helps so I think I should hit a pillow." She pulled out her wand and lit the pillow on fire and made it burst into little bits and pieces that were still smoldering. "Well that feels slightly better. NOOOW reason may work." The other girls just had to laugh. Then Amanda walked in with Brittany in tow.
"What is this? It had to have been you!" She rounded on Nadine. "You're a freak you know and no one likes you." She smiled but only for a second. Nadine had her wand out and made it so Amanda had no mouth. The girls other than Brittany started rolling on the floor laughing.
"Now do you promise to be nice you snob? And just for your information I DID do that. I admit I'm a freak, but only *I* and my brother may insult me." Amanda could only nod about the being nice part and so then she had a mouth.
"You ARE a freak!" She yelled this as she ran away, but Nadine was quicker. She shot red sparks out of her wand and it hit Amanda in the butt. She lifted a few feet in the air and let out a cry of pain.
"OK, I am SO much better. I say we go down to lunch." she a huge smile on her face, but the others slightly dreaded what might happen. "Don't worry I'm not that bad at lunch." They trusted her so they picked Kyle up and together walked down to the Great Hall. On the way there Kyle tripped and fell down the stairs on his rump.
"Ha ha Kyle fell on his rumpy rump." She laughed and then she imitated him by falling herself. They laughed all the harder. By the end of the staircase all of them had either been pushed down to fall down the stairs or had fallen themselves. No one was hurt luckily. They were still laughing really hard when they walked into the Great Hall. They went over to the Ravenclaw table and sat down or at least Nadine TRIED to sit down. She missed the bench and fell flat on her bottom. She began laughing even harder. She was on the floor laughing and holding a stitch in her side. She eventually sat ON the bench and began eating. It was about five minutes into her meal that she looked over to the Hufflepuff table to find her brother. Padma noticing where she was looking looked for her own twin and in doing so found Andrew. She poked Nadine and pointed to the Gryffindor table. Nadine noticed her twin with his arm around a certain bushy haired Gryffindor that she detested. She was shaking with barely controlled rage and was about to get up when she saw Andrew kiss her head, but Kyle and Sarah held her down and in her seat. She had lost her appetite and basically stormed out of the Great Hall towards the Ravenclaw house. The others followed after worried about the fact that she may want to "hit" some more pillows. When they got to the commons they found her sitting in front of an unnaturally roaring fire.
"Uh, Nadine maybe, maybe we should just let them be together and see how it will turn out." Tried Sarah.
"Sarah, what did I tell Alicia about time to be mad. Leave me alone for about five minutes please." They went to a different part of the room and watched as the fire did weird things. They waited until Nadine stopped controlling the fire and it went back to what it should look like. They went over and Padma asked,
"Are you okay now? We could always say that you're sick in bed for the afternoon classes."
"No, I'll go. We DO have Potions fourth period and we have a shared class with the Hufflepuffs. It should give me time to talk with Andrew." They left Kyle and went up to their dorm and grabbed their Transfiguration books. They went down and walked up the stepladder out of the house.
They arrived in Transfiguration after most of the Slytherins had been seated. They sat together to the other side. The idea of maybe the houses making friends between themselves wasn't working, as the Slytherins were sitting on one side of the classroom and the Ravenclaws on the other side. They didn't speak to each other and in fact to Nadine it seemed that they seriously didn't like each other.
"Please hand in the homework I assigned you for the summer holidays." Nadine, Alicia, Jenny, Sarah, Padma, Kyle, and one Slytherin handed in their homework. Professor McGonagall looked on with disapproval. "All of you should have done your homework. Especially now that we must prepare you for your O.W.Ls. I will put you into partners and you shall work together." She did what Professor Flitwick did, by putting a Ravenclaw and a Slytherin together. No one seemed pleased with that idea.
Nadine had to work with Draco Malfoy. He looked like he had just eaten about fifty lemons, peels attached. All through the whole time that they worked Draco kept trying to make Nadine mess up. It was good for Nadine that Andrew had helped her make sure she knew what she was doing otherwise Draco might have managed to make her mess up over and over again. Nearing the end of class he tried to jinx HER not her work but her. He pointed his wand at her and she just picked her wand up and made a circle above her head. He hadn't noticed and the spell reflected off of a purple, invisible shield she had erected around her person. His body went completely rigid and fell over.
"Enervate" She just cast the counter curse and went back to her work. The bell rang and he hadn't even tried to curse her work from after the little incident with the full body bind. She walked with her little gang to Potions and sat down. Not long after the Hufflepuffs began to arrive.
(A/N they are together now so it will not focus more on one than the other.)
Andrew spotted his sister and sat down across from her. Beside her sat Padma and beside Andrew sat Justin.
"Sit and be quiet. You all should know that I abhor this class. I expect you to be quiet and do what I tell you." He looked around the class and spotted Andrew and Nadine.
"Oh, PERFECT! My most hated class and YOU'RE in it." He walked over to their table. Apparently he had found someone to scare for the year, or to be exact TWO someones. "What do you need to make a Wolfsbane Potion?"
"Well first you need about two milligrams of wolfsbane and then you need a fairly fresh bezoar."
"Don't forget the pickled newts eyes. OH, and the salamander skin."
"Yes, yes, mix them together and make sure that the potion is smoking otherwise it will make the werewolf even more volatile and dangerous."
"If brewed properly, which is very difficult the werewolf in his wolf form will keep his mind and be able to either kill with sense or not kill at all. It basically depends on the person." The twins answered correctly and that is the weird thing. Fifth years wouldn't know that. Some seventh years had trouble remembering and there has yet to be a seventh year capable of brewing a Wolfsbane Potion. Snape looked even more sour. He was angry that they had managed to answer.
"Twenty points from both Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw for needing someone else to help them answer." Both the Hufflepuffs and the Ravenclaws knew not to argue or he would take even more points, but it just wasn't fair, they had answered a question that some SEVENTH years couldn't answer.
"Now we will be working on brewing a potion to stop indigestion." He went on to explain how to brew one and at the end Andrew and Nadine both said,
"Shouldn't you warn us that if you put the wrong amount of hippogriff feathers by even one part of a feather then it will change the potion to stop indigestion into a potion to give someone indigestion?"
"I suppose I SHOULD." He looked even MORE mad if that was possible.
"I will keep a potion of what you should be making in case one of you manages to mess this up like I know all Hufflepuff and Ravenclaws do. Now get to work." He stalked to his desk and sat down behind it. Nadine and Andrew talked about their day while they cut, measured, etc. They made sure to cut right and made sure that Justin and Padma didn't have to suffer, which is what Snape would do for a few minutes, before administering the potion. Unbeknownst to all but the twins they had created two potions. One potion was to make someone fart uncontrollably and the other was the potion they were meant to make. About fifteen minutes before the class ended, Snape decided to try out the classes potions. And of course the only way to do that is to subject the person to what you are meant to counter. As people had been working in partners he gave some indigestion potion to one partner and the other was meant to administer the antidote. Unbeknownst to everyone but the twins, they had something planned for trouble. They had slipped their fart potion into the indigestion potion.
"Professor Snape I think you should take some of your own. So that we know what we should be seeing, when we give the antidote to our partner." Suggested Nadine. Everyone agreed with her though, as they all wanted to see Snape in pain.
"Alright, I will show you how it SHOULD happen, instead of the many ways it WILL happen with all of you people." He took a bit of his indigestion potion and about five seconds later emitted a gaseous noise. He had doubled over in pain and had the potion they were supposed to be mixing to his mouth. He drank a full swallow and he straightened, but the gaseous noises had continued to emit from Snape.
"I know one of you did that. Until I know who did it I will take fifty points from both Hufflepuff AND Ravenclaw." He ranted and raved, as he made his way to his desk and began preparing what was obviously a counter to whatever ailment had befallen the good professor.
"What did one of us do? I'm totally confused." Asked Andrew.
"It HAD to have been you and your twin there." He didn't look up from his work.
"It wasn't us and besides IF it was us then you wouldn't be able to prove it." Said Nadine.
"I may punish you anyways." He began.
"You wouldn't dare!" Nadine and Andrew had sounded weird. Everyone looked to see why their voices had gone all deep and weird. Their eyes were solid black. The twins blinked a few times and were startled at what they had almost done.
"Andrew it was just like at-" She began.
"But we were able to control it. That is all that matters." Andrew replied. During this the whole class had been on edge. Especially during the little conversation they shared. The bell rang then and Andrew and Nadine hustled out of the classroom. Justin and Padma caught up with them, with almost the rest of the people who had been in the class right behind them.
"What happened in there? I know you made the potion, but what was with the eyes?" Padma looked worried and she hadn't even known the twins for a week yet.
"Well when we burned down our muggle school, uh our eyes kind of turned black and we lost all sense of self. We have to be together for it to happen though, and we have to be concentrating on the same thing." Started Andrew.
"And in there we could feel our minds slipping into, well I don't know how to explain it, it is as if our mind just goes blank. We can't think, see or anything. I think that had we not held on we might have killed the professor." Nadine finished. Padma and Justin looked scared, but they wouldn't give up.
"Well you didn't slip and that is really all that matters. You have friends who realize that none of that is your fault and also you now know how to identify that you are about to lose it, so now you can control it." Supplied Padma. Nadine just hugged her.
"Uh, well don't worry." Tried Justin. Andrew just nodded. The Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs went their separate ways to their houses.