Chapter 2
"Chris... Hey Chris..." Christina was trying to wake up her snoring sister from a deep sleep. When all she succeeded in was getting Christine to roll over and sleep some more she got pissed. "WAKE UP!" She yelled. No change. She walked over to the sink in their bathroom and filled a glass with ice cold water. A loud, ear-splitting scream was heard a few seconds later.
"CHRISSIE!!!" Christine yelled as she sat up in her bed, soaking wet, and very, very mad! "WHAT DID YOU DO THAT FOR?!"
"You wouldn't get up... What else was I suppose to do?" Christina said innocently.
"Slap me, burn me, anything but pour freezing water on my head!!!!" Christine's eyes' seemed to glow with anger a she advanced towards Christina. She grabbed a pillow and acted like she was going to throw it at her but then set it down and went over to the mirror. "Oh god! I look like a blonde haired Samara!" She screamed looking at her reflection. She brushed her long blonde hair with its black highlights out of her face so she could see her dark blue/green eyes.
"Hahahaha! You're certainly evil enough to be Samara!" Christina laughed remembering the move that made the girls stay away from TVs for a week. "Anyways... It's already 9 o'clock. Mom wants you downstairs and ready to go by 9:45!" Christine looked blankly back at her. 'Were going shopping for new school supplies!"
"Oh... Fun!" Christine said sarcastically. "How does mom even know that we'll be accepted into that Hogsnot plane anyways?"
"Well... Minerva wrote back and told her that quote: 'well... they were expelled from a school already so I don't know if we can take them... they can come for winter and if our head master approves they can stay'!" She said clapping her hands together happily while Christine whacked her head against the wall. "Oh and Chris?"
"What..." She snapped.
"It's HogWARTS! Not HogSNOT!"
"The difference being...?" Christina glared at her and turned to leave the room.
"Look... Mom says is you aren't downstairs and ready to go you'll have to spend the rest of the weeks babysitting the little girls downstairs!" Christine shuttered and slammed the door. She went to her closer and picked out a normal black t-shirt with a burning hear with a barb-wire surrounding it on the front, black cargo pants, and black combat boots as an outfit. She put on black eye-liner, stud earring in her ears, and black hop- earrings in her cartilage to finish the look. She leaped down the stairs and into the kitchen where her mom was more worried about re-reading the supplies list for Hogwarts for the twentieth time than making breakfast.
"Mom... Is their anything for breakfast?" She asked hopefully.
"Oh sorry dear... I'll whip something up right now." Kimberly grabbed her wand and started pointing it at random things. Soon there were hash browns and scrambled eggs for breakfast. "There you are girls... Hurry up! We've got a lot to buy and not much time!" The way she sounded so giddy and happy made Christine want to hurl. Just then Christina came out of the bathroom and looked around.
"Oh there you are Chris. I thought you wouldn't be ready for another hour!"
"Hardy-Har-har!" Christine replied biting into a hash brown.
"Morning ladies!" Their father said walking hurriedly in. He kissed Kimberly on the cheek and Christine felt ready to puck. Christine wasn't very big on relationships because her last boyfriend had been... well... not very trustful... let's just leave it at that. "I've got a big meeting so sorry I can't chat! I'll be back late so eat without me!" Finley worked as chief of muggle managing. He had to make sure no one noticed the Wizards and Witches. It was a hard job because of how crowded New York City was but he brought home a lot of cash so no one really minded.
"So... How did you girls sleep?" Their mother asked trying to get a friendly conversation started. Christina looked at Christine who clearly was not interested in talking and then looked at how desperate her mother looked. She sighed and decided she'd sided with her mom.
"Well... I... um... Slept... Fine!" Christine looked at her with disgusts. "And... I'm really exited about going to Hogwarts!" She finished rather quickly. Her mother got one of those ear-to-ear smiles on and started talking about how happy she was that one of the girls was happy about going to that school. Christine started naming off everything she was looking forward to. The list went on forever and finally Christine couldn't take it!
"Mom... Can we please get going?" Christine asked desperately. This was sickening! No one had actually sat down to eat breakfast and talk since she was 12!
"Oh my gosh! Look at the time!" Kimberly said in a western accent. "We really should be going." She waved her wand and the dishes were swept away into the sink. "We'll let the maid clean those later!" Christina grabbed her expensive winter jacket and scarf while Christine grabbed a jeans jacket and her CD player.
"Race you for the front seat?" Christine challenged.
"Okay... 1..." Christina said.
"2..." Christine said getting ready.
"3!!" The both took off sprinting towards the car. Christine barely touched the door first.
"GO ME! The champion is Chris Ember!" She opened the door and climbed in. Christina felt like complaining but didn't bother. Christine never lost an argument. When the car started Christine put her "Music Mix" in and turned it to track five which was "Shorty" by Beyonce! Their mom made a desperate attempt to change it but got a death glare from Christine which caused her to just continue driving to New York Witches and Wizards shopping center.
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"Mom... Can we please stop?! My legs feel like they're gonna fall off!" Christina begged.
"You think your legs are gonna fall off?!" Christine snapped. "You're only carrying two bags! I'm stuck with four!" She held up the four oversized bags that she was carrying. "But I agree... Look there's a café! Let's stop and rest!"
Kimberly thought about this for a second and then smiled. "Okay! I wouldn't mind having a nice cup of coffee!" The walked into the café and sat down at a small table. "Well let's see... All we have left to buy are some new wands! We'll have a little to eat and then we can get that take care of that!"
"Okay... I think I'll get a grandee vanilla steamer with some peppermint syrup added and two butter croissants!" Christina said.
"Same here!" Christine said. Their mother nodded and went up to the front to order their food. Within a few minutes the three of them were actually eating and surprisingly talking happily! Their mother told them about how she had been named Head Girl at her school and then about how her boyfriend (aka their father) had made a fuss about how she was getting to much attention from all the other boys. The girls listened and commented occasionally but didn't really say anything else. The only other thing they could talk about was being expelled which Christina didn't want to talk about and Hogwarts which would make Christine strangle them. But then her mother brought up both the subjects at once!!
"Even though I am very disappointed at you girls for getting expelled," She said making Christina shrink in her chair. "I am very pleased that you'll be attending some place like Hogwarts!" Making Christine shake with anger. "I'm serious! You know... Minerva is the best teacher you girls could ever hope for! And Albus... He's a great person! If I wasn't in love with your father I'd wanna marry him!" This time both girls almost gagged.
"Mom please!" Christina said.
"Mom... That is just... I can't even say it!" Christine said pretending to faint! They all laughed and her mother apologized for almost "making them scream for mercy" as they put it.
"Really girls, I promise you'll love Hogwarts!" Kimberly persisted. Christine was about to say something but her mom cut her off. "Oh look at the time! It's almost three o'clock! Let's go get your wands!" The girls got up and grabbed their heavy bags. Soon they walked into "Madam Zoulanet's Wand Shop".
"Welcome back girls!" Sarah Zoulanet said when she saw the twins walk into her shop. "I thought I might be seeing you again!" Christine laughed. Madam Zoulanet was her best friend Megan's mom. Knowing Megan, she had heard about Christine and Christina's expelling and had spilled everything to her mom.
"Megan told you didn't she?" Christina said with disgust. It wasn't a secret that Megan and Christina HATED each other. It was one of those "Hate- at-first-sight" things.
"Yes... Big shock right?" Sarah went behind the counter and brought out a wand. "Here Chris, let's tree you with this... Unicorn hair and holly; one foot." Christine gave it a wave and sent a spark of fire at Christina, who barely jumped out of the way. "Okay... That wand isn't gonna work... Christina! Why don't you try it?" Christina nodded and took the wand from Christine and waved it. Beautiful crystal like sparks flew out and shined brightly. "Well... Seeing as that's what happened with your last wand... I guess that's a good one! Three galleons!" Christina handed her the money and went to stand by her mother.
Sarah left the room for a few minutes and came back with another wand. "This is Dragon heart string on ash wood; 11 inches!" Christine picked up the wand and gently flicked it. Red crystal like sparks, a lot like her sisters, flew out and floated around her. "That will be four Galleons!" Christine reached into the pocket of her new violet jacket that her mom had just bought for her and handed over the money.
"Thanks Sarah!" Christine grabbed her wand and turned to leave but stopped when she heard someone giggle behind the counter. She spun around and turned to see Megan Zoulanet, a girl with short brown hair and grey eyes, standing behind the counter. "MEGAN!" She ran over to Megan and gave her hug. Even though Christine wasn't a very nice and happy person at home, around her friends she was always happier. She didn't act all giddy and nice like Christina though, she'd still have the rebel thing going but she was different.
"Hey Chris!" Megan said when Christine had stopped choking her. "I heard you and Christina got expelled and I just had to stop by and see you on your last days of being in town!"
"Yeah... I know the- HEY?! How do YOU know that I wasn't gonna be in town?!"
"Well... I mean... Your parents were defiantly not gonna let you stop school and since there only one school in town I knew that you were going to go somewhere else!" Christine nodded in agreement.
"You wanna come shopping with us?" Christine asked after a moments silence. Megan smiled like crazy and hugged Christine.
"MOM NO!" Christina begged her mother in whisper.
"I think that be a great idea!" Kimberly said. "Sarah? Can I steal your daughter for an hour of so?"
"Sure... Then she'll stop mopping around here like a dope!" Sarah gave her daughter a pat on the head and gave her some cash.
"Thanks mom! See you later!" As Megan and Sarah left the store talking about music and movies Christina glared at her mother.
"Why did you invite her?" She said angrily as they trailed behind Christine and Megan.
"Invite who?" Kimberly said absent mindedly.
"MEGAN!" She screamed making the others turn to look at her. They shrugged and continued walking.
"Oh my god Christina! Their best friends and you girls are going away in two days! Do you really expect me to just not let Christine see her friend because you don't like her?!"
"TWO DAYS! WHAT DO YOU MEAN TWO DAYS!?" This time everyone in the place looked at them. She gave a sheepish smile and then went back to talking to her mom. "We're leaving in TWO DAYS!?"
"Yes!" Her mother said and then proceeded to change the subject. Christina stood there in shock. Okay she told herself You wanted to go to Hogwarts and now your going! Christina smiled trying to hide the fact that she felt weird about leaving to basically start a completely different life somewhere so mysterious to her.
"Chris... Hey Chris..." Christina was trying to wake up her snoring sister from a deep sleep. When all she succeeded in was getting Christine to roll over and sleep some more she got pissed. "WAKE UP!" She yelled. No change. She walked over to the sink in their bathroom and filled a glass with ice cold water. A loud, ear-splitting scream was heard a few seconds later.
"CHRISSIE!!!" Christine yelled as she sat up in her bed, soaking wet, and very, very mad! "WHAT DID YOU DO THAT FOR?!"
"You wouldn't get up... What else was I suppose to do?" Christina said innocently.
"Slap me, burn me, anything but pour freezing water on my head!!!!" Christine's eyes' seemed to glow with anger a she advanced towards Christina. She grabbed a pillow and acted like she was going to throw it at her but then set it down and went over to the mirror. "Oh god! I look like a blonde haired Samara!" She screamed looking at her reflection. She brushed her long blonde hair with its black highlights out of her face so she could see her dark blue/green eyes.
"Hahahaha! You're certainly evil enough to be Samara!" Christina laughed remembering the move that made the girls stay away from TVs for a week. "Anyways... It's already 9 o'clock. Mom wants you downstairs and ready to go by 9:45!" Christine looked blankly back at her. 'Were going shopping for new school supplies!"
"Oh... Fun!" Christine said sarcastically. "How does mom even know that we'll be accepted into that Hogsnot plane anyways?"
"Well... Minerva wrote back and told her that quote: 'well... they were expelled from a school already so I don't know if we can take them... they can come for winter and if our head master approves they can stay'!" She said clapping her hands together happily while Christine whacked her head against the wall. "Oh and Chris?"
"What..." She snapped.
"It's HogWARTS! Not HogSNOT!"
"The difference being...?" Christina glared at her and turned to leave the room.
"Look... Mom says is you aren't downstairs and ready to go you'll have to spend the rest of the weeks babysitting the little girls downstairs!" Christine shuttered and slammed the door. She went to her closer and picked out a normal black t-shirt with a burning hear with a barb-wire surrounding it on the front, black cargo pants, and black combat boots as an outfit. She put on black eye-liner, stud earring in her ears, and black hop- earrings in her cartilage to finish the look. She leaped down the stairs and into the kitchen where her mom was more worried about re-reading the supplies list for Hogwarts for the twentieth time than making breakfast.
"Mom... Is their anything for breakfast?" She asked hopefully.
"Oh sorry dear... I'll whip something up right now." Kimberly grabbed her wand and started pointing it at random things. Soon there were hash browns and scrambled eggs for breakfast. "There you are girls... Hurry up! We've got a lot to buy and not much time!" The way she sounded so giddy and happy made Christine want to hurl. Just then Christina came out of the bathroom and looked around.
"Oh there you are Chris. I thought you wouldn't be ready for another hour!"
"Hardy-Har-har!" Christine replied biting into a hash brown.
"Morning ladies!" Their father said walking hurriedly in. He kissed Kimberly on the cheek and Christine felt ready to puck. Christine wasn't very big on relationships because her last boyfriend had been... well... not very trustful... let's just leave it at that. "I've got a big meeting so sorry I can't chat! I'll be back late so eat without me!" Finley worked as chief of muggle managing. He had to make sure no one noticed the Wizards and Witches. It was a hard job because of how crowded New York City was but he brought home a lot of cash so no one really minded.
"So... How did you girls sleep?" Their mother asked trying to get a friendly conversation started. Christina looked at Christine who clearly was not interested in talking and then looked at how desperate her mother looked. She sighed and decided she'd sided with her mom.
"Well... I... um... Slept... Fine!" Christine looked at her with disgusts. "And... I'm really exited about going to Hogwarts!" She finished rather quickly. Her mother got one of those ear-to-ear smiles on and started talking about how happy she was that one of the girls was happy about going to that school. Christine started naming off everything she was looking forward to. The list went on forever and finally Christine couldn't take it!
"Mom... Can we please get going?" Christine asked desperately. This was sickening! No one had actually sat down to eat breakfast and talk since she was 12!
"Oh my gosh! Look at the time!" Kimberly said in a western accent. "We really should be going." She waved her wand and the dishes were swept away into the sink. "We'll let the maid clean those later!" Christina grabbed her expensive winter jacket and scarf while Christine grabbed a jeans jacket and her CD player.
"Race you for the front seat?" Christine challenged.
"Okay... 1..." Christina said.
"2..." Christine said getting ready.
"3!!" The both took off sprinting towards the car. Christine barely touched the door first.
"GO ME! The champion is Chris Ember!" She opened the door and climbed in. Christina felt like complaining but didn't bother. Christine never lost an argument. When the car started Christine put her "Music Mix" in and turned it to track five which was "Shorty" by Beyonce! Their mom made a desperate attempt to change it but got a death glare from Christine which caused her to just continue driving to New York Witches and Wizards shopping center.
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"Mom... Can we please stop?! My legs feel like they're gonna fall off!" Christina begged.
"You think your legs are gonna fall off?!" Christine snapped. "You're only carrying two bags! I'm stuck with four!" She held up the four oversized bags that she was carrying. "But I agree... Look there's a café! Let's stop and rest!"
Kimberly thought about this for a second and then smiled. "Okay! I wouldn't mind having a nice cup of coffee!" The walked into the café and sat down at a small table. "Well let's see... All we have left to buy are some new wands! We'll have a little to eat and then we can get that take care of that!"
"Okay... I think I'll get a grandee vanilla steamer with some peppermint syrup added and two butter croissants!" Christina said.
"Same here!" Christine said. Their mother nodded and went up to the front to order their food. Within a few minutes the three of them were actually eating and surprisingly talking happily! Their mother told them about how she had been named Head Girl at her school and then about how her boyfriend (aka their father) had made a fuss about how she was getting to much attention from all the other boys. The girls listened and commented occasionally but didn't really say anything else. The only other thing they could talk about was being expelled which Christina didn't want to talk about and Hogwarts which would make Christine strangle them. But then her mother brought up both the subjects at once!!
"Even though I am very disappointed at you girls for getting expelled," She said making Christina shrink in her chair. "I am very pleased that you'll be attending some place like Hogwarts!" Making Christine shake with anger. "I'm serious! You know... Minerva is the best teacher you girls could ever hope for! And Albus... He's a great person! If I wasn't in love with your father I'd wanna marry him!" This time both girls almost gagged.
"Mom please!" Christina said.
"Mom... That is just... I can't even say it!" Christine said pretending to faint! They all laughed and her mother apologized for almost "making them scream for mercy" as they put it.
"Really girls, I promise you'll love Hogwarts!" Kimberly persisted. Christine was about to say something but her mom cut her off. "Oh look at the time! It's almost three o'clock! Let's go get your wands!" The girls got up and grabbed their heavy bags. Soon they walked into "Madam Zoulanet's Wand Shop".
"Welcome back girls!" Sarah Zoulanet said when she saw the twins walk into her shop. "I thought I might be seeing you again!" Christine laughed. Madam Zoulanet was her best friend Megan's mom. Knowing Megan, she had heard about Christine and Christina's expelling and had spilled everything to her mom.
"Megan told you didn't she?" Christina said with disgust. It wasn't a secret that Megan and Christina HATED each other. It was one of those "Hate- at-first-sight" things.
"Yes... Big shock right?" Sarah went behind the counter and brought out a wand. "Here Chris, let's tree you with this... Unicorn hair and holly; one foot." Christine gave it a wave and sent a spark of fire at Christina, who barely jumped out of the way. "Okay... That wand isn't gonna work... Christina! Why don't you try it?" Christina nodded and took the wand from Christine and waved it. Beautiful crystal like sparks flew out and shined brightly. "Well... Seeing as that's what happened with your last wand... I guess that's a good one! Three galleons!" Christina handed her the money and went to stand by her mother.
Sarah left the room for a few minutes and came back with another wand. "This is Dragon heart string on ash wood; 11 inches!" Christine picked up the wand and gently flicked it. Red crystal like sparks, a lot like her sisters, flew out and floated around her. "That will be four Galleons!" Christine reached into the pocket of her new violet jacket that her mom had just bought for her and handed over the money.
"Thanks Sarah!" Christine grabbed her wand and turned to leave but stopped when she heard someone giggle behind the counter. She spun around and turned to see Megan Zoulanet, a girl with short brown hair and grey eyes, standing behind the counter. "MEGAN!" She ran over to Megan and gave her hug. Even though Christine wasn't a very nice and happy person at home, around her friends she was always happier. She didn't act all giddy and nice like Christina though, she'd still have the rebel thing going but she was different.
"Hey Chris!" Megan said when Christine had stopped choking her. "I heard you and Christina got expelled and I just had to stop by and see you on your last days of being in town!"
"Yeah... I know the- HEY?! How do YOU know that I wasn't gonna be in town?!"
"Well... I mean... Your parents were defiantly not gonna let you stop school and since there only one school in town I knew that you were going to go somewhere else!" Christine nodded in agreement.
"You wanna come shopping with us?" Christine asked after a moments silence. Megan smiled like crazy and hugged Christine.
"MOM NO!" Christina begged her mother in whisper.
"I think that be a great idea!" Kimberly said. "Sarah? Can I steal your daughter for an hour of so?"
"Sure... Then she'll stop mopping around here like a dope!" Sarah gave her daughter a pat on the head and gave her some cash.
"Thanks mom! See you later!" As Megan and Sarah left the store talking about music and movies Christina glared at her mother.
"Why did you invite her?" She said angrily as they trailed behind Christine and Megan.
"Invite who?" Kimberly said absent mindedly.
"MEGAN!" She screamed making the others turn to look at her. They shrugged and continued walking.
"Oh my god Christina! Their best friends and you girls are going away in two days! Do you really expect me to just not let Christine see her friend because you don't like her?!"
"TWO DAYS! WHAT DO YOU MEAN TWO DAYS!?" This time everyone in the place looked at them. She gave a sheepish smile and then went back to talking to her mom. "We're leaving in TWO DAYS!?"
"Yes!" Her mother said and then proceeded to change the subject. Christina stood there in shock. Okay she told herself You wanted to go to Hogwarts and now your going! Christina smiled trying to hide the fact that she felt weird about leaving to basically start a completely different life somewhere so mysterious to her.