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Ginny Weasley heard a whistle as the Hogwarts Express came speeding to Platform 9 3/4. It was as red and gleaming as ever. She rushed in with her brother Ron, handing the baggage to the smiling conductor. Ginny managed to ignore tiny Pig's hoots and shrieks of plead.
She parted with her brother and walked casually into her friends' compartment. Cirrus Avalon, Crystal Sparks, and Kevin Sparks smiled at her. Ginny smiled back. It felt good to be back with her friends again, on the train to Hogwarts; and her sixth year.
"Hi, Ginny," Crystal said to her, her color-changing eyes sparkling. "How was your summer, working at Fred and George's new joke shop?"
"Oh, you know the twins," Ginny said, her chocolate brown eyes laughing. "They know how to brighten people up. Fred gave this customer a free sample of Canary Creams. She turned into a bird right there, in front of a huge crowd. Not to mention that she lost a few feathers here and there."
Kevin rolled his eyes, identical color-changing ones like his twin sister Crystal's. "No surprise there," he said, having had a few experiences like that himself. "Fred and George love making jokes in public...including the kind that involves transfiguration."
"Exactly," Cirrus said seriously. "They'll get in trouble one of these days, with jokes and nonsense. Don't they realize that someday they'll get thrown out of the wizarding world if they start testing their products on Muggles? Seriously, in my opinion-------"
Just then, Crystal, Kevin, and Ginny burst out laughing. "You--- sound just like---Percy," Ginny said between howls of laughter. "Liven up! You need some fun in your life, always moping around or being so serious...I'm surprised Fred and George haven't made a change in you. They usually succeed in doing that."
Cirrus grew pink. "I have some fun in my life already," he answered. "Thanks to Crystal."
Crystal was the new prankster of the school, following after her cousins Fred and George's footsteps. But some people didn't know it, seeing as Crystal was tied with Hermione Granger's grades, and she was a year younger than her! Getting straight A's and being a prefect...no one could see that she was a born troublemaker.
"I'm thinking of turning in my badge soon," Crystal said thoughtfully. "That bureaucratic idiot Malfoy's always lecturing us about getting Muggle-borns into trouble. He says it's a tradition...does he really think we believe him? I'm glad his goons aren't there...they'd probably be chanting a stupid song to go along with the speech. Or maybe they'd be too stupid. You can never tell with those baboons."
"Oh, don't!" Kevin cried, being a prefect also. "How will I get through all that hallway business without you, Cryssie? It's never any fun, patrolling the stupid corridors. Unless there's someone to cause some trouble and blame a certain Slytherin for it..."
Ginny and Crystal broke into giggles. A Slytherin prefect, by the name of Blaise Zabini, had lost his badge last year because Crystal had turned the blame on him for dropping dungbombs and setting off firecrackers in the Great Hall. It had been a mess; the walls scorched black, the true ceiling finally showing its dull self. The tables had been splattered with dungbombs, as well as the windows.
"I know, Kev, but hey, I can't live my fun-loving days in secret. I want to breathe the fresh smell of jokes and pranks, not the musty old books in the library. Can't you see?" Crystal said to her brother. "I need to live a fun life. Look how Percy Weasley ended up: a traitor, a Muggle-hater, and a...a...Death Eater."
"But Crystal, just because you want a fun life doesn't mean you have to give your prefect badge up! You can have fun AND be serious at the same time! Look at Cirrus!" Kevin argued.
Cirrus turned scarlet. "Keep me out of this, Kevin," he said, his ears going red. "It's enough with Creevey and me, but you guys?! You're twins, for Dumbledore's sake! I thought twins were supposed to get along well together! I thought---"
"Well, you thought wrong," Ginny said, butting into the conversation. "Twins quarrel...they're not ALL like Fred and George, you know, Cirrus. And shut up about Colin! He didn't do anything to you! And Cryssie, my brother's changed. He helped our side go against Vol-Vol- Voldemort. Insulting your own cousin!"
"Ginevra Molly Atlanta Weasley!" she yelled. "I refuse to be spoken to that way! Percy shut me out of his life, so I shut him out of MINE! What's wrong with that, Gin? He despised me ever since the day I was born, no matter how much I wanted to be a friend to him! Tears were now streaming from her eyes, which were a stormy gray. "And I guess things aren't any better with you, Gin. See you around." With that, she left the compartment.
"Cryssie! Come back!" Kevin cried, his eyes turning an identical stormy gray. He ran after his twin sister and his closest friend.
Ginny sank down to her seat, her chocolate brown eyes growing watery. 'Why did I have to do that?' she thought. 'Why?! Two of my closest friends...why?' She turned to Cirrus as if looking for an answer there.
Cirrus shrugged. "It's their choice," he said as if he had read her mind. "Crystal has a good reason, and Kevin's her brother. I don't blame them, but I don't blame you either."
Ginny groaned. This was the bad part about having a friend like Cirrus. "But she insulted my brother, Cirrus. And you know how depressing that is."
Cirrus turned sober and nodded. His three sisters had been insulted because they had married Muggles, and as Draco Malfoy put it, "tainting the pureblood population". "Still, Gin," he said as he changed his mind. "She's forgiven you a lot of times for insulting her siblings. Like Courtney and Matt, in Slytherin, for example. But you can't even stand a simple remark about Percy. I think you should apologize...she didn't do much."
Gin nodded reluctantly and walked out of the compartment. "Cryssie!" she called. Finally, she managed to track Crystal and Kevin sitting in a compartment with their friends Jessica Violet and Cassandra Oak. They looked surprised, but a little angry to see her. "Can I speak to you?" Ginny asked, breaking the silence. Crystal just ignored her. Kevin seemed to have read her mind, and said, "Gin, I don't think Crys wants to talk to you right now."
Ginny went back to her tempest mood and replied, "Fine." She left, hiding the angry tears boiling the freckles on her cheeks. "Why does the world have to be so cruel?" she thought out loud. Just then, the train stopped at Hogsmeade Station.
Ginny Weasley heard a whistle as the Hogwarts Express came speeding to Platform 9 3/4. It was as red and gleaming as ever. She rushed in with her brother Ron, handing the baggage to the smiling conductor. Ginny managed to ignore tiny Pig's hoots and shrieks of plead.
She parted with her brother and walked casually into her friends' compartment. Cirrus Avalon, Crystal Sparks, and Kevin Sparks smiled at her. Ginny smiled back. It felt good to be back with her friends again, on the train to Hogwarts; and her sixth year.
"Hi, Ginny," Crystal said to her, her color-changing eyes sparkling. "How was your summer, working at Fred and George's new joke shop?"
"Oh, you know the twins," Ginny said, her chocolate brown eyes laughing. "They know how to brighten people up. Fred gave this customer a free sample of Canary Creams. She turned into a bird right there, in front of a huge crowd. Not to mention that she lost a few feathers here and there."
Kevin rolled his eyes, identical color-changing ones like his twin sister Crystal's. "No surprise there," he said, having had a few experiences like that himself. "Fred and George love making jokes in public...including the kind that involves transfiguration."
"Exactly," Cirrus said seriously. "They'll get in trouble one of these days, with jokes and nonsense. Don't they realize that someday they'll get thrown out of the wizarding world if they start testing their products on Muggles? Seriously, in my opinion-------"
Just then, Crystal, Kevin, and Ginny burst out laughing. "You--- sound just like---Percy," Ginny said between howls of laughter. "Liven up! You need some fun in your life, always moping around or being so serious...I'm surprised Fred and George haven't made a change in you. They usually succeed in doing that."
Cirrus grew pink. "I have some fun in my life already," he answered. "Thanks to Crystal."
Crystal was the new prankster of the school, following after her cousins Fred and George's footsteps. But some people didn't know it, seeing as Crystal was tied with Hermione Granger's grades, and she was a year younger than her! Getting straight A's and being a prefect...no one could see that she was a born troublemaker.
"I'm thinking of turning in my badge soon," Crystal said thoughtfully. "That bureaucratic idiot Malfoy's always lecturing us about getting Muggle-borns into trouble. He says it's a tradition...does he really think we believe him? I'm glad his goons aren't there...they'd probably be chanting a stupid song to go along with the speech. Or maybe they'd be too stupid. You can never tell with those baboons."
"Oh, don't!" Kevin cried, being a prefect also. "How will I get through all that hallway business without you, Cryssie? It's never any fun, patrolling the stupid corridors. Unless there's someone to cause some trouble and blame a certain Slytherin for it..."
Ginny and Crystal broke into giggles. A Slytherin prefect, by the name of Blaise Zabini, had lost his badge last year because Crystal had turned the blame on him for dropping dungbombs and setting off firecrackers in the Great Hall. It had been a mess; the walls scorched black, the true ceiling finally showing its dull self. The tables had been splattered with dungbombs, as well as the windows.
"I know, Kev, but hey, I can't live my fun-loving days in secret. I want to breathe the fresh smell of jokes and pranks, not the musty old books in the library. Can't you see?" Crystal said to her brother. "I need to live a fun life. Look how Percy Weasley ended up: a traitor, a Muggle-hater, and a...a...Death Eater."
"But Crystal, just because you want a fun life doesn't mean you have to give your prefect badge up! You can have fun AND be serious at the same time! Look at Cirrus!" Kevin argued.
Cirrus turned scarlet. "Keep me out of this, Kevin," he said, his ears going red. "It's enough with Creevey and me, but you guys?! You're twins, for Dumbledore's sake! I thought twins were supposed to get along well together! I thought---"
"Well, you thought wrong," Ginny said, butting into the conversation. "Twins quarrel...they're not ALL like Fred and George, you know, Cirrus. And shut up about Colin! He didn't do anything to you! And Cryssie, my brother's changed. He helped our side go against Vol-Vol- Voldemort. Insulting your own cousin!"
"Ginevra Molly Atlanta Weasley!" she yelled. "I refuse to be spoken to that way! Percy shut me out of his life, so I shut him out of MINE! What's wrong with that, Gin? He despised me ever since the day I was born, no matter how much I wanted to be a friend to him! Tears were now streaming from her eyes, which were a stormy gray. "And I guess things aren't any better with you, Gin. See you around." With that, she left the compartment.
"Cryssie! Come back!" Kevin cried, his eyes turning an identical stormy gray. He ran after his twin sister and his closest friend.
Ginny sank down to her seat, her chocolate brown eyes growing watery. 'Why did I have to do that?' she thought. 'Why?! Two of my closest friends...why?' She turned to Cirrus as if looking for an answer there.
Cirrus shrugged. "It's their choice," he said as if he had read her mind. "Crystal has a good reason, and Kevin's her brother. I don't blame them, but I don't blame you either."
Ginny groaned. This was the bad part about having a friend like Cirrus. "But she insulted my brother, Cirrus. And you know how depressing that is."
Cirrus turned sober and nodded. His three sisters had been insulted because they had married Muggles, and as Draco Malfoy put it, "tainting the pureblood population". "Still, Gin," he said as he changed his mind. "She's forgiven you a lot of times for insulting her siblings. Like Courtney and Matt, in Slytherin, for example. But you can't even stand a simple remark about Percy. I think you should apologize...she didn't do much."
Gin nodded reluctantly and walked out of the compartment. "Cryssie!" she called. Finally, she managed to track Crystal and Kevin sitting in a compartment with their friends Jessica Violet and Cassandra Oak. They looked surprised, but a little angry to see her. "Can I speak to you?" Ginny asked, breaking the silence. Crystal just ignored her. Kevin seemed to have read her mind, and said, "Gin, I don't think Crys wants to talk to you right now."
Ginny went back to her tempest mood and replied, "Fine." She left, hiding the angry tears boiling the freckles on her cheeks. "Why does the world have to be so cruel?" she thought out loud. Just then, the train stopped at Hogsmeade Station.