A/N: I don't have much to say about his chapter- only that I hope you like
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Jax woke up to the sun shining in her face. She raised a hand to her head, trying to cover her eyes from the rays. She put her glasses on, and she crossed over to put on her contacts. Her stomach was flipping again- today was her first day of school. Clarify: wizarding school.
She looked at the worn clock on the wall. It was early. Early enough to make her self look presentable. She did her regular hair routine, flaring the ends of her hair and straightening her bangs, carefully covering her scar. She took her lip liner and carefully colored in her lips, making them a light-colored red. She added mascara and eye liner, and covered up a pimple forming on her nose. She stepped back, and looked into the mirror. She looked good.
Jax walked back into the dorm, seeing that Lavender had begun to stir.
"Morning," Jax whispered.
"G'morning," Lavender politely replied. She got out of bed and stepped over the bathroom, closing the door.
Jax pulled a gray uniform skirt and vest out, and laid them on her bed. She also pulled out her button-down shirt and tie. She put on the shirt first and then the skirt, and smoothed them out. She attempted to do her tie- but was horribly unsuccessful. She decided to do that last.
Then came her shoes and socks, and she pulled out a robe. Lavender emerged from the bathroom, still purple circles under her eyes.
"Do you want something to cover those up?" Jax asked, motioning towards Lavender's eyes.
"Yeah! You have something?" Lavender asked enthusiastically.
"Will you two be quieter! It's too bloody early!" Parvati exclaimed, rolling to the other side of her bed.
"Sorry," the two apologized simultaneously.
"Come on," Jax urged, taking Lavender's arm.
Jax got out the cover up and rubbed some under Lavender's eyes. She then took blush and ran a bit over the cover up. She handed Lavender a mirror.
"Merlin! How the hell did you do that?"
"You've never used cover up?" Jax asked, caught off guard.
"No. I don't get much exposure to Muggle things. Thanks so much; I really didn't get much sleep last night."
"It's not a problem," Jax smiled. "But I need some help- I'm not very experienced with ties."
"Oh, sure."
Lavender crossed to Jax's bed and took the tie off of her bed. She then walked back over to Jax, and twisted the tie around her neck. Then she tied it in a frenzy, and finally straightened it out.
"Perfect," she smiled, admiring her work.
"Thanks," Jax smiled back, and then she left Lavender to the bathroom.
Jax put on her vest and finally draped her robes over herself. She took her wand off of the nightstand, and waved goodbye to Lavender, just as Hermione and Parvati began to rouse.
Jax walked down the cascading staircase, ending up in the common room and staring the back of her brother's head in the face.
"A-hem!" Jax made Harry aware of her presence.
Harry did a double-take as he turned around, seeing Jax in her own glowing radiance. She looked really good- better than most of the Gryffindor girls in their school robes. Including Hermione.
"H-hey," Harry said softly, still staring.
"I didn't expect you up this early," Jax stated.
"Yeah, well I usually don't sleep the night before school starts. There were essays to be taken care of," Harry explained, making Jax giggle.
"Come on, let's get some breakfast. I'm so starved."
"Same here. Now that I look back, skipping dessert last night wasn't too bright," Harry said, getting up from his chair.
Jax laughed.
"Maybe so, Harry," she smiled.
The two siblings walked out of the common room, smiling. They passed various students also on their way to the Great Hall, most of them with purple circles that matched Lavender's and hands covering their mouths as they yawned. Others were very much alive and awake, some dueling with simple spells against each other, some catching up with their buddies from the previous year, and some arm in arm with their significant other. One of them was Draco Malfoy, with his hand over Pansy Parkinson's butt.
"Not setting a very good example, are you Malfoy? I thought prefects were supposed to be model students," Harry called.
"At least I have an example to set, Potter. I don't see anybody on your arm," Malfoy retorted.
Harry immediately acted on his reflexes and grabbed Jax's arm and linked it with his own.
"Now you do, don't you?" Harry shot back.
Malfoy glared, and just continued to the Great Hall, beginning to suck the face off of Pansy. Jax instantly jerked her arm away from Harry's, scowling.
"Who said you could do that? I'm not your property!" Jax exclaimed, and ran off to the Great Hall by herself.
There weren't many people in the Hall yet, only around twenty by observation. She walked over to the Gryffindor table, taking a seat by herself. There were two first-years chatting excitedly about the first day of school, and a group of fifth-year girls were hovering over their class schedule, whining about the double potions with the Slytherins they had to endure as their first class of the year.
Jax selected a biscuit and jam for starters. She was spreading the jam over the biscuit when she felt a familiar hand on her shoulder.
"So how was the first night?" Lupin asked, taking a seat next to her.
"Night was fine... morning sucked," she said as she took a huge bite, making the bread look like a crescent moon.
"How so?" Lupin asked, concerned.
"Morning, professor."
Harry had entered the Great Hall unnoticed by Jax or Lupin. Lupin rose from his seat and offered it to Harry. Harry looked a bit confused, wondering why Lupin would be talking to Jax. But he brushed it off and took the seat, Jax scooting another seat down, making a significant distance between her and Harry.
"G'morning, Harry," Lupin said, his attention turning to the space between the siblings.
Lupin decided it was better if he left the two alone, so he continued onto the table in front of the Hall, taking a seat in between a quarreling pair of professors Flitwick and Sprout.
Harry scooted over, filling the empty space between him and Jax. Jax scooted down another seat, and Harry filled the next one. This continued until the two ran into the first years at the very end of the table.
"Dammit, Harry! Just leave me alone!" Jax yelled, her voice ringing throughout the Great Hall.
Every head turned, and there were more than there were when Harry had come in. Jax stood up and stomped out of the Hall, bumping into the last person she needed to see: Snape.
"Watch it, Potter," he hissed.
"It's Pierce, Snivellus," she hissed back, remembering that Ron had called Snape that once when they were talking one night.
"Don't you EVER call me that, Raye Lillian Potter!" he yelled in a whisper, scolding her with a finger to her face.
Jax just stared at him with wide eyes, unaware that Dumbledore was standing behind Snape.
"Severus, may I have a word with you?" Dumbledore asked politely.
Snape turned around slowly, lowering his finger as his own eyes began to grow wide.
"Uh... of course, professor," Snape said cautiously, Jax smiling smugly.
"Jax... go back to breakfast. You need food in order to survive, you know," Dumbledore said.
Jax smiled, completely forgetting about Harry.
"Yes sir."
Jax turned on her heel and went back into the Hall, taking no notice to the stares she was attracting. She sat down next to Lavender and Parvati, and took a piece of bacon.
"Morning, Jax," Parvati smiled. She seemed to be cured of the grumpiness that she had earlier that morning.
Jax started to chew on the piece of bacon when a figure appeared at her right. She looked behind, staring her brother's pathetic face right in front of her. She started to get up and run out again, when Harry caught her by the shoulder.
"Look, Jax, I'm sorry. Malfoy and I just have this ongoing rivalry... and I used you to get back at him. I'm sorry."
Jax stared at him. She could be nice, and say that it was fine and she understood. But she decided against it. She'd never had a sibling, and now that she did, she decided that she could use it to her own will.
"Whatever, Harry. I don't exactly care," she replied coldly. Inside, she grinned in an evil way. She could tell this was going to be fun.
She took off down the Hall again, this time making sure someone was in front of her so she wouldn't be noticed by Dumbledore, who was scolding Snape nearby the entryway.
She pulled out a slip of paper containing her classes. It read:
Double Herbology- Gryffindor/Hufflepuff Potions- Gryffindor/Slytherin Care of Magical Creatures- Gryffindor/Slytherin Charms- Gryffindor/Ravenclaw
Jax gave a small huff. Two out of four classes with Slytherins?? This might be harder than she thought. She trudged over to the greenhouses, her boots getting slightly damp.
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Jax woke up to the sun shining in her face. She raised a hand to her head, trying to cover her eyes from the rays. She put her glasses on, and she crossed over to put on her contacts. Her stomach was flipping again- today was her first day of school. Clarify: wizarding school.
She looked at the worn clock on the wall. It was early. Early enough to make her self look presentable. She did her regular hair routine, flaring the ends of her hair and straightening her bangs, carefully covering her scar. She took her lip liner and carefully colored in her lips, making them a light-colored red. She added mascara and eye liner, and covered up a pimple forming on her nose. She stepped back, and looked into the mirror. She looked good.
Jax walked back into the dorm, seeing that Lavender had begun to stir.
"Morning," Jax whispered.
"G'morning," Lavender politely replied. She got out of bed and stepped over the bathroom, closing the door.
Jax pulled a gray uniform skirt and vest out, and laid them on her bed. She also pulled out her button-down shirt and tie. She put on the shirt first and then the skirt, and smoothed them out. She attempted to do her tie- but was horribly unsuccessful. She decided to do that last.
Then came her shoes and socks, and she pulled out a robe. Lavender emerged from the bathroom, still purple circles under her eyes.
"Do you want something to cover those up?" Jax asked, motioning towards Lavender's eyes.
"Yeah! You have something?" Lavender asked enthusiastically.
"Will you two be quieter! It's too bloody early!" Parvati exclaimed, rolling to the other side of her bed.
"Sorry," the two apologized simultaneously.
"Come on," Jax urged, taking Lavender's arm.
Jax got out the cover up and rubbed some under Lavender's eyes. She then took blush and ran a bit over the cover up. She handed Lavender a mirror.
"Merlin! How the hell did you do that?"
"You've never used cover up?" Jax asked, caught off guard.
"No. I don't get much exposure to Muggle things. Thanks so much; I really didn't get much sleep last night."
"It's not a problem," Jax smiled. "But I need some help- I'm not very experienced with ties."
"Oh, sure."
Lavender crossed to Jax's bed and took the tie off of her bed. She then walked back over to Jax, and twisted the tie around her neck. Then she tied it in a frenzy, and finally straightened it out.
"Perfect," she smiled, admiring her work.
"Thanks," Jax smiled back, and then she left Lavender to the bathroom.
Jax put on her vest and finally draped her robes over herself. She took her wand off of the nightstand, and waved goodbye to Lavender, just as Hermione and Parvati began to rouse.
Jax walked down the cascading staircase, ending up in the common room and staring the back of her brother's head in the face.
"A-hem!" Jax made Harry aware of her presence.
Harry did a double-take as he turned around, seeing Jax in her own glowing radiance. She looked really good- better than most of the Gryffindor girls in their school robes. Including Hermione.
"H-hey," Harry said softly, still staring.
"I didn't expect you up this early," Jax stated.
"Yeah, well I usually don't sleep the night before school starts. There were essays to be taken care of," Harry explained, making Jax giggle.
"Come on, let's get some breakfast. I'm so starved."
"Same here. Now that I look back, skipping dessert last night wasn't too bright," Harry said, getting up from his chair.
Jax laughed.
"Maybe so, Harry," she smiled.
The two siblings walked out of the common room, smiling. They passed various students also on their way to the Great Hall, most of them with purple circles that matched Lavender's and hands covering their mouths as they yawned. Others were very much alive and awake, some dueling with simple spells against each other, some catching up with their buddies from the previous year, and some arm in arm with their significant other. One of them was Draco Malfoy, with his hand over Pansy Parkinson's butt.
"Not setting a very good example, are you Malfoy? I thought prefects were supposed to be model students," Harry called.
"At least I have an example to set, Potter. I don't see anybody on your arm," Malfoy retorted.
Harry immediately acted on his reflexes and grabbed Jax's arm and linked it with his own.
"Now you do, don't you?" Harry shot back.
Malfoy glared, and just continued to the Great Hall, beginning to suck the face off of Pansy. Jax instantly jerked her arm away from Harry's, scowling.
"Who said you could do that? I'm not your property!" Jax exclaimed, and ran off to the Great Hall by herself.
There weren't many people in the Hall yet, only around twenty by observation. She walked over to the Gryffindor table, taking a seat by herself. There were two first-years chatting excitedly about the first day of school, and a group of fifth-year girls were hovering over their class schedule, whining about the double potions with the Slytherins they had to endure as their first class of the year.
Jax selected a biscuit and jam for starters. She was spreading the jam over the biscuit when she felt a familiar hand on her shoulder.
"So how was the first night?" Lupin asked, taking a seat next to her.
"Night was fine... morning sucked," she said as she took a huge bite, making the bread look like a crescent moon.
"How so?" Lupin asked, concerned.
"Morning, professor."
Harry had entered the Great Hall unnoticed by Jax or Lupin. Lupin rose from his seat and offered it to Harry. Harry looked a bit confused, wondering why Lupin would be talking to Jax. But he brushed it off and took the seat, Jax scooting another seat down, making a significant distance between her and Harry.
"G'morning, Harry," Lupin said, his attention turning to the space between the siblings.
Lupin decided it was better if he left the two alone, so he continued onto the table in front of the Hall, taking a seat in between a quarreling pair of professors Flitwick and Sprout.
Harry scooted over, filling the empty space between him and Jax. Jax scooted down another seat, and Harry filled the next one. This continued until the two ran into the first years at the very end of the table.
"Dammit, Harry! Just leave me alone!" Jax yelled, her voice ringing throughout the Great Hall.
Every head turned, and there were more than there were when Harry had come in. Jax stood up and stomped out of the Hall, bumping into the last person she needed to see: Snape.
"Watch it, Potter," he hissed.
"It's Pierce, Snivellus," she hissed back, remembering that Ron had called Snape that once when they were talking one night.
"Don't you EVER call me that, Raye Lillian Potter!" he yelled in a whisper, scolding her with a finger to her face.
Jax just stared at him with wide eyes, unaware that Dumbledore was standing behind Snape.
"Severus, may I have a word with you?" Dumbledore asked politely.
Snape turned around slowly, lowering his finger as his own eyes began to grow wide.
"Uh... of course, professor," Snape said cautiously, Jax smiling smugly.
"Jax... go back to breakfast. You need food in order to survive, you know," Dumbledore said.
Jax smiled, completely forgetting about Harry.
"Yes sir."
Jax turned on her heel and went back into the Hall, taking no notice to the stares she was attracting. She sat down next to Lavender and Parvati, and took a piece of bacon.
"Morning, Jax," Parvati smiled. She seemed to be cured of the grumpiness that she had earlier that morning.
Jax started to chew on the piece of bacon when a figure appeared at her right. She looked behind, staring her brother's pathetic face right in front of her. She started to get up and run out again, when Harry caught her by the shoulder.
"Look, Jax, I'm sorry. Malfoy and I just have this ongoing rivalry... and I used you to get back at him. I'm sorry."
Jax stared at him. She could be nice, and say that it was fine and she understood. But she decided against it. She'd never had a sibling, and now that she did, she decided that she could use it to her own will.
"Whatever, Harry. I don't exactly care," she replied coldly. Inside, she grinned in an evil way. She could tell this was going to be fun.
She took off down the Hall again, this time making sure someone was in front of her so she wouldn't be noticed by Dumbledore, who was scolding Snape nearby the entryway.
She pulled out a slip of paper containing her classes. It read:
Double Herbology- Gryffindor/Hufflepuff Potions- Gryffindor/Slytherin Care of Magical Creatures- Gryffindor/Slytherin Charms- Gryffindor/Ravenclaw
Jax gave a small huff. Two out of four classes with Slytherins?? This might be harder than she thought. She trudged over to the greenhouses, her boots getting slightly damp.
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