Comments: Just so you know...Cori was sitting at the Gryffindor table instead of the Ravenclaw...and she went over to get her schedule then came back...got it? Cori HAD been in Gryffindor in the orginal verison, but I changed it when Idid my changes cause it was too confusing. Dani seems a bit...Mary Sueish (or is is Mary Jane? ugh...) Like she's really good at everything and whatnot...I don't like that...but I dunno how to change it.
Chapter Twelve: Dani's Revenge, Schedules and the Madness In Between
Meanwhile in the girl's dormitory, Hermonie was introducing Dani and Amy to Lavender and Parvati when an owl tapped on the window. Hermonie opened the window and the bird flew in and landed on Dani's shoulder and stuck out its leg.
"Oh!" she exclaimed and stroking the bird gently as she quickly untied the letter. Quickly she opened it and scanned it. "Oi..." she mumbled before collapsing on her bed, the owl fluttering to rest upon her trunk. "You'd better not do what I know you're going to do." Dani said in a soft voice and the owl ruffled its wings then flew out the window. Hermonie walked over to her cousin and sat beside her, gently pulling the letter from her hand, then scanned it quickly.
"Oi..." she muttered then fell back. The other girls exchanged glances and then Amy took the letter from Hermione's hand and read it out loud:
"Dear Dani,
Sorry I forgot to tell you sooner but my darling daughter was born on the 26th of August. She weighed in at 7lbs 7oz and was 19 inches long. Just thought you'd like to know in cause you wanted to send a gift or whatnot.
Your darling sister,
Calli."
Amy groaned and fell back on her bed with Dani and Hermonie.
"You know that is so like her." Dani muttered and sat up. "She conveniently forgets to tell me till a week afterwards and then practically orders me to get her a present." She sighed then stood up and grabbing her pajamas from her trunk headed for the bathroom. Amy glanced at Hermonie and grabbing her pajamas as well followed her friend to the bathroom.
"What's with your cousin Hermonie? Why is she so upset? And who's-" Lavender stopped to glance at the letter "Calli?"
Hermonie sighed. "Calli is her older sister. She's upset because her sister is a royal pain in the ass."
"Right..." Parvati said then shrugged and started changing.
Lavender frowned a bit then asked "Why did they go to the bathroom to change? Are they embarrassed? Or is it just some American thing?"
"I think they went because Dani would like to vent her anger with out making a bad impression on you two. Amy went because she's her best friend and know what she's like when she's upset and she knows Calli, so she can sympathize." Hermonie explained while pulling her nightgown on over her head. "Besides why do you care?"
Lavender shrugged "Just wondering." Hermonie rolled her eyes and then grabbing her tooth brush and tooth paste went to the bathroom.
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The next morning Dani was still in a bit of a sour mood over the letter from her sister so she got up early and went down to breakfast by herself. She sat broodingly for a while until Amy and Cori came in, they came over and sat beside her.
"Hey Dani...feeling any better?" Amy asked as she started filling her plate. Then she glanced at her friend's face and frowned. "You're not going to be able to concentrate during classes if you don't eat and if you keep yourself in such a bad mood." Amy said wisely.
Dani suddenly sat up straighter and got an evil smile on her face, turning to Cori she asked, "Have you got some parchment and a quill I can use?"
Cori nodded slowly and handed Dani the quill and parchment. Grinning mischievously she began writing. Cori and Amy exchanged looks then peered over Dani's shoulders to read what she was writing. They were also grinning when she finished and signed her name with flourish. Then she took her wand out of her pocket and tapped the parchment twice.
"I'm going to run up to the Owlery and send this with Betty. I'll be back in about 10 min. let 'Monie or Harry know if they come down before I get back ok?" Amy nodded and shook her head as she watched Dani hurry out of the hall.
"I worry about her Cori, I really do."
Cori laughed "Me too my friend, me too."
Harry Ron and Hermonie were coming down the stairs on their way to the Great Hall when they were nearly run over by Dani.
"Sorry!" she called over her shoulder as she ran off down the hallway. Both boys turned and looked at Hermonie.
"What? Why are you looking at me?"
"You're her cousin...where's she off too in such a rush so early?" Ron asked.
"Just because I'm her cousin doesn't mean I'm her baby sitter!" Hermonie said angrily and stormed off down the stairs and into the Great Hall. Harry shrugged his shoulders and they followed her down. They sat down across from Amy and Cori. Cori was still laughing over Amy's comment as Dani left. So they ignored her and Amy relayed the message to them.
"What did she write? And why is she acting all funny?" Harry asked
"Who's Betty?" Ron asked at the same time.
Amy laughed then said "Betty's her owl, the one who delivered this letter--"she passed it to them "and she's acting funny cause of that. She wrote a little message to her sis and charmed it...I don't want to be in Calli's shoes... I know haw Dani is with those charms...it's scary."
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Dani smiled as she watched Betty fly off with the letter and was extremely glad that Calli didn't know how to send howlers.
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Way over in America a young woman holding a baby was startled slightly as an owl flew in the window. She sighed slightly and shifted the baby to her right arm and took the parchment off the owl's leg.
"Betty, she wrote back then? But where's the...?" the owl tilted its head and hooted softly. "Oh right I'd better read this..." Calli said and unrolled the parchment.
Dearest Sister,
It's wonderful to hear about the baby. You've named her Samantha Tasha as you were planning I hope. Please forgive my lack of present, but I don't have enough gold at the moment to get a proper gift. But I have charmed this letter to transfigure itself into a special something. You'll have to say "for baby Samantha' for it to work though. DO NOT say it till your done reading! Or else—
"For baby Samantha" Calli muttered and then her eyes widened in shock as the parchment began to change. It turned into a giant spider and Calli screamed waking the sleeping baby in her arms who promptly started screaming. "DANIELLE CLARKSON I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!" Calli yelled. Then she jerked back in shock as the spider suddenly burst into confetti and a voice yelled "CONGRATS ON THE BABY GIRL!" Calli put a hand to her chest and glowered at the pile of confetti on the floor.
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Dani hurried back down to the great hall smiling mischievously. She quickly slid onto the bench and grinned at her friends.
Amy and Cori glanced at each other and started laughing. Then Cori said "I am going to crack up tomorrow when mail comes."
Dani raised an eyebrow "And why is that?"
"Just because..." Harry and Ron stared at Dani.
"What?"
"What did you do?" Harry asked.
"Oh...well I charmed the letter to turn into a spider cause she's terrified of them and then when she yelled 'I'm going to kill you!' it would burst into confetti and yell congrats on the baby girl." Dani said with a grin
Ron leaned close to Harry and whispered loudly "Remind me again to never piss her off" and they all laughed.
They were still laughing when Professor McGonagall came up to them to pass out their schedules. She looked at them a raised an eyebrow. Dani arranged her face to keep from looking to guilty and smiled innocently at McGonagall as she accepted her schedule. Cori and Amy exchanged looks and immediately broke into giggles again. Dani ignored her friends and looked at her schedule.
"Hmmm I've got Care of Magical Creatures, then Divination, then Charms. Before lunch, then I've got Transfiguration, Defense Against the Dart Arts, and then Double Potions with the Slytherins." She made a face then glanced at and Amy's schedule. "Ooooo goody we have the same classes..." then she peered at Cori's. "Cori, are you going to do your thing in Divination?"
Cori grinned and nodded. Harry and Ron exchanged looks then looked at the girls expectantly. "Have you all got Divination after COMC?"
"Yeah," Harry said looking at his schedule. "Ron I thought we dropped that horrid class"
"I did too..." Ron said with a frown.
"Well you'd better be glad because it's going to be a riot...just wait you'll see." Amy said with a smug smile.
