Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandos

"Never tickle a sleeping dragon"

A/N: Thanks for all the reviews. I am in a very good mood! The best rugby league team in the world (Newcastle Knights) are top of the NRL table. I am in a super mood! Go the knights!

I don't really have anything further to say so without further ado…



Chapter 3




Alicia bid the twins good night and skipped upstairs. She knocked on the door labeled 'First Years'.

Angelina threw the door open a second later. "Oh, it's you, I thought for a minute it might have been Fred or George."

"Well, it's only me." Alicia glanced at the wand in Angelina's hand. "Please don't hex me."

"You know it's your room, too, you don't have to knock," Katie spoke up from a four poster bed she was lying on.

"You get the middle bed," Angelina said.

Alicia looked around the room. It was round and had three large four poster beds side by side. She spotted her trunk and suitcase lying at the foot of the middle bed.

"So, what did the hat say to you girls?" Alicia asked as she began to unpack her things.

"It said I have a temper. Like I don't know that already," Angelina said testily.

"Well, first it said Hufflepuff I suppose? I got angry and it realised that I didn't like blonde stereotypes so it put me in Gryffindor," Katie said as she began to hang her clothes in the wardrobe.

"What did it say to you? You were up there for ages."

"Apparently I'm a mixed bag. First it was Slytherin then Hufflepuff then Ravenclaw. Finally it decided on Gryffindor. I was pretty close to being put in Slytherin though." Alicia shivered at the very thought!

Angelina gave her a comforting smile. "Well, you're in Gryffindor now and that's all that matters."

"I really think we can be the best of friends," Alicia said truthfully.

Katie said, "I agree."

"Ditto."

The next morning, Alicia awoke to someone pounding on her bedroom door.

"What's going on?" Katie slurred from the bed on her right.

"Someone's at the door." Alicia sat up and rubbed her eyes.

"Tell them to go away," Angelina mumbled and put her pillow over her head in an attempt to block out the knocking.

Alicia scrambled out of bed and unlocked the door. Fred, George and Lee burst into the room.

"What in the blue hell do you think you're doing?" Alicia demanded.

"Cool room. I think ours is bigger though," Lee said as he looked around.

"It's all right. Too girly though," George added, cringing at the porcelain trinkets adorning the dressing table.

"I assume this is your bed," Fred said and went and sat himself on Alicia's crumpled bed. He grabbed Tiger and lay on his back.

At this point Angelina sat up and glared at him. "I thought I heard your voice, I was hoping it was only a nightmare though."

"Good morning to you, too," Fred replied icily, hurling Tiger at Angelina's head.

Angelina didn't even blink; she just snatched the teddy bear out of the air in front of her.

"You boys aren't supposed to be in here, you heard what Prima told us," Katie said quietly from her bed.

"Boy, did we get stuck with a bunch of good girls," Fred commented.

"I'm warning you, George!" Angelina growled.

"I'm Fred."

"Which ever one you are!"

"Not a morning person is she," George whispered to Alicia.

"I don't blame her. What are you doing in here, anyway?"

"McGonagall wants to see us about the lake incident yesterday."

"Oh, I was hoping she forgot about that," Alicia moaned.

"No such luck, Leeshy," Fred sympathised.

"Leeshy? That is so cute!" Lee pinched her cheek.

She giggled despite herself.

"Alicia!"

"Oh, right, I think it's time for you to leave, boys. We'll meet you in the common room in five minutes."

"Fine, we know when we're not wanted," Fred complained and jumped off Alicia's bed and walked out the door with George and Lee trailing behind.

"Damn straight!" Angelina slammed the door behind them.

"Do you think we'll get in trouble?" Alicia anxiously asked no one in particular.

"So what happened anyway?" Katie sat up and ran a brush through her shoulder length blonde hair.

"The twins let off a Filibuster Firework in our boat and it startled Angelina. We were trying to help her back into the boat when it tipped over."

"And that's why you hate the twins so much?" Katie asked Angelina.

"Pretty much."

"They aren't really that bad," Alicia said as she searched her wardrobe for her school robes.

"This from the same girl who told me to stay away from them at all costs? You've sure changed your tune."

"I know they aren't about to win any awards for good behaviour, but they do start to grow on you. You just have to get used to them, I guess. It's just that I was talking to them last night and they do seem to have grown up a little."

"All three of them are kind of cute, too," Katie mused.

Angelina gave her a look that clearly said, 'you've got to be kidding!'

"Cute in an extremely annoying way, of course."

Angelina snorted and stormed off to the adjoining bathroom.

It took ten minutes for herself and Angelina to get ready. They finally joined Fred and George in the common room.

"That was not five minutes," Fred said as they clambered through the portrait hole.

"If you don't want to find yourself expelled on your first day I recommend you shut up right this second," Angelina threatened.

"Why should I? I bet you don't even know who I am."

"You're Fred. I've found a difference between the two of you," Angelina said rather smugly.

"I'm cuter than George?"

"No, you're more annoying than George. He seems to know when to keep his mouth shut while you just refuse to shut up at all."

Alicia smiled as she noticed George blush slightly. They met Professor McGonagall in the Entrance Hall. She didn't speak to them, she just peered down at the group sternly and beckoned them to follow her.

They pursued her through the empty corridors in silence. The group turned several corners before they finally stopped outside a door labeled 'Deputy Headmistress-Professor M. McGonagall'. There was a slight push and shove as both Fred and Angelina tried to enter the office at the same time.

Thankfully McGonagall didn't notice this. "Please be seated."

Alicia took a seat between Fred and Angelina to make sure they didn't fight.

"Now, I'm hoping we can make this quick so you can get to your first class on time. Would you care to explain exactly what happened yesterday evening, Ms. Johnson."

"Uh, well, as we were approaching the harbour thingy I was leaning over the side of the boat because I heard there was a giant squid in the lake. I guess I leaned a bit too far because I fell in the water."

Alicia and the twins gaped. Angelina had just lied!

"Hagrid said he heard a bang."

"Bang? I didn't hear any bang. Did you hear any bang Alicia?" Angelina turned to her.

Alicia shook her head promptly.

"So how did the rest of you fall in?"

"They were trying to help me back in the boat when it tipped over," Angelina answered cheerfully.

"Is this your account of the events?" the Professor asked the other three stunned students.

"That's exactly how it happened," Fred said, nodding firmly.

"Fine. That wasn't so hard. You may now go off to breakfast."

The four of them stood and walked towards the door.

"Oh, and, Ms Johnson."

"Yes, Professor."

"Please be careful in future."

"Certainly, Professor." She smiled sweetly and followed her fellow Gryffindors back to the Great Hall.

"You lied!" Alicia said incredulously.

"I bent the truth a little," Angelina said with a casual shrug.

Fred hadn't stopped staring at her since they left the office. Angelina noticed him looking and rolled her eyes.

"Thanks, Angelina," he said earnestly and smiled as an afterthought.

"Don't go getting a big head, Weasley. I didn't do it for you; I just didn't want any points taken from Gryffindor. Don't try it ever again though. I'm not going to go around saving your butt for the next seven years."

Angelina spotted Katie and marched off towards her, leaving the other three behind.

Fred grabbed Alicia's arm and whispered in her ear, "You know maybe she isn't so bad after all. A little feisty, but I can live with that."
A/N: Short chapter! I'm so proud of myself! So we're starting to see a little Fred/Angelina action. Nothing major though. That was a very boring chapter. Sorry, but I did English exams today and yesterday so my creativity has been drained. The next chapter will skip a month or so and it will see the appearance of…something significant - yeah, you know what I'm talking about.