Muggle Studies was as boring as usual, but with an unexpected twist, in the form of a substitute teacher. McGonagoll! It didn't help that the Marauders hadn't done their homework - write a report on Muggle Transport, not that any of them understood how Muggle Transport worked.
"That lesson was torture!" Sirius moaned
"I know!" Lily muttered "Usually I like Muggle Studies, I don't need to pay attention."
"Why McGonagoll?" Clare asked "Out of all the teacher we had to have her!"
"At least Charms can be fun." Sirius grinned
"For you!" The girls stated
"Well and me." Lily confessed
They laughed, Lily had this certain knack for charms that nobody else could master - it was just one of those things.
"James is drooling again." Carolyn said, rolling her eyes "Dreaming of Rachel?"
They laughed even harder - they couldn't help it.
"Remus does that though when he's thinking of Hannah." Lily pointed out
"So does Sirius when he's thinking of you." Hannah retorted, sticking her tongue out at her
Lily and Sirius blushed and every one laughed. Something that makes the blood run cold happened to wreck the mood - they all heard a blood curdiling scream. They all stopped dead in their tracks. Then they heard a a scream again,
"It's a girl," They said.
The noise was coming from the charms corridor.
"Rachel!" Hannah gasped "That's Rachel!"
They ran towards the corridor, they heard another voice shouting - it belonged to Lucius Malfoy
"I swear!" He yelled "You tell and you'll regret it!"
James ran and burst through the door - Malfoy had hold of Rachel's robes by the neck and had her pinned against the wall. He let go in sheer shock. Rachel ran into his arms, and he held her tightly.
"I'll save it for when you don't have someone to save you!" Malfoy snarled
James took out his wand and shouted
"Expelliamus!"
Malfoy was blasted to the other end of the room. Rachel sobbed.
"It's okay." James whispered
The others stood in the doorway and Sirius said
"We'll tell Flitwick that you'll be a bit late."
James just nodded.
"Wonder what that was all about." Lily whispered
"I don't know, but I've got a feeling it's got something to do with family issues." Hannah said, sighing
They looked at her blankly.
"He's her brother." Hannah explained
"But if they're brother and sister wouldn't they have the same surname?" Clare asked
"Me and Sirius don't." Hannah pointed out "Her parents are divorced. Rachel lives with their dad and Malfoy live with their mum."
They still looked confused
"They look nothing alike."
"Neither do me and Hannah." Sirius said
"You do actually." Lily said "You've both got the same shaped face and the same eyes."
"But my eyes are brown." Sirius said
"But Hannah wears coloured contacts instead of glasses!" Remus stated
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"What was that?" James asked, as they walked out of the room
"Nothing!" Rachel snapped slightly
James looked at her skeptically
"If it's nothing then I'm the tooth fairy."
Rachel laughed slightly
"If you must know he's my brother."
James looked at her
"But how?" he stuttered
"Well, twins. I HATE him!" She muttered "And now I've got to keep his secret."
"And I'm not even going to ask what it is." James said
"Good!"
"I'm still trying to work out how you two are related, you're so different."
"So are Hannah and Sirius, yet they're related." Rachel pointed out "We best get to Charms anyway."
Yeah, you're right."
They walked to Charms slowly and walked into the class with about 15 minutes after the others.
"Glad you could join us." Flitwick squeaked "Could you please take your seats?"
They sat down at the back, behind Sirius, Lily and Clare.
"What happened?" Sirius whispered, whilst they were getting their quills out.
James and Rachel shook their heads
"Are you taking down these notes Mr Black?" Flitwick asked
"Yes Professor!"
"Well stop with the chit-chat and get working."
They had a surprised look in their face - Flitwick was never usually like this, he never lost his temper like that or even shouted at them.
They spent the rest of the lesson copying down notes on a sharm they would be working on the next lesson. The bell rang early as they only had half a lesson - They got some half lessons that they could just relax. James, Sirius and Hannah had Quidditch practice. James was the Captain, and Seeker. Sirius was a beater and Hannah was a Chaser.
"When's our first match?" Sirius asked James as they went to get their brooms.
"Thursday."
"That's in three days!" Hannah exclaimed "And you didn't think to tell us before?!"
"Hey!" James retorted "I only found out yesterday!"
Hannah rolled her eyes.
"Are the others meeting us down there?" Sirius asked
James nodded
"Remus, Lily and Carolyn are gonna come watch as well."
"No Rachel?"
James shook his head.
"She's on the Bloody Ravenclaw team!"
"Oh yeah!"
They grabbed their brooms and ran to pitch.