We got off the train and walked into the school.
"Who's the big blonde lady?" I asked.
"No idea…new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher maybe?" replied George.
"Well, we better go head on over to the table…maybe we can stick some Ton-Tongue Toffees into the food," said Fred.
"Good luck with that," I said, and headed over to the Ravenclaw table. I sat with my friends Cho and Marietta. They're both in 6th year, but a lot of the girls in my year aren't that friendly. I have no clue what I did to them. Anyway…
The Sorting Hat had a new song…wow. It was really kind of weird…it was giving us a warning or something like that. Then the fat blonde lady talked. Apparently her name is Dolores Umbridge…and she is the new DADA teacher.
George is so smart...and Fred too! How else could they invent the Skiving Snackboxes? And they're soooo cute! -clears throat- sorry.
"Why did they send a woman from the Ministry to be our new teacher? Couldn't Dumbledore find a different one?" asked Marietta.
"Nobody probably wanted to come, after what happened to Cedric…" Cho stopped talking and started softly crying into her food.
"Come on, Cho, lighten up… be HAPPY!" I said…which was apparently not the right thing to say. I've been hanging around Gred and Forge too long. -chuckle-
"How can you be so happy when--I miss him so-so-much!" she cried.
"It's all right, Cho, it's all right. There's nothing you can do about it," said Marietta.
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The next morning, we had Charms with the Gryffindors (yay! Fred and George!).
"Did you stick the Ton-Tongue Toffees in the food last night?" I asked.
"No, but we got a couple people to eat Canary Creams in the common room," replied Fred.
"Did they work?" I asked.
"Like a charm…speaking of which, has either of you gotten that Color-Changing Charm yet?" said George.
"No, but I think we better get back to work…we have to take our N.E.W.T.s this year…" I replied.
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The next Saturday was Quidditch tryouts for the Ravenclaw team. I made Chaser…like I had the last 4 years (I started as a third year). Our first match was in a month against Hufflepuff. Fred and George had been made Beaters (of course). They were playing Slytherin in 3 weeks- the first Quidditch match of the year.
On the way to dinner, I looked at the bulletin board outside the common room. It was advertising for people to try out Fred and George's products. The next day, I caught up with them on the way into breakfast and asked them about it.
"So, you guys are paying people to try your products?" I asked.
"Yup, Hermione Granger is lecturing us though…she says we can't do it. But we're paying them!" said Fred.
"Wait, why is she lecturing you? She's only in 5th year!" I protested. Nobody lectures my Freddy and Georgey! They are sooo cute when they're worried! (and the rest of the time too…)
"She's a prefect…hey; first Hogsmeade weekend of the year is in a month! It's the week after your match against Hufflepuff!" said George.
"Sweet, anyway, we better go eat breakfast. I don't know about you, but I'm starved! By the way, can I try any of your products?" I asked.
"After we're sure they work, we wouldn't want to kill you," said Fred, "let's go eat some waffles! See you in Herbology!"
