Chapter 2.
Key:
"Parseltoungue"
"Speaking"
'Thoughts'
'Signlanguage'
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Harry and Harri had grabbed two seats in a dark corner of the Slytherin common room and were conversing in signlanguage. They had decided not to use Parseltongue unless it was an emergancy. At the moment the talk was going like this:
'So, we're in Slytherin. Hey, Harri, did you know that the reason the Slytherin sign is a snake because Salazar Slytherin could talk to snakes like us?'
'... No I didn't know that... smarty pants... '
'HEY! I don't have anything better to do than read books, since I can't TALK!'
'Watch it, you may be my brother but that doesn't mean I won't hex you... '
'Like you could...'
'Smartypants!'
'Stupid!'
'SMARTYPANTS!'
'STUPID!'
'SMART-'
Draco Malfoy had come over and unceremoniously ended the 'arguement' of fast moving hands.
"And, to whom do we owe this unpleasant surprise?" Harri asked rather rudely. She didn't like to be interupted in the middle of an arguement, whether the person knew they where arguing on not.
Malfoy scowled.
"I'm Draco Malfoy. Are the rumors true? Are you two really the Potter twins?"
"Well, what do you think? Do you even think at all? Well, lets answer your question shall we? Hmm, well, by the looks of it, I'd say yes, we are twins. And surprise, surprise, our second name is Potter. Wow, I guess the rumors are true after all!"
The entire common room had been listening and burst into laughter as Harri finished and Malfoy's face burned scarlet.
"Watch it Potters. You'll be sorry you ever crossed me!" and with that final sentiment, Draco turned on heel and stormed out of the common room.
"Oooh! Watch it Potters! How original... NOT! Now, were where we... ah, yes..."
'SMARTYPANTS!'
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Professor Snape walked into the potions lab, his robes billowing behind him.
"Today we will be doing a practical. I know that this is your first lesson and that makes it even more importaint that we practice brewing potions straight away." Snape said glaring at some of the disbeliving looks some pupils gave him.
Harri was absentmindedly doodling on her partchment. She was good at potions, but quite frankly, it bored her to death.
"Miss. Potter, I suppose you already know what the effects are if you add 3 Bowtruckle legs to a hiccupping solution instead of 2?" Snape rarely ripmanded one of his house but when someone didn't pay attention in his class it really ticked him off.
"Yes." Harri replied without looking up from her partchment but her quill had stopped.
"And what, may I ask, are these effects?"
Harri sighed.
"If you add three bowtruckle legs to a hiccupping solution instead of two, one drank the potion will cause the drinker to errupt in painful blisters and whelts."
Snape looked pleasently surprised. At least not every one he was teaching was a complete idiot.
"Correct. 10 points to Slytherin. Now to brew this potion... "
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Harry and Harri had been partnered up together and beside them, much to Harri's dissapointment, was Draco Malfoy.
"Seriously," Harri hissed to her brother quietly. "Why does Malfoy keep staring at me?"
Harry stared at his sister as if she had two heads.
"What?"
"You don't know why Draco stares at you? OMG... "
"Why does he stare at me!"
"Draco fancies you..."
Harri blanched.
"WTF! No way! He fancies me! Is he insane!"
"No...he's just in looooove..."
"Sicko..."
"Mwahahaha, Harri and Draco sitting in a tree - "
Harri cut across her brothers chanting.
"You know, I could take that as you and Malfoy, 'cause we both have the same name..."
Harry gave his sister a WTF look.
"You have one sick and demented mind if you think me and Draco would EVER..."
"I wasn't the one who said it..."
"I'm not the one Draco wants to go out with."
"Shaddup. The potion's ready anyways."
Harri turned back to the potion, which was a bright yellow. She shuddered. Harri hated most bright colors like that. Then again, so did Harry and they couldn't really be blamed for hating it.
(A/N: The authoress is a goth and bright colors give me headaches. Same for Harry and Harri. ;) )
Harry pulled out a vial from his bag and started scooping the (painfully!) bright potion into it. Harri glanced at Draco. He was staring at her again. He blushed and looked away when he noticed her looking back at him.
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'Well, reckon that was the most boring thing I have ever done.' Harry informed his sister as they sat down in the Great Hall for lunch.
They had just come out of History of Magic and where practically falling asleep were they stood.
"I -yawn- have to agree... does Binn's even know he's dead?"
"To be honest... no."
Harri laughed. Draco came up to them.
"D - do you mind if I sit here? It's just, Crabbe and Goyle are too discusting, shovling food into their mouths at the speed of magic... " Draco shuddered. (1)
Harry glanced at his sister and nodded slightly.
"Fine." Harri replied pointing to the seat opposite her.
Draco looked surprised, but happy all the same.
"Oh, yeah, Draco?" Harri asked cooly.
"Mmm?" Draco replied as he took a drink of his pumpkin juice.
"Why were you staring at me in Potions?" Harri said, as if it didn't really matter.
Draco practically spat out his juice. He started choking on it, anyways.
"Lumendo." Harry hissed the spell to stop Draco choking. He didn't really want his lunch with Draco Drool all over it.
"Wh - what!" Draco spluttered as he took in gulps of air. "I wasn't looking at you! Why would I do that!"
"You're right Harry, he DOES like me. I can't imagine WHY though..." Harri hissed to her brother, who was watching the scene with amusement.
"I told you so, didn't I?" came his smiling reply.
"Don't push your luck. The jinx idea still exists... be warned."
Harri turned back to Draco and smiled.
"I don't know why you would stare at me... you're right it probably was just me imagining thing..."
Draco nodded happily.
'At least she bought my excuse... ' he thought before Harri interupted him.
"Unless you fancied me or something..."
Draco paled.
"Uh, I have to go! Bye!" Draco said and ran out of the hall. Any faster and it would have been Apparation.
"Wow, he sure runs fast for a little guy... " (2)
"You don't seem to mind the idea about him being your boyfriend as much anymore..."
"Yeah, well, you try living with a big gash in your forehead and trying to get someone!" Harri huffed.
"Ha, you can't get a boyfriend!"
"I just did stupid!"
Harry just poked his tongue out at her.
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SO SORRY I HAVEN'T UPDATED IN FOREVER! Feel free to chop me up into tiny little pieces and feed me to Lord Voldemorts hell hounds. XD But if you do, updates will be slower.
(1) SO WHAT IF I MADE IT UP! Sue me. If you can find me that is... (hides in anonimous cave in anonimous island) Mwahahaha...
(2) Tell me where I stole that line from and you get a cookie! And I'll update quicker!