Sophia became friends with Ginny. Vieara, on the other hand, could never be seen without Kellen. And both twins were often seen with the Weasley twins, playing jokes on everyone.
"Why is your last name Ivanova, and Sophia's Black?" Ginny asked Vieara.
"Because Ivanova is my mother's last name. I kept it. Sophia changed hers to Black when she found out who our father is. His last name is Black." Vieara answered, not quite looking at Ginny, with a note of finality in her tone. Ginny got the hint.
"I wonder why Thalia blushed when I asked her if she wasn't hot in that cloak of hers." Sophia whispered to her sister the next day, in Defense Against The Dark Arts. Professor Lockhart was babbling (more like bragging) about the time he'd defeated a mummy in less than fifteen minutes.
"Yeah. It's weird. And she looked uncomfortable when I mentioned Ireland and fairies and elves, didn't she?" Vieara added.
"And she never takes off that cloak. Like, ever! She only takes it off after pulling the drapes around her bed." Sophia whispered.
"Miss Black! Would you mind telling the class what exactly you're discussing?"
"Oh, she was just telling me how she admires your courage. You know, facing a mummy without a wand and all." Vieara said, smiling sweetly at Lockhart. Sophia pretended to look embarrassed, lowering her eyes and smiling slightly.
The class snickered, but Lockhart looked absolutely flattered. Vieara even dared to blow a bubble with her Droobles' Best Blowing Gum (in her favorite flavor, Bubbles'n Bats). And let me tell you, when Drooble says his gum blows best, he doesn't lie. Droobles' bubbles are as big as a human head. The good news is, that they don't pop often. The bad news is, that just then, it did.
And a teacher, even one as self-centered as Lockhart, notices if one of his pupils' face is covered in sticky black bubble gum. And so does the class. It was howling with laughter.
Vieara paused for a second, in thought. "Well, I was going to pluck my eyebrows anyway." She announced, shrugging, with an impish grin. Then she raised her hand.
"May I be excused? Some gum seems to have found its way to my face."
"Don't." Sophie said with a smile. She took her wand off her desk, and pointed at Vieara's face. "Removius!"
The gum unstuck from her skin and hairs painlessly, and curled itself into a small ball in midair. The class stared at both girls, amazed.
"Thanks!" Vieara grinned. "I really have to learn that one!"
"Detention, Miss Black. No chewing gum in class." Professor Lockhart declared, clearly irritated by Sophie's little spell.
"Oh, Professor! But I was looking forward to reading your biography tonight! I'm so disappointed. I won't get a chance to find out about all of your heroic adventures." Vieara tried to save herself.
Lockhart actually bought it! His face softened and he smiled a bit. "Well, well. No need to deny you of that pleasure." The class couldn't help but snicker again.
On Halloween, Ms. Norris was found Petrified. The twins agreed not to use their Double Trouble Guide just yet. It was much too dangerous.
Sophia wrote to their father in the back of the notebook often, and loved how he answered. Always gentle, at the same time a bit strict, but with a sense of humor and mischief. He often asked about Vieara and their mother. She never said much, just that they were too busy to write.
He asked about Harry Potter too, once. Sophia was surprised.
I don't really know him. I've only seen him in the halls and in the common room. He's always with my friend Ginny's brother Ron and a girl named Heather or Hermione or something. She's a real know-it-all. And Harry seems, a little, well, self absorbed.
She wrote. She told him about Ginny. How pale she was. Jumpy and nervous.
Unlike Sophia, Vieara had no interest whatsoever in what her father had to say. She completely ignored the front and back of the notebook, only reading the troublemaking guide in the middle. Most of their first year at Hogwarts was rather uneventful for them, but many strange things happened to others in the school. Ginny seemed to change a lot toward the end of the year, but by then it was discovered that Lord Voldemort's memory had possessed her and a giant basilisk had tried to kill her. But she had been rescued heroically by Harry Potter, and the whole matter was eventually forgotten as the twins readied to return to Bulgaria that summer.