The Next Day

The morning Demon opened her eyes and rolled out of bed groggily. She looked out the window and saw darkness. "You've gotta be shittin' me." Demon said to herself, she turned to look at the clock, which read, "4:00?" She almost yelled. She forgot about the other the other girls in the room. She had met them last night when her friends and her were sitting up all night. Angelina Johnson, Katie Bell, and Alicia Spinnet were good friends, although not as cool as Fred and George. She had though the previous night before falling asleep. They were nice and told her all about quidditch, which she asked what it was sending them into an hour-long discussion about it. Demon lay back down in bed and tried to sleep some more but it was no use. She was up now and that was that. "Great. So I get to fall asleep during my first test." She said to herself. She lay in bed for two hours tossing and turning but to no avail. Finally at 6:00 she got up again and walked into the bathroom, she quickly took a shower and dressed again. 'Wonder if I'm going to get robes and books and everything soon. I'm still dressing in normal clothes while everyone is in uniform. Oh well, I'm comfy like this.' After dressing and putting on some makeup she walked out of the bathroom and down to the common room, after glancing at the clock which now read 6:30. She looked around the room and saw that it was empty, walking over to the fireplace she made another fireball in her hand and threw it into the fireplace. The fire roared as Demon plopped down on the couch in front of it. She began to think about the tests when she felt a hand on her shoulder. As a gut reaction she quickly grabbed the hand and pulled it forwards, the figure slammed into the back of the couch as Demon turned around to see whom it was.

"I'm so sorry Fred. It was a gut reaction. Are you alright?" Demon asked slightly worried she'd hurt him.

"I'm fine, no worries." Fred said jumping over the back of the couch and took a seat next to her. He gave her his goofy Weasley twin smile as she sighed in relief. "So, what're you doing up so early?" He asked still smiling.

"I woke up at 4:00 this morning and haven't been able to fall sleep again." Demon said sitting back.

"You've been down here since 4:00?" Fred asked yawning.

"No, I rolled around in bed for two hours then I got up. So what are you doing up so early?" She asked him also beginning to yawn.

"I had a great idea for a prank and I had to write it down." He said. "You wanna head down to breakfast?"

"Sure. What's your first class today?" Demon asked as she and Fred stood up and made their way down to the Great Hall.

"History of Magic, what about you?" Fred asked.

"I have to take my O.W.L.'s for the next week." Demon said as they entered the Entrance Hall, they made their way quickly to the Great Hall to find only a handful of students and teachers there.

"Shouldn't you be worrying or something? Studying perhaps?" Fred asked taking a seat at the Gryffindor table, Demon sat down next to him.

"Not really, I figure I have enough smarts to write them without studying first." Demon said as Fred shoveled some food onto his plate. "Guess I should eat something eh?"

"It could help in the long run." Fred joked. Demon yawned again as she put some food on her plate. "You ok?" Fred asked again seeing how tired she really was. Demon looked paler than normal, which was odd because Fred thought she couldn't get any paler.

"I just need a little sleep, what little sleep I did get last night was filled with nightmares and bad memories, I'll be fine. I've got a break today between tests, maybe I'll take a nap then, or when I get out of the last one. You never know, you guys will still be in class so I can wake up when you get out and we can hangout for a while. I'll watch you as you do your homework again." Demon said quickly stifling another yawn.

"What was your nightmare about?" Fred asked concerned. The 'nightmare' she'd had last night was a recollection of the night that she was hurt bad and what she'd done after that.

"Umm… I can't really remember." She lied, she couldn't tell them, they'd never… believe… No… she didn't really know why she didn't want to tell them. She just wanted to forget about it. Fred was going to question her further but George, Angelina, Katie, Alicia, and Lee walked in and took seats around them. Demon had met Lee the previous night too, he seemed to be ok.

"Hogsmeade weekend guys." Katie said happily taking a bite out of a piece of toast.

"Yeah, we're going to go to Zonko's. You in Demon?" George asked.

Demon was about to reply when she heard hundreds of owls come flying in the room. "What the hel…" Demon started but stopped when she realized they were carrying the mail. A gray owl dropped a letter in front of her and she gave it some bacon that she didn't feel like eating. She looked back at the letter and saw the Hogwarts Crest on the back. She opened it up and read it over quickly.

Dear Miss. Pendragon,

You are to meet me in the Gryffindor common room at the beginning of class and we will start your O.W.L.'s. Further more, this weekend you and a student guide of your choosing will go to Diagon Alley and pick up the necessary things for your year here at Hogwarts. You shall leave Saturday morning at 7:30.

Sincerely,

Professor M. McGonagall

Demon looked up from the letter smiling Fred looked at her. "So what's it say?" He asked trying to look at the writing.

"I'm going to Diagon Alley on Saturday at 7:30 in the morning, and I get to choose who goes with me." Demon said. The warning bell rang signaling to all the students to get to class. Demon walked up to the Gryffindor common room and prepared for a week of testing.