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Kelly P.O.V
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People were starting to leave the Great Hall and go to their respective common rooms. Fred and George were laughing at something with Lee. I frowned and stood up; Angelina slightly surprised looked up at me and rolled her eyes.
Alicia was sitting next to her eating a slice of cake, she looked up at me and said "Whad if it?" She then swallowed and Angelina glared at her and threw her a napkin. Alicia grinned.
Katie laughed at Alicia and stood up to walk with me. I wasn't that close to Angelina's 'group' as such although out of all of them, I was probably close to Katie she was the bookworm out of the three. As was I with the Twins, someone had to make sure they passed their N.E.W.T.S and such. We made our way to library as usual like every year however this year we turned a corner to see Flint and a few of his quidditch players laughing along with him. When they saw us a disgusted look came across all their faces. Most likely having something to with quidditch that's all that seemed to go around his pea-sized brain, at least Wood had sense.
"Well, well what's a mudblood doing with someone like you Bell and wondering around without the Weasels I see?" He laughed at his own joke, Katie and I rolled our eyes and walked past. If only I hadn't opened my mouth. Katie looked slightly embarrassed for her family; they had known the Flints when Katie was little until Katie and her sister became Gryffindors.
"Too bad these Gryffindors can beat you at quidditch" I muttered, I hoped he hadn't heard me although luck really wasn't on my side. His face distorted into a look of rage, he really wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed.
I smirked at him, and saw Katie smile slightly. We slowly walked past them, not taking our eyes of them until we had turned another corner. You could just about hear
"...You're not even on the team mudblood!" I started laughing while Katie grinned.
"He is so dumb, I don't know how they managed to beat Ravenclaw" I said in between laughs. We passed insults about the Slytherins until we got to the library; we quickly became silent and walked past Madam Pince until we were by the potions books. A few ravenclaws were around, already studying, I shook my head pityingly I wasn't that studious.
We sat down on a nearby table; a few Ravenclaws eyes' darted over to our table. I held a laugh. "How are you finding this year?" I asked Katie.
She grinned "Snape is still as much of a git as last year"
"Some things never change"
"That is expected, what about Trelawney I hear she's losing her touch" I whispered, we didn't want Madam Pince shooing us out of 'her' library.
"With reality, of course" Katie was a great friend; she was always up for a smart conversation. The twins would usually only listen when it came to pranks and quidditch mostly. Although few could pass up an opportunity to mock the teachers, I stood up from the chair and walked over to a bookshelf near the end, I brushed a hand over a few books before stopping and pulling out a large thick book, it looked like a textbook the one we use in Potions.
I frowned and opened it; it was just like the one I picked up in Diagon Alley. I turned the pages back to the front and saw in small scrawly writing,
The Half-Blood Prince
Katie came over and took the book from me, and did the same I had that day in Zonkos.
I was quite surprised by the fact that this book was here in Hogwarts, someone had to have put it here. Would they come back looking for it, only wanting to put it here for a few days for some reason?
Katie handed it back to me and I flicked through it, this was strange. Perhaps I should just hand it to Dumbledore. As if reading my thoughts Katie snorted
"Keep it with you, try some of the stuff in Potions, it should be fun" I was about to argue when she continued. "If you don't I will"
I shut my mouth.
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About half an hour later we were in front of the Fat Lady. I sighed and hid the book under my robe; countless questions were something I didn't really want at the moment. Katie gave the password and we walked in. The twins and Lee were playing Exploding Snap. Luckily they didn't look up from the game although Angelina, who was filing and examining her nails, looked suspiciously at us.
I grinned and I run up to the dorm, Katie stayed in the common room. When I opened the door to the 6th years I saw an owl that looked like Alicia's hoot at me. I glared and went to my bed. I opened my trunk and buried the book at the bottom until my next Potions lesson.
I looked up; I could've sworn I heard.
Creak
That. "Who is it?"
"Who do you think?"
I opened the door, thinking it would be Katie, although someone on a broom greeted me.
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"What are you doing?" I asked folding my arms. He laughed.
"I wanted to see what you were doing" He paused thinking "Nothing like a prank right!"
I rolled my eyes; it always came down to pranks.
"What if it was Fred" I hissed, thin ice, up ahead.
"Well, I don't think you'd pull it off, and I'd hate you to y'know have everyone know that you couldn't" Fred stopped; I was hurt to say the least that they didn't even think that I could. Fred carried on "Well maybe little pranks but the big ones, George and I do, I don't think that you could do it"
I was definitely angry, that was putting it lightly.
"You're too smart to" That did it.
"OUT! NOW!" He looked at me surprised, holding his hands up, like he was innocent.
"I'll pull you off that broom Fred! Get down those stairs and leave me alone!" I yelled at him and stormed back into the dorm, slamming the door behind me.
How dare he say I couldn't prank as well as he and George could. I was a part in their pranks why couldn't I pull one off myself.
I lay on my bed, turned over and screamed into my pillow. He was so insulting, I hate him, I'll get him back, I'll kill him.
I took a deep breath; I wouldn't kill him, that's stupid. I'll get him at his own game. However that would mean pranking George. I shook my head, it was a risk I would take, and hopefully he would forgive me. Pff I had nothing to worry about, of course he would forgive me.
The owl looked at me as if I would shoot it... So tempting.
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Normal P.O.V.
Kelly picked up her bag and walked to her next lesson, Charms. When she walked into the classroom, Fred and George looked over at her, Fred and obviously told his twin about their argument. In front of her, on her desk was a mouse in a jar.
'What is wrong with me, we never fight! At least not like this, over a stupid prank'
George gave a small smile although Fred ignored her. Kelly looked at Angelina and sat down next to her, they were with the Slytherins, and things could get ugly.
Angelina whispered over to her, "What happened with Fred?"
"He was an idiot?"
"As usual"
"Worse"
Professor Flitwick entered the classroom and walked up to the front, all chatter momentarily stopped, until he went to open his mouth. Everyone began talking again, as he was so short he stood up on the chair that he normally had to use in a few of his lessons to get the students attention. Fortunately, they all turned their attention to him, and people stopped talking.
Angelina passed a small slip of parchment to Kelly, who looked out of the corner of her eye. Angelina was pointing to Katie; she looked down at the note.
What happened?
Kelly held back a sigh and replied.
Trust me; it's too long to fit on this piece of parchment.
She passed it to Angelina, who in turn passed it to Katie, she snorted. Kelly rolled her eyes and started to pay attention to Charms. Professor Flitwick was muttering about some sort of freezing spell.
Wonderful.
Kelly looked at Alicia who was sitting in front; she copied her hand movements and heard Angelina doing the spell on her mouse. They had to take the mouse out of the jar, and freeze it.
Several squeals were heard from the girls as they picked up the mice. Kelly looked at hers, slightly on the plump side, it was ugly. Angelina suddenly shouted out "Ow!" Kelly looked at her and laughed.
The mouse was frozen although its mouth and nose were still moving.
"It's not funny! That thing bit me!" Kelly stopped laughing and picked up her mouse from and put it in front of the jar. Just as she let go she said the spell.
"Frigus"
The mouse stopped moving, stuck in a permanent pose, sniffing the desk. However there was the small problem of its tail, flicking about. Angelina laughed at her this time and then proceeded to try to freeze her mouse again.
"I think I'm going to call him, Squeaker" Angelina sighed.
"Squeaker? The mouse?"
"What do you think?"
"I think that once you name it, it's hard to part with it"
"Well, it did bite me"
"Don't you feel bad having to freeze the poor thing every time?"
"No" There was no hesitation as Angelina replied to Kelly's question. Kelly tried to freeze the mouse again, and finally succeeded.
Professor Flitwick came over "Well done, Miss Peters 20 points for Gryffindor"
Kelly grinned, and then looked over at the twins. How on earth could she get them at their own game?
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Kelly was walking alongside Angelina, Katie and Alicia when a 4th year came up to them.
"Kelly?" He looked at all of them "Dumbledore told me to give you this" He handed something to her. Kelly was about to open her mouth, to reply but he had already run off.
Kelly read the note.
Miss Peters,
We have matters to discuss, please see me in my office as soon as possible. I find humbugs to be fitting at the moment.
"Wonder what that's about?"
They all read the note and Katie handed it back to her.
"Who Knows?"
"Tell us about it after?"
"Sure, see you later" Kelly walked off, the trio walking towards the grand staircase, in the direction of the common room.
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Kelly walked through many corridors until she finally saw the gargoyle. She walked up to it and said clearly "Humbugs"
The statue moved, she stepped onto the staircase leading up to his office. Kelly looked at the door separating her from Dumbledore, she wondered why Dumbledore needed to see her. She wasn't terrible in any of her lessons, unless it was something to do with students or something. Kelly was puzzled, which was quite rare.
Kelly knocked on the door, a faint murmur of 'Come in' was heard. She opened the door and walked in, to find Professor McGonagall sitting opposite Dumbledore clearly talking about something.
"Headmaster you wanted to see me?"
"Ah yes, Miss Peters" Kelly fidgeted, she just wanted to get to the point.
"Well, as you know Professor McGonagall is your head of house, she has been told by various teachers, countless times of your talent for their subject. She came here to ask me if I would permit you to use a time-turner"
Kelly wasn't expecting this. She had read about time-turners while she was studying, she only knew what they did- travel through time.
"A time-turner allows the wearer to travel into the past, however many turns they give depends on the time they want to go to, you can use it to go to the other lessons you haven't missed much, and you could catch up in no time?" He was asking her whether she wanted more lessons, anyone in their right mind would say no, but Kelly wanted to do Ancient Runes and several other subjects and she couldn't because they clashed now she could.
Kelly grinned "So I could go back in time and do another lesson, while I was in another class?"
"Yes although there are several rules to follow Miss Peters"
Professor McGonagall began talking to Kelly.
"The rules are very important, I know of the pranks you have played with the Weasley twins, and such behaviour should not be used upon this time-turner. Kelly knew when to be serious.
Professor McGonagall picked up something from Dumbledore's desk. She held it up in front of Kelly.
"To go back in time you turn this" She pointed at a tiny knob on the side of the contraption. A small glass sand timer was gold framed in the middle with a gold chain.
"This is not to be taken lightly, you must not be seen by anyone, terrible things happen to wizards and witches that mess with time"
"When you are reaching the time that you did turn back you must return to the place you turned the time-turner at"
"Please be careful Kelly, if anything happens speak to me or Professor Dumbledore"
Dumbledore looked up from his desk, he had sat down a while ago and was now writing letters to probably some important people. Kelly walked towards the door and opened it, looking back she saw Professor McGonagall and Dumbledore talking again. She walked back down to the corridor and back to the common room.
Kelly had a time-turner, she could turn back time! She knew how much of a responsibility it was but this could help her prank Fred and George, no one would see her anyway...
