Chapter 3 (Bloody Bird)
Sophie groaned. She had been down here for at least 2 hours and she still wasn't done yet! She was organizing Snape's potions ingredients. His private stores. And it was a mess!
Well, at least now I know what's in here. She thought. Next time we need some special ingredients for something I'll know exactly where everything's at. He better let me go down to dinner soon. I'm starving!
Sophie sighed. She still had her Transfiguration homework to do and she hadn't told Ella about Mum's big news either!
Well, the twins should be getting their Howler at dinner, which is soon. And that promises to be interesting!
Sophie had just enough time after she finished her detention with Snape to grab a couple of rolls and head to the Hospital Wing. She had missed the Howler and Fred and George had already left by the time she got to the Great Hall. Oh well, Ginny could always tell her about it later.
Sophie walked into the hospital wing.
"Oh my gosh! Ella you'll never guess what was in the letter Mum just sent us! We're going to . . ."
She stopped, seeing the twins next to Ella, apologizing profusely.
"Oh my god! What the heck were you thinking? How could you! You could have killed us! I can't believe how stupid you two are! I ougtha take you down to Filch and let him tear you apart, he's been wanting to do just that for an awful long time, you know. OR I could write to you mother. Tell her all about that joke shop of yours and then I'll-"
"Hold it write there Sophie," interrupted Fred. "We already heard all this, ok? We got your Howler. We don't want, or need, to hear it again!"
"Look, Sophie," said George, "We're really sorry. You know Fred and I didn't mean for anyone to get hurt. We love you guys. You know that."
Ella blushed, but Sophie didn't care. She wasn't really listening anyway.
"I don't care if you didn't mean for anyone to get hurt. Someone did. My sister did! You two are the biggest idiots on the face of the earth! Gits!"
Fred came up and put an arm around Sophie.
"Listen," he said. "No, really. Just listen. We would never do anything to hurt you guys. We really thought Errol was up to the journey this time. How could we have known that he would fly into the orange juice? We're not Seers you know! We don't have the 'Inner Eye'!" He put on the airy voice of Trelawny as he said the last bit.
Sophie giggled. Maybe he was right. They would never mean to hurt her, or Ella. They were best friends for Merlin's sake!
"Well, alright," she said. "Maybe I am being stupid. but you guys should know better than to send stuff like that with Errol. The bloody bird can't fly straight to save his life!"
The twins pretended to be mortally offended by this.
"How could you?!?" exclaimed George. "That 'bloody bird' has been in our family for ages! Do you know how much he's been through? How many Howlers he's carried!"
They all laughed.
Sophie suddenly remembered about her mum's big news. Somehow she had forgotten in her anger at the twins.
"You will never guess what Mum wrote, Ella!"