AN:

no updates till mid week. After my internet died on me. I didnt write so much. so errrr...next update by wednesday.

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Chapter 9:

October 30,

Jeff was sitting at the table quietly eating his breakfast along with his twin when the post came. A grey owl with the Silverio-Catalan crest had landed in front of the twins and both had stopped what they were doing as they both eyed the owl. It was either their grandmamma had caught wind of their placed in the Hogwarts team or she was going to berate about how they haven't told her about them trying out at all. Neither twin wanted to take the bunch of letters attached to the impatient owl. Parker was sitting not too far down the Ravenclaw table chatting with a 4th year about History of Magic saw the grey owl. Seeing that neither sibling were going to pluck the letter and that the owl was about to nip their noses Parker had opted to stand up and take the letters herself. Excusing herself from the conversation with the 4th year she headed to the other table and plucked the letters. The owl hooted appreciatively at Parker, as she gave the owl a piece of bacon. The owl then stared at the older two and clucked it's beak at them before flying away making sure it's wings hit the twins' faces.

"Seriously its only grandmamma." Parker said., or was she wrong.

There were two letters. Parker opened the first one praying it wasn't one of those 'sweet howlers' from the Silverio matriarch and found that it was a normal letter from no other than their maternal cousin. Elena. "Dear Jeff, Stella, and Parker" Started Parker as she squeezed between her two older siblings as they sighed in relief that it wasn't from their grandmamma. Stella looked back to see one of Parker's older friends hand her Parker's breakfast.

"I have caught wind from grandmamma, who was told by Aunt Cal that the two of you were in the Hogwarts team. Stella being in the official team and Jeff being in the Reserve team. I congratulate you two and as well as Maggie and James. As you probably do not know yet, I have been chosen as chaser for my team and I shall be seeing the two of you this coming April. I will be seeing you during new years anyways. You are coming to the New Year's bash at grandmamma's right?.

Parker! grandmamma showed me a video of your recital this summer. My, you sure are one of the best in that lot. Sorry I couldn't go I was terribly sick and I got the other two sick. Who knew chicken pox was contagious? I hope that you will soon decide for the better of your plans. I sent you a bunch of school brochures from France and Spain. I hope they help. Take care sweetie.

Jeff. GET A GIRLFRIEND.

Stella. Just say yes to that flint boy. You never know maybe he'll turn out to be a good lover.

Stephania says hi and says that Stella should get her first kiss soon.

Less than three.-Elena-"

Stella took the letter and read through it again. If Elena was in the Beauxbaton team that would only mean that during the beauxbaton and Hogwarts game, both chasers would be able to do the matador. Now that would be fun to watch. It'd be funny, they could play chicken.

Jeff then read the next letter and this time it was indeed from Madam Catalan.

"Dear grandchildren,

I am disappointed that you haven't told me anything!. Tsk. Now, how can you make it up to me hmm?

Two things.

Jeff bring a girlfriend to the New Year's eve party here in Catalonia Spain, or is it at the property in Versailles I'm not sure yet..

Stella, please consider going on a date with one of my friend's grandsons.

Parker, I promised not to do this but I'll do it anyways. You are my granddaughter to spoil. I have sent a separate package directly to your dorm. Its what you wanted since this summer and more.

Stella and Jeff you two as well have packages up in your dorms.

Lets call it for even ground

Have fun this school year and I'll see your in April as I have been invited to see your games. No playing chicken with Elena, Stella.

Love,

Grandmamma"

Jeff stifled a laugh as Stella poked her breakfast roll when she heard "No playing chicken". Now what fun would that be? Then again they didn't want their grandmother breathing down their necks if they ever had an accident. Their Grandmamma always did cover up for them when ever their mother was hot pursuit on their misbehaviors in Spain. "our little secret" as Julietta Catalan always said. It wasnt her fault that her oldest grandchildren were just inately full of trouble.

Later the twins found out that their grandmamma had sent them new brooms for the year. The newest one from the Zeus line at that. They also found out that Elena Silverio-Montilla also had the new broom. "Even ground" according to Jullietta Catalan. But all of them knew that the old Silverio matriarch was just trying to see which grand child she could push into playing pro..

Parker got what she wanted, new pointe shoes which she broke into right away in the room of requirement with her sister as her audience, then later Jeff who had hid away from female prefects who were hounding him for a "coffee" during the upcoming Hogsmade trip.

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The next months or so was brutal, weather wise and of course school wise. Not to mention Quiddtich. Aside from the Hogwarts team practices they still had their house practices. Stella had enlisted the help of Maggie and Jeff in managing the house team as Oliver seem to pick on her a lot during their practices. She felt like the coaches were trying to see who'll break first. But she indeed wasn't going to break. She also had all reason to groom Maggie to become the next captain. Professor Potter had been asking Stella who she would pick at the end of the year and she picked Maggie over Charles Towler. Sure Charles Towler is a great keeper, but strategy wise, Maggie had more experience as the 14 year old already had been helping the captain for two year in a row. Professor Potter had agreed so and in the next 2 months he was going to sit around and watch the practices and each and ever games Maggie was in to see how much she deserved to be the next Captain.

A month passed and at the beginning of November the first half of the season was done. In the first week was Hufflepuff vs. Slytherin in which Hufflepuff won but 10 points. The next week Gryffindor vs. Ravenclaw in which Gryffindor won by 50 points. Amidst the house glory the team members of the Hogwarts team were being pulled in every direction. Ollie Howards, keeper, for example nearly got placed into the reserve team because his grades in Transfiguration dropped to a Poor. Jeff and Flint had to drag him every time he had a spare to tutor him and make sure the boy got proper grades to stay in the team.

When Oliver found out, he was proud that his school team was helping each other to stay where ever they were and not get kicked off the team. Percy and he had been speculating whether there'll be crab mentality in the mixed group but with Ollie Howard's case, they were proved wrong.

Aside from all this, everything was the same. Jeff still had no clue or what so ever about Maggie, or maybe he did but pretended it wasn't there because he thought "Its not right to like her like this". James had already given up on his cousin and jumped on the next ship Parker likes to call "S.S Flint Weasley". Where quite a few people were already on and trying to maneuver the two arch enemies together. Stella hated Mike's guts. Maggie still, or rather, even more likes Jeff. Wyatt had opted to walk around with Parker in case she got into a another scruff with the snobs, which cause a lot of rumors of the two 'dating', but the two laughed it up and threw the rumor into the can.

Hogsmade day November

Maggie figuring that maybe Jeff is just as dense as oatmeal had taken Charles Towler's offer to a date once, but after an hour sitting in Madam Puddifoot she realized that every time Charles did something, like sipping his coffee, she always reasoned in her head "Jeff does it better". At one point Jeff and Mike had walked into the coffee place and sat a corner table waiting for Merlin knows who, Maggie smiled and waved at them and watched as Jeff turned sour when Charles had placed whispered something to her ear. Not long after two girls from Ravenclaw, who she knew was Tiffany Puffs, a 7th year prefect, and Natalie Wong ( the seeker of Ravenclaw) had joined the two for a double date.

Annoyed and all, Maggie stabbed her tea cake only to find that she stabbed Charles Towler's hand. The keeper yelped in pain and jumped from his seat only to sit back biting his tongue. Maggie apologized profusely but Charles just waved it off saying it didn't hurt that much. Maggie tried as much as possible to not look their way but she couldn't help it. Mike had his hands all over Natalie Wong, as Jeff sat stiffly at the corner trying to pry off the prefect. Maggie frowned at the sight and decided to sip her tea before she threw the damn cup at the female prefect. When she looked back Charles looked contemplative. "W-what?" Maggie asked as she sipped her tea. Charles then said "I know you just said yes to…well, try it out….."

"Charles..I…" Maggie started by Charles cut her off. "No, no. I'm not offended at all. I just want to know one thing"

"And that is?" asked Maggied as she nervously touched her cup.

"Well, you and him see each other every summer, every holiday. Heck you two even grew up together….why cant you just say it to him?"

Maggie thought about it. Why hadn't she. Apparently he is as dense as Stella told her he would be. She knew that he dated a prefect from Hufflepuff a year or so ago but broke it off, but why was she so scared of just telling him out right. Oh right. He was her father's godson. She could go on listing why she just cant.

"I…I don't know….." she responded to Charles. The boy then smiled and said that if she doesn't do anything, nothing will happen. "I bet my position in the team that he likes you back."

"Yea like how he likes my little sister. I'm just a kid to him"

"Well, you aren't okay? Try it out…."

"I'm sorry for uhm…."

"Playing is the right term, but hey now I realize we are better of as friends anyways" Charles assured Maggie who was now smiling at him. Maybe she will just try a new tactic. One that Mike had told her she should just do. That being "Tell him out right and see if he faints"

November 20th

After her last class for the day Parker still had 3 hours before dinner. Since it was snowing a lot outside she opted to stay instead of joining her friends (as a few girls finally saw the light that Parker was not as what rumors said she was) had gone to have a snow fight. Running up to her dorm room she had encountered her pet, a white cat named Charlemagne(an:1). The cat mewed at her and even in her haste she picked the cat up and carried it up to her dorms. Rummaging in her trunk she took out her pointe shoes and some clothes placing them into her now empty bag. As she shut her trunk up Charlemagne had jumped into her bag and watched her lug the trunk down to the floor and push it under her bed.

A few minutes later she was standing infront of the room of requirement thinking of a place she could practice. A few strolls up and down the hall the door emereged and she stepped into her own little dance studio. Only with Charlemagne there, she stepped into the changing screen and changed into her practice attire which were knee length tights and her usual white tank top. She had stepped out to put on her practice shoes and started doing her warm ups, after 20 minutes she had changed into her pointe shoes and started the real warm up.

She had been concentrating on the music and her movements that she didn't notice the door opening. Parker who had her hair in two odd buns didn't expect to be seen so un-composed or un-polished unlike her usual self. As she stopped her routine she faced the door to find none other than Stella and Maggie who were in their Quiddtich gear looking soaked and cold.

"Oh….how did you guys know I was here?" asked Parker. The two chuckled as they entered the room closing the door behind them. "We checked in with Uncle Harry earlier and saw your dot in this room…so we went here before going to our common room" explained Maggie who was stripping off her gear.

Parker watched her and Stella go to the closet which contained extra clothes in it and shoes. She then went on to practice and a few minutes later both older girls were in proper attire holding on to the bar doing Demi Plies with Parker. If someone had walked in now they would think that Parker was teaching the two older girls as Parker could successfully go en pointe with out hassle as Stella couldn't because she only took ballet classes for two summers along with the then 3 year old Parker.

"Hey can you pas de chat" said Stella snickering from behind. Maggie rolled her eyes and literally passed the white cat when Parker broke into fits of laughter. "What?" asked Maggie. Parker then moved away from bar and into the center of the room. She was in 3rd position when she got on en pointe (tip toes) into 3 Pirouettes( spins on one leg, while on en pointe) before running for a bit and into a pas de chat. "That my dear is pas de chat…when I kicked my own arse" said Parker who broke into a sweat. Maggie then commented, while still doing demi plies, "that was hard shit….I cant even go tip toe or pointee something"

Stella then said "Hey hey look!" and Maggie looked back to Stella on her toes but still holding on to the bar. Parker walked en pointe towards her sibling and on her way there Stella fell to the side. 'Ow!' exclaimed Stella as she sat up and massaged her toes. "You know…ballet is hard… but spiffy...when I watch you do it at least Clara" said Stella. Clara was her middle name, Jeff and Stella had used the name when they were two lazy 5 year olds, too lazy to say Parker which to any child is a mouthful to say.

Parker stuck her tongue out and broke into a run jumping into a grand jete which was basically a spit in mid air. Maggie clapped her hands as Parker landed. "Ta da….and the crowd goes wild for the newest prima ballerina!" announced Stella. Parker did a twirl and bowed. 6pm, the girls had headed to their own towers to shower and change before dinner. After which they headed to the great hall to find it abuzz about something. Parker who was still short poked her elder sister to look as to why the crowd was murmuring things around.

Stella tip toed along with Maggie to see that both their fathers and the Head of International Relations were sitting at the head table talking to McGonagall. The three girls pushed their way to their usual spot and hijacked the spots beside Jeff and James. Dinner started. When 7:00 hit everyone attention was diverted to McGonagall who had hit her glass with heir knife a few times.

McGonagall then told everyone to keep their comments till later and started, "As you all know we are to have a Quiddtich tournament in 4 months here. Congratulations to the house teams who have won in their first round of games, and to those chosen few for the Hogwarts team. A tournament cannot go with out a ball of course. I believe that many of you have heard rumors of a ball coming and indeed its true! We have guests for dinner tonight, The coaches of the Hogwarts team, Head of Games Oliver Wood and Fmr Head of Games Mordecai brown".

The crowd erupted into claps and McGonagall went on, "Tonight we also have Head of Security, Mr. Weasley and International Relations Ms Elliot, both have worked since earlier this spring to bring us the first ever Quiddtich Tournament including the finalization of the Ball plans. There will be an opening ball that will be held on April 10, 9 days after the schools have arrived here. Do we have an Age limit, the age limit of those who can go to the ball on their own are students 4th year and above, but younger student can be invited as a guest of an older classman." ….

Maggie and Parker Giggled but Parker stopped as it hit her. "Aw shit I'm only 12. Fuck that!" not really intending to say it loud but as the whole hall was in silence her voiced echoed in the hall. Turning absolutely red she leaned back to hide behind Jeff's back as most of her cousins started to snicker at her. She sent a contemptous glare at Sirius Potter who was sitting with Sirius Lupin at the Ravenclaw table. Percy and Oliver snickered at the head table and started to cough out their laughter when McGonagall looked at them frowning. "Ahem" said Percy trying to hid his laughter, he knew his children could swear, they just never did it in front of him nor their mother.

"Indeed it is not 'cool' for you younger students, but age limit is age limit Ms Weasley. Anyways off to bed all of you" Parker had held onto Jeff's arm as they walked through the crowds going back to their respective common rooms when their father and Oliver stopped them from going. Maggie was snickering along with Stella still thinking about Parker's mishap as Wyatt and Nick were reenacting it minus the "f" word.

"hey hey break it up, the poor thing already got embarrassed once" said Oliver who gave the blushing 12 year old a hug. Percy then pulled out a stack of letters and handed it to Jeff and explained that they were letters and stuff from their mother, and grand mothers. After a short talk with their father the troop went to their Parker with Nick headed to their common room as the Gryffindors went to their tower.

AN:

Charlemagne: pronounced as "char-le-mane". Named after Charlemagne or rather, Charles the great.

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