CHAPTER TWO
"Did you hear?" asked Ron the moment they'd sat down at the table the next morning. Trixie and Ginny exchanged knowing glances.
"Hear what?"
"Someone went around last night knocking down all the suits of armour and the trophy cases!" Ron exclaimed, "Filch is certain it was Peeves."
"ALL of them?" asked Trixie, in the same surprised tone that Peeves had used the night before, causing Ginny to snort into her Pumpkin Juice.
Dean Thomas, who was sitting beside them, raised an eyebrow at her, before shrugging.
"Didn't you hear anything last night?" asked Hermione in surprise. Trixie only smirked.
"Did you hear about Professor McGonagall?" whispered Lavender in a low voice, eyeing the Professor in question wearily.
"What?" asked Seamus.
"She came racing into the girls dormitory's, in her dressing gown! She thought it was an earthquake!"
"Really?" asked a third year girl none of them recognised. Fred and George, who were listening, decided to join in the conversation.
"Apparently she was so terrified..." began Fred
"That she made all the first years hide under their beds!" continued George.
They couldn't keep it in. Trixie and Ginny burst out into a fit of hysterical giggles.
"It wasn't.... an earthquake..." Trixie began, intent on telling them the truth, but Percy Weasley's voice interrupted her.
"For goodness sake Ginny, get a hold of yourself!" he snapped.
"The.... prick head!" Ginny fumed as they lead the way to the dungeons, which thanks to their explorations the night before, found quite easily. Trixie only nodded. "He's such.... a...."
"Prick head?" supplied Trixie. Ginny nodded angrily, coming to a halt as they reached their destination.
"Sometimes I wonder if we're even related"
"Yeah...your other brothers make sense. That guy doesn't," Trixie commented, "Maybe he's adopted and your mum dyed his hair red so he matched in with the rest of you"
Ginny laughed in spite herself. It was then that the dungeon door opened, and Professor 'Snape' glared at them.
"Enter"
Ginny and Trixie exchanged intrigued glances as they hurried into the classroom with the rest of the first years. The moment they were all seated, the strange, rather intimidating Head of Slytherin House began to speak.
"There will be no silly incantations or foolish wand waving in this class" he began. His voice was low and quiet, with a strange hint of... danger to it, as though his mere tone was daring them to misbehave.
"He's good..." murmured Ginny. Trixie nodded.
"Too good" she replied. Ginny glanced at her.
"Like... he's pretending?" she whispered.
"Yeah. I wonder why he's so... upset?" asked Trixie. Ginny shrugged.
"I don't think he'll tell us if we asked"
"Maybe we should try?"
"You two, stand up"
Ginny and Trixie quickly smothered their grins.
"You are obviously Miss Weasley," he said, pacing slowly past them, "And your name?"
"Trixie Velair,"
"Do you enjoy disrupting classes, Miss Velair?"
"Don't knock it till you try it, Professor,"
The slightest glow shone in his eyes for a second before it was quickly suppressed.
"You'll soon find your opinion changed Miss Velair," he replied, "Two points from Gryffindor and Mr Campbell? Swap seats with Miss Velair."
Trixie giggled.
"BURN!" she shouted, her fist in the air. Professor Snape felt the urge to raise his eyebrow at her, but restrained himself.
"Make that four points"
"BURN!" shouted Ginny.
"Five!"
"BURN!" they cried together.
"DETENTION!"
Ginny and Trixie said nothing, grins wide on their faces. The other first year students were chuckling, though they quickly fell silent at the Professor's glare.
"I believe I told you to switch places" he said coldly. Trixie winked.
"And?"
Just then the door opened, cutting off the Professor's reply.
"Professor Snape, I was wondering if I could borrow Miss Velair and Miss Weasley for a moment"
Professor Snape turned back to Professor McGonagall, his eyes flashing.
"By all means"
Ginny and Trixie once again, struggled to hide their grins as they gathered their things together, and followed their Head of House out of the Dungeon. No one spoke as they wandered down the halls, finally stopping outside Professor McGonagall's office.
"Inside" she said sternly.
The Professor waited until they had sat down before she too sat down, facing them.
"Why were you out of your beds last night?" she asked immediately. Trixie flushed.
"Straight to the point huh Professor?" she tried.
Minerva was not amused.
"What were you doing out of bed?" she repeated. Ginny shrugged.
"Exploring"
"Where?"
Trixie shrugged this time.
"Everywhere... we found the kitchens actually!"
Professor McGonagall raised her eyebrow at them in surprise. Students didn't usually admit to finding the kitchens, or to being out of bounds, so quickly. She decided to try something, simply... asking.
"Were you responsible for what happened last night?"
To her shock, they both nodded enthusiastically.
"Of course, Peeves helped alot!"
"So...Peeves was involved?"
Ginny giggled.
"I think he likes us" she said happily, before her face grew solemn. "You're not going to tell my mum are you?"
Trixie's eyes widened at the possibility.
"Please don't tell my dad!"
The Professor eyed them for a moment.
"I will not tell either of your parents. BUT..." the smiles dropped from the first years faces. "You will"
"Can't you just give us detention?" groaned Trixie. Minerva smiled, though Trixie always said it was more of a smirk.
"You will both be receiving two weeks of detention, and ten points will be taken from Gryffindor. But you will also tell your parents yourselves" she paused for a moment. "Though, something tells me, you would have told them yourselves anyway"
Ginny lay sprawled out on her bed. Trixie had gone to the kitchens, hoping to find Blinky and get some more of her delicious hot chocolate, leaving her behind so she could write in her diary.
The old blue book sat open in front of her, the ink pot balanced precariously in the middle of the bed, threatening to tip over at any moment as Ginny dipped in her quill.
Tom she wrote, pausing to think for a moment. Last night was awesome! So much better than I expected! Mum said that when I came to Hogwarts I'd meet 'lifelong friends' and grow so much. Well... she was right about the friends part.
What's your friends name? The invisible friend she had grown dependent on replied.
Trixie. We snuck into the kitchens, and your not going to believe what we just got away with!
What did you do?
With Peeve's help, we knocked over every single suit of armour, and all the trophy cases, at the exact same time!
Really? At the same time? How did you do that?
Peeves taught us this spell he saw Fred and George use once. Ginny sighed. Percy embarrassed me today, in front of Harry! I was so... angry!
Tell me everything Ginny. Tom's writing said, absolutely everything.