Chapter 2:

Everybody was ready to go and waiting when the parents came in to announce that it was time to go. Paige, Drea, Jana, Drake, and Tessa all climbed into their van with their belongings; while the Weasleys all jumped into their car.

The van and the car looked normal but they were anything but. They were able to fly, and while they didn't look like they could fit everything in them they had more than sufficient space. Also, they had and invisibility button, so that the muggles didn't freak out.

She could barely control how excited she was on the way to the train station and it only got harder to control it when they were standing on the platform saying goodbye to their parents.

They boarded the train and started searching for a compartment. Drea and Ginny were busy talking while Paige just followed reluctantly behind. They didn't notice at first when she stopped following because she was practically frozen in place staring into a compartment where an extremely blonde boy sat with his friends. The boy was frozen as well, staring at Paige.

Paige's P.O.V

I froze in place while following Drea and that nasty friend of hers, Ginny. He was the hottest boy I'd ever seen. I almost didn't realize my sister was saying my name. Something was pulling me to him. As if to tell me, you need him.

Then their voices rang in my ears.

"Paige, come on. Malfoy isn't the type you should communicate with," Ginny told me.

"Did I say you could speak to me?" I asked, my voice dripping with venom.

The boy looked at Ginny, and then looked at me smiling. Just then Drea pulled my sleeve as she led me to a compartment where Ron, Ginny, Hermione, and some boy with black hair sat talking. Actually it looked more like they were comforting Ginny, and she was . . . crying.

"All well," I thought. "She shouldn't have tried to talk to me."

Drea's P.O.V.

I couldn't believe Paige could be so heartless. At times I wondered if maybe at the hospital, where we were born, they had switched her with my real twin.

Even in pictures of us as babies we've always been totally different. Also, she's always been so distant and mean, as a baby and as a child, growing up.

Even with all that, this was an all time low. If she ever felt any emotion other than hatred and anger you couldn't tell, except a couple minutes ago when she was staring at that boy Malfoy.

Normal

Paige sat off in the corner of the compartment next to the window the whole ride to Hogwarts. The only time she moved was when she went to change into her robes.

The whole time it was fairly silent except when Ginny and Ron were introducing Paige and Drea to the others. That's when they officially met Harry Potter. Drea couldn't believe he was so normal, especially for a boy who's so famous. She never said that out loud though.

They introduced them to Hermione, a muggle born student as well. This must be who Drake was always writing about. She understood why. Hermione was beautiful.

But when Ron introduced Hermione to Paige, all she did was glare and look at her in disgust.

When they got to the school the first years went with a giant whose name is Hagrid. They waited outside the Great Hall while the headmaster gave a speech. Then, one of the professors led them into the Hall, all the way to the front. There was a stool with an old worn hat sitting at the top of the steps awaiting them.

Drea listened as the teacher called name after name and each of the students went up and got sorted into their houses. As the minutes ticked by she only got more nervous.

Ginny had gotten Gryffindor. Then Drea heard her name.

"Dreanna Rae McCool." The teacher announced.

Drea walked up the steps and sat on the stool, barely breathing.

The hat barely touched her head before it yelled "GRYFFINDOR!"

She got up and went to sit with Ginny. Everybody clapped and Ron was . . . wait he couldn't be. He was blushing!

Then she heard Paige's name was called, and she turned all her attention to her sister.

The hat kept talking, then it got quiet before it said, "The things you're capable of place you in . . ." Drea held her breath.

"SLYTHERIN!"

It felt like she had been punched in the gut. Her twin sister was being placed in the house with the most evil.

Paige's P.O.V.

I grinned when the hat announced my house. I calmly got up and walked to my table. I sat next to the boy from the train. He grinned at me, and I looked to my sister. She looked hurt. I looked at my other siblings and my cousin. They all had the same expression on their faces. I smiled proudly and shot each of them and evil glare.

I knew I was the first in the history of my family to be placed in Slytherin and I was grateful. It wasn't every day I became a first. I started thinking while the last of the students were sorted. I wondered if Mom, or should I say Maralene, had found the "gift" I left for her and James. I didn't like my parents and I hardly called them mom or dad. They thought it was just a stage I was going through. I wondered when everybody would stop acting like I was going to change soon.

Drea's P.O.V.

I couldn't believe it. I was speechless, and barely breathing. My sister, my twin, had been placed in Slytherin. Not only that, but she seemed to really belong there. For the first time in almost forever she was laughing and smiling, and all at something Malfoy had said.

I wondered what my parents would say. I knew they would disapprove of her hanging around with Malfoy. I've always heard rumors about that family. They said that the Malfoys are in league with He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.

I looked over toward Tessa and it seemed like she was shocked. So that means I'm not the only one.