A few days went by; Lia was waiting for the letter from Fred and George's parents in the Great Hall. Lia was hoping that she would be able to stay there; she didn't want to go home for the summer holidays. Then the owls came in the Great Hall and an owl swooped down and crashed right in front of the bowl of chips in front of George.
"Sorry, this is Errol; he's the family owl and not a very good one at that." George told her and Lia giggled. Then George took the letter from Errol and opened it, then he started reading it and when he was done he put the letter down and started eating.
"So? What'd your parents say?" Lia asked.
George looked at her, with that sympathy look in his eyes again, "I think you should stand up."
Lia looked at George confused and she stood up, then George stood up as well and he took her hand then looked her straight in the eyes and said, "You're staying with us,"
Lia screamed happily then she wrapped her arms around George's neck and jumped up and down excited. George only laughed, "I know you so well I thought it best you stand up then wrap your arms around my neck and not choke me to death, wait a minute. You are choking me."
Lia let go of George, "sorry. I'm just so happy."
"I'd better hope you are! Nobody deserves to live with a father like yours."
Soon Christmas was on its way, Fred and George walked outside with Lia, they saw all the snow on the ground, then when Professor Quirrell came around the three of them bewitched some snowballs to follow him around, but apparently they were caught by Professor McGonagall and were given detention. But Lia knew that detention with the twins would never be boring. It wasn't, they just whispered to each other pranks to pull on people before the people left for the Christmas holidays. Besides, it was like she had said to Alex just before they entered Diagon Alley. "I don't care, as long as I have someone to spend detention with."
For potions class Lia had to admit the cold weather made the class terrible since they were stuck in the dungeons, sure for Lia potions class wasn't so bad but it was freezing in there. Some boys actually offered her their coats, but Lia declined them and just wrapped her Gryffindor scarf tighter around her neck. Sadly she was still stuck next to Draco and she had to listen to him talk.
"I do feel sorry for all those people who have to stay at Hogwarts for Christmas because they're not wanted at home." Draco sneered, he was looking at Harry, but Lia tapped on Draco's shoulder.
"Oh so you feel sorry for me? Draco I never knew you had feelings because I am wanted at home sure, but I'd rather stay at Hogwarts. If you could, please think before you speak, it'd do us all a favour and yes I know your tiny mind can only take so much."
Harry laughed, and Lia was happy because Draco didn't say another word during the class.
Then Christmas morning came, Lia turned to her right and saw Alex was sleeping. Alex was a half-blood but she wanted to stay with Lia for Christmas this year, so as it being Christmas Lia did not prank Alex, instead she got dressed. She had already put some presents under the tree in the common-room, only to the people who were staying for the holidays. Everyone else she sent presents to by Hawkeye and some school owls, she could trust Hawkeye to deliver the package and not get hurt, but she wasn't so sure about the others.
When Lia was ready she walked downstairs, no one was there yet so Lia just walked over to the bookshelf and grabbed the book called: Muggle History. No one ever read the book; Lia had noticed this a while ago when she saw the dust on the book, so Lia used this as a spot to put her pranking list. On her pranking list she put people she wanted to prank, she had put a tick when she pranked the person, and she put the pranks she wanted to do there as well. Draco had too many ticks to count.
Lia sat down on the couch in front of the fire and looked over her list then she looked out the window thinking of pranks, then she smiled and wrote down: Water balloons in winter. Then she kept writing some more down, then Fred and George came down, and they both looked at the list behind her back.
"Oh, good one, Water balloons in the winter! So have you opened your presents yet?" Fred asked her.
Lia laughed, "I've been waiting for you guys! I wanted to see your faces when you saw what I got you."
"You got us presents?" George asked.
"Of course I got two of my best friend's presents!" Lia smiled when she said this.
"Good thing too cause we got you some too," Fred told her.
Then the three of them walked to the tree, Lia picked up a present that was a bit lumpy. Then Lia opened it and she saw a purple jumper, she picked it up and put it on, she smiled it had three letters on it. On the front there was a L.M. Lia knew at once it was Lia Mysterie. Then on the back there was a T on it, for Trickster.
Lia looked at Fred and George, they had gotten one to but theirs was blue, then they looked at her, "hey you got a jumper from mum as well. Yours looks better though, T for Trickster on the back, we only get our first initial."
Lia laughed and picked up a big package, Lia knew it was from her parents, well her mum anyway. Lia opened it and inside was candy and a potions year 4 book, Lia smiled and set that present aside. Lia looked and saw the twins were each going for one of their presents, the one's that Lia gave them, the ones that were too big to actually put under the tree.
They both opened it, Lia had some extra time so she put a bunch of candy surrounding the presents, all there was were a whole bunch of potions that Lia labelled for them, and you know the potions that you could use for pranking.
"Oh my," Fred started.
"God," George finished, "this is the best and most we've ever gotten! Thank you!"
They both hugged her at the same time and Lia had a smile on her face, "no problem!"
Lia grabbed another present, and she opened it, it was from Hermione, Lia read the back, apparently it was a muggle book on pranks, Lia would read this later. Then she grabbed another present, she opened it, at once she knew it was from the twins because confetti popped out, then when that cleared Lia saw a whole bunch of Zonko's products, then she saw a picture in a frame that said: Friends Forever. In the picture there was Fred and George, and Lia in the middle, standing in front of Hogwarts, before the picture moved it was just them smiling with Lia's arms on their shoulders. Then it changed with them having goofy faces on and a kid ran by who had just got hit by their prank, Lia remembered this memory, the kid had just opened a door and a bucket fell on him that was filled with a boils potion that Lia made.
Lia stared at this for a long time, then she realized that the twins were looking at her, "you guys! This is the best present I've ever gotten!" She hugged them really tight; they just laughed and hugged her back. Lia would save the rest of her presents for later, so she put the presents that she had already opened under her bed in the girl's dormitory.
"Alright now I say we start pranking people with this stuff!" Fred said excitedly when Lia got back down. Then the three of them walked out of the common-room and started pranking people, but there weren't many people, so then they headed back to the common-room. When they walked in Lia saw Harry and Ron.
"Happy Christmas!" Lia cheered.
"Hey, look- Harry's got a Weasley jumper too!" George said.
"Harry's and Lia's are better than ours, though," said Fred, who was now holding up Harry's jumper. "She obviously makes more of an effort if you're not family. Show 'em Lia."
Lia walked over to them as if she was a model and turned around to show the T on the back.
"Why aren't you wearing yours, Ron?" George demanded. "Come on, get it on, they're lovely and warm."
"I hate maroon," Ron moaned half heartedly as he pulled it over his head. Lia only laughed, she agreed with George, she loved her jumper. Plus it was one of the best gifts she ever got; she never got anything homemade or something to express love.
"You haven't got a letter on yours; I suppose she thinks you don't forget your name. But we're not stupid- we know we're called Gred and Forge." George told them. Lia just laughed, but then a voice came in.
"What's all this noise?" It was Percy, he was holding a lumpy jumper in his hands and Fred grabbed it.
"P for prefect! Get it on, Percy, come on, we're all wearing ours, even Harry and Lia got one."
"I -don't-want-" said Percy but the twins forced it on him, "and you're not sitting with the prefects today, either, Christmas is a time for family," said George. Lia rubbed her arm, she wouldn't be spending time with her family, and then Cassy came down. Lia grabbed the present she got for her, then she gave it to her and Cassy took one look at it then she grabbed it and opened it, she grabbed from the box the bracelet that she wanted, but since Cassy didn't have her own fortune she couldn't buy it. Lia was treated the best in the family only because her father favoured her.
Cassy put on her bracelet and hugged Lia, tears were in her eyes, then when she let go of Lia she took off her prefect badge, Percy looked at Cassy with disbelief in his eyes or like Cassy created a serious crime. "Thank you."
Lia smiled, and then Cassy bent down to the tree, "I see we have something from our parents."
"Don't be ridiculous Cassy, we have something from mum, dad doesn't love us, or anyone." Lia told her. Cassy sighed and opened her present, "more sweets and more cash like every year."
Then Alex came down and Lia met her with a hug, then Alex opened her presents (Lia had given her a whole bunch of magazines about guys, and Lia gotten her a whole bunch of make-up and everything like that. Alex loved it and when Lia opened her present that Alex got her Lia saw mistletoe covered in everything, when Lia moved this she saw a whole bunch of pranking stuff including water balloons)
Then later when it was time for Christmas dinner Lia went down with everyone, all the other tables were moved, Lia suspected they would be eating at the teacher's table for dinner. Then when they sat down they started opening their crackers. Lia opened hers with George, but then something shot out of it and landed by the fireplace.
"I'll get it!" Lia cheered happily.
"Not if I beat you there!" George smiled, then Lia ran towards whatever shot out of her cracker, she got there first with George right behind her. Then Lia picked up what came out of the cracker. (It was a firework)
"Ha-ha beat you!" Lia smiled at George who was standing right in front of her. Then Lia heard some gasps and some cheers, Lia and George looked at the table wondering what they were cheering and gasping about, but everyone was looking at Lia and George. Then Lia's gaze trailed up and there was mistletoe handing right in front of her, when Lia looked at George she saw he was looking at this too. Then he looked down to face her.
Then they both leaned in and their lips met, Lia tasted cherry fizzy candies. They were there for a few seconds then they broke apart, they just stared into each other's eyes and others cheered. They said nothing and they both made their way to the table again. It was very awkward between them for about 5 minutes, they didn't say a word to each other, but then they became normal and continued talking to each other. Lia could tell that it was George's first kiss, and it was also Lia's first kiss.
Then when they were done they had a snowball fight. Lia was on Fred, George, and Alex's team. While the other team consisted of: Harry, Ron, Cassy, and Percy. Then they ran inside and sat by the fire, Harry was playing wizards chess with Ron and Percy was chasing Fred and George for stealing his prefect badge, while Lia was talking to Alex and Cassy. Then most of everyone went to bed, the only people that were left was Lia and Alex.
"So that was your first kiss?" Alex asked.
"Yeah I guess," Lia shrugged. "I would have thought that you would have had your first before I did."
Alex rolled her eyes, "yeah sure, except I don't have your looks and you and George were meant to be together I just know it!"
Lia shook her head, "for your information nothing between me and George has changed!"
"Alright if you're so sure let's do the boyfriend test," Alex said simply as if Lia knew what that was.
"The boyfriend test?" Lia asked.
"You know. If George ever asks you to go somewhere with him than that means he thinks your his girlfriend. It'll go for about a week and a half," Alex said.
"Fine let's do this boyfriend test," Lia only said this because she thought Alex was being ridiculous. Then Alex and Lia went to the girl's dormitory and went to sleep.
The whole week and a half Lia was slightly jumpy, whenever George asked her if she wanted to go pranking with him Lia would ask if Fred was going too. George gave her weird looks as if she was going out of her mind then he would say of course he's coming. Then Lia would relax, and when George asked her another question like this, before she could ask if Fred was coming George told her that Fred was indeed coming. Lia didn't think George was hurt by her asking if Fred was coming, but it was sometimes hard to tell. Lia just didn't want to prove to Alex that they were going out, because they weren't, they were just two best friends.
One time Lia had caught Alex talking to George, she was saying something to him, but he waved his hand in a motion for her to leave him alone, then he stormed off. When Lia asked what Alex was talking to him about George told her that she was trying to get him to go on a date with her. Lia just rolled her eyes, typical Alex.
Then the week and a half was over and Alex came up to Lia, "alright I guess you're right. There isn't anything going on between you and George." Alex said bitterly.
"I told you this a long time ago!" Lia rolled her eyes and walked outside of the common-room to have something to eat.
Then a day before school started again, everyone who went back to their homes for Christmas break were back. The moment Hermione saw Lia; she gave Lia a hug thanking her for the present. Lia thought it was a good thing that everyone was back, but sadly Oliver kept calling Quidditch practices, Lia was starting to get tired out, but only because he wouldn't quit, not even the rain could stop his spirits.
"Jeez what is with Oliver? He's becoming a fanatic." Fred told Lia while he was shaking his head at the Quidditch captain. Lia couldn't help but agree with her friend. Oliver had sort of a maniac look in his eyes when it came to Quidditch. Then the twins kept dive-bombing each other and pretending to fall of their brooms, but they got caught by Oliver.
"Stop messing around! That's exactly the sort of thing that'll lose us the match! Snape's refereeing this time and he'll be looking for any excuse to knock points off Gryffindor!" Oliver yelled at this time. George actually fell off his broom but Lia caught him quickly, he was closer to the ground and Lia set him down since George was too heavy for Lia to carry.
"Snape's refereeing?" George spat, "When's he ever refereed a Quidditch match? He's not going to be fair if we overtake Slytherin."
Lia started to argue as well. "It's not my fault, we've just got to make sure we play a clean game, so Snape hasn't got any excuse to pick on us. Besides with Lia as one of his favourites..." Oliver began to argue back but Lia cut him off.
"I am not one of his favourites!" Lia spat, "just because my father was a-" then she stopped herself and went inside to change.
Oliver ran up to her, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to."
Lia shook it off and got changed quickly and walked up to the castle, then the twins came beside her, "it's alright Lia, Oliver sometimes doesn't know what he is saying."
Lia sighed, "It's not his fault. I just overreacted. Hunter really drives me crazy when he's stuck in my head."
George or Fred, Lia couldn't see which was which since they were behind her, patted her back, "I know what'll cheer you up. A nice prank ought a do it." At this Lia smiled.
Then the day of the Quidditch game grew closer and closer until Lia was in the change rooms preparing for the game with Snape as referee. Then she was whispering to the twins, while Oliver gave the team a pep talk, but then Lia stopped talking to the twins just to hear Oliver talk. Then when they headed out to the field and mounted their brooms, the team flew up in the air and Oliver headed to the Gryffindor's side of the field right in front of the three golden hoops. Then the bludgers and snitch was released, and then Madam Hooch threw the quaffle into the air. Lia was the first to grab it; she flew to the other side of the field and scored. Just in time to see Snape award a penalty to Hufflepuff because George hit a bludger towards a Hufflepuff.
Lia gripped her broom tight, and then Snape awarded another penalty to Hufflepuff for no reason. But then all of a sudden Harry dived, he almost hit Snape, but he moved just in time and Harry pulled up from the dive with clasped hands, which the snitch sat inside. Lia cheered and she landed on the ground and high-fived Harry, then she held out her two hands and the twins high-fived her. Then the twins picked up Harry and lifted him on their shoulders, they were cheering along with the rest of the Gryffindors that ran down from the stands. Then when the twins let go of Harry, he went to put his broom away.
"Hey come with us, we're going to steal some food from the kitchens!" Fred told her.
"Whatever would you do that for?" Lia asked.
"For the party of course!" George exclaimed.
Lia linked her arms with the twins, "I love parties, let's go."
The twins looked at each other and they grinned, then they walked into the castle (after putting their brooms away of course) then they came to a portrait with a fruit bowl. Fred tickled the pear and it opened, then the three of them saw many elves working. One of the elves came up to them.
"Would you like something sirs and lady?" The elf asked.
Lia smiled and crouched down to look at the elf closer, "we are having a party could we maybe have some cakes and other stuff?"
The elf smiled back and looked at the twins, "oh Opal like this one, this one very polite and nice." Then Opal walked away and came back a few seconds with cakes and other good looking foods. Lia took some of them and so did the twins.
"Thank you very much; if Phoenix could come back here could you give him this?" Lia asked and grabbed a little present from her pocket, it was Phoenix's birthday soon.
Opal then widened her eyes, "Master Miss Mysterie! Oh Phoenix speaks highly of you, yes of course I will give it to Phoenix." Then Opal bowed and grabbed the present, "I'm sure the other elves would wish to meet you young Miss Mysterie."
Lia smiled, "perhaps another time, right now I have to go to a party."
Opal bowed lowly and stayed like that until Lia and the twins left the room and made their way to the Gryffindor common-room. The twins couldn't help but look at her a bit odd.
"Wait, how did that house elf know you and who is Phoenix?" Fred asked her.
Lia sighed, "Phoenix is my family's house elf," she closed her eyes and whispered to herself quietly so that the twins couldn't hear her, "I saved his life once."
George looked at her, "people have been saying that each member of your family has their own house elf. I think it's a load of rubbish!"
Lia laughed, she was glad that Fred and George didn't think any rumours about her and her family weren't true. Lia knew that they were true friends, even Alex, the first time Lia met her friend, Alex had believed that her father was a vampire, Fred and George hadn't believed a single one and for this Lia was grateful. When they reached the Gryffindor common-room the party had begun, Lia helped Fred and George tape Percy's mouth shut with duct tape and then they tied him up with some rope, then they stuffed him in a closet.
The party was going great, Lia had a slice of cake and she talked with her friends then Oliver came up to her.
"Hey Lia, look I'm sorry about what I said before, I realize I upsetted you." He had an expression on his face that made him look very sorry.
"Nonsense! It wasn't really your fault it's just that my family can be a touchy subject, the only reason I was upset was because I had brought it up." Lia moved some hair behind her ear then looked down at the pumpkin juice that was in her hands.
Oliver touched her hands, "even if that is true, you wouldn't have stormed out if I hadn't said anything that I did. I'll make it up to you but the only way I know how is that you can... have the next Quidditch practice off."
Lia looked back at Oliver; she could not believe he just said that! Oliver actually letting her take a break from Quidditch? Quidditch was the only thing he cared about, maybe she was wrong though, maybe he actually cared about something else rather than Quidditch. Lia just nodded and a smile spread across her face, Oliver looked relieved and he smiled back then walked away. After that nothing interesting happened, Lia had talked to many people like Alex, Hermione, the Quidditch team, and the twins (even though the twins were part of the Quidditch team she wanted to talk to her friends separately) Then the party was over and Lia went to the girls dormitory and after a few hours she finally fell asleep.
When Lia woke she got dressed and went to class, when she was having her lunch she realized she had private potions, but at least she wouldn't have to go to Quidditch practice, she had so much homework already. At lunch she even had to do her homework. When classes were over Lia headed down to the dungeons to have private potions.
"This time you will make a 4th year potion. It is clear that you are... capable enough to work at such a level." Snape told her. Then he waved his wand at the chalkboard and writing appeared on it. There was a list of ingredients for the potion she was going to make and to Lia it seemed simple enough.
When she was done and Snape wasn't looking she took out an empty vial and took some of the potion. She used the potion to play pranks on people, and sometimes she would give them as gifts like she did for Christmas. Then Snape took a look at the potion.
"Hmm seems good enough." He reached into his pocket and pulled out an empty vial then poured some of the potion in it, and then he grabbed a key and put it on Lia's desk. Lia just stared at it.
"Um I don't understand..." she started.
"It's the key to my private stores. You will be allowed to use it when you need to. But I better not see anything disappearing too often or else I will look straight at you." He warned, "You are dismissed."
Lia grabbed the key and walked out of the dungeons, and then she went up to the Gryffindor common-room and did her homework. When she was done the twins walked in and they were covered in dirt and were soaking wet. They were also wearing their Gryffindor Quidditch robes.
"Where were you?" George asked.
"Yeah! Oliver made us practice right after we finished classes. I'm starving!" Fred said.
Lia smiled, "well Oliver said I could have this practice off,"
Fred and George gaped in disbelief, "no way! Oliver cares about Quidditch and only Quidditch."
"I do not!" Oliver had just walked in, he was soaking wet as well but had less dirt on him, "I care about my teammates, we need you sharp if we're going to win the cup! But you two were asking for it when you kept skidding on the ground!"
George was arguing with Oliver while Fred looked at Lia, "You know I think he's got a soft spot for you. Both of them not just Wood."
"Oh I am so sure Fred Weasley!" She said sarcastically not believing him, then he laughed and Lia hit him playfully with her books.
Then the twins left and so did Oliver. Lia put her now finished homework away and she looked at the time, it was pretty late and she hadn't even eaten dinner, but she didn't care since she wasn't really hungry. Lia got her PJ's on and sat on her bed, she was going to read the muggle pranks book that Hermione gave her for Christmas but Alexandria walked in and she sat on her bed.
"Wow what a day! Guess what just happened." Alex said.
Lia shrugged, "what?"
"My parents are taking me to France over the summer! Just imagine all the cute French guys! Oh I can't wait!"
Lia laughed, "I haven't been much of a France person, I can barely speak their language, the words I know are Bonjour, je Suis, and you have a ferret in your pants ho ho." Lia said in a terrible French accent. Causing Alex to hit her with her pillow. Lia only laughed, "Anyways I'm going to stay with the twins over the summer."
Alex's jaw dropped, "what? When? Why didn't you tell me earlier? Give me all the details! Tell me the details I must know!"
Lia sighed, "I am going to stay at the twin's home over the summer, it was decided actually before Christmas and I didn't tell you because I forgot to!"
Alex frowned, "but what made you want to stay with them?"
Lia told her about the letter that Lia's father had sent, "and besides they wanted to help. They're my friends."
Alex pulled Lia into a hug, and she hugged her friend back. Then they both let go and talked for a while then Alex fell asleep, Hermione, Parvati, and Lavender came in but they fell asleep quickly, Lia sat by the window and stared across where the Hogwarts grounds were, then she stared at the lake and when Lia finally felt like she was going to fall asleep she walked over to her bed, lay in it and closed her eyes.
The next day went by pretty quickly; Lia had decided to pull a prank on Draco, when Lia was done eating dinner she walked outside and set-up her prank and then she waited. Time went by and Lia swore everyone had left the Great Hall, except for the pigs Crabbe and Goyle. Then Draco opened the doors, and then Lia threw a water balloon at him, hit him square in the face, then Lia kept throwing water balloons at him until she ran out.
Draco looked furious, he knew that Lia had thrown the water balloons at him, then he saw her and he walked over to her then he grabbed her shirt and pushed her straight into the wall, he took his wand out and pointed right at her neck, though Lia wasn't afraid. Her wand was out to and she was pointing to a bucket filled with a boils potion she brewed that morning. Then all of a sudden Draco kissed Lia, she was so shocked that her spell on the bucket broke and it fell right on top of his head. Draco let go of her and took the bucket off his head.
Lia ran towards the staircase upset, the twins had just turned around the corner with smiles on their faces, but when they saw the look of horror on Lia's face their smiles disappeared.
"Lia what's wrong?" George asked, his hand lay on her shoulder.
Lia shuddered, "D-D-Draco k-k-kissed me."
Now the twins looked even more furious then Draco did. George let go of Lia's shoulder and he and Fred walked to where Draco now stood covered in boils. Lia was too upset to watch and she ran up to the Gryffindor common-room and ran to the girls dormitory and straight into the bathroom, where she washed her mouth and tongue countless times, she even used soap, though it didn't really taste good. Then when she was done she walked back into the common-room and sat down on the couch watching the fire that was blazing in the fireplace.
Then the portrait opened and in walked Fred and George, they still looked mad, but not as mad as before.
"We pranked him good," Fred said.
"I would have beaten him up if Professor McGonagall hadn't come and stopped us. We have a detention but it was worth getting that slimy git."
Lia stared at the flames and nodded, not even looking at the twins, she was glad for what they did and she wished she could give them some sign that she was grateful for what they did. George sighed and he walked up to her and brushed her hair back behind her ear.
"It's alright Lia, Freddy I think she wants some time alone."
Then they both walked back to the boy's dormitory, Lia just sat there staring into the flames, then a face appeared in the flames and laughed at her, the face that had been haunting her for so many years.
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