Draco, Violet and Evangeline recieved notes from Professor McGonagall stating that their detention would eb that night in the Forbidden Forest at eleven o'clock.
"Wooo! Whe get to stay up all night!" Evangeline cheered.
At eleven that night they left their common room, Violet hiding a bag of Bertie Bot's Every Flavor Beans. She planned on sharing these with Evangeline and Draco. They had arrived down at entrance hall where Filch was waiting for them.
"Oh, joy," Violet muttered sarcastically. "Filch has come along."
Longbottom, Potter and Granger arrived moments later. Filch led them along the grounds to the edge of the forest, near Hagrid's hut. He was standin there with a cross bow and Fang, his giant boarhound.
"Abou' time," Hagrud saud. "I bin waitin' fer half an hour already. All right, Harry, Hermione?"
"I shouldn't be too friendly to them, Hagrid," Filch said, coldly, "they're here to be ounished after all."
They talked for a couple of minutes before Filch turned and walked back to the castle, saying, "I'll be back at dawn...for what's left of them."
Draco then turned to Hagrid.
"I'm not going into the forest," he said. The girls were suprised to here a small note of panic in his voice. They did not imagine Draco getting paniced by a dark, eerie, forest.
"Yeh are if yeh want ter stay at Hogwarts," Hgrid said fiercely. "Yeh've done wrong an' now yeh've got ter pay for it."
"But this is servant stuff, it's not for students to do. I thought we'd be copying lines or soemthing, if my father knew I was doing this, he'd-"
"- tell yer this is how it is at Hogwarts," Hagrid growled.
The girls started tuning them out, not really caring about their arguement. Evangeline wandered over to Fang and sat down in front of him. He licked her face, causing her to laugh. Violet tugged on Draco's sleeve.
"Just drop it," she said. Violet then turned to Hagrid. "Now, can we get done with this, already?"
"Right then," said Hagrid, "now listen carefully, 'cause it's dangerous what we;re gonna do tonight, an' I don' want no one takin' risks. Follow me over here a moment.
Hagrid took them to the edge of the forestm Violet pulling Evangeline away from the dog. Hagrid held his lamp high and pointed down a narrow, winding earth track that disappeared into the black trees. A light breeze lifted their hair as they stood there.
"Look there," Hagrid said, "see that stuff shinin' on the ground? Silvery stuff? That's unicorn blood. There's a unicorn in there bin hurt badly by summat. This is the second time in a week. I found one dead last Wednesday. We're goona try an' fidn the poor thing. We might have ter put it out of its misery."
"And what if whatever hurt it finds us first?" Draco asked, unable to keep fear out of his voice.
"There's nothin' that lives in the forest that'll hurt yeh if yer with me or Fang," Hagrid said.
"Except for werewolves," Violet whispered to Longbottom.
"There are no werewolves," Hagrid said, hearing Violet. "Who are yeh, and yer sister?"
"Violet and Evangeline Willow," Violet explained, bowing. "Slytherins, proudly, and trouble-makers."
"Oh, great," Hagrid muttered. "Well, an' keep ter the path, as I was sayin'. Right, now, we're gonna split inter two parties an' folow the trail in diff'rent directions. There's blood all over the place, its must've bin staggerin' around since last night at least."
"I want Fang," Draco said quickly, looking at his long teeth.
"All right, but I'll warn yeh, he's a coward," Hagrid said. "So me and Hermione'll go one way. Draco, Harry and Fang'll will go another way. And the trouble-makers and Neville will go the last. Yeh two seem like yeh can care fer yerselves."
"Oh, we can," Evangeline assured him.
They went their separate ways. Evangeline and Violet linked their arms with Longbottom's and dragged him down the darkest path, grinning broadlly. They dropped arms as soon as they were out of sight, however. Evangeline pulled out her wand, and muttered "Lumos!" giving them light.
They followed the trail of blood, and soon, Evangeline and Violet had grown bored. Violet started whispering with Evangeline, plotting ways to frighten Longbottom.
"I think I heard a werewolf just now," Evangeline whispered in Longbottom's ear.
"There are no werewolves!" Longbottom said, repeating Hagrid. "Hagrid said so!"
"But he could always be wrong," Violet hissed. "And Snape comes out here. Almost every night, I believe."
"N-no he doesn't," Longbottom stammered.
"Yes he does," Evangeline whispered. "We came with him a few days ago. Just don't tell anyone. It'll be our litle secret."
Evangeline and Violet fell back, letting Longbottom take the lead along the path. He was frightened, scared, that something would jump out and get him. The girls stepped off the path and moved behind some trees. The got ahead of him and waited for the perfect moment. As he was passing them, he glanced backa dn noticed they weren't behind him.
"Guys?" he whispered. "Where are you?"
They sprang at him, tackling him to the ground, cackling like evil witches.
"Right here, Longbottom!" they screeched.
Longbottom used his wand and sent red sparks into the air. They got off him, still laughing when they heard twigs snap and someone come crashing through the trees.
"What is it?" Evangeline whispered as she and Violet shoved Longbottom forward.
"How am I supposed to know?" Violet whispered. "It's probably a werewolf or someth-"
Hagrid burst through the trees at that point, pointing his crossbow everywhere.
"What happened? What happened?" he demanded when he didn't see anything.
"They grabbed me!" Longbottom cried, hiding behind Hagrid.
"What a cry baby," Violet whispered to Evangeline.
"He is not a cry baby!" Hagrid said, draggin them through the forest, off the path. "Yeh two are idiots!"
"I beg your pardon!" Violet said angrily. "I'll have you know I am no idiot! And we told you."
"We're trouble-makers," they said together. "Longbottom's just a whimp."
They reached a spot where Potter, Granger, Draco and Fang were standing together.
"We're changin' groups," he said. "Hermione, go with these idiots, will yeh? Draco, Harry and Fang can stay together. And I'll take Neville. You two probably blew the while thing, though. But maybe we can still find the unicorn."
The girls walked off and were once again, bored. They weren't finding anything. The boys probably would, though. But after thirty minutes or so, they heard a terrible scream.
"What was that?" Hermione shouted.
"Well, probably not a werewolf," Evangeline said, pretending to think. "Maybe it's Potter or something."
"Or maybe it's Malfoy," Hermione spat back.
"Eh, shut up," Violet said, smacking her on the back of the head. She took off back to where they had met with Hagrid earlier. "Now come on."
They ran after Violet. They kept running back to that spot Hagrid had dragged them too, btu ran straight into Draco and Fang.
"Oh, hello," Evangeline and Violet said cheerily. "How are you?"
"Th-there was this...THING!" Draco said, before they heard hooves coming towards them.
"A centaur or minataur?" Violet called.
"Oh, shut up," Granger said, smacking her arm.
"Stupid, girl," Violet responded, elbowing her in the ribs.
"Both of yeh stop," Hagrid said, walking into view and picking them off the ground.
The hooves grew louder, and they ran down a path to meet them.
"Harry!" Granger shouted when they saw Potter riding atop a centaur with long blonde hair and light-coloured fur. "Harry, are you alright?"
"I'm fine," Potter said. "The unicorn's dead, Hagrid, it's in the clearing back there."
"This is where I leave you," the centaur murmured as Hagrid hurried off to examine the unicorn. "You are safe now."
"Safe?" Longbottom squeaked. "With these three? Oh, no."
Potter slid off the back of the centaur and walked over to them.
"Good luck, Harry Potter," the centaur said. "The planets have been read wrongly before now, even by centaurs. I hope this is one fo those times."
The centaur turned and cantered back into the forest.
Hours later, they arrived back in their common room.
"What happened back there?" Evangeline questioned.
"We walked up to a clearing., Draco said creepily, trying to make it seem as if he had been brave the whole time. "There were splatters of unicorn blood everywhere. Then, we saw it. It was lying on the ground, its legs stuck out at odd angles. There was silvery blood drenching it's long white mane lying over the dark leaves glittering in the moonlight. Something shook. Then, out of the darkness was a tall figure in a long dark cloak. It walked over slowly then bent over- and started sucking out the unicorn's blood."
"Oh!" said Evangeline, "The poor unicorn!"
"Who screamed?" asked Violet in a bored voice. She wanted to see how big of a whimp Potter had been. Draco's face went slightly pink for a moment then cleared his throat.
"Potter, of course." he said. "I told him I'd go get help, so I ran as quickly as I could. I'm sure the centuars were his only escape from death."
"I'm so glad your okay!" said Evangeline hugging him. She glanced over at Violet and grinned. Violet grinned back. They were the expert liars. They could tell when another lied, and Draco was definitely messing with the truth.
"Nice going buddy," said Violet and punched him in the arm playfully. "Now we're going off to bed if you don't mind. See you tomorrow."
"Yeah," said Malfoy. "See you."
Days passed. The girls studied with Draco excessively for their exams, bothered Snape non-stop about clues about the exam, and hung with the Slytherins in the common room. It seemed like they were fitting in perfectly. Like everything was perfect. Like, just maybe, they could move on from what their lives had been like before the school year.
But then the girls were out on night, raiding the kitchens. They decided a nice walk around the castle while munching on chicken legs would be relaxing enough for them to sleep that night.
They were on the third floor, near the forbiden half, when they saw the door open and shut.
"We shouldn't follow," they said, then dropped the plate and ran towards it.
Violet yanked the door open in time to see a trap door shut.
"I think I know what Fluffy is," she whispered, staring up at a three-headed dog.
"Ooh, Fluffy!" Evangeline squealed and ran up, scratching the left-most head behind the ear.
Fluffy flopped onto his back, and Evangeline rubbed his stomach. Fluffy's leg statred shaking and kicking at the air.
"Seriously!" Violet said in disblief, slapping her hand to her face. "What kind of gaurd dog is this? Well, at least it's not a snake..."
Violet pulled open the trap door and lowered herself part way into it.
"Come along, Evangeline," Violet said. "You can play later."
"Do I have to come?" Evangeline asked. "I like the puppies."
"Ask Hagrid," Violet said. "It's probably his."
"Alright," Evangeline sighed. "I'll come back later, Fluffy."
They dropped through the trap door and were entangled in snake-like vines. Violet instantly fainted and dropped through.
"Violet!" Evangeline screamed.
"Oh, God, idiot," Violet's voice called. "Just relax. Think of...werewolves or something!"
"Please give a scenario!" Evangeline called back.
"You're tied up in the forest, werewolves stalking towards you! They've already gotten me, Sev, and Draco!" Violet called in a bored voice.
Evangeline passed out and soon dropped onto a floor next to Violet.
"What are those?" she asked as they stepped through a door and into a room with flying keys and a broom.
"Well, that was Devil's Snare," Violet explained. "No relation to Snape."
"Ooh," Evangeline said. They walked over to a door and Violet pulled it open.
They walked into a room with what looked like a huge, life-sized Wizard's Chessboard. Some pieces were broken and laying off to the sides. But some still remained. Potter, Granger and Weasley on a horse were playing. The white queen slammed into Weasley with her stone arm and knocked him to the ground, where he laid still, as though dead.
Potter moved three spaces to the left where the white king dropped his crown.
"This is so cool!" the girls shouted, running forward as the others were talking momentairly.
"What are yout wo doing here!" they shouted, pulling wands out.
"Oh, hush," Violet said, bending down next to Weasley. "That's a nasty blow to his head. He needs help."
"Will you two wait with him for a bit?" Granger asked.
"I guess we can," Evangeline said as they sat down next to him. "Move along, now."
Potter and Granger left, shutting the large doors behind them.
"Can I go play with Fluffy?" Evangeline asked Violet.
"No!" Violet snapped. "And leave me here with him? I think not!"
"Fine," Evangeline grumbled and crossed her arms.
They waited and waited for Potter and Granger to return. After a good twenty minutes, Violet sighed.
"Do you think they're dead?" she asked, looking over to the door.
Before Evangeline could respond, the doors burst open, and Hermione walked out.
"And we thought you were dead!" Evangeline said cheerily. "Is Potter dead?"
"No!" Granger said indignantly. "Harry'll be back soon though."
"Whatever," Violet sighed and leaned back against a pile of pawn bits.
"What was that about 'soon'?" Evangeline smirked when another thiry minutes went by.
"I'm going to check on him," Granger said. "I'll be right back."
"Whatever," Violet muttered and closed her eyes. "Wake me when something exciting happens. Like we're being attacked by dragons or something."
"Now can I go play with Fluffy?" Evangeline asked.
"I don't care," Granger and Violet said together.
"Okay! Bye!" Evangeline said and ran off.
Granger ran back through the doors, and Violet drifted off to sleep, Weasley still knocked out at her feet.
A while later, Violet felt someone shaking her. She opened her eyes to see Granger staring down at her.
"Get up, Willow!" she said. "Get your sister and find Headmaster Dumbledore! Tell him Harry's hurt, and that he needs help. That something's happened. I don't have time to explain everything to you, but I'll try to do so later. Now, go! I'm taking Ron to the hospital wing."
"Rude!" Violet muttered as she slowly walked off to find Evangeline. She climbed through the Devil's Snare again. She went through the trap door to see Evangeline being held down by Fluffy, being licked clean. She was laughing and trying to push Fluffy's many heads away.
"Down, boy!" Violet said. The dog released Evangeline, and Violet dragged her out the door.
"Come on," she said as she took off running. "We have to get Dumbledore!"
"Why?" Evangeline said, looking back. "I wanna play with Fluffy!"
"Later!" Violet said and dashed up to his office.
"Headmaster!" they shouted, banging on his door. "Headmaster!"
The door opened to reveal Dumbledore in a blue striped nightcap and matching robe.
"Yes?" he said.
"Potter and Granger and that Weasley kid were in the off-limits place," Evangeline explained. "We followed to see what they were up to. Uh, Weasley got hurt, but Granger's taking him to the hospital wing. Potter went off to do something."
"Potter was hurt," Violet said. She explained everything that Granger told her.
"Go to bed," Dumbledore said.
"What?" Violet hissed. "You're just telling us to go to bed?"
"Now, Miss Willow," Dumbledore said, "Listen to me."
"Fine," Violet snapped. "C'mon, Evangeline!"
"She's sorry, really," Evangeline apologized. "She just doesn't like sitting ar-"
"Evangeline! Come on!" Violet shouted from half way down the hall.
"Sorry," Evangeline said again and hurried off after her sister.
The next day, all the Slytherin's demanded details from the twins. Well, it was more like they couldn't believe they HELPED them.
"I can't believe you did that," Parkinson said snottily. "That's the most un-Slytherin thing you could ever do."
"Shut up, bitch," Violet snarled, attempting to read from one fo the Dark Arts books she had stolen from Snape. "Leave me alone before I pound your face in."
"Like you would ever do that," she said. "You're a softie."
Violet let out a roar and made to tackle her, but Evangeline grabbed her waist. She held her back and shoved her in the chair she had been in.
"I am not a softie," Violet said, pulling strands of her electric blue hair out of her face. "You're the softie. And at least I have a brain!"
"I have one, too!" Parkinson whined.
"Girls, break it up," Snape muttered, walking into the common room. "Evangeline. Violet."
The girls walked over, Violet picking up the book.
"Yeah, I stole it, whatever," she muttered, walking out of the room.
"You're such freaks!" one fourth-year student shouted.
"Shut the hell up!" Violet screamed back. "I know the killing curse, and I will use it!"
"That's enough!" Snape barked, pulling them away.
"You can shut up, too!" Violet screeched and ran away.
"She needs space," Evangeline said. "She's just so frustrated right now. She'll cool down as long as no one bothers her too much more."
"I DON'T CARE IF YOU THINK I'LL BE FRIENDS WITH THEM! I'M NOT A NICE PERSON!" they heard her scream from a few corridors away.
"Or not," Evangeline said and ran off to get her.
Finally, they were leaving Hogwarts. Slytherin had lost the house cup to Gryffindor. Violet and Evangeline had become Slytherin rejects, and hadn't received points for helping at all. Dumbledore picked favorites. This made Violet even more moody than she had been. The girls followed Snape into a car with a few other teachers.
"Can we sit with you?" Evanegeline asked sweetly.
"Not this time," Snape answered. "Go sit with Draco or someone else from your class."
"Like anyone would want to be with us," Violet muttered, glaring at the floor. "Everyone in Slytherin hates us. The Hufflepuffs think we should be part of their house. The Ravenclaws...we just don't fit in, even though I am smart enough. And the Gryffindors...they annoy us at the moment. We'll just sit by ourselves. Or better yet, we'll sit on the top of the train."
"Oh, come on, girls," McGonagall said. "It's not that bad."
"Yes it is," Violet muttered. "Come on, Evangeline. Let's go be REJECTS in private."
They walked off and found only on car they were comfortable with sitting in: a car with Potter, Granger and Weasley.
"Thanks again," Potter said, smiling at the twins.
"Whatever," Violet mutttered, glaring out the window.
"Don't mind her," Evangeline said. "She's just...really moody right now. It's the way we're being treated. I just deal with it better than her."
"Of course you do," Violet muttered, still glaring.
They rode, talkng occasionally, the girls asking questions. Violet slowly grew less moody and smiled softly, but very little. The train pulled to a stop at King's Cross.
"I guess this is where we part," Evangeline said. "Uh, can we write each other or something? Or else this will be a very boring summer for us."
"Sure," Granger agreed. They exchanged addresses.
"You live with SNAPE!" Weasley exclaimed when they told him.
"Yeah," Violet said quietly. "He's our godfather."
"Oh, weird," Weasley said.
"Hey, wait!" Potter said as they got up. "I saw you two and Snape at Madam Malkins, shopping for robes! You were talking about how you thought Malfoy was cute."
"Yeah, but I doubt he'll ever be friends with us again," Violet shrugged, taking her cat and bag and walking away. "Well, see you when school starts again. Unless we run into each other shopping."
Evangeline hurried after her, and they met up with Snape. They joined hands and Apprated home.
That's the end of book one from the Willow twins view. Next book will start their story. The one with Voldemort. Or, well, it'll drop more hints as to the start of their story. We hope you'll read that chapter once it's posted. Oh, and please review, giving us helpful hints as to what you think could be better. Or tell us what you think of the story.
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